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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 4953258" data-attributes="member: 41321">I think it fits the theory that the ship was sent out unmanned and was designed to wait at a certain point where the ninth chevron address could reach it.  My guess is that when it got to that point it started up the life support.  If it was expected to be unmanned for a long period of time then yes, it would be stupid to have life support active for all that time, but to go from no life support to a fully breathable atmosphere would probably take a while, especially on a ship that big, so the plan was probably to get the ship in place, turn on the life support and let it fill the ship for a few months/years (however long it takes) then gate in the crew.  Except the "get in the crew" part took much much longer than expected and the life support ran itself to death.As far as "where is the real crew", I think it was established that the Ancients ascended before they could crew the ship.  If you're not familiar with the SG mythos, the Ancients were a race of humanoids (they may have been actual humans, I don't remember exactly) with a lot of technological knowhow.  They created the gate network and seeded the galaxy with gates.  Then at one point they became "enlightened" and ascended to another plane of being where their consciousness no longer needed a physical body.  They still exist, but they no longer care about the toils of puny humans or others that still have physical form (well, most of them don't care, anyway).I don't think the gate was special.  And I seem to recall that the gate wasn't even on that planet to begin with (but I may be making that up, I haven't re-watched the show yet) but we put it there to take advantage of the energy the planet made available.I do remember clearly that this was NOT the location that the "ninth chevron" gate address was originally designed to dial FROM.  Remember that it didn't work until they put in Earth's "origin" symbol.  The address was designed to have been dialed from Earth, not from that planet they were on.I believe the idea was that the Ancients had plenty of energy at their disposal when they were in their prime.  Human beings had to find some planet on the edge of radioactive explosion in order to gather that sort of energy, but the Ancients had it on Earth at one time, or at least they expected to have it.He was doing research in the ship's computer, saying he was either looking for ways to turn on the life support or dial earth (I forget which one, it may have been both) but he doesn't seem extremely trustworthy so far so who knows what he was really doing.  At that point he said he found out the ship was named Destiny.  I think that was the same time he said the ship was designed to go out un-crewed and receive its crew later.I think that was also the same time when he "told" the ship they were in trouble to get it to stop and open the gate.</blockquote>

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