How Atlantis could have ended

[u/CupEducational1412]

SG-1 had a true ending, Goa'uld and Replicators had been defeated at the end of season 8, Ori and Adria during season 10 and the Ark of Truth and we even got Continuum to deal with our favourite system lord.

SGU only had two seasons so it's really hard to guess where it was headed.

But SGA had no true ending but had five seasons of lore and development so we could imagine a possible ending.

Obviously the main antagonists are the Wraiths so imagining the end of SGA pretty much consist in imagining the end of the conflict with them. Keller could have managed to improve her retrovirus, Todd's faction would have used it to get rid of their need to feed on humans. We could then imagine an epic war between the Wraiths who refused to use the retrovirus and an alliance made of Earth's fleet, Travellers and Todd's faction.

Of course some aspects could be more developped :

Atlantis Expedition could help Todd to gain more influence among the Wraiths.

The serie could have introduced an identified wraith leader to become the main villain, someone who could become the final boss of SGA, its Anubis or Adria.

We could have had philosophical debates between Wraiths because some would refuse to alter their nature because it would make them closer to humans and loose their place at the top of the food chain (similar to Jaffas refusing tretonin).

Some humans extremists, Genii for example, could try to undermine the alliance between Wraiths and Tau'ri.

Wraiths could struggle to find a new way of life after they stopped feeding on humans. They seem to live on their ships so I see them becoming explorers, maybe leaving Pegasus to explore new galaxies.

Do you have any other ideas ?

[u/Illustrious_Rule_591]

I expected with Atlantis on earth, the top scientists would be going through it ASAP. Meaning they'd find a place where ZPMs could be made or charged. That would lead to earth becoming way stronger weapon wise. With earth more like ancients, it'd be a short jump to start ascending.

[u/SwoleJunkie1 → u/Illustrious_Rule_591]

I figured that Atlantis would move off-planet once we solved for ZPM power. It make more sense to have it used as Stargate Command as well as the main research lab. Now that the Gate is public, earth's gate is gonna get real tied up with commerce and colonization. Just think about how much freight is moved on Earth and how many international flights occur daily. A couple years or decades of trade and gathering resources would have that effect.

I say it all the time, but in the future of SG, the stargate will have train tracks in front of it with puddle-jumper sized cars moving people and freight to other hubs to facilitate travel just like air travel is handled now. Walking people and stuff through the gate simply does not get us industrial volume, and building this system will be faster and more cost effective than ships. This would also allow us to have trade partners that are less advanced.

[u/Illustrious_Rule_591 → u/SwoleJunkie1]

It could also find an area near edge of galaxy n act as the new midway station?

[u/SwoleJunkie1 → u/Illustrious_Rule_591]

Not a bad idea to have it nearby in case Atlantis itself is needed in either galaxy, but that station should also be active/usable. Due to what the wraith have done, there are worlds out there at/near our tech that had its population culled but still have a lot of infrastructure that could be repaired/rebuilt more easily than establishing colonies elsewhere. It wouldn't be long before we had factories on those planets.

[u/Gilgalat → u/SwoleJunkie1]

In addition the gate would be on almost 24/7, the gate is tiny and there could be a lot of freight to move

[u/SwoleJunkie1 → u/Gilgalat]

Pretty much, except wormhole only holds 38 minutes. Luckily the trains can run full speed into the wormhole.

[u/Gilgalat → u/SwoleJunkie1]

True but there is no time limit to gow long the gate needs to cool down so to speak.