STARGATE SG1
Episode 214
"TOUCHSTONE"
By
Sam Egan
Briefing Room
SAM
In the 5 weeks since our return from
PX7-941
DANIEL
Known to its indigenous population as
Madrona.
SAM
We've been able to process most of the
data we've collected and as a result
we think we've corroborated some startling
first hand observations.
HAMMOND
Which are?
SAM
Well sir, the inhabitants of this planet
can proactively affect their own climate.
JACK
That's a bit of an understatement General.
They can call it up just like that.
DANIEL
You got a crop that needs some water,
order some rain, you have a crop that
needs sun, and it's literally a matter
of dialing it up.
HAMMOND
You sure you weren't under the local
voodoo?
SAM
Believe me General, no one was more
skeptical than I, but the fact is we
may have stumbled on the most important
piece of technology the SCG missions
has discovered to date.
TEAL'C
Even the Goa'uld do not possess such
technology.
HAMMOND
And you think you know how they do it.
SAM
Well our best theory is the planet was
terra-formed about 900 years ago.
DANIEL
Now the Madrona's are technologically
primitive so it's likely the planet
was terraformed by another alien race.
SAM
Weather.... seems to be regulated by this
device
DANIEL
The Madronans call it a Touchstone.
It's an ancient artifact probably made
by the other alien race.It's right theret's
in the statue's hand.
The touchstone is in the hand of the statue
SAM
And the high priest turns a series of
calibrated rings, which seem to determine
meteorological conditions over the entire
planet's surface.
HAMMOND
We have any idea what makes it tick?
JACK
That's why we'd like to go back, sir.
Carter wants to get a closer look with
some of her specialized doohickeys.
HAMMOND
Doohickeys?
JACK
I believe that's a technical term, sir.
SAM
My instruments will measure the Touchstone's
emissions and hopefully give us a better
idea of how it works.
HAMMOND
Any chance we can borrow it for a few
days, do a little backwards engineering?
SAM
You have to understand General, the
Touchstone maintains the weather on
this planet.
HAMMOND
Right then, go see what you can figure
out.
JACK
Ok
The team go through the gate. When they get to the other side,
there is thunder and lightening. The local people are at the
gate to meet them.
DANIEL
Greetings Roham, Princess La Moor
PRINCESS
It's the visitor's, Uncle.
ROHAM
We demand that you return the Touchstone.
SAM
What! It's missing?
ROHAM
Do Not play games. You must return it
at once.
JACK
No games. We didn't take it.
ROHAM
It is gone. Come, see for yourselves.
They go into the temple, and find the touchstone missing from
the statue
SAM
Well I guess this explains the storm
clouds outside.
ROHAM
Without the Touchstone to shield us
we will soon be overtaken by the elements.
It's only a matter of time before we
begin to die because of your theft.
JACK
Alright, here's a question for you.
If it was so important why wasn't it
guarded?
ROHAM
It was guarded. We let down our guard
because of your people.
PRINCESS
We trusted you.
JACK
We did not take it.
TEAL'C
Had we taken the artifact, there would
have been no need to return to this
place.
PRINCESS
There were witnesses.
JACK
And what did these witnesses see?
PRINCESS
A group of people taking the Touchstone
in the dead of night. They were dressed
much as you are and carried weapons
like yours.
JACK
Did they see where these people went?
ROHAM
They left by your Stargate.
PRINCESS
As you know, none of our people know
how to use the portal.
ROHAM
Guards, disarm the wrongdoers.
Jack points his gun
JACK
HOLD IT! Alright.we came here in peace,
we expect to go in one, piece.
ROHAM
Then explain yourself, but be warned.
If your answers are not satisfactory,
then we have no choice but to seek retribution.
TEAL'C
Taking revenge on us will not return
the Touchstone for we are not those
who took it.
ROHAM
Perhaps not, but it will lead us to
those who did.
JACK
Only if they care what happens to us.
Look, let me give you a little life
lesson on thieves. They're not really
in touch with their feminine side. Caring
would be on a low priority.
PRINCESS
My uncle grows impatient.
DANIEL
If the thieves took the Touchstone used
the gate to escape then the only hope
to get it back is to let us go back
through the gate.
SAM
And if they did come from Earth, we
have technology to help us find out
who the thieves might have been.
ROHAM
How do we know that you will not use
the gate to escape responsibility?
JACK
Trust Us?
PRINCESS
We are a simple people Colonel. We have
no means to protect ourselves from this
disaster. If my uncle decides to trust
you this day, our entire future will
depend on that decision.
JACK
Ok, that's a little pressure! But we
can handle that.
ROHAM
Let them go. Please help us.
Titles
The team go back through the gate
HAMMOND
Colonel! Why are you back so early?
You were suppose to be studying that
weather device.
JACK
And we would be , sir. If it were still
there.
HAMMOND
What do you mean?
JACK
We should talk in your office.
Hammonds Office
HAMMOND
What's this about?
Jack closes the door and stands in front of Hammonds desk
JACK
The Touchstone was stolen, sir. By people
wearing SGC uniforms. Came and went
through the Stargate.
HAMMOND
What? Well who was it?
JACK
Everyone involved here would like to
know that, sir.
HAMMOND
I don't appreciate your implication
Colonel. Why would I send your team
to study the thing if I knew it wasn't
there?
JACK
No implication intended, sir, but circumstances
do beg the next logical question,which
is...Would any one of the other SG teams
have gone through without your order?
HAMMOND
Not without my knowing about it.
JACK
Yes, sir. General, mind if I have Carter
recheck the dialing computer? Just to
see if there are any signs anyone sneaking
through the gate,covertly, behind your
back as it were, sir.
HAMMOND
Nothing happens regarding the Stargate
without my knowing about it, if a person
sneezes near it I get a report.
JACK
I understand, sir.
HAMMOND
Colonel Have Carter check it anyway.
JACK
Thank you very much, sir.
Jack leaves the room
JACK
Anything yet?
SAM
Not on the Touchstone, sir.
DANIEL
Possibly it's affects. Have you been
watching the weather channel?
JACK
I'm more of a C-Span guy.
TEAL'C
Observe O'Neill
He put's on a tv
REPORTER
Chalk it up to the El Nino, but enough
severe storms has struck all over America.
And of all places Phoenix Arizona, causing
widespread damage. Reports of injuries
are still trickling in. We have flooding
in Palm Springs California and Florida
DANIEL
That's not all. There's record rainfall
in Alberquerque, golf ball size hail
in the Panhandle and three major rivers
are cresting.
TEAL'C
Something is definitely altering this
planets weather.
JACK
And you think it's this Touchstone.
Kind of a reach isn't it.
DANIEL
Well not really if you think about it.
Whoever left that device originally
on Madrona probably keyed it to the
atmospheric conditions of that planet.
Somebody steals it and brings it back
to Earth, starts fiddling around with
it with no idea of what they are doing,
and, who knows?
JACK
We don't know it's on Earth.
SAM
I'm thinking it is. There was a huge
transitory glitch three days ago when
SG-2 returned from a routine mission
roughly the same hour as the Touchstone
was taken.
TEAL'C
But SG-2's point of origin was galaxies
away from Madrona.
SAM
Yeah, but the energy spike is off the
charts. You remember what happened the
last time the gate's power supply was
overloaded?
DANIEL
It jumped to the second gate in the
Antarctic.
JACK
Yeah! Thanks for the memory.
TEAL'C
Captain Carter, are you suggesting that
SG-2 used the second gate to steal the
Touchstone?
SAM
No. Not SG-2. They're mission went as
planned through our gate, but these
readings suggest that someone might
have been using the second gate a split
second after SG-2 used ours to try to
hide the energy spike in ours.
JACK
Kind of like shooting off a gun when
a trains going by . To hide the sound.
SAM
Yes, sir. Now lets see if I'm right.
SG-2's log should have the same electronic
signature that was present the last
time the wormhole jumped it's tracks.
Bear with me.
JACK
Bearing.
SAM
Damn, it should show up on the primary
meta-log...nothing.
DANIEL
Try the back up log.
SAM
Yeah possibly Now if someone did systematically
try to erase all the relevant data it
would be easy to overlook a third tear
back up Yes...there it is. The second
gate had to have been used. The energy
signal is identified.
DANIEL
Who would have been authorized to use
the second gate? I thought it had been
officially decommissioned.
JACK
It was officially.
Jack goes to Hammonds office. Hammond is on the phone
HAMMOND
Come No, I need to talk to him now.
Son, do you know what color this phone
is? Yes I'll hold. Carter find anything?
JACK
Yes, sir. Apparently the second gate
is being used.
HAMMOND
What? I was given top-level assurances
that gate was to be sealed.
JACK
A case of the left hand not knowing
what the right foot is doing, sir?
HAMMOND
That's what I'm trying to find out.
No, It can't wait, son. Well make sure
he gets the message the second he comes
out.
JACK
And suddenly the President isn't available.
HAMMOND
Every time I call. He's tied up. It's
like someone is orchestrating his schedule
to keep us from speaking today.
JACK
Got a someone in mind, sir.
HAMMOND
This is gonna sound paranoid, Colonel.
Back when the SG program began, there
was a philosophical skirmish about its
mandate. Some people wanted to make
sure that any and all discoveries were
brought back regardless of considerations
like interplanetary diplomacy.
JACK
Do you mind if I ask who these some
people were?
HAMMOND
The truth is I'm not sure I ever fully
knew who they were. I had a feeling
that someone chose not to surface during
the debate. Not military-politicians
pulling strings behind the scenes. No
one said so exactly. 30 years in the
service you develop an instinct about
these things.
JACK
General, is your gut telling you that
this group, person, whatever is responsible
for stealing the Touchstone?
HAMMOND
I'm a long way from drawing that conclusion,
but I'll be damned if I'll be blocked
by some sycophant in the White House.
I have other channels I can pursue,
markers I can call in.
JACK
General, I know I don't have to tell
you this, but whoever these dark side
guys are, they can do some pretty nasty
damage if they figure out how to work
this thing.
HAMMOND
I know, Colonel. I know. Let me do some
digging.
Everyone is in the briefing room, when Sam enters
SAM
In an effort to determine whether the
Touchstone was being used on Earth,
I figured out a way to measure the Doppler
shift for gravitational and radiation
emissions. I used one of my monitoring
instruments and tied into two NOAA satellites.
HAMMOND
What did you find?
SAM
Well, sir, it's somewhere in the Nevada
desert. Now from the crude triangulation
I was able to determine it's....
HAMMOND
Nevada?
SAM
Yes, sir. Something wrong?
JACK
The second gate ended up in Nevada didn't
it, sir? Nellis?
HAMMOND
Yes.
JACK
Well if the gate is there, it makes
sense that the Touchstone has at least
been there.
HAMMOND
You're going to love this, Colonel.
Guess who just got himself reassigned
to Nellis?
JACK
Do tell.
HAMMOND
Colonel Maybourne.
JACK
Oh,well, there's good news!
DANIEL
Nellis, that's the base we send the
technology we bring back through the
gate, right?
HAMMOND
Yes. The Groom Lake Facility.
JACK
Area 51
Hammond goes into the control room
HAMMOND
What are we looking at?
SAM
We sent the MALP back to Madrona. It's
basically a blizzard, sir. Winds gusting
up to 80 miles an hour. It gets any
more intense and their whole planet's
a write-off.
TEAL'C
How much time do they have remaining?
SAM
Well, if my extrapolations are correct
we're looking at 48 hours maybe 72 before
all the terraforming is kaput.
JACK
Permission to take a little trip to
Nevada, sir.
HAMMOND
Ok. I'll call the Commander at Nellis
and get you cleared.
JACK
Uh General, it's become pretty obvious
that our own people are involved here.
The government types, you know. How
do you know who to trust?
SAM
We already have the necessary clearance
level, sir.
HAMMOND
Colonel. I need some documents hand
delivered to the Groom Lake Facility.
JACK
Are those documents sensitive enough
to warrant a three man team with a Jaffa
escort?
HAMMOND
Absolutely
The team arrive at area 51
REYNOLDS
Colonel O'Neill. Major Reynolds NID.
Welcome to Area 51.
JACK
Yeah, nice to meet you.This is Captain
Carter, Dr. Jackson and Teal'c.
REYNOLDS
Gentlemen, Ma'am. I can't tell you what
an honor it is to meet you. You guys
are a bit of a legend around here.
JACK
Yeah well, thanks. We were hoping to
meet with Colonel Maybourne.
REYNOLDS
He's been paged, sir. I'm sure if you'll
come inside he'll find you there.
DANIEL
So you obviously know who we are.
REYNOLDS
Of course, sir. If it wasn't for you
and the other SG teams, we'd be out
of business here. Follow me please.
They follow Reynolds inside the facility
REYNOLDS
To your left is medical research. They're
focusing on the potential cure for Alzheimer's
the SG-5 brought back. The other side
is geology, space metallurgy and artifacts
study. That's where they're pouring
over your notes on that Heliopolis place,
Dr Jackson. The meaning of life stuff.
I love that.
" Dr Dobson to room 483, Dr Dobson."
They see people working on a death glider
REYNOLDS
That's where we're studying those 2
Goa'uld death gliders you were in after
you guy's did your hero thing. Nice
work by the way.
JACK
Yeah, thanks.
REYNOLDS
This way This is the bio-research lab.
JACK
This where you're keeping the little
green men?
REYNOLDS
There are no alien life forms at Area
51.
JACK
Present company excluded of course.
MAYBOURNE
Colonel O'Neill.
JACK
Hello, Maybourne.
MAYBOURNE
Major, if you'll excuse us.
MAYBOURNE
Teal'c, it's good to see you are well.
TEAL'C
In my culture, I would be well within
my rights to dismember you.
MAYBOURNE
Well, that's interesting. Is there something
I can do for you, Colonel O'Neill?
JACK
Yeah. We assume the Touchstone was brought
here.
MAYBOURNE
Excuse me?
SAM
Maybe you have a different name for
it. The weather controller from Madrona
PX7-941.
MAYBOURNE
It seems that someone has sent you on
a fool's errand, Colonel. Nothing even
remotely like that here.
TEAL'C
You are however aware of our mission.
MAYBOURNE
I remember a reference to it, but correct
me if I'm wrong, nothing came back from
the survey.
JACK
Not by our team.
MAYBOURNE
Another SGC team?
JACK
You tell me.
MAYBOURNE
If you're looking for specific answers,I'd
ask that you be a little less cryptic
with your questions.
JACK
Fine, where's the damn Touchstone?
DANIEL
Has the second Stargate been activated?
MAYBOURNE
It's been under complete lock down since
it's arrival here. It hasn't even been
powered up.
SAM
Do you mind if we have a look?
MAYBOURNE
I guarantee it's been dormant since
you came through it.
JACK
Then there's no harm in taking a look.
Is there?
They go to the hangar where the gate is being kept. It is packed
up in a large crate
MAYBOURNE
There it is. Happy now, Colonel?
JACK
Carter.
Jack opens the lid and takes a look
MAYBOURNE
Satisfied?
JACK
Not really. Just proves it got packed
up real nice after it was used.
MAYBOURNE
I assure you that gate has been in that
crate since it was brought here from
the Antarctic.
JACK
Come on, Harry. You and I have been
through this dance before.
SAM
Colonel. This gate is plastic.
MAYBOURNE
What?
TEAL'C
Captain Carter is correct.
MAYBOURNE
That's ridiculous. That's the gate that
was brought back from the Antarctic.
It's been under lock and key since it
got here.
SAM
This gate's plastic. Where's the real
one?
JACK
So what the HELL happened to the Stargate?
MAYBOURNE
It's obviously been moved.
JACK
So it can be fired up without raising
any eyebrows?
MAYBOURNE
That's highly speculative.
JACK
I don't know who's giving you orders
Maybourne, but they better come from
where the air is real thin.
MAYBOURNE
Is that a threat, Colonel?
JACK
You tell me the punishment for losing
a Stargate.
MAYBOURNE
That presumes there was no authorization
to move the Stargate.
DANIEL
So, who authorized it?
MAYBOURNE
That's classified.
JACK
We have the highest clearance.
MAYBOURNE
Within the military, you do.
JACK
Are you telling me this is a civilian
operation?
MAYBOURNE
Gentlemen, Colonel O'Neill and his people
need an escort back to their vehicle.
JACK
Who's pulling the strings, Maybourne?
MAYBOURNE
Take a piece of advice, Jack. Let this
one drop.
JACK
Drop it ?
MAYBOURNE
Please. Don't make these gentlemen have
to get disrespectful.
The leave and go back to the mountain
Briefing Room
HAMMOND
We're operating under a virtual blackout.
No one will confirm or deny a thing.
SAM
Well this is too bizarre. The only other
Stargate on the planet gets spirited
away and it's business as usual.
HAMMOND
There's nothing usual about it, Captain.
Someone's clamped down on the communication
channels.
TEAL'C
What of the Touchstone?
SAM
Well sometime while we were gone, my
instruments readings dropped to zero.
DANIEL
So either they've stopped using it or
they've found a way to shield it from
detection.
SAM
Well the weather anomalies have abated
on Earth.
DANIEL
They probably realized experimenting
with it was causing too many problems
or attracting un-necessary attention.
SAM
Exactly, Now if we can't track the Touchstone,
there may still be a way to track the
second gate on Earth.
JACK
Oh Sure! Let's just put out an APB for
a huge honkin two story metal ring with
39 little pictures all nicely engraved
on it.
SAM
Actually, I had another thought.
HAMMOND
Go ahead, Captain.
SAM
We use our gate to go to Madrona then
do a quick180 and return through the
second gate here on Earth.
TEAL'C
Captain Carter, If one were to input
the Earth's co-ordinates on the Madrona
dialing device he would be sent back
to the gate on this facility.
SAM
You would. Unless you intentially overpower
the gate.
DANIEL
Of course, the way the wormhole arced
to send the two of you to the other
gate. We just have to duplicate those
conditions.
HAMMOND
As you may recall, it was a minor miracle
that either of you survived that incident.
DANIEL
What if we used the MALP robot?
SAM
Perfect. The GPS could give us an exact
position as soon as the MALP made it
through.
TEAL'C
Someone would have to accompany it to
Madrona then put in the correct address
on the dialing device.
JACK
I would be that person.
DANIEL
I'll go too.
SAM
You'll also need to bring the necessary
equipment to modulate the power on the
gate.
HAMMOND
Let's do it.
Jack and Daniel arrive on Madrona during a blizzard
SAM
They've arrived through the Madrona
gate, sir.
HAMMOND
Here we are transporting our people
across the galaxy to find something
we've lost in our own backyard. Incredible.
The Princess and Roham come out to meet them
PRINCESS
They're back uncle Roham.
ROHAM
Did they bring the Touchstone?
JACK
Not yet. We're working on it.
ROHAM
Don't you understand. Look around you.
The rivers have turned to ice. Before
long all our croplands will be disseminated.
PRINCESS
Why did you return?
DANIEL
We have to set this machine from here
to track the Touchstone.
ROHAM
You're lying!
JACK
We're not lying.
DANIEL
Look, we really are trying to help.
ROHAM
Come now
The machine is attached to the gate and Daniel dials out
SAM
They should be inputting the last address
now.
Daniel activates the gate. The chevrons light up in the gateroom
on Earth
HAMMOND
Status, Captain.
SAM
It's through, sir. It's on Earth.
HAMMOND
Well, where the hell is it?
SAM
Switching over to terrestrial video
signal. We have visual, but it's dark.
HAMMOND
Can you make out anything?
SAM
No, not much. Looks like there's somebody
moving.
TEAL'C
Can you ascertain its location?
SAM
I'm resetting the MALP global positioning
system to Telsat 13. Attempting to triangulate.
HAMMOND
What the hell happened?
SAM
They blew it away, sir.
Control Room
JACK
Carter?
SAM
The link is gone. They destroyed the
MALP.
JACK
Did you get the co-ordinates?
SAM
Didn't have time for a full triangulation,
but we've got it narrowed down.
JACK
How far down?
SAM
Well as far as we can tell, it's in
Southern Utah.
JACK
Oh well, Southern Utah.
DANIEL
Well at least that's a start.
HAMMOND
I have one last marker I can call. Let
me see what I can find out.
There is a man sitting on a bench as General Hammond, dressed
in casual clothes sits next to him.
WHITLOW
Hello General.
HAMMOND
Whitlow.
WHITLOW
Shall we walk.
HAMMOND
As I told you on the phone. I don't
really have time for all this cloak
and dagger stuff. I need to know.
WHITLOW
Please walk. It makes it harder for
the parabolic.
HAMMOND
Glad to see the paranoia quotient is
as high as ever.
WHITLOW
It's dangerous times George. You never
know who's listening. What do you need
to know?
HAMMOND
Two things. Who's got the Stargate?
Who's got the weather device?
WHITLOW
I wish I had that info.
HAMMOND
I don't have time for games, Whitlow.
WHITLOW
George, really, as much as I'd love
to clear our little IOU, I don't know
anything. I don't even know what you're
talking about in regards to a weather
device, but are you telling me the Stargate
is missing?
HAMMOND
The second one, yes.
WHITLOW
That doesn't sound like a good thing.
HAMMOND
Come on Whitlow, you've got your fingers
in every agency. You haven't heard anything.
Military intelligence? NSA? CIA?
WHITLOW
George, if it were military, I'd know
about it. It's got to be civilian.
HAMMOND
Anything strange going on at Nellis?
WHITLOW
There's always something going on at
Nellis, and most of the time it's strange.
But nothing about a Stargate or a weather
thingy. Hey! Does this have something
to do with all the weird weather lately?
HAMMOND
How about Southern Utah? Heard about
anything going on there?
WHITLOW
Southern Utah? Yeah, as a matter of
fact. A requisition just crossed my
desk requesting a C-5 for a classified
pick-up at a NID landing site. It's
in Utah.
HAMMOND
.No idea what it's for?
WHITLOW
Not officially, but I don't have to
tell you a C-5 is a big airplane. Big
enough to hold a Stargate and transport
it anywhere in the world.
HAMMOND
Where's the strip?
WHITLOW
Just south of the Black Mountains. About
40 clicks west of Parowan.
HAMMOND
Thank you, Whitlow
WHITLOW
George. Does this mean we're even?
HAMMOND
If it pans out, it does.
Briefing Room
HAMMOND
Ok, here's the deal. This NID landing
strip doesn't officially exist therefore
I don't think there's a jurisdictional
issue. But even if there is, that C5
is Air Force property and it is our
jurisdiction.
JACK
Can we go now, sir?
HAMMOND
There's a chopper waiting up top. It
will take you to Hill Air Force Base.
From there you're on your own.
JACK
Thank You
HAMMOND
One other thing, Colonel. We don't know
if the people who took the gate and
the Touchstone are friend or foe. Therefore
under no condition are you to fire on
them. Understood?
JACK
Under no conditions fire.
HAMMOND
That's right.
SAM
What if they fire on us, sir?
HAMMOND
Then you are to take cover. Do not return
fire unless it's the only option remaining
in order to defend yourselves.
JACK
General. I don't think that's gonna...
HAMMOND
Those are my orders, Colonel. We're
already going way out on a limb on this
one. I don't want my people mortally
wounding another American who may just
be following orders. Understood?
JACK
Yes, sir.
The team are outside a hanger. Jack is looking through a miniature
periscope type device. They move along to a door. There is a
large crate inside and a couple of men. They go in
JACK
Stand too, gentlemen. Keep those hands
visible.
NID MAN
Who the hell are you?
JACK
No one's damn business! Step away from
the crate.
The gate activates, and the men make a run for it. One of them
tries to grab the box, which presumably holds the touchstone.
JACK
Stop Don't do it.
He fires a couple of shots. The man dives through the gate. Daniel
rushes to the back of a truck that is holding a DHD
DANIEL
Aggh!
JACK
What?
DANIEL
I missed the address.
SAM
At least we have this.
The team go back to Madrona
PRINCESS
They've come back uncle Roham! Just
as I told you.
ROHAM
Do they have the Touchstone?
PRINCESS
They do.
The touchstone is handed over. Rohan turns it and light is emitted.
They go into the temple and the touchstone is placed back in
the hand of the statue
ROHAM
Thank You.
JACK
You're very welcome.
DANIEL
We hope the faith and trust between
our two worlds have been restored.
PRINCESS
You have lived up to your promises.
Let there always be peace between our
worlds.
ROHAM
We must remain vigilant, lest those
that trespassed before come back to
violate the sanctity of the Holy Touchstone.
JACK
Yeah, just make sure your guards are
paying attention this time.
ROHAM
Blessings be upon you.
Briefing Room
.
SAM
And everything should be back to normal
within a few weeks both here and Madrona.
DANIEL
That's simply why we think they'll be
happy we return through the gate to
do the studies we had hoped to do.
JACK
Any ideas what happened, sir?
HAMMOND
To be honest, it's still something of
a shell game. The investigation has
been taken out of my hands.
JACK
By whom?
HAMMOND
I'm still trying to find that out.
DANIEL
So we may never know who those men were
who went through the gate.
HAMMOND
Not unless you can tell me where they
went. Well, until then all SG units
are to be on watch for four NID guys
wandering around on other planets.
JACK
Great! So all this could happen again,
huh?
HAMMOND
No, Colonel! This time I was able to
ensure that our Stargate will be the
only one in use.
SAM
Sir, The second Stargate is being retired?
HAMMOND
Yes, Only this time there will be a
permanent iris welded over it and it
will be placed under round-the-clock
guard under the command of the SGC,
my command.
JACK
No lying and deceit, smoking mirrors?
HAMMOND
You'll be there yourself. All of you
will when they put it away for good.
An iris is being welded over the gate.
JACK
This put you out of a job Maybourne?
MAYBOURNE
Oh! You'd be surprised. Strange things
happen in high places, Colonel.
JACK
Don't I know it.
MAYBOURNE
People gets reassigned. So does property.
Artifacts gets misplaced, orders change.
Everyday a new day.
Maybourne leaves
THE END
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