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The third series in the Stargate line is now pretty much ready to go as some of the final major cast members have come on board, including Lou Diamond Phillips.

Phillips, who most recently had a slightly recurring role in "Numbers" on CBS, will play Col. Telford on "Stargate: Universe," who like John Sheppard before him, suddenly has to become a military leader on board an Ancient-built ship they seem to be trapped in.

Joining Phillips are Ming-Na, Elyse Levesque and Alaina Huffman. Ming-Na, who most recently Emily Hu in the film "Push<" will take on Camile Wray, a member of an international oversight committee that manages the Stargate program. Her genre credits are light, but she did play Dr. Jing Mei-Chen on NBC's "ER" from 1995 to 2004.

Levesque plays Chloe Armstrong, who somehow gets mixed up with the Stargate team because she's the daughter of a U.S. Senator. She guest starred in two episodes of "Smallville" in 2007 as Casey Brock and played Virginia Poe in the "Masters of Horror" episode "The Black Cat."

Huffman plays Tamara Johansen, an Air Force medic, who has to try and find experience as the crew's doctor. Huffman, who also uses the name Alaina Kalanj, also has a "Smallville" background playing "Black Canary" in the episodes "Odyssey" and "Siren." She also played Maureen Bowers in 12 episodes of "Painkiller Jane."

All of them join the cast led by Robert Carlyle, Justin Louis, David Blue, Jamil Walker Smith and Brian J. Smith.

SciFi Channel is expected to premiere "Stargate: Universe" in October.