1 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,800 (O'Neill) Anybody home? 2 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,560 (Daniel) Jack, it may as well be the moon out here. 3 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,160 If there ever was anybody home, they've been gone 100,000 years or more. 4 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,600 (Teal'c) This world is most definitely Tal lak. 5 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,240 Though it once supported life, it is now extinct. 6 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,600 Well, the probe picked up an EM source coming from something. 7 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:41,280 (bleeping) 8 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:42,760 My guess,... 9 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,440 ..that thing. 10 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,600 (instruments bleeping) 11 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,080 (Carter) I have the same EM frequencies we picked up from the probe. 12 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,720 Sir, this artefact, or whatever it is, is definitely the source. 13 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,520 Are we in danger? 14 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,720 No, sir, I don't think so. Not at the moment. 15 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,120 But... I mean, this is incredible! 16 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:17,920 If Daniel's right, this has been doing this since Neanderthals were on Earth. 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:19,520 Ah, that takes me back! 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,080 (Daniel) Look at this writing. It's so tiny. 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,920 (O'Neill) What does it do? 20 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,000 (Carter) It's maintaining an interior temperature of 33st Fahrenheit. 21 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:33,480 It's generating an electromagnetic field and emitting small amounts ofradiation. 22 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,560 Well, I knew that. 23 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,200 Why does it do that? 24 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:44,040 - I'm trying to make a threat assessment. - I don't know what it is,... 25 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,480 ..but it's got a power source more advanced than anything we've ever seen. 26 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,560 It's a time capsule. 27 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,640 Well, that's an educated guess, but... 28 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:00,720 Imagine your civilisation is facing a great cataclysm and you know it. 29 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:06,040 Wouldn't you leave something behind that told whoever came after who you were? 30 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,920 - Or how you died. - Imagine what you could learn... 31 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,520 ..about your own fate. 32 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,680 When a Goa'uld's world is taken by another,... 33 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,040 ..he may leave behind the means to destroy the conqueror. 34 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:18,760 It might be a booby trap? 35 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,080 Booby? 36 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,080 (Daniel) We're not talking about the Goa'uld here. 37 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,520 This civilisation went to greatpains to leave this artefact behind. 38 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,160 Like a... message in a bottle. 39 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,080 - You buyin' this, Teal'c? - The benefit may outweigh the risk. 40 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,920 Earth could sure use a power source that lasts for thousands ofyears. 41 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,760 All right. Pack it up. Let's go home. 42 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,560 Yes, sir. 43 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,680 (O'Neill) We have the package, sir. I advise level-3 precautions. 44 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:29,920 (technician) Wormhole disengaged. Support teams, go! 45 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,960 (O'Neill) Careful. It's heavy! 46 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,160 Start a spectral analysis right away. 47 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:38,200 And input an imaging of the outer surface into the computer. 48 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,280 (Hammond) Everything go as planned? 49 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,080 Oh, one small step, one giant leap, sir. 50 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,760 We'll debrief in one hour. Welcome home, SG-1 . 51 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,960 Well, we can add two more elements to the periodic table. 52 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,280 Lieutenant, I'd like to record this. 53 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,360 Whatever you say, Captain. 54 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,560 Try to relax, Graham, or it's gonna be a long day. 55 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,280 It's not the artefact. 56 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,480 He gets nervous like that every time he's around you. 57 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:11,920 Maybe a crush. 58 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,640 Uh... we're recording now. 59 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,160 Thank you, Lieutenant. 60 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,520 Oops. 61 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,680 Hey, the artefact! Notice the writing. 62 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,800 So tiny it can't be read by the naked eye. 63 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,080 - (Hammond) What does it say? - Uh, we think it's a set of instructions. 64 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,520 On... how to...? 65 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,240 Open it. We think it, uh... opens. 66 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:50,480 There's the equivalent of 1 ,000 pages of text on the exterior surface alone. 67 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,280 What about the interior? 68 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,360 We know very little. Dr Fraiser's running a positron emission topography. 69 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,200 You know I have the highest respect for your abilities,... 70 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,000 ..but the NID wants a look at the thing. 71 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,000 I recommend against shipping the artefact anywhere just yet, General. 72 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,480 Since the orb's function has yet to be confirmed,... 73 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,120 ..it is best for it to remain in close proximity to the Stargate. 74 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:20,760 You're scheduled to visit P4G-881 . 75 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,840 A primordial world with no civilisation, so no need for an archaeologist. 76 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,120 I'm willing to delay that mission for 24 hours... 77 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:31,200 ..in order to confirm your theory. 78 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,760 - That's not enough time. - But we'll take it. 79 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,480 (Carter) Thank you. 80 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,440 Okay, let's try another X-ray series. 81 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,440 Y-axis this time. 82 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:50,360 (Daniel) Sam? 83 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,800 Yeah. 84 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:56,520 Okay. 85 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:01,280 Up until now I've been assuming that this is a sort of page one. 86 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,720 It's isolated from the other groupings. Now I'm thinking it's numerical. 87 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,520 - It may be the basis of their mathematics. - Right. That's what I thought. 88 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,440 So if these smaller symbols represent exponents... 89 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,280 Then this sequence grows exponentially to become a very big number. 90 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,360 Right. And that is... 91 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,560 ..information I can't use. 92 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,040 Good morning, campers! Sleep well? I did! 93 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:33,720 - Oh, it can't be morning. - Ah, but it is. We ship out at 1300 hours. 94 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,040 Jack, talk to General Hammond. 95 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,280 Nope. I want you both rested and ready to go. That's an order. 96 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,640 Yes, sir. 97 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,160 Jack, come on! 98 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:47,640 Daniel,... 99 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,960 ..SG-1 is a field unit, you know that. Can't have it both ways. 100 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,800 When we get back, you can... visit. 101 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,880 We've got a spike! An EM spike across the wide band! 102 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,240 What? 103 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,960 Interior temperature is increasing - 40st Fahrenheit. 104 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:08,880 Captain? 105 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,000 - We haven't done anything. - (Daniel) Maybe we woke it up. 106 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,280 - 60st! - Radiation levels? 107 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,040 Uh, alpha particle generation within the object's... 108 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,640 - ..magnetic field has increased4... 600%! - (alarm) 109 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,080 Sir, I recommend we return the artefact to P5C-353 now! 110 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,200 Go tell them to start dialling. 111 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:28,320 Go! 112 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,400 (lieutenant) 100st! 113 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,080 Any idea what we're dealing with here? 114 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,520 No, sir. 115 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,920 Whoa! 116 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,920 I think we can rule out time capsule. 117 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,840 - (alarm) - Start dialling in P5C-353! 118 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,240 - By whose orders? - Colonel O'Neill. 119 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:53,800 - Do it. - Yes, sir. 120 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,520 - Dr Jackson? - It's the artefact, sir. Something's wrong. 121 00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:00,520 Temperature is still increasing - 110st. 122 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:02,560 We'll need to put our suits back on. 123 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,760 We'll just open the gate and throw it back through. 124 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,800 Teal'c, give me a hand here. 125 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,560 It does not wish to be removed. 126 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,360 That's too damn bad. 127 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,440 (humming) 128 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,080 (Stargate alarm) 129 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,600 Chevron six encoded. 130 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,760 (O'Neill) Out of the way, people! 131 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,560 (technician) Chevron seven locked. 132 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,080 Get outta there! 133 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,120 (O'Neill screams) 134 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,080 - Put the base on full alert! - We need a medical team. 135 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,320 Security to the embarkation room! Medical team to the embarkation room! 136 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:17,480 Teal'c... 137 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:19,520 Kill it! 138 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:21,520 Oh, God... 139 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,840 Sir, the uh... Stargate. 140 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,760 Shut it down. 141 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,640 Colonel! 142 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,160 It goes right through his shoulder into the concrete. 143 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,160 - Oh, my God! - Get something to support his legs. 144 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,800 - Okay, what can you tell me? - (Carter) I don't know, but it's still hot. 145 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:11,600 Temperature's 133. 146 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,960 This wound is too clean. There should be more trauma. 147 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,040 Where's Teal'c? 148 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,920 It's gone through the scapula. 149 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:18,720 Teal'c! 150 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:21,600 Shoot it! 151 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,800 - Sir! - Shoot it! 152 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,800 I suggest you observe from the control room. 153 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,520 Everybody out of here! 154 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,160 Teal'c, fire when ready. 155 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,320 With respect, General, this is a mistake. 156 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:44,280 Why? 157 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,040 We don't know how much staff energy will go through into the colonel. 158 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:49,640 Your objection is noted. 159 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,720 Do it! 160 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,360 Again! 161 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,760 (screams) 162 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,720 - No change. - Sir, it just absorbed the energy. 163 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,720 This weapon is ineffective. I shall try another. 164 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,320 No! 165 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,440 Sir, that staff energy's gone somewhere. We could be feeding it what it wants. 166 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,000 I want a cutting torch down there. 167 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,560 If it's made of the same alloys as the shell on the orb itself,... 168 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,280 ..then it is several hundred times stronger than steel. 169 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,360 Sir, with your permission? 170 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,000 Colonel O'Neill,... 171 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,160 ..this is going to take some time. 172 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,040 (Hammond) I don't give a damn... 173 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,280 ..what Colonel Maybourne says. I've made my decision. 174 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,920 Unless I am ordered otherwise, I'm not allowing anyone in or out of this facility... 175 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,440 ..until we can send the damn thing back where it came from. 176 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,920 No, General. Thank you. 177 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,240 The NID people want to see it. 178 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,360 After what it's done to the colonel? 179 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:25,440 Especially after what it's done. 180 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,960 They're hoping we've found a weapon to use against the Goa'uld. 181 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,280 - All I can tell them is what it isn't. - General, I don't know what to say. 182 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:37,760 I wanted the artefact to be something wonderful. 183 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,200 You have nothing to apologise for, son. 184 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,520 We've brought things back from all over the galaxy. 185 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:46,280 One of them's finally snapped us in the ass. 186 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,440 We managed to collect a significant amount of data, sir. 187 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,200 Then I suggest you get to it. Dismissed. 188 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:06,680 This is Hammond. Lock up the mountain. Authorisation code red-beta. 189 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,760 Initiate Wildfire. 190 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,200 (PA) Attention. Level-4 quarantine is now in effect. 191 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,320 (alarm) 192 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,720 Switching to internal power and life support. 193 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,040 Hot. 194 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,600 I know. 195 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,680 You've a very high fever caused by an infection. 196 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:43,040 I'm gonna give you a broad-spectrum antibiotic to help fight it. 197 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:48,720 The artefact's internal temperature just levelled offat 149st Fahrenheit. 198 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:52,720 Sergeant. 199 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,840 Your progress here is unsatisfactory. 200 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,200 Can't go any faster, sir. This is the hardest stuff I've ever come across. 201 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,720 Then I will delay you no further. 202 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:10,320 We're gonna need everyone's help. Colonel O'Neill is alive but in trouble. 203 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,960 The data we've managed to gather is all in the base computer. 204 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,640 It's not much but it's all we have. Use it. 205 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,360 Don't rule anything out or make assumptions. 206 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,080 I'll lead the translation team. 207 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,200 And we'll be working out of the astrophysics lab. 208 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,160 Any questions? 209 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,200 - So we're dealing with a weapon. - That's an assumption, Captain. 210 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,240 All right, let's get to work. 211 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,160 - How is he? - He's developed an infection. 212 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:45,240 I've given him antibiotics which, amazingly, have slowed its progress. 213 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,600 - Why is that amazing? - I think you should see this. 214 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:53,960 It's mobile, like a bacteria. 215 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,720 But small, like a virus, and slightly radioactive. 216 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,600 Definitely alien. And they also seem to bond in chains. 217 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,080 (Carter) And it's infected the colonel. 218 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,160 This is why I wanted you to see it. 219 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,480 I took this from the colonel's uniform around his wound. 220 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,440 It's infected his clothes as well as living tissue? 221 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,960 It's metabolising the fibres as if it was living tissue. 222 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,440 Like a form of necrotising fasciitis. 223 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,480 Flesh-eating disease? 224 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,120 - Okay, you said slightly radioactive. - Yep. 225 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:27,480 Lieutenant! 226 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,800 We used ultraviolet when we tested the iris's structural integrity. 227 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,320 - Right. - Yep. 228 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,840 Uh... Let's get some UV units in the gate room. 229 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,720 Teal'c? Colonel? 230 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:48,320 It's gonna get a little dark in there for a few seconds while we try something. 231 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,760 Bringing up the UV lights... 232 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:11,920 ..now. 233 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,440 Oh, my God! 234 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,360 This is an even bigger problem than we thought. 235 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,480 (lieutenant) Captain Carter? 236 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,080 What's happening to me? 237 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:00,320 (Carter) This organism can eat through virtually any substance. Even concrete. 238 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,640 This entire complex is made of concrete. 239 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,520 Worse than that, it's got a taste for the base wiring. 240 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:11,320 Which means it'll affect or rather infect our computers and communications. 241 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,840 Then we need to kill it. How do we do that? 242 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,520 (Fraiser) We've sprayed around the mainframe with a pesticide,... 243 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,680 ..but it hasn't even slowed it down. 244 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,840 What was that you just gave me? 245 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,960 Tetracycline. It's kept the infection at bay in Colonel O'Neill... 246 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:30,320 ..and it seems to work prophylactically. But, sir, I'll need more... 247 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,920 Absolutely not! A Wildfire directive means nothing in or out. You know that. 248 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:39,160 Sir, Simmons's infection is even more far gone than Colonel O'Neill's. 249 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,160 But he's allergic to tetracycline, and the alternatives I have on base... 250 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,320 Don't make me repeat myself, Doctor. 251 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,920 With your permission, sir, I'd better get back to the infirmary. 252 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,120 - Captain... - Sir? 253 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,280 I need your honest assessment. 254 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,880 Can we beat this? 255 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,400 Like the colonel always says - never give up. 256 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,800 I'm not sure, sir. 257 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,880 Maybe it's time to consider evacuating personnel through the Stargate. 258 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,040 I've thought of that, but to where? 259 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:32,120 There's no guarantee that we can stop the organism coming with us. 260 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,120 We don't have the right to infect another world. 261 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,120 There are a number of uninhabited worlds. 262 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,400 Albeit most are uninhabited for good reason. 263 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,480 Even if we could evacuate,... 264 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,680 ..practically every one of us is now infected by the organism to some degree. 265 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:52,040 Without antibiotics we'd all be like Lieutenant Simmons by now. 266 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,920 The survivors would run out of supplies in a few days. 267 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,480 They'd have that much time to find a solution. 268 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,880 It's not worth the risk in my opinion. 269 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,760 We don't know what the orb would do if we tried to activate the Stargate again. 270 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,360 Very well. We'll make our stand right here, Captain. 271 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,400 Yes, sir. 272 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,040 It won't take us without a fight, sir. 273 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:21,440 Damn right it won't. 274 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,080 (groans) 275 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,240 - Teal'c... - I am here, O'Neill. 276 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,240 - It's hot. - The fever burns within you. 277 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:55,160 You? 278 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,760 The symbiote I carry appears to protect me. 279 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,360 Way to go, junior. 280 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,440 Doctor Fraiser will find a cure. 281 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,120 Teal'c, you don't have to stick around. 282 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,360 Undomesticated equines could not remove me. 283 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,080 Wild horses, Teal'c. 284 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:29,280 It's... 285 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,880 That's a joke. 286 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,520 You told a joke. 287 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,240 Don't make me laugh, please. 288 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,280 Very well. 289 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,360 You're a good man, my friend. 290 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,280 As are you,... my friend. 291 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,160 (sergeant) Sir! 292 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,160 I'm just about through here. 293 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,680 - It's moving! - (O'Neill screams) 294 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,320 Teal'c... 295 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,040 It will not allow us to free you, O'Neill. 296 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,520 God... help... 297 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,320 (Daniel) All right. 298 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:53,000 If this is page one and this sequence of numbers indicates exponential growth,... 299 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,880 ..what does that mean? 300 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,600 It could represent the growth pattern of the alien organism. 301 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,600 So far its spread has followed an exponential curve. 302 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,280 All right. So from that we can extrapolate that it's a warning. 303 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,040 This organism will continue to expand exponentially until... 304 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,240 ..what? 305 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,880 Until we die? 306 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,760 I mean, if that's what it says,... 307 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,000 ..what's the point of saying it? 308 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,640 Try turning the page. Maybe the answer's there. 309 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,520 Right. 310 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,000 Hey... 311 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,080 How's the pain? 312 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,360 It's not too bad. 313 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,120 Well, I'm gonna give you something for it anyway. 314 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:47,880 Hey! 315 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,120 If you see Captain Carter... 316 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,120 Tell you what, Lieutenant,... 317 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,240 ..she has to come down soon for her booster so... 318 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,680 ..I'll make sure I send her over. 319 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:21,800 I was right. The staff blast gave the organism energy it needed to spread. 320 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,360 It's reproducing because we fed it. 321 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,120 - Damn! Why did I let them do that? - Okay, so it feeds on energy. 322 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,560 How do we use that? It feeds on everything. 323 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,320 - Have the CO2 levels gone up? - Yeah. The scrubbers are handling it. 324 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,520 Like fire. Add energy and fuel, it burns hotter and longer,... 325 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,680 ..but it can't live without one thing. 326 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,600 - Oxygen. - Yes! 327 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,040 - We can't either. - But at least we can slow it down. 328 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,520 (bleeping) 329 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,560 - What's happening? - It's gotten into our computers. 330 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,040 Keep working. 331 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:59,280 (man) This way! This way! 332 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,200 You can't come this way, Captain. It's eaten through a steam pipe. 333 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,520 (metallic clang) 334 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,200 Hello! 335 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,280 Somebody! 336 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,360 - Somebody! - Hello? 337 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,840 Daniel! 338 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,280 I'm stuck in here. Get the doors open. 339 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,960 Hurry up! 340 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,120 It's eating through the control panel. 341 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,080 - Sam! - I'm okay. I'll explain later. 342 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,080 General, sir, I have something. 343 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,120 (Carter) What is he doing? 344 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,160 Teal'c is trying to stop the spread of the organism. 345 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,440 - Tell him to stop. - Why? It's working. 346 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,920 Only because the fire is consuming the oxygen in the room. 347 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,400 It feeds on energy. 348 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,240 Sir, I'm asking you to trust me. 349 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:25,800 Teal'c! 350 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,920 Stand down. 351 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,040 We're going to try another approach. 352 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,480 Okay. The organism needs oxygen to reproduce. 353 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,040 Since we're on internal life support,... 354 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,880 ..we can adjust the CO2 and lower the oxygen levels. 355 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,520 How low are we talking? 356 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,120 We'll start at 8%, but we have to start now. 357 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,200 - Do it. - Yes, sir. 358 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:52,720 General Hammond! You should see this. 359 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,320 Auto self-destruct has been initiated. 360 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,720 I didn't touch it. The self-destruct countdown just started on its own. 361 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:00,920 General? 362 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,200 In the event of containment failure, Wildfire kicks in automatically. 363 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,960 We have to stop the autodestruct. 364 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:12,280 We have a duty to make sure the organism does not leave the mountain. 365 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,400 With all due respect, sir, you don't understand. 366 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,200 It can feed on a staff blast's energy. How far do you think it will spread... 367 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,280 ..if the autodestruct goes off? 368 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,200 I need two officers to override. 369 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,920 (bleeping) 370 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,760 The organism's invaded our computers. It won't recognise our codes. 371 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,920 The internal clock's been activated. We can't stop it without the computer. 372 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:43,400 Then the organism will be fed enough energy to spread across the whole Earth. 373 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,240 (O'Neill) I blew it. 374 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,440 I screwed up. 375 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:09,200 I also believed we should retrieve the object. 376 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,160 It was my decision. 377 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,920 If we are to meet the challenge of the Goa'uld and further your race,... 378 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:25,040 ..risks must be taken. 379 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,600 Your decision was correct. 380 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,280 (Fraiser) Your idea seems to be working. 381 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,280 It slowed the progress of the organism by almost 90%. 382 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,920 Don't jump up and down now or you'll get my other patients excited. 383 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,680 In a completely anaerobic environment, the organism just goes dormant. 384 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,200 All we've done is buy ourselves a little time before... 385 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,320 I gotta get back to work. 386 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,000 Before you do, would you stop by to see Lieutenant Simmons? 387 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,560 How's he doin'? 388 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,560 Thanks. 389 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,040 Graham? 390 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:23,920 Captain Carter! 391 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,720 We're fighting this thing. You just gotta hang in there. 392 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,840 Before I... 393 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,320 I just wanted to say... 394 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,200 ..how much... 395 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,280 (coughs) 396 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,920 How am I doin' so far? 397 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,480 You're doin' just fine. 398 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,560 (bleeping and buzzing) 399 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:34,840 Come here! 400 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,920 - (man) Who? - What? Anybody. Just... come here. 401 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,840 Look at this. 402 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,200 Wait for it... 403 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,240 There. 404 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,440 - That symbol's on the artefact. - Yes, it is. 405 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,480 It's trying to communicate with us. 406 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:04,560 What we thought was gibberish may be the aliens' attempt to communicate. 407 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,880 The symbols could also be from the random files from our earlier research. 408 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,720 No. I didn't start working on this until after the computers went down. 409 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,160 What might they be trying to communicate? 410 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:19,880 They could be saying, "Take me to your leader", for all I know. I have no idea. 411 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,280 The point is that they're trying. 412 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,160 We haven't considered that we may be up against an alien intelligence. 413 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:32,200 We've treated it like a disease, a plague. Not once have we stopped to listen. 414 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:33,440 How do we do that? 415 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,400 - We let it grow. - What? 416 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:42,120 We increase the oxygen levels. We hit it with another staff weapon blast. 417 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,600 We let it do what it's been trying to do. 418 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,160 The opposite of the advice you've been giving me up to now. 419 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,240 Which is it, Captain? 420 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,160 General, we both know what will happen if we don't try something. 421 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,440 (buzzer, door opens) 422 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,960 The organism bonds together in chains. 423 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:12,280 What if it can only express that intelligence once it reaches critical mass? 424 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:17,320 But even then it'll be communicating in a language that I can't translate... 425 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,200 ..without a point of reference. 426 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,080 Maybe Colonel O'Neill didn't just get in the way. 427 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,680 Dr Fraiser said there was no blood. 428 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,760 There is practically no trauma around that wound. 429 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,160 Yet that's just not possible. 430 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,400 - Unless it did it on purpose. - Yes! 431 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,120 We have to cut off his medication, sir. 432 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,320 Are you out of your mind? 433 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,040 If you do so, O'Neill will die. 434 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:42,880 He'd want us to try, I know it. 435 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,680 Communicate with the organism through Jack? 436 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,960 Yes! I think that's what it's been trying to do all along. 437 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,600 Oxygen levels now 30% above normal. 438 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,200 Sir? 439 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,520 Sir, I don't know if what we're about to try is a good idea or not. 440 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,800 But you have a right to know. You might not survive it. 441 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,040 (Carter) Okay, Teal'c. 442 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,440 Again. 443 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,120 We have to. Again. 444 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,160 No pulse. 445 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,240 (distorted) Good morning, campers. 446 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,880 This... 447 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,880 ..is truly a strange feeling. 448 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,280 Colonel? 449 00:34:47,240 --> 00:34:50,320 Yes. He is here. 450 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,000 Who else are we talking to? 451 00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,880 We... 452 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,560 ..are also here. 453 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,280 - My name is... - Hammond. 454 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,000 Yes. 455 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,040 O'Neill knows. 456 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,920 Then you should also know we mean you no harm. 457 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,080 You awoke us. 458 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,680 We have only recently become aware of your existence. 459 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,600 You would have returned us... 460 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,440 ..to our former world. 461 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,080 - We believed you were a threat to us. - We feared you. 462 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,320 And your fear would have destroyed us. 463 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,920 Millennia ago... 464 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,760 ..our world was dying. 465 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,240 We could no longer... 466 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,320 ..live there. 467 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,840 For this reason,... 468 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,240 ..we created the orb. 469 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,520 Where you have slept for 100,000 years. 470 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,120 Yes, Daniel. 471 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:15,440 Waiting for someone to come along, like us, and take you through the Stargate. 472 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,720 So it was written on the orb. 473 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:22,920 Once exposed to the atmosphere of a living world,... 474 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,160 ..we went forth. 475 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:27,920 And multiplied. 476 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,040 So it was written. 477 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,440 Auto self-destruct in four minutes. 478 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:37,040 - We cannot go back. - And we cannot allow you to stay. 479 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,400 O'Neill feels this as well. 480 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,560 However,... 481 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:49,760 ..you have allowed us no alternatives. 482 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,720 General, we're almost out of time. 483 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,320 This place, admittedly out of our ignorance,... 484 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,120 ..is about to be destroyed by an explosion. 485 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,920 Such energy only serves... 486 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,360 ..to nourish us. 487 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,440 We will multiply... 488 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,080 ..and consume... 489 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:12,080 ..your world. 490 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,320 If you would allow us to restore our communications,... 491 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,720 ..we could stop that from happening. 492 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:21,640 We would survive. 493 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,720 O'Neill desires this... 494 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,680 ..as well. 495 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,120 He wishes... 496 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,240 ..to live. 497 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,560 But what of us? 498 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:44,440 P4G-881 ! 499 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,720 It's primordial. Lots of oxygen and sunlight. 500 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,240 Like this world was a quarter of a billion years ago. 501 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,000 We can't open the Stargate without the computers. 502 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,360 You would send us there? 503 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,120 Through your Stargate? 504 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,560 We would. 505 00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:07,120 - For what reason? - So that we both may survive. 506 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:19,640 We'll take you there ourselves! Please! 507 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,080 (technician) Everything just shut down! 508 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:35,640 God help us. 509 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,920 Auto self-destruct in two minutes. 510 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,800 Sir, I think the computers are rebooting! 511 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,920 Start dialling P4G-881 as soon as they're up! 512 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:49,200 Yes, sir. 513 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,640 (Stargate alarm) 514 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,840 Auto self-destruct in one minute 30 seconds. 515 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,160 Chevron one engaged. 516 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:10,800 Chevron two engaged. 517 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,440 Chevron three engaged. 518 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:23,960 Chevron four engaged. 519 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,720 Auto self-destruct in one minute. 520 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:31,080 Chevron five engaged. 521 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,000 Chevron six engaged. 522 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:45,680 Chevron seven locked. 523 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,960 Auto self-destruct in 30 seconds. 524 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:10,760 20 seconds. 525 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,040 10,... 526 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,560 ..9,... 527 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:25,640 ..4, 3,... 528 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,400 Autodestruct is aborted. 529 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,360 Auto self-destruct aborted. 530 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,560 Nice work. 531 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:53,480 It is good to see you alive and well, O'Neill. 532 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,360 - Welcome back, Jack. - We thought you were gone for good, sir. 533 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:01,560 Wild horses, Captain. 534 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:19,240 Visiontext subtitles: Susan Voas