#chuck the technician

[bagheerita]

Carson you're adorable and I love you, but why are you just sitting in operations when the city is under siege??

[spockvarietyhour]

John collecting his winnings "Midway"

[twotales]

Apparently I made a whole document of incorrect quotes including Rodney, Radek, Laura, and Chuck 😂

These are my top five:

Cop: You're receiving a ticket for having three people on one motorcycle.

Laura: Shit.

Rodney: Wait, three?

Cop: ...Yeah?

Radek: OH MY GOD CHUCK FELL OFF!

-

Chuck: Whose turn is it to give the pep-talk?

Radek: *sighing* Rodney.

Rodney: Fuck shit up out there, but don't die.

Laura: *wiping away a tear* so inspirational.

-

Radek: Why do you look like that?

Rodney, laying face-first on the floor: Like what?

Radek: Like you're dead.

Rodney: It's because I am dying. leave me here to perish.

Chuck: Rodney accidentally called Laura "babe" in front of everyone today.

Rodney: *sobs into the floor.*

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Radek: Are you upset that you don't get to be on the same team as Laura?

Chuck: Have you ever played a game with Laura?

Radek: No...

Chuck: Have you ever been trapped in a cage with a wolverine?

*meanwhile on the other side of the field*

Laura, chasing Rodney: I SAID FASTER! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD "FASTER" MEANS? IT MEANS MORE FAST!

-

Laura: You lying, cheating, piece of shit!

Rodney: Oh yeah? You're the idiot who thinks they can get away with everything you do. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!

Laura: I'm leaving you, and I'M TAKING CHUCK WITH ME!

Radek, picking up the monopoly board: I think we're going to stop playing now.

[sga-owns-my-soul]

- Elizabeth instigates mandatory swimming lessons after Radek reveals he can't swim

- Chuck can do the greatest Rodney impersonations

- Atlantis loves Evan just a hair shy of John

- Whisky makes Laura a mean drunk

1) this ties in perfectly with @the-mushroom-faerie hc of Mandatory Meal Times bc too many scientists forget to eat and i honestly love it. elizabeth makes lots of rules to make her people safer <3 (i would love to hear your take on who's teaching the lessons. i think john and his love of surfing means he would get roped into it)

2) YES oh my god he does it so well that he can fool the majority of staff over the radio and he uses this power exclusively to fuck with rodney. he'll radio someone asking for some random thing and rodney is going to go insane if the geology department brings him one more "sampling of rocks"

3) as a diehard evan lorne lover, i love this and it is ABSOLUTELY canon to me!!!!! atlantis loves lorne and he's the only one who can keep her calm when john gets hurt or kidnapped!!!!

4) ooh you know what i can absolutely see that. i love laura and she's so sweet but there's a toughness in her and i absolutely can see this. she avoids whiskey bc she knows it makes her mean but one time off world she drinks something that is shockingly similar and everyone is shocked at how mean she can be (rodney is MASSIVELY impressed)

[dailystargatebooty]

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

no. fucking. way.

[ana-swritings]

New Story: "My Lover"

Hello, my lovelies. Yes, I know, it's been a while, but I've been busy trying to finish this story, as well as outline the third and final book of this series.

But, I'm back!!! So, check it out and let me know what you think. :)

Love y'all,

Ana

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Pairing: Major Evan Lorne x OFC

Fandom: Stargate Atlantis

Words: 26,083

Fair Warning: Explicit Violence; Explicit Language; Fluff; Angst; Hurt; Mentions of Sexual Assault; Mentions of Suicide Attempt; Smut

Summary: Book 2 of the "My Friend, My Lover, My Everything" series

Finding herself after being on the run will lead Rosalie to a fresh new adventure. But when the lines between friendship and something more get blurred with Evan, will they be able to go back to what they used to be? Or will the lines be blurred beyond recognition? All that Rosalie knows is that she isn't willing to lose everything for something that might not even be real.

(Please check Trigger Warnings at the beginning of the chapters.)

Chapter 1: Run!

Her left side is throbbing but she can’t stop, she has to reach the gate. Dodging another shot taken at her, Rosalie looks back and returns fire, hitting something. Her feet never falter, she just keeps running.

This has been her life for the last five years. Some days are calmer, days where she can actually thank her lucky stars that she is still alive and being able to breathe, but others… Well, others are spent like this, running from someone and trying to stay alive.

Over the last five years, Rosalie has seen and done things she never thought she would. She had to adapt if she is going to survive long enough to make it back home. Home, that seemed like such a distant concept now. It may take some time, but she will make it back somehow.

Her left side starts throbbing again, bringing her back to reality. Taking a few more shots over her shoulder, she can see the gate in the distance. All she needs is to buy enough time to dial the DHD and make it through the gate.

Pushing her body to the limit, she runs as fast as she can, reaching the DHD. She knows they are close behind, so she dials the first address she can remember, not having enough time to check her list of addresses for another.

A shot barely misses her leg and she knows she’s running out of time. Rosalie sees the gate stabilizing and makes a run for it, throwing herself through. When she lands on the other side, she doesn’t wait to see if someone’s coming after her.

Taking off running, she reaches the treeline and hides, watching the gate. From where she is, she has a clear line of fire, so if anyone decides to come after her, all she has to do is aim and shoot.

The gate closes and Rosalie finally takes a deep breath. “That was too damn close.”, she thinks before looking down to her side. She knows she needs a healer, even if she could stitch the wound herself.

Unfortunately, she had used the last of her medical supplies a few days before to stitch her arm up and was trying to get more when they decided that she wasn’t to be trusted and tried to kill her. Now Rosalie is left with an open wound and nothing to stitch it up with.

Standing up, Rosalie starts walking, looking for any signs of civilization. She starts to feel the effects of the adrenaline wearing off and her body shutting down. Looking down again, she sees she’s losing blood fast and then…

Nothing. Darkness encompasses her sight and her body stops responding, leaving her laying on the forest floor, near a beat down path. Now, her only hope is for someone to find her before she dies of blood loss.

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[motorcity-thoughts]

mc breakdown thing: chuck’s slingshot (also reference pics :3)

(all screenshots r from ep 4 - texasify it!) these are mostly just my theories on how it works so idk

lower left: obviously, distance. the symbols on top could be options to choose on what to exactly measure, like kilometers or yards.

lower right: im not sure?? judging by the colors, maybe they’re options on how much force is being put into the shot?

actually maybe not. umm what if they adjust the distance of the actual frame?? and the other parts near chucks lower arm stores the ammo?? idk lol

upper left: a map. to track targets.

lower right: code?? to make sure its working correctly?? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

more screenshots for u artists :3

[stinalotte]

Happy 19th Birthday, Stargate Atlantis!

On July 16th, 2004, the pilot aired. Here's a handy little primer for anyone who doesn't know what the heckity heck this show is about. Everything is totally accurate, 100% true and very, very serious.

So.

This is the lost city of the Ancients, Atlantis, in the Pegasus galaxy, about 3 million light years from Earth. (The Ancients can go fuck themselves. Long story.) Atlantis is a city/spaceship approximately the size of Manhattan. She's semi-sentient, but not really, except actually yes, maybe, sometimes, totally. The whole city can go underwater or into hyperspace. Loves her humans. Home. Declaration of independence imminent.

The Atlantis expedition consists of civilians and military from at least 34 countries (in later seasons, the original expedition was just over a dozen). In no particular order:

Dr. Elizabeth Weir. The first leader of the expedition. The only adult. Sometimes. Okay, not very often. Is not above a little war crime for the good of the galaxy—or at least, for the good of Atlantis. Left a boyfriend and a dog on Earth, but we all miss the dog more than the boyfriend. Eats UN representatives for breakfast. Is terribly awkward on dates and really good at solitaire. Loves her chaos children. Which are:

Lt. Colonel Suicide Mission John Sheppard. Walked through the Gate and Atlantis said, "dibs". Thinks people who don't want to fly are crazy. Not good with emotional stuff. (He's getting better.) Loves his found space family and would die for them, often literally. Stop that. Also loves Ferris wheels, things that go fast, and Rodney McKay. And no, we don't know how he gets his hair to go like that.

Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay. Four degrees, two of which are PhDs, none of which are in social skills. Smartest man in two galaxies. Used to be an asshole, but got himself some friends who loved him such a stupid amount that he had no choice but to change. Still a work in progress. We love to see it. Blew up three quarters five sixths of a solar system. (It was uninhabited.) (Mostly.) Deathly allergic to citrus. Loves fully charged ZPMs, arguing with Dr. Zelenka, MREs, and John Sheppard.

Lieutenant Aiden Ford. Went ass first through the Gate with a grin and a whoop on his very first trip. One of the youngest members of the expedition. Is not allowed to name anything, ever. Mild case of hero worship when it comes to his commanding officer, which is totally understandable. A cautionary tale of how addiction messes up not only you, but the people around you.

Ronon Dex. Used to be hunted by the Wraith, lost his people in a terrible war, and is now a member of Sheppard's team where he gets to shoot things and beat up bad guys. Doesn't talk much, but when he does, he has something to say. Good friend. Excellent hugs, but have Carson check you out for any cracked ribs after. Is one bottle of Athosian wine away from staging an intervention regarding the Sheppard/McKay situation.

Teyla Emmagan. In possession of the team's one brain cell. Leader of the Athosian people. Will rock a baby to sleep and then go outside where a Wraith is dangling from the highest tower of the city and stomp on his hands until he falls 800 feet. Can either beat you up in the gym or force you to meditate on your problem, your choice. Has the aforementioned bottle of wine ready and loaded.

Dr. Radek Zelenka. Keeps the science team sane because Rodney sure as hell doesn't. Loves pigeons, cursing in Czech, and overseeing the thriving black market underground economy that has developed in the city. (Thanks @shaddyr for that lovely headcanon). Zachránil všechny naše zadky víc než jednou.

Chuck the Technician. Aggressively Canadian. Doesn't have a last name, doesn't need one. Is ALWAYS in the control room, seriously man, when do you sleep? Reads trashy sci fi novels on night shifts and organized a betting pool in 5 different currencies when Ronon was fighting Teal'c. Needs to share his eyelash routine because we're jealous.

Dr. Carson Beckett. The most Scottish Scot to ever Scot. Brilliant medical doctor who is not above the occasional unethical unorthodox treatment method. Sweet cinnamon roll of a man. Beloved by all. Loves his mom and wee baby turtles. Someone should take him fishing soon. 🥹

Colonel Samantha Carter. Member of SG-1. Legend. Awesome. Boss. Absolute BAMF. Punched a Goa'uld system lord in the face once. We all have a crush on her.

Dr. Jennifer Keller. Is very doctor-y, for better and for worse. Was all of us when she freaked out being on an alien planet for the first time, like a normal person would. Should totally have gone on a date with Captain Vega in that one deleted scene. [WE COULD HAVE HAD IT AAAAALL]

Jeannie Miller. Rodney's sister. Gave up a career in science to be a mom. Solved Rodney's math problem in her spare time, with finger paints. Loves her brother even when he's being an idiot. Fanfic canon says: her house is always open for him and certain Air Force Colonels to crash in. Don't you dare get a hotel room. Yes, the guest room has Only One Bed, Mer, what's your point?

Major Evan Lorne. If you are a moron and get yourself captured and imprisoned off world, he will swing by real quick with a couple Marines and bust you out. Co-parents Atlantis with Dr. Weir. Is actually a really talented painter. Needs a raise, a holiday, and a drink.

Colonel Steven Caldwell. Grumpy. Has to deal with Elizabeth's chaos children on a regular basis. Will make the enemy ship go away with a big boom and save your sorry ass in space. AGAIN.

Richard Woolsey. Used to be a New York City lawyer, one of the most ruthless creatures in the universe. His wife got the Yorkie in the divorce. Broke his heart. Is actually pretty cool if you let him do his thing (like get you out of an intergalactic war crimes trial by bribing the judges).

I know some characters and all the villains are missing, but this post is already longer than a trip on the Daedalus, so there you have it.

Stargate Atlantis. A show about wormholes, life-sucking aliens, ancient civilisations, space battles—and family, friendship, allowing yourself to love and be loved, and what it means to be home.

Happy birthday, fam.

[driftwithme]

Pacific Rim texting headcanons:

Pentecost has absolutely zero typos.

There's no way Chuck is a good texter he has no one to talk to beside his dad he sucks at it

Also Chuck's most used emojis are the dog one and the insulting ones lol

Mako is the queen of abbreviations she is also a smooth texter (like her dad) but with more emojis.

Raleigh was isolated from the world for years he is an awkward texter for sure. His face was priceless when he saw all the new emojis. He is an overtexter, of course.

If the Wei Tang brothers text you a voice message you CANNOT listen to it in public there's no way of knowing what it says

Newt sometimes only talks using emojis combinations that only Hermann can read.

Seriously Hermann texts are either long ass paragraphs or hand emojis kehfkfjfkfj

Bless Tenko, king of smooth texters.

The Kaidonovsky has this rule of no pics no videochats no voice messages if you don't ask first if you can't summarize what you want to say you should be calling.

Half the Jaeger Program have Newt blocked on their phones.

Hermann list of contacts is so funny he puts emojis on their names to identify even the pizza delivery guy.

Raleigh insists on keeping his old ass phone because he still has Yancy's chat there :((((

The Jaeger pilots have an official group chat only for information that Pentecost manages and no one can write but him, except when he opens it so everyone can reply understood

Then there's the unofficial Jaeger pilots. group chat that Herc cannot open when he's near Pentecost or he'd be unable to stop his laugh in time.

When the rest figure out that Chuck has like two contacts in his phone, it's over. His phone goes from a peaceful creature to the endless buzzing of a group of clowns sending him whatever.

No one complains about the group chat they have to share pics of Max btw.

Mako and Raleigh sometimes text each other in Japanese and they even forget about it so sometimes they do it in the group chats too it's adorable and annoying

There's a viral voice message of Aleksis drunk singing that Aleks doesn't know exists 'cause Sasha kept it a secret. There's a betting poll about who would accidentally mention it in front of Aleksis.

As a general, the Dome is always reminding people to please use their private phones and not the work phones when they flirt text each other please the technicians can read those

[tnight877]

dumb dumb

Meant to be read with dumb dumb (sped up) by mazie in the background.

Chaos was twitching in the back of his processor. The Daycare was a mess, blocks scattered across the floor, glitter glue coating the mats, balls from the ball pit in places they shouldn't be, and slobbery children crawling all through the playstructures.

Usually, Sun didn't mind. He'd shove the furious urge to clean to the back of his mind until the Daycare was empty and the little ones had all gone home. Usually, he loved the children.

Unfortunately, he'd been operating solo for a week straight, keeping Moon shoved to the far recesses of their shared processor and drowning out his counterpart's maniacal laughter with all caps thoughts, for lack of a better term.

He was frazzled, to say the least. And on top of that, the daytime security guard had taken great pleasure in mocking him, squirting glitter glue across his midsection for a picture to share with her friends outside of work, something about the freak animatronic she had to work with.

Of course, the glue then got on a kid's shirt, resulting in a very furious mother and an irritated technician. Sun was sent to Parts and Service that afternoon for on the spot maintenance with annoyed techs who didn't want to work with him, especially when he was being particularly difficult about the lights.

And the little boy who thought it would be a good idea to turn the lights off, though the security guard had snapped at him and flicked them back on just as Sun's programming started to shift.

And there he was now, standing in the middle of the Daycare, his sensors going haywire as children cried, screamed, laughed, threw balls at his head, pressed fingers covered in paint all over his legs and attempted to climb his sides.

I. Have had. Enough.

If you can't control the chaos, be a part of it.

"No more rules!" he shouted, scooping the children closest to him up, one under each arm as he sprinted towards the ball pit. "Cassandra, for being naughty earlier and pulling Katie's hair! And Johnathan, for being..." He pretended to think for a moment before mercilessly hurling the kids into the ball pit and ignoring their indignant shrieks. "Annoying!"

Sun spun cheerily on his heel, optics bright. "Who's next? Who wants to be DUMB?"

He ran forward, kicking a pile of colorful buckets and sending them flying across the Daycare. "Make a mess! Nothing matters!" he shouted, scooping a couple of stray balls of the ground and chucking them at an older pair of kids. They yelped and scrambled away, one calling for their mother. Sun cackled, feeling his circuits heating to dangerous levels.

"Sun!" the security guard shouted, running into the play area.

"There's no rules! No one cares!" he exclaimed, his voice cracking as he charged towards the security guard. She skidded to a halt, turning and sprinting in the opposite direction. Sun cackled again, veering away from her and waving his arms as he repeatedly shouted, "Anarchy! ANARCHY!"

"Get the techs down here right now!" the security guard yelled into the emergency mic. Sun picked up a foam block and threw it as hard as he could over the security counter, nailing the guard in the head. She yelped, her head hitting the wall before she slumped to the floor.

"Nothing matters!" Sun yelled again, grabbing two tubes of glitter glue from the crafting table, startling the children as he raised them above his head and proceeded to squeeze them all over his body. He tossed the tubes aside, his head spinning uncontrollably as he turned to the kids. "Come on, kids! Do whatever you want! No one's going to punish you!"

One started crying, the other bolting. Sun only laughed again, turning just a tech shoved an electrified baton into his side, dropping him to the floor.

"Lights out," the second tech growled, rolling the attendant onto his frontside and twisting the wrench into his control panel.

Sun twitched once before falling still, manic grin still plastered on his face, always plastered on his face.

[together-we-got-it]

Arlington's front area, gameroom and showroom in 1993. This location opened as a ptt in October 1980 and closed on March 17 2024. It was the first cec in Texas and was the first location to have the balcony stage, rocker stage and the Beagles

This location also had a back room known as "Chuck E Cheese's University" which is where managers and technicians would be trained. A full rockafire explosion was placed there for the technician to train with.

And finally, this location was where the awesome adventure machine would be programmed before it was sent to Montfort Dallas. In modern times, before its closure, the back room was used for storage

It's closure was due to leasing issues

[lostmeadowjade]

@spockvarietyhour

the accuracy of your tags they needed to be shared

Stargate Atlantis “Critical Mass”

[twotales]

Chuck absolutely loves Astronomy, especially Astrometry and Astrogeology. You wanna talk exoplanets and star systems? You wanna know all the names?

He's your guy.

He even founded the Exoplanetology club on Atlantis.

Yup, totally canon.

[sga-owns-my-soul]

i dont think ive asked yet so ooh lets go niche how about chuck for the character ask game? and/or john bc i love hearing your john sheppard opinions

character thingy

How I feel about this character:

i think he's criminally underrated honestly i love chuck so much i love how fucking sassy he can be what an icon

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

listen. there is not a single person on atlantis that i couldn't picture chuck romancing okay? imo chuck is the City Flirt as he should be!!!! i also firmly believe that him and evan are the sweetest boyfriends in the city

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

CHUCK AND WALTER MY BELOVEDS they spend an hour once a week gossiping about everything going on in the city and the SGC. this is canon and you cannot convince me otherwise

My unpopular opinion about this character:

chuck is technically not a good gate technician. he is not very good with the Sciencey Stuff and he can't fix shit to save his life, BUT he is The Most Observant and he's really good at keeping track of the comings and goings of everyone (ie, which teams get into the most trouble off world, the strengths and weaknesses of everyone, etc) so hes basically Head of Controls because he's really good at keeping things organized and running super smoothly (he's also really capable in a crisis which happens often in the control room)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

that we got more of him!! we don't even have an official last name for chuck!! i want more chuck!!!!

[texasdreamer01]

Atlantis Expedition: Science Division Departments

"Many of the scientists on Atlantis are organised into departments, each with their own department head. Dr. Rodney McKay was head of the Science and Research Division which most likely meant he was in charge of all of the science departments. Dr. Radek Zelenka was also the head of his own department. The various science departments on Atlantis are:

> Physics

 » Astrophysics

> Biology

 » Microbiology

 » Astrobiology

> Oceanography

> Botany

> Medicine

> Anthropology

(SGA: "Remnants", "Grace Under Pressure", "Suspicion")"

From <https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Atlantis_expedition#Departments>

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As I'm working my way through worldbuilding headcanons on the expedition, I figured I ought to start with the science division first. Above is my starting point: the canonical information at hand, to flesh out and give it some real-world reliability.

When I looked at it again, I realized it was, to put it politely, ill-thought-out crap that was only looked upon when the writers needed some random scientist around for episode material.

So, what considerations would an expedition like this actually need to take into account when hiring people?

At the very bare bones of it is "how many people can I fit through a wormhole in twenty or twenty-five minutes, plus supplies?". I went back and forth, prevaricated for a bit, and settled on 200 people if you really want to hoof it.

(Why 20-25 minutes? It's SGC's first stable-ish wormhole to another galaxy that's powered by a ZPM. They don't even know how much of a success that would be, or if they're just shoving people into a glorified shredder. Gotta pick and choose who you're maybe putting through the billion-dollar shredder. Y'know. Just in case.)

My initial rough estimations were about an even split between scientific and military personnel, which I kept on hand as napkin math to sanity check myself. This would be approximately 150 scientists.

What departments would there be, and how would it be divided? Who makes the priorities, and why?

The canon data is a mess, and as I worked through things, canon kept getting folded and refolded into different configurations because there's two competing priorities: the IOA/SGC, and Rodney's approach to pragmatism.

What was everyone expecting to see on the other side of that wormhole? Definitely not a city ship sunk into the ground of an ocean, and definitely not isolated from others (the Athosians were an unexpected godsend that kicked off the reason to have a plot in the first place). Whatever the IOA or SGC had in mind will quickly get thrown out the window, but needs must, and the departments were likely arranged long before the shipping manifest was decided.

I poked around the uniforms, because everyone is colour-coded, and there's five sections:

> Red (civilian, leader) - Worn by Dr. Elizabeth Weir, Teyla Emmagan, Colonel Samantha Carter and Richard Woolsey.

> Blue/dark blue or purple (scientist) - Worn by Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay and Dr. Radek Zelenka.

> Yellow (medical) - Worn by Dr. Carson Beckett and Dr. Jennifer Keller.

> Black (military) - Worn by Lt. Colonel John Sheppard and Major Evan Lorne.

> Green (technician) - Worn by Chuck and Amelia Banks.

This information is listed in both the "List of Atlantis personnel" and "Atlantis expedition uniform" pages on SGCommand.

Thus far that gets me two and a half departments in my hand: Scientist, Medical, and Technician (that's the half).

What would the SGC and IOA want the expedition to prioritize? Technology, and lots of it. This means that, probably, there's going to be more engineers than you can shake a stick at, and not a lot of pure sciences. Remember, it cost money to fire up the gate, and flinging people into another galaxy is an unfathomable amount of (international, at this point) taxpayer funds. You're going to want as much applied science as possible, and as much overlap in disciplines as possible.

(Unfortunately this does leave little room for error, so anyone that dies is capable of leaving a hole in potential research.)

Therefore, how would a top-down order of technological research look like? My assumption was this:

> Engineering of the city of Atlantis itself

 » ZPMs, auxiliary and/or complementary power sources

 » Materials and material manufacturing

 » Design specs of different technologies (jumpers, yes, but also anti-grav, shields, climate controls)

> Biological sciences

 » ATA gene therapies

 » Whatever the Ancients were working on regarding ascension

  ⇛ Helpful with the Ori once Atlantis is informed of that issue

To wit, neither addendum on the biological sciences bullet point is pertinent at the time of department formation, as Carson invented the ATA gene therapy after arriving in Atlantis, and the Ori weren't an issue for a similar reason.

Ergo, all non-biological engineering fields would have had higher billing, and thus more of them hired. The only exception would be medical, and I'm sure the SGC had the forethought to bully the IOA into its relevancy and make sure that department was as fully-stocked as they could manage.

Now what about practical considerations? Plans are nice and all, but rarely survive contact with reality, so some adjustment might be needed. This, I believe, the SGC considered, given their own history of needing to rapidly adjust on the fly.

Rodney, as Chief Science Officer (CSO), would be the one to not only make these kinds of decisions, but also to listen to the head of the expedition as to what needed to be prioritized. As the show has demonstrated, there can be a significant amount of shuffling around of employees based on the needs of a minute, and hour, a week, a month - for an indefinite amount of time? Basics are what gets the job done.

So what things would Rodney need to consider, or be directed to consider by Elizabeth?

> Oh shit this can sink

 » Rodney's main work - keeping the ZPM working and get as many new ones as possible

> Oh shit everything's so far away

 » Rodney's other main work - making sure the gate works as ordered

> Oh shit we're in another galaxy

 » Food

  ⇛ Getting, keeping, preserving, maybe the occasional growing

 » Utilities

  ⇛ Luckily they don't have to pay for it lol

  ⇛ But also oh shit lighting, water, sewage, air filtration, general life support

   ⟹ Rodney's third main work

   ⟹ This poor guy

 » Medicine

  ⇛ Rodney delegates the hell out of this

  ⇛ Good luck making potions, guys!

 » Bullets

  ⇛ Also other things the military needs

  ⇛ Fun times re-inventing the wheel I mean gunpowder

  ⇛ Good work for bored soldiers, and possibly also any scientist Rodney puts in time-out

 » Clothes

  ⇛ Ha, thread

  ⇛ Also needles

  ⇛ Experiments in sewing machine making

   ⟹ Watch the fingers

  ⇛ How to replace fabric?

  ⇛ Off-duty clothes

  ⇛ Also medical clothing (scrubs for staff, patients)

 » Miscellaneous

  ⇛ Entertainment, I guess

Internal monologue included because I think it's funny.

Anyway.

While Rodney's spending his days with Benny Hill music playing in the background trying to get all of those priorities done on top of actually delegating work and doing whatever else Elizabeth (and John) want him to do, other people actually need to have some work to get done. So what are they doing?

It depends on who already does what, frankly. So in the above combined interests (amount of people that can fit through an intergalactic wormhole, competing IOA/SGC interests, realities of living in Atlantis), I'm proposing this set-up (commentary included):

Medical Sciences Department

Head: Carson Beckett (later, Jennifer Keller, later, whomever)

Contains: Surgery, psychiatry, physical therapy

Function: Maintaining health of expedition members

Examples of function: surgeries, medical prescriptions, recuperation from injuries, mental stability

Personnel quantity: 1 (Head) + 10 (surgical team) + 5 (nurses) + 1 (psych) + 1 (phys. therapy) + 1 (anesthesiologist) = 19 total

A/N: Nurses have training in medications and physical therapy, surgical team also doubles as general practitioners.

Life Sciences Department

Head: OC

Contains: Earth biologists, bio- & biochemical engineers, astro/xeno-biologists, botany, environmental chemistry, zoology, microbiology

Function: Auxiliary to Medical Department needs

Examples of function: pharmaceutical synthesis, analysis of unknown species, biological database creation, gene therapies (pharmaceutical adjacent)

Personnel quantity: 1 (Head) + 2 (Earth biologists) + 2 (bioE & biochemE) + 1 (astro/xenobio) + 1 (botany) + 1 (envchem) + 1 (zoo) + 2 (microbio) = 11

A/N: Both biologists also have training/specialization in genetics/gene mapping (assists both Carson and Katie), some input in requesting gate missions based on in-house needs.

Field Sciences Department

Head: OC

Contains: Linguistics, historical geography, cartography, ethnography, sociology, oceanography, hydrology, atmospheric physics, planetary physics

Function: Research pool for gate teams and any assigned missions

Examples of function: Preservation of refugee cultures, scouting for trade planets, analysis of back-up sites for establishment

Personnel quantity: 1 (Head) + 3 (linguistics) + 1 (histgeo) + 1 (cart) + 1 (ethno) + 1 (socio) + 1 (oceano) + 1 (hydro) + 1 (atmophys) + 1 (planphys) = 12

A/N: SGC duplicate all shoved into one department, mostly ignored in-house but their brains are picked for background dossiers when it comes to mission planning. Linguists trained in xenolinguistics, from the SGC, can cover the various anthro fields if necessary, also various training in structural linguistics. Main scientist pulls for gate team assignments, if something critical isn't needed (i.e. Ancient technology).

Applied Sciences Department

Head: Rodney McKay (or perhaps Radek Zelenka?)

Contains: Electrical/technical engineering, nuclear physics, civil engineering, astrophysics, laser/optical, chemical engineering

Function: Study, synthesis, and adaptations of Ancient technology

Examples of function: ZPM analysis with intent to duplicate, experimental duplications of Ancient technology materials, study of gate physics and construction with intent to duplicate, study and experimental duplication of other Ancient technologies (i.e. hyperdrives, cloaks, weapons, etc)

Personnel quantity: 1 (Head) + 3 (electreng) + 6 (techeng/gate techs) + 1 (nucphys) + 1 (astrophy) + 1 (LZ/opt) +  3 (chemeng) = 16

A/N: The people Rodney are yelling at most often, because mistakes mean kablooey. Also a lot of the people running around in an emergency. 1 nuclear physicist because Rodney pulls a lot of intellectual weight, and same with the astrophysicist and laser/optical person (mostly they're there as on-paper hires and back-ups/assistants for him for his own research).

Gate Technicians

Head: ??? Joint custody

Contains: Gate technicians

Functions: Auxiliary to Applied Sciences Department, interacts with the gate and the gate only

Examples of function: dialing, searching database for addresses, maintaining mission logs and planets visited, basic repair and maintenance of the gate, technical drawings as required by others

Personnel quantity: Chuck, idk +5 for full shift overlaps = 6 total (listed in Applied Sciences department as techeng/gate techs)

A/N: Technically nerds but are active duty, probably loans from SGC (maybe also Russia because of the DHD debacle?).

Gate technicians are, although folded into the Applied Sciences department, listed separately in order to better articulate their duties (and the fact that they get the green shirts). Shout-out to @spurious for enabling the idea that gate techs would do technical drawings 😁

Sum Total of Science Division Personnel

Medical: 19

Life Sciences: 11

Field Sciences: 12

Applied Sciences: 16

Total total: 19 + 11 + 12 + 16 = 58

This isn't anywhere close to my initial estimate of 150, but I think it adequately covers all the preconceived and actual responsibilities that the science division would need to handle in the expedition. Possibly I might update these numbers as I develop this headcanon further, but that would end up in a new post.

Further elaboration on headcanons about each department will be in their own posts, with links updated here as they're posted for ease of reference.

Science Department Breakdown Posts

Medical Department (posted 14 May 2024)

Life Sciences Department (posted 29 May 2024)

Field Sciences Department (posted 30 May 2024)

Applied Sciences Department (posted 10 June 2024)

Chief Science Officer (posted 18 July 2024)

Chief Medical Officer (posted 20 July 2024)

Science Department Heads (posted 20 July 2024)