Originally posted by Energizer_Vs_ZPM
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He mentioned using the shuttle along with the docking bay corridor to create a living space. Eli's plan would wind up failing, and they would run out of power far short of the next galaxy. Within the first moments of the opener, Carter, McKay, and Daniel would gate onto the ship with Telford and further support teams/equipment, having solved the lack of power issue somewhere between 2 and 10 years.
They jokingly batted around different time scales, but thought 2-3 would be enough time that there's been only subtle changes on Earth, or Mallozzi personally advocating 10 years, because in that time, all of the crews' families would have moved on, creating a huge mine of story lines from the heroes' struggle coping with that.
Mallozzi also mentioned a fan theory that he liked, but was too out of character for Eli. When I read it, I instantly loved it, because it would've been an unbelievably gutsy move:
Eli to Young: “I’m smarter than him. And all three of us know it.”
Rush isn’t just defined by his intelligence, though; it’s his Machiavellian use of it. What if Eli started down that same path? He’s standing on the balcony smiling because he’s got everyone right where he wants them.
Eli’s had total control of the drones since he brought that one on to the ship. He’s kept them attacking Destiny, but not destroying it, so that everyone would have no choice but to follow his plan and get into the stasis pods. One of them “happened” to malfunction, so he wouldn’t have to go into stasis.
Of course, one might wonder how he was able to control the drone attacks while simultaneously fighting them off. But the answer’s simple: he has an accomplice, Ginn. He didn’t keep her program in quarantine; he just wanted everyone to think that, so she could carry out her part of the plan covertly.
Now, with a drone army and control of Destiny, he can reawaken the crew members that he likes, turn Destiny around, and start taking over the galaxy, with the infrastructure created by the civilization that his alternate self built.”
Rush isn’t just defined by his intelligence, though; it’s his Machiavellian use of it. What if Eli started down that same path? He’s standing on the balcony smiling because he’s got everyone right where he wants them.
Eli’s had total control of the drones since he brought that one on to the ship. He’s kept them attacking Destiny, but not destroying it, so that everyone would have no choice but to follow his plan and get into the stasis pods. One of them “happened” to malfunction, so he wouldn’t have to go into stasis.
Of course, one might wonder how he was able to control the drone attacks while simultaneously fighting them off. But the answer’s simple: he has an accomplice, Ginn. He didn’t keep her program in quarantine; he just wanted everyone to think that, so she could carry out her part of the plan covertly.
Now, with a drone army and control of Destiny, he can reawaken the crew members that he likes, turn Destiny around, and start taking over the galaxy, with the infrastructure created by the civilization that his alternate self built.”
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