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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Augh, this is awesome and one of my favorite topics! Curse you, corporate conference!! I'll add lots more shortly, but in a nutshell: -Zippy was subservient to Apophis (one of many minor Goa'uld that were doing so). -Even so, some minor Goa'uld have Jaffa forces of their own (Imhotep) while some apparently don't. Only the major families of the system lords seem to keep with the big helmet thing. -Note that there IS some distinction between "regular" Jaffa and the helmeted version, which seem to be a sort of elite. In the episode with Klorel's trial, Teal'c notes that Zipacna's guard consists of "a Serpent Guard and two Jaffa", indicating that there is a rank structure in place besides "first prime and everyone else". -Jaffa armor never came in too many flavors. The standard grey suits used to be the norm, which were then differentiated between Jaffa and full-blown [i]something[/i] guard. When Sokar came along, we saw that at least his elite Jaffa guards had cool red organic-looking armor. When Apophis absorbed his forces, his Jaffa were still wearing the usual armor, but stained red. Later iterations had most Goa'uld-allied Jaffa wearing the full suit, and the rebels wearing only pieces thereof. -In the movie verse, RA WAS THE LAST ONE. The novels state explicitly that Horus, Anubis et. al. were humans who had assumed the roles of the respective gods, which were TITLES that were passed on from one generation to the next. The first couple novels actually depict the power struggle between these leftover humans (including a human Hathor), fighting over Ra's remaining weapons and power base. -It's my belief that in the SG-1 verse, Ra *was* on vacation, and in his pleaure yacht no less. He wasn't expecting an uprising from a bunch of people on a remote planet, so he brought only his core first prime(s) and a relatively unarmed Ha'tac (which we only see him and Heru'ur ever use, I might add) for a weekend worship cruise. -No problems with the Anubis guard being Noobie's former first prime, or someone symbolically portraying the role as a testament to Ra's power (Anubis had been banished centuries previous, after all). The guy may not even have been Jaffa! Jack states in COTG that the guys he faced were human. However, he does tend not to notice things unless they're directly related to someone trying to kill him, so... Remember, We only get hints on the show as to Ra's ACTUAL power, mostly as references here and there to the centuries when the Goa'uld were perpetuating a stagnant harmony in the Galaxy. IMO, it was a fluke more than anything else that he happened accross some relatively primitive, but really determined Tau'ri with a nuke in their back pocket. It was crushing the head of the figurative snake that set everything in motion, after all. Sorta like some explorer from Europe traipsing off to Asia and killing Genghis Khan without knowing about the society he led. The rest sorta plays out. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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