Destiny expedition

"This ship could be the most important discovery mankind has made since the Stargate itself."

- Nicholas Rush

The Destiny Expedition is a Tau'ri contingent, which consists of both military and civilian personal, originating from Icarus Base. The Ancient spaceship Destiny, which resides far off in the universe, serves as the expedition's base of operations.

Overview
"We're not supposed to be there, sir. These are the wrong people in the wrong place and, as a group, they're just not qualified."

- Everett Young

The Destiny expedition was supposed to be the ultimate climax of the years of work done at the Tau'ri outpost of Icarus Base. Following the procurement of the ninth chevron Stargate address required to dial Destiny from the other side of the universe and the activation of a stable wormhole to the ship's Stargate, a probe was to be first sent through the gate to determine the viability of long-term survival, wherever the address turned out to be. Following this would be the creation and deployment of a proper scientific and military contingent.

However, as a result of the sudden attack and subsequent evacuation of Icarus Base to the ninth chevron address, this plan was never carried through. Because of this, the Destiny expedition currently consists of a mish-mash of people (both civilian and military) who are ill-prepared and unqualified. This, in conjunction with the condition of the aged Destiny, to where they were sent, causes mere survival for the expedition to be an ever-present and ongoing issue.

2009
"Make sure everyone carries as much of the expedition supplies as they can... ...You're not going to Earth. Rush dialed the ninth chevron."

- Everett Young

During the Battle of Icarus Base and the ensuing evacuation, Dr. Nicolas Rush changed gate address, originally intended to be Earth, to the ninth chevron address; the Destiny. They discovered that they are stranded aboard, with no way home, though they will be able to communicate with Earth via custom long-range communication devices. Upon arriving aboard the Destiny, they almost immediately discovered breaches in ship's hull and a failing life support system, similar to the situation the Atlantis expedition found themselves in upon entering Atlantis for the first time. .

The next day, the Expedition discovered that the ship's power supplies were critically low and that most of systems were failing. As systems began to fail, the ship dropped out of FTL travel on a direct course with a gas giant. As they approached the planet, the only system still drawing what little power was left, was life-support. They assumed by entering the planet's atmosphere, their trajectory would be altered by the gravitational pull, putting them on path with possibly habitable planets. However, they were wrong: The altered path put them on a collision course with a nearby star. Destiny then used the star to replenish its power supply.

Known Members
"They're the wrong people for this. We need to get them home."

- David Telford

When the Tau'ri outpost Icarus came under attack by Goa'uld motherships of unknown allegiance, approximately 80 people were able to escape to the Ancient ship Destiny. Of that only 34 people have so far been named.


 * Alan Armstrong
 * Chloe Armstrong
 * Airman Atienza
 * Darren Becker
 * Doctor Boone
 * Adam Brody
 * Doctor Caine
 * Airman Chu
 * Sergeant Curtis
 * Deacon
 * Doctor Fisher
 * Jeremy Franklin
 * Garcia
 * Corporal Gorman
 * Ronald Greer
 * Doctor Inman
 * Vanessa James
 * Tamara Johansen
 * Lindsay
 * Corporal Lipton
 * Corporal Marsden
 * Andrea Palmer
 * Lisa Park
 * Airman Rennie
 * Hunter Riley
 * Corporal Rivers
 * Nicholas Rush
 * Matthew Scott
 * Sergeant Spencer
 * Dale Volker
 * Eli Wallace
 * David Walters
 * Camile Wray
 * Everett Young