Thread:ProfDraco2/@comment-24588058-20170504043228

Alright, so it took some time, but I would like to give you my revised effects for the Stargate, and I hope they meet your approval.

The artifact is the same, origin is the same (Stargate prop from the show, created by the directors and actors as opposed to fans). The effects are as follows: dialing a known gate address (one used in the series) opens a gate to someplace. The location is unique to each address, and the path is one-way. The downside is that not every location is on Earth. Only a small handful of the addresses actually lead to an Earth location. But because travel is only one way, it's impossible to know where it leads, and no one who has travelled through the gate to a non-Earth location has ever made contact to know where they ended up.

This keeps the travel to other worlds aspect while limiting the abilities, while keeping open the possibility that it does, indeed, take you to other worlds. However, since the trip is one-way and the destination is unknown, it is impossible to be certain that the destination is a life-sustaining planet. What do you think? 