Orlin was an ascended Ancient. He showed the people of Velona how to construct an Orbital weapon to defend themselves against the Goa'uld. After the Goa'uld threat had been averted, the Velonan people began to plan the conquest of other worlds. The other ascended beings came and wiped them out to "correct" Orlin's mistake—sentencing him to live alone on the desolated planet as punishment ....