- "It's a warrior tribe. Ruthless. They like picking fights, especially with travelers who are peaceful."
- ―Ronon Dex
The Bola Kai are a race of barbaric warlike Humans who are nomadic in nature they live within the Pegasus galaxy.
They are one of the more primitive warlike peoples who use the Stargate as a mode of transport to get from planet to planet. They are a collection of various tribes that are differentiated by the tatoo markings on their foreheads. They make use of axes, war clubs, arrows, crossbows, spears, and throwing weapons such as chakrams. Their buildings consist of huts along with wood.
The Bola Kai are known to leave little of their enemies once they are through with them. Once they have extracted out all of the information they can from their prisoners, they are suspected to eat the bodies of their enemies thought . (SGA: "Missing")