Milky Way

The Milky Way or Avalon by the Ancients (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Galaxia Kuklos) is a galaxy in the Local Group. It is home to several species influential to the history of the known universe, including the Goa'uld, the Tau'ri, and the Replicators.

The Milky Way galaxy is also one of the 4 known galaxies with a functional Stargate network, the others being Pegasus, Ida and the Alteran Home Galaxy.

Ancient history
Millions of years ago, the Milky Way was colonized by the Ancients. Earth, the center of the Ancient presence in the galaxy, was used as the reference point for the Stargate network, with the coordinate system inspired by constellations as seen from Earth.

Approximately five million years ago, a virulent plague infected the Ancients that nearly wiped out the species. Originating at the construction site for their new capital known as Vis Uban, the deadly disease would spread across much of the galaxy. They attempted to travel back in time, to stop the plague from spreading, but their efforts were unsuccessful. Unable to cure it, the surviving Ancients left Earth in a huge space-borne city, which they called Atlantus.

Before leaving, the Ancients reseeded the Milky Way with human life. As a result of this intervention, the Tau'ri — the "second evolution" of the Ancients — evolved on Earth. By 9,177 BC, they developed primitive societies in isolation from the rest of the galaxy, as a result of not having access to the planet's original Stargate, which was buried under ice in the uninhabited Antarctica. This changed when the Goa'uld System Lord Ra discovered the planet and brought a second Stargate to transport Tau'ri slaves to Goa'uld-controlled planets.

By 3,000 BC, the Goa'uld had seeded the Milky Way galaxy with various Human races descendant from the Tau'ri, most prominently the Jaffa. It was at this point that the Tau'ri back on Earth rebelled against Ra, forcing him to bury his Stargate and abandon the planet.

20th Century onwards
Ra's Stargate lay buried until it was unearthed in 1928. In 1996, the Tau'ri activated their Stargate, and their first off-world expedition to Abydos, led by Colonel Jack O'Neill, confronted and killed Ra. This event created a power vacuum in the System Lord ranks, triggering a chain of events that eventually led to the downfall of the Goa'uld as the dominant power in the Milky Way.

The enemy that was responsible for the Ancients fleeing to the Milky Way and presumably the plague that wiped out most of the Ancients, the Ori, started a massive crusade in this galaxy. After two years of war, the Ori were finally destroyed by sg1 with some help from Morgan Le Fay who defeated adria.The Ori folowers together with the priors had seen the truth because of the activation of the Ark of Truth.The Milky Way and the Ori galaxy where free.

Races native to the galaxy

 * Ancient
 * A't'trr
 * Human
 * Aschen
 * Bedrosian
 * Breeders
 * Eurondan
 * Galaran
 * Hebridian
 * Orbanian
 * Tagrean
 * Tau'ri
 * Tollan
 * Ilempiri‎
 * Jaffa
 * Jaffs
 * Sodan
 * Gadmeer
 * Nox
 * Ohne
 * Oranian
 * Re'tu
 * Replicators
 * Serrakin
 * Spirit
 * Symbiote
 * Goa'uld
 * Harcesis
 * Tok'ra
 * Unas
 * K'kaan
 * Unity

Known planets in The Milky Way

 * See list of Milky Way planets