Ha'tak

A Ha'tak is a fictional class of starship in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1

General Ha'taks

Ha'tak is a general name for vessels within this ship class, as there are many variations. The most common type consists of a superstructure with a large, golden tetrahedron in the center of the ship. The superstructure is where all major functions and stations are maintained, including the bridge (pel'tak) and the cargo bay where Tel'tak transport ships can offload their cargo. Goa'uld invasions tend to include a Ha'tak bombardment from orbit that is meant to either instill fear in the populace, or completely annihilate them. The ships of the Goa'uld are GeneRally believed to be less powerful than Asgard ships of comparable size.

Since the collapse of the old order following the Goa'uld defeat at Dakara, the chief users of Ha'taks have been the Free Jaffa military, the Tok'ra, and the Lucian Alliance.

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Technical Data

Defensive Technology: The standard Ha'tak vessel is protected by powerful deflector shields capable of repelling conventional, nuclear, and energy weapons. As seen in "Enemies," the shields are known to be capable of protecting the ship's crew from lethal radiation for up to 10 hours while hiding in the corona of a blue giant star.

Offensive Technology: The Ha'tak class of ship is equipped with numerous staff cannons. As stated within the season one episode "There But For the Grace of God", the attacking Ha'tak vessels had inflicted damage equal to 200 megatons of explosive force when attacking the US east coast. When Ha'tak ships are seen attacking ground targets throughout the series, however, the on-screen effects are usually limited to damage of a much less severe nature. The reason for the discrepancy has not been explained.

Fighter complement: A Ha'tak is capable of carrying dozens of lighter vessels within its hangars, to be launched as the situation warrants. Scores of Death Gliders are held within, capable of being launched in both space and atmosphere for defense of the mothership and for the assault of distant targets. Tel'tak cargo vessels can be carried for transport of cargo and troops between ships and down to a planets surface. Jaffa, vital for any planetary assault and for the defense of the ship from boarding parties, can be carried numbering in the thousands.

Propulsion, Travel, and Landing: The standard class of Ha'tak is able to travel at least 32,000 times the speed of light (about 3.65 light years per hour) via hyperspace; this calculation is based on the assertion of the Tok'ra-Tau'ri liaison Jacob Carter, host to Selmak, that a Ha’tak would require 125 years to travel "over 4 million light years" at maximum speed ("Exodus") although it has been said that throughout the show the speed of Goa'uld ships has been increasing. Although capable of transporting troops to the surface of a planet via the standard Ring Transporter, a Ha'tak may also land on the surface of a planet. Though anything pyramidal in shape will do (In two parallel versions of Earth, the Ha'taks have been able to land on Cheyenne Mountain), the Ha'tak is designed for easy and efficient landing on top of a properly constructed pyramid, which provides an immovable base for the ship and an easy departure point for the ships occupants.

Visual and Sensor Cloaking: Although no Ha'tak vessels were equipped with a cloaking device when the ships were first encountered by the Tau'ri, and no existing technology capable of cloaking a vessel as massive as a Ha'tak was known, when Apophis took over Sokar's fleet he possessed Ha'taks equipped with a functional cloaking device. It is unknown who invented this particular variation of the standard cloak, and the entirety of Apophis's fleet was destroyed soon afterward. No later System Lord has been seen to use similar technology.

Variants

The SGC has come in contact with several variants of the Ha’tak mothership, which vary in size, form, abilities and strength.

Ra's mothership

This variant was the first Ha'tak encountered by the Tau'ri and was commanded by Ra. It consisted of a single pyramid which, when landed upon a planets surface, could open its upper portion for exposure to the outside atmosphere. Aside from this, other specifications about this ship are unknown.

Ra's ship was destroyed in orbit around Abydos by a Tau'ri nuclear device that had been ringed aboard by Col. Jack O'Neil during the original film. The only other Goa'uld known to use a similar, if not identical, class of ship was Heru-ur, as shown in the Season 2 episode "Secrets" (the footage of Heru-ur's ship in this episode was footage of Ra's ship reused from the film).

Apophis' Prototype Mothership

On the planet designated PX9-757, Apophis had been building a prototype ship with several advancements over the standard Ha'tak ("Upgrades"). The power generation chamber was situated in a large, open room and was cooled by a system stemming to all directions on the construction facility. Goa'uld shields blocked direct access to the chamber during construction. The power core was encased in trinium, and appeared to transfer energy through a "spark gap" located in the central column of the chamber.

The prototype was destroyed by SG-1 before its completion.

Apophis' Mothership

This version of a Ha'tak was used as the flagship of the System Lord Apophis before his death at the hands of SG-1. It was bigger than the standard Ha'tak vessels which make up the majority of the fleets of the System Lords, and also had stronger weapons, shields, and could travel at higher speeds. The interior of the ship suggests it was stolen from Sokar after Apophis took control of his armies.

Anubis' Mothership

After Anubis ascended to power amongst the Goa'uld following the events of "Summit," he brought with him advanced technology which significantly increased the combat capabilities of the standard Ha'tak vessel.

Anubis equipped command ship with new shields via the use of Ancient technology. This shield system not only protected the Ha'taks from the Ion cannons used by the Tollans, but also from the weapons of a Beliskner class cruiser used by the Asgard.

The ship has a highly unusual form and is not divided into two sections. It also does not have the standard pyramid in the middle, being a flat circle of large diameter. The first of these ships was equipped with a powerful energy weapon, able to destroy several smaller Ha'taks with one blast and even capable of decimating a planet's surface with enough power to destroy a Stargate. However, this weapon was destroyed through the actions of SG-1 and, later, the ship itself was destroyed by the other System Lords when it was in the atmosphere of a planet. During this attack it was revealed that the ship had a small escape vessel which is able to fly in hyperspace.

Anubis attacked Earth in the seventh season finale "Lost City" with a second ship of this variant, along with a fleet of 30 to 45 Ha'taks. The ship and the fleet were destroyed with the Ancient Drone Weapons discovered in Antarctica.

External links

• Ha'tak at the GateWorld Omnipedia.

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