Genii

"You do not want to make an enemy of the Genii."

- Cowen

The Genii are humans from a planet in the Pegasus Galaxy.

History
"The Genii were once a great confederation of planets. Millennia ago, the Wraith had driven us to the brink of total annihilation. Our forefathers sought the protection of bunkers such as these -- originally created for wars long forgotten -- and it was here that a small number of our people managed to survive undetected."

- Cowen .

The Genii were once a great confederation, but centuries of Wraith cullings took their toll. Generation ago, survivors of a culling took refuge underground in bunkers left over from forgotten wars, and there rebuilt their civilization, expanding outwards into a massive series of secret underground facilities. Most importantly, the Genii have centered their efforts to fight the Wraith on a program to develop a fission bomb, to be delivered to Hive Ships. However, the Genii had not yet discovered how to make an effective trigger mechanism that would create an implosion, or an effective means of uranium enrichment, when the Atlantis Expedition encountered them. The Genii were angered that the Atlantis team had woken the Wraith from their hibernation early, but agreed to help each other. A resulting joint Genii-Atlantis mission backfired, resulting in the death of a prominent Genii leader and the failure of the Genii's attempts to plant a fission-bomb in Wraith Hive-ships (although the Atlantis team feels that there are so many--over 60--that the Genii's plan would only have destroyed a few). The Genii now count themselves enemies of the Atlantis expeditionary team, and are determined to obtain C4 explosives from the Atlantis team in order to build an effective trigger mechanism.

Recently, in an attempt to gain Atlantean Puddle Jumpers, the Commander of the Genii, Cowen, attempted to create the image of a coup being led by Ladon Radim. In truth, this was all a plan to capture members of the Atlantis teams who have the Ancient Gene. However, it was discovered that Ladon Radim of the Genii actually was planning a coup and detonated a nuclear device killing Cowen and a battlion of his personal guard. The leadership of the Genii fell into the hands of Ladon, and its relations with Atlantis has improved considerably.

Despite the improved relations, a small number of Genii have still been proven to be antagonistic towards the Expedition, particularly a group ran by Kolya, who originally planned the coup against Cowen, but was actually committed by Radim.

Overview
"Teyla and her people know us only as the simple farmers we show to outsiders. The secrecy of who and what we are is the only defence we have against the Wraith. One day, all that will change."

- Cowen

To outsiders, they appear to be simple farmers, resembling the Amish of Earth. In truth, the Genii actually possess a technological level roughly equivalent to that of Earth in the 1930s: they have electricity, primitive monochrome television viewscreens, and mass-produced firearms because the Genii are in truth a militaristic race. However, they didn't build proper shielding for the nuclear weapons until recently, when the Atlantis team contradicted the Genii doctors' theory that radiation is harmless.

Notable Genii

 * Acastus Kolya
 * Cassel Massan
 * Dahlia Radim
 * Ladon Radim
 * Athor
 * Cowen
 * Fortnum
 * Haemon
 * Heiron
 * Idos
 * Lanko
 * Pranos
 * Prenum
 * Sora
 * Toran
 * Tyrus

Appearances

 * Underground
 * The Storm
 * The Eye
 * The Brotherhood
 * The Siege, Part 2
 * The Lost Boys
 * Coup D'etat
 * Common Ground
 * The Return, Part 1
 * Irresponsible
 * Harmony