Ha'tak

The Ha'tak is an advanced starship used by the Goa'uld, Free Jaffa Nation and the Lucian Alliance. The Ha'tak is one of the most powerful ships in use by these species, next to various motherships.

Design
The Ha'tak vessel is of a fairly simple design, consisting of a tetrahedron main structure with a protective structure surrounding it. All of the main components of the Ha'tak are located in the main pyramid structure, including the command center and glider bay. A standard ha'tak hyperdrive can propel a ha'tak through hyperspace at 32,000 times the speed of light. It also possesses a large number of staff cannons for ship to ship combat and orbital bombardment. Despite their size, they are extremely fast and manueverable in combat.

Pel'tac
The pel'tac is the bridge where the primary functions are controlled.

Engine room
The engine room contains the control crystals neccessary for many functions, such as hyperdrive and shields. They only contain one set of spares for the crystals.

Glider bays
The glider bays contained on ha'tak's are located on the same side of the pyramid as the pel'tac. The gliders are then "shot" out of launchers that send them out at high speeds. When docked, they are held in racks which allow easy departure.

Goa'uld use
The Ha'tak was one of the main means of power in use by the Goa'uld Empire due to their strength, especially in large numbers. The Goa'uld System Lords typically invade planets using a multitude of Ha'tak vessels to ensure full power and control and to let the species know that the Goa'uld are, indeed, powerful.

Free Jaffa Nation
With the fall of the Goa'uld, a number of Ha'taks were absorbed into the Free Jaffa Nation. The number of Ha'taks initially were minimal, but the number increases overtime, despite the increasing threat of the Lucian Alliance and Ba'al.

Lucian Alliance
The fall of the Goa'uld also saw part of the missing power to be handed to the Lucian Alliance, who had already started to take control of various Goa'uld technologies in 2005. The fall of the Goa'uld presented further growth and possession of Ha'tak vessels instead of just Al'kesh.

Human use
Acquiring technology to fight against the Goa'uld and other threats was a major goal for humans with the Stargate program. One of the greatest goals was to acquire a Ha'tak class vessel. This goal has been achieved twice, with assistance of the Tok'ra, however both times the acquired vessel had been destroyed.

Shields
Ha'tak vessels are equipped with a defensive shields for protection from weaponry and collisions. The shield generator on a Ha'tak vessel is located at the bottom of the ship in a large chamber.

Staff cannons
Staff cannons are placed around the superstructure that sorrounds the pyramid, which can be used to on attack ships and to orbitally bombard planets.

Ha'taks in Service

 * Anubis' Ha'tak
 * Apophis' Ha'tak
 * Ba'al's Ha'tak
 * Heur'ur's Ha'tak
 * Klorel's Ha'tak
 * Tanith's Ha'tak
 * Zipacna's Ha'tak