Because I'm obsessive about details (not just when I'm writing *g*) and none of the other sites collecting this sort of information had it all of it, and definitely not all in one place. I'll switch this over to a dynamically created page later so it can be sorted by topic, but for the moment, it's a start. Feel free to email me with additions or corrections. (I haven't finished skimming back through eps to verify info on background characters--I'll try to get to that soon.) However, the one thing I don't want to hear is whining about being spoiled.
The only information that will be added to this chart is information that is present in the episodes themselves. I will not include info from forums, interviews or anywhere else, even if it's from the producers or writers themselves. If it's not in the episodes themselves, it's not canon in my universe, and well, this is my research project. ;) When you email me with information to be added, please be sure to add the episode title and approximately when in the episode that it happened, so I can verify it.
This chart will be updated every week shortly after new episodes have aired on the SciFi Channel in the U.S.
To do: I plan on adding a screen cap picture for every character listed, but if somebody's already done good caps I'd appreciate the pointer towards a site with them. (Or a volunteer to make them for me, since I'm always strapped for time. *g*)
Updated: 2.11.2006
Updated through Allies.
| Name | Home Country | Title (Speciality) |
Military or Civilian | Job | Initial appearance | ATA Gene? | Dead? | Gender | Wave? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Sheppard | United States | Major (season one), promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in season two (The Intruder) (Pilot) |
Military (USAF) |
Initially Colonel Sumner's 2IC (by rank, if not in practice), took over as military commander of the Atlantis expedition upon Sumner's death | Rising Part I | Strongest natural gene carrier among the expedition members (gene discovered accidentally in Rising) | No | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Elizabeth Weir | United States | Doctor (Political science?) |
Civilian diplomat | Commander of the Atlantis expedition | SG-1: Lost City Part I (different actress) SGA: Rising Part I |
No (The Storm) | No | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Rodney McKay | Canada | Doctor (Astrophysics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering) |
Civilian scientist | Appears to be head of scientific operations | SG-1: 48 Hours SGA: Rising Part I |
First gene therapy candidate (Hide and Seek) | No | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Aiden Ford | United States | Lieutenant | Military (USMC) |
Colonel Sumner's 2IC (in practice, in actuality he's below Major Sheppard in the wacky SG world chain of command), then Major Sheppard's 2IC upon Sumner's death | Rising Part I | Has not had the gene therapy yet in Hot Zone, but flies a puddle jumper in Siege III | No, but is currently addicted to the enzyme the Wraith secrete into their victims before sucking them dry and running around AWOL somewhere in the Pegasus Galaxy | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Carson Beckett | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Doctor (Medicine, Genetics, Surgery) |
Civilian medical doctor | Appears to be head of the medical department | Rising Part I | Natural gene carrier, does not have very good control of it, nor is he comfortable with using it (Rising I) | No | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Peter Grodin | United Kingdom (England) | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Effective head of the gate control room | Rising Part I | Unknown | Died in the Lagrangian point satellite when the Wraith blew it up (Siege I) | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Parker | United States | Unknown | Military (USMC) |
Unknown | Rising Part I | Unknown | Unknown | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Smitty (Smith?) | United States | Unknown | Military (USMC) |
Unknown | Rising Part I | Unknown | Yes, if Smitty is Smith, in which case he died with Markham in Brotherhood | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Marshall Sumner | United States | Colonel | Military (USMC) |
Military commander of the Atlantis expedition | Rising Part I | Unknown | Fed upon by the female Wraith (the Keeper) in Rising II, shot by Major Sheppard to prevent him from being tortured further | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Bates | United States | Sergeant | Military (USMC) |
Head of security in Atlantis, presumably ranking NCO | Rising Part I | Unknown | No | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Stackhouse | United States | Sergeant | Military (USMC) |
Unknown | Rising Part I | Unknown | No | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Unnamed Asian Gateroom Technician | United States | Unknown | Civilian | Unknown | Rising Part I | Unknown | Unknown | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Radek Zelenka | Czech Republic | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Thirty-Eight Minutes | No, gene therapy was unsuccessful (Hot Zone) | No | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Markham | United States | Sergeant | Military (USMC) |
Unknown | Thirty-Eight Minutes | Yes (unknown if natural or gene therapy recipient) | Wraith dart blew up the puddle jumper he was flying in Brotherhood | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Kavanagh | United States | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Thirty-Eight Minutes | Unknown | Unknown | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Simpson | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Thirty-Eight Minutes | Unknown | Unknown | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Corrigan | Unknown | Doctor (Anthropology?) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Suspicion | Unknown | Unknown | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Yamato | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Suspicion | Unknown | Unknown | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Unnamed Caucasian Gateroom Guard #1 | United States | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | The Storm | Unknown | Shot by Kolya in the gateroom in The Storm | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Unnamed Caucasian Gateroom Guard #2 | United States | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | The Storm | Unknown | Shot by Kolya in the gateroom in The Storm | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Brendan Gall | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | The Defiant One | Unknown | Fed upon by a Wraith to the point of near death, then shot himself (Defiant One) | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Abrams | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | The Defiant One | Unknown | Fed upon and killed by a Wraith in Defiant One | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Unnamed African-American Military Guy | United States | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | The Defiant One | Unknown | Unknown | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Dumais | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Hot Zone | No | Killed by the nanovirus in Hot Zone | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Biro | United States | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Pathologist | Hot Zone | Unknown | Unknown | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Crown | Unknown | Lieutenant | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Hot Zone | Unknown | Unknown | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Johnson | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist | Unknown | Hot Zone | No | Killed by the nanovirus in Hot Zone | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Wagner | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist | Unknown | Hot Zone | No | Killed by the nanovirus in Hot Zone | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Hays | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist | Unknown | Hot Zone | No | Killed by the nanovirus in Hot Zone | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Peterson | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Hot Zone | No | Killed by the nanovirus in Hot Zone | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Unnamed Caucasian Gateroom Technician | Canada | Sergeant | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | The Brotherhood | Unknown | No | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Miko | Japan | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Letters from Pegasus | Unknown | Unknown | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Kate Heightmeyer | Unknown | Doctor (Psychology) |
Civilian scientist | Expedition psychologist | The Gift | Unknown | No | Female | Initial expedition member |
| Miller | Unknown | Lieutenant | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | The Siege Part I | Yes (unknown if natural or gene therapy recipient) | Alive | Male | Initial expedition member |
| Kusanagi | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Hasn't yet (that we know of), mentioned in The Siege Part I | Yes (unknown if natural or gene therapy recipient) | Unknown | Unknown | Initial expedition member |
| Dillon Everett | United States | Colonel | Military (USMC) |
The Siege Part II | Yes (successful gene therapy) | No (Was fed upon by the Wraith and sent back to Earth with the other wounded in Siege III) | Male | Siege II reinforcements | |
| Radner | United States | Captain | Military (USMC) |
Unknown | The Siege Part II | Unknown | Unknown (UCGT tells Weir he can't get ahold of Radner or his team in Siege III) | Male | Siege II reinforcements |
| Steven Caldwell | United States | Colonel | Military (USAF) |
Commander of the Daedalus | The Siege Part III | Unknown | No | Male | Daedalus crew, first trip (Siege III) |
| Dave Kleinman | United States | Captain | Military (USAF) |
Daedalus weapons officer | The Siege Part III | Unknown | No | Male | Daedalus crew, first trip (Siege III) |
| Unknown | United States | Major | Military (USAF) |
Daedalus pilot | The Siege Part III | Unknown | No | Female | Daedalus crew, first trip (Siege III) |
| Lindsey Novak | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Daedalus crewmember, works with Hermiod in Engineering | SG-1: Prometheus Unbound SGA: The Siege Part III |
Unknown | No | Female | Daedalus crew, first trip (Siege III) |
| Monroe | Unknown | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | The Intruder | Unknown | Killed by the Wraith virus (electric shock) | Male | Second expedition team member |
| Lindstrom | United States | Doctor (Unknown speciality) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | The Intruder | Unknown | Killed by the Wraith virus (sucked out the airlock) | Male | Second expedition team member |
| Mark Stern | United States | Lieutenant | Military (USAF) |
Daedalus bridge crew | The Intruder | Unknown | No | Male | Daedalus crew, second trip (Intruder) |
| Lorne | United States | Major | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | SG-1: Enemy Mine SGA: Runner |
Yes (Unknown if natural or gene therapy recipient) | No | Male | Second (presumably came on the Daedalus) |
| Parrish | United States | Doctor (Botany) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Runner | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Coughlin | United States | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Runner | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Billick | United States | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Runner | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Reed | United States | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Runner | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Sherman | United States | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Runner | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Laura Cadman | United States | Lieutenant | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Duet | Unknown | No | Female | Second (came on the second Daedelus trip) |
| Hansen | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Duet | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Katie Brown | Unknown | Doctor (Botany) |
Civilian scientist | Unknown | Duet | Unknown | No | Female | Second (presumably came on the Daedalus' second trip) |
| Unnamed Caucasian Scientist | Germany | Unknown | Civilian scientist | Unknown | Duet | Unknown | No | Female | Unknown |
| Unnamed African-American Military Guy | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Condemned | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Unnamed Caucasian Military Guy | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Condemned | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Optican | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Trinity | Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Collins | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Trinity | Unknown | Killed by the Ancients' malfunctioning weapon (Project Arcturus) | Male | Unknown |
| Vogel | Unknown | Doctor | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Hasn't yet (that we know of), mentioned in Trinity | Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Unnamed Caucasian Scientist | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Trinity | Unknown | No | Female | Unknown |
| Unnamed African-American Scientist | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Trinity | Unknown | No | Female | Unknown |
| Unnamed Caucasian Scientist | United States | Unknown | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Trinity | Unknown | No | Female | Unknown |
| Unnamed Caucasian Scientist | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Conversion | Unknown | No | Female | Unknown |
| Unnamed Caucasian Scientist | Unknown | Unknown | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Conversion | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Walker | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Conversion | Unknown | Killed in the iratus bug cave | Male | Unknown |
| Stevens | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Conversion | Unknown | Killed in the iratus bug cave | Male | Unknown |
| Unnamed Caucasian Military Guy | Germany | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Conversion | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Unnamed Caucasian Military Guy | Unknown | Lieutenant | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Epiphany | Yes (Unknown if natural or gene therapy recipient) | No | Male | Unknown |
| Griffin | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Grace Under Pressure | Yes (Unknown if natural or gene therapy recipient) | Drowned while closing the doors between the cockpit and the rear compartment of the puddle jumper | Male | Daedalus crew |
| Bryce | Unknown | Doctor | Civilian scientist (Unknown speciality) |
Unknown | Grace Under Pressure | Unknown | No | Female | Unknown |
| Moore | Unknown | Doctor | Civilian scientist (Oceanographer?) |
Unknown | Grace Under Pressure | Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| McNab | Unknown | Doctor | Civilian scientist (Oceanographer?) |
Unknown | Grace Under Pressure | Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Ager | Unknown | Doctor | Civilian scientist (Engineer of some sort) |
Unknown | Grace Under Pressure | Unknown | No | Male | Unknown |
| Lindsay | United States | Doctor | Civilian scientist (Unknown specialty) |
Unknown | Coup d'état | Unknown | No | Female | Unknown |
| Edison | Unknown | Unknown | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Hasn't yet that we know of, but is mentioned in Coup d'état | Yes (Unknown if natural or gene therapy recipient) | No | Male | Unknown |
| Cole | United States | Sergeant | Military (Unknown) |
Unknown | Michael | Unknown | Yes (Shot by Michael) | Male | Unknown |
Thanks to the following people for their contributions: Katya Baturinsky, kageygirl, Erynn.