Ancient shuttle

Aboard the Destiny reside two large shuttles, which are docked externally with the ship and may be accessed through an airlock.

History
When the Tau'ri discovered the Destiny in 2009, they discovered one of the two shuttles had a broken window that the ship's air supply was leaking out of. However, an energy shield had been automatically erected to contain the atmosphere, though for an unknown reason it was no longer able to fully contain the atmosphere. The Destiny's airlock door was also malfunctioning and the door to the shuttle could only be closed - and stay closed - by a person inside cockpit. Senator Alan Armstrong, believing himself to be already dying, volunteered to do so. He closed the shuttle door and the rest of the oxygen within the shuttle was siphoned into space. He died of asphyxiation.

A short time later, Matthew Scott, with the help of Adam Brody and a few others began investigating the second shuttle, which is fully functional. Scott made rubbings of the Ancient language labels for each control and Brody translated them into English. Though Scott has no real flight experience, he expressed interest in being the first to fly the shuttle. The shuttle has energy weapons, and they are using during the battle between Destiny and alien ship and several alien fighters.