Human civilizations in Stargate SG-1
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This is a list of the human civilizations featured in the television series Stargate SG-1.
In the Stargate universe, the alien race known as Goa'uld used Stargates to transport large numbers of humans to other planets for use as slaves. Some of these groups were later abandoned (usually due to a decline of easily mined naqahdah deposits) and developed on their own to a level of technology far greater than that of contemporary Earth. The premise is that had this world not experienced the Dark Ages, it would also have developed to such advanced levels.
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[edit] Tau'ri (Humans from Earth)
The Tau'ri are the original humans of Earth; the ones most recently seen out in the galaxy are from the United States and other countries involved in the Stargate program. "Tau'ri" in Jaffa means "First Born", referring to humans from Earth being the ancestors of all humans on Goa'uld-occupied worlds. The Tau'ri have developed many technologies based on what SG teams have brought back from trips to other planets via the use of the Stargate on Earth. Whilst Earth's level of technology prior even to Stargate travel far superseded the level found on most planets throughout the galaxy (and indeed others), Earth's technology still remains crude compared to some of the more advanced races out there. However with the exploration of the Ancient's city, Atlantis, and with the Asgard giving all their technology and knowledge to them before their destruction in the final episode of the series, the level of Tau'ri technology greatly increased.
[edit] Advanced human civilizations
These are civilizations which are either significantly more advanced than Earth (prior to discoveries made from the Stargate), or are on a par with modern Earth.
[edit] Aschen
The Aschen (æˈʃɛn) (ah-SHEN) are an advanced human species, and have developed technology centuries ahead of Earth. Having not yet learned the full use of the Stargate, they had no access to the Abydos map of the gate network. They are not explorers, and are hesitant to travel outside their own Confederation of planets, mainly located in close proximity to the Aschen homeworld. Most of these planets are primitive farm worlds and have very few Aschen living on them. Crops from these planets are transported back to their homeworld via the Stargate to meet the Aschen populace's requirements.[1] The Aschen were introduced in the episode "2010" where Earth had contacted the Aschen in an alternate timeline. Earth formed an alliance with the Aschen against the Goa'uld but failed to uncover the Aschen's true intentions. Although the Goa'uld had been defeated by 2010, the Aschen had devised a plan to depopulate the Earth by the administration of an anti-fertility drug so that they could easily take control of the planet after a few decades. Eventually, the former SG-1 discovered the Aschen's conspiracy and utilized a Stargate and the space-time warping properties of the Sun[2] to send a message to their own Stargate in the past, ten years ago. General Hammond in 2000 subsequently ordered the Aschen homeworld locked out of the dialing computer and all contact with that planet forbidden.[3]
Nevertheless, the SG-1 team encountered the Aschen in our timeline in the year 2001. As part of a planned treaty, the Aschen were given access to the Stargate network as a gesture of good faith. The deal fell through when Earth discovered their treachery, but only after the Aschen were given a laptop computer containing a list of gate addresses. However, since SG-1 had already been suspicious, the aforementioned addresses were all useless and/or dangerous locations. The exact addresses are unknown, but were described by Jack O'Neill as "first one being a black hole and all. They get progressively darker from there."[1] Therefore, even dialing the first address could potentially have destroyed the Aschen homeworld, as almost happened to Earth.[4]
[edit] Bedrosians
The Bedrosians were a race of humans that SG-1 met on the planet P2X-416 in the episode "New Ground". The Bedrosians were one of two rival continents that were involved in a war when SG-1 arrived. The war was over the existence of the gateway, or Stargate. The Bedrosians believed that life was created on P2X-416 by Nefertum (who turns out to be a long-dead Goa'uld) without the intervention of the Stargate, while the Optricans believe that life originated from humans who were transported through the Stargate. The team was captured by the Bedrosian military and questioned as to whether they were Optrican spies. The Bedrosian technology was more advanced than Earth's, as they had antigravity shuttles, force fields, and energy weapons, as well as medical technology to help return the sight of someone blinded.
[edit] Breeders (Official name or names unknown)
The "breeders" (also referred to as "the Enemy") were first mentioned and some of them were briefly visible in the season four episode "The Other Side". These advanced humans inhabit the same world as the Eurondans. The "breeders" were the collective opponents of the Eurondans, whose government initiated a genocidial war against non-Eurondans in an effort to reduce their population or possibly eradicate them. The Eurondans even resorted to sending toxic gas to the planet's surface in a failed effort to decimate the "breeders". The leader of the nation state of Euronda labels the rest of their world's population as "breeders", because they breed indiscriminately, with no care for genetic "purity". The name(s) that the "breeders" call themselves is/are unknown, as is whether or not the "breeders" collectively have one single government or whether they consist of multiple states which have become allies. It is implied by the events of the episode and suggested by Daniel Jackson that the "breeders" are probably composed of members from all of the planet's racial groups. The Eurondans shown in the episode disdain the "breeders" since they reproduce without efforts to control and direct the genetic code of their descendants on apparently racial lines. After SG-1 left the planet, the final Eurondan base appeared to be undergoing collapse. The planet's Stargate was buried in the underground Eurondan facility. Thus, the current status of the Stargate is unknown.
Breeder technology appears to be highly advanced although only a relatively small glimpse has actually been demonstrated. However, the short view Jack O'Neill had of their technology showed that, strangely, they used biplanes.
Given the name, it is assumed that the Breeders reproduce sexually.
[edit] Eurondans
First seen in the season four episode "The Other Side", they contacted Earth through their Stargate requesting help in a war they were fighting, and losing. They are at least a hundred years more advanced than Earth. They were the first group of humans known to attempt contact with the Tau'ri without having been contacted by them first. They have remote control fighter squadrons, controlled by a neural interface, advanced medical supplies, and controlled fusion power generators. They need deuterium or "heavy water" to power their fusion generators, and they have run out. They are willing to trade their neural interface, stasis devices, aerofighters and medical technology for more "heavy water" which is in abundance on Earth. However, when it is found that the Eurondans had initiated the war to ethnically cleanse their world for their eugenic crusade (contrary to what they had told SG-1 at the beginning of the episode) Earth withdraws their support, and leaves as the Eurondan war facility is collapsing.
The Eurondans labeled their enemies as "breeders" because they bred indiscriminately, with no care for genetic "purity". The "breeders" likely gained control over the planet after the collapse of the final Eurondan underground base.
[edit] Galarans
So far, only seen in the Season Nine episode "Collateral Damage". Their civilization developed under the umbrella of the Asgard-Goa'uld Protected Planets Treaty after the latter had ruled them for centuries. Their current technological advancement appears to be equal to or slightly greater than that of Earth; whereas Earth has recently developed a hyperdrive--and an intergalactic one at that--the Galarans have engineered a memory-grafting device from a Goa'uld/Tok'ra memory device (thus, related distantly to the Tok'ra Zatarc detector). They plan to use the memory device to rapidly accelerate their technological advancement, and consider this vital given the current weakened state of the Asgard. Also, they are eager to ally with Earth, hopeful to trade the memory technology with human hyperdrive technology. It was used, unsuccessfully, by a Galaran scientist to frame Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell for the murder of his wife, Dr. Reya Varrick, a Galaran scientist. The scientist seemed to have been separated from his wife, and chose to frame Mitchell because he did not believe that there would be any repercussions under SG-1's diplomatic immunity.
The Galaran flag is simiar to the French tricolor, except with the blue and red bands switched, a lighter shade of blue, and a device with a four-spiked blue circle surrounding a white "x" in the center. The heraldric blazon might be per pale Gules and Azure; a pale Argent charged with a roundel Azure with four triangles extending per saltire, charged with a fillet saltire argent.
[edit] Hebridians
Descended from Celtic islanders, this race is perhaps one or two hundred years ahead of Earth. First seen in "Forsaken", it is thought that their ancestors may have been transplanted from Earth by the Goa'uld System Lord Morrigan. It is also most likely that their closely allied race the Serrakin defended and freed the Hebridians from Morrigan and thus the two societies merged together. On their homeworld Hebridan a leading corporate conglomerate - virtually a monopoly in every industry - is Tech Con Group. The Loop of Kon Garat, an annual race, is held in the Hebridan solar system, starting and finishing just beyond the atmosphere of the planet, and is sponsored by Tech Con; the winner gets a lucrative contract piloting with Tech Con's shipping division. As of 2003, the Loop had been run fifty-nine times. ("Space Race").
Of all the various civilizations met by the Tau'ri, only the Hebridians have developed a capitalist economy dominated by commercialism and consumerism. Television screens are everywhere on Hebridan; the TV announcer for the Loop of Kon Garat humorously remarks, "If you're just joining us, well...where have you been hiding?"
Hebridan's chief technological advancements over Earth are a form of energy weapons, and an ion engine, using liquid nitrogen as a fuel. The Hebridians agreed to give Samantha Carter and other SGC scientists an ion engine to experiment on in exchange for transporting a Stargate from an uninhabited planet to Hebridan, which did not have one, presumably along with a list of addresses (without addresses, a Stargate is useless).
Some Hebridians thought the Serrakin were plotting against them, polluting their genes by crossbreeding.
From "Counterstrike", it appears that Hebridan has fallen to the Ori.
[edit] Optricans
The Optricans were a race of humans that SG-1 met on the planet P2X-416 in the episode "New Ground". The Optricans were one of two rival continents that were involved in a war between the Bedrosians when SG-1 arrived. The war was over the existence of the gateway, or Stargate. The Bedrosians believed that life was created on P2X-416 by Nefertum (who turns out to be a long-dead Goa'uld) without the intervention of the Stargate, while the Optricans believe that life originated from humans who were transported through the Stargate. The Optricans were correct that life originated from humans who were transported through the Stargate.
[edit] Orbanians
The Orbanians, natives of the planet Orban, are a civilization of Humans who appear in the episode "Learning Curve". They are a technologically advanced race which seems to be originally descended from a pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican culture (though oddly, the actual people appear European, perhaps due to adaptation to a non-tropical environment). The Orbanians use Nanites to transfer information from children known as "Urrone". The Urrone have the ability to rapidly learn vast amounts of information due to the large quantities of nanites implanted into their brains. However, during a ceremony called the "Averium" these nanites are removed from the child and distributed to the general population. This process is the Orbanians sole means of education, but it leaves the former Urrones in an infantile mental state, and since post Urrone children can't be taught via nanites the society believes that they cannot be educated again.
The SGC started an information exchange program through which the Orbanians sent an Urrone child named Merrin, to teach Samantha Carter and Earth how to build naqahdah reactors. However, after Jack O'Neill learned of the Averium's effects, he took Merrin to a school in an attempt to convince her there were other alternatives. Jack believed that what the Orbanians did was akin to child abuse and insisted that Merrin not be returned to Orban to undergo the Averium. In the end he was forced, partially at her urging, to return her for Averium. However after Merrin's Averium, her experiences on Earth were transferred to the entire Orbanian people, who then rediscovered learning "the old way" and began teaching their post Urrone children.
[edit] Tagreans
The Tagreans are Human civilization living on the planet Tagrea, formerly a Goa'uld-occupied world now on approximately the same technological level as Earth. The Tagreans were apparently transplanted there by the Goa'uld System Lord Heru-ur. At some point the Tagreans learned that the Goa'uld who ruled them wasn't a real god, after the Goa'uld had left they decided to forget their past and create a new future. They did this by destroyed or burying all recorders of their history, including the Stargate, and only began recording their history again about 300 years ago.
The Tagreans are wary of outsiders, with certain elements in the military being extremely xenophobic. The Prometheus entered orbit around their planet after it was forced to detonate its hyperdrive engine. The Prometheus made contact with the Tagreans and was allowed to land and start repairs, but a faction of the Tagrean government opposed their presence. Things went badly when Tagrea's Stargate was unearthed, with the traditionalists believing everything from the past was bad and should be re-buried. However in the end the Tau'ri were able to convince the more progressive elements on Tagrea that they should not fear the past or outsiders, they subsequently became friends of the Tau'ri ("Memento").
Tagrean technology is close to that of Earth, having monorails, large sky scrapers, guns, tanks and large cities. Tagrea however doesn't have Airplanes or helicopters, instead the Tagreans have achieved flight with large balloons which rival zeppelins in size, their military balloons carry large artillery cannons.
[edit] Talthuns
The Talthuns are a technologically advanced race from the planet Talthus. They were a Monarchical society ruled by a "Sovereign". When their original homeworld faced eminent destruction by a dark star, they constructed three large sleeper ships to save a portion of their population and culture. They held a lottery to decide who would be allowed to board the sleeper ships in addition to the Sovereigns and crew. The ships, with the people in stasis units, began a voyage to their new homeworld, Ardena. However one of these ships crashed on the planet P2A-347, where it was discovered by SG-1. After the minds of some of the sleepers entered Dr. Daniel Jackson's mind, SG-1 promised them they would help them find Ardena ("Lifeboat").
[edit] Tobin
Mentioned in the episode "The Serpent's Venom", the (apparently) Phoenician-descended Tobin themselves are extinct, but their legacy includes a vast minefield surrounding their homeworld. The mines are programmed to target certain energy frequencies, including Goa'uld weapons fire, making their world a perfect neutral ground for Apophis and Heru-ur to meet and discuss an alliance. Their numerical system varies from Phoenecian in that it contains a zero, so as to meet the mathematical requirements of conditional programming. Their computer systems are color-coded.
[edit] Tollan
Introduced in "Enigma", the Tollan are one of the most advanced civilizations of humans encountered by the SGC. This massive technological superiority, even over the Goa'uld, has resulted in them being stubborn to the point of arrogance, believing any species with lesser technology than theirs to be inferior. Also, they generally prefer isolation from the rest of the galaxy [5], depending on their advanced defensive technologies to keep their homeworld, Tollana (
), safe from external threats. However, this reliance on a single tactical advantage and arrogance made Teal'c note that the Tollan "do not think strategically".[6] The Tollan are believed to have been wiped out by Anubis in "Between Two Fires".
According to Tollan law, the sharing of technology with a less-advanced culture, such as the Tau'ri, is forbidden.[7] This attitude is a response to a neighboring civilization having destroyed themselves after being given advanced Tollan technology.[5]
The Tollan were governed by a panel of high-ranking Tollan officials, the Curia. The High Chancellor is the head of the Curia and apparently the head of the Tollan government. The only one seen was High Chancellor Travell. Also, an official protest of Tollan policy is filed with every level of every branch of the government.[8] Tollan legal disputes are settled in a so-called Triad, the Tollan version of a private law proceeding. High Chancellor Travell of the Tollan Curia presided over the Triad.[6]
Most exterior scenes of urban Tollana were shot on location at the mountaintop campus of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, which also appears as Caprica City in Battlestar Galactica.
[edit] Martin's race
When their race was overcome in a war with the Goa'uld, a small group of men were selected to leave their planet and search for allies. After failing to find anything but more hardship, they chose to desert the rest of their race and hide out on Earth, among them Martin Lloyd. Martin's race possesses technology far advanced from Earth's. They are obviously capable of space flight, and are in possession of very sophisticated equipment. ("Point of No Return")
[edit] Valonans
The Valonans were a race of humans who were being terrorized by the Goa'uld. The ascended Ancient known as Orlin, created a weapon for the Valonans to defend themselves and rid their planet of the Goa'uld. However, the weapon inspired corruption and the inhabitants used the weapon to attack other worlds. As a result, the Ancients destroyed the Valonans and banished Orlin to walk dead for all time.
[edit] Industrial-level human civilizations
These civilizations are about on a par with Earth's Industrial age.
[edit] Langarans
The Langarans are a race with technology on par with mid 20th century Earth. Their planet Langara (known to the SGC as P2S-4C3; Stargate address: 
) is home to three rival nations living under a tenuous peace: the Kelown (Jonas Quinn's people), the Terrania, and the Andari Federation, each somewhat encompassing an entire continent.[9] ( The name Kelowna is a reference to the third-largest city in British Columbia, Langara is part of the name of the provincial electoral district of Vancouver-Langara.) Langara was under the collective administration of the Joint Ruling Council.[10] The Kelownan nation was governed by a First Minister.[11] It is not known what organizational body governs the other nations, beyond the Joint Ruling Council. The planet is also the only location in the Milky Way where naqahdriah, an unstable yet extremely powerful element related to naqahdah, occurs naturally.[10]
Langara had once been occupied by a Goa'uld, Thanos, who was intrigued by the naqahdriah. Eventually, Langara was abandoned by the Goa'uld. When SG-1 first visited the planet, they met the Kelownans, who were experimenting with naqahdria in order to construct a devastating bomb that would subdue their neighboring rivals. The naqahdriah became unstable and almost led to an enormous catastrophe. However, the experiments were continued.[9] Over time the situation for Kelowna became extremely dire, after the Andari Federation and Terranian Confederacy struck an alliance against Kelowna. In a desperate last-ditch preemptive strike, the Kelownans attacked their neighbours with a naqahdriah bomb. The devastating weapon caused the three superpowers to return to the negotiation table, and both the Andari Federation and Terrania began secretly working on a bomb of their own.
Following the aftermath of the Goa'uld encounter with Anubis that resulted in the death of the Kelownan First Minister, the three nations agreed to meet for peace talks to resolve their differences for the greater good of the planet.[12] Some time later, the planet was saved from a near-destruction caused by experiments of the Kelownans which resulted in a chain reaction of a naqahdah vein turning into naqahdriah.[10] When the Ori invaded the galaxy, Langara was one of the many planets that fell to their rule. [13]
[edit] Pangarans
The people who first developed Tretonin. They were once ruled by Ra, later by Shaq'ran who abandoned their planet 300 years ago. While exploring the ruins, they stumbled on a Goa'uld queen who they used to make tretonin from Goa'uld symbiote. It gave them perfect health and 20% of the population was using it. They discovered the Stargate and were waiting for an alien race, maybe more humans, with more advanced technology than them. When SG-1 came to Pangar, the people wished to go to Goa'uld controlled worlds. Teal'c and Jonas investigated and found a batch of Goa'uld symbiotes. A guard was infected and to be honest with each other, the Pangarans showed them the Goa'uld queen. SG-1 called in the Tok'ra and they determined the symbiote has no genetic memory. Dr. Fraiser reported that tretonin has destroyed the Pangarans' original immune system. They have to keep taking tretonin or else they will shortly die. Jonas was able to translate a tablet and determined that the queen is Egeria, the creator of the Tok'ra. The Tok'ra demanded the release of their queen. Kelmaa zatted her way into Egeria's chamber and gave her life for her queen. Egeria revealed that she flawed her children so the Pangarans would stop researching but they did not. She gave the instruction to save the Pangarans. With all safe, both Earth and Pangar tried their best to mend their relations.
Two scripts appear during this episode. The one used on the walls during Teal'c and Jonas' fight with the guards is Malayalam while the one used by the Pangaran government's files used with the Stargate addresses is an unknown, created script. The connection between the two is not given during the episode and any connection between the two cannot be made given the limited information given on the language. This is the case throughout much of the series where most civilisations appear to speak English and any native words are rarely heard.
[edit] Tegalus
Tegalus was divided between two nuclear-armed nations engaged in a cold war: the Rand Protectorate and the Caledonian Federation. The Stargate is worshipped by various religious sects and is kept as a museum piece in the capital of the Rand Protectorate. When a MALP arrived through the Stargate during a museum tour, it caused quite a stir on the planet; the religious fanatics (who still worship the Goa'uld as gods) in the Rand Protectorate revolt, resulting in a nuclear exchange. An authoritarian theocratic government, which renames Rand "Avidan"--a Goa'uld dialect for "the gods are just"--is established during this period. The theocracy lasts a grand total of three months before Daniel Jackson, stranded on the planet, organizes a flanking assault on the fanatics' government, coordinating SG-1, SG-3, SG-6, and SG-12 and a small group of old Rand soldiers.
Tegalus has approximately the same technological advancement as Earth in the 1940s, except for superior television screens and nuclear technology, including, apparently, ICBMs. After the events in "Ethon", Landry assumed both countries had wiped each other from the face of their homeworld, although further details are unknown.
Later, the Rand Protectorate builds an Ori-designed satellite weapon that results in the destruction of the Earth ship Prometheus.
[edit] Vyans
When SG-1 arrived to the planet Vyas, the Vyans were suffering for a memory illness they called the Vorlix. SG-1 discovered that Linea, The Destroyer of Worlds, was behind it. She was researching a way to stop her aging but it backfired. The SGC was able to help the Vyans recover their memories, but Linea herself choose to forget and start anew ("Past and Present"). Technological advancement appears to be approximately equivalent to the West on Earth in 1900-1920.
[edit] Less advanced human civilizations
These are civilizations which have little or no Technology and scientific knowledge. They may be equated to the level of Ancient or Medieval societies in Earth's history.
[edit] Abydonians
The Abydonians live on the planet Abydos (Stargate address: 
), a fictional world on which the film Stargate is set. Between the events of the film and television series Stargate SG-1, it was believed to be the only other planet the Stargate could dial to as the planet was closest to Earth in the Stargate network. According to the film, Abydos was located in the Kaliem galaxy, "on the far side of the known universe", but in the series it is the closest Stargate to Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy. Their origins are with the ancient Egyptians from Earth, who Ra transplanted to Abydos via the Stargate approximately 10,000 years ago in order to use them as slave labour in mining the mineral naqahdah.[14]
When Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill first encounter the Abydonians in the film, Kasuf is one of the leaders of a small agrarian town near the Temple of Ra on Abydos, and O'Neill and his team, with the aid of Kasuf's children Sha're and Skaara, help free the Abydonians from the rule of Ra. When the USAF team returns through the Stargate to Earth, Dr. Jackson opts to remain on Abydos with Sha're, with whom he has fallen in love.[14]
After a year of Dr. Jackson's isolation on Abydos, Col. Jack O'Neill returns to the planet with a team from Earth. Daniel has learned to speak the Abydonian language fluently, while at the same time teaching the Abydonians to speak English. Shortly after O'Neill's arrival, the Goa'uld Apophis comes through Abydos' Stargate and abductes Sha're and Skaara as future hosts of his mate Amaunet and offspring Klorel.[15] The Abydonians are revisited in "Secrets" when a pregnant Sha're/Amaunet returns to Abydos.[16] Abydos is also seen at the time of Amaunet/Sha're's death in "Forever in a Day",[17] and the arrival of Shifu, Amaunet's and Apophis' son.[18] The Abydonians are later wiped out by Anubis, though Oma Desala helped them to Ascend.[19]
[edit] Argosians
A race descended from the ancient Greeks. The Argosians were transplanted to a planet by the Goa'uld Pelops, who inserted nanocytes into their bloodstream. These nanocytes cause their bodies to age very rapidly, usually allowing them to live only 100 Earth days. Pelops’ apparent purpose for this was as an experiment to evolve an advanced host body. SG-1 was finally able to deactivate the nanocytes, allowing the Argosians to live a normal, long life ("Brief Candle").
[edit] Cimmerians
The Cimmerians are a race descended from the Norse Vikings. The Asgard included their planet in the Protected Planets Treaty to protect them from the Goa'uld. The Goa'uld know of the existence of an Asgard device on the planet called Thor's Hammer which will destroy any Goa'uld (or their Jaffa servants) who attempt to trespass on the planet. The planet is thus a no-go area for the Goa'uld. The Cimmerians have stayed at an Iron Age level of Technology and still worship the Asgard as gods (the Asgard use Holograms to appear as Humanoid Norse deities to the Cimmerians). The Cimmerians appeared in the episodes "Thor's Hammer " and "Thor's Chariot".
[edit] Chartagans
A race of humans on the planet Chartago met by SG-1 in "Cor-ai". The Goa'uld frequently travel to the planet in order to find good hosts. The Chartagans created a vast network of escape routes and hiding places in order to avoid capture.
[edit] Edoran
The Edorans are a somewhat primitive agricultural people. Their world was threatened by Meteorite impact, but they were saved by being relocated to another planet by SG-1. They appeared in the episode "A Hundred Days".
[edit] Enkarans
Despite being humans, the Enkarans adapted to the specific atmospheric conditions of their homeworld, making them overly susceptible to ultraviolet light. Time spent overexposed to UV radiation, including degrees that are within tolerable range to Earth humans, causes blindness in the Enkarans. The group encountered by SG-1 were living on a world with a Stargate, after having been long-separated from their homeworld, which did not possess a gate.
The Enkarans could no longer live on their planet, and were relocated to a new world by the SG-1 team (these events were not shown in any episode). This new world met the specific requirements of Enkaran physiology. Unfortunately, these people's lives were once again jeopardized, this time by the appearance of an alien space ship which was terraforming the new planet as a homeworld for an ancient, extinct race known as the Gadmeer. ("Scorched Earth", Season 4)
When the ship first found the planet, it was uninhabited. At the time of terraforming, the Enkarans were detected and the ship created a being known as Lotan to resolve the problem amicably. Lotan was set in his decision to force the Enkarans to leave, but the Enkarans were likewise determined to stay. Daniel Jackson eventually managed to avert disaster by talking with Lotan. It was decided that while this was the planet in the ship's database best suited for the new Gadmeer homeworld, there was another planet that better suited the needs of the Enkarans. In fact, the planet turned out to be the Enkaran homeworld of old, and was still populated. The Enkarans were then returned to their people, and the Gadmeer ship resumed the terraforming process.
[edit] Latonan
The Latonans were formerly a technologically-advanced race, however they abandoned technology to focus on the development of their minds. They relied entirely on an ancient device called "the Sentinel" to keep them safe from the Goa'uld. The Sentinel was apparently built by their ancestors 500 years previously to permanently protect the planet from any attack. However, rogue NID operatives meddled with the Sentinel in an attempt to reverse engineer it, causing it stop working. When SG-1 arrived on the planet, the Latonans were under Goa'uld attack. The rogue NID operatives were brought back by SG-1 to fix what they had done to the Sentinel, finally, one of them sacrificed himself to become part of the Sentinel and activated it again, saving the Latonans. ("The Sentinel")
[edit] Madronans
The Madronans are a primitive race that was first seen in "Touchstone". Their planet once had a hostile climate until it was terraformed by a more advanced race. The Madronan priestess uses a device called the Touchstone to control the weather.
[edit] Nasyan
A peaceful people that aren't very technologically advanced. They were seen in the episode "In the Line of Duty". They were eager to make friends with the Tau'ri and allowed them to build a camp on their world for scientific research. The Goa'uld found their world and forced the Nasyans to evacuate to Earth and move to another planet. They were taken in by the people of the Land of Light (the Untouched).
[edit] Salish
A race descended from the Salish tribes of Pacific Northwest Native Americans. Despite their otherwise primitive technology the Salish use the advanced material trinium (which they call "ke") to make most of their tools and decorations. Because trinium is highly prized by the Tau'ri, the SGC wishes to mine for it on the Salish's world, however even though the Salish are friendly and peaceful to the Tau'ri they see Earth mining methods as too destructive and believe it will upset the spirits of the natural world. They suggest that Earth can share the trinium that is washed down the river "from the spirits", however this is not regarded as enough for Earth's needs and General Hammond, under pressure from above, decides that they will secretly mine the trinium behind the backs of the Salish when they migrate out of the area during part of the year.
However, it is revealed that the Salish Spirits are not just superstition, they are in-fact a race of advanced aliens who saved the Salish from the Goa'uld long ago and now take on the form of animal spirits which the Salish can understand (they do this through some sort of Shape shifting technology). It is the Spirit aliens that give the Salish the trinium and when they learn of the Tau'ri's intended deception they regard it as a threat to the Salish, who they have long protected and cared for. The Spirits infiltrate and attack the SGC, however Jack O'Neill is eventually able to reason with the spirits (now showing their true form). He convinces them that they need not destroy the Tau'ri but could instead go back to their planet and bury their Stargate to ensure no one from Earth, or elsewhere, could threaten the Salish again. During the course of events the Salish representative "Tonane" sees and speaks to the spirits for the first time in their true alien form, though he is not frightened by this (as the aliens had feared) and they decide to go back together and reveal to the Salish who their spirits really are. ("Spirits (Stargate SG-1)").
[edit] Simarkans
The Simarkans (derived from Samarkand) are Nomadic humans descended from Mongol tribes, they are on an approximately medieval technology level. On Simarka, there are many warring tribes, one of which is called the Shavadai. Women on this planet are treated almost as slaves and are not allowed to talk or show their faces in public. ("Emancipation").
[edit] Tiernod
A cave-dewelling primitive race under the protection of the Asgard ("Shades of Grey").
[edit] Untouched
People of the bifurcated planet P3X-797, they live on the light side of their planet, which they call the "Land of Light". They have a Bronze Age culture bearing a remarkable similarity to the Minoan civilization of ancient Crete. They have taken in many refugees for the SGC, including the Nasyans. ("The Broca Divide").
[edit] Volians
The Volians are one of the members of the Aschen Confederation. When discovered by the SGC, the Volian civilization consisted only of a scattering of a few thousand people who farm their rural planet, Volia, for themselves and the Aschen Confederation. Their language was related to ancient Celtic. The Aschen had assisted the Volians in collapsing a gas giant in their solar system into a star, doubling the growing season on the planet. Originally the Volians were a peaceful, productive and scientific society who had reached a level of technology comparable to Earth's early twentieth century.
However, shortly after they came in contact with the Aschen (known to the Volians as the newcomers) the entire population was struck by a deadly plague and the Aschen, conveniently, provided a cure. However, this "cure" engineered by the Aschen, also caused the majority of the population to become sterile. The Volians tried to fight back, but were abruptly silenced. The Aschen eventually covered over the once great cities for agriculture and made certain no Volian remembered the truth about their people's history. Today, the few remaining Volians are ignorant of what the Aschen have done to their people, some Volians are even raised by Aschen families, brainwashing them into forgetting the past and providing maintenance to the farm land for the benefit of the Aschen.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "2001"
- ^ "1969"
- ^ "2010"
- ^ "A Matter of Time" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Enigma" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Pretense" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Shades of Grey" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Between Two Fires" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Meridian" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b c "Fallout" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Shadow Play" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Homecoming" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Counterstrike" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Stargate"
- ^ "Children of the Gods" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Secrets" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Forever in a Day" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Absolute Power" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Full Circle" (Stargate SG-1)
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