Stargate Universe

When a military research base is attacked, a small group of civilians and military personnel escape on a ship into deep space. But divisions emerge between those who want to attempt a return to Earth and those who want to remain aboard the Destiny.

After secretly contacting Homeworld Command, Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) claims that he has been placed in charge by Gen. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and that there is no hope of returning to Earth. But his assertions are soon questioned.

With the air supply failing on the Destiny, a team disembarks to a desert-like planet in search of a mineral needed to scrub the ship's air of carbon dioxide. While one team presses on to find the vital mineral, the other has another goal in mind.

The crew has been working throughout the night to try and determine why the ship’s power reserves are critically low. But when Destiny’s flight path towards a solar system reveals three planets, the entire crew hopes that one of them is habitable.

With the Destiny still out of power, a plan is born to abandon the ship using the last working shuttle, in hopes that another planet will be habitable. But hope is short-lived when the only way to determine who will go and who will stay is a lottery.

Despite severe rationing and around-the-clock security, the water reserves onboard the Destiny continue to drop. Dr. Nicholas Rush has no explanation for this latest setback but, if they are to survive, they must find a new water source soon.