SGU Stargate Universe (2009)

The Previously unknown purpose of the "Ninth Chevron" is revealed, and ends up taking a team to an Ancient ship "Destiny", a ship built millions of years ago by the Ancients, used to seed Distant galaxies with Stargates. This team, led by Dr. Nicolas Rush and Colonel Everett Young, is trapped on the ship, unable to change its programmed mission. The team encounters new races, new technology and new enemies as the runaway ship travels to the far ends of the Universe.

Keywords: 2000s, 2010s, advanced-technology, alien, alien-technology, conflicted-hero, cult-tv, cult-tv, ethical-conflict, fear

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Everett Young: [repeated line in reference to Dr Rush] That man's a lot of work.

[repeated season 1.0 introduction to episode recap]::Dr. Nicholas Rush: Destiny... The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundred of thousands of years ago.::Matthew Scott: Where the hell are we?::Dr. Nicholas Rush: Several billion light years from home.::Matthew Scott: [to everyone] We are on a ship, but we have no idea where we are in relation to Earth.::Dr. Nicholas Rush: This ship could be the most important discovery Mankind has made since the stargate itself.::Everett Young: [briefing Lt. General Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill] These are the wrong people, in the wrong place...::Matthew Scott: [to Dr. Rush] We've got a lot of wounded. We need to get home.::Dr. Nicholas Rush: [to Colonel Everett Young] We barely have enough power to operate the main systems. This ship simply doesn't have the capability to dial Earth.::[another chevron locks]

[repeated season 1.5 introduction to episode recap]::Dr. Nicholas Rush: This is what Destiny intended from the moment it entered the star system.::Everett Young: We are going to survive. We are going to make it home.::Matthew Scott: [said to Col. Telford as Col. Young's consciousness returns] I'm telling you: this ship came here for a reason!::Dr. Nicholas Rush: Destiny is powered by the stars themselves.::Camile Wray: [briefing Carl Strom] He and Young are bumping heads, yes. Not sure which camp is the better choice.::[in remainder of season 1.5 after first episode]::Everett Young: [to Rush privately] We just pretend nothing happened. We need to be ready for the next encounter. For the sake of the crew.::Dr. Nicholas Rush: For the sake of the crew.

[repeated season 2.0 introduction to episode recap]::Dr. Nicholas Rush: This is what Destiny intended from the moment it entered the star system.::Everett Young: That ship is the best chance we have of getting home.::Everett Young: [on planet] Are we done?::Dr. Nicholas Rush: We'll *never* be done.::[Young head-butts Rush]::Camile Wray: You shouldn't have left him on the planet.::Everett Young: You think I don't know that?::Chloe Armstrong: Everyone thinks we're safe. They think that they'll never find us again.::Matthew Scott: [to Alien] Why did you take one of our people prisoner?::Alien: [restrained in Young's body, snarls and vocalizes gurglingly]::Chloe Armstrong: We're not safe, are we.::Colonel David Telford: [just revived] They're coming!::Everett Young: Who's coming, David?::Colonel David Telford: Lucian Alliance. They're coming to take Destiny.::Dr. Nicholas Rush: There is only one way this is gonna end if we wait.::Everett Young: I'm not surrendering this ship.

[repeated season 2.5 introduction to episode recap]::Dr. Nicholas Rush: I may be on the verge of discovering the true nature of Destiny's mission.::Eli Wallace: [outraged] You've had control of this ship the whole time! Why wouldn't you tell anyone?::Camile Wray: The Lucian Alliance is planning an attack on Earth.::Everett Young: I killed Riley. I suffocated him with my own hands.::Matthew Scott: You are a good commander.::Everett Young: There is no mission other than getting these people home.::Dr. Nicholas Rush: It was never about going home. It's about getting us to where we're going. That... is... the mission.

Matthew Scott: [looking trough binoculars] Check it out!::Dr. Nicholas Rush: [takes binoculars] What is it?::Matthew Scott: It's some kind of an animal.::Master Sgt. Ronald Greer: [with an enthusiastic voice] Is it something we can barbecue?