Gerak
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- For the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, see Elim Garak.
| Stargate character | |
 Gerak in Ex Deus Machina |
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| Gerak | |
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| Race | Jaffa |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Head of the Jaffa High Council and Prior of the Ori, formerly First Prime to Montu |
| Birthplace | Unknown |
| Television portrayer | Louis Gossett, Jr. |
| Key episodes | "Origin" (first appearance) |
In the science fiction TV series Stargate SG-1, Gerak, portrayed by Louis Gossett, Jr., was the first leader of the Free Jaffa Nation.
Gerak was the first head of the Jaffa High Council and as the leader of the traditionalist faction, he was the political rival of Teal'c. He was first mentioned in the episode "Avalon, Part II", and appeared one episode later in "Origin".
[edit] History
Gerak was formerly the First Prime of the Goa'uld Montu, a minor Goa'uld who once served Ra and later fell in with Ba'al when Ra was killed. Gerak came first to the attention of the SGC only months after the defeat of the Goa'uld during the Replicator invasion of the Milky Way.
According to Rak'nor, Gerak was announced the new leader of the Free Jaffa Nation, due to his control over the majority of the Jaffa's military assets. Also, Gerak and the traditionalists had profited greatly of Teal'c's absence, who had spent most of his time with the Tau'ri. Gerak's traditionalism had also resulted in the Free Jaffa Nation initially being controlled by a High Council based on unconfirmed military strength rather than elected officials, as Teal'c and the progressive faction wanted to. [1]
When Gerak was invited to the SGC in the hopes of negotiating an official treaty between the United States and the Free Jaffa Nation, he was greeted by General Hank Landry. However, Gerak did not hide his lack of respect for the Tau'ri, and appeared to have little intrest in either a treaty or the protection of humans accross the Milky Way. He was also quite hostile to Teal'c, whom he considered to be on the Tau'ri's side.
A firm proponent of freedom for all Jaffa, especially regarding slavery to false gods, Gerak demanded to be introduced to the Ori Prior who had recently been brought back to the SGC by Cameron Mitchell. He listened to the tales of Origin and ensured that his people would never bow to the Ori, before the Prior killed himself. [2]
Several weeks later, Gerak sent three of his Ha'tak to Kallana to help SG-1 in thwarting a plan of the Ori to construct a Supergate. However, he was extremely hostile to the Tau'ri vessel that had all ready arrived, and inadvertantly aided the Ori in completing a shield to compress the planet in a micro black hole by firing upon the force field all ready created by the invading Prior. When the first components of the Supergate came through, two of his ships wre destroyed, forcing Gerak to flee. [3]
When the Free Jaffa Nation learned about Ba'al's escape to Earth, he dispatched a Ha'tak mothership to capture the former System Lord. Hidden behind Earth's Moon, the mothership sent several waves of Jaffa troops down to the surface. However, as Ba'al had threatened to explode a naqahdah bomb somewhere inside the United States if he would again be hunted by the Free Jaffa, the SGC was forced to work against Gerak. Although Gerak's actions significantly endangered the Tau'ri, most of the Council members agreed with his methods.
After the bomb, which turned out to be a skyscraper laced with naqahdah, was neutralized by beaming it into space, Gerak's forced were finally able to capture Ba'al. He was subsequently executed before the Council, scoring a big moral victory for the traditionalists. Although Gerak was unaware of this at the time, SG-1 later discovered that the Ba'al executed by Gerak was only a clone, and the real Ba'al remained alive. [4]
Several months later, Gerak was visited by a Prior, who apparently had convinced him that Origin should be the goal of all Jaffa. After accepting the oppresive religion in his own heart, he brought this before the High Council, much to Teal'c's shock, and even to the the protest of his right hand man Yat'Yir. However, when the Ori realized Gerak would not willingly destroy members of his own kind for refusing Origin, a Prior brought his essence to their city on Celestis. There, Gerak was transformed into a Prior.
After Gerak was faced with a revolt led by Teal'c, and the implied possibility of protracted warfare among the Jaffa, Gerak travelled to Chulak in the hopes of negotiating a peaceful solution. There, Gerak was reminded of the sacrifices his father made for freedom for all Jaffa. Convinved, he traveled back to Earth, using his powers to heal Stargate Command of the recently introduced and extremely deadly Prior plague. In consequence for his defiance, the Ori's built in kill-switch, in case he ever turned, was set off, turning Gerak's body into a ball of fire and killing him. His sacrifice was not in vain, as his final act allowed a vaccine to be created which cured all of Earth from the plague. Gerak had expected this result, and his final words before his fiery demise declared that he would die a free Jaffa. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Avalon, Part II" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Origin" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Beachhead" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Ex Deus Machina" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "The Fourth Horseman" (Stargate SG-1)
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| Preceded by None |
Head of the Jaffa High Council 2005-2006 |
Succeeded by Open Seat |
| Preceded by None |
Leader of the Jaffa Traditionalist Caucus 2005-2006 |
Succeeded by Yat'Yir |
| Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1 | Edit | |
| Tau'ri | Malcolm Barrett | Jacob Carter | Chekov | Adrian Conrad | Paul Davis | Paul Emerson | Louis Ferretti | Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman | Charles Kawalsky | Robert Kinsey | Carolyn Lam | Catherine Langford | Bill Lee Harry Maybourne | Lionel Pendergast | Robert Rothman | Frank Simmons | Pete Shanahan | Siler | Richard Woolsey |
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| Other Humans | Cassandra | Kasuf | Linea | Ma'chello | Martin Lloyd | Sha're | Shifu | Skaara | |
| Goa'uld | Amaterasu | Amonet | Anubis | Apophis | Ba'al | Camulus | Cronus | Hathor | Heru-ur Nerus | Osiris | Ra | Sokar | Tanith | Yu | Zipacna |
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| Jaffa | Bra'tac | Gerak | Ishta | Rya'c | |
| Other | Adria | Chaka | Fifth | Harlan | Lotan | Oma Desala | Reese | Replicator Carter | Thor | |
| Lists by race | All | Tau'ri | Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord |
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