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What happens when a galaxy full of [[Puppeteer Parasite|enslaving creatures]] that [[Megalomania|think they're gods]] comes clashing against a planet full of [[Villain Sue|hypercompetanthypercompetent]] [[The Draka|enslaving people]] who [[Friedrich Nietzsche|think they're gods]]? The answer is '''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4765465/1/Snakepit_A_Stargate_Draka_crossover Snakepit]''''', by Dark Schtroumpf, as the [[Stargate SG-1|Goa'uld]] come head to head with a post-[[The End of the World Asas We Know It|Final War]] Domination of the[[The Draka]].
 
The entire ''Stargate'' universe has been [[Retool|tweaked]] to make it [[Darker and Edgier|more realistic]], everything from how the Goa'uld's [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|magic/technology shitck]] would [[Unfortunate Implications|actually affect their worshipers]] to the now-imperialistic Tollans. In fact, while Earth basically follows ''Draka'' canon to the letter, the SG-1 universe is a sort of [[Gritty Reboot|gritty reboot]].
 
The story can be found [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4765465/1/Snakepit_A_Stargate_Draka_crossover here]. There's also a sequel, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6269501/1/Stars_of_Iron_Snakepit_Vol_2 ''Stars of Iron,]''], in progress{{when}}. The sequel is also posted (with active discussion) on both [[Alternate History Dot Com|AHAlternateHistory.com]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130528111749/http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=163699 here] and on [[Space BattlesSpacebattles.com]].com [http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=168058 here]. There are also two [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5984950/1/Rebirth_of_the_Janissaries_Snakepit_interlude_1 vignette] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5998038/1/Loving_on_the_edge_of_a_bladeSnakepit_interlude_2 interludes] that take place between the two stories.
 
 
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* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Averted. No one who isn't from Earth speaks English: the Goa'uld language is the galaxy's lingua franca, and even human cultures like the Tollan have their own tongue. Luckily, the Draka [[Photographic Memory|learn quickly]].
* [[Alternate Universe]]: Fairly obviously. There are two separate levels of Alternate Universe going on: for the first level, [[The Draka|Earth's history,]] which is entirely alternate history, then there is how the SG-1 universe is affected.
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* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: Frequently pushing into [[Black and Black Morality]].
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: The Goa'uld sarcophagus, which in canon caused megalomania in humans with repeated use, turns out to have an...interesting effect on ''drakensis'', as {{spoiler|Decurion Rayner}} finds out.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Invoked by Bar'shan, after he {{spoiler|captures, tortures and rapes Decurion Rayner}}.
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Invoked when a Draka tank {{spoiler|kills a Kull warrior with a 120mm tank round straight to the chest.}}
** It's also invoked during Tetrarch Arminius Vohn's {{spoiler|capture of an entire Goa'uld bomber squadron.}}
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: invoked when {{spoiler|Cenor and Natylis}} have a mutual comfort session with {{spoiler|Decurion Rayner}} in the hot springs.
* [[Cruel Mercy]]: What Chang-Mu does to the villagers who abandoned her instead of outright killing them.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: This story ''lives'' in this trope.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: When {{spoiler|Bar'shan captures Decurion Rayner}}, the Draka {{spoiler|kidnap him, kill all of his men, pillage his base (before [[Nuke'Em|nuking]] it), and use him for medical experiments.}}
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Drill Sergeant Hartmann in "Rebirth of the Janissaries."
* [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him|Dropped An Ancient Superweapon On Them]]: {{spoiler|The Replicators.}}
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Gwendolyn Ingolfsson unleashes this trope while serving as a liason on a Tollan ship.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: The Domination vs. the Goa'uld.
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* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: Remember how the pilot of [[Stargate SG-1]] had [[Non-Indicative First Episode|full-frontal nudity]]? Imagine the whole show had been like that, [[Les Yay|only]] [[Ho Yay|a]] [[Depraved Bisexual|lot]] [[Fan Service|more]] [[Up to Eleven|so]].
* [[Human Aliens]]: The Drakensis and their Servus slaves, obviously. The Goa'uld, on the other hand, are just [[Puppeteer Parasite|aliens in human bodies]].
* [[Idiot Ball]]: [[Zig -Zagging Trope]], both universes had factions who regularly jiggled with it in their backstory. The actual story's characters are usually competent, but more often than not [[Out-Gambitted|their enemies are better.]]
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Karl'ac, the Goa'uld whose desperation ploy unleashed the Draka on the galaxy, with a side order of [[Butt Monkey]].
* [[Melee a Trois]]: The Draka and Tollans vs. Anubis and his minions/allies vs. the other System Lords. ''Stars of Iron'' introduces additional factions in the form of [[La Résistance|the Tok'Ra]] and [[The Remnant|the crew of the ''New America'']].
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* [[Nuke'Em]]: The Draka's reaction to an infiltrating energy lifeform invading their version of the SGC? Stuff a nuke in the gigaton range through the gate.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: De Polignac's kind treatment of the Tollan captive they rescued.
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: The ''New America'' after {{spoiler|being transported to a distant star system by Loki}}, until the sequel.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Various, including the Jaffa named [[Black AdderBlackadder|Bal'dric]].
* [[Start of Darkness]]: {{spoiler|Cenor}} joining in the {{spoiler|rape of captive Goa'uld worshippersworshipers}} along with the other recruits in "The New Janissaries."
* [[Super Soldier]]: Where to start? The universe is full of them: on the Goa'uld's side there are Anubis' Kulls and Yu's [[Serial Numbers Filed Off|Dragon Guards.]] On the other side, there are the Draka themselves, due to genetic tinkering.
* [[Superior Species]]: The Drakensis like to think of themselves in this way. Considering what they're capable of, it's hard to argue with them.
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: This is the Draka's basic outlook on everything, from combat to spaceship design.
* [[The Remnant]]: "New America," or "The Republic of Samothrace."
* [[Training Fromfrom Hell]]: {{spoiler|Cenor and other Tollans}} are put through this by Drill Sergeant Hartmann in the vignette interlude "Rebirth of the Janissaries."
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: All the Draka characters, obviously, though some more than others. The most highlighted Draka, [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Anton de Polignac]], is [[Establishing Character Moment|introduced]] capturing an American family, [[Exact Words|manipu]][[I Lied|lating]] the wife into giving up the location of her husband and other members of [[La Résistance]], having her son ''[[Groin Attack|castrated]]'' and taking her daughter [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|as a sex slave]].
* [[World of Badass]]: Earth is this, as it unleashes both the Draka and Samothrace on an unsuspecting galaxy.
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