Divide and Conquer - Eposode #70
When a member of the SGC attempts to kill the Tok'ra High Councilor, it is revealed that he has fallen victim to a Goa'uld mind control process that programs individuals to commit violent acts, and then kill themselves. Upon this discovery, the Tok'Ra decide to test the rest of the SGC personnel with an experimental machine for other victims, and the results are far from good.
NOTES OF INTEREST:
- Supreme High Councilor Per'sus, of the Tok'ra, came to Earth to sign an official treaty with the President that outlines a new alliance in the fight against the Goa'uld.
- A Zatarc is a victim of Goa'uld mind-control technology. A mission is programmed into the victim's subconscious and covered with a false memory. The programming requires only moments of access, and the victim is unaware of the programming. When triggered by a visual or auditory signal, the programming takes over, ending in suicide. It is a fairly recent technology, with three incidents in the last two months involving Tok'ra.
- Zatarc programming can only be detected with a Tok'ra technology which uses a modified Tok'ra memory recall device and is similar to a lie detector. It reads the subconscious and compares it to the conscious memory. Originally created to verify information retrieved from the torture of captured Goa'uld, the Zatarc detector is an unproven technology, and can misread omissions as false memories. An experimental and unproven procedure using the same device can counteract the Zatarc programming by damaging the portion of the brain affected by the Zatarc technology.
- During a joint mission involving SG-14 and SG-15 to the Lasarians on P6Y-325, the SG teams were attacked by Jaffa and six team members were killed. SG-14 included Major Graham, Captain Blasdale, Lieutenant Astor, and Sergeant Louis. During the attack, Major Graham and Lieutenant Astor were programmed as Zatarcs.
- The planet on which Apophis' new ship was being built during the Upgrades mission is identified as PX9-757.
- O'Neill makes a reference to having previously "done the drugged-out-strapped-to-the-bed thing."
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