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[whoosh of gate opening]

[distant hisses and creaks]

[gasps and groans]

[yelps]

All right, get out of the way, get out of the way!

Come here, come here.

[bodies and boxes tumble and crash]

Come on, come on, come on!

This is Scott, slow down the evac!

We are coming in too hot!

Colonel, come in!

My God, where are we?

[shouts of pain and confusion]

Get them off the gate!

Look out!

Where are we?

Why didn't we come through to Earth?

There was no time to explain!

Off to the side!

What's going on?

[clamor and panic, cries of pain]

This is Scott, come in!

Colonel, come in!

I need a medic!

Over here!

Can you move your fingers?

I think my arm's broken.

Okay, just hold your arm there,

and we'll put it in a sling, okay?

Ah!

[clamour slows, voices echo dreamily]

[echoing]: Keep calm, keep calm.

[real-time speed resumes, soldiers grunt from impact]

Clear this area,

there could still be more incoming!

Oof!

[coughing]

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Oh, God. Move...

Move...

Where's Colonel Young?

He was right behind me.

[gas jets hiss and fume]

[crowd screams in panic]

Move, move, move.

Quiet!

Stay calm!

Excuse me...

Keep it down!

Move, move, move, move.

Colonel...

Colonel?

Don't move.

Where... where are we?

I don't know, sir.

Are you... Sir...

You're in charge, all right?

You're...

Sir...

TJ!

I'm coming!

Clear the crowd, people, coming through!

Let's go, move, move, move!

[clamor and shouting]

Is he okay?

I don't know.

Wallace!

What is this place?

Look, I... I just did what Rush told me to...

Where is he?

I don't know, he went through ahead of me.

Rush! Rush!

Eli, help me find him.

[stammering]Well, I...

[engines whine to life]

[people shout in confusion]

[engines drone and surge, then fade]

What in the hell was that?

I don't know.

Sergeant...

I need you to get these people settled,

and you find out who and what we've got.

Nobody leaves this room.

Yes, sir.

Eli!

Now!

The Core of the planet is the power source.

You have to channel it into the weapon

to destroy the enemy ship.

Can't do it, dude.

Uh, doin' it.

It's one of those programmer's jokes,

a problem that can't be solved.

- Already solved it. - No, you didn't.

Just shut up!

And watch this...

What the hell!

What happened?

Noth...

nothing happened.

I'm back at the beginning of the level.

- You're so full of yourself. - No. No, no, no.

It worked. The firing code locked in.

Whatever.

That was extremely unsatisfying.

Eli Wallace?

Actually, uh, Eli's not here right now...

[stammers]

Okay, okay, whatever you guys think that I did,

I swear, you've got the wrong guy.

Do I look like someone who would be standing here

if I didn't already know everything there is to know

About you?

Yeah, not really.

Right.

Who are you?

Dr. Nicholas Rush.

May we come in?

Why?

You've spent a great deal of time recently

playing an online fantasy game

called "Prometheus."

Big brother's got nothing better to do?

Last night,

you solved the Dakara weapons puzzle.

Yeah, a month of my life went into that.

You know what happens when you solve that thing?

Nothing.

We're here.

That happened.

To complete that particular puzzle,

you had to solve a millennia-old

mathematical proof

written in another life,

for that,

you've won something of a prize.

Well, whatever it is,

I'll take the cash equivalent.

There isn't one.

It's a non-disclosure agreement.

Non-disclosure?

So you guys really embedded

a top secret problem into a game

hoping someone like me would solve it?

Yup.

So, what do you need me for now?

I assure you,

it'll be worth your while to sign it.

And if I don't?

We'll beam you up to our spaceship.

[laughs]

Right.

Uh, I... I think I want my lawyer to look over it first...

And by "lawyer,"

I assume you mean "mother."

So we'll just agree then

that I will call you.

[whoosh]

What the...

Welcome aboard the Hammond, Eli.

Yes, that is the planet Earth,

and yes, you are on a spaceship.

We need your help, Eli.

To be honest,

I don't know how long it's going to take.

I should call my mom, uh...

tell her where I am.

That's probably not going to work up here.

Right.

You can speak to her on the way.

There's a cover story you'll have to follow.

I'm sorry, um...

on the way to...

to another planet

21 light years from here.

I can't go. I...

I have things that-...

We know about your mother's condition.

Well, you just know everything, don't you?

We also know you are currently unemployed,

and that your mother's medical coverage is...

an ongoing issue.

We'll see she gets

the best available care while you're gone.

And if I don't sign, what, you going to erase my memory?

[chuckles]

Something like that.

Can I get some pants?

I...

Hello, I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson,

and behind me is a stargate.

It was originally built millennia ago

by an alien race who we call "the ancients."

Over the next few hours, we'll be touching on

some of the things you need to know...

...there are 39 symbols

representing star constellations

as seen from Earth...

...when a connection is made between two stargates,

an unstable energy vortex emerges from the gate...

Whoa!

...and settles into the event horizon

or "puddle" as we like to call it...

Later, it was discovered that using an eighth symbol

would actually dial another galaxy...

...in hundred of thousands of light years

via an interstellar wormhole...

...it is believed

an unprecedented amount of power is required...

[lecture starts to blur, and Jackson's voice overlaps]

...mysterious ninth chevron...

the first six symbols...

...establish on a planet discovered two years ago...

the entire purpose of the project

is to hopefully one day dial the nine chevron address

found in the ancient database.

Hi! I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson.

Now, you've heard the term "hyperspace" for years...

Where are you?

It's top secret.

Eli!

I'm serious, ma. I can't say anything more than that.

I don't understand.

Why could you not at least tell me you were leaving?

I'm sorry,

but did you get the letter from...

Yeah, the air force, I got it.

Are you in a plane now?

You sound like you're in an airplane.

Uh, no, it's nothing like that.

I want you to know that they're going to look after you.

You didn't have to do this.

This is good.

Really, it's the kind of thing I always dreamed of.

Hi.

You mind?

No, go ahead.

Thank you.

First time on a spaceship, too?

Me?

I've been on lots of, uh...

various...

Eli Wallace.

I know.

You've heard of me?

I have.

Wow, that almost never happens.

And you are?

Chloe.

I work for Alan Armstrong.

Senator of California.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

I have heard of California.

[laughs]

My last job was in the burger and fries field.

How'd you line that up?

I was a political science major at Harvard, so...

Mm, I hear it's a good school.

For a while there, I was at...

MIT.

I know.

Really?

What else have they told you about me?

What?

Uh, I've seen this writing before.

In the game?

Yeah.

[pushes button]

[mechanism whirrs]

Sheesh...

We're on a ship?

The Design is clearly ancient,

in the truest sense of the word.

Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Dr. Rush?

Faster than light,

yet not through hyperspace.

What are you doing?

Who knows how far it's travelled.

Dr. Rush...

we've got a lot of wounded.

We need to get home.

[clanking and thudding from ship's mechanisms]

Lt. Scott, come in.

Go ahead.

We've got a problem.

One of the air vents just shut down in here.

Copy that.

Yeah, the air's getting pretty thin

in here, too.

What does that mean?

That the life-support system is failing.

We should probably do something about that.

Well, it's always just one more year.

It's a command.

Where?

It's a lot safer than other places I've been.

You've put your time in, Everett.

When this tour's over, I promise...

You know what?

Never mind, don't bother.

You always end up

choosing somewhere other than here.

I am not choosing my job over you.

How you can even say that to me?

[voice echoes dreamily]: I love you,

but I can't wait anymore...

[dishes clatter]

Everett?

Are you okay?

Sweetheart, baby, look at me.

[hollow, echoing silence]

Colonel?

Colonel?

[grunting and gasping]

Oh, my God...

Can't you do something?

He's having a seizure.

There's nothing I can do.

[wormhole whooshes open]

[couple panting and moaning]

Scott, this is Colonel Young, come in please.

[gasping and shouting]

Our guests have arrived a few minutes early, Lieutenant,

what's your position?

No, not yet.

Not yet.

Lieutenant, drop whatever you're doing

and get your ass up here.

I'm on my way, sir.

Bye.

Holy...

Senator...

It is my honor to welcome you to Icarus base.

Colonel.

This is my executive assistant, Chloe.

It's a pleasure to meet you, sir.

The pleasure's mine.

She's also my daughter.

You must be the...

Contest winner, yeah.

That is a big gun.

Rail gun.

500 rounds per minute.

This is Lieutenant Scott.

He's been assigned to you, Mr. Wallace.

Shall we go inside?

You could probably shave a few dollars off the budget just by turning the heat down.

Actually cooling the place is what costs money, Sir.

We're here because the core of the planet generates so much power... a lot of heat comes with that

Eli: Do you ever get claustrophobic down here? Scott: Safer than the surface

Eli: Why? Scott: Dinosaurs, man!

Eli: Really? Scott: No.

Unbelievable.

Yeah, it is.

It's weird how fast

you can start to take something like this for granted.

So, if a stargate can instantly transport you

to another planet,

why did we fly here on a spaceship?

Something to do with

how this one's tied into the planet for power.

Apparently, it's been modified to only dial out

because incoming wormholes are too dangerous.

You're the genius.

You can probably tell me better.

All I did was solve a puzzle in a video game.

You figured out something

Doctor Rush has been trying to figure out for months,

which, by the way,

a lot of people were glad to see.

And, of course, you know Colonel Telford.

Ready for this, Colonel?

You just give the word, sir.

Oh, I gave it quite a while ago, Colonel.

I'm just here to see

How my $1.6 billion is being spent.

[chuckling]

Very good...

Thank you, everyone.

Dismissed.

Now, as you know, up until now,

we have been unable to channel

the precise amount of power necessary

to unlock the stargate's ninth and final chevron.

However,

thanks to some ingenuity from Young Mr. Wallace here,

that problem has finally been solved.

We've heard that before.

This time we're sure.

That's what I figured out?

I embedded

the mathematical problem we had to solve

into the game.

I then engineered your solution

into a practical, workable application.

What say we get on with it?

Absolutely.

Sergeant Riley...

Chevron one encoded.

Sir...

[gate creaks and clanks as it dials]

We're dialing now?

A test, to see if we can make a connection...

Chevron one locked.

If we do,

we'll send an automated reconnaissance drone through.

We'll see what's on the other side.

Chevron two locked.

And then they'll go?

No, first, we close down again,

assess the data we receive,

and then perhaps send the away team.

If it works.

Chevron four locked...

Until then, they're just interested observers like us.

Chevron five locked.

Chevron six encoded.

Chevron six locked.

Chevron seven encoded.

[clanking]

Chevron seven locked.

[beeping]

Chevron eight encoded.

Chevron eight locked.

Chevron nine encoded.

[electricity sparking]

W... what's going on?

I don't know, we never got this far before.

[banging and clanging from machinery]

Chevron nine...

Chevron nine...

Will not lock.

We matched the power requirements down to the EMU.

It must work.

Power levels in the gate capacitors

are going into the red.

Shut it down.

No, wait, wait, wait...

We're reading fluctuations in the output from the Core...

Shut it down now.

[power winds down]

It should have worked.

Well, it didn't,

and drawing power from the planet's core is...

Dangerous, yes, we're all aware of that...

regardless of what's been spent

or what's at stake,

my first priority

is to ensure the safety of the people on this base.

Of course.

Of course...

Eli...

We'd best run through your equations again.

You'll excuse me.

You are not seriously putting this on me?

Not my fault.

People, you have to calm down.

Seriously,

you have to calm down...

[systems power up]

[applause from crowd]

Yeah, we got power!

Can I have everybody's attention, please?

[clamor continues unabated.

All right, please listen!

Hey, listen up!

What is going on?

We're on an ancient spaceship.

What?

That's all I've got.

Now, what that means is...

It means we need to use the stargate

to get us all back home.

That is definitely on the list of things to do, sir,

but I think right now...

you can consider that an order...

We are working on it, sir.

Hey, I need to speak to the person

responsible for this.

Where is Dr. Rush?

Just shut up for a second, will you?

How dare you talk to me...

Dad?

Dad, please...

Water?

Over here...

Sit down.

My pills...

[coughing and gasping]

Look, I'm sorry.

I'm just trying to explain the situation.

We are on a ship,

but we have no idea where we are in relation to Earth.

Now, with respect, sir,

the reason you might be having

a hard time breathing right now,

is because the ship's life-support system

is not functioning properly.

[murmurs of panic ripple through crowd]

Dr. Rush is working on that right now.

[murmuring increasing]

Brody and Park?

- Here! - Here.

Okay, good, you two are with me.

But these consoles just came on.

No. Nobody touch anything yet.

Dr. Rush needs your help.

Everybody else...

just stay calm, stay put.

Please.

Stay put?

Wait, what do you mean,

you're just going like that?

There has to be a mistake in here somewhere.

Seriously, who uses a whiteboard anymore?

You have computers, like, everywhere around here.

Power flow was in the target range.

Why wouldn't the address connect?

Wrong address?

There is only one,

found in the ancient database on Atlantis.

With no other instructions.

No, but that's not the issue.

It has to be your proof.

My proof works.

You know how I know that it does?

Because you said so.

Gentlemen, how's it coming?

[scoffs]Whoa, whoa, what are you doing?

- Starting from the beginning. - Wait! Save, save, save!

- I can't... - Mr. Wallace, I would like you

to join me for dinner in the officer's mess.

Thank you! I'm starving...

We're quite close to a breakthrough, actually.

I'd like Eli to keep working.

Well, we've been here for six months.

It can wait a few more hours.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

So, er, tell me. What's it like when you finally go through the gate?

When you go through the gate you don't really feel it.

The moment you break through the atmosphere in that 302 and see the stars....

...that's incredible

Wow, that sounds so amazing

Could I go for a ride sometime?

I can arrange that.

So, uh, Colonel,

you really have no idea

where this ninth chevron stargate address

is going to send you?

No idea at all.

Hmm.

But the Ancients built the stargate with nine chevrons.

It's got to go somewhere.

We've also known for some time

that the only way to unlock the ninth chevron

was to solve the power issues.

Well, if anyone's going to solve it,

I think Eli will.

Yes, that's right.

It's true...

I am math boy.

[giggles]

Dr. Rush...

Dr. Rush!

I would like to propose a toast.

Oh, no, that's really not necessary.

- Not to you. - Oh.

When the proposal for this project

first crossed my desk,

I did not want to approve it.

Oh, my God...

It seemed clear to me at the time

that there were enough

terrestrial matters of importance

that needed that kind of money.

Now, being a proud father

of a beautiful young woman is one thing.

Having that young woman exceed

every possible expectation

is quite another.

[opera plays on stereo]

It was my daughter, Chloe,

who reminded me that there was no greater endeavor

than seeking an understanding of who we are

and the mysteries of the universe

in which we all exist.

[whispering]: Not in those exact words.

It was also her idea

to embed the ancient proof in a medium

that would give us access to brilliant young minds

that we would have otherwise overlooked.

And so,

to all the brave men and women who have volunteered...

[distant explosion]

Okay, what was that?

[intercom crackles]

This is Young.

[louder, closer explosion]

The base is under attack.

All non-combatant personnel report to your designated areas,

everyone else to your battle stations.

This is not a drill.

Senator, I need you and your daughter

to go with Lieutenant Scott.

- Eli, you as well. - Oh, yeah, uh...

[murmuring in concern]

[argument in process]

What's going on in here?

The life-support system is on,

but for some reason, it's not working properly.

I'm attempting to reset it.

He has no idea what he's doing.

Step away from that thing.

That screen says

that what you're doing is going to overload it...

- Eli, please! - Is that what it says or not?

You only think you know what it says in this screen

because I embedded

a rudimentary version of the ancient language

into the game.

This is not a game.

Don't touch it, Rush.

When the oxygen aboard this ship

falls below critical level,

It will become increasingly difficult

to concentrate.

What you're doing could blow the whole ship.

Are you sure, Eli?

Back off now, or I will shoot!

Lower your weapon, Sergeant!

He already screwed us once.

I'm not going to let him do it again!

I need to get through, people. Stand aside.

[alarms wail]

Sergeant, we're under attack.

Don't know who, don't know why.

Consider the charges dropped.

Go take your anger out on them.

Yes, sir.

What do we got, Colonel, lucian alliance?

That would be my guess.

They haven't introduced themselves.

They started shooting

the minute they came out of hyperspace.

Our shields are holding, but we're not the target.

What's heading our way?

A full squadron of gliders and a troop transport.

We cut them down some,

but the rest will be on your doorstep

in less than three minutes.

Telford, did you copy?

Roger that.

If we can get to the transport before they land their troops,

we stand a chance...

I am going to press that button.

It's going to fix the life-support,

and then you and I and everyone else

will be able to breathe

and think

much better.

No, you can shoot me for that if you like

If however there are any negative consequences... you still need me

[whispers]: Don't do it.

Okay, look,

Sergeant...

I know we are in a tough situation here,

but I am giving you an order.

Lower your weapon.

So?

Well, I suppose that would have been too simple.

Apparently, that did nothing.

This may take

a little more time, TJ.

Hang in there.

Copy.

Does Colonel Young know about this?

He knows.

Two weeks ago, you told me

that this was the best experience of your life.

Something must have happened.

The scholarship came in.

I guess I've just been too afraid to admit

what I really want.

Well, you didn't tell me you had even applied.

There's nothing else going on.

You know I'd tell you.

Unless you were protecting someone...

I'm not.

Like I said, I just hadn't made up my mind.

[rapid gunfire and explosions]

[alerts beep]

Dr. Rush?

I'm reading a dangerous energy spike in the core.

Eli...

Eli, I need your help.

With what?

The ninth chevron.

What? We need to get the hell out of here!

Look, it took us two years to find this site.

The properties are unique.

This may be our last chance.

[explosion rumbles]

If this bombardment continues,

the radioactive core's going to go critical.

Y... you mean the planet, it... it's going to explode?

Yes.

Okay, okay, okay, um, um...

If my math works...

- We can't assume that... - I said "if."

Then if it works,

then it's not a power supply issue,

it's the gate address.

We've known the first eight symbols for years.

The ninth has to be the point of origin.

So, what if we're not on the planet

you're supposed to be dialing from?

This is where we are.

Okay, what if we are not supposed to be here?

Icarus base, Telford. We can't hold 'em back.

[soldiers shouting]

Let's go!

Go!

Fall further back!

Sergeant Riley, dial the stargate to Earth!

Take cover!

Come on, come on.

[explosion rumbles]

[stargate dialing]

[Riley]: Chevron one locked...

Okay, follow me, the symbols on the stargate

are constellations as seen from Earth,

that's what you said...

Yes, yes...

Okay, so, what if Earth is supposed to be

the point of origin?

The only viable power source

was here, light years away.

What if that doesn't matter?

What if it's the only combination that will work,

like a code.

A code?

Yeah.

Chevron four encoded...

Stop the dialing sequence.

I have my orders.

Get out of my way, get out of the way!

We can't risk dialing Earth.

[beep, stargate dialing]

[alerts wail]

Come on, let's go.

[coughing]

[crowd clamoring in panic]

[explosion rumbles closer]

[gasps]

Dad?

Dad!

Chloe!

Dad! My father!

There could still be people trapped on the other side.

All right, let's go, people!

You need to move it to the gate-room!

This is Scott.

I got about a dozen or so people cut off from the gate-room,

south-east corridor.

Oh my God, what happened?

He was helping pull wounded back from the surface

Young: Greer, we're pulling back Greer: A lot of people still out there sir

Young: The Hammond's already started beaming anyone pinned down on the surface Greer: Somebody has to make sure!

Sergeant listen to me

I have people cut off from the gate room

The base is shielded, so the Hammond can't help them

I need you here NOW

Go

Oh, God. Dammit...

[col. Young]: Oh, my God.

Is that Dr. Simms?

Stay with me, okay?

He was helping pull people back from the surface.

[sniffling]

Simms, can you hear me?

TJ...

TJ--

No!

Hey, Tamara...

Hey...

Tamara...

Come on, we got to go.

[chevrons locking]

That is impressive.

Power's fluctuating at critical levels.

[alerts wail]

Colonel, I'm detecting a massive build-up of energy

from the planet!

Recall our fighters.

Radio Colonel Telford he's got two minutes

to get his people aboard before we jump to hyperspace!

[explosions rumbling]

What's everybody doing?

I ordered an evacuation!

He didn't dial Earth. It's the ninth chevron address.

What?

The attack started a chain reaction

in the planet's core,

there's no way of stopping that,

and any blast could easily translate

through an open wormhole.

It's too dangerous to dial Earth.

You could have dialed somewhere else, anywhere else.

- This is our only chance... - Shut it down.

- We can't, it's too late... - Riley!

System's not responding, sir.

I need to get these people out of here.

We have a way out.

We don't know what's on the other side! Dammit, Rush!

Can't be worse than here, can it?

[explosions rumble]

Nobody move!

Await further instructions.

What's that?

Well, it doesn't look like life-support.

I realize that.

Whoa...

what are we looking at?

It's a star map.

That's the milky way.

I believe it's a visual log

of the ship's journey.

So this is where we are now?

No.

That's where the ship originally embarked from.

Earth.

It's leaving the galaxy.

It did.

Long ago.

That was Pegasus.

So those points are more stars?

No, they're galaxies.

Rush...

Where the hell are we?

Several billion light years from home.

Scott...

Stand clear.

You could take down the rest of the roof with that.

We don't have time to argue.

I need you to lead the evacuees through the gate.

You need to go with him.

No, I... I'm staying here until I know my father's okay.

Make sure everyone carries

as much of the expedition supplies as they can.

Why?

'Cause you're not going to Earth.

Rush dialed the ninth chevron.

Go.

Go!

[explosions rumble louder, closer]

Once I'm through,

follow one at a time on a three-count!

Okay, people.

Make way.

You good? Okay, let's go.

If you can hear me,

stand back!

Okay, get down.

Fire in the hole!

[explosion rocks, Chloe yelps]

Dad?

Dad?

Put your weight on me...

Keep calm, everybody.

I got you.

Please...

[explosion shatters and Sparks]

Everybody, stay calm! Don't push!

Oh!

[gulps and holds his breath]

Dad!

Ah!

Careful, careful...

You're okay, sir.

Are you okay?

I'm the last one.

I'm all right.

Greer, go. I'm right behind you.

Hammond, this is Young, come in.

Hammond, this is Young.

Come in.

Let's go, let's go, let's go, come on, people.

Let's do it, let's do it.

Sir!

Go!

Sir...

We've got Colonel Carter.

On screen.

General, we barely got away.

The planet was destroyed.

We managed to beam most of our people off the surface

before jumping to hyperspace.

We also believe

That the enemy forces were destroyed.

Any word on how they gained intel

on our base?

No. What about casualties?

12.

80-plus M.I.A.

The Bunker-shielding technology

prevented us from beaming out anyone inside.

How many people made it through the gate to Earth?

None.

None?

Our sensors indicated that the stargate was active

for a full six minutes before the Core went critical.

Well, they didn't come through here.

Then where'd they go?