Stargate SG-6: (sign-up) (please read)
 

(Partly ripped from Wiki)

The Stargate, originally found in 1928 in Giza, Egypt, was stored in various locations by the United States Air Force (including Washington DC) before it was brought to the Creek Mountain facility. While the Stargate had been previously tested (most notably in the 1940s), no one could make it reliably function until Egyptologist and Archeologist Daniel Jackson was summoned in the 1990s. Jackson intuited that the strange symbols around the Stargate device were actually representations of constellations (rather than hieroglyphs), and that the device could 'dial' another Stargate by 'locking' seven (or, much later, up to nine) of its chevrons onto these symbols, somewhat like a combination lock. This 'dialing' activates a wormhole between the dialer's Stargate and one of millions of other Stargates across the cosmos, allowing for near-instantaneous travel to other planets.

Subsequently, USAF Colonel Jack O'Neill and a team of soldiers with Daniel Jackson were sent from the Creek Mountain Facility through the Stargate to Abydos, where they encountered Ra. Ra was a Goa'uld, an alien race that uses Stargates to transport slaves and goods throughout the galaxy.

At some point between 1994 and 1997, for reasons unknown, the Stargate and Dialing Computer were relocated to Cheyenne Mountain. It is in this period that the Stargate Program was mothballed (the Air Force innaccurately believing the only connecting point for the Stargate inaccessible).

The Stargate and any related programs remained dormant until 1997, when Goa'uld Apophis dialed the Earth Stargate, and kidnapped one of the Air Force personnel assigned to guard it. When it was confirmed that Apophis had not arrived via the Abydos Stargate but instead a planet called Chulak, it was realized that the Stargate was capable of connecting with multiple destinations. O'Neill headed the attempted rescue mission, where he convinced Teal'c, Apophis' First Prime, to defect from the service of the Goa'uld.

Realizing the Goa'uld threat, Stargate Command (SGC) was quickly formed with a set of SG teams, of which the primary team, SG-1, consisted of Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter and Teal'c. Their standing orders, along with the SGC, were to acquire weapons or technology that could help Earth in the fight against the Goa'uld, including establishing allies.

While SG-1 remains the most prominent and succesful team in the SGC, there are multiple other teams that also are sent out. They also continue the fight against the Goa'Uld, but unlike SG-1, most have not been endowned with legendary luck, or the absolute best qualified members. One of these teams is SG-6.

The whispers around the cafeteria say that SG-6 is the cursed team. The founding members were sent on an off-world mission and aroused the ire of another civilization, eliciting a curse. Ever since then, SG-6's record has proven itself. Of any Stargate team, it has the highest casualty rate, the highest number of mission failures, and the highest number of missions that deviate radically from the intended plan. Nevertheless, what missions they have accomplished have been done in the face of impossible odds, and this has earned them the most dangerous assignments, next to those performed by SG-1. Around the cafeteria, the joke is that they're SG-1's janitors, always cleaning up the fallout of their operations.

Most recently, SG-6 angered an ancient china-like civilization. All too late, they discovered the Goa'Uld already held control of the planet. They were captured, then ceremoniously castrated, disemboweled, and finally shot in the heart with a Jaffa staff weapon. General Hammond very briefly considered disbanding SG-6 entirely, but pressure from Washington and events recently caused by SG-1 have forced his hand. Drawing from a wide pool of recruits, serving members of the SGC, and qualified civilians, he has been forced to remake SG-6 for one very important assignment.

On SG-1's last assignment, they allowed themselves to be captured in order to meet with the Tok'Ra Khonsu, and gain valuable information. Unfortunately, Khonsu was discovered as a traitor and killed, with SG-1 barely escaping. The fact remains, however, that the information was not obtained. Furthermore, SG-1 is forced to head to the Alpha Site to negotiate a peace between two different forces. Their abscence, and the numerous off-world teams, unofficially promoted SG-6 to the "go-team" and neccesitated their reformation.

After only a week of existence, SG-6 gets the call. A servant to Khonsu survived the executions, successfully remaining undetected. He knows the information that Khonsu died to protect, and has now fled Anubis and the other Goa'Uld, seeking asylum in exchange for the information he holds. But all is not what it seems, and before they are done, SG-6 will have found themselves embroiled in a far darker conspiracy...


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Fans of the series can see where we come in. Not-fans of the series I hope have had enough explained to them to understand what's going on. If not, I can (hopefully) explain enough to give you that leg up you need.

There will be three character "classes"

SGC Veteran: You were on another SG team before Hammond forcefully reassigned you to SG-6. You know who the Goa'Uld are, you know what the whole deal is. You've been offworld before, and you have seen combat against the Goa'uld. These guys would have more command like roles, akin to Jack O'Neill.

Military Newbie: You were just recently taken from some form of militay (most likely Air Force) and assigned to the Stargate Command. You are new to the whole inter-planetary travel deal, but you are far from helpless. You have had military training, and you were recruited because you are not the run of the mill grunt, and possess good problem-solving abilities, and above-average intelligence. These people would be akin to Samantha Carter.

Civilian: You are most likely an archeologist, a scientist, or a doctor. You've only had basic firearms training, and do not have a military background. You're brought along solely for your brain, and possibly for your diplomacy. Unlike the other two, there's a good chance you don't work out every day, and you are not allowed to carry a long-gun, and instead are only allowed to carry a handgun.


Now for reference, everyone will have a 9mm beretta handgun. The Newbies and the Vets can carry a P90 (the submachine gun seen on the show) or the SPAS-12 (the shotgun seen on the show.) Nothing overly elaborate.

Here's the sign-up sheet...


Name:
Age:
Gender:
Class:
Appearance:
Bio:
Quote:


I pray that this one will get off the ground and be suitably nonsensical, and wonderful.

Name: Lt. Col. Dexter Leary

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Class: SGC Veteran

Appearance: A half-japanese and irish child, with the dark hair of his mother and the blue eyes of his father. He's been working out since he was 12 so naturally he has the figure of a body builder, though he's no where near as toned. He wears the traditionally used khaki's of the SG teams.

Bio: Raised by a very formal japanese mother and a very jovial father Dexter is a very odd mish-mashing of the two cultures. He has a deep sense of honor and a personal code he follows to a t, yet his father was an avid poker player so Dexter is not only a capable liar he finds at times it is a compulsive act.

His jokes are often off-beat and not widely accepted or laughed at, he speaks a little japanese but not enough to get by in japan as he learned during his peaceful tours in Okinawa when he was still a marine. A former boxer, he won the golden gloves just once but has since gotten the silver twice in later tournaments.

He was transferred to the Stargate Command during one of the panic's over security and a large marine draw was found necessary. He has since been assigned to SG-2 until his recent 'promotion' to SG-6. Granted he was moved up on the ladder of command but Dexter whole-heartedly believes in the curse of SG-6. He's taken to wearing a rabbits foot along the same string of his dog tags.

While not the best marksman, Dexter swears by the P90 and has seen enough action to know his way around Zat's and Staff's of the Goa'Uld. Though he has had a few bad experiences with Zat's backfiring from malfunctioning in recent missions.

Quote: "So what sucker did you get to lead SG-6..... oh..... kuso."

Blast you Darth SS for creating a roleplay around one of my guilty pleasures.

ACCEPTED! *little stamp of approval*

So, after reading the whole thing, I take it that he's a lot like Jack?

Name: James Evans.
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Class: Military newbie.
Appearance: Trying his darndest to keep his hair long, military greens, small beret to keep it in. Only other thing of his clothing of note is his gameboy strapped to his side, flak jacket, and armored gloves. Timberland boots.

Bio: Drafted into the military against his wishes from an esteemed family, James has always been uncooperative and disrespectful to the military chain of command, and generally been given marks for it. His discipline record was nothing to brag about, and he's been quoted to say that he's only there till he gets the medal his family can brag about and leave him alone, and he finishes up his term of duty.

But while he loathes the military completely, the only place he has a fondness for was weaponry, in specialty explosives. In short, James likes to make things go 'boom'. This proved to be a redeeming factor, as James was listed as highly expendable, and highly skilled at demolition work. He constantly got in his hands new or high tech explosives and put them to the best use he could find them, including giving his home a new pool. He was about to be court martialed for that, but before the paper work could be filed his life turned about dramatically in an incident that he would both be immensely proud of, and loathe considerably.

He got his hands on an alien "staff weapon" that had taken out quite a few of his fellow soldiers during an undisclosed skirmish that took place on home soil, and during battle managed to tinker with it. When a nearby enemy glider that had show itself to be the greatest threat, he hurled the device in the air and reduced it to nothing more than scrap metal. Those supervising this list were amazed to find someone who could effectively mess with unknown technology, and crudely use it for a desired purpose without killing themselves, and immediately signed him onto SGC work. Another theory on this was that they wanted to keep the matter under wraps, and he knew too much to not to be put on SGC work. Since he was expendible as well, they put him on SG-6.

Whether or not he'll live up to the job, or live, is yet to be seen, but the apathetic demolition master does express some strong interest in using alien technology to create, really, really big explosions. In the meantime, he is in mandatory Goauld technology lessons.
Quote: "You want me to NOT blow it up? That's a toughie. Because I can make it blow up real easy."

Think Samantha carter's evil twin that is so evil he's male. To the point where she always is used to make things not blow up, he is always used to make things blow up. But he can do the other stuff too. In terms of training, he has degrees in multiple fields of applied science, but pays no attentioni to theories about interstellar travel and the way the universe works.

Indeed, he is. He even has an estranged ex-wife who he is trying to work things out with, because to be honest I was bored at work so I had to think of something to do. Like argue with a fake wife over the phone. Though I believe in the show things weren't working so well for Jack.

And maybe I'll even throw in a daughter. Probably not, but maybe.

P9 is approved! *stamps him right on the forehead*

I'm trying to decide between a military newbie and a physicist. Suggestions?

I'd go physicist since as the gm you'll know exactly how to explain any phenomena we run into along the way. Also it gives you permission to annoy all your players which as I recall is the best part of GMing.

Name: Benjamin "Benny" Churkoff.
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Class: Civilian (Physicist)
Appearance: Benny is your typical nerd. He's got dark brown hair, grown out to his ear-lobes, with his bangs perpetually in his eyes. He's also got a very ugly goatee grown, and he should probably shave more than he does now. His eyes are framed by thick rectangular glasses. Physically, he's the scrawniest little bugger you'll ever find, though the SGC has forced him to work out more. When possible, he likes to wear a baseball cap, but has been yelled at enough to have that spirit broken.
Bio: Benny is fresh out of university. He's always been a the king of geeks, and university was no different. Unfortunately, his intelligence turned him into some kind of social introvert. He rabidly applied himself to his physics classes, and came up with the second best grade ever in the university's history. Ironically enough, the only one to ever beat him was Rodney McKay. Anyways, for his thesis at the end of his course, he wrote a 200 page theory on wormhole travel. Amazingly enough, his theories matched up perfectly with what was known about how the Stargates worked. This was one of the two reasons that the SGC pressured him into joining. The other was that, while he lived in Canada, he had been born in Moscow, and his mother was russian. Thus, he held a russian citizenship. General Hammond used this citizenship as a way to dodge his commitment to the russians by effectively having a russian in the SGC. Armed with this, members of the SGC accosted Benny and practically forced him into joining the SGC, as an expert on physics and nuclear physics. Before he was assigned to a team, they took great care in forcing him to the physical minimum standards. And to date, he has not heard of the curse of SG-6, leading to enthusiasm with his team.
Quote: "I'm just so tired of being shot at! I want to back in my lab, for God's sakes!"




We now need a minimum one more person, maximum 3 more. Call your friends and relatives, kiddies, call in that favor.

Name: Captain Chester DaLaney

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Class: SGC Vet

Appearance: Chester is a fairly tall man, with brown hair and blue eyes. His looks are average with a leaning towards the handsome side. Also wears the standard SGC khakis and the like.

Bio: Chester grew up in very normal circumstances. He joined the military out of high school to get money for college, but he found that the life style of a soldier fit him, so he decided to go career. He was in the Air Force for a few years, when he was good enough to get noticed and transfered to the SGC.

To this day, Chester is trying to figure out if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

Chester has been in the SGC for some time now. He has risen to the rank of captain, but has yet to break through to the higher ranks that would qualify him to lead an SGC team, as compared to just being a member of one.

Of course, aftering seeing some of the crap he's seen, he's not entirely sure he wants to CO a team.

Chester did work on several SG teams. He has been rather successful up to this point...by successful, he means "still alive" and "hasn't gone insane yet". Of course, given the history of his new team...it seems his luck as finally run out.

Chester is a nice guy, and usually plays the "straight man". However, he is somewhat of a sci-fi geek, and he finds himself unable to pass up jokes that involve his new teams number.

Quote: "Don't mess with the Dark Lords of the Sixth!...I'm sorry. I know that was horrible, I couldn't help myself.

ACCEPTED!

I'm going to leave this open for anyone extra who wants to join. We'll just say they got gated through a bit late.

Expect the actual thread to be up by later tonight.

Also, as the show always has those previews of upcoming episodes, I'm going to write out little chunks from throughout the course of the whole RP, hopefully enticing you to want to see how they come about.