10 Worst Ways To Die In The Stargate Universe
7. Having Your Lifespan Artificially Accelerated
The ninth episode of Stargate: SG-1, "Brief Candle," saw the team visit the beautiful planet Argos. They soon meet the Argosians, a people who live a life of luxury, though they never leave the proximity of the central temple honoring the Greek hero Pelops, who was, of course, a Goa'uld.
Soon after arriving, Colonel Jack O'Neill begins to age rapidly, reaching an elderly state in a short amount of time. He ultimately accepts his fate and prepares to die, though his friends attempt everything to save him, but to no avail. After taking a walk outside the temple's area of influence, things change.
It's revealed that everyone on the planet is infected with nanites developed by Pelops to accelerate their aging. They are born, live, and die within 100 days. That's all they get. The experiment's purpose was to speed up human evolution, but Pelops abandoned it, leaving the Argosians to their fate.
Fortunately for Jack, his condition was reversed, but for everyone who came before SG-1 arrived — countless generations of people — they were made to live and die in only 100 days. They may have been ignorant of their natural lifespan, but they were denied it nonetheless.