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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] There could be a distinction there in that the Goa'uld power base is feodal rather than national-patriotic. If you slip down the prestige pole, you stand to lose all your military and industrial might, as your forces may see fit to defect to a more prestigious leader. Such an arrangement would be more unstable than one where the power is tied down to a specific ideology or society. When a top Lord goes down, it's not just a question of getting a new Lord. The replacement would have the power bases of both the old top Lord AND his preexisting own, resulting in a different power structure overall (Apophis assimilating Solkar). Or then the power behind the late top Lord would disperse among the lower-downs (Ra's heritage being plundered by others). It may be that vigilance is not the way to stay in power in the Goa'uld society. A feodal standing army may not be possible; rather, you survive by forging alliances that will react to attacks. The reaction time will be long, as we saw with Apophis and Earth, so the alliances work through deterrence rather than through practical and immediate force. Ra could very well bet his fortunes on extreme deterrence rather than petty direct force, much like many Goa'uld put their host bodies in line of fire with regal indifference. (Granted, they have their forcefield protection, and are unused to the sort of opposition that could penetrate these fields, but still... Apophis frequently went to places with very light bodyguard only, and the Yu- or Chronos- level Goa'uld often eschewed with direct protection altogether.) Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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