Canon-implied SG-1 missions?

[fignewton]

This brilliant idea is the brainchild of ivorygates, and I am shamelessly stealing it for the next Alphabet Soup.

(Which needs a name. "Canon-implied Alphabet Soup" lacks a certain oomph. Any suggestions?)

Edit: green_grrl suggests "Off-screen missions." I like that one!

The premise is simple: many episodes of SG-1 reference a past or future mission. The most famous of these, I think, is the mission referenced in Emancipation to P3X-595 where Sam "drank that stuff that made you take off..." and the final frame of The Enemy Within, which ends with the team striding through the Stargate for their first mission together.

Other examples:

Establishing the base on Hanka, before Nirrti unleashed the plague in Singularity.

Missions to help the Enkarans, since Scorched Earth begins with the people settled in their new home.

The first mission to Juna, before Cronus showed up in Double Jeopardy.

Missions to establish peaceful relations with the Unas after The First Ones but before Beast Burden.

Followup to Beneath the Surface, getting the brainwashed victims moved to a safer, warmer planet.

Teal'c's adventures off-world during Solitudes, trying to find Sam and Jack.

All these popped into my brain after two or three minutes of glancing over a list of episodes. There must be many, many more, and they don't necessarily have to be SG-1 (how many times did Reynolds take his team to Thilana's planet?). So I would like to invite you all to comment here with your suggestions. The format of my examples above would be just fine. Include the name of the episode or an obvious plot line - "what happened to Sam and Jack and Teal'c while they were stuck off-world until they got the Stargate back up" is a good reference to Small Victories, but "that ep where Jack fires his P-90" won't be much help. ;) I'll go through the comments and collate them over the next several days and we'll see what we can come up with!

Here's the organized list of suggestions so far! They're all wonderful and I hope we'll get lots more. :)

A few of the suggestions were a little too broad to fit the premise - for example, what happened to Nyan after he was offered asylum on Earth? - but I would suggest anyone looking for fic inspiration to scroll through the comments for some great ideas.

Season One

COTG: Daniel on Abydos, before the tissue box comes through

The Enemy Within: the mission at the end of the episode, when the team walks through the Stargate

Emancipation: the referenced mission to P3X-595 where Sam "drank that stuff that made you take..."

Broca Divide: the followup mission that establishes good relations with the people of the Land of Light

The First Commandment: SG-9's initial missions to the planet, before Hansen went nuts

Singularity: establishing the base on Hanka

Enigma: the mission to the Land of Light to ask them if they'd be willing to take in the Tollan

Solitudes: the mission that begins the episode, that ended with half the team stranded in Antarctica

Teal'c's adventures through the Stargate, trying to find Jack and Sam

TBFTGOG: what was happening on the other side of the QM when Daniel disappeared

Season Two

In the Line of Duty: SG-1's original missions to Nasiya

Prisoners: SG-1's original mission was interrupted by Hadante; they go back afterwards

SG-3's search for SG-1

SG-6's first diplomatic mission, without Hammond, to get SG-1 back

Family: Teal'c and his family in the Land of Light

Bane: Sam, Jack, and Daniel's mission back to the planet to obtain a live sample

The Tok'ra: SG-3's attempt to find SG-1 to get Sam back to Earth

A Matter of Time: Daniel's mission with SG-6 in a dig expedition to P3X-118 while Earth is being eaten by a black hole

Henry Boyd's original mission that begins the episode

The Fifth Race: details of the mission to the super-hot planet

Holiday: Jack and Tea

Touchstone: original mission to Madrona, before the episode begins

Jack and Daniel's "diagnostic" mission to check on what's happening without the Touchstone during the episode

Show and Tell: Jack's mission with the Tok'ra, escorting Charlie-the-Reetou

1969: SG-5's mission to P2X-555

Out of Mind: the mission, pre-episode, where Hathor captured SG-1

Season Three

Learning Curve: first missions to Orban, before the episode begins

missions after the episode, either helping with the children or learning more about the naquadah reactor (or other tech)

A Hundred Days: earlier missions to Edora, before the episode begins

post-episode missions to Edora, returning the refugees and offering assistance

Foothold: the mission SG-1 returns from at the start of the episode (torrential rains included)

Pretense: SG-1 takes Skaara home to Abydos

Shades of Grey: the adventures of the black ops team, before Jack shut them down

Crystal Skull: going back to the planet to get Nick's "notes"

Nemesis: the mission on which Daniel develops appendicitis, before the episode begins

Season Four

Small Victories: adventures of SG-1 (minus Daniel) off-world, until the backup Stargate is up and running

Divide and Conquer: pre-episode missions to work on the treaty with the Tok'ra

Window of Opportunity: the mission, pre-episode, where SG-15 first met Malakai

The First Ones: first mission to P3X-888, establishing the dig

Subsequent missions to establish relationships with the Unas (or at least with Chaka, protein bars included)

Beneath the Surface: getting the brainwashed victims moved to a safer, warmer planet

Scorched Earth: before the episode, moving the Enkarans to their new planet

After the episode, moving the Enkarans to their original homeworld

Prodigy: discovery mission, pre-episode, to M4C-862

Six-week long science mission, post-discovery, including Major Griff as leader of SG-2

Daniel's mission with SG-11 that caused his absence from the episode

Chain Reaction: the mission that opens the episode, where SG-1 make it back under fire

2010: the original timeline's missions to the Aschen

The Light: Daniel's mission to the P4X-347 with SG-5

The three weeks the team stays on the planet to get over their addiction

Double Jeopardy: the first mission to Juna, when SG-1 first helped free the planet

Daniel's mission with SG-11 during the episode

missions of Robot!SG-1 through the Stargate before Juna

Season Five

Ascension: SG-16 (Reynolds!) on their missions to Orlin's planet

The Tomb: the ill-fated Russian mission that ends up with them all dead in the ziggurat

2001: the mission where the team learns of the Aschen that takes place right before the episode begins

48 Hours: the mission to P#x-116 that opens the episode, ending with Tanith's death

The Sentinel: SG-9's pre-episode missions to Latona to establish diplomatic relations

Season Six

Frozen: the establishing of the Antarctic base

The Other Guys: the original mission to set up the science team at P5X-112

Allegiance: the original mission that involved setting up the Jaffa at the Alpha Site

Sight Unseen: the mission from which SG-1 returns with the "bug-zapper"

Death Knell: establishing the Beta Site

Changeling: the disastrous ambush that leaves all Jaffa except Teal'c and Bra'tac dead

Season Seven

Fallen: the follow-up missions to Vis Uban, studying the ruins

Orpheus: Bra'tac and Ry'ac on their mission to Erebus, before they were caught

Chimera: follow-up mission to debriefing Sarah Gardener after Osiris is removed

Revisions: Follow-up mission to relocate the survivors

Avenger 2.0: Daniel's mission to P3L-997 during the episode

Lost City: SG-2's mission to P3X-439, where they found the Ancient Repository

Season Eight

Zero Hour: SG-1's mission in Anubis' lab, where they were trapped

Moebius: the adventures of SG-1 in Ancient Egypt, that left Daniel the sole survivor

Season Nine

Collateral Damage: follow-up episode in which they negotiate for use of the memory device

Ripple Effect: any of the missions of the alternate SG-1s before they arrived in "our" SGC

The Scourge: the missions in which the Gamma Site was established

scientific studies, etc. that took place on Gamma Site pre-episode, with or without Ori bugs

Ex Deus Machina: How Ba'al, Athena, and the Trust established themselves on Earth

Season Ten

Insiders: Daniel's research on Camelot during the episode

Uninvited: Daniel in England during the episode

Line in the Sand: SG-2's initial missions to P9C-882

SG-1's mission to test the cloaking device, just before the episode begins

Comments

Canon continuations

[topazowl]

What happened to Reetou made Charlie once he joined the Tok'ra (Show and tell)
And further stories about the Reetou

What happened to Sarah Gardner after she lost her Gou'ald? (I know I've read at least one of these though) (Chimera)

Nick and the planet of the giant aliens - I love the Crystal Skull - one of my favourite episodes

I haven't written for a while so it would be good to have a target - especially for the crystal skull

[ivorygates]

Foothold (S3e14): The mission SG-1 was on before it came back to find the SGC had been taken over by lobsters.

Learning Curve (S3e5): The original mission to Orban, since this ep takes place some time after that.

A Matter of Time (S2e16): Daniel Jackson joins SG-6 in a dig expedition to P3X-118 while Earth is being eaten by a black hole.

A Matter of Time (S2e16): Henry Boyd and SG-'s mission to the Black Hole Planet.

A Hundred Days (S3e17): There was either an earlier mission, or an early part of this mission that we don't see, since the ep begins after a mining treaty has been negotiated.

Nemesis (S3e22): Before this ep, Daniel develops appendicitis on an offworld mission we never see.

The First Commandment (S1e5): SG-9's initial mission to Orange Sky Planet.

Solitudes (S1e4): The mission SG-1 was on just before half of it ended up in Antarctica.

In The Line of Duty (S2e2): SG-1 had a mission before the evacuation.

Prisoners (S2e3): SG-1 was on a mission before it ended up in jail.

Yanno, just off the top of my head...

[princessofgeeks]

What a great idea!

Off the top of my head, the first contact and afterward with the Aaschen, the long alternate future we see in 2010 that is cancelled out by the events of that episode.

What happened to Daniel, Teal'c, Sam and Jack when they were stranded in Ancient Egypt in Moebius

Sam's relationship with Jonas Hanson

The adventures of the black ops teams Jack has to bust in Shades of Grey

The early life of Sam's evil replicator clone

How the beta site that we saw in ... oh crap, that episode where Sam defeats the Kull warrior on that beta site planet. How that was established.

How Janet and Cassie met each other and established their relationship.

More stories of Daniel on Abydos before the Earth team came back to see if they had been the source of the attack on the dormant Stargate.

There are several episodes where Daniel has been off with other teams doing archaeology stuff or loaned to SG-11 for some reason.

Anything at all about the adventures of Nyan after he was allowed to relocate on Earth.

Ba'al and Athena and their crew getting established on Earth. That was a big surprise but had obviously been going on a long time.

The story of how Barrett got turned into a Goa'uld agent.

Anything about those other teams that came through the gate in Ripple Effect.

[green_grrl]

First thought for the name was Offscreen Missions.

[fignewton]

Oooh, YES. :D

[magistrate]

I have had a snarky little braintic for that P3X-595 mission referenced in Emancipation for years now. I know it's too early to claim things, but I desperately want that one.

[mific]

I can’t help as I don’t know the canon well enough, but I guess I could read everyone’s suggestions for a guide as to which eps to elaborate on. But I’m not sure I really understand the premise, or at least I thought I’d understood your post a bit, then the examples in comments left me baffled again. One watch through up to series 8 isn’t cutting it for me! Like, would any of the eps that are in a story-arc series count? Since they kind of reference each other?

[fignewton]

Some of the comments don't quite fit the scenario, so that might explain the confusion. :)

The idea is to come up with a mission (preferably through the Gate, although that's not an absolute necessity) that is implied by dialogue or events in canon. There will certainly be an elaborate listing (I've edited the entry to include what's been suggested so far), so that would help. In-depth knowledge of all the eps is not required. :)

I'm not sure I understand your question regarding arcs, though. Certainly, there are several episodes which are connected. What are you asking, exactly?

[mific]

Thanks, that’s explained it a bit more.
No, I was muddled about the idea, so a run of like, 2-3 consecutive eps which are all one story arc wouldn’t be what you mean.

[fignewton]

Glad that helped! I've finished editing the entry now (silly HTML coding...) so you can take a quick look at the list.

[ivorygates]

I hadn't been following this entry (Bad me!) so some of these will duplicate, but...

The Fifth Man (S5e4) – SG-1's mission *before* "Tyler" shows up.

The Sentinel (S5e20) – Major Benton / SG-9's mission to P2A-018 / Latona and its prequel:
HAMMOND: One of several planets visited by the NID while running their offworld program. O'NEILL: Right. HAMMOND: Major Benton has spent several months trying to negotiate access to the defensive weapon they call the Sentinel. It's supposed to be capable of defending their entire planet. (This also implies that the SGC was trying to revisit every planet the NID had been to, IMO)

Metamorphosis (S6e16) – The Russian Team (SG-4)'s mission to P3X-367 (Nirrti's stronghold) that leads to SG-1 going there.

Memento (S6e20) Not really a mission, but... it all starts with the Prometheus en route to P7X-009 for its shakedown cruise. (SPOILER: It never gets there.)

Full Circle (S6e22) HAMMOND: "That's good enough for me, Colonel. If Dr. Jackson is right, we have to find that Eye before Anubis does." Again not a mission, but I've always wondered why Hammond takes Daniel's continued existence so calmly...

Fallen (S7e1) – Why did Hammond send Reynolds' team to Vis Uban if SG-1 was going?

Enemy Mine (S7e7) – (Hi, Lorne!) USAF Colonel Edwards is assigned as the commander of the naquadah dig operation on P3X-403... under General Vidrine, for reasons that totally escape me. This is the mission SG-1 shows up to save the bacon of. Or the naquaadah...

Avenger 2.0 (S7e9) -- "And you’ve got teams stranded off-world. You’ve got Daniel stranded on a planet where he was helping to relocate a civilization, and basically their planet was wracked with these seismic disturbances, heavy rains and flooding, so he’s trapped off-world. O’Neill and Teal’c were trying to broker a truce between some rival Jaffa, and basically everything went to hell in a hand basket, and he’s trapped off-world." Only Sam escapes being off somewhere on a mission, and her consolation prize is ... Jay Felger.

Birthright (S7e10) – SG-1 goes to P3X-955 to rendezvous with a Jaffa insurgent (RYK'L: I am Ryk'l, of the Goa'uld Moloc.) and get hijacked by the Hak'tyl, so the initial mission is one of the implied ones.

Evolution Part I (S7e11) – Teal'c and Bra'tac's Hammond-sanctioned mission to the world where two Goa'uld, Ramius and Tilgrath (!!), are meeting to discuss an alliance. (SPOILER: It doesn't end well for the snakes.)

Grace (S7e13) – Sam is on a mission when the Prometheus runs into the Plot Device Aliens. (She's apparently helping Prometheus limp home after the events of "Memento" (S6e20). This makes my Continuity Brain hurt.

Death Knell (S7e16) – The Alpha Site! The Beta Site! Jaffa and Tok'ra resistance launching attacks! (No, seriously, this ep implies several months' worth of stuff going on in the background, as well as Sam being away from SG-1 for an extended period.) (Takes place a month after "Evolution" according to dialogue. Yeah, I find that hard to believe too.)

Heroes (S7e17) – Implied missions: 1. "The mask fragment [Daniel] collected from P3X-298. It was carbon-dated to match the predynastic period of Egypt here on Earth." 2. P2X-787 visited by SG-13 under the command of Colonel Dave Dixon, where the team encountered a form of life that was similar in appearance to an ultrasound picture of Senior Airman Simon Wells' baby -- or so Dixon says.

Resurrection (S7e19) – Nothing? Or maybe this: BARRETT: How's Colonel O'Neill doing? CARTER: Still recovering, he's taking some time off.

Lost City (S7e21) -- SG-2's mission to P3X-439 (Ancient Headsucker Planet).

Aaand...that's it for me through Season Seven!

[fignewton]

A few repeats, several expansions, lots of new stuff. :D

[solstice0612]

Hi,

This is a great idea. I took a look at season 8 and found the following:



Lockdown
The mission that Daniel and SG-11 were supposed to go but got cancelled when he was possessed by Anubis. Presumably, the mission was completed at a later date.


Zero Hour
SG-8 is in P6J-908 from where they bring a fast growing plant
SG-2 went to P8F-809
SG-5 went to Amora for a trade agreement, bringing the representatives back. Was there a follow up mission?


Icon
Daniel’s possible second trip to the Rand Protectorate (before he returns for the 3rd time and gets trapped there).


Avatar
SG1 (?) return mission to the Game Keeper's planet to acquire his virtual reality technology.


Covenant
Carter’s mission to the Asgard to ask them for help with the “empty” clone Colson made. Thor and Jack’s visit to the White House


Sacrifices
Teal’c trip to Hak’tyl when he finds out his son is getting married. Presumably, there were various missions to find the Hak’tyl a new planet.


Endgame
NID undertook rogue missions to kill Jaffa with nerve gas.

And that's all I found...

[fignewton]

Oooh, excellent! We definitely needed more S8 ideas. There are great. (I especially like the Avatar one...)