Stargate: Horizon Primer – Part Two

As Season One progressed, more and more back story regarding the Ascendant Empire and the Draque was revealed. However, this wasn’t the only major storyline of the season.

The Horizon team encountered many potential friends, and many potential enemies. Even some old enemies like the Aschen made one or two appearances, and a great deal of Vorian history was revealed. Yet toward the end of the season, the team had encountered another dangerous enemy, even more dangerous than the Draque: the Enoly.

The Enoly are one of the high ranking members of the Ascendant Empire. They are beings which have originally evolved underwater; today they have reached a state where they’re able to exist outside of water for a certain time period. However, they are required to “regenerate” in water tanks approximately every 21 Earth hours. The Enoly home planet is a gigantic ocean world in the Triangulum Galaxy; several huge underwater cities are spread across this world, which is called Enola.

In many ways the Enoly are a very unique; there is a large amount of different Enoly species, very much like different fish species on Earth. All of which have differences in appearances as well as some different characteristics. As the team first encountered the Enoly in the episode fittingly titled “The Enoly,” they had hoped for establishing an alliance with this powerful species. Very soon it became clear that the Enoly had their own agenda, which was not one that would turn out in favor for the Horizon team.

The Enoly were only featured in a three-parter (“The Enoly,” “In Purgatory’s Shadow,” and “Counterpoint”) during Season One. Yet we will be seeing a great deal more of them in Season Two.

To now conclude this Horizon Primer, here’s a look at the show’s main characters. The pretty large cast consists of eight regulars, including a new character introduced in the Season Two opener “A Time To Rise.” The brief character descriptions -- including their position on the team and on Horizon -- are up to date with the Season Two premiere.

Characters:

Colonel John Grant (Kiefer Sutherland)
The commanding officer of the Horizon team. Grant was also the commanding officer of Horizon during Season One, as the station was run by the ISGC alone.

Commander Sivea Ve’nal (Ashley Scott)
Member of and second in command of the Horizon team. Sivea was also the Vorian liaison on Horizon during Season One.

Major Chase Reynolds (Ben Browder)
Member of the Horizon team. Grant and Chase have known each other for several years; they had initially served in the NASA together, before being transferred to the SGC after having been giving the appropriate security clearance.

Captain David Connor (Carlos Bernard)
A former Special Forces officer, now member of the Horizon team. David was born and raised in Spain; he speaks both English and Spanish fluidly.

Christine Summers (Rachael Leigh Cook)
Member of the Horizon team. Christine is a talented archeology expert with a passion for her work. Grant has first met her several years ago. After realizing her special talent regarding ancient languages, he chose her to be on his team.

Dr. Thomas Galloway (Dion Johnstone)
Former member of the Horizon team. Tom is a gifted astrophysicist and expert on Ancient technology.

Dr. Lenori (Andrew J. Robinson)
A Tok’ra scientist and physicist. Other than regular Tok’ra hosts, Lenori is not human. He comes from a planet in the Milky Way Galaxy, which is inhabited by one of the oldest civilizations still around.

Third Grade Commander De’van Callen (Dennis Haysbert)
Commander Callen will be joining the cast in Season Two. He is the new commanding officer of Horizon, and will essentially be the Horizon equivalent to SG-1’s General Landry and Atlantis’s Dr. Weir.

Written by Alex Rubit