Ba'al considered his answer carefully, aware that since his stated position was supreme commander of the Goa'uld Empire, then saying he wanted to rule a restored empire would be counter intuitive. So he went with his other plan. "Ascension, of course," he replied, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "To rise to a higher plane of reality where I would exist as pure energy, free from this physical body." As he replied, he turned a corner, allowing the hotel they were staying at to come into view.