It is unclear to me why this vaunted alliance was allowed to end
when we find evidence that the people who composed it are still living.
The Atlantians leaving the Milky Way appears to be due to a plague. And yet the Asgard are prominent as a trans-galactic species. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that at least these two factions should be able to keep in touch and the Asgard equipped to come to their aid in light of the Wraith threat, but clearly didn't. Why?
Well part of the answer may come in that the Asgard have been engaged in a prolonged conflict with the Replicators (apparently an original invention of the Ancients) but perhaps independently invented in the Milky Way or Asgard galaxy because Sg1 Replicators are a couple of generations behind Pegasus Replicators who now live in a static society.
One possible theory is that the Asgard's war with the Replicators is as ancient as the Ancient's departure, but I do not think this is the case due to the power creep that is present in Asgard designs. Generally speaking, they are shown to make more and more powerful weapons in order to overwhelm the Replicator's ability to absorb energy attacks. I find it hard to believe that this trend would be by any means sustainable for a prolonged period of time. I can be generous and assume that the Asgard have been resisting the Replicators for a couple of generations. But then again what is the time span of a generation when the Asgard are constantly trading bodies?
Doesn't Thor replace his body no less than twice in the show,
if even off screen? That suggests a dramatic turnover rate.
The reason why the timescale of the Asgard Replicator war is worth mentioning is to determine if the Asgard have a vendetta with the Ancients over their invention of the Replicators and if this helped to bring an end to their alliance. I don't think the timescale makes sense for how virulent the Replicators appear to be.
Was it as simple as diverging paths of development?
The Ancients sought transcending mortal being and the Asgard delved into scientific engineering of the species. Well then we have the Nox who from the best I can tell only reside over one world, though, accept invitations to others. Yet they were in an alliance with these two other trans-galactic species. In Stargate lore the Nox are best explained as semi-ascended beings and so perhaps were the catalyst for the Ancients to realize that there was something to ascension. But then apart from my being happy to have the Nox in the story, why are they still around if the Ancients succeeded?
Obviously I'm only assuming the Nox got a head start,
but I'm also looking for a cause and effect here.
Then, of course, there are the ever absent Furlings who despite the joke name I would prefer if future Stargate content came out and said their name was an erroneous translation, which would make a lot more sense and add some dignity to these poor people.
What complicates the matter further is that while the meeting place for the four races is dilapidated Thor is happy to put humanity up for consideration as the Fifth race. This is strong evidence that the alliance is and was favorably viewed by the Asgard, but the upkeep for the institution leaves something to be desired.
(I believe there was also some handwaving about the Asgard's
physiology forbidding ascension, which sounds patently ridiculous)
So in many ways we are left with a people where we began; a body that simply fell out of touch with no apparent rhyme or reason. The Ancients on-mass ascended, the Furlings apparently went extinct and by extension their allies allowed it to happen; just as the Nox did not intervene to save the Asgard from the Replicators or their ultimate demise.
I real great alliance you got there.
It looks about as effective as the UN.
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