OK, think back to Season 2's "1969" for the durration of this post. Hammond has a note for Carter and asks her not to open it till after she goes through the Stargate. Later on, she opens it and discovers it's adressed to his younger self along with two dates. Young Lt. Hammond reads the note and decides to help SG-1. They use the dates and times to get home via solar flair, only they go too far into the future and meet old-Cassandra whom tells them that she had been waiting "all this time" to send them back to 1999.
The Paradox:
In the original timeline (before they go back to 1969), Hammond would have no knowledge of SG-1 meeting his younger self, so he would have no note to give Carter.
Padaox Solution:
Timeline A: SG-1 gets sent back to 1969
Timeline B: SG-1 gets sent back to 1969, catch up with Lt. Hammond... does he help, does he refuse? Who knows, SG-1 is forced to live out the rest of their natural lives in the past.
Timeline C: Years later, to prevent this, Hammond sends a note with SG-1, hoping they can use his younger self to get help and the calculated dates to get home. SG-1 succeeds, they make it the future, then old-Cassandra sends them back to 1999.
Timeline D: Hammond remembers meeting SG-1 as a young Lt, and knowing their trip is about to send them back to 1969, sends a note with Carter to ensure they can return home, completing the circle you could say.
Basically, the episode "1969" as we see it, happens in the 4th timeline with it's "paradoxial timeloop." However, they'd be creating a 5th timeline in that when they return to 1999 thanks to Cassandra, her future no longer exists.
So, whut do ya all think?
The Paradox:
In the original timeline (before they go back to 1969), Hammond would have no knowledge of SG-1 meeting his younger self, so he would have no note to give Carter.
Padaox Solution:
Timeline A: SG-1 gets sent back to 1969
Timeline B: SG-1 gets sent back to 1969, catch up with Lt. Hammond... does he help, does he refuse? Who knows, SG-1 is forced to live out the rest of their natural lives in the past.
Timeline C: Years later, to prevent this, Hammond sends a note with SG-1, hoping they can use his younger self to get help and the calculated dates to get home. SG-1 succeeds, they make it the future, then old-Cassandra sends them back to 1999.
Timeline D: Hammond remembers meeting SG-1 as a young Lt, and knowing their trip is about to send them back to 1969, sends a note with Carter to ensure they can return home, completing the circle you could say.
Basically, the episode "1969" as we see it, happens in the 4th timeline with it's "paradoxial timeloop." However, they'd be creating a 5th timeline in that when they return to 1999 thanks to Cassandra, her future no longer exists.
So, whut do ya all think?
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