10 Stargate SG-1 Fates Worse Than Death
6. Forced To Battle For Eternity
In the void left by Apophis' demise, SG-1 are forced to contend with another altogether more mysterious and more terrifying foe: Anubis.
Long since banished by the System Lords for crimes unspeakable even to them, Anubis suddenly reappears on the intergalactic stage, cloaked in black and using unfathomable technologies to prove himself a legitimate threat to both SG-1 and his fellow System Lords. It is later revealed that Anubis tricked the Ancient Oma de Sala into helping him ascend, and used the knowledge of the Ancients he gained to wreak havoc upon the galaxy.
Despite numerous setbacks, when Anubis claims an Ancient superweapon with the power to wipe out all life in the Milky Way, he seems truly unstoppable. However, outside the physical plane of existence he is found, along with Oma, by Daniel Jackson at The Astral Diner, a midpoint between life and death transformed into a diner so as to be perceived by non-ascended beings. Oma reveals that she is unable to stop Anubis, as punishment for helping him ascend, but she is spurred on by his taunts and Daniel's defiance, and resolves to fight him.
Although Oma is fully aware that neither can kill the other, Anubis is unable to interact with the physical world during the conflict with her, and, owing to their ascended state, it is a conflict which can run on until the end of time.