These were large flat computer screens the size of a table which contained information on their surface and were connected to Atlantis through the Lantean observation satellite. Through it, the inhabitants of a planet were capable of being provided instructions from scientific fields to militaristic data allowing for the Human civilization to be slowly developed. This made the human inhabitants believe the portals to be holy relics with instructions being provided by the Oracles themselves. It was possible to tap into the portal system and feed them false information.