> Temit was an ascended being, because surely near-omniscience is the only explanation

Any sufficiently advanced QA department is indistinguishable from ascension.

> for his ability

Stop misgendering my werewolves. >:(

> Anyhow, one minor issue: the gates were thought of by a guy named Amelius the night before they left the Alteran Home Galaxy, long before they ever reached Earth. :)

Yeah, I had the timeline slightly wrong for how long it took them to get to earth. In my defence there's no evidence of them making Stargates pre Milky Way (he came up with the idea in the Ori home galaxy but they then spent a few thousand years looking for somewhere to settle), and we don't know how long the Alterrans lived, so it's just about plausible, but it's a bit of a reach.