Tok'ra

The Tok'ra are a fictional race on the television series Stargate SG-1.

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Opposing the Goa'uld are the Tok'ra (literally "Against Ra") a rebel race of Goa'uld who have come to ally with the Tau'ri and later the rebel Jaffa against the System Lords; on at least one occasion, they have called themselves an insurgency. Although biologically the same species as the Goa'uld, the Tok'ra refuse to consider themselves the same race, often angrily asserting that "We are not Goa'uld!" They provide much valuable intelligence and technical assistance. The Tok'ra do not possess unwilling human hosts, unlike the Goa'uld they oppose. The Tok'ra make use of a voluntary "blending" with a human host. Within each single host both personalities are free to speak and do what each desires in a truly symbiotic relationship. The benefit to a human who agrees to become a host is long life and perfect health. The very first Goa'uld who decided to oppose the System Lords and become the founder of the Tok'ra race was Egeria (Season 6, Episode 10). Millennia ago there was a battle between Ra and Egeria on a planet known as Pangar. Ra prevailed and it was generally thought that Ra had killed Egeria. However, Ra simply imprisoned Egeria for thousands of years until she was discovered by the Pangarans. What was to unfold thereafter is told in the above-mentioned episode, titled "Cure".

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In spite of their good will and honorable actions, they are distrusted by most Jaffa; however, this is partially their own fault, as they showed little trust for the rebel Jaffa owing to the fact that, as Jacob Carter put it, "Every time a Tok'ra has been killed by a staff weapon it was a Jaffa standing at the other end". Jack O'Neill also mistrusts the Tok'ra owing to their form and a bad experience with the Tok'ra Kanan (see below); he often uses the pejorative "snakehead" to refer Tok'ra as well as Goa'uld.

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