Alpha Gate
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The Alpha Gate was the Stargate found on Earth. It was actually Earth's second Stargate, as the original gate remained buried in Antarctica when this gate was discovered.
[edit] History
About 10,000 years ago, the supreme System Lord Ra arrived on Earth and sent the gate to Egypt, to transport slaves to Abydos. However, eventually, 5,000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians successfully rebelled against Ra, who was forced to flee. The gate was later buried and wouldn't be unearthed until 1928, by Professor Paul Langford and his expedition near Giza. (Stargate)
The gate remained in Egypt until 1939. Still having no knowledge on what the gate was for, they feared it be some kind of weapon and had to prevent the Nazis from getting their hands on it, since they were at the brink of a second World War. The gate was transported from Egypt to the United States by the freighter Achilles. (SG1: "Continuum")
In 1945, Professor Langford and the United States Air Force conducted research on the Stargate in the hopes that it was a weapon. They were successful in activating it. However the research was shut down with the disappearance of Ernest Littlefield. Ernest had actually traveled to Heliopolis where he was trapped until 1997 when he was rescued by SG-1. (SG1: "The Torment of Tantalus")
In 1969, the gate was stored upright in a warehouse located in Washington D.C.. (SG1: "1969")
In 1994, Doctor Daniel Jackson discovered the point of origin symbol for the Alpha Gate and was part of a team, led by Colonel Jonathan Jack O'Neill to Abydos. (Stargate)
After the mission, the Stargate was stored into Cheyenne Mountain, where it was left untouched until 1997, when Apophis attacked. The Stargate Program was activated, where the gate was used by various SG teams to combat the Goa'uld. (SG1: "Children of the Gods")
The Stargate was used for three years. However, when the Replicators took over the Biliskner, SG-1 beamed the Alpha Gate up to the ship, so that they could escape before the ship was destroyed by the uncontrolled re-entry into the Pacific Ocean. However, the Stargate survived, as the Russians recovered it from the bottom of the ocean. The Russians brought the gate to Kuybyshev Airbase, where they started their own Stargate Program for a while. (SG1: "Nemesis", "Watergate")
Eventually the Russian Stargate Program was shelved. The Alpha Gate was leased to Stargate Command after Anubis destroyed the Beta Gate, in exchange for full participation in the Program and considerable sums of money. (SG1: "Redemption, Part 2", "Crusade") Finally, the Russians sold the gate to SGC in exchange for the Korolev.
[edit] Alternate realities
- In an alternate timeline, the rebellion had partially failed, Ra managed to have fleed Earth and took the gate with him. (SG1: "Moebius")
- In an alternate timeline Ba'al altered, he and his Jaffa massacred the crew of the Achilles and the ship was drifting into the Arctic, where the gate was never uncovered, until 2009, when the Russians uncovered it. SG-1 went through the gate to restore the timeline (SG1: "Continuum")
