Maj Sheppard

[Anissa T]

Okay, I just have to know why is it that he has the "special gene", but instead of him spending "some" time in Atlantis trying to figure out how more stuff works and/or having more tests/studies run on him. But no, almost all his time is off station.

Once again, just curious.

Now that I think about it, these are probably question that could potentially be answered during the rest of the season and/or next season. I keep forgetting only 1/2 the season is over.

[Colonel Carter]

Because no one else can run the Puddle Jumpers as well as he can because of his special gene. Because he isn't the top dog, he's in Colonel O'Neill's position, so he's the away team leader. :)

[Anissa T]

I know. I guess the real question shouldn't be about him, as opposed to just exploring that part of the storyline itself. But, I only know of Maj Sheppard and Dr. Beckett that have the gene.

[Colonel Carter]

Though Dr. Beckett either doesn't have it as much or is simply too insecure to use it with the confidence of Maj. Sheppard. Though now the Canadian guy has it too, as we saw in the one where he found a personal shield thing. Rather handy little tool, I'm surprised Sheppard doesn't wear one when he goes out, might have protected him from that Wraith spider.

[Anissa T]

Though Dr. Beckett either doesn't have it as much or is simply too insecure to use it with the confidence of Maj. Sheppard.

I think it's the latter. On the last episode of SG1 (prior to Atlantis) he was absolutely paranoid about trying the "chair".

I'd have to watch the episode over again, but I'm not sure he needed the gene in order to use that particular device. Can't remember exactly what happened.

[Colonel Carter]

The last episode of SG-1? Don't you mean the Atlantis premiere? That's where I saw him all paranoid about trying it, finally was convinced to by the Canadian guy (some day I'll remember his name), and sent that drone after Shepperd and O'Neill.

You had to have the gene for the chair to work as I recall.

[Anissa T]

The last episode of SG-1? Don't you mean the Atlantis premiere?

I could be mistaken as some of the characters were in and out of both those episodes.....Yep, your right. I just checked. It is the first episode of Atlantis.

In the character descriptions, they say that Dr. Carson Beckett is Scottish, so you must be refering to Dr. Rodney McKay, although they don't say he is Canadian.

[Colonel Carter]

The people who went to Atlantis wear the flag of their country on the sleeve of their uniform. That's how I knew Beckett was Scottish (I never picked up on them saying that, but his accent was also a give-away), and how I knew McKay was Canadian (he has the maple leaf flag on the sleeve of his uniform).

Although I hate what they wear because I still say they look way too much like Star Trek uniforms.

[Anissa T]

That's right. I had forgotten about the flags.

But, I'm just not seeing the Star Trek connection. I mean, I'm sure they referenced Star Trek because they are the know all be all in sci fi (LOL), but I don't see a whole lot of it.

[Colonel Carter]

Well when they aren't wearing their jackets, they are wearing a solid color shirt. You can see a line going across the chest of their shirt. In Star Trek the Next Generation, the uniforms cut about there and the shoulders of the uniform were a different color. The colors aren't matching, these guys have one colored shirts, but the style looks an awful lot like Star Trek uniforms to me.

It's kinda funky because it isn't a military operation, so I guess that's why they're not wearing military clothing. But then it doesn't make sense for them to have that kind of standardized uniform dress code. You would think that if there was a dress code in place, which I can't believe there would be considering, that it would be like most work places that give certain limits - like no halter tops or whatever, but still giving people the freedom to wear their own clothes. Or to have a shirt with the same logo on it. Kind of like many stores the employees will wear a polo style shirt with the store logo in the corner. That would make sense. But making them have these Star Trek similar looking uniforms is just weird. Why aren't they either wearing military style clothes or normal earth clothes like jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts, blouses, polos, khakis, cargo pants, etc. . .

And what are they going to do when their clothes wear out? Do they have people with them who know how to make clothes from raw materials? Clothes don't last forever, especially underwear. :b Guess those are just little things they wouldn't normally think about.

If I had gone to Atlantis, I'd have packed jeans, shorts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and plenty of underwear and socks. Shoes too. I wouldn't be wearing what they're wearing. I kinda like the jackets, I kinda don't. I'm not sure if they remind me of Star Trek, but they remind me of something. Actually, I think they kinda remind me of the jacket Marty McFly wore in the future in Back to the Future 2.

[Anissa T]

Why aren't they either wearing military style clothes or normal earth clothes like jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts, blouses, polos, khakis, cargo pants, etc. . .


The only thing I can think of is since it was a one way mission, they would have had limited storage space and too make things easier, they put a dress code in place. Besides, the military isn't the only form of employment with a dress code.

[Colonel Carter]

Well they wouldn't take up any more space that other clothes. And this doesn't seem to be so much a dress code as a uniform standard. A dress code generally gives you a lot more room to choose what you want to wear. A uniform is something you don't have a choice about.