History Recap / StargateSG1S3E3FairGame

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Earth is included in the Protected Planets Treaty, which will protect it from the System Lords for now (though not against rogue Goa'uld). However, the Treaty will ''not'' protect SG-1 if they're caught operating in Goa'uld territory and get captured. The Asgard, while not official allies yet, are now formally on friendly terms with Earth from this point forward.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with re: SG-1 killing Hathor during the Season Premiere. The System Lords were mostly tolerating/ignoring Earth up to this point (as it was only one planet and their concerns are galactic). But the death of Hathor (even if she was rogue) convinced the majority of the Goa'uld leadership to finally deal with the Tau'ri once and for all. On the other hand, with the successes SG-1's slowly been gaining against the Goa'uld (on top of killing Ra in the original film), it was inevitable that this move was coming sooner or later.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with regarding SG-1 killing Hathor during the Season Premiere. The System Lords were mostly tolerating/ignoring Earth up to this point (as it was only one planet and their concerns are galactic). But the death of Hathor (even if she was rogue) have finally convinced the majority of the Goa'uld leadership to finally deal with the Tau'ri once and for all. On the other hand, with the successes SG-1's slowly been gaining against the Goa'uld during the first two Seasons (on top of killing Ra in the original film), it was inevitable that this move was coming sooner or later.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Nirrti hadn't attempted to sabotage the negotiations by attacking Cronus and framing Teal'c, earth would have been forced to accept the original terms of the treaty and give up both of their stargates. Thanks to her interference, they are instead able to push Cronus and Yu into allowing them to continue using the gate while still refraining from launching an attack on earth.

* PragmaticVillainy: While briefing the others on what to expect from the Goa'uld delegates, Daniel mentions that Yu is unlikely to care much about the affairs of earth as it's outside of his domain.

-->'''Yu:''' We order the immediate and unconditional forfeiture of the Tau'ri stargate... ''Both'' of them.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Earth is included in the Protected Planets Treaty, which will protect it from the System Lords for now (though not against rogue Goa'uld). However, the Treaty will ''not'' protect SG-1 if they're caught operating in Goa'uld territory and get captured. The Asgard, while not official allies yet, are also now on friendly terms with Earth from this point forward.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Earth is included in the Protected Planets Treaty, which will protect it from the System Lords for now (though not against rogue Goa'uld). The Asgard, while not official allies yet, are also now on friendly terms with Earth from this point forward.

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Series: Series/StargateSG1\\
Episode: Season 3, Episode 3\\
Title: "Fair Game"\\
Previous: "Seth"\\
Next: "Legacy"\\
Recapper: @/{{KathiraNarae}}]

First appearance of Lord Yu.

Episode open during a ceremony for the workers at the SGC. Sam Carter is promoted to Major, and Jack O'Neill steps up to give a speech. He gets as far as [[Main/UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking 'Normally, I am a man of very few words']] before he starts to glow and vanishes. His audience panics. Cut to O'Neill continuing with 'and in conclusion, I would like to say' before realising that he's on a spaceship. In orbit. You can just tell his next words should be 'Where the hell am I?' Then another light at the end of the spaceship reveals [[Main/TheGreys an Asgard]]: Thor. Oh dear.

The Goa'uld enter and Jackson shows them to their rooms. Cronus calls the efforts pitiful but that's likely posturing; Yu and Nirrti have the more important complaint about the the security cameras. Jackson agrees to remove the cameras inside the rooms but asks that the corrider ones remain, which is granted. Shortly afterwards, Teal'c confides in Jackson that Cronus sent his first prime, Teal'c's father, on an impossible mission, then executed the poor guy for the inevitable failure and exiled a young Teal'c and his mother. Apparently, that's why Teal'c wanted to be Apophis's first prime; Cronus and Apophis hate each other.

The first meeting goes poorly. Hellos are exchanged, the Goa'uld have a brief argument in their own language, and O'Neill asks what the hell is going on since he though they'd all be speaking the same language. The Goa'uld leave in a huff as, according to Thor, O'Neill spoke out of turn and insulted them. After Jackson writes a grovelling apolegetic letter in Goa'uld and O'Neill signs it, the Goa'uld agree to try again.

The second meeting goes much better, although O'Neill doesn't like the terms presented: Earth will not be invaded, provided that Earth technology remains at a level that the Goa'uld deem insufficient to pose a threat to the Goa'uld, and that Earth surrenders both its Stargates. O'Neill agonises over the decision since if he refuses, Earth gets wrecked, but if he accepts, then the Goa'uld could break the treaty and invade anyway...only with Earth no longer having the Stargate to get help. Thor can't help with the decision, especially when he reveals that the Asgard have a worse threat than the Goa'uld to deal with in their home galaxy and barely have anything to spare to fight the Goa'uld as a result, meaning that they've been forced to enforce the treaty by bluffing like there's no tomorrow. In other words, the Asgard are pretty much useless. O'Neill is forced to concede to the terms, but before things can go through, the alert sounds and Teal'c is found in Cronus's room, both injured and unconscious.

Teal'c may be unconscious, but his larva is healing him and he'll be fine. The same can't be said for Cronus, who's so badly unjured that both host and Goa'uld are likely to die. A quick look at the corridor camera footage shows Teal'c as the only one who entered Cronus's room, but it's not like our heroes can actually ''say'' that to the Goa'uld. They manage to convince Nirrti to use a Goa'uld healing device to help Cronus, but it fails and he needs a sarcophagus. Now that, the team don't have, but the Goa'uld aren't allowed to leave.

Teal'c wakes up and says that he was asked to go alone to Cronus's room, only for Cronus to deny ever making such a request, and then something invisible attacked them both. SG-1 are at a loss for what's happened, only for Carter to get the idea to use the Goa'uld healing device ''herself'' on Cronus. It works, Cronus is fine again, and the team realise that Nirrti was lying through her teeth.

Episode open during a ceremony for the workers at SGC. Sam Carter is promoted to Major, and Jack O'Neill steps up to give a speech. He gets as far as [[Main/UnaccustomedAsIAmToPublicSpeaking 'Normally, I am a man of very few words']] before he starts to glow and vanishes. His audience panics. Cut to O'Neill continuing with 'and in conclusion, I would like to say' before realising that he's on a spaceship. In orbit. You can just tell his next words should be 'Where the hell am I?' Then another light at the end of the spaceship reveals [[Main/TheGreys an Asgard]]: Thor. Oh dear.

General Hammond isn't very happy, but is willing to go through with things thanks to O'Neill vouching for the Asgard. Thor gives them info on how to set things up and who the Goa'uld representatives are: Kronos, Nirrti, and [[Main/WhosOnFirst Yu]].

Hammond wants Teal'c to deal with the Goa'uld, since the guy's both a Jaffa and apparently knows a lot about Kronos, but Teal'c refuses. Jackson steps up to the plate. The team then find out about the fact that all weapons have to be removed from the facility before the summit, which O'Neill isn't happy about, before being reminded that ''he's'' the reason the summit is even happening in the first place. This sort of exchange happens a lot. Teal'c breifly refuses to hand over his staff but ultimately follows orders.

The Goa'uld enter and Jackson shows them to their rooms. Kronos calls the efforts pitiful btut hat's likely posturing; Yu and Nirrti have the more important complaint about the the security cameras. Jackson agrees to remove the cameras inside the rooms but asks that the corrider ones remain, which is granted. Shortly afterwards, Teal'c confides in Jackson that Kronos sent his first prime, Teal'c's father, on an impossible mission, then executed the poor guy for the inevitable failure and exiled a young Teal'c and his mother. Apparently, that's why Teal'c wanted to be Apophis's first prime; Kronos and Apophis hate each other.

The second meeting goes much better, although O'Neill doesn't like the terms presented: Earth will not be invaded, provided that Earth technology remains at a level that the Goa'uld deem insufficient to pose a threat to the Goa'uld, and that Earth surrenders both its Stargates. O'Neill agonises over the decision since if he refuses, Earth gets wrecked, but if he accepts, then the Goa'uld could break the treaty and invade anyway...only with Earth no longer having the Stargate to get help. Thor can't help with the decision, especially when he reveals that the Asgard have a worse threat than the Goa'uld to deal with in their home galaxy and barely have anything to spare to fight the Goa'uld as a result, meaning that they've been forced to enforce the treaty by bluffing like there's no tomorrow. In other words, the Asgard are pretty much useless. O'Neill is forced to concede to the terms, but before things can go through, the alert sounds and Teal'c is found in Kronos's room, both injured and unconscious.

Teal'c may be unconscious, but his larva is healing him and he'll be fine. The same can't be said for Kronos, who's so badly unjured that both host and Goa'uld are likely to die. A quick look at the corridor camera footage shows Teal'c as the only one who entered Kronos's room, but it's not like our heroes can actually ''say'' that to the Goa'uld. They manage to convince Nirrti to use a Goa'uld healing device to help Kronos, but it fails and he needs a sarcophagus. Now that, the team don't have, but the Goa'uld aren't allowed to leave.

Teal'c wakes up and says that he was asked to go alone to Kronos's room, only for Kronos to deny ever making such a request, and then something invisible attacked them both. SG-1 are at a loss for what's happened, only for Carter to get the idea to use the Goa'uld healing device ''herself'' on Kronos. It works, Kronos is fine again, and the team realise that Nirrti was lying through her teeth.

Yu is apparently none the worse for wear as he agrees to follow Kronos's example and agree to the treaty terms ''without'' forcing Earth to give up their Stargates. He and Kronos drag Nirrti back through the Stargate, but not before Kronos warns our heroes that although Earth is safe, any SG team who uses the Stargate will ''not'' be: they 'will be shown no mercy and will suffer greatly'. Niiiice. With that, they leave, and Jackson and O'Neill apparently find Nirrti's fate more important than Kronos's warning:

* ChekhovsGun: The healing device that is seen prior to the arrival of the Goa'uld when all the weapons are being removed from the base is later used by Carter to heal Cronus's injuries. It also becomes the primary piece of evidence for Nirrti's guilt after she tried to use it and fails, claiming the Cronus's injuries are too extensive.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Thor mentions that the Asgard are struggling with an enemy much worse than the Goa'uld in their home planet, several episodes before the [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Replicators]] make their first appearance.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Nirrti hadn't attempted to sabotage the negotiations by attacking Cronus, and framing Teal'c, earth would have been forced to accept the original terms of the treaty and give up both of their stargates. Thanks to her interference, they are instead able to push Cronus and Yu into allowing them to continue using the gate while still refraining from launching an attack on earth.
* PeaceConference: The entire plot of the episode is driven by the SGC and the Asgard attempting to negotiate for peace with the Goa'uld after the system lords declare earth a threat following their [[Recap/StargateSG1S3E1 defeat of Hathor.]]

-->'''O'Neill:''' My hear bleeds.

-->'''O'Neill:''' ''(sarcastically)'' My heart bleeds.