Lockdown

[Bhousden]

We live in the boring part of the galaxy. There would be no ship passing through. And why take the million-year option with no backups and alternatives, when you're an immortal energy being that can take over people and have an entire planet filled with options (including a Stargate)?

So he used a body to escape Earth. It still don't explain how he escaped the ice world Carter redirected him to.

[Bhousden]

So he used a body to escape Earth. It still don't explain how he escaped the ice world Carter redirected him to.

Unless he activated the gate the same way all ascended beings did. Like Oma did on Kheb.