If the Shuttle is gone...

[Lahela]

If the Shuttle is gone how are they going to

Spoiler:

get over to the seeder next episode (im trying to stay as spoiler free as possible so dont give any major plot points from next episode away) will they like dock with it or something...air lock to air lock action?

You may claim to be spoiler-free, but that's a pretty big spoiler you've just unleashed...

[meo3000]

The seeder ships were never intended to be manned. They have to be capable of being manned for repairs, but that's the extent of it. It's not a passenger ship, it's a flying factory.

And youre 100% sure about that of course.

Spoiler:

Then why meet with it at this exact moment? They just happen to run of shuttles and find a seeder ship in the same day? Maybe when they first boarded Destiny, the ship sent a message to the closer seeder ship to reconfigure his factory to build other stuff, stuff they really needed, and hold position until they catches up.

Ive said it before, the Ancients were the masters of redundancy. Thats why they have multiple seeder ships, and thats why i believe those ships can make other stuff than stargates. You think the Ancients didnt foresee the day all their shuttles would be damaged beyond repair or destroyed and didnt have a backup plan? You think they didnt program other presets in the automated factory in case they would need it? Whats more complicated to build, shuttles, repairbots, EVAsuits, weapons or stargates?

[morbosfist]

And youre 100% sure about that of course.

It's common sense. The seeder ships were sent ahead of Destiny to seed gates. Why would you intend to man a ship when it is not only tens if not hundreds of years ahead of the ship you can gate to, and the only thing capable of depositing gates on a planet for the ship you actually intend to man to dial to?

Spoiler:

Then why meet with it at this exact moment? They just happen to run of shuttles and find a seeder ship in the same day? Maybe when they first boarded Destiny, the ship sent a message to the closer seeder ship to reconfigure his factory to build other stuff, stuff they really needed, and hold position until they catches up.

Ive said it before, the Ancients were the masters of redundancy. Thats why they have multiple seeder ships, and thats why i believe those ships can make other stuff than stargates. You think the Ancients didnt foresee the day all their shuttles would be damaged beyond repair or destroyed and didnt have a backup plan? You think they didnt program other presets in the automated factory in case they would need it? Whats more complicated to build, shuttles, repairbots, EVAsuits, weapons or stargates?

Spoiler:

Except the factory is obviously still building Stargates, not shuttles. Moreover, see the thing above. The ship would have to fly back to Destiny, which would take longer than the crew's been on the ship. The Ancients are good at redundancy, but they aren't omnipotent. There's no way they could have predicted this situation.

[Shadow_7]

Spoiler:

It might be interesting if it is man-able. Put the civilians on that ship. Everybody will then be happy right?

[Jeffer]

Spoiler:

perhaps the seeder ship is damaged and in need of repair and has been waiting for destiny to catch up to repair it.

[Galileo_Galilee]

This brings up a question, what happens if Destiny passes this ship?

Are there more gates out there in front of it?

Could this have been what the Aleutian Alliance was actually after all along?

Wouldn't it be a very powerful advantage to have the control of a ship that can manufacture gates?

What about the power source? Wouldn't there be something like a ZPM they cannibalize for the Destiny?

Or maybe there's a ship out there that makes ZPMS?

[randomking]

This brings up a question, what happens if Destiny passes this ship?

Are there more gates out there in front of it?

Could this have been what the Aleutian Alliance was actually after all along?

Wouldn't it be a very powerful advantage to have the control of a ship that can manufacture gates?

What about the power source? Wouldn't there be something like a ZPM they cannibalize for the Destiny?

Or maybe there's a ship out there that makes ZPMS?

i dont think we will see anything close to zpms in sgu,
but i wonder if this is not a seeder ship for gates im thinking it might be a seeder ship meant to gather resors for destiny to repair it ever so often

[SciFiRick]

Spoiler:

They'll dock with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bja2fpXmGWY

What a great clip. This is a huge spoiler. How long is it until Tuesday??

[garhkal]

It's common sense. The seeder ships were sent ahead of Destiny to seed gates. Why would you intend to man a ship when it is not only tens if not hundreds of years ahead of the ship you can gate to, and the only thing capable of depositing gates on a planet for the ship you actually intend to man to dial to?

Spoiler:

Except the factory is obviously still building Stargates, not shuttles. Moreover, see the thing above. The ship would have to fly back to Destiny, which would take longer than the crew's been on the ship. The Ancients are good at redundancy, but they aren't omnipotent. There's no way they could have predicted this situation.

Who;s saying it has to fly back. It could just slow down, or better yet come to a full stop. Heck maube that is why we have been getting limited times on planet when it does come out of light speed...

[morbosfist]

Even if it stops the ship would not reach it within their lifetime. It would have to have stopped well before they ever boarded the ship.

[Steelbox]

This brings up a question, what happens if Destiny passes this ship?

Are there more gates out there in front of it?

Could this have been what the Aleutian Alliance was actually after all along?

Wouldn't it be a very powerful advantage to have the control of a ship that can manufacture gates?

What about the power source? Wouldn't there be something like a ZPM they cannibalize for the Destiny?

Or maybe there's a ship out there that makes ZPMS?

[Shadow_7]

Spoiler:

The spoiler pretty much shows a destiny class ship that it docks with.
A different spoiler (webisodes) shows a destiny class ship that blows up.
I guess we'll find out if it's the same ship this season.

[garhkal]

Even if it stops the ship would not reach it within their lifetime. It would have to have stopped well before they ever boarded the ship.

That would depend on how far ahead the seeder ship was.... wouldn't it.

[Wayston]

That would depend on how far ahead the seeder ship was.... wouldn't it.

I initially assumed that they would have a huge head start like most people I guess. But then I came to thinking why on earth would it be? Ultimately all it needs to do is to stay one lesson ahead of the student so to speak. Just send it a couple years earlier so that "real time" (on a geographical timescale) accurate surveys can be gathered that are acually useable by the Destiny crew and so that they can come across a nice gate on its travels but not too far ahead. Basically the only limiting factor in the window between the seeder ships and the Destiny is how long it takes to collect materials for the gates and to actually manufacture and place them.

Spoiler:

I can imagine that this particular seeder ship they are about to encounter has reduced/no engine capacity and that's why they're able to catch up with it, but this plotline works for a 10.000 year head start or a 10 year head start.

[morbosfist]

Destiny has thousands of planets in its database that they haven't passed. Seeders only plant gates in a straight line. For this number to fit, the Seeders must be at least a few galaxies ahead.