Genii characters in Stargate

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In the science fiction series Stargate Atlantis, the Genii are an advanced, militaristic culture with a technology level similar to mid-20th century Earth, who hide under the mask of simple, Amish-like farmers.

This is a list of Genii characters thus far encountered on the show.

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[edit] Cowen

Stargate character
Cowen
Race Human: Genii
Gender Male
Rank Chief of the Genii
Birthplace Genii planet
Portrayer Colm Meaney
First appearance "Underground"

Cowen was the previous leader of the Genii people and old acquaintance of Teyla Emmagan.

When the food supply of the Tau'ri expedition occupying Atlantis began to run out, they were forced to seek trading partners. Relying on their Athosian allies, a team led by John Sheppard travelled to the Genii homeworld to initiate negotiations. The team was introduced to Cowen, who clearly indicated an interest in acquiring the C-4 the team possessed, claiming to use it to clear land for farming. However, when Rodney McKay discovered an entrance to the Genii underground bunker complex and realized the truth about the Genii's two-faced identity, Cowen imprisoned the team and threatened to dispose of them, although Sheppard pressed that both societies' ultimate enemy was the Wraith, and that attacking each other would only benefit their mutual enemy.

A joint strike force was devised to steal valuable intelligence from a Wraith Hive-Ship, but when one of their soldiers was abandoned on the Hive-Ship, which Cowen believed to be because of Teyla Emmagan, the last seeds of mistrust were sewn. Cowen betrayed the team and tried to steal their C-4 explosives, which he believed could help his people perfect their atomic weapons, as well as a Puddle Jumper. However, the Atlantis team had expected the change of heart and brought secret backup. Sheppard and his team were eventually able to escape back to Atlantis, with the stolen Wraith data. [1]

Several weeks later, he sent Acastus Kolya along with a strike team to retrieve the Wraith data device taken by Sheppard and his team. However, when Kolya realized the desolate state of the city when he arrived, Kolya decided to seize it instead. [2] This invasion ultimately proved fruitless, and Cowen lost more than 60 Genii soldiers in the attempt. [3]

When Ladon Radim eventually became convinced that Cowen was no longer worthy to lead the Genii, he devised a plan to topple Cowen's government. Knowing he would not be able to resist the prospect of acquiring several of Atlantis' Puddle Jumpers, he was able to lure Cowen and his personal guard to a desolate planet, where he eventually detonated a nuclear weapon, killing Cowen and his battalion. Radim eventually took Cowen's place as leader of the Genii, in what became known as the Bloodless Coup to his people. [4]

[edit] Haemon

Stargate character
Haemon
Race Human: Genii
Gender Male
Birthplace Genii planet
Portrayer Dean Wray
First appearance "Irresponsible"

Haemon was a Genii soldier and member of Chief Cowen's personal guard. After Ladon Radim's coup, Haemon was forced to become a mercenary. He eventually fell into the service of Acastus Kolya, who was as opposed to the new Genii leadership as Haemon was, albeit for different reasons.

One of the people who eventually relied on the services of Haemon and his men was Lucius Lavin. Lavin, who had recently acquired an Ancient personal shield, sought the admiration of the inhabitants of the village he had recently moved to, and contacted Haemon and his men to intimidate the villagers. It was Lavin's intention to have the mercenaries menace the village, after which Lavin would show up and scare away the alleged attackers, protected by his personal shield.

However, Lavin later refused to to pay the mercenaries what they agreed to. Furious, Haemon contacted Acastus Kolya, who visited the village in search of John Sheppard and his team, also present at the time.

As Sheppard continued to elude the soldiers sent after him, Haemon was almost killed by Kolya. Only because Kolya's pistol was inoperable at the time, Haemon managed to survive. After Sheppard and Lucius Lavin were able to turn the tables on the Genii soldiers, Haemon was forced to retreat from the village, along with his fellow mercenaries. [5]

[edit] Acastus Kolya

Stargate character

Acastus Kolya in The Brotherhood
Acastus Kolya
Race Human: Genii
Gender Male
Rank Commander
Birthplace Genii planet
Portrayer Robert Davi
First appearance "The Storm"

Acastus Kolya, played by Robert Davi, was introduced in "The Storm" as a ruthless Genii military leader. For the first 3 seasons of the show, he would prove to be a persistent adversary of the Atlantis Expedition, and John Sheppard in particular. Despite the character's apparent death in Season 3, actor Robert Davi has claimed that he is due to film another episode of Stargate Atlantis. Executive producer Joseph Mallozzi has said that there is an idea for the character's return, but the episode may be delayed until season 5.[6]

In "The Storm", only weeks after the first contact between the Genii and the Atlantis Expedition, Kolya was commissioned by Chief Cowen to train an elite group of soldiers whose specialty was to perform in reconnaissance missions off-world. Despite Kolya's objections, his team was prematurely thrust into a strike on the city of Atlantis where Kolya personally killed two guards. Kolya captured Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Dr. Rodney McKay and tortured McKay to acquire the control codes for Atlantis.[2] However, Koyla's plans were jeopardised when Major Sheppard managed to escape his team, killing a large majority of Koyla's soldiers- including Koyla's nephew- when he activated the Stargate's shield while new members were coming through. When McKay admitted to Kolya that his attempts to save the city weren't going to work, the Genii strike force including Kolya fled through the Stargate, Koyla attempting to take Weir as a hostage before Sheppard shot him and saved her.[3]

Upon Kolya's return to the Genii, Chief Cowen was quick to punish him and suspended him from further missions for several months. It was only when the Genii were again pitted against the Atlantis team that Kolya was given the chance to settle the score with his nemesis, Sheppard. As Sheppard, McKay, Aiden Ford and Teyla Emmagan were searching for a Zero Point Module on the planet Dagan, Kolya and some troops ambushed the team and captured them. Sheppard, Ford and Teyla were able to turn the tables on their captors. Sheppard spared a defenseless Kolya, but also assured him that he would not be so forgiving next time.[7]

During Ladon Radim's takeover of the Genii government, Ladon reported to the Atlantis team that Kolya had gone missing and presumed dead. According to Radim, Kolya was most likely killed by Cowen.[4] In truth, Kolya had been planning a coup of his own against Cowen, although Radim eventually betrayed him by carrying out the coup himself. Kolya used a captured Wraith to systematically torture and drain Col. Sheppard to blackmail Dr. Weir into turning over Ladon Radim to him. However, Sheppard and the Wraith escaped, the Wraith defeating Koyla's soldiers and subsequently healing Sheppard. Before Koyla departed via the Stargate, Sheppard contacted him on a radio and promised that should he ever see the commander again, he would shoot him on sight.[8]

Kolya reappeared to the Atlantis Expedition several months later, when he lay siege to a small village with a band of mercenaries. As Colonel Sheppard's team was visiting the village at the time, all of the team members except Sheppard himself were subsequently captured by the commander. It was Kolya's intention to use the Atlantis team as hostages to trade for weapons from Atlantis. However, eventually Sheppard outmaneuvered Kolya and captured the entire mercenary team. When Kolya refused to surrender, Sheppard was forced to kill him in a quick-draw shootout.[5]

[edit] Prenum

Stargate character
Prenum
Race Human: Genii
Gender Male
Birthplace Genii planet
Portrayer Christopher Britton
First appearance "The Siege, Part II"

Prenum was an officer in the Genii military, and was stationed on the Genii homeworld.

When the Wraith attacked Atlantis, the Atlantis Expedition had no weapons to use against the approaching Hive-Ships. Knowing the Genii had perfected their atomic weapons and were anxious to test them against the Wraith, Elizabeth Weir contacted the Genii in order to acquire one of their bombs.

Claiming to welcome a dialogue between his people and Atlantis, Prenum invited Weir to his homeworld. However, when she arrived, she was bound, blindfolded, and taken to a secluded compound where Prenum interrogated her, hoping to use her as a bargaining chip for more of Earth's C4 explosives.

Despite captivity, Weir plead her case, asking for two Genii nuclear devices to defend Atlantis from the Wraith. This way, the Genii could see if their weapons worked, at no risk to themselves. Though Prenum argued that the threat of the Wraith had recently come and gone for the Genii, he could not deny that the operation of the technology would probably become important again in the future.

Prenum eventually agreed with Weir, and returned her to Atlantis, along with two officers to deliver twin nuclear devices. Although the devices were not complete, one of them was later successfully deployed against a Hive-Ship, completely destroying it. [9]

[edit] Dahlia Radim

Stargate character
Dahlia Radim
Race Human: Genii
Gender Female
Birthplace Genii homeworld
Portrayer Sonja Bennett
First appearance "Coup D'etat"

Dahlia Radim was a Genii citizen, and sister of Ladon Radim. She apparently worked in close-enough proximity to Genii nuclear devices to be one of a very small group of people to become terminally ill with radiation exposure.

Knowing she would soon die, Dahlia offered her life to the Genii cause and traveled with a number of other terminally ill Genii to Atlantis, as part of an elaborate plan devised by her brother to become the next leader of the Genii. She knew Dr. Elizabeth Weir would hold them hostage when Ladon Radim did not deliver a Zero Point Module, as they had agreed.

However, as Tau'ri medicine was far superior to that of the Genii, Dahlia's life could be saved by Dr. Carson Beckett. Not only Dahlia's life could be saved, but most of her people's radiation sickness could be cured. Still, Chief Cowen was not interested in having his people returned, as every Genii who had traveled to Atlantis did not expect to return, much less live longer.

When Ladon learned of this, he informed some of his captured Atlanteans about his plans to take over the Genii government. After his coup was successful, he agreed to have his sister cured, along with all other Genii citizens who were dying of similar illnesses in exchange for his hostages' lives. [4]

[edit] Ladon Radim

Stargate character

Ladon Radim in Coup D'Etat
Ladon Radim
Race Human: Genii
Gender Male
Rank Chief
Birthplace Genii homeworld
Portrayer Ryan Robbins
First appearance "The Storm"

Ladon Radim is the current leader Genii and official ally of the Atlantis Expedition.

He was a member of Commander Acastus Kolya's initial strike force to seize the city of Atlantis for his people and the Genii's chief scientist. [2] During his people's invasion of the city, he stayed in the control room and figured out how to use the life-signs detector to locate Major Sheppard, who remained loose in the city, attempting to drive the Genii from Atlantis. When the Stargate was dialed to the Genii homeworld so that they could flee the city, he escaped before Sheppard could stop him. [3]

Several months later, he contacted Atlantis, claiming that he had defected from the Genii, and offered to trade a ZPM in exchange for weapons to stage a coup against Cowen. However, when Elizabeth Weir sent a team to obtain the ZPM, Radim captured the invaders, revealing that he had been working with Cowen all along in an elaborate attempt to capture several Puddle Jumpers.

However, when Radim learned that the Atlantis Expedition had the means of saving his sister's life, who was dying from the effects of radiation poisoning, he admitted to his hostages that he really was staging a coup. Originally, he would have left the Atlantis team die alongside Cowen and his men, but agreed to send them back in exchange for his sister's life. After Radim and the Atlantis team had escaped through the Stargate, he detonated a nuclear device, wiping out Cowen and his elite guard. When he returned to his homeworld, he became the new leader of the Genii in what eventually became known as the Bloodless Coup. [4]

He was later contacted by the Atlantis Expedition, after Col. Sheppard was captured by Commander Kolya. According to Radim, Kolya had been plotting a coup against Cowen, and had taken Ladon into his confidence. However, Ladon later betrayed Kolya and staged a coup of his own. Radim eventually helped the Atlantis Expedition to locate Kolya and retrieve Sheppard, and proved to be a trustworthy ally. However, as Kolya considered himself the only rightful leader of the Genii and was bent on eventually staging another coup, Radim's help was not only motivated by altruism. [8]

After the Atlantis Expedition was forced to evacuate Atlantis when a group of Ancients were discovered alive, Ladon approached Ronon Dex and Teyla Emmagan, who had returned to farming and hunting. Radim invited them to join the Genii in his people's fight against the Wraith. Although Teyla and Ronon both refused, he asked them to think about it. Radim has not been seen since. [10]

[edit] Sora

Stargate character

Sora in Underground
Sora
Race Human: Genii
Gender Female
Birthplace Genii homeworld
Portrayer Erin Chambers
First appearance "Underground"

Sora was a Genii citizen and daughter of Tyrus. In the past, she had dealt with Teyla Emmagan on several occasions, and although she had always hidden her people's true nature from Teyla, Sora considered her a friend.

When a team from Atlantis visited the Genii homeworld in search for food, Teyla introduced them to Sora. When John Sheppard and Rodney McKay eventually discovered the truth about the Genii's two-faced identity, it was decided that the two peoples would conduct a daring raid against a Wraith Hive-Ship. As a skilled fighter, Sora was not happy to be left behind when her father and Cowen left for the hive-ship alongside the Atlantis team.

When Tyrus, Sora's father, was abandoned on the Hive-Ship, which the Genii believed to be because of Teyla Emmagan, the last seeds of mistrust were sewn. Sora, along with her fellow Genii soldiers, subsequently turned against the team and tried to steal their C-4 explosives as well as a Puddle Jumper. However, the Atlantis team had expected the change of heart and brought secret backup. Sheppard and his team were eventually able to escape back to Atlantis, with the stolen Wraith data. [1]

Several weeks later, Sora was part of Acastus Kolya's strike team sent to infiltrate the city of Atlantis. Although she did not completely agree with Kolya's methods, she did obey him. [2] In the end, though, she disobeyed his orders in order to fight Teyla one on one to avenge her father's death. However, Teyla refused to kill her, and Sora helped Teyla bring the unconscious Carson Beckett to the safety of the control room during the extremely dangerous hurricane that was threatening the city at the time.

After the Genii strike force had been forced to retreat back to their homeworld, Sora was kept prisoner in Atlantis. [3] In the original concept of "The Siege", she was returned to her people as part of the deal for Genii-made fission bombs for the defense of Atlantis. However, since the scene was cut due to time constraints, it is unknown if she was eventually returned.

[edit] Tyrus

Stargate character
Tyrus
Race Human: Genii
Gender Male
Birthplace Genii homeworld
Portrayer Ari Cohen
First appearance "Underground"

Tyrus was a Genii soldier and ambassador for his people in trade negotiations with the Athosians.

Tyrus had known Teyla Emmagan for some years, and considered her a friend. When the Atlantis Expedition's supplies began running low, Teyla introduced a team led by Col. Sheppard to her former trading parters on the Genii homeworld to open bartering negotiations for a supply of Genii crops, hoping to augment the growing crops on Lantea's Athosian mainland.

When Sheppard and Rodney McKay discovered the truth of the Genii, that they were a growing military force, Tyrus and Chief Cowen accompanied Major John Sheppard's unit in a joint mission to recover a Wraith data storage device in a hive-ship.

While aboard, Teyla and Tyrus were paired. When a cocooned man pleaded to be set free before a Wraith could feed on him, Tyrus killed him with his weapon. The internal alarms were activated as a result, alerting the awake Wraith soldiers of their presence. Tyrus took a Wraith stunner rifle discharge to the chest and face. Teyla was forced to retreat, unable to save him, but disturbed and dismayed with his behavior.


[edit] Other Genii

Name Rank/Position First Appearance Status Played by
Athor Genii citizen "The Eye" Unknown, probably alive. None
Close friend of to Acastus Kolya and father to Idos.
Fortnum Mercenary "Irresponsible" Alive Jon Cuthbert
Mercenary who worked alongside Haemon. Lost three teeth when he "attacked" Lucius Lavin.
Idos Genii soldier "The Eye" Deceased None
Son of Athor. One of the Genii soldiers sent to reinforce Acastus Kolya's strike team that had invaded Atlantis, and was killed when John Sheppard activated the Iris shield.
Lanko Mercenary "Irresponsible" Alive
Mercenary who worked alongside Haemon. Suffered a broken wrist when he "attacked" Lucius Lavin.
Cassel Massan Genii citizen "Common Ground" Unknown, probably alive. None
Ladon Radim's personal assistant. One of the people suspected to have leaked the Genii codes to Kolya.
Pranos Genii soldier "The Brotherhood" Deceased Adrian Hough
Kolya's second in command on his mission to Dagan.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Underground" (Stargate Atlantis)
  2. ^ a b c d "The Storm" (Stargate Atlantis)
  3. ^ a b c d "The Eye" (Stargate Atlantis)
  4. ^ a b c d "Coup D'etat" (Stargate Atlantis)
  5. ^ a b "Irresponsible" (Stargate Atlantis)
  6. ^ Will Robert Davi return to Stargate?. GateWorld (05-21-2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-30.
  7. ^ "The Brotherhood" (Stargate Atlantis)
  8. ^ a b "Common Ground" (Stargate Atlantis)
  9. ^ "The Siege, Part II" (Stargate Atlantis)
  10. ^ "The Return" (Stargate Atlantis)
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