Alexander Gamble
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Gamble is a Private First Class of the USMC and part of AR-9. He and his team are part of the Original Expedition, formed in 2004. Others in the team are Snow, Drew, and Herschel.
HistoryOnce on a mission to M01-302, AR-9 is surrounded by Wraith. AR-2 are sent as backup from Atlantis, and they place C4 around the ridge of a hill to take the Wraith out. According to Gamble, "Olsen never quite let them forget about that."
seeking antebellumIn January, 2006, Gamble and his team go with AR-4 and AR-1 to explore the Ancient ruins on Deserum. When an earthquake causes the building to collapse, Gamble and Snow are scraped up on some broken glass, but the injury is mild.
In February, AR-9 and AR-4 return to Earth for the first time since the Expedition was launched, for some time off. When Snow goes missing, Gamble tries to contact his teammate by phone, but gets no answer. Gamble wonders if Snow hasn't simply gone to a bar and met a woman. When it turns out Snow's disappearance might be sinister, Gamble joins the investigation. He and his team go to NCIS with General O'Neill after a body is found there identified as Snow, but Gamble, Herschel and Drew notice from the Shape of the dead man's Dæmon that it cannot be Snow. He and his team rescue Snow from an abandoned industrial site outside of Washington, D.C., and along with AR-4 keep an eye on their teammate while in hospital. A fire breaks out in the hospital, started by Athena, as Gladys and Gamble are at the hospital's cafeteria to fetch coffee. They help a nurse to begin evacuating the building before they run to Snow's room. Just as they reach the room, a bomb goes off, knocking Gamble out and throwing his Dæmon to the wall. When he comes to, Gamble sees a figure with a knife, recognizing her as Agent Todd. MacGrimmon tries to take her out with a zat'nik'tel but misses, and Gamble looses consciousness due to his head injury and the smoke before he can see MacGrimmon being stabbed. After that, the SGC has them quickly transferred to the Mountain. Gamble is by Snow's side when he wakes up at the SGC infirmary. Later, when Atlantis dials Earth for an update on the situation, Gamble and Kemp attend the meeting. The following two or so weeks, Gamble occasionally keeps an eye on Dr McKay in the Mountain, per Lieutenant Ford's orders. He shares this duty with others on his team and AR-4, until they all leave Cheyenne for proper leave. At one point, he is shadowing McKay when they run into Patrick Sheppard, and Gamble is surprised that that's Colonel Sheppard's father. McKay orders him to go away after that. the law of gravityAfter several marines, including himself, are promoted, Gamble has the idea to throw a party. Almost every Atlantis marine is there.
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