STARGATE SG1
Episode 206
"THOR'S CHARIOT"
By
Katharyn Michaelian Powers
Control room. Sam is pointing to the star map
SAM
"P5C-629 is located directly in the
corridor the Goa'ulds used to reach
our solar system. This is our best platform
for the Seeker Project. Now, the theory
is that a Goa'uld ship that magnitude
would leave a foot print, even at thrust
beyond lightspeed. So we're using the
technology we already possess we can
determine..
The klaxons sound
HAMOND
"What the hell?"" No one's due back
today."
TECH
"We have an inbound traveller. No SG
signal code."
"Intruder alert. Inbound traveller is unauthorised. Repeat, inbound
traveller is unauthorised."
A bang is heard on the iris
Briefing Room
SAM
"There was no organic residue, but they
did pick up a faint nuclear signature.
Traces of iridium."
DANIEL
"Iridium, that's the radioactive stuff
we put in the Sagan lnstitute box we
left on Cimmeria."
SAM
"You got it. I wanted it there because
it would leave a very recognizable signature."
DANIEL
"Same stuff?"
SAM
"Yeah."
JACK
"Weren't the locals supposed to give
that box to Thor? Whoever, whatever
he is?"
TEAL'C
"We assume he is a member of the Asgard,
an extremely advanced culture."
JACK
"The fact of the matter is, we really
don't know."
DANIEL
"The Asgards must've gotten the box
and sent an answer. General, we have
to respond before they leave."
JACK
"Um, you all know I take great pride
in my title as Mr. Positive. However,
we did destroy their de-Goa'ulding thing.
Might not they look unkindly on that?"
DANIEL
"We did that to save Teal'c. I'm sure
the Asgards didn't expect to trap a
Jaffa who isn't an enemy. I'm sure they'd
understand."
HAMMOND
"All right. I'll tell you what. We'll
send a probe though at 1300 hours. If
everything checks out, you have a go."
Gateroom
TECH
"Probe proceeding to iris!"
Control room
SAM
"The probe should be there... now."
TEAL'C
"Those wounds appear to have been caused
by staff weapons."
The malp shows a Jaffa
JACK
"Friend of yours, Teal'c?"
TEAL'C
"Clearly Cimmeria is no longer safe
from the Goa'uld."
Gairwyn can be seen on the videolink
DANIEL
"Whoa, pan right. That's Gairwyn. The
woman who showed us around. She's saying
something."
SAM
"Turn up the gain on the MALP's mike."
GAIRWYN
"Please...the Etins have come. Please
help us. Please, the Etins have come.
Please help."
Titles
Briefing Room
DANIEL
"Cimmerians use the word Etin for Goa'ulds.
Gairwyn said the Etins are there. For
a thousand years, Cimmeria was safe
from Goa'uld attack and then we show
up and screw up Thor's technology."
TEAL'C
"Daniel Jackson is correct. The Goa'uld
usually send an advance scout though
the Stargate to determine a planet's
worth and vulnerability. If none of
the scouts report back, it is a deterrent
to invasion."
SAM
"The point is, sir, the Goa'uld are
there and the locals aren't exactly
much of a match for them."
JACK
"General, if we did screw up their world,
we should take a little responsibility
for fixing it, don't you think?"
HAMMOND
"I understand that. But let me play
devil's advocate for a moment here.
It's not our world. Is it really any
of our concern?"
TEAL'C
"The destruction of the hammer device
to save my life may have caused this.
If so, I am responsible."
JACK
"General, I gave the order."
DANEIL
"And I fired the staff at the machine."
SAM
"And I was there."
JACK
"To answer your question, sir, yes,
I think we should be concerned."
HAMMOND
"All right. But keep your heads up on
this one."
The team go through the gate, to Cimmeria
SAM
"No hostiles in sight, sir."
There both dead Jaffa and dead Cimmerians. A Pyramid is being
built in the distance
JACK
"Holy...Kids.Now, that is no weekend
hunting lodge."
Gairwyn appears
DANIEL
"Gairwyn!"
GAIRWYN
"You returned! Kendra said you'd come.
She never doubted it."
SAM
"What happened?"
GAIRWYN
"We thought it was Ragnorok."
DANIEL
"That's the Norse Armageddon.The end
of the world."
GAIRWYN
"There was fire in the heavens. Five
or six bursts in the sky in a straight
line. But no sound. Then we heard an
evil thunder and a great metal point
came through the clouds.
TEAL'C
"A Goa'uld Hatak, a pyramid ship."
GAIRWYN
"Kendra knew it was the Etins, even
before the burning and the killing started.
Our village is gone and most of our
farms."
DANIEL
"You said Kendra knew we'd come. How?"
GAIRWYN
"She gave me a box. She told me to fly
it through the portal. She said you'd
know what it meant. The cost of sending
it was great."
SAM
"The men who died here?"
GAIRWYN
'My husband and his brothers."
SAM
"I'm sorry."
Staff blasts hit nearby
JACK
"All right...get under cover. Teal'c!""Let's
go!"
Jack and Teal'c lay down cover fire as everybody runs for it.
They bump into Gairwyn amongst the trees
JACK
"Agh! Everybody all right?"
SAM
"Yeah."
JACK
"All right, where to?"
DANIEL
"Well, as a former Goa'uld host, Kendra
would probably be a help. Can you take
us to her?"
GAIRWYN
"This way."
Kendra is dead. Gairwyn takes them to her grave.
GAIRWYN
"Kendra and her family reside here.
Hopefully, she is now with Thor." "My
dearest friend. Kendra used her knowledge
only to heal, and this was her reward.
They've already killed over half of
our people.It's customary to leave a
person's favorite items outside their
grave to take with them on their journey
to Thor. These items are of no use now
to any of us. They belong with Kendra."
There is a ribbon device and a healing device. Sam picks up the
ribbon device
DANIEL
"Sam?"
The ribbon device begins to glow
GAIRWYN
"You possess the power!"
SAM
"What?"
DANIEL
"Well, that would make sense, wouldn't
it?"
SAM
"Why?"
DANIEL
"Well, Kendra retained the ability to
use Goa'uld technology because she used
to be a host to a Goa'uld. You must
be able to retain the ability because
you were a host to Jolinar."
SAM
"Yeah, but I have no control over this."
GAIRWYN
"Kendra said it took her years to master
the magic of the power."
JACK
"Are you ready to move out of here?"
DANIEL
"Uh, little discovery here. Sam seems
to have the ability to use Goa'uld technology."
JACK
"Really? Let's see."
SAM
"Well, it seems to have a mind of its
own sir."
GAIRWYN
"Concentrate."
She concentrates and after a short time, the device activates
and hits the ground
JACK
"Hey, hey! Watch where you're pointing
that thing!"
SAM
"Sorry.
DANIEL
"Do you realise what this means? I mean,
Sam could use one of these ribbon devices
to help us fight the Goa'ulds! She could
use one of those healing devices we
saw Kendra use.Just... concentrate,
like you did with the other thing."
She can't make the healing device work
GAIRWYN
"You mustn't give up. You must strive
to master control of the power. It takes
time."
JACK
"Yeah, well, that's gonna have to wait.
Why dontcha bring that stuff with you.
We should find a place that's a little
less public."
GAIRWYN
"Let me show you where my people hide."
Gairwyn takes them to a large cave, where her people are hiding
OLAF
"Halt!"
GAIRWYN
"Olaf, these are friends. They came
to us through the ring."
OLAF
These are the dogs of Midgard. Thor
has abandoned us to the Etins because
of them, because they destroyed Thor's
hammer! It is these that have brought
this down on us!"
GAIRWYN
"And it is these who can save us! With
their help, we can still summon the
power of Thor."
OLAF
"Don't you understand, woman? Thor has
abandoned us because of their evil."
JACK
"For crying out loud, don't you understand
that this woman is right? We can help
you if you'll let us."
OLAF
"How?"
SAM
"We've fought the Goa'uld before and
we've beaten them."
TEAL'C
"And I will remain here to do battle
with you until the Goa'uld are driven
from this land."
JACK
"Of course, we have to know what we're
up against first. You willing to help
us on that one?"
OLAF
"I know a way around the patrols. I'll
take you."
JACK
"Good."
Teal'c, Olaf and Jack go back into the woods
Sam is still trying to make the healing device work
GAIRWYN
"If Olaf is right and Thor has rejected
us, our last hope lies with you."
DANIEL
"Gairwyn... I doubt Thor's angry. Now,
he may just be far away. That's why
he left the hammer to protect you."
GAIRWYN
"If only we could gain access to the
Hall of Thor's Might. I know he would
help us."
DANIEL
"What is the Hall of Thor's Might?"
GAIRWYN
"Oh, the ancient tales tell of a hall
in which Thor placed all of his powers
to help us, to defend us."
DANIEL
"That may signify some sort of Asgard
weapon, or weapons."
SAM
"You think they kept weapons hidden
here somewhere?"
DANIEL
"Where is this Hall of Thor's Might?"
Back with Jack and the others
OLAF
"There!"
Three pyramids are being built
JACK
"Now, you wait here?"
OLAF
"All right."
JACK
"What's with the heads? They look like
those guys who used to be with Ra back
on Abydos."
TEAL'C
"They are Horus. They guard the family
of Ra. These probably guard the Goa'uld
Heru-ur."
JACK
"And he'd be Ra's what? Cousin? Uncle?
What?"
TEAL'C
"He is the son of Ra and of Hathor."
JACK
"Nice pedigree."
TEAL'C
"He's a very powerful System Lord. Much
feared, even among the Goa'uld. He is
a conqueror. He eliminates all who dare
tread in his shadow, including other
Goa'uld."
They turn to find that Olaf has been captured and Heru'ur is
there
HERU-UR
"Kneel before your God!"
OLAF
"God is Thor! He taught us to stand
as equals!" "Agh!"
HERU-UR
"Your god cannot help you now. Only
I can. Strangers came through the device
you call the portal. Who are they? Answer!
Answer!"
OLAF
"Thor taught us to have no fear of death!"
HERU-UR
"What did he teach you about pain?"
He uses the ribbon device
MAN
"No! Aaargh!"
Jack and Teal'c swing into action and take out the Jaffa. Heru'ur
has a shield. They grab Olaf and leave. With Teal'c taking a
long look at the Goa'uld.
HERU-UR
"Place heavy guard at the Chaapa-ai!
Find them!"
Back at the caves
DANIEL
"What happened? Did you run into Apophis?"
JACK
"Not exactly."
TEAL'C
"It was the Goa'uld called Heru-ur."
DANIEL
"You're kidding!"
JACK
"Friend of yours?"
DANIEL
"Horus the Elder, ancient Egyptian god.
Pretty mean one, especially considering
the fact that his parents were Ra and
Hathor..."
JACK
"We know."
SAM
"So, did you find anything we can use?"
JACK
"Well, the good news is, with enough
artillery, we could blow those pyramids
to high hell."
DANIEL
"And the bad news is?"
TEAL'C
"The Stargate is now heavily guarded.
The Goa'uld are aware of our existence
here."
SAM
"Which means we can't evacuate the Cimmerians."
DANIEL
"Well, I guess we'll just have to hole
up in here a while till things calm
down."
TEAL'C
"Things will not calm down, Daniel Jackson.
They will, in fact, calm up."
JACK
"He means things will escalate, of course."
TEAL'C
"The new pyramids in the valley are
landing pedestals for the Goa'uld mother
ships. They will most likely arrive
very soon and contain large numbers
of death gliders."
JACK
"I'm afraid we're on our own, kids."
SAM
"If we can use C4 to blow up a Goa'uld
ship, couldn't we use it to blow up
the camp?"
JACK
"Well, it's a small practical problem.
If we use all the C4 to blow the camps
now, what do we use when the ships and
gliders show up later?"
DANIEL
"Guys, there's a third option here we
might want to consider. There's a legend
around here about a Hall of Thor's Might."
JACK
"Daniel, there's a time and place for
mythology."
SAM
"Uh, with all due respect, sir, we thought
Thor's hammer was a myth until we proved
it was real."
DANIEL
J"ack, I think Thor's might may refer
to an alien weapon or weapons that have
been hidden away for centuries."
SAM
"We could use the fire power, sir."
DANIEL
"And Gairwyn said she'd take us there."
JACK
"Well, much as I hate to admit it, it
sounds like our old buddy Thor is our
best bet. Why don't you two try to find
this...weapon, or whatever it is? Teal'c
and I'll lay some explosives, see if
we can slow the attack."
SAM
"Yes, sir."
JACK
"Olaf?"
The three men leave
Daniel, Gairwyn and Sam get to the obelisk
GAIRWYN
"This is it."
DANIEL
"This is the Hall of Might?"
GAIRWYN
"You were expecting something different?"
DANIEL
"Well, uh, maybe a hall?"
SAM
I don't see anything that could be a
weapon."
GAIRWYN
"I'm sure this is it."
DANIEL
"Well, maybe this will send us somewhere
else. Like the obelisk sent Jack and
Teal'c to Thor's hammer."
GAIRWYN
"It is forbidden to touch the stone."
Daniel touches a red stone and the three are beamed into a dark
hall
SAM
"Daniel?"
DANIEL
"Wow! What a ride."
GAIRWYN
"Where are we?"
DANIEL
"Well, this is a step in the right direction.
At least it fits the definition of the
word hall'.
SAM
"I have a really bad feeling about this."
DANIEL
"I don't understand. No inscriptions,
no alien devices, and no visible way
out."
SAM
"Wait."
A hologram of Thor appears
THOR
"I am Thor. You are brave to come before
me."
GAIRWYN
"O mighty Thor, we need your help."
THOR
"However, only the worthy may witness
Thor's might."
GAIRWYN
"Do you not think me worthy?"
The hologram disappears
GAIRWYN
"Why has he forsaken me?"
SAM
"It's just a holographic recording.
It's being projected through that hole
in the ceiling."
DANIEL
"Oh, yeah, if you say so."
SAM
"So what does it mean?"
DANIEL
"I'm not sure. Maybe somehow we have
to prove that we're worthy before he'll
trust us with his might."
SAM
"Which you still think is a weapon."
DANIEL
"I'm hoping so, at this point."
GAIRWYN
"How can we prove our worth?"
DANIEL
"Well, given that the rest of the room
is empty, I assume it has something
to do with this stone."
The ground begins to shake
GAIRWYN
"Thor is preparing to strike us down!"
DANIEL
"No, he's not! He's not a wrathful god."
SAM
"Then what is he doing?"
The floor falls away, leaving only a beam in the middle
DANIEL
"Oh, this is definitely a test."
SAM
"So, we're supposed to go across this?"
DANIEL
"Yeah. I don't suppose this is the best
time to bring up my problem with heights."
Jack and Teal'c are setting some explosives
Back with Daniel and the others
SAM
"We had to cross a beam way worse than
this in basic training."
DANIEL
"Please, be my guest."
Sam goes over the beam
SAM
"Of course, we had a net.OK. Come on.
Come on.
Gairwyn is next. Half way over it begins to shake and she freezes
with fear
GAIRWYN
Oh!"
SAM
"Gairwyn! Just slide across. You can
do it."
GAIRWYN
"Thor shook the beam! He wants me dead!"
DANIEL
"No, he doesn't!"
SAM
"It's OK. Just stay there. I'll come
and get you."
DANIEL
"No. I'll do it. You're already across."
Daniel slowly makes his way towards her
DANIEL
"Yeah, I'm right behind you now. Almost
there,now, what we're gonna do here,
you're gonna give me your hand. I'm
gonna help you get you back on track,
and then we're gonna finish this thing
together. Ok?
The beam suddenly falls, taking Daniel and Gairwyn with it. We
see that they didn't fall far and are fine on the floor
SAM
"Are you guys OK? OK. So what was that
all about?"
Thors hologram appears.
THOR
"You have shown true selflessness and
bravery. Willingness to sacrifice oneself
to save another is honourable trait.
I salute you.
The hologram vanishes
DANIEL
""How did he know what we did?"
SAM
"There must be some sort of advanced
sensors in here. So,now what?"
They go to another room where there are runes and symbols on
the walls
DANIEL
"Now we try to solve the riddle of the
runes."
Jack and Teal'c are still placing the explosive traps. Jaffa
approach
OLAF
"Sons of Midgardr! The Etins approach!
A large contingent coming up the lower
path. We must fight!"
JACK
"Yeah, yeah.
OLAF
"You said you would help us fight."
TEAL'C
"Quiet."
The Jaffa are killed as they are hit by the explosives
OLAF
"Thunder and fire! You do possess Thor's
might. Hyaa! Now we are matched."
JACK
"Thanks."
TEAL'C
"O'Neill, another patrol approaches.
We should leave this area immediately."
OLAF
"Come."
Hall of Thors Might
SAM
"Daniel, we don't have time for this."
DANIEL
"Well, the faster we solve the riddles,
the faster we get whatever Thor's might
is."
SAM
"Riddles. OK."
GAIRWYN
"Is Thor testing us?"
DANIEL
"I figure it's some sort of safeguard.
He wants to be sure that whoever finds
the weapons is smart enough to understand
the technology and use it wisely. Its
like he wants to be sure his children
have grown up enough before he hands
them the keys to the armoury. Which
might not have been a bad idea if we'd
done the same thing on Earth."
SAM
"Well, it doesn't make any sense that
he would waste this kind of time when
the planet's under attack."
DANIEL
"Well, remember, he thinks this is a
protected planet, that his anti-Goa'uld
devices are infallible. I mean, he couldn't
know there would be any hurry to find
whatever Thor's might is."
SAM
"Well, there is a hurry. Can you solve
this?"
DANIEL
"Uh,OK. Um, they aren't letters, or
words. Originally, runes were ideographic."
SAM
"So each rune stands for an idea."
DANIEL
"Right. Now, the first one is associated
with Thor's protective power."
SAM
"Well, that could mean anything. It
could be the Goa'uld detector they had
at the gate or-or even the hammer device."
DANIEL
This last one represents a wagon, but
it was also called Thor's chariot. Now,
that could be a spaceship."
SAM
"Great. What about the middle two?"
DANIEL
One is a dice cup, or fate. The other
is a horse or movement."
Jack and Teal'c are hurrying through the tree's
JACK
"What's going on, Teal'c?"
TEAL'C
"They are signalling their position.
They will close into an interlaced pattern
that will sweep in and corner us. It
is an old Jaffa hunting technique."
JACK
"Come on, Daniel."
Daniel finds some more symbols. A triangle, a pentagon, a circle
and a square
DANIEL
"I've never seen simple geometric shapes
in any runes. I have no idea what these
are about."
SAM
"Well, if we don't come up with an answer
soon, we're gonna have to find a way
outta here. The colonel will need our
help."
GAIRWYN
"Daniel... could the answer be here?"
DANIEL
"No. Those aren't runes. They're pictographs.OK.
One wall has runes, one has pictographs,
and one has simple geometric shapes.
I have no idea what he wants us to do."
The hologram appears
THOR
"There is no shame. Perhaps in more
time you will have come of age."
DANIEL
Excuse me. Could you just, please just
one second!"
The hologram freezes
DANIEL
"OK. Norse runes were ideas, but in
later years they became letters. But
they were also numbers, three...fourteen...fifteen...
nine. It's no use. It-it-it-it's...
It-it doesn't mean anything."
SAM
"Yes, it does. 3.14159. It's pi!"
DANIEL
"It's pi?"
SAM
"Pi!"
DANIEL
It's pi?! Is that what you wanted us
to figure out? Right, the word ''Pi''
is an Earth term. We have to depict
it somehow on the geometric shapes."
Daniel goes to the circle
SAM
"This has to be it."
DANIEL
"The inside of the circle is soft like
sand."
SAM
"Pi is the formula for finding the circumference
of a circle by measuring the radius."
DANIEL
"The radius." That's it."
The real Thor appears
DANIEL
"Oh, my God."
THOR
"I am the actual one, whom you know
as Thor."
Jack and the others return to the cave
JACK
"Olaf, get your people as far back into
the cave as possible. Keep them quiet!
Put the fires out.How're we doing?"
TEAL'C
"We have been located, O'Neill."
JACK
"Come on, Daniel."
Hall of Might
SAM
"Daniel, this is uncanny. It looks just
like the descriptions of the Roswell
Greys back home."
DANIEL
"I guess there's some truth to those
stories after all."
SAM
"You think the Asgards may have visited
Earth?"
DANIEL
"Why not?"
THOR
"I am the supreme commander of the Asgard
fleet."
GAIRWYN
"How can this be?"
THOR
"In the ten span since I created this
world, you are the first to reach this
level of contact. You have finally grown
wise enough to see me in my true form."
GAIRWYN
"These are the wise ones. I would never
have come this far without their help."
SAM
"Gairwyn, it's a hologram. It was probably
recorded a thousand years ago. It can't
hear you."
THOR
"On the contrary. My image is a living
transmission. I am communicating to
you from my quarters aboard the Asgard
ship Biliskner."
DANIEL
"You mean you're the real Thor? This
is great. We need your help. The Goa'uld
are here."
THOR
"Impossible. Cimmeria is a safe world."
DANIEL
"Yeah, we sorta messed that up."
SAM
"Oh, Daniel, careful."
DANIEL
"If we want them to be our friends,
we have to show them they can trust
us. You see we-we came here a year ago
to meet you and your people, to make
an alliance against the Goa'uld. One
of our party, a Jaffa, was trapped in
your labyrinth."
THOR
"The Jaffa serve the Goa'uld."
GAIRWYN
"This one does not. He stands with them,
and now with us, to fight the Etins."
DANIEL
"You see, so, we had no choice but to
destroy the hammer to free our friend."
THOR
"And by doing so, you have opened Cimmeria
to attack by the Goa'uld."
DANIEL
"Yeah, apparently."
SAM
So, if you have any weapons that might
be of help, we would really like to
set things straight."
THOR
"Weapons?"
DANIEL
"Isn't that what all those tests were
here to protect?"
THOR
"The tests were designed to tell us
when the Cimmerians would be advanced
enough to see us as we really are. We
did not anticipate outside interference."
DANIEL
"Well, you see, we don't, we didn't
mean to interfere. No, wait!"
Sam and Daniel are beamed back into the forest
DANIEL
"Where's Gairwyn?"
SAM
"Good question."
Daniel and Sam arrive back at the cave
JACK
"That's timing for you. The parade's
about to begin."
SAM
"They're getting pretty close. How many
are out there?"
TEAL'C
"We are outnumbered approximately 20
to one."
JACK
"Daniel, you look suspiciously empty-handed."
DANIEL
Yeah."
JACK
"Yeah what?"
DANIEL
"There's nothing, Jack."
JACK
"Nothing?"
SAM
"Well, we did meet the real Thor."
JACK
"Did you, now? Nice fella?" All right.
Here we go."
They go outside to find some Jaffa
TEAL'C
"Shield yourselves!"
JAFFA
"Intruders from the Chaapa'ai! Throw
down your weapons! Surrender now and
the slaves of this world will be allowed
to live and serve Heru-ur! Fight, and
they will all die!"
SAM
"Colonel, we don't have enough weapons
to go around."
TEAL'C
"They will all be killed, O'Neill. Women
and children included."
DANIEL
"If we are responsible for this invasion,
we can't allow that to happen."
Jack surrenders and the rest of the team, follow suit
JACK
"Take care of your people."
SG1 are being taken along a path, by some Jaffa
DANIEL
"Before they rode into battle, the Sioux
used to say ''This is a good day to
die.''
Jack hit's him on the arm. There is some thunder. Everyone stops
and looks to the sky. The Jaffa appear nervous
DANIEL
"Then again, maybe not."
JACK
"Oh my!"
DANIEL
"Ladies and gentlemen, I think this
is. Thor's chariot."
An Asgard ship appears in the sky
TEAL'C
"An Asgard mother ship. I've heard them
described in Jaffa legend."
A light begins to take the Jaffa. Heru'ur goes through the gate.
Gairwyn appears on the road
GAIRWYN
"The Etins are gone. Thor sends his
thanks. It was your help that made this
possible."
DANIEL
"Well, to be honest with you, I think
we got kinda lucky."
GAIRWYN
"He told me to give you a message to
satisfy your curiosity. I'm to tell
you he's a member of a species who have
visited your world often. They are a
friend to all, protector of all,except
the Goa'uld, with whom they are at war."
JACK
"Well, that's very nice, but I'd still
like to meet the old guy."
GAIRWYN
"Well, he said that, like us, you're
still much too young. For us there is
still much to rebuild. Thor has promised
to leave an Asgard teacher behind to
help us."
TEAL'C
"Then Cimmeria will be a safe world
again. That is good."
GAIRWYN
"Yes, it is. I'm to tell you that Thor's
new hammer will make an exception for
the one called Teal'c. You are welcome
here any time."
THE END
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