I doubt the base attackers will be the main enemy. They were in Goa'uld ships, and the dialog suggested they were presumed to be the Lucian Alliance (the criminal organization of humans who picked up the pieces when the Goa'ulds fell apart). I think they were just a MacGuffin to get everybody onto the Ancient Ship in an emergency situation - they needed an attack otherwise they'd have arrived all better prepared and without all the people who aren't entirely qualified. So they just say the Lucian Alliance heard there was something cool and rare and super-awesome there, they launched a raid, and they accidentally destroyed the planet because they didn't understand how unstable it was. I doubt their role in the story is important beyond that, since they'd have to have a way to get several galaxies away, and if they aren't the Lucien Alliance but somebody else, then they have to be pretty sophisticated to pull off a ruse like that. _Unless_ they do something where, say, some big player with Baal like craftiness organized the raid when it looked like they were getting close to opening it, in the hopes to sneak somebody through the 9th Chevron location, when they was little chance they'd be chosen for a planned expedition. But it would take an awful lot of planning and luckiness to pull off.
I think they're planning on building the enemies slowly.. I wouldn't be surprised if we have half a season of just basic exploring (and meeting some individual episode threats) before they reach anything that could be considered an ongoing enemy like the Goa'uld or the Wraith. I've heard some that they're going to be trying to move away from 'humans in different clothes who all speak English' for aliens at least, and some very vague rumors on the setup of the galaxy itself that suggests some (extremely general) types of foes they might face, but I heard it very early in the production cycle so it could easily have changed.
And of course, Stargate's major enemies tend to be Horror Enemies repurposed (Goauld = Body Snatchers, Wraith = Vampires, Replicators = Bugs and Frankenstein's Monster (for the humanforms, Ori = Demons), so next up is probably either Sci-Fi versions of Zombies, Ghosts, or Werewolves! ;) Well, probably not, but you never know.
But agreed, just "we have to survive" is not a good basis for a series 'threat' and source of tension long term. I'm sure that'll continue to pop up, but I'll be really disappointed if they don't get to at least a state of "okay, we're going to need regular food and equipment replacements but we probably can survive here" before that same first half-of-the-season-point. Especially since, as they said at the end of the first episode, if the ship is really as bad as all that, then it makes much more sense to just settle everybody on a planet.
(Heh, when I saw you'd commented I first figured it'd be about Tegan since I recall you're one of her biggest fans)
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I think they're planning on building the enemies slowly.. I wouldn't be surprised if we have half a season of just basic exploring (and meeting some individual episode threats) before they reach anything that could be considered an ongoing enemy like the Goa'uld or the Wraith. I've heard some that they're going to be trying to move away from 'humans in different clothes who all speak English' for aliens at least, and some very vague rumors on the setup of the galaxy itself that suggests some (extremely general) types of foes they might face, but I heard it very early in the production cycle so it could easily have changed.
And of course, Stargate's major enemies tend to be Horror Enemies repurposed (Goauld = Body Snatchers, Wraith = Vampires, Replicators = Bugs and Frankenstein's Monster (for the humanforms, Ori = Demons), so next up is probably either Sci-Fi versions of Zombies, Ghosts, or Werewolves! ;) Well, probably not, but you never know.
But agreed, just "we have to survive" is not a good basis for a series 'threat' and source of tension long term. I'm sure that'll continue to pop up, but I'll be really disappointed if they don't get to at least a state of "okay, we're going to need regular food and equipment replacements but we probably can survive here" before that same first half-of-the-season-point. Especially since, as they said at the end of the first episode, if the ship is really as bad as all that, then it makes much more sense to just settle everybody on a planet.
(Heh, when I saw you'd commented I first figured it'd be about Tegan since I recall you're one of her biggest fans)