STARGATE SG1
Episode 802
"NEW ORDER II"
By
Robert C. Cooper
Transcribed by
Callie Sullivan
SGC. GATEROOM. Resume.
YU
We are political dignitaries! How dare
you prevent us from leaving!
WEIR
Sending ships here to attack us is an
act of war, and a foolish one at that,
given what our defences are capable
of.
OSHU
My lord did not order such action.
DANIEL
Then undo it. Tell the System Lords
to call the ship back.
AMATERASU
The decision they have made is one of
desperation, forced upon them by your
unwillingness to help. Persuading them
to change course can only be done in
person.
OSHU
With a full Council vote.
WEIR
Even if I did believe you, all good
faith is out the window at this point.
You’re our prisoners. Take them away!
(Guards escort them out of the Gateroom.)
THOR’S SHIP. The ship exits hyperspace at Orilla. An Asgard appears
on the viewscreen.
PENEGAL
Greetings, Thor.
THOR
Greetings. Teal’c, this is Penegal of
the Asgard High Council.
PENEGAL
I regret to report that the debris from
the destroyed Replicator ship cannot
be contained. We were unable to prevent
countless Replicator blocks from raining
down on Orilla. They have already begun
replicating and infesting our systems.
Control of the city is in jeopardy.
TEAL'C
Should you not consider evacuating your
people?
PENEGAL
That is no longer possible.
THOR
There are too many. We carried numerous
stored minds aboard the computers of
our ships when we fled our homeworld.
When Orilla was finally found, we were
able to place those minds into cloned
bodies so that we could build our new
colony.
PENEGAL
The Replicators have already infected
systems needed to save those minds.
If we lose this battle, they will perish
along with their bodies, taking with
them the hopes of the Asgard race.
THOR
Orilla is the last chance of ever rebuilding
our empire.
TEAL'C
Then we must find a way to save it.
EARTH. PROMETHEUS. Prometheus is orbiting the Earth. A female
officeroccupies the chair on the bridge formerly held by Major
Gant. Colonel Pendergast is in the big chair.
OFFICER
Sir, sensors are detecting an alien
vessel. It exited hyperspace fourteen
thousand kilometres out, eight degrees
starboard.
PENDERGAST
Designation.
OFFICER
None yet, sir. Vessel is the size of
a Goa’uld mothership, closing fast.
Visual range in six seconds.
PENDERGAST
Hold your position. Prepare to fire.
OFFICER
Four, three, two, one.
PENDERGAST
Onscreen, maximum magnification. Open
a channel – broadcast on all frequencies
and translate into Goa’uld.
OFFICER
Yes, sir.
PENDERGAST
This is Colonel Lionel Pendergast of
the United States Air Force Prometheus.
Unidentified vessel, failure to reply
will constitute an act of aggression
and we will respond with the full force
of our weapons.
(Teal’c appears on the viewscreen.)
TEAL'C
That will be unnecessary.
(Pendergast and his crew grin in relief.)
OFFICER
Teal’c.
TEAL'C
I offer greetings from Thor, the Supreme
Commander of the Asgard fleet. We are
aboard the ‘Daniel Jackson’.
SGC. BRIEFING ROOM. The System Lords are under guard. Doctor
Weir comes in.
WEIR
I have just received word that the Asgard
have arrived. They want to witness the
demonstration of our new Ancient defence
technology that you have forced us into.
There’s still time to call off the attack.
AMATERASU
We would also like to witness the demonstration.
(Daniel comes up from the Control Room.)
DANIEL
Your ship isn’t coming. It was destroyed
en route by Ba’al. The collective forces
of the System Lords are bowing, and
you’re losing the war.
YU
And so are you.
(A transporter beam envelops Daniel and he appears on ...)
THOR’S SHIP.
DANIEL
Hey guys!
THOR
Our new colony is in grave jeopardy.
The Replicators escaped from the time
dilation device and are threatening
to destroy the Asgard.
DANIEL
OK, so what can we do?
TEAL'C
Thor believes the Ancient knowledge
stored in O’Neill’s mind may be the
key to defeating the Replicators once
and for all.
DANIEL
Jack’s frozen down in Antarc ... (Thor
operates a control and Jack’s body appears
in a stasis capsule on the bridge.)
... tica. (He walks over and looks down
at Jack, then turns to Teal’c.) As I
was saying, where’s Sam?
TEAL'C
She was captured by the Replicators.
Their ship was destroyed.
BEDROOM. Sam wakes up in a pretty sunlit bedroom. After looking
around in confusion, she sits up, and we see that she has long
hair and is wearing a nightdress. She gets out of bed and walks
across to the mirror on the closet door, staring at herself in
disbelief.
KITCHEN. Sam, now dressed in slacks and a short-sleeved shirt,
comes downstairs into the kitchen and looks around.
OUTDOORS. Now wearing a coat over her clothes, Sam comes out
and investigates. A dog comes over to greet her and she strokes
it before walking on. Horses can be heard neighing nearby. She
walks over to where a pony is grazing in a paddock by a barn.
She hears somebody coming out of the barn and turns to look.
It’s Pete.
PETE
Hey, sleepyhead! Didn’t think you’d
ever get up! It *was* kinda a long night,
huh?! (He nudges her as he walks past
her.)
CARTER
Pete.
PETE
What’s up? Are you OK? Something wrong?
CARTER
Yes! *Everything!*
PETE
What do you mean?
CARTER
*This!* What are you doing here? What
am *I* doing here?! Where the hell *is*
here?!
PETE
That was good. You had me – you really
had me! Of course, I’ve been up since
five feeding the pigs and chickens.
CARTER
No, Pete, honestly, I don’t ...
PETE
What? You don’t what?
CARTER
Think this is real.
PETE
You hungry? I’m starving. C’mon, we’ll
go inside, I’ll whip you up some pancakes.
CARTER
You don’t understand. This isn’t happening.
The last thing I remember, I was onboard
a Replicator ship. This is just another
way of screwing with my mind.
PETE
OK, here’s what I got. This is not SGC,
it’s Montana. Nothing weird happens
here – not like you’re used to. A year
ago you left the Stargate programme
because of mental stress, and because
you wanted to be with me and a farm
full of really stinky animals. Since
then you’ve been seeing a shrink because
you can’t seem to shake the nightmares.
You’ve had a bad one, OK? That’s it.
(He kisses her.) Did that feel real?
CARTER
Yes.
PETE
Then snap out of it. OK, pancakes, or
do I have to call the doctor?
CARTER
I *am* kinda hungry.
PETE
Good. (He grins.) C’mon.
THOR’S SHIP – THE DANIEL JACKSON. The ship is in hyperspace on
its way back to Orilla. Thor walks towards the stasis capsule.
DANIEL
What are you gonna do?
THOR
I’m going to merge O’Neill’s mind with
the ship’s computer.
DANIEL
To do that, you’re gonna have to defrost
him first, right? I bring this up because
he was near death when we froze him.
THOR
Hopefully the pod will sustain his life.
DANIEL
‘Hopefully’?!
THOR
What other choice do we have?
DANIEL
Well can’t you just save him, like the
last time this happened? Just wipe the
Ancient knowledge from his mind.
THOR
And lose any chance of finding a means
to defeat the Replicators.
DANIEL
You have no right to risk his life.
TEAL'C
I believe O’Neill would approve.
DANIEL
We can’t make that choice for him, no
matter what’s at stake. Can’t you just
extract the Ancient information into
the ship’s computer? Then we can all
benefit from it, even learn how to use
the Ancient weapons on Earth.
THOR
You cannot even begin to comprehend
the extent of what was unfolding in
O’Neill’s mind. Our scientists, long
ago, extracted parts of the Ancient
library of knowledge and learned much
from it. But we have been studying it
for as long as I can remember, and *we*
have barely scratched the surface.
DANIEL
So we’d be looking for a needle in a
haystack.
THOR
A haystack of infinite size.
DANIEL
That’s big.
THOR
I am hoping O’Neill’s conscious mind
can provide us with a direct conduit
to the information we need.
SGC. OSHU’S CELL. Doctor Weir comes in.
WEIR
You requested to see me?
OSHU
You must let us go.
WEIR
I don’t have to do anything at this
point. If that’s what ... (she turns
away).
OSHU
If your attempt is to extract information
from us, you should know I will die
before I say anything, and nothing my
master says can be trusted.
WEIR
Look, no-one’s decided what to do with
you.
OSHU
Anubis was over-confident, and he still
needed the bulk of his armada to keep
the System Lords at bay. The fleet he
used to attack Earth was small compared
to that which Ba’al will command should
he defeat the System Lords. He will
rule the galaxy. No weapons will be
powerful enough to stop him.
WEIR
What would you have me do?
OSHU
Free us to fight, or – if we must –
die with honour.
THE DANIEL JACKSON.
THOR
He is not well.
DANIEL
I told you.
THOR
The process of interfacing his mind
is complex.
O’NEILL’S VOICE
Hello. Testing, testing. One, two. One,
two, one, two, testing. Helloooo? Is
this thing on?
DANIEL
Jack?
THOR
O’Neill, can you hear us?
O’NEILL’S VOICE
Hey! Hey, guys! What’s goin’ on?
THOR
Your mind has been interfaced with the
‘Daniel Jackson’.
O'NEILL
What?
DANIEL
What?!
TEAL'C
The name of Thor’s ship is ‘Daniel Jackson’.
(Daniel looks aghast.)
THOR
All the information in the ship’s computer
is available to you.
O’NEILL’S VOICE
Ah, right, here we go. Ah, this is cool.
I can pretty much do anything I want,
can’t I?
(The lights go on and off several times.)
THOR
O’Neill.
O’NEILL’S VOICE
What? Oh. Sorry.
(The lights come back on.)
THOR
If you wish, you may appear to us as
a hologram.
(Even before he finishes speaking, a hologram of Jack appears.)
O’NEILL’S HOLOGRAM
Uh!
DANIEL
You OK?
O’NEILL’S HOLOGRAM
It’s a little weird. But yeah, I’m OK.
DANIEL
At least you’re not speaking Ancient.
O’NEILL’S HOLOGRAM
There’s that.
THOR
Actually, the computer is translating.
O’NEILL’S HOLOGRAM
Ah. (He walks over to the stasis capsule
and looks down at himself.) I’ve never
looked better.
THOR
There is not much time, O’Neill.
TEAL'C
Thor’s planet ...
O’NEILL’S HOLOGRAM
I know. Ship’s log.
THOR
Can you help with the Replicators?
O’NEILL’S HOLOGRAM
Already on it.
DANIEL
Jack ...
O’NEILL’S HOLOGRAM
Daniel, the computer recorded the whole
conversation. Thanks for your concern.
Talk amongst yourselves. (The hologram
disappears.)
SGC. CAMULUS’ CELL. Camulus is sitting on the bed. Weir walks
in.
WEIR
I’ve discussed the situation with my
superiors – we’ve decided to let you
all go.
CAMULUS
I must admit, that comes as a surprise.
WEIR
Well, it seems we haven’t had much success
interrogating Goa’ulds in the past.
It was made apparent to me you’re much
more use to us fighting Ba’al. (She
turns to leave.)
CAMULUS
Doctor Weir.
WEIR
You know my name.
CAMULUS
This may come as a surprise to you.
WEIR
Oh, I’m not sure anything can surprise
me at this point.
CAMULUS
I wish to request asylum.
WEIR
Well, seems I was wrong again.
CAMULUS
My fleet was destroyed before I came
here – of the many, among the first
to fall. I have nothing left with which
to fight. The only thing waiting for
me through the Stargate is shame and
torture. So it is not true that I would
be more useful to you out there. Perhaps
I could be of some use to you here.
MONTANA FARMHOUSE. Sam and Pete are finishing breakfast.
CARTER
Thanks. That was great. (Pete picks
up the plates and takes them to the
sink.) Tasted very real.
PETE
Hey, I was thinking we could go into
town tonight – have dinner, see a movie.
CARTER
Come on, you can’t really expect me
to just play along.
PETE
I gave up my job for this! I gave up
my *life* for you!
CARTER
See, that is definitely not Pete.
PETE
How patient do you expect me to be?
CARTER
Nothing you say is gonna convince me.
I know who you are, I just don’t understand
why. What do you want from me? Why are
you doing this?
(Pete walks towards her and, as he does, transforms into Fifth.)
FIFTH
Because I love you. (He smiles sweetly.)
THE DANIEL JACKSON. Thor and Teal’c are looking at a monitor.
TEAL'C
What is it?
THOR
I am unsure. It seems O’Neill’s mind
is building something, virtually, in
conjunction with the ship’s computer.
(He and the others look at the stasis
capsule.) I do not know how much longer
his life can be sustained.
DANIEL
Jack, can you hear me?
(Alarms go off.)
THOR
I must revive him now.
O’NEILL’S VOICE
Wait! Not yet!
(Thor operates controls which remove the Ancient knowledge from
Jack’s brain, then revive him. The lid of the stasis capsule
slides open and Jack opens his eyes and immediately lifts his
hand to his head.)
O'NEILL
Oy! What a headache!
DANIEL
Take it easy. You’ve been through a
lot.
(Jack takes his hand away from his head and looks at Daniel,
then realises that he’s on an Asgard ship.)
O'NEILL
What now?!
DANIEL
Er, what’s the last thing you remember?
O'NEILL
Getting my head sucked by one of those
damned Ancient head-suckers. And something
about twins. (He looks at Teal’c.) Teal’c
– what’s with the hair?
THOR
O’Neill.
O'NEILL
Thor. You got aspirin?
THOR
You should feel better momentarily and
your memory will slowly return.
(Jack nods, then looks at Teal’c again.)
O'NEILL
Teal’c – what’s with the hair?
(Teal’c opens his mouth but Thor interrupts.)
THOR
The specifications for the device you
created remain in the computer. I believe
I can synthesise it.
(The device appears on the bridge.)
O'NEILL
Sweet. What is it?
DANIEL
We don’t know, but you made it.
O'NEILL
No.
DANIEL
Yes.
O'NEILL
No.
DANIEL
Yes.
O'NEILL
No.
DANIEL
Yes.
THOR
You accessed the Ancient knowledge in
your mind and instructed the ship’s
computer to design it.
O'NEILL
Doesn’t mean I know what it is.
THOR
It was doubtful at best that he would
remember. The knowledge of the Ancients
is gone.
O'NEILL
Alright, let me have a look. (He climbs
out of the stasis capsule but his legs
buckle. Daniel and Teal’c support him
on either side.) Ah, got legs. I’ve
got it, I’ve got it. (His legs become
steadier as he shakes them out. He walks
closer to the device and looks at it,
then taps part of it.) Yeah. I got nothing.
(The ship comes out of hyperspace. Penegal appears on the viewscreen,
though the image is broken up with static.)
THOR
Penegal, I am relieved you are still
able to communicate.
PENEGAL
It may not last long. Were you able
to procure a means of fighting the Replicators?
THOR
Possibly. It still requires more research.
PENEGAL
You should know those infesting the
colony are behaving in an organised
fashion unlike any Replicators we have
encountered before.
THOR
Perhaps they are being controlled by
a human-form leader who has yet to reveal
itself.
DANIEL
If a human-form Replicator survived,
it’s possible Sam survived too, isn’t
it?
THOR
It is also possible the old-version
Replicators created a new human form
to lead them as before.
DANIEL
Yeah, but there’s a chance. Can you
scan the planet for life signs?
PENEGAL
We already have. There are none. (His
transmission breaks up and disappears.)
THOR
Penegal, can you hear me? (No response.)
We have lost contact.
MONTANA FARMHOUSE.
CARTER
Did you really think you could convince
me that this illusion was my life? That
I would just accept it?
FIFTH
If it was something you wanted badly
enough in your mind.
CARTER
Is that why you tortured me for so long?
So I would want this as an alternative?
FIFTH
No, I tortured you because I was mad.
Why do you think I hated you so much
for what you did to me? From the first
moment we met, when you let me inside
your mind, I saw you like no-one else
ever could.
CARTER
Human emotions can be very overwhelming.
The fact that you feel anything at all
is a miracle. It makes you very special.
FIFTH
I’m glad you see that.
CARTER
No, you don’t understand. I could never
be happy this way.
FIFTH
Then you will be unhappy for a very
long time.
(We see where Sam really is – in a Replicator facility, held
against the wall by Replicator blocks covering almost her entire
body. Only her head is free, and she is staring off into space
as she lives the fantasy that Fifth has created for her. Near
her head, Replicator bugs stand guard.)
SGC. GATEROOM. The Gate is open. Doctor Weir stands at the foot
of the ramp as Yu, Oshu and Amaterasu come in and walk up the
ramp. Oshu turns his head and nods slightly to Weir in acknowledgement.
She returns the nod. Amaterasu turns near the top of the ramp
and walks back a few steps.
AMATERASU
Make sure Camulus knows he will forever
be branded a traitor and a coward. (She
turns and follows Yu and Oshu through
the Gate.)
THE DANIEL JACKSON. Thor and Daniel are looking at the device
that Jack built.
THOR
Most intriguing.
DANIEL
Can you make it work?
THOR
To be honest, I am still unsure of exactly
what *it* is.
(Daniel turns and looks at Jack. Jack shrugs.)
O'NEILL
Don’t look at me.
(Aegir appears on the viewscreen.)
AEGIR
Thor, this is Commander Aegir of the
Valhalla. We have lost contact with
the colony.
THOR
Aegir, communications are down. What
have you to report?
AEGIR
We have located what appears to be the
remains of a human-form Replicator floating
in space. It obviously survived the
destruction of its ship. By all appearances,
it is currently inactive.
THOR
Transmit co-ordinates.
AEGIR
Use caution, Thor. (The transmission
ends.)
DANIEL
What are you gonna do?
(Thor walks over to the control console.)
O'NEILL
Where are you goin’?
THOR
I am going to transport it aboard.
O'NEILL
Why?
THOR
We must learn the location of the human
form controlling the Replicators on
the planet.
(The human Replicator is beamed into the capsule. It’s badly
damaged, frozen in space. It’s male, but isn’t First or Third
from “Unnatural Selection”.)
DANIEL
Anybody recognise him?
TEAL'C
No.
O'NEILL
Is it dead?
THOR
Hopefully not completely. All Replicators
are linked by a sophisticated communication
system. If we can use this one to tap
into the network, we will be able to
see what any of the Replicators can
see.
O'NEILL
And if he wakes up, this pod gonna hold
him?
THOR
Probably not.
O'NEILL
Then perhaps there is no great wisdom
in this.
THOR
I will transport it back into space
if necessary, but we must take the risk.
(Teal’c picks up his rifle from a nearby console and primes it.)
O'NEILL
Good. (He goes to the nearby crate and
picks up two more rifles, handing one
to Daniel. A distorted image appears
on the computer screen.)
DANIEL
What’s that?
THOR
Replicator communication data. I am
searching for any references to other
human forms.
MONTANA FARMHOUSE.
CARTER
You can’t just keep me here forever.
FIFTH
Yes I can.
CARTER
No matter what you do, I will never,
ever participate in this fantasy. (Fifth’s
head jerks up.) What?
THE DANIEL JACKSON. The picture on Thor’s computer screen becomes
a little clearer. Amid the distortion, Sam can be seen.
O'NEILL
Zoom in!
(Thor zooms the picture in, and everyone can now clearly see
Sam trapped in the Replicator blocks.)
DANIEL
That’s Sam.
O'NEILL
Can you pinpoint her location?
THOR
She is in a small Replicator structure
on the planet. It is some distance outside
the colony, near a rich vein of neutronium.
TEAL'C
They must be using it to create more
human Replicators.
DANIEL
I thought the ship was destroyed.
THOR
At least one of the human Replicators
must have separated from the main ship
with Major Carter prior to exiting hyperspace.
(The map disappears. Thor looks over to the human Replicator
in the stasis capsule, which opens its eyes and looks over at
the crew. Then all the damage on its body disappears.)
O'NEILL
Beam it out!
(The transporter beam activates but the Replicator doesn’t move.)
THOR
I am trying. It has made itself resistant.
(The transporter beam shuts off, and
all power goes down.) It has breached
the internal barrier and interfaced
with my ship’s computer.
(The lid of the capsule slides open and the Replicator climbs
out. Jack, Teal’c and Daniel fire at it repeatedly but the Replicator
takes all the blasts. It looks down at the bullet holes in its
body, and all the holes heal. Teal’c throws himself at the Replicator
but it throws him aside, snatching his rifle at the same time.
It primes the rifle and aims at Daniel. As it fires, Daniel dives
for cover. Meanwhile Jack runs over to the device he created.
He picks it up, aims it at the Replicator and fires. The Replicator
disintegrates into tiny bits, even smaller than the usual single
blocks. Thor, who had ducked behind the control console, comes
back up again and looks at Jack, who shrugs.)
O'NEILL
Had to do *somethin’*.
(The power comes back on. Teal’c walks over to the pile of crystals
which are all that is left of the Replicator and retrieves his
rifle.)
THOR
It seems to have permanently disrupted
communication between the individual
cells, rendering each one inert. We
explored such a technology in the past
with no success.
O'NEILL
Great. I mean, we can use this thing
to whack the rest of those bugs?
THOR
Even better, O’Neill. Now that I have
seen what the device does, I may be
able to modify a larger version to broadcast
a disruption wave over all of Orilla.
O'NEILL
Well, good. While you’re doing that
...
THOR
I cannot transport you inside the Replicator
ship on the planet. Their defences prevent
it. But I can get you close.
O'NEILL
Close is good.
THOR
Take this, so we may communicate.
ORILLA. FOREST. Jack, Daniel and Teal’c are beamed down. Jack
has the Ancient Replicator-busting device. They make their way
through the trees. A Replicator crawls down a tree behind Teal’c,
who turns and blasts it into bits. More Replicators appear and
Daniel and Teal’c fire at them until Jack can turn his device
on them and obliterate them.
O'NEILL
Who’s your daddy?!
(Fifth appears.)
FIFTH
Stop! (The surviving Replicators scamper
towards him.) If you harm me or any
more of my brethren, I assure you Major
Carter will die instantly.
(SG-1 reluctantly lower their weapons.)
THE DANIEL JACKSON. The ship is now flying low over the planet.
THOR
O’Neill. I have successfully modified
my ship to emit a massive disruption
wave.
(In the Orilla forest, Fifth has disappeared again.)
O'NEILL
Excellent! I knew you could do it.
THOR
It is fifty percent charged. If this
works, you will have saved the Asgard
once again.
O'NEILL
I’m real happy for you. I’m extremely
proud, but we got a little bit of a
problem down here. Fifth detected our
approach and he claims he can kill Carter
instantly.
THOR
O’Neill ...
O'NEILL
Hey, I know what you’re gonna say. Her
life was already sacrificed, and you’ve
got your whole planet to worry about.
But I’ve got problems too.
(The sound of approaching Replicators can be heard.)
DANIEL
Jack ...
O'NEILL
Hang on a second. (To Daniel) What?
(They all listen as the sound of approaching Replicators gets
louder.)
DANIEL
This could be very bad.
(Hundreds of bugs appear, both the small bugs and the big ones
with wings, and converge on SG-1. As they reach the team, however,
they rush straight past, all headed in the same direction.)
O'NEILL
What are they doing? It’s like they’re
running away. Thor, are you ready yet?
THOR
What is happening, O’Neill?
O'NEILL
They’re retreating!
THOR
You must stop them, O’Neill. The weapon
is not yet ready. They cannot be allowed
to escape. (His screen shows that the
weapon is 75% charged.)
O'NEILL
Come on. (They head off after the Replicators.)
MONTANA FARMHOUSE. Sam comes out of the house looking for Fifth.
CARTER
I know you can hear me! What’s happening?
Fifth, where are you?!
(Fifth appears out of nowhere behind her.)
FIFTH
We must leave.
CARTER
Why?
FIFTH
They’ve found a means to fight us.
CARTER
The Asgard? How?
FIFTH
The one you call O’Neill.
CARTER
What?!
FIFTH
So many of us are left in the city.
We cannot wait for them. They will be
killed.
CARTER
Don’t expect me to be sorry.
FIFTH
Your friends. They are killing ...
(We see Teal’c and Daniel firing their weapons at the fleeing
Replicators, then Jack uses his Ancient weapon and hundreds of
them crumble to nothing.)
FIFTH
... trying to stop us.
CARTER
Trying to save me.
FIFTH
No. They do not care about you. I told
them I would kill you if they did not
stop. (His attention is distracted again
as he receives input from the other
Replicators.)
(On Orilla, SG-1 finally catch up with the fleeing Replicators
and find where they’ve been headed. They are building themselves
into a Replicator-shaped (i.e. bug-shaped) spaceship.)
CARTER
Then why don’t you kill me? You know
why my friends won’t stop just to save
me?
FIFTH
No.
CARTER
Because they know, when it comes right
down to it, I would rather be dead than
be trapped like this forever. No matter
what you feel for me, I will *never*
love you back. Kill me if you want,
but if you have even one shred of humanity
in you, if you really truly love me,
you’ll let me go.
(Fifth thinks about it, his eyes full of tears.)
ORILLA. The Replicator ship jumps into the air, curls its legs
under itself and shoots into hyperspace. Moments later, Thor’s
Replicator-buster comes to full power and he activates it. The
beam washes over the planet.
THOR
O’Neill, the weapon worked. Reports
from the colony say all the remaining
Replicators have been neutralised. While
the ship did escape, at least we have
an effective means of fighting them
now.
O'NEILL
Yeah, well, at least there’s that.
THOR
O’Neill – I am detecting a fourth lifesign
in your immediate vicinity.
(The team spread out looking for Sam.)
DANIEL
Sam! Sam!
O'NEILL
Carter!
(Teal’c finds Sam lying on the ground.)
TEAL'C
O’Neill!
(Jack and Daniel run over as Teal’c helps her to sit up.)
O'NEILL
You OK?
CARTER
Glad to see you, sir.
O'NEILL
Likewise.
SGC. WEIR’S OFFICE. Elizabeth is packing her stuff into boxes.
Jack comes to the door and knocks.
WEIR
Colonel, come in. How are you feeling?
O'NEILL
Not bad. Haven’t had the urge to go
anywhere or build anything lately.
WEIR
Well, you have been given a clean bill
of health as far as the finest medical
professionals on *this* planet are concerned.
O'NEILL
Well, what do they know?! (He sits down.)
WEIR
The President asked me to extend an
invitation to you. Dinner at the White
House.
O'NEILL
Do you know what they’re having?
WEIR
I don’t think I’ve had the chance to
personally thank you yet.
O'NEILL
For what?
WEIR
You risk your life over and over, and
ask for nothing in return.
O'NEILL
Well, don’t be fooled. I’m makin’ a
list.
WEIR
Well I doubt very much there’s anything
that could properly repay you.
O'NEILL
Are you goin’ somewhere?
WEIR
As a matter of fact, the President has
asked me to supervise the research of
the Ancient outpost. It’s gonna be a
bit of a delicate situation, given all
the various international claims already
being made on the site.
O'NEILL
Sounds right up your alley.
WEIR
Yeah, well, much more so than this job.
O'NEILL
Does that mean Hammond will be coming
back?
WEIR
No. General Hammond is being promoted.
He’ll be overseeing all things relating
to Earth’s defence on behalf of the
Pentagon and Washington – the SGC, the
303 programme, the Antarctic site. Unofficially
it’s being called Homeworld Security.
O'NEILL
Any idea who we’re gonna be stuck with?
WEIR
The Pentagon has convinced the President
that there is one man who could run
the SGC and make it politically viable
from an international perspective, despite
the fact that he is part of the American
military establishment.
O'NEILL
Do we *know* this ... shrub?
WEIR
Well, *you* know him rather well ...
Brigadier General Jack O’Neill.
O'NEILL
Me?!
WEIR
Yeah, you.
O'NEILL
Brigadier ... (He pauses.) It’s on my
list.
WEIR
Congratulations.
O'NEILL
I should be clear – (he stands) I’d
like the promotion, pay cheque and the
parking spot. But I don’t really wanna
be in charge of anything. No.
WEIR
Well, sadly, all those things kind of
go together. So I guess you have some
thinking to do.
O'NEILL
I *hate* that.
SGC. DANIEL’S OFFICE. All of SG-1 are there.
DANIEL
Maybe you should break it down into
the pros and the cons.
O'NEILL
I’ve spent my whole life sticking it
to the man. If I do this, I’ll *be*
the man. I don’t think I can be the
man.
CARTER
You’ll be inheriting a pretty big can
of worms with the state of affairs out
there.
TEAL'C
If Ba’al truly is on the verge of dominance
of the System Lords, we face a formidable
challenge ahead.
CARTER
Plus who knows where and when Fifth
and the other Replicators will turn
up.
DANIEL
Here on Earth we’ve never been under
so much scrutiny as we will be be now
that so many governments know about
the Stargate.
O'NEILL
I’ve never had a desk.
DANIEL
That’s, a, uh ...
O’NEILL
Con.
DANIEL. Con.
CARTER
For the record, sir, you *do* have a
desk.
(Jack looks surprised.)
O'NEILL
I do?
DANIEL
On the flip side of the coin, there’s
the fact that nobody knows how this
place should be run better than you.
O'NEILL
Why thank you, Daniel.
DANIEL
With a little guidance from your good
friends and advisors, of course.
CARTER
If you don’t take the job, we could
end up with someone much worse. (Jack
looks at her. She cringes.) OK, that
didn’t come out right.
TEAL'C
I, for one, will miss you accompanying
us on our missions, O’Neill.
O'NEILL
Yeah, now, see, I’m not sure I’m ready
to give that up either – sitting back
watching you guys go off and have all
the fun.
DANIEL
Risking our lives in the face of grave
danger ...
O’NEILL
Yeah, that.
CARTER
Well, I’m sure there’ll be situations
in which you can accompany us in the
field, sir.
DANIEL
You’ll be in charge – you can do whatever
you want.
O'NEILL
I’ll be able to do whatever I want.
(Daniel, Sam and Teal’c look worried.)
CARTER
Within reason, sir.
SGC. GATEROOM. The handover ceremony is taking place. Sam, Daniel
and Teal’c are at the foot of the ramp, with other military personnel
ranged across the floor under the Control Room. Elizabeth Weir
walks up to the podium at the top of the ramp.
WEIR
Although my time here has been brief,
it has been without a doubt indelible.
I will remember every one of you, and
I thank you all for your hard work.
I’m not one for long goodbyes, so without
further ado it is with great pleasure
I introduce you to your new commanding
officer, Brigadier General Jack O’Neill.
(The side door opens and Jack, in his new uniform, walks in.
Everyone comes to attention. Jack walks up the ramp to the podium
as Elizabeth walks down to stand with the rest of SG-1.)
O'NEILL
At ease. You all know how much I *love*
speeches, so I’ll make this short. I
wish I could say I didn’t owe anything
to anyone, but the truth is I wouldn’t
be standing here if it wasn’t for the
courage and support of each and every
one of you. I hope I can be as good
a leader as we’ve had in the past, and
as good as you deserve.
DANIEL
Hear, hear! (He starts to applaud. Everyone
else joins in.)
O'NEILL
The other reason I took this job was
so I could do really cool stuff like
this: it is with great pride that my
first order of business as commander
of this base is the announcement of
the promotion of Major Samantha Carter
to Lieutenant Colonel.
(Applause. Sam looks delighted and embarrassed. Jack jerks his
head at her, mouthing ‘C’mere’ at her. She walks up the ramp.)
(The ceremony continues as Walter reads the commendation.)
DAVIS
The President of the United States has
placed special trust and confidence
in the patriotism, integrity and abilities
of Major Samantha Carter. Major Samantha
Carter is promoted to the grade of Lieutenant
Colonel, United States Air Force.
(Jack has finished pinning on Sam’s new insignia and they now
salute each other.)
O'NEILL
Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter.
(Applause.) Now, raise your right hand
(she does so) and repeat after me: I,
insert name.
CARTER
I, Samantha Carter ... (fade out)
REPLICATOR SHIP. The ship has now taken the form which it had
earlier in the episode. Inside, Fifth stands and watches as a
bunch of Replicator bugs swarm over a place on the wall.
FIFTH
Don’t be afraid. I know the first moment
of consciousness can be frightening.
I will show you everything, share with
you all I know. You have no idea how
happy I am we were able to collect enough
neutronium.
(A naked human figure steps out from the wall and stands with
its back to us. Fifth steps back and gasps at the sight of it.
It is female, and has short blonde hair. [Can you guess what
it is yet, boys and girls?!])
FIFTH
We have much time to share. We must
search for a new home for our brethren
to propagate. It will pass quickly for
us, though. Soon enough, *everyone*
will know. (He reaches out to touch
its face.) Together, we *cannot* be
stopped.
(We finally see the face of the new human Replicator. It’s an
exact replica of Samantha Carter.)
THE END
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