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THE STARGATE WIKI

250 long-form articles turn the complete Gate Historian into an interconnected reference covering chronology, institutions, factions, organizations, wars, commanders, worlds, war machines, technology, military systems, society, ascension, and biology.

250
Wiki articles
12
Topic families
175
Timeline records
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Lorecast episodes

Stargate-specific taxonomy

THE REFERENCE SYSTEM FITS THE GATE NETWORK.

The setting crosses ancient civilizations, secret military institutions, occupied worlds, interstellar empires, ascended beings, multiple galaxies, and incompatible technologies. Its categories preserve those differences while applying one historical method.

01

Eras & Chronology

Ancient civilizations, long-duration change, the opening of the modern program, galactic transitions, and the sequence connecting the Stargate wars.

49 connected records →
02

Earth Institutions & Governance

Stargate Command, Homeworld Security, civilian oversight, intelligence agencies, hidden programs, and the political systems governing Earth’s secret war.

85 connected records →
03

Factions, Species & Civilizations

The Goa’uld, Tok’ra, Asgard, Wraith, Asurans, Ori, human powers, machine civilizations, and the political cultures that shape their conflicts.

182 connected records →
04

Military Organizations & Resistance Movements

SG teams, Jaffa formations, rebel movements, expeditionary forces, guard orders, insurgencies, and the organizations that convert purpose into military action.

71 connected records →
05

Wars, Campaigns & Battles

Invasions, uprisings, sieges, fleet actions, covert strikes, boarding crises, and the battles that changed the balance across multiple galaxies.

192 connected records →
06

Commanders, Leaders & Scientists

The officers, rulers, diplomats, scientists, rebels, and strategists whose decisions shaped institutions, alliances, technologies, and wars.

135 connected records →
07

Worlds, Bases & Strategic Geography

Earth, Abydos, Chulak, Dakara, Atlantis, off-world bases, prison worlds, hidden facilities, and the geography that gives the gate network military meaning.

154 connected records →
08

Fleets, Ships & War Machines

Ha’taks, BC-304s, hive ships, fighters, cargo craft, Ancient vessels, orbital defenses, and the platforms through which galactic powers project force.

75 connected records →
09

Stargates, Weapons & Technology

Stargates, DHDs, shields, power systems, weapons, medical technologies, nanites, transporters, and the technical systems that repeatedly alter strategy.

130 connected records →
10

Doctrine, Logistics & Intelligence

Reconnaissance, gate-room defense, command and control, basing, supply, diplomacy, infiltration, industrial support, and the systems that make operations sustainable.

73 connected records →
11

Empire, Belief & Society

Manufactured religion, occupation, slavery, political legitimacy, conversion, civilian authority, social survival, and the cultures built around galactic power.

40 connected records →
12

Ascension, Biology & Transformation

Symbiosis, hosts, Wraith feeding, genetic engineering, ascended beings, artificial life, cloning, disease, and the transformation of bodies and civilizations.

64 connected records →

Representative records

BEGIN WITH THE FOUNDATIONS.

These entries sample the major strategic problems through which the wiki interprets the Stargate setting.

SG-001

Chronology and era study

The Stargate Universe: A Military History of Humanity’s Secret War

The Stargate universe begins not with public exploration, but with a classified military problem: Earth possesses an ancient doorway to other worlds and has almost no idea who built it, whe…

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SG-004

Campaign and battle history

The Rebellion That Buried the Gate

The rebellion against Ra was one of the most consequential victories in human history, even though nearly all memory of it disappeared. This episode examines how the people of ancient Egypt…

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SG-007

Biographical and command study

Catherine Langford and the Decades-Long Search

Catherine Langford provided the continuity that kept the Stargate from becoming an abandoned relic in a military warehouse. Having witnessed its excavation at Giza as a child, she spent dec…

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SG-008

Institutional history

Project Giza: How the U.S. Military Inherited the Gate

Project Giza transformed an archaeological mystery into a classified national-security program. This episode examines how the United States military inherited responsibility for the Stargat…

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SG-014

Military organization profile

The Formation of SG-1

SG-1 was formed as Stargate Command’s flagship field unit, combining military leadership, scientific expertise, cultural knowledge, and firsthand understanding of the enemy. This episode ex…

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SG-017

Technology and weapons study

Gate Addresses, DHDs, and How the Network Works

A Stargate address is a set of spatial instructions, not a telephone number. This episode explains how Milky Way gates use six symbols to define a destination in three-dimensional space and…

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SG-019

Doctrine, logistics, and intelligence study

MALPs, UAVs, and Reconnaissance Through the Gate

Before personnel crossed an unfamiliar Stargate, Stargate Command usually sent machines. This episode examines the Mobile Analytic Laboratory Probe, or MALP, as the program’s primary tool f…

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SG-022

Strategic geography

Alpha Sites, Beta Sites, and Strategic Depth

Off-world bases gave Earth something Stargate Command alone could not provide: strategic depth beyond a single vulnerable gate room. This episode examines Alpha Sites, Beta Sites, and relat…

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SG-026

Faction and civilization profile

Understanding the Goa’uld: Parasites Who Built an Empire

The Goa’uld are small parasitic beings whose physical vulnerability conceals one of the most durable imperial systems in the Milky Way. Emerging from the waters of P3X-888, they learned to…

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SG-027

Ascension and biological-systems study

Hosts, Symbiotes, and Genetic Memory

A Goa’uld symbiote survives by entering a host, wrapping itself around the upper spinal column, and taking control of the body while gaining access to its senses, memories, and physical abi…

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SG-032

Political and social history

Goa’uld Religion as Psychological Warfare

Goa’uld religion was not simply vanity; it was a carefully maintained system of psychological warfare. By adopting the identities of Egyptian, Greek, Mesopotamian, Hindu, and other deities…

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SG-046

War-machine and fleet profile

Ha’tak Motherships: The Backbone of Goa’uld Power

The Ha’tak mothership was the central instrument of Goa’uld interstellar power: warship, troop carrier, command center, and symbol of divine authority in one enormous pyramid-shaped vessel.…

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How the reference network is organized

Each article centers on a major subject from Gate Historian and connects it to inline references, related records, companion episodes, topic families, and a stable public address.

How to follow the connections

Important people, factions, places, technologies, vessels, and conflicts are linked at their first useful appearance. Related records and episodes at the end of each article provide additional routes through the setting.

How uncertainty is handled

The Stargate franchise includes differing productions, incomplete explanations, alternate timelines, and unresolved questions. Articles identify uncertainty when it matters rather than inventing precision, and readers can submit corrections through the contact page.