History Roleplay / StargateDestiny

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Randkin believe this to be the case. Though they have limits. The Finder is an example of someone who impressed them enough from their many attempts to kill him to grant him a position of power on their game world. Though he's still very much a prisoner.

** There were plans to introduce an OverarchingVillain in the form of Iram, a ruthless cyborg who is obsessed with Destiny and the signal it's been decoding. He'd subject captive characters to MindRape and cold blooded torture. It'd later be revealed that he was an older version of Gil, who had come back in time after the crew attempted to dial within a star. He'd also be working on a way to dial back to Earth, and a handful of characters would actually be forced to return home and leave the rest of the Destiny crew behind.

* HypotheticalCasting: Some players will use images of actors for their character images. Some examples include:
** Creator/LenaHeadey as Colonel Louisa Miller
** Creator/MichaelBJordan as Lieutenant Christopher Beckett

'''Stargate Destiny''' is a PlayByPost RPG on Ongoing Worlds created by Troper/{{Avenuewriter}} ReTool of Series/StargateUniverse. Much like the series, the game follows a group of soldiers and scientists who have become stranded on the far side of the universe aboard the [[{{Precursors}} Ancient]] ship [[CoolShip Destiny.]] However, those are where the game's similarities to the show end. The game's plot is set in an AlternateContinuity where the player characters have taken the place of the original crew, the worlds they visit are far stranger, and half the crew is comprised of aliens who have decided to join the mission.

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Miller sacrifices herself to destroy the Cthonian device preventing Destiny from activating the Madronus Superweapon. Saving her crew and everyone in the Cthonian Galaxy. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence She gets better.]] ]]

* [[spoiler: NeuroVault: It's later revealed that Destiny [[WetwareCPU uses its crew's brains to help decode the CMBR signal]] and stores much of its discoveries into their subconscious.]]

* [[spoiler: StrangerInAFamiliarLand: The few who managed to gate back to Earth soon find that life isn't the same and some work to return to the ship.]]

* [[spoiler: TimeSkip: After The Icarus Three return to Earth, time skips forward three years. In that intervening time, the Stargate Program goes public, Beckett is dishonorably discharged from the SGC and the Air Force, and Earth's stargate is moved to the moon. On Destiny's side, the ship is being relentlessly pursued by Iram and his followers and many of the crew have fled to live on other worlds.]]
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Or in this case posters. Many future questlines can be sussed out on the game runner's Website/{{DeviantART}} page. [[spoiler: Such as the the fact that Destiny encounters [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], and that, at some point, [[StargateAtlantis Col. John Shepard becomes Destiny's new commander.]] ]] This wiki is also rife with spoilers.

** The second campaign would've focused on Destiny being taken by [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] and the crew trying to find a way to get it back while they all slowly go insane. The end of the campaign would be a PyrrhicVictory as the crew recovers Destiny but Miller sacrifices her life to save everyone.
** The third campaign would see Earth sending Destiny a "relief package" complete with some familiar faces from StargateSG1 and StargateAtlantis. John Sheppard would have become Destiny's new commander.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Basically the whole premise of the game.

* HandCannon: Truvian blaster pistols are insanely powerful handguns that'd give [[StargateAtlantis Ronon Dex's]] particle magnum a run for its money.

* AlternateContinuity: The game utilizes most of the lore from the StargateVerse, and is primarily built on the premise of Series/StargateUniverse. However, aside from being about a group of explorers trapped on an ancient ship, the plot is wildly different.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Again, a staple of the StargateVerse. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Miller ascended after her HeroicSacrifice and has been working with a group of ascended Ancients to fulfill Destiny's mission.]]

* FasterThanLightTravel: Like the [[StargateVerse source material]], many ships can enter hyperspace to travel faster than light. Destiny is the exception, instead utilizing what is theorized to be some sort of "warp" drive to reach superluminal speeds. It is said to be significantly inferior to modern hyperdrives, however, and most likely utilizes it because of how old it is, as well as the fact that it cannot gather information in hyperspace.

* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Played with. In a subversion of the typical stance in all previous examples of the StargateVerse, this trope is downplayed significantly. The Randkin are virtually impervious to all of the weapons the Destiny crew brought with them from the Milky Way, and must search for weapons capable of taking them down. However, [[BenevolentPrecursors Truvian]] weapons are kinetic and are prized by many in the Randkin galaxy for their insane stopping power and having BottomlessMagazines.

* {{Precursors}}: As per the StargateVerse, we have [[NeglectfulPrecursors the Ancients]] who, thanks to the seed ships that planted stargates in numerous galaxies, are seen as this to many races in the universe. However many of the galaxies Destiny explores have their own such as:

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Or in this case posters. Many future questlines can be sussed out on the game runner's {{DeviantART}} page. [[spoiler: Such as the the fact that Destiny encounters [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], and that, at some point, [[StargateAtlantis Col. John Shepard becomes Destiny's new commander.]] ]] This wiki is also rife with spoilers.

The game is currently on an indefinite hiatus and in need of some dedicated players. The game can be found [[http://www.ongoingworlds.com/games/2923 here.]] It also has a blog [[https://stargatedestinygame.tumblr.com/ here]] that serves as a sort of manual and data log on the campaign.

** The second campaign would've focused on Destiny being taken by [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] and the crew trying to find a way to get it back while they all slowly go insane. The end of the campaign would be a PyrricVictory as the crew recovers Destiny but Miller sacrifices her life to save everyone.

The game is currently in its early stages and is in need of some dedicated players. The game can be found [[http://www.ongoingworlds.com/games/2923 here.]] It also has a blog [[https://stargatedestinygame.tumblr.com/ here]] that serves as a sort of manual and data log on the campaign.

* BigBad: It changes with every new galaxy. First it was the [[BloodKnight Randkin]], then [[spoilers: the [[EldritchAbomination Cthonians]], then [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast Iram]] and his [[TheFundamentalist Novus Sors.]] ]] There's no telling what the Destiny will run into next.