Atanik armband



The Ataniks were the subject of legends across the galaxy because of a technology which gave them unprecedented speed and strength. These devices turned out to be real; they were armbands discovered by the Tok'ra Anise in an archaeological survey of the Atanik planet.

The armbands used a virus to cause the change in the subjects. Eventually the Atanik warriors developed an immunity to the virus, causing the armbands to become ineffective. The armbands are ineffective on the Goa'uld, Tok'ra, and Jaffa likely because of the healing powers of the symbiote.

Anise brought the armbands to Earth where Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter and Daniel Jackson put on the armbands, significantly increasing their abilities. Carter is able to see well in the dark and is able to write a thousand-page book on wormhole physics in under two hours, while Daniel and Jack are able to read books in a matter of seconds. Feeling SG-1's judgement has been impaired by the armbands, Hammond removes them from active duty. When SG-1 learns of a prototype mothership being built by Apophis, SG-1 leaves the base and infiltrates the facility to destroy the ship. While in the facility, the members of SG-1 develop an immunity to the virus produced by the armbands and are no longer able to pass through the Goa'uld force-shields leaving them stranded until Teal'c arrives to rescue them.

The arm bands seemed to increase the natural abilities of the wearers. For some the enhancement was tenfold were for some it was fiftyfold. When Jack O'Neill was tested on the tread mill he was running fifty times the normal rate for a human his age and training. An increased reaction time and processing of information would be a byproduct of this.