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

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

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



* [[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.]]



* SanitySlippage: Sim didn't have a firm grasp on reality to begin with when the Destiny crew discovered him. Over time it only gets worse. Many others suffer from this too after all the insane crap they have to put up with. [[spoiler: Beckett gets put through the ringer when [[BigBad Iram]] gets a hold of him and subjects him to [[LotusEaterMachine various]] [[MySkullRunnethOver horrific]] [[NeuroVault tests to decode the CMBR signal patterns in his brain.]] Then for good measure Iram implants a hallucination of himself into Beckett's mind to torment him even after he escapes. [[FromBadToWorse Then he suffers a HeroicBSOD after returning to Earth which gets him discharged from the Air Force.]] By the end of it, it's a wonder Beckett isn't a gibbering wreck.]]

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* SanitySlippage: Sim didn't have a firm grasp on reality to begin with when the Destiny crew discovered him. Over time it only gets worse. Many others suffer from this too after all the insane crap they have to put up with. [[spoiler: Beckett gets put through the ringer when [[BigBad Iram]] gets a hold of him and subjects him to [[LotusEaterMachine various]] [[MySkullRunnethOver horrific]] [[NeuroVault tests to decode the CMBR signal patterns in his brain.]] [[FromBadToWorse Then for good measure Iram implants a hallucination of himself into Beckett's mind to torment him even after he escapes. [[FromBadToWorse escapes.]] [[TraumaCongaLine Then he suffers a HeroicBSOD after returning to Earth which gets him discharged from the Air Force.]] By the end of it, it's a wonder Beckett isn't a gibbering wreck.]]
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* SanitySlippage: Sim didn't have a firm grasp on reality to begin with when the Destiny crew discovered him. Over time it only gets worse. Many others suffer from this too after all the insane crap they have to put up with. [[spoiler: Beckett gets put through the ringer when [[BigBad Iram]] gets a hold of him and subjects him to [[LotusEaterMachine various]] [[MySkullRunnethOver horrific]] [[NeuroVault tests to decode the CMBR signal patterns in his brain.]] Then for good measure Iram implants a hallucination of himself into Beckett's mind to torment him even after he escapes. [[ItGetsWorse Then he suffers a HeroicBSOD after returning to Earth which gets him discharged from the Air Force.]] By the end of it, it's a wonder Beckett isn't a gibbering wreck.]]

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* SanitySlippage: Sim didn't have a firm grasp on reality to begin with when the Destiny crew discovered him. Over time it only gets worse. Many others suffer from this too after all the insane crap they have to put up with. [[spoiler: Beckett gets put through the ringer when [[BigBad Iram]] gets a hold of him and subjects him to [[LotusEaterMachine various]] [[MySkullRunnethOver horrific]] [[NeuroVault tests to decode the CMBR signal patterns in his brain.]] Then for good measure Iram implants a hallucination of himself into Beckett's mind to torment him even after he escapes. [[ItGetsWorse [[FromBadToWorse Then he suffers a HeroicBSOD after returning to Earth which gets him discharged from the Air Force.]] By the end of it, it's a wonder Beckett isn't a gibbering wreck.]]

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* HeroicBSOD: Many characters suffer from this from time to time during extremely stressful situation. None moreso than Miller who questions her capability to command [[spoiler: after being forced to decide between destroying Outreach station or using it to get her people home at the cost of allowing the Randkin to spread further out into the universe.]]




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* SanitySlippage: Sim didn't have a firm grasp on reality to begin with when the Destiny crew discovered him. Over time it only gets worse. Many others suffer from this too after all the insane crap they have to put up with. [[spoiler: Beckett gets put through the ringer when [[BigBad Iram]] gets a hold of him and subjects him to [[LotusEaterMachine various]] [[MySkullRunnethOver horrific]] [[NeuroVault tests to decode the CMBR signal patterns in his brain.]] Then for good measure Iram implants a hallucination of himself into Beckett's mind to torment him even after he escapes. [[ItGetsWorse Then he suffers a HeroicBSOD after returning to Earth which gets him discharged from the Air Force.]] By the end of it, it's a wonder Beckett isn't a gibbering wreck.]]
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* [[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.]] ]]
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* 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.]]


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* EasterEgg: Many, between [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to other media, [[CallBack call backs]] to Stargate lore, and even [[spoiler: the stargate glyphs used as markers for switches in characters. [[{{Foreshadowing}} They are actually the nine symbol address that is encoded within the cosmic microwave background.]] ]]

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* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: Beckett suffers a HeroicBSOD after returning to Earth which leads to an dishonorable discharge from the Air Force. He then turns to alcohol to cope with the guilt of leaving many people behind on board Destiny.]]



** The Outreach Relays the Randkin use for faster-than-light travel also count, but on an intergalactic scale.




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** [[spoiler: It is later revealed that [[BigBad Iram]] is actually [[UsedToBeASweetKid Gill from an alternate future.]] ]]
** [[spoiler: The mysterious signal Destiny is decoding is actually a nine chevron address.]]




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* [[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.]]



* 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.]] ]]

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* [[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 {{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.
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* 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.]] ]]
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Sim spent years alone on Destiny, and it's taken its toll on him. It doesn't help he [[MySkullRunnethOver sat in the Ancient neural interface chair.]]
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* {{Autodoc}}: The Ancient's EVA suits come with advanced life support systems capable of healing a person of severe injuries and illnesses. There are many instances of crew members being put in one to save their lives.
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* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: This is a given due to the advanced age of Destiny and much of its technology. Even then, Destiny manages to embody the best aspects of this trope.


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* LatexSpaceSuit: Subverted with Destiny's EVA suits. They're not as bulky as the space suits seen in Universe, falling more in line with the space suits from Franchise/DeadSpace.
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* HandCannon: Truvian blaster pistols are insanely powerful handguns that'd give [[StargateAtlantis Ronon Dex's]] particle magnum a run for its money.
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* BottomlessMagazines: Played with. While the human weapons the Destiny crew brought have a finite source of ammunition, the weapons designed by the Truvians are capable of breaking down anything up to and including ''grains of sand'' to make powerful, armor piercing projectiles.

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* BottomlessMagazines: Played with.Both played straight and subverted. While the human weapons the Destiny crew brought have a finite source of ammunition, the weapons designed by the Truvians are capable of breaking down anything up to and including ''grains of sand'' to make powerful, armor piercing projectiles.
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* {{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:

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* {{Precursors}}: As per the StargateVerse, we have[[NeglectfulPrecursors 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:
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* {{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:
** [[BenevolentPrecursors The Truvians]], supposedly native to the Randkin galaxy who were hailed as incredible weapons manufacturers, their weapons are sought after by many.
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* BottomlessMagazines: Played with. While the human weapons the Destiny crew have a finite source of ammunition, the weapons designed by the Truvians are capable of breaking down anything up to and including ''grains of sand'' to make powerful, armor piercing projectiles.

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* BottomlessMagazines: Played with. While the human weapons the Destiny crew brought have a finite source of ammunition, the weapons designed by the Truvians are capable of breaking down anything up to and including ''grains of sand'' to make powerful, armor piercing projectiles.
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* {{BFG}}: The Randkin blast cannon can OneHitKill [[ArmoredMook a Randkin]] with [[LudicrousGibs messy results.]]

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* {{BFG}}: The Randkin blast cannon can OneHitKill [[ArmoredMook [[HeavilyArmoredMook a Randkin]] with [[LudicrousGibs messy results.]]

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* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the background information on numerous galaxies, alien races, and characters can be found on the [[https://stargatedestinygame.tumblr.com/ online manual on tumblr.]]



* {{BFG}}: The Randkin blast cannon can OneHitKill [[ArmoredMook a Randkin]] with [[LudicrousGibs messy results.]]



* BottomlessMagazines: Played with. While the human weapons the Destiny crew have a finite source of ammunition, the weapons designed by the Truvians are capable of breaking down anything up to and including ''grains of sand'' to make powerful, armor piercing projectiles.




* {{Expy}}: The Randkin are essentially [[Film/{{Predator}} Predators]], and the sk'att [[Film/{{Tremors}} mini-graboids]].

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\n* EnergyWeapon: On top of many of the weapons on numerous ships in-universe, the crew collects a number of energy weapons to replace their weaker, kinetic-based weaponry.
* {{Expy}}: The Randkin are essentially [[Film/{{Predator}} Predators]], and the sk'att [[Film/{{Tremors}} mini-graboids]]. The [[InsectoidAliens Krill]] bear a resemblance to [[Film/District9 prawns.]]
* 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.




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* PortalNetwork: The stargates, naturally.
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'''Stargate Destiny''' is a PlayByPost RPG on Ongoing Worlds created by Troper/{{Avenuewriter}} loosely based on 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.

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'''Stargate Destiny''' is a PlayByPost RPG on Ongoing Worlds created by Troper/{{Avenuewriter}} loosely based on 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.

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* 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
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* BreatherEpisode: Usually takes place in between main campaign storylines. "The Quest For Bacon" for instance, is a light hearted comedy questline following [[ThoseTwoGuys Volker and Brody]] as they work to [[ItMakesSenseInContext steal the ship's last scraps of bacon.]]
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* 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.
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* AlternateContinuity: The game utilizes most of the lore from the [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} Stargate universe]], 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.

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* AlternateContinuity: The game utilizes most of the lore from the [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} Stargate universe]], 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.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Randkin. It is said that they will start *wars* with other races for the fun of it.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Randkin. It is said that they will start *wars* ''wars'' with other races for the fun of it.

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* AlienHair: The Randkin apparently have quills for hair.



* ChameleonCamouflage: The Randkin have cloaking technology that renders them effectively invisible.



* DarkerAndEdgier: The game can get far darker than even SGU.



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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Gill, life as a slave has made him more than capable and a bit of a ChildProdigy.

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* SharkMan: The Randkin are reptilian aliens with head that resemble that of a shark's.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Volker and Brody, much like they were in SGU.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Gill, life as a slave has made him more than capable and a bit of a ChildProdigy.ChildProdigy.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Basically the whole premise of the game.
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* CatFolk: One of the playable alien races resembles large humanoid cats.


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* DeadpanSnarker: As per Stargate, many of the characters are prone to this.
--> '''The Finder''': How did you come to be here?
--> '''Beckett''': Fell asleep on the bus.

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* AlienAbduction: Hinted at with Gill's origin.
* AlternateContinuity: The game utilizes most of the lore from the [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} Stargate universe]], 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.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Randkin. It is said that they will start *wars* with other races for the fun of it.

* BloodKnight: The Randkin are this. They live for conflict going so far as to build "game worlds" that trap passing aliens by crashing their ships onto the planet so they can hunt the survivors.

* ChildProdigy: Gill is so skilled at technology and learning and understanding alien languages to the point he can [[TranslatorMicrobes build a translator so everyone on board can understand one another]].

* DeathWorld: The Randkin game world the team gates to in order to find resources to fix the life support. It is described as being barely habitable, is home to a race of carnivorous [[SandWorm sand worms]], and is littered with the remains of thousands of crashed ships. The occupants of which now fight and scavenge whatever they can just to survive.

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* {{Expy}}: The Randkin are essentially [[Film/{{Predator}} Predators]], and the sk'att [[Film/{{Tremors}} mini-graboids]].

* OntologicalMystery: The player characters discover themselves stuck on Destiny, an ancient starship on a mysterious mission. This also applies to many of the races they encounter in the Randkin galaxy, as they have either been abducted and dropped onto one of their game worlds or pulled across the universe by some mysterious force. No one really knows which is the real reason.

* TheReveal: The team hear of an alien on the game world called The Finder who has managed to establish quite a stronghold. Gill mentions The Finder is incredibly dangerous and typically enslaves any hapless aliens who cross him. [[spoiler: It is revealed that The Finder is a [[Series/StargateSG1 goa'uld]] named Khnum who was thrown across the universe early in the goa'uld/Earth conflict.]]

* SandWorm: The sk'att. Meter-long worms that leap out and drag much larger prey down beneath the dirt.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Gill, life as a slave has made him more than capable and a bit of a ChildProdigy.
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'''Stargate Destiny''' is a PlayByPost RPG on Ongoing Worlds created by Troper/{{Avenuewriter}} loosely based on 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.

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.

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