The ship was first introduced during the shows sixth season in the episode titled "Prometheus", and would go on to become a recurring setting over the remainder of the series as well as being depicted in various spin-off media.

As well as McGuire, Mullie and Mallozzi, executive producer Brad Wright and art directors James Robbins and Peter Bodnarus also played a significant role in conceptualising and designing the ship.

[1] Mullie described wanting to create a ship that was "exactly the opposite of the Goa'uld ships, which are basically big empty rooms", explaining that executive producer Brad Wright wanted a set with objects that could be interacted with by the actors, such as screens, buttons, chairs and flashing lights; none of which could be found on the shows Goa'uld sets.

[4] McGuire focused in on the idea of having contemporary sea-going military craft inform both the interior and exterior of the ship's design and had Assistant Art Director Noeleen Tobin research a collection of reference images and schematics to help the process.

[6] McGuire specifically wanted to include "confined spaces, low ceilings and plenty of exposed conduits and piping" from submarines and aircraft control towers into the ship's design.

[22][23] Dressing the set, the naval theme was continued, whilst also looking to make the decor slightly more "futuristic" and a "cross between military and alien".

[28][6][1] Other features, such as the star-map console on the bridge were made from plexiglass whilst Davidson constructed the ship's crystal trays from mainframe computer drawers.

[29][30] Davidson combined the more futuristic elements with what he thought of as more "retro" pieces, such as corded telephones and fire extinguishers and a sink/toilet unit from an aircraft.

[31][32][33] As a cost saving measure the Prometheus set was redressed to also serve as the Earth ship Daedalus which was introduced in the second season of Stargate Atlantis.

[13][20][41] Wilson and Woeste decided that whilst the Prometheus was still in the hangar it, as it would be in earlier scenes of the story, it would be under white industrial interior lighting, allowing for some leeway in fully realising the ship's fully-operational look.

[44][45] The pair implemented their changes in the episode "Memento", looking to more closely mirror the bridge of an aircraft carrier, relying predominantly on dark-blue lighting with DeLuise believing this could be justified as this was the first time the ship was being depicted as fully-operational.

[69] As the show continued into its seventh and eighth season, Joseph Mallozzi felt that Prometheus had become a character that the show needed "to check in on now and again" and executive producer Robert C. Cooper would encourage the writers to set stories on board the ship in order to justify keeping the set up, resulting in episodes such as "Memento", "Grace" and "Prometheus Unbound".

[36][75] To save production the time and money of flipping the set, Cooper decided that destroying the Prometheus would instead allow Stargate SG-1 to introduce its own Daedalus-class ship - the Odyssey.

[78][79] Writers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie had originally written scenes for the episode "Ripple Effect" that would foreshadow the destruction of the ship, however they were ultimately cut for time.

The ship has been constructed by the United States Air Force using a combination of human and alien technology that has been acquired by Stargate Command over the years.

During testing, the hyperdrive engine overloads and the crew are forced to eject the core, stranding them on a world called Tagrea, where they have to locate the Stargate which has been buried.

[87] Once back on earth, General George Hammond assumes command of the ship to defend the planet against the forces of Anubis in "Lost City".

[88] After the battle, in the episode "New Order" Colonel Lionel Pendergast is made the commanding officer of Prometheus and in "Endgame" the ship undergoes a refit, with the Asgard installing beam technology and a hyperdrive engine.

[94] By the episode "Avalon" the ship has been fitted with Asgard sensors, which it uses to assist SG-1 in locating an Ancient structure beneath the Glastonbury Tor.

[99] Stargate Command is asked by Jared Kane to help destroy an Ori satellite that has been built by his people, The Rand Protectorate, who intend on annihilating the rival nation on their world, Caledonia.

[100] Around a year later whilst stuck in an alternate reality, Samantha Carter is taken on board the Prometheus, which is now being used as Air Force One by President Hank Landry.

[108] Darren Sumner, founder of fansite Gateworld disliked the design of the Prometheus, and despite finding it exciting that Earth had developed an interstellar battlecruiser, he thought it was "ridiculously ugly".

[109] Fansite Dial the Gate host David Read shared Sumner's sentiments, and also highlighted his dissatisfaction at the existence of the Prometheus not being set up or foreshadowed prior to its reveal in episode of the same name.