Replicator (Stargate)

The Replicators are a fictional mechanical race on the television series Stargate SG-1.

Background and History

The Replicators are a race created by an android female [Reese] retrieved from a destroyed world. Reese had the body of a young woman, but the mind of a child. She created the first Replicator as a toy (which was under her control), but this alarmed the denizens of that world who claimed she was 'built wrong'. Out of fear of being destroyed, she instructed her toys on self-replication, and self-preservation of herself and themselves. This was a mistake however, as the Replicators escaped her control and began to destroy her world. Reese escaped this catastrophe by going to 'sleep'. The Replicators themselves are composed of modular blocks which are created using nanotechnology and have very high intercommunicativity. They are very generalized and they can assemble to become many forms, the most common being the small spider variation. They are highly intelligent, although it is not clear if they are sentient, and they can absorb raw materials into new blocks to form more durable versions of themselves (or less so if the materials are of poor quality) and can even commandeer new technology in the same way. Much later, after they had spread amongst the stars and had become a menace to the galaxy, Reese was recovered by the SGC; after nearly a repeat of what happened at her planet at the SGC, she was killed. Her body ultimately yeilded the key to capturing the Replicators, as one key command first installed by Reese was still present in all replicators that followed: "Come Forth". This was used by the Asgard to trap the replicators in a time dialation field where time would flow at a rate 10⁴ slower than outside the bubble. They ultimately escaped this and new, sentient human form Replicators using nanotechnology instead of 'blocks' to compose themselves were discovered. They advanced to this form after they discovered Reese's body and realized what they thought was their true purpose, universal domination. The initial flaw with Reese, her lack of humanity, was corrected in only one of the self-aware Replicators, "Fifth". His humanity however was seen as a flaw by the others (named First, Second, etc.), and humanity was removed from following versions. His humanity is what was betrayed by SG-1 to trap the Replicators on the planet with the time dialation device. Not all has been disclosed about the Replicators, so what is known as of yet may be incomplete.

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