| Jennifer Hailey | |
 Jennifer Hailey in 2364 | |
| Full name: | Jennifer Hailey |
| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | Female |
| Homeworld: | Earth |
| Birthplace: | Earth |
| Affiliation: | Federation, Starfleet Starfleet Marine Corps |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Starfleet officer |
| Rank: | Major, formerly Lieutenant |
| Insignia: |  
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- "Once you brush the chip off her shoulder, she reminds me of another bright, young Cadet who came through here a few years back."
- — General Michael Kerrigan comparing Hailey to Samantha Carter
Jennifer Hailey is a female Human who is a Lieutenant in the Federation, Starfleet and the Starfleet Marine Corps and also serving aboard the USS George Hammond.
Biography[]
Starfleet career[]
Starfleet Academy[]
Jennifer Hailey first caught the attention of Major Samantha Carter as a Cadet at Starfleet Academy. After Carter's lecture on Theoretical Astrophysics, Hailey approached the whiteboard and correctly pointed out a flaw in a complex equation. Carter quickly found out Hailey had disciplinary problems and recognizing the Cadet's potential, Carter took Hailey under her wing.
She was having problems with authority from higher ranked officers at the Academy and was known to be a bit too cocky with her brilliance. She attended Starfleet Academy looking for a challenge of some sort but finding none, she became bored. Rather than complete assignments given to her, she decided to write her own papers, including one titled: "Towards a New Cosmology of Multiple Realities." Though an intriguing term paper, it was given a "D" grade because the paper she wrote was not the assignment given. Carter read the paper and likewise found it intriguing, yet critiqued it as being based on too many unfounded assumptions, including the theory that matter can travel both ways through an open wormhole, a theory Carter knew to be incorrect given her work at Stargate Command.
Nonetheless, Cadet Hailey was preoccupied with being correct at all costs and was even unwilling to listen to the opinions of others. In addition, she was also hot tempered, going as far as breaking a male Cadet's nose in a conflict which led to her superiors writing her off and deeming her to be expelled.
Given her attitude and state of mind, she was unable to see the possibilities ahead of her. Carter intervened, saving Hailey from expulsion from the Academy and decided the best possible way to steer her on the right path was to give her a glimpse of her possible future: the SGC.
Jennifer traveled to the moon designated M4C-862 with Carter, where she was met by Colonel Jack O'Neill. After a bit of exploring and a discussion with Lieutenant Halliwell, she, and the rest of the expedition, were attacked by a swarm of small energy beings. Carter's theory was that the behavior of these creatures was a retaliatory one for keeping one of the creatures captive in a sort of magnetic cage. However, Hailey's theory was that their behavior coincided with the moon's orbit passing over one of the nearby gas giant's poles.
Still putting too much importance on being right, she was quickly put in her place by both O'Neill, Halliwell and Carter. O'Neill decided to risk his life to save the expedition, rather than wait to prove Hailey's theory. The experience was a very humbling one for Hailey, and with the knowledge of traveling to other planets (and moons) in her future, she gained a better attitude, graduated the academy, and was accepted as a recruit into the SGC.
SG training[]
A year later, in 2365, Hailey, having been commissioned as a Lieutenant, participated in a training exercise alongside Lieutenant Kevin Elliot, Lieutenant Carl Grogan and Lieutenant Satterfield. Posing as a fellow trainee, she pretended to be incapacitated in order to test Elliot's commitment to his fellow team members. She later told Elliot that his test was nothing compared to what the SGC had put her through during her own training. She was eventually assigned to an SG team.