BAAL: You two are about to become very acquainted.
NARRATOR: Hello, I'm Matthew Revilla for GateWorld. And today we are going to be looking at
an age-old question that every Stargate fan asked themselves at least once.
What if a Goa'uld took a Wraith as a host?
Now before we get to what would happen, we need to ask: could this happen?
Could a Goa'uld take a Wraith as a host?
Well, yes – yes, I think a Goa'uld could take a Wraith as a host.
(And I'm not just saying that because then the video would be over.)
First though, we need to examine the evidence. The Goa'uld are a parasitic race that can
take control of a host body by wrapping itself around the spine.
We're told the Goa'uld would conquer and take a variety of hosts throughout their
history and only settle on humans as the main host race after they found Earth.
However, in practice we only really see two races the Goa'uld use as host: humans and Unas.
But if you would permit me to dip our toes into the non – official canon of Stargate we
see some other examples of host races – such as the Oannes, the name of Nem’s fish people race
given in the "Fantastic Frontier" Stargate Season 1 RPG Rulebook, released in 2003.
The Sekhmet, a race of cat people, first mentioned in the "Stargate SG – 1: Living Gods:
Stargate System Lords" rule book released in 2004, and later mentioned in the new RPG book.
A very popular fan theory is that Ra took an Asgard as a host. This was confirmed to be true
in the "Living Gods" rule book. A Nox was made into a host in
the 2006 Special Convention Comic. And, jumping back to official canon,
the animal from the fifth episode of Season 5 – "The Tomb" – which shows the
Goa'uld doesn't need the host race to be humanoid. Actually, the funny thing is while doing research
for this video, and looking up all this stuff, I found that in the non-official canon
... this has already happened.
DANIEL: What? NARRATOR: This comes from
the Fandemonium books, specifically the Stargate SG – 1 "Apocalypse" trilogy,
shown in these books here if you're curious. To briefly summarize this trilogy:
SG-1 is sent a century into the future, right before Jack helped expose the rogue N.I.D.
operation in the episode "Shades of Grey." Because the operation was never exposed the
Tollan, Asgard, and Tok'ra abandoned Earth, right when Apophis launched an
invasion and conquered it. If that wasn't bad enough,
the Wraith found Atlantis and managed to use it to get to the Milky Way,
and now control sizable portions of the galaxy. Now I haven't read this trilogy yet, and I'm
somewhat relying on what fandom has on the topic. According to the books, the naquadah in the blood
of current and former Goa'uld hosts is toxic to the Wraith,
which is interesting because all other races who can't be taken as hosts have the opposite reason.
An Asgard’s body will reject the Goa'uld after a short time,
though it will cause the host body to die. Jaffa can't be taken as host because of
already carrying immature symbiotes. The Nox seemed to be able to exist
with the symbiote, based on the comic. And Aris Boch’s race can't be taken as hosts
due to ... something ... about their physiology. With all these races, there's something about
their biology that makes them immune or fight back against the Goa'uld in their bodies.
But with the Wraith it's about a weakness they have against the Goa'uld's biology.
Also, that bit about the naquadah in the blood being toxic to the Wraith –
I actually think that's a little brilliant of an idea, given how similar it is to the Hoffan drug.
But it doesn't come across as a rip-off. It uses a pre-established idea from SG-1 that would
naturally make sense with an idea from Atlantis. It's a better explanation than what I assume
would be the reason that a Goa'uld couldn't take a Wraith as a host, which my thought was
since Wraith spines seem to extend outward from their body the Goa'uld couldn't wrap around it.
Now I did say that a Goa'uld did take a Wraith as a host, despite the fact
I’m making it sound like they can’t. There were experiments to overcome
the naquadah issue and implant a Goa'uld into a Wraith, which did eventually work.
Though at first the Goa'uld and Wraith did have to share the body.
Later, a compound was developed that allowed the Goa'uld to take full control.
Getting back to the main question of this video: Can a Goa'uld take a Wraith as a host?
Is it even biologically possible? Well, if we go by the unofficial canon ... yes!
However, I'm not going to take everything said in this trilogy and the other
unofficial canon sources as solid word. Even if I like some of the ideas present,
at the end of the day it is non-official canon and could be changed later.
But even with the most basic information we have on the Goa'uld's biology and history,
there appears to be a very high possibility that a Goa'uld could take a Wraith as a host.
OK, so we have affirmed that it is possible that a Goa'uld could take a Wraith as a host.
So ... what would happen? This would depend on what Goa'uld we
are talking about, and whether or not this was a collective effort by the Goa'uld as a whole.
For this video, let's say a single, standard Goa'uld manage to get to Pegasus and take
control of a Wraith. Now what?
I think a Goa'uld would integrate pretty easily into Wraith society.
See, assuming the Goa'uld made its way into a drone or standard Wraith it would learn in Wraith
society queens sit at the top of the hierarchy. This Goa'uld would then work
to take over the body of a queen. And at that point the Goa'uld is pretty much set.
See, remember what Todd said in Season 5 Episode 8, "The Queen"?
TODD: Most Wraith seek to be ruled. They fear being without a queen.
NARRATOR: If the Goa'uld can play the part of a Wraith queen, then none of the other Wraith
might notice – and given how cutthroat Wraith society seems to be, a Goa'uld would fit right in.
Also, to answer the question if the Goa'uld could use the abilities of
a Wraith – the telepathy and feeding – yes! The Goa'uld are, at the end of the day, parasites.
Part of that entails feeling off the host. So, when a Wraith would feed, at least some of
that energy from that would go to the symbiote. Given a Wraith can seemly live forever if
they have food, I think it is safe to assume the Goa'uld would be able to take
this energy and live off of it as well. For the Wraith telepathy, we do see some
Goa'uld try to create advanced humans to use as hosts to gain access to similar abilities.
Nirrti comes to mind. And when Baal took over
Adria there was real concern that he would use her powers to break free.
We didn't get to see this, but the concern was real.
So yeah, if a Goa'uld took over a Wraith, it would place them in the best position possible,
especially if they were in the body of a queen. They would have a host with powerful
abilities and an army of loyal followers. The only real danger of a Goa'uld getting
caught (besides the Tau'ri telling the Wraith about them) would ironically be the Goa'uld’s
own megalomaniacal tendencies. TEAL'C: As a Goa'uld he will
never lose his thirst for power. NARRATOR: Now this may depend on the Goa'uld.
One like Yu or Baal may not make this mistake. But I can see the Goa'uld trying to gain more and more
territory or control over other hives, which would likely result in the other hives coming
together to take down the Goa'uld – controlled one, whether or not they knew about the Goa'uld.
Another possibility would be that the Goa'uld would start making weird demands,
like taking on more Wraith worshipers than normal, requesting statues be made of them, or even taking
full control over a human world – which isn't really how the Wraith treat their humans.
To them, they're cattle to be eaten, not subjects to rule over.
If the Goa'uld started doing this, the Wraith under the command the queen might
begin to suspect something's up and act against the queen.
So, to summarize: Could a Goa'uld take a Wraith as a host?
Yes, there's a high possibility. What would they do?
The same thing all Goa'uld do: try and take as much power as possible,
which may ultimately lead to the Goa'uld getting caught and killed by the Wraith.
But what do you all think? Do you think a Goa'uld
could take a Wraith as a host? Or do you think it's impossible?
What do you think a Goa'uld would do with a Wraith as a host?
What would you do in that position? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
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