With Samantha Carter's help, the Replicator invasion force is destroyed. "less sophisticated") strategies like humans can. Thor enlists SG-1's help in combating them, as "crude" human projectile firearms are effective against the Replicators, and the technologically-minded Asgard are incapable of developing unorthodox (i.e. In the episodes " Nemesis" and " Small Victories", they are on the verge of overrunning the Asgard homeworld.
Īt the end of season 3, the Asgard's enemy is revealed to be the Replicators, a race of machines capable of assimilating any technology they come across. After Anubis' defeat in " Lost City", there is speculation amongst the Goa'uld System Lords that the Asgard are no longer able to exercise power in the Milky Way. The Goa'uld Anubis ultimately nullifies the treaty after developing shields resistant to Asgard weapons. However, in the episode " Fair Game", where Thor mediates Earth's inclusion into the Protected Planets Treaty, he reveals to Jack O'Neill that the Asgard do not have the capability to win a galactic war with the Goa'uld at that time, due to a war with a greater enemy. The Asgard lend valuable assistance to Earth on several occasions, including providing their technology to Earth ships. SG-1 makes direct contact with Thor in " Thor's Chariot", in which his true Asgard form is seen for the first time. This leads SG-1 to the planet Cimmeria, which is free from the Goa'uld thanks to an advanced device called "Thor's Hammer". In the tenth episode of season 1, " Thor's Hammer", Daniel Jackson speculates on the existence of an advanced, benevolent race in opposition to the Goa'uld by examining Earth mythologies. A 30,000-year-old Asgard ancestor is depicted in " Revelations", showing a more human-like appearance. However, repeated generations of cloning have led to an irreversible degeneration of the Asgard genome. Having lost the capacity for sexual reproduction, they perpetuate themselves by transferring their minds into successive cloned bodies. In the time of Stargate SG-1, the Asgard are a dying race. The Asgard protect a number of planets in the Milky Way from Goa'uld attack under the Protected Planets Treaty. Norse legends tell of how they protected the humans against the "Etins" ( Goa'uld). In ancient times, the Asgard visited Earth, posing as the gods of Norse mythology.
The episode " The Fifth Race" establishes that the Asgard inhabit the galaxy of Ida, and that they were once part of an alliance of four great races with the Ancients, Nox, and Furlings.
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