I picked same age as John Sheppard, based solely on the Stargate Wiki, which lists Mitchell's birth year as 1970, and Sheppard's birthday as June 14, 1970. I have no idea where they got Sheppard's birthday - I don't ever remember hearing this in any of the episodes. I thought I remembered McKay being thrilled to find out he was younger than SHeppard, but I can't remember if that was in the show or in fanfic. It could have been fanfic.
Without that possibly false Wiki statement, I could imagine Sheppard being either the same age or a few years older than Mitchell, maybe 2-3 years at the most. Mitchell's a Lieutenant Colonel when he takes over SG-1 (2005) but I don't know SG:1 well enough to remember if he was promoted after the Battle of Antarctica (and there seemed to be quite a long recovery for him between that and his eventual takeover of SG-1), or if he was already a Lt.Col at that time. Sheppard is promoted to Lt. Col. in 2005, so maybe within a year of Mitchell? But Sheppard also had that black mark on his record to contend with, which could have stalled his career for a few years... Intriguing... you've got my mind spinning now. I wish they'd told us Sheppard's age in the show at least.
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Date: 2010-07-12 09:11 pm (UTC)Without that possibly false Wiki statement, I could imagine Sheppard being either the same age or a few years older than Mitchell, maybe 2-3 years at the most. Mitchell's a Lieutenant Colonel when he takes over SG-1 (2005) but I don't know SG:1 well enough to remember if he was promoted after the Battle of Antarctica (and there seemed to be quite a long recovery for him between that and his eventual takeover of SG-1), or if he was already a Lt.Col at that time. Sheppard is promoted to Lt. Col. in 2005, so maybe within a year of Mitchell? But Sheppard also had that black mark on his record to contend with, which could have stalled his career for a few years... Intriguing... you've got my mind spinning now. I wish they'd told us Sheppard's age in the show at least.