The malp readings indicate Avery low uv level.
All other indications suggest a positive environment.
O'Neill: Sounds good.
It's going to take us 2 weeks
to get the en karans fully transplanted.
If the plan proves to be suitable.
It better be. They're running out of time.
(Engine rumbling)
(Alarm sounding)
Chevron 7 won't engage.
I don't understand it.
The diagnostic shows no problems.
Sir, this is going to take a while.
Carter: It looks like there was
an energy spike in our power log about 8 minutes
before we first tried dialing out.
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong,
but isn'tthat something we've seen before
when another gate is being used on earth?
Like when maybourne's
nid guys had the other gate.
There is no longer
a second Stargate on earth.
Ou rs was destroyed
along with Thor's ship
Carter: But if there was another gate,
and it's use was responsible for the energy spike,
there might be a corresponding seismic tremor,
like when the gate was found in Antarctica.
Davis: I've got something.
There was a minor seismic event
that matches the time in our power log exactly.
Is that Siberia?
Yes, sir.
Andthere's only one explanation I can think of.
The Russians have a Stargate?
The Russians recovered the Stargate
from the bottom of the ocean.
I thought we swept that entire area.
We're talking about hundreds
of square miles, colonel.
The Russian Navy was on alert
because they picked up
Thor's ship on satellite.
They must have got lucky and beat us to it.
And they're admitting it?
We didn't give them much choice, major.
The Pentagon said we had the evidence
that could prove it.
Daniel: Obviously they figured out how it works.
It took us years.
Apparently, the Russians know
quite a bit about the sgc.
How?
They didn't say.
And how they got it open
isn'tthe issue right now, either.
The problem is, it won't close.
Well, that doesn't make any sense.
I mean, shouldn't it eventually
shut down on its own?
The Goa'uld themselves
have not been able to sustain
a wormhole longer than 38 minutes.
What about another black hole planet?
Carter: We would detect
a gravitational anomaly, sir.
Hammond: The Russian government is divided
on how to deal with the situation.
It seems the Russian president
didn't support setting up
a Stargate program in the first place.
Until we called,
they were planning on bombing the facility
and covering the whole thing up
and now?
One of the Russian scientists
involved in starting the program
convinced them to send in ateam
to assess the situation and determine
if it can be resolved in another way.
Who's the scientist?
Dr. Svetlana markov.
Wow. I know her work. She's brilliant.
She knows about you, too, major.
To that end, she's convinced Moscow
to let sg—I be the team that goes to Siberia.
You're kidding.
Jack, I'm thankful they're smart enough
to realize this has global implications
andthat you are the foremost experts
on the Stargate.
General, we'd be walking
into an unknown situation
to save their rosy butts.
Uh, we can't use our gate until they get theirs shut down.
Not to mention the potential danger
of having an open wormhole
between earth and who knows where.
You'll rendezvous with Dr. Markov
in Russia and proceed to the base from there.
(Helicopter whirring)
O'Neill: Dr. Markov, I presume?
(Russian accent) Sorry I'm late.
Carter: Doctor, it's an honor.
I've read your work.
And I you rs, major Carter.
I had hoped we would meet under different circumstances.
Jack O'Neill.
Yes.
And Dr. Daniel Jackson and Teal'c.
How do you know about the sgc?
I have read extensive files on all of you.
The question was how?
I learned to read English at the age of 6.
It is not difficult.
Russian humor.
I will tell you what I can on the way.
Markov: I was first contacted
shortly after Russian satellites
picked up what we believed
was an alien spaceship entering the atmosphere.
Alien spaceship, huh?
Markov: About 2 months ago,
it disintegrated during entry
and crashed into the pacific.
The Stargate was recovered
after an extensive sweep of the ocean floor.
During that search,
one of our foxtrot submarines went missing.
You may be familiar with the incident.
Not a clue.
I was assigned to th e program
as chief science officer,
second in command to colonel sarkalov.
We've been in operation for 37 days,
albeit against the wishes
of certain very powerful people
in the government.
What did they want to do?
They th reaten ed to expose
the existence of your program.
To what end?
To get the us. To share
the technology you have attained.
So, what stopped them?
We activated our gate.
I convinced the military
thatwe could benefit from our own program
more than we could trust you.
Ah!
How did you activate it?
We have a dialing device.
The dhd.
You found the one from giza!
It was confiscated from the Germans
after the second world war.
Well, nowi understand how you can send your people through
and get them to return to your gate instead of ours.
That makes one of us.
Our gate superseded yours
as long as the dialing device was connected.
We only kept it connected
when we were using it to prevent any crossover.
It required precise timing, but it worked.
Until now.
As for the current situation,
I really don't know what has happened.
There has been no contact with the base
since yesterday at 1200 hours.
Sir, we have avisual from the target runway.
It appears to be iced over
and there's no response from the control tower.
We're going to have to jump
out of the plane?
I'm going with or without you, colonel.
I suppose you expect my male bravado
to kick in right about now?
I read your file.
No mention of bravado, eh?
There are 47 people down there
who may need our help.
Look.
You don't have to tell me what's at stake here.
We've got 7 teams off world who can't get home
until we fix what you screwed up
Stu.
Gear 'em up...
Forajump
I do not understand, O'Neill.
It's called a parach ute.
It slows your descent
after you jump out of the plane.
This device seems to be poorly designed
to provide such a function.
It opens after you jump.
Don't worry about it.
I've done it hundreds of times.
I assume you've brought Hazmat.
Yeah.
We thought somebody should be prepared.
Is he always like this?
Actually, this is quite charming.
Gear is away, sir.
It's easy.
Justjump, then pull this.
This does not seem wise, O'Neill.
I said it was easy, not wise.
If we get separated,
we'll rendezvous at th e base.
This does not seem wise.
O'Neill: Teal'c, Daniel, come in.
There's been no response on the radios.
Markov: Their signals may be blocked
if they are already inside.
Markov: Up there.
O'Neill: Teal'c, Daniel, do you read?
Teal'c: (On radio) I am here.
Where?
In the facility.
Daniel: Yeah. I'm here, too.
Where?
Well, I don't know exactly.
Where are you?
We just got inside. Hang tight.
Carter: I'm picking up
trace amounts of ch lorine.
O'Neill: Yeah?
Nothing dangerous at these levels, sir.
All right. What is this place?
It obviously wasn't built specifically
for your Stargate program.
Markov: It was an experimental power station.
Experimental?
All that I am allowed to say
is that it was decommission ed 2 years ago.
O'Neill: Oh, please!
Are there lights?
Markov: The power seems to have been diverted
from all non—essential base functions.
This way to the main control center.
O'Neill: Daniel, is that you?
Daniel: (On radio) I don't know.
I'm heading down a long corridor.
Which one?
This one.
This way.
Actually, you might want to see this first.
Teal'c: These 3 were shot.
I am unaware of how these others died.
Markov: These doors lead to the Stargate.
(Power surging)
(Whooshing)
They're all dead.
Markov: I need this station.
(Machinery whirring)
It's safe.
The air is indeed clean.
You ok?
I knew these men and women, major.
Some of them quite well.
So, what happened here?
Colonel sarkalov enacted
the extreme measures protocol.
What's that?
The Stargate room is sealed
and substance 35 is released
throughoutthe base.
Nerve gas.
Nerve gas!
It's ok, colonel.
It's a non—persistent gas.
It evaporates after 3 hours.
According to th e computer,
the protocol was enacted yesterday.
For what reason?
The computer log doesn't say.
All right.
People were shooting each other around here
before they got gassed, and I want to know why.
I'll see what we can find out.
This is a list of all personnel
assigned to the base.
They should all be wearing ID tags.
So, what about the gate?
Markov: It's an outgoing wormhole, but—...
That doesn't make sense.
The em protocol cuts off the dialing device.
If th e protocol was enacted yesterday,
where has the outgoing wormhole
been drawing its power from since then?
We've seen one draw power
from the source of the destination.
Of course. The black hole incident.
Is there anything you don't know?
What were they doing?
It's gone!
If I ask, "what," and you say, "it's classified,"
I'm going to shoot you.
The seventh address we successfully dialed
led to a Stargate
entirely submerged underwater.
We send a reconnaissance drone
and found a dialing device,
so it was decided that a manned mini submarine
would go next.
A sample of the water was retrieved.
It seemed to have unbelievable properties.
Like what?
It was spontan eously emitting energy
in the form of heat.
If this liquid turned outto be
an abundant clean energy source—...
Uh, that doesn't seem possible.
I was called away to Moscow
before I could perform
any significant analysis.
So, now you're saying the water sample is gone?
Yes.
There was a sealed container being kept
in this containment vessel.
And the Stargate is dialed into the water planet now?
Apparently, butthat doesn't make sense.
They were supposed to continue on
to the next 2 planets on our planned sequence
and not revisit the water planet
until I got back.
Let's confirm it.
Do you have another reconnaissance drone?
We left the first one there.
All we have to do is reactivate the receiver.
O'Neill: (On radio) Daniel, Teal'c?
Uh, what's up?
Head back to the control room.
Dr. Markov thinks you might want to see this.
Teal'c: Thus far, we have accounted
for 28 of the 47 numbers on the list.
Daniel: 6 of them were dressed
as civilians, not soldiers.
They were all shot
and there was no apparent reason why.
They were the scientists working in the lab.
So, the guys experimenting on that water
gave the soldiers reason to shoot them.
So it seems.
What water?
It was a sample brought back from a planet
where the Stargate is submerged.
Ithoughtyou might be interested, Dr. Jackson.
We found some unusual ruins
from an obviously extinct civilization
on the ocean's floor.
The coding signal
from the reconnaissance drone.
Can you get closer?
The drone is malfunctioning.
I can only pan andtilt.
Why would those men proceed through the Stargate
knowing they would drown on the other side?
Can you shut off the drone's transmitter from here?
Why?
Well, even though the wormhole
only allows matter to travel one way,
we are able to send radio signals back and forth.
You thinkthe drone's radio transmitter
is what's keeping the gate open?
That gate won't close if the drone is aiming
a strong enough signal
directly into the event horizon.
And the energy being emitted by the water
has allowed the gate to stay open this long.
Exactly. It's a combination of factors,
but all we have to do is shut off the drone.
It's not responding to my command.
I can't shut it down.
How long before its batteries die?
The drone is nuclear powered.
A nuclear—powered drone?
We built several of them.
We thought we might want
to leave them on other planets
for long—term observation.
How long—term?
10 years.
It will be simple to deactivate the drone
from the other side.
Once it stops transmitting its signal,
the wormhole should close.
I'd like to get a closer look atthose ruins.
How many people does thatthing hold?
Oh, dang.
I've never been in a submarine before.
Spacious. Roomy. Very nice.
So, exactly how much air do we have in this thing?
Over a day's worth.
We won't need more than an hour.
Colonel, can you hear us?
Yeah. I read you.
Pressurizing
and proceeding through the gate.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Carter: Wow.
It is quite beautiful.
What? The rapid pressurization
might cause your ears to block.
As you might notice,
there is no plant or animal life.
(Blows th rough nose)
Doesn't appear to be any plant
or animal life.
Colonel, do you read?
Yeah.
We're counting 5 bodies on this side.
Which means there could still be several personnel
unaccounted for.
All right, we'll have
another look around.
Markov: We're capturing the dron e.
Once it is inside the containmenttank,
we can deactivate it,
and if major Carter is right,
the gate will shut off.
Ending transmission. Over and out.
(Whooshing)
So, let's have that look around.
(Whirring)
I'm glad you were right, major.
Well, it still doesn't explain
why your soldiers started shooting
the scientists, who were experimenting
on the water.
Or why those men were either
forced th rough the gate, or felt compelled
to go through on their own,
knowing they would die.
Well, the existence of the ruins
suggests the planet wasn't always completely submerged.
Maybe there's some clues down there.
Let's have a look.
(Whirring gets louder)
Something wrong?
The controls are getting heavy.
I haven'ttouched the power,
yet we're slowing down.
Strong current?
It's possible.
I'm pushing it to full power.
What's that smell?
We've completely stopped.
Uh, fire. The extinguisher.
It's out. We're ok.
Can you fix it?
Yes.
What?
If it was a strong current,
it should be pushing us backwards now.
But it's not.
No. We're completely stationary.
It's like we're stuck in the mud.
Without the mud.
(Whispering) What's that smell?
Holy frozen bad guys.
How's it going?
I think ican fix it.
Wait. 5 minutes ago,
you said you definitely could fix it,
and now you just think you can?
What do you want to hear?
I don't understand whythis happened.
Well, given the obvious solid craftsmanship that went into this thing,
I don't see howthis possibly could've happened.
If you're implying that everything
russian—made is of poor quality,
actually, the sub is Swiss.
So, they occasionally catch fire,
butthey keep perfecttime.
Sorry.
Think I've been hanging around Jack O'Neill too much.
There was nothing impeding us.
It shouldn't have happened.
Well, here's something else
that shouldn't be happening.
The outside pressure is increasing.
What?
The Gauge must be malfunctioning.
But it's Swiss.
Our depth is constant,
and pressure should be relative to depth.
And if it keeps increasing?
The sub will implode.
(Creaking)
Now we know how the Russians
acquired their information.
Solid.
(Exhales)
Whoa! Whoa, whoa.
Do not humans usually die
when they are frozen?
Usually.
They usually don't breathe when they're dead, either.
So, Svetlana, could you go over
exactly what happened last time you were here?
We came through the Stargate,
just as we did this time.
We took the sub straight to the dialing device,
and redialed earth.
The gate opened, and we headed through.
That's it?
We collected the water sample
just before getting back through the event horizon.
No trouble?
We had to push the engines
a little harder to get through the gate,
but I suspected it was some kind
of intuitive counterm easure,
intended to keep the water from flowing
through the gate.
It's possible.
My research indicates the gate actually has
the ability to use density, molecular structure,
and the force being exerted on the event horizon
to determine whether
something's actually trying to pass th rough.
I know.
That's where I got the idea.
(Creaking)
Maybou rn e?
His heart is beating,
albeit, slowly.
He is getting warmer, O'Neill.
Maybou rn e!
You hear me?
(Whirring begins)
We're not going anywhere, are we?
(Whirring dies)
What're you doing?
Pushing the engines harder will only
burn them out again. Nexttime, I may not be able to fix them.
And if we stay here, we'll run out of air.
If the pressure keeps increasing
at the current rate, the sub will implode.
Long before we run out of air.
Or that.
I figure we have maybe an hour.
I agree.
The front bubble will be most susceptible.
It will be the firstto go.
Could we stop agreeing on how we're going to die,
and start doing something about it?
(Creaking)
All right, that's far enough.
Maybou rn e...
Maybou rn e, stop!
Move again, and I'll shoot.
(Gagging)
Damn.
Jack...
The freezer.
What?
Move if you want to live.
Shoot me, if you want to.
We're dead if we don't move now!
Teal'c... (Gasps)
It's too late for him! Jack...
You open that door, and we're both dead, I swear!
You can't help him.
Getthe hell out of my way.
What the hell's going on here?
Daniel: You said it's like we're being held here.
Like something is squeezing the sub.
There is only water out there.
What if it's not water?
Exactly what tests did you run on the sample
when you brought it back?
As I said, we had begun preliminary analysis.
It was being kept in a sealed container.
It hadn't even been opened yet when iwent away.
How did you know it was giving off energy?
The container maintained atemperature
several degrees above room temperature.
And you never performed a chemical analysis?
I insisted the proper controls be set up
they were supposed to wait until I got back.
Butthey didn't.
Colonel sarkalov was under a lot of pressure to prove
thatthe money being spent was going to be worth it.
So, we don't know that's actually water out th ere.
(Creaking)
It's alive.
What?
The water.
When they exposed itto the air
to start a chemical analysis, it just evaporated—...
Turned into vapor.
You were there?
We inhaled it.
Didn't give us a choice.
Who's us?
Scientists in the lab.
I knew what was going on, but I—I couldn't control myself.
They wanted to go back th rough the Stargate.
Who's they?
Life forms in the water.
Countless numbers of microscopic organisms.
Intelligent life forms.
Are you trying to tell me this water thinks?
We were killing them.
They forced us to try and take them back through the gate.
Soldiers tried to stop us. They were shooting.
If an infected man was killed,
the fluid came out of him, and more were infected.
It was chaos.
One of the infected soldiers managed to getto the dhd
and getthe gate open. That's when the base commander
enacted the em protocol to stop it.
The infected men started running through the gate,
trying to escape the gas.
Why didn'tyou?
I was cut off from the gate room.
Ithinkthe liquid organisms inside me knew
the only way to keep themselves alive
was to escape the gas and freeze themselves.
They forced me in here.
You were frozen solid when we found you.
They kept me alive.
How do you know all this?
I don't know how exactly. I just do.
They must've communicated itto me.
This 5 the stuff that's in Teal'c now?
How do we get it out?
Come on, maybourne, it came out of you!
They needed to go back.
You wouldn't let me go.
I guess they thought Teal'c could get them home.
What if it's a life form?
That is pure assumption.
That would certainly explain everything.
After you collected the sample, you said
you experienced resistance trying to go
back th rough the gate.
It wasn't the gate causing the resistance.
It was the life form trying to prevent you from leaving.
And now, it's perceiving us
as some kind of threat.
(Crack)
(Creaking)
Teal'c!
Fight it! Fight it!
Aah!
(Cracking)
It's all we've got.
The pressure alone...
(Crash)
Daniel?
What are you doing? What's he doing?
Carter: Daniel?
I think it just wants to understand.
What?
Us.
(Gate whirring)
(Gagging)
Teal'c?
They had no wish to kill me, O'Neill.
They only want to travel home.
That's good.
You all right?
I will be.
Ok... ithink we should duck.
(Whooshing)
(Grunting)
Ahh. That had to hurt.
Didn'tyou guys leave here in a submarine?
We, uh...
The lastthing I remember,
we were being pulled into the...
Not really sure what happened, sir.
Here's a thought...
We just exchanged hostages.
It's just a thought.