Teal'c: Previously onstargate sg—1
(chittering)
They are the enemy of the asgard.
Apparently, they plan to land the ship
and infest earth.
So can you transport us up?
Anybody who comes up is not getting down.
Can this ship withstand an uncontrolled reentry?
No.
We must destroy it
by whatever means necessary.
They're gonna use it to escape.
Carter!
Teal'c: And now, the conclusion...
(Alarm sounding)
(Speaking Russian)
(Pressure releases)
(Speaking Russian)
(Rattling) (Shushing)
(Rattling stops)
(Speaking Russian)
(Rattling continues)
(Chittering)
(Loud chittering)
(Speaking Russian)
(Chittering) (Speaking Russian)
(Chittering)
(Screaming)
I hear it took a little longer than they thought
to set up the second gate.
Uh... yes.
They finally got it running yesterday,
technical difficulties or something.
They needed Sam's help, huh?
Yes, it's, uh...
It's ironic that she's not here to save herself.
Well...
You are fine.
There's no signs of residual infection.
You were very lucky.
Yes, 50 you keep saying. Uh—huh.
I still want you to take it easy,
for at least a—...
Man: (On pa) Off—world activation. (Alarm sounding)
Repeat, we have an off—world activation.
Another week.
(Alarm sounding)
Ah! Excuse me. Sorry. Ow!
(Alarm sounding) Hold that!
Receiving sg—I's I.D.C., sir.
Open the Iris.
Well, it's about time!
We've been dialing home for over a week.
Oh, it's greatto see you guys, too.
I am pleased to see you well, Daniel Jackson.
Thank you, Teal'c.
You've got a...
Ah!
(Ouietly) Don't touch it.
I'm glad you made it, sg—I.
Wh ere's the fan fare, general?
We did kind of save the planet, sir.
Again. this should not get old, general.
Job well done.
Thank you, sir. It was nothing.
What happened to Thor?
Oh, we got him out in the stasis pod.
It was retrieved when we passed
though the Stargate on p4x234.
It must have had a locating beacon.
They leftyou behind?
We were fine, sir.
I'd be happy to debrief you all
after I've debriefed myself
for a nice hot shower.
Permission to shower granted.
In fact, I insist on it, colonel.
Bad?
I wasn't going to say anything.
Whatcha doin'?
They salvaged a couple of replicator pieces
from the ocean. I thought I'd have a look.
Is that wise?
Well, there's no discernible energy being emitted.
I think it's pretty safe to say they're dead.
Besides, it's only just a couple of little blocks.
Well... I'm off.
Still going fishing?
Yep
still staying here?
Yeah.
I think I've had enough relaxation for a while, sir.
Have fun.
(Minnesota accent) Ya sure, ya betcha.
(Telephone rings)
Carter.
Yes, sir.
Sir, wait!
Deja view!
General Hammond just called.
Major Davis is on his way in from the Pentagon.
Not going fishing?
No, sir.
D'oh.
The Navy intercepted a mayday
from the commander of the foxtrot class attack submarine.
That's Russian.
Yes.
Code name blackbird.
The crew was being attacked by a large mechanical spider.
Just one?
We thought it was a joke at first,
then the transmission cut out.
Approximately
the sub was spotted by aircraft off the nimitz.
It was already surfaced and none of the attempts
to communicate were returned.
It was boarded.
The crew was found dead.
All of them?
They gotthe bodies off before they discovered how they died.
That's them.
Sir, if this started with only one bug,
it's already replicating.
The man that took the pictures
fortunately made it out.
The nimitzreported to the Pentagon,
who advised the Navy totowthe sub in.
Do the Russians know we have it?
No. No, we're denying any knowledge,
but, uh... this is going to get sticky.
We have to make sure that none
of the replicators get out of that sub.
It's under tight supervision.
The harbor has been evacuated
and the entire area cordoned off.
Our cover story is a dangerous chemical spill.
Blow it up!
The Pentagon has requested
that we take measures to preserve a number
of specimens for study.
The asgard already tried that.
These buggers are on the verge
of wiping out their entire race.
That's why I'm here.
You people are the closest thing to experts we've got.
As an expert, I'm saying blow it up
Carter: Sir, conventional weapons might not do it.
At least one of the replicators survived
the destruction of Thor's ship
fine, tow it back out to sea and nuke it!
We've considered that.
We're in a political mess right now, colonel.
The Russians picked up
the asgard ship's entry into the atmosphere.
So?
So, they're not buying our version of the story.
They already think we're responsible for what happened to their sub.
A nuclear explosion in international waters,
that's—— that's kinda hard to cover up.
I don't think you realize
how dangerous these things are.
Is there any other way
we can neutralize these things,
maybe some alien technologies you've come across?
The replicators are impervious to Goa'uld technology.
They are, however, susceptible to human projectile weapon ry.
Guns.
Sir, if there are still a small enough number
of the replicators on board,
a properly equipped team could possibly...
Save the world?
Getting old for you, sir?
I'd better inform the Pentagon.
Man: (On pa) Unscheduled off—world activation.
We have no teams currently off—world.
(Alarm sounding)
Why isn'tthe Iris closing?
I'm trying, sir. It's not responding.
We're showing an increasing loss of power in the base.
What?
(Powering down)
That's Thor.
Stand down!
Thor, buddy.
Greetings, O'Neill.
It's good to see you up and around.
I owe you and your team a great debt of gratitude
for saving my life.
Well... here's timing.
Not all of the replicators were destroyed
when your ship exploded entering the atmosphere.
Maybe you could help us out?
I cannot.
Why?
I have come by Stargate
because there are no ships to spare.
My home world is being threatened by the replicators.
Thus far, all attempts to stop them have failed.
I have come here to seekyour help.
(Whoosh)
(Machinery rattles and hums)
We're back online, sir.
Good.
How can we help you?
Your projectile weapons proved effective
in fatally damaging the replicators.
Some.
Your technology an d strategy
for destroying the belisknor was successful.
Yeah, but you guys...
The asgard have tried to stop them.
You have demonstrated their weakness may be found
through a less sophisticated approach.
We are no longer capable of such thinking.
Wait a minute. You're actually saying
that you need someone dumber than you are?
You may have come to the right place.
Thor, with all due respect to your situation,
we need sg—I here.
I could go, sir.
I don't know, Carter. You may not be dumb enough.
I think I can handle it, sir.
Permission granted.
We must leave immediately.
Have fun.
(Minnesota accent) Ya sure, ya betcha.
Simple recon, gentlemen.
Do not fire unless absolutely necessary.
The replicators will not attack unless th reatened.
Let's move!
(Static)
Video feed's up and online.
Jack, can you hear me?
Would it be necessary for me to mention
my insane aversion to bugs at this time?
Wow!
That's an impressive looking ship
the o'neillwas supposed to be our last great hope.
The O'Neill?
Yes.
It is the most advanced
technological asgard creation yet.
It is the first asgard vessel designed solely
to fight in a war against the replicators.
So, why aren't we taking that?
It is not ready.
Uh... where are we going exactly?
5 asgard ships are currently engaging 3 ships controlled
by the replicators, which are on their way here.
We are going to join the battle
and with your help, stop them.
For the sake of the asgard, we must not fail.
No pressure.
(Static)
(Indistinct voices)
(Chittering)
Oh!
O'Neill: They're a different color.
Some sort of camouflage?
We're moving on.
(Faint chittering)
(Loud chittering)
What is that?
That's a big one.
If that's some sort of queen,
the other bugs may try to protect it.
Queen?
Aah!
Teal'c and Stevens are in trouble!
Battery room.
(Gunfire)
(Cocks gun)
Stevens?
Dead.
Let's move.
(Loud chittering)
Thor: Each individual building block is capable of exerting
a reactive modulating monopolar energy field
on other blocks,
allowing the replicators to assemble themselves
into many forms.
To our knowledge,
the interior of each block contains the following...
2 million isolated keron pathways.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's a keron?
In simplestterms, it is an energy particle.
I've never even heard of it.
Yes, I am aware.
Well, how am I supposed to help figure out
how to defeat a keron—based technology
if I don't even know what a keron is?
The asgard would never invent a weapon that propels
small weights of iron and carbon alloys
by igniting a powder of potassium nitrate,
charcoal, and sulfur.
Ok, I get your point.
We cannot think like you.
Let's forget about the kerons
and try to putthis in terms
that I can understand.
Each block is like its own individual computer,
capable of communicating with the other blocks,
now multiple blocks come together to form bugs
and other things in order to perform various tasks,
ultimately for the purpose of replicating.
Correct.
I guess you don't keep any replicators around for study?
It is too dangerous.
Of course, that would be stupid.
Just out of curiosity,
could, say... oh, I don't know,
2 of the individual blocks replicate?
It requires several blocks working together
to make new blocks.
It's good to know.
It's virtual?
Wow, it looks real.
Wow!
Thor: It will simulate any behavior we have observed.
It's out of control.
Nobody's going back down in there.
We have to blow up the sub and hope that we can contain any of the bugs that survive.
I think it's the only way.
I'll talk to the Pentagon.
Colonel?
There is definitely something in here.
Ithinkyou brought back a souvenir.
What is your current thinking process?
Sorry. My mind was wandering for a secondthere.
You were thinking about the humans on your planet.
Yes.
Colonel O'Neill is Avery capable human.
Yes, I know, but these things are—...
If we are able to stop the invasion of my world,
I promise we will do all we can to help yours.
That's a pretty big if.
Would you like sustenance?
Yes, thank you. I'm starving.
I like the yellow ones.
Oh, my god.
Sorry.
(Speaking asgard language)
What is it?
We have lost contact
with the rest of the asgard ships
engaging the replicators.
Well, could it be a communication problem?
(Speaking asgard language)
No.
The asgard ships are not being detected.
So what are those?
The replicators.
We're too late.
The dallasis standing by in the harbor.
Dallas?
Los Angeles class attack submarine.
On my command it will target the blackbirdwith torpedoes.
You should probably put a hold on that.
This new block is corroded.
And the significance of that is...
Ok, look... the way Sam explained this to me...
The bugs use whatever raw materials are around them
to replicate, right?
Andthese ones are eating the Russian submarine,
which means that they are basically made out of steel
or whatever the sub is made of.
That is why they are a different color.
And it may also explain why they haven'ttried to get off the sub yet.
It does?
They can't.
You see, they're only as resilient
as the raw materials they're made of.
These ones aren't like the ones on Thor's ship.
They'll rust or short—circuit in the water.
They're less sophisticated and they're vu In erable.
I'm sorry. It sounds like you're now saying
that blowing up the sub would easily destroy them.
If that's the case, why don't we do it right now?
Because there is still one bug that could survive.
The one that survived Thor's ship
right.
It's the one that started all this
by killing the entire crew of that sub.
We have to be sure this won't happen again.
Mother bug.
It's a little dark.
(Typing)
It's incorporated itself into the mother... bug.
I will return with you, O'Neill.
You sure?
Look, every other bug on that sub
is probably going to be pretty upset when you kill mom.
Yeah.
That would be a fair reaction.
Can we not create a diversion?
The replicators are attracted
to bursts of energy, are they not?
A small charge on the upper level, draw them away from mom.
They're in a containable situation.
Now's our shot.
Oop the sub's diesel engines just started.
The replicators are trying to move?
We're anchored for now,
but you better get outthere
before they decide to dive.
So, how long before they reach your planet?
2 hours.
Your ships can go much faster than light speed.
I've seen you fly
clear across the galaxy in no time.
Yes.
So why are the bug's ships traveling so slow?
In order to generate the subspace field required
to travel at hyper speed,
the full power of the generators is required.
Presently, they are using that power to replicate.
So, if they did decide to go to hyper speed,
it would also mean no shields or weapons.
Yes.
But remember,
the replicators do not care about time as we do.
Right, they're not in a hurry.
How did they get control
of your ships in the first place?
The replicators are capable of modifying
our own weapon technology beyond our understanding.
But I thought they learned everything they know from you.
It is possible they have gathered knowledge
from sources other than the asgard.
The bottom line is, we can'ttouch them,
butthey could easily take over the ship
or blow it to smithereens if they wanted.
Yes.
So why don't they?
We have shown no signs of aggression
and this ship's technology is less advanced
than the ships they currently occupy.
(Sighs)
I'm not really helping, am I?
O'Neill: The charge is set.
They're submerging.
Yes, sir. Jack, the sub is diving.
Yeah, we got that. Heading to the battery deck.
We're losing their signal.
It's ok. The sub can't dive below periscope depth
running on diesel engines.
Underwater radio transmission boosters launched.
How do they get out if the sub is underwater?
Escape hatch. Yes, sir.
You are tired.
Yeah.
It is another advantage the replicators have over us.
They do not require rest.
But they do have to eat?
Yes.
In order to replicate.
And they are what they eat, right?
What's the strongest material you know of?
We have just developed an new alloy of naquada,
trinium, and carbon.
It was used to create the hull of the O'Neill.
Can that ship reach hyper speed yet?
Yes.
Can it be flown using autopilot
or some sort of remote control?
Why?
So we can get the replicators
to chase after it.
It is possible. However...
That ship is everything they're looking for.
It'll look like an all—you—can—eat buffet.
But it is not completed.
They will capture it and consume its technology.
Not if you rig it to self—destruct.
I do not understand.
You said thatthe bugs can't use shields
or weapons in hyper speed.
If the O'Neill enters hyper speed,
the bugs will have to in order to follow.
When they do,
you blowthe O'Neill and take the bugs with it.
Major Carter.
You are suggesting that we destroy
the most advanced asgard attack vessel ever created
before it is even finished.
I know.
The o'neillis our last hope of successfully attacking
replicator—infested ships.
It won't attack anything
if the bugs get to your planet before it's finished.
You said yourself
that you didn't thinkthe answer
had to do with your own technology anymore.
If the replicators do not follow the O'Neill—...
We have to believe that th ey will!
If the replicators are able to infestthe O'Neill
and disable the self—destruct—...
Then they will consume the ship
and its technology and we will have created
the most advanced version of the bugs yet.
I know, it's a risk.
A risk we can not take.
(Sighs)
(Beep)
(Beep) (Explosion)
(Chittering)
The whole reason that I am here
is because you want me
to suggest a strategy
that you would never think of.
You keep trying to defeatthem
by building better technology
and they keep absorbing it
and becoming more advanced.
You have to use that against them.
We know thatthey'll go after the O'Neill
because it's the most advanced ship that you have.
They'll think you're trying to keep it from them.
They won't expect you to blow it up.
It's a tactic th ey've never seen before.
It's atactic we would never consider.
Exactly!
I mean, otherwise, we'd just stand here
and watch them invade your world.
I'm sorry, maybe it's a really stupid idea,
but isn'tthat why I'm here?
Then we should try it.
(Chittering)
(Loud chittering)
Son of a bitch!
I believe you got it, O'Neill.
Yeah. Ithinki got it.
(Crackling)
What the hell?
Teal'c: O'Neill!
(Chittering)
Aw, crap.
Colonel O'Neill, is there any way
you can make it to the escape hatch?
(Indistinct voices)
(Clanging)
The anchor line just snapped.
Is there anything we can do?
The bestthing we can do right now
is try and chase them into shallow water and hope that they surface.
No, there's not enough time for that.
O'Neill: Teal'c, let's try this!
(Chittering)
All right, forget that.
(Chittering)
Prepare to go ahead and blow this thing.
That's not exactly a positive attitude, Jack.
Listen to me.
We are not getting out of here.
Mission accomplished. Blow it!
Jack! Daniel, please...
Before I get eaten alive bythese... damn bugs!
Davis, give the order!
(Gunfire)
The O'Neill has been launched.
They're chasing it!
The o'neillwill now enter hyper speed.
It worked!
Yes!
Oh, god!
I'm sorry. I didn't hurt you, did I?
I am fine.
We did it.
It was your stupid idea, major Carter.
Ok, ok!
Fire on target.
Dallasis firing torpedoes.
8 seconds to impact. Blackbirdattempting evasive man euver.
Torpedoes still on target.
(Gunfire)
2 seconds.
Direct hit.
They're ok.
What? The...
The...
Th—th—th ey're ok.
Now that's timing.
We came as soon as we could, sir.
Teal'c, you all right?
I am, O'Neill.
I take itthings weren't going well.
Oh, we had things handled pretty good.
So the bugs are all taken care of down there?
Pretty much. You?
We kicked their asses.
They had asses?
The asgard had this big new ship
the O'Neill.
Oh, yeah?
But...
We had to blow it up
the asgard are most grateful.
One day we shall repay you by helping to fightthe Goa'uld.
One day?
Saving one asgard planet is a small victory, O'Neill.
The conflict with the replicators
stretches across my galaxy.
Major Carter's strategy worked this time,
but the replicators are very intelligent.
It may not work again.
I get it.
However, nowthere is hope where once there was none.
Well, if you ever need any more dumb ideas,
you know where to find me.
Until we meet again.
Yeah. Hey, listen, stop by any time.
In fact, I'll take you fishing.
I'd love to do that.
There's this lake in northern Minnesota
wh ere th e bass grow that big.
Well...