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I wonder why everyone is running and screaming through the ship? Is there something else trapped aboard, perhaps? How big is Destiny supposed to be?
It occurs to me that, at the end of Continuum, Carter is barely heard to mention something to O'Niel about "the new moon base". Last time I watched it, I was wondering if this was their code for sneaking off together. But now I'm wondering if she was talking about Icarus Base.
Apparently Icarus Base is an offworld research base where, among things, they're working on what the ninth chevron is all about. Dr. Full Monty figures it out, and either some aliens attack the base forcing everyone to gate to the Destiny while the wormhole is active, or he FAKES an emergency again resulting in the evacuation to the ship. Who knows why they didn't just dial Earth or somewherer safe, or if there was some trickery involved. I sense a strong resemblence to Dr. Smith from "Lost in Space" here...
In any case, there is no expedition or team, no volunteers and no backup... It starts as an emergency and goes downhill from there. The teaser strongly suggests that everyone from Icarus base barely had a chance to grab some guns and a few crates of stuff before they were cut off from home and the SGC. Aside from the obvious BSG-style jumpcuts editting, which was probably done only for this trailer, I'm still looking forward to this.
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One would assume that the ship is in a galaxy when the group arrives. There can't possibly be food or water aboard after a gazillion years. They'll almost have to start using the in-network Gates immediately to find supplies.
I wonder how they're going to avoid setting this up as a hopeless cause. I mean, they have to have some kind of plan for trying to get home.
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Indeed. While there are no super-fast Asgard around anymore, they DO have ZPM-powered starships available. I'm guessing that for whatever reason they can't figure out how to dial home, and they're just so far away from Earth that a rescue mission would not be possible. Alternatively, they may have no idea WHERE in the universe they are, with no real way of finding it out - so searching for them would be fruitless for now.
One wonders if they can share the knowledge of how to activate the wormhole to the Destiny with Earth, so at least they can be SENT supplies and food from home. We know they figure out a way to contact the SGC early on, but it was pretty clear that going home is not part of this series' plan for the forseeable future.
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Is that Robert Carlisle? The long haired guy?
I like the film-grain effect they've used... makes it look a little more... cinematic.
BUT - as we've seen in Voyager - if they are constantly on the move - the chance to establish secondary characters - like an ongoing villain will be very limited (if they want to maintain credibility).
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As long as they're in the same galaxy, a recurring villian might be possible. Though that brings up a good question: If the ship is flying on auto-pilot through galaxies where spacefaring races have developed, they're sitting ducks. Though, I guess it could be argued that none of the races they're likely to encounter will be very old, so their tech may not be much of a match for Destiny's shields or weapons.
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: Though, I guess it could be argued that none of the races they're likely to encounter will be very old, so their tech may not be much of a match for Destiny's shields or weapons.
Assuming the ship has either. Also, this ship was launched millions (?) of years before Atlantis...
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I'll be curious to hear how the ship's existance is explained in the first place. It was obviously meant to play a key role in the Ancients' grand scheme since every stargate we've seen is apparently designed to be able to send people there. So were people meant to be on the ship alot of the time? If so, weapons and stuff would seem to be a good idea. A cloaking device would also seem to fit as they might be mindful of influencing the development of primitive societies by suddenly appearing in their ship.
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We know that a whole lot of extra power is required to use 8 chevrons, and probably a whole lot more to use all 9. Normal gates can only use 7 so I'd assume that if anyone activates all 9 they'd have to be advanced enough to power the thing.
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The trailer shows the emerging onto the Destiny in a generic gate room not unlike Atlantis or the SGC. I'm almost surprised, if Destiny is supposed to be the "ultimate destination" of every single stargate, that they didn't have it in the middle of a biodome construct or something.
It's possible that the Destiny was to be the ultimate tool of exploration and transportation through the universe, with ANYONE who had the smarts capable of gating there from anywhere else. This must pre-date the "Big Four" Alliance somehow.
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: I think it's slated for June, yes? I'm eager as well. I haven't seen any of the eps from season 5.
Yeah, me neither- I've had to avoid pretty much all Stargate-related discussions as result of NOT wanting to spoil it all.
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