#unas

The Making of the Lion King.

Going back to ME1, it's just… very clear that the outlook for a lot of people on Earth in the 2180s is… horrific.

Basically, every colonist we meet is eager to escape Earth. This is especially obvious with the people of Zhu's Hope on Feros, or in the cut content for Caleston. If we piece everything together, when you want to leave Earth and have no capital or marketable skills :

you can join the Alliance military and benefit from the Deferred Education Plan (if you don't die in the line of duty first !)

you can, apparently, go to some bureaucratic entity called Colonial Affairs, which sets you up for a colony and definitely isn't downplaying how awful and dangerous it gets because they want as many colonies as fast and far as possible (Fai Dan : "Life is hard and often brutal, even without our current problems. Colonial Affairs back on Earth told us we'd be beneath the notice of any raiders — I guess they weren't counting on the geth." Hollis Blake : "It's a little different from what they claimed."), and worst of all it pushes you toward "corporate sponsors" like ExoGeni or Genex Chemical who are eager to make a profit on your back and at your expense (presumably to offload the financial burden of setting up colonies to the private sector ?) — and if I take Arcelia at her word when she says that "most of us" worked for ExoGeni, that means the colonists are also contractors, liable for damages if they do not fulfill their end of the bargain.

you can bypass the Alliance's bureaucracy entirely and go straight to Eldfell-Ashland Energy, who'll give you a job and an education through their subsidiaries, though you'll eke out your contract in a company town for God knows how many years.

per cut content, you can also benefit from an aid program called "contractual transit" (basically, an organization pays for your transit off-Earth to a location where you'll get to work) except when you end up on an independent colony technically outside of the Alliance's jurisdiction you've got no protections and might end up becoming a debt slave who's ruthlessly exploited.

if you can somehow scrounge up enough resources, you can set up your own independent colony outside of the Alliance's purview, like Horizon… but you're entirely at the mercy of space bogeys. And with no prospects. So the best shot for your kids, like Traynor, is… the Systems Alliance military, and the Deferred Education Plan.

"Colony Life — It's Not That Bad !"

Jaffa: an ancient Levantine port city on the Mediterranean coastline, mentioned in many Egyptian and Mesopotamian writings; mentioned a lot in history bc of its associations w battle stories and strategic things

Naquadah: likely named after the town of Naqada, now an archaeological site positioned on the Nile and meaning "City of Gold" (precious metal connection between the real place and the role of naquadah in the show); also refers to a predynastic Egyptian material culture

Abydos: one of the oldest ancient Egyptian cities (abedju in ancient egypt; abydos is the greek name). its one of the most important ancient Egyptian archaeological sights that has a bunch of temple/ burial remains, having been at one point the royal burial grounds

Unas: the last king of the Fifth dynasty during the Old Kingdom of Egypt; likely the first pharaoh to have the Pyramid texts on the chamber walls of their pyramid; built pyramid in Saqqara. Speaking of Saqqara...

Skaara: ok this might just be a name they picked from some source on names they found, but given the past location-based trends, Im fairly sure the writers derived it the name Sakkara/ Saqqara. This is an egyptian village that was an ancient burial ground and holds the very old Pyramid of Djoser (among other things)

Sha'uri/ Sha're: like w Skaara this might just be a name they found and used and then changed for Shanks and co to more easily pronounce. Two theories on her original movie name:

1) derived from the pharaoh Sahure (name means "he who is close to Ra") who was fairly known for his international relations (which could be connected to the establishment of interplanetary relations the character is associated with)

2) its from the Swahili word shauri. Im not very familiar w the language/ culture surrounding this word so I may be mistranslating it, but from what I could find online, a shauri in more contemporary uses is a plan, advice, consultation, or matter of conversation, which I think really fits the role she played in the movie as a conversational partner and consultant to Daniel Jackson when he's learning the Abydonian dialect

The Unas.

After decades of being freed from the Goa'uld, a few factions of them both picked up new technologies from the rest of the universe, and some new world-domination ambitions from their former tormenters. There are power vacuums in the galaxy, and the role of evil warlord is wide open. Ta-daaaa! New bad guys! Official preview:

Another episode I love!  “Daniel, go to your happy place.”  I looove how Jack says Daniel is usually right about the Unas.  I love how Daniel gets to liaise with the Unas and negotiate between them and the SGC with Chaka’s help.  Lol Jack is such a baby! 😁 I super love how Daniel interacts with Chaka and the other Unas, and how he negotiates a very difficult situation.  Daniel and the power bar! ❤️❤️❤️ Daniel and space ship noises! 💜💜💜