Jennifer Hailey

"Once you brush the chip off her shoulder, she reminds me of another bright, young Cadet who came through here a few years back."

- Gen. Michael Kerrigan comparing Hailey to Samantha Carter.

Lieutenant Jennifer Hailey is a new recruit to the SGC who was given a unique opportunity to see - and travel through - the Stargate while still a Cadet in the Air Force Academy.

Biography
Jennifer Hailey first caught the attention of Samantha Carter as a Cadet in the Air Force Academy. After Carter's lecture on Theoretical Astrophysics, Hailey approached the whiteboard and correctly pointed out a flaw in a complex equation. Carter quickly found out Hailey had disciplinary problems and recognizing the Cadet's potential, Carter took Hailey under her wing.

Jennifer's problems with authority stem from her brilliance. She attended the Air Force Academy looking for a challenge, but finding none, she became bored. Rather than complete assignments given to her, she decided to write her own papers, including one titled: "Towards a New Cosmology of Multiple Realities." Though an intriguing term paper, it was given a "D" grade because it was based on too many unfounded assumptions; including the theory that matter can travel both ways through an open wormhole, a theory Carter knows is incorrect given her work at the SGC. Nonetheless, Cadet Hailey was proccupied with being correct and unwilling to listen to the opinions of others. She was also hot tempered, going as far as breaking a male Cadet's nose in a conflict. Given her attitude and state of mind, she was unable to see the possibilities ahead of her. Carter saved Hailey from expulsion from the Academy and decided the best possible way to steer her on the right path was to give her a glimpse of her possible future: the Stargate.

Jennifer traveled to the moon designated M4C-862 with Carter, where she was met at the gate by Colonel Jack O'Neill. After a bit of exploring and a discussion with Teal'c, she, and the rest of the expedition, were attacked by a swarm of tiny energy creatures. Carter's theory was that the behaviour of these creatures was a retaliatory one for keeping one of the creatures captive in a sort of magnetic cage. However, Hailey's theory was that their behaviour coincided with the moon's orbit passing over one of the nearby gas giant's poles. Still putting too much importance on being right, she was quickly put in her place by both O'Neill and Carter. O'Neill decided to risk his life to save the expedition, rather than wait to prove Hailey's theory. The experience was a very humbling one for Hailey, and with the knowledge of traveling to other planets (and moons) in her future, she gained a better attitude, graduated the academy, and was accepted as a recruit into the SGC.