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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 2007-2008</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season Four and into the beginning of Season Five of ''Stargate Atlantis''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season Four and into the beginning of Season Five of ''Stargate Atlantis''. | ||
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* Teyla had a baby boy, her delivery assisted by a very nervous McKay. She named him Torren John Emmagan, after her father and teammate John Sheppard, who had played a key role in her rescue. (''Stargate Atlantis'': 5.01 "Search and Rescue Part 2") | * Teyla had a baby boy, her delivery assisted by a very nervous McKay. She named him Torren John Emmagan, after her father and teammate John Sheppard, who had played a key role in her rescue. (''Stargate Atlantis'': 5.01 "Search and Rescue Part 2") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 2008-2009</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season Five of ''Stargate Atlantis'' and to ''Stargate: Continuum''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season Five of ''Stargate Atlantis'' and to ''Stargate: Continuum''. | ||
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* The signal that this alternate reality Wraith sent out didn't reach his own Pegasus, but instead, it breached the barrier between realities and made its way to Atlantis' reality. A Wraith that had been with Todd when he took several ZPMs from Asuras stole one and used it to build a "superhive", a large ship with a nearly impenetrable hull. This superhive was taken to Earth and immediately targeted Area 51 where the Ancient Weapons Platform had been moved. Even Earth's Daedalus-class fleet was unable to stop the Wraith, so it was left up to Atlantis to protect Earth. Atlantis was equipped with a never-used-before wormhole drive that permitted the city-ship to travel nearly instantaneously to Earth and to destroy the enemy. With its energy resources drained, the city-ship was forced to land on the Pacific Ocean, where it now sits cloaked not too far from San Francisco Bay. Atlantis had returned home. (''Stargate Atlantis'': 5.20 "Enemy at the Gate") | * The signal that this alternate reality Wraith sent out didn't reach his own Pegasus, but instead, it breached the barrier between realities and made its way to Atlantis' reality. A Wraith that had been with Todd when he took several ZPMs from Asuras stole one and used it to build a "superhive", a large ship with a nearly impenetrable hull. This superhive was taken to Earth and immediately targeted Area 51 where the Ancient Weapons Platform had been moved. Even Earth's Daedalus-class fleet was unable to stop the Wraith, so it was left up to Atlantis to protect Earth. Atlantis was equipped with a never-used-before wormhole drive that permitted the city-ship to travel nearly instantaneously to Earth and to destroy the enemy. With its energy resources drained, the city-ship was forced to land on the Pacific Ocean, where it now sits cloaked not too far from San Francisco Bay. Atlantis had returned home. (''Stargate Atlantis'': 5.20 "Enemy at the Gate") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 2009-2010</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season One of ''Stargate Universe''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season One of ''Stargate Universe''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:25, 6 March 2010
Introduction
This timeline is part of a larger timeline that covers the over 50-million-year history of the Ancients. To view the entire timeline, visit Timeline of the Ancients, which also includes an overview of the Ancients' evolutionary path and author's notes.
Date Range | Period | Human | Ascended | Galaxy | Notes |
Over 50 million years ago | Alteran | Yes | Uncertain | Original home galaxy, often referred to as simply the Ori galaxy because only the Ori remained there. | The Altera and their brethren the Ori were humans on the evolutionary path toward ascension, but it is unknown if there were ascended beings who existed before or during this period, and if they existed, whether or not the humans were aware of them. The Ori greatly outnumbered the Altera and were preparing to wipe them out because of their conflicting philosophical views. By the end of this period, the only Ancients that existed were the Altera, the mountaintop villagers who chose to leave their home aboard a single spaceship rather than engage in a war. The Ori were left behind to continue on their own path. |
5 to 10 million years ago to 50 million years ago | Ancient | Yes | Possible | Primarily in the Milky Way, their new home that they named "Avalon". The Altera became known as the Ancients. | This period includes the establishment of the Stargate network in the Milky Way, the exploration of their new home galaxy and others through the launch of their exploration fleet of Stargate-seeding starships and follow-up exploration vessel Destiny (see Stargate Universe), the formation of alliances, the advancement in weapons and other technology, the development of the means to collect and store their accumulated knowledge, and the continued research into the acceleration of evolution through genetic alteration to achieve ascension. Some of the Ancients had evolved to the point that they could ascend on their own. The defining moment that ends this period is the occurrence of the plague that swept throughout the galaxy that forced the Ancients to ascend, to leave the galaxy, or to die out. Because of the plague and the heightened research into ascension, the Ancients never boarded Destiny, but instead left the exploration fleet to continue on its automated course. |
10,000 years ago to 5 to 10 million years ago | Lantian | Yes | Yes | Pegasus. The Ancients were called the Ancestors by the humans of the Pegasus galaxy. | This period opens with the plague sweeping throughout the Milky Way that forced the Ancients to leave the galaxy in one form or another—whether it be by ascending, by leaving the galaxy as humans (in spaceships, for example), or by dying out. The Ancients that ascended joined together in a collective called The Others. The Ori, although not hit by a plague, also ascended and established themselves as the gods of the religion "Origin". This period also includes the creation of the second generation (evolution) of humanity in the three galaxies: the original Altera/Ori home galaxy, the Milky Way, and Pegasus. As they did in the Milky Way, the Ancients in Pegasus built a Stargate network and settled on several planets. By the end of this period, more Ancients had ascended and apparently joined their own ancestors who were with The Others; however, no more ascended beings joined the Ori because the Ori did not wish to share their power and prevented their humanity from evolving to the point where they could ascend on their own or through the use of advanced technology. This period ends when the last of the Lantian survivors of the Wraith-Ancient War abandoned Atlantis and used the Stargate to return to Earth, where they blended into Earth's societies, left the planet through the Stargate, or ascended. |
Present to 10,000 years ago | Legacy | Possible | Yes | All except original home galaxy. | This is when the majority of Ancients are Ascended Beings, and other races use and abuse their legacy. At the beginning of this period, the Lantian Ancients had just returned to Earth after abandoning Pegasus to the Wraith and chose to blend in with Earth's societies, to leave Earth through the Stargate, or to ascend. Proof of the Ancients' blending into the human population of the Milky Way is the natural occurrence of the ATA gene (Ancient Technology Activation gene) that allows the possessor to activate and interface with genetically-keyed Ancient technology, as well as the cultural influences of the world's ancient civilizations. Some Ancients from earlier in this period survived into the modern era in human form via stasis, time travel, or some other form of technological means, while a few Ascended Ancients chose to retake human form. This period includes the reopening of the Stargate in modern times and a near-repeat of history as the humans of Earth assimilate the Ancients' legacy, which not only includes knowledge and technology, but also old rivalries that the Ancients had failed to resolve. It also includes the discovery of Destiny, which opened up the universe to exploration (albeit limited) and to the exposure to new life forms untouched by Ancient hands. |
ca A.D. 2007-2008This time estimate corresponds to Season Four and into the beginning of Season Five of Stargate Atlantis.
ca A.D. 2008-2009This time estimate corresponds to Season Five of Stargate Atlantis and to Stargate: Continuum.
ca A.D. 2009-2010This time estimate corresponds to Season One of Stargate Universe.
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Articles on the Ancients
This series of articles covers the history, language, writings, knowledge, and technology of the Ancients.
- Ancients: History (Main Article)
- Altera: The Ancients as Advanced Humans in Their Home Galaxy
- The Others: The Ancients After Ascending
- Ancient Language
- Ancient Writings
- Ancient Knowledge and Technology
- Complete Timeline of the Ancients (50 Million Years Ago to Present)
Episodes
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
- 1.01 "Rising Part 1"
- 1.13 "Hot Zone"
- 3.20 "First Strike Part 1"
- 4.01 "Adrift Part 2"
- 4.02 "Lifeline Part 3"
- 4.03 "Reunion"
- 4.05 "Travelers"
- 4.07 "Missing"
- 4.08 "The Seer"
- 4.09 "Miller's Crossing"
- 4.10 "This Mortal Coil Part 1"
- 4.11 "Be All My Sins Remember'd Part 2"
- 4.12 "Spoils Of War"
- 4.14 "Harmony"
- 4.17 "Midway"
- 4.18 "The Kindred Part 1"
- 4.19 "The Kindred Part 2"
- 4.20 "The Last Man Part 1"
- 5.01 "Search And Rescue Part 2"
- 5.02 "The Seed"
- 5.05 "Ghost In The Machine"
- 5.06 "The Shrine"
- 5.08 "The Queen"
- 5.10 "First Contact Part 1"
- 5.11 "The Lost Tribe Part 2"
- 5.13 "Inquisition"
- 5.14 "The Prodigal"
- 5.15 "Remnants"
- 5.17 "Infection"
- 5.18 "Identity"
- 5.19 "Vegas"
- 5.20 "Enemy At The Gate"
Stargate Universe
Related Characters
- Ba'al
- Dr. Carson Beckett
- Neeva Casol
- Col. Samantha Carter
- Davos
- Teyla Emmagan
- FRAN
- Dr. Daniel Jackson
- Kanaan
- Michael Kenmore
- Dr. Rodney McKay
- Jeanie Miller
- Col. Cameron Mitchell
- Oberoth
- Maj. Gen. Jack O'Neill
- Lt. Col. John Sheppard
- Teal'c
- Todd
- Vala Mal Doran
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir
- Richard Woolsey
Related Articles
- Alternate Realities
- Alternate Timelines
- Ancient Database in Atlantis
- Ancient Drones
- Ancient Gene (ATA Gene)
- Ancient Long-Range Communications Devices
- Ancient Stasis Chamber
- Ancient Weapons Platform
- Antarctica
- Apollo
- Area 51
- Asuras
- Asurans
- Athosians
- Atlantis
- Atlantis Expedition
- Attero Device
- Aurora
- Aurora-Class Ships
- Cloning
- Daedalus
- Daedalus-Class Ships
- Destiny
- Earth
- Hoffan Drug
- Hoffans
- Horizon Weapons Platform
- Icarus Base
- Icarus Project
- Intergalactic Gate Bridge
- International Oversight Advisory (IOA)
- Midway Space Station
- Nanotechnology
- Puddle Jumper
- Replicators
- Stargate Command (SGC)
- Stargate Command (SGC) Base
- Symbiote
- System Lords
- Tok'ra
- Travelers
- Wraith
- Zero Point Module (ZPM)
--DeeKayP 12:24, 23 April 2008 (PDT)