Harry Maybourne

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Harold "Harry" Maybourne
Stargate character
Col. Harry Maybourne in Stargate SG-1
Race	Tau'ri
Gender	Male
Rank	Colonel
Birthplace	United States, Earth
Television portrayer	Tom McBeath
Key episodes	"Enigma" (first appearance)

In the science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Col. Harry Maybourne is a USAF officer and rogue NID agent with complex morals and loyalties. He is played by the actor Tom McBeath. Maybourne was a pivotal member of the NID, and often found himself in conflict with SG-1. Initially, he was a character who was thoroughly disgusting, but he later softened and he became an important source of comic relief.

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

Col. Maybourne first appeared in the season one episode "Enigma", where he tried to get advanced technology from the Tollan, an alien offshoot of humanity that possessed technology above even the Goa'uld. This included forcefully holding them on the base and even preventing them from leaving through the Stargate. However, he failed due to the efforts of SG-1 and the Tollans were released through the Gate. One year later, when Teal'c was stung by an alien insect that began to rewrite his DNA, Maybourne lead the NID in its attempts to claim him for study. Thankfully, SG-1 found their comrade before Maybourne and Teal'c was returned to his natural state. Another year later he helped Major Carter thwart the plan of an alien species to take over Stargate Command and, eventually, the entirety of the Earth. Despite his initial reluctance to cooperate with the Major, he provided crucial support and even earned high praise from Jack O'Neill, who congratulaed him on the "nice save."

As a member of the NID, Maybourne also lead several rogue NID operations to acquire alien tecnologies 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.

Nevertheless, he was contacted by O'Neill after General Hammond had been blackmailed into resigning from his position. Together, they learned that Senator Robert 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, with Maybourne still out of prison and constantly on the run from the authorities, 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, effected 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.

After this, Maybourne was exiled by the Tok'ra to a far-off planet, Jack convinced that Maybourne had suffered for his past crimes and did not deserve life in prison. Two years passed before SG-1 was sent to recover Maybourne from his distant home, hoping to prevent him from falling into the hands of the System Lord Ares. They discovered he had deciphered some Ancient writing on a temple near the settlement where he lived and that the writing, 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 lead 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, so when the truth about the source of his knowledge was finally revealed, the people chose to overlook his deception.

When Ares was prevented from enslaving the planet and defeated with the means of an Ancient Puddle Jumper (equipped with a time machine and the reason for the prophetic writings Maybourne discovered) SG-1 returned to Earth, but Harry decided to stay with the people that he had grown to love, the bad blood between him and SG-1 finally laid to rest.

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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 \| Paul Davis \| Paul Emerson \| Louis Ferretti \| Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman \| Charles Kawalsky \| Robert Kinsey \| Carolyn Lam \| Catherine Langford \| Bill Lee Harry Maybourne \| Lionel Pendergast \| Robert Rothman \| Frank Simmons \| Pete Shanahan \| Siler \| Richard Woolsey
Other Humans	Kasuf \| Linea \| Ma'chello \| Martin Lloyd \| Sha're \| Shifu \| Skaara
Goa'uld	Amonet \| Anubis \| Apophis \| Ba'al \| Cronus \| Hathor \| Heru-ur \| Imhotep \| Nerus Osiris \| Sokar \| Tanith \| Yu \| Zipacna
Jaffa	Bra'tac \| Gerak \| Ishta \| Rya'c
Other	Adria \| Chaka \| Fifth \| Harlan \| Lotan \| 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