STARGATE SG1
Episode 520
"THE SENTINEL"
By
Ron Wilkerson
BRIEFING ROOM
SG1 and Hammond are watching a video on the projector screen.
There's an alien man looking at the camera.
GREAVES
Okay, Marul, go ahead.
MARUL
Your friends will see me?
GREAVES
Not right now. I'll send your greeting
back with my report.
MARUL
What shall I say?
GREAVES
Anything you like.
Marul shrugs.
GREAVES
How about hello?
Marul comes right up to the camera.
MARUL
Hello.
Hammond switches off the recording.
O'NEILL
The rat bastard.
DANIEL
He came across as very nice.
O'NEILL
The voice behind the camera.
HAMMOND
Colonel Shaun Greaves, formerly of the
NID. He led an offworld team for Colonel
Maybourne and was one of the members
of that organisation convicted of high
treason for his actions.
DANIEL
And what was Greaves team trying to
steal?
HAMMOND
The Latonans possess a planetary defence
they call the Sentinel. Which has apparently
kept them safe from the Goa'uld for
generations.
CARTER
Well I can see why the NID would want
to get their hands on it.
O'NEILL
We put `em all away before they could.
HAMMOND
Frankly I'm afraid Colonel Greaves team
may have done something to the Sentinel
device they haven't admitted to.
O'NEILL
Fiddlin' around with it, was it?
CARTER
Well according to his report, the Latonans
never granted Greaves team access to
the Sentinel device before they were
recalled and arrested.
DANIEL
You don't think it's possible for an
NID operative to lie?
TEAL'C
I believe it is Daniel Jackson.
DANIEL
Right. So if Greaves team disabled the
Latonans only means of self defence...
CARTER
We're responsible.
O'NEILL
Greaves is responsible, thank you.
HAMMOND
I doubt the Latonans would appreciate
that distinction, Colonel.
TEAL'C
Time will be of the essence. The Goa'uld
forces SG9 encountered on Latona were
most likely sent through the Stargate
as a test.
CARTER
To determine if the Sentinel was operational?
DANIEL
And by now they will have reported back.
TEAL'C
A Goa'uld mothership is most likely
not far off if the Goa'uld believe that
Latona may now be conquered.
O'NEILL
Might be a good time to try out that
new guidance system on the UAV, sir.
HAMMOND
I think that can be arranged.
CARTER
Sir, before we go anywhere, we need
to talk to Greaves.
O'NEILL
Why?
CARTER
Well, whether we like it or not, Sir,
Colonel Greaves and Lieutenant Kershaw
maybe the only people qualified to fix
it.
O'NEILL
I'll go.
CELL
Greaves is brought in chained up by a guard.
O'NEILL
You're dismissed. (To the Guard)
The guard stays there.
GREAVES
He's worried I might try to kill you.
O'NEILL
In that case, I insist.
Jack waves the guard away and he leaves.
O'NEILL
Had many visitors lately? Maybourne
stop by? See how the old team's doing?
GREAVES
What do you want, O'Neill?
O'NEILL
P2A018. A device called the Sentinel.
GREAVES
What about it?
O'NEILL
I need to know what you did to screw
it up and what I need to do to fix it.
GREAVES
I'm more inclined to tell you where
to shove it.
O'NEILL
As we speak, SG9 is either pinned down
by the Goa'uld or dead, so let's just
cut the crap, okay?
GREAVES
How is this my problem?
O'NEILL
You're responsible. Zero one eight is
defenceless because of you.
GREAVES
Earth is defenceless because of you.
You don't seem to have a problem with
that.
O'NEILL
You stole technology from our allies.
If I hadn't shut you down, they would
have.
GREAVES
Do you really think the Asgard or the
Tok'ra will really rush to our defence
when the Goa'uld finally decide to stomp
on us? That day is coming, Colonel.
Don't kid yourself.
O'NEILL
Okay. I guess I should go have a chat
with Kershaw.
Jack gets up and walks to the door.
GREAVES
The Latonans didn't want to show us
the Sentinel. We found it ourselves
not far from the city. There was a force
field guarding the device itself. Kershaw
and I took almost two weeks to get in,
take it apart and put it back together,
good as new.
O'NEILL
Not good as new. You did something wrong.
GREAVES
The only thing we did wrong was come
back to base to meet our new CO. It's
funny, at the time I was looking forward
to meeting you.
O'NEILL
I need you to write down exactly how
you got in and exactly what I need to
do to fix this.
GREAVES
If I do anything, anything, I want my
sentence commuted.
O'NEILL
I think that's understood going in.
GREAVES
And you'll need to take us with you.
Kershaw and me.
O'NEILL
SG1 can handle it.
GREAVES
Who do you think you are? We were good,
Colonel. Every bit as good as you. We
believed what we were doing was for
the good of the country. And if you
hadn't put me in here, we might have
had our own Sentinel by now.
O'NEILL
You done?
GREAVES
I don't care how good Carter thinks
she is or how cocky you are. The device
is way too complicated for you to try
and repair without us. You already know
that or you wouldn't be here.
CONTROL ROOM
Hammond, Sam, Jack, Davis and Greaves are watching a UAV launch.
DAVIS
UAV is away, Sir. Climbing into position.
CARTER
Receiving telemetry. Confirming two
staff cannons emplacements concealed
twenty metres or so from the Gate. We
got lucky sir, the cannons weren't able
to down the UAV before it was out of
their range.
HAMMOND
Begin painting the targets as soon as
the UAV reaches altitude. Close the
blast doors and prepare to launch.
DAVIS
Prepare to launch.
LATONA
The jaffa wait at the gate.
CONTROL ROOM
CARTER
Target sierra one has been acquired.
HAMMOND
Sergeant, launch when ready.
In the Gateroom two missiles are lowered in front of the Gate.
DAVIS
Missile away.
One missile fires.
LATONA
A missile comes through the Gate and rises as the jaffa look
on. One jaffa looks at the staff cannon and sees a green dot
. We focus in on his face as the missile comes down and explodes.
CONTROL ROOM
Sam looks at the computer showing the targets.
CARTER
Sierra one has been destroyed. Attempting
to acquire sierra two.
GREAVES
How do you know those are the only emplacements
guarding the Gate?
O'NEILL
We don't.
CARTER
Sierra two has been acquired by UAV.
HAMMOND
Launch when ready.
The second missile goes through the Gate.
LATONA
The missile comes through the Gate and the jaffa try to run.
CONTROL ROOM
CARTER
Sierra two has been destroyed. But I
can't confirm casualties. UAV switching
to recon mode for stage 2.
O'NEILL
That's us.
HAMMOND
Colonel, SG3 will take point.
Sam, Jack and Greaves leave the control room.
GATEROOM
Teal'c, Daniel and Kershaw come into the Gateroom from the opposite
side to Sam, Jack and Greaves.
GREAVES
Kershaw.
She nods to him.
O'NEILL
Major Lawrence, make it a clean sweep.
LAWRENCE
Yes, sir.
O'NEILL
(To Teal'c) Why don't you go with them?
Keep `em out of trouble. We'll be on
your six in sixty seconds.
LAWRENCE
SG3, let's go, let's go, let's go.
They run up the ramp.
GREAVES
I'll say this again. I don't like the
thought of going into this unarmed.
O'NEILL
And.... I don't care.
KERSHAW
I feel better just knowing there's an
archaeologist watching our back.
DANIEL
Yeah, which end do the bullets go in
again?
Daniel holds up a knife. LOL.
GREAVES
I'd be happy to show you.
Sam and Jack look at him.
O'NEILL
Our mission objective is to fix whatever
you screwed up. If you get any ideas
other than that, I'll shoot you. Understood?
GREAVES
Yeah.
O'NEILL
Move out.
They do.
LATONA
The team come through the wormhole with Jack last.
CARTER
No sign of SG3.
O'NEILL
(Over radio) SG3, this is SG1 niner.
Report.
The Gate disengages. Teal'c runs up.
TEAL'C
Three jaffa warriors survived the missile
attack. SG3 is in pursuit to prevent
them from reporting our arrival. Major
Lawrence suggests we continue on.
O'NEILL
Colonel?
GREAVES
You want me to take point without a
weapon?
O'NEILL
I want you to point Teal'c in the right
direction.
He points. They move out but Daniel hangs back with Jack.
DANIEL
Just out of curiosity, how many years
did you take off their sentence if they
managed to fix this?
O'NEILL
Actually, they'll get a few more years
out of this.
DANIEL
More?
O'NEILL
They were on death row.
LATONA FOREST
The team moves along.
CARTER
So how did you manage to find the Sentinel
if the Latonans didn't want to show
it to you?
KERSHAW
Maybe we're good?
O'NEILL
Bribed the locals, eh?
GREAVES
I see you've done your homework.
DANIEL
Major Benton's preliminary report said
the Latonans were egalitarian. They
don't use currency of any kind.
KERSHAW
They don't care about material things.
O'NEILL
Everybody's got their price.
Teal'c suddenly stops and motions everyone down. They move forward
and come across Grogan. Jack takes his MP5 and he wakes up.
GROGAN
Colonel?
O'NEILL
Grogan.
He gives him his weapon back.
GROGAN
There was a jaffa patrol on my six most
of the day. I decided to stop running
and fight it out.
TEAL'C
How long ago?
GROGAN
Last night. I guess I passed out and
they went right by me. They'll be long
gone.
O'NEILL
Where's the rest of your team?
GROGAN
Major Benton took a staff hit in the
chest on our way back to the Gate. Tartman
and Winters got away with me at first,
but I'm the only one left Sir.
CARTER
Here.
She offers him water.
GROGAN
This isn't supposed to be happening
Sir. The Latonans have this device.
O'NEILL
We know, Lieutenant.
CARTER
We're here to fix it. Sir, should I
radio SG3 and let them know Grogan's
coming back to the Gate?
O'NEILL
Negative Major. Teal'c, How soon should
we expect the mothership here?
TEAL'C
Of that I am unsure, O'Neill. It could
be hours or perhaps even days.
O'NEILL
Grogan, can you get me into the city?
GROGAN
There are jaffa patrols all over the
damn place making sure the Latonans
keep their curfew. But yeah, I can take
you straight to Marul if you want.
KERSHAW
That's a waste of time.
CARTER
Why do you say that?
KERSHAW
The Sentinel was built hundreds of years
ago by Marul's ancestors. He has no
clue how to use it.
GREAVES
None of `em do.
O'NEILL
All right look, we're here to help these
people.
GREAVES
What the hell do you think you can do?
O'NEILL
Maybe give them another option other
than being wiped out? Grogan, you good
to go?
GROGAN
Mmm hmm.
O'NEILL
Good. Carter, you're in charge.
CARTER
Yes, sir.
O'NEILL
Fix it.
CARTER
Yes sir. Good luck, sir.
Jack and Grogan leave in one direction, the others in another.
LATONA
Jack and Grogan reach a hill. Jack gets out his binocular thing.
GROGAN
That's the main road leading in and
out of the city.
O'NEILL
You wouldn't happen to know a back way
in there, would you?
GROGAN
Yes sir, I think I do.
SENTINEL CAVE
The team moves up to it.
KERSHAW
This is it.
DANIEL
What is?
GREAVES
You've got to know it's there. We went
right by it the first time.
CARTER
All right, you're on.
TEAL'C
Major Carter, it would be wise if we
were to remain in a concealed position
guarding the entrance.
CARTER
Absolutely. At least until the force
field's down.
Teal'c moves forward.
DANIEL
And how long will that take?
KERSHAW
Last time, it took just over 48 hours.
CARTER
Well maybe Daniel can help you shave
a couple of days off that estimate.
Daniel goes inside the cave with them as Sam takes up a position
outside.
MARUL'S CHAMBERS.
A man is stood in front of a jaffa.
JAFFA
You are not preparing for his arrival
as I instructed. Your people ignore
the curfew.
MARUL
Because they do not understand it.
JAFFA
It is a simple matter. Lord Svarog has
claimed Latona as part of his domain.
Your conquest will happen as sure as
the sun will rise. Accept that and you
may live to serve him.
MARUL
My people have no desire to serve anyone.
JAFFA
When Svarog rains fire from the sky,
they will beg for his mercy. And offer
him their devotion.
MARUL
No they will not.
JAFFA
They will, when those around them begin
to die. This is my last warning.
MARUL
Your Lord Svarog should not come. The
Sentinel will send him away. You will
all be sent away.
JAFFA
So you have said, for three days. Yet
here I stand. The Sentinel is nothing
more than a legend.
MARUL
It is very real.
JAFFA
Then my patrols will find it and destroy
it.
The jaffa leaves with other jaffa.
Jack and Grogan then come in.
GROGAN
It's all right, Marul, he's a friend.
MARUL
From your world?
GROGAN
That's right. He's come all the way
from Earth just to see you.
O'NEILL
I'm Colonel Jack O'Neill. We need to
talk.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Greaves and Kershaw are working on the force field which is making
sounds.
Daniel touches the force field.
KERSHAW
Please don't do that.
DANIEL
Doesn't really look much like a weapon,
does it?
GREAVES
Why don't you go make yourself useful,
Dr Jackson, and go watch the front door
with your friends?
DANIEL
Well I'd rather be trying to help you
but you're approach looks completely
random.
KERSHAW
The patterns change randomly, we're
trying to keep ahead.
DANIEL
Sounds?
KERSHAW
The code to shut off the field is always
changing relative to the harmonics between
the tones in each pattern.
DANIEL
And how many different patterns are
there?
KERSHAW
We've recorded over a hundred.
DANIEL
Oh. So I should probably..
GREAVES
Shut up.
DANIEL
Yeah.
Daniel then starts whistling and stops.
MARUL'S CHAMBERS.
Jack and Grogan talk to Marul.
MARUL
Your offer is kind but not necessary.
O'NEILL
I think it is.
MARUL
The Sentinel has not failed us in centuries.
It will not fail us now.
O'NEILL
What's taking it so long?
MARUL
I've sent a messenger to the Sentinel
to seek the answers to that question.
Perhaps it is waiting. You will see.
Our enemy will be sent away.
O'NEILL
How exactly?
MARUL
One moment they are there. The next
they are gone in white light.
O'NEILL
Gone where?
MARUL
To the place our ancestors divined.
We are only grateful our enemies are
gone.
O'NEILL
And that's it?
GROGAN
Their civilisation's technologically
regressed, Sir. No one knows how anything
works as long as it keeps working.
O'NEILL
And you've seen this thing working?
MARUL
Oh yes. As a child, an enemy of our
people came in a great ship. But it
was sent away.
GROGAN
That's the story we get from just about
everybody, Sir.
O`NEILL
Marul, do you remember a team of guys
who came here from earth about 2 years
ago?
MARUL
Colonel Greaves, of course. He asked
that he might see the Sentinel to learn
its mysteries so that one day your people
might be protected as we are. But to
do that, that would be against our highest
law. No one may see the Sentinel except
its caretaker.
O'NEILL
Yeah, well they did anyway. They worked
at night so no one would know. Somehow
they got in, they took it apart, put
it back together again but something's
wrong. They're there right now, trying
to fix it but we might be running out
of time.
MARUL
What you say cannot be so. This flame
burns to tell us the Sentinel is watching
over us and in turn, is being watched
over. As long as this flame burns, we
can rest assured that we are safe from
harm.
O'NEILL
There's a battalion of jaffa in your
city right now just waiting to harm
you.
MARUL
There is an inpenetrable barrier to
the chamber.
O'NEILL
They got past it.
MARUL
Colonel Greaves gave me his word.
O'NEILL
He lied.
MARUL
Yet you speak the truth?
GROGAN
He does Marul.
Marul just looks out of the window.
OUTSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Sam picks up her binoculars to see Jaffa marching on their position.
CARTER
Teal'c, come in. (on radio)
TEAL'C
A jaffa patrol.
CARTER
I count ten, maybe more. With luck,
they'll pass right by us.
TEAL'C
It is more likely they followed our
tracks to this location.
They raise their weapons.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Greaves and Kershaw are at panels trying to listen to the notes.
GREAVES
This is impossible.
KERSHAW
Look we haven't been at it that long.
DANIEL
Let me try.
GREAVES
Do you have any idea how complicated
this code is?
DANIEL
Yes I think so, just let me try.
They hear gunfire outside.
GREAVES
It's hit the fan already.
He turns to Daniel.
GREAVES
Give me your Berretta. You think you
can help in here, well I can help out
there.
Daniel gives him the gun and Greaves goes outside.
OUTSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Greaves comes out and starts firing.
GREAVES
We have to take all of them out so they
can't report back.
One jaffa runs off.
CARTER
Jaffa patrol must have tracked us here.
We can hold them off for now but get
that force field down! (on radio)
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Kershaw looks at Daniel.
KERSHAW
Do you know what you're listening for?
DANIEL
The mathematical progression harmonic
in each given pattern altered to it's
spectral equivalent.
Daniel starts to work.
MARUL'S CHAMBERS
Jack gets up.
MARUL
My people have depended on the Sentinel
for 3 hundred years. It was created
to be there always. So that we may feel
free to pursue matters of the mind and
spirit without fear of what is happening
now. If what you say is true...
O'NEILL
I didn't come all this way to lie to
you.
MARUL
How many will die?
O'NEILL
I don't know. And I can't undo what's
already been done. But we can still
save hundreds of your people maybe all
of them.
MARUL
How?
O'NEILL
We're prepared to evacuate as many people
as possible and military support to
get them to the Gate.
MARUL
Leave our world?
O'NEILL
I'm afraid so. As we speak a Goa'uld
mothership could be on it's way here.
MARUL
What will I tell them? The very people
who doomed our world now ask us to trust
our lives to them?
Suddenly explosions start outside. The mothership has arrived
and is bombarding the surface. A voice is broadcast.
SVAROG
For I am Svarog. From this day forth
you will serve me!
OUTSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Teal'c is still firing on the jaffa. A jaffa comes up towards
Teal'c and Greaves shoots him.
GREAVES
That's all of them I can see.
CARTER
What the hell are you doing out here?
GREAVES
Helping you out.
CARTER
A mothership just opened up on the city.
GREAVES
I saw.
CARTER
You need to get that force field down,
that's the reason you're here.
GREAVES
Jackson wanted to try, I gave him a
try. You were getting shot at so I backed
you up. Or is it you don't like the
idea of me with a gun? It's empty.
He shows her the gun.
CARTER
Get back in there.
Greaves goes.
CARTER
(On radio) Teal'c, I wanna see what's
taking so long. Keep an eye out.
Sam follows Greaves.
MARUL'S CHAMBERS
MARUL
That voice.
O'NEILL
All part of the show.
MARUL
The sky rained fire.
O'NEILL
It's from a ship in orbit. One with
really big speakers.
Grogan turns to the door. A woman comes in.
WOMAN
Marul? Marul?
MARUL
Has the messenger returned with any
news?
GROGAN
There are jaffa patrols all over the
place. If Marul's sent someone, I doubt
they made it very far.
MARUL
Go home, Thee-eter.
She leaves.
O'NEILL
Do you have any other way of defending
yourself?
Marul shakes his head.
O'NEILL
Carter, come in. (on radio)
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE.
CARTER
Yes sir.
MARUL'S CHAMBER
O'NEILL
The mothership's here. Some guy named
Svarog.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
CARTER
He's one of the System Lords sir. You
should get out of there.
MARUL'S CHAMBER
O'NEILL
Yeah, what's your progress?
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
CARTER
Still working on the force field, sir.
MARUL'S CHAMBER
O'NEILL
Major, people are starting to die here.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
CARTER
Yes, sir. We're doing our best.
MARUL'S CHAMBER
O'NEILL
You tell Greaves, if he doesn't fix
that thing, I'll shoot him anyway.
Jack turns to Marul.
O'NEILL
Marul, you have to make an announcement.
Tell your people to evacuate the city
and head to the Stargate.
GROGAN
Many of your people could survive.
The bombardment continues.
O'NEILL
You've got two options. Sit here and
watch your city burn to the ground or
surrender. If you surrender, they'll
enslave your people. And they'll take
some of them as hosts.
GROGAN
Goa'uld are parasites. They take over
the bodies of people.
MARUL
My people are innocent. They have done
nothing to deserve this.
O'NEILL
I can't stay here much longer, you got
to make a decision.
MARUL
But your friends may yet be able to
repair the damage they have done?
O'NEILL
This Goa'uld is not gonna wait for that.
It's time to go. With or without you.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
KERSHAW
Dammit.
DANIEL
No you almost had it, you just had the
last two colours in the wrong order.
Daniel does something and the force field comes down.
CARTER
Go. (On radio) Colonel, this is Carter,
we've made it past the force field and
we're starting to work on the Sentinel.
OUTSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
A horn sounds and more jaffa appear.
TEAL'C
Warriors of Svarog are approaching in
greater numbers. (over radio)
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
CARTER
(over radio) Understood Teal'c. We'll
make our stand inside the cave. Keep
them at bay as long as you can then
get in here. Daniel, can you get that
force field working again?
DANIEL
I'm on it.
OUTSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Teal'c gets ready to start firing and a death glider flies over.
SGC CONTROL ROOM
Hammond walks down the stairs.
DAVIS
Incoming transmission. It's SG3 Sir.
HAMMOND
Put it on speakers.
LAWRENCE
This is SG3 niner, come in.
HAMMOND
What's your situation Major?
LAWRENCE
A Goa'uld mothership is firing on the
Latonan city from orbit. Goa'uld forces
are heading towards our position. Battalion
strength supported by gliders.
HAMMOND
Can you hold the Stargate?
LAWRENCE
Not without reinforcements Sir.
HAMMOND
Understood. What's the status of SG1?
LAWRENCE
They're out of radio range Sir. We've
been out of contact for several hours.
HAMMOND
Very well Major. Hold the Stargate as
long as you can, then get out of there.
SG1 will just have to get the job done.
LAWRENCE
Yes sir. SG3 niner out.
The Gate disengages.
DAVIS
I'm sure they'll find a way, Sir.
HAMMOND
It's not SG1 I'm worried about.
DAVIS
Colonel Greaves?
HAMMOND
While stealing a powerful beam weapon
from the people of P3Y294, Colonel Greaves
turned the device against his pursuers,
killing all three. We returned the stolen
weapon but the Government of P3Y294
would have nothing further to do with
us. I'll be in my office, Sergeant.
DAVIS
Yes sir.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Greaves is working on the Sentinel.
KERSHAW
Colonel, you know as well as I do that
we left this exactly the way we found
it.
GREAVES
We can't have, we missed something.
KERSHAW
No we didn't. It must be something else.
GREAVES
Either shut up or go help Jackson get
the force field back on.
OUTSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Teal'c is firing and being fired upon. He retreats to the cave
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Teal'c comes in.
CARTER
How many?
TEAL'C
Several gliders. A battalion of warriors.
DANIEL
Ah, you're gonna want to be on this
side when we get this thing up again.
CARTER
Just tell us when.
MARUL'S CHAMBERS
MARUL
Go. Save yourselves. I will remain here
as long as this flame burns.
O'NEILL
Marul?
MARUL
As long as it burns, the caretaker lives.
O'NEILL
What caretaker?
MARUL
He is not to be spoken of. It is against
our law.
O'NEILL
Look, do you want your people to survive
or not?
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Sam is firing at the entrance.
CARTER
I'm almost out of ammo!
DANIEL
Get on this side.
Sam and Teal'c run to the other side. A jaffa comes in and Sam
fires on him.
CARTER
Daniel!
DANIEL
If everyone would stop shooting for
a second, maybe we could hear what we're
doing.
KERSHAW
I got it. I got it. Go, go, go.
A jaffa comes round the corner and shoots Kershaw in the back
just as the force field goes up and she falls in the right side.
GREAVES
Kershaw!
Greaves runs over to her.
KERSHAW
I'm hurt.
The jaffa start to fire on the field to no effect.
CARTER
It's gonna be all right. They can't
get past the force field. Colonel?
Greaves goes back to the Sentinel.
MARUL'S CHAMBERS
Jack is on the radio to Sam.
O'NEILL
Carter. Carter, if you can hear me,
we've got to find someone called the
caretaker. It's like a hermit who lives
near the Sentinel, apparently takes
care of it.
GROGAN
Colonel!
Grogan is zatted. Jack turns and is zatted too. Jaffa grab Marul.
JAFFA
One of my patrols has discovered your
Sentinel. Even now warriors of the Tau'ri
endeavor to repair it. I cannot allow
them to succeed. Tell me how to disable
to force field.
MARUL
That would be against our highest law.
JAFFA
You would sacrifice your own life to
defy me?
MARUL
I would.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
Sam gives Kershaw an injection.
CARTER
Colonel O'Neill, come in. (over radio)
Force field must be blocking the radio
signal.
KERSHAW
We put it back the way it was. I know
we did.
GREAVES
Obviously we didn't.
CARTER
If Colonel Greaves can get it back in
working order, we'll be the first to
know.
Daniel is looking at the Sentinel.
DANIEL
Wait a second, I think I recognise some
of these symbols. Their written language
is similar to the people of P2A463.
GREAVES
So?
DANIEL
So it's possible they're related.
GREAVES
Don't tell me you can read that.
DANIEL
No, I'm saying I recognise some of these
symbols. On P2A463, these symbols mean
life force, life energy.
GREAVES
Life energy?
DANIEL
These ones mean two as one.
GREAVES
And that means?
DANIEL
I have no idea but it must mean something
otherwise they wouldn't have written
it here.
KERSHAW
The caretaker, Colonel.
GREAVES
Shut up!
KERSHAW
What if the device is only part of the
equation?
GREAVES
You're guessing.
KERSHAW
We both know there's nothing wrong with
the Sentinel. We put it back the way
it was. What if the caretaker did more
than just look after it?
TEAL'C
Tell us of this caretaker.
KERSHAW
The night we found this place a Latonan
man took us by surprise.
CARTER
What happened?
GREAVES
He attacked us, I defended myself.
FLASHBACK
Greaves and Kershaw are looking at the Sentinel. A man with a
big stick comes towards them.
KERSHAW
Colonel, look out!
Greaves shoots him once. The caretaker goes down.
PRESENT
GREAVES
My orders were to retrieve technology
that could save Earth from the Goa'uld
at all costs, Major. You know what that
means.
CARTER
You killed him?
GREAVES
I defended myself.
KERSHAW
We should have taken him into the city.
They could have saved him, we knew they
could have. The caretaker, he begged
us to.
FLASHBACK
Kershaw is putting pressure on the wound.
CARETAKER
Please. Please I don't wish to die.
KERSHAW
Colonel, maybe we can take him back
to the city?
CARETAKER
Yes, the city.
GREAVES
That's not an option.
KERSHAW
But sir, he'll die if we just leave
him here.
GREAVES
We have our orders, Kershaw.
CARETAKER
Then allow me to touch the Sentinel.
KERSHAW
Why?
GREAVES
Shut him up.
CARETAKER
Allow me to touch the Sentinel just
once with my hand.
GREAVES
You're not going anywhere, you're not
touching anything.
KERSHAW
This is wrong.
GREAVES
It's his own damn fault for sneaking
up on me like that. You got to think
of the big picture here. The Sentinel
could save Earth one day. We're talking
about one life. One life, compared to
billions of people.
KERSHAW
We don't even know how it works.
GREAVES
We'll find out.
KERSHAW
Will you allow me to give him something
for the pain then, sir?
GREAVES
Fine, but that's all we can do.
CARETAKER
When I die, Marul will know.
GREAVES
What do you mean, he'll know?
PRESENT
KERSHAW
He told us if he were to die, the Latonans
would know anyway.
TEAL'C
How so?
KERSHAW
A flame in Marul's chamber would die
with him. He wore a band around his
wrist, it was a dead man's switch. I
rigged it so nobody would know he was
gone.
DANIEL
Two forces as one. Man and machine.
GREAVES
No, no. We missed something, we just
need to find out what it is.
The jaffa outside the forcefield leave. They come back with Jack
and Grogan chained up and force them to their knees.
CARTER
Colonel.
O'NEILL
You know, now would be a good time to
turn that thing on.
JAFFA
Lower the force field or your friends
will be killed.
CARTER
Sir?
O'NEILL
Don't do it Carter. That's an order.
JAFFA
Jaffa.
The jaffa behind Jack jabs him with a pain stick.
O'NEILL
Arrgghhh! Blow it up, don't let them
have it.
JAFFA
Jaffa.
The jaffa hits him again.
O'NEILL
Arrgghh! Do it!
CARTER
Yes sir.
GREAVES
I can deactivate the force field.
He moves to the Sentinel.
GREAVES
I can do it from here.
CARTER
I'm gonna let Colonel Greaves take down
the force field, sir.
O'NEILL
Carter, I gave you a direct order.
CARTER
Yes, sir, I understand that. I think
it's the right thing to do.
Greaves places his hands on the Sentinel. A white light appears
and the jaffa disappear. The light appears in the city and rises
taking the jaffa with it.
INSIDE SENTINEL CAVE
SG1 and Grogan look up and Greaves is gone.
CARTER
He's gone.
TEAL'C
As are the jaffa.
Sam looks at Kershaw and closes her eyes, she has died.
GROGAN
What just happened?
CARTER
The Sentinel was never damaged Sir,
it just required a human component.
Daniel unchains Jack.
DANIEL
Man and machine working together to
become a weapon.
TEAL'C
The Sentinel is indeed a device of great
power. We would be wise to ask the Latonans
if we may study it further.
O'NEILL
Oh I think I know what they'd say.
THE END
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