Daniel: Your eminence, our government has asked us
to return to tollana to arrange for
formal diplomatic relations with your people.
Consider it done.
You are, after all, the people who saved us from the Goa'uld.
Thank you. Yes.
Well, in that spirit we'd like to arrange for atrade.
What would you like to trade?
Technology.
I'm sorry.
You know that is the one thing we cannot give you.
Tollan law strictly forbids it.
Daniel: Ok, we understand that. However, in our culture,
laws can be changed when it's deemed that the reasons for those laws
are no longer relevant.
The reasons for these laws are still relevant.
Ok, please, if you just allow me to make our case.
I assume you want weapons technology.
Yes.
One of those ion cannons would be nice.
I see.
And for what will you use such a Cannon?
To defend ourselves against the Goa'uld.
Forgive me, colonel, but our research shows
that you are far more likely to use our technology
against enemies on your own planet.
What if I gave you my word that would never happen?
Are you the commander of your entire nation?
No.
Then in truth, you cannot guarantee it.
You know what?—...
Forget it. Jack?
We knew you wouldn't give us anything.
We're wasting a lot of time here.
Jack—— no, Daniel.
Let's go.
Daniel: What are you doing?
O'Neill: We never should have saved their
technologically superior butts.
This is that thing they disable our weapons with, isn't it?
As well as the Goa'uld technology.
Daniel: Don't even think about it.
Sir, isn'tthis against regulations?
I suppose it is, Carter.
Let's go.
Daniel: Kinda crossing the line—...
Shut up, Daniel.
Hammond: As you were. Sorry to keep you waiting.
So, what is this device you've brought back?
It's the thing the tollan used to disable our weapons the last time we were there.
And it really works?
Worked on us... and the Goa'uld.
It should come in handy.
Good job. Thank you, sir.
Hammond: So, what did you have to promise them in return, Dr. Jackson?
Actually, general, we didn't, uh,
have to promise to give them anything.
Hammond: They just gave you the device as
a reward for saving them from the Goa'uld?
Actually, general, the tollan refused to give us any technology.
Offered us a nice fruit basket, though.
Oh... I'm confused.
How did you get the device?
Hammond: Major Carter?
Uh—— I took it, sir.
Took it? Yes.
You stole it?
I like to think of it as... borrowed, sir.
Major Carter can figure out how to reproduce it and we'll give it back.
Hammond: I can't believe what I'm hearing.
You and your team stole an alien device
from an extremely advanced alien culture.
They won't retaliate, if that's what you're worried about.
Nottheir way. Right, Daniel?
Hammond: This command has already been accused of
stealing from several other alien cultures, colonel.
Until now, we've denied it.
Perhaps that was a bit premature.
Dare I ask how many other items you've stolen?
None.
This is the first.
Colonel, you don't seem to understand how serious this matter is.
You and your team have committed a court—martiable offense.
To be fair, general...
I did it.
Carter and Daniel protested.
And Teal'c...
Well, he really didn't say anything,
but I could tell he was opposed to my actions
by the way he cocked his head
and sort of raised his eyebrow—...
Hammond: Enough, colonel.
Dr. Jackson, major Carter, and Teal'c:
You will return this device immediately to the tollan
and hopefully smooth over what must be some very ruffled feathers.
Yes, sir.
Why?
Our core mission is to go th rough that gate
and find technologies we can use to defend
against Goa'uld incursion—— Am I right?
You are bordering on insubordination.
We do not steal from friendlies.
Well, with no due respect, general,
that's just plain stupid.
And since the Pentagon won't approve our backup program, we have no choice!
We have no choice butto take whatever steps we need
to get what we need!
Hammond: As long as I am in command of the sgc,
we will hold ourselves
to the highest ethical Stan dards—...
And when the Goa'uld wipe us out because we have nothing
with which to defend ourselves,
I'm sure we'll all feel great about ourselves
and our high moral standards!
Colonel O'Neill, you are out of line. Now stand down!
Colonel O'Neill,
I am hereby relieving you of your command.
You are to report to the infirmary
and stay there until I send for you.
No holding cell, sir?
That could very well be your next stop
if you say another word, colonel.
Intercom: Incoming traveler.
Now get down to the infirmary
and submityourself for a complete examination.
Teal'c, escort him.
Hammond: And Teal'c?
You are no longer under colonel O'Neill's command. Is that understood?
Understood.
Intercom: Unauthorized incoming traveler.
Closing the Iris.
Great. Now what?
Hold your fire!
Your eminence, welcome to earth.
High chancellor travell, this is general Hammond,
commander of this facility.
It's an honor to meet you.
I only wish it were under more pleasant circumstances.
We have come to retrieve our stolen property
and to tell you that all diplomatic relations
with your people will be terminated.
Of course we will return your property to you immediately.
But please, if you will just sit down with us
and at least talk about it.
Then you admit that you have stolen from us.
Your eminence, I know thatyou're wise enough
not to hold the actions of one man against an entire planet.
You were there, Dr. Jackson,
as were you, major, and Teal'c.
Who exactly are you saying is responsible?
Thanks, doc. As always, a pleasure.
Well, I don't see anything immediately wrong with you.
Your blood pressure, d.R.E., and e.E.G. All seem normal.
It'll be a while before I get your hormone levels and cat scans back.
Great.
Let me know what kind of wacky alien stuff
you find in there.
Excuse me.
I am to keep you here until general Hammond is ready for you.
Get out of my way, Teal'c. That's an order.
I do not understand your behavior, O'Neill.
Get out of my way!
Frasier: Frasier.
Yes, sir.
Colonel?
General Hammond wants to see you in his office.
O'Neill: Carter.
Sir?
What?
Is there anything I can do?
About?
Well, sir, with respect,
you aren't exactly acting like yourself.
No, Carter.
I haven't been acting like myself since I metyou.
Now I'm acting like myself.
Well, look who's here.
Come to retrieve your vastly superior stuff.
You know, it would be a lot more superior
if it wasn't so easy to steal.
Hammond: Colonel O'Neill!
Get in here andtake a seat!
Close the door.
My god, Jack, you've really crossed the line here.
In terms of my insubordination toward you,
you're absolutely right, general.
And for that, I'm truly sorry.
But I stillthink whati did was right.
I just met with two members of the tollan high council
who disagree.
So the tollan are dictating our policies now, eh?
The victims of a crime are demanding that
the perpetrator be dealt with appropriately.
I'm a criminal?
What you've done here is clearly
a court—martiable offense.
I have to press charges.
Well...
By all means, general, do what you have to do.
I do have one other option I can offer you, Jack.
What's that? Early retirement.
See, itried that once before and you pulled me out of it.
The offer is only on the table while you're in this room.
All this for one little indiscretion.
5 counts of direct insubordination
to superior officers and a United States senator.
Two counts of refusal to obey orders.
Kidnapping an alien child.
Should I go on?
The proverbial straw, sir?
You got it.
I'd acceptthe offer if iwere you, Jack.
Beats the hell out of the prison time you'd get otherwise.
Then I guess I'm retiring.
Hi.
What do you want?
I'm not, uh, I'm not sure, to tell you the truth.
I'm here to talk, I guess.
So talk.
You got another one of those?
Yeah.
Feel like sharing?
Beer? Sure.
So...
How are you feeling about all this?
Yes to the beer.
No to the feelings.
That's, uh, too bad because I don't really like beer.
Stop your worrying.
I'm fine.
Really.
That's, uh, that's funny,
because I didn't figure you
for the early retirement type anymore.
There's another reason you're angry, isn't there?
Oh, here we go. Pop psych 101, right?
No.
When we were in the briefing, you said something about...
The Pentagon not giving us the backup we requested.
What, uh, were you talking about?
Hammond and I were planning a secondary sgc base offworld.
It was going to serve as a backup in case ou rs was attacked.
I was going to command.
And the Pentagon pulled the plug.
So you're acting out because you're hurt,
because you didn't get a command.
Give me a break, Daniel.
Their denial of the program was just another indication
that they're not serious about attaining our goals.
Which you think is attaining new weapons and technology.
Protecting ourselves.
But isn't our mission also about
establishing and maintaining
diplomatic relations with other cultures?
What's the point if we don't gain anything
to help our other interests?
Well, there's a lot we could learn
from people like the tollan
that has nothing to do with technology and weapons.
Stuff that interests people like you, Daniel, not people like me.
Iwantto see tangible gains from our efforts,
and if people like the tollan don't want to share, we should justtake.
You really believe that?
Being sweet and nice isn't going to stop 3 or 4 Goa'uld motherships
if they decide to come back again.
I'd rather be athief and alive than honest and dead.
It's a clich e, butthere it is.
If you really believe that, I guess, uh...
I guess I never really knew you at all.
Come on.
You're a bright guy.
You had to sense some of this.
Then no.
I guess you couldn't relate to me anymore than I could to you.
So this whole, uh, this whole friendship thing
we've been working on the last few years is—...
Apparently not much of a foundation there, huh?
Colonel O'Neill.
What the hell is this, a joke, mayborn e?
What are you doing here?
Well, in a way, you invited me.
Come to gloat about my retirement, have you?
May I come in? No.
I am in no way obligated to put up with your crap anymore.
I think you're going to want to hear whati have to offer you.
Offer?
May I sit down?
No. You won't be here that long.
What's this about?
Well, suffice itto say, I've heard about
your little altercation with general Hammond.
Sweet little grapevine we gotthere, isn't it?
Let's just say that I see a lot of paper
that goes through the mountain.
I was most interested in your passionate argument
that we shouldn't be quite so diplomatic
about acquiring the things we need.
Get to the point.
What if itold you I could offer you a way to achieve your goals?
My goals? Yes.
What if itold you I could arrange for you
to lead a team through the gate
to acquire whatever you want, when ever you want,
for the good of this country.
If I believed you could do that,
I'd have to figure whatever you're doing is very illegal.
What you did yesterday was very illegal, colonel.
Get out.
Not interested.
Page me when you miss the action too much.
For what purpose were we summoned?
My guess is we're getting our fourth.
Who do you think it'll be?
We'll probably get someone like ferreti
and you'll get command.
Oh, I don't know about that.
They'll probably go with someone higher than major.
As you were.
Since sgi is considered the flagship unit,
it falls on me to assure that you have
the strongest possible leadership.
Therefore I'm reassigning the most senior officer
we have in the field as your new commanding officer.
Colonel makepeace will be joining sgi immediately.
I hope you'll make him feel welcome.
Sir, uh,
I don't want to seem out of line here,
but, uh, since I'm a civilian here,
I'm the only one who can say this—...
Spit it out, doctor.
Well, no offense,
but doesn't major Carter deserve to take charge of sgi?
Major Carter has an exemplary record
on the team, as recognized
by her recent promotion to major.
But major is a far cry from colonel.
I understand, general.
I'm sorry, I don't.
What difference does it make whattitle she has?
The point is that—— it's all right, Daniel. Really.
Dismissed.
I'm proud to join you folks.
I hope you can learn to trust my command
as much as you did colonel O'Neill's.
I'm sure we will, sir.
I never really trusted Jack's command,
but, uh... I'm open.
That's good.
Then I'll see you at our first briefing.
What took you so long?
Frankly, I didn'tthink you'd get bored quite so fast,
or iwould have stayed in town.
Not quite the student of human behavior you thought you were?
Are you ready to go?
I have some questions.
I can't tell you much.
You expect me to jump into this operation blind?
Are you interested in my offer or not?
I'm interested.
Good.
Iwantto be sure you understand one thing, O'Neill.
What I'm about to show you is
not so much classified as it is secret.
Dangerous would be another word I would use.
Keep talking.
I want you to understand that once you see
what I'm aboutto show you, there is no turning back.
You'll have the choice to go along with it or disappear.
Disappear?
This is your last chance to back out.
Well, if you promise to cut back on the melodrama...
I'll consider crossing the line.
So, where are we going?
Mayborn e: Nowhere in particular.
I find being 30,000 feet up
greatly reduces the chances of any effective surveillance.
Do you know what this is?
I assume it's one of those
Goa'uld communication balls.
We didn't have to negotiate for it either.
Who's we?
My organization.
N.i.d.?
More of an offshoot.
That sort of says it all, doesn't it?
I want you to command a unit.
There are units? Oh, yes.
Would you like to meet the temporary commander
of the unit iwantyou to run?
I guess.
Took us awhile to figure out how to use this thing
without a Goa'uld at the controls,
but good old human ingenuity eventually won out.
Colonel mayborn e. Newman.
I'd like you to meet...
Colonel Jack O'Neill, retired.
Colonel O'Neill, it is a pleasure, sir.
I've read just about all the sgi mission briefings
and, uh, well,
let's just say your file is very impressive.
It'll be an honor to serve under your command, colonel.
Hello, Newman.
You look familiar.
Uh, yes, sir. We have met briefly,
in a hangar at a Utah landing strip
you're one of those kids we chased through the other Stargate.
Uh, that would be me.
I apologize about having to return fire, sir.
Mmm. where are you?
He's on another planet.
Your mission, Newman?
Use whatever means necessary to acquire
goods andtechnology that could help earth
in the battle against the Goa'uld, sir,
or other, unforeseen aggressors.
You've seen my file, Newman—...
It's only fair I know a little more about you.
Need to know, colonel.
Well, I need to know if I'm gonna command this unit.
You agree to go there and take command,
I'll give you detailed files on every one of your people.
How about it, colonel?
You ready for a command where you can finally achieve
what you and I both agree needs to be achieved to defend this planet?
I never thought I'd agree with you about anything, mayborne.
But yeah...
I'm ready.
Makepeace: Major Carter has accepted my command with no problem, sir,
but I'm afraid Dr. Jackson and the Jaffa have not.
Well, maybe if you didn't think of him as the "Jaffa", it would be a good start.
Come in.
Jack, come in.
You know colonel makepeace.
Yeah.
How's the retirement going?
Uh... great.
I retire, iwake up, I retire.
It's... it's a living.
I'm bored out of my skull, sir.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Something I can help you with?
Actually, there is, general.
Would you like me to leave, Jack?
I don't care.
We're not finished, colonel makepeace.
I'll make it fast, general.
I'm hoping you could Grant me one last favor.
I'm listening.
I want to retire offworld.
Jack, I don't know—...
You remember that woman I told you about on edora?
Laira was her name.
Yes?
I promised her I'd come back someday.
I'm asking you to help me keep that promise.
Please.
If I agree to do this,
you know I can't give you a g.D.O.
That means you can never return to earth th rough the gate.
I understand that, sir.
Hammond: Colonel.
Colonel O'Neill. It's an honor, sir.
Newman.
We may look a little ragtag, but I assure you
we're very good at what we do.
Which is... stealing stuff.
Well, acquiring what we need to defend our planet, colonel.
And you measure how good you are
by the fact that you've never been caught?
And by the spoils of our missions.
Would you care to take a gan der
at one of our latest acquisitions?
Sure. I'll take a gan der.
Newman: This way, sir.
Newman: What do you think, colonel?
Woman: Just brought it back.
It's an anti—gravitation device.
Really?
Lieutenant Clare Tobias, sir.
Tobias, Jack O'Neill.
If it's all right, sir, I'll leave you
in the lieutenant's very capable hands.
So...
Tell me about this thing.
Well, it utilizes super—conducted
gyroscopic action to gen erate
an anti—gravitational field underneath—...
Stop
scientist?
Engineer. Why?
You remind me of someone in my old command.
Major Carter.
How do you know her?
She beat me out of a position in the sgc.
So, what do you do around here?
My job is to examine some of the larger items we acquire,
the ones that are too big to be transported back to earth.
See if we can backwards engineer them
and sendthe plans home to colonel mayborne.
Excuse me, sir, colonel mayborne would like to talk to you.
Yeah.
Tobias.
Mayborn e: Jack.
I see you made it in one piece.
What do you think of our little operation?
It's swell, Harry.
We do what we can to make it comfortable.
I have your first mission, colonel:
Planet px3 595.
Newman: It's about time we got one of those things.
Mayborne: Sg9 was unable to negotiate to getthe device.
What device are we talking about?
Newman can fill you in on all the details.
Good luck, colonel.
Thanks.
And colonel? Just a reminder:
This isn'tthe sgc, so if someone gets in your way,
do what you have to do.
Newman: Ok, the mouth of the cave we're gonna hit
is about 50 meters,
2 o'clock from the gate.
Primitive locals, called tirnoks,
they use them as a place to hide from predators.
The predator follows them into the cave,
the tirnoks use the device we're after to vanish.
Very nice.
O'Neill: Clear.
Tobias: Bingo.
You're gonna love this.
Pretty cool, huh?
O'Neill: Thing looks asguard.
Tobias: It is.
This is an asguard— Protected planet.
Can you imagine the ways we could use this for black—ops back on earth?
Yep...
But it's not back on earth—— You gonna be able to
backwards engineer this thing?
Tobias: Don't have to.
Items this small, we just send back to earth.
O'Neill: How?
We've got a man on the inside, on one of the sg teams.
Colonel mayborne tells us where the mole's team is about to go.
We get there first, make the drop, and come back here.
The mole comes in later, retrieves the item,
and packs it back in his gear.
It's about time he got back to us.
Hello, team.
You get the device? Yep.
Mayborn e: Good.
I have the time and coordinates for the drop
just drop and go.
No contact.
O'Neill: Right.
I'm sending the coordinates and time info.
Record them.
Alex?
Want me to go, sir?
No. I'll go.
Really?
Yeah. Best way to understand a command
is to do every job yourself at least once.
It's your prerogative, colonel.
Makepeace: All right, let's make this quick.
Carter, Dr. Jackson, run your tests.
See if the intel was right about naquada deposits here.
How'd it go, sir?
Mayborne had the coordinates right, but his timing sucked!
I just about ran into the sg team
on my way back through the gate.
What's going on?
Sir? Sir, we do not open the gate
without direct orders from colonel mayborne.
Colonel, what are you doing?
Opening up some options!
There's an asguard ship descending over the base!
Tobias: What are they doing?
Taking back what's rightfully theirs, I guess.
Listen up, all of you.
You've gottwo choices here.
As soon as they stop taking stuff,
they're gonna start taking people.
Now, you can go with the asguard...
Or you can follow me. Your choice.
I'll be holding the door open so you can't go anywhere else.
Makepeace: Get your hands together.
O'Neill: Good job, kids.
Uh, give me one of those.
Here.
What the hell? What are you doing?!
That would be... my job.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm pleased to announce
thatyou're all under arrest for high crimes
againstthe united states and its allies.
You really blew it, O'Neill.
Oh, ithink it came off quite nicely,
don't you, general? Yes, I do.
You have no idea how high up this goes.
You've pissed off the wrong people.
Like the tollan, tok'ra, asguard, nox——those folks?
They refuse to give us the things we need
to defend ourselves against the Goa'uld.
We don't need their stuff, makepeace.
We do need them.
Get them out of here.
So, just to, uh... clarify,
this whole past week,
beginning with the appeal we made on tollana—...
In which I did a lot of hard work, by the way—...
I take it that was all a scam.
Within the last two weeks, the asguard and the tollan
approached us independently of each other with evidence
that we were stealing technology from them.
We? The sgc?
Hammond: Yes. The asguard, the tollan,
and the nox were going to sever all ties with us.
But we convinced them the theft must be the action
of a rogue group from outside the sgc.
We insistedthatyou apprehend them you rselves.
You have now regained our trust.
Carter: So, you set that whole thing up on tollana
in the hopes that the mole would think
you were one of them and approach you?
And you didn'tthinkyou could trust us to help?
Hammond: We wanted to assure that your reaction
to the colonel's behavior was as it should be,
and the asguard insisted that colonel O'Neill
be the only one involved.
They like me.
And now, will you come with me, your eminence?
I'm back.
It's good to have you back, sir.
Teal'c: Indeed.
Thank you.
Um... Daniel?
That stuff I was talking about at my house...
The place was bugged, I had to keep up the act.
I, it's—— yeah, I understand.
And obviously the whole friendship thing,
the foundation, it's all solid.
Obviously, it's, you don't,
you don't have to...
No, I feel I kinda—...
I do appreciate that you were the one
that came to see if iwas ok.
That——that means something.
Uh... actually, no, it doesn't.
Huh?
Um...
We, uh, we drew straws.
I lost.