Kassa

From SGCommand

"Must be pretty damn tasty if it's causing all this fuss."

—Cameron Mitchell

Kassa (a.k.a space corn, or evil Orville Redenbacher, according to Mitchell) is a crop that was genetically engineered by the Lucian Alliance. Kassa looks very similar to maize (corn) on Earth, but has a pink/purplish colour rather than yellow, like it's normally grown on Earth. The crop has been engineered with a psycho-stimulant, making the crop highly addictive to whomever eats it.

The crop first came to SG-1's attention in 2006 when SG-3 explored a planet where the inhabitants behaved strangely and rioted when the supply of Kassa ran low. Lieutenant Mooney had a taste and quickly grew addicted to it. Colonel Reynolds had to restrain him and bought back to Stargate Command. Two thirds of the known Kassa crop is grown on P6G-452. SG-1 then made it a duty to rid the galaxy of the crop. (SG1: "Off the Grid")

Kassa transport trains are ships used by the Lucian Alliance as transport vessels to carry Kassa into Lucian Alliance territory. These trains are made up of at least four massive cargo containers with ring transporters, which the Kassa is stored in. In 2007, SG-1 destroyed three of these trains by ringing aboard, via cloaked cargo ship, and planting an explosive charge in each container. The Al'kesh escorting the containers was destroyed as well. (SG1: "Bounty")