Talk:Protected Planets Treaty

This info is from Wikipedia. Should we use it? If so, then we ought to make it even better. We need episode references, and should be able to fill it with more info than this. Peter R 13:40, 18 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Terms
A majority of the information that has been given about the Protected Planet's Treaty was given in the third-season episode Fair Game, the same episode in which Earth became protected under the treaty. Planets listed under the treaty can not be attacked by the Goa’uld. However, it seems that this is the only thing that works in favor of those who are part of it, as the Goa'uld are ensured that no species that is protected by the Asgard is allowed to advance to the point where they would be a threat to the Goa'uld (as determined by the System Lords, of course), and that no world may be protected from natural disasters through the use of Asgard technology. Additionally, the Protected Planets Treaty is only between the System Lords and the Asgard. Any Goa'uld that is not a member is free from the terms, though it has yet to be shown that any of them have acted upon this. Also, if any of the terms are violated on any planet, the treaty as a whole becomes void. The main reason that the Asgard are willing to follow these terms is that although the Goa'uld fear the Asgard, the Asgard are actually bluffing, and would be unable to protect most of the member planets if the System Lords decided to ignore it.

Finer Points
On more than one occasion, the terms of the treaty have, in fact, been bent, broken or ignored.
 * When Earth was originally considered for membership, the System Lords were insistent that they bury their Stargate, due to the fact that they already considered them to be a threat. However, members of the SGC were able to discover that Nirrti, one of the three representatives, had developed cloaking technology behind the backs of the other System Lords. This discovery was rewarded by Earth being allowed continued use of its Stargate.
 * In Red Sky, the Asgard were able to prevent the destruction of K'Tau after SG-1 failed in its attempt to stabilize the planets sun. SG-1's plan had a possibility of working, thus allowing the Asgard to give the SGC the credit.
 * In one attempt, the System Lord Anubis used a mothership to send an asteroid on a path towards Earth. It appeared to be of natural causes, and was thus not able to be dealt with by the Asgard.
 * At a later point, Anubis attacked a planet that was under the treaty and used as an Asgard research station. However, because the treaty was more or less enforced, both the System Lords and the Asgard ignored this infraction, possibly because the Asgard had no resources in place in order to take care of the threat.

Member Planets
There are 27 planets that are known to be members, including Earth. However, only six have actually been specifically mentioned.
 * Earth
 * Adara ("Revelations")
 * Cimmeria ("Thor's Hammer", "Thor's Chariot")
 * K'Tau ("Red Sky")
 * PX3-595 ("Shades of Grey")
 * An unnamed planet used by an Asgard researcher in hopes of thwarting the decay of the Asgard genome, a long-term side-effect of their cloning process.