STARGATE SG1
Episode 116
"ENIGMA"
By
Katharyn Michaelian Powers
SG1 step through the gate onto a planet that seems to be in the
middle of a natural disaster. A volcano has erupted and the air
is thick with ash.
SAM
Wow! None of this was going on when
we sent the probe through.
DANIEL
What's this stuff in the air?
TEAL'C
Ash .
JACK
All right, Daniel. Dial it up, get us
out of here.
DANIEL
No argument. Wait a minute. There's
something out there.( It's a woman,
she's alive. There's more, hurry you
guys.
The team begin to look for survivors
TEAL'C
There's no life here.
SAM
This one's had it.
DANIEL
It's just like Pompeii . Everyone died
of suffocation before the lava started
to flow. What are these things?
TEAL'C
O'Neill! There are two more alive.
JACK
Carter? How long before we're toast?
SAM
I don't know, Sir, I'm not a volcanologist.
It could be days, it could be minutes.
Narim, one of the men on the ground, turns his head and looks
at Sam. He grabs her hand
NARIM
Don't... help us.
Titles
Gateroom
The survivors are being brought through the gate
MEDIC
Move away. Give them some room.
JACK
All right. Let's go.
MEDIC
You OK?
JACK
Yeah .
HAMMOND
Colonel O'Neill? What happened?
JACK
We encountered some very severe volcanic
activity, Sir.
HAMMOND
Who are all these people?
SAM
We don't really know, Sir They were
all dead and dying around the gate.
The air was highly toxic.
DANIEL
And hot.
HAMMOND
You better have Doctor Frasier take
a look at you. We'll debrief as soon
as you're ready.
JACK
Yes, Sir.
Briefing Room
HAMMOND
You evacuated ten people from an alien
planet, Colonel. Doctor Frasier says
they're all human and it looks like
they're going to live. This was one
hell of a rescue operation.
JACK
Thank you, Sir
HAMMOND
There were no buildings in the area
of any kind?
SAM
No sir. We don't know how far they walked,
but it looked like they were trying
to make it back to the Stargate.
HAMMOND
What do we know about these devices
they were wearing?
SAM
Well, they all emit low levels of radiation
indicating an operative energy source,
but there's no circuitry, moving parts
or chips. We've never seen anything
like it.
DANIEL
I thought at first that they were from
a parallel culture but it looks like
they might be way ahead of us.
HAMMOND
We've determined humans on other planets
originated here on Earth, right?
DANIEL
Yes.
HAMMOND
Then given our present state of technology,
could they be ahead of us?
DANIEL
Yes. We'd be colonising space right
now if it hadn't been for the Dark Ages.
There was a period of over eight hundred
years where science was heresy and anathema.
Maybe they didn't have that setback.
FEMALE OFFICER
General Hammond? The spokesperson for
the rescued people is awake. He'd like
to speak with you. All of you.
Infirmary
"Attention. All off duty medical personnel report to the infirmary,
sub level 20. Stat"
.
OMOC
Who are you?
HAMMOND
I'm Major General Hammond. This is Colonel
O'Neill.
JACK
Jack
SAM
Samantha Carter
DANIEL
Daniel Jackson
OMOC
Where is this place?
HAMMOND
You're on a planet called Earth. These
people saved you.
OMOC
Nothing could be further from the truth.
DANIEL
Well, unless I missed something, you're
better off here than you were there.
OMOC
There was a rescue transport on the
way.
JACK
Well, half your people were already
dead. I don't think it would have gotten
there in time.
OMOC
Perhaps that's more of a problem for
you than it was for us.
JACK
Beg your pardon?
OMOC
I find it unbelievable that anyone so
primitive could have deciphered the
gate system.
JACK
Did you say primitive?
TEAL'C
I too am from a world very different
from this one. Here life is highly valued.
OMOC
Quite a statement for a Jaffa.
HAMMOND
Sir, I'd like to know who you are and
what you know about the Goa'uld.
OMOC
I am Omoc. Our world is called Tollan
HAMMOND
And what do you know of the Goa'uld
and Jaffa?
OMOC
We're aware of them, we don't interact
with them.
HAMMOND
Well then, we share a common enemy.
OMOC
Did I mention an enemy?
HAMMOND
I only meant, it might benefit everyone
if your people and ours could be friends.
OMOC
I demand you return everything that
you have taken from us and allow us
to go home.
DANIEL
Well, it could take a while for those
volcanoes to quiet down. In the meantime,
I'm a bit of a culture buff, I'd like
to learn about your history and customs.
OMOC
I've said enough. I'll say no more.
Outside in the hallway
HAMMOND
Captain Carter, I want you to monitor
the situation on Tollan very closely,
as soon as it's safe there, I want those
people gone.
SAM
Yes, Sir.
Daniel goes into the gateroom, where Sam is working on a UAV
DANIEL
New hobby?
SAM
Neat, huh? Miniature UAV with all the
bells and whistles. I'm just adding
heat sensors so I can send it through
the gate to Tollan.
DANIEL
I was just down in the infirmary with
one of the Tollan, trying to get them
to talk to us. They only ask questions,
they never answer them. As a matter
of fact, one of them was asking a lot
of questions about you.
SAM
I thought they weren't interested in
us.
DANIEL
I didn't say us. I said you. General
Hammond thinks maybe you'll have better
luck getting some answers. He'd like
to see you.
SAM
OK.
Hammond speaks to Sam, in the hallway
HAMMOND
And I was hoping he would open up to
you a bit more than Doctor Jackson or
myself.
Infirmary
HAMMOND
You remember Narim?
SAM
Yes. From the planet. You were a lot
dirtier then.
NARIM
Oh, Captain Carter, or is it Doctor?
SAM
Why don't we just make it Samantha?
NARIM
You may call me Narim
SAM
OK
HAMMOND
Captain Carter, Mr Narim seems very
interested in our planet. I thought
maybe you'd like to escort him up to
the surface to have a look.
SAM
Really?
NARIM
I would be very pleased to have that
opportunity.
HAMMOND
As long as you give me your word you'll
stay with Captain Carter.
NARIM
You have my word.
SAM
Great! Let's go. Sir.
Out on the mountain
NARIM
I wanted to tell you, that I'm glad
to be alive. So are the others.
SAM
Good
NARIM
Thank you. And please tell your friends.
SAM
Oh. You can tell them yourself.
NARIM
No, I can't. I shouldn't be talking
to you.
SAM
Why not?
NARIM
You know, back on Tollan, I thought
I was dying. I heard your voice and
managed to open my eyes, and, when I
saw you...
SAM
What?
NARIM
An old superstition. There was a time
before reason and science when my ancestors
believed in all manner of nonsense.
Like the Sher'mau. The story goes that
if a Sher'mau appears at the moment
of death, she would take you to her
dwelling in the stars.
SAM
We call them angels.
NARIM
Than you still believe in them?
SAM
Some of us do.
NARIM
Ours were reported to be quite beautiful...
and, when I saw you,well,you seemed
to fit the description. And then I learned
from Doctor Jackson that you're also
a brilliant scientist
SAM
Wow!
NARIM
I'm afraid I ask quite a few questions.
Curiosity.
SAM
It's a quality Omoc doesn't seem to
share.
NARIM
Can you tell me something about your
world? Is it permitted?
SAM
Well, yeah. Of course.
Narim looks up and see's an eagle
NARIM
A flying animal.
SAM
Yeah. We call them birds.
NARIM
Are there other animals.
SAM
Oh yeah. Millions of them.
NARIM
There have been none on Tollan for generations.
SAM
Well, I could bring you pictures, if
you like.
NARIM
I would like that very much. Thank you.
SAM
Good.
NARIM
But, I think it would be best if Omoc
didn't know.
SAM
Why?
NARIM
Omoc is not as harsh as he seems. He
is only trying to protect us. And you.
SAM
From what?
NARIM
Perhaps. Perhaps we should go back.
SAM
OK.
Sam is in the gateroom
HARRIMAN
Chevron six. Engaged. Chevron seven.
Locked.
SAM
Launching UAV in 10 seconds.9...8...7...6...5...4...3.
..2...1
JACK
Yeah!
SAM
Successful launch. UAV is holding course
and the wormhole should reach the Tollan
gate in...3...2...1. Temperature - ground
1700 degrees Fahrenheit. Air seems to
be in pockets, ranging from 1500 degrees
down to 200.
JACK
Sounds like L.A
SAM
If the heat doesn't get you, the atmosphere
will. It's mostly pryroclastics, basalt,
ash. A person could suffocate very quickly.
JACK
How long before it cools down?
SAM
I don't know. Not any time soon. It
doesn't look like it'll matter, anyway.
That lava's flowing straight toward
the gate. Computer predicts that at
the current rate the gate will be buried
in a couple of days.
JACK
Well, looks like we've got some guests
for a while.
Infirmary. Sam goes to speak with Omoc
OMOC
Are you absolutely certain?
SAM
Yes. I'm sorry.
OMOC
Then nature succeeded where we failed.
DANIEL
What? You were going to seal the gate?
OMOC
Tollan is a world in cataclysm. Evacuation
was complete, my team stayed to.Our
final task was to close the gate, so
that no-one could return and be harmed.
SAM
Well, wherever you were going, we can
recalibrate the co-ordinates from here.
OMOC
The new settlement world is outside
the gate system. We'll need a ship.
DANIEL
Oh! We don't have ships. Not that kind,
anyway.
SAM
Our space program is relatively new.
Briefing Room
HAMMOND
Well, the bottom line here is your survivors
have become refugees. If they don't
want to be here, we've got to relocate
them somewhere.
JACK
You know, General, we have done some
fairly good deeds out there. Maybe we
should try calling in some markers.
HAMMOND
OK. Colonel, you and Teal'c follow up
on that. Maybe go pay a visit to some
of our old friends. Captain Carter,
I want you and Doctor Jackson to get
the multi-purpose room on 5C readied
as a refugee housing centre.
JACK
Yes, Sir.
The Tollan Quarters
HAMMOND
As an act of good faith, we're returning
the devices you were wearing.
OMOC
They are not weapons.
HAMMOND
That's what our technicians thought.
OMOC
So you had them tested? Not much of
an act of good faith.
DANIEL
Well, actually, we couldn't figure out
exactly what they were.
HAMMOND
I want to assure you, we're doing all
we can to re-locate your people.
OMOC
Are we to have some say in the matter?
DANIEL
Oh, yes. Self determination is a concept
that's very important to us.
HAMMOND
We'll do our best. In the meantime,
we'll make you as comfortable as possible,
but I want you to understand, you're
restricted to the immediate premises.
OMOC
Are we prisoners?
DANIEL
No. No, absolutely not.
HAMMOND
But you are from an alien environment.
It's as much for your safety as for
ours.
Sam walks into the room and goes up to Narims bunk. She has some
books and a cat carrier
SAM
Hey. How you doing.
NARIM
It may sound ridiculous, but I have
no idea what to do with these items.
Oh... well, our sleeping platforms adjust
automatically to our body temperature.
They don't come with accoutrements.
SAM
It's OK. I'll show you. I brought you
some things to take a look at.
NARIM
Oh! Thank you.
SAM
You're welcome. You might like to see
this first.
She takes a cat out of the carrier
NARIM
I never thought I'd see a living animal.
SAM
His name's Schrödinger. Oh... it's kind
of a joke really. His name, that is.
Schrödinger's cat...
NARIM
Oh?
SAM
Right. Uh, see, there was an Earth physicist
by the name of Erwin Schrödinger. He
had this theoretical experiment. Put
a cat in a box, add a can of poison
gas, activated by the decay of a radioactive
atom, and close the box.
NARIM
Sounds like a cruel man.
SAM
Oh, no, no. It was just a theory. He
never really did it. He said that if
he did do it at any one instant, the
cat would be both dead and alive at
the same time.
NARIM
Ah! Kulivrian physics. An atom state
is indeterminate until measured by an
outside observer.
SAM
We call it quantum physics. You know
the theory?
NARIM
Yeah, I've studied it,in among other
misconceptions of elementary science.
SAM
Misconception? You telling me that you
guys have licked quantum physics?
Omoc appears
NARIM
Omoc.
SAM
I'll come back and help you with this
later.
She leaves
NARIM
I did not tell her anything.
Briefing Room
JACK
We set up a meeting with Tuplo for 0800
tomorrow.
TEAL'C
Colonel O'Neill was correct. Many of
the worlds we have visited are eager
to be of service.
HAMMOND
People! We have a problem. The refugees
seem to have escaped.
SAM
Escaped?
JACK
How did they get past the guards.
HAMMOND
You can ask them that when you find
them.
The Tollan are outside on the mountain
AIRMAN
They're over here.
JACK
Hold fire.
OMOC
We were merely observing the stars.
JACK
Well, you're all going to have to come
back in now.
OMOC
So we are prisoners.
Hammonds office
JACK
Any idea how they got past the guards,
Sir?
HAMMOND
None. A surveillance video in the multi-purpose
room was exposed to some sort of interference,
just as the escape was taking place.
JACK
Convenient.
SAM
Can the video be salvaged, maybe computer
enhanced?
HAMMOND
We're trying now. In the meantime, we
should get this show on the road.
Briefing Room. The people from the Land Of Light have arrived
JACK
Tuplo
TUPLO
Good to see you. General Hammond, before
we begin, I wish to thank you for allowing
me to be the first visitor to your Earth
from the Land of Light. It is indeed
an honour. My lord Omoc,the Land of
Light is a world of eternal brightness,
where fertility abounds. Our farms produce
rich harvests. Our rivers are blessed
with fish and fowl. We would be honoured
to share our land with your people.
OMOC
You have no idea who or what we are.
TUPLO
We know that you are in need, and that
you are here among those who have proven
themselves our friends. That is enough.
OMOC
You're missing the point. His planet
is unacceptable to us. These people
are even more primitive than you.
The Tollans quarters. Sam is talking to Narim
SAM
Narim, can you tell me why Omoc is so,
you know.
NARIM
Obstinate?
SAM
Yeah.
NARIM
The nearest planet in our solar system
was called Surita. When we began to
explore space, we learned she was inhabited.
SAM
Did you make contact?
NARIM
Yes, when we thought they were sufficiently
advanced. They were on a level very
similar to yours.
SAM
So what happened?
NARIM
We offered them a device,to produce
unlimited productive energy. And they
used it to make war.
SAM
How bad was it?
NARIM
In one rotation of our planet, they
had destroyed theirs.
SAM
One day?
NARIM
The destruction shifted our planet's
orbit point 3 tekanna, enough to begin
a chain of events that... made our world
unstable.
SAM
So that would explain why he's so afraid
to give a society like ours any of your
technology.
NARIM
Yes.
SAM
Tell me, what were you really doing
outside last night.
NARIM
Omoc spoke the truth. By setting the
position of your stars, we were able
to calibrate the distance between Earth
and the new home world. It is very far
away, Samantha. Too far to hope for
a ship in our lifetime.
SAM
Have you ever thought about staying
here? On earth?
NARIM
I would gladly stay, if only to spend
more time with a certain inhabitant
of this planet. I speak, of course,
of Schrödinger.
OMOC
Our escape was a test. You did exactly
what I knew you would do. You used threat
and force to solve your problem.
SAM
You didn't give us any other choice.
OMOC
You could have come for us unarmed
JACK
Hey! You haven't exactly behaved like
someone I wanna trust. I'm not gonna
put my team at risk.
OMOC
And I will not risk my people in your
care.
JACK
Look Omoc. If you're so advanced, why
don't you let your people decide for
themselves?
SAM
Narim, this is a free country. Every
year we take in thousands of refugees
fleeing repression. If you request asylum,
you can stay here no matter what Omoc
wants.
OMOC
You don't care anything about Narim's
rights. You only want our technology,
nothing more.
JACK
As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind
knowing how you got the hell out of
this place. Technically speaking of
course.
OMOC
You don't need to know how, only that
we did, and we can do it again any time
we need to.
FEMALE OFFICER
Colonel, General Hammond would like
to see you and your team right away,
Sir.
JACK
Thank you.
Control Room
HARRIMAN
We've managed to augment the surveillance
video from the multi-purpose room and
some of the corridors with computer
enhancement. You're not going to believe
this.
The Tollan walk through a wall
JACK
Wow! Cool!
DANIEL
But totally impossible.
SAM
Well, only from the perspective of our
limited science, apparently.
HARRIMAN
We have similar video of them passing
through an elevator door and wall, on
ground level.
TEAL'C
This is knowledge far beyond that of
the Goa'uld
Maybourne can be heard
MAYBOURNE
That's exactly what the President and
Joint Chiefs want to hear. Colonel Maybourne,
Sir. NID.
JACK
Intelligence? What happened to Kennedy?
MAYBOURNE
Promoted. I took his place.
JACK
Promoted? Talk about failing upwards.
MAYBOURNE
Colonel O'Neill. I read about your conflict
with Colonel Kennedy in his report.
I assure you, such an attitude will
not prevail with me, in either direction.
JACK
I sense that.
MAYBOURNE
Good.
HAMMOND
Would you mind telling me exactly why
you're here, Colonel.
MAYBOURNE
You didn't get my advance?
Briefing Room
MAYBOURNE
That's an order releasing the Tollans
to our section. You're to be congratulated,
General, the Stargate program is finally
paying off. This was quite a coup.
DANIEL
Excuse me? These are people we're talking
about.
JACK
These people do have rights, you know?
MAYBOURNE
Do they? Under what nation's jurisdiction.
DANIEL
How about basic human rights?
HAMMOND
I can't release them to you.
MAYBOURNE
I beg your pardon?
HAMMOND
I don't believe the President meant
to release these people until they have
been through quarantine. We don't have
any idea what kinds of diseases they
might be carrying.
MAYBOURNE
You're out of your league here, gentlemen.
You're playing in my ballpark now, and
I have the full authority of the President.
HAMMOND
So do I, Colonel. Why don't you ask
the airman outside to show you to our
guest quarters?
MAYBOURNE
That's OK. I'll wait.
HAMMOND
That wasn't an invitation. It was an
order, Colonel.
Maybourne leaves the room
JACK
General? Didn't Doctor Frasier give
the Tollans a clean bill of health?
HAMMOND
Just don't let her tell Maybourne that.
At most, I've bought us a day, people.
Find me some alternatives.
JACK
You're a good man, General.
Sam and Narim talk, in the Tollans quarters
NARIM
Then it doesn't matter how I ask for
asylum?
SAM
Maybourne would love that. But you'd
be working for him, on his terms.
NARIM
Then Omoc is correct. Your people will
use our knowledge for war.
SAM
It's not us. We are dealing with another
part of our Government, one that specialises
in chronic paranoia.
NARIM
Like Surita. It's going to happen again.
SAM
It doesn't have to ... that's why I
am here. Narim, I am hoping that you
can convince Omoc to consider one of
the other planets we've presented.
NARIM
Look, it's no use. He's right. If they
are all as primitive or more primitive
than you are, Surita could happen on
any of them.
SAM
I wish you would stop calling us primitive.
NARIM
I'm sorry. I only meant technologically.
You are anything but primitive, Samantha.
What your mind doesn't know, your heart
fills in.
SAM
I don't know what that means, exactly,
but it's beautiful
NARIM
Which is exactly what it means.
Briefing Room
DANIEL
Just what exactly do you hope to get
from these people?
MAYBOURNE
Well, for one, superior weapons.
JACK
They won't co-operate, you know.
MAYBOURNE
I assure you, Colonel, they will.
HAMMOND
I just hung up from talking to the President.
I guess Mr Maybourne has been talking
to him recently.
MAYBOURNE
I did tell you I had his ear, General.
HAMMOND
Colonel Maybourne has full authorisation
to relocate the Tollans immediately.
JACK
Of course he does.
TEAL'C
To where will you take them?
MAYBOURNE
To a secure community here in the Rockies.
JACK
Nice little community with high walls,
guards, maybe a little barbed wire.
MAYBOURNE
They're a valuable asset. They need
to be protected.
DANIEL
Nice... forced intellectual labour.
SAM
And life imprisonment.
MAYBOURNE
These aliens will live a better life
than most Americans. They'll have a
great view, the best food, every convenience,
everything they need.
JACK
Everything except a life.
DANIEL
You know the Pentagon, intelligence,
that I can understand, but the President?
I voted for him!
MAYBOURNE
Colonel, have the Tollans ready for
transport at 0600 tomorrow.
Hammond meets up with the team, outside on the mountain
HAMMOND
OK, Colonel, want to tell me why I'm
here?
JACK
Because Maybourne isn't, Sir
SAM
Sir, we wanted to talk to you about
what we could do to keep Maybourne from
taking the Tollan.
TEAL'C
General, we must ensure the Tollans
escape.
HAMMOND
I can't let you do that. We'd all be
court martialed.
JACK
General, I'm about a hair away from
not caring. However, Daniel...
DANIEL
I can't be court martialed, Sir
The Tollans quarters
OMOC
The one you call Maybourne was here
questioning my people, wanting us to
take some sort of tests. And you expect
me to trust you?
DANIEL
Please. Maybourne is from another division
of government. My group is trying to
protect you from him.
OMOC
Well, you're not doing a very good job.
DANIEL
No, apparently not.
OMOC
Do you have a new place for us to go?
DANIEL
Well... no.
OMOC
Then we have nothing else to say.
DANIEL
Well, OK, I do know of a perfect place
you could go, I just don't know how
to get you there.
NARIM
Well, then, why do you speak of it.
DANIEL
Well, I was kind of hoping that maybe
you'd have the technology to get there.
OMOC
This is another trick to gain access
to our technology.
DANIEL
No, no it isn't. Listen, there was a
planet we went to where people were
as advanced as you, maybe even more
advanced. They were called the Nox.
OMOC
If you went there, why can't we.
DANIEL
Well because, they felt about us kind
of like you do. They called us very
young, which I suppose is a hair more
polite than calling us primitive, but,
same idea. Anyway, they sealed their
Stargate, and I don't know how to communicate
with them to get it open.
OMOC
Do you know where this planet is?
DANIEL
Yes, I have the co-ordinates right here.
OMOC
Then we must go back to the mountaintop.
DANIEL
Really? I can't, I can't get you out
of here.
OMOC
That's not a problem.
DANIEL
Right. Oh, but I have to go with you.
OMOC
Give me your hand.
DANIEL
What?
OMOC
Do you wish to come or not?
They walk through the wall. Daniel and Omoc are on the mountainside
OMOC
The co-ordinates.
Daniel gives him the co-ordinates and Omoc takes a device from
his arm and puts it on the ground. A light shoots out up into
the sky.
DANIEL
Listen, I'm no astronomer, but won't
that take thousands of years to reach
the Nox world?
OMOC
Why would it?
DANIEL
Well, that's just a laser, right? I
mean light takes a long time to travel
that far.
OMOC
The distance between these two points
seems far. Until you do this.
DANIEL
OK, I remember this from college physics.
One of our scientists, Einstein, explained
this the same way. You are talking about
actually folding space.
OMOC
No. You wouldn't understand.
DANIEL
No, I guess not. I just hope the Nox
do.
Briefing Room. Narim enters
NARIM
Samantha
SAM
Narim?
NARIM
Hello.
SAM
Oh my God, how did you do that?
NARIM
Very carefully. I have come to say goodbye.
We'll be leaving soon.
SAM
So you think Daniel's plan will work?
NARIM
Either way, I will be leaving. However,
I will go reluctantly.
SAM
Why?
NARIM
Because, as of tonight, we will never
meet again.
SAM
Oh, come on, you'll forget about me
in a heartbeat.
NARIM
I thought you felt that way. That is
why I brought you this.
SAM
What is it?
NARIM
You have audio and visual recording
devices, yes?
SAM
Yeah.
NARIM
This one records emotions. My feelings
for you. I have worn it each time we
were together.
SAM
How does it work?
NARIM
Touch the red triangle and close your
eyes.
She closes her eyes and feels his emotions
SAM
I don't know what to say.
NARIM
We have a custom that expresses more
than words.
They kiss
SAM
We have that custom too.
They continue to kiss, when Daniel enters the room
DANIEL
Whoops! Sorry. I gotta do some stuff
in here. Actually, I need your help.
SAM
You should probably get going. Don't
forget Schrödinger.
NARIM
Thank you.
Hammonds Office.
MAYBOURNE
Now, I'll need at least one unit of
escorts in the rear transport...
Someone knocks on the door
HAMMOND
Come.
FEMALE OFFICER
General Hammond. Sir. The refugees,they've
disappeared.
MAYBOURNE
What do you mean, disappeared?
FEMALE OFFICER
I mean.like Poof, Sir. They went through
the walls.
MAYBOURNE
I told you to keep guards inside the
room to prevent that from happening
again.
FEMALE OFFICER
We were inside the room, Sir. I stood
in their path myself.
MAYBOURNE
And?
FEMALE OFFICER
They went right through me, Sir.
"Attention, all personnel. Off world activation. Unknown source.
"
Control Room
HAMMOND
What the hell's going on?
HARRIMAN
The mainframe's having a nervous breakdown.
Now the iris is failing.
HAMMOND
Why is the blast door down? Get it up.
The Tollan are in the gateroom. Daniel is standing with them
MAYBOURNE
What are they doing. How did they get
here?
HARRIMAN
Gate's dialling. Chevron six engaged.
MAYBOURNE
Doctor Jackson, this is Colonel Maybourne.
What you're doing is a court martialable
offence.
Daniel pretends that he can't hear
JACK
He's not in the military, Colonel, and
I think it'll be kind of tough to find
a civilian law to cover this.
MAYBOURNE
I'll have you removed from this program
forever if you do this.
HARRIMAN
Chevron seven is locked.
The gate is open
MAYBOURNE
Wherever you send them, we'll hunt them
down.
SAM
We're not sending them anywhere, Sir.
The gate was activated off world. Someone
is sending for them.
MAYBOURNE
Who?
Lya walks through the gate
LYA
Hello.
DANIEL
Hello, Lya.
MAYBOURNE
All personnel in the gate room. This
is Colonel Maybourne. I have a Presidential
order to take the aliens with me. Do
not let them pass. Use force if necessary.
The soldiers raise their guns
LYA
Your race has learned nothing. But you
have. The Tollans are most welcome to
join the Nox. Please come.
OMOC
Narim was right about you. Perhaps in
time we'll meet again.
MAYBOURNE
Stop! Take one more step and I'll be
forced to have them open fire.
Lya makes the Tollan disappear
LYA
Come.
MAYBOURNE
Fire! Fire!
The soldiers guns vanish
JACK
God, I love those people.
Maybourne leaves. The team walk up the ramp and stand by Daniel,
who is staring at the gate
JACK
You did good, Daniel.
TEAL'C
What of Maybourne?
SAM
Oohh, he's not a happy camper.
HAMMOND
There'll be hell to pay when he gets
back to Washington.
JACK
What?
DANIEL
Oh, just thinking what the little guy
with funny hair once told us.
JACK
The very young do not always do as they're
told.
DANIEL
Yeah.
THE END
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