Cronus

"On that day, I swore that I would become First Prime of Apophis, sworn enemy of Cronus."

- Teal'c

Cronus was a Goa'uld, and one of the most influential of the System Lords.

Early history
Cronus, allying with the Supreme System Lord Ra and with Apophis&mdash;one of his mortal enemies&mdash;were among the main System Lords who allied to overthrow Sokar, with Cronus being the one to formally banish him. Cronus was also noted as being the first to use the kor mak bracelets. Ronac, the father of Teal'c, was his First Prime, but had ordered a retreat, for which Cronus killed him, crushing his prim'ta, causing a slow, agonizing death. Teal'c and his mother were banished to Chulak, where Teal'c vowed to become First Prime of Apophis.

Cronus was also a bitter enemy of the Tok'ra. Upon learning that the Tok'ra Jolinar of Malkshur was on Nasya, he dispacthed the Ashrak Edrekh to kill her. Apparently tired of waiting for Edrekh to act, he sent gliders down to attack the Nasyans, but they were evacuated by SG-1. The symbiote Cordesh later sent word to Cronus of the contact of the Tau'ri and the Tok'ra. Cronus sent two motherships to deal with them, but the Tok'ra were given advance warning, and Jack O'Neill discovered Cordesh's duplicity. Thus, Cronus bore indirect responsibility for the formation of the Tau'ri-Tok'ra alliance.

Interaction with the Tau'ri


When the Asgard sought to have Earth included in the Protected Planets Treaty, Cronus led the delegation, which included Yu and Nirrti. The System Lords agreed to allow Earth into the treaty, in return for surrendering both the Alpha and Beta Stargates. Nirrti opposed the plan, and used a cloaking device to conceal herself to attack Cronus, framing Teal'c. Nirrti then falsly tried to heal him, but Samantha Carter healed Cronus herself. In return, Cronus agreed to support the treaty, and allow Earth to retain its Stargates, but warned the Tau'ri that any who were captured would be dealt with harshly. Nirrti was then taken into his custody.

Two years later, Cronus took the planet Juna, previously controlled by Heru'ur. When the robotic copies of SG-1 came through, he had the Jackson double executed. His surprise at their robotic appearance caused a weakeness of his position among the people of Juna. When they learned that they had gone to Juna, the real SG-1 came to rescue them, and Cronus was confronted by both the robotic Teal'c and the real Teal'c. Cronus attempted to kill the real Teal'c by killing his prim'ta&mdash;the same way Cronus had killed his father&mdash;but the robotic Teal'c shot Cronus with a Staff weapon. SG-1 recieved the added bonus of gaining control of Cronus's Ha'tak, which was used to destroy Apophis' fleet.

The death of Cronus, followed by the death of Apophis a few days later, caused the System Lords to enter into a war that the Tok'ra hoped would last for years. However, an adverse effect was that it allowed Nirrti to escape and resume her activities in searching for a hok'taur. Worse, it merely accelerated the events that resulted in the return of Anubis.

Alternate Realities

 * In an alternate reality he was under the survice of Ba'al.