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darkghost · 20th July 2005, 12:16 PM

Me and my friend have been talking about this and we think the wraith are baddest but what do other people think

PTeppic · 20th July 2005, 08:59 PM

I think I'd go for Goa'uld...

The wraith are extremely numerous but in reasonable numbers were destroyed by the Ancients. In sufficiently small numbers even ballistically armed humans can kill them, eventually. However, basically all they do is hunt for food: little more than subsistence farming.

The Goa'uld are political, scavenging, enslaving and will make opportunity to grab people, property and planets whenever they can. We have seen massive, layered plans within plans, strategies, alliances and feuds. (But we've only seen one series of wraith.)

If you want scary, how about a Goa'uld in a wraith host....:evil:

webmouse · 21st July 2005, 12:46 AM

It may depend in part on which is most likely to "cut a deal." At first the Goa'uld would never sink to the level of agreements, etc. Now they are banging on the Iris begging to be let in. Lord Yu (before senility caught up with him) had proved to be amenable to making some deals. So have Ba'al and Camulus.

The Wraith -- so far not interested in deals -- just a steady diet. I'd have to go with the Wraith as being the bigger problem because they don't have a political agenda to play on.

webmouse

PTeppic · 21st July 2005, 06:23 AM

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Originally posted by webmouse
I'd have to go with the Wraith as being the bigger problem because they don't have a political agenda to play on.

Doesn't that make them less "dangerous"? At least we know what they want - us for food? For the Goa'uld we don't know if we're wanted for food (well, hosts), as genuine partners in something or as "partners" up to the point we become victims/bait/slaves...

lisasg1 · 21st July 2005, 04:26 PM

All of these arguments make great sense, and it's really hard to decide which is worse, but I'd probably have to go with the wraiths

20th July 2005, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
darkghost the unaverage joe Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 43	gou'ald or wraith who is baddest Me and my friend have been talking about this and we think the wraith are baddest but what do other people think

20th July 2005, 08:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
PTeppic Reetou Diplomatic Corp Join Date: May 2001 Location: North-west UK Posts: 3,112	I think I'd go for Goa'uld... The wraith are extremely numerous but in reasonable numbers were destroyed by the Ancients. In sufficiently small numbers even ballistically armed humans can kill them, eventually. However, basically all they do is hunt for food: little more than subsistence farming. The Goa'uld are political, scavenging, enslaving and will make opportunity to grab people, property and planets whenever they can. We have seen massive, layered plans within plans, strategies, alliances and feuds. (But we've only seen one series of wraith.) If you want scary, how about a Goa'uld in a wraith host....:evil:

21st July 2005, 12:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
webmouse Fearless Mouse Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Silver Spring, Maryland Posts: 1,159	It may depend in part on which is most likely to "cut a deal." At first the Goa'uld would never sink to the level of agreements, etc. Now they are banging on the Iris begging to be let in. Lord Yu (before senility caught up with him) had proved to be amenable to making some deals. So have Ba'al and Camulus. The Wraith -- so far not interested in deals -- just a steady diet. I'd have to go with the Wraith as being the bigger problem because they don't have a political agenda to play on. webmouse

21st July 2005, 04:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
lisasg1 Huge fan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,183	All of these arguments make great sense, and it's really hard to decide which is worse, but I'd probably have to go with the wraiths