Project Icarus: Dialing the Ninth Chevron

Project Icarus was created to solve the Stargate network’s most demanding mystery: the purpose of the ninth chevron. Unlike ordinary addresses, the nine-symbol sequence required an energy source far beyond anything available at Stargate Command. The program therefore established Icarus Base on a planet whose naquadria-rich core could power the attempt, accepting the danger created by that unstable material. This episode examines the scientists, military personnel, and political interests gathered around the project, along with the mathematical breakthrough hidden inside an online game and solved by Eli Wallace. Dr. Nicholas Rush recognized that Eli’s work completed a critical part of the dialing problem, but the destination remained unknown even after the address became usable. Project Icarus represented Earth’s most ambitious Stargate experiment: a mission designed to reach farther than any previous expedition without knowing whether the people who crossed could ever return. Visit ImaginedBattlefield.com for more military and science fiction.