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Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams
to the gate room.

Give me your weapon.

Simulation time-
49 seconds?

It's not bad, not bad.

How was it?
Was it fun?

Indeed. You died well
in battle, O'Neill.

Obviously, there's something
defective with this thing.

Agreed.

An Anubis drone is a far more formidable
warrior than this simulation suggests.

What? Look, we've been
working on this chair for two years...

to make it a viable virtual reality
training tool for SGC personnel.

You have failed.

He's nothing if not honest.

Well, I mean, maybe we could-
It could use a little more work, but-

Can you make it harder-
more difficult?

Well, I mean, we can input the parameters
for different scenarios...

but the vast majority of the simulation
array comes from the mind of the user.

The programming is actually built...

by interfacing memories
from the individual's consciousness...

with the chair's matrix.

Carter, all I heard was "matrix",
and I found those films quite confusing.

I think what Dr. Lee
is trying to explain...

is that the simulation actually learns
its realism from the person using it.

- What?
- Yeah. No, we built it...

we tested the software extensively
using a variety of subjects...

obviously no one
with Teal'c's field experience.

Subjects?
To whom do you refer?

Well-

Hey, ifTeal'c would agree
to work with us a little more-

Look, all you'd have to do is basically
just play the game, let it learn from you.

Oh, come on, it'd be fun.
You'd be so good.

Very well.

There you go.

Just make sure there's a beginner's level
for the rest of us.

Oh, yeah, we can always
make it easier.

Not that we'd have to for you,
certainly.

I mean, for others, but you'd be fine.

Carter.
Gentlemen.

Thanks to Colonel Carter's
new code translation program...

we can actually
monitor your progress...

through a graphic representation
of your point of view.

You've played Doom.

I played DefJam Vendetta.

Exactly, yes.

Now, there is a two-second delay...

between the chair's processor
and your perceived experience...

but... well, I mean,
you shouldn't notice anything.

Anyway, we can store every aspect
of your activity in the game...

and then later choose what
we're going to incorporate...

into our programming
of the training scenario.

Oh, you understand, as before...

once your mind is interfaced
with the chair...

we cannot forcibly
remove the connection...

or cut power to the chair
without endangering you.

Indeed.

It's a function of the new chair design.

Since the whole Gamekeeper incident,
the aliens of P7J-989...

built the shutoff command
into the internal programming...

so only someone in the chair
can control it.

You have previously given me
this information, Colonel Carter.

This is a little different this time...

because the game will actually
be learning from you...

and then incorporating those changes
into its programming code.

If you're killed in the game...

it will reset and you'll
automatically start again.

The chair will only disconnect
and end the game under two conditions-

once you complete the scenario
or if you engage the internal fail-safe...

which, of course,
you're free to do at any time.

That will be unnecessary.

Don't be so cocky, Teal'c.
The chair is intuitive.

It's eventually gonna learn
everything you know.

Now, if you wanna stop it
before the conclusion of the simulation...

just get to the base elevator,
head for the surface.

Ready?

Proceed.

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

Give me your weapon.

What just happened?

It looks like the chair induced
a pain response when he was killed.

It's directly linked to his brain.
We knew it was capable of this.

Yeah, but it's just a simulation.
It doesn't have to hurt.

Yeah, see, that's the difference
between you and Teal'c.

He knows that in a real situation your
tactics would be completely different...

if you thought you couldn't
feel any pain.

Man, that was a heck of a shock.

He'd want it to be realistic.

Well, fortunately we limited the chair
from being able to deliver...

any sort of lethal jolt.

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

Get out of here, Teal'c.

That's twice.

Looks like the chair
is learning quickly.

Don't count Teal'c out yet.

Ooh, that's cold.

Colonel, I'm pretty concerned
about some of these bioreadings.

Me too.

Dr. Carmichael, this is Colonel Carter.
Can you join us in Science Lab 5?

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

Colonel Carter, I require your assistance.

Likewise. SG-3 came in hot.

Sounds like our gate room people
could use a little backup.

- They are all dead.
- Excuse me?

The gate room has been breached.

Our most effective defense will be to seal
off the east and south ends of Level 28.

If we act now, we may be able
to force them into a cross fire.

- Force who?
- The two Anubis warriors.

How the hell can you know that?

Because they have chosen the same route
seven of the last 10 times.

Colonel, we have two hostiles
headed your way.

Roger that. We're in position.
Heads up, people.

Fall back!

Well, you were right to be
concerned about these readings.

Frequent sympathetic spikes
in his natural adrenaline production...

are causing blood pressure
and heart rate way too high...

to be sustained over the long term.

That last ambush should have worked.
Why did the energy weapon have no effect?

I don't know.

Have you ever known a Super Soldier
to be resistant...

to the weapon like that in reality?

But it's possible, right?

We've seen situations where the Goa'uld
have adapted their technology...

to defend against something
we've thrown at them.

Well, hopefully the game will also
extrapolate possible solutions...

and offer them to Teal'c.

Well, I mean, it'd just be fair.

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

- All security teams to the gate room.
- Teal'c, SG-3 came in hot.

Sounds like the gate room people
could use some backup.

We've gotta move!

Colonel Carter, listen to me.

The SGC has been penetrated
by two Anubis drones.

Our weapons are now ineffective
against their armor.

- How could you-
- How is this possible?

- That's what I wanna know.
- I am speaking of the armor.

It could have been altered to resist
the effectiveness of the energy weapon.

Can they now be defeated?

I've been working on
a frequency modulator chip.

- Where is it?
- In my lab, but I still don't-

Show me.

It's only a prototype.

Warning! Base autodestruct
sequence has been activated.

- Nice of you to join us!
- We've been busy.

They've found a way to counteract
our little weapons here.

Warning! Base autodestruct sequence
has been activated.

Thirty seconds to detonation.

- Base autodestruct has been aborted.
- We're clear.

Then the threat has been eliminated.

The threat has been eliminated.

Teal'c, you're injured.

I'm fine.

- I don't get it. That should be the end.
- You're saying he should have won.

Well, that was the conclusion
of the originally programmed scenario.

The chair is not disconnecting.

And the game's not resetting
to the beginning either.

That's not fair. You can't win a race
if someone keeps moving the finish line.

He said he wanted it to be harder,
more realistic.

In reality,
we haven't defeated the Goa'uld.

Are you saying the game won't end
until he defeats all the Goa'uld?

You tell me. You said the game
was learning the rules from Teal'c.

Yeah, but the parameters can't go beyond
the base invasion scenario.

Can you get him out?

Not without risking
serious neural damage.

The game has a fail-safe.
All Teal'c has to do is quit.

Yeah. Teal'c quit.

Anubis drones must have waited
for SG-3 to dial the gate...

and then overwhelmed them
at the last minute.

What I can't figure out is how they knew
how to set the base self-destruct.

I can't believe General O'Neill
is really dead.

- He is not dead.
- What?

We must focus on the situation.
The threat has not been neutralized.

- What?
- We will search the base immediately.

More warriors remain.

What?

He also knew the Super Soldiers' armor
was resistant to our energy weapons.

Sergeant Harriman reported that there were
only two intruders before he got killed.

They held the control room long enough to
keep the iris open and let others through.

Maybe, but the logs would have indicated
there was another incoming wormhole.

The threat has not been neutralized.

There are others.
I am certain of it.

Because?

The game has not yet ended.

I know this isn't your strongest suit,
but this is a really bad time for jokes.

You are all part of a simulation...

designed to test the SGC's preparedness
in case of gate breach.

None of you are real.

I am fine.

Warning! Base autodestruct sequence
has been activated.

Sam?

I don't understand it.

Somebody must have reactivated
the autodestruct from a remote location.

I'm locked out of the system.
I can't shut it down.

How did you know?

His heart rate and blood pressure
are too high.

How long can he do this?

I don't know, a day, maybe less.

I thought the chair wasn't
supposed to be able to kill him?

The physiological effects
it can have at any one time are limited.

Yes, but I'm afraid that...

while each individual pain stimulus
isn't in any way life-threatening...

the cumulative effect
is now starting to take its toll.

If he doesn't have a heart attack,
he'll eventually run out of adrenaline.

His heart will slow down.
His blood pressure will drop.

His entire organ system
is gonna fail.

Death by a thousand cuts.

You must disable
the autodestruct command.

What?

The SGC will be breached
by Anubis warriors.

They will attempt to destroy the base
via the autodestruct command.

- What are you talking about?
- If you disable the command...

they'll be forced to use other
means to achieve their goal.

- Only then can we hope to defeat them.
- Teal'c, how could you possibly know-

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

There is little time.

Colonel.

He's at Level 28.

He's already got the modulator chip...

and he's used it to kill
the first two Super Soldiers.

He's hunting for the third-

Man, he's not in good shape.

This is ridiculous.
It's torturing him.

Why won't he quit?

Wait a minute.
He's headed for the elevator.

He's gonna use the fail-safe.

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

It didn't work.
He's back in the game.

You know, I always thought
a fail-safe system...

was supposed to be
somewhat safe from failure.

From the beginning,
in Teal'c's mind...

the goal was to make the simulation
as real as possible.

As much as he must now wanna quit...

we think the game
evaluated his character...

and decided that
if this were a real situation...

Teal'c would never give up
under any circumstances.

Well, it's right.
It's also just a game.

But the game doesn't know that.

So how do we get him out?

Removing the connections
while the system is operating...

is very dangerous,
potentially fatal.

On the other hand...

the physical stress that
the chair is putting him under...

will eventually kill him anyway.

Right now, the only way out
is for Teal'c to win the game.

Can he?

It seems to be getting harder and harder.

Every time it appears he's won,
the game adds a new twist.

So it's not gonna let him win.

No. The chair doesn't have an ego.
It's not trying to beat Teal'c.

Just provide a challenge
that's worthy of his abilities.

Ironically, it's Teal'c's ego that created
this problem in the first place...

not that his self-image
isn't entirely accurate.

If this continues, he's gonna require
adrenaline to sustain his heart rate.

And the thing is, I can't keep him
going like this for long.

There has to be a way
for him to win.

- I think it's helping.
- Yeah. Yeah.

- They've adapted their armor.
- Cover me.

Colonel Carter.

Teal'c, what's going on?

What are you doing with
a thermographic sensor?

There's a third drone.

Are you sure?
I thought only two came through.

I'm certain.
He is using a cloak of invisibility.

Nice one.

- And it is not yet over.
- There are more?

Colonel?

Go ahead.

Ma'am, I've got a problem with the
naquadah generator in Storage Room 28-F9.

I can't stop it.

Someone's rigged it on a feedback loop.

There's not enough time
to stop the overload.

Sergeant, dial the gate now.
P4M-523.

Yes, ma'am.
Starting dialing sequence.

Chevron one encoded.

Chevron two encoded.

Chevron three encoded.

Chevron four-

Daniel?
What the hell are you doing?

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

Warning! Base autodestruct
sequence has been activated.

- How's he doin'?
- Not well.

His physical exhaustion's
translating into the game.

It's like he's having trouble even playing
anymore. It still won't let him go.

I spoke to one of
the scientists on P7J-989.

He says there's nothing they can do
under the circumstances.

What are you doing?

They had a neural imprint
ofTeal'c's mind on file...

from when we were trapped
in the chair six years ago.

Creepy.

Yeah. I'm trying
not to think about it.

Anyway, I'm running
a simulation on this chair...

using the same parameters
that Teal'c's dealing with now.

And?

Well, the imprint's nowhere near
the same as a live active mind.

Plus, a lot has changed
in the last six years.

Yeah, but not the essence
ofTeal'c's character.

See, that's what worries me.
I hope it has.

Now, I have run
hundreds of simulations.

No matter what Teal'c does,
the programming adapts.

Every time it looks like he's won,
the chair makes it harder.

It's almost like the game
is reading Teal'c's mind...

and somehow
seeing this one game...

as a microcosm for
our war against the Goa'uld.

Well, that's how Teal'c probably treats
every battle we fight with 'em.

Well, according to these results...

six years ago,
despite what Teal'c led us to believe...

deep down, he didn't really think
the Goa'uld could ever be defeated.

Well, he doesn't think that now.

He can't, not after everything
we've accomplished.

I hope you're right.

Otherwise, no matter how long
or hard Teal'c plays the game...

he won't win.

This can't go on for much longer.

We're gonna have to make a decision soon
about forcibly removing the connections.

You know, it's too bad we can't
hook up a joystick to this thing...

give him a little help,
a little backup, maybe.

Actually, we could
link up another chair...

and send someone else
into the same simulation.

Oh. That wouldn't make any difference.

The processors would network and the
second person would just fall victim...

to the same altered elements in
the simulation that have trapped Teal'c.

Unless the new player
had an advantage.

Sir, you may have done it again.

Yes.

How'd I do it this time?

These graphics are being generated by
a data recorder that's tracking the game.

It's actually interfaced into the system
between the chair's processor and Teal'c.

The chair decides what's
gonna happen, Teal'c responds.

Those responses are then incorporated,
processed, and we see the results.

It's a continuous loop
of ever-changing data.

Oh.

Still waitin' on my good idea.

The recorder causes a two-second delay
between the programming in the chair...

and the experience in Teal'c's mind.

He won't know the difference,
but we could use it to our advantage.

If we hook the second chair to the first
without using the recorder in the loop-

The new player would know
what was about to happen in the game...

two seconds before it occurred.

- Like precognition.
- Exactly.

It's not much...

but it might give us enough of an edge
to help both players win.

That's assuming the chair's programming
won't become aware of it and adapt.

Which would mean that
there's a good chance...

that the second player could be
trapped along with Teal'c.

I'll do it.

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

What are you doing?
No, don't! Don't!

Why'd he shoot him?

Because Daniel was a Goa'uld
in the last several simulations.

I told you I should have gone.

The last thing we needed was the game
learning from your tactical experience.

I gotta get used to this.

Threat level-
Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

Easy. Don't shoot.

Just hear me out.

Okay, it's me. I'm real.

I'm not a Goa'uld,
and I'm gonna prove that to you, okay?

- Crap!
- Threat level- Foxtrot Alpha Six.

All security teams to the gate room.

I'm sorry, buddy.
You're gonna have to listen to me.

Okay. Now a minute ago,
we were in Sam's lab.

I was trying to convince you
I was real and you shot me, remember?

What happened next?

The game reset.

I know. It's probably happened
so many times, it's just one big blur...

but the reason it happened this time
is because I'm playing too.

I'm in a chair, just like you.

If either one of us die,
we both lose.

It will not let me out.

I know.

The game thinks in a real
situation you'd never quit.

No matter what I do...

it is not possible, DanielJackson,
it is not possible.

Yes, it is.

That's why I'm here.

Come on, let's do this...
together.

- We must leave this area immediately.
- Yeah, I heard that.

You possess the ability
to foresee the future?

Yeah, two seconds in the future.

To be honest with you,
it's kind of freaking me out.

Two seconds is not a lot of time.

I mean, just a chance to see
something happen and all I can say is...

watch out.

No, seriously, watch out!

We're gonna need a crash cart in here.

You can't introduce an electrical impulse
to the chair like that.

He's right.

There's a very good chance Teal'c
is gonna go into cardiac arrest...

if he suffers one more reset.

His heart's stopped.

He's got a pulse.

That's not gonna work again.

I don't wanna see that again.

I thought they were gonna
be able to beat this thing.

It may take Daniel a while
to adjust to the precognitive abilities.

Plus, two seconds
isn't a lot of time.

He'll need the right opportunity
to take advantage of it.

We must possess the modulator chip to
compensate for the drones' modified armor.

- Any idea where she keeps it?
- It changes location each time.

Of course it does.

Found it!

Down!

Yeah.

This could work.

- Why didn't you shoot him?
- Such an action has always proven fatal.

On a previous version of the game...

when I've eliminated a drone
from this location...

it has inevitably attracted the attention
of a third cloaked drone.

So we'll shoot him too.

It is merely a diversion designed
to allow a Goa'uld...

hidden in our midst
enough time to destroy the base.

He will use either our
self-destruct mechanism...

or a naquadah generator
designed to overload.

And if you try to stop one,
it uses the other.

Indeed.

I suppose the identity of
that Goa'uld always changes too.

Yes.

I believe it to be the final component
of the game we must overcome.

- You guys all right?
- Oh, yeah. Thanks.

The naquadah generator.

You guys all right?

Almost got it.
Just give me a second.

Step away from the device.

Teal'c, what are you doing?

We've got less than a minute
before this thing goes critical.

Step away.

I'd do as he says.

What the hell's goin' on here?

Teal'c, we're all gonna die
if you don't let me stop that overload.

She may be a Goa'uld.

It was Siler.

He was in here.
I found him setting the generator.

Teal'c, put the weapon down.
That's an order.

What if it's not her?

You said yourself you could never tell
who it was until the last second.

You may be correct,
DanielJackson.

Hey!

Now what?

Well, I know for a fact
it's not me or Teal'c.

I don't know.
I can't tell.

- Is it finished?
- Yeah. You did it.

Shutting off power to both chairs.

Hey.

We have won.

Well...

it's what we do.