Tollana
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Tollana (
), also known to the SGC as P3X-775, is a fictional planet from the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
In the Stargate universe, Tollana is the home planet of the Tollan, and the center of their civilization. It was visited by SG-1 on several occasions.
However, the planet is not their original homeworld. Their first home planet, Tollan, had to be evacuated after the Tollan gave energy-producing technology to a less advanced civilization on a neighboring planet, Serita, who used the technology for war. This caused the destruction of Serita, causing an orbital shift which rendered Tollan uninhabitable. The Tollan surface was eventually destroyed by massive volcanic eruptions.[1]
Tollana was eventually setteled by ships, as the planet originally had no Stargate. However, the Nox eventually helped the Tollan create their own Stargate, a proof of their advanced development as a race.
Tollana was protected by a network of advanced ion cannons capable of destroying Goa'uld Ha'tak-class ships with one shot. [2]
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[edit] The Goa'uld and Tollana
The Goa'uld, specifically Apophis, were aware of the Tollan and their defensive capabilities from at least 2000. In that year, Klorel, inhabiting the body of Skaara, fled to Tollana, hoping that the Goa'uld motherships, under the control of Heru-ur, pursuing him would be destroyed. Klorel subsequently crashed on the planet.
His host, Skaara, asked the Tollan to have the Goa'uld removed, and a Triad, a Tollan trial, was organised to determine who could control the body. Skaara asked SG-1 to defend his interests during the Triad. However, the Goa'uld Apophis and his minion Zipacna used the opportunity to conquer the planet by targeting all canons at once, after being marked by their delegation on the surface. The attempt was thwarted by SG-1 and Lya, a Nox. [2]
However, Anubis developed shield technology (probably based on Ancient technology, as most of his technological breakthroughs were) capable of resisting these ion cannons. Eventually, Tanith, obeying Anubis' orders, attacked the planet with his fleet, and the defenseless Tollan were subsequently wiped out. Fleeing ships were also shot down, so it remains questionable the Tollan civilisation survived. [3]
[edit] Background Information
Most exterior scenes of urban Tollana were shot on location at the mountaintop campus of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, which new Battlestar Galactica fans will also recognize as the filming location of Caprica City.
[edit] References
- ^ "Enigma" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Pretense" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Between Two Fires" (Stargate SG-1)
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