Stargate Universe

I may be on the verge

of discovering the true nature of Destiny's mission.

You've had control of this ship

the whole time!

Why wouldn't you tell anyone?

The Lucian Alliance

is planning an attack on Earth.

I killed Riley.

I suffocated him with my own hands.

You are a good commander.

There is no mission

other than getting these people home.

It was never about going home.

It's about getting us to where we're going.

That is the mission.

How do you know our names?

You're the ancestors.

It sounds like ALS,

Lou Gherig's disease.

Hell of a lot of data here.

Yeah, it looks like

they documented everything.

We've been searching what we were able to transfer

from the archive.

The ALS cure wasn't in there.

What were those things?

A mechanical army of drones.

We encountered them a little while ago.

Seems they've been tracking us ever since.

This one canister alone will last for years.

For CO2 scrubbing.

We'll certainly need it

with all these extra people on board.

Well, it's just 10 days

till we drop them off

with the people on the expedition planet.

I'd like to thank you all

for coming to this very special occasion,

the dedication of our beautiful new school...

Hey.

Do you have those calculations?

...laying down the foundation for our educations.

That's why this new school bears his name...

Uh...

Bottom left corner.

...do my best to uphold his legacy

of inquiry...

Here's hoping something comes

of Mr. Brody's paper-making project.

Now, please help me welcome--

How many times have you watched that?

There's no TV.

Look, really, Eli, if you've nothing better to do,

there's far more important things--

I'm adding this footage to my documentary.

I think it's important.

Oh, yeah, why's that, then?

They're our descendants.

Not mine. I wasn't there.

Okay, they're still us.

Humans?

I just wish they hadn't all left.

I kind of liked the idea of having new faces around.

Oh, yeah?

Well, if they really did

spread all over the galaxy,

I would suggest that the chances

of bumping into them again are pretty high.

Plus, this isn't a passenger ship.

What's this?

It's a gas giant.

For some reason,

Destiny's decided to maneuver around a fat gas giant

in order to line up with a star.

What's that about?

Well, I'm sure Destiny has its reasons.

It's happened before.

Yeah, but it takes forever.

Are you in a hurry to be somewhere?

Well, no, but power reserves are still at 40%.

As bad as my grandfather.

He was always filling his Buick at half a tank.

Destiny's kind of doing the same thing.

It struck me as funny.

Oh, yeah, that is funny.

That his life

and the lives of those around him

depended on making it to the next gas station.

That's bloody hilarious, really.

We there yet?

30 seconds from contact.

This is Young.

We are about to perform an aero-braking maneuver.

There may be turbulence. Stand by.

Good morning.

Morning.

You good?

I'm tired.

We've got drones, dead ahead, a ton of 'em!

And a command ship.

What the hell are they doing here?

Coming right at us.

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Where did they come from?

Maybe they were here all along

and we couldn't see them from behind the planet.

Still have a couple of minutes or so

before we can safely go back into FTL.

How soon will they be on top of us?

A couple minutes.

Lieutenant, let's see if we can get around them.

Yes, sir.

Sir, the swarm of drones and the command ship

are maneuvering to stay between us and the star.

Unless you want to head right at 'em--

That is a negative. Where the hell is--

How many of them are there?

Oh, I don't know.

I lost count at about a hundred.

Can we jam them?

Drones are 30 seconds out.

I can't jam them in 30 seconds.

Doesn't matter, we can jump soon.

Maybe we should just punch through. They won't follow us into the star--

We're never going to make it.

We need to refuel.

Well, Destiny can choose another star.

There's no point in fighting unless we have to.

10 seconds to contact.

Lieutenant, go to FTL.

Not for another 15 seconds.

How is that not close enough?

They're firing.

Rush!

Five seconds.

Lieutenant, stand by.

Yes, sir.

FTL in three, two, one.

This is Young.

We are clear of the drones.

Okay, what the hell was that?

It's like they were lying in wait.

Could be we just got unlucky.

You mean they just happened to be here?

Well, they have to be somewhere.

Yeah, but space is really, really big.

Look, as far as we know, they can only track us

when we activate the Stargate,

so, please, let's not overreact.

How about let's not under -react?

You don't really think it was a coincidence.

Call it wishful thinking if you like.

Because you realize

if it's not a coincidence--

then we have a very big problem.

No. No, no, no,

we're totally screwed.

This could be it, the end of the line.

Yeah, I just said that.

So why do we need to find another star?

Destiny will just fly

towards the nearest red dwarf in our path.

Which is exactly why

we shouldn't go to that one.

You think they were waiting for us.

Look, we know they can't track us,

but it is possible

that they can predict our course.

Meaning if Destiny hadn't plotted

that time-consuming maneuver--

We would've had to fight it out for the whole three hours

before we could go to FTL.

Or be forced to jump prematurely.

Which would have shredded our FTL drive--

We got lucky.

Yeah, we did,

but we can't count on luck a second time,

plus, we've no option but to recharge, so...

We go off the path.

Contacts?

Nothing yet.

We're too far out from the primary

for sensors to pick anything up.

I wouldn't celebrate.

Why did we drop out so far away?

To make sure that the minimum time elapsed

before we could go back to FTL.

Don't want to run into drones with time on the clock.

I still don't understand what they want from us.

It's nothing personal.

It's what they're programmed to do.

Destroy all technology other than their own...

And apparently,

they weren't programmed to give up.

A few seconds away from FTL capability, sir.

Copy that.

So far so good.

This room needs more chairs.

Here.

Please, go ahead.