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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] LOTS OF $$$$$$$$$POILERS!!!!! $ $ $ $ $ $ $ [i]Any explanation why their technology has not improved in a few thousand years?[/i] Who says it hasn't? We've seen examples of technological improvement over the run of the show, which is a mere seven years. And anyway, the Goa'ould are parasites in every sense of the word. Very few of them have the wherewithall to actually make any scientific progress. [i]Or why they stopped harassing Earth?[/i] Originally, it was because we were part of their Protected Planets treaty with the Asgard. Earth itself is untouchable by any System Lord. If any one of them tries to attack us, the others are obligated to stop him/her. The final terms of the treaty were a bit vague to us viewers, but we obviously got to keep the gate. There was discussion of a clause that forbids any human civilization from developing technologically to the point where they would be a threat to the System Lords, and yet allows the System Lords to determine when that has taken place. Of course, seeing as we now have the technology to severely damage a ship even the System Lords couldn't take on and survive doing it, I'm not sure if that treaty is actually in effect any more. It's also worth noting that the Asgard themselves have provided us with weapons and shields for the Prometheus BC-303, apparently in violation of their own treaty. Presumably now that the war with the repliactors is over, they can just come in and kick Goa'ould ass if need be, instead of just using a treaty to bluff 'em. A good chunk of the reason is also that we're still a minor target given the infighting that's been going on among the system lords over the last few years. The timeline is thus, as I understand it: We killed Ra, and Apophis tried to kill us. We killed Apophis and Hathor, and the rest of the SL's got pissed. The Asgard got them to sign a treaty saying they wouldn't attack us, because the Asgard fleet was too busy to actually defend us from 200+ Hatak-class ships. Sokar, a Goa'ould that wasn't a SL, managed to construct a fleet that was a match for the SL's fleet. We killed Sokar and destroyed his flagship, but a ressurected Apophis took over the fleet. Apophis met with Heru-ur in an attempt to undermine the SL's defenses, and was tricked into killing Heru-ur, at the cost of a good chunk of his own fleet. The majority of the remainder of Apophis' fleet was destroyed when we and the Tok'ra blew up a star they were in orbit of. Good way to kill a fleet, that. Unfortunately, I haven't actually seen the fifth season, but Anubis apparently showed up and started to piss of the rest of the System Lords. Yu was placed in command of the SL fleet to take on Anubis. The majority of that fleet was destroyed, as was Anubis' ubership. Basically, the SL's have been distracted by renegade Goa'ould, first Sokar, then Apophis, then Anubis, all who care more about taking over the galaxy than wiping us out. And now the Asgard are free to help out, and we have some nice ships of our own, so we may have a fighting chance if they try anything. [i]many of the cultures' "gods" developed after the Egyptian age.[/i] There was a second gate in Antarctica that was used by some Goa'ould to transfer people offworld after the Giza gate was burried. [i]Or why the Asgard aliens like to give anal probes?[/i] *L* That was Loki. He's odd. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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