u/blz8

Greetings. I must have watched this episode of SG-1, "Pretense", dozens of times since it aired in the late '90s. But it wasn't until I was thinking about it while doing some chores outside that I came to this realization:

The original cataclysmic world of Tollan was found by SG-1 based on the Abydonian cartouche, but Omac states that their new world, Tollana, has no stargate, and we know that, with the help of the Nox, one was eventually constructed there. So then, it wouldn't have been known to the Goa'uld, as the Tollan likely also wouldn't have chosen a world that the Goa'uld would any interest in, nor one that would have other inhabitants. It was effectively off the grid, as it were.

So I wondered, how did Klorel, or the Ha'taks belonging to Heru'ur that were chasing him, know of the location of Tollana? We know that a glider couldn't have made it there on its own, since it's too small to have a Goa'uld hyper drive as mentioned when the X-302 was later introduced. Klorel, possibly influenced by Skaara, had to have been onboard one of those Ha'taks and someone onboard had to have known to set a course to Tollona, and once there or near there, Klorel would gave taken a glider before the Ha'taks were destroyed.

I simply do not understand how anyone on those two ships could have known of the existence of Tollana in the first place, let alone its location or what defenses it had.

Lord Zipacna makes some sense, as the Tollan likely contacted the System Lords (and I assume that Klorel specifically asked for Zippy) but before that, Tollana should have been completely unknown to them.

Is there something I have missed, or is there something that I have not considered? I have also tried finding past threads about this but came up empty, so I also find it curious that no one seems to have discussed this before (unless I just didn't word things well enough, though I tried several variations.)

I welcome any insights and thoughts. Thank you and happy Easter and Passover.