Narrator: Previously on "Stargate sg—1..."
Run!
A requisition just crossed my desk
requesting a c—5 for a classified pickup
at an nid landing site.
Man: We demand you return the touchstone!
It's missing?
They were dressed much as you are
and carried weapons like yours.
Colonel O'Neill.
What the hell, is this a joke, maybourn e?
I think you're gonna want to hear what I have to offer you.
Your mission?
Use whatever means necessary to acquire goods andtechnology
that could help earth in the battle
against the Goa'uld, sir, or other unforeseen aggressors.
Woman: There's an asgard ship descending over the base!
I'll be holding the door open so you can't go anywhere else.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm pleased to announce
that you are all under arrest for high crimes
against the United States and its allies.
How overdue is sg—9?
Coming up on 11 hours, sir.
That's not like major Benton.
Dial p2aoi 8.
Try to establish radio contact from our end.
Sir, my mission report.
Better late than never, I always say.
Man: Chevron one, encoded.
Yep, I always say that.
Chevron two, encoded.
What's going on?
Sg—9 was on an extended mission
to reestablish diplomatic relations with p2a018.
018.
Latona.
Oh, yes.
One of several planets visited by the nid
while running their off—world program.
Right.
Major Benton has spent several months
trying to negotiate access to a defensive weapon
they call the sentinel.
It's supposed to be capable of defending their entire planet.
Yeah, I, uh, read the reports.
They were scheduled to return early this morning.
Chevron 7, wide.
Standing by, sir.
Malp relay is active.
This is Hammond.
Sg—9, report.
Major Benton, you are overdue.
Please respond.
Man on speaker: General, sir, this is sergeant grogan.
Major Benton was...
3 days...
The star...
The latonans tried to...
But th e... thing didn't work.
Sergeant, can you make it back to the Stargate?
Negative, there are two Jaffa...
Supported by a staff...
And there's no way I can get back to the Stargate.
Under fire! ...Out!
Shut it down.
Yes, sir.
Man: Ok, marul, go ahead.
Your friends will see me?
Not right now.
I'll send your greeting back with my report.
Well, what shall I say?
Anything you like.
Man on video: How about hello?
Marul: Hello?
Hello.
Man on video: That'll be fine.
The rat bastard.
I thought he came across as very nice.
The voice behindthe camera.
Colonel Sean grieves, formerly of the nid.
He led an off—world team for colonel maybourne
and was one of the members of that organization
convicted of high treason for his actions.
And what was grieves' team trying to steal?
The latonans possess a planetary defense
they call "the sentinel," which has apparently
keptthem safe from the Goa'uld for generations.
I can see whythe nid would want to gettheir hands on it.
We put them all away before they could.
Frankly, I'm afraid colonel grieves' team
may have done something to the sentinel device
they haven't admitted to.
Fiddling around with it, was he?
Well, according to his report,
the latonans never granted grieves' team
access to the sentinel device
before they were recalled and arrested.
You don't think it's possible
for an nid operative to lie.
I believe it is, Daniel Jackson.
Right. Ahem.
So if grieves' team
disabled the latonans' only means of self—defense...
We're responsible.
Grieves is responsible, thank you.
I doubt the latonans
will appreciate that distinction, colonel.
Time will be of the essence.
The Goa'uld forces sg—9 encountered
on latona were most likely sent
th rough the Stargate as a test.
To determine if the sentinel was operational.
And by now, they'll have reported back.
A Goa'uld mothership, most likely,
is not far off, if the Goa'uld believe
that latona may now be conquered.
Might be a good time to try out
that new guidance system on the uav, sir.
I think that can be arranged.
Sir, before we go anywhere, we need to talk to grieves.
Why?
Carter: Well, whether we like it or not, sir,
colonel grieves and lieutenant kershaw
may be the only people qualified to fix it.
I'll go.
You're dismissed.
He's worried I might try to kill you.
In that case, I insist.
Had many visitors lately?
Maybourne stop by to see how the old team's doing?
What do you want, O'Neill?
P2aoi 8.
A device called the sentinel.
What about it?
I need to know what you did to screw it up
and whati need to do to fix it.
I'm more inclined to tell you where to shove it.
As we speak,
sg—9 is either pinned down by the Goa'uld or dead,
so let's just cut the crap, ok?
How is this my problem?
You're responsible.
018 is defenseless because of you.
Earth is defenseless because of you.
You don't seem to have a problem with that.
You stole technology from our allies.
If I hadn't shut you down, they would have.
Do you really think the asgard or the tok'ra
will really rush to our defense when the Goa'uld
finally decide to stomp on us?
That day is coming, colonel.
Don't kid yourself.
I guess I should just go have a chat with kershaw.
The latonans didn't want to show us the sentinel.
We found it ourselves not far from the city.
There was a force field guarding the device itself.
Kershaw and I took almost two weeks
to get in, take it apart,
and put it back together good as new.
Not good as new.
You did something wrong.
The onlything we did wrong
was come back to base to meet our new cd.
It's fun ny——at the time,
iwas looking forward to meeting you.
I need you to write down exactly how you got in
and exactly what I need to do to fix this.
If I do anything—— anything—...
I want my sentence commuted.
Ithinkthat's understood going in.
And you'll need to take us with you.
Kershaw and me.
Sg—I can handle it.
Who do you think you are?
We were good, colonel,
every bit as good as you.
We believed what we were doing
was for the good of the country.
If you hadn't put me in here,
we might've had our own sentinel by now.
You done?
I don't care how good Carter thinks she is
or how cocky you are.
The device is way too complicated for you
to try to repair without us.
You already know that, or you wouldn't be here.
Uav is away, sir,
climbing into position.
Carter: Receiving telemetry.
Confirm two staff Cannon emplacements concealed
20 meters or so from the gate.
We got lucky, sir.
The can nons weren't able to down the uav
before it was out of their range.
Begin painting the target as soon as the uav
reach es altitude.
Close the blast doors.
Prepare to launch.
Carter: Target sierra—1 has been acquired.
Sergeant, launch when ready.
Missile away.
Sierra—1 has been destroyed.
Attempting to acouire sierra—2.
How do you know those are the only emplacements
guarding the gate?
We don't.
Sierra—2 has been acquired by uav.
Launch when ready.
Sierra—2 has been destroyed.
But I can't confirm casualties.
Uav switching to recon mode for stage 2.
That's us.
Colonel, sg—3 will take point.
Kershaw.
Major Lawrence, make it a clean sweep
yes, sir.
Why don't you go with them,
keep them out of trouble.
We'll be on your 6 in 60 seconds.
Sg—3, let's go, let's go, let's go!
I'll say it again.
I don't like the idea of going into this unarmed.
An d... I don't care.
I feel better just knowing there's an archaeologist
watching our backs.
Yeah, which end do the bullets go in again?
I'd be happy to show you.
Our mission objective
is to fix whatever you screwed up.
If you get any ideas other than that,
I'll shoot you.
Understood?
Yeah.
Move out.
No sign of sg—3.
Sg—3, this is sg—I niner.
Report.
3 Jaffa warriors survived the missile attack.
Sg—3 is in pursuit to preventthem
from reporting our arrival.
Major Lawrence suggests we continue on.
Colonel?
You want me to take point without a weapon?
I want you to point Teal'c in the right direction.
Just out of curiosity, how many years
did you promise to take off their sentence
if they managed to fix this?
Actually, th ey'll get a few more years out of this.
More?
They were on death row.
Carter: So how did you manage to find the sentinel
if the latonans didn't want to show it to you?
Kershaw: Maybe we're good.
O'Neill: Bribed the locals, eh?
Grieves: I see you've done your homework.
Major Benton's preliminary report said
the latonans were egalitarian.
They don't use currency of any kind.
Kershaw: They don't care about material things.
Everybody's got their price.
Colonel.
Grogan.
You all right?
There was a Jaffa patrol on my 6 most of the day.
I decided to stop running and fight it out.
How long ago?
Grogan: Last night.
I guess I passed out, and they went right by me.
They'll be long gone.
Where's the rest of your team?
Major Benton took a staff hit in the chest
on our way back to the gate.
Tarkman and winters got away with me at first,
but I'm the only one left.
Here.
This isn't supposed to be happening.
The latonans have this device—...
We know, lieutenant.
We're here to fix it.
Sir, should I radio sg—3 and let them know
grogan's coming back to the gate?
N egative, major.
Teal'c, how soon
should we expect a mothership here?
Of that I'm unsure, O'Neill.
It could be hours, perhaps even days.
Grogan, can you get me into the city?
There are Jaffa patrols all over the damn place
making sure the latonans keep their curfew.
But, yeah, I can take you straight to marul if you want.
That's a waste of time.
Why do you say that?
The sentinel was built hundreds of years ago
by marul's ancestors.
He has no clue how to use it.
None of them do.
All right, look,
we're here to help these people.
What the hell do you think you can do?
Maybe give them another option
other than being wiped out.
Grogan, you good to go?
Mm—hmm.
Good.
Carter, you're in charge.
Yes, sir.
Fix it.
Yes, sir. Good luck, sir.
Let's go.
Grogan: That's the main road leading in and out of the city.
You wouldn't happen to know a back way
in there, would you?
Yes, sir, ithinki do.
Kershaw: This is it.
Jackson: What is?
Grieves: We've got to know it's there.
We went right by it the firsttime.
All right, you're on.
Major Carter, it would be wise if we were to remain
in concealed positions guarding the entrance.
Absolutely. At least until the force field's down.
How long will that take?
Last time it took just over 48 hours.
Well, maybe Daniel can help you
shave a couple of days off that estimate.
You're not preparing for his arrival
as I instructed.
Your people ignore the curfew.
Because they do not understand it.
It is a simple matter.
Lord svarog has claimed latona
as part of his domain.
Your conquest will happen
as sure as the sun will rise.
Accept th at,
and you may live to serve him.
My people have no desire to serve anyone.
When svarog rains fire from the sky,
they will beg for his mercy
and offer him their devotion.
No, they will not.
They will when those around them
begin to die.
This is my last warning.
Your lord svarog should not come.
The sentinel will send him away.
You will all be sent away.
So you have said for 3 days,
yet here I stand.
The sentinel is nothing more than a legend.
It is very real.
Then my patrols will find it and destroy it.
It's all right, marul. He's a friend.
From your world?
That's right. He's come all the way from earth
justto see you.
I'm colonel Jack O'Neill.
We need to talk.
Kershaw: Please don't do that.
Doesn't really look much like a weapon, does it?
Why don't you make yourself useful, Dr. Jackson,
and go watch the front door with your friends.
I'd rather be trying to help you,
but your approach looks completely random.
The patterns change randomly. We're trying to keep ahead.
Those sounds?
The code to shut off the field is always changing
relative to the harmonics between the ton es
in each pattern.
And how many different patterns are there?
We've recorded over 100.
Oh, so I should probably...
Shut up
yeah.
Your offer is kind, but not necessary.
I think it is.
The sentinel has not failed us in centuries.
It will not fail us now.
What's taking it so long?
I've sent a messenger to the sentinel
to seekthe answer to that question.
Perhaps it is waiting.
You will see.
Our enemy will be sent away.
How exactly?
One moment they are there.
The next, they are gone in white light.
Gone where?
To the place our ancestors divined.
We are only grateful that our enemies are gone.
Andthat's it?
Their civilization is technologically regressed, sir.
Nobody knows how anything works,
just so long as it keeps working.
And you've seen this thing working?
Oh, yes.
As achild,
an enemy of our people came in a great ship
but it was sent away.
That's the story we get from just about everybody, sir.
Marul, do you remember ateam of guys
who came here from earth about two years ago?
Oh, colonel grieves, of course.
He asked that he might see the sentinel
to learn its mysteries
so that one day your people might be protected as we are.
But to do that, that would be against our highest law.
No one may see the sentinel except its caretaker.
Yeah, well, they did anyway.
They worked at night so no one would know.
Somehow they got in, they took it apart,
put it back together again,
but something's wrong.
They're there right now trying to fix it,
butwe might be running out of time.
But what you say cannot be so.
This flame burns to tell us
thatthe sentinel is watching over us,
and in turn, is being watched over.
As long as this flame burns,
we may rest assured that we are safe from harm.
There is a battalion of Jaffa in your city
right now, just waiting to harm you.
There is an impenetrable barrier to the chamber.
They got past it.
Colonel grieves gave me his word.
He lied.
Yet you speak the truth?
He does, marul.
Teal'c, come in.
A Jaffa patrol.
I count 10, maybe more.
With luck, th ey'll pass right by us.
It is more likely they followed our tracks to this location.
Grieves: This is impossible.
We haven't been at itthat long.
Let me try.
Do you have any idea how complicated this code is?
Yes, ithink so. Just let me try.
It's hit the fan already.
Give me your beretta.
You think you can help in here?
Well, I can help outthere.
We have to take all of them out so they can't report back.
Aah! Aah!
The Jaffa patrol must have tracked us here.
We can hold them off for now,
but getthat force field down.
Do you know what you're listening for?
The mathematical progression of the harmonic
in each given pattern, relative to its spectral equivalent.
My people have depended on the sentinel for 300 years.
It was created to be there always,
so that we might feel free to pursue matters of the mind
and spirit without fear of what is happening now.
If what you say is true...
I didn't come all this wayto lie to you.
How many will die?
I don't know.
And I can't undo what's already been done.
But we can still save hundreds of your people,
maybe all of them.
How?
We're prepared to evacuate as many people as possible.
And military support to get them to the gate.
Leave our world?
I'm afraid so.
As we speak, a Goa'uld mothership
could be on its way here.
What will itell them?
That the very people who doomed our world
now ask us to trust our lives to them?
Voice: I am svarog.
From this day forth, you will serve me.
That's all of them I can see.
What the hell are you doing out here? Helping you out.
A mothership just opened up on the city.
I saw.
You need to get that force field down.
That's the reason you're here.
Jackson wanted a try. I gave him atry.
You were getting shot at, so I backed you up
or is it you don't like the idea of me with a gun?
It's empty.
Get back in there.
Teal'c, I want to see what's taking so long.
Keep an eye out.
That voice.
All part of the show.
The sky rained fire.
It's from a ship in orbit.
One with really big speakers.
Maru I!
Has the messenger returned with any news?
There are Jaffa patrols all over the place.
If marul sent somebody, I doubt they made it very far.
Go home. Tee h'eta.
Do you have any other way
of defending yourself?
Carter, come in.
Yes, sir.
The mothership's here.
Some guy named...
Svarog.
He's one of the system lords, sir.
You should get out of there.
Yeah. Uh, what's your progress?
Still working on the force field, sir.
Major, people are startin'to die here.
Yes, sir. We're doing our best.
You tell grieves if he doesn't fix thatthing,
I'll shoot him anyway.
Marul, you have to make an announcement.
Tell your people to evacuate th e city,
and head to the Stargate.
Many of your people could survive.
You've got two options:
Sit here, and watch your city burn to the ground—...
Or surrender. You surrender...
They'll enslave your people—...
And take some of them as hosts.
Goa'uld are parasites.
They take over the bodies of people.
My people are innocent, they have done nothing
to deserve this.
I can't stay here much longer.
You've got to make a decision.
B—but your friends may yet be able to repair
the damage they have done.
This Goa'uld is not gonna wait for that!
It's time to go—...
With or without you.
Kershaw: Dammit!
No, you almost had it, you just had
the last two colors in the wrong order.
We're in! Go!
Colonel, this is Carter.
We've made it past the force field,
and we're starting to work on the sentinel.
Warriors of svarog
approach in greater numbers.
Understood, Teal'c.
We'll make our stand inside the cave.
Keep them at bay as long as you can,
andthen get in here.
Daniel, can you get that force field working again?
I'm on it.
Incoming transmission!
It's sg—3, sir.
Put it on the speaker.
Major: This is sg—3 niner, come in.
What's your situation, major?
A Goa'uld mothership is firing
on the latonan city from orbit.
Goa'uld forces are heading toward our position.
Battalion strength, supported by gliders.
Can you hold the Stargate?
Not without reinforcements, sir.
Understood.
What's th e status of sg—1?
They're out of radio range, sir.
We've been out of contact for several hours.
Very well, major.
Hold the Stargate for as long as you can,
then get out of there.
Sg—I will just have to get the job done.
Yes, sir. Sg—3 niner out.
I'm sure they'll find a way, sir.
It's not sg—1 I'm worried about.
Colonel grieves?
While stealing a powerful beam weapon
from the people of p3y 294,
colonel grieves turned the device
against his pursuers, killing all 3.
We returned the stolen weapon,
but the government of p3y 294
would have nothing further to do with us.
I'll be in my office, sergeant.
Yes, sir.
Colonel, you know as well as I do
that we left this exactly the way we found it.
We can't have, we missed something.
No, we didn't.
It must be something else.
Either shut up, or go help Jackson
getthe force field back on.
How many?
Several gliders.
A battalion of warriors.
You're gonna wanna be on this side
when we getthis thing back up again.
Justtell us when.
Save you rselves.
I will remain here
as long as this flame burns.
Marul—...
As long as it burns, the caretaker lives.
What caretaker?
He is not to be spoken of.
It is against our law.
Look, do you want your people to survive—...
Or not?
Carter: I'm almost out of ammo!
Okay. Get on this side!
Daniel!
If everyone would just stop shooting
for a second, maybe we could hear what we're doing.
I got it! Go, go, go!
Kershaw!
Kershaw: Oh, it hurts—...
It's gonna be all right.
They can't get pastthe force field.
Colonel.
Carter—...
Carter, if you can hear me,
we've got to find someone called
the caretaker.
He's like a hermit.
He lives near the sentinel
and apparently, takes care of it.
Colonel!
Aagh!
One of my patrols has discovered your sentinel.
Even now, warriors of the tau ri
en deavor to repair it.
I cannot allow them to succeed.
Tell me how to disable the force field.
That would be against our highest law.
You would sacrifice your own life to defy me?
I would.
Colonel O'Neill, come in.
Force field must be blocking the radio signal.
We put it back the way it was.
I know we did.
Grieves: Obviously, we didn't.
If colonel grieves can get it back in working order,
we'll be the first to know.
Wait a second—— ithink
I recognize some of these symbols.
Their written language is similar
to the people of p2a 463.
So?
So it's possible they're related.
Don't tell me you could read that.
No, I'm just saying I recognize
some of these symbols.
On p2a 463, these symbols mean
life force... life energy.
Life energy?
These ones mean "two as on e."
And that means——?
I have no idea,
but it must mean something, otherwise
they wouldn't have written it here.
The caretaker, colonel.
Shut up!
What if the device is only part of the equation?
You're guessing.
We both know there's nothing wrong with the sentinel.
We put it back the way it was.
What if the caretaker did more
than just look after it?
Tell us of this caretaker.
The nightwe found this place,
a latonan man took us by surprise.
What happened?
He attacked us. I defended myself.
Colonel, look out!
My orders were to retrieve technology
that could save earth from the Goa'uld
at all costs, major. You know what that means.
You killed him.
I defended myself!
We should've taken him into the city.
They could have saved him, I know they could have.
The caretaker—— he begged us to.
Please...
Please—...
I do not wish to die.
Colonel, maybe we can take him back
to th e city?
Yes... the city.
That's not an option.
But sir, he'll die if we just leave him here.
We have our orders, kershaw.
Allow me to touch the sentinel.
Why?
Shut him up.
Please...
Allow me to touch the sentinel,
just once, with my hand.
You're not going anywhere,
you're not touching anything.
This is wrong.
It's his own damn fault for sneaking up on me like that.
You gotta think of the big picture here.
The sentinel could save earth one day.
We're talkin' about one life.
One life, compared to billions of people.
We don't even know how it works.
We'll find out.
Would you allow me
to give him something for the pain then, sir?
Fine. Butthat's all we can do.
When I die...
Marul will know.
What do you mean, he'll know?
He told us that if he were to die,
the latonans would know anyway.
How so?
The flame in...
Marul's chamber would die with him.
He wore a band around his wrist.
It was a...
A dead—man switch.
I rigged it so nobody would know he was gone.
"Two forces as on e." Man and machine?
No, no! We missed something!
We just need to find out what it is!
Colonel?
You know, now would be a good time
to turn thatthing on.
Lower the force field,
or your friends will be killed.
Sir—— don't do it, Carter.
That's an order.
Jaffa!
Aagh!
Blow it up! Don't let 'em have it!
Jaffa!
Aagh!
Do it! Yes, sir.
Grieves: Wait!
I can deactivate the force field.
I can do it from here.
I'm gonna let colonel grieves
take down the force field, sir.
Carter, I gave you a direct order.
Yes, sir, I understand that.
I think it's the rightthing to do.
He's gone.
As are the Jaffa.
Wh—whatjust happened?
The sentinel was never damaged, sir.
It just required a human component.
Man and machine,
working together to become a weapon.
The sentinel is indeed a device of great power.
It would be wise
to askthe latonans if we may study it further.
Oh, ithink I know what th ey'd say.