<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=191946.msg9369681#msg9369681">Quote from: Athos on 26-12-2013, 19:27:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well it's possible that they realized that ruling through fear and intimidation is ultimately self-defeating. I should say that I preferred the character of Jacob Carter over that of the Tok'ra at large. That being said, the way I understand it the Tok'ra were always a very small outfit. I don't really know how much use they would have been in some of the larger conflicts that the SGC faced even if they'd stayed around to help. I mean, to the best of my remeberance, they didn't possess any capital ships or any ground forces of any meaningful size. During the conflict with the Goa'uld, their best use was for intelligence gathering because they were able to infiltrate the Goa'uld hierarchy. That single advantage was pretty much non-existent when dealing with the Replicators and the Ori. At worst, I would submit that the Tok'ra suffered from a lack of adaptability and imagination more than having nefarious motives.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Hmm... but they were so stingy with their intel. They gave it reluctantly, usually too late or not enough. That's a bit like the NSA saying to the US Army, "We don't trust you guys, so we aren't going to show you the satellite photos of the enemy positions".