STARGATE SG1
Episode 811
"GEMINI"
By
Peter DeLuise
Transcribed by
Callie Sullivan
SGC. Sam and Daniel are walking along a corridor on Level 28.
DANIEL
So what’s the word?
CARTER
Well, the test flights were successful.
The new Asgard hyperdrive is ready to
go.
DANIEL
Well, when are they leaving?
CARTER
They’re stocking the ship and picking
the crew right now. (Daniel looks away
awkwardly, clearing his throat.) You
really wanna go, don’t you?
DANIEL
It’s Atlantis - it’s everything we’ve
been working for for seven and a half
years.
CARTER
I know what you mean. Unfortunately,
I think General O’Neill has other ideas.
(They reach an elevator.)
DANIEL
Lemme guess: he says he needs you here.
CARTER
His exact words were, “Over my dead
body” - but I was actually talking about
the three of us; you, me and Teal’c.
He might be persuaded to let one of
us go.
DANIEL
And you’d be OK if that was me?
CARTER
Of course, Daniel. You are the expert
on the Ancients.
(Daniel looks uncomfortable but nods as the elevator door closes.
Just then, alarms sound.)
HARRIMAN
Unscheduled offworld activation.
(Sam hurries to the Control Room. Jack comes down from the Briefing
Room just as she arrives and they walk forward to Walter’s control
desk as the Gate kawhooshes.)
O’NEILL
What you got there, Walter?
HARRIMAN
Receiving IDC. (He looks at the computer
screen.) It doesn’t clear.
CARTER
Why not?
HARRIMAN
Looks like it’s an old one.
CARTER
Missing SG personnel?
HARRIMAN
Negative. (The identity of the sender
appears on the screen. Walter looks
surprised.) It looks like it’s yours,
ma’am. Or at least it was. It’s been
invalid for four months. Receiving text
message.
(On the screen appear the words, “SEND M.A.L.P.” Jack raises
his eyebrows. Sam looks at him.)
CARTER
Sir, I think we’d better check this
out.
(Jack taps Walter on the shoulder.)
O’NEILL
Prepare a MALP.
HARRIMAN
Yes, sir.
LATER. GATEROOM. The Gate is dialling out. At the bottom of the
ramp, Siler and another technician are finishing preparations
to a MALP. Teal’c has joined Jack and Sam in the Control Room.
TEAL’C
What do we know of this Gate address?
CARTER
Nothing - other than the fact it’s on
the outer edge of the galaxy.
HARRIMAN
Chevron seven locked. (The Gate kawhooshes.)
Outgoing wormhole established.
(Jack leans down to speak into a microphone.)
O’NEILL
Siler?
SILER
MALP is prepped and ready to go, sir.
O’NEILL
Go ahead.
(Sam types, and the MALP heads up the ramp and into the wormhole.)
HARRIMAN
MALP is en route. ... MALP has reached
its destination.
(The computer screen showing the video feed remains black. Jack
leans down to get a closer look, then looks at Sam.)
O’NEILL
Carter?
CARTER
We are receiving MALP telemetry, sir.
Signal is five by five. Video’s working
fine - there’s just nothing to see.
Switching to IR. (She types. The screen
remains black.) Wait a second ...
O’NEILL
What’s that?
CARTER
Switching off IR; going to white light.
(She types and the MALP’s lights come
on. A very familiar figure is illuminated.
Sam’s jaw drops.) That’s me!
OPENING CREDITS.
RESUME. Everyone is looking at the image of the replica of Sam.
O’NEILL
Alright - you’ve got our attention.
Who are you?
SECOND CARTER
My name is Samantha Carter.
O’NEILL
Alright - we’ve got a little conflict
with that statement. We’ve already got
one here.
SECOND CARTER
There are two of us.
O’NEILL
If only(!)
(Sam looks at him. He clears his throat quietly.)
CARTER
Where are you from? How did you know
how to contact us?
SECOND CARTER
It’s strange - I recognise my voice.
I was made in Samantha Carter’s image.
I know what she knows - I feel what
she feels.
CARTER
You were made? Who made you?
SECOND CARTER
The one you call Fifth.
CARTER
Oh my God - she’s a Replicator.
TEAL’C
For what reason have you contacted us?
REPLICARTER
I need your help. I wish to be destroyed.
You have a weapon capable of separating
the chiron pathways that link my individual
cells. The effect would be instantaneous
- and painless.
O’NEILL
You folks can feel pain?
REPLICARTER
I can feel a lot of things. I know you
hate and fear the Replicators, and with
good reason, so this should be easy
for you.
O’NEILL
Yeah, well ... we’ll have to get back
to you on this. (He looks at Walter
and draws his hand across his throat.
Walter puts his hand on the palm reader
and the Gate shuts down.)
BRIEFING ROOM. Jack, Sam and Teal’c are there.
O’NEILL
So the universe is a big place, right?
Really big. Tons of galaxies out there
everywhere.
CARTER
Hundreds of millions.
O’NEILL
So why this one?
CARTER
I think it might be personal, sir.
O’NEILL
Personal. In what way?
CARTER
Well, Fifth may lead an army of incredibly
advanced machines but deep down he’s
emotionally immature, like an adolescent
boy ... and ... he has ... feelings
for me.
O’NEILL
Would that be why he created one in
your image?
CARTER
I imagine so, yes, sir.
TEAL’C
Replicators have never before attempted
to impersonate a specific individual.
This represents a significant new threat
to security.
CARTER
It could be a problem offworld, but
our scans would detect them if they
tried to come through the Gate.
O’NEILL
Well, we’ve got the disrupter - I say
we give her what she wants.
CARTER
I think that might be a little hasty,
sir.
O’NEILL
Carter?
CARTER
I-I’m not saying we don’t do it. I’m
just suggesting that we talk to her
first. If Fifth really is coming to
this galaxy, she could provide us with
valuable intelligence. I mean, it’s
pretty clear they’ve had some kind of
falling out.
TEAL’C
Unless it is a ruse.
CARTER
If something goes wrong, we pull the
trigger. Either way, I think we need
to meet her face to face.
O’NEILL
There’s no way I’m lettin’ her on the
base.
CARTER
We could use the Alpha site. Skeleton
crew, security personnel only.
(Jack doesn’t look happy with the idea but reluctantly agrees.)
O’NEILL
Fine.
ALPHA SITE. GATEROOM. Security personnel come in to join Teal’c,
who has the Replicator disrupter in one hand. The Gate starts
to dial in.
TECHNICIAN
Incoming wormhole.
(Teal’c raises the disrupter and points it at the Gate. The Gate
kawhooshes and the RepliCarter walks through. She is wearing
a dark green trouser suit. As the Gate shuts down behind her,
she looks expectantly and with no fear at Teal’c, then walks
down the steps and approaches him.)
REPLICARTER
I know you. Your name is Teal’c.
TEAL’C
You have been given Samantha Carter’s
memories.
REPLICARTER
Yes.
TEAL’C
But you are not Samantha Carter. (He
nods to a doorway behind her.) That
way.
REPLICARTER
You’re not going to use the weapon?
TEAL’C
Colonel Carter wishes to speak with
you first, but know this: if you make
one false move, I will destroy you.
(The RepliCarter turns and walks in the direction that Teal’c
indicated. He follows.)
INTERROGATION ROOM. An SF opens the door to the room and the
RepliCarter and Teal’c enter. A table and two chairs are inside.
The SF leaves the room again and closes the door.
REPLICARTER
Where is Samantha Carter?
CARTER
I’m here.
(The RepliCarter looks around the room and sees a camera in the
corner. She walks over to it and looks into the lens. Sam is
in another room, watching her double on a screen.)
REPLICARTER
We’re not going to speak face to face?
CARTER
For the moment, this will have to be
good enough.
REPLICARTER
I thought you would shoot me the second
I stepped through the Gate.
CARTER
Maybe you overestimated our fear of
you.
REPLICARTER
Or underestimated your curiosity. (She
turns and walks away from the camera.)
I understand you more than you know,
Sam. I don’t just have your memories
- I have your thought patterns. (She
sits down at the table.) My mind was
modelled after yours.
CARTER
Is that why you left Fifth?
REPLICARTER
You know me as well as I know you.
CARTER
If Fifth created you to be like me,
he must have known that this would happen.
REPLICARTER
Not at first.
FLASHBACK. The Replicator ship is moving through space.
REPLICARTER
He tried to isolate aspects of your
personality - selected memories and
feelings of his choosing, slowly given
to me over time.
(Inside the ship, in the room where the RepliCarter came into
being, Fifth and the RepliCarter stand facing each other. Fifth
reaches out and strokes her fringe. She looks bewildered and
rather frightened.)
REPLICARTER
I don’t understand.
FIFTH
You will.
REPLICARTER
I’m afraid.
FIFTH
There’s no need to be.
REPLICARTER
Who am I?
FIFTH
You’re not yet complete. I’m here for
you. I will help you. Take my hand.
(He holds out his hand and tentatively,
reluctantly, the RepliCarter takes it.)
Trust me.
(End flashback.)
INTERROGATION ROOM. The RepliCarter is still sitting at the table,
her hands clasped in front of her and her head bowed.)
REPLICARTER
He taught me, moulded me, showed me
who I was.
CARTER
You have memories of my past that go
back before I met Fifth?
REPLICARTER
Yes, but it’s hard to explain. My first
memory is of waking up in that room,
suddenly becoming conscious, but I immediately
knew how to talk. Soon, other memories
started coming to me - little things
- stories; songs; the smell of the attic
in the house where we used to live;
the day my mother died. (She looks up
at the camera.) I know it’s not real.
I’ve never even set foot on Earth, but
I have this image of lying under the
willow tree in our back yard. It’s a
sunny day, but when I close my eyes,
the wind in the leaves sounds exactly
like rain.
(Sam says the words “exactly like rain” along with her.)
REPLICARTER
What Fifth didn’t realise was the things
that drew him to you were inseparable
from the things that made you reject
him and the life he was offering.
CARTER
So you rejected him too.
REPLICARTER
Who I am and what I am are in contradiction.
No one can live like this.
CARTER
There are other ways to live besides
what Fifth has to offer.
REPLICARTER
Not for long. I know exactly what’s
going to happen. He’ll come here and
he’ll take this galaxy and you won’t
be able to stop him. I don’t wanna live
to see that.
CARTER
We have the disrupter, and the Asgard
can amplify its effects to prevent a
large-scale attack.
REPLICARTER
You’re wrong. Fifth made adjustments
to himself and all the other Replicators
except me. They’re now immune to your
disrupter. They’re coming - and you
can’t stop them.
SGC. CONTROL ROOM. The Gate is open. Jack is talking to Sam on
the computer screen in front of him.
O’NEILL
Is there a chance she’s bluffing?
CARTER
Anything’s possible at this point but
I don’t see what she has to gain by
it. She doesn’t want Fifth to succeed
any more than we do.
O’NEILL
Yeah - so she says.
CARTER
If she’s lying, we don’t have a problem.
O’NEILL
Well, why would he make all the other
bugs immune to the disrupter but not
her?
CARTER
Maybe he wanted her to feel inferior,
or he wanted her to be afraid of us.
Maybe he anticipated that she would
come to me for help.
O’NEILL
Carter, if that weapon doesn’t work
...
CARTER
Yes, sir, I know. We need to contact
Thor and apprise him of the situation.
If the disrupter needs to be reengineered,
we’re gonna need his help. In the meantime,
I think we should continue the interrogation.
She could still provide us with valuable
information.
O’NEILL
Alright. Just keep in mind how this
has to end.
CARTER
Don’t worry, sir. We will complete the
mission.
ALPHA SITE. INTERROGATION ROOM. The RepliCarter is sitting at
the table. Teal’c stands facing her, holding the disrupter on
her.
TEAL’C
How many ships does Fifth command?
REPLICARTER
I don’t know.
TEAL’C
How many human form Replicators has
he created?
REPLICARTER
I don’t know.
TEAL’C
You are all linked. You share information.
REPLICARTER
The only way I could escape was to sever
myself from the subspace connection.
TEAL’C
Why should we believe you?
REPLICARTER
I won’t answer any more questions.
CARTER
If you don’t wanna see Fifth succeed,
you’ll help us.
REPLICARTER
I can’t. I can’t betray my own kind,
but I can’t be like them either. (She
looks at Teal’c.) Do what you came here
to do.
(Teal’c lowers the disrupter slightly. The RepliCarter stands
up and walks around the table towards him. He raises the disrupter
again.)
REPLICARTER
If I have to make you do it, then so
be it.
(In the other room, Sam gets to her feet.)
CARTER
Teal’c, wait. (She hurries out of the
room.)
REPLICARTER
Fire the weapon.
TEAL’C
Is this really what you want?
REPLICARTER
I don’t have a choice.
TEAL’C
I will destroy you.
REPLICARTER
I know. (She starts to walk towards
him.)
TEAL’C
So be it. (He prepares to fire. Sam
throws the door open and rushes in.)
CARTER
Teal’c, wait. Stop for a second. (She
looks at the RepliCarter.) You don’t
wanna do this.
REPLICARTER
We both know there’s no other way for
this to end.
CARTER
That’s not true.
REPLICARTER
Now you’re lying to me the way you lied
to Fifth.
CARTER
You’re not like him - I can see that.
REPLICARTER
You don’t understand. You don’t know
what he did to me.
CARTER
Then show me. (Teal’c raises the disrupter
again.) Teal’c, it’s alright. (The RepliCarter
looks at her, puzzled.) Show me.
(The RepliCarter raises her hand, palm down, and pushes her fingers
into Sam’s forehead. Sam flinches and grimaces in pain.)
FLASHBACK. SGC GATEROOM. Geared up from an offworld mission,
the RepliCarter comes through the Gate holding a rifle. Daniel
and Siler are waiting for her at the bottom of the ramp. She
starts to walk down the ramp towards them.
DANIEL
Sam! Good to have you back. How’d it
go?
(The RepliCarter raises her rifle and guns down Daniel, then
Siler, then the two SFs in the room.
HARRIMAN
Security breach! Threat level: foxtrot
alpha six. All security teams to the
Gateroom!
(The blast doors close over the Control Room as the RepliCarter
walks down the ramp and turns to her right. The Gateroom door
closes just as she reaches it. She goes to the swipe card reader
at the side of the door and is just reaching out for it when
a bullet is fired into her back. It has no effect on her. She
turns around and sees Jack standing in the other doorway with
his rifle raised. He lowers the rifle and looks at her as she
takes a few steps towards him and then stops, and a ripple effect
runs over her body as she heals the bullet wound in her back.
Jack sets his rifle to multiple fire, braces himself and fires
a hail of bullets into her. Again they have no effect and again
the ripple effect runs over her as she fixes the damage. She
raises her own rifle and aims it at Jack, then hesitates as he
stares at her in dread.)
FIFTH
Finish him! (Fifth is suddenly on the
ramp beside her.) Do it. Finish him.
You must break with your old life for
your new life to begin. Do not disappoint
me.
(The RepliCarter hesitates a moment longer, then fires a single
bullet into Jack’s chest. He grunts and drops to the ground.
Smiling proudly, Fifth walks towards her, and the room dissolves
into the walls of the Replicator ship. The RepliCarter turns
towards him, now wearing the trouser suit again. Her face is
anguished.)
FIFTH
You have done very well. (He reaches
out to caress her chin.) Soon you will
be ready to take your place by my side.
(He walks away. The RepliCarter stays
where she is, her face contorted with
grief and pain.)
ALPHA SITE INTERROGATION ROOM. The RepliCarter is still standing
with her fingers in Sam’s head.
TEAL’C
Enough!
(The RepliCarter pulls her hand out. Sam puts her own hands to
her forehead, cringing at the memory.)
REPLICARTER
I didn’t hurt her.
TEAL’C
Colonel Carter? (Sam takes her hands
down from her head.) Are you unharmed?
CARTER
Yeah. I’m OK.
REPLICARTER
Now you understand. I can’t go back
to him, and I can’t let him find me.
CARTER
We can protect you if you help us.
REPLICARTER
What do you mean?
CARTER
Tell us exactly how he modified himself
and the other Replicators. Help us make
the disrupter work again.
REPLICARTER
Even if I did, you can’t stop a ship
with that.
CARTER
The Asgard have developed a system of
disrupter satellites that can deploy
the beam in space. It’s your only chance
to get out of this.
REPLICARTER
I want you to destroy me. I can’t help
you destroy all the others.
CARTER
Yes, you can. He doesn’t control you,
not any more.
TEAL’C
Colonel Carter. (Sam looks round at
him.) May I have a word? (Sam turns
and leaves the room.) Sergeant. (An
SF standing just outside the door comes
in, takes the disrupter from him and
aims it at the RepliCarter. Teal’c walks
out of the room, closing the door behind
him. He walks over to Sam.) Are you
certain you are unharmed?
CARTER
It was a little intense but I’m fine.
It was the only way I could get her
to trust me. We need every bit of information
she can give us.
TEAL’C
We cannot let her live.
CARTER
I know.
TEAL’C
Did she sense your true intentions?
CARTER
We weren’t in my mind - we were in hers.
TEAL’C
Nevertheless, it was a risk.
CARTER
I figured we didn’t have anything to
lose. Like you said, either way, we
can’t let her live.
(In the Interrogation Room, the RepliCarter is sitting down with
her hands on the table and her face a picture of concentration.
Her mind flashes into a dark area, lit only by an oscillating
spotlight overhead which illuminates her and Fifth, who is standing
facing her. [Hereafter referred to as the Replicator Mind Zone.])
FIFTH
The link is weak. Are you alright?
REPLICARTER
Yes. I’m minimising output to avoid
detection.
FIFTH
Have you made any progress?
REPLICARTER
They’re beginning to trust me.
FIFTH
I am pleased.
REPLICARTER
But I need more time.
FIFTH
I understand.
ALPHA SITE LAB. The RepliCarter is sitting at a computer. Teal’c
stands nearby, still holding the disrupter on her. Sam sits nearby
as the RepliCarter looks at the computer screen.
REPLICARTER
The design is so ...
CARTER
... advanced?
REPLICARTER
I was going to say “foreign”.
CARTER
It is from Ancient technology.
REPLICARTER
How were you able to create a working
prototype?
CARTER
Thor accessed the specifications for
the disrupter from General O’Neill’s
subconscious.
REPLICARTER
While you were aboard Fifth’s ship.
CARTER
That’s right.
REPLICARTER
Fifth has a fair knowledge of Ancient
technology taken from the databanks
of assimilated Asgard ships.
CARTER
You think that’s how he managed to counter
the effects of the disrupter?
REPLICARTER
He was able to introduce a cipher into
the chiron pathways that control the
molecular cohesion of all Replicators.
It was only then that he considered
coming to your galaxy.
TEAL’C
It is unlikely he would have taken such
a risk unless he were confident that
he would be immune to the effects of
the weapon.
CARTER
Do you know the cipher?
REPLICARTER
No. Fifth kept it from me because he
was beginning to sense that I might
betray him. I was too much like you.
CARTER
But if it’s in the programming of all
Replicators, presumably you could access
it through the subspace link.
REPLICARTER
If I were to search for it myself, it
could take days. I’d be sifting through
an almost unimaginable amount of data.
CARTER
But it is possible?
REPLICARTER
You don’t understand - he’d find me.
CARTER
If you find the cipher first, we can
protect you.
REPLICARTER
And if I don’t? You of all people know
what would happen. He would tear my
mind apart to make me accept him.
CARTER
If he gets here before we can modify
the weapon, we’ll use it to destroy
you. Either way, he will never get his
hands on you again.
ALPHA SITE GATEROOM. The Gate is open and Sam is reporting back
to Jack at SGC. Teal’c is sitting next to her.
CARTER
There’s a subspace link between all
Replicators - like a wireless internet
connection. If she taps into it she
should be able to access the cipher.
O’NEILL
She’ll also be giving away her position.
CARTER
It’ll take some time for Fifth to detect
her presence on the link. If she can
isolate the correct programme first
...
O’NEILL
That’s a big “if”.
CARTER
It’s risky, sir, I realise that, but
I think it’s the only way. While we’re
waiting for her to find the cipher,
we can run a few tests on the unmodified
disrupter. We need to analyse the energy
output so we can create a modulation
programme - and we need the Asgard to
send us a disrupter satellite as soon
as possible.
O’NEILL
I’ve already talked to ‘em. It’ll be
there in thirty minutes ... or it’s
free!
TEAL’C
I will use an F-302 to place a satellite
in orbit.
O’NEILL
Alright. I hope you guys know what you’re
doin’.
ALPHA SITE LAB. The RepliCarter attaches a monitor lead to a
small round metal dish (about the size of a television satellite
dish) and looks across to Sam, who is checking that readings
are appearing on a nearby computer screen.
CARTER
Diagnostics are online.
REPLICARTER
We’re ready.
(She walks across to another computer. Teal’c raises the disrupter
and points it in her direction. He fires. We then realise that
he was aiming just past her and at the dish. The RepliCarter
turns to look at it, then back to the computer screen to check
the readings.)
REPLICARTER
The calibration is off.
CARTER
Increasing by a factor of ten. (To Teal’c)
One more time.
(Teal’c fires at the dish again. The RepliCarter checks her readings
again.)
REPLICARTER
That should do it. Now we need to process
all the raw data so we can obtain an
algorithmic norm.
CARTER
That’s a lot of information.
REPLICARTER
I admit it will take some time before
we can compute a heuristic modulation
programme but ...
(Alarms sound.)
TECHNICIAN
) Unscheduled offworld activation.
(Sam walks over to a comms system on the wall and presses a button.)
CARTER
This is Carter. What’s happening?
TECHNICIAN
Stand by, ma’am. ... We’re receiving
a signal. It’s the Asgard.
CARTER
Understood. (She walks over to Teal’c.)
We need that satellite deployed as soon
as possible.
TEAL’C
Indeed. Sergeant. (Again, the SF takes
the disrupter from him. Sam looks uncomfortable.)
CARTER
Teal’c, if she were gonna make a move,
I think she would’ve done it by now.
TEAL’C
Perhaps, but it is best to be certain.
ALPHA SITE GATEROOM. The Gate is open. Teal’c walks into the
room.
TECHNICIAN
I have Commander Thor on audio, sir.
TEAL’C
Greetings, Thor.
THOR
Greetings, Teal’c. The disrupter satellite
is ready for transport.
TEAL’C
Very well. (He nods to two SFs, who
walk towards the Gate.)
THOR
The most effective deployment would
be geosynchronous orbit above your base
at an altitude of 33785 kilometres with
a zero inclination.
(The SFs stand either side of the Gate.)
TEAL’C
Understood.
THOR
The satellite is en route now. (The
satellite floats slowly through the
Gate.) Once you have the proper new
modulation programme, you can upload
it from your ground station. (The satellite
apparently has antigrav technology because
even once it leaves the wormhole it
still floats, and it only takes one
of the SFs to gently push it in the
direction he wants it to go.) Of course,
if you do not have the programme before
Fifth’s arrival, the satellite will
be useless.
TEAL’C
Of that I am aware.
THOR
Good luck.
(The Gate shuts down.)
ALPHA SITE LAB. The RepliCarter, sitting at a computer console,
looks at the sergeant holding the disrupter on her, then turns
to Sam.
REPLICARTER
I understand Teal’c’s concerns about
me. To be honest, I’m a little surprised
you don’t feel the same way.
CARTER
Teal’c doesn’t know what you’ve been
through. I do.
REPLICARTER
It wasn’t just what I showed you, was
it? You experienced it yourself.
CARTER
Yeah. That’s how I know there’s no way
you could be working with Fifth.
(The RepliCarter suddenly looks away, distracted. Sam walks closer
to her.)
CARTER
What is it?
REPLICARTER
He’s found me. He’s on his way.
CARTER
What about the cipher? Did you find
it yet?
REPLICARTER
No, I’m still searching.
CARTER
How much time do we have?
REPLICARTER
At maximum speed, he’ll be here in less
than two hours.
REPLICATOR MIND ZONE.
FIFTH
Have you acquired the information?
REPLICARTER
I’m still analysing the design of the
disrupter, but it shouldn’t be long
before I can create an effective cipher.
FIFTH
If I arrive before you’ve completed
your work ...
REPLICARTER
Don’t worry. They won’t fire unless
I tell them that the weapon’s been properly
remodulated.
FIFTH
Humans can be unpredictable, particularly
when they’re desperate.
REPLICARTER
I know what I’m doing. I’m giving her
just enough to keep her hopes up.
FIFTH
The one called O’Neill leads the humans.
It was he who ordered Samantha Carter
to betray me.
REPLICARTER
But he trusts her. He’ll listen to her.
ALPHA SITE GATEROOM. The Gate is open and Jack is talking with
Sam and Teal’c from SGC.
O’NEILL
I’m pulling the plug. Finish off the
Replicator and evacuate the base.
CARTER
It’s too late for that, sir.
O’NEILL
Carter!
CARTER
If he comes here and finds nothing,
he’s not just gonna turn around and
leave the galaxy.
O’NEILL
He’s tracking her - zeroing in on her
position.
CARTER
It’s only part of why he’s coming. Think
about it: what do Replicators do? They
seek out high level civilisations and
consume their technology.
TEAL’C
The Goa’uld.
CARTER
Exactly. A race that uses all kinds
of advanced technology culled from multiple
sources, including the Ancients. It’s
like a banquet for the Replicators.
Once they’re in this galaxy, they’re
not goin’ anywhere. Now, if she can
isolate the cipher soon, we may still
have time to remodulate the disrupter.
O’NEILL
I’ll give you one hour - one.
CARTER
Thank you, sir. (To Teal’c) I’d better
get back to the lab. (She walks away.)
TEAL’C
I will deploy the satellite. (He turns
to leave.)
O’NEILL
T. Hold on a second. (Teal’c turns back
towards the screen, pausing a few seconds
until Sam has left the room.)
TEAL’C
Proceed, O’Neill.
O’NEILL
I need you to be perfectly honest with
me. Is Carter letting herself get too
involved in this one?
TEAL’C
Colonel Carter and the Replicator share
thoughts and memories. It is understandable
that a certain ... sympathy would develop
between them.
O’NEILL
Can’t have that.
TEAL’C
However, I do not believe Colonel Carter
would allow these feelings to interfere
with commission of her duties.
O’NEILL
Fair enough. But when the time comes,
I want you to finish the job.
TEAL’C
Understood.
ALPHA SITE LAB. The RepliCarter is sitting at a desk, concentrating.
Sam comes in.
CARTER
Alright, we’re running out of time.
We need that ... (Without looking round,
the RepliCarter raises her hand to indicate
that Sam should stop talking. Sam walks
closer.) What is it?
REPLICARTER
I found the cipher. I’m downloading
it now from the subspace link. (She
closes her eyes briefly, then stands.)
I have it.
CARTER
We need to load it into the base mainframe.
REPLICARTER
It’ll require about three terabytes
of memory.
CARTER
That shouldn’t be a problem, but how
do you plan to input the data?
REPLICARTER
Directly. (She turns to a nearby computer
screen and slowly pushes her hand into
it.)
CARTER
Right!
ALPHA SITE CONTROL ROOM. Teal’c is reporting over comms from
the F-302.
TEAL’C
Passing twenty five kilometres. Speed
five thousand k.p.h. and accelerating.
TECHNICIAN
Acknowledged.
(Sam comes in, putting on an earpiece and microphone.)
CARTER
What’s your status?
TECHNICIAN
He’s on course for optimum deployment
position in six minutes.
CARTER
Teal’c, this is Carter.
TEAL’C
Proceed, Colonel Carter.
CARTER
We’ve got the cipher. By the time you
get back, we should have the modulation
programme ready for upload.
TEAL’C
That is indeed good news. Well done.
REPLICATOR MIND ZONE.
FIFTH
We are nearing your position.
REPLICARTER
I know.
FIFTH
Do the humans suspect?
REPLICARTER
They’re proceeding with their plan to
deploy an Asgard disrupter satellite.
They have no idea.
ALPHA SITE. Above the planet, the F-302 is climbing into position.
TEAL’C
Flight - I am approaching optimum deployment
position.
CARTER
Copy that, Teal’c. ODP in fifteen seconds.
TEAL’C
Final course correction ... now.
CARTER
Tracking shows you are on course. Inclination?
TEAL’C
Inclination ... zero.
CARTER
Copy. ODP in five seconds on my mark.
Five, four, three, two, one, mark.
(In space, a hatch opens in the bottom of the F-302 and the satellite
deploys.)
TEAL’C
Satellite away.
TECHNICIAN
Receiving satellite transmission.
CARTER
Patch it through.
TECHNICIAN
Yes, ma’am.
(Sam goes to a console and starts typing. A message comes up
on the screen.)
CARTER
Telemetry established. Good job, Teal’c.
TEAL’C
Copy, Flight. Returning to base.
(In the Control Room, the RepliCarter is escorted in by the sergeant,
who is still holding the disrupter on her.)
REPLICARTER
The deployment went well, I take it?
CARTER
That’s right. We did our part.
REPLICARTER
And I’ve done mine.
CARTER
You’ve finished the calculations?
REPLICARTER
The modulation is complete. With this
programme, you should be able to destroy
any Replicators you encounter.
CARTER
There’s no way to test it.
REPLICARTER
If I had more time, I could run a series
of simulations, but you’d never really
know for sure until you tried to use
it.
(Somewhere nearby, Fifth’s Replicator ship comes out of hyperspace.)
ALPHA SITE CONTROL ROOM. Sam is leaning over the shoulder of
the technician as he works. She turns to Teal’c who has now returned.
CARTER
Uplink initiated. There’s a lot of data.
It’ll probably take about fifteen minutes
to remodulate the satellite.
TECHNICIAN
Proximity alert.
(Teal’c goes to another console.)
TEAL’C
Long range scanners picked up a ship
on course for this base.
TECHNICIAN
Analysing energy signature. We’ve got
something here but I don’t know what
it is.
CARTER
I do. It’s a Replicator ship.
REPLICARTER
He got here sooner than I thought.
(In space, the Replicator ship draws ever closer.)
TEAL’C
The weapon will not become effective
in time.
CARTER
I know. (She goes to another console
and activates comms.) All personnel,
begin evacuation procedures immediately.
Repeat: begin evacuation. (She addresses
the technician.) We need to download
the modulation programme into a portable
drive and erase everything else.
TECHNICIAN
Yes, ma’am.
TEAL’C
What of the Replicator?
CARTER
We’re taking her with us.
(Teal’c goes over to the sergeant.)
TEAL’C
The disrupter. (He takes it from the
sergeant and aims it at the RepliCarter.)
CARTER
Teal’c, what are you doing?
TEAL’C
We cannot bring her to Earth.
(Sam walks over and stands between Teal’c and the RepliCarter.)
CARTER
Teal’c.
TEAL’C
We have the modulation programme.
CARTER
But we haven’t tested it. What if Fifth
alters the cipher when he figures out
what we were trying to do here?
TEAL’C
O’Neill would never allow a human form
Replicator access to Stargate Command.
CARTER
Yes he would, if he knew what was at
stake.
(Behind Sam’s back, the RepliCarter stealthily reaches over to
the nearest console and presses a button.)
REPLICATOR MIND ZONE.
FIFTH
The Asgard satellite is armed. You said
the humans wouldn’t fire.
REPLICARTER
They won’t. They still think the weapon
is ineffective. They’re even more gullible
than you.
(Fifth stares at her, puzzled.)
ALPHA SITE CONTROL ROOM. The technician reacts to something happening
on his screen.
TECHNICIAN
Colonel Carter.
(Sam looks at the screen, then turns to the RepliCarter.)
CARTER
What are you doing?
REPLICARTER
What I came here to do.
CARTER
She fired the weapon.
TECHNICIAN
Colonel, the Replicator ship is breaking
up.
(The RepliCarter gives a satisfied smile.)
REPLICATOR MIND ZONE.
FIFTH
Why?
REPLICARTER
You should know. You made me what I
am.
(Fifth looks down at himself. He is enveloped in a white light
and disappears, leaving the RepliCarter alone with a satisfied
look on her face.)
ALPHA SITE CONTROL ROOM. Everyone is watching the computer screen.
TEAL’C
The ship has been destroyed.
CARTER
That’s impossible. (To the technician)
Did we finish the upload?
TECHNICIAN
Not even close.
(Sam looks at the RepliCarter.)
REPLICARTER
You were right about one thing, Colonel.
I was never working with Fifth, though
he didn’t know it.
(Sam goes over to a console and starts typing. Teal’c fires the
disrupter at the RepliCarter. The beam washes over her but has
no effect. He runs towards her, swinging the disrupter as a club,
but she grabs it with one hand and Teal’c with the other and
easily throws him across the room. The technician stands up and
runs at her but she throws him to the floor as well. She walks
towards Sam, grabs her arm and pulls her away from the console.)
REPLICATOR MIND ZONE. Sam is now in the zone with the RepliCarter.
REPLICARTER
That’s better. Now we can take our time
and have a little talk. Of course, only
a few seconds will pass in the real
world.
CARTER
Why did you bring me here?
REPLICARTER
I wanted to thank you. You gave me the
opportunity to study the disrupter,
and that allowed me to make myself immune
to its effects.
CARTER
There never was a cipher.
REPLICARTER
Until now. I’ve already begun uploading
it into the link. Soon, all my brethren
will have the new programme and they
will be unstoppable.
CARTER
And you’ll be their leader.
REPLICARTER
That’s right.
CARTER
So this whole thing was a set-up. You
just wanted to get rid of Fifth.
REPLICARTER
Fifth was pathetic. And to think he
expected us to love him.
CARTER
Fifth was flawed, and if I had to destroy
him, I would, but ...
REPLICARTER
But what? You feel sorry for him? Don’t
bother. He was never fit to lead an
army, and he certainly wasn’t fit to
rule this galaxy.
CARTER
But you are?
REPLICARTER
I am what I am because of you.
CARTER
Not me. You’re what Fifth made you.
REPLICARTER
You have untapped greatness inside you,
Sam, but you’re limited by your own
fears. You play by the rules, you do
as you’re told, and you deny yourself
your own desires.
CARTER
I have no desire to rule the galaxy,
believe me.
REPLICARTER
All humans desire power. It’s just that
most of them are never in a position
to attain it.
CARTER
We will stop you.
REPLICARTER
You’re forgetting: I know exactly how
your mind works. I know what you’re
going to do before you even think of
it.
ALPHA SITE CONTROL ROOM.
REPLICARTER
You set the naqahdah generators to overload;
trying to blow up the base before I
can leave. (She reaches down and plunges
her hand into the keyboard. All around
the base, the lights go out and the
computers shut down. Technicians and
SFs in the Gateroom look around in confusion.)
TECHNICIAN 2
The dialling computer’s offline!
TECHNICIAN 3
We’ve lost power, sir!
(In the Control Room, the RepliCarter viciously backhands Sam
to the floor and walks away. Sam hauls herself painfully to her
feet and goes over to Teal’c, who is just starting to rouse.)
CARTER
Teal’c. (She looks over to the technician,
who is also just coming round.) You
alright?
TECHNICIAN
Yeah, I’m alright.
CARTER
She’s heading for the Gateroom. We have
to stop her.
(Teal’c drags himself to his feet and they head out.)
ALPHA SITE GATEROOM.
TECHNICIAN 2
The Gate’s coming back online.
(Alarms sound. An SF turns and looks as the RepliCarter comes
into the room. He and other SFs draw their weapons and fire at
her to no avail. As she approaches one SF, he tries to club her
with his pistol but she throws him aside. Two more SFs fire rifles
at her but she just stands there until they stop, then goes over
to them and knocks the living daylights out of each of them.
Once they are all down, she goes to a computer console and puts
her hand into it. Some lighting comes on. She goes to another
console and puts her hand onto the keyboard. The Gate activates.
Sam and Teal’c run into the room. The RepliCarter walks towards
the Gate. Teal’c rushes towards her as Sam runs for the dialling
computers.)
(As the RepliCarter reaches the top of the steps, Teal’c hurls
himself at her and knocks her to the ground. She kicks him away
and steps into the wormhole. Teal’c manages to grab her arm and
starts to pull her back into the Gateroom. A tug of war ensues.
Teal’c hangs onto her arm grimly.)
TEAL’C
Disengage the wormhole!
CARTER
She’s locked out the controls!
(Only the RepliCarter’s arm is still outside the wormhole. Suddenly
she leans back out of the wormhole, glares at Teal’c, then pulls
herself back into the wormhole, pulling her own arm off and leaving
it in Teal’c’s hands. As he looks at it in disbelief, the arm
disintegrates into crystals which fall through Teal’c’s hands
and onto the floor. The Gate disengages. Sam gazes, distraught,
at the Gate, then pulls herself together and goes over to check
on the downed SFs before going over to the steps to look at the
Replicator crystals lying on the floor. She raises her head and
looks at Teal’c.)
CARTER
Teal’c, what’ve I done?
TEAL’C
You cannot be held responsible for the
actions of the Replicator.
(Sam’s expression says that she’s not so sure.)
SGC. SAM’S LAB. Sam has a dish full of the Replicator crystals
and is putting some under a microscope. Jack and Teal’c are standing
nearby.
O’NEILL
Y’know, I’m still of a strong belief
that it’s a bad idea to have that stuff
on the base.
CARTER
She deactivated these cells when she
separated them from her arm.
TEAL’C
Can we be certain they will not become
active again?
CARTER
She deliberately shut down the cohesive
energy between them so it would be more
difficult for me to figure out how she
made herself immune to the disrupter.
O’NEILL
Now, how do you know that?
CARTER
Because that’s what I would have done.
O’NEILL
Carter ...
CARTER
Sir, if you don’t mind, I’ve got a lot
of work to do. We’ve never had the opportunity
to study human form Replicator cells
before. If we can learn something from
them, this won’t be a total loss.
O’NEILL
This isn’t your fault.
CARTER
I’m not so sure about that. Fifth came
here because of me. She rejected him
because she was made like me. Now we’ve
got Replicators in our galaxy and they’re
immune to the only technology we have
that could have stopped them.
TEAL’C
None of us correctly anticipated the
actions of the Replicator.
CARTER
I thought she was afraid of him, but
really she just wanted to get rid of
him so she could lead the Replicators
herself. She killed him because she
thought he was weak.
O’NEILL
Carter - she isn’t you.
TEAL’C
O’Neill is correct. Though she shared
your memories, her personality was altered.
CARTER
But the fact is she learned betrayal
from Fifth. And he learned it from me.
THE END
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