Tagrea

***Tagrea***, designated ***P3X-744*** by the Earth Union, is a planet in the Milky Way galaxy roughly 46,000 lightyears from Earth, which was once under Heru'ur's domain, and holds a Stargate. Heru'ur abandoned the planet when their resources were depleted around the Earth year 1700, leaving the Tagreans in a dark age. The Tagreans removed all historical evidence when they eventually came out of that dark age and developed an industrial society, so that they would eventually forget everything.

Tagrea is now home to the , which took control of the Stargate and DHD, and are using it to .

## Overview

### Resources

Resources such as Naquadah, and other materials desired by the Goa'uld, have been depleted centuries ago, which caused the System Lord Heru'ur to depart the planet, leaving the population in a dark age.  Tagrea is abundant with Anthracite and other common minerals.

### Technology

The Tagreans possessed a level of technology around the same as the Tau'ri at the time, as they had armored vehicles and weapons.  They also possessed a sort of magnetic railway for transportation as well as defensive weapons on levitating Balloon platforms.  They also had the capability to fire missiles into orbit, which were used to attack Prometheus during the first contact with the Tau'ri.

## History

### 2003

In 2003, during a test flight of the Prometheus, the Naquadria reactor buffer is damaged and the reactor begins to overload, forcing the crew to jettison the reactor. It detonates in a massive explosion, discharging an electromagnetic pulse that damages the ship, as well as major cities on the planet.

The Prometheus lands on Tagrea with SG-1 leaving the ship, only to be confronted by a large military force, led by Commander Kalfas, and forced to disarm. They are brought into a city, where they meet Chairman Ashwan and his council. The team tells him about the Stargate but it turns out that the council believes it's a myth.

After SG-1 leaves, the chairman talks with Commander Kalfas, who is skeptical of SG-1’s account of events. Back on the ship, the team looks over several historical documents, given to them by the council, but find nothing regarding the Stargate. Teal'c and Jonas then get access to the archive of the Tagreans (after inviting them to a dinner, much to Colonel Ronson's protest) but again turn up empty-handed. However, they notice a strange man, Tarek Solamon, who has watched and followed the two. He clandestinely tells them that he can help.

Meanwhile, on the ship, O'Neill and Carter lead Ashwan and Kalfas on a tour. During dinner, it is revealed that the recorded history of the Tagreans only goes back 300 years because there was once a "dark age", a time of Goa'uld reign, that their ancestors desperately tried to erase all evidence of and forget it ever happened.

Shortly after, Jonas and Teal'c lead a team into a desert in the north, where they eventually discover the planet's stargate.  After hearing about this, Kalfas and a military contingent arrived at the location and secured the stargate, holding the group hostage.  When Kalfas ignores Ashwan's orders to release them, Ashwan convinces the soldiers manning the batteries surrounding *Prometheus* to stand down, allowing it to launch and fly to the location where Kalfas is holding Jonas and Teal'c. Thanks to the help and courage of Ashwan, who convinces Kalfas’ soldiers to stand down, Kalfas is arrested.

Although Kalfas had been arrested, his supporters begin to gain power, first by aiming to take control of the Tagrean Security Force.

### 2005

Kalfas' Loyalists begin to gain power in the Tagrean government, some pushing for reform and even attempting to have Ashwan removed from power.  Supporters for Ashwan and his policies begin to dwindle.

### 2010

Tensions have escalated so far on the planet that civil war is close to becoming a reality, something Ashwan has feared for the last decade.  The Tagrean Security Force is now made up entirely of Kalfas supporters.

At the height of the tensions, CSAT forces entered orbit in response to a distress call from a corporate mining scout being shot down by Security Forces' anti-air batteries. Ashwans' diplomats attempted to negotiate with the arriving military forces, but Kalfas' forces were swift in their retaliation, and CSAT cut all communications. Within days, the first CSAT troops landed on the planet, prompting war and Kalfas' attempted power grab in the midst of the crisis.