Missed part of the correction: "scrap" should be "scrape"
You COULD? That's impressive, I figured you would be one of the Pauls that wants to stay human.
I suspect that's because the ring's AI acted as a buffer. Grayven had trouble with the amount of memories, but it didn't screw up his personality.
He doesn't really come across all sanctified.
...They're still kowtowing? I'd say fear played a large part of their peoples' worship. After all, if they don't look upon you, they can't tell you're not actually all that different to them. Though they're probably expecting something from you...
Well, the hologram did call himself 'Great God Mammon'.
Surely that might tell you something about their relationship to glowing people?Now, how will he react? Steadfastly keeping his head down, or...
Ah, good, curiosity. Natural for the young.
Unless said upper-middle class has a reputation for violent reprisal against 'defiance'...
See, this is the kind of thing that ends with different yous on a team of teenagers and afraid to blab about their real age.
Ah, bravery. Helped along by the fact that the 'god' is encouraging it.
Huh. That is actually a good point, as the Goa'uld do maintain multiple worlds under their control. If this is a less-visited colony of Mammon's...
Best case, he assumes you're just pulling a YWYH, testing him for their own reasons.
Ah, rookies. Little effort, you can get that under control in no time. Question is, would it be safe to do so?
I get the feeling Paul's going to get very tired of having to tell people that.
Ironically, the linguistic problem is rarely addressed in Stargate, if I remember right. Most of the time they gloss over the 'learning the local dialect of whatever root language' process in favour of immediate English-speaking locals. The movie at least had a reasonably realistic take with Daniel Jackson knowing some old Egyptian well enough to start communicating.
Eh, hopefully it sinks in to folks that no, you don't need them denting the floor with their foreheads every time you pass by.
So in the end, this might be one of the best-run goa'uld worlds SGC ever encounters.
Probably Mammon spouted some guff about 'becoming part of his celestial treasury' or something if they were good little pets.
Because of course there's a local church.
Bet that'll make anyone who knew the previous host of 'Mammon' a little confused.
No point dragging both of them away from their fields during what is probably planting season.
Taking the hit in case the 'divine one' turns out to be mercurial and vindictive, eh?
A good, leading question. Both to find out what he can do for them, and learn from his reaction to it.
And what parent doesn't want a better life for their descendants, after all?
A simple request, that might normally have taken weeks to get fulfilled, if ever, with regular manpower...
...But for a 'god'? Well, said and done, easy as.
And presumably map out the whole village's roads, of course.
Bet that made for a few surprised people, if he did that to all of them at once.
Probably like one percent charge. Two if he did a wider area. But with a Lantern in hand, he has power to spare.
Assuming that 'Mammon' was always pressing for profit, of course.
It'll pass the time and distract him, if nothing else.
I return to looking in the direction of the village...
...eventually leaving it and getting onto the main path to the village.
Ring, scan the paved roads.
They kept the peasants in line. Really all that they needed to do.
I really hope this is pre-canon. Preferably by… lets say ten years or so. Meaning that when the US black-ops team turns up on Abydos that will find Supreme System Lord Mammon desperately trying to drag a galactic empire into some semblance of functionality.
So I checked the early chapters as this Paul's thinking should more or less be the same as the SI at the start of the story. With the possibility divergence caused by this SI waking up over an alien planet instead of Earth. This is what was said when he was looking for ways to recharge.
Given the fact that this planet had an orange lantern it would seem likely that he would stop scanning after his first scan found an orange lantern.
Thank you, corrected.
Not really. Stargate ascension sucks.
Couldn't happen. Every System Lord hated Mammon, and the SI hasn't heard of the Tok'ra who might be able to help.
Not seeing how that is relevant. Paul can't say his name so will almost certainly adopt 'Mammon' out of simple inertia. A half-way competent Lantern can curb-stomp the System Lord empire, at least pre-Anubis upgrades. And given the general outlook of the SIs once the System Lords are dead Mammon!Paul will feel obligated to drag the galaxy into being civilised. Lacking a convenient Braniac he will have to do it himself and the hardest challenge he will face is convincing people he isn't a god.
Yes, but he was previously looking for specific things, and Stargate didn't fit the criteria. That was an oversight of his, possibly encouraged by the SI rule that he doesn't remember the canon of what he was inserted into.
Paul's Power Ring should stop him from being able to Ascend.
That's like half right.