The Rescue of Rya'c was an event that took place in 1998 during the Tau'ri-Goa'uld War.
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Battle[]
Months after Apophis is presumed dead after his attack on Earth, Bra'tac arrives on Earth to announce that Teal'c's son, Rya'c, has been kidnapped by Apophis who is still alive. Bra'tac explains that Apophis and Klorel escaped through Klorel's Ha'tak's Stargate before the ship exploded and that his position is badly weakened as most of the Serpent Guards and warriors loyal to Apophis died on his ships, leaving him with very few loyal Jaffa left. Teal'c realizes that Apophis is trying to lure him into a trap in order to kill him and solidify his position among the Jaffa before the other Goa'uld take advantage of his weakness and send someone to eliminate him. Major General George S. Hammond agrees to allow SG-1 to rescue Rya'c and try to take out Apophis while he is vulnerable on the condition that they bring Teal'c's family back with them this time.
Returning to Chulak, SG-1 send containers of gas through the Stargate first that knock out all the Jaffa guarding it, allowing SG-1 and Bra'tac safe passage through it. Heading to the home of Drey'auc, Teal'c's wife, SG-1 is stunned to find she has divorced him and married his old friend Fro'tak. After Teal'c calms down, they make a plan to rescue Rya'c with Fro'tak's help as he knows the location where Rya'c is being held. Finding guards near Rya'c's room, Bra'tac distracts them and Colonel Jack O'Neill, Captain Samantha Carter and Dr. Daniel Jackson kill all but one with Zat'nik'tels while Teal'c kills the last with his staff weapon. However, instead of being happy to be rescued, Rya'c yells for help, summoning more guards who he runs to. Teal'c kills one of the guards that arrives, but SG-1 and Bra'tac are forced to retreat.
Returning to Fro'tak's house, SG-1 realize that Rya'c has been brainwashed through Nish'ta and now believes in Apophis whole-heartedly. Apophis makes a broadcast in which he places a bounty on Teal'c and SG-1 and has Rya'c denounce Teal'c. During the broadcast, Rya'c asks for help "rescuing" Drey'auc who he says is of the "Morning Cham'ka Groves". As Drey'auc is really of the Cord'ai Plains, Teal'c takes this to mean that Rya'c has overcome Apophis' brainwashing and is letting them know when and where to rescue him though Bra'tac and O'Neill are suspicious of this as it seems too easy after Rya'c had betrayed them earlier. Before they can do more, Jaffa arrive to search the house and SG-1, Bra'tac and Drey'auc hide while Fro'tak keeps their presence a secret from the Jaffa who leave without finding anything, causing Teal'c to trust Fro'tak though O'Neill and Carter are more wary. After seeing Drey'auc and Teal'c kiss, Fro'tak goes to the palace to betray Teal'c, but O'Neill follows him and kills the Jaffa Fro'tak goes to tell. When Fro'tak pulls a knife on him, O'Neill zats him to try to calm him down, but when Fro'tak refuses to stop, O'Neill is forced to zat him a second time, killing him in order to stop him. In order to hide Fro'tak's presence, O'Neill disintegrates him with a third zat shot and hides as Jaffa find the dead guard and order the palace sealed. Eventually O'Neill escapes and makes it back to Drey'auc's house dressed as a Serpent Guard.
In the morning, SG-1 and Bra'tac travel to the Cham'ka Groves where five Jaffa guard Rya'c. O'Neill, Carter and Jackson each take out a Jaffa with zat blasts while Teal'c and Bra'tac take one out each with staff weapon blasts. Rya'c reunites with Teal'c, apparently back to normal, but the rest of SG-1 remain suspicious as the rescue seemed to easy and Carter pats down Rya'c and finds nothing. While O'Neill still remains suspicious of a trap, Teal'c is adamant that there is not one and all but Bra'tac head for the Stargate with Bra'tac going to get Drey'auc. Near the Stargate, the team finds only two Jaffa guarding it, increasing O'Neill's suspicions. Rya'c claims his earlier calling for the guards was because he hadn't broken free yet while Bra'tac admits that since they took out most of what few Jaffa Apophis had left, he may have been able to spare no one else to guard the Stargate. With no other choice, O'Neill agrees to take Rya'c back to Earth despite his suspicions. SG-1 kills one Jaffa with zat fire and stun the other one who Teal'c kills with his staff weapon. SG-1, Drey'auc and Rya'c travel to Earth though Bra'tac chooses to remain behind.
While Dr. Janet Fraiser examines Rya'c, Drey'auc notices that two teeth Rya'c had previously lost are once more there. When Frasier tries to sedate him, to investigate, Rya'c goes wild, revealing he is still brainwashed though they succeed in sedating him. When Rya'c comes to and can't get out of the room he is locked in, he tries to chomp his teeth only to find the two fake ones missing. Frasier explains what was apparently Apophis' plan: after capturing Rya'c, he filled each of the two fake teeth with a separate inert biological organism that was like a virus. When the teeth were broken, the organisms would've combined and released the most deadly biological weapon Frasier had ever seen into Earth's atmosphere which he had wanted to get outside and do from the start. Within two days it would have spread across North America and then the whole world in a week. A day after the world was infected, the virus would've wiped out all life on Earth. In order to restore Rya'c's mind, Teal'c tries to remind him of his love for his family, but it fails. O'Neill suggests electroconvulsive therapy which Frasier admits could work, but might kill Rya'c's symbiote, effectively dooming him to death. In response, Teal'c suggests using a zat blast instead which has similar effects to ECT and won't harm a Jaffa of any age beyond serious pain. With no other choice, Teal'c shoots Rya'c with a zat, causing him great pain but breaking the brainwashing of which Rya'c has no memory of. Afterwards, Drey'auc and Rya'c are sent to the Land of Light to start new lives.[3]
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