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==Related Characteres==
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* [[Daniel Jackson|Dr. Daniel Jackson]]
* [[Daniel Jackson|Dr. Daniel Jackson]]

Revision as of 20:49, 19 February 2006

U.S.S. Odyssey

Summary

The U.S.S. Odyssey, most likely named after the Greek poet Homer's The Odyssey, is the second Earth-built ship in the Daedalus Deep Space Carrier class. Its maiden voyage was to rescue SG-1 after the elite team had been stranded on a planet without a Stargate. The Odyssey's shakedown cruise came very soon after the destruction of the Prometheus, the ship's prototype predecessor. (9.16 "Off the Grid")

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9.16 "Off The Grid"

Bridge crew

Col. Paul Emerson and his crew were conducting their shakedown cruise when the call came in to rescue SG-1 from the planet P6G-452 after connection to the planet's Stargate was lost. Operating with 90% of their primary systems running, the Odyssey set out on its first mission to reach the planet within the next 22 hours from Earth's orbit.

Based on the mishap with Daniel's separation from his locator beacon on the planet Tegalus (where the Prometheus was destroyed, 9.15 "Ethon"), SG-1 team members were the first to receive transmitter implants. These implants broadcast their signals in subspace and are virtually undetectable by enemies. Using these beacons as locators, Emerson successfully extracted SG-1 with his ship's Asgard beaming technology right before SG-1 were about to be executed by members of the Lucian Alliance.

SG-1 held captive on P6G-452
Odyssey beams SG-1 onto bridge
SG-1 onboard the Odyssey

The reason the Lucian Alliance was holding SG-1 prisoner and torturing them was because they thought that SG-1 was behind the disappearance of their Stargate. Eventually, however, the leader of one of the Alliance's fleets, Netan, discovered that the true thief was the Goa'uld Ba'al, and through the use of his vast information network, he discovered the whereabouts of Ba'al's ha'tak within which Ba'al was storing a least a dozen stolen Stargates and DHDs. The SGC also had discovered that Ba'al was behind the Stargate thefts, and tagged one of Ba'al's Goa'uld scientists, Nerus, to find Ba'al's location. Gen. Landry sent the Odyssey, with the rescued SG-1 onboard, to intercept Ba'al's ship and recover the stolen technology.

Lucian Alliance ships happen upon the Odyssey
Odyssey dwarfed by four ha'tak (tiny dot near planet's atmosphere)
Odyssey fires rail guns at Alliance ships which are targeting Ba'al's ship

The Odyssey found Ba'al's ship first and sent SG-1 onboard after Nerus inadvertantly uploaded a computer virus, designed by the SGC, on the ha'tak and rendered their sensors, weapons, and shields useless. Expecting only about a handful of Stargates, SG-1 was surprised to find at least a dozen. They quickly set out to place locator beacons on each Stargate and DHD, but soon were detected and came under heavy fire by the Jaffa guards stationed on the ship.

If being under personal attack wasn't bad enough, Netan arrived with three fully-operational ha'tak and began firing upon Ba'al's ship while SG-1 was still onboard. Both the firefight within the corridors of the ship and the one in space forced SG-1 to escape from the ha'tak through one of the stolen Stargates. Emerson succeeded in beaming all the stolen technology onto the Odyssey, except for the Stargate used by SG-1, before Ba'al's ship was destroyed by the Alliance assault. During the firefight, Emerson actually had the Odyssey use its rail guns against the Lucian Alliance ships to distract them from Ba'al's ship as a way to buy more time for SG-1 to complete their mission. After Ba'al's ship exploded, and Netan didn't get his Stargate back, the Alliance ships targeted Earth's vessel and Emerson quickly ordered a retreat through hyperspace.

9.17 "The Scourge"

Prior Bug, designated as R75
Odyssey rescues IOA members
Odyssey rescues SG-1

The Odyssey was sent to the Gamma Site to eradicate the R75 bugs, also known as the Prior Bugs, which had overcome the base. Communications with the base and access to the Stargate were cut off when the base systems were infiltrated by the bugs and the self-destruct was accidently initiated. Because Gen. Landry believed there to be no survivors, he ordered the Odyssey to go to the Gamma Site to use a deadly toxin which would kill the bugs so that they could salvage whatever was left at the Site. SG-1 and four members from the International Oversight Advisory (IOA) were taking a tour at the Site when the carnivorous bugs got loose. They were ordered to flee from the base and head for the research facility which was about 10 miles away. Knowing that Gen. Landry would send the Odyssey on its deadly mission, Carter rigged the communications equipment in the research building to broadcast their location through the planet's subspace-jamming ionosphere since their transmitter implants were useless. Just when the research building was about to be overrun by the bugs, the Odyssey beamed everyone to safety.

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Briefing Room
Front view while in hyperspace
Rear view while in hyperspace

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--DeeKayP 12:19, 19 February 2006 (PST)