Universe 1 Timeline

c. 2,000,000 BCE

• By this point in time, the people of Krypton have conquered disease and perfected cloning, making them effectively immortal.

98,000-97.000 BCE

• The Kryptonian Clone Wars occur.

1881

• Jonathan Kent is born to Hiram and Edith Kent.

1883

• Kal-El is born on Krypton.
• As Krypton enters the final phase of its destruction, the Kryptonian colonization fleet is launched. Only twelve of the 144,000 stasis matrices escape the cataclysm, whereupon they begin their voyage to Earth.

1884

• Kara-Re is born to Kala-Re and In-Ze on Wegthor.

1884

• The Daily Planet is founded in Metropolis.

1888

• Martha Clark is born to Henry and Willa Clark.

1889

• Perry White is born.
• Alexei "Lex" Luthor is born to Leon & Liliya Luthor.

1899

• As the last of Wegthor's resources run out, Kara-Re and the other surviving Kryptonians/Wegthorians go into suspended animation.

1902

• Lex Luthor takes a large insurance policy out on his parents without their knowledge. Shortly thereafter, he causes a fire in their apartment which claims their lives. He uses the insurance payouts to kickstart his future.

1916

• Pete Ross is born.
• Nine Kryptonian stasis matrices arrive on Earth.
• Kal-El's matrix lands in Smallville, Kansas, USA, where it is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent. Retrieving the infant from his pod, the Kents decide to pass him off as their own son, naming him Clark Joseph Kent.
• Mala-Sonn's matrix crashes into a Luthor Incorporated munitions factory, where it is found by Luthor's people. Retrieving the infant from her pod, they take her into captivity for further study, codenaming her "Subject One".
• Dru-Zod's matrix lands in rural Pokolistan. It evades discovery, the infant remaining in hibernation.
• Lana Lang is born to Lewis and Sarah Lang.
• Lois Lane is born to Sam and Etta Lane.

1921

• Enrolled in Smallville School, Kal-El befriends classmates Lana Lang, Pete Ross, and Kenny Braverman.

1924

• Kal-El develops invulnerability.

1925

• Kal-El develops super strength.

1927

• Kal-El develops super speed.

1930

• Kal-El develops x-ray vision.

1932

• Kal-El develops super leaping.

1934-1935

• Kal-El first encounters Mala-Sonn and Lex Luthor.

1933-1937

• Forced to leave Kansas to find work as the Great Depression worsens, Kal-El travels west towards California. Bearing witness to the gross social injustice besieging the nation, exposed to anarchist and Marxist writings, he ultimately embraces the anarcho-pacifism of Leo Tolstoy.

1937-1938

• Kal-El serves as an ambulance driver with the Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War.

1938

• Jonathan Kent dies.
• Kal-El is seriously wounded when a shell hits the ambulance he is driving. He survives, but with impaired vision and partial paralysis, ending his time in the Spanish Civil War.
• Kal returns to Smallville. After he recovers from his injuries, he decides to move east, settling in Metropolis, Delaware.
• Kal becomes Superman.
• Dru-Zod's stasis matrix is finally discovered by farmers. Retrieving the infant from his pod, they hand him over to Soviet authorities, who name him Avruskin.

1939

• Kal-El encounters Lex Luthor for the first time in his Superman identity.

1941

• Following America's entry into World War II, Kal-El is assigned as war correspondant for the Daily Planet. In the week before he's shipped out, he reveals his double identity to his girlfriend, Lois Lane, and proposes marriage. She accepts, and they are wed the night before his departure.

1941-1945

• Kal-El aids the Allies in Europe and the Pacific.

1942

• Lex Luthor's correspondence with Nazi and Soviet scientists is disclosed to the US government. Disgraced, facing charges of treason, Luthor is forced into hiding.
• Luthor constructs a mechanical warsuit. Powered by green kryptonite, the warsuit enables him to walk and engage Superman in physical combat.

1947

• Due to improper shielding, Lex Luthor has contracted radiation poisoning from the green kryptonite which powers his warsuit. His cancer malignant and untreatable, Luthor fully commits himself to defeating his hated enemy, the Man of Steel. Constructing an android simulacrum powered by black kryptonite, Luthor sets it against Kal-El. During the course of the battle, the Lexdroid self-destructs, bathing Kal in black K radiation, permanently splitting him into two separate individuals: an amoral Superman and a spineless Clark Kent.

1947-1961

• Formally renouncing anarchism, Superman ingratiates himself to the US government. He eventually becomes their pawn, participating in the Korean & Vietnam Wars on their behalf.

1948

• Martha Kent dies.

1950

• Clark Kent and Lois Lane divorce.

1953

• Clark Kent and Lana Lang are married.
• Dru-Zod becomes the Red Son.

1954

• Karen Kent is born to Clark and Lana Kent.

1955

• Dru-Zod learns of his Kryptonian heritage. Discarding his Terran name, he vows to seize control of the Soviet Union and transform Earth into a new Krypton.

1958

• Superman first encounters BrainIAC.
• Superman is transported to Universe 29, an inverted analogue of Universe 1 inhabited by silicon-based humanoids. There he encounters his "bizarre" counterpart and blue kryptonite, which has the effect of augmenting his powers.
• Returning from Universe 29, Superman synthesizes blue kryptonite in the Fortress of Solitude and begins habitually bathing in its radiations. The blue K has a cumulative effect, enhancing his existing abilities and granting him additional ones with each exposure.

1959

• Having had his brain transferred to an android body powered by green kryptonite, Lex Luthor re-emerges as "John Corben", director of the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO).
• Superman visits the Rao system. On Wegthor, in the city of Argo, he finds Kara-Re, the planet's last survivor. Releasing her from stasis, he brings her back with him to Earth.

1961

• After three years of constant exposure to blue kryptonite radiation, Superman's cells are dangerously close to degenerating. The blue K having bestowed him a vast repertoire of godlike abilities, he decides he needs no more power and removes the crystal from the Fortress of Solitude, tossing it into the sun.
• After a brief, bloodless war with the world's military might, Superman seizes command of the world's governments. Declaring himself High Councilor of Earth, he centralizes control under the authoritarian socialist One Regime enforced by his Superman robots and deputized superheroes.

1962

• Kara-Re becomes Supergirl.
• The Insurgency, led by Lex Luthor and Oliver Queen, orchestrate a plan to assassinate Superman. The plan fails spectacularly. Queen and most of the co-conspirators die in the scuffle, leaving only Luthor against the Man of Steel. He opens his chest plate, exposing Superman to his kryptonite heart. Superman plucks the kryptonite out and eats it, demonstrating his immunity to green K. Before Luthor can perish, Superman teleports him to STAR Labs, where he is equipped with a new power source before being taken into police custody.

1971

• Having grown bored and listless in his role as High Councilor, Superman decides to leave Earth, seeking to find new and greater challenges amongst the stars. After transferring all power to Kara-Re, he departs.

1971-1985

• Kara-Re dissolves the Regime, granting the municipalities of Earth their autonomy. Some embrace libertarian socialism, others revert to capitalism or decay into neo-feudalism.

1976

• Karen Kent becomes Power Girl.

1979

• Kara-Re frees the Kandorians from their pocket universe, resettling them on an uninhabited terrestrial planet orbiting a red giant. They name their new home "Rokyn".

1983

• Kara-Re becomes Superwoman.

1985

• Clark Kent and Superman are merged back together. The reconstituted Kal-El is significantly depowered, though not to his pre-blue K levels.
• Kara-Re dies in the Crisis.

1986

• Lex Luthor founds LexCoop, an aerospace engineering worker cooperative.
• Lana Kent dies.

1993

• Lois Lane dies.
• John Henry Irons becomes Steel.
• Kon-El is born, becomes Superboy.
• Karen Kent becomes Superwoman.
• Lex Luthor becomes Superman.

Forms of Kryptonite

Kryptonite is a crystalline compound formed from the radioactive elements which constituted the core of Kal-El's native planet, Krypton. Existing in many forms with many colours, kryptonite has varied effects on Kryptonian and Terran lifeforms alike.

GREEN KRYPTONITE

EFFECTS ON KRYPTONIANS

Causes debilitating pain, weakness, reduction of powers, and eventually death.

EFFECTS ON HUMANS

Prolonged exposure causes cellular damage.

EFFECTS ON BIZARRO-KRYPTONIANS

Permanently amplifies/augments powers and temporarily immunizes them to most other forms of kryptonite.

ABUNDANCE

The only known form of naturally occurring kryptonite, the molten remains of Krypton and the debris field surrounding it are believed to be wholly composed of green K. Only one (formerly three) fragments of appreciable size are present on Earth — formerly in the possession of Luthor Incorporated, now in the hands of parties unknown.

RED KRYPTONITE

EFFECTS ON KRYPTONIANS

Suppresses powers for 48-72 hours.

EFFECTS ON HUMANS

Prolonged/intense exposure in combination with various external catalysts causes mutations resulting in superhuman abilities.

EFFECTS ON BIZARRO-KRYPTONIANS

Fatally overloads them with power.

ABUNDANCE

The end product of Lex Luthor's failed attempt at synthesizing green K, almost a hundred bricks of red K were produced during the 1930s & '40s, making it the most common form of the compound on Earth.

BLUE KRYPTONITE

EFFECTS ON BIZARRO-KRYPTONIANS

Causes debilitating pain, weakness, reduction of powers, and eventually death.

EFFECTS ON KRYPTONIANS

Permanently amplifies/augments powers and temporarily immunizes them to most other forms of kryptonite.

EFFECTS ON HUMANS

Prolonged exposure heals cellular damage.

ABUNDANCE

Naturally occurring in Universe 29, the only example of blue K found in Universe 1 was a large synthetic crystal Superman had kept in his Fortress of Solitude before having it destroyed.

BLACK KRYPTONITE

EFFECTS ON KRYPTONIANS

Splits them into two separate beings, one "good" and one "evil".

EFFECTS ON HUMANS

None known.

EFFECTS ON BIZARRO-KRYPTONIANS

None known.

ABUNDANCE

The only fragment of black K was created by Lex Luthor and used to fuel the Lexdroid, an android simulacrum Luthor built to physically combat Superman. The chunk was destroyed after Luthor remotely triggered the Lexdroid's self-destruct, bathing the Man of Tomorrow in concentrated black K radiation.

Kryptonians

Due to convergent evolution, Kryptonians were near-exact genetic duplicates of Terran humans. Owing to the greater age of their race, Kryptonians were further along the evolutionary path; they lacked the body hair and toenails of their Terran cousins, and their physiques were more robust, with a powerful immune system and healing factor enabling an average lifespan exceeding 200 years. They also possessed charcoal skin tones, an adaptation enabling them to withstand the ultraviolet radiation of their red dwarf sun.

Kryptonian society was completely egalitarian. With rare exception, sons were born into the houses of their fathers, daughters into the houses of their mothers. Though a sexual race, Kryptonians relied on artificial "birthing matrices" to reproduce; natural gestation/birth was considered an inefficient primitive practice and was almost unheard of by the time of their demise.

Genetically bound to their planet, the population of Krypton could not relocate en masse to Earth in the face of their world's destruction. Instead, they created 144,000 genetically modified embryoes, tailored to enhance their resemblance to Terrans and grant them abilities which would make them living gods on Earth. Of these 144,000 "new" Kryptonians, only a handful survived to make it to their new colony and grow to maturity. Among them was Kal-El, biological son of Jor-El, scientist, and Lara-Van, librarian.

Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk

1980

Jenn following her mutation into the Sensational She-Hulk.

1982

Jenn during her tenure on the Avengers.

1984

Jenn during her tenure on the Fantastic Four.

1987

Jenn following her tenure on the Fantastic Four.

1991

...

1998

Jenn during her tenure on the Heroes for Hire.

2003

...

2007

Jenn during her brief tenure on SHIELD, shortly before she was permanently depowered by Tony Stark.

Star Wars Reconstructed Timeline

25,783 BBY

• The Jedi Order is established.

18,053 BBY

• The Galactic Republic is established.

7000-6900 BBY

• The Hundred-Year Darkness occurs.

5000-4990 BBY

• The Great Hyperspace War occurs.

4990-4989 BBY

• The Sith Holocaust occurs.

3997-3992 BBY

• The Krath Holy Crusade occurs.

3992-3990 BBY

• The Great Sith War occurs.

3900 BBY

• Alderaan is colonized by the Naboo, Human settlers from Grizmallt.

1076-1060 BBY

• The Mandalorian Wars occur.

1059-1056 BBY

• The Jedi-Sith War occurs.

1058 BBY

• Dessel Bane is born to Hurst Bane and his wife on Apatros.

1056-1050 BBY

• The Sith Civil War occurs.

1050-1042 BBY

• A task force led by the Jedi master Skere Kaan is dispatched to vanquish the remnants of the New Sith Empire. In the process, Kaan and his Jedi fall to the dark side, creating the Brotherhood of Darkness.

1042-1032 BBY

• The Light and Darkness War occurs.

1035 BBY

• Dessel Bane joins the Brotherhood of Darkness.

1032-1000 BBY

• Seeking to preserve the Sith legacy following the Battle of Ruusan, Dessel Bane searches the galaxy for Sith artifacts and lore. His hunt takes him to Prakith, final resting place of the unorthodox Sith Lord Andeddu, where he acquires the Holocron of Heresies. Consulting the holocron, influenced by Andeddu's philosophy, Bane creates the Rule of Two, limiting the Sith to two members at a time, one master and one apprentice, to spare his order from the infighting which destroyed the New Sith.

1010 BBY

• Zannah is born on Somov Rit.

1000 BBY

• The Ruusan Reformation occurs.
• Zannah begins her Sith training under Dessel Bane.

990 BBY

• Zannah becomes disillusioned with the Rule of Two, finding it too restrictive. Now at odds with Dessel Bane, she leaves him, fleeing to Serreno.
• Hetton, an aged Serrenian nobleman and Sith aficionado, begins his Sith training under Zannah.
• The Iktotchi bounty hunter, the Huntress, begins her Sith training under Bane.

990-980 BBY

• Believing himself too old and weakened from the ravages of the dark side to complete the Huntress' training in the time he has left, Bane dissects the Holocron of Heresies for methods to stave off death. From it he extracts the knowledge of transferring his essence into another being.

980 BBY

• Dessel Bane and the Huntress confront Zannah and Hetton. In the ensuing fight, Hetton is slain and Bane's body disintegrates as he attempts transferring his essence into Zannah's body. The transfer initially appears a failure, with Zannah retaining full awareness and control of her body. In the months to come, his personality gradually emerges, displacing hers.

980-850 BBY

• The Huntress becomes Dessel Bane's host.
• Grown disdainful of Sith tradition, motivated by pure egoism, Bane deems himself to have surpassed the Sith and abandons the Rule of Two for the Rule of One, committing apostacy.

896 BBY

• Yoda is born.

700 BBY

• Gardulla Besadii the Elder is born on Nal Hutta.

600 BBY

• Jabba Desilijic Tiure is born to Zorba Desilijic Tiure on Nal Hutta.

200 BBY

• Chewbacca is born to Attichitcuk and his mate on Kashyyyk.

189 BBY

• Hego Damask is born to Caar Damask and one of his wives on Mygeeto.

150-121 BBY

• The Gungan-Naboo War occurs.

140 BBY

• Sheev Palpatine is born to Cosinga Palpatine and his wife.

131 BBY

• Jorus C'baoth is born on Bortas.

123 BBY

• Sheev Palpatine begins his dark side training under Bane/Damask.

109 BBY

• C-3PO is activated on Affa.

109-107 BBY

• Jorus C'baoth attends the Jedi training centre on Kamparas.

105 BBY

• Jorus C'baoth completes his Jedi training.

93 BBY

• Jorus C'baoth assumes the title of Jedi master.

92 BBY

• Qui-Gon Jinn is born on Serreno.

91 BBY

• Aika Lars is born.

90 BBY

• Sheev Palpatine becomes Dessel Bane's host.

87 BBY

• Cliegg Whitesun is born to Lef and Gredda Whitesun on Ator.

85 BBY

• Aika Lars and her parents are captured by pirates and sold into slavery.
• Jorus C'baoth conceives the Outbound Flight Project, a massive expedition of 50,000 colonists into the Unknown Regions and eventually beyond the Galactic Rim to the Rishi Maze.

83 BBY

• Outbound Flight departs Yaga Minor.

82 BBY

• Acquiring cloning technology from Spaarti Creations, Bane/Palpatine discontinues the difficult and risky procedure of transferring his essence into hapless protégés, choosing now to use mindless clone bodies as hosts for his spirit.

79 BBY

• Qui-Gon Jinn begins training under Yoda.

77 BBY

• Shmi Warka is born.

64 BBY

• Asajj Ventress is born on Rattatak.

61 BBY

• The Axis of Spaarti, commanding an army of clone soldiers, secedes from the Republic.

60 BBY

• Ben Lars (Obi-Wan Kenobi) is born to Aika Lars on C-Faroon.

58 BBY

• Siri Tachi is born.

57 BBY

• Gardulla transfers ownership of Aika and Ben Lars to Cliegg Whitesun.
• Owen Lars is born to Aika Lars and Cliegg Whitesun on Taris.

55 BBY

• Anakin and Beru Skywalker are born on Tatooine.

54 BBY

• Bail Prestor Organa is born on Alderaan.

53 BBY

• Nellith Arkady is born to Tan and Zara Arkady on Townowi.
• Ahsoka Tano is born to Nak-Il and Pav-Ti Tano on Shili.

52 BBY

• Gial Ackbar is born on Dac.
• Anakin and Beru Skywalker are orphaned.

51 BBY

• Yoda frees the Larses from slavery, relocating Aika and Owen Lars to Tatooine while Ben Lars accompanies him to Coruscant to begin his Jedi training.

50 BBY

• Ahsoka Tano begins her Jedi training under Plo Koon.

48 BBY

• Mon Mothma is born on Chandrila.

47 BBY

• Darth Vader is born to Chlorian Vader and Shmi Warka on Jakku.
• Asajj Ventress begins her Jedi training under Ky Narec.

47-37 BBY

• Ky Narec is slain in battle. Consumed by rage and loss, Asajj Ventress leaves Rattatak. She eventually meets Qui-Gon Jinn, who becomes her new master.

45 BBY

• The Mandalorian Death Watch stages a coup on Mandalore, overthrowing the pacifist New Mandalorian government.

43 BBY

• Yoda is expelled from the Jedi Order.
• Qui-Gon Jinn replaces Yoda as Ben Lars' Jedi master.

40 BBY

• Several hundred systems sign the Treaty of Concordance with the Axis of Spaarti.
• The events of Star Wars: Episode I occur.

37 BBY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode II occur.

35 BBY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode III occur.
• Anakin Skywalker and Nellith Arkady are married.

32 BBY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode IV occur.

29 BBY

• Han Solo is born on Corellia.

24-22 BBY

• The Rise of the New Order occurs.

22-1 BBY

• The Great Jedi Purge occurs.

19 BBY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode V – The Rise of Darth Vader occur.

18 BBY

• Leia and Luke Skywalker are born to Nellith Skywalker.

17 BBY

• Mara Jade is born.

16 BBY

• Nellith Skywalker dies on Alderaan.

3 BBY

• Ahsoka Tano is slain in a duel with Darth Vader on Malachor.

2 BBY

• The Galactic Civil War begins.

0 BBY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode VI – A New Hope occur.

3 ABY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Empire Strikes Back occur.

4 ABY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode VIII – Return of the Jedi occur.

9 ABY

• Jacen and Jaina Solo are born to Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo on Coruscant.

11 ABY

• Anakin Solo is born to Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo on Coruscant.

19 ABY

• The Galactic Civil War ends.

25-29 ABY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode IX occur.
• The events of Star Wars: Episode X occur.
• The events of Star Wars: Episode XI occur.

27 ABY

• Ben Skywalker is born to Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker.

35 ABY

• The events of Star Wars: Episode XII occur.

Stargate Reimagined: Part II (A Fragment)

Over a year ago, I posted the rough draft of my Stargate II script. At this time, I'm close to finishing Act I of the first draft. Almost nothing from the rough draft carried over to this version, which'll be a loose adaptation of Bill McCay's Stargate: Rebellion, including a few elements from his other novels Retaliation and Retribution, once it's complete.

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FADE IN

On catacomb walls.

Upon the walls, bathed in torchlight, are painted murals. Though similar in style to those created by the ancient Egyptians, these are cruder and less colourful. The scenes they depict are of Atum's underlords expanding the Imperium beyond Earth and Abdju, establishing colonies on multiple worlds, each with their own stargates.

TITLE: STARGATE II

FADE TO

A funeral.

EXT. CEMETERY — DAY

It is a rainy day. A wooden casket rests upon the ground above where it's to be buried, surrounded by bouquets of flowers. Thirty-odd mourners are present, shielding themselves beneath black umbrellas. Among them is MASTER SERGEANT ADAM KAWALSKY. In his blue dress uniform, he stands out from the rest.

Standing at the head of the casket, across from the mourners, a Lutheran pastor delivers a eulogy.

PASTOR

(cont'd) Karin Langford was more than just kind and generous. She had a gift … of an endless, open minded, childlike curiosity. She saw the world not for what it was, but for what it could be. And she saw potential in people that others failed to recognize. Like her father before her, her contributions to Egyptology have changed the world more than most people know….

Time passes.

The mourners are dispersing, leaving Kawalsky standing near the casket. A 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN with long, wavy red hair and blue eyes approaches the sergeant from behind.

SABRINA

Uh, Sergeant Kawalsky?

Kawalsky turns to face her.

SABRINA

Hi. I'm Sabrina Gosling. Karin's grandniece?

KAWALSKY

Oh, hi.

Kawalsky shakes Sabrina's hand, returning her smile.

SABRINA

Thank you for coming.

KAWALSKY

I'm sorry Daniel couldn't be here. He really wishes he could've made it. He had nothing but the utmost respect for Ms. Langford.

SABRINA

He's tied up in a government project. I understand. Thank you for coming on his behalf. I know she would've really appreciated it.

Sabrina opens her purse. Reaching in, she brings out a familiar trinket: Karin's Eye of Atum pendant.

SABRINA

She wanted Dr. Jackson to have this.

Sabrina hands the pendant to Kawalsky. He accepts it.

EXT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN — SUNSET

Guards patrol the entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 15/DANIEL'S QUARTERS

Inside the medium-sized quarters we find DANIEL JACKSON. Clad in a tank top and boxers, he performs a set of push-ups while opera music plays from the stereo atop his table. Through the one-month growth of hair on his head, a number of small, fresh biopsy scars mark his cranium.

Hearing the lock on his door disengage, Daniel sits up. The door opens, admitting Kawalsky. The sergeant is garbed in a hazmat suit.

DANIEL

Adam. How went the funeral?

KAWALSKY

About as well as those things can go.

Approaching Daniel, the sergeant brings out the pendant.

KAWALSKY

She had this for you.

Daniel takes the pendant, staring at it.

DANIEL

She was her family. She should've kept this.

KAWALSKY

Karin thought of you like a son.

Daniel sets the pendant aside.

DANIEL

How's Sha'ure?

KAWALSKY

Good. Her English's coming along nicely.

DANIEL

(tapping head) If she had my little pals, she'd have a better grasp of the language than either of us, instantly. (beat) Of course, if she did, she'd be locked in this cell here with me.

Daniel begins a set of sit-ups.

INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 28/EMBARKATION ROOM

The embarkation room's been heavily fortified since the survivors of the Abdju Mission returned. Three  Browning .50 calibre machine guns have been set up facing the stargate. Along the ramp have been planted claymore mines. A metal plug's been inserted through the stargate itself, obstructing the crystal torus. Canisters of nerve gas have even been installed in case the other deterrents fail.

Near the left exit, THREE AIRMEN are seated around a card table playing poker.

AIRMAN #1

 

Oh, man, this hand's as lousy as this detail. (beat) Alright, everybody, ante up. (dealing cards) Seven to the deuce, nothin' there. Boss and the eight, nothin' happenin'. And the jack gets a box.

FEMALE AIRMAN

(antsy) Aren't you guys afraid of somethin' coming through?

AIRMAN #2

It's been idle since the plug was put in. Trust me, nobody's coming through.

AIRMAN #1

(scoffing) All this fortification, and all it did was cost money. They've been shippin' personnel outta here for months.

EXT. PENTAGON — NIGHT

An aerial view of the Pentagon.

INT. PENTAGON/GEN. WEST'S OFFICE

GENERAL W. O. WEST is at his desk going over paperwork. A knock is heard at the door.

GEN. WEST

Come.

CAPTAIN SAMANTHA CARTER enters. Closing the door, she approaches the general's desk, bringing her hand up in salute. Though blonde, blue-eyed, and very beautiful, Carter is no stereotypical Hollywood ditz. Everything about the captain's manner — her disciplined stance, her keen, attentive gaze — indicates she is quite the intelligent, resourceful woman.

GEN. WEST

(saluting) Capt. Carter.

CARTER

(saluting) Sir.

GEN. WEST

Not much for small talk, are you, Captain? (beat) I'm rejecting your request to release Daniel Jackson from quarantine.

CARTER

Sir, Project Giza can't continue without his assistance.

GEN. WEST

He can assist you quite well from where he is.

CARTER

I may need him in the field.

GEN. WEST

Lest you forget, Jackson's carrying technology from a hostile and very formidable enemy inside his body.

CARTER

Lingual nanites, sir.

GEN. WEST

Are you 100% positive that's all they are?

CARTER

Research on the nanites is preliminary. However —

GEN. WEST

Dr. Jackson will remain in quarantine until our people are assured he poses no risk to the general population.

CARTER

With all due respect, General —

GEN. WEST

Dismissed, Captain.

Carter stiffens. Nodding her obeisance, she leaves.

INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 15/DANIEL'S QUARTERS

Daniel and SHA'URE cling to one another in his bed, their breath coming in tight gasps as their bodies writh in passion. Sha'ure's pale skin seems to glow in the darkness, her flesh soft but sturdy … and very, very active. There's a frantic quality to their coupling, as if they fear interruption at any moment. No time for encouragement, endearments, or words at all.

Blood pounds as they race towards climax. Then the moment comes. Sha'ure gives a great, wounded cry —

Daniel awakes with a convulsive shudder, sitting bolt upright on his cot. He glances down at the crotch of his underwear; he's disgraced himself.

DANIEL

Fuck….

There's another couple knocks at the door. Daniel repositions himself, taking care to hide the wet spot on his boxers.

CARTER

(O.S.) Dr. Jackson?

DANIEL

(irate) I'm up.

Carter enters, clad in a hazmat suit like the one Kawalsky wore earlier.

DANIEL

We met before?

She steps forward, offering her hand.

CARTER

(grinning) We haven't, no. I'm Capt. Samantha Carter, director of Project Giza.

DANIEL

(shaking her hand) Karin Langford was director.

CARTER

I succeeded her after the project was fully militarized.

DANIEL

I can't imagine the last four months have given you much to show for it.

CARTER

That's why I've come to you.

DANIEL

Please sit down, Capt. Carter.

The captain takes Daniel's chair, turning it to face him before taking a seat. She sits there, eyes twinkling like those of a star-struck teen. Daniel shifts uncomfortably under her gaze.

CARTER

I'm sorry. It's just … you're the rarest of all seekers after truth — the crackpot who's proven correct. I predict your name will feature heavily in scientific literature of the future. You'll be another Galileo or Semmelweis, reviled by the so-called experts of their day, but shown to be right.

DANIEL

I hope I'm still alive and sane to enjoy the fame. (beat) Thanks for your good wishes, Captain. But if we could move along…?

CARTER

After the Abdju Mission, my team was asked to research alternative applications for the gate. We didn't get anywhere before word came from the Pentagon to shutter the gate competely. But it came to me: If the ancient astronauts theory is, at least in some points, correct, if they were here for two thousand years, they must've left behind more than just the stargate. I made my proposal to West; I've been granted approval to begin the search.

DANIEL

That's where I come in.

CARTER

You're a brilliant archaeologist. You're fluent in twenty-three languages — twelve of which no one else alive on Earth understands. You're an invaluable asset.

DANIEL

I also probably killed a planet.

CARTER

Dr. Jackson — Daniel — what if I get you out of quarantine? Reunite you with Sha'ure?

DANIEL

(skeptical) West'll never let me out.

CARTER

(grinning) West isn't highest on the totem pole; I have my connections. Just give the word, and you'll be out of this room yesterday.

INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 18/CORRIDOR

Capt. Carter leads Daniel along the corridor. He's exchanged his tank top/boxers combo for an olive green jumpsuit.

CARTER

You can go pretty much wherever you want. The gym, locker room, and mess halls are all open to you. But Level 28 is completely off-limits, and you can't leave the base without written permission and a military escort. I'm sorry; I couldn't bypass the general on that one.

Carter brings Daniel to a door. Taking out her keycard, she swipes it through the lock, disengaging it.

INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 18/DANIEL'S LAB

Opening the door, Carter holds it open for Daniel. He steps inside his new laboratory. It's equipped with a desk, several packed bookshelves, and a state-of-the-art computer setup complete with 3D printer. Daniel's mouth falls agape.

CARTER

It's alright?

DANIEL

Just feeling a bit agoraphobic.

Daniel steps deeper into the lab, thumbing through the books on the shelves, examining the 3D printer.

SHA'URE

(O.S.) Daniel.

Daniel spins 'round. Kawalsky's arrived with Sha'ure. Like a deer caught in headlights, Daniel freezes, just staring at his lover. Four months have elapsed since she arrived on Earth; aside from the blue jumpsuit she now wears, she hasn't changed in the interim.

DANIEL

Sha'ure….

Embracing, they hold each other close, tears forming in their eyes. After several moments, they finally work up the courage to let go. Eyes of richest brown meeting eyes of intense blue, they come together again, kissing deeply, passionately.

Kawalsky smiles warmly.

INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 15/SHA'URE'S QUARTERS

The lights've been turned low. Daniel and Sha'ure lie together naked atop her sheets, spooning. Sha'ure kisses his hand. He, in turn, kisses her shoulder.

SHA'URE

In the days before, my people had only rumours — vague traditions of other worlds beyond the stargate. When you arrived, you made those traditions real.

DANIEL

Are you afraid Imperium troops will come through the stargate? That's what Carter and the soldiers are guarding against.

SHA'URE

We have brothers out there, Daniel. They're still slaves to the vultures who served Atum. But I hope to change that.

DANIEL

Change? How?

SHA'URE

You're the one who knows the stargate best. I know you could find the keys to other worlds. Then we could take the struggle to those living enslaved, and bring them freedom!

DANIEL

(sighing) Sha'ure, you were there when we found the cartouche holding the glyphs for Earth. From our troubles then you must know how hard it is to find the routes between stargates.

SHA'URE

But, Daniel, your wisdom —

DANIEL

(interrupting) I'm merely a scholar; I'm not Atum. And I'll tell you honestly, even if West unsealed the ring, I could spend all the rest of my life trying to find stargate addresses for somewhere — anywhere — and not find the key to another world. (beat) Besides, it may be in everyone's best interest if we keep to our corner of the universe. We don't need another Abdju.

Bitter disappointment shows on Sha'ure's face.

INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN/LEVEL 27/CARTER'S OFFICE

Carter is at her desk.

SUPERIMPOSE: "TWO WEEKS LATER"

There comes a knock at the door.

CARTER

Come in.

Daniel enters, a file folder in his hand.

CARTER

You've found something.

DANIEL

The Imperium uses a cursive script unrelated to Egyptian hieroglyphs. I didn't recognize any similiarites to scripts I was familiar with, but my speciality's the Afro-Asiatic languages. I sent samples of the script to universities and institutes around the world to learn whether or not it matched any non-Erythraean writing systems.

Daniel places the folder on the desk. Opening it, Carter begins looking through the print-outs. There're photos of a shattered stele, descriptions, and a sketched map.

DANIEL

(cont'd) There was one find, a stele, which carried some of the script. According to this, the find was made by a German expedition that went to the eastern delta of the Nile back in the '60s. The location seemed to be the ruins of a temple, but they were unable to place the dynasty. And, after discovering the dubious signs in the inscription, there was some suspicion of fraud.

CARTER

What does it say?

DANIEL

The hieroglyphic portion contains an invocation to Sutekh.

Carter raises an eyebrow.

DANIEL

Otherwise known as Setesh, Set, Seteh, Seth. As Egyptian culture went through the millennia, Sutekh went from a brave warrior deity defending the sun god Ra to the personification of evil, fighting Ra.

Carter looks at a photo of the stele afforing a clear shot of a representation of Sutekh. The god has erect, flat-topped ears and a long, curved muzzle.

CARTER

What kind of head is that?

DANIEL

Nobody's been able to identify it from the pictures. Some scholars have identified it a gazelle's head. Others think it's the pig — unclean flesh, and all that.

CARTER

That's a pretty wide range there.

DANIEL

Still others think Sutekh was represented by an animal that's either mythical or now extinct. Most likely the former rather than the latter, since paleontologists haven't discovered any fossils to point to a species like this ever existing. That's why a lot of people in the field just call it the Typhonic beast. (beat) Anyway, the rest of the hieroglyphs make a reference to the god's centre of power to the east, where his strength was measured. The portion in Imperial script seems to be about "godpowers".

CARTER

Godpowers?

DANIEL

Power ratings and constants.

CARTER

You mean derived units? For technology? Weapon yields?

DANIEL

(shrugging) I wish those Germans had recovered the whole stele. (beat) The delta was one of the strongest areas of Sutekh-worship. And, because it's low-lying, often flooded, and still the seat of Egypt's agricultural production, proportionally less has been found there in terms of archaeological sites.

The captain's interest's definitely been aroused.

CARTER

We'll have to re-excavate where they dug.

The Legend of Zelda: Season One (Treatment)

I've only ever played Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and a tiny bit of A Link to the Past, but I've always liked the world of The Legend of Zelda, so recently I've started delving more into the lore of the series, reading the mangas and watching walkthroughs on YouTube to beef up my knowledge. That inevitably got me to thinking how I'd go about adapting the games, either into a movie or a series. I decided TLOZ would work best in the form of a series. Then I started thinking about narrative and characterization. To me, OOT's quintessential TLOZ, but I wouldn't want to make this series a mere adaptation of that one game. I decided I'd use OOT as the basic template, keeping to the main beats, but including elements from other games/my own imagination as desired.

The following's a treatment for the first season, with character bios, lore, and the general plot.

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TRIFORCE

According to the Hylian creation myth, the Triforce was created by the Triune Goddess after the foundation of the world, though its true antiquity and origins are ultimately unknown. The Triforce consists of three tetrahedrons of golden crystal: the Triforce of Power, the Triforce of Wisdom, and the Triforce of Courage. Each Triforce capable of bestowing immense power in its own right,  the combined Triforce can make its bearer a living god, though only someone balanced in power, wisdom, and courage can weild all three directly; the Triforce separates when apprehended by an unbalanced soul, two of the three Triforces dispersing to find hosts which embody their qualities.

Coveted by the ruthless and ambitious, the Triforce was the cause of many terrible wars and dynasties. To prevent further misuse, the Seven Sages sealed the Triforce away in the Dark World many centuries ago. The only entrance to the Dark World is in the Temple of Time, located deep in the Lost Woods. The gate's kept sealed by the Master Sword, which can only be drawn from its pedestal by a hero with a pure heart.

HYRULEAN CIVIL WAR

The Hyrulean Civil War was a series of armed conflicts fought amongst the kingdoms of the Hyrulean subcontinent. Instigated by the Hylian king Rhoam and perpetuated by his son Harkinian, it lasted several decades, ending with the unification of the realm under the Hylian banner. The Gorons, Rito, and Zora became vassals of the Hylians, while the Bokogoblins, Gerudo, Lizalfos, Molblins, etc. were hunted to near-extinction and dispossessed of their lands.

GANON

Ganon was born fifty-nine years before the end of the Hyrulean Civil War. His people, the Gerudo, had made their home on the Great Plateau, a lush and fertile land which had been coveted by the Hylians for ages long before the war. After the Gerudo were brought to heel, King Rhoam decreed that all Gerudo males and pregnant women be put to the sword, the surviving females exiled to the inhospitable desert to the west. Ganon's mother died with him still in her womb, but by a stroke of fate, he survived to be found by the twin sorceresses, Kotake and Koume. Raising him in secret away from even their fellow Gerudo, the sisters instructed him in their art, grooming him to become the Gerudo messiah.

At the appropriate age, Ganon took his place as leader of the Gerudo. Under his stewardship, the withering group of nomads settled in an uninhabited valley, where they were reforged into a tight-knit tribe of woman-warriors, taking what they needed in raids on the outlying settlements of the Hyrulean Empire. All the while Ganon remained in the shadows, content to let his favourite wife serve as figurehead until the time was ripe to reveal his existence to their enemies.

After Rhoam's death, long into the war, Ganon made his move. Making himself known to the Hylians, he travelled to Hyrule Castle. Kneeling before King Harkinian, he beseeched him for vassalage, offering his very life in exchange for peace between their peoples. His charisma won Harkinian over, earning the Gerudo his blessing. Following the Hyrulean Civil War, Ganon maintained the facade of a loyal vassal, but began brokering alliances with the marginalized peoples of Hyrule in secret, sowing the seeds of the Imprisoning War.

LINK

The Hylian boy Link was born towards the end of the Hyrulean Civil War. Orphaned when he was three years old, he was found in Faron Woods by the Deku, who sheltered him, raising him collectively. Essentially a feral child with only the mute Deku and telepathic/empathic Faeries of the forest for companions, Link lost whatever speech he had acquired from his parents, becoming mute. At the age of nine, Link was found by Talon, a rancher from Ordon Village. Befriending the boy, Talon took Link back with him to Lon Lon Ranch to raise alongside his two-year-old daughter, Malon.

When Link was sixteen, the Imprisoning War broke out. Drafted into the Hyrulean Forces, Link was shipped out to Central Hyrule, where he began his training at the castle as a soldier.

ZELDA

Princess Zelda grew up isolated on the grounds of Hyrule Castle. Raised largely by her caretaker, Impa, Zelda was totally unlike her indolent/indifferent parents. A precocious child, with an interest in the world beyond the castle walls, at the age of thirteen she began sneaking out of the castle, mixing with the common people under the alias "Tetra".

IMPRISONING WAR

Ganon learned of the Triforce from his surrogate mothers at a young age. He knew the talisman would grant him the power to liberate the subjugated races of Hyrule and establish a just new order. To gain access to the Temple of Time, he needed to first procure the Spiritual Stones to the sealed chamber housing the Master Sword. The Stone of Fire was with the Gorons, the Stone of Water with the Zora, and the Stone of Forest with the Royal Family of Hyrule. 

After befriending Darunia, the Goron king, Ganon was gifted the Stone of Fire. Darunia dispatched his warriors to the Zora domain to attain the Stone of Water. Harkinian sent two-thirds of his forces to assist the Zora, leaving a third behind to protect Central Hyrule. This was the opportunity Ganon had been biding his time for. With Harkinian's blessing, Ganon brought his forces to Hyrule Castle, ostensibly to reinforce the Hylian troops in the event of invasion. The Hylians were betrayed. The Gerudo staged a coup, smashing the Hylian defense and killing the king and queen. Impa, Zelda, a few knights, and a handful of trainees, including Link, escaped.

After the fall of the Zora, Ganon finally had all three Spiritual Stones in his possession. Now only the Lost Woods stood between him and the Triforce. The refugees from Hyrule Castle split into two camps; Impa would go alone with Zelda to a place of safety, leaving Link and the rest to stop Ganon at the Temple of Time.

Neither Link nor his comrades were able to prevent Ganon from penetrating the Temple of Time. With greater skills and experience, Ganon beat the boy to within an inch of his life. In a last-ditch effort to stop the Gerudo, Link grasped the hilt of the Master Sword and pulled it free, unsealing the portal to the Dark World. They were transported to the Temple of Light, finding themselves on a stone platform raised over a yawning abyss, the Triforce waiting on another platform across from them. Link came at Ganon with the Master Sword, but the Gerudo easily swatted him aside, casting the boy to the void below. Ganon then went to claim the Triforce.