Dakara

Dakara is a planet in the fictional Stargate universe.

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The planet was the site of a powerful weapon built by the Ancients capable of wiping out all life in the galaxy. The controls for the weapon lie in a small chamber hidden behind a wall with a complex puzzle acting as a lock. The Goa'uld System Lords were aware that a powerful weapon on Dakara existed, but were unable to find it.

Related Topics:
Weapon - Ancients - Goa'uld - System Lord

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The planet served a more sinister role for the Goa'uld who used it to enslave the Jaffa. According to the stories told by the Jaffa, Dakara was the planet where their enslavement began. At the Temple, Jaffa were given their strength and symbiotes. The Temple is the ultimate holy ground of the Goa'uld, who kept the Jaffa loyal by propagating lies that they were Gods. The very idea of stepping into Daraka was unthinkable to the Jaffa.

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This changed in season eight, when the Jaffa Rebellion, led by Bra'tac and Teal'c led an assault on Dakara and captured it. The weapon was then located by Colonel Samantha Carter and with the aid of her father, Jacob Carter, his Tok'ra symbiote, Selmak and the System Lord Baal, modified and used it to wipe out all Replicators from the galaxy. The capture of the planet, proved to the majority of Jaffa still in servitude that the Goa'uld were not infact, Gods. This led to a general revolt by the Jaffa against their masters. Combined with the weakened state the Goa'uld were left in after their war with the Replicators and the result was the collapse of the System Lords.

Related Topics:
Bra'tac - Teal'c - Samantha Carter - Jacob Carter - Tok'ra - Selmak - Baal - Replicators

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Shortly after this occured, the Free Jaffa Nation was declared, with Dakara being made the capital. The Superweapon was destroyed soon after, to prevent Anubis from using it to destroy all life in the galaxy and remaking it in his image.

Related Topics:
Free Jaffa Nation - Anubis

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