Charles Kawalsky

Charles Kawalsky is a Major in the United States Air Force and a friend of Colonel Jack O'Neill.

After 1994
After the mission to Abydos in 1994, Kawalsky remained in the Air Force. However, when the Stargate was reactivated by the Goa'uld System Lord Apophis, Kawalsky was questioned for his actions on Abydos and whether he and the team went through with their mission to kill Ra. He was subsequently put into Stargate Command's brig for not revealing any information.

Thanks to the help of Colonel Jack O'Neill, Kawalsky was recommended for joining him on another mission to Abydos to investigate the arrival of Apophis. This recommendation was approved and Kawalsky, along with Louis Ferretti, O'Neill and Samantha Carter returned to Abydos and found Daniel Jackson. However, when Apophis arrived on Abydos to find a suitable mate, Kawalsky was not present and returned to find Ferretti injured. He, along with the team, returned to Earth.

In order to locate where Apophis went, General Hammond assigned two Stargate teams, designating Kawalsky as the commanding officer of SG-2. Thus, both SG-1 and SG-2 proceeded to Chulak with the address from Ferretti. While SG-1 went to look for, and got captured by, Apophis, Kawalsky and SG-2 set up camp and awaited their return.

When SG-1 escaped, it was Kawalsky and his team that helped the team, Teal'c and the Abydonian prisoners to escape from an attacking Death glider. His efforts helped to return everybody back to Earth, however, before going through the gate, an infant Goa'uld symbiote escaped a dying Jaffa and insert itself into Kawalsky, without his knowledge. He returned back to Earth, thinking it was slight neck pain.

After Chulak
After the mission to Chulak, Kawalsky began experiencing headaches and blackouts, which is when the larval Goa'uld took control. Eventually, it was discovered the parasite was within Kawalsky, and with help from Teal'c, the Goa'uld body was removed. However, the Goa'uld managed to keep enough of itself in Kawalsky, attempting to return to Chulak, but Teal'c stopped him, holding him in the event horizon of the Stargate. The Gate deactivated, taking a portion of Kawalsky's head off, killing both the parasite and Kawalsky.

Alternate realities

 * In an alternate reality Charles Kawalsky was still alive and worked at the SGA. When the SGA was invaded by Apophis' forces, he and Dr. Samantha Carter fled through the Quantum Mirror to our reality. Dr. Carter started suffering from entropic cascade failure, so it was decided they would have to go back to their reality. Both Carters were able to repair the Power Booster Device making it possible to contact the Asgard of their reality. Kawalsky and O'Neill hooked up the device and Dr. Carter went through the Stargate. They were captured along with Daniel and just before Apophis killed them, they were saved by the Asgard.


 * In an alternate reality Charles Kawalsky was put on the team going on a scouting mission to Chulak. This was done to help draw Jack O'Neill out of retirement. Once there, O'Neill and his team, along with Samantha Carter and Daniel Jackson, were captured. With the help of Teal'c, they were able to escape, however Kawalsky and most of the team were killed in the process.

Behind the scenes
The Stargate novel gives Kawalsky's full name as Adam Kawalsky though, as it was released before Stargate SG-1, this name is deemed non-canon in the SG-1/Atlantis canon which gives his full name as being Charles Kawalsky