Elliot Rutherford
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Elliot Rutherford* is a U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant and part of AR-7, along with Thompson, Yamato, and Stackhouse. Before he joins the Corps he works as a security guard at a casino. When offered a position within the SGC in 2002, Rutherford accepts without hesitation. He and Yamato often partake in poker nights and other games.
Historythis is the uprisingRutherford and his team are in the Core Room guarding the ZPMs during the Uprising. Thompson is shot by Ramsay, leading to his death.
nou ani atlantusAR-7 remains a three-person team after Thompson's death.
Yamato, Rutherford and Stackhouse join Sheppard, Ronon Dex, Teyla, Dr Zelenka, Dr Grodin and Dr Kusanagi on a mission to the Warship Aurora. As they approach the ship in two Puddlejumpers, Yamato observes that the Aurora is "pretty beat up". Aboard the Warship they find the Ancient crew in suspended animation. As Sheppard goes into a stasis pod to communicate with the crew, Yamato and his team investigate the rest of the ship, counting stasis pods. They find a Wraith in one of the pods, and the dead body of an Ancient - fed upon - outside it. Dr Zelenka and Dr Kusanagi attempt to disconnect the Wraith from the system without waking it up or causing damage to the system. Yamato and his team open fire on the Wraith, and Ronon Dex beheads it. Later, they have to remove the Aurora from the star system with a hyperspace jump, because the star is going nova. Once they are out of hyperspace again, AR-7's team leader, Rutherford, asks Teyla Emmagan and Sheppard if "every AR-1 [is] like this?", meaning this chaotic and exciting. Teyla answers that, no, not all missions are like this. seeking antebellumRutherford and his team remain in Atlantis in early 2006 instead of returning to Earth for leave like many First Wave marines do. After Colonel Sheppard returns to the City and stops using the Ancient Communication Stones, Rutherford and Yamato are guarding the Gate Room. They greet the Colonel when he appears, happy to see their CO back as himself.
After the promotion of several marines in late 2006, Gamble throws a party and almost all Atlantis marines are there. Rutherford plays cards with Dex, Evans, MacGrimmon, Yamato and Johnson.
obsessionalAR-7 are stationed for a time on the Alpha Site with the "rookie" team AR-13, led by Captain Yates. Since Atlantis is supposed to have been destroyed by the Wraith and its existence kept secret from new allies, the Alpha Site is the link between the Expedition and Pegasus. While AR-7 are there, Tholus contacts them and tells them the Tau'ri on Tholus are being held hostage. Yamato, Rutherford and Markham return to Atlantis with the news.
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*Canonically, Rutherford joins the Expedition during the second year as a Major in the Air Force. In this verse he is a marine who joins the First Wave.