This point has been brought up in a number of posts. For some reason, it doesnát seem the Universe team will have a resident alien. I think that is a mistake. I think they need someone to present that perspective. An alien is always a good counterpoint. Besides, who are they going to throw all the pop-culture references at?
In both SG-1 and Atlantis, the aliens were warrior types. If they do decide to do an alien for this show I think it would need to be something different. I would almost imagine a being who is a mix of a conman and Dr. Smith (from "Lost in Space"), someone who can cause just as much trouble as they can also help out in certain situations. It could be someone who has a completely different agenda than the rest, acts on it, but in the end this being is exactly on the same page as the others. In other words, he causes a lot of trouble, but in the end he helps the team meet their goals, but he does it completely his/her own way. I think a character like this would add more humor to the show.
An alien character could be someone they come across and joins them in hopes of trying to find his own people who were lost and separated during some great disaster. The being could be a historian or archeologist who is chasing clues to some big mystery and ends up on the Destiny and acts as something of a guide/diplomat because he has a working knowledge of some of the stuff they will be encountering. (I almost imagine it like Galen from "Crusade.") The "mystery" could have an impact on the team and the ship.
It could be an assended being who got cast out, but not all the way like Anubsis, This being would have knowledge of the aliens they will encounter and so on. Maybe he/she has to regain their place among the assended by going on a quest and the Destiny just happens to be going their way.
It could be a kid who was taken from their family and this team becomes the only family they have ever had.
I know this might seem like a cheap rip off of "The Doctor" from "Star Trek: Voyager," but the Destiny could have an AI program that appears to the team as a hologram or something and that could be the alien/outsider character. It could be the Ancient that created the ship and like an Ancient did in Atlantis, an assended being could really be behind the image.
Also, think about it. This ship is flying through an unknown part of the universe for millions of years. It is bound to attract some unwanted attention with species trying to board it or destroy it. Something has to be in place to control the ship's defenses, handle regular maintenance and so on.
When the humans board, one or more can have the Ancient gene that the AI would recognize and would not decide to blast them.
Stories centered on the character can be about instances that occurred to it over the centuries with some of those things having implecations for the team in the present day.
Of course the problem would be if an AI is so intelligent, why wouldn't it be able to turn the ship around?
I'm just throwing out ideas here, but you get what I mean. I think they need an alien.
Who agrees?
In both SG-1 and Atlantis, the aliens were warrior types. If they do decide to do an alien for this show I think it would need to be something different. I would almost imagine a being who is a mix of a conman and Dr. Smith (from "Lost in Space"), someone who can cause just as much trouble as they can also help out in certain situations. It could be someone who has a completely different agenda than the rest, acts on it, but in the end this being is exactly on the same page as the others. In other words, he causes a lot of trouble, but in the end he helps the team meet their goals, but he does it completely his/her own way. I think a character like this would add more humor to the show.
An alien character could be someone they come across and joins them in hopes of trying to find his own people who were lost and separated during some great disaster. The being could be a historian or archeologist who is chasing clues to some big mystery and ends up on the Destiny and acts as something of a guide/diplomat because he has a working knowledge of some of the stuff they will be encountering. (I almost imagine it like Galen from "Crusade.") The "mystery" could have an impact on the team and the ship.
It could be an assended being who got cast out, but not all the way like Anubsis, This being would have knowledge of the aliens they will encounter and so on. Maybe he/she has to regain their place among the assended by going on a quest and the Destiny just happens to be going their way.
It could be a kid who was taken from their family and this team becomes the only family they have ever had.
I know this might seem like a cheap rip off of "The Doctor" from "Star Trek: Voyager," but the Destiny could have an AI program that appears to the team as a hologram or something and that could be the alien/outsider character. It could be the Ancient that created the ship and like an Ancient did in Atlantis, an assended being could really be behind the image.
Also, think about it. This ship is flying through an unknown part of the universe for millions of years. It is bound to attract some unwanted attention with species trying to board it or destroy it. Something has to be in place to control the ship's defenses, handle regular maintenance and so on.
When the humans board, one or more can have the Ancient gene that the AI would recognize and would not decide to blast them.
Stories centered on the character can be about instances that occurred to it over the centuries with some of those things having implecations for the team in the present day.
Of course the problem would be if an AI is so intelligent, why wouldn't it be able to turn the ship around?
I'm just throwing out ideas here, but you get what I mean. I think they need an alien.
Who agrees?
No, I'm betting SGU will be full of cliches and that TPTB won't shy away from any of them. If it was good enough for SG-1 and Atlantis, it'll be good enough for SGU. You can bet your sweet bippy on that one. 
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