Eli Wallace

"Give me a break, this is my second spaceship...and my first was yesterday."

- Eli Wallace

Eli Wallace is a male Tau'ri who was considered to be both a complete slacker, yet an utter genius, who could put his mind to anything he wanted including computers, mathematics, and video games. Due to his lack of confidence, he developed an acerbic sense of humor.

Early life
Eli went to MIT, but dropped out at some point and did not graduate. Prior to his association with the United States Air Force, Eli was unemployed and seemingly spent a large amount of time playing video games, namely Prometheus. He is a science-fiction fan, referencing movies such as Planet of the Apes and Star Wars. Before leaving for Icarus Base, he lived with his mother, who is very ill.

2009
"That...is...impressive."

- Eli, watching his first active Stargate

Sometime in 2009, Dr. Nicholas Rush and others placed an actual astro-physical Stargate problem into a video game to see if anyone outside the Stargate program could solve it. After a month of trying, Eli Wallace was able to solve this problem and gained the attention of Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill and Dr. Rush, who approached him about joining the program. At first, he believed they were after him for something, and claimed to have not been responsible for anything. However, they actually needed his help, and moments later, he was beamed aboard the Tau'ri vessel George Hammond, which was situated in Earth orbit. Rush presented him with an incentive to join the Stargate program: The Air Force would pay for his sick mother's medical bills and treatment. Eli agreed.

During the trip to the Icarus Base, Eli watched a very long instructional video (though it appears that there were several that were not shown to him), starring Daniel Jackson and was briefed on the Stargate program. He was then transferred to the Icarus Base in order to learn about the Stargate's ninth chevron. When the base was attacked by a fleet of Ha'tak vessels and Death Gliders, he and the team were forced to evacuate. In the final moments of dialing the Earth gate and their escape, Eli helped Rush solve the mystery surrounding the ninth chevron. Rush impulsively dialed the ninth chevron instead of Earth, and among the team, Eli was sent to the Ancient starship, Destiny, several billion light-years away from Earth, with no power or control of returning home.

Once aboard the Destiny, Eli assisted Doctor Rush in locating the leaks responsible for draining the ship's air supply. He witnessed his first death when Senator Alan Armstrong sacrificed himself to seal the last leak.

He volunteered to travel to a desert planet with Matthew Scott, Ronald Greer, Andrea Palmer, Nicholas Rush, Jeremy Franklin and Curtis but quickly proved himself - though willing - less than capable of making the journey. Scott later put Eli in charge of one of two exploration teams, partly to cover more ground, but also so that Eli wouldn't slow him down. Eli was only one of his team who decided to trust Rush and not go to another planet through the Stargate.

After discovering kino aboard Destiny Eli started recording himself walking around and describing parts of ship in case if someone else would find it. He also asked fellow crew members to leave record kino messages about themselves

Short before arrival in the Hoth system made Eli one hover board with a dozen Kino as a engine. As Colonel Young, and Scott used to carry ice back through the Stargate to Destiny.

Behind the scenes
Eli was originally given the surname of Hitchcock, but this was later changed to Wallace before he appeared in Stargate Universe.