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Reese, your father made you wrong.
No! Yes.
If, as you say, this Android was responsible
for creating the first generation of replicators,
it may well prove invaluable.
The radar system on the x—303, it's still incomplete.
Fly through the lower bay. They'll never see you coming.
I have no idea where we are.
I can't plot a course for home.
The asgard.
Can you help us out here?
It is we who need your help.
The asgard homeworld has been overrun
by the replicators.
Are you serious?
Very.
This ship you need, this brand—new ship?
Yes.
So new it doesn't have a name yet.
It's not even finished.
Ithinkthat's the point, sir.
The more low tech, the better.
Correct, major Carter.
It certainly defies conventional wisdom.
Mine, too.
The replicators will not wish to integrate
such vastly inferior technology into their own.
Then... what?
A task for which you are uniouely suited.
You need someone dumb enough?
On the contrary.
It is both your physical prowess and military expertise
that are required.
Yeah, don't get me wrong, flattery goes a long way with me,
but if you're going where ithinkyou're going—...
When it became clear to the asgard high council
thatthe war with the replicators could not be won,
a plan was devised, a trap was set,
one made possible by you.
By us?
The Android Reese that you discovered
and provided to us for study
retained a single core command in her base programming
which we believed all replicators would still follow.
Then you were able to reactivate her?
No.
The Android was damaged beyond repair,
however, the key command was activated
within her n eural n etwork,
amplified, and broadcast through subspace
throughout the known universe.
What was the comman d?
To come forth.
You instructed every replicator outthere to come to you?
I have atheory why you lost the war.
The command was only given once the trap was set.
What was the trap?
Atime—dilation device generating a field radius of .16 light—years.
Wow. That's some trap
they created a bubble in space around the replicators,
within which time was slowed down by a factor of...
10 to the fourth power.
Relatively speaking, sir, one year to the replicators
would be about to the rest of us.
An hour would be over a year. A day would be—...
I get it.
The point is if the plan had worked,
it would have effectively bottled the replicators up in one place
and boughtthe asgard thousands of years to solve the problem.
No, the point is, it didn't work.
O'Neill is correct.
Our plan failed.
What went wrong?
We do not know.
The time—dilation device was constructed
within Avery old structure on hala,
the first planet settled by the asgard.
The device was encased
in a solid neutronium shell,
and set with atime delay
sufficient to evacuate our entire civilization.
Well, however strong neutronium is,
wouldn'tthe replicators be able to eat through it?
Eventually, yes,
but not in sufficienttime
before the device activated.
This calculation was made
with considerable margin for error.
When the time came, nothing happened.
So somehow,
the replicators must have gotten to the time—dilation device
before it could activate.
That appears to be the only explanation.
So what do you want us to do?
Fly your ship th rough replicator—dominated space,
repair whatever damage may have been done
to the time—dilation device,
an d activate it
before the replicators can stop you.
Thor, buddy...
There's no way.
The replicators will soon consume all thatthey can within our home galaxy.
Yours will be next.
I thought we were too primitive to consume?
Your technology would not immediately attract the replicators,
but th ey would eventually be drawn to the raw materials
of which your civilization is built.
Your extinction will be assured.
For that matter, so would every other world we've visited.
I mean, it's just a matter of time.
Did all of the asgard manage to escape?
Most, but not all.
A great battle was fought.
The evacuation fleet is standing by
in the void between our two galaxies,
awaiting to hear word of your response.
My response?
We have done all that we can and failed, O'Neill.
You and your team represent our last hope.
Yeah, great, so no pressure, right?
If you have, in fact,
made your decision not to undertake this task, I will inform the council.
Just give me a minute here, okay?
Are you reconsidering, O'Neill?
I'm considering reconsidering.
Well, there has to be other options.
We believe there is no alternative plan of action.
Thor, I don'tthink you realize what you're asking us to do.
In the past, your projectile weapons have been most effective.
Well, we don't have any with us at the moment,
and according to Carter, we're a long way from...
Home.
You towed us back into earth's orbit.
Correct, major Carter.
The contents of your armory at Stargate command,
along with appropriate attire,
food and other supplies you may require,
are now being transported aboard this vessel.
I hope you did the paperwork.
Wait a minute. We have a few passengers.
They are being transported to Stargate command.
I haven't said "yes" yet.
But you are reconsidering.
I'm...
Leaning in the general direction.
Hey,
what are you doing?
We're leaving the solar system.
Thor, little fella...
That's not the way it works.
It's not my ship it's not up to me.
The journey to our home galaxy will take many hours with yourvessel in tow.
You may consult your superiors en route.
Sergeant?
I can't explain it, sir.
It's like everything in the armory just disappeared—...
P—9os, spas 125, saws, claymores, everything.
Sir, four of the people who commandeered the x—303
just appeared out of thin air in the holding room.
Air force personnel and a reporter
just beamed into the cafeteria kitchen up on level 22.
Half the food stores went missing at the same time.
You're certain the Stargate's been inactive?
Yes, sir.
What in god's name is happening?
Hello, sir, siler.
Colonel, it's good to see you alive and well.
We were concern ed the x—303 was lost with all hands.
No, sir. We're all fine,
except for the Goa'uld and Simmons, of course.
So you were rescued by the asgard?
Actually, it kind of looks like
we'll be coming to their rescue, sir.
Does it have anything to do with the supplies and equipment
that are disappearing from all over my base?
Yes, sir.
Suffice to say you might want to get upstairs
and punch one on the old speed dial.
My grandchildren?
Two, then.
Ithinkthe president might want to know
what the asgard have in mind for our new ship.
They didn't go for it.
They didn't approve the mission?
Oh, no, they did that.
Once they knew the stakes
and the whole fate—of—th e—universe stuff,
both the president and Hammond realized we had no choice.
He sends good luck, godspeed, and all those things he says
when he thinks we're going to die.
So what didn't they go for?
The name I suggested.
Forthe ship?
Sir, we can't call it the enterprise.
Why not?
The code name for the project is prometheus.
What's wrong with that?
It's a Greek tragedy. Who wants that?
Okay, the x—303it is, then.
Yeah. What have you got there?
Well, the asgard surmised that the replicators
probably disabled the time—dilation device
by destroying the control—interface mechanism.
Uh—huh?
Well, it's really not much more than an advanced timer,
but since any asgard technology we took along
would cause the replicators to swarm all over us,
Thor had a facsimile of their interface built
from earth—based materials.
It'll work just as well as the original,
but it shouldn't attract the replicators.
I'm hungry.
Cargo bay three, sir.
Thanks.
You guys trying to make yourselves sick?
Well, Thor forgot to take
the need for refrigeration into account,
so we figured we'd start with the frozen stuff.
It is good.
Mmm.
I'll buy that.
So, Jonas,
firsttime going up against a replicator, eh?
Mm—hmm.
Ithinki have a pretty good idea
whatto expect, though.
Teal'c told me all about them
and I read everything Dr. Jackson wrote.
They're fascinating.
Fascinating?
Yeah.
Well, think about it.
You have a human scientist who creates this an droid girl,
who then goes on to create these replicators as a toy.
Well, at least the concept
of something that starts out so innocent
becomes so evil,
I mean, that's got to be fascinating to you.
Replicators exist merely to increase their number
and do so without prejudice.
They are no more evil than avirus.
A really evil virus.
I guess we can all agree that any living thing
that isn't inherently evil in and of itself
is capable of undertaking actions that are evil.
We are slowing.
Colonel, you should come forward, sir.
We're on our way.
We just came out of hyperspace a minute ago.
We dare proceed no further
without risk of engaging the replicators.
You will have to continue from this point
under your own ship's power.
But you're going to wait here for us, right?
There is now another concern.
Our long—range sensors have discovered
that the time—dilation device was indeed activated.
Well, that's good.
It's not good?
Time is now progressing faster within the field.
They reversed it?
By a factor of 10 squared.
What is with you people?
Time machines are nothing but trouble.
Even we know that.
Clearly, the replicators have discovered a means
of utilizing the time—dilation machine
to serve their own purpose.
But what would that purpose be?
Well, I've got to tell you, this changes things.
Carter, how does this change things?
I don't know, sir.
I guess it doesn't.
You mean, we've got the same problem we had an hour ago.
Well, the difference is in that hour,
four days have passed for the replicators.
Depending on when they did this, relatively speaking,
they could have experienced hundreds of years.
I get it.
If you wish to reconsider...
No, no.
I full well expected the other shoe to drop eventually.
We can only hope thatthis will be the last footwear to fall.
The coordinates to the planet
have already been programmed
into your navigational computer.
We have modified your engines and structural integrity fields
to their maximum potential to assure your safe arrival.
We will monitor your progress as best we can.
Good luck.
Setting course to programmed coordinates.
Throttling up sublight engines.
Again.
If my hands are covered in blisters,
they're not going to work any faster.
Colonel, we're about to pass through
into the time—dilation field.
We're on our way.
A replicator—controlled vessel approaches.
Well, hopefully th ey'll agree with Thor
andthinkthis ship's a piece of junk.
They are scanning us.
Sir, we're being scanned
by the replicator ship. Stand by.
Are we still in business?
Indeed.
Yes, sir. It's moving off.
Looks like we're clear to enter the planet's atmosphere.
We're detecting one structure
at the designated coordinates.
Justthe one?
There appears to be little topography of any kind.
200 meters.
Th rottling down to 50%!
150 meters.
The surface appears to be completely smooth.
100 meters.
No sign of replicators.
Deceleration thrusters are firing.
50 meters.
Inertial compensators and structural integrity
are at maximum.
Landing struts are at full extension.
What was that?
Lightning, sir.
All systems are still go.
10 meters.
Five meters.
Touchdown!
Sh utting down th rusters.
Get a message to Thor.
Let him know we've touched down.
Let's move out.
This can't be the only structure on the entire planet.
I'd be willing to bet
the bugs ate everything else.
Then where are they?
Sir, you're not going to like this.
What is it?
The entire planet's surface appears to be covered by replicator blocks.
Probably more than one layer, and who knows how thick it is,
maybe miles.
Why would that be?
Well, it could be a by-product
of the reverse time dilation.
In relative time, they've been here hundreds of years,
butthere's nothing left to consume,
so they're just conserving energy.
What's keeping them here?
Who cares?
Watch your step
Sir, the original interface is still intact.
I might be able to—...
Who are you?
Colonel Jack O'Neill, U.S. air force, earth.
Who are you?
The others are coming.
What do you thinkyou're doing?
The clocks are running a little fast around here.
We thought we'd stop by, wind them.
We'll be on our way.
Your companion is attempting to alter
the settings on the time device,
and we cannot allow that.
If she does not stop immediately,
we will be forced to take action.
Well, now, if you do that,
we might be forced to take our own action.
Tell your companion to stop.
Carter, how much time do you need there?
A lot, sir.
Maybe a few hours.
Hours?
Sir, the interface was completely rebuilt.
I'm not even sure where to start.
Couldn't you crank it up a little bit,
move things along?
It doesn't work that way, sir.
Ironic, isn't it?
Who are you people?
Because if you haven't noticed,
this entire planet is paved with replicators.
We are aware of this.
Well, then, you should also know
thatthese things have taken millions of lives,
andthey'll keep on doing that unless we stop them.
He doesn't understand.
You know, he's standing right here.
We can't allow you to stop them, I'm afraid.
Why not?
We are replicators.
Tell your companion to step away from the device.
Carter.
Your projectile weapons.
Yeah, you know, ithinkwe'll hang onto those for a while.
Nowthere is no need.
Where are my manners?
This is something of an occasion, after all, isn't it?
Our first meeting.
Welcome.
Colonel, if we really intended you harm,
do you believe you'd be standing there?
As I said...
Welcome.
We are inside your unconscious mind.
You'd think there'd be more lights on.
This place must be important to you.
I work here.
Your Iris code is 903...
224...
637.
Wow, that's...
Close.
Here's one for you.
I'm thinking of an animal.
I never expected that you would amuse me.
I never expected you'd putyour hand in my head.
Your mind is...
Incredible.
Well, you know—...
Such chaos...
And humor...
And pain.
You are correct to blame yourself.
Your son would still be alive, but for your carelessness.
Don't do that again.
Thatwill be your punishment
each time you attempt to conceal something from me on our journey.
Where are we going?
To every place you have ever been.
Crap!
Oh, Jesus...
Carter.
Jonas!
Her hand was inside my head, and it was like a...
It was like a nightmare.
Ithinkwe all had a similar experience.
I don't remember much of it.
Nor do I.
How long were we out?
37 hours, sir, ship time.
Why would they bring us back here?
Perhaps we can take advantage of the situation.
Detonate the hyperdrive, you mean?
An overload would cause a pretty big explosion.
Big enough to be worth it?
I honestly don't know, sir.
Get a message to Thor.
Let him know how massively he screwed up
colonel.
Colonel, I don'tthink that this is going to work.
If Carter says she can do it...
Yeah, but if explosives and weapons worked,
the asgard would have won their war.
I suppose you want to talk to these bug people.
Don't you?
No.
Maybe we can reason with them.
If we blowthe ship,
then we lose that option all together.
If we blowthe ship, iwon't care.
Colonel, I don'tthink that you fully appreciate what they've become.
Replicators who look like we do.
Well, it's more than that.
Sir, this is a huge leap in their evolution.
Jonas, they are replicators.
Carter, what's going on?
Everything's fine, sir.
We were just chatting.
About what?
He carried us back here one at atime,
so we'd be more comfortable.
Thanks.
It was not difficult.
Apparently, sir, we're invited to dinner. At his request.
Whose?
First.
And you are?
I was fifth.
The others are merging with our replicator brethren,
butthey will return soon.
Yeah, you want to let him know we've made other plans?
Exploding your vessel would only serve to feed energy
to the replicator blocks
on the surface of the planet.
Your food stores have already been taken to the temple.
When are we expected?
When you become hungry.
That one's different. No kidding.
I mean, he comes across as almost human.
Well, he's not.
So what do we do?
Can we leave?
The ship will fly, buti don't know how far we'll get.
Sir, if this really is
the next evolution of the replicators,
we should find out as much as possible about them
andtry to report it back somehow.
Anyone hungry?
Colonel O'Neill, major Carter,
Teal'c, Jonas, welcome.
You'll forgive us if we don't shake your hands this time.
Please sit and replenish yourselves.
Organic forms store energy so inefficiently.
Yeah.
I assume you're sixth?
Yes.
Our newest addition.
You're kind of going girl, boy, girl, boy.
Sir, the entire table—...
I see that.
Um...
We still have some questions
that we never got a chance to ask last time we met.
When our replicator brethren
discovered the Android Reese,
they realized she was their creator.
They studied her design and form
and found aspects of her technology
superior to their own.
Our brethren are composed of ungainly blocks.
We are composed of millions of cell units,
microscopic in comparison,
that combine to create this form.
Like nanites, sir.
I hate those things.
My creation took place in the last moment
before the asgard time—device was to activate.
There was a minuscule crack in the neutronium shell.
I could pen etrate this,
where my replicator brethren could not.
I managed to stop the machine before it activated
and eventually used it to suit our purpose.
Which is?
To increase our number.
That has never changed,
and now, thanks to the asgard,
we have all the time in the world.
In a few short years, we will go forth as an army.
Yeah, see, we can't let you do that.
You cannot stop us.
Was it not in this same way
that you became the dominant species of your worlds?
Is it not a process of natural selection?
The strong survive.
Yeah, butthere's nothing truly natural about you.
I mean, you've seen into our minds.
I'm quite certain that you can all tell the difference.
Of course.
We are far superior,
and if you could see into the mind of an animal
you would blithely feed upon,
you would reach the same conclusion.
Itwas our kind that built your creator.
You've created you rselves in our image.
No,
in the image of Reese.
Yeah, now, see,
there was something wrong with her programming.
You all know that.
The flaw in the emulation programming
was discovered during my creation.
Eat.
You know, ithinkthat flaw is kind of hanging on there.
We attempted to correctthe error in the creation of fifth...
Butthus far, he has proven to be far too—...
Human?
Weak.
Maybe fifth represents whatyou're supposed to be.
No.
We won't make the same mistake again.
Now...
You have your answers.
Eat.
Why?
To regain your strength.
Why do you care?
So you'll be strong enough.
For what?
To go into your minds over and over.
Could there be any other reason we would keep you alive?
It will be far less painful if you don't resist.
Stop
why?
You've learned everything you need to know.
There are four minds to explore at least once,
and sixth is very curious to experience their thoughts...
And you,
you haven't yet had your chance.
No.
I insist.
I want you to see the disorder, the chaos.
Recognize what they are in comparison.
You need to understand what you are.
Visittheir memories of worlds we will conquer.
Do you understand?
Yes.
I won't blame you if you choose me.
Carter?
It's all right, sir.
Lasttime I didn't remember athing.
I don't know whatyou're showing me,
but it's not my unconscious mind.
No, major Carter, it is mine.
We share much of our thought.
In this way we are connected,
even with our replicator brethren,
butthis corner of my mind is mine alone.
It was the only place we can communicate
without the others knowing what is said.
You're not like them.
I'm a mistake.
No, they are,
aterrible mistake.
Help us.
I can't. You can,
because you're more like us than you're like them.
They others inherited the same flawthat Reese had, butyou—...
The others would destroy me.
Not if you came with us.
You would do that?
If you were to come with us
and the time—dilation device was reset
with the new interface we brought with us—...
They're my brothers and sisters.
The asgard device was never designed to destroy the replicators.
For them, itwould seem like a few days have passed,
but we'd have hundreds of years to solve their flaw.
What do you want me to do?
Sir?
Sir.
Oh, that's just not right.
Jonas and Teal'c?
Sir, there's a way out of this,
but we're going to have to trust—...
Major Carter.
I've made the necessary adjustments.
To what?
The time—dilation device.
I am coming with you.
I assume this is what you were going to tell me?
Yes, sir.
The others are merging with our brethren,
sharing what they learned from you,
but they will return soon.
I have reconfigured the device,
butyou must enter your command code.
You guys get back to the ship.
Don't fire up the engines, but be ready.
My code is in, sir. I just need to setthe timer.
It'll take at least two minutes at a dead run
for us to getto the ship, and two more for the enginesto fire up.
That is far too long.
If I leave, the others will know.
They will return before the device activates.
Then we set it off now.
No.
We would be trapped with the others.
You can probably make itto the ship
a lot faster than we can, right?
Oh, yes, in a fraction of the time.
Give us a head start.
If you arrive at the ship just before we launch,
your absence won't alert the others until it's too late
for them to do anything about it.
So setthe timer for...
Five minutes.
That's cutting it awfully close, sir.
I know that, major.
Thank you.
You won't leave without me?
No.
Head for the ship in a little over three minutes.
Three, two...
One...
Mark.
Timer's running.
Fire up those engines now!
Understood, O'Neill.
What have you done?
Nothing.
Where are the humans?
They've returned to their ship to rest.
They're trying to escape. No.
Even as we speak, they're preparing to leave.
She promised.
It's not too late.
I can read your mind.
There's time enough to stop the machine.
No.
How long?
Before the device activates.
Getthis thing in the air
or we're going to be here a long time.
They're escaping.
There's still two minutes left.
No, my son...
They've made a fool of you.
They won't leave me. She promised.
We are beyond the time—dilation field.
Thor sends his congratulations, sir.
They'll rendezvous with us
as soon as they've determined
no replicator vessels escaped.
Fine.
You do realize what you did?
The rightthing, Jonas.
You used his humanity against him.
His what?
Jonas is right.
That's exactly what we did.
He wasn't human.
Get that th rough your heads.
He could have fooled me.
We all know what would have happened
if those things had gotten out.
Who was going to stop them?
We did the rightthing.
I hope you're right, sir.
So do I.