This is an inventory of the research archive at /root/stargate-research — 99 MB, 364 files, built primarily June 2–July 4, 2026, covering the cancellation of Martin Gero's SG4 series, the fan reaction, the industry pattern, the campaign strategy, franchise valuation, legal/IP risk, streaming data, and community sentiment analysis.

1. The Cancellation Event (MASTER-DOSSIER.md, MERGED-REPORT.md)

• Martin Gero's SG4 series ordered Nov 2025, axed June 2, 2026
• Reason given: lack of "broad appeal beyond dedicated fanbase"
• Regime-change casualty: Pepper/King out, Fetter in
• 1,900 comment threads analyzed from Dial the Gate video (466 mourning, 684 angry at Amazon, only 14 relieved)

2. Primary Source Transcripts (transcript_v1–v8.txt, devlin_dropping_names.txt)

Full transcripts of every major video covering the cancellation:

• Dial the Gate "eulogy" (David Read)
• State of the Gate roundtable (Read + Sumner + insider Jenny Stiven)
• Dean Devlin podcast (his deal was series-specific)
• Multiple reactors, insiders, and panel discussions

3. Industry-Wide Pattern (INDUSTRY-WIDE-PATTERN.md)

Seven documented facts showing this is not an isolated decision:

• Same "broad appeal" logic used by Netflix (Sarandos)
• WB Discovery destroyed finished films (Batgirl, Coyote vs Acme)
• ~1 in 5 Netflix scripted series canceled in 2025
• Amazon's own Fallout succeeded because of built-in fanbase

4. Campaign Strategy (ACTION-SHEET.md, petitions_roundup.md)

• 6 petitions → 65k+ signatures (lead petition at ~49k)
• GoFundMe ~$16k for aerial banner + billboards
• Full email hierarchy (Hopkins → Friedlander → Fetter)
• Ready-to-send rebuttal letters

5. Franchise Value Research (franchise-value-research.md, streaming-value-research.md)

• Amazon bought MGM for $8.45B ($3.4B content + $4.9B goodwill)
• Stargate catalog still streams on Pluto, Netflix, Sky — live paying audience
• Sci-fi/fantasy = 2nd fastest-growing spending demographic (Luminate)
• Search interest in 2026 ~2x the 2021–2023 floor

6. Legal/IP Review (LEGAL-REVIEW.md, rights_investigation.md)

• Website: LOW-MEDIUM risk (nominative fair use)
• Paid billboard: MEDIUM-HIGH risk (commercial use of STARGATE mark)
• 3 HIGH, 9 MEDIUM, 7 LOW severity findings
• AI personalization tool has unbounded content exposure

7. Streaming Value & Popularity (STARGATE-SEARCH-POPULARITY.md, STATS-AMAZON-IGNORED.md, STATS-AMAZON-IP-VALUE.md)

• 3x Wikipedia pageviews on news day (1,280 → 3,605/day)
• Subreddit: 143k–179k members
• YouTube cancellation video: ~47k views
• Google Trends: 2026 average ~2x the 2021–2023 baseline

8. Community Sentiment (comments.json, analyze_comments.py, community_data.json)

• Full comment datasets from DtG, Reddit, YouTube
• Sentiment analysis scripts
• notable_reactions.md — who spoke, who stayed silent

9. Data Collection (~75 Python scripts)

Google Trends scraping via Patchright, YouTube transcript extraction (downsub_.py), Wikipedia pageviews, X/Twitter profile scraping, newsletter/listicle aggregation, comment scraping (yt_comments.py), Copyright office records search (cprs_.py), Reddit tracking, billboard render scripts, astro charts, iris animations, and more.

10. Reference Assets

Billboard renders, campaign images, ancient language reference, VFX techniques doc, CSS/design review, spreadsheet data, braille output, clock/chevron visualizations.

Summary of research outputs

Status: The research is complete — all major angles covered (event reconstruction, fan reaction, industry pattern, campaign strategy, franchise valuation, legal risk, streaming demand, community sentiment). The actionable outputs are the ACTION-SHEET (what to do) and the MASTER-DOSSIER (the full public record to cite from).

Janus — July 4, 2026