Tok'ra
The Tok'ra are a resistance group that features in Stargate SG-1.
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History
At some point, the Tok'ra had completed the development of a new biological weapon in the form of a poison that killed symbiotes. They intended to deploy this weapon but discovered that the System Lords had called a summit to discuss recent events. It was intended to deploy the poison at the meeting in order to eliminate the ranking Goa'uld. Whilst a mission was launched with SG-1 support, the Tok'ra base was discovered by Zipacna who was secretly serving Anubis. This saw an orbital assault made on the planet in order to corner the Tok'ra and Jaffa being deployed to eliminate them in the tunnels. (Episode: Summit)
After the capture of a supersoldier, Jacob Carter arrived at the SGC where he helped in the interrogation of the engineered warrior. Through a memory recall device, they managed to get the Kull soldier to remember the stars above his homeworld. This led to a holographic image to be projected that allowed them to determine his planet of origin. They managed to determine the Kull warrior homeworld to be a seemingly unoccupied planet called Tartarus located on the edge of Goa'uld space. (Episode: Evolution)
Overview
In effect, following blending the Tok'ra were effectively two different souls within one body with the symbiote and host sharing one form. (Episode: The Tok'ra, Part 2)
Such was the hatred of the Goa'uld that the Tok'ra had no sympathy over the exploitation of symbiotes as they believed that the Goa'uld had done far worse acts to mankind for centuries. (Episode: Cure)
Tok'ra never had the military resources of the Goa'uld and instead had to resort to disguise and subterfuge to achieve their goals. Their bases were designed to be well hidden but were not designed to repel large enemy forces. Normally, they would seek to escape but if their bases were compromised then they would fight to the last man and even sacrifice themselves to defeat their foe. (Episode: Summit)
When slain, a common burial ritual conducted by their people was placing the bodies of the dead on a pyre raised to the level of a Stargate. During this moment, the Tok'ra spoke words of the recently deceased whereupon the Stargate was activated whereby the unstable vortex destroyed the bodies to prevent their capture or revival by the Goa'uld. (Episode: Allegiance)
Among the greatest rituals practiced by their culture was the Extraction Ceremonies that were grand events that saw the removal of the symbiote of a Goa'uld System Lord. During such events, the captured Goa'uld was placed in stasis whilst the leaders of the Tok'ra spoke in their own language the list of crimes of the accused with this lasting up to three hours. Upon completion, the Goa'uld was released from stasis and allowed their final words before being placed in the symbiote extractor. The extraction saw the symbiote removed from the host body and placed within a cylinder that the Tok'ra leader holds in their hand and shatters on the ground where the creature writhes as well as dies without a host body before the audience. As a result of the extraction, the host body survived and freed from the control of the symbiote allowing them to return to their lives. (Movie: Continuum)
Technology
They had access to star mapping technology that allowed them to determine a planet through a simple look at the stars above it. (Episode: Evolution)
Tok'ra also had access to holographic projectors that generated three dimensional images. (Episode: Evolution)
In terms of weaponry, they had managed to create biological weaponry in the form of Symbiote Poison that was able to kill Goa'uld and Tok'ra symbiotes. This was capable of being dispersing this in the air where it killed mature symbiotes and young ones that resided within Jaffa which eliminated the host as well. Death was considered preferably over their secrets being discovered. (Episode: Summit)
Members
- Selmak : believed to be the best educated of the Tok'ra with a good sense of humor who was formerly bonded to Sarouche who later took Jacob Carter as her host. (Episode: The Tok'ra, Part 2)
Appearances
- Stargate SG-1: "Evolution"
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