Post by Harthar on Apr 18, 2013 19:55:30 GMT 10
.:: Tau'ri ::.
Tau'ri is the term used by the inhabitants of the Milky Way to refer to Earth and human beings from Earth. The word means "first ones" or "those from the first world" in Goa'uld in the sense that human life began on Earth. While it originally applied to all human beings in the Milky Way, the term has come to apply specifically to the humans who were born on Earth, as the Stargate Program progressed and began to inflict more and more serious blows to the Goa'uld Empire.
.:: Early Beginnings ::.
The Tau'ri are humans that are most likely products of the Ancients efforts to reseed the Milky Way with life before they left for the Pegasus galaxy in Atlantis, which was to escape from a Plague. When the Ancients returned, some stayed among the humans, passing on the ATA Gene. The passed-on ATA gene makes several humans from Earth descendants of the Ancients and the inheritors of the Ancient technology.
Around the same time, the Tau'ri were discovered by the Goa'uld Ra, and transported throughout the galaxy via the Stargate network and spaceships thousands of years ago when his race was dying. The people of Earth eventually rebelled against the imposed Goa'uld slavery and buried the Stargate in Egypt.
The Tau'ri rediscovered the Stargate in 1928, and the truth of the galaxy about sixty years later: the galaxy is populated with the ancient peoples of Earth, and the Tau'ri are their only hope of eventual freedom from the Goa'uld.
.:: With Great Power... ::.
The time of the Second World War (1939-1945) marked the first experiments with the Stargate. The United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was "curious" about its potential, authorized experimentation to learn what it was capable of. Professor Langford and Ernest Littlefield lead experiments in it, but it was abandoned after Littlefield was presumed killed after stepping through the Gate.
The experimentation, and eventually exploration, were later continued many years later when the U.S.A commissioned nine teams, with nine more to be added, to go off world and assess threats to Earth, open negotiations with other civilizations, and procure technology to protect Earth. The first mission was headed by SG-1 and SG-2 who went to Chulak. However, SG-1 got captured, but was later freed by Teal'c, First Prime of Apophis, who joined the team.
After many missions, Senator Robert Kinsey attempted to shut down the Stargate Program because it was a global risk, ignoring the fact that Earth would be attacked by the Goa'uld as warned by Daniel Jackson. SG-1 however disobeyed orders and went through the gate to the co-ordinates Daniel found in an alternate reality. With the help of Bra'tac, Teal'c's teacher, they destroyed Apophis' two Motherships and stopped the invasion of Earth. The Tau'ri later came into contact with the Asgard, who, at the time, believed that the Tau'ri were too young a race to ally with. Then they met the Tok'ra, a race of Goa'uld who are opposed to the System Lord's enslavement of the galaxy and they eventually formed an alliance and fought against the System Lords.
SG-1 encountered the Replicators in 2000, a small robotic insectoid race impervious to most energy weapons, yet vulnerable to projectile weapons. SG-1 eventually crashed the visiting Asgard ship Biliskner, previously commanded by Thor, which had become infested with Replicators. The heat of re-entry caused the ship to break up in the atmosphere. This was the first of many victories over the Replicators, until they were eventually defeated by the Tau'ri.
.:: Current Events ::.
In the year 2009, Earth was attacked by a Goa'uld invasion force lead by System Lord Ba'al. The Tau'ri defended Earth fiercely and the battle that followed had devastating consequences for both sides. The Tauri through the aid of the Tok'ra managed to defend the planet and defeated Ba'al and his fleet. During 2010, tensions between the Goa'uld and Tau'ri have started to peak as they each prepare for the inevitable battle that's coming. The year is now 2011, the Tau'ri have been busy assisting civilisations rebuild from the oppression of the Ori which they brought to an end. The Tau'ri are currently seeking out new allies in their fight against the Goa'uld as hostility between the two factions comes to a peak.