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My most recent dream was somewhat weird, but mostly cool.
 
There was this multi-level (two?) highway adjacent to what at first glance appeared to be a normal stretch of forest (in all actuality, it was quite primeval/untamed); right between the forest proper and the road was what looked to be a bog or some kind of small marsh. The entire area felt desolate, but that didn't stop my comrades and I from heading into the interface between civilization and the wilderness (apparently littered with derelicts) in search of loot. Yes...we were a group out of a fantasy roleplaying game that felt closer to an MMORPG in style than anything else. We'd primarily retrieve salvage and take it back to what I think was an outpost in order to turn over a profit.
 
During a return trip, this small flying dragon ambushed us on the uppermost level of the highway. Recognizing it as a variety that exhales icy air, I hurriedly cast a kind of "warmth spell" on a fellow adventurer that ended up completely absorbing the boreal blast.

I think it was a gentleman's agreement among the Goa'uld not to behave that way among themselves.
 
They used spies, raided each other. and occasionally did pitched battles with starships. But they didn't use routinely use weapons of mass destruction or just go to enemy planets for the express purpose of stealing their stargate and stranding the enemy forces there. Honestly, you could dial in to a stargate, keep the connection open to block communications, and straight up put enough forces around the stargate to steal it on even the most heavily guarded Goa'uld planets. Even a fairly minor System Lord could have made himself a major player by taking out rivals using that tactic. In short order, you'd strand enough enemy forces on various planets to cripple your enemy and the enemy would have no idea it was happening because the Jaffa weren't allowed to use long-range communications devices.
 
They found the existing stargate network and used it for their advantage. But they didn't screw around with it before the Earthlings came along to mess up their balance of power, even though some of them obviously knew how.
 
The unspoken answer to why that didn't happen was that anyone who tried it would get their butts kicked by the combined power of everyone else. The stargate system must have been considered too important for them to let anyone try to muck around with it.
 
IMO.

I think Levar Burton would be a great replacement.

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

We have found Yoda's long lost cousin.     🤗     🕵

The segment from 2:15 to 3:53 is an ad you can skip.
 
 

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

Sokar did as well. I'm surprised the non-Goa'uld foes (which weren't initially many, to be fair) didn't try their hand at blocking the Earth gate. I know, I know...from a writing perspective, it eventually seems like a stale way to amplify the drama, but it's still a solid strategy to try.
 
 
 
Wasn't there an episode or two where the team dialed an address and went through the Stargate only to arrive at an entirely different planet?

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them" - Turkish Proverb

Education has to be addressed.

Someone close to me asserted that Trump won. It really sucks when that ignorance/tribalism sits near to home.

Someone close to me asserted that Trump won. It really sucks when that ignorance/tribalism sits near to home.

I absolutely do NOT want to see a pardon for Trump. Doing so validates his administration and everything it's done and stood for. I want him prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.