STARGATE SG1
Episode 722
"THE LOST CITY II"
By
Robert C. Cooper & Brad Wright
Transcribed by
Callie Sullivan
SGC. In Daniel’s lab, Jack is working on a crossword puzzle
maybe the same one that he didn’t do very well on during the
last episode? Daniel brings a book over to him and points at
something on a page.
DANIEL
Does this mean anything to you?
O’NEILL
No.
DANIEL
Could you at least look at it?
O’NEILL
Daniel, I don’t speak Ancient. Yet.
And when I do eventually you know
I’ll never understand it.
DANIEL
You have to try.
O’NEILL
Look, last time things just popped into
my fron.
DANIEL
Fron is head.
O’NEILL
Now, you see, I have no idea what you’re
talkin’ about.
DANIEL
Well, maybe if you stopped working on
this stupid ...
O’NEILL
Hey, hey, hey! (He tries to snatch it
back.) I’d like to at least finish that
while I can. (Sam walks in.)
CARTER
I thought you were supposed to be ...
DANIEL
Thirteen across, you wrote ‘taonas’.
O’NEILL
Yeah? So? What’s it mean?
DANIEL
Well I don’t know you tell me. Eight
down you wrote ‘proklarush’.
CARTER
What’s eight down?
DANIEL
Umm ... ‘label’. There’s empty spaces
I think the answer’s supposed to be
‘identification’. Thirteen across is
‘sphere’ ... Jack, this is it!
O’NEILL
Now, see, I assume we still speak the
same language ... mostly.
DANIEL
‘Sphere’ planet. ‘Label’ name.
O’NEILL
Following still you not!
DANIEL
Proklarush Taonas. I think you wrote
the name of the planet where we’ll find
the lost city in the crossword.
O’NEILL
... Bit of a jump.
DANIEL
Well, why else would you do that? (Sam
takes the puzzle from Daniel and looks
at it.)
CARTER
The clue for seven down is ‘celestial
body’ and he wrote ‘Uma Thurman’.
O’NEILL
Yes!
DANIEL
It has to mean something.
O’NEILL
It does. (He snatches the puzzle back,
straightens it out, sighs, then looks
at it intently for a few moments while
Sam and Daniel watch anxiously.) I’m
hungry. (He gets up and walks out. Sam
and Daniel look at each other for a
moment, then sigh.)
SGC. COMMISSARY. Jack, Daniel and Sam are seated at a table.
DANIEL
‘Proklarush Taonas’. According to this
it means ‘lost in fire’. It was lost.
This has to be the planet where that
lost city is.
CARTER
Well, even if it is, knowing the name
of the planet doesn’t really help unless
we have a Gate address to get us there.
(Without warning, Jack reaches out and
rips Daniel’s SG-1 patch off his sleeve
and drops it onto the table. He picks
it up and turns it round, then drops
it onto the table again. He looks up
at Daniel, then across to Sam.)
DANIEL
Jack, what’re you doing?
O’NEILL
At.
CARTER
What?
O’NEILL
At.
DANIEL
This?
O’NEILL
At. DANIEL:
That is At?
O’NEILL
You can stop ... that. And don’t ask
me what it means I don’t know.
DANIEL
I think I do. (He opens his notebook
and draws one of the Stargate symbols
, then shows it to Jack). What’s this?
O’NEILL
Shh. (Daniel and Sam glance at each
other, then back at Jack. He looks back
and forth between them.) Well?
CARTER
You just told us to be quiet.
O’NEILL
No when I look at this (pointing to
the drawing) I think ‘Shh’.
DANIEL
That’s it.
CARTER
What?
DANIEL
‘Proklarush Taonas’. Six syllables.
What if each symbol on the Stargate
has a corresponding sound so that it
can be spoken aloud?
CARTER
Like an alphabet.
DANIEL
Proklarush Taonas isn’t just the name
of the planet. It’s also the Gate address.
SGC. CONTROL ROOM. Daniel is showing a page of his notebook to
Doctor Weir. He and Jack must have have worked out between them
which Gate symbols the six syllables refer to, because he has
drawn six symbols and is now drawing Earth’s point of origin
symbol.
DANIEL
‘At’ is the Earth symbol our point
of origin. Proklarush Taonas At.
WEIR
So this is the Gate address that could
lead us to the lost city.
DANIEL
It has to be.
CARTER
Wait a minute. We dialled this same
address over two years ago but we couldn’t
establish a wormhole. The Gate must
be buried.
DANIEL
Lost in fire.
CARTER
Well, what we’re looking for could still
be there. I could use the address to
calculate the planet’s location in space
but we’ll need a ship to get there.
DANIEL
Prometheus.
WEIR
But with Anubis on his way, Prometheus
is our last line of defence.
CARTER
Maybe Teal’c has something by now.
WEIR
Where’s Colonel O’Neill? (Daniel hesitates,
then answers reluctantly.)
DANIEL
... Packing.
SGC. STOREROOM. Jack is busily collecting all sorts of bits and
pieces. Sam, Daniel and Weir walk in.
WEIR
Colonel.
O’NEILL
Don’t ask.
CARTER
The last time this happened he just
started doing things without knowing
why.
DANIEL
It’s a good sign, though hopefully
it means we’re on the right track. (The
three of them follow Jack as he heads
off to another set of shelves to collect
a carton of something.)
CARTER
Sir?
O’NEILL
I don’t know, Carter! (He walks back
to the central pile and drops the carton
on it.) Grab a naqahdah generator, willya?
(He walks off again.)
CHULAK. A Jaffa is admitted into a tent. Inside sits Bra’tac
with Teal’c at his side. The Jaffa bows.
RONAN
I am Ronan.
BRA’TAC
I knew your father.
RONAN
It is an honour. (Bra’tac beckons him
closer. He walks a few steps into the
tent.) I have a ship at my disposal.
TEAL’C
So we have heard.
RONAN
Forgive me, but as brave as you are,
you cannot possibly hope to stop the
fleet of Anubis with just one ship.
I have seen the extent of his forces.
BRA’TAC
We only wish to use your ship to help
us find something much more powerful.
TEAL’C
Something that we believe will defeat
Anubis once and for all.
RONAN
If that is true, then I will join you.
(Bra’tac and Teal’c look at each other.)
That is my only condition. (Bra’tac
looks at him.) I am a fine pilot.
TEAL’C
So we have heard. (He smiles and nods
at Ronan.)
SGC. GATEROOM. Dr Weir is walking around looking at several boxes
and crates scattered around in front of the ramp. Jack wheels
in another box while holding a case in his other hand. Sam and
Daniel are with him, also carrying cases.
WEIR
Well, have you got everything you need?
I think there’s still a sink in the
kitchen.
O’NEILL
Is that a joke?
WEIR
Perhaps. A bad one.
O’NEILL
Yes, very bad. But I sense hope for
you.
WEIR
Well, I hope for all of us that you
find what you’re looking for, Colonel.
O’NEILL
Thank you. (He heads up the ramp. Sam
and Daniel share a look with each other
before following, and they are followed
by technicians carrying more some of
the equipment that Jack has selected.)
HYPERSPACE. RONAN’S SCOUT SHIP. In the rear of the ship, Jack
and Daniel sit surrounded by crates and boxes. Daniel is writing
in his notebook while Jack just gazes at nothing. After a moment
Daniel looks across to Jack.
O’NEILL
What?
DANIEL
I would have done it, you know.
O’NEILL
I know.
DANIEL
I mean, there has to be a way to reverse
the effects, once we have what we need.
(Jack nods, not convinced.) We’ll find
a way. (Sam walks in.)
CARTER
We’re coaxing everything we can out
of the engines, but we’re still two
days away. (She looks at Jack.) How’re
you feeling, sir?
O’NEILL
A bit cruvus. A little fron-ache. (He
looks up at Sam, who glances across
at Daniel, concerned.) We need to go
faster. (He gets up and walks out.)
SPACE. Two Goa’uld motherships and an alkesh make a close fly-past
of the Moon on their approach to Earth.
THE WHITE HOUSE. THE OVAL OFFICE. A National Security Advisor
escorts General John Jumper, Air Force Chief of Staff, into the
Oval Office. The President, General Maynard, Vice President Kinsey
and General Hammond are already seated in the room. Hammond stands
as General Jumper enters.
JUMPER
Mr President, a short time ago, our
space-based radar detected three Goa’uld
vessels emerging from hyperspace.
HAYES
Looks like you were wrong, Bob.
KINSEY
Three Goa’uld ships is hardly the full
force of Anubis’ fleet.
HAMMOND
Sounds to me like Anubis wants to know
if SG-1 was successful in procuring
Ancient defence technology.
KINSEY
They weren’t.
HAMMOND
Not yet, but Anubis doesn’t know that.
HAYES
And he’s most likely holding back his
main invasion fleet til he finds out
what we’ve got.
JUMPER
Sir, Prometheus and our fleet of 302s
can give ‘em a run for their money.
HAMMOND
If that’s all he throws at us, yes,
sir, I agree.
KINSEY
Let’s do it!
HAMMOND
However, Mr President, I agree with
your assessment of the situation. Anubis’
objective is to goad us into a precipitous
action which will show our hand. I believe
launching the Prometheus now will only
serve to demonstrate we lack the very
advanced weaponry Anubis is afraid of.
HAYES
Remain at DEFCON 3 for the time being
but contact the governments of Russia,
Great Britain, France, China and Canada
and let ‘em know what we think we’re
in for. In the meantime, I’d better
prepare a hell of a speech. Thank you.
SCOUT SHIP. Jack is making adjustments to crystals in the engine
core as Sam watches.
O’NEILL
Give me your zat. (Sam hands over a
zat and Jack shoots the crystals. The
engine sound increases. Jack closes
the zat and hands it back to Sam.) There
you go.
CARTER
Sir. I think you should know that General
Hammond authorised me to take command
of the team if I determined that you
...
O’NEILL
Do it now.
CARTER
Sir, I don’t think that’s necessary
...
O’NEILL
I trust you. I’ll make it easy for you.
I resign. You’re in charge.
CARTER
OK. ... Sir, at your house before Daniel
and Teal’c showed up, what I was gonna
say was ...
O’NEILL
I know. (They look at each other for
a moment, then Jack slides the bank
of crystals back into position.)
ANUBIS’ MOTHERSHIP. Her’ak enters Anubis’ chamber, which is guarded
by two super-soldiers.
HER’AK
My Lord. (He bows.) The advance attack
reports that they have received no challenge.
ANUBIS
Order them to begin the attack. If the
Tauri have weapons of the Ancients,
we shall see. (Her’ak bows and leaves.)
SPACE. The scout ship exits hyperspace and goes into orbit around
a planet. Jack and Sam come to the front of the ship to join
the others.
CARTER
Well, this doesn’t look good. The surface
is almost completely covered by lava
flows.
DANIEL
How could there have ever been a civilisation
down there?
CARTER
A star becomes a red giant like this
near the end of its life. A million
years ago this planet may have looked
very much like Earth.
DANIEL
So we’re a million years late?!
CARTER
Probably more.
DANIEL
That’s very late. (Daniel and Sam both
turn round and look at Jack.)
O’NEILL
What? (Sam turns away again and looks
at Daniel.)
LATER. The ship is now flying over the planet’s surface.
BRA’TAC
I have scanned the entire surface. (Sam
and Daniel turn to look at Jack again.)
O’NEILL
What do you want me to say? I don’t
even know why we’re here.
CARTER
But you did pack the Hazmat suits for
us. My guess is you knew the condition
of the planet and you knew that we would
have to go down there.
O’NEILL
Then you know more than I do.
CARTER
No, sir, I don’t. Sit down and take
a look. (Jack looks at her, frowning
a little.) That’s an order. (Jack frowns
some more. Teal’c looks surprised, while
Sam looks embarrassed. Bra’tac leaves
his seat and Jack goes to sit down.
As he passes Sam he speaks warningly
to her.)
O’NEILL
Easy. (He sits down and pulls up a schematic
of the planet’s surface and looks at
it.) Taonas.
CARTER
Sir?
O’NEILL
What?
DANIEL
You looked at the screen and said ‘Taonas’.
O’NEILL
If you say so.
DANIEL
You say so. (Sam spots something on
the screen and points.)
CARTER
There’s a small anomaly on the surface
here. Like a bubble.
BRA’TAC
Is it a cavern?
CARTER
It looks like a perfectly-formed half-sphere
of molten rock.
RONAN
Perhaps a forcefield meant to protect
the city was covered over.
CARTER
Too small to have a whole city in there
and we aren’t getting any energy readings
from it.
TEAL’C
Perhaps the shield has since failed.
CARTER
We should still check it out.
WHITE HOUSE. OVAL OFFICE. General Maynard is on the phone. He
lowers the phone to address Hayes.
MAYNARD
Mr President, we’ve managed to contact
the captain of the Spruance, a destroyer
in the Nimitz battle group. (He puts
the receiver down so that the captain’s
voice comes over the speakerphone.)
CAPTAIN
I repeat, some sort of beam just came
out of the sky. There wasn’t any warning,
but the entire carrier just went up
in one big fireball.
HAYES
Captain, can you see the enemy?
CAPTAIN
Holy! Another cruiser just blew up.
Where the hell’s the fire coming from?
All ahead, flank ... (The line goes
to static. Maynard snatches up the phone
and listens, then puts the phone down.
He looks at his watch.)
MAYNARD
The engagement began less than five
minutes ago. And that was only one Goa’uld
ship.
LAVA PLANET. The scout ship flies low over the lava flows towards
the dome. Inside, SG-1 are finishing dressing in Hazmat gear.
BRA’TAC
Here. The crust may be thin enough for
the rings to penetrate. (to SG-1) Stand
by. (SG-1 put their Hazmat hoods on.)
DOME INTERIOR. The transporter rings punch through the lava crust
and descend to the floor. SG-1 transport down.
SCOUT SHIP. RONAN
Can you still hear us?
TEAL’C
Indeed. Loudly and clearly.
BRA’TAC
We will move a safe distance and return
on your signal.
DOME INTERIOR. SG-1 move through the cavern. The area is unlit
and full of smoke or steam and the team’s torches barely penetrate
the gloom. There are tall stalagmites everywhere.
CARTER
The radiation level’s pretty high.
TEAL’C
I believe Ronan was correct. It seems
a shield once protected this structure.
CARTER
It’s possible the rings compromised
the dome’s integrity. We shouldn’t stay
too long.
DANIEL
Too bad otherwise it’s very pleasant(!)
(Jack moves slowly but fairly purposefully
towards a large cavern which through
the gloom seems to have an object in
the middle and columns around the walls.)
DANIEL
Architecture definitely indicates this
was built by the Ancients.
TEAL’C
This facility does not appear operational.
(Jack walks to the object in the middle
of the cavern. There’s a stone chair,
a little like a throne, on a low dais.)
CARTER
I don’t know about you guys but right
now I’m kinda hopin’ that this isn’t
the lost city. (She notices Jack standing
by the chair and looking at it.) Sir,
be careful. (Jack sits in the chair,
which lights up.)
DANIEL
Jack, you sure you know what you’re
doin’? (Jack puts his hands on two pads
on the ends of the arms of the chair.
A forcefield rises up around the cavern
and air can be heard hissing into the
cavern. Without hesitation, Jack takes
his Hazmat hood off. Sam consults her
monitor.)
CARTER
The atmosphere is safe. (Jack, who has
taken his left glove off, touches the
left-hand pad and the chair half reclines.
Meanwhile, the rest of SG-1 remove their
hoods. Jack operates the pad again,
using minute movements of his fingers,
and a three-dimensional hologrammatic
map of space appears above him.)
CARTER
It’s a map of the galaxy.
DANIEL
Looks like every planet the Ancients
ever colonised is indicated here. (He
points.) This is where we are Proklarush.
(The image changes to a single sun and
its planets.)
CARTER
That’s our solar system. (The image
homes in on the third planet). Earth!
TEAL’C
That does not appear to be Earth.
DANIEL
That’s because it doesn’t take into
consideration thirty million years of
continental drift.
CARTER
Sir, why are you showing us this? (Jack
gazes up at the image.)
DANIEL
Jack?
O’NEILL
Terra Atlantis.
DANIEL
Terra’s Earth. Atlantis ...
CARTER
The lost city of Atlantis?!
DANIEL
Are you say the lost city of the Ancients
is here? (pointing at the image of Earth)
CARTER
Antarctica.
O’NEILL
Subo glacios.
DANIEL
Under the ice. The city we’ve been looking
for is under the ice of Antarctica.
CARTER
It’s been on Earth the whole time? (Jack
looks at her but says nothing.)
DANIEL
Jack, we were just there!
CARTER
So we came all this way just to find
out that we have to go all the way back.
O’NEILL
No! (He manipulates the pad again. The
hologramatic image disappears and the
chair straightens up. He puts his Hazmat
hood back on. The others quickly follow
suit. Jack goes to the edge of the dais
and kneels down. He waves his hand over
part of it and a glowing device raises
up. He pulls it free and hands it to
Sam.)
CARTER
A power source. (The team start to leave
the cavern as ominous rumblings begin.)
Bra’tac, we’re on our way. We know the
location of the lost city. It’s on Earth.
SCOUT SHIP. BRA’TAC
Understood, Major Carter. (He leaves
his seat and addresses Ronan.) Pilot
the vessel. I will see to the transport
rings. (As he walks close to Ronan,
Ronan grabs him, pushes him against
the wall and then stabs in the stomach.
Bra’tac gasps in pain and looks down
at the knife sticking in him.) I am
betrayed.
RONAN
You are the betrayer of your one true
god, Anubis. (He pulls out the knife.
Bra’tac falls to his knees, gasping.)
BRA’TAC
You should have struck for my heart,
Ronan.
RONAN
You will die more slowly this way.
BRA’TAC
You are mistaken. I no longer carry
a symbiote. (He kicks Ronan’s feet from
under him, surges to his feet and he
and Ronan fight.)
In the dome, SG-1 race back towards the transporter site. More
ominous rumblings are heard.
DANIEL
I don’t think the dome’s gonna hold.
On the scout ship, Bra’tac and Ronan continue to fight.
RONAN
You are weak, old man.
IN THE DOME
CARTER
Bra’tac, what’s happening up there?
(Rocks start to fall from the ceiling,
some hitting one of the team (Daniel?
It’s hard to tell with the Hazmat suits
on.) The others help him up.)
In the scout ship, Bra’tac finds a final surge of strength and
kicks the knife out of Ronan’s hand. He grabs it and pins Ronan
against the wall.
BRA’TAC
You may be younger, but not the wiser.
(He stabs him. They both fall to the
floor.)
The ship arrives over the transport site.
IN THE DOME
CARTER
Bra’tac, the dome is collapsing.
With his last strength, Bra’tac slumps against the wall by the
transporter panel and punches the sequence of buttons. As the
rings activate and SG-1 transport up, Bra’tac collapses to the
floor.
BRA’TAC
Secure the ship. (Sam rushes to check
on Ronan. Teal’c kneels down by Bra’tac,
who has a serious wound in his stomach.)
BRA’TAC
Ronan was an agent of Anubis.
TEAL’C
Save your strength, old friend.
BRA’TAC
You know that I am stubborn, Teal’c,
but this battle I fear I cannot win.
(Slowly, as if he’s not sure what he’s
doing, Jack walks over to Bra’tac and
kneels down by him. He reaches out his
hand, puts it over Bra’tac’s wound,
then bows his head, closes his eyes
and concentrates. Bra’tac winces in
pain, then opens his eyes in amazement.)
BRA’TAC
The pain ... is fading. (Jack starts
to slowly topple over to the side.)
DANIEL
Jack ... (He rushes to catch his head
before it hits the floor but Jack recovers
slightly and sits back up.) (Teal’c
helps Bra’tac to sit up. Bra’tac stares
at Jack.)
BRA’TAC
Once more I am in your debt.
CARTER
But how?
TEAL’C
O’Neill possesses the healing power
of the Ancients.
DANIEL
I guess your condition’s a little more
advanced than last time. (Jack stares
at him, clearly not sure what’s going
on.)
CARTER
Teal’c, set a course for Earth. (Teal’c
gets up to go to the front of the ship.
Jack looks at Bra’tac and nods.)
THE WHITE HOUSE. THE OVAL OFFICE.
JUMPER
Our FA-22s and ABLs are all in the air,
but so far there’s been nothing to intercept.
Since the battle group was destroyed,
the Goa’uld haven’t fired a shot.
SECURITY ADVISOR
Why not a city or two, just to prove
his point? (The lights flicker and dim,
and then Anubis appears, standing in
front of the desk. Everyone scrambles
out of their seats to get out of his
way. Security men burst in and fire
at Anubis, but the bullets pass straight
through him.)
MAYNARD
Hold your fire! It’s a hologram.
ANUBIS
I am Anubis. (President Hayes walks
towards him.)
HAYES
You’ve got to be kidding!
ANUBIS
You are the leader of this world.
HAYES
Henry Hayes, President of the United
States of America, one nation among
many.
ANUBIS
No more. Bow before your god.
HAYES
I don’t think so! However, I am willing
to discuss your surrender.
ANUBIS
If you possessed weapons matching mine,
you would have used them.
HAYES
Don’t let the suit fool you, fella.
We’re gonna fight you.
ANUBIS
You bring destruction upon yourselves.
HAYES
Never going to happen. (Anubis’ hologram
disappears. The lights come back on.
Hayes turns round to the others.)
HAYES
Too much?
Above Earth, the rest of Anubis’ fleet arrives from hyperspace.
There are a LOT of ships, including one which is a whole lot
bigger than the motherships.
THE WHITE HOUSE. THE OVAL OFFICE. General Jumper is on the phone.
JUMPER
OK. (He lowers the phone.) Sir, thirty-plus
ships just appeared in orbit, taking
station around the planet. (The President
loosens his tie, then sits down on the
back of a chair, looking a bit fed up.
Jumper gets back to his phone call.)
HAYES
I guess he didn’t buy it.
KINSEY
Mr President, it’s time to go to the
Alpha site. You can stay in contact
and send any ...
HAYES
Bob, go ahead.
KINSEY
Mr President ...
HAYES
No no, go ahead. I’m, uh, I’m staying.
(Kinsey looks at him, then turns and
leaves hastily. Maynard, Hammond and
the Security Advisor look at the President.)
HAYES
You’re all welcome to join him. (Maynard
looks round at the other two then turns
back to the President.)
MAYNARD
I think you know we’re staying here
with you, sir. (Hayes nods, then looks
at Hammond.)
HAYES
God knows, George, you deserve the right
to go.
HAMMOND
No, sir, I think I’ll stay as well.
HAYES
Good. Well, if you’ll accept it, I’ve
got another job for you.
HYPERSPACE. The scout ship is racing back towards Earth. In the
ring room, Jack is kneeling down in the ring system and MacGuyvering
together something. Teal’c approaches him.
TEAL’C
Are you preparing a weapon for battle,
O’Neill? (Jack ignores him, continuing
his work.) Sensors have detected an
armada of Goa’uld ships in orbit around
Earth. (Jack still ignores him. Teal’c
continues more quietly, concerned.)
Can you understand anything that I am
saying, O’Neill? (He squats down beside
Jack.) O’Neill, I wish for you to know
... (Jack reaches out and puts his hand
on Teal’c’s cheek. He stares at him
for a moment, then moves his hand to
Teal’c’s shoulder. Teal’c bows his head.
Jack removes his hand and carries on
with his work.)
THE WHITE HOUSE. THE OVAL OFFICE.
MAYNARD
Mr President, in the last two hours
the enemy has focussed on systematically
taking out power grids and broadcast
terminals around the globe. They seem
to want to disable our communications.
HAYES
So much for my speech.
SECURITY ADVISOR
We’re doing our best to get the word
out to the public to remain calm.
HAYES
Saying what?
SECURITY ADVISOR
For the moment we’re sticking with a
meteor shower.
HAYES
That’ll only hold up as long as those
ships stay out of range. Go to DEFCON
1. (He turns to Jumper.) John, launch
Prometheus.
SGC. In the Gateroom, Kinsey stands with Doctor Weir, completing
some last paperwork as the Gate dials.
WEIR
Well I thought you were a lot of things
a coward wasn’t one of them.
KINSEY
I’m a pragmatist, Doctor. Besides, someone
has to ensure the survival of the human
race and the American way of life. (He
finishes writing and turns to Weir.)
By the way, if you survive, you’re through.
(At that moment the lights go out and
the Gate stops dialling. Kinsey stares
up at the Control Room.)
KINSEY
What the hell’s going on?
PEARSON
We’ve lost main power.
WEIR
Manual iris control close it now. (The
SF rushes to the panel on the Gateroom
wall and activates it. The iris closes.)
KINSEY
What the hell do you think you’re doing?
(He turns to the Control Room.) Open
that iris and dial the Alpha site. (The
Gate starts dialling in.)
PEARSON
Unauthorised offworld activation. (The
Gate activates and an enormous explosion
happens behind the iris. The Gateroom
rocks.)
PEARSON
That was a nuke or worse.
WEIR
Anubis has dialled in. (to Kinsey) You’re
not going anywhere. (She starts to leave
the Gateroom but Kinsey grabs her arm.)
KINSEY
You get me out of here, you hear me?
PEARSON
Just received an encoded message from
SG-1.
TECH
It’s not coming through the Gate.
KINSEY
I don’t give a damn!
WEIR
Well I do! (She runs out of the Gateroom.)
THE WHITE HOUSE. THE OVAL OFFICE. The President is on the phone
to Weir.
HAYES
Doctor Weir?
SGC. WEIR’S OFFICE (the scene jumps back and forth between the
two locations)
WEIR
Mr President, Prometheus can’t win against
an entire Goa’uld fleet but it could
buy SG-1 enough time to complete their
mission.
KINSEY
Mr President, that is downright insane.
I am relieving Doctor Weir and taking
command of this ...
WEIR
Sir, from what I’ve looked at ...
HAYES
Will you shut the hell up?!
WEIR
I’m sorry, sir.
HAYES
Not you, Doctor.
KINSEY
Excuse me?
HAYES
Consider your resignation accepted,
Bob.
KINSEY
You can’t do that!
HAYES
Oh please, I got enough on you to have
you shot.
KINSEY
This is the biggest mistake you will
ever make.
HAYES
But I think I’ll stick with my original
thought, which is shut the hell up!
KINSEY
I promise you will only live to regret
this! (Hayes hears Weir’s office door
slam. Kinsey has left the building.)
HAYES
Go ahead, Doctor Weir.
WEIR
I believe, sir, sending Prometheus to
cover SG-1 is our best hope.
PROMETHEUS. BRIDGE. General Hammond, accompanied by Sergeant
Davis, arrives on the bridge. Major Gant is in her usual place
but there’s a new colonel in the big chair. He stands and vacates
the chair as Hammond enters.
HAMMOND
Colonel Kirkland, we have our orders.
Let’s get this bird in the air.
KIRKLAND
Set inertial compensators and shields
at maximum. Initiate launch sequence.
(Gant complies. Above Prometheus, which
is at its base in Nevada, the bay doors
begin to open.)
HYPERSPACE. The scout ship continues on its way towards Earth.
DANIEL
Jack’s modifying the matter stream transmitter
on the rings. I think we’re gonna use
it to bore a hole through the ice.
TEAL’C
We must first defeat the forces of Anubis.
DANIEL
Yeah, how’re we gonna do that?
BRA’TAC
You must exit hyperspace as close to
the Earth’s atmosphere as possible.
DANIEL
So we can appear on the other side of
the armada.
BRA’TAC
There will not be much time to decelerate.
TEAL’C
Of that I am aware, old friend.
EARTH. The scout ship comes out of hyperspace and plunges into
the atmosphere. It’s a bumpy ride. In the ring room, Jack and
Sam are sitting on the floor as Jack continues to do whatever
he’s doing. They’re jolted around but Jack recovers his balance
and carries on working. The scout ship plunges straight towards
the ice.
DANIEL
Teal’c? Teal’c, you’re gonna pull up,
right?
TEAL’C
I am attempting to do so. (The ship
continues to fly straight towards large
outcrops of ice but Teal’c manages to
level it out just before it hits.)
TEAL’C
Where now?
DANIEL
It has to be near the coordinates where
we found the second Stargate. (Jack
runs out from the ring room and goes
to the front. He puts his hand on Teal’c’s
shoulder. Understanding, Teal’c vacates
the pilot’s seat and Jack sits down
and starts to fly the ship.)
ANUBIS’ MOTHERSHIP.
HER’AK
My Lord. A scout ship has exited hyperspace
and is heading for the planet’s southern
pole.
ANTARCTICA. The scout ship flies low over the ice and arrives
over where Jack wants it to be. A round hole opens in the bottom
of the ship but instead of the transporter rings coming from
it, a beam of light shoots down onto the surface and starts to
burn a hole down into the ice.
CARTER
Sir, how long is this gonna take? (Without
replying, Jack gets out of the pilot’s
seat and heads to the rear of the ship
again. Bra’tac takes the pilot’s seat.)
TEAL’C
Anubis cannot have missed our arrival.
BRA’TAC
You are correct. Alkesh and gliders
approach. Many. (In the distance behind
the scout ship, a large squadron of
ships can be seen.) They will be in
firing range in thirty seconds. (The
squadron gets closer.) More ships approaching
from the opposite direction.
CARTER
Sir, we’re about to get our a...
BRA’TAC
They are not Goa’uld. (Sam runs to the
window and looks out. As the Goa’uld
squadron approaches, it comes under
fire from the ships approaching from
the front a huge squadron of F-302s
which swoops in and engages the Goa’uld
ships. Behind them comes Prometheus
which heads for the scout ship.) (On
board Prometheus:)
HAMMOND
Defend that scout ship at all costs.
(Scout ship:)
CARTER
Prometheus!
HAMMOND
SG-1, this is Hammond, do you read?
CARTER
Yes sir, it’s good to see you. (to Daniel
and Teal’c) Let’s go. (The three of
them head to the ring room.)
Prometheus, now hovering protectively over the top of the scout
ship, comes under fire from an alkesh. Blasts explode over its
surface but its shields hold and it returns fire.
SCOUT SHIP. In the ring room, Jack is finishing whatever he’s
been doing with the rings while the other three gear up.
CARTER
Colonel, how are we gonna get down there?
TEAL’C
The rings.
DANIEL
Makes sense. The Ancients built the
Stargates there must be a set of rings
down there somewhere.
CARTER
The transmission beam just couldn’t
penetrate a mile of ice. (Jack switches
on the naqahdah generator which he has
plugged into the ring system and starts
to clear the debris from his work off
the rings.)
PROMETHEUS.
GANT
We’re taking damage to the outer hull.
DAVIS
All the remaining F-302s have expended
their ordnance.
HAMMOND
We can’t take them back aboard. They’ll
have to divert to McMurdo.
KIRKLAND
We need to break off and recharge the
shields.
HAMMOND
Hold your position.
SCOUT SHIP. Jack finishes clearing the rings and joins the other
three inside the circle.
CARTER
Ready.
BRA’TAC
Good luck. (He activates the rings.)
UNDER THE ICE. SG-1 ring into a cavern that looks similar to
the one they found on the lava planet.
The scout ships flies away from underneath Prometheus.
ANUBIS’ MOTHERSHIP.
HER’AK
We are in range, my lord.
ANUBIS
Fire.
PROMETHEUS. The ship comes under fire from the mothership.
KIRKLAND
Shields are failing.
GANT
Scout ship has cleared the hull.
HAMMOND
Set a course for Anubis’ mothership.
(to Kirkland) Move us out of here.
KIRKLAND
Bringing main engines on line. Emergency
thrust. (Prometheus heads up into the
sky, straight towards the rain of fire
that’s coming down on it.)
ANUBIS’ MOTHERSHIP.
HER’AK
Tauri vessel is abandoning its position.
ANCIENT CAVERN.
CARTER
This looks vaguely familiar. (Jack walks
towards something that looks like an
upright capsule. He puts his hands on
both sides of it.)
O’NEILL
Dolmata.
DANIEL
Sleep. (There’s a familiar electronic
sound nearby. Jack leaves the capsule
and walks towards the sound. The others
follow, and aim their weapons as they
see Anubis standing in front of a similar
throne-like chair to the one that was
on the lava planet.)
ANUBIS
You are too late. The power of the Ancients
is mine. (Casually, with no fear, Jack
strolls over to Anubis and stands a
few inches in front of him. He stares
into his cowl for a moment, then raises
his hand and pushes it at Anubis and
straight through his hologram.)
ANUBIS
Fools. (His hologram disappears.)
DANIEL
It’s a hologram. (Jack walks to the
dais and kneels at the same place as
he knelt in the other cavern. He waves
his hand over the same spot as before
and a burnt-out power core raises up.
Sam takes out the core that they took
from the lava planet and hands it to
him.) (Behind them, the ring transporters
activate and two super-soldiers ring
in and open fire. Sam, Daniel and Teal’c
adjust their weapons to fire the new
Telchak beams that Sam and Jacob developed
in “Death Knell” and return fire.) (Jack
puts the power core in place and presses
it down. The dais lights up.)
ANUBIS’ MOTHERSHIP.
HER’AK
The human attack vessel approaches.
ANUBIS
Destroy it. (The mothership fires repeatedly
at Prometheus as she flies towards it.
Prometheus’ shields continue to hold.)
ANCIENT CAVERN. SG-1 continue to fire at the two super-soldiers;
one of them goes down. Ignoring the battle, Jack walks to the
chair in the centre of the dais and sits down just as the rings
activate and another two super-soldiers ring in. Jack puts his
hands on the arms of the chair and the chair reclines.
CARTER
Sir, whatever you’re gonna do ...! (She,
Daniel and Teal’c continue firing at
the super-soldiers.)
PROMETHEUS.
GANT
Shields are down. Weapons are expended.
KIRKLAND
The next hit’s gonna take us out.
HAMMOND
Hold your course. Brace for collision.
If we go, they go.
ANCIENT CAVERN. Two of the super-soldiers go down under the onslaught
from SG-1. Jack lies in the chair with his eyes closed. Then,
not far from the rings, a hole opens up in the floor. The remaining
super-soldier hesitates. Sam, Daniel and Teal’c look round at
Jack. Out of the cavern floor comes what almost looks like a
horde of glowing bugs, or it might be globs of energy. The energy
gets stronger and becomes a large column of glowing light. Part
of it flows towards the super-soldier, which goes down under
the blast. The rest of the column surges up through the ice and
out into the sky. Bits of it break off to blow up any remaining
Goa’uld ships but the bulk of it heads straight up into the sky.
On the scout ship nearby, Bra’tac stands and stares in amazement
at the column of light pouring up into the sky. He smiles delightedly.
In the cavern, Sam gets up and walks nearer to Jack. She and
Teal’c look in concern as Jack continues to lie with his eyes
closed, concentrating. Above the Earth, the beam continues to
head towards Anubis’ ship. Prometheus is in the way but the beam
diverts harmlessly around it and reaches the mothership. The
beam seems to almost wrap itself around the ship, burning its
way into various parts of the ship.
PROMETHEUS.
GANT
Weapons fire coming from the surface,
sir.
HAMMOND
Break off course. Get us clear. (Prometheus
moves away as the energy continues to
burn its way into and around the mothership.)
ANCIENT CAVERN. Jack finally opens his eyes but is still deep
in concentration.
ANUBIS’ MOTHERSHIP.
HER’AK
Our shields are of no use! (Out of the
window, one of the motherships and surrounding
alkesh are also being swarmed over by
the beam. They explode. Anubis roars
and holds his hand uselessly in front
of his face as the beam attacking his
ship penetrates the chamber. The ship
blows apart.)
PROMETHEUS. The bridge crew shield their eyes as the mothership
explodes.
KIRKLAND
What the hell was that?
HAMMOND
That was SG-1!
SGC. CONTROL ROOM. Weir and various techs and SFs are listening
to an audio report.
VOICE
Thousands of bright yellow ... I don’t
know ... they’re coming from the surface
... I don’t know what they are. They’re
cutting the enemy fleet to shreds! (In
the Oval Office, President Hayes is
hearing the same report.)
VOICE
My God, it’s beautiful!
ANCIENT CAVERN. Jack closes his eyes and his head rolls to the
side. The lights on the chair go out.
CARTER
Sir? (She goes over to Jack and straightens
his head to feel his pulse.) Sir. (to
the others) His pulse is erratic. (to
Jack) Don’t you dare leave us now. We
won. (Jack part-opens his eyes and moves
his head weakly. Sam takes hold of his
chin.) Colonel.
PROMETHEUS.
KIRKLAND
Sir, I have the President for you.
HAMMOND
Patch him through. (The President’s
image appears on the viewscreens.) Mr
President, I’m confirming that the enemy’s
been defeated. The threat is eliminated.
HAYES
Congratulations, George. I don’t know
how we’re ever going to be able to thank
you.
ANCIENT CAVERN. Jack gazes weakly at Sam as she leans over him.
CARTER
Please, Jack.
O’NEILL
Dolmata. Sam looks round at Daniel.
DANIEL
That thing. (He looks round at Teal’c,
who approaches the chair and lifts Jack
out of it. He carries him to the capsule
and stands him inside. Lights come on
inside the capsule. Teal’c stands back.)
CARTER
Now what?
O’NEILL
Aveo ... amacus. (Sam and Teal’c look
at Daniel.)
DANIEL
Goodbye. (A shield comes up from the
floor of the capsule and wraps itself
around Jack, putting him into stasis.
The rest of SG-1 watch helplessly. The
lights in the capsule go out.)
CARTER
We can’t just leave him like this. I
mean, there has to be a way to reverse
the process. The answer has to be here
somewhere. (Daniel shakes his head.)
DANIEL
I don’t think this is it, Sam.
CARTER
What do you mean?
DANIEL
The dome’s too small. It’s like Taonas.
It’s obviously not a city, it’s just
an outpost of some kind.
CARTER
This isn’t Atlantis?
DANIEL
I don’t think so. TEAL’C: If this is
not the lost city, then where is it?
(Daniel has no answer. Sam walks to
the stasis chamber and puts her hand
against the shield. Jack stares back sightlessly.)
THE END
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