Post by Izabella Riddle on Oct 27, 2006 2:07:07 GMT -5
Unlike Col. Dillion Everett, Col. Caldwell did not attempt to relieve Dr. Weir of command.
Season Two
After saving Atlantis from the Wraith, the Daedalus takes Major Sheppard, Dr. Weir, Dr. McKay and Dr. Beckett back to Earth to report. During a meeting (with Caldwell present), General Hank Landry implies to Weir that the Pentagon wants to make Col. Caldwell military commander, but Weir tells them that Atlantis already has a military commander, Major Sheppard. When they complain he's just a Major with a questionable record, she simply tells them to promote him. With the President and the International Committee on her side (while possibly not at first she probably gained the support of Generals George Hammond and Jack O'Neill), Sheppard gets promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and remains military commander of Atlantis, which angers Caldwell. On the voyage back, he's quick to remind Weir that chain of command in Atlantis may get "fuzzy", but that in his ship, things are done as he says and that he has a job to do. She pointly reminds him that it wasn't the job he wanted.
Back in Atlantis, after they get wind of Lt. Ford's whereabouts, Caldwell reminds Sheppard that Ford's a significant threat to the security of the base and, if he cannot capture him, he's duty bound to eliminate him and that, after all, he did not seem to have a problem with mercy when it came to Colonel Sumner.
After Sheppard is infected by a retrovirus that is slowly changing him into a Iratus' bug, he's temporarily put in charge of the Atlantis military by Dr. Weir. She does not like, however, that he starts making changes immediately, giving the impression that Sheppard wouldn't be back.
More recently, Caldwell was revealed to be a Goa'uld working for the Trust after he attempted to destroy Atlantis by loading into the computer a modified version of the city's operating system, programmed to override the failsafes on the ZPM interface, thus causing it to catastrophically overload. Hermiod announced his intention to attempt to remove the Goa'uld symbiote using Asgard beaming technology. It is not known for how long Caldwell has been a Goa'uld, but given the stated 18-day journey time between Earth and Atlantis, it would have taken at least two months for him to deliver a copy of the OS to the Trust, and take the modified version back to Atlantis. Adding layovers between voyages, and time to lay the groundwork for the operation, it is possible that Caldwell has been infested since the start of the season. This may explain Caldwell's hitherto poor working relationship with Dr Weir and Colonel Sheppard.
The Goa'uld was later successfully removed by Hermiod and Colonel Caldwell reappeared not long thereafter, again as commander of the Daedalus. When both Weir and Sheppard were compromised by alien entities, Caldwell took command of Atlantis until the threat was removed. Though it has not been confirmed on-screen, it has been surmised that going through similar ordeals will allow the three leaders to interact on a more amiable level.
Season Two
After saving Atlantis from the Wraith, the Daedalus takes Major Sheppard, Dr. Weir, Dr. McKay and Dr. Beckett back to Earth to report. During a meeting (with Caldwell present), General Hank Landry implies to Weir that the Pentagon wants to make Col. Caldwell military commander, but Weir tells them that Atlantis already has a military commander, Major Sheppard. When they complain he's just a Major with a questionable record, she simply tells them to promote him. With the President and the International Committee on her side (while possibly not at first she probably gained the support of Generals George Hammond and Jack O'Neill), Sheppard gets promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and remains military commander of Atlantis, which angers Caldwell. On the voyage back, he's quick to remind Weir that chain of command in Atlantis may get "fuzzy", but that in his ship, things are done as he says and that he has a job to do. She pointly reminds him that it wasn't the job he wanted.
Back in Atlantis, after they get wind of Lt. Ford's whereabouts, Caldwell reminds Sheppard that Ford's a significant threat to the security of the base and, if he cannot capture him, he's duty bound to eliminate him and that, after all, he did not seem to have a problem with mercy when it came to Colonel Sumner.
After Sheppard is infected by a retrovirus that is slowly changing him into a Iratus' bug, he's temporarily put in charge of the Atlantis military by Dr. Weir. She does not like, however, that he starts making changes immediately, giving the impression that Sheppard wouldn't be back.
More recently, Caldwell was revealed to be a Goa'uld working for the Trust after he attempted to destroy Atlantis by loading into the computer a modified version of the city's operating system, programmed to override the failsafes on the ZPM interface, thus causing it to catastrophically overload. Hermiod announced his intention to attempt to remove the Goa'uld symbiote using Asgard beaming technology. It is not known for how long Caldwell has been a Goa'uld, but given the stated 18-day journey time between Earth and Atlantis, it would have taken at least two months for him to deliver a copy of the OS to the Trust, and take the modified version back to Atlantis. Adding layovers between voyages, and time to lay the groundwork for the operation, it is possible that Caldwell has been infested since the start of the season. This may explain Caldwell's hitherto poor working relationship with Dr Weir and Colonel Sheppard.
The Goa'uld was later successfully removed by Hermiod and Colonel Caldwell reappeared not long thereafter, again as commander of the Daedalus. When both Weir and Sheppard were compromised by alien entities, Caldwell took command of Atlantis until the threat was removed. Though it has not been confirmed on-screen, it has been surmised that going through similar ordeals will allow the three leaders to interact on a more amiable level.