Chapter 10: The Wrap-up

A/N: So, I hate to do this, but, due to circumstances in real life, mainly personal issues as well as trying to work on my new fanfic project, The Stargate Initiative, which is proving to be a more massive undertaking than previously anticipated, I've decided to end this story. I'm not just going to stop it dead, though. This chapter is going to be a run-down of what would have happened in the story.

Here you go:

1. The ALS plot: TJ gets cured.

2. The Wormhole technology: The origin for the wormhole technology was going to be a big-ass facility built around a contained black hole for power, built by the Obelisk builders and essentially intended to be used to facilitate remote probe exploration of the universe. Earth would have set up a base there, and used the technology to resupply Destiny with resources and personnel on a regular basis. Using modified transporters, entire ships could be dematerialized and sent through, which the Lucian Alliance would then have attempted to use by forcing open one of the wormhole remnants in the Milky Way to get a fleet to Destiny. This would fail, resulting in the capture of a number of Lucian Alliance personnel and the destruction of the wormhole generator facility toward the very end of On The Other Side.

3. The Ori deal: They would have met up with the rogue Ori, who would then use the wormhole generator to go to the Milky Way and lend their services against the Replicators.

4. Following up on the Looking Glass arc: It would be learned that the alternate Destiny from the Looking Glass arc was destroyed, resulting in the permanent stranding of the survivors in this universe.

5. Rush and Eli independently plot to murder the consciousnesses of their respective dead love interests to transfer the personality of their native universe version into the body. Accidents would lead to this only being performed on Amanda. Alternate-Ginn would later be killed, and a cloned body made to transfer the prime-universe version into.

6. The Replicator war: They'd get defeated eventually.

7. The future: The initial plan I had for the finale of On The Other side would be a backdoor pilot for a sequel fic series. Basically, the main cast would get sent forward a few thousand years into the future and run into their descendants, still on Destiny, still following the path and trying to unravel the mystery. This particular time-travel incident would utilize the stable time loop mechanics used in the SG-1 episode '1969,' having always been supposed to happen. They would get back to their home time, of course. The finale would be used predominantly to establish the characters, setting, culture, tech base, and all the other details that would have been involved in the sequel fic, which would have been called Children of Destiny and which I was actually developing well before Season 2 of SGU aired.

8: The Pairings: Complicated. The only ones I was actually certain of were TJ/Young and Rush/Amanda. The others could have gone any number of ways.

Bonus facts:

1. I had Eli kill Rush during their confrontation at the beginning of this story in the original draft.

2. I did the Looking Glass arc because I felt that Ripple Effect from SG-1 didn't handle the situation as well as it could have. I felt it presented the alternate version as too solidly evil, and therefore the alternates were flat characters. And because I wanted to bring dead characters back.

3. I really do feel bad for dropping this story. Tell you what: if anyone feels like they could continue it, get in touch with me, and we can talk about the possibilities. I'd act strictly in an advisory role, to make sure that things don't get too far off the rails I'd intended. You'd get to handle all the writing and would have some freedom with how the events actually play out.