History Characters / StargateUniverse

* TokenEvilTeammate: While not really evil, Rush is [[TheUnfettered quite willing]] to sacrifice people for the greater good. Or what he considers the greater good anyway. Others might describe it as "his own convenience". He plays it much closer in the second season, where people keep getting harmed while he plays with his secret bridge.

* AscendedFanboy: Eli played an online game loosely based on the {{vaporware}} ''VideoGame/StargateWorlds'' game (which in-universe was probably based off of ''Wormhole X-Treme!''). Plus, he's an avowed science fiction geek who makes constant references and shows the most genuine glee about being on a spaceship.

* StraightGay

* JerkassDissonance: A number of fans actually think Rush would be a better leader than Young due to his [[TheUnfettered lack of restrictions]] when acting for the greater good and the amount of NotSoDifferent between the two. However this is proven wrong in series two when in becomes clear cares more about the Destiny mission then the crew themselves. After he volunteered to stay behind with the malfunctioning sleeper pod in the series finale. The rest of the crew decided against it because they had no doubt he would sacrifice others to buy himself more time. That and his actions leading to the marooning of inexperienced crew intentionally in unknown space in the Pilot Lead to him being the considered the [[TokenEvilTeammate crazy , evil uncle in the SGU family.]] Even the rest of the [[BlackComedy team can find humor in it .]]

** Frames the Commander for murder , leading to almost open conflict between civilians and the military.

[[folder:Colonel Everett Young']]

* BrainUploading: [[spoiler: this is what the chair did to him. His body's disappearance is still a mistery.]]

Played by Ming-Na.

An engineer and computer expert. Friends and prank rival with Riley (he gets ''turned purple'' for his efforts). Also runs a still used to make alcohol in a makeshift bar for the crew. According to TheOtherWiki, Telford's gambit to dial Earth and thus getting Riley injured was why Brody sides with Rush against the military. [[spoiler: Which explains why a guy that probably isn't all that violent is willing to space Telford in "Subversion" - hurting Riley, blowing up Icarus, etc. There is the implication that Riley's death has hit him particularly hard out of the secondary characters due to their friendship.]] As of Season 2, he's also started to get a bit more of an active role in things as well as developing somewhat of an angry snarker personality (though for good reason).

* [[spoiler: NOT {{StuffedIntoTheFridge}}/{{KilledOffForReal}}]]
** [[spoiler: Or is it? WordOfGod has dropped a hint or two...]]
*** [[spoiler: BrainUploading solved it...]]

!! '''Colonel Everett Young''' (Louis Ferreira)

!! '''Dr. Nicholas Rush''' (Creator/RobertCarlyle)

!! '''Eli Wallace''' (David Blue)

!! '''Lieutenant Matthew Scott''' (Brian J. Smith)

!! '''Chloe Armstrong''' (Elyse Levesque)

!! '''Lieutenant Tamara "TJ" Johansen''' (Alaina Huffman)

!! '''Master Sgt. Ronald Greer''' (Jamil Walker Smith)

!! '''Camille Wray''' (Ming-Na)

!! '''2nd Lieutenant Vanessa James''' (Julia Benson)

!! '''Colonel David Telford''' (Lou Diamond Phillips)

!! '''Dr. Lisa Park''' (Jennifer Spence)

!! '''Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill''' (Richard Dean Anderson)

!! '''Sgt. Hunter Riley''' (Haig Sutherland)

!! '''Airman Darren Becker''' (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman)

!! '''Adam Brody''' (Peter Kelamis)

!! '''Doctor Caine''' (Tygh Runyan)

!! '''Doctor Jeremy Franklin''' (Mark Burgess)

!! '''Doctor Dale Volker''' (Patrick Gilmore)

!! '''Dr. Amanda Perry''' (Kathleen Munroe)

!! '''Varro''' (Mike Dopud)

!! '''Ginn''' (Julie [=McNiven=])

!! '''Simeon''' (Creator/RobertKnepper)

!!'''Destiny'''

* [[spoiler: BetterToDieThanBeKilled: His alternate self in "Time", who elects to run through an unstable wormhole, instead of letting himself be killed by the nocturnal creatures. It's implied it was either the transit or the virus they were suffering from that killed him instead.]]

* [[spoiler: GoingDownWithTheShip: Future!Rush elects to stay behind on the alternate ''Destiny'', when it's about to be destroyed.]]
* [[spoiler: FutureMeScaresMe: In "Twin Destinies", his interaction with Future!Rush demonstrates that he doesn't even trust ''himself''.]]

* [[spoiler:ViralTransformation: She's slowly transforming into something, more than likely one of the aliens that kidnapped her.]]

* [[spoiler:IllGirl: The usual BeautyIsNeverTarnished bit is averted, the alternate future shows her slowly wasting away.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}]]: Up until [[spoiler:he's brought to the edge of death to break it]].
* [[spoiler: ExpendableClone: Well, time-displaced duplicate from 12 hours in the future. For a brief moment, there are actually ''two'' Telfords, one on ''Destiny'' and one on Earth... until Rush accidentally kills the ''Destiny'' one during an argument.]]

* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: Honestly, was anyone actually ''surprised'' by this?

* [[spoiler: PutOnABus: Well, on a ship at any rate.]]
** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: As of Resurgence.]]

* [[spoiler: BlindedByTheLight]]: Literally and apparently permanently.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]

* [[spoiler:MercyKill: Young gives him one upon request. Not a quick kill, either. Young has to suffocate him because Riley isn't willing to take a bullet. Not because he's afraid to, mind you, but because he doesn't want the others to know that Young killed (or helped kill) him.]]

** [[spoiler: BusCrash]]: just before
** [[spoiler: CameBackWrong]], then
** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack]] and he came
** [[spoiler: BackForTheDead]].

* [[spoiler: RealityEnsues: Despite being part of a group of intelligent scientists, what happens when you leave a dozen individuals on a planet alone, with next-to-no supplies, who have only built settlements for ''summer'' and then a bad ''winter'' comes along? They all freaking ''die'', that's what!]]

* [[spoiler: BrainUploading: this is what the chair did to him. His body's disappearance is still a mistery.]]

* [[spoiler:BrainUploading]]

* [[spoiler:GhostInTheMachine:]] [[spoiler:for two episodes, anyways.]]

* [[spoiler:BrainUploading: The same with Amanda Perry]]

* [[spoiler:GhostInTheMachine: like Amanda Perry]]

* [[spoiler:[[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]]]: [[spoiler:Simeon killed her when she was going to reveal the details beyond the attack on Earth.]]
* [[spoiler:StuffedIntoTheFridge]]: [[spoiler:Simeon explicitly left Rush alive so her death (or rather that of who she was connected to) would haunt him.]]

* ReliableTraitor

--> '''Young''': The, uh, [[MadScientist slightly crazy uncle]] who [[EnemyMine despite everything]], still [[ReliableTraitor manages to come through]] for you [[AloofAlly in the end]].

* WhatTheHellHero: He gives one to Scott when the latter objects to [[spoiler: Young's orders to vent the atmosphere in Telford's cell and suffocate him. It turns out Young did so so he could resuscitate Telford and break The Lucian Alliance's mind control over him. When Scott demands to know why he didn't tell him, Young angrily shoots back that he shouldn't have to always have to explain himself to Scott for him to have a little faith in his orders.]] He's also on the receiving end of one of these from General O'Neill not long after when [[spoiler: he ultimately doesn't vent the gate room into space when The Lucian Alliance uses it to board because he didn't want to kill Telford, which results in a battle that leads to hostages and multiple fatalities, including his and TJ's unborn daughter.]]

* GoodIsNotDumb: He's not a genius scientist Rush or even Eli, but he's certainly up there in terms of intellect.

* OddFriendship: With Telford, surprisingly. They start out the series hating each other's guts, but Young notes that he was never like this until recently. [[spoiler: It turns out that Telford was subjected to Goa'uld mind-control by The Lucian Alliance to make him their spy in Stargate Command, and this is largely why he has been such an asshole. Afterwards Telford feels immensely guilty, not just for the things he did, but also for the way he treated Everett.]] It says a lot that even after everything, [[spoiler: when the Lucian Alliance was boarding Destiny and the ship was at risk, Young still refused to vent the compartment if it would cost Telford's life.]]

* ExperiencedProtagonist
* GoodIsNotDumb
* TheHero

* GoodIsNotDumb: And assuming he is [[UnderestimatingBadassery is a mistake.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a very patient and forebearing man, but when he's finally pushed too far, ''he snaps.'' This includes giving Telford a beatdown for trying to ruin his marriage behind his back and pinning Spencer against a wall when he finally gets tired of putting up with the guy's cowardly, subversive behavior. [[spoiler: He puts up with a lot of Rush's manipulations, but when Rush frames him for murder and nearly causes him to lose command of _Destiny,_ (getting Doctor Franklin hurt in the process) Young decides he's had enough, beats the ever loving shit out of him, and leaves him to die on a barren world. Afterwards, he is incredibly cold to Wray, who was very quick to throw him to the wolves.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Most of his points, particularly when it comes to _Destiny_ herself, actually ''are'' valid. Young to his credit almost always recognizes this.