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Travelers is the fourth episode of Season 4 of Stargate Atlantis .

• 3.1 Characters
• 3.3 Planets
• 4.1 Casting

Returning from a mission, Sheppard is captured by a space-faring civilization. He makes a deal with them to help them create a way to fly an Aurora-class warship they found but instead commandeers it and sends a distress signal. The signal is picked up by the Wraith.

MacKenzie (Travelers)

Asuran , Athosian , People of Planet 1 (Travelers) , Satedan , Tau'ri , Traveler , Wraith

M35-117 , Planet 1 (Travelers) , Planet 2 (Travelers)

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• Samantha Carter ( Amanda Tapping ) does not appear in this episode.
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• 2 MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary
• 4 Guest Stars
• 5 Production
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• 7.1 Official
• 8 Production Notes
• 9 Further Reading

Précis

Sheppard becomes the prisoner of a group of ship-faring people known as the Travelers who wish to use his Ancient gene to reactivate long-dormant Ancient technology — specifically, an Ancient Aurora-class battle ship. Guide  |  Transcript

MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary

While flying a Jumper home from a research outpost, John Sheppard is abducted by a group of wandering space-travelers. Aboard one of their huge but dilapidated vessels, the ship's second-in-command, a man named Silas, beats up Sheppard, hoping to discover where he's from.

When that doesn't work, the ship's commander, a hard-edged woman named Larrin, tells Sheppard that her people became perpetual space-dwellers long ago to avoid the Wraith. Now, with their fleet growing too decrepit to support them, they need Sheppard's help. They've discovered a derelict Ancient warship, and because Sheppard possesses the Ancient Technology Activation gene, he's the only man who can get it running for them. By way of incentive, Larrin adds that if Sheppard won't cooperate, she'll jettison him into space.

Sheppard, Larrin, Silas and a scientist named Nevik board the Ancient warship. It suffers from a massive radiation leak, but Larrin has put up shields to protect key areas of the ship from the deadly emissions. On the bridge, Silas and Nevik order Sheppard to activate the ship. Sheppard complies, flying it forward with a jerk that sends his guards careening into walls. He ties them up and jumps the ship into hyperspace. Soon, however, Larrin exposes the bridge to the lethal radiation, forcing Sheppard to drop out of hyperspace and surrender to her if he wants to live.

Left behind by the hyperspace jump, the rest of Larrin's fleet starts tracking her down. Similarly, in Atlantis, McKay discovers an S.O.S. signal that Sheppard has rigged the Ancient ship to broadcast, so a rescue party departs immediately to its coordinates.

Unfortunately, a Wraith ship spots the signal, too, and attacks. Larrin reluctantly frees Sheppard so that he can fight back using the Ancient ship's weapons. He destroys the Wraith ship, but not before it knocks out the Ancient ship's hyperdrive and kills Silas and Nevik.

Now stranded and alone, Sheppard and Larrin are stuck in a tense stalemate, both hoping that their own rescuers arrive first. Sheppard takes over the ship's control room, but Larrin flees into the bowels of the ship. There, she comes face-to-face with a Wraith intruder, part of a boarding party that escaped the Wraith ship before its destruction. Sheppard saves her, but a life-signs detector reveals that more Wraith are also onboard. Outnumbered by their mutual enemies, Larrin and Sheppard must now work together even if it kills them — and it might.

• Joe Flanigan as Lt. Col. John Sheppard
• Amanda Tapping as Col. Samantha Carter
• Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan
• Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex
• and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay

Guest Stars

• Jill Wagner as Larrin
• Kavan Smith as Maj. Lorne
• Sean Rogerson as Nevik
• Michael Cram as Silas
• Scott Heindl as Wraith
• Chris Kalhoon as Crewman
• Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie
• Directed by William Waring

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• SciFi Channel 4.05 "Travelers" Episode Guide
• Solutions On-Site Forum: Season Four Discussion Board
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• Stargate Screencaps: Season Four

Production Notes

• "a gift for all those of the Shep-whumping persuasion" (Joseph Mallozzi's blog)
• Joseph Mallozzi's one-word description of this episode is "rivalry". (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog)
• "Joe Flanigan swung by the offices today to give us his thoughts on a couple of scripts. He LOVED Travelers. No surprise there." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 5 blog)
• "Thor94 writes: “Will we find real ally with advanced technology (…) beause there are ever 3 season and all people with advanced science was enemy(assurans,wraith,olesian) or destructed(ancient,people of "the ark")?” - Answers: Yup. Check out Travelers." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 19 blog)
• "Wil and I do a casting session for Travelers. This Larrin casting will be the death of me. [...] We talk to Paul Weber, our L.A. casting agent, regarding the Larrin part. Lots of interesting potential candidates." (Joseph Mallozzi's March 22 blog)
• "The lovely and talented Jill Wagner, formerly of Blade" has been cast as Larrin. (Joseph Mallozzi's March 27 blog)
• "As for which episodes fans should be looking forward to most for each member of the team - it‘s tough to say only because my opinion could be very different from fan opinion especially when you start factoring in the different fan factions. But, in my opinnion, I’d say: Travelers for Sheppard [...]" (Joseph Mallozzi's April 15 blog)
• "Jill is great as Larrin. Her group will put in at least one reappearance in the back of season four [see "Be All My Sins Remember'd"]." (Joseph Mallozzi's April 18 blog)
• "Yes, Travelers was a good size action episode for us. Jill is a friend of Jason's so I have met her last year and worked on Blade as well....the pilot of Blade that is....Blade 3 also but she was not in that. Jill is a fantastic sweetie and our cast loved having her around. Ashley [Earl, stunt double] was only one of her doubles for Blade.....Ashley is a friend of mine but she did not work on Travelers.....her other double Kylie Furneaux worked on the episode. We shot the episode "Missing" at the same time as Travelers so alot of my attention was over there, but you will love what gets on the screen all the same." (James "BamBam" Bamford's Gateworld Q&A, May 30)
• Carter will not be in this episode. (Joseph Mallozzi's June 2 blog)
• SCI FI WIRE's " Atlantis Adds New Race" features the Travelers. (July 12, 2007)
• "Watched the Day 2 Mix of Travelers yesterday. Great episode (Hey, Sheppard bruised and bloodied - what’s not to like?), and tremendous work on the part of Joel Goldsmith who produced a terrific score." (Joseph Mallozzi's August 2 blog)
• "I wanted to have a strong female character that was difficult for us to get a handle on, but who Sheppard had to rely on for his own strategic ends. So Joe Mallozzi and Paul Mullie wrote Travelers , which introduces a character who I think is going to become incredibly popular on the show. Her name is Larrin and she's this very sexy woman who kidnaps my character, beats the c**p out of him, then he beats the c**p out of her. They need each other and have to learn how to deal with one another." — Joe Flanigan, Starburst interview, published August 2007.
• "We introduced a new race called the Travelers just because we wanted to introduce a technologically advanced [race] to the Pegasus galaxy. It was something that was a little difficult to do because the Wraith tend to destroy technologically advanced races. So we created this race that are nomadic and live on ships, so they're never in one place long enough for the Wraith to catch up with them. What they essentially do is they travel from planet to planet that has been recently culled and they scavenge the technology that has been left behind and they use it to upgrade their ships. That was kind of an interesting facet to introduce this year as well. And we have an interesting character in the character of Larrin, who's their leader, played by Jill Wagner, who was on Blade: The Series . She's terrific." — Joseph Mallozzi in MSN TV Blog interview, September 27, 2007.
• About Larrin and the Travelers: "As I mentioned, they're kind of nomadic. They live on ships. They have an armada of ships and they go from planet to planet to scavenge technology. This race is a loose cannon. On the one hand, they're on the run from the Wraith. So obviously they're no friend to the Wraith. But on the other hand, they are on the lookout for new technology. So they take a particular interest in Atlantis and Sheppard in particular in an episode called "Travelers." He's on his way back to Atlantis in a puddle jumper and his puddle jumper gets ambushed. The fact that he has the Ancient gene is of particular interest to them because there's plenty of Ancient technology in the Pegasus galaxy and he could prove useful. Basically he and Larrin go head to head. [..] How can I describe her? A lot of the fans who have heard about her have compared her to Vala. I guess in some respects she is Vala-esque in that she's a loose cannon and independent. But she's a lot more grounded, a lot more no-nonsense, not as flighty as Vala. She's not a thief. She's the leader of her people. "A tough cookie" would be a good way to describe her." — Joseph Mallozzi in MSN TV Blog interview, September 27, 2007.

Further Reading

• Joseph Mallozzi's Blog
• James Bamford's GateWorld Q&A
• Solutions Spoiler Blog: "Travelers"
• Solutions Spoiler Blog: Casting for "Travelers"
• Sci Fi Wire: Atlantis Adds New Race
• Starbust #354, Interview with Joe Flanigan, August 2007
• MSN TV Blog: All About 'Stargate Atlantis' Season Four, interview with Joseph Mallozzi, September 27, 2007.
• Solutions: SGA "Travelers": Friend or Foe?

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All that I know is that every time I get taken captive, it's the Wraith. Just once, I would like to be taken prisoner by the sexy alien . — McKay is a little bit jealous.

Sheppard is captured by a fleet of Space People while returning from a supply run to a tropical beach planet. His captors call themselves the Travelers and they are more technologically advanced than any other human civilization yet encountered in the Pegasus Galaxy. Their leader, a woman named Larrin, beats Sheppard up at length to establish dominance, then explains that they have salvaged an Ancient Aurora -class Battle Cruiser, but lack the ATA gene necessary to operate the thing. They need Sheppard to initialize the systems so they can perfect their interface device to get around the problem.

Sheppard agrees - since the alternative is vacuum - but uses the earliest opportunity to steal the ship and drop them out of hyperspace. Larrin responds by flooding the control room with deadly radiation. Sheppard surrenders, but not before sending out an SOS via subspace static. Larrin in turn locks him up again and proceeds to browbeat him, literally and figuratively. His distress signal has attracted the Wraith, and the hyperdrive is down. Their only hope is to let Sheppard operate the drone chair to take out the Wraith ship, which means letting him out again, while Larrin shuts down the SOS and tries to repair the hyperdrive. They succeed in destroying the Wraith, but Sheppard escapes to the Auxiliary Control room before Larrin can retrieve him, and locks her in the chair room. Which she promptly blasts her way out of.

The two of them cat and mouse their way around the ship, each hoping that their own people will turn up first. The fun is cut short when they discover that four Wraith are also running around the ship. Once more, Sheppard and Larrin have to team up, and they manage to take out all the Wraith pretty handily. Sheppard even bluffs the last one with an empty gun. Having triumphed over adversity, the hero and heroine kiss... aaand Larrin zaps Sheppard with his own stun gun and locks him up once again.

The rest of the Travelers arrive, beating out Lorne and McKay by a matter of minutes. While the cloaked jumpers are still deciding whether to shoot, all of the ships, including Sheppard's, jump into hyperspace. Fortunately, though, Sheppard has since managed to talk Larrin into letting him go, and possibly forming an alliance later. After the ships jump away, Sheppard's jumper decloaks, and Lorne and the others take him home.

• Being Good Sucks : Sheppard has multiple opportunities to take the Aurora -class for himself, but his own moral code and Larrin's ruthlessness by comparison end up sabotaging all his efforts.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension : Sheppard and Larrin. Though Sheppard plays up the violence after he is rescued, Rodney is able to deduce from his evasiveness that Sheppard certainly thought she was hot, and complains that he never gets kidnapped by "the sexy alien".
• The Cavalry Arrives Late : By the time Atlantis wrangles together a rescue party, the Travelers make off with the Aurora -class and Sheppard only escapes because he talked Larrin into doing the right thing.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder : Larrin is saved by Sheppard multiple times and still insists on betraying him at the first opportunity. She's only barely convinced not to permanently kidnap him because it wouldn't be very smart to make even more enemies than she already has.
• Exploited Immunity : Sheppard, being a former mundane fighter pilot, has trained to withstand g-forces that a more advanced civilization like the Travelers never have to deal with thanks to inertial dampening, so he's fairly confident that he can tolerate a short burst from the engines without the dampeners as long as he's seated while Larrin and her crew get thrown into the walls because they're not ready.
• Everyone Knows Morse : Justified. Sheppard's SOS immediately identifies the sender as someone from Earth, and he knows his team will recognize it if they detect it. It still attracts the Wraith, though, because even though they don't know Morse, they can still recognize a repeating pattern.
• Generation Ships : Aside from resupply and trading, the Travelers live their whole lives on their ships. This is problematic because their ships are degrading and they don't have the resources or facilities to construct new ones, while their population continues to grow even with strict controls on reproduction.
• Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress : When the Travelers order Sheppard to start moving the ship, he points out they really should have ordered him to engage the inertial dampeners first . Larrin considers it borderline psychotic that Sheppard would willingly accelerate a ship that, at full thrust, would render them stains on the rear wall.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero : Sheppard rigs an SOS using the damaged comm, expecting Atlantis to detect and track it. They do, but the Wraith also pick it up and they have ships in the area, so they arrive first.
• Removing the Head or Destroying the Brain : Threatened when Sheppard notes that, having just fed on Larrin, the Wraith's Healing Factor is at its peak, but he very much doubts the Wraith can grow a new head.
• Rewatch Bonus : McKay finds Sheppard's SOS with a program that the Ancients used to find artificial patterns in subspace, the first hint of the cosmic microwave background signal that Destiny was sent to investigate.
• Space People : Larrin admits that their ancestors may have originally taken to living in space to avoid the Wraith, but after so many generations it's simply become part of their culture.
• Spotting the Thread : Larrin accurately deduces that Sheppard did more than just take the ship into hyperspace when he is seemingly unconcerned by being recaptured. From that, she realizes that he's probably found a way to contact his people, despite the damaged subspace comm array.
• Thrown Out the Airlock : Larrin threatens to drop Sheppard out of her ship's hangar, going as far as opening the bay doors, leaving him standing on a force shield. Though she doesn't actually voice the threat beyond saying "Don't worry. You're safe as long as the force shield doesn't malfunction, and that almost never happens." Her crew previously state they assume she blew the last man who disappointed her out into space, though this could simply be posturing.
• Weapon for Intimidation : The Wraith commander has nearly drained Larrin dry and Sheppard only has a Traveler gun with a depleted power cell. The Wraith doesn't know that, however, so Sheppard is able to bluff him into restoring Larrin and retreating in a Dart lest Sheppard shoot his head off.
• We ARE Struggling Together : Larrin insists on kidnapping Sheppard so her people can use him to engineer a bypass for the ATA gene lock on their Aurora -class ship, when she could have just asked nicely and maybe made herself some allies. This naturally doesn't make Sheppard very willing to help her. Their competing agendas ultimately end up summoning the Wraith, and it's only because Sheppard is too decent a person to just let her die that Larrin comes out on top.
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As part of r/scifi’s 30 Days of Stargate extravaganza, Brad Wright – co-creator of Stargate SG-1 , Stargate Atlantis , and Stargate Universe , and creator of Travelers – took on hundreds of questions from fans in an AMA on Wednesday, December 7th, 2022. We’re sharing the highlights right here so you don't have to dig through the replies.

Amazon’s New Stargate: Brad is Rooting for Them

It was inevitable that there'd be numerous questions on Stargate ’s future following the acquisition of parent studio MGM by Amazon earlier this year, with rumors swirling about a total reboot, a partial reboot, and a script for a canonical fourth series by Brad. u/LaChanz/ asked , “Well, can we expect any more Stargate ?”

“I am sure MGM and Amazon will do something with the franchise. I am less sure if I will have anything to do with it. A few years ago now, MGM reached out to me and asked me to develop a pilot script for a new series, but so much has changed since then, including all of the players. Amazon is probably deciding what to do with Stargate as a tent-pole franchise and that may take some time. I wish them well.”

u/ShitJustGotRealAgain/ asked , “What does it feel like to have the SG universe out of your hands?”

“I’ve already experienced what you're talking about to a degree. Rob [C. Cooper] took over from me as showrunner later in SG-1 and made different choices, just as Paul [Mullie] and Joe [Mallozzi] did with Atlantis . But just because it's not what you would have done, doesn't mean it's not good.”

u/R6Major2/ spoke for the fandom, asking , “Is there any new hope of an in-canon Stargate with Amazon? I have watched all three series more times than I can remember because it's all soooo damn good. Don’t the rewatch numbers tell them anything?”

“I don’t know. I'm sure ’re considering it, but I suspect they're also considering starting afresh, without any of the “baggage” of previous iterations. I can see both points of view. My own take was a continuation of the existing universe, but over a decade later, with brand new elements and an entirely new enemy. I tried to do both old and new. I have no idea what Amazon will do, but those decisions will take place at the highest level. I suspect they'll bring in an A-list writer or writers. (I am not on that list.)”

u/iBREC asked what the state of play was with Brad’s new Stargate script.

“I doubt it’s because my script wasn't ambitious enough because it was huge! But it wasn’t a reinvention of the franchise and that may be what they're looking for. I don’t know. I've not spoken to anyone at Amazon. I’m not keeping secrets. I see rumors on Twitter and Youtube and it makes me laugh. I don’t think Amazon has decided anything yet.”

u/Orionsbelt coaxed out another teaser on Brad’s new Stargate script, asking, “Did you as time went on think about a storyline where the gate's existence was revealed to the general public on earth?”

“That was going to be part of the plot for the next SG-1 DVD movie.

“It was also going to be revealed in the first season of the series I wrote a pilot for, though not intentionally.

“It seems wrong at this point for SGC to be keeping all that advanced tech secret at this point.”

Brad’s Got Other Sci-Fi Projects on the Go

Whilst it might not be entirely good news on the Stargate front, it's certainly heartening to hear that Brad Wright is keeping busy.   u/beachtrader/ asked, “What new concepts do you have for a new show that we might like to hear?”

“Well, without telling you my series in development, I will say they run the gambit from space-based drama to more Earth-bound thriller with a sci-fi twist.”

A similar question from Companion regular (Hi!) u/spacerace51 received a slightly different response: “Are you working on any exciting projects at the minute?”

“Well, I think all my projects are exciting, of course, but the trick is convincing buyers of the same thing. I'm trying. I've developed five or six series since Travelers that have not found a home (including my take on a new Stargate ) but that's the nature of the business. I'm at the point in my career where I only want to make stuff I created, so unless I come up with something...”

Brad Drops a Ton of Stargate Trivia

Our very own u/lkao leads the charge, asking , “In ‘Window of Opportunity’, we get a montage of funny time loops like golfing, pottery-making, cycling, resigning, and kissing Carter...were there any other time loop scenarios that didn't make the episode?”

“Not that I can think of. In fact, some of what we did came out of the fact that the episode was going to be short. We spitballed a few ideas to Peter [DeLuise, director] and he shot them. We ordered the golf clubs the day before!”

u/Pukato asked , “Do you dream about the shows you (co-)created, especially Stargate ?”

“Yes! But mostly it's about the behind-the-camera stuff. Writers room, meetings, etc. I have dreamed many times of pitching [co-showrunner] Rob Cooper an idea, waking up in the morning to find it makes no sense at all. I guess when you spend a decade and a half on a show it sticks in your subconscious.”

u/jcknn asked , “Can you recall any of the wildest fan mail you ever received?”

“I did get a lot of hate mail when Daniel ascended. My face with a target around it was the creepiest.”

u/shogi_x asked , “Were there any minor characters in Stargate that you wanted to do more with but never found an opportunity to pull them back in?”

“I liked the recruits from ‘Proving Ground’.”

u/lafitte_1812 asked , “Out of universe, was there any practical reason why y'all chose the P90 as the primary weapon of the SG teams to replace the MP5?”

“A P90 ejects casings downward, which made it safer for our actors.

“Also, I think they're cool.”

u/Enderkool asked, “How many seasons did you expect Atlantis to go on for when it first began airing?”

“We were hoping to do a series of DVD movies after Season 5.”

In similar territory, u/nowhere_man_1992/ asked , “Do you have any regrets about how the shows ended? Did the stories wrap up well in your opinion?”

“We intended to make a series of DVD movies. We spent a fortune keeping the Atlantis set up, but the bottom fell out of the DVD market and MGM told us to stand down. Too bad, too. I really enjoyed making Continuum and they worked well alongside the TV shows. I actually like how SGU ended, although I know I'm in the minority. It's hopeful, it's mysterious, and it left the door open. Also, Joel's music cue for the ending is glorious and moving.”

We Have Unfinished Business with Travelers

u/averinix asked, “Any hope, even a smidgeon, of reviving Travelers ?”

“I think Travelers is going to be thought of as a cult hit eventually, but I don't think we ever reached the numbers that would make Netflix want to revisit. Carrie [Mudd, producer] and I did try, and Eric [McCormack, who plays Grant MacLaren] was all aboard to continue. But never say never. I love the world and the stakes and would love to make a version 2 someday.”

u/Novel-Structure-2359 leapt in with a juicy follow-up: “Could you give us a few of the plots you would have liked to explore if it had come back”

“Mac went back to 2001. He passed a letter to a brilliant scientist to stop Helios and in the process, stopped her from creating the singularity engine that might also have ended humanity. I think he would have visited Carly and introduced her to the FBI, stopped Trevor from dying in that fight, and got Phillip off of heroin. He would also have befriended David and Marcy. Then...?”

This article was first published on December 12th, 2022, on the original Companion website.

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Traveler generational ships [1] are interstellar vessels built and used by the Travelers as shelter for their entire civilization. They serve a purpose similar to that of Wraith Hive ships and Ancient City-ships , although on a much smaller scale.

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Overview [ ]

Traveler ships share a relatively symmetrical design. They are mostly flat, with a raised area near the rear of the vessel. Two prominent sublight engines are mounted on the rear, instead of being built into the vessel as they are on most ships. They are smaller than most capital ships, being roughly half the size of a Daedalus -class vessel. They are hyperspace -capable and equipped with both shields and energy weapons .

Travelers live aboard their ships, being an entirely space-faring race. Thus, their ships are designed to house as many people as possible, though their total crew compliment is unlikely to be very high given their size. Because the Travelers lack the ability to build new ships, their current fleet is the total capacity of their entire civilization.

Because they remain in space the majority of their lives, Travelers seldom land their ships for repairs. Thus, their ships are largely kept operational by a large amount of "jury rigging". This makes individual ship performance within their fleet inconsistent. ( SGA : " Travelers ", " Be All My Sins Remember'd ", " The Lost Tribe ")

Technology [ ]

Engineering

Traveler ships possess a wide range of technologies common to space-faring races. Their ships are equipped with hyperdrives ,shown only to be capable of interstellar travel and are of variable speed. Katana Labrea says her ship is faster than any other in Travelers fleet (it is unknown if she includes the Aurora -class battleship in this comparison). Their hyperdrives run on more primitive wires and chips as opposed to control crystals , and are built from mismatching components. Though unstable, they are remarkably durable considering their construction, as Mila , the engineer on Katana Labrea 's ship was able to restore hyperdrive functionality, at least momentarily, only minutes after overloading the drive to reach their destination faster.

Traveler ships have shields capable of resisting several shots from the main weapon of a Vanir spaceship . ( SGA : " The Lost Tribe ") They are also capable of withstanding fire from the pulse weapons of an Aurora-class battleship , though they will fail after sustained fire; during the Battle of Asuras , a Traveler ship was one of the few non-Asuran ships lost during the engagement. ( SGA : " Be All My Sins Remember'd ", " The Lost Tribe ") These ships also possess energy weapons capable of destroying a Vanir ship within 10 shots. ( SGA : " The Lost Tribe ")

History [ ]

In 2007 , Lt. Colonel John Sheppard 's Puddle Jumper was disabled by a generational ship while he was on his way back to Atlantis after a resupply mission. After being questioned and unsuccessfully hijacking their Aurora -class battleship , he was released, leaving the ship in his Puddle Jumper while the Traveler fleet left with the Aurora -class battleship. ( SGA : " Travelers ")

During the Battle of Asuras , six generational ships and the Aurora -class battleship joined the Daedalus , Apollo and seven Wraith Hive ships to defeat the Asurans . One generational ship was lost. ( SGA : " Be All My Sins Remember'd ")

The ship's bridge

During the Battle of M6H-987 , one Traveler ship , commanded by Katana Labrea , successfully engaged and destroyed two Vanir ships . After the battle, the ship opened a hyperspace window large enough to encompass the Daedalus , preventing its collision with Janus' research outpost by taking both ships through the planet. After the Daedalus was safe, the ship fired at the outpost on the planet, destroying it and the Attero device . Because it had sustained moderate damage, the ship was taken to Atlantis where it was repaired with the help of Dr. Radek Zelenka . ( SGA : " The Lost Tribe ")

Known generational ships [ ]

• Larrin's ship
• Katana Labrea's ship

Gallery [ ]

References [ ]

• ↑ First plot details on 'Travelers' on GateWorld . ( backup link )

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How Stargate Atlantis Would Have Continued

S targate Atlantis, the first spin-off in the Stargate franchise, ran from 2004 to 2009. While the original series, Stargate SG-1, explored the adventures through the Stargate from Earth, Atlantis took viewers to the Pegasus Galaxy, where a new team operates from the lost city of Atlantis and faces off against the Wraith, a hostile species that feeds on humans. Just like SG:1, the blend of science fiction, adventure, and the occasional humor captured the hearts of many fans.

"Stargate" in a nutshell:

A Stargate is a fictional ring device that allows instantaneous intergalactic travel to another Stargate by establishing a wormhole between the two rings. Travelling through the Stargate is something all Stargate shows and movies have in common.

SG:A was performing well in terms of viewership. Nevertheless, MGM and Syfy decided to make a strategic production change after exactly 100 episodes, axing the series. So why didn't we get more stories from the Pegasus Galaxy, is the second spin-off Stargate: Universe to blame for that, and how would the story of SG:A have continued? Let's find out.

Stargate Extinction: The SG:A Movie We Never Got

From what is known, the cancellation of SG:A probably hadn't much to do with the plans of bringing Stargate: Universe on air. The axing of SG:A as a TV show was mainly for financial reasons. Production costs have had increased by a lot at the end of the 2000s century compared to the series' beginning, particularly caused by the rise of the Canadian Dollar and the decline of the US-Dollar on the other hand.

But: The producers actually didn't plan to give up on SG:A. Instead, they planned to continue the storytelling via movies instead of single episodes , hoping that this would reduce costs.

Actually, the idea of a movie evolved even before an SG:A movie was discussed at all. Since it was still unclear whether season 6 will get green light or not during season 5's production, the producers tried to persuade MGM and Syfy to extend the fifth season from 20 to 22 episodes, so that the final two episodes could also be used for a standalone DVD movie in case that SG:A wouldn't get a sixth season, setting the path for further movies. But as we know, that didn't happen.

However, following the cancellation of Stargate Atlantis, there was immediate talk of continuing the story through a first movie titled Stargate Extinction. Executive producer Joseph Mallozzi and Co-Creator Brad Wright completed the script until mid-2009.

How SG:A Would Have Continued

Thanks to a GateWorld interview with Joseph Mallozzi, we have some ideas on how SG:A would have continued.

The story was set to pick up where the series left off: On its journey through space back to the Pegasus Galaxy, the city of Atlantis suddenly reports engine problems (we'd bet it's the wormhole drive that was introduced in the season 5 finale). As a result, Atlantis and its crew find themselves stranded in another galaxy , facing a future, hostile version of the Wraith Todd, and also meeting another version of Teyla.

In the final part of the episode, present-day Todd saves McKays life, encountering future Todd in a dramatic battle.

While this doesn't sound too groundbreaking, Mallozzi revealed some further details that are actually exciting and important for the Stargate lore:

1. Stargate: Extinction would probably have laid the seeds for the Stargate: Universe story about the Descendants that takes place at the end of SG:U season 2 (Episode 2.17 "Common Descent" and 2.18 "Epilogue").

2. In case a sixth season of Atlantis would have been greenlighted, we would likely have seen Michael return in the midseason finale – that's actually very surprising, since Michael has seemingly died in Episode 5.14 "The Prodigal" (at least it was clearly indicated that his time was over).

Unfortunately, due to MGM's financial difficulties at the time and with a declining DVD market, the project was indefinitely shelved, leaving the plot points and character arcs unresolved.

A New Hope For The Stargate Franchise

While the second spin-off Stargate Universe did not continue past its second season , and plans for Stargate Extinction fell through, the Stargate franchise is on ice since 13 years (we don't count Stargate: Origins in, you know why).

But there's a good chance this will eventually change: Amazon's acquisition of MGM in 2021 will likely open doors for new stories from the Stargate franchise. And given the advancements in streaming services and the trend of reviving beloved series, there's a possibility for Stargate Atlantis' narratives to be incorporated as a side plot in a new series, opening up new perspectives for this beloved chapter of the Stargate franchise .