MAN: Incoming traveler. Incoming traveler.
Off-world activation.
Closing the iris.
There's no one scheduled to come back for 24 hours. Who is it?
SG1's remote access code, sir.
What? They just went through.
Opening the iris. Stand by.
The Gate is drawing twice the power as normal, and it's increasing!
MAN: We've got one!
(BEEPING)
System overload!
The wormhole is disengaged!
Get a medical team in here now!
Teal'c, are you all right?
I am.
Where are Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter?
They could have not been more than two meters behind.
I do not know.
(GRUNTS)
(WIND BLOWING)
(ICE RUMBLING)
Dr. Jackson's still unconscious, but Dr. Warner thinks he'll be all right.
I need to know what went on back there, Teal'c.
We were under fire.
Distant. Energy weapons of some kind.
Possibly Goa'uld technology.
So it's possible O'Neill and Carter were struck by enemy fire.
I do not believe so.
They were but a few meters behind me as we passed through the Stargate.
How many hostiles were there?
They were some distance away, but we appeared to be surrounded.
We were there only moments.
Colonel O'Neill ordered us to lay down cover fire while Jackson dialed home.
They should've made it through the Gate. I do not understand why they did not.
Preliminary report on the Stargate repair, sir.
Repairs?
There was some kind of overload in transit.
I must return immediately.
Not with an army waiting on the other side. Sorry.
General Hammond, I suggest a second probe be sent through.
As soon as the Stargate is working again we'll do just that.
Oh, God.
(GROANS)
Thank God.
Try to stay put, sir. I think your leg's broken.
No, my leg's definitely broken.
What's the bad news?
Unless they redecorated the Gate room, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
Daniel must have misdialed.
(RUMBLING)
Misdialed?
You mean this place is a wrong number?
For crying out loud.
Where is he?
He's not here. Neither is Teal'c.
He has to be.
I tried that.
You've been unconscious for nearly two hours.
They came through the Gate before we did.
I know that.
I also know that we're alone here...
wherever here is.
Ice.
I think we're inside a deep crevasse of a glacier.
If their Stargate's been overrun by ice, possibly on a planet during an ice age.
There is some light filtering through up there...
and there are some fissures in the ice, but they're too narrow to follow far.
We're in trouble, sir.
Nonsense.
We'll just dial home...
and straighten all this out.
Where's the DHD?
Can't find that either.
So...
we're in trouble.
We're in trouble.
We've almost replaced all of the superconductive interface elements, sir.
The old ones all melted. It's gonna take some time to load-test them, though.
Just tell me the minute we can send a probe through.
That'll be 24 hours, General, minimum.
Captain Carter and Colonel O'Neill do not have that long.
I'll give you half that.
No, sir, 24 hours is the best I can do.
Then you'd better get back to it.
Yes, sir. Let's go.
(O'NEILL GROANS LOUDLY)
Okay, I think it's set.
You think it's set?
I'm positive.
With a splint, you'll be as good as new.
Just take it easy, Doctor.
Wrong kind of doctor, I'm afraid.
You wouldn't think jagged bone digging into raw nerves would hurt, but it does.
Sorry, sir, but I've never done this before in my life.
Is this your first broken bone?
(STAMMERING)
This would be...
nine...
if you count skull fractures.
(COUGHING)
How'd you manage that?
A little parachuting mishap.
Over the borders of Iran and Iraq back in...
eighty--
(GROANS)
Okay, this is gonna hurt, sir.
I know, I know.
So, what happened?
I hit the ground. Go figure.
My chute...
opened a little late...
and it hurt...
just like that.
I'm doing the best I can.
I know you are. Can you just be done?
So you hit the ground and--
And they all lived happily ever after.
Almost there.
No, you're there, Captain!
That's a great splint. Stop!
So, how long before you were rescued?
No rescue.
It wasn't exactly...
an official mission...
if you know what I mean.
I had to make it out on my own.
Nine days.
Wow.
What got you through it?
Sara.
Your wife.
At the time.
I had to see her again.
You tallied our supplies yet?
Yes, sir.
Supplies for three days, but we can stretch that.
We've got a little drinking water, but--
Ice melts.
Yeah.
And we've got our field cooking gear to melt it.
Flashlight batteries are gonna be a problem.
We've got thermal blankets.
That's good.
By the way, Captain...
we are gonna get out of here.
That's an order.
How's the splint feel?
Captain?
You have to believe me.
I want to, sir.
I just don't see how.
Then we'd better start looking for a way...
because...
I'll be damned if I'm gonna die on some godforsaken block of ice...
a million light-years from home.
Yes, sir.
Good.
Now help me up.
I don't think you should move.
Probably not.
But my butt's freezing to the ground. Come on.
(GRUNTING)
A little paint, a couple windows...
maybe a fireplace in the corner...
it'll be just like home.
(MACHINES BEEPING)
TEAL'C: The Stargate has malfunctioned.
We came back through the Gate at too great a velocity.
Jack and Sam?
They did not follow.
Yes, they did.
I know they did.
They were right behind us. It doesn't make any sense.
I concur.
In a few hours a probe will be sent back...
in an attempt to determine their fate.
O'NEILL: We might be able to climb out of here.
You might, anyway.
What?
I said, you might be able to climb out of here.
Colonel!
I found it!
Found what?
The DHD.
The glacial flow must have separated the Stargate from its dial-home device.
But it looks like it might be intact.
(GRUNTS)
God.
Can we dig it out?
Even if it doesn't work, we can use the chopped ice to make drinking water.
What's wrong with your chest?
I think I cracked a rib too.
Why didn't you say something?
I was afraid you'd try to splint it.
I'll be fine.
I've been thinking about where Daniel and Teal'c might be.
Yeah?
So far I count three possible explanations.
One: Daniel misdialed...
and they're here.
Somewhere we haven't found.
I don't see 'em.
Right.
Two: Daniel didn't misdial...
but for some reason the Stargate malfunctioned during transit.
Don't ask me how. I haven't figured that part out yet.
Anyway, they got sent back to Earth...
but for some reason we got sent here.
What's three?
Three.
The Stargate malfunctioned.
We got sent to this planet. Daniel and Teal'c got sent to another one.
What's four?
There is no four.
It's after three.
Not this time, Colonel.
All right.
We'll assume they made it back to Earth.
They'll start sending search parties.
To where?
Here, I hope.
Where would they begin? They have no idea where we are.
With all the possible Stargates, a random search could take ten years.
Not if they look here first.
Even if all SG teams started searching right now...
the mathematical probability of them even--
Captain.
I think too much.
MAN: Charging circuit MX-43...
at 20 percent.
(IRIS WHIRRING)
Twenty percent, sir.
MAN: Checking transport status.
One hundred.
(WHIRRING)
MAN: Circuit is holding.
Reset and stand by.
She's all yours, General.
Well done.
You heard the man.
MAN: Chevron one encoded.
SG-3 and I are ready and awaiting your orders.
I won't authorize this rescue unless the probe sends back the right pictures.
Chevron two encoded.
All defense teams stay alert.
These hostiles may have both our addresses and our transmitter code.
Chevron three encoded.
They wouldn't give up transmitter codes to the enemy.
Not willingly, no.
Chevron four encoded.
I do not believe they would do so, even under duress of torture.
Chevron five encoded.
In the event we find no enemy activity on the other side...
you will coordinate with Major Castleman on the rescue mission.
Chevron six encoded.
I understand.
Chevron seven is locked.
The probe should reach the Stargate of P4H771 in five seconds.
Four... three.. two...
now.
JACKSON: No sign of Jack or Sam, but no evidence they got into a firefight either.
HAMMOND: They were waiting for us. Close the iris. Disengage the Stargate.
SG-3, stand down.
The rescue mission is scrubbed.
Soup's on.
CARTER: Just a little more. I'm almost through.
Come on, now. You don't want it to get cold.
Didn't know you could cook.
I can't.
But my melted ice is to die for.
Thank you.
Maybe I should have another look at you.
I'm fine. Eat.
I've been thinking about how the Stargate might have malfunctioned.
Yeah?
Well, we don't totally understand how it works...
but the theory we have is that the Gate creates an artificial wormhole...
that somehow transfers an energized matter stream in one direction...
along an extradimensional conduit.
I think the matter stream between Stargates got redirected...
like a lightning bolt jumping from one point to another in midstrike.
Now, I figure it had to have been the attack on P4A771.
The Gate itself was probably struck by enough energy during the firefight...
to influence the direction of the matter stream before we reached the other side.
I'm sorry. I wasn't listening.
What I'm saying is...
we must have emerged through a Stargate relatively close to Earth...
in the Gate network...
somewhere between P4A771 and Earth.
Now, if the SG rescue teams reach the same conclusion...
it could significantly narrow their search.
That's good news.
Yeah.
So if they are not there...
and they are not here--
It is possible they may have perished within the wormhole.
Yeah, in which case they're gone. I know. I've thought of that.
But if they are alive...
if there's any chance this malfunction sent them to a different Stargate--
Was it not Captain Carter...
who deduced the possible combination of Stargate symbols...
numbered in the millions?
Yeah.
Well, we have to narrow it down.
(CARTER CHIPPING ICE)
(O'NEILL COUGHING)
Serpent guard.
I guess he didn't make it.
You think?
Okay, this is P4A771.
This is Earth.
The Stargate shut itself down just after Teal'c and I came through.
There was an energy surge.
Right, but what would that have done to the wormhole itself?
I have no idea.
Could it just disappear?
No, it would have to discharge somewhere.
Like another Stargate?
Yeah, maybe.
Sir, it's all theoretical...
but we think that Stargates are basically giant superconductors.
Charged matter streams along lines of force between them.
Positive to negative. Like electricity, right?
Except for the fact that the whole trip happens outside our dimension, yeah.
What if it jumped?
Redirected itself here?
Or here?
Or anywhere along here?
You're suggesting we search all these worlds?
But we've narrowed an entire galaxy of Stargates down to a few possibilities.
Assuming you're right, why haven't they used that Stargate to come back?
Teal'c and I were flung out so fast I don't even remember hitting the ramp.
They could be hurt, so we won't have to search far from the Gates themselves.
We owe it to them to try.
(O'NEILL COUGHING)
Have you ID'd the seventh symbol yet?
Yeah.
This one has to be the point of origin.
I've never seen it before.
Oh, no. Batteries.
Guess it's now or never.
I've always preferred now to never.
(COUGHING)
Here goes.
(ZAPPING)
(POWER WINDS DOWN)
Damn it! Damn!
Did you dial the right address?
Yes.
It has to be something as simple as the control interface.
If we can just dig down to the panel on the DHD, I can fix it.
Negative.
Sir, we gotta keep trying.
Of course we do.
But we've been awake...
for a very long time.
It'll be there in the morning.
God.
What about you?
I told you we're gonna get out of here.
It's just gonna take longer than we thought.
Yes, sir.
Captain.
Yes, sir.
HAMMOND: Dr. Jackson?
We just received probe telemetry from P5C11 and 12.
Neither of them have a breathable atmosphere anymore...
if they ever did.
I have formally reported Colonel O'Neill and Captain Carter as missing in action.
Why?
"Missing in action" doesn't mean we stop looking.
Missing.
I'm missing something.
(COUGHING)
Captain.
As much as I might...
otherwise think this is nice--
(SHUSHING)
Try to sleep.
Is that what we're doing?
You're exhausted. You passed out.
I thought we had to combine body heat or we wouldn't make it through the night.
That's fine.
It's just very hard to sleep...
with broken ribs...
when someone's lying on you.
Sorry.
That's better.
We'll sleep for a few hours. Then I'll fix the DHD.
Okay.
Good night.
Colonel.
It's my side arm, I swear.
(GIGGLING)
No giggling. Please.
If we don't make it...
I won't have any regrets.
You?
I'd regret...
dying.
CARTER: God, why won't you work?
(EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)
Sir?
I'm usually the first one up.
You're bleeding internally. I don't know how badly.
Your broken leg may already be frostbitten. I can't tell.
I'm gonna try to warm it up with the last of our cooking Sterno...
but that's about had it.
What's the bad news?
Help me up.
No, sir.
You need to heal. That's an order.
I give the orders around here.
Not doctor's orders.
I want you to drink as much of this as you can.
Once that Sterno dies, we won't be able to thaw any more.
We should have gotten you out of here by now. I'm sorry.
You will. You will.
I have been working on the control panel for the last 12 hours.
It just-I don't know why it won't work.
It should work.
I'm missing something.
Captain.
Sir?
It's time to go to plan "B."
What would plan "B" be?
You take the rest of the supplies...
and climb out of here.
Take your chances up on the planet.
Head towards daylight.
If I can't get that Stargate to work...
we will both go.
Right. I'll race you.
All right, Captain.
Make it work.
Yes, sir.
Major Castleman requires medical attention.
Medical team to the embarkation room.
Put the iris on save.
Come on, let's move it.
What happened?
We were exploring a cave not far from the Stargate.
He fell several meters from a rock ledge.
There was no sign of Captain Carter or Colonel O'Neill.
Are you all right?
I am ready to embark again.
I'm calling the search off.
What?
This is the last of the planets that fit your theory.
It's been a few days. What if we stop just short of finding them?
I'm sorry.
The energy converters are intact.
Oh, God, reset.
Reset! Why didn't I think?
Colonel!
I'm gonna interrupt the power.
I'm gonna shut it all off and turn it on again.
This could work.
(ZAPPING)
(BEEPING)
Work.
(POWER WINDS DOWN)
Work.
Did you see that?
Why are you here?
I couldn't sleep.
I was thinking that I must be missing something, and now I just realized...
we ruled out a world we shouldn't have.
Guess it didn't work.
I'm sorry.
Not your fault.
I don't understand why it won't work.
Plan "B."
Go.
No, sir.
Sam...
I'm dying.
Follow my order.
Please.
Sir.
Please.
Yes, sir.
How many Earth-based cultures have we encountered from other worlds...
from periods both before and after we think the Stargate was buried?
Several, I take it.
And we've only scratched the surface.
We've tried to account for these discrepancies...
with theories of parallel or accelerated--
What's your point, Doctor?
What if there's a second Stargate here...
and this energy surge made the wormhole jump from one Stargate to another...
here?
On Earth?
Yes.
Teal'c, would the Goa'uld have put more than one Stargate on a planet?
If the first became lost to them, it is possible.
But remember, the one that Ra put here might not have been the first.
The Goa'uld didn't build the Stargate system.
Then where is it?
Colonel, I can't see the surface yet.
It looks like it just keeps going up.
It was an honor...
serving with you.
Yes, sir.
It'd have to be in a remote location, or it would've been discovered by now.
It could've even been buried until recently.
Otherwise, the Goa'uld would've continued to use it.
Let us hope it is not still buried.
We're looking for radio transmissions on SG-1's emergency frequency.
Coordinate with our military listening posts around the entire globe.
General.
When we first opened our Stargate, it used to shake a lot.
The ground, the whole facility, everything.
We've installed frequency dampeners that limit that to only a slight vibration.
Okay, but what if the second Gate doesn't have those?
Would it shake enough to indicate its location on a seismometer?
Damn right it would.
Run a search for all recent seismic activity worldwide.
See if any coincide with the time of our Stargate malfunction.
Check around 4:00 a.m. local time.
I was here. I thought someone was trying an off-world activation.
Nothing happened, except the chevrons glowed and there was a slight vibration.
Captain Carter and Colonel O'Neill.
What happens when you dial your own phone number?
Wrong person to ask. What happens when you dial your own phone number?
You get a busy signal.
Exactly.
What else could cause a vibration like that except them trying to dial home?
They couldn't get through.
Even if their seventh symbol looked different...
the coordinates of the two Gates would be exactly the same.
I'm almost there.
I'm gonna try to bring back help, sir. I want you to hold that thought.
We got it! Antarctica!
The timing of the event is to the second...
including the event that Dr. Jackson experienced a few hours ago.
Latitude and longitude?
Yes, sir.
It's only about 50 miles out of McMurdo.
General, permission--
Granted!
Order McMurdo Station to begin a search of those coordinates now.
Colonel?
It's an ice planet.
That's all there is, as far as the eye can see.
No chance.
Colonel!
I'm coming down.
(GRUNTS)
Colonel?
(WHISPERS) Sam.
I'm here, Jack.
Cold.
I'm so cold.
I know.
It's all right.
You can sleep now.
It was an honor serving with you too, Colonel.
McMurdo, this is Rescue Team Charli. We've found them. Over.
JACKSON: Sam.
Come on.
She's gonna be okay.
As is Colonel O'Neill.
Let's get them in the chopper.
The colonel, he's bleeding internally.
We know, Captain. Don't worry. He's going to be all right.
General...
you came through the Stargate for us.
Not exactly, Captain.
A team from the SGC will be arriving within the hour to secure this area.
In the meantime, let's get these people home.
WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS, MR. AMBASSADOR.
YOUR SUBMARINE, YES, YES.
THE MISSILE SUB ROSTOV
WAS LESS THAN 75 KILOMETERS FROM THE IMPACT OF THE METEOR.
WHY DO YOU INSIST ON MAINTAINING THIS STORY?
THE SHOCK WAVE CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE,
AND SHE SANK TO THE BOTTOM.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION,
A DEEP SUBMERGENCE RESCUE VEHICLE WAS SENT
FROM PEARL HARBOR.
YES. UNFORTUNATELY,
THE ROSTOV'S REACTOR WENT CRITICAL
BEFORE SHE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
I HAVE HEARD YOUR GOVERNMENT REPEAT THIS STORY
TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
YET, ACCORDING TO OUR NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,
ON THE DAY IN QUESTION,
THE SUBMARINE IN QUESTION
WAS IN FACT STILL TAKING ON SUPPLIES
IN THE HARBOR AT VLADIVOSTOK.
WHAT CAN I SAY, AMBASSADOR?
YOUR INTELLIGENCE IS WRONG
AND NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME, I MIGHT ADD.
THE AMERICANS ARE HIDING SOMETHING
AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS NOW.
THAT RUSSIA SEEMS TO HAVE NO OBJECTION
IS ALL THE MORE CONFUSING.
IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION--
PLEASE.
WHAT YOU CALL A NEW SPIRIT OF COOPERATION
BETWEEN YOUR TWO COUNTRIES, COLONEL,
MAKES THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
UNCOMFORTABLE.
GENTLEMEN, WE COULDN'T HELP BUT OVERHEAR.
AS I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN--
MY DEAR COLONEL, IF WE CAN AGREE ON ANYTHING,
IT'S THAT YOUR LOST SUBMARINE IS MERELY THE LATEST
IN A LONG LIST OF EXTREMELY UNLIKELY EVENTS
THE AMERICANS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FOIST UPON US
AS THE TRUTH.
YES. THE AMERICANS ARE UP TO SOMETHING.
THEY DID SUMMON US HERE FOR SOME REASON.
TO HEAR MORE STORIES OF FALLING METEORS
AND EXPLODING HOT AIR BALLOONS.
MR. AMBASSADOR,
I AM SURE WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE--
THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY, COLONEL.
( SPEAKING RUSSIAN )
( SPEAKING RUSSIAN )
( SPEAKING RUSSIAN )
GENERAL?
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE BE SEATED.
THANK YOU.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE PENTAGON.
PLEASE FORGIVE ANY SECURITY MEASURES
YOU'VE HAD TO UNDERGO IN ORDER TO GET HERE.
IN AMERICA, WE TRY NEVER TO UNDERESTIMATE
THE COMPETENCE NOR CURIOSITY OF OUR MEDIA.
WE'VE ASKED YOU HERE
TO INFORM YOU OF A TOP-SECRET OPERATION THAT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
HAS BEEN OPERATING
OUT OF CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN IN COLORADO.
IT'S CALLED THE STARGATE PROGRAM.
( ♪♪ )
GENTLEMEN, THE STARGATE.
THE DEVICE ITSELF WAS DISCOVERED IN EGYPT IN 1928
WHERE IT HAD LAID BURIED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS.
IN 1945, A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS
HOPING TO FIND A MILITARY APPLICATION
FOR THE DEVICE
SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED A STABLE WORMHOLE
BY A PROCESS OF RANDOM DIALING.
IT WAS FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES
A LUCKY ACCIDENT,
WHICH THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPEAT.
THE GATE REMAINED INACTIVE UNTIL EIGHT YEARS AGO,
WHEN THIS MAN, DR. DANIEL JACKSON,
JOINED THE PROGRAM.
DR. JACKSON SUCCESSFULLY DECIPHERED THE SYMBOLS
ON THE GATE,
ALLOWING US TO BEGIN ROUTINE EXPLORATION
OF ALIEN WORLDS.
SINCE THAT TIME, MR. AMBASSADORS,
WE HAVE VISITED LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PLANETS.
THOUSANDS MORE REMAIN TO BE EXPLORED.
WHAT?
THIS IS ABSURD.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO PROCESS, GENTLEMEN.
THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE GATE ACTIVATED,
I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE MY EYES.
IT IS TRUE.
YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE STARGATE PROGRAM
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
ARE YOU QUITE SERIOUS?
DID YOUR PRESIDENT
NOT RECENTLY CALL GREAT BRITAIN
AMERICA'S CLOSEST ALLY?
ONE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE
ILLEGALLY SOLD THE RUSSIANS INFORMATION
WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO TEMPORARILY OPERATE
THEIR OWN PROGRAM.
YOU HAD ONE OF THESE STARGATES?
FOR A SHORT TIME.
HOW MANY OF THESE BLOODY THINGS ARE THERE?
THERE WAS ANOTHER STARGATE.
IT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
TWO YEARS AGO.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
( DAVIS ): SG-1 WAS TRAPPED ABOARD AN ASGARD VESSEL.
THEY BEAMED ABOARD OUR STARGATE AS THEIR MEANS OF ESCAPE.
SO THE GATE THE RUSSIANS RECOVERED
FROM THE PACIFIC
WAS THE GATE FIRST DISCOVERED IN EGYPT.
WE REPLACED THAT GATE
WITH THE GATE WE DISCOVERED IN ANTARCTICA FIVE YEARS AGO.
THAT STARGATE HAS SINCE BEEN DESTROYED.
THE ORIGINAL GATE IS BACK IN CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN
UNDER LEASE FROM THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
THE EXPLOSION OF YOUR NUCLEAR SUBMARINE
WAS THE COVER STORY FOR THESE EVENTS?
ACTUALLY, THE ROSTO EXPLOSION
WAS TO COVER UP THE EXPLOSION OF A CRASHED GOA'ULD SHIP.
WHEREAS THE STARGATE
WAS ABOARD AN ASGARD...
SHIP.
THE ASGARD...
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS VERY CONFUSING
AT FIRST GLANCE.
OH, NO, NO, NO.
WHAT COULD BE MORE CLEAR?
THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT SORTS OF ALIEN SHIPS.
I FOLLOW COMPLETELY.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL MUCH MORE BELIEVABLE
THAN THE ACCIDENTAL LOSS OF A RUSSIAN SUBMARINE,
ALTHOUGH I AM A BIT DUBIOUS
THAT NOT ONE,
BUT TWO REPORTED METEORS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
WERE IN FACT ALIEN SHIPS.
ACTUALLY, THERE WERE THREE.
GENTLEMEN.
I'M SORRY I'M LATE, BUT I HAD A MEETING ON THE HILL.
IT COULDN'T BE POSTPONED.
SENATOR.
GENERAL.
WHAT'VE I MISSED?
YOUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TELLING US
SEVERAL TALL TALES, AS YOU MIGHT SAY.
YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS
GOD KNOWS HOW LONG
AND THEY DON'T EVEN BELIEVE YOU?
( CHUCKLES )
IF THAT DOESN'T TAKE THE CAKE.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'VE TOLD YOU,
BUT IT'S TRUE.
THE STARGATE EXISTS
AND THEY GO THROUGH THE DAMN THING
ON A DAILY BASIS.
DOES EVERYONE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT KNOW ABOUT THIS?
AS CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE,
SENATOR KINSEY WAS GIVEN A FULL BRIEFING.
THE TRUTH IS
I DEMANDED TO KNOW WHERE ALL THE MONEY WAS GOING,
AND BELIEVE YOU ME,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY.
I'M SURE
THAT WHAT YOU'RE FINDING HARD TO BELIEVE
IS WHY WE WOULD COME FORWARD WITH ANY OF THIS.
GRANTED, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS THREATENED TO GO PUBLIC
WITH INFORMATION
THAT CONTRADICTS ONE OF OUR COVER STORIES,
BUT THAT ISN'T THE ONLY REASON.
THE FACT IS
DUE IN NO SMALL PART TO THE ACTIONS
OF THE STARGATE PROGRAM'S FLAGSHIP TEAM,
SG-1...
OUR PLANET IS FACING IMMINENT DANGER.
SO ASSUMING THIS IS NOT SOME SORT OF ELABORATE HOAX,
AND THERE ARE NO TELEVISION CAMERAS
READY TO POP OUT AT ANY MOMENT,
THESE ALIENS
WHO THREATEN TO DESTROY EARTH
EVEN AS WE SPEAK--
THE GOA'ULD.
MM-HMM.
THEY BUILT THE STARGATE?
NO, SIR.
THE GATE SYSTEM WAS BUILT BY A MUCH OLDER RACE OF ALIENS
THAT HAVE LONG SINCE DISAPPEARED,
AND WHILE THE GOA'ULD REGULARLY USE THE GATES,
THEY SUBJUGATE THESE TRANSPLANTED HUMAN RACES
WITH POWERFUL SHIPS
THAT ARE CAPABLE OF INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL.
SUCH AS THE ONE THAT CRASHED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN?
AND THE GOA'ULD HAVE DOZENS,
IF NOT HUNDREDS, OF THESE VESSELS.
( DAVIS ): THIS IS A SINGLE HA'TAK-CLASS VESSEL.
EACH GOA'ULD SYSTEM LORD OPERATES ENTIRE FLEETS OF THESE.
TYPICALLY, A GOA'ULD FLAGSHIP IS SEVERAL TIMES THIS SIZE.
THEY ALSO HAVE MIDRANGE BOMBERS CALLED ALKESH
AND SMALL FIGHTERS KNOWN AS DEATH GLIDERS.
PULL UP, TEAL'C.
TEAL'C, PULL UP!
THE GOA'ULD ARE MORE ADVANCED THAN US
IN EVERY WAY,
AND THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT
THAT THEY HAVE HOSTILE INTENTIONS.
CAN WE NEGOTIATE WITH THEM?
THE GOA'ULD ARE A PREDATORY SPECIES, SIR.
THEY WILL ENSLAVE A PLANET,
OR IN THE FACE OF RESISTANCE, SIMPLY WIPE OUT ITS INHABITANTS.
THEY DON'T NEGOTIATE.
NOW, WE HAVE WITNESSED GOA'ULD ATTACKS
ON SEVERAL WORLDS.
THEIR STANDARD PROCEDURE IS TO BEGIN
WITH A LONG-RANGE ASSAULT LAUNCHED FROM ORBIT,
DESIGNED TO TAKE OUT PLANETARY DEFENSES
AND INSTILL FEAR IN THE POPULATION.
I AM SVAROG.
FROM THIS DAY FORT, YOU WILL SERVE ME.
ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR ORBITAL ASSAULT,
THEY'LL THEN BE FREE TO MOVE IN FOR TACTICAL STRIKES
AGAINST ANY REMAINING GROUND POSITIONS.
( GRUNTING )
AFTER THAT,
THEY'LL PUT THEIR TROOPS ON THE GROUND.
EACH MOTHERSHIP
IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF WARRIORS.
THEY APPEAR TO BE AMASSING
A FEW TROOPS.
( SIGHS ) IT WAS HIGH TIME YOU WERE ALL BRIEFED
ON WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
IF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE,
THEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
HAS UNILATERALLY TAKEN ACTIONS
WHICH HAVE PLACED THE WHOLE WORLD IN JEOPARDY.
BELIEVE ME, MR. AMBASSADOR, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
WHEN THIS WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION,
I INSISTED THAT THE GATE WAS TOO DANGEROUS
TO REMAIN IN OPERATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS OVERRULED.
WITH DUE RESPECT, SENATOR,
THE PRESIDENT TOOK YOUR RECOMMENDATION
AND IT NEARLY RESULTED IN DISASTER.
IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF SG-1,
WHO VIOLATED YOUR ORDER TO SHUT DOWN THE GATE,
THAT WE MANAGED TO SURVIVE.
OH, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB SINCE
UNDER YOUR TENURE, HAVEN'T THEY, GENERAL?
YOU MANAGED TO DEFEAT THE GOA'ULD
KNOWN AS APOPHIS,
ONLY TO SEE HIM REPLACED BY ANOTHER, MORE DANGEROUS ONE.
ISN'T THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT?
YOU ARE THE ONE THEY CALL THOR.
I AM ANUBIS.
AS I HAVE TOLD YOUR LIEUTENANT,
I WILL REVEAL NOTHING TO YOU.
THIS DEVICE...
WILL BE IMPLANTED INTO YOUR BRAIN.
IT WILL FORM A LINK
BETWEEN YOUR MIND AND THE SHIP'S COMPUTER.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE WILL SIMPLY BE DOWNLOADED
INTO OUR MEMORY BANKS.
YOU WILL NO DOUBT RESIST...
AND YOU WILL NO DOUBT FAIL.
THE GOA'ULD POSSESS NO SUCH TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK YOU'LL FIND MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED
SINCE MY RETURN.
ADMITTEDLY, ANUBIS APPEARS TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF ANY OTHER GOA'ULD,
BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE POSSIBLY FORESEEN HIS RETURN TO POWER
AMONG THE OTHER GOA'ULD SYSTEM LORDS.
THE POINT IS
HE'S ALREADY TRIED TO DESTROY THE EARTH
ON TWO OCCASIONS.
I'M SURE YOU WERE GETTING TO THAT.
YES, SIR.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
WE DISCOVERED AN ASTEROID
ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH.
WHEN YOU SAY ASTEROID, I ASSUME YOU MEAN SPACESHIP?
NO, SIR, NOT THIS TIME.
WE WERE FORTUNATE TO DETECT IT AT ALL.
IF IT HAD HAVE STRUCK THE PLANET,
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO NEED FOR A COVER STORY.
IT WOULD HAVE WIPED OUT ALL LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.
WE DISCOVERED THAT THE ASTEROID
HAD BEEN DELIBERATELY SET ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH
BY ANUBIS.
FORTUNATELY, WE MANAGED TO DIVERT IT IN TIME.
CARTER, I CAN SEE MY HOUSE.
ENGAGING HYPERDRIVE...
NOW.
I SHOULD POINT OUT ONCE AGAIN, GENTLEMEN,
THAT IT WAS SG-1 WHO SAVED US.
ARE WE EXPECTING ANOTHER ATTACK?
ANUBIS IS CURRENTLY
CONSOLIDATING HIS POSITION AMONGST THE OTHER SYSTEM LORDS,
BUT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE HE TURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO EARTH.
THE NATIONS REPRESENTED IN THIS ROOM
MAKE UP THE BULK
OF THIS PLANET'S MILITARY CAPACITY.
OUR CHANCES FOR SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE
WOULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED
IF WE WOULD JUST WORK TOGETHER.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL
OF MILITARY COOPERATION,
AS WELL AS A COMMITMENT FROM ALL OF YOU
TO MAINTAIN ABSOLUTE SECRECY.
I'M AFRAID THAT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE.
IF WE ARE FACING INVASION,
THEN WE MUST WARN OUR PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PREPARE.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MR. AMBASSADOR,
WE FEEL THAT COMING FORWARD NOW
WOULD ONLY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PANIC.
AS OPPOSED TO THE PANIC THAT WILL RESULT
WHEN ALIEN TROOPS BEGIN MARCHING THROUGH OUR STREETS?
THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA DOES NOT BELIEVE
IN KEEPING SECRETS FROM ITS PEOPLE.
WE MAY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RELEASE THIS INFORMATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FULL-SCALE ATTACK FROM SPACE.
I'M AFRAID PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NOTICE.
WE'RE HOPING IT WON'T COME TO THAT.
AS YOU NOW KNOW,
STARGATE COMMAND HAS MANAGED TO DEAL WITH SEVERAL THREATS
TO THE SECURITY OF THIS PLANET
WITHOUT DIVULGING ANY INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
YOU'VE BEEN LUCKY, AND YOU KNOW IT.
WE ALSO HAVE DAMN GOOD PEOPLE.
WE'VE GIVEN AS GOOD AS WE'VE GOT.
ON ONE OCCASION, WE MANAGED TO WIPE OUT
AN ENTIRE FLEET OF MOTHERSHIPS.
THIS SG-1, I ASSUME?
THAT'S RIGHT.
ENGAGING FORCEFIELD.
( EXHALES )
SOMETHING WRONG?
NO.
I'VE JUST NEVER BLOWN UP A STAR BEFORE.
WELL, THEY SAY THE FIRST ONE'S ALWAYS THE HARDEST.
THEY SAY THAT.
OPENING CARGO BAY DOORS.
RELEASING THE CLAMPS.
AND THE GATE IS AWAY.
A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT, GENERAL,
BUT IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THE CIRCUMSTANCES
WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE.
FOR ALL THEIR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY,
THE GOA'ULD HAVE A FATAL FLAW--
ARROGANCE.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT
THAT THEY DON'T PERCEIVE US TO BE A SERIOUS THREAT.
CLEARLY, THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.
THE POINT IS THEY'RE NOT INVINCIBLE.
NOW, OUR TECHNOLOGY MAY BE INFERIOR,
BUT IT IS EFFECTIVE.
( CARTER ): TARGET SIERRA ONE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED.
MISSILE AWAY.
SIERRA ONE HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
VERY IMPRESSIVE,
BUT NOTHING ON EARTH
COULD GO UP AGAINST ONE OF THESE MOTHERSHIPS.
MR. AMBASSADOR,
OUR PRIMARY MISSION HAS BEEN TO OBTAIN TECHNOLOGY
CAPABLE OF DEFENDING THIS PLANET.
AND WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT END.
WE'VE MADE PROGRESS.
THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON SIGNIFICANT.
DURING THE SIX YEARS
THAT THE STARGATE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION,
WE'VE ACQUIRED A WORKING KNOWLEDGE
OF CERTAIN ALIEN TECHNOLOGIES
AND WE TRIED TO ADAPT THOSE TECHNOLOGIES TO OUR OWN USES.
TOWARDS THAT END,
TWO YEARS AGO, WE DEVELOPED
A HYBRID FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR KNOWN AS THE X-301.
IT WAS A COMBINATION OF HUMAN TECHNOLOGY
AND PARTS FROM TWO SALVAGED DEATH GLIDERS.
UNFORTUNATELY,
THE PROTOTYPE FAILED TO LIVE UP TO EXPECTATION.
BEGINNING ATTACK RUN NOW.
I AM NO LONGER IN CONTROL, O'NEILL.
EXCUSE ME?
THE CRAFT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING INPUT
FROM THE CONTROLS.
THE DRIVE IS AT FULL POWER.
FLIGHT, I'M DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
THE EJECTION SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED.
WE ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
I REPEAT, WE HAVE LOST CONTROL AND CANNOT EJECT.
AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE X-301,
WE BEGAN TO CONCENTRATE ON CREATING
AN ENTIRELY MAN-MADE CRAFT WITH SIMILAR ABILITIES.
THE RESULT WAS THE X-302.
NAVIGATION?
CHECK.
OXYGEN, PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE CONTROL?
ALL CHECK.
INERTIAL DAMPENERS?
COOL...
AND CHECK.
ENGINES?
ALL CHECK.
PHASERS?
SORRY, SIR.
ALL SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL.
MISSION COMMAND,
ALL SYSTEMS GO FROM ABADOS ONE.
( SIGHS ) DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
IS CURRENTLY FLYING A FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR
THAT IS CAPABLE OF BOTH AERIAL COMBAT
AND SPACE FLIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
MR. AMBASSADOR, I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, GENERAL,
I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN OPERATING THIS STARGATE
FOR SIX YEARS,
SUPPOSEDLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MANKIND,
YET NOW WE FIND OUT
THAT YOU'VE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE SITUATION
TO CREATE MILITARY HARDWARE
THAT RADICALLY ALTERS THE BALANCE OF POWER
ON THIS PLANET.
THE X-302 WAS DESIGNED TO DEFEND AGAINST THE GOA'ULD.
WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF USING IT AGAINST OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE ONLY YOUR WORD.
THE UNITED STATES
HAS HAD SUCH CAPABILITIES FOR SOME TIME,
BUT HAVE NOT USED THEM ON OTHER NATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES
THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT?
MIGHT AS WELL TELL THEM, GENERAL.
THEY'LL FIND OUT SOONER OR LATER.
EVER SINCE WE ENCOUNTERED A GOA'ULD MOTHERSHIP,
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO FIND A VIABLE COUNTERMEASURE.
PROMETHE WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY A COMPLEMENT
OF EIGHT X-302 FIGHTERS,
AND IS ONE OF SEVERAL PLANNED.
I MUST CONTACT MY GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY.
MR. AMBASSADOR...
WE VOLUNTEERED THIS INFORMATION IN A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A COALITION
TO DEFEND THE ENTIRE WORLD.
UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
I'M SORRY, GENERAL,
BUT IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE AN AGREEMENT
AS LONG AS THE STARGATE
AND ANY RESULTANT TECHNOLOGIES
REMAIN SOLELY UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?
WE COULD MOVE THE GATE
TO A NEUTRAL LOCATION
AND CREATE A PERMANENT STAFF DRAWN FROM ALL FIVE NATIONS.
I'M AFRAID WE CAN'T AGREE TO THAT.
WELL, THAT CHOICE MAY FINALLY NOT BE UP TO YOU.
ONCE THE REST OF THE WORLD LEARNS OF THE STARGATE,
THEY MAY WELL DEMAND IT.
WE SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHAT ARE YOU GETTING IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS SUPPORT?
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.
PERHAPS I CAN OFFER A COMPROMISE.
PLEASE?
I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE AMBASSADOR'S POSITION.
A DEVICE AS POWERFUL AS THE STARGATE
IN THE HANDS OF A MILITARY ORGANIZATION...
IT'S A RECIPE FOR ABUSE,
DESPITE EVERYONE'S BEST INTENTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING?
WE HAVE A CIVILIAN AGENCY KNOW AS THE NID.
NOW, ITS MANDATE
HAS BEEN TO KEEP AN EYE
ON TOP-SECRET PROJECTS LIKE THE STARGATE PROGRAM,
AND HAS DONE SO FROM THE BEGINNING.
I PROPOSE THAT WE GIVE THIS ORGANIZATION
DIRECT CONTROL OF THE GATE,
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
I'M COMPLETELY SERIOUS, GENERAL.
THE NID IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION BESIDES THE AIR FORCE
THAT HAS THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILL
TO RUN THE STARGATE.
THEY TRIED TO KILL YOU, SENATOR.
COME NOW, MAJOR.
THOSE WERE ROGUE AGENTS WORKING FOR OUTSIDE INTERESTS.
UNDER THE NID,
I'M SURE THAT WE CAN DETERMINE
A SUITABLE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION
FOR ALL THE GREAT NATIONS REPRESENTED HERE AT THIS TABLE.
SENATOR, COULD WE SPEAK IN PRIVATE?
I FIND YOUR RELUCTANCE
TO RELINQUISH MILITARY CONTROL OF THE GATE
DISTURBING, GENERAL.
YOU'D DO A LOT BETTER
TO TRUST THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
THAN THE NID, MR. AMBASSADOR.
THE GENERAL HAS AN UNDERSTANDABLE
PERSONAL PREJUDICE AGAINST THE ORGANIZATION.
PERSONAL PREJUDICE?
SENATOR, THEIR RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE
WHO LIKED DOING WHAT THEY DO MORE THAN YOU,
AND YOU WERE GOOD AT IT, GREAT.
YOU'LL NEVER CONVINCE ME YOU JUST GOT FED UP.
I'LL NEVER BUY THAT.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND I WON'T UNLESS YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME.
TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS CONTACTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NID.
HE SUGGESTED I SHOULD BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE
IN MY POLICIES.
THEY HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER YOU.
THEY WANTED ME TO HELP THEM GAIN ACCESS
TO OFF-WORLD TECHNOLOGY, WHICH THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO
SINCE WE SHUT DOWN THEIR LITTLE SIDE OPERATION.
YOU TOLD THEM TO GO TO HELL.
OF COURSE,
THEN HE TOLD ME
IF I DIDN'T COOPERATE, THERE WOULD BE CONSEQUENCES.
THE NEXT DAY,
TWO MEN IN PLAIN CLOTHES
DRIVING A BLACK UNMARKED CAR
PICKED UP MY GRANDDAUGHTERS AT SCHOOL.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
THEY TOOK THEM FOR A LITTLE RIDE,
THEN BROUGHT THEM HOME.
THE GIRLS WERE FINE, BUT I GOT THE MESSAGE.
WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A BORDERLINE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION
WHOSE TRUE MANDATE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO ACQUIRE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY
AT ANY COST.
IF THE THREAT POSED
BY THIS ANUBIS
IS AS SERIOUS AS YOU SAY,
ACQUIRING ALIEN TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE OUR FIRST PRIORITY.
TELL THAT TO THE PEOPLE OF MADRONA, SIR.
THE NID STOLE A WEATHER-CONTROL DEVICE FROM THAT PLANET,
CAUSING A COMPLETE DESTABILIZATION OF THEIR ATMOSPHERE.
THEY WOULD'VE DIED
IF SG-1 HADN'T HAVE TRACKED DOWN THE CULPRITS
AND RETRIEVED THE DEVICE.
STAND TO, GENTLEMEN.
KEEP THOSE HANDS VISIBLE.
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
NO ONE'S DAMNED BUSINESS. STEP AWAY FROM THE CRATE.
( STARGATE ACTIVATING )
STOP!
DON'T DO IT!
AH!
WHAT?
I MISSED THE ADDRESS.
AT LEAST WE HAVE THIS.
EVEN AFTER WE MANAGED TO SHUT DOWN THEIR OPERATION
HERE ON EARTH,
THEY CONTINUED TO STEAL FROM AN OFF-WORLD BASE,
BUT THEY STOLE FROM THE WRONG ALIENS.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
TAKING BACK WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY THEIRS, I GUESS.
LISTEN UP, ALL OF YOU.
YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES HERE.
AS SOON AS THEY STOP TAKING STUFF,
THEY'RE GOING TO START TAKING PEOPLE.
NOW, YOU CAN GO WITH THE ASGARD...
OR YOU CAN FOLLOW ME.
YOUR CHOICE.
I'LL BE HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN SO YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
( ALARM SOUNDING )
GRANTED, THE NID HAS EMPLOYED
SOME QUESTIONABLE METHODS IN THE PAST,
BUT WE'RE ALL AGREED THE STATUS QUO WON'T DO,
AND I WOULD HESITATE
TO POINT FINGERS, GENERAL HAMMOND.
THAT YOU AND JACK O'NEILL
ARE STILL IN CHARGE OF THE STARGATE PROGRAM--
IF YOU'RE QUESTIONING OUR RECORD--
I'M QUESTIONING YOUR COMPETENCE...
BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR RECORDS
IN THE COMPANY OF THESE FINE GENTLEMEN,
THAT'S JUST FINE.
EACH OF THESE REPORTS
DETAILS AN INCIDENT
IN WHICH THE OPERATION OF THE STARGATE PROGRAM
HAS BROUGHT THIS PLANET TO THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION.
FOR EXAMPLE,
FOUR YEARS AGO,
DESPITE INDICATIONS OF EXTREME DANGER,
YOU OPENED A WORMHOLE TO A PLANET
THAT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DESTROYED
BY A BLACK HOLE.
THAT WAS UNFORESEEABLE.
GRAVITATIONAL AND TIME DISTORTIONS
HAD BEEN TRANSLATED BACK THROUGH THE GATE,
WHICH YOU HAD BEEN UNABLE TO DISENGAGE,
AND THE EARTH CAME
WITHIN A HAIR'S BREADTH OF BEING TORN APART.
WE DID MANAGE
TO SHUT DOWN THE GATE
BY DIRECTING AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THROUGH THE WORMHOLE,
AND I BELIEVE IT WAS JACK O'NEILL
WHO RISKED HIS LIFE TO PULL IT OFF.
TEAL'C, PULL HIM UP.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE?
AH, YES.
ISN'T IT TRUE THAT WHILE UNDER YOUR COMMAND,
THE STARGATE FACILITY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY OVERRUN
BY ALIEN LIFE FORMS?
( O'NEILL GASPS )
GET OUT OF THERE!
(GROANING)
( ALARM SOUNDING )
SIR, WE'VE SET THE SELF-DESTRUCT.
YOU HAVE LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO TELL US TO OVERRIDE.
DO YOU COPY?
ROGER THAT!
NOW.
CLOSE THAT IRIS.
I CAN'T, SIR. IT'S OVERRIDDEN.
I'M SHUTTING DOWN THE GATE.
THE SITUATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONTAINED.
(SCOFFS) THE SITUATION SHOULD NEVER HAVE ARISEN,
NOT IF YOU HAD BEEN DOING YOUR JOB...
AND THESE INCIDENTS ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
FACE IT, GENERAL,
UNDER YOUR COMMAND, THE STARGATE PROGRAM HAS LURCHED
FROM ONE CRISIS TO THE NEXT,
NEVER AVERTING DISASTER
BY ANYTHING MORE THAN THE SKIN OF ITS TEETH.
WE CAN'T AFFORD
TO LET YOU ROLL THE DICE ANY LONGER.
WOULD YOU EXCUSE US, PLEASE?
I MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS, SIR.
IT TURNS OUT SENATOR KINSEY IS MOVING
FROM APPROPRIATIONS TO INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT.
WHICH WOULD PUT HIM IN A POSITION
OF DIRECT POWER OVER THE NID.
HE'S MANIPULATED THIS WHOLE SITUATION
TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE STARGATE.
I MAY HAVE MY OWN ACE UP MY SLEEVE.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELINGS, MR. AMBASSADOR, BELIEVE ME.
FOR TWO YEARS NOW, WE'VE BEEN JUNIOR PARTNERS
IN THE STARGATE PROGRAM,
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE AMERICANS.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
WILL NOT ACCEPT A SECONDARY POSITION SO GRACIOUSLY.
THERE ARE ADVANTAGES.
THE PROGRAM COSTS THEM OVER $7 BILLION A YEAR
TO OPERATE.
WELL, THEY REAP THE BENEFITS.
THE X-303?
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYPERDRIVE ALONE
HAS COST THEM OVER TWO BILLION,
AND IT STILL DOESN'T FUNCTION PROPERLY.
THEY WILL SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY
AND RISK THE LIVES OF THEIR PEOPLE
PERFECTING THE DESIGN,
THEN WE'LL GET THE BLUEPRINTS AND BUILD OUR OWN SHIP
IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME FOR HALF THE COST.
ONCE AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, GENTLEMEN.
IT SEEMS A POLITICIAN'S WORK IS NEVER DONE.
YOU COULD HAVE THE SAME DEAL.
( SPEAKING RUSSIAN )
NOW...
WHERE WERE WE?
GENTLEMEN, I REALIZE WE'RE IN NO POSITION
TO MAKE DEMANDS HERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO REACH A CONSENSUS,
BUT BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO YOUR LEADERS
AND MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS,
I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER SOMETHING.
WHOEVER IS RUNNING THE STARGATE
WILL BE ACTING
AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS PLANET
THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY.
THEY WILL BE OUR AMBASSADORS,
MEETING OTHER RACES,
ESTABLISHING TIES WITH OTHER WORLDS.
IT IS TRUE
THAT IN THE SIX YEARS WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE STARGATE,
WE'VE MADE ENEMIES...
BUT WE'VE ALSO MADE FRIENDS.
I BELIEVE WE'VE ACQUITTED OURSELVES
WITH HONOR.
ON THAT SCORE, I STAND BY THE RECORD.
(SCREAMING)
THIS IS THE ASGARD PLANET OTHALA
IN THE GALAXY OF IDA.
WHY DID I COME HERE?
THE ANCIENTS MOVED ON
FROM OUR REGION OF SPACE LONG AGO,
BUT YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND USED THEIR KNOWLEDGE
TO FIND US HERE
WHERE YOU COULD GET HELP.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
WELL, YOU KNOW.
WE DID NOT THINK YOUR BRAINS HAD ADVANCED
EVEN THAT FAR.
HOW IS IT YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT OUR BRAINS?
WE HAVE STUDIED YOUR RACE CLOSELY.
AH.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
THAT YOUR SPECIES HAS GREAT POTENTIAL.
GREAT POTENTIAL...
THAT'S GOOD.
YOU MAKE AN INTERESTING CASE, GENERAL.
HOWEVER,
I AM AFRAID I MUST TAKE THIS MATTER
BACK TO MY GOVERNMENT
AND RECOMMEND FULL DISCLOSURE TO OUR PEOPLE.
I MUST DO THE SAME,
THOUGH, I WILL ADMIT,
SENATOR KINSEY'S PROPOSAL IS INTERESTING.
THANK YOU, MR. AMBASSADOR.
HELLO?
HELLO.
I AM THOR,
SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ASGARD FLEET.
THANK YOU FOR COMING, THOR.
IT IS MY PLEASURE, GENERAL HAMMOND.
THE ASGARD ARE IN YOUR DEBT.
YOUR DEBT?
SG-1, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL HAMMOND,
HAS SAVED MY PEOPLE AND YOURS, ON MANY OCCASIONS.
WE ARE NOT ONLY ALLIES AGAINST THE GOA'ULD,
WE ARE TRUE FRIENDS.
COMMANDER THOR, MY NAME IS--
SENATOR KINSEY.
O'NEILL SUGGESTED I SEND YOU TO A DISTANT PLANET
FOR YOUR ACTIONS HERE,
BUT I AM REASONABLY CERTAIN HIS STATEMENT WAS IN JEST.
I'M SURE IT WAS, COMMANDER.
SUPREME COMMANDER.
IT IS THE OPINION OF THE ASGARD HIGH COUNCIL
THAT STARGATE COMMAND SHOULD BE LEFT
IN THE VERY CAPABLE HANDS OF GENERAL HAMMOND AND HIS TEAM,
AND WHILE OUR CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP
WITH EARTH
IS NOT CONTINGENT ON THAT,
IT IS PREFERRED.
YOU CAME ALL THIS WAY JUST TO TELL US THAT?
AND TO INSTALL ASGARD-DESIGNED SHIELDS AND WEAPONS
ON
PROMETHE.
A SMALL TOKEN OF THANKS
FOR SG-1'S RECENT EFFORTS
IN SECURING OUR GALAXY AND YOURS FROM CERTAIN DESTRUCTION.
I SEE.
I HOPE I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL
IN CONVINCING YOU.
GOOD DAY, GENERAL HAMMOND.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE, THOR.
PLEASE DROP IN ANYTIME.
WELL...
THAT SETTLES IT, THEN.
YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT, GENERAL.
THANK YOU, AMBASSADOR.
OURS AS WELL.
AND THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF RUSSIA.
IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED, SIR.
WHILE I STILL HAVE MY RESERVATIONS,
I BELIEVE MY GOVERNMENT WILL AGREE
THAT FOR THE TIME BEING,
THE STARGATE IS IN THE RIGHT HANDS.
SENATOR?
I'LL SAY THIS, GENERAL...
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