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''For other uses of this name, see [[Prometheus (disambiguation)]]''
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Code name for the [[X-303]] project, [[Earth|Earth's]] first large-scale vessel capable of interstellar travel. The vessel is equipped with [[hyperspace]] engines, and can also operate in a planet's atmosphere and land on the surface. Research and development for the [[hyperdrive]] -- powered by [[naquadria]] -- cost the U.S. over $2 billion.
Project designation for the ''[[Prometheus]]'' during that vessel's experimental development phase. The ship was [[Earth|Earth's]] first large-scale vessel capable of interstellar travel, equipped with [[hyperspace]] engines but also capable of operating in a planet's atmosphere and landing on the surface.  
 
''Prometheus'''s main purpose is to serve as a platform for the defense of Earth. The ship can achieve orbit in less than 30 seconds, and utilizing the sub-light engines, can travel at 110,000 miles per second. The corridors of the vessel are constructed of [[trinium]] alloys.
 
''Prometheus'' dwarfs its two predecessors, the [[X-301]] Interceptor and the [[X-302]], which accommodate only two people on each. The ship accommodates eight [[F-302]] fighter craft, which can be deployed and received through a launch bay even when the ship is in flight. It was intended to serve as the prototype for a new fleet of space-faring vessels, and is succeeded by the next-generation battlecruiser ''[[Daedalus]]''.
 
''Prometheus'''s first official commanding officer was [[William Ronson|Colonel William Ronson]]. Ronson was followed by [[Lionel Pendergast|Colonel Lionel Pendergast]] following the temporary assignment of [[George Hammond|General George Hammond]] to the command chair.
 
[[File:Prometheus01.jpg]]''Prometheus'' thrived for three years, carrying out missions during the early stages of [[humans|humanity's]] war with the [[Ori]]. Enhanced with [[Asgard]] shields and weapons, she traveled to [[Tegalus]] to retrieve [[Daniel Jackson|Dr. Daniel Jackson]] and disable an [[Ori satellite weapon]]. But the satellite was prepared for a fight, and after Prometheus launched two initial rockets, the satellite returned the assault with a volley of Ori firepower, plowing a hole through the nose of the ship.
 
Pendergast dispatched [[Blue Squadron]] to attack the satellite in waves, but its advanced shielding could not be penetrated. Three additional shots at the ''Prometheus'''s long neck finally crippled the craft. Pengergast evacuated the crew with [[Asgard beams]], going down with his ship to ensure his crew was safe.
 
Her back broken, ''Prometheus'' split at the neck and exploded. More than 39 of over 115 officers and crew died with her.
 
== DETAILS ==
USED BY - [[Humans]]<br />
FIRST APPEARED - [http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s6/prometheus/ Prometheus]


== KEY EPISODES ==
See: ''[[Prometheus]]''
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s6/prometheus/ Prometheus] - The incomplete X-303 is hijacked by Colonel Frank Simmons and his team of rogue N.I.D. agents, along with the Goa'uld Adrian Conrad.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s6/unnatural-selection/ Unnatural Selection] - Thor calls on O'Neill and SG-1 to take the ''Prometheus'' into Replicator-occupied territory and activate an Asgard trap for the bugs.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s6/disclosure/ Disclosure] - Major Davis and General Hammond report on the ''Prometheus'' to the international community, indicating that it is the first of several vessels planned.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s6/memento/ Memento] - ''Prometheus'', along with her new crew, commanding officer Colonel William Ronson, and SG-1, is forced by a systems malfunction to land on an alien planet.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s7/enemy-mine/ Enemy Mine] - General Vidrine oversees the new project to create a fleet of ''Prometheus''-class vessels, and therefore must acquire massive amounts of naquadah -- at any cost.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s7/grace/ Grace] - ''Prometheus'', on one of its last legs on the trip home from deep space, stops near a gas cloud at one of the cool-down points -- only to meet a hostile alien ship that captures the crew and forces the vessel into the cloud.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s7/lost-city-part-2/ Lost City, Part 2] - General George Hammond commands ''Prometheus'' in the battle over Antarctica, defending SG-1's Tel'tak from Anubis's fleet.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/ripple-effect/ Ripple Effect] - Two SG-1s fly ''Prometheus'' to the black hole that was once Kallana, but the alternate SG-1 hijacks the ship with plans to fly it to Atlantis, stealing the city's Z.P.M.<br />
[http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/ethon/ Ethon] - ''Prometheus'' is destroyed by an Ori satellite weapon while in orbit of Tegalus. Seventy-six of over 115 crewmen survive.<br/>


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Latest revision as of 00:14, 25 January 2018

Prometheus.jpg

Project designation for the Prometheus during that vessel's experimental development phase. The ship was Earth's first large-scale vessel capable of interstellar travel, equipped with hyperspace engines but also capable of operating in a planet's atmosphere and landing on the surface.

See: Prometheus