Zero Point Module
The Ancients' most powerful energy source, and one of the rarest.
A Zero Point Module, or ZPM, is a power source built by the Ancients and one of the most powerful known. It looks like a cluster of orange crystals about a foot tall and glows when in use.
Quick Facts
- Built by
- The Ancients
- Look
- Orange crystals
- Energy from
- A pocket of subspace-time
- Powers
- Atlantis
Facts from the source article.
Background
It draws its energy from an artificial pocket of subspace-time held inside the device. ZPMs power the city of Atlantis and other Ancient systems, and because few remain, finding and keeping them is a constant concern for the expedition and for Earth.
Source
Text adapted from Zero Point Module on SGCommand (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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