Deus ex machina SOME SPOILERS

[Shpinxinator]

is there anything you hope they don't find onboard that would be to convenient? I think the

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handy dandy chargey pad is a little much personally

[Pharaoh Atem]

the ship already had water on it and it had been sitting there for millions of years <<

[Jeffala]

I think the

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handy dandy chargey pad is a little much personally

We already have similar technology on Earth so why is it too much for it to be in place on Destiny?

[GateroomGuard]

I'm just waiting for them to find some pre-replicator replicator creating machine that they will inadvertenly turn on.

Other than that I've been very satisfied with the current lack of deus ex machinas and maguffins. Everything so far serves a very small limited purpose.

[RE687]

I think they will find Ancient weapons as they will eventually run out of ammo. I wonder if those weapons will be more like the Lantean stun weapon seen in ATL: "Aurora" or the Asuran pistol seen in ATL: "Progeny", "The Return, Part 2", "Lifeline", "This Mortal Coil". Chances are though that any handheld weapons will be unique.

[jelgate]

Sometimes I wonder if people know what a Deus Ex Machina is?

[Pharaoh Atem]

Sometimes I wonder if people know what a Deus Ex Machina is?

all i know is that i can't pronounce it

[GateroomGuard]

Sometimes I wonder if people know what a Deus Ex Machina is?

God of Machine, a device originally used in Greek plays where a mechanical 'god' would descend and solve the problems of the characters. I think thats right.

[Cold Fuzz]

God of Machine, a device originally used in Greek plays where a mechanical 'god' would descend and solve the problems of the characters. I think thats right.

True but the recharging plate doesn't solve all the crew's problems. There's plenty of other troubleshooting opportunities on the ship...like figuring out how to get access to the primary systems.

[escyos]

Sometimes I wonder if people know what a Deus Ex Machina is?

people these days use it as a complaint

[lordofseas]

Deus Ex Machina = The reason why EATG was bad.

But in SGU, insofar, there haven't been bad ones. The recharging plate is reasonable.

[jelgate]

people these days use it as a complaint

That is because it is. A real Deus Ex Machina (think wormhole drive) is a easy way to solve a problem and covers up for a weak story. The thing is many fans (congrats GateroomGuard) overuse the defintion like they overuse plot hole

[GateroomGuard]

A device that makes a single problem less difficult and requires the characters to keep working does not equal deus ex machina in my mind.

Unless Eli somehow makes the recharger capable of solving every single new problem that arises I'm not calling it a deus ex machina.

[Shpinxinator]

boo hoo. stuff happened. get over it

damn dude...chill...people are allowed to have an opinion

[jmoz]

robotic maintenance that's been disabled for some reason, would explain the decay in the destiny right now, of course i could be wrong

from farscape, even moya had maintenance the little yellow robot things, i forget what they're called