Eskal, designated P4Z-326 by the Tau'ri, was a planet in the Milky Way galaxy which was used as a base of operations by Hathor. She built a pyramid, the internal sections of which were a mock-up of Stargate Command, to deceive SG-1 (minus Teal'c) into believing that they had been frozen in stasis and over eighty years had passed. The Tok'ra managed to send information to Earth, and a rescue mission lead by Colonel Robert Makepeace succeeded in rescuing SG-1, with some help from Teal'c and Major General George S. Hammond. (SG1: "Out of Mind", "Into the Fire")
Overview[]
Originally, Eskal was a mining planet of Ra. When the mines of the planet proved to be unproductive, Ra abandoned the world until it was taken by Hathor into her domain. Eskal was partially terraformed, at least the area around the Stargate, and it now possesses evergreen forests and grasslands. 200 miles from every direction, the climate begins to devolve into undifferentiated swampland, incapable of hosting life more complex than birds or fish. Most of the planet is chilly and uninviting. (RPG: "Living Gods: Stargate System Lords")
Behind the scenes[]
Stargate SG-1: The DVD Collection issue 15 identifies one of the glyphs for this planet as the point of origin for Earth. However, this could not be possible due to the fact that the point of origin only appears on that gate.