Otek was an archaeologist who went missing when he was excavating an ancient structure. 26 years later, he encountered Bernice Summerfield when she investigated the lost expedition. He had control over a button that could end the universe; he had been holding it down for 26 years. He was sent to steal the technology of dead races. He discovered a way to create a wormhole through nothing. The consequence of the experiments was what would destroy the universe. (AUDIO: Dead Man's Switch)