United Alliance of the System Lords

A recent alliance of Goa'uld System Lords, formed in united opposition to the threat of Anubis -- who used technology and knowledge of the Ancients to rapidly ascend to power. Details of the Alliance are sketchy, but it is believed that Baal has appointed himself leader of this group.

The System Lords initially welcomed Anubis back into their ranks after a 1,000-year absense. But the influence of Yu, Anubis's old enemy, turned them against him. Powered by the six Eyes, Anubis dealt the System Lords a crippling blow at Abydos, destroying a fleet of motherships under Yu's command. The United Alliance of the System Lords was soon forged by Teal'c and Yu's First Prime, Oshu, in an attempt to bring the collective Goa'uld forces against Anubis in an all-out assault, ambushing his mothership at Langara (Kelowna). Under Baal's command the plan succeeded, and though the System Lords destroyed Anubis's mothership, they failed to kill Anubis himself.

After the success of the battle, the United Alliance had remained joined, and could have posed a dire new threat to the galaxy. The enemies of the Goa'uld had previously relied on the feudal nature of the System Lords, with each power-hungry Goa'uld always scheming to conquer the others.

However, Lord Yu was killed by Replicator Carter and a large number of the other System lords and their forces were eliminated by attacking Replicators. During the battle for Dakara Baal himself was forced to retreat after his Ha'tak was overrun by Free Jaffa forces. The Goa'uld defeat at Dakara sounded the death knell for their domination as more and more Jaffa deserted them.

KEY EPISODES

Full Circle - Yu rallies the System Lords against Anubis, who makes short work of their combined forces with his new super-weapon.
Fallen - Teal'c works with Yu's forces to construct the framework of a group of Goa'uld System Lords who are prepared to take out Anubis once and for all.
Homecoming - Baal launches an attack of six System Lord motherships over Langara on Anubis below.
Orpheus - Daniel refers to the "United Alliance of the System Lords" for the first time, noting that Baal remains in command of the combined Goa'uld forces.
Reckoning, Part 1 - Replicator Carter kills Yu and the massive replicator forces begin attacking the Goa'uld system Lords
Reckoning, Part 2 - The Goa'uld forces are heavily defeated and Baal is forced to flee.