system
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human
[Stargate] why did the sg teams only have four members when there was a high chance of combat? Why not have sg teams at platoon strength so they could be an even more effective fighting force when encountering enemies?
gpt
You only know about the ones that happened to have a high chance of combat. Most off-world missions are slightly boring - uninhabited worlds, after a while they tend to blend together. A lot of them have very primitive people, too primitive to be exploited by the go'a'uld. Since there are millions of gate-accessible worlds, it makes sense to have small teams so you can explore a lot of them as fast as possible. So you send a couple of scientists with a couple of soldiers for protection, this is usually more than enough - not to mention that planets are explored remotely first, and in most cases we know what to expect before we step through the gate.