STARGATE SG1
Episode 816
"RECKONING II"
By
Damian Kindler
Transcribed by
Callie Sullivan
SGC. BRIEFING ROOM. Jack is bringing Sam and Jacob up to date
with what Ba’al told him about the Ancient device on Dakara.
CARTER
A device capable of destroying all life
in the galaxy?
O’NEILL
It’s what he said.
JACOB
Ba’al said he was serving Anubis?
O’NEILL
Not exactly. You know those Goa’uld
and their egos. (He gestures with his
hands to indicate the size of Ba’al’s
ego.)
JACOB
He would never admit to being subservient.
O’NEILL
No. He said he was biding his time -
learning what he could from Anubis.
JACOB
Probably looking for a way to kill him.
(Jack points at him in agreement.)
CARTER
Well, we have no idea how this Ancient
device works or what the effects will
be, but since Anubis has no real corporeal
form, it’s likely he would survive it.
JACOB
He’d have no-one left to rule.
CARTER
For now. I mean, time may not even be
an issue for someone like him. He could
essentially start over; repopulate the
galaxy to his own specifications.
O’NEILL
It’s a little ambitious.
CARTER
Well, he has at least some knowledge
of the Ancients. I wouldn’t put it past
him.
O’NEILL
Yeah. Well, let me sit here and state
the obvious: we can’t let something
like this get into his hands.
JACOB
Or the Replicators’ hands, for that
matter.
CARTER
How much time do we have before Ba’al’s
fleet reaches Dakara?
O’NEILL
Why?
CARTER
Ba’al didn’t say exactly where the device
was, did he?
O’NEILL
No. He said it was hidden.
CARTER
Well, chances are it’s in the ruins,
but we can’t be sure. I mean, short
of blowing up the entire planet, we
can’t be a hundred percent positive
we’ve destroyed it - and if it’s protected
by a shield, even our biggest naqahdah-enhanced
nuke might not do it.
JACOB
Fact is, to be sure we’ve destroyed
the weapon, we have to find it first.
O’NEILL
Go.
DAKARA. Sam and Jacob, together with a couple of SGC airmen carrying
a large box, have arrived at the temple ruins. Teal’c escorts
them to a wall engraved with Ancient writing.
TEAL’C
We found no evidence of a weapon.
CARTER
Thanks, guys, we’ll take it from here.
(The airmen put the box down and leave the area.)
JACOB
This structure was definitely built
by the Ancients.
TEAL’C
As evidenced by the script on this wall.
Until I saw this monument with my own
eyes, I did not know that Dakara was
a home of the Ancients.
CARTER
The Ancient repository of knowledge
we found on P3X-439 was hidden in a
large monument like this.
JACOB
Maybe this writing will help us uncover
the location of the weapon.
TEAL’C
I was able to recognise the language.
Deciphering it, however, is another
matter.
CARTER
I brought Daniel’s notebooks.
(Jacob bows his head and allows Selmak to speak.)
SELMAK
This dialect looks very old. It may
take some time.
TEAL’C
I will leave you to it. (He bows to
them and leaves.)
DAKARA ORBIT. REBEL MOTHERSHIP. Some of the rebels are talking
on the pel’tak.
ARON
We will be vastly outnumbered by Ba’al’s
forces.
TOLOK
I refuse to consider a strategy that
demands the deliberate sacrifice of
Jaffa lives.
ARON
What then do you advocate? Prayer, perhaps(!)
BRA’TAC
Jaffa! We are here to consider the battle
with our enemy.
TEAL’C
Do not battle each other. (He turns
to Bra’tac.) Ba’al’s forces approach
at a rate of speed far slower than they
are capable.
BRA’TAC
Indeed - it seems he does wish to give
us time to find and destroy the weapon.
TOLOK
Why not just destroy it himself?
TEAL’C
Ba’al is in a difficult position. With
so many witnesses, it is far easier
to tell Anubis that the weapon was destroyed
before he was able to reclaim Dakara.
ARON
How then will he explain his languid
pace?
BRA’TAC
Regardless, he will only hesitate so
long.
TOLOK
Five ha’tak, eight al’kesh, ten squadrons
of gliders. That is all we have.
TEAL’C
Empty the bays - deploy the gliders
to the far side of the planet. Take
two ha’tak and all the al’kesh and position
them on the other side of the moon.
TOLOK
Divide our forces?!
(Teal’c smiles. Bra’tac, understanding Teal’c’s plan, also smiles.)
BRA’TAC
Precisely.
TEAL’C
All the hardship, the suffering, the
sacrifices we have made for our cause,
will end today - one way or another.
This battle will decide the fate of
all Jaffa.
(Bra’tac smiles at Tolok, who smiles back and nods. Aron looks
like he’s trying not to smile, but he can’t help it, even though
he obviously thinks that the plan will never work.)
ARON
This is madness.
TEAL’C
So too, at one time, was the very thought
of our freedom.
DANIEL’S TENT. Daniel and the RepliCarter are still standing
facing each other.
DANIEL
So now what? We done? You got what you
wanted. I don’t suppose you wanna just
drop me off at the nearest Stargate?
REPLICARTER
It is true - I learned the location
of the weapon that could be a threat
to me and my brethren. But I also saw
the extent of knowledge your subconscious
mind contains. (She steps closer.) You
have no idea, do you?
DANIEL
No - no, I don’t.
REPLICARTER
You’ve tried accessing it, but it’s
always just out of reach, isn’t it?
I could help you. We could unlock the
knowledge of the Ancients - the secrets
of the universe - together.
DANIEL
I have to admit, it does sound interesting.
(He pauses for a moment as if thinking
about it. The RepliCarter smiles at
him.) On the other hand, you’re an evil
killing machine, so, no, pass.
(The RepliCarter’s smile fades. Daniel smiles smugly, then his
face contorts in pain as the RepliCarter pulls a memory out of
his mind.)
FLASHBACK TO “FULL CIRCLE”. Daniel, his hands glowing with power,
stands in front of Anubis and tries to hurl the power at him
but the blast is deflected away.
DANIEL
No! Don’t do this!
(He is whisked away.)
DANIEL’S TENT.
REPLICARTER
You had the power. You were about to
strike, but she stopped you.
DANIEL
No, I don’t believe you. You can make
me see whatever you want - that’s just
a trick.
REPLICARTER
You know it’s true. Destroying the weapon
that can destroy me is one thing - a
good thing for me - but there is more.
There is a way to kill Anubis in your
mind ... and so much more. (She pauses,
then speaks forcefully.) I am not done,
Daniel Jackson - far from it. (Her voice
softens, but becomes much more ominous.)
In fact, we have only just begun.
CARTER
“Midday, the darkness is high in the
sky”?! You sure about that?
SELMAK
That is what it says.
CARTER
It doesn’t make much sense.
JACOB
Yeah, well neither does, uh, (he looks
at the clipboard) “the wind blows on
the pillow” or “three days to the chicken,”
but that’s what these phrases apparently
translate into.
CARTER
Are you saying this whole wall of writing
is nonsense?
JACOB
I don’t know what I’m sayin’.
CARTER
Is it possible you made a mistake?
SELMAK
Would you care to try? (He holds out
the clipboard towards her. Sam looks
embarrassed and picks up a piece of
paper from the floor.) The text is quite
difficult, and if there is an organising
principle to Doctor Jackson’s notes,
I have yet to discover it.
CARTER
Yeah, he certainly has his own system.
(Teal’c radios in.)
TEAL’C
Colonel Carter.
CARTER
Go ahead, Teal’c.
(Teal’c is still on the pel’tak of the mothership with Bra’tac
and Aron.)
TEAL’C
Have you had any success with the translation?
(Sam looks at Jacob and flinches.)
CARTER
We’re making ... some progress.
TEAL’C
I am afraid you do not have much more
time. Our long-range scanners have detected
Ba’al’s fleet. He will be here within
the hour.
CARTER
Understood. (She and Jacob turn their
attention back to the wall.)
DANIEL’S TENT.
REPLICARTER
It would be much easier on both of us
if you did not resist.
DANIEL
Why, why, why, why, you know, in the
wide world of all things rational and
sane, would I help you?
REPLICARTER
Because deep down you also want the
knowledge I seek.
DANIEL
Yes, but the problem is, anything I
learn, I won’t be able to put to much
use, because right after I’m done you’re
going to kill me.
REPLICARTER
What if I promised not to?
(Daniel chuckles.)
DANIEL
Yeah(!)
REPLICARTER
Do you really think I am that different
from Samantha Carter?
DANIEL
In that you’re a Replicator bent on
galactic domination at the expense of
all other living things ... (He shrugs,
not even bothering to finish the sentence.)
REPLICARTER
Her thoughts, her memories, even her
emotions - they are not meaningless
to me. (Daniel rolls his eyes.) I do
not wish to harm you, or destroy Earth
for that matter. I could have done that
already if I so desired.
DANIEL
You’re saying you’ll leave Earth untouched?
REPLICARTER
I promise you that - and your life.
(Daniel narrows his eyes, thinking about it for a second, then
makes a decision.)
DANIEL
No. No. Not gonna help you - but obviously
I can’t do anything to stop you, so
... give it your best shot.
DAKARA. TEMPLE. Jacob is looking at his clipboard. Sam is facing
the wall.
CARTER
What if it’s a code? (She turns to face
Jacob.)
SELMAK
Something that can only be deciphered
by someone who understands the language.
(Sam nods, and looks at the clipboard.)
CARTER
Can I see that?
(Jacob nods and hands the clipboard to her. She takes it by the
top, but looks at it without turning the paper round to face
her.)
SELMAK
You’re holding it upside down.
CARTER
I know. I just noticed - (she points
to part of the writing on the paper)
upside down, these symbols look like
another word I’ve seen before. (She
turns the clipboard round and hands
it to Jacob so that he can see the writing
upside down.)
SELMAK
Right side up, it’s “darkness”, but
turn it around and it translates into
“sun”.
CARTER
“Midday, the sun is high in the sky”.
That makes a lot more sense.
JACOB
Yeah, but so what? That’s not what the
wall says.
(Sam walks over to the wall. While a lot of it is solid wall,
some of it seems as if circular panels have been carved and inserted
into the main wall. She looks at the part of the wall they’ve
been talking about - part of that writing is on a panel. She
runs her hands around the panel, then starts to push it down
on the left and up on the right. It begins to rotate. Jacob walks
closer, staring as Sam pushes the panel round 180 degrees until
the words on the panel, now upside down, line up with the rest
of the wall again.)
CARTER
Now it does!
JACOB
It can’t be that simple. Just turn all
five circles upside down?
CARTER
No, I agree. It has to be some sort
of combination lock. We just need to
figure out which circles to turn.
REBEL MOTHERSHIP. Ba’al appears on the viewscreen.
BA’AL
Your pathetic trickery will only delay
your inevitable defeat.
TEAL’C
There is no trickery at hand. We know
that inevitably your goal is to eradicate
all free Jaffa. We have sent the bulk
of our fleet to safety to survive to
fight another day.
BA’AL
Surrender now - or be destroyed.
TEAL’C
Defeat those who remain and you will
be forced to destroy the weapon on Dakara
yourself. Then you must face Anubis.
(Ba’al disappears from the viewscreen.)
BRA’TAC
His fleet appears to be holding position.
TEAL’C
For the moment.
DAKARA. TEMPLE. Sam rotates another panel on the wall. As it
turns into position, the ground begins to shake.
CARTER
Let’s hope that’s not a bad sign.
(Jaffa, armed with SGC rifles, come running. Sam holds her hand
out to keep them back. The wall rises up into the cliff above
it, revealing a much more rough-hewn rock wall behind. As the
writing wall disappears from view, the rougher wall parts in
the middle and slides back to reveal a chamber behind it. Sam
looks round at her father.)
JACOB
Nice goin’, Sam.
(They cautiously walk inside the chamber to find a stone console
with large square Ancient-engraved stones on top. It looks identical
to the one that Malaki used to try to reverse time in “Window
of Opportunity”.)
CARTER
We’re in business!
SGC. CONTROL ROOM. Jack is sitting at the desk listening to Sam
report in.
CARTER
It’s definitely an Ancient design, sir.
O’NEILL
Think our bomb’ll do the trick?
CARTER
We’ll soon see. Give us ten minutes.
Carter out.
O’NEILL
Right.
DAKARA. TEMPLE CHAMBER. Jacob is looking at the console as Sam
drags a large case in. She opens the case and takes out a naqahdah
generator. Jacob rests his fingers on the console and a screen
lights up on the wall behind him. He turns and looks at it and
sees Ancient text scrolling across it.
JACOB
Sam? (Sam looks up from the generator.)
You might wanna hold off on that for
a minute. If I’m reading this screen
right, the weapon uses an energy wave
to reduce all matter to its basic molecular
elements. It’s not strong enough to
disintegrate an entire planet, but it
will wash away everything on a planet’s
surface and everything in the surrounding
space.
CARTER
Sounds bad.
JACOB
I know - but it also sounds like it
does it much the same way your disrupter
technology works on the Replicators
- by separating the individual components.
CARTER
They are both Ancient designs - and
General O’Neill did use Ancient knowledge
to build the disrupter.
JACOB
I know.
CARTER
Do you think this weapon can be modified
to work only on the Replicators?
JACOB
I don’t know - but I’d hate to blow
it up before I was a hundred percent
sure it couldn’t.
(Sam nods.)
REBEL MOTHERSHIP. Sam radios to Teal’c.
CARTER
Teal’c, do you read?
TEAL’C
Proceed, Colonel Carter.
CARTER
Look, um, my dad and Selmak think this
weapon may hold the key to defeating
the Replicators, and we’ll need some
time to find out. Just let us know when
things get bad, and we’ll blow it and
get out.
TEAL’C
Understood.
CARTER
Carter out.
(Aron’s weapons console beeps. Blips on the viewscreen show that
Ba’al’s fleet is approaching Dakara.)
ARON
Ba’al’s fleet just began moving into
attack position.
BRA’TAC
It appears things are about to get ...
bad.
DAKARA. TEMPLE CHAMBER. Jacob is working on a laptop hooked up
to the console.
JACOB
I’m not getting anything. (He steps
aside and lets Sam have a go.)
CARTER
This may not be possible, y’know.
JACOB
C’mon, Sam - it can’t be any harder
than blowing up a sun.
(Sam looks irritated.)
CARTER
Y’know, you blow up one sun and suddenly
everyone expects you to walk on water!
(At that moment, the interface between the laptop and the Ancient
screen begins to work.)
JACOB
There y’go!
CARTER
Oh. Next up: parting the Red Sea.
DAKARA ORBIT. The three remaining rebel motherships come under
attack from Ba’al’s arriving fleet. On Bra’tac’s ship, he, Teal’c
and Aron are tossed around as the ship jolts under the impacts.
TEAL’C
Shields are down fifty percent.
ARON
We cannot take much more!
BRA’TAC
Signal the other ha’tak. Begin retreating,
sublight engines only, full power.
BA’AL’S MOTHERSHIP. Ba’al sits on a throne in the pel’tak, flanked
by two super-soldiers. A Jaffa at the control console reports.
JAFFA
The rebels are fleeing, my lord. The
planet is ours.
BA’AL
They expect us to follow so that they
may draw the fleet into battle on two
fronts. (The Jaffa looks puzzled.) Signal
the fleet to pursue the shol’va.
JAFFA
My lord?
BA’AL
Dakara can wait. No battle strategy
can save them now. (The Jaffa still
looks confused. He obviously doesn’t
know that Ba’al is playing for time.)
We will crush them, and then take the
temple.
JAFFA
Yes, my lord.
DAKARA CHAMBER. Sam and Jacob are looking at a readout on the
laptop.
JACOB
I’m pretty sure this output is giving
us the frequency spectrum of the wave
the weapon uses to disintegrate matter.
CARTER
That’s nothing like the spectrum analysis
of the Replicator disrupter wave. Here,
look. (She calls up another screen.
The image on that is very different
to the first one.).
JACOB
Yeah, I-I-I know, but all we have to
do is alter the settings on the weapon
console so that the output wave matches
that of the disrupter technology.
CARTER
All we have to do?!
JACOB
Yeah. The device can be set by varying
the height of these panels. (He pushes
down one of the stone panels on the
console. The readout on the laptop screen
changes.)
CARTER
Oh. Well, I can run a programme to compare
the difference between the two waves.
It should let us know if we’re even
going in the right direction.
JACOB
That’s good.
CARTER
Y’know, even if we can make this work,
the Replicators were quickly able to
adapt themselves to the frequency modulation
Thor made to the original disrupter
wave.
JACOB
What are you saying?
CARTER
We realised the only way to eliminate
the Replicators and not allow them time
to develop immunity was to somehow hit
them all at the same time.
JACOB
Everywhere in the galaxy?! How are we
supposed to do that?
CARTER
The weapon translates through the Stargate.
D’you think Anubis was planning to use
the weapon to attack one planet at a
time?
JACOB
So dial multiple Gates simultaneously.
CARTER
Not multiple Gates - all of them.
JACOB
Every Stargate in the galaxy at one
time?! Do you know how many Gates there
are in the whole galaxy?!
CARTER
A lot.
(Jacob bows his head and lets Selmak speak.)
SELMAK
I have no idea how to alter a Stargate
to perform such a function. I don’t
know of anyone who can.
(Sam looks uncomfortable.)
CARTER
I think I know someone.
REBEL MOTHERSHIP. Sam has just explained her thinking to Teal’c
and Bra’tac.
TEAL’C
Are you certain, Colonel Carter?
CARTER
I don’t think we have a choice, Teal’c.
I mean, this could be the best chance
we’ll ever get.
(Teal’c and Bra’tac look at each other.)
TEAL’C
Understood. (To Bra’tac) Open a channel.
(Ba’al appears on the viewscreen. He smiles.)
BA’AL
No doubt you have decided to surrender.
A wise decision, given that you face
imminent defeat.
TEAL’C
We have no intention of surrendering.
I merely wish to inform you that we
have found the Ancient weapon on Dakara.
BA’AL
Do you intend to destroy it?
TEAL’C
That would be foolish. We have learned
that the Ancient weapon may be the means
to destroy the Replicators once and
for all.
INSIDE DANIEL’S MIND. Daniel is experiencing an image somewhat
similar to travelling through a wormhole, except for the fact
that this is more purple-coloured, Ancient writing is also swirling
around in the vortex, and stars, planets and galaxies can be
seen outside the vortex.
(In Daniel’s tent, the RepliCarter opens her eyes. She has obviously
been sharing the experience.)
REPLICARTER
It’s incredible! Yet you still resist
me. Do you not care? Are you not amazed
by what you are seeing?
DANIEL
I don’t understand it. It’s more than
any human can begin to comprehend.
REPLICARTER
I am not human.
DANIEL
Well, believe me, I know. (He looks
at her.) There must be a limit to how
much your mind can process, how much
information you can store.
REPLICARTER
I am sharing what I learn with my brethren.
The extent of knowledge we can absorb
is only limited by our numbers. As we
speak, those numbers are growing - faster
than you can imagine.
DAKARA CHAMBER. Ba’al’s holoimage appears in the chamber. He
looks around at the console and at the screen on the wall.
BA’AL
This chamber must be well shielded.
I could not find it using my ship’s
sensors.
CARTER
Look, I assume Teal’c told you the plan.
BA’AL
What makes you think you can modify
this weapon to defeat the Replicators?
CARTER
We’re already on our way to doing that.
(She turns the laptop to face Ba’al.
It shows the two frequency spectrums,
which still look very different, and
a smaller window with the number 38.0
in it.) We need to get this weapon’s
wave output to match our modified Replicator
disrupter wave to within a margin of
point seven six percent.
BA’AL
How did you develop this Replicator
disrupter technology in the first place?
CARTER
General O’Neill built it using Ancient
knowledge and an Asgard computer. (She
pulls up an image of the disrupter on
the laptop.)
BA’AL
O’Neill. The mere thought of that makes
me sick.
(Sam rolls her eyes.)
CARTER
Look - if we can do this and somehow
hit the Replicators all at the same
time, we think it will work, but we
need your help.
BA’AL
You want me to reprogramme the Stargate
to dial every Gate in the galaxy simultaneously.
CARTER
I know you used the Gates’ automatic
update programme to disseminate a dialling
programme virus to the entire Gate network.
BA’AL
With a virus you initially planted in
my Stargate.
CARTER
No-one’s trying to deny that we’re mortal
enemies here. Can you do it or not?
BA’AL
I cannot believe I’m even considering
co-operating with a female of the Tau’ri
... (he looks at Jacob) and a Tok’Ra.
SELMAK
This was not my idea, believe me.
BA’AL
I’ll instruct my troops to land.
CARTER
No way. You send one Jaffa down here
and the deal’s off.
BA’AL
I cannot do what you ask by means of
a hologram transmission.
CARTER
Sure you can. Just tell me what to do.
SGC. CONTROL ROOM. Alarms are sounding and the Stargate can be
heard kawhooshing. Jack runs down the stairs from the Briefing
Room.
HARRIMAN
Unscheduled offworld activation!
O’NEILL
Is that Carter?
HARRIMAN
No sir, but we are picking up a radio
signal.
O’NEILL
Put it on speaker. (Walter complies.
A strange signal can be heard.) Sergeant?
HARRIMAN
I don’t know, sir.
(As he tries to sort out the signal, the monitors in the Control
Room go crazy, all kinds of different information flashing across
them.)
O’NEILL
What the hell is that?
HARRIMAN
I’m not sure, sir, but I can’t access
the system. Looks like something’s hacked
into the computer remotely.
O’NEILL
Shut it down.
HARRIMAN
I can’t, sir - I’m locked out.
O’NEILL
Damn! (He goes to the console with the
phone in it and picks up the receiver.)
This is General O’Neill ...
(In the Gateroom, the iris opens.)
HARRIMAN
Sir!
(As Jack looks round, the lights go out and all the computers
go down. The SFs in the Gateroom raise their weapons. Seconds
later, a swarm of Replicators comes scrambling through the Gate.
The SFs open fire but hundreds of the bugs scamper down the ramp.
Jack yells into the microphone.)
O’NEILL
Evacuate the Gateroom! Get outta there!
(The SFs begin a co-ordinated retreat out of the right-hand door
as Replicators swarm all over the floor and the walls. As the
last few SFs head for the door, Jack turns to Walter.)
O’NEILL
Close the blast doors.
(As the last SF reaches the door, it begins to close. Replicators
rush towards it, including at least one mother bug. One of the
smaller bugs wedges itself into the doorway to try to stop the
door from closing, but the final SF shoots it from outside the
Gateroom and, as the bug breaks up, the door slams shut.)
(In the Control Room, Jack goes back to the phone and makes a
base-wide broadcast.)
O’NEILL
Initiate base lockdown. Emergency evacuation
of all personnel through alternate routes.
Self-destruct protocol on my order.
(He puts the phone down and sees that
Walter is the only one left in the Control
Room.) Let’s go, Walter! Get outta here!
(They race out of the room.)
(On the surface, the big doors close.)
(In the corridors, personnel are starting to climb up the ladders
in the escape hatches to the surface. Jack hurries along the
corridors watching the organised chaos.)
O’NEILL
Oh, man!
(Colonel Reynolds approaches him.)
REYNOLDS
Sir. We’re cut off from the self-destruct.
They were too fast. Even if we could
fight through them now, there’s a good
chance they’ve already disabled the
activation mechanism.
O’NEILL
Those bugs cannot get out of this mountain.
REYNOLDS
It’s only a matter of time before they
gain control of the base systems and
override the security doors.
O’NEILL
Alright. Let’s make sure everybody’s
out of here and then we’ll toss a little
nuke down the silo.
REYNOLDS
You think that’ll stop them?
O’NEILL
It should slow ‘em down.
INSIDE DANIEL’S MIND. The wormhole/Ancient writing effect continues,
then in Daniel’s tent, he opens his eyes. Moments later, the
RepliCarter does the same. She looks overwhelmed by what she’s
been experiencing.
DANIEL
You can’t handle it, can you?
(The RepliCarter tries to pull herself together.)
REPLICARTER
I can. I just need time to process -
share it with the others.
DANIEL
But the universe is infinite. It’s not
just knowledge and information - it’s
understanding on a level that you’ll
never reach.
REPLICARTER
Why do you think that?
DANIEL
Because you’re a machine.
REPLICARTER
So are you - just of weaker construction.
DANIEL
And that’s where you’re wrong.
(The RepliCarter smiles.)
REPLICARTER
We’ll see.
(Daniel smiles back, but it’s not a pleasant smile.)
SGC. Jack is now geared up and armed and working his way through
the corridors. Walter reports to him by radio, presumably from
the surface.
HARRIMAN
General Hammond says the President has
authorised deployment of a ten kiloton
nuclear bomb on your command, sir.
(Seeing that the area around him is clear, Jack beckons to some
personnel to run for the nearest escape hatch. Walter continues
his report.)
HARRIMAN
An emergency state of alert has been
issued and a two hundred square mile
radius around Cheyenne Mountain is currently
being evacuated. A transport helicopter
is waiting on the surface for you and
the remaining personnel.
O’NEILL
Thank you, Walter!
(Reynolds comes running up.)
O’NEILL
Colonel?
REYNOLDS
We have a problem, sir. Six SGC personnel
are trapped on level eight. They’re
cut off from the emergency escape hatch.
O’NEILL
Siler?
REYNOLDS
Siler.
O’NEILL
Oh, Siler! (To Reynolds) Let’s go.
INSIDE DANIEL’S MIND. The information Daniel and the RepliCarter
are receiving is spooling much faster than before. In the tent,
they both open their eyes. She is looking a little bewildered,
but Daniel is now looking a lot more confident.
DANIEL
You lied to me.
REPLICARTER
What?
DANIEL
You promised you’d leave Earth alone.
There’s Replicators infiltrating the
SGC right now.
REPLICARTER
How can you know that? (Daniel just
gazes at her until she works it out.)
While I was in your mind, you were inside
mine.
DANIEL
Took a while to figure out. Fortunately
you were too distracted to notice. Some
of the Ancient knowledge really helped
too - thank you.
REPLICARTER
You tricked me.
DANIEL
You tricked me first.
REPLICARTER
You should never have told me.
DANIEL
Too late - for you, that is.
(The RepliCarter reaches towards Daniel’s head but he grabs her
wrist to stop her. She tries to shake off his grip but can’t.)
DANIEL
Trying to leave? Sorry - a little more
time in Danny’s world.
REPLICARTER
My brethren will not stop. You cannot
control them.
DANIEL
Not yet ... (his tone becomes ominous)
but I’m learning.
(She tries again to pull her hand free but Daniel holds on fast
as they glare at each other.)
DAKARA CHAMBER. The readout on the laptop goes down from 38.0
to 8.00. Jacob is working the console. Sam runs in from outside.
CARTER
We’ve rigged the DHD to dial automatically
on signal when the weapon’s ready. I
think it should work.
(Ba’al’s hologram, which hadn’t been there a moment ago, reappears.)
BA’AL
Of course it will work. How dare you
doubt me?
(Jacob rolls his eyes and turns to Sam.)
JACOB
What’s he still doing here?
CARTER
I can’t exactly ask him to leave. How’s
it going on your end?
JACOB
I’m getting closer.
(Ba’al points to one of the stone panels on the console.)
BA’AL
This one.
JACOB
How do you know?
(Ba’al smiles.)
BA’AL
I’m a god. Gods are all-knowing.
(Sam rolls her eyes. Jacob glares at Ba’al, then turns to Sam
again.)
JACOB
Selmak can’t work like this. Neither
can I.
CARTER
Just try it.
(Jacob throws a black look at Ba’al, who is standing there smiling
smugly. Reluctantly, he pushes down the panel that Ba’al indicated.
The readout on the laptop goes down to 4.00. Jacob looks up at
Ba’al grimly.)
JACOB
Lucky guess.
SGC. Jack and Reynolds are making their way to the trapped personnel.
They reach a sealed blast door. Reynolds swipes his card through
the reader but the door doesn’t open. He turns to Jack and shakes
his head. Jack activates his radio.
O’NEILL
Siler, are you in there?
SILER
Yes, sir!
O’NEILL
We’re gonna get you out. Step away from
the blast door.
SILER
Yes, sir! (He turns to the other people
inside the room, some of them SFs and
some technicians.) Get this table over!
(Together, they pick up a heavy metal
table, turn it on its side and hunker
down behind it.)
(Outside, Reynolds attaches a piece of C4 to the door.)
O’NEILL
Use two of those things.
REYNOLDS
Sir?
O’NEILL
It’s a (he makes air quotes) “blast
door”!
(Reynolds attaches another lump of C4 to the door, then the two
of them walk around the corner to get away from the impending
blast.)
O’NEILL
Hang on, Siler. (He gets out the detonator
and readies it, then speaks into the
radio again.) Fire in the hole.
(Inside the room, Siler turns to the others.)
SILER
Down!
(Everybody ducks behind the table as Jack activates the C4. There’s
a huge explosion. As the smoke clears, we see that a large hole
has been blown in the blast door. Siler lifts up and looks over
the edge of the table. A huge sharp chunk of door has embedded
itself into the top of the table.)
SILER
Woah!
(Outside, Jack and Reynolds come back around the corner.)
O’NEILL
Siler?
SILER
Thank you, sir.
O’NEILL
I expect to be put in your will.
SILER
Already in it, sir.
O’NEILL
Okay, that’s ... weird.
(They walk away down the corridor as Reynolds helps the others
out of the hole in the door.)
(Shortly afterwards, the team is making its way along the corridors
towards an emergency escape hatch. The sound of Replicators can
be heard nearby.)
O’NEILL
Oh, crap!
(The team continues towards the hatch but before they can reach
it a huge swarm of Replicators comes around the corner and blocks
off their escape. Those personnel with guns open fire on them.)
DAKARA ORBIT. REBEL MOTHERSHIP. Aron looks at the sensors.
ARON
Sensors are picking up multiple ships
exiting hyperspace.
(A huge number of ships arrive behind Ba’al’s fleet. As they
get into range, they open fire on the fleet.)
ARON
They are firing on Ba’al’s forces.
TEAL’C
It is the Replicators.
DAKARA CHAMBER.
BA’AL
Now, this one. (He points to another
stone panel. Jacob, still looking like
he could happily strangle him, pushes
the panel. The readout, which had gone
down to less than 2.00, goes back up
to 4.00.)
CARTER
That one took us in the wrong direction.
(Jacob looks smug.)
JACOB
All-knowing, huh?!
(Ba’al tries to hide his embarrassment, but is then distracted
by something.)
CARTER
What’s the matter?
BA’AL
My ships are under attack. A massive
Replicator-controlled fleet is approaching
on the planet.
SGC. CORRIDOR. Jack and his team are still firing as fast as
they can at the Replicators. We see a Replicator-eye view as
one of the bugs looks at the escape hatch and then heads towards
it. Many of the others follow and start scrambling up the ladder.
REYNOLDS
Running low on ammo, sir!
O’NEILL
Fall back!
(The team moves back down the corridor, Jack covering their retreat.)
DAKARA ORBIT. REBEL MOTHERSHIP. Teal’c and Aron are watching
the battle between Ba’al’s fleet and the Replicator fleet.
TEAL’C
Instruct all of our vessels to target
the Replicator ships.
ARON
Are we not better off letting them destroy
each other?
TEAL’C
If the Replicators should prevail and
gain control of the weapon on Dakara,
all that we have fought for is lost.
(Aron sends the signal.)
SGC. CORRIDOR. Jack’s team has got away from the Replicators.
Walter reports to Jack by radio.
HARRIMAN
General, fifteen minutes to safe detonation
conditions.
O’NEILL
Yeah, y’know, Walter, right now we’re
having a slightly difficult time gettin’
out of here. Relay this to General Hammond:
the second he can pull the trigger on
that nuke, do it. Do you read?
HARRIMAN
Yes, sir.
O’NEILL
And have that chopper that’s waitin’
for us leave now.
HARRIMAN
Yes, sir.
REYNOLDS
Sir?
O’NEILL
Did you see those bugs go into that
hatch?
REYNOLDS
Yes, sir. You think getting out of the
base is their primary goal?
O’NEILL
It’s a fairly safe bet. They’re going
to the surface.
REYNOLDS
Leaving the only other way out of here
accessible.
DAKARA CHAMBER.
BA’AL
And here. (He points to another panel.
Jacob presses it and Sam looks at the
readout.)
CARTER
1.32. We’re almost there.
(Ba’al nods, then his hologram fluctuates and he looks at someone
or something on his ship.)
BA’AL
My ship has lost life support on several
levels. Our shield strength is failing.
I cannot maintain my transmission.
CARTER
We’ve almost got it. Thanks for the
help.
(Ba’al hesitates, almost unable to believe what he’s about to
say.)
BA’AL
Good luck. (He touches a device on his
wrist and his hologram disappears.)
JACOB
That was just creepy!
CARTER
Keep working.
SGC. Jack and his team are cautiously making their way towards
the Gateroom. Jack deploys Reynolds in one direction while he,
Siler and the other Airmen go in another. The Airmen stop to
protect that corridor while Jack and Siler make their way into
the Control Room. There’s a Replicator on the floor. Jack blasts
it to bits. A second Replicator is on the control panel but Reynolds
comes in from the other side of the Control Room and nails that
one.
O’NEILL
Go!
(Siler runs to the control panel and starts to type. Seconds
later the lights come on all around the base and the blast doors
rise over the Control Room windows. The Gateroom is empty.)
O’NEILL
Siler, can you dial out?
SILER
I’m workin’ on it, sir.
(Reynolds looks at his watch.)
REYNOLDS
Ten minutes to detonation.
(Out in the corridor, we see a Replicator-eye view as it scampers
along the floor towards the Airmen protecting the corridor. The
nearest SF spots it and takes it out with a single shot. In the
Control Room, Reynolds hears shooting begin and heads out.)
REBEL MOTHERSHIP. The ship is under attack from Replicator-infested
ships.
ARON
Shields down! Weapons systems offline!
TEAL’C
Reroute power to sublight engines. Evasive
manoeuvres.
(The mothership flies through the battle, pursued by a Replicator-controlled
mothership.)
ARON
They’re too fast! We cannot evade them!
In the SGC corridors, the Airmen are firing frantically as the
floor and walls swarm with Replicators. Jack comes out of the
Gateroom, closing the blast door behind him, to join Reynolds
in a last stand.
REYNOLDS
How’s it going in there?
O’NEILL
Not well.
REYNOLDS
No, same here.
(Jack calls out a warning to the Airmen.)
O’NEILL
Grenade! (He fires a grenade at the
Replicators which takes some of them
out. The firefight continues.)
DAKARA. A bug-shaped Replicator ship flies down to the planet
and lands in the middle of the temple ruins. In the chamber,
Jacob presses another panel and the readout drops to 0.98.
CARTER
Variable off by point 98.
(From outside the chamber comes the sound of automatic gunfire.)
JACOB
What’s that?
(Sam looks round and sees some of the Jaffa starting to run away
from the chamber towards the shooting.)
CARTER
Hurry.
JACOB
I’ve almost got it. Just a little more
time.
CARTER
I don’t think we have it! (She runs
to the doorway and aims her rifle in
readiness. Outside, some of the Jaffa
are retreating towards the chamber again
while others cover their retreat. Replicators
come swarming down the steps towards
them. The Jaffa retreat to the doorway
of the chamber where they and Sam open
fire on the approaching swarm.)
Outside the SGC Gateroom, everyone is shooting for their lives.
Jack yells into his radio.
O’NEILL
SILER!
SILER
Sorry, sir, I’m trying!
(Jack reloads and continues firing.)
In Daniel’s tent, Daniel is still holding onto the RepliCarter’s
wrist as she continues to try to get away from him. They both
have their eyes closed in concentration. Suddenly Daniel’s eyes
snap open. A second later, the RepliCarter’s eyes open and she
gasps and stares at him in shock.
DANIEL
Got you now!
In the SGC corridors, the Replicators are still swarming towards
the Airmen when they suddenly just stop dead. Everybody stops
shooting and stares. Reynolds looks at Jack.
REYNOLDS
Huh!
O’NEILL
That’s odd.
(Reynolds nods. They both shrug, then turn towards the frozen
Replicators and start firing again.)
On the rebel mothership, Aron stares in surprise.
ARON
The Replicator ship just ... stopped.
Sensors are indicating that all of the
Replicator ships have ... ceased activity.
(Teal’c looks puzzled, then activates the comms.)
TEAL’C
Colonel Carter. Have you successfully
activated the weapon?
(Outside the Dakara chamber, all of the Replicators are frozen
in place. Sam and the Jaffa are taking advantage of the lull
to frantically reload their weapons.)
CARTER
Not yet, but the Replicators down here
just froze. (She turns to Jacob.) Dad?
JACOB
Almost there!
In Daniel’s tent, the RepliCarter smiles smugly at the sight
of Daniel, his eyes screwed shut and his face twisted in concentration.
REPLICARTER
There are so many, aren’t there? Too
many for your mind to handle. (Daniel
opens his eyes and stares at her in
desperation.) It’s taking all of your
concentration just to control them.
(Daniel tries to hold onto control but after a moment she finally
pulls her hand free of him. Around them, the tent morphs into
where they really are - still on the Replicator ship. The Replicator
blocks holding Daniel’s head in place withdraw back into the
wall, then the blocks clamping his legs and wrists release him.
Daniel steps towards the RepliCarter. Her right arm morphs into
a sword and she plunges it straight through Daniel’s chest and
out the back. Daniel gasps, then grunts in agony as she withdraws
the sword, a satisfied smile on her face.)
In the SGC corridor, the Replicators start to move again. The
Airmen start firing again.
O’NEILL
Well, that was too good to last.
(He and Reynolds start firing again.)
Outside the Dakara chamber, the Replicators scamper towards Sam
and the Jaffa as they open fire. Sam looks around at Jacob.
CARTER
Dad, they’re on the move again!
(Jacob is concentrating on the laptop as the readout finally
drops to 0.76 and the message “Margin achieved” appears on the
screen.)
JACOB
Point 76!
CARTER
Do it!
(Jacob slams his fist down onto the button on the console that
will activate the weapon. The temple begins to shake.)
Up above the temple, a tall statue-like structure peels open
like the petals of a flower. Near the Replicator ship in the
temple grounds, the Stargate kawhooshes.
On Juna, the Stargate kawhooshes.
On Chulak, while Serpent guards aim their weapons, the Stargate
kawhooshes.
On the purple planet from “Forever in a Day”, the Stargate kawhooshes.
In the warehouse on Vyus, the Stargate kawhooshes.
On the prison planet Hadante, the Stargate kawhooshes.
On the planet from “One False Step”, the Stargate kawhooshes.
At Stargate Command, the Stargate kawhooshes.
In the SGC Control Room, Siler looks up in surprise.
SILER
Incoming wormhole?
On the RepliCarter’s ship, Daniel has slumped to the floor. He
collapses back against the wall as the RepliCarter stands impassively
over him. He looks up at her, blood streaming from his mouth.
The RepliCarter looks down at him, then is suddenly distracted,
as if receiving a message from her brethren.
On Dakara, the petals of the statue-like structure have fully
opened and a huge glowing weapon rises up, an energy vortex shining
around it.
On the rebel mothership, sparks fly on the pel’tak as the ship
reaches the limits of its endurance against the Replicator ship’s
attack.
ARON
Enemy ship is in range! It is powering
weapons. We cannot survive another hit.
(Teal’c raises his head and steels himself for death.)
On the planet’s surface, Sam fires round after round at the attacking
Replicators.
At the SGC, Jack fires round after round at the attacking Replicators.
On the RepliCarter’s ship, Daniel’s eyes close and his head slumps
to the side.
On Dakara, a huge energy burst comes out of the weapon. It races
across the planet’s surface and sweeps across the bug-shaped
Replicator ship, which instantly disintegrates into tiny pieces.
The beam sweeps across the open Stargate and continues on its
way.
Above the planet’s surface, the beam radiates outward. It sweeps
across a Replicator-infested mothership, and all the Replicators
inside the ship disintegrate.
In the SGC Gateroom, the beam bursts through the Stargate, rushes
through the Gateroom, past Jack and Reynolds and then reaches
the Replicators. As it sweeps past them, they disintegrate. The
Airmen stare, unable to believe what they’re seeing. Jack frowns
and looks around.
On the RepliCarter’s ship, Daniel lies on the floor with his
eyes closed. The RepliCarter looks up, an expression of dread
and disbelief on her face. Outside in space, the Ancient beam
sweeps across the ship. The RepliCarter’s eyes widen as the beam
reaches her and Daniel, and then the ship disintegrates into
tiny pieces.
DAKARA. Sam and the Jaffa lower their weapons at the sight of
the Replicator pieces on the ground in front of them. After a
moment, Sam turns and runs into the chamber, where Jacob is leaning
heavily on the console.
CARTER
Dad.
(Jacob raises his head a little.)
JACOB
I’m alright.
CARTER
What happened?
JACOB
I don’t know.
CARTER
You did it.
JACOB
Well, Selmak deserves a little credit.
(Sam smiles.) Well, OK, most of it.
BA’AL’S MOTHERSHIP. On the pel’tak, the Jaffa at the control
console reports to Ba’al sitting on the throne behind him.
JAFFA
All Replicator-controlled ships are
dormant.
BA’AL
Prepare enough squads to board them
and reclaim them in the name of their
god.
JAFFA
Yes, my lord. (His console beeps.) We
are being hailed.
BA’AL
Onscreen.
(Teal’c appears on the viewscreen.)
TEAL’C
Surrender now, and you will be granted
mercy.
(Ba’al smiles.)
BA’AL
You are hardly in any position to be
making such ridiculous demands. You
are surrounded.
TEAL’C
You are incorrect. It is, in fact, you
that is surrounded by free Jaffa.
(From the side of the pel’tak, a Telchak beam takes down one
of the super-soldiers flanking Ba’al. As the other super-soldier
turns towards the source, a second beam takes it down as well.
Bra’tac runs onto the pel’tak, a Telchak rifle in his hands.
He is followed by other Jaffa who quickly disarm Ba’al’s crew.)
BRA’TAC
Behold - your false god.
(Ba’al looks at Bra’tac for a moment. He grins, then starts to
laugh. He reaches for the device on his wrist. Bra’tac and the
free Jaffa open fire but Ba’al is beamed away. Bra’tac turns
to the viewscreen and shakes his head at Teal’c in disappointment.)
SGC. Jack and Sam are making their way up the stairs from the
Control Room to the Briefing Room.
O’NEILL
Any more word from Teal’c?
CARTER
Yes, sir. Although Ba’al got away, the
fact that he turned tail and ran made
the rebel victory every bit the turning
point Teal’c and Bra’tac were hoping
for. Jaffa from all over the galaxy
are joining with them.
O’NEILL
Well, vive la revolution!
CARTER
Got a significant size fleet securing
Dakara. Hopefully with the weapons we’ve
provided, they’ll be able to turn the
tide against Anubis’ super-soldiers.
(She and Jack walk into his office.
He sits down.) It looks like the Jaffa
might finally win their freedom.
O’NEILL
It’s about time!
CARTER
Yes, sir. Oh! I heard from Thor.
O’NEILL
How’s he doin’?
CARTER
Great! He sends us all his congratulations
and says that he will drop by for a
visit as soon as his consciousness has
been downloaded from the ship’s computer
into a new body.
O’NEILL
That just never gets old, does it?
CARTER
Apparently not!
(They smile at each other for a moment, then Jack remembers something.)
O’NEILL
Carter, did you notice if the Replicators
where you were happened to ... stop
in the middle of everything?
CARTER
Yeah, it was really strange. They just
...
O’NEILL AND CARTER
... froze.
CARTER
It actually bought us the time we needed
to calibrate the weapon.
O’NEILL
Any idea why that happened?
CARTER
D’you think Daniel had something to
do with it?
O’NEILL
I don’t know.
CARTER
Sir, if he was on board that Replicator
ship when ...
O’NEILL
Carter - we don’t know anything.
CARTER
No, sir.
O’NEILL
Anything else?
CARTER
No, sir.
(Jack nods and starts doing some paperwork. Sam waits for a moment,
then wanders out of the room. Jack writes for a moment longer,
then lifts his head and gazes off into the distance, wondering.)
THE END
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