Stargate Aschen by Kimberley Jackson

Stargate SG-1 Fanfic

Links:
Fanfiction.net: Stargate Aschen by Kimberley Jackson (edited to comply with FFN's rating guidelines)
Author's Website: Stargate Aschen (A Romance Based on Stargate SG-1)
Archive of Our Own: Stargate Aschen by Kimberley Jackson

Story Rating:
M, NC-17

Status:
In-Progress (as of June 2nd, 2014)

Pairing:
Sam/Jack

Fanfiction.net Summary:
Jack/Sam AU. Earth is an Aschen colony under strict reign by an Aschen government. Only a very small percent of humans are still fertile. Samantha Carter is a young woman living in this world oppressed by Aschen. When her father arranges her marriage with his friend Jack O'Neill to protect Sam from the system, Sam runs away to join the resistance, determined to liberate Earth...

Author's Website Summary:
This is an AU (alternate universe) version of Stargate – a spin-off in writing. In the year 799 (Aschen calender), Earth is a colony under strict reign by an Aschen government. Humanity is at the brink of extinction – only a very small percent of humans are so-called gifted ones; people, who are able to still conceive/father children. Strict rules apply to the gifted ones, as the Aschen government wants to make sure that a certain number of population is being upheld.

Samantha Carter is a young woman living in this restrictive world. She is 25 years old, and that means she has just come of age and undergoes her first fertility tests. When her tests turn out positive, her life is about to change dramatically, leaving her to be forcefully married to a genetically compatible male. Unwilling to accept that, she runs away from home to find the resistance and fight for her own freedom. Finally a member of the resistance, she is stationed at a small camp in Antarctica where a second Stargate was found almost a century before and kept secret from the Aschen. Camp leader is Colonel Jack O’Neill. Unaware of the fact that a coincidence has caused them to be more than soldiers in a war for Earth’s freedom, they start to fight to liberate their world from Aschen oppression together…

Archive of Our Own Summary:
In the year 799 (Aschen calender), Earth is a colony under strict reign by an Aschen government. Humanity is at the brink of extinction – only a very small percent of humans are so-called gifted ones; people, who are able to still conceive/father children. Strict rules apply to the gifted ones, as the Aschen government wants to make sure that a certain number of population is being upheld.

Samantha Carter is a young woman living in this restrictive world. She is 25 years old, and that means she has just come of age and undergoes her first fertility tests. When her tests turn out positive, her life is about to change dramatically, leaving her to be forcefully married to a genetically compatible male.


Unwilling to accept that, she runs away from home to find the resistance and fight for her own freedom. When she meets Jack O’Neill, camp leader of resistance cell 4, neither of them realizes that they share more than the mutual goal to free Earth from Aschen reign. Side by side, they start fighting to liberate their world from Aschen oppression using a second, secret Stargate, which was found almost a century before in the Antarctica forests…

Review: 
When I first started reading this, I was a bit hesitant because it was the first truly AU Stargate SG-1 fic that I had read. However, I'm very grateful that I did! It's one of those stories that I get excited about whenever I get an alert in my inbox. I love the way that the author manages to include bits from different episodes and incorporate them into the storyline. I think she's managed to keep true to all of the characters personalities, both from SG-1 and Atlantis. There are certain story arcs that are taking a bit longer than I want to be resolved, but she's definitely filling the time with interesting stories.

In terms of the maturity rating, there hasn't really been anything yet (as of June 2nd, 2014) that justifies it in my opinion, just a few scenes charged with sexual tension.

Favorite Aspect of Story (So far):
Difficult to say... I think it's probably the way she keeps tying in some of my favorite lines from the show into the story, especially since the setting is completely different.

Rating:
8/10

Views on Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1?

I pretty much obsess over this show, despite a lot of the inconsistencies. I watched it religiously when it was on the air, loving the dynamic between the characters (and the humor!). Even when Richard Dean Anderson left the cast, I still continued to watch (even if it wasn't nearly as enjoyable). Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Ben Browder (Cameron Mitchell), Claudia Black (Vala Mal Doran), or Beau Bridges (General Landry). However, I think that the combination of the change in cast and the new enemy made the show less entertaining than it had been.

Pairings?

Sam/Jack all the way! It drove me insane that there was no resolution during the show. By the end, I would have been happy with an offhanded comment about people attending their wedding or something! *Sigh* Thankfully I have the world of fanfiction to fulfill my desire to see them together. I love the stories involving alternate realities or alternate timelines!

Other than Sam/Jack, I don't really have any strong feelings about any other pairings. I like the idea of Daniel/Janet, but I don't really read fics that focus on them.

Favorite characters/time period?

In terms of favorite main characters of fics, Sam and Jack (mainly because I love them together!). Daniel comes close behind them, since his character on the show was so entertaining, especially his interaction with Jack. I love Teal'c as a character, but I haven't really found any fics that I like where he's the protagonist. Same thing with General Hammond, Janet Frasier, Walter, Siler, etc.

As for the newer characters (Mitchell, Vala, Landry, etc.), like I said I have nothing against them. The problem is that I prefer fics that are based during the time when Jack was actively involved in the SGC, which happens to be the time when they weren't.

Because of that, I tend to read fics that take place during seasons 1-8, or alternate timelines around that time period, or alternate realities during that time period, etc. While I prefer ones where Sam and Jack get together, I don't read them exclusively.

Favorite episodes?

SO. MANY. Instead, I break it up into my favorite categories: time travel/distortion, alternate realities/timelines, and episodes with great lines. I'm more than willing to go into more detail if anyone's interested, but for right now I feel like that would take too long.