STARGATE SG1
Episode 514
"48 HOURS"
By
Robert C. Cooper
OFF WORLD.
SG1 are running away from two gliders which are firing on them.
There are explosions in the background as they fire. Daniel reaches
the DHD and starts dialling. Teal'c aims that cannon thing from
The Fifth Man and Jack and Sam also shoot at the gliders. The
Gate engages.
O'NEILL
Go!
Sam and Daniel run towards the Gate as Jack reloads his P90.
The gliders come back around over the Gate and Jack is hit and
thrown backwards. Teal'c moves to help him up and they then see
an Al-kesh rising from behind the trees.
O'NEILL
Let's go.
The Al-kesh starts to fire. Jack reaches the Gate and dives through.
Teal'c reaches the top of the steps and looks back. We see Tanith
piloting the Al-kesh. Teal'c then fires on the window where Tanith
was and it explodes. Teal'c turns and goes through the Stargate.
The Al-kesh plummets towards the ground and explodes taking the
DHD and Gate with it.
GATEROOM
The Gate disengages. Jack, Sam and Daniel look on in disbelief.
Hammond walks in.
HAMMOND
Where's Teal'c?
O'NEILL
I don't know Sir. He was right behind
me.
TITLES
CONTROL ROOM.
Hammond walks up the stairs and Jack follows holding a bandage
on his head.
HAMMOND
Colonel, are you okay?
O'NEILL
We have to go back Sir.
HAMMOND
What was your situation?
CARTER
We were being pursued by gliders and
an al-kesh.
O'NEILL
Teal'c was right with me. He could still
be alive.
HAMMOND
(To Tech Davis) Dial P3X116. We'll try
and raise him on his radio.
The Gate starts dialling.
TECH DAVIS
Chevron 1 encoded.
CARTER
Sir we should have the MALP standing
by just in case we need a visual.
HAMMOND
Do it.
TECH DAVIS
Yes sir. Chevron 2 encoded. Sir, we're
getting an unknown error. Sir, should
I override?
HAMMOND
Major?
CARTER
Gate feedback protocol means the system
is detecting something wrong with the
Stargate itself not our dialling computers.
TECH DAVIS
Chevron 4 encoded.
DANIEL
Like what?
CARTER
I don't know. It's something our computer
isn't recognising. Sir, what happened
just before you jumped through?
O'NEILL
The ship was coming right at us.
CARTER
You think it could have impacted the
Stargate on the other side?
O'NEILL
And if it did?
CARTER
Well, I hate to say this, but if the
wormhole was shut down while Teal'c
was en route....
TECH DAVIS
Chevron 6 encoded. Still showing an
unknown error, sir.
CARTER
Sir, we.. we better abort.
HAMMOND
Abort the dialling procedure.
The Gate stops spinning.
BRIEFING ROOM
Daniel and Hammond are there.
HAMMOND
So the Tok'ra Intel was right. The Goa'uld
were scouting P3X116 for a new base.
DANIEL
Looks that way. What the Tok'ra didn't
tell us is the Goa'uld in question was
Tanith. We'd just spotted him on the
ground near his al-kesh with a small
contingent of jaffa when the glider
made our position.
HAMMOND
He came after you himself?
DANIEL
Yeah, as you know he and Teal'c have
this thing.
Sam walks up the stairs.
CARTER
Sir. I think I know what the problem
is but we have to act quickly.
HAMMOND
What is it?
CARTER
Okay, you know how the Stargate turns
matter into energy and transmits it
through a subspace wormhole?
DANIEL
That's Gate travel 101.
CARTER
The gate on the receiving end is what
translates the energy signature and
reconverts it back into the matter's
original form.
HAMMOND
Major.
CARTER
The Stargate has massive amounts of
memory inside it. It's like a computer
buffer. It temporarily stores the energy
patterns before it reconverts them back
into matter. It does this to make sure
it's got all the information before
it reassembles the object or in our
case, person. The error we're receiving
from the Gate seems to indicate there
is still an energy pattern stored in
the memory buffer.
DANIEL
Teal'c.
CARTER
If the Al-kesh crashed into the DHD
on the other planet, it would have cut
off power to the outgoing gate. The
wormhole would have been severed prematurely.
Now if that happened before our Gate
was able to reconvert Teal'c's energy
signature back into matter...
HAMMOND
Teal'c is in our Stargate.
CARTER
His energy signature, yes, stored in
the memory.
DANIEL
Well, let's get him out.
CARTER
Right now, I'm not sure how. That's
not the worst problem.
DANIEL
There's worse?
CARTER
The Stargate has different safety protocols
designed to prevent different energy
signatures getting mixed together. One
of the ways it does this is by erasing
the memory buffer every time a new wormhole
is established. It's like an overall
system reset. Sir, if we dial out of
our gate or someone offworld tries dialling
in...
HAMMOND
We have eight teams currently on missions.
CARTER
Teal'c's energy signature will be erased.
Permanently.
HAMMOND
How do we stop an incoming wormhole?
CARTER
Right now, the iris sits just in front
of the plane where the event horizon
is formed. Now if we can rig it so we
can offset it just slightly, we could
effectively stop a wormhole from establishing.
It would be like burying our gate. Siler
says his team can have it done in an
hour.
HAMMOND
How do we get our people home?
DANIEL
When the Russians had their DHD connected
to their Stargate it became the dominant
gate on Earth.
CARTER
Exactly. All incoming wormholes automatically
went there.
HAMMOND
I'll call the Pentagon.
DANIEL
I'll go and find out how long we have
until the next SG team is due back.
GATEROOM
Silers team is sealing the Gate.
HAMMOND'S OFFICE
Hammond's on the phone and Daniel walks in halfway through.
HAMMOND
Yes sir, we have eight teams offworld
we have to get home. It's a temporary
situation we hope to have resolved as
quickly as possible. Thank you sir.
I'll get our best man for the job on
a plane right away.
DANIEL
The next team due to check in is SG5.
They have a scheduled report at 1600
hours.
HAMMOND
Less than an hour from now. Will the
iris be in place?
DANIEL
They're working as fast as they can.
HAMMOND
The best man I was talking about is
you. We need a liason in Russia to help
co-ordinate our interests. Pack a bag.
You leave in half an hour.
CONTROL ROOM
Sam is at the computer and Jack walks in.
O'NEILL
Carter.
CARTER
Sir, are you okay?
O'NEILL
Ohh, couple of stitches, concussion,
nausea, dizziness, the usual.
Jack sits down.
O'NEILL
Why is Teal'c still in the gate?
CARTER
Well sir, it's very complicated.
O'NEILL
Can I help?
CARTER
Well in order to overcome the lack of
a DHD, we had to create a proper interface
between the Gate and our computer. We
generated a series of instructions based
on electrical impulses to which the
Gate's control crystals would respond.
Now these were found mostly by trial
and error over a great deal of time.
What we need to do now is find a series
of impulses that will instruct the Gate
to override one of its primary functions.
O'NEILL
Can I get you some coffee?
CARTER
Sir, the truth is, the Gate might not
even be capable of doing what we need
it to do.
O'NEILL
Which is what?
CARTER
Resume a reintegration process that
was cut off prematurely.
O'NEILL
Carter! My head.
CARTER
Sir, I'm sorry. But the more I go through
this, the more I'm becoming concerned
that we might not be able to get Teal'c
back.
O'NEILL
Oh.
RUSSIA, BUILDING SOMEWHERE.
Daniel and Major Davis walk into a room where they are met by
the Colonel from The Tomb who will be known as RC as he has never
been given a name.
RC
Major Davis.
DAVIS
Colonel.
RC
Doctor Jackson.
DANIEL
Colonel.
RC
I trust you had a pleasant trip?
DAVIS
As possible under the circumstances.
RC
Yes, yes. An unfortunate problem. Please,
sit down. The details made available
today were somewhat vague. Only that
the technical glitch had somehow trapped
one of your team inside the inner workings
of the Stargate.
DANIEL
That's pretty much all we know at the
moment.
RC
Then it seems we are not the only ones
incapable of handling every situation
the Stargate may present after all.
DAVIS
What is the current status of our offworld
teams?
RC
All of them have been contacted successfully.
SG5 and SG8 have already arrived safely.
DANIEL
We do appreciate what you're doing.
RC
Despite appearances, our participation
in this effort is not one of good faith,
Dr Jackson. The Russian military is
not here to do your bidding.
DANIEL
I wasn't suggesting you were.
RC
Your Government seems to think it can
dictate protocol in all matters relating
to Stargate technology.
DAVIS
Our Governments do have a deal.
RC
One which has been blatantly ignored
by both sides, wouldn't you agree?
DAVIS
It is technically and logistically impossible
to run concurrent Stargate programs,
Colonel.
RC
By the sound of it, it may be impossible
not to, Major.
COMMISSARY
Jack is asleep with his head on a table. Hammond walks in.
HAMMOND
Colonel? Colonel? Go home.
O'NEILL
I'm all right sir. Just got five minutes
of quality sleep.
HAMMOND
Everything that can be done is being
done.
O'NEILL
You know this wouldn't be happening
if he had followed orders. It's that
damn Jaffa revenge thing.
HAMMOND
Get some rest Colonel. That's an order.
CORRIDOR LEADING TO BRIEFING ROOM
HAMMOND
Colonel Simmons.
SIMMONS
Hello General. I was just introducing
Major Carter and Dr McKay. The Doctor
has been studying the Stargate program
out of Area 51 for over a year now.
CARTER
Without access to a working Gate?
MCKAY
I had a virtual computer model built
when the second Gate was there.
HAMMOND
Well I'm sure it's a thrill to be here
to see the real thing.
MCKAY
Not really.
SIMMONS
The Pentagon feels Dr McKay has become
the world's foremost expert on the Gate.
HAMMOND
After Major Carter.
MCKAY
Well, with all due respect Major, you
spend most of your time in the field.
HAMMOND
Major Carter spent two years working
on the Gate prior to her five years
of service at the SGC. She's the one
who made this program viable.
MCKAY
Actually the interface she designed
is full of flaws.
CARTER
Well I admit it's not perfect but it's...
MCKAY
It has caused numerous unnecessary situations
any of which could have ended in catastrophe.
SIMMONS
And we certainly don't want that to
happen. That's why the Doctor is here
to help.
HAMMOND
Good. He can report to Major Carter.
SIMMONS
And the two of them might be able to
work together to solve this problem
to get Teal'c back in one piece. In
the time allotted.
CARTER
Excuse me? In the time allotted?
SIMMONS
It's 48 hours.
HAMMOND
Come with me Colonel.
HAMMOND'S OFFICE
HAMMOND
I don't care who you are or who you
work for, you will not come into my
facility and dictate procedure to me.
SIMMONS
Oh General, don't shoot the messenger.
I'm just bringing you your orders.
HAMMOND
Teal'c is an invaluable asset. Without
him you might very well not be sitting
there supposedly representing your country.
SIMMONS
We're all aware of his contributions.
As well as his questionable allegiances.
Now this operation, we've lost a lost
of good Americans. Are you telling me
you hold Teal'c's life above one of
our own people?
HAMMOND
Teal'c is one of our own. And his life
is not lost yet.
SIMMONS
Maybe not. But my sources tell me that
all the offworld teams are home safe.
Now the Pentagon is not willing to deal
with the Russians over the long term.
And in the past, you yourself have made
a very strong case for keeping the SGC
alive and running at all costs. And
we agree with you. So these people are
going to have to come up with a solution
in the next two days or you will be
ordered to resume sending teams through
the Gate.
RUSSIA
RC
All of your teams have arrived safely.
That is what we agreed to help you with.
DANIEL
Now all we need to do is send one of
our teams off on a sort of fact-finding
mission. One of our offworld allies
may know of a way to save Teal'c.
RC
Your offworld allies?
DANIEL
Allies of Earth.
RC
As long as our Gate is connected Dr
Jackson, we, as in the Russian people,
are vulnerable to attack.
DAVIS
We are here to ensure the orders agreed
upon by our respective leaders are carried
out. We're not here to negotiate with
you Colonel.
RC
On the contrary, Major, that is exactly
why you are here. The deal, so unwisely
made by my Government requires us to
cease our operations of the Stargate,
not make it available to you whenever
you deem it necessary. If you wish to
continue to use our technology, you
must finally present something of significant
value in return.
GAS STATION
Jack is paying and then goes outside.
MAYBOURNE
Hi Jack.
O'NEILL
You rat bastard!
MAYBOURNE
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Take it easy.
O'NEILL
I am so gonna kick your ass!
They chase each other round the truck.
MAYBOURNE
Look there's people watching.
O'NEILL
I don't care!
MAYBOURNE
Look it wasn't me. I didn't shoot you,
Jack.
O'NEILL
I trusted you!
MAYBOURNE
Come on, would I have come back here
like this if I'd done it?
O'NEILL
You might!
MAYBOURNE
I swear Jack.
O'NEILL
Then who did?
MAYBOURNE
I don't know.
O'NEILL
What do you know?
MAYBOURNE
Just what I read in the NID file, you
got shot and the Goa'uld escaped.
O'NEILL
You came all the way back to Colorado
Springs to tell me, you didn't do it?
MAYBOURNE
I didn't think you'd believe me any
other way. And I wanted to warn you.
O'NEILL
About what?
MAYBOURNE
I heard about Teal'c.
O'NEILL
What about it?
MAYBOURNE
I hope you get him back.
O'NEILL
And the warning part?
MAYBOURNE
Watch out for Frank Simmons.
O'NEILL
Simmons again. What is it with you guys?
MAYBOURNE
We go back. I don't exactly know what
he's up to but I can guarantee you it
isn't gonna be good for Teal'c or the
SGC.
O'NEILL
Great.
MAYBOURNE
I'll be in town for a couple of days.
I'd like to see how things turn out.
I'm at the Accent Inn checked in under
the name Cassidy.
O'NEILL
David or Shaun?
MAYBOURNE
Butch.
O'NEILL
You know, Simmons says you're the one
who sullied the good name of the NID.
MAYBOURNE
You believe that?
O'NEILL
No.
MAYBOURNE
Trust me Jack. I know him well. I'm
the one who recruited him.
Maybourne walks off.
CARTER'S LAB
McKay walks in escorted by an SF.
MCKAY
(To SF) Thanks (To Sam) Major.
CARTER
Doctor.
MCKAY
I guess we got off on the wrong foot.
CARTER
What probability factor did you use
figuring that out?
MCKAY
For the record, I don't work for Colonel
Simmons.
CARTER
What difference does that make?
MCKAY
Well I sensed a little tension there.
I'm on the Air Force payroll. I report
directly to the Chief of Staff.
CARTER
Oh well, that changes everything.
MCKAY
I just wanted to give you my honest
analysis, Major. It is a waste of time
to assume you write about everything,
I just thought we could get past that.
CARTER
Leaving more time to devote to your
fanclub.
MCKAY
The Gate wasn't meant to be used without
a dialling device. Your computer system
ignores 220 of the 400 feedback signals
the Gate can emit during any given dialling
sequence. It is a fluke that you picked
up the buffer warning, for that matter,
I'm surprised that you even bothered
to abort the dialling sequence despite
the error.
CARTER
What is that supposed to mean?
MCKAY
I've read the reports Major. You've
ignored error data and bypassed dialling
protocols on several occasions to get
a lock.
CARTER
My job is to present the risks not to
decide whether to take them. Now if
you have something positive to add,
do it. Otherwise, get out of my lab.
MCKAY
Well...
The phone rings.
CARTER
Carter.
Scene moves between Sam at the SGC and Daniel in Russia.
DANIEL
Hey, Sam. We got the Russians to agree
to let us send one team out. SG5 contacted
the Tok'ra and they just got back.
CARTER
What did they say?
DANIEL
They said the glitch probably occurred
because we don't have a DHD. They say
a local DHD would have compensated for
the lack of power and allowed the Gate
to finish the reintegration process.
CARTER
Well if the DHD could have prevented
the problem maybe the DHD can also fix
it? Is there any chance you can get
the Russians to give us their DHD?
In the background, Davis is talking to the Russian Colonel.
RC
That is impossible at the moment.
DANIEL
Not without giving back Alaska.
CARTER
That bad, huh?
DANIEL
Yeah, besides the Tok'ra warned us that
connected a DHD now might not be the
way to get Teal'c out of the memory.
CARTER
It could impose the reset protocol same
as dialling in would.
DANIEL
Yeah.
CARTER
So, how do the Tok'ra suggest we fix
the problem?
DANIEL
They don't know. They said they'd work
on it but they didn't say how long that
might take. Sorry I don't have better
news.
CARTER
Yeah, me too. Thanks Daniel. Bye.
HAMMOND'S OFFICE
Hammond is on the phone.
HAMMOND
Thank you, I will.
Simmons walks in.
SIMMONS
Can I come in?
HAMMOND
Do I have a choice?
SIMMONS
Clock's ticking. You have less than
32 hours.
HAMMOND
You didn't close the door just to tell
me that, did you Colonel?
SIMMONS
You know, the way I see it, General,
despite their combined brain powers,
Major Carter and Dr McKay are not going
to be able to solve this problem in
the time allotted.
HAMMOND
I'm working on extending that. Why are
you really here, Colonel?
SIMMONS
I can provide you with the information
you're gonna need to save Teal'c.
HAMMOND
How?
SIMMONS
That's not important.
HAMMOND
It damn well is.
SIMMONS
What's important is that this information
is not gonna be for free.
HAMMOND
Are you speaking officially on behalf
of the NID because I can't believe what
I'm hearing.
SIMMONS
Oh just stick with the point, General.
HAMMOND
I'm trying to count how many crimes
you might be committing right now, Colonel.
SIMMONS
General, the way I see it, you have
two options. You can either give me
what I want, a small token compared
to what's at stake, at least for you.
Or I guess you could pick up the phone
and call your superiors and report this
conversation. At which point, I would
deny everything.
HAMMOND
I'm thinking of having you arrested
this instant.
SIMMONS
Well go ahead, and I guarantee you,
you'll never see Teal'c again.
MAYBOURNE'S MOTEL ROOM
There's a knock at the door and Maybourne opens the door to Jack
and he walks in.
MAYBOURNE
I could take care of him for you.
O'NEILL
What?
MAYBOURNE
Simmons. I could make sure he's never
a problem again. I'm already wanted
for treason.
O'NEILL
Okay, I'll just pretend you didn't say
that.
MAYBOURNE
Bet it was him who shot you. The son
of a bitch really stood there in Hammond's
office and blackmailed him right to
his face?
O'NEILL
Yeah.
MAYBOURNE
You gotta admire that. What'd he ask
for?
O'NEILL
A Goa'uld hand device.
MAYBOURNE
Might as well be admitting they have
the Goa'uld that escaped.
O'NEILL
We're hoping.
MAYBOURNE
Why?
O'NEILL
Because he might tell us what he told
Simmons.
MAYBOURNE
You have to find him first. Ohhhh.
RUSSIA
Davis is holding a document.
DAVIS
This is unacceptable.
RC
We allowed all your teams to return
home safely. We even allowed you to
send out another team on a new reconnaisance
mission. We expect nothing less than
everything on that list in return.
DAVIS
Your Government agreed to let us use
your Gate period. It mentioned nothing
of any demands.
RC
Russia will not stand by and allow you
to operate your program without our
direct involvement. We demand that a
Russian team be permanently be stationed
at your base. That all mission files
go through our onsite officer. And all
technologies procured and developed
as a result of Stargate travel past,
present and future, will be shared equally.
DAVIS
Or what? We already know your Government
has no interest in running it's own
program.
RC
Political winds change, Major. And don't
forget, with a DHD we can ensure that
our base has the dominant operational
gate.
DAVIS
You do realise, Sir, that what you're
talking about could be interpreted as
an act of war?
RC
Don't be ridiculous. How can the United
States go to war over something its
people know nothing about?
DAVIS
It wouldn't be unprecedented, Colonel.
DANIEL
What would it take for you to give us
your DHD? No seriously, let's put it
on the table. I mean we all know you
think of the DHD as your long-term bargaining
chip but everything has a price. And
no one has said exactly what it would
take to buy you out in full, right now.
DAVIS
Dr Jackson.
RC
No, no, he has a good point, Major.
The problem is Dr Jackson, that without
full disclosure of technologies already
procured by the SGC, it may be impossible
to determine a reasonable price.
MAYBOURNE'S KITCHEN
Maybourne is on a laptop.
O'NEILL
Didn't the NID trace you down last time
you did this?
MAYBOURNE
Well this time I'm using link up that's
bouncing off five different satellites.
They pick something up; tracing it will
make `em dizzy for a month.
O'NEILL
What are we looking for?
MAYBOURNE
The NID have several bases for their
special ops throughout the country.
Call `em safehouses.
O'NEILL
Legitimate organisation?
MAYBOURNE
It's the only way we're gonna find this
Goa'uld, Jack.
O'NEILL
What do you mean?
MAYBOURNE
Through legitimate NID operations. Unofficial
business is financed through the private
sector and can be kept off the books.
But any official NID action has to be
filed with the Pentagon, same as any
branch of the military. If Simmons used
an NID plane to visit our snakehead,
the flight plan was registered.
O'NEILL
Wouldn't that be stupid?
MAYBOURNE
The situation with Teal'c provided Simmons
with a unique opportunity. But the Pentagon's
deadline didn't give him much time.
Besides NID flight plans are classified
information. And there aren't many people
who would know the current location
of every NID safehouse in the country.
You just happen to be lucky enough to
know one of the few who does.
They look at the computer after Maybourne has hacked his way
in.
O'NEILL
Diverted to Minot on it's way to Colorado
Springs?
MAYBOURNE
North Dakota ain't exactly on the way.
COMMISSARY.
Sam and McKay are getting food. Sam is picking up blue jello
again.
MCKAY
There's no switch. The crystals were
wiped clean by an unstable vortex of
a forming wormhole. You have any idea
how much excess energy one of those
blasts gives off?
CARTER
As a matter of fact I do. Now what we
need to do is find a way to establish
an event horizon without the vortex.
MCKAY
It's impossible.
CARTER
I've seen it done before.
MCKAY
By magical fairy beings. (To server)
Is there lemon on the chicken?
SERVER
It's lemon chicken.
MCKAY
So it is. I'm mortally allergic to citrus.
One drop of lemon and I could die. I'll
have what ever that is. (To Sam) I have
to be very careful.
They sit down.
MCKAY
So, what would this fictional event
horizon be connected to?
He starts to stuff his face.
CARTER
Hungry?
MCKAY
Starving. Shockingly, this is even worse
than it looks but it beats a hypoglycaemic
reaction.
CARTER
The event horizon is what dematerialises
you and sends you into the wormhole.
Now maybe we don't need to connect to
a wormhole to form an event horizon.
MCKAY
Maybe, somehow, somewhere.
CARTER
All we need to do is to get the rematerialisation
process to work.
MCKAY
Major. Even if you manage to create
a viable event horizon without connecting
to a wormhole, you'd never get the wormhole
to reintegrate Teal'c.
CARTER
Why not?
MCKAY
The crystals that retain the energy
pattern before reintegration, they're
not like magnetic hard drives.
CARTER
I know. They're crystals.
MCKAY
You can't just ignore the laws of thermo-dynamics.
Entropy dictates the crystals won't
retain their energy patterns permanently.
I've measured it. It's what's called
quantitative evidence.
CARTER
I think the energy itself is unimportant
past its initial imprint on the crystals.
MCKAY
And this fantasy is based on?
CARTER
I suspect the Gate is storing its one's
and zero's on the subatomic level within
the structure of the crystals. So even
though the energy is dissipating, the
most recent pattern still exists.
MCKAY
You suspect.
CARTER
We are dealing with a level of quantum
physics here that is way beyond us.
MCKAY
More than a third of the energy pattern
the Gate requires to reintegrate Teal'c,
it's already gone.
CARTER
I don't think so.
MCKAY
You're guessing wildly, like you always
do. Maybe you could find a way to fool
the Gate into reintegrating whatever
it has stored in memory. But I say you
won't like what comes out.
CARTER
Well, we'll see.
MCKAY
Major, Teal'c is dead. And this argument
is a waste of time because the Pentagon
is going to order Hammond to resume
operations in what, 16 hours.
CARTER
That's how they came up with the 48
hour deadline isn't it? You told them
Teal'c would already be dead.
MCKAY
That's why it's called a deadline.
CARTER
God, you're a jerk!
MCKAY
I wish I didn't find you so attractive.
I always had a real weakness for dumb
blondes.
CARTER
Go suck a lemon!
Sam walks off.
MCKAY
Very sexy. Very, very sexy.
He keeps eating.
NID SAFEHOUSE
Inside there is a man watching security screens. One screen suddenly
starts to beep.
MAN
We have a breach in the perimeter, section
R9. (on radio)
JOE
I got it. It's probably that damn squirrel
again. (on radio)
MAN
You better take back up, Joe. Joe, report.
Joe. Paul, check on Joe, take Peter.
PAUL
We're on it.
The lights suddenly go off.
MAN
We have a power failure here at homebase.
I'm switching to backup generator.
He flicks the switch and nothing happens.
MAN
We have a red alert. Backup generator
is down. System is inoperational, repeat,
system is down. Ron, get to the generator.
Find out what's going on. Paul, Peter,
report.
ROOM WHERE ADRIAN CONRAD/GOA'ULD IS LOCKED UP.
There are two men. Conrad just looks on.
MAN2
What's going on?
SECURITY ROOM.
The man gets up and opens the door where Maybourne zats him.
MAYBOURNE
Okay Jack, I'm in. Hit it. (on radio)
Jack restores the power. Maybourne checks the cameras.
MAYBOURNE
You got two guys left guarding the Goa'uld.
Maybourne leaves.
ROOM WHERE ADRIAN CONRAD/GOA'ULD IS LOCKED UP.
The two guys left are waiting and one is zatted. The other one
goes towards him and is zatted too by Jack.
From now on Conrad will be referred to as CONRAD but he is always
speaking as the Goa'uld.
CONRAD
We meet again.
O'NEILL
Yeah.
CONRAD
Now what?
O'NEILL
Now you're going to tell me what I wanna
know.
RUSSIA
Daniel and Davis are sitting down.
DANIEL
Look, all I'm saying is they did what
we asked in good faith. Now all they're
asking for in return is what we already
promised to give them.
DAVIS
Have you lost your mind?
DANIEL
Should we be talking about this in here?
DAVIS
I'm sure the room is bugged but it doesn't
matter. They already know everything
that we're talking about. And they might
as well know that we are never going
to turn over refined weapons grade Naqahdah.
DANIEL
I'm talking about Naqahdah generator
technology, a clean and safe source
of power.
DAVIS
Which requires refined Naqahdah to work.
Dr Jackson, you of all people realise
the explosive power of this material.
DANIEL
Yeah, so they can blow us up 200 times
over instead of just 100. What difference
does it make?
DAVIS
The difference is, it would take only
one nuke to get through an anti-ballistic
shield to do it. One.
DANIEL
The point is, you already owe them the
generator technology anyway along with
everything else we've found using the
Stargate.
DAVIS
No, no, no. The point is, we are not
giving them the generator technology
and their not giving us the DHD.
DANIEL
Can't you stipulate we supervise how
the Naqahdah is being used. They want
to monitor our use of the Gate....
DAVIS
That's not the point.
DANIEL
Isn't a more economically stable Russia
better for everyone?
DAVIS
We don't know who they'll turn around
and sell the technology to.
DANIEL
So all this time we've been using the
Gate to save the world, we've really
been using it to save the good old U.
S of A, huh?
DAVIS
Dammit Daniel, we don't even know for
sure the DHD will even save Teal'c.
DANIEL
Naqahdah generator technology is years
from practical widespread implementation.
In the meantime we get the DHD and prevent
the Russians from ever holding their
Gate over us ever again.
DAVIS
That's exactly why the Russians will
never go for it.
DANIEL
Let's ask.
CONRAD'S ROOM
Maybourne is taping up the men.
O'NEILL
Get me in here.
MAYBOURNE
Jack.
O'NEILL
Just do it.
Maybourne swipes the card and the door to the cage opens.
O'NEILL
All right. Tell me what you told Simmons.
CONRAD
What in particular are you referring
to?
O'NEILL
How do we save Teal'c?
CONRAD
Why should I tell you?
O'NEILL
Because if you don't, I'll kill you.
CONRAD
I doubt that.
Jack zats him.
O'NEILL
What makes you think I care if you live
or die?
CONRAD
What about the host?
O'NEILL
He tried to kill a friend of mine to
save his own ass so I don't much care
about him either.
CONRAD
If you kill me, Teal'c dies.
O'NEILL
Give me another choice.
CONRAD
Let me go. Once I am free, I will contact
you with the information.
O'NEILL
I think Teal'c would rather I shoot
you.
CONRAD
Oh go ahead. You know, Colonel Simmons
was really much better at this than
you. He at least offered something of
value in return for what I know.
Jack looks around.
O'NEILL
Thank you.
They lock him in and walk out.
TAPE ROOM
MAYBOURNE
I don't understand.
O'NEILL
There's a camera in that cell. Would
have been from two days ago.
MAYBOURNE
Got it.
They take the tape and go.
RUSSIA
Daniel and Davis sit waiting. RC walks in and throws a file on
the table.
DAVIS
It's what you want.
RC
Not everything.
DAVIS
And we acknowledge that the past arrangement
by both sides.
DANIEL
What we're saying is that we're willing
to try and make it work now.
RC
Allow our team full access to your base
and all information relating to the
Stargate. After a month we will assess
delivery of the DHD.
DANIEL
Wait, that's not good enough. This is
not a negotiation. You know damn well
we need that DHD right now, someone's
life is a stake here. A very good friend
of mine. And that DHD could help save
him. Now, when your Russian team went
missing, SG1 along with that friend
went to try and rescue them.
RC
Yes, and in the process, three more
Russian soldiers died.
DANIEL
That's not our fault.
RC
Colonel Zukhov was a friend of mine.
He is now dead, Doctor.
DANIEL Then you must know how I feel. Look, lend us your DHD.
You can come with it if you like. Please.
BRIEFING ROOM
Sam walks in to Hammond.
CARTER
Sir, Daniel just called. The Russians
have agreed to loan us the DHD temporarily.
HAMMOND
Is it going to make a difference?
CARTER
Eventually it might.
HAMMOND
I've just been ordered to resume normal
operations of this base by the President.
CARTER
Sir.
HAMMOND
SG-2 is prepping for a recon mission
to P4C796.
CARTER
Sir, you can't. I need more time.
HAMMOND
I've been given a direct order.
CARTER
I don't care what anyone says. You open
that gate and you are murdering Teal'c.
HAMMOND
My only other choice is to resign. If
I resign now, I will have no control
over who will be running this facility
an hour from now. Is that enough time?
CARTER
No.
HAMMOND
Tell me what else I can do.
CARTER
I can't sir.
CONTROL ROOM
HAMMOND
Dial the gate. (to Tech Davis)
BRIEFING ROOM
Sam is overlooking the Stargate. She then starts to walk off.
She is met by a female SF.
WESTERHOLM
Major. There's a call for you from Colonel
O'Neill. He says it's urgent.
CARTER
Thank you.
CONTROL ROOM
Hammond and Simmons are there. Sam walks in.
TECH DAVIS
Chevron 5 encoded.
CARTER
You have to abort.
SIMMONS
Stand down Major.
CARTER
Sir, Colonel O'Neill has obtained the
information we need to save Teal'c.
TECH DAVIS
Chevron 6 encoded.
CARTER
And he has evidence that will incriminate
Colonel Simmons.
SIMMONS
She's lying.
HAMMOND
Abort the dialling sequence. Airman,
arrest Colonel Simmons.
SIMMONS
This is preposterous.
HAMMOND
Take him away. If he resists, shoot
him.
Simmons is taken away.
BRIEFING ROOM.
Hammond, Jack, Sam and McKay are watching the video.
There's a video of Simmons and Conrad.
CONRAD
You have to remove the master control
crystal before you attach the DHD otherwise
the imprint will be erased.
Hammond stops the video.
MCKAY
That was a joke. He was joking.
HAMMOND
Major?
CARTER
Well theoretically...
MCKAY
Are you insane? He's a Goa'uld. He wants
you to destroy yourself. If you remove
the master control crystal there's nothing
to regulate the energy distribution.
You get straight current flowing the
wrong conduit. The whole Gate could
explode.
O'NEILL
That true?
CARTER
Well technically it's possible sir,
the Gate's a very powerful superconductor.
But we could take steps to ensure the...
MCKAY
You are a certifiable whack job, you
know that? And you're no better if you
listen to her. Her judgement is being
clouded by her personal feelings. Teal'c
is toast, he's history.
CARTER
Sir, I think that we could make sure
that the risk was very small.
MCKAY
You try this harebrained scheme and
you blow yourself up for nothing. No
way I'm hanging around for that.
HAMMOND
Your plane leaves for Russia in an hour.
MCKAY
Russia?
HAMMOND
Your new assignment is to supervise
the development of Russia's naqahdah
generator program.
MCKAY
I am not going to Russia. Do you know
what the food is like in Russia? Besides
I'm a civilian, I don't have to do what
you say.
CARTER
Well as long as you're on the Air Force
payroll....
MCKAY
Oh... this really sucks.
He leaves.
HAMMOND
Major, do what you have to do.
CARTER
Yes sir.
GATEROOM/ CONTROL ROOM
Sam and Siler are in the Gateroom. Hammond, Jack, Daniel, Davis
and RC are in the Control room.
Siler is taking out the red crystal from the DHD.
SILER
Okay Major.
CARTER
Sir, master control crystal's been removed.
We're ready to connect the DHD.
HAMMOND
The base has been evacuated of all non-essential
personnel. You can proceed Major.
CARTER
Sir.
O'NEILL
Hey, you sure you wanna be in there
for this?
SILER
Not really sir.
O'NEILL
I wasn't talkin' to you.
CARTER
Sir, if the Gate blows up, it won't
matter where we are on the base.
O'NEILL
Right.
DANIEL
Not too late to change your mind about
leaving. (To RC)
RC
I will stay.
CARTER
Do it.
The Gate starts dialling. Sparks fly and the Gate engages without
the kawoosh. Teal'c steps through and the gate shuts down. Suddenly
a spark of energy travels to the DHD and it blows up. Siler is
thrown backwards. Hammond and Jack go down to the gateroom.
DANIEL
Well that never happened in any of the
simulations.
Jack and Hammond reach the gateroom.
O'NEILL
Shake it off sparky. Teal'c, buddy.
You all right?
Jack and Sam go up the ramp to Teal'c.
TEAL'C
Indeed.
CARTER
Teal'c, as far as you know what just
happened?
TEAL'C
I had my revenge. Tanith is dead.
O'NEILL
That's nice. I'm happy for you.
CARTER
It's good to see you in one piece Teal'c.
O'NEILL
Yes, we thought we'd lost you again.
CARTER
You sure you're feeling perfectly normal?
TEAL'C
Yes. What has transpired here?
O'NEILL
Well believe it or not, you owe your
life to a Goa'uld.
TEAL'C
Never.
O'NEILL
Oh yes.
They walk off.
THE END
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