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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skade" data-source="post: 1127375" data-attributes="member: 3320">3.  At least in the case of the hand devices, the bearer must contain Goa'uld markers in their chromosones, like Sam does.  She has on two occassions I belive used a hand device briefly, but I belive that like the sarcophagi, the device has an addictive, and dehumanizing side effect.  This is also why the Tokrah are reluctant to use a great deal of Goa'uld technology on their persons.  As to the larger, more resouce intensive devices it may have to do with a lack of naqueta, which they are only now able to relaibly mine.  This is also compl;icated by an inablilty to axactly replicate much of the technology, which must instead be copied by significantly lower human technology.  So the originals are kept safely in labs for reverse engineering, not readily available to the SG teams. This is, of course, just supposition.</blockquote>