Crossroads - Eposode #69
An old acquaintance of Teal'c's arrives at the SGC with new information that could be vital in fight against the Goa'uld, the ability to communicate with her symbiote.
NOTES OF INTEREST:
- Shan'auc of the Red Hills had know Teal'c since before she became a priestess of the temple in worship of the Goa'uld. Now believing that the Goa'uld are false gods, she was sent to Earth by Bra'tac.
- A Jaffa's symbiote acts as an internal organ as a function of the body's immune system. There is an exchange of hormones and electrical impulses on a completely unconscious level.
- In the deepest state of kelno'reem, the heart beats so slowly it may stop. The practice is forbidden. In this state, some communication with the symbiote, in the form of primitive images, can be achieved. The symbiote is only fully capable of communication once it takes a host, which is its primal instinctual behavior.
- The Great Queen Egeria, Roman goddess of fountains and of childbirth, was an advisor to Numa Pompilius, a legendary ruler. She broke from the Goa'uld over 2000 years ago and came to Earth to stop the Goa'uld from taking humans as slaves. She founded the Tok'ra movement through her offspring before being killed by Ra. Tok'ra numbers have diminished over the years because of a lack of hosts. There are no Jaffa within the Tok'ra ranks.
- Both the Goa'uld and the Tok'ra are parasitical beings who pass on knowledge through genetic memory. The majority of the Tok'ra left the gene pool over 2000 year ago, thus the knowledge of the Goa'uld is still very valuable.
- Teal'c's father, Ronac, was killed by Cronus in a slow and painful death in which his symbiote was crushed in such a way to allow its blood to mix with his own.
- Hebron of Paraval volunteered as a Tok'ra host for Tanith, knowing that he may be used as a counterspy for the dissemination of disinformation.
- Chulak expressions:
Tal ma'te: expression of greeting
Kal'ma: child
Tal met. Priem ta shree, tal ma: Our love does not end in death.
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