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Sum, ergo scribo...
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Originally posted by thekillman View Postactually no.
yes there were wars. but from the looks of it, the actual killing of System Lords (not weasly underlords) did not happen untill O'neill killed Ra.
Sobek
Ra was "Supreme System Lord" but not the only System Lord, and there was constant internecine conflict
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The Goa'uld society was feudal in nature. Their hierarchy was governed by the System Lords, a few dozen of the most powerful Goa'uld who were usually warring with one another for worlds and resources.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Originally posted by McAvoy View PostRemember also Anubis and Sokar.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Originally posted by SF_and_Coffee View PostI've just always assumed that a lot of things exist in the Gateverse without our ever having been shown them. Infrastructure, manufacturing facilities, etc. definitely fall into that category for me.
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Anubis wasn´t killed. nor was Sokar. Well, sokar was killed only AFTER Ra.
That´s my point: System Lords weren't killed (with maybe 1 exception) before Ra was. And if there were, the amount of killings was so damn low, no complex explanations to their followers had to be made.
millions of slaves died. millions of jaffa died. but barely any System Lords. (only 1 confirmed kill, and that timing is impossible to date as before Ra or after)
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Originally posted by thekillman View PostI think they added a part where it says gods can kill gods. But remember, before we killed Ra, the goauld were pretty much at peace, and had been for about 5000 years.
Originally posted by SF_and_Coffee View PostNot according to the stories we heard about their fights against each other. The name Sobek ring a bell?Originally posted by thekillman View Postactually no.
yes there were wars. but from the looks of it, the actual killing of System Lords (not weasly underlords) did not happen untill O'neill killed Ra.
Teal'c says, in the episode In The Line of Duty: "Every Goa'uld seeks power for his own reason and would betray his own brother to achieve it." Sounds like he's saying that conflict has been SOP for the Goa'uld for quite some time.
Also from the same episode:
JOLINAR
It must be the Ashrak.
TEAL'C
It means hunter.
JACK
A Goa'uld?
JOLINAR
Yes. An assassin of the highest rank
who carries out the orders of the System
Lords.
Likewise, again from the same episode:TEAL'C
Jolinar once tried to overthrow
one of the System Lords but was defeated
when Apophis joined the battle. He escaped
during the slaughter of his armies.
JACK
It seems this Jolinar is wanted in Goa'uld
town.
TEAL'C
He claims to be part of the Tok'ra.
Ergo, your assertion that the Goa'uld were at peace prior to Ra's death doesn't appear to hold much water when examined in the light of canon.
Originally posted by thekillman View PostThat´s my point: System Lords weren't killed (with maybe 1 exception) before Ra was.
Originally posted by thekillman View PostAnd if there were, the amount of killings was so damn low, no complex explanations to their followers had to be made.Sum, ergo scribo...
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More evidence...
According to what we are told in Fair Game:Teal'c's father was first prime to Cronus. When Teal'c was a child, Cronus ordered his father to attack a rival Goa'uld who was more powerful at the time. When the attack failed, Cronus killed Teal'c's father as punishment, and exiled Teal'c and his mother. They fled to Chulak, where Teal'c became a Jaffa with the goal of one day becoming first prime of Apophis, sworn enemy of Cronus.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Don't forget Telchak (aka Chac on Earth), who was defeated and probably killed by Anubis thousand of years ago.Unmade Plans (WIP: 11/20):
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Look i'm not saying they were at peace. but with the bloodshed since Ra, i'd pretty much call it that.
As Teal'c is ~90 years old when we first meet him, this very definitely predates Ra's death, and as such indicates that conflict and warfare between the various System Lords was already an ongoing state of affairs long before the Tau'ri even unearthed the Stargate buried at Giza.
besides, there are a whole lot more goa'uld ( a thousand or so i believe that belong to the family) than there are system lords (like, what, 10 or so?). that episode with Typhon and the dripping nose of the setesh guard. why can't i remember the name?
Since the system lords are the ones that pose as gods, i'd say that the actual killing of system lords did not really happen until after Ra was killed.
Look at it this way:
Before ra, we have 1 death. known over the course of 5000 years. in a decade, we have Sokar, Apophis, Ba'al, Anubis, Heru'ur, Ra, and several others who all died (but weren't killed by Replicators).
Since actual, game-changing grabs of power didn't happen until Apophis rose from Ra's ashes, i'd say pre-Ra it would pretty much have been called peace by the Goa'uld.
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You're the one who initially said they'd been at peace, and all I can say is that you have a very different idea of what constitutes peace than most people. Internecine conflict necessitating the use of armies and space fleets, and involving power grabs and death doesn't really fit into any definition of "peace" that I've ever heard.Sum, ergo scribo...
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Don't forget Seth, Hathor, Isis, Egeria and all the other Goa'uld who'd been either banished or killed (as far as everyone knew).Unmade Plans (WIP: 11/20):
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Originally posted by thekillman View PostLook i'm not saying they were at peace.
Originally posted by thekillman View PostI think they added a part where it says gods can kill gods. But remember, before we killed Ra, the goauld were pretty much at peace, and had been for about 5000 years.
You're the one who initially said they'd been at peace, and all I can say is that you have a very different idea of what constitutes peace than most people. Internecine conflict necessitating the use of armies and space fleets, and involving power grabs and death doesn't really fit into any definition of "peace" that I've ever heard.
And really I don't see where things got any more bloody between the Goa'uld after Ra's death than they were before.Sum, ergo scribo...
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