Young Jack O'Neill

Young Jack O'Neill is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 played by Michael Welch. He is a clone of Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O'Neill created by the renegade Asgard scientist Loki in the hopes of finding a solution to the problem of diminished returns that his people had been encountering with their cloning system.

Related Topics:
Stargate SG-1 - Michael Welch - Clone - Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O'Neill - Asgard - Loki

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Loki believed that because O'Neill was able to use the information contained in the Ancients' repository of knowledge that had been downloaded into his brain four years before, he is among the most highly evolved humans on Earth. Loki believed O'Neill's feat would have not been possible for any human only one generation ago. But the Asgard was unaware of the Ancient Technology Activation (ATA) gene. Possessed by one in 16,000 humans, including O'Neill, the gene allows the use of Ancient machinery.

Related Topics:
Ancients' repository of knowledge - Earth

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The renegade Asgard captured O'Neill and kept him in stasis aboard his science vessel for seven days. To ensure O'Neill's absence went unnoticed, he created a clone to take his pace. Unbeknownst to Loki, Thor had placed a genetic marker in O'Neill's DNA to prevent any tampering. Because of this, the clone (who possessed all of the original O'Neill's knowledge and experience) matured only to a physical age of fifteen years.

Related Topics:
Thor - DNA

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The clone, not realising he was in fact a duplicate, sought help from his friends and colleagues at the SGC in "restoring" him to his original age. Tests were ran on him and it was soon discovered that he had a flaw in his DNA that would result in his death in less than a week. Having already rejected Jacob Carter's offer to keep him in stasis in the custody of the Tok'ra until a solution could be found, he fled the SGC in frustration. His SG-1 teammates, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Major Samantha Carter and Teal'c, soon found him fishing at a local creek. They informed him that Selmak had discovered his true nature.

Related Topics:
SGC - Jacob Carter - Tok'ra - SG-1 - Dr. Daniel Jackson - Major Samantha Carter - Teal'c - Selmak

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A plan was devised to both rescue the original O'Neill and capture Loki.

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Mostly thanks to the clone, this plan was a complete success. They summoned Thor to Loki's science vessel and asked him to try to correct the flaw in the clone's DNA. Fortunately, he was successful. The Air Force took the clone under their wing to provide for his future and he returned to high school to live his adolescence over again. The two Jack O'Neills agreed not to keep in touch as they felt it would be "weird." The clone has not seemingly had any contact with O'Neill or the other members of SG-1 since then.

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