Reese (Stargate)
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| Stargate character | |
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 Reese in Menace |
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| Reese | |
| Race | Gynoid |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | Unnamed Planet |
| Portrayer | Danielle Nicolet None (film) |
| First episode | "Menace" |
In the science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Reese was a female robot, known for creating the Replicators.
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[edit] Technology and Character
Reese was an incredibly advanced gynoid, composed of technology far ahead of Earth's. Unlike other androids encountered by the SGC, such as those constructed by the people of Altair, Reese did not rely on an outside power source, instead possessing an internal power cell. Reese was created to provide a very realistic illusion of humanity, and even had a pulse.
Reese's systems were maintained by millions of nanites, designed and programmed to work together as a self-repair mechanism. These microscopic machines deactivated when disconnected from the android's body. However, the nanobots used for self-repair were also able to reorder matter on a microscopic level, enabling her to create a variety of objects from raw material, including Replicator blocks.
The neurological systems, which were as complex as a human brain, required the presence of an activation chip in a slot near the android's neck. However, the personality contained within the android was flawed, and Reese appeared to have the mind of a child. This would eventually appear to be a critical error, as the android was smart enough to build the Replicators, yet Carter and Daniel assumed she was emotionally immature. This assumption might as well be false, O'Neill points out that she lied from the start and concealed information; also, she tries hard to reach the surface, immediately creates a replicator, and gives him the defensive capabilities (acid), although she had claimed it was a "present"; there is much more to support O'Neill's guess that she is indeed the wicked robot that intentionally destroyed non-robot life forms. In the end, however, Daniel got through to her promising to wake her up as soon as they fixed the error in Reese's programming; when she is shot, she deactivates the replicators, supporting that she might indeed have cooperated.[1]
After the discovery of the Asurans in the Pegasus Galaxy, who were based on nanites not unlike those of human-form Replicators [2], who themselves were based on the nanites used by Reese [3], it was theorised that the two technologies could be related.[2] It would therefore be possible that the scientist who created Reese was one of the Atlanteans who fled back to the Milky Way after the Ancients' war with the Wraith was lost. [4]
- It is possible that the scientist, who may have been an ancient, created Reese, and the other Ancients saw the risk she posed after seeing what the Asurans became, its also possible that the scientist made Reese out of Macro-scopic materials, in order to make her easier to control and deactivate, opposed to the human form Asurans who were nanite based and impervious to bullets and energy weapons.
[edit] History
Reese was developed for unknown purposes on her homeworld by a scientist whom Reese considered her "father". The civilization on the world became afraid of Reese when she developed mechanical toys to counteract her boredom, and eventually tried to destroy her. She programmed her toys to make more of themselves and defend her and one another. Eventually, the toys destroyed her father and the rest of the civilization, then left her alone on the planet.[1]
These machines would later be studied by the Asgard with disastrous results, and become known throughout the galaxy as the dreaded Replicators. [5] Reese subsequently placed herself within a secure vault and went into stasis. [1]
[edit] Discovery by SG-1
Some time later, Reese was discovered by SG-1 who returned her to Earth and reactivated her. Reese awoke, and when questioned about what had happed on her world, lied to Daniel Jackson, claiming ignorance. After several sessions of questioning in a cell by Dr. Jackson, she longed to discover the outside world beyond the pictures present on the walls of her cell. When she was confronted about her mechanical nature by Jackson, she angrily threw him in a bookshelf.
However, she regretted this and when Daniel returned she had built one of her toys for him. Jackson recognised the "toy" as a Replicator, one of the most deadly mechanical creations known to the SGC, and was shocked. The Replicator was quickly isolated in a container, but as Reese became angry during an interrogation, the Replicator acted accordingly and was destroyed by Teal'c.
Reese had felt the destruction of her toy, and subsequently constructed more of them, ordering them to protect her and enable her to escape. Reese and her Replicators managed to break out of the cell, disabling several of the base's officers. She and her forces eventually overwhelmed the Gate Room, trying to activate the Stargate. Convinced that he could deactivate her, Jackson regained Reese's trust and was granted access to the Gate Room. However, after Reese foiled Daniels' plan, he eventually convinced her to shut down her "toy", and that returning to "sleep" was the best possible alternative. Before Reese could put herself in stasis, Jack O'Neill gained access to the Gate Room and shot her. As she permanently shut down, Reese ordered the Replicators to deactivate themselves. [1]
Reese's remains were given to the Asgard, who subsequently studied her. When Freyr visited the SGC, he revealed that they finally gained the upper hand in their battle against the Replicators. [6] They later found a command inside Reese ("to come forth"), which allowed the Asgard to create a trap which captured all Replicators in the known universe in a time dilation field. However, the short encounter between the Replicators and their original creator eventually enabled them to develop nanite-based human-form Replicators. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Menace" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Progeny" (Stargate Atlantis)
- ^ a b "Unnatural Selection" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "The Pegasus Project" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Nemesis" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Revelations" (Stargate SG-1)
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