STARGATE SG1
Episode 419
"PRODIGY"
By
Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie & Brad Wright
Jack walks to General Hammond's Office and knocks on the door.
HAMMOND
Come in.
O'NEILL
General, I'd like to talk to you about
this mission upon which we are about
to embark. Seems a bit ridiculous don't
you think?
HAMMOND
Have you met General Ryan?
RYAN
Hello Colonel.
O'NEILL
The General Ryan? Chief of Staff?
RYAN
That's right.
O'NEILL
Shouldn't there have been a memo or
something?
HAMMOND
You were off world.
O'NEILL
Ahh yeah. So what brings you to our
little secret base Sir?
RYAN
That would be the ridiculous mission
you just mentioned.
O'NEILL
Of course.
HAMMOND
I'm proposing N4C862 become a permanent
research station. I'd like you to make
an assessment.
O'NEILL
The General Ryan?
RYAN
I've read a lot about you Colonel, from
General Hammond's reports.
O'NEILL
Yes, Sir?
RYAN
Thus far we like your work.
O'NEILL
Thank you Sir. I like yours. Your Air
Force. The Air Force. I love the Air
Force.
HAMMOND
Anything else Colonel?
O'NEILL
No Sir. Well actually I'd like to know
how Daniel and Carter got out of this..very
important mission?
HAMMOND
Dr. Jackson is offworld with SG11 and
Major Carter is giving a lecture at
the Air Force Academy in theoretical
astrophysics. If you'd care to take
her place?
O'NEILL
No.
HAMMOND
Then you're dismissed.
O'NEILL
Thank you Sir. Sirs. Both of you.
Jack leaves.
RYAN
Got your hands full with that one, eh
George?
Air Force Academy.
Carter is giving a lecture.
CARTER
So as a result of these modular functions,
the unwanted variables are always expressed
as multiples of N minus 10. Therefore
if we assume the existence of 10 dimensions
in space-time, the variables are cancelled
out and the calculation suddenly begins
to make sense.
CADET
Excuse me ma'am. Did you say 10 dimensions?
CARTER
Yes I did. Look, I realise these concepts
are a little bizarre and that many of
you cadets would rather be somewhere
else right now, jump school, flight
training. Believe me I know. I used
to sit in those chairs and listen to
the same boring lectures. No offence
Professor. But on the other hand, the
aerodynamics that are one day going
to allow you to fly an F22, started
out as squiggles on a board just like
this one. These calculations are the
key to opening up the entire universe.
Wormholes and hyperspace may seem like
science fiction, but take my word for
it, the future is a lot closer than
you might think.
The students are leaving; Carter is packing up her things, talking
to the Professor.
CARTER
Guess that wasn't so bad.
PROF
No, no you actually made the topological
configurations of multiple dimensions
seem interesting.
HALEY
This is wrong.
PROF
What's that Cadet?
HALEY
I'm sorry Sir but the calculations are
incorrect.
PROF
I appreciate your enthusiasm Cadet,
but perhaps you should wait until you
graduate before you start criticising
the work of a leader in the field of
astrophysics.
HALEY
Yes Sir, of course. My apologies Ma'am.
CARTER
Who was that?
PROF
Jennifer Haley. Very intelligent but
difficult personality.
CARTER
Well she's right.
PROF
Really?
CARTER
These variables should be reversed.
PROF
I didn't even notice.
CARTER
Neither did I.
Titles
Off world.
GRIFF
Colonel.
O'NEILL
Major. Report.
GRIFF
Well we've got a pretty thrilling week.
Two days Dr Thompson lost his glasses.
And just this morning the electron microscope
broke down.
O'NEILL
Wow.
GRIFF
Yeah. Non stop excitement.
O'NEILL
Well, we'll take it from here. You're
relieved.
GRIFF
Sir.
HAMILTON
Major Griff?
GRIFF
Dr Hamilton?
HAMILTON
Do you realise we still haven't received
those parts for the back up generator?
GRIFF
I put the requisition in three days
ago.
HAMILTON
Well that's just not good enough. We
obviously need to have a serious talk
about our supply procedures.
GRIFF
Well unfortunately Doctor, I've just
been relieved. But.. I'm sure Colonel
O'Neill would love to discuss it with
you.
O'NEILL
Love is the word.
HAMILTON
Colonel O'Neill is it? I don't know
if this is a military thing generally,
or just Major Griff's incompetence but
I can't seem to get anything I ask for.
They walk off.
Air force Academy
Sam knocks on the door to the general's office.
KERRIGAN
Come. Samantha, Sam. Good to see you
again come in, sit down, sit down.
CARTER
It's good to see you again Sir, thank
you.
KERRIGAN
Well, well, well. So how was the lecture?
CARTER
Well no one fell asleep.
KERRIGAN
Very impressive.
CARTER
Thank you Sir. I did have an interesting
encounter with one of your cadets. Jennifer
Haley.
KERRIGAN
Caught your eye did she? I thought she
might.
CARTER
She pointed out a mistake in a complex
equation that changed the result completely.
I couldn't believe it.
He hands her a report entitled `Towards a new cosmology of multiple
realities.'
KERRIGAN
Here, give this a read. Once you brush
the chip off her shoulder, she reminds
me of another bright young cadet who
came through here a few years back.
CARTER
I've no idea who you're talking about
Sir.
KERRIGAN
Cadet Haley is a very smart young woman,
her SAT's were through the roof, even
higher than yours. Unfortunately she's
sometimes too smart for her own damn
good.
CARTER
Professor Monroe said she has discipline
problems.
KERRIGAN
The kid's bored. Came here for a challenge
but it'snot enough for her.
CARTER
Not enough? This is just the beginning
of her career, how could she possibly
know what's ahead for her.
KERRIGAN
I know, but she doesn't see it Sam.
Don't get me wrong, I see her potential,
her physical skills are terrific despite
her size, she's an expert marksman,
superb glider pilot but that's not all
there is to becoming an Air Force officer.
If she keeps insisting on
doing things her own way then..
CARTER
I'd like to talk to her, if that's okay?
KERRIGAN
I was hoping you'd say that.
The scientists are talking.
HAMILTON
Who said that?
LEE
He did.
HAMILTON
Oh for.
He walks over to Jack.
HAMILTON
Colonel O'Neill, Dr Lee tells me you've
denied our request to conduct a survey
of the cave network.
O'NEILL
No. I just asked him to wait until I
could have a chance to check it out.
HAMILTON
With no regard to our timetable?
O'NEILL
None what so ever.
HAMILTON
Colonel, what exactly do you expect
to find in there?
O'NEILL
Look Doctor, this is another planet,
HAMILTON
Actually it's a moon. We're orbiting
that gas giant.
O'NEILL
Oh well, if it's a moon, go ahead, do
whatever you want, what could happen?
HAMILTON
Colonel, this outpost has been up and
running for six weeks now without the
slightest hint of anything remotely
dangerous.
O'NEILL
You can explore the caves once they've
been checked out. Anymore pressing matters?
HAMILTON
None what so ever.
O'NEILL
Oh yeah.
Air Force Academy.
Haley is working on something and Sam walks in.
CARTER
It's beautiful, isn't it?
HALEY
Major Carter.
CARTER
At ease Cadet. Getting in a little extra
lab time?
HALEY
Yes ma'am.
CARTER
I wanted to talk to you about the term
paper you did for Professor Monroe.
`Towards a new cosmology of multiple
realities'. It's an interesting topic.
HALEY
Professor Monroe gave me a D.
CARTER
Because it wasn't the assignment.
HALEY
Permission to speak freely ma'am?
CARTER
Hmm. (nodding)
HALEY
The assignment was lame.
CARTER
Maybe it was, but it was the assignment.
HALEY
You read it anyway?
CARTER
As a matter of fact I did. It's intriguing.
HALEY
The same word Professor Monroe used.
CARTER
Maybe because that's what it is. An
intriguing idea. But it's based on way
too many unfounded assumptions to make
a valid theory.
For example you assume matter can travel both ways through an
open wormhole.
HALEY
So?
CARTER
So, how do you know?
HALEY
Well until somebody shows me a real
wormhole that can only go one way..
CARTER
That's not the point, you made an assumption.
HALEY
What about you're assumption Major?
That you're the one that's right and
I'm wrong.
CARTER
Cadet, that paper is way, way beyond
anything you're likely to be taught
at the Academy. And if you want points
for it, hey, we're all impressed. It
doesn't mean you don't do the assignment.
HALEY
I'm late for a class, ma'am. Am I dismissed?
CARTER
Yes.
Off world
Jack and Teal'c are walking along and Jack is talking over the
radio.
O'NEILL
Hamilton?
Back in the research post.
HAMILTON
Colonel O'Neill. How are the caves?
O'NEILL
Dark.
HAMILTON
No subterranean monsters I assume?
O'NEILL
Not this time. Go ahead and do your
survey.
HAMILTON
Thank you.
Teal'c and Jack carrying on walking.
TEAL'C
You seem disappointed we found nothing
O'Neill.
O'NEILL
No it's just you know I wanted him to
be wrong just so he'd be wrong. And
if he was wrong then we'd have something
to do.
TEAL'C
I see.
O'NEILL
You hear something?
A tiny gold glowing insect type flies around and zips off through
a tree.
TEAL'C
Indeed. I have never before encountered
anything like it.
O'NEILL
Cool.
Air Force Academy
The lecture theatre.
PROF
I didn't realise you were still here.
CARTER
I wanted to talk to you about Cadet
Haley's paper.
PROF
Sam.
CARTER
Look, at first I agreed with you it
didn't add up. But there was something
about it that kept nagging at me. I
finally figured out what it was. The
equations don't make sense unless you
allow for variations in the speed of
light.
PROF
Which is a universal constant.
CARTER
Not if you expand the frame of reference
to include multiple universes. That's
where this paper comes in. I think without
even realising it, Cadet Haley intuitively
arrived at a whole new way of looking
at cosmology. Under certain special
circumstances what we would see as an
effect preceding a cause would in fact
be an effect following a cause in a
parallel reality.
PROF
That's assuming that parallel realities
occasionally overlap.
CARTER
I'm fairly confident that's the case.
PROF
Really, why? I know she's got to you,
but I think you're trying hard to see
something that isn't there.
CARTER
All right. Even if this theory ultimately
proves to be incorrect, you have to
admit it's a brilliant insight.
PROF
Jennifer Haley is no longer our problem.
CARTER
What do you mean?
PROF
She got into a fight this morning with
another Cadet. As fond as General Kerrigan
is of her, he'll have to expel her.
Off world
The scientists are trying to sneak off.
SCIENTIST2
Are you sure this is such a good idea?
HAMILTON
Hey I didn't come half way across the
galaxy to wait for permission to do
my job.
SCIENTIST2
I know but Colonel O'Neill..
HAMILTON
Colonel O'Neill doesn't have a clue
what we're trying to accomplish here,
he's too busy polishing his M16.
Jack is sitting behind a crate watching them walk off.
O'NEILL
Actually it's a P90. You boys going
somewhere?
HAMILTON
Ahh yes we're gonna go see if we could
find that creature you encountered.
O'NEILL
Apparently you didn't hear me the first
time I told you clearly, and in no uncertain
terms, not the heck yet.
SCIENTIST2
You know, if your description is correct
we're talking about something that can
pass right through solid matter.
O'NEILL
Yes and therefore logically we'd have
no defence against it.
HAMILTON
This is typical military thinking. You
encounter something you don't understand
and you immediately assume it's a threat.
O'NEILL
Well, until we determine there is no
threat, I will assume there is one.
Do we have a problem here?
HAMILTON
Colonel, with all due respect. When
I agreed to this assignment I was under
the impression I was going to be in
charge.
O'NEILL
You are in charge.. Of the other scientists.
HAMILTON
That you think you are even qualified
to decide what we can and cannot do
around here.
TEAL'C
Colonel O'Neill is indeed qualified
Dr Hamilton having encountered many
alien species, as have I long before
you were born. I strongly suggest you
do what Colonel O'Neill says.
O'NEILL
Thank you Rocko. Boys, we'll be in touch.
Air Force Academy
The General's Office.
KERRIGAN
Cadet Haley is helping to train an underclassman
named Chloe Brown who is having problems
with her physical fitness tests. Apparently
one of the cadre made a derogatory comment
about the young lady. Cadet Haley told
him to knock it off.
CARTER
And when he didn't?
KERRIGAN
She broke his nose.
CARTER
She what?
KERRIGAN
I can't let that go, I don't give a
damn how smart she is.
CARTER
She was defending a fellow classmate.
KERRIGAN
I know.
CARTER
I'm not asking for her to go unpunished
Sir. But if she's half as brilliant
as I think she is, we don't wanna lose
her.
KERRIGAN
We're not here to make advancements
in theoretical physics, we're here to
defend this country.
CARTER
I understand that Sir but they're not
mutually exclusive goals.
KERRIGAN
Can I assume you're referring to your
research project up at Cheyenne Mountain?
CARTER
You can.
KERRIGAN
Deep space radar analysis, isn't it?
CARTER
Something like that Sir, yes.
KERRIGAN
Well, I don't know what it really is
you're working on inside that mountain
but I do know if you've got something
to do with it, then it's high priority.
CARTER
Well thank you Sir, it is. And believe
me when I tell you Cadet Haley is exactly
the kind of person we need.
KERRIGAN
She'll have to be punished.
CARTER
As she should be Sir. But I don't think
she's about to go on a rampage beating
up upperclassmen.
KERRIGAN
Send her in.
Haley walks in and salutes.
HALEY
Sir, Cadet Haley reports as ordered.
KERRIGAN
At ease. Major Carter?
CARTER
Cadet Haley, I'd like to ask you a few
questions. Answer honestly.
HALEY
Yes ma'am.
CARTER
Who the hell do you think you are?
HALEY
Ma'am?
CARTER
You think you're better than us? You
think you're too good for the Air Force?
HALEY
No ma'am.
CARTER
Oh come on, all those little rules and
regulations, they don't really apply
to you right? I mean let's face it,
what's the point of a chain of command
when none of your superiors are as smart
as you are?
HALEY
I don't feel that way ma'am.
CARTER
Oh I think you do. And I think deep
down you wanna leave. Let me do you
a favour. The door's open, why don't
you just quit and go home?
HALEY
No ma'am. I won't quit.
CARTER
I'm just giving you the chance to walk
out before General Kerrigan throws you
out.
HALEY
I won't quit.
CARTER
Good.
KERRIGAN
Cadet Haley, as far as I'm concerned
you've demonstrated a remarkable inability
to be a functioning member of the United
States Air Force. But Major Carter has
a future in mind for you and I respect
Major Carter's opinion. Although the
rest of your punishment stands I'm not
recommending dismissal.
HALEY
Thank you Sir.
KERRIGAN
You may go.
She leaves
KERRIGAN
Good luck.
Sam walks along with Haley.
CARTER
What were you thinking breaking the
nose of an upperclassman like that?
HALEY
Aim high?
CARTER
That's not funny.
HALEY
No ma'am, you wouldn't think so would
you?
CARTER
What's this got to do with me?
HALEY
Everything. The great Samantha Carter.
You think a day goes by in this place
when I don't hear your name? You've
gotten the highest mark in every class
I've ever been in; you've won every
award I've ever been up for. They've
been comparing me to you since the day
I walked through the door and I never
could seem to measure up.
CARTER
That's it? What, so for the first time
in your life you come to a place where
you are not automatically the smartest
and best at everything you do? Get over
it. There are important things at stake.
HALEY
You've got my future all planned out
as long as I stay here?
CARTER
If you're good enough.
HALEY
Like what? Flying a transport plane
if I'm one of the lucky ones? I don't
see this exciting future you're talking
about Major.
CARTER
Something more incredible than even
you could imagine.
HALEY
Yes ma'am.
CARTER
Cadet. Believe me.
Off world
The research station.
HAMILTON
Science is about questioning the status
quo. Questioning authority. Now how
can we do that when the greatest scientific
discovery in human history is in the
hands of the United States Air Force?
SCIENTIST2
Oh my God.
He sees the creature/
HAMILTON
The camera, get the camera, get the
camera.
HAMILTON
Come on.
SCIENTIST2
Colonel O'Neill.
O'NEILL
Go ahead.
SCIENTIST2
We just encountered another one of the
creatures. We're following it into the
forest as far as we can.
O'NEILL
Let's go.
Hamilton goes into a crowd of the creatures and Jack appears.
HAMILTON
Incredible.
O'NEILL
Hamilton, what are you doing?
HAMILTON
You see Colonel, they're harmless.
SGC
Hammond `s Office
HAMMOND
Major, this is a high security area.
CARTER
I know that Sir, but she's already checked
out security and signed the non-disclosure
forms.
HAMMOND
What did you tell her she was going
to see?
CARTER
Deep space radar telemetry.
HAMMOND
Are you absolutely sure about this Major?
CARTER
General, she is a perfect candidate
for the SGC.
HAMMOND
Her file says otherwise.
CARTER
I've met her Sir, she is brilliant.
HAMMOND
Not everyone is cut out to be an Air
Force officer Major.
CARTER
Sir if she can get one glimpse of her
possible future she will graduate at
the top of her class and become an officer
worthy of serving under your command.
I am absolutely sure about this Sir.
Sam and Haley walk along towards the Gateroom.
HALEY
I don't understand, we're underground,
where could we possibly be going?
CARTER
You'll see. What you're about to see
is probably the best kept secret in
the world.
HALEY
You're making me nervous.
CARTER
Good. Because from this point on everything
you thought you knew about the universe
is about to be turned upside down. You
ready?
They walk into the Gateroom where the Gate is spinning.
HALEY
What is it?
CARTER
It's your future. It's called a Stargate.
TECH DAVIS
Chevron 7 locked.
The Gate kawooshes and Haley jumps.
CARTER
You're looking at the event horizon
of a wormhole connecting this Stargate
to another identical one on another
world 42 thousand light years from Earth.
HALEY
That's where we're going?
CARTER
That's right.
HALEY
How?
CARTER
That's the easy part. Come on.
They come through the Gate.
HALEY
What happened? (Note: my SKY fritzed
so I'm not entirely sure what she said.
This fits with the next comment by Sam.)
CARTER
Your body was particlised in the matter
stream and then reintegrated.
HALEY
So this is another planet?
CARTER
It's a moon actually.
HALEY
Doesn't look that different from home.
CARTER
Well where there's oxygen there's usually
plant life, trees, water, there are
a couple of differences.
Jack walks up.
O'NEILL
Hey Carter. Thought I'd come be your
welcoming committee.
CARTER
Thank you Sir. How are you?
O'NEILL
Ah well the back's acting up a little
actually, the knees, you know always.
CARTER
Sir, I'd like you to meet Cadet Haley.
O'NEILL
Cadet. Welcome to 862. How was your
trip?
HALEY
It was. a trip. Sir.
O'NEILL
It always is. ( To Carter) I got something
you should see.
Sam and Haley look at a creature in a container. Jack and Teal'c
sit a way behind.
CARTER
What is it?
HAMILTON
We're not sure but we think it's some
kind of energy based life form.
HALEY
That's impossible.
HAMILTON
Yeah, that's what we thought but one
of them led us directly to the others,
which suggests organisation, some kind
of intelligence. They also appear to
be able to phase through solid matter.
O'NEILL
Yeah, Teal'c and I saw one zip right
on through a tree. Didn't even slow
it down.
HALEY
That's so cool.
O'NEILL
That's exactly what I said. I said that.
CARTER
If that's the case, what's keeping it
inside this cylinder?
HAMILTON
That was Dr. Lee's idea. The top and
bottom plates are electrified. The field
seems to be holding it in.
HALEY
You're not hurting it are you?
HAMILTON
The creature has no physical body, I
don't think it's capable of feeling
pain.
CARTER
But if it's intelligent it might not
appreciate being held in a cage.
O'NEILL
Might be time to let this one go Doc.
HAMILTON
Colonel, no, please, we need to study
it.
O'NEILL
Find another way.
A couple of scientists are in the woods talking via radio.
SCIENTIST2
Hey Bill, come in. Any sign of the swarm?
SCIENTIST3
Nothing yet. Looks like they just disappeared.
SCIENTIST2
They gotta be around here somewhere.
Try checking for high frequency spikes.
SCIENTIST3
You got it. Oh, hey there. We're your
friends. Woah, easy, we're not gonna
hurt you.
SCIENTIST2
Bill, you getting anything on the high
frequency?
SCIENTIST3
Argh.
SCIENTIST2
Bill, come in.
SCIENTIST3
Arrrghhhh.
SCIENTIST2
Oh God. Colonel..
Haley walks over to Teal'c outside the research station.
HALEY
Teal'c. Do you mind if I call you Teal'c?
TEAL'C
I have no other name.
HALEY
So I'm guessing you're not.
TEAL'C
Human? Then your guess is correct.
HALEY
Then is this your planet? I mean moon.
TEAL'C
It is not. My home world is called Chulak.
HALEY
Your world? Wait a second, how many
places does the Stargate go?
TEAL'C
The Stargate network is composed of
a great many worlds.
HALEY
Are you serious?
Scientist 2 runs up.
SCIENTIST2
Colonel O'Neill! Colonel O'Neill! Colonel
O'Neill! Help! Colonel O'Neill.
Jack and Sam run outside.
O'NEILL
What?
SCIENTIST2
It's Dr. Thompson. Those things are
attacking Dr. Thompson.
O'NEILL
Where?
SCIENTIST2
Back in the clearing where we first
encountered them.
O'NEILL
Carter, get them inside. Teal'c with
me.
CARTER
Go, go, go.
Jack and Teal'c find Dr. Thompson. He's obviously dead with holes
in him.
They go back to the research station where Carter is patching
up Scientist 2.
O'NEILL
Hey! Just what about my radio transmission
did you not understand? Let's go.
CARTER
Just finishing up Sir.
HAMILTON
What about Dr. Thompson?
O'NEILL
He's dead. Let's move.
They all go outside.
HAMILTON
Colonel. Colonel, we don't know what
happened out there, this might be an
isolated incident; the creatures may
have been provoked.
O'NEILL
Maybe. Let me ask you this, why take
a chance?
TEAL'C
O'Neill.
O'NEILL
Alright back inside.
They all go back inside and shut the door.
TEAL'C
These walls will not protect us O'Neill.
O'NEILL
Carter, we've got about 15 seconds.
CARTER
I don't know Sir, zats maybe?
O'NEILL
Maybe?
CARTER
Well I just got here. Zats deliver an
electrical charge; they're the only
weapon I can think of that we have that
might have an effect.
O'NEILL
Alright everybody get down.
They get the zats out and the creatures swarm Hamilton so Teal'c
shoots him. The zats keep the creatures away,
HAMILTON
Arrgghh.
Everyone shuts the windows.
CARTER
We've wired up the aluminium walls of
this building, when we switch on the
current it might create enough of an
electrical field to keep them out the
same way Dr. Lee's containment vessel
kept them in.
TEAL'C
They are returning.
O'NEILL
Light it up.
CARTER
Stand clear of the walls.
HALEY
It's working.
CARTER
As long as we've got power we're safe.
SCIENTIST2
How long do you think the generator
will keep running?
HAMILTON
I'm not. I'm not sure.
O'NEILL
You're not sure? Who refuelled it last?
HAMILTON
Dr. Thompson. I'm sure he filled it
sometime this morning.
SCIENTIST2
We don't know that.
HAMILTON
That would give us another 8 or so hours.
TEAL'C
But you cannot be certain.
SCIENTIST2
No.
O'NEILL
Alright, where is it?
HAMILTON
It's on the other side of the compound.
Down by the creek.
SCIENTIST2
Basically it could run out at any time.
Sam, Jack and Teal'c look at the aerial view plan of the area.
O'NEILL
Carter?
CARTER
I think I may have a way out of here
Sir. The creatures are being held back
by the electrical field around the building.
What we need to do is create a field
big enough to repel them from the entire
area.
O'NEILL
Yeah?
CARTER
The Stargate Sir. It's a giant superconductor.
Once activated, the field it generates
would be more than enough.
O'NEILL
So someone's gotta go down there and
dial out.
TEAL'C
Anyone attempting to reach the Stargate
would most certainly be killed.
CARTER
Not necessarily. Now the human body
has an electrical field of its own.
Do you remember what happened when Dr.
Hamilton was hit by Teal'c's zat fire?
The creatures must have left his body
because his body's electrical field
was temporarily altered.
O'NEILL
How long would it last?
CARTER
I don't know Sir.
HALEY
Shoot him again.
TEAL'C
A second shot from a zat'nik'tel kills.
CARTER
It's just a guess Sir. I'm not even
sure you would make it to the Gate before
you were vulnerable again.
O'NEILL
Hey why'd they attack in the first place?
CARTER
I suppose it's possible they were reacting
to the capture of one of their own.
HALEY
That's not it.
O'NEILL
What?
HALEY
I've been going over Dr, Thompson's
astronomical observations. Did you know
this moon wasn't even formed from the
original accretion disk of the planet?
O'NEILL
No. But I suspected.
HALEY
Dr. Thompson thinks it was a rogue that
got pulled into an eccentric(?) polar
orbit. A planet's magnetic field eminates
from the poles, it's where it's the
most intense. According to Dr. Thompson's
observations, we entered into the polar
phase of the orbit a couple of days
ago, about the same time the creatures
were first encountered. And they became
violent right at the moment we were
directly over the pole.
CARTER
It's possible Sir.
O'NEILL
Go on.
HALEY
Well we're beyond the point of peak
intensity. If we wait, the creatures
will go back to the way they were before.
O'NEILL
How long would that take?
HALEY
A couple of hours, no more than that.
TEAL'C
The generator will most likely not last
that long.
HALEY
We'll hold them off with those phaser
things.
O'NEILL
What do you think? (To Carter)
CARTER
Well Sir, if I'm right and their behaviour
is retaliatory, waiting will just make
things worse.
HALEY
You're not right. I am.
CARTER
You don't know that Cadet.
HALEY
We know the creatures are affected by
electric fields. You think it's a coincidence
they happened to go beserk just as we're
passing over the pole?
CARTER
Do you think it's a coincidence that
they attacked us en masse immediately
after one of their own was captured?
Sir we can't both be right, the theories
are mutually exclusive. Now there's
certainly evidence to support both but
not enough to reach a conclusion.
HALEY
Colonel, please don't just dismiss what
I'm saying just because you expect her
to be right.
O'NEILL
It doesn't matter whose right, Cadet.
HALEY
Colonel, you're risking your life for
nothing.
O'NEILL
Decision's made.
Jack walks off.
HALEY
How can it not matter who's right?
CARTER
If he makes a run for the Gate, he's
risking his own life. If he waits, he
risks everyone's life. He can't do that.
Jack is getting ready.
O'NEILL
As soon as I get the Gate open, head
straight for it. Don't bring anything
with you.
HAMILTON
Oh no we can't leave behind weeks of
research.
O'NEILL
Carter, if he so much as brings a file
folder, shoot him.
CARTER
Yes Sir.
TEAL'C
Are you ready O'Neill?
O'NEILL
No. Give me a warning.
TEAL'C
I am going to shoot you.
O'NEILL
I was thinking more along the lines
of on three. One.
Teal'c shoots him.
O'NEILL
Two. I said on three. God.
Teal'c and Scientist 2 help him up.
TEAL'C
Good luck O'Neill.
O'NEILL
Wish me luck.
CARTER
Good luck Sir.
O'NEILL
Thank you. Go.
Jack starts running towards the Gate.
O'NEILL
I'm at the Gate. I'm gonna start dialling.
He gets to Chevron 4 and the creatures start to attack him and
he falls to the floor.
CARTER
Colonel! Colonel!
Suddenly a zat blast scatters the creatures. It's Teal'c.
TEAL'C
Quickly O'Neill.
Jack finishes activating the Gate and the creatures leave.
O'NEILL
I'll never complain about mosquitoes
again.
Everyone has reached the Gate.
SCIENTIST2
We owe you our thanks Colonel.
O'NEILL
I s'pose.
HAMILTON
And I owe you an apology.
O'NEILL
I suppose you do.
Jack and Teal'c go through whereas Sam and Haley stop at the
event horizon.
HALEY
Is it always like this?
CARTER
No, sometimes it gets really exciting.
HALEY
Will I ever find out which one of us
is right?
CARTER
If you stick around long enough, maybe.
Besides there's always other planets.
HALEY
It's a moon.
CARTER
Okay, you're right about that.
THE END
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