Post by Board Keeper on Jan 3, 2011 9:13:54 GMT -5
The Asgard as a reclusive race from another galaxy. While normally benevolent, they live by rules of conduct which often prevent their direct intervention in 'local' (our galaxy) events.
Rogue Asgard exist and have visited earth, having abducted and released humans. See the National Enquirer for more details.
Their technology exceeds that of the Goa'ould except in rare cases. They WILL NOT share this technology.
They are known to create 'avatars' ... which are genetically human (though enhanced) bodies with copies of their minds downloaded within - and the experiences of the human form are later retrieved and implanted back into the Asgardian from whence they came.
In rare instances they may transfer their full minds into the human forms ... though this is dangerous. The human mind was NOT meant to contain the thousands of years of memories each Asgardian has. The first successful full transfer to a human host was Sigurd, who contained the essence of Thor.