Originally posted by Quadhelix
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Even if they were once in the MW and were old, work out and replaced, you'd still expect one or two to pop up here and there in the MW. Not just that but you'd expect the seed ships to have been sent an updated gate design to construct. Finally if the gates in the MW were knackered, how could those that are out with destiny still be functional?
I have a hunch that destiny was prior to its automated mission, a former warship that was used for other things by the ancients before being retired and sent out on its automated patrol. It would kind of make sense really.. you have an old ship that you're replacing with newer ships and you need to send out something to perform an automated task.. something solid, capable of astronomical mileages and able to defend itself robustly for a millenia. Something like destiny. It's already got a stargate onboard, ok old and not a great one but for its limited use it wouldn't be worth upgrading it so it'll do the job. Dump a few supplies on board, program it to float around out there following the seed ships calculated path and let it go into the unknown.
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