Battle of Dakara
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- "Capture it, and never again will a Jaffa worship a false God."
- —Teal'c
The Battle of Dakara was a battle the Rebel Jaffa waged against the System Lord Ba'al, which later turned into a battle between the Replicators and Ba'al and the Rebel Jaffa, which ultimately resulted in the extinction of the Replicators and the collapse of the Goa'uld Empire.
[edit] Prelude
- "You said we had a problem, not a big galactic emergency."
- —Jack O'Neill
With the Replicator invasion of the Milky Way, the Replicators quickly eliminated the remaining System Lords, allowing Ba'al to absorb their forces to launch a combined offensive. Many of the Jaffa abandoned the rebel cause, believing them to be an evil plague to punish the disobedient. To utterly destroy the Goa'uld's image as gods, Teal'c advocated that the remaining Rebel Jaffa take Dakara.
Once the Rebels had taken Dakara, Ba'al, under the orders of Anubis, was dispatched to retake it, hoping to take the Dakara superweapon. Ba'al, fearing for his life, warned General Jack O'Neill about the threat. RepliCarter, after probing Daniel Jackson's mind, also learned of the threat, and dispatched her brethren to destroy it. (SG1: "Reckoning, Part 1")
[edit] The Battle
The Rebel Jaffa engaged Ba'al's much larger fleet when it arrived. The Rebel Jaffa divided their forces, and began a strategic retreat to draw Ba'al away from Dakara. Ba'al followed, hoping that SG-1 would destroy the device. Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter and Jacob Carter were eventually able to locate the device, but Selmak realized that the device worked on principles similar to the Replicator disruptor. Carter was able to interface with the device, but realized that they would have to hit every Replicator at once to completely destroy them. Unable to reprogram the Stargate to dial every address, they turned to Ba'al for help. Ba'al agreed, and a suprising cease fire between the Rebel Jaffa and the Goa'uld fleet was declared. Nerus was able to devise a way to dial every gate.
As they modified the energy output, the Replicator fleet arrived in force, attacking Dakara. The Rebel Jaffa and Goa'uld Fleet engaged the Replicators, hoping to buy Carter and Jacob enough time to activate the weapon. Daniel, still being probed by RepliCarter, took control of the Replicators long enough to allow Jacob to activate the device. The Stargate dialed every address possible, and the Dakara superweapon appeared from out of the mountain where it was hidden under and released an energy wave that traveled through the gate and spread beyond the planet as well, destroying all Replicators. Ba'al ordered the previously replicator controlled Ha'taks to be reclaimed, but Bra'tac and a group of Rebel Jaffa were able to board Ba'al's flagship. Ba'al activated an Asgard beaming device and fled, which concluded the battle's. (SG1: "Reckoning, Part 2")
[edit] Aftermath
With the flight of Ba'al, the Goa'uld's image as gods was utterly destroyed. The Jaffa began rebelling en masse, heading to Dakara to pledge allegiance to the new Free Jaffa Nation.
Anubis later attempted to use the weapon to destroy all life in the galaxy, but Daniel, who was killed in the battle by Replicator Carter, convinced Oma Desala to stop him and Daniel was resurrected by The Others. (SG1: "Threads")
With the collapse of the Goa'uld Empire, SG-1 disbanded itself: O'Neill took a promotion as commander of Homeworld Security, Carter became head of Stargate Command's R&D section at Area 51, Teal'c went to Dakara to help build the new Jaffa government, and Daniel Jackson intended to join the Atlantis Expedition. Cameron Mitchell later brought Carter, Jackson, and Teal'c back together to reunite SG-1. (SG1: "Avalon")
With the fall of the Goa'uld Empire, the only System Lord left was Ba'al and he was finally killed by Colonel Cameron Mitchell when he tried to change history over two years after the battle. (Continuum)
