Prometheus

The **Prometheus** is the first deep-space vessel built by the Tau'ri. The ship was operated by the United States Air Force, and her crew consisted of Air Force personnel. Operationally, however, *Prometheus* fell under the purview of the Office of Homeworld Security.

## Overview

*Prometheus* used Asgard technology in her hyperdrive engine and shields. This technology was fitted by the Asgard in return for Earth's help in fighting the Replicators. She also relied on some Goa'uld technology, most notably the Transportation rings.

## History

### 2001

After the successful attack on Apophis' fleet via the rapid expansion of Vorash's Sun, the President of the United States of America gave orders to the Area 51 R&D to create a suitable countermeasure to a Goa'uld Ha'tak.  Samantha Carter and several scientists came up with the X-302 and X-303, the first purely Earth-built ships capable of interstellar travel.

### 2002

The X-303 project was proceeding smoothly until rogue agents of the NID leaked information of a crucial construction material, Trinium, to a media outlet.  This resulted in Julia Donovan contacting Major Samantha Carter.  Carter denied most of the questions, however Donovan showed her a sample of genuine Trinium, prompting Carter to report to General Hammond immediately after talking to Donovan.

After speaking with his superiors as well as SG-1, Hammond recommends that the best course of action for now is to stop the story in it's tracks.  Carter would go to Donovan's boss and demand that the story not be run.  However, as a means of compromising, Donovan's boss asked if she and a camera crew be allowed to film the project in exchange for revealing the source of the leak, as well as exclusive rights for when the USAF decides to go public, and that the Air Force would have ownership of all of the footage.  The President goes along with the idea, ordering Hammond and Carter to let them inside Area 37 under strict supervision.

Despite a thorough background check of the camera crew, it is revealed that they are all Rogue NID agents, except for Donovan and her boss.  The Agents would then separate and knock out Carter and then commandeer the ship to use it as a bargaining chip for the release of Colonel Frank Simmons and the Goa'uld-infested Adrian Conrad.

Once inside, Simmons threatens the destruction of the X-303 unless they are allowed to leave the facility with the ship. The Hangar doors open, and Prometheus leaves the atmosphere.  During this time, O'Neill and Teal'c sneak onboard the ship using the Death Glider they took from Anubis' mothership a few months prior, and make their way towards Carter, who is still in an unpressurized deck of the ship.  Carter, however, manages to make it to safety before being sucked into space.

Once out of Earth's orbit, Simmons and his team take the ship to coordinates of a cache of alien technology, which was promised to him by the Goa'uld possessing Adrian Conrad.  The Goa'uld, however, plans to take the ship and weapons for himself.  He dispatches the Rogue Agents and is soon in a fistfight with Simmons, who he later would take as a host and kills Conrad.  During this time, O'Neill and Teal'c sneak onboard the ship and rescue Carter, and eventually corner the Goa'uld and retake Prometheus.

However, the Goa'uld failed to take into account the instability of the Naquadria, and the ship was lost in an unknown sector of space, with SG-1 unable to plot a course back to Earth.

To everyone's surprise, an Asgard ship exits hyperspace.  Thor beams onto the bridge and explains that he needs their ship for a mission to the galaxy Othala, in order to defeat the Replicators.  Thor then tows the ship back to Earth in order to transport all necessary weapons and supplies for the journey, and they leave for the planet Hala.

Once in the Othala galaxy, Thor leaves SG-1, explaining that he cannot take his ship into Replicator territory for fear of attracting Replicator ships.  SG-1 eventually reach Hala, and land on the surface.  To their surprise, the surface is entirely composed of Replicator cell blocks and only one structure exists on the planet.  Once inside, they discover five Human-form Replicators, which have mimicked the form Reese, the android who created the Replicators.  The Replicator "First" explains that he and the four others plan to extract all information from SG-1, repeatedly, and will then continue their primary function - Replicating.

Carter eventually convinces the Replicator "Fifth" to help them rearm the Time Dilation device, but is ordered by O'Neill to set the timer to three minutes, thereby preventing Fifth from escaping with SG-1.  After the device is activated, time on Hala is slowed to a snail's pace, thereby allowing the Asgard to later collapse the nearby star into a black hole.

### 2003

After returning to Earth, Prometheus lands back in the hangar at Area 37 for repairs and is eventually fully completed on schedule.  At some point, Colonel Ronson would take command of the ship, and assigned his crew to have daily drills for battle readiness.

During the initial test flight of the Hyperdrive, the Naquadria buffer overloads and is ejected too close to the planet Tagrea.  The resulting explosion damaged systems on Prometheus as well as on the planet.  As a result, the Tagreans fired two missiles at the ship, believing them to be hostile attackers.  After explaining the situation, the Tagrean leader orders the missiles detonated at a safe distance, and invites them to land on the planet for repairs.  After a small tour of their capital, SG-1 and Ronson were invited to a meal with Ashwan and Kalfas, as a measure goodwill for future relations.

Only more problems would arise from this first contact, as the military leader Kalfas was suspicious of the "aliens", and demanded they be kept under heavy guard, stationing several aerial weapon batteries around the Prometheus.  He would continue to thwart SG-1 efforts of finding the Stargate, and would escalate matters to an almost full out civil war between his own forces and those that were loyal to Ashwan. However, with the reassurance of Ashwan, Prometheus moved in to assist SG-1, forcing Kalfas to back down and be taken under arrest.  Prometheus would however be trapped on Tagrea for almost a year until it could be fully repaired.

### 2004

During the return trip to Earth using a salvaged Al'kesh hyperdrive, the Prometheus came under attack from a hostile alien ship, and was forced to retreat into a living nebula.  At some point, the entire crew was kidnapped by the hostile ship, except for Carter, who was knocked unconscious during the battle.  After waking, she was in a state of semi-hallucination, where she was hallucinating SG-1 and a small girl she theorized to be the nebula communicating with her.  After time, Carter managed to contact the hostile ship with the proposal of returning the crew in exchange for getting both ships out of the nebula.  The alien ship responded by beaming back the entire crew, and Carter fulfilled her end of the bargain, getting both ships free of the nebula, and the hostile ship then departed.

Prometheus would then remain on Earth at Area 37 until Anubis launched a full-scale attack.  She was launched with several squadrons of F-302s to defend SG-1 at all costs, and would then break off and set a collision course with Anubis' mothership.  At that time, O'Neill activated the Ancient weapons platform and destroyed the entirety of the fleet in orbit, leaving Prometheus relatively safe.

### 2005

After the Battle of Antarctica, Prometheus was tasked with the defense of Earth for the majority of it's service, and would be used to destroy the Al'kesh captured by the Trust.

Several months later, the Asgard would install Asgard-designed systems onto the ship, including upgraded Shielding, a vastly more advanced Hyperdrive, and Beam transporters.  General Hammond would then use Prometheus for a mission to travel to the Pegasus galaxy to find the missing Atlantis Expedition, taking Daniel Jackson as he is the leading Ancient expert.  However, a fake distress call lured the ship to two damaged Goa'uld ships, allowing Vala Mal Doran, wearing Kull Warrior armor, to use the Transportation Rings to sneak onboard and capture the ship.  She would transport all crew except Jackson to the damaged cargo ship, and demanded that he unlock ship systems for her.

Vala, after some time, broke through the systems and engaged the hyperdrive before the crew could transport back over, and took the ship to a planet under the control of the then unknown Lucian Alliance.  Jackson managed to stun Vala and imprisoned her until she could relinquish control of the ship, however it was programmed to land on the planet. Jackson was forced to wear the Kull armor and attempted to negotiate with the Alliance mercenaries, Jup and Tenat.  The negotiation failed, as Death Gliders and Al'kesh began attacking the ship.  Jackson stunned the mercenaries and went back inside, releasing Vala and regaining full control of Prometheus.

Upon entering orbit, the Prometheus was swarmed by a small fleet of Gliders and Al'kesh.  Unable to fully power the shields or enter hyperspace, the ship was vulnerable and taking on damage at an alarming rate.  Running out of ammunition for the weapons, they notice that one of the Al'kesh is firing on the other ships. It proves to be the crew of the Prometheus, who managed to repair the damaged ship and followed them.  The crew transports back onto the ship, however Vala escapes in the Al'kesh.

### 2006

During the Ori Crusade, Prometheus flew to the planet Kallana, which was being transformed into a black hole.  SG-1, with the aid of Vala Mal Doran, managed to thwart the Ori plot, but she was transported to the Alteran Home Galaxy.

A few months later, Prometheus was sent to Tegalus to prevent the natives from constructing an Ori satellite.  The mission failed, as the Rand Protectorate had completed the satellite and destroyed Prometheus along with her captain, Lionel Pendergast.