- "All I can do is try and change what happens from now on. I don't want you to exonerate me, I just want to be given the opportunity to prove that I can make a difference."
- — Jonas Quinn
| Jonas Quinn | |
 Jonas Quinn | |
| Full name: | Jonas Quinn |
| Species: | Kelownan |
| Gender: | Male |
| Hair color: | Brown |
| Homeworld: | Langara |
| Birthplace: | Langara |
| Affiliation: | Kelowna, Stargate Command, SG-1 (formerly) |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Career | |
| Rank: | Joint Ruling Council representative, formerly adviser to the First Minister |
Jonas Quinn is a male Langaran scientist and also a former member of SG-1.
Background information[]
Jonas shows an amazing memory, reading and remembering things much faster than most humans from Earth can. It is unknown whether this ability is unique to him or if it is shared by others on his planet. Dialogue suggests it is the former. He has several degrees from Kelownas most prestigious universities including social studies and ancient Kelownan history and studied under Dr. Kieran. He was an adviser to First Minister Valis.
Return to Langara[]
Jonas Quinn in 2365
For the next several months, he supervised research on the Naquadria that was learned from the Data Crystal, with the help of Kianna Cyr. Upon discovering that a Naquadria was not native to Langara and that a vein of Naquadah was converting into Naquadria and would soon explode, he turned to SG-1 for help. With the help of Major Samantha Carter and Lieutenant Typhuss James Halliwell, he came up with a plan to use a Deep Underground Excavation Vehicle to drill to a fault line and plant a nuclear warhead to stop the conversion. When Carter discovered the DUEV's power systems were based on Goa'uld technology, they discovered that Kianna, who had begun to have an affair with Jonas, was host to a Goa'uld symbiote. The Goa'uld revealed that Jonas had been in a relationship with it, not the host and both indicated they had feelings for each other although Jonas denied it. On the mission, the drill heads on the DUEV were melted by a pocket of magma and they were stranded. They used Tok'ra tunnel crystals to dig a path to the fault line, and the Goa'uld placed the bomb by hand but was almost killed by the poisonous gases and heat. They returned her to Stargate Command and the symbiote sacrificed itself to save Kianna, who returned to Langara with Jonas. Before leaving, Kianna said that the Goa'uld was truly grateful for all Jonas had done for and tried to do for it.