Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission (amnesty 2008, missing person challenge) by inkscribe
Title: Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission
Author: inkscribe
Pairings: none (Chuck-centric)
Challenge: Amnesty 2008: Missing Persons Challenge
Warnings: likely crack. Okay, definitely crack. With perhaps a hint of TPTB meta, because I just couldn't stop myself.
Rating: G
Words: ~475
Summary: Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission; byline--Radek Zelenka
Author's note: Authorial POV and place of employment inspired by a particular characterisation in the crack-AU artword: 015 Starcrossed by lavvyan with art by beet. Other than Zelenka working for The Morning Herald, readers may assume the rest of the 'Verse is the same as canon. Erm ... mostly.
Sorry, no beta due to deadline pressures. ;-)
Feedback: yes, please!
This crack even demanded that I make coverart. *facepalm*
Chuck screencap found at colonel-taisa's LJ. Pic of kid found in hairstyling book (sorry, no idea who he really is but even my inklings looked at the pic and said, "Hey, that looks just like Chuck!" and thus the story was born).
Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission
BY RADEK ZELENKA
(THE MORNING HERALD) Recently declassified space defense program Stargate and its sister project, Stargate: Atlantis surprised most of the planet's citizens by its existence and also solved the cold-case disappearance of famous child actor, Charles "Charlie" Campbell.
"I just really wanted to get away from it all," said Sergeant Charles Campbell of CISI, the Canadian Intergalactic Special Intelligence branch of the Canadian military, itself a classified unit. "The Stargate program was a natural fit."
Campbell rocketed to fame as an infant in the popular series Little Shack on the Saskatchewan Prairie, starred in a string of highly successful musicals and even established his own clothing line, "Rootz" named after his favorite childhood stuffed toy. He disappeared without a trace in the early 1990s after an extended run as Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables.
"Les Mis was an incredible experience," he said, noting that his skills in communication and intergalactic transmission got their start in hanging out with the sound crew during technical checks. "They were really cool guys. They always had lots of buttons to push, just like on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise."
"The whole culture of the Atlantis expedition was the perfect antidote to all the pressure of being in the public eye," Campbell said. "With the huge number of American military members involved from the very beginning, DADT meant a lot of the guys were pretty tight-lipped about themselves."
DADT, or "Don't Ask, Don't tell", is an ongoing method of forcing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered American soldiers into silence at risk of dishonorable discharge. DADT is not a policy held by the Canadian military.
When asked whether he was admitting to homosexual proclivities, Campbell snorted. "I made a fortune in television dramedies and musicals, then created my own fashion line. What the hell do you think?"
Campbell explained he needed time to "figure himself out" and "come to terms" with his fame.
"I mean, people seem to think fame and fortune are the most important achievement on the planet. I grew up in it so I didn't really know any better. But after spending the last five years facing life-sucking aliens, I've come to have a new appreciation for family, friends, and my fans."
At the time of his disappearance, some members of his fan club refused to give up on the search, prompting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to issue restraining orders against one Scottish and several Canadian citizens to prevent them from harassing investigating officers as they moved on to other cases.
Campbell said he'd like to return to the Pegasus Galaxy, but admits the recent recall of all Atlantis personnel due to project funding collapse after the sub-prime mortgage fiasco makes it unlikely.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss options for future deployment," he said.
Author: inkscribe
Pairings: none (Chuck-centric)
Challenge: Amnesty 2008: Missing Persons Challenge
Warnings: likely crack. Okay, definitely crack. With perhaps a hint of TPTB meta, because I just couldn't stop myself.
Rating: G
Words: ~475
Summary: Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission; byline--Radek Zelenka
Author's note: Authorial POV and place of employment inspired by a particular characterisation in the crack-AU artword: 015 Starcrossed by lavvyan with art by beet. Other than Zelenka working for The Morning Herald, readers may assume the rest of the 'Verse is the same as canon. Erm ... mostly.
Sorry, no beta due to deadline pressures. ;-)
Feedback: yes, please!
This crack even demanded that I make coverart. *facepalm*
Chuck screencap found at colonel-taisa's LJ. Pic of kid found in hairstyling book (sorry, no idea who he really is but even my inklings looked at the pic and said, "Hey, that looks just like Chuck!" and thus the story was born).
Missing actor on intergalactic secret mission
BY RADEK ZELENKA
(THE MORNING HERALD) Recently declassified space defense program Stargate and its sister project, Stargate: Atlantis surprised most of the planet's citizens by its existence and also solved the cold-case disappearance of famous child actor, Charles "Charlie" Campbell.
"I just really wanted to get away from it all," said Sergeant Charles Campbell of CISI, the Canadian Intergalactic Special Intelligence branch of the Canadian military, itself a classified unit. "The Stargate program was a natural fit."
Campbell rocketed to fame as an infant in the popular series Little Shack on the Saskatchewan Prairie, starred in a string of highly successful musicals and even established his own clothing line, "Rootz" named after his favorite childhood stuffed toy. He disappeared without a trace in the early 1990s after an extended run as Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables.
"Les Mis was an incredible experience," he said, noting that his skills in communication and intergalactic transmission got their start in hanging out with the sound crew during technical checks. "They were really cool guys. They always had lots of buttons to push, just like on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise."
"The whole culture of the Atlantis expedition was the perfect antidote to all the pressure of being in the public eye," Campbell said. "With the huge number of American military members involved from the very beginning, DADT meant a lot of the guys were pretty tight-lipped about themselves."
DADT, or "Don't Ask, Don't tell", is an ongoing method of forcing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered American soldiers into silence at risk of dishonorable discharge. DADT is not a policy held by the Canadian military.
When asked whether he was admitting to homosexual proclivities, Campbell snorted. "I made a fortune in television dramedies and musicals, then created my own fashion line. What the hell do you think?"
Campbell explained he needed time to "figure himself out" and "come to terms" with his fame.
"I mean, people seem to think fame and fortune are the most important achievement on the planet. I grew up in it so I didn't really know any better. But after spending the last five years facing life-sucking aliens, I've come to have a new appreciation for family, friends, and my fans."
At the time of his disappearance, some members of his fan club refused to give up on the search, prompting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to issue restraining orders against one Scottish and several Canadian citizens to prevent them from harassing investigating officers as they moved on to other cases.
Campbell said he'd like to return to the Pegasus Galaxy, but admits the recent recall of all Atlantis personnel due to project funding collapse after the sub-prime mortgage fiasco makes it unlikely.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss options for future deployment," he said.