Harry Maybourne

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Stargate character
Col. Harry Maybourne in Stargate SG-1
Harold "Harry" Maybourne
Race	Tau'ri
Gender	Male
Rank	Major/Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel
Birthplace	United States, Earth
Portrayer	Tom McBeath
First episode	"Enigma"

In the science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Col. Harry Maybourne is a USAF officer and rogue NID agent played by actor Tom MacBeath. Maybourne was introduced as a character with ambiguous morals and loyalties.

Maybourne was a pivotal member of the NID, and this put him at odds with the members of SG-1. Initially, he was portrayed as a mysterious and ruthless figure, but later became more of a comic foil for Jack O'Neill.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details about Stargate SG-1 follow.

Colonel Maybourne first appeared in the season one episode "Enigma" attempting to gain advanced technology from the Tollan, an alien offshoot of humanity that possessed technology above even the Goa'uld. Maybourne had the Tollan forcibly held at the SGC, and prevented them from leaving through the Stargate until SG-1 intervened. In season 2, the now-Colonel Maybourne led an NID attempt to claim Teal'c for study when Teal'c had been infected by an alien insect in the episode "Bane" for study. The following year, in "Foothold" Maybourne helped Major Carter thwart the plan of an alien species to take over Stargate Command and, eventually, the entirety of the Earth.

As a member of the NID, Maybourne also lead several rogue NID operations to acquire alien technologies in a more ruthless manner than the SGC. As part of these operations his people stole several alien devices with the help of Col. Makepeace of Stargate Command. Maybourne eventually had Col. O'Neill join his group of off-world thieves, believing that the Colonel had been forced to retire because of his beliefs that the SGC was working too slowly. However, the entire situation had been concocted by the SGC in order to draw out the Earth-bound leaders of the rogue thieves. His activities were thwarted and the operation closed down. Because of this his military career was finished and Maybourne fled to Russia, where he leaked critical information which aided the Russian Stargate Program. Later he was caught, convicted of treason, and placed on death row.

Maybourne was later contacted by O'Neill after General Hammond had been blackmailed into resigning from his position. Together, they learned that Senator Kinsey was heavily involved with rogue NID operations were able to use this information to get Hammond reinstated. In light of this information, Maybourne also had himself transferred to a nicer facility, from which he promptly escaped. He later again helped O'Neill when businessman Adrian Conrad kidnapped Carter in order to extract information from her about Goa'uld symbiotes. During this operation it was revealed that Maybourne was the one who acquired the symbiote from the Russians. A short time later Maybourne again helped O'Neill when Teal'c was stuck in the Stargate. Together the two revealed that Col. Frank Simmons caught the Goa'uld who took control over Adrian Conrad and also found a way to rescue Teal'c.

Harry Maybourne as King Arkhan the First

Over a year later, Maybourne tricked SG-1 into taking him offworld. He convinced them he could deliver powerful weapons, the same weapons Col. Frank Simmons hijacked the Prometheus to collect, in exchange for a Presidential pardon. He was secretly searching for a Utopian paradise, set up by the Furlings, which turned out to have been destroyed long ago by the Goa'uld. Together with Jack he was then trapped on that world and grew increasingly paranoid, affected by a particular plant that the Goa'uld had smuggled into the colony, and was nearly killed by O'Neill when the two were driven to violence. Maybourne and Jack were eventually rescued by the Tok'ra with the help of Major Carter.

Maybourne was exiled by the Tok'ra to a far-off planet. Two years later, SG-1 was sent to recover him, hoping to prevent him from falling into the hands of the Goa'uld System Lord Ares. Maybourne had deciphered some Ancient writing on a temple, which apparently pertained to the future, allowed him to predict enough of the planet's near-future to proclaim himself a prophet. He became the ruler of the local peoples, King Arkhan I, and led a life of leisure. He also used his technological expertise to improve the standard of life for his people, building a new aqueduct and irrigation systems. When the truth about the source of his knowledge was finally revealed, the people chose to overlook his deception. Ares was prevented from enslaving the planet, and defeated by means of an Ancient Puddle Jumper equipped with a time machine. This craft was the source of the prophetic writings Maybourne had discovered. SG-1 returned to Earth, but Maybourne remained with the people that he had grown to love.

The effect of the Ori invasion of The Milky Way on Maybourne is currenctly unknown. However he is presumed to have been uneffected and posibly unaware of its taking place.

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Character biography from StargateWiki. Visited May 17, 2006.
Character description from GateWorld. Visited May 17, 2006.

Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1		Edit
Tau'ri	Malcolm Barrett \| Jacob Carter \| Chekov \| Adrian Conrad \| Major Davis \| Paul Emerson \| Louis Ferretti \| Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman \| Charles Kawalsky \| Robert Kinsey \| Carolyn Lam \| Catherine Langford \| Bill Lee \| Harry Maybourne Rodney McKay \| Lionel Pendergast \| Robert Rothman \| Frank Simmons \| Pete Shanahan \| Siler \| Richard Woolsey
Other Humans	Cassandra \| Kasuf \| Linea \| Ma'chello \| Martin Lloyd \| Sha're \| Shifu \| Skaara
Goa'uld	Amonet \| Anubis \| Apophis \| Ba'al \| Cronus \| Hathor \| Heru-ur Nerus \| Nirrti \| Osiris \| Ra \| Sokar \| Tanith \| Yu \| Zipacna
Jaffa	Bra'tac \| Gerak \| Ishta \| Rya'c
Other	Adria \| Chaka \| Fifth \| Harlan \| Merlin \| Oma Desala \| Reese \| Replicator Carter \| Thor
Lists by race	All \| Tau'ri \| Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord