Post by Jack O'Neill Fan on Jul 11, 2011 16:42:44 GMT -5
Commanding officer of Stargate Command, located at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado, for its first seven years of operation. In 2004, newly-elected President Henry Hayes -- an old friend of Hammond's -- temporarily assigned him to command the Prometheus in the defense of Earth from Anubis's attack. The General was then put in charge of a new, secret government division called "Homeworld Security," which oversees the Stargate Command, Prometheus and the F-302 and BC-303 programs, and the Atlantis expedition. He appears to have retired about a year later.
Hammond's wife died of cancer just three years before the inception of the Stargate program. The general was rapidly approaching retirement when he was transferred to the Stargate base, which was inactive at the time. It was supposed to be one last, easy assignment -- but when the Goa'uld Apophis and his Jaffa came through the gate, Stargate Command was created and Hammond remained at its head. His own first trip through the Stargate came just over one year into the program's existence, when he went to an alien world to negotiate for the release of SG-1 from the prison world Hadante.
As the S.G.C.'s commander, Hammond was responsible for coordinating all Stargate missions for the S.G.C.'s teams. The mandate given to his command includes the acquisition of new technologies, establishing diplomatic relations with alien cultures, and defense against attack from the Goa'uld and other enemies. The S.G.C. is, quite simply, Earth's first line of defense.
Hammond was a career military man. Though wise and kind, he was also strict and firm in his decisions. And though a man of regulations, Hammond knew when it is appropriate to bend the rules. He was accountable directly to the President of the United States and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Though he has often been pressured by groups such as the rogue N.I.D. to use his position for black-ops actions (such as stealing alien technology from other worlds), Hammond maintained his firm stance of maintaining friendly ties with other worlds and making new allies.
General Hammond died of a massive heart attack (off-screen) in 2008, paralleling the real-life passing of actor Don S. Davis. Earth's newest battlecruiser -- originally designated Phoenix -- was named the U.S.S. George Hammond in his honor.
Hammond had at least two grandchildren: Tessa and Kayla.
Hammond's wife died of cancer just three years before the inception of the Stargate program. The general was rapidly approaching retirement when he was transferred to the Stargate base, which was inactive at the time. It was supposed to be one last, easy assignment -- but when the Goa'uld Apophis and his Jaffa came through the gate, Stargate Command was created and Hammond remained at its head. His own first trip through the Stargate came just over one year into the program's existence, when he went to an alien world to negotiate for the release of SG-1 from the prison world Hadante.
As the S.G.C.'s commander, Hammond was responsible for coordinating all Stargate missions for the S.G.C.'s teams. The mandate given to his command includes the acquisition of new technologies, establishing diplomatic relations with alien cultures, and defense against attack from the Goa'uld and other enemies. The S.G.C. is, quite simply, Earth's first line of defense.
Hammond was a career military man. Though wise and kind, he was also strict and firm in his decisions. And though a man of regulations, Hammond knew when it is appropriate to bend the rules. He was accountable directly to the President of the United States and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Though he has often been pressured by groups such as the rogue N.I.D. to use his position for black-ops actions (such as stealing alien technology from other worlds), Hammond maintained his firm stance of maintaining friendly ties with other worlds and making new allies.
General Hammond died of a massive heart attack (off-screen) in 2008, paralleling the real-life passing of actor Don S. Davis. Earth's newest battlecruiser -- originally designated Phoenix -- was named the U.S.S. George Hammond in his honor.
Hammond had at least two grandchildren: Tessa and Kayla.
