Protected Planets Treaty (Stargate)

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Template:Treatybox In the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, the Protected Planets Treaty is an armistice between the Goa'uld and the Asgard in the Stargate universe. The treaty ensures these planets remain free from Goa'uld oppression.

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Terms

A majority of the information that has been given about the Protected Planets Treaty was given in the third-season episode Fair Game, the same episode in which Earth became protected under the treaty. Planets listed under the treaty can not be attacked by the Goa’uld. The System Lords themselves are held responsible for enforcing the treaty among the Goa'uld, required to insure compliance from lower-ranking Goa'ulds under the threat of punitive action on the part of the Asgard if they do not. However, it seems that this protection from the Goa'uld is the only thing that works in favor of those who are part of it, as the Goa'uld are ensured that no species that is protected by the Asgard is allowed to advance to the point where they would be a threat to the Goa'uld (as determined by the System Lords, of course), and that no world may be protected from natural disasters through the use of Asgard technology. Also, if any of the terms are violated on any planet, the treaty as a whole becomes void. The main reason that the Asgard are willing to follow these terms is that, although the Goa'uld fear the Asgard, the Asgard are actually bluffing. Despite their shockingly large technological advantage over the Goa'uld, with one Asgard ship capable of singlehandedly destroying entire fleets of Ha'tak vessels without sustaining any damage itself, the entirety of their military forces are engaged in a brutal and depressing war with the Replicators and would be unable to protect most of the member planets if the System Lords decided to ignore it.

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Finer points

On more than one occasion, the terms of the treaty have, in fact, been bent, broken or ignored.

  • When Earth was originally considered for membership, the System Lords were insistent that they relinquish their Stargate to the Goa'uld, due to the fact that they already considered them to be a threat. However, members of the SGC were able to discover that Nirrti, one of the three representatives, had developed cloaking technology behind the backs of the other System Lords. This discovery was rewarded by Earth being allowed continued use of its Stargate. Cronus noted that if he was to interact people with Earth off their homeplanet, the treaty would not apply.
  • In Red Sky, the Asgard may have intervened to prevent the destruction of K'Tau after SG-1 made an attempt to stabilize the planet's sun. SG-1's plan had a possibility of working, thus allowing the Asgard to give the SGC the credit (and avoiding Goa'uld claims of treaty violation).
  • In one attempt, the System Lord Anubis used a mothership to send an asteroid on a path towards Earth. It appeared to be of natural causes, and was thus not able to be dealt with by the Asgard.
  • At a later point, Anubis attacked a planet that was under the treaty and used as an Asgard research station. However, because the treaty was more or less enforced, both the System Lords and the Asgard ignored this infraction, possibly because the Asgard had no resources in place in order to take care of the threat.
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Member planets

There are 27 planets that are known to be members, including Earth. However, only seven have actually been specifically mentioned.

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