These two liquids mixed together
form a most virulent poison.
Am I supposed to hold my breath?
The poison is only deadly to symbiotes.
There's enough material in that vial
to kill every tok'ra on this base twice over.
Teal'c: Anubis once probed Thor's mind.
They would've gained access to asgard beaming technology.
Did you really think that they were going to let you
tell a secret like this? Brian, what are you...
They call themselves "the trust."
They've been funding various secret en deavors,
all aimed at controlling alien technology for their own purposes.
(Distorted voice) The symbols, Dr. Jackson,
we know it's the language of the ancients.
We need them translated into Goa'uld.
So either you give us what we want...
Or iwill kill her.
What's going on?
Not much.
I hate the graveyard shift.
Nothing exciting ever happens on it.
H ey...
Just 'cause it's 3:00 am. Here
doesn't mean it's not daylight on other planets.
There could be ateam coming in hot any second now.
Yeah. That's true.
So, coffee? Yeah.
Let me ask you something.
It's late at night, andthere's notthat many people around.
Do you ever getthe urge justto dial up the gate
and check out another planet?
Just for a few minutes?
That'd be a "no."
Me... me neither.
What the hell? (Alarm beeping)
The gate's gone.
I... I can see that.
Are we gonna get in trouble for this?
What about your instruments?
Were you detecting any signs of gate activity?
No, sir.
Did anyone approach the gate at anytime?
No. No.
So no unusual activity of any kind?
Okay.
Sir, are we going to be facing
any kind of disciplinary action for this?
No, sergeant, ithink it's safe to say
there was nothing you could have done.
Thank god.
I mean, there wasn't.
One minute, we were getting coffee,
and the next minute, the gate's gone... wait a minute!
You were getting coffee?
Um... it's...
I'm joking. I'm joking.
It's just a joke. Okay, that's all.
Thank you, guys, I appreciate it. Okay.
(Door opening)
(Door closing)
Boy, I'd hate to be the guy
that has to explain this to the president.
Carter: Sir.
I've gotthe video surveillance footage.
The gate disappeared at 0307.
There were two airmen in the gate room
andtwo technicians in the control room,
but none of them saw or heard anything out of the ordinary prior to the flash.
Is it just me, or does that look like an asgard beam?
It does, which makes no sense.
Why would they take our gate?
Yeah.
Usuallythey ask nicely before they ignore us
and do whatever they damn well please.
What about the prometheus?
Didn't the asgard install beam technology
as well as a hyperdrive?
Yeah. It's in the hangar.
We're still making adjustments to the new engines.
There is another possibility.
We know that Anubis possessed asgard beam technology.
We also know that ba'al took over much of his fleet.
You think ba'al stole our gate?
To be honest, right now I don't know what to think.
Well, I need some answers.
That's not going to be easy, sir.
Without a gate, we have no access to offworld intel.
We have no way of knowing what's going on outthere.
You'll think of something.
In the meantime, I have a phone call to make.
Is Teal'c still on p4s 161?
Yeah, his meeting with the rebel Jaffa leaders should be over by now.
When he can't contact us,
he'll follow protocol and head to the Alpha site.
Colonel Pierce.
Teal'c.
What is the situation?
We've been out of contact with earth for seven hours now.
We can establish a wormhole,
but all we get is a "do not proceed" response to our idc.
As was the case when I attempted to return from my mission.
They've had lockdowns before,
but the fact that they're not responding to any of our radio calls
has me concerned.
Right now, we have no idea what's happening at Stargate command.
I will return to p4s 161.
The rebel Jaffa will provide me with a cargo ship,
which I will then take to earth.
Teal'c...
We're notjumping to conclusions.
This may be just a malfunction,
but it's also possible earth has been compromised.
Indeed.
Find anything?
Carter: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I have.
I've been going over gate room security tapes and the sensor logs.
For two days before the gate disappeared,
we were getting this anomalous reading.
We assumed it was residual feedback
from a recent overhaul of the superconductors,
buti don'tthink so.
Look atthis.
(Keyboard clacking)
What was that?
I don't know,
but I checked the time code,
and this corresponds with the exact moment
that the sensors began recording the anomaly.
Ithinkwe need to talk to this guy.
Carter: Dr. Kevin hartkins.
He's been with the program seven months.
Clean record, nothing out of the ordinary.
Exceptthat he's gone missing.
He failed to report for duty this morning.
We checked his apartment. It was cleaned out.
This is starting to sound familiar.
You think it's the trust?
Well, they've been busy lately.
They had Teal'c under surveillance, they blackmailed you,
and they tried to kill Alec Colson.
Obviously, the operation is a lot bigger than we first thought.
Now, as far as we know,
the nid has been clean for over ayear,
but there are still dozens of ex—agents
who are unaccounted for,
andthey continue to receive financing from unknown sources.
If they can take the gate out from under us,
they could empty the vault at fort Knox.
Not necessarily.
If they could take the gate any time they wanted, they would have,
butthat doesn't explain what hartkins was doing, or the anomalous signal.
Got a theory?
The prometheus has asgard beam technology,
but not asgard sensors,
which means that we can't pinpoint specific targets
unless th ey've been tagged in advance.
What if whoever did this has the same problem?
You thinkthe anomaly was a locator beacon.
Yeah, which hartkins placed directly on the gate.
I mean, there's no other way they could pull this off.
So my stamp collection is safe.
How does that help us find the gate?
Well, if they want to keep using the beam,
they'll have to keep using the beacons.
We could request NSA satellite time
to see if we could detectthe signal.
Do it.
M'zel.
Teal'c.
What has happened here?
When I arrived, they were all dead.
All?
I will show you.
We took out a couple of guards,
and we have the area secured.
Satellite intel puts the signal
somewhere inside this complex.
You three are with us.
Keep your men on the perimeter. No one in, no one out.
Understood.
Teams two andthree, retain on perimeter.
Jackson: Sam!
Daniel, these are vx rockets.
Yeah? What's this?
Methylphosphonothioic acid.
Which is? Nerve gas.
Okay, putting that back.
There's enough here to kill several hundred thousand people.
What would the ex—nid be doing stockpiling this stuff?
I've no idea.
Drop it!
Ah! We got a problem here.
What do we do?
It's too late.
Nothing's happening.
This doesn't make sense.
The effects are almost instantaneous.
We should all be dead.
You see?
We managed to identify the liquid we found in the warehouse.
It's symbiote poison.
Specifically, the new formula we were working on
in conjunction with the tok'ra.
It's more stable than the original and easier to produce,
but just as deadly to the Goa'uld.
And the Jaffa.
Exactly,
which is why we agreed notto use it
except in defensive situations.
Sir, the people behindthis have the gate,
and they have rockets capable of delivering the poison
in aerosol form over large areas.
Ithinkthe trust intends to launch
a full—scale chemical attack against the Goa'uld,
without any regard for the millions of Jaffa lives
that could be lost in the process.
So they didn't get the memo.
The guy from the warehouse isn'ttalking,
but he was carrying this.
It's an area 51 identification badge.
Colonel Carter, Dr. Jackson,
sorry to keep you waiting.
Dr. Bricksdale, I believe you've been briefed on our situation.
Yes, I have.
As a result of our investigation,
we have reason to believe that your security has been compromised.
With all due respect, colonel, we're notthe ones who lost the Stargate.
But alien technology has gone missing from area 51 before.
Yes, however, our security measures
have been significantly increased since then.
No one's allowed to bring anything in or out,
no computers, no cell phones, not even their street clothes, as you've seen.
All personnel are subject
to athorough search and scan every time they leave.
Look, whoever took the Stargate
has access to asgard beam technology.
Last year, wh en osiris came to earth,
she used that same technology,
which she activated remotely with a wrist device.
After she was captured, that wrist device
was brought here, and you worked on it.
And it's been here ever since.
Well, if you don't mind, we'd like to see it.
Dr. Harris checked out some of the dead Jaffa on p4s 161.
You were right. It was the tok'ra symbiote poison.
I would not have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes.
I knew the tok'ra had lost Patience with the alliance,
buti never thought they'd do anything like this.
Teal'c!
I have received word from our Jaffa brothers.
Three more Goa'uld planets have been attacked.
Millions are dead.
(Scanner computing, lock clicks open)
You see? Right where we left it.
Sorry if I'm a little skeptical,
but we've been down this road before.
(Device beeps)
It's real.
Bricksdale: Like I said.
We figured if osiris's ship was still up there,
we could use the wrist device to get on board.
Unfortunately, it's not only keyed
to presence of naquadah in the blood of the user,
but also specific Goa'uld DNA.
We tried to create an adapter
using samples of both elements,
but we didn't get anywhere.
So the ship is probably still in orbit, but cloaked.
In which case, we have no wayto find it.
The tok'ra will be made to pay for this treachery!
Let's just calm down a second.
We need to figure out what's going on.
What more do you need to know?
The Jaffa are being murdered,
poisoned like vermin.
The tok'ra have had this chemical weapon for a long time.
Why would they suddenly decide to use it now?
Perhaps the failure of the alliance
convinced them that there is no other way.
There's something else going on.
It's not a coincidence thatthis happened
immediately after we lost contact with earth.
That does seem unlikely.
We must speak to th e tok'ra directly.
That's not so easy.
Ever since they left the Alpha site,
we haven't had much intelligence on their movements.
We have no idea where their new base is.
We still know the locations of some of their operatives.
I believe our best chance for contact is p3s 114.
The tok'ra operative named zarin is undercover,
commanding one of ba'al's garrisons on that world.
I will come with you.
Whoa, hold on a minute here.
You're talking about walking into Goa'uld occupied territory,
and there's no Jaffa fifth column there to help you out.
Without sym path etic warriors in zarin's ranks,
how do you plan to avoid being captured?
We do not.
What? Only by being captu red
will we be brought before the commander.
That's how you're going to make contact?
We must speak to th e tok'ra.
There is no other way. It's too risky.
You walk in there unannounced,
and zarin could have you sacrificed
justto maintain her cover.
That is a great possibility.
You realize the second you walk through that gate,
you're on your own.
Understood.
(Vehicle approaching)
So, what's the big emergency?
I can't do this anymore.
You've already taken the money, doctor.
It's a little late for cold feet.
You don't understand. They came to see me.
They asked me about the wrist device.
Who? Two people from Stargate command.
And you arranged a meeting with me?
What?
You were followed.
Hold your fire! We need him alive!
(Gunfire)
(Device beeps)
(Grunts)
Brooks. (On radio) Go ahead.
We've got a small problem here.
Take a locator beacon and get down to hoskins' last position.
What happened?
We've got an uninvited guest.
Speak.
My lord zarin,
two enemy Jaffa have been captured near the gate.
One of them is the shol'va, Teal'c.
Are you certain?
I am.
Lord ba'al will be most pleased, will he not?
Yes.
Of course.
You have done well.
Now, bring them to me.
Yes, my lord.
I'm going to ask you again.
Wh ere's colon El Carter?
I don't know!
(Door opening)
(Locks door)
You're going to need to start cooperating.
I can't.
A decorated officer in the United States air force
and a member of one of our government's
most top secret organizations is missing,
and you're implicated.
I don'tthinkyou're going to just walk away from this.
They'll kill me.
We can protect you.
(Sobbing)
And we can also choose to ignore
your $2 million Cayman island account.
You didn'tthinkwe'd find out aboutthat, huh?
So if I help you, I can keep the money?
We could come to an arrangement.
(Footsteps approaching)
The prisoners, my lord.
Leave us.
My lord?
I intend to question them myself.
Leave us now.
Are you mad? What are you doing here?
We must speak with you.
Speak with me?
Do you not realize that by coming here,
you have placed all our lives in danger?
Are you not in control of this Garrison?
I am, and as such,
it is my responsibility to see to it
that you are tortu red for information.
Until such time
that ba'al arrives to witness your execution.
So what's it going to be?
You said colonel Carter was missing?
Mmm—hmm.
Well, she's probably on the ship
osiris's ship?
So you did manage to get on board.
About a year ago, some men came to see me.
They knew everything about my work. The Stargate, osiris.
They knew there was a possibility
that a cloaked ship had been left in orbit, and they wanted it badly.
I told them that the key was the wrist device,
but I couldn't get it out of there,
at least not through the front door.
What do you mean?
One day, iwas in the lab working on the adapter,
and the nextthing I know, I found myself on the ship.
I had remotely activated the transport beam.
Which you failed to report.
It was killing me
that I wasn't able to tell anybody I'd figured it out.
I had to keep telling them it wasn't working.
Anyway, after that,
I went back and forth half a dozen times.
But at the end of the day,
the wrist device was always back where it belonged.
And you beamed the others up using locator beacons.
Well, the beam was the only thing
that worked without the command codes...
And that's where you came in.
The translation.
Osiris worked for Anubis,
and Anubis had all his command codes
translated into ancient.
Once they had full control of the ship, thanks to you,
they had no need for me.
They kept a permanent presence up there, 24—7, worked in shifts.
I went back to area 51 and sabotaged the adapter.
The project was shelved, and no one was the wiser.
Can you get the wrist device to work again?
Absolutely.
Launch window in three minutes.
Ready for upgrade.
Get down to the engine room. Check the power relays.
Yes, sir.
Sir.
Colonel Carter. Welcome aboard.
Where are we?
We're in a polar orbit aroundthe moon.
Cloaked, of course.
This is the ship osiris left behind.
We really have to thank you.
If you hadn't caught her, we never would've had this opportunity.
You know they're going to come after you.
Prometheusis undergoing a refit.
They still have sub—light engines.
Once they realize you're in a ship, they'll launch,
and even with a cloak, you're giving off an energy signature.
We're operating at minimal power.
Maybe after a year of intensive scans,
they might be able to find us,
but this won't take that long.
You're going to launch a chemical attack against the Goa'uld.
We already have.
We're starting with ba'al's territory,
since he's the most immediate threat right now.
You realize you're killing millions of innocent Jaffa.
Spare me, colonel.
The Jaffa are a race of warriors,
bred specifically to serve the Goa'uld
and enslave humans throughoutthe galaxy.
They're indoctrinated from childhood
to believe that the Goa'uld are their gods.
They don't have a choice.
So they're just following orders, right?
Where've I heard that argument before?
What about the rebel Jaffa?
They're growing in numbers every day.
We consider them acceptable losses.
It's very simple, colonel.
Earth faces an imminent th reat,
and we have a weapon that can eliminate thatthreat.
We intend to use it.
We're ready.
What's the next target?
(Keyboard clacking)
P3s114.
Dial it.
Yes, sir.
(Stargate activates)
You force me to choose between abandoning my mission
and allowing you to die.
I would worry more about my own life if I were you, tok'ra.
M'zel!
(Choking)
I feel as you do, brother...
Butthis is not the way.
Why are you here?
We know about the attacks.
What attacks?
The tok'ra have been using symbiote poison against the Goa'uld.
The Jaffa of three worlds have been annihilated thus far.
Impossible.
We have seen it with our own eyes...
An entire Jaffa army lying dead on the ground,
with no wounds, no signs of battle.
How do you explain this?
I cannot,
but I can assure you that the tok'ra are not responsible.
If these attacks had been planned,
iwould have been informed.
Initiating launch sequence.
You can't do this. It's murder.
That's where you're wrong, colonel.
It's war.
Launching in three, two, one.
(Explosion)
What was that?
(Footsteps approaching)
My lord, we are under attack.
How? A weapon was fired through the gate.
It exploded over the city...
(Gasping)
Lord zarin...
Lord zarin.
Brothers, we must leave immediately.
Kree ta'lak!
You are not going anywhere, shol'va.
You do not understand.
(Grunts)
(Groaning)
M'zel...
There may still be time.
I die free.
Indeed.
Sensor grid r—14 shows no anomalies, sir.
Very well. Proceed to the next grid.
Yes, sir.
She's out there somewhere.
Make it work.
Our nexttarget is p5r 357.
Let's do it.
Carter: I wouldn't bother.
Ba'al abandoned that planet six months ago
when the naquadah mines went dry.
She's lying.
Go ahead, waste another rocket.
That's one less planet you'll be able to destroy.
She does have more up—to—date intelligence.
She's bluffing.
You could make this a lot less painful if you help us select
optimum targets.
What are you talking about?
You know as much about the current tactical
and strategic positions of the different system lords as anyone on earth.
I don't know as much as you think.
You know enough to help us get maximum effect
with minimum collateral damage.
You're the one who wants to save innocent lives.
Nice try.
So...
Are we going for p5r 357 or not?
Gotothe next one on the list.
All right. Tell me again why I should agree to this.
Because it's the only way we have to get on the ship,
and if they've changed the command codes,
I'm the best chance to decipher the ancient symbols.
And if there are when you getthere,
you're the one that's going to...
Get...
Better ideas?
Look, Daniel, just because I don't have a better idea
is no reason to do anything.
Look, once I shut down the cloak,
prometheuswill be able to pinpoint the ship's location.
Then I disable the hyperdrive and wait for the cavalry.
They'll never see it coming.
Which is one of the advantages of atotally insane idea.
Yeah, where'd I learn that from?
Okay.
(Weapon arms)
See you soon.
Come on.
Fine.
(Control panel beeps)
Sir, we have something. Definitely a ship.
Bearings 157 by 229.
Battle stations. Plot an intercept course. Yes, sir.
(Alarm blaring) General O'Neill, this is prometheus.
Go ahead. Looks like Dr. Jackson pulled it off, sir.
We have them on our screens, and we're moving in.
Understood.
(Stargate activates)
We've got a problem.
I just monitored a 60% drop in our power consumption.
The cloak.
Stay with her.
(Weapon fires) (Grunts)
Get up to the bridge.
Get that cloak back online. Yes, sir.
We're in weapons range, sir.
Have they noticed us yet?
I don'tthink so. They seem to be operating at minimal power.
No evasive man euvers. What about the hyperdrive?
Still no signal from Dr. Jackson.
General O'Neill, we have a problem.
The ship's cloak is down, sir,
but Dr. Jackson has yetto confirm
whether he has disabled the hyperdrive or not.
Just give him a little more time.
Right now, sir, they are sitting ducks.
If they spot us, they can run,
and we won't be able to catch them.
We can't afford to letthem get away, general.
I recommend we open fire immediately.
General, please advise.
Where the hell did he come from?
Hoskins: He had the wrist device.
Any chance there's more of them on board?
It only lets one person up atatime.
(On radio) Hoskins, this is Brooks.
Go ahead.
The cloak's been disabled.
I don't know if I can get it back online.
This position is compromised.
We need to get out of here now.
Yes, sir.
What about them?
We can't take them with us.
I don't mind going for a little ride. Me neither.
Sorry about this, Dr. Jackson.
Incoming.
(On radio) This is Teal'c of sg—1.
Please respond.
This is Teal'c of sg—1.
Repeat, this is Teal'c. Does anyone read?
Repeat, this is Teal'c.
Teal'c, this is Daniel! We need your help! Come on through!
(Grunts)
Somebody want to untie me?
Brooks: (On radio) Cargo hold, what's happening down there?
Cargo hold, respond.
Jennings, hoskins, where the hell are you?
(Engines powering up)
What's happening?
She's bringing the hyperdrive online. Get to the gate.
They're trying to run, sir.
Damn it.
General O'Neill,
they are powering up their hyperdrive.
We are out of options.
Can you disable the ship without destroying it?
I cannot give you any guarantees.
(Activates locator)
Sir, we're picking up a signal coming from inside the ship
what is it?
Locator beacon, sir. Same frequency.
Lock on the signal. Activate transport beam.
Beam activated.
The ship's gone, sir.
Cargo bay, report.
(On radio) This is cargo bay. We have the gate, sir,
as well as Teal'c, colonel Carter, and Dr. Jackson.
Teal'c?
Acknowledged.
General O'Neill.
It looks like you were right.
We have the gate and sg—1 aboard.
They are alive.
That's good news.
Bring them home.
Yes, sir.
The good news is the gate is fully operational again.
We can resume offworld missions immediately.
And the bad news is
the trust now has a fully—functional Goa'uld al'kesh.
Carter: We've installed jamming devices around the gate
to prevent any locator beams
from operating in the future.
What of the tok'ra poison?
Well, they left most of it behind,
but they still have enough to wipe out at least half a dozen Goa'uld worlds.
In retrospect, maybe you should've destroyed the ship when you had the chance.
Yeah.
Tough choice.