The Stargates and DHD's: series of portals set up throughout the galaxy by the G'ould to allow them to conquer and enslave races. Used by the SG teams to explore the galaxy. Do the SG teams have any other agenda for the Stargates?

The G'ould: I've only ever seen them as little winged worms called larva, so I'm assuming they grow into something else. An alien race that uses others as hosts. When the larva develop, they take over that person's body and mind totally, right? They set themselves up as God's on various worlds because of their powers and technology. Apparently, several members of the SG1 team have at one time been host to a larva.

The J'fa: The warriors and protectors of the G'ould. T'ealc was one. They all are hosts to larva G'oulds. What happens to them once the Gould larva develop?

The Asgard: Little grey aliens that the G'ould fear. In one ep, the Asgard seemed unwilling to get involved with the Human's fight against the G'ould, but in another, they came running as soon as they heard that Earth had been invaded. So I can't really figure them out.

The System Lords: The head honchos of the G'ould. I guess they are the leaders and they all dress really weird.

Care to fill in any of the missing pieces for me? I'm sure there are a few...

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I'm not sure if the stargates were created by the Goa'Uld, I think it may have been an even older race. The stargates can go to other galaxies as well, with the 8th chevron. The teams just explore, using the gates, but bases are being set up on some worlds for scientific purposes.

The G'ould: I've only ever seen them as little winged worms called larva, so I'm assuming they grow into something else. An alien race that uses others as hosts. When the larva develop, they take over that person's body and mind totally, right? They set themselves up as God's on various worlds because of their powers and technology. Apparently, several members of the SG1 team have at one time been host to a larva.

Well, the adult Goa'Uld look similar, except they control the host. I think they actually consider themselves superior to all other life. Carter has been host, temporarily to one of the "good" Goa'Uld (can't remember the name), and Carter's father became host (in order to survive a cancer) to one of the leaders of this rebel Goa'Uld movement.

The J'fa: The warriors and protectors of the G'ould. T'ealc was one. They all are hosts to larva G'oulds. What happens to them once the Gould larva develop?

I'm not sure, but I think they are then removed and put into another host, presumably with the loss of the J'fa's life.

The Asgard: Little grey aliens that the G'ould fear. In one ep, the Asgard seemed unwilling to get involved with the Human's fight against the G'ould, but in another, they came running as soon as they heard that Earth had been invaded. So I can't really figure them out.

The Asgaard seem to be having trouble with some kind of mechanical insect-like lifeform, but other than that, I'm not sure either

The System Lords: The head honchos of the G'ould. I guess they are the leaders and they all dress really weird.

Yep, they've got some kind of primitive political hierarchy, and betrayal is common, with alliances being formed and broken routinely.

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O'Niel was host to on called "Hathor" but I don't think it ever took hold. They got it out before it integrated.

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As a matter of interest, is there something like this for Star Trek?

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As for Aban's questions, it's great to have another potential fan nibbling the bait:

The SG teams were founded mostly with the twin agendas of helping Earth prepare against a Goa'uld invasion by finding new allies and technologies, and establishing contact with all the Earth humans taken as slaves and distributed across the galaxy. Or that's where the funding comes from anyway. On the side, the teams do some basic research as well, but poor Daniel is always getting shortchanged on that. There are specialized teams - SG-1 is the prime contact team, but there are fire support, medical research, diplomacy and construction teams as well. The writers are being at least semi-consistent about which team does what.

The Goa'uld apparently did NOT build the gates, since there are gates out there the Goa'uld maps (as found on Abydos) know nothing about. The Asgard once stated that there were four ancient races: themselves, the Nox, the Furlings, and the Ancients who built the gates. We've seen the Nox, and in "Torments of Tantalus" we saw an ancient meeting place of the four races, unknown to the Goa'uld.

The Jaffa supposedly die soon after removal of the little worm. But another one can be substituted before that happens. Jaffa are "trusted slaves" who are allowed to care for the baby worms, but aren't allowed to become hosts to adult ones - that would be too much of an honor.

The Asgard claim to be older and more powerful than the Goa'uld, and they have indeed kicked Goa'uld ass in every encounter. So these mechanical critters, or Replicators, must be a grave danger indeed to keep them preoccupied.

And Ra apparently was a pretty important figure in Goa'uld circles, since he supposedly opened up the human slave/Jaffa/host trade. Before Ra, the Goa'uld were using some sort of alien critters we saw briefly in "Tor's Hammer", but those were dying out when Ra stumbled upon the humans of Earth.

We don't know how or when Ra arrived, but since there was another gate on Earth in addition to the one Ra had used ("Solitudes"), and Ra didn't use that one once the Egyptians buried the one he had been using, one would guess somebody else had been to Earth as well. Perhaps a competing Goa'uld (at least two others have been living on Earth), or perhaps an Ancient?

So, the Jaffa and the Goa'uld (I keep spelling this wrong) are actually humans that have the worms in them, right?

Yah. I really like the feel of the show. It's seems like it could have a great backstory and a lot of history to develop. Uncovering the true origin of the Gates, seeing how various cultures have dealt with this huge ring sitting in the middle of a field....

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"...and I remain on the far side of crazy, I remain the mortal enemy of man, no hundred dollar cure will save me..." WoV

IMO the series continues to get better and better. In New Zealand we are up to episode 19 of season 4, possibly the best to date IMO. There are very, very few episodes I do not enjoy. The large majority of stories are compelling and enjoyable to watch. The acting is great, especially Anderson's dry, sarcastic potrayal of O'Neil. And to top it off the series has amazing CGI. It doesn't have the same amount as Voyager does, but when it does have it, it is certainly just as good, if not better.

And TLE, I like the squash sig/rank thinge you've got.

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Here's a new question: Who is Apophys? I know Tealc used to be his number one Jaffa, but what is his position in the Goauld hierarchy?

In the ep I just saw, he was on some Hell planet with a way messed up face. Some other Goauld, a higher up one, tried to kill him.

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