Unas (Stargate)
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A fictional species in the sci-fi television show, Stargate SG-1, the Unas, meaning the "First Ones", are a race of large and primitive humanoids that evolved on the same planet as the Goa'uld.
An Unas first appeared in the episode "Thor's Hammer", in which Jack and Teal'c were trapped by a device called Thor's Hammer on the planet of Cimmeria and had to defend themselves from a Goa'uld-parasitized Unas that had been trapped long previously. Teal'c explains that the Unas were the first hosts to the Goa'uld, before the parasitic species encountered human beings.
In the later episode "The First Ones" SG-1 discovered the Unas/Goa'uld homeworld, only referred to by the designation P3X-888. The Unas there lived a primitive lifestyle and feared the open bodies of water where "wild" Goa'uld lived. Daniel encountered and befriended an Unas named Chaka there. He established a line of communication with him, and later helped him escape (and start a revolt) from a human based society that used the Unas as slave labor in "Beast of Burden". Chaka also helped SG-1 negotiate a treaty with the Unas of P3X-403. These Unas had been slave forced to mine naquadah for the Goa'uld. When Stargate Command sent a team to this world to mine, the native Unas felt threatened and began to war on them until they settled the matter.
Unas are an exceptionally tough and hardy species, and significantly stronger than human beings. A healthy Unas can keep fighting even after an entire magazine from a P90 has been emptied into its chest, although it will eventually die from such massive injuries. A Goa'uld possessed Unas is even more powerful, with exceptional regeneration abilities that allow them to survive and recover from multiple bullet wounds even without the aid of a sarcophagus.
Given this, it remains unclear why the Goa'uld ultimately chose to abandon the Unas as hosts. Although the Stargate film and series are inconsistent on this point, it is suggested that the sarcophagus technology couldn't grant near-immortality with Unas as it could with humans.
See also: Unas language