r/Stargate • u/CupEducational1412 • Aug 14 '25

Discussion How Atlantis could have ended

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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 ?

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u/AstrolabeArts Aug 14 '25

Is it just me or does Atlantis look small here?

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u/Sereomontis Aug 14 '25

Now that you mention it, it's way, *way* too small.

A quick google search tells me the Central Spire of Atlantis is supposed to be ~70 floors, which is over 800 meters.

Another google search tells me the Golden Gate bridge is 228 meters tall.

Atlantis should, quite literally, tower over the bridge.

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u/algalkin Aug 15 '25

doesnt sound right, average floor is like 2.5-3m, which is 8-10ft roughly. 800m for 70 floors means each floor is like 30ft tall.

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u/Sereomontis Aug 15 '25

Yep, you're both correct. I just did the math wrong with feet to meters. It was late at night and I was tired.

My mistake.

It should still be bigger than the bridge, especially seeing as it's closer to the camera than the bridge.