O'NEILL, JOHN "Jack", Colonel GENOM MILARM

b. 2300 Chicago, Illinois, United Soviet States of America and Russia, Earth

(Note: Canada and the Soviet Union united with the rump United States after the revival of Imperial Americana in the Fourth World War, begun roughly simultaneously with the destruction of the WDF in 2288. The superstate was, in the name of peace, broken up by the world-government at Olympus in the 2320s, leading to a sixty-year intermittent war between the USA and IA, the third collapse of communism in Russia, and the rise to prominence of Canada as virtually the only place on Earth during the Olympus years that wasn't at war with anybody else.)

Jack O'Neill: one of the twenty deadliest humans in the Federation.

Like many of GENOM's human military figures, O'Neill came from poverty, growing up in the crumbling depths of Chicago during the aftermath of the Fourth World War. Unlike many of GENOM's foundlings, O'Neill was supported in early life by a loving family. Despite the conditions of Chicago during the brief lifetime of the USA-USSR-Canadian superstate, he grew up with a well-defined personal sense of right and wrong and a desire to have a family of his own.

O'Neill's personal morality died a quick, hard death in the early stages of GENOM's military education, beginning when he offered himself for indenture at the age of twelve. Although GENOM MILARM's recruiters advertised themselves as a way for people to pull themselves up to a better life, the reality was that MILARM existed to trample those same people down... especially those people within its ranks. O'Neill demonstrated uncommon common sense and intelligence, although he kept the full extent of this intelligence carefully concealed- a trait he maintains, out of habit, to the present day.

In short order O'Neill became tough, cynical and pragmatic, all traits which would serve him well in GENOM; he also retained a contempt for authority figures and a sarcastic wit which occasionally threatened his execution. He graduated from GENOM's officer training school in 2320 in the middle of his class, with unremarkable classroom grades, phenomenal tactical and physical scores, and a long record of demerits.

O'Neill spent his first ten years of active duty as a fighter pilot, which should demonstrate just how skilled the man truly is. (GENOM's most common fightercraft of that era was the R-41 Starchaser, a vehicle which makes the original Twin Ion Engine starfighter look like a Rolls Royce by comparison.) An incident of unknown details involving his squadron commander led to his transfer to the stormtroopers, where he rose to the rank of captain and commanded, at one point, a full battalion.

In the aftermath of GENOM's 'troubles' on New Japan, Largo decided that highly skilled, highly visible bodyguards might be a better idea, just in case. (He had previously relied on grunts in armor and his own 'superior construction.') Captain O'Neill was among the large number of troopers selected as part of a long program to winnow out the most skilled, most deadly warriors to form a Magisterial Guard.

During this period O'Neill was transferred to several commands, many of which were part of GENOM's legendary (the lawyers insiste we make this 'mythical'- ed.) Black Operations division. Although the details are still buried in the vast mountains of documents turned over by GENOM after the surrender at Zeta Cygni, we do know that O'Neill has participated in a large number of deniable operations, including several possible 'wetworks.' O'Neill himself has flatly denied ever carrying out any assassinations, but as a GENOM officer his word must be considered suspect.

O'Neill achieved his current rank of colonel, after bouncing between captain and major several times, in 2361. He was one of the first members of the GENOM Red Guard, the bodyguard to the Master and the Sector Chiefs, and he either trained with or was involved in the training of all the current Red Guard. From 2364 to 2388 he was the commander of the Guard, and one of the men closest to Largo during his final years.

Although O'Neill obviously guarded his tongue during this time, he was unable to conceal his disapproval of GENOM brutality entirely from Largo, and thus he was frequently placed on leave during the mad buma's periods of doubt. In the 2370s he married and, in 2375, he sired a son, Charles O'Neill, and attempted to settle down and build his family around his work.

The revival of the WDF in the 2380s made that impossible. O'Neill was forced to take on additional duties, and his special 'errands' for Largo became more frequent and demanding as the Master grew more desperate. Only upon the outbreak of open war in 2388 did O'Neill gain respite; Largo, seeking to lure the WDF leadership into personal combat, placed O'Neill on leave. Thus, O'Neill was not present when Largo was killed.

The death of Largo was followed, within a week of GENOM's surrender, by the death of O'Neill's son; Charlie had found O'Neill's service pistol and shot himself by accident. O'Neill, unable to cope with the shame of failing his duty (even if it was to protect a man he loathed) and his personal guilt over his son's death, resigned his commission and withdrew within himself. His marriage failed within the year; his wife could cope with the death, but not with O'Neill's collapse.

O'Neill was "reactivated" in 2391 for a mission so secret that no amount of booze has been able to squeeze any details from our GENOM informant's lips, but the mission has worked a change in O'Neill. He remained in active service and, officially, is listed as Junior GENOM MILARM Liason to the WDF. Rumors that O'Neill is the senior field officer for a secret GENOM operations command are unsubstantiated, wholly founded on rumor, and discouraged by large, strong men dressed mostly in black.

O'Neill is a known master of seven kinds of martial arts, a master pilot, sharpshooter, and swordsman. He is a master tactician in small unit combat, although little if anything is known about his strategic prowess. Although he pretends not to understand technical terms and feigns ignorance of most scientific principles, this should be regarded as smokescreen, or at least a method of getting someone to reveal more than they may have intended to.

O'Neill has occasionally been known to hesitate when presented with the threat of harm to the innocent; however, he has never yet been known to fail in a mission through inaction. Although he is amiable (in a taciturn way) and has an obvious belief in fair play, these things cannot be relied upon in any way at all if you stand between him and completion of a mission or the safety of his command.

O'Neill's sense of humor is limited and, where it exists, very bad. Despite this, he is known for his sarcastic wit, especially in tight situations. He is an avid outdoorsman, favoring sports which emphasize quiet, solitude (or at least limitations to small groups) and, apparently, the excuse to wear anything at all which is not found in the uniform code, no matter how ugly or outlandish. His two favorite pastimes are fly fishing and, to a much lesser extent, golf.

O'Neill is renowned within GENOM as being uncommonly forgiving and patient; however, this is a relative description at best, and since he is also renowned for being a petty, vindictive son of a bitch you really should -not- rely on his patience for much of anything.

Absolutely, positively, on no account refer to Colonel O'Neill as 'Red Jack.'

Note: the Guide wishes at this time to blame any inaccuracies in the above on the formerly employed researcher who contributed this article. Anyone who wishes to submit a more accurate article about Colonel O'Neill, and who has not yet heard of what he did to the previous researcher, is welcome to apply for immediate employment at the Guide offices.

Redneck (P. S. I prefer the Richard Dean Anderson version)

On a side note, is the Stargate network going to make another apperence? Or is that wishful thinking?

J

In the begining there was the word: it was "Ops"

Amen to that. But then, the original series notes that during the two years between the first mission (the movie) and the creation of the SGC, Jack was retired, which really helped him become one of SG-1's better characters.

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