I’m thinking of writing a current timeline Stargate story, and depending how well I can make the quality, I would like to publish or even sell the story. What can I do and not do if I want to avoid legal trouble? Does MGM have a position on derivative works?
This is my story idea, at least to begin with. It’s in the current timeline, and begins when the Lucian Alliance comes to reassert itself over a World called Reygor. Terron, the leader of the world is asked by the alliance to participate in an attack against Earth, but when he realizes the Alliance plan will result in the death of thousands of civillians, who are supposed to be protected by the allience, he refuses. Kurt watches his father get tortured and then beheaded by Kara, the officer from the allience, in front of about a hundred thousand people in the Reygor capital. After evading the Alliance he barely makes it through the Stargate to a world his mother told him is an Earth outpost. The whole of the first episode or chapter is focused on what happens on Reygor, and the audience isn’t introduced to the Stargate, or any Earth activity in this chapter, except when Kurt escapes at the end. While the chapter hints at this attack, it’s not made obvious to the audience yet that it’s against Earth.
The second chapter goes back in time five years to when the Stargate program went public in 2013. This informs the audience as to the events of the Stargate program, and brings in the needed information for Earths place in the galaxy five years later in 2018. Things seemed relatively stable in the galaxy, so a secret G20 meeting decided to go public. US Secretary of State Scott Johnston gives the speech that informs the public and the reader that Earth had discovered a device left by a civilization referred to as the ancients throughout the galaxy, found that life was seeded in several galaxies, and because of the threats some rogue civilizations posed could not go public till now - those threats dealt with. It details the aftermath, that the public received the “new normal” with little to no civil disobedience, and several changes where made to mainstream technology featured in every day life. A number of reforms were made: These included a joint Space Force for all members of NATO, also extended to Australia, and New Zealand, an Eastern European Space Force dominated by the Russians, and an Asian Space Force partnership; A UN Charter for Earth exploration and settlement of other worlds, Intergalactic Law, trade and interaction with non Earth civilizations and organizations.
The story would by Stargate mythology in content, use the GOT storyline structure and be on a civilizational scale including but not limited to focus on Earth, as opposed to focusing on one team. There would be a special ops unit, like the SG teams that make up a number of the main characters, but a number of Earth and non Earth people would also be features as main characters as well. They wouldn’t always have interaction, but there paths will all cross at different points in the book
This is my story idea, at least to begin with. It’s in the current timeline, and begins when the Lucian Alliance comes to reassert itself over a World called Reygor. Terron, the leader of the world is asked by the alliance to participate in an attack against Earth, but when he realizes the Alliance plan will result in the death of thousands of civillians, who are supposed to be protected by the allience, he refuses. Kurt watches his father get tortured and then beheaded by Kara, the officer from the allience, in front of about a hundred thousand people in the Reygor capital. After evading the Alliance he barely makes it through the Stargate to a world his mother told him is an Earth outpost. The whole of the first episode or chapter is focused on what happens on Reygor, and the audience isn’t introduced to the Stargate, or any Earth activity in this chapter, except when Kurt escapes at the end. While the chapter hints at this attack, it’s not made obvious to the audience yet that it’s against Earth.
The second chapter goes back in time five years to when the Stargate program went public in 2013. This informs the audience as to the events of the Stargate program, and brings in the needed information for Earths place in the galaxy five years later in 2018. Things seemed relatively stable in the galaxy, so a secret G20 meeting decided to go public. US Secretary of State Scott Johnston gives the speech that informs the public and the reader that Earth had discovered a device left by a civilization referred to as the ancients throughout the galaxy, found that life was seeded in several galaxies, and because of the threats some rogue civilizations posed could not go public till now - those threats dealt with. It details the aftermath, that the public received the “new normal” with little to no civil disobedience, and several changes where made to mainstream technology featured in every day life. A number of reforms were made: These included a joint Space Force for all members of NATO, also extended to Australia, and New Zealand, an Eastern European Space Force dominated by the Russians, and an Asian Space Force partnership; A UN Charter for Earth exploration and settlement of other worlds, Intergalactic Law, trade and interaction with non Earth civilizations and organizations.
The story would by Stargate mythology in content, use the GOT storyline structure and be on a civilizational scale including but not limited to focus on Earth, as opposed to focusing on one team. There would be a special ops unit, like the SG teams that make up a number of the main characters, but a number of Earth and non Earth people would also be features as main characters as well. They wouldn’t always have interaction, but there paths will all cross at different points in the book
My Fics - the fluffy/silly variety
No Sam w/o a Jack and no Jack w/o a Sam.
There are a few Stagate ones floating around, including compilations of fanfics with fanart that illustrates the stories and/or fits the story themes (with the permission of all of the writers and artists involved). The .pdfs are distributed freely. There have also been printed copies of used (presumably used because they are older) printed zines for sale on auction sites (that selling is questionable and not recommended).
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