What would you do if you were a civilian on the Destiny?

[propita]

So, unless you were one of the guys on Rush's team or had medical experience, what would you do to fill your time? There's the hydroponic lab, but except for maintaining it or expanding it, not a lot to do there.

What would you do with your time? Exercise? Meditate? Learn some useful skills, like martial arts, cooking the available food, sewing the available materials? Learn someone's else's field of expertise--all these civilians had to know something useful to be there in the first place. Read? What books are there to read--was anything mentioned about the equivalent of e-books?

I suppose that, if someone had a deck of cards, there could be a great ongoing poker game. Or solitaire.

 

[DWF]

Go after Lt. James.

 

[Brikar99]

I'd probably want to spend time exploring the ship. That place looks huge. More personally, if I had a pad and pencil, I'd love to sit in that observation deck and sketch the various star systems the ship stops in.

 

[Vonstadt]

Explore the ship, enjoy the views in observation and if I had no critical science training that would be useful in aiding the mission. I would cross train with the military so I could be of some use there as ship security or as back up to stargate operations and such.

Eventually they are going to need an influx of new folks to help out the military.

Vons

 

[Star Wolf]

Go after Lt. James.

When Cain(?) the IT tech said no my first thought was the Professor and Gilligan ignoring Ginger and Mary Ann and going to their bunks.

 

[David cgc]

I imagine finding out someone's interested in you because of your dead wife might be a bit of a turn-off.

For about five minutes!

 

[StarshipDefiant]

Stay out of the way, it's not like I have any useful skills for anything, at least as far as survival goes. I might walk around on the ship, perhaps sit in the observation room area to watch the stars and what not, but otherwise? Just stay out of the way.

 

[Star Wolf]

Stay out of the way, it's not like I have any useful skills for anything, at least as far as survival goes. I might walk around on the ship, perhaps sit in the observation room area to watch the stars and what not, but otherwise? Just stay out of the way.

Wait a second, besides Chloe and Wray don't all the civilians have skills that were contracted for by the SGC? The same things they did for Icarus Base they would do for Destiny. They may be "the wrong people" but they were not random survivors of a nuclear holocoust either.

 

[StarshipDefiant]

Well, I figured the question was what would you do, if you ended up on Destiny. If I were someone previously on the military base? Who the hell knows what I'd have been doing, probably a menial maintenance task or cooking or something. Either way, I doubt I'd have much use in a situation like people on Destiny find themselves in.

 

[Star Wolf]

Well, I figured the question was what would you do, if you ended up on Destiny. If I were someone previously on the military base? Who the hell knows what I'd have been doing, probably a menial maintenance task or cooking or something. Either way, I doubt I'd have much use in a situation like people on Destiny find themselves in.

Until IT tech Cain was given a back story it seems as if Sr Airman (Sergeant) Riley did the menial maintenance and Airman Baker, "I'm just a cook" has retained the job as mess sergeant.

What I just noticed is that Colonel Young, Dr Rush and commissioner Wray seem to be the oldest people aboard. I was wondering about the gender balance when Cain turned his back on the opportunity to know Lieutenant James

 

[The Wormhole]

If I were a civilian on Destiny? I'd be spewing some form of bullshit about how illegitimate the military ruling the ship is, despite the contract I signed saying I'd accept military authority. I'd then assist in the most idiotic and poorly thought out mutiny helping the jackass responsible for stranding me on this ship gain authority. Then when the military reasserts control, I'd go to my room. But nothing to worry about, this whole affair will likely be forgotten about within a week.

So yeah, I'd be like every other civilian on the ship.

Until IT tech Cain was given a back story it seems as if Sr Airman (Sergeant) Riley did the menial maintenance

I thought Riley was Icarus's gate room technician, like Walter at the SGC and Chuck on Atlantis?

 

[Star Wolf]

Iip.

Until IT tech Cain was given a back story it seems as if Sr Airman (Sergeant) Riley did the menial maintenance

I thought Riley was Icarus's gate room technician, like Walter at the SGC and Chuck on Atlantis?

You're right I'm wrong

 

[propita]

Since I never answered my own question...

I figure that if I had a skill that was still useful on Destiny (as opposed to only useful at Icarus Base), I'd continue it, and explore the ship when possible. If not, I'd try to learn a skill.

That still leaves plenty of free time to kick around, learn non-useful skills that interest me, and explore the ship.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

I'd become the new fan favorite, because I'm 20 times less bland than most of the Destiny crew.

 

[The Wormhole]

I'd become the new fan favorite, because I'm 20 times less bland than most of the Destiny crew.

That's not hard. A beige wall is less bland than most of Destiny's crew.

 

[Kirby]

I guess I'd first find Dr. Park (is that her name?) and do some serious reading, and then probably spend time exploring the ship and trying to figure out how stuff works.

 

[Snick27]

i would walk around and say Hallow are the ORI!

 

[Jono]

I wouldn't be doing any sole exploring. I've seen enough sci-fi and horror flicks to know that going on your own into a "abandoned" ship is a great way to end up having someone chewing on your skin, getting sucked out into space or getting trapped in some crazy machine.

I'd probably spend my time bitching about being on the ship and cursing Rush.

 

[Demonland]

Go after Lt. James.

Me too. Double

 

[Brent]

I'd become the fun guy everyone loves to hate, think of me like Nelix. hah, nah, I'd try to be nice, friendly and make friends with everyone, and kind of be a moral booster if I can. I'd roam the ship, and though I'm not a scientist, I am pretty good with computers and might be able to play with something and figure something out, so if they let me, I'd tinker with stuff they'd let me tinker with. I think the big thing here is what they will ALLOW a civilian to do, and where they will ALLOW you to go in the ship. I'd imagine that they wouldn't want me roaming anywhere. That's why I'd have to make friends so they'd let me into the no no areas. I'd actually explore the ship, which is something they never really showed/or did, on Atlantis.