Come on, Jack... Still no, Daniel.
But it won't be on a permanent basis.
I didn't let you go in the first place.
What makes you think I'm going to change my mind?
Because...
Can you try to do better than that?
Because they're going to need somebody
who can translate ancient. I'm the most qualified person
left on the planet for the mission.
Which is exactly why you're going to stay right here.
Because I'll quit.
Why don't you just hold your breath?
You haven't done that in awhile.
(Sighs)
General! Jack. I let myself in.
Hope you don't mind.
Absolutely not. Welcome.
Thank you.
Miss the chair?
Actually, I do.
Want it back?
As a matter of fact, I do.
My new one just isn'tthe same.
That's not exactly what I meant.
Dr. Jackson.
Nice to see you again.
Likewise. We miss you around here, sir.
So, to what do we owe this pleasure?
I came to ask if you'd be interested
in joining the mission to Atlantis.
You did?
He's the most qualified person on this planet,
and the mission commander needs someone
who can translate ancient.
Really? With all due respect, sir,
ithinkyou should tell the mission commander thati need Daniel right here.
You just did.
I did. I did?
You, sir?
Yes.
Request denied.
Dr. Jackson, you're with me.
I'll have the chair shipped to Washington.
You can requisition a new one.
I'll do that, sir.
We leave tomorrow.
Oh, and I'll be taking Walter too.
(Clears throat)
General.
Welcome aboard.
Thank you, sir, again.
My motives were purely selfish, Dr. Jackson.
We haven't heard a word from the Atlantis expedition team
since they first left.
We have no idea what we're going to
find in Pegasus.
Your knowledge and expertise
will no doubt prove invaluable.
General, if you don't mind
my asking...
Why am I going?
Well, you could have chosen anyone
to command this mission.
I sat back and watched you people
go on a lot of adventures
over the years...
I justthought when you were
replaced at the sgc,
you were sort of...
Bucking for retirement.
And then I led prometheus
against Anubis' fleet.
Got your dander up
well, that's why itookthe job
as head of homeworld security, and then,
this opportunity came along.
Well, the president put me in charge,
so I could choose anyone I wanted
to lead the mission.
So why not choose yourself?
Like I said,
I've sent a lot of people
into action over the years,
and more than a few
didn't come back.
I'd like to see
this one th rough personally.
We've never left anyone behind, sir.
And we're not going to this time.
Last reported malp telemetry from Atlantis
indicated an enclosed space with viable life support.
(Hiccu ps) Stop it. You're pathetic.
Now, we're going on the assumption
that the expedition team found the lost city
and was able to set up a base
of operations there. (Hiccups loudly)
Sorry.
Dr. Novak?
The asgard hyperdrive is functioning at ioo%, sir.
Thank you.
Dr. Jackson.
I'm sorry. What was I saying?
Oh, you were assuming the lost city
is at the other end of this fieldtrip.
(Hiccups)
Please ignore me.
It's hard to.
You disagree, doctor?
Well, as far as we know,
the Atlantis team found another outpost like the one in Antarctica.
It could be on a moon or at the bottom of some deep, dark ocean.
Which is why we're going. If they're trapped and need help—...
If they're even alive at all.
As for why they've been unable to make contact with earth,
hopefully it's just a matter
of being unable to locate aviable power source.
Hammond: Using information collected
from the ancient outpost on earth,
Dr. Jackson and his team
have pinpointed our destination
in the Pegasus galaxy.
Which is here.
(Hiccu ps) Damn itto hell.
(Slurping)
Dr. Novak. Dr. Jackson.
Daniel.
You can call me Lindsey.
Sorry for contradicting you in the briefing.
Oh, no, don't be. I mean, you were right.
The factthat we haven't heard
from the Atlantis expedition since they left
is a bad sign.
(Hiccups)
Tried holding your breath?
Oh, god. I've tried everything.
Yeah, it doesn't work for me either.
It's been like this since iwas a kid.
It comes on when I get scared,
butthis is the worst it's been since my phd presentation.
I mean, I don't really do well in stressful situations.
I guess that's why iturn ed down
going to Atlantis the firsttime.
Well, I'm sure you're going to be fine. General Hammond says
you're very good at what you do.
Oh, thank you.
(Beeping)
What's that? What's wrong?
I don't know.
Okay.
We're picking up what sounds like a distress call.
Where are we?
We're still well inside the milky way.
Play it back.
Yes, sir. Help
(broken audio) Please. Require assistance—...
Have failed...
Lost power to...
Repeat, stranded—...
She sounds human.
What do you think?
Well, as much as I hate to delaythis trip, ithink we have to check it out.
How far away is it?
The message is originating
just over 50 light years off our designated route.
We could be there in 20 minutes.
Set a course.
Yes, sir.
Set shields at maximum.
Arm weapons.
Looks like an alkesh and a cargo ship.
Scans indicate they've suffered significant damage.
The distress signal is originating from within the alkesh.
I don't understand.
A human distress call from the Goa'uld ship?
That makes no sense. I agree, sir.
It could be a trap
look, I know this looks suspicious,
but what if there was an uprising on board one of those ships?
There could be human prisoners in need of our help.
Open a channel.
Yes, sir.
This is general George Hammond
of the earth vessel prometheus.
We're answering your distress call
and standing ready to assist you.
We can transport a portable sensor unit on board
to determine life support viability.
General, an alkesh is a potentially valuable ship.
Even if there are no survivors, we need to determine if it's spaceworthy.
If it is, we should salvage her.
Take a team.
Yes, sir.
Prometheus, this is sg—3.
We are on board.
General, we're seeing some energy weapon damage.
We have one Jaffa, k.I.A.
Sir, over here.
Make that four Jaffa.
Looks like these folks had a little on—board fire fight.
Still no sign of life.
We're heading to the bridge.
(Machinery hums)
Prometheus, someone just activated th e—...
Colonel Reynolds, say again.
Sir, our rings just activated.
Security team to level four ring room.
Visuals on screen.
Seal it off.
Controls are not responding, sir.
Airman?
It's no good, sir. The rings will not activate.
Security team, report.
All shipboard communications are down.
Initiate emergency lockdown.
I can't, sir. It may be possible from the engine room.
(Footsteps thudding)
(Weapons fire)
That wasn't me, sir.
Let's get them out of there.
(Rings activating)
(Sighs)
Can we pursue?
Engines are off—line.
Controls are unresponsive.
The weapons are off—line too, sir.
It looks like we're dead in the water.
General.
I just did a head count.
Daniel Jackson is still aboard prometheus.
Oh, crap.
Are you okay?
Oh, I feel like my head's going to explode,
but on the bright side,
ithink my hiccups are gone.
(Hiccups)
What do you need, sir?
I need this ship operational. Now.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Near as I can tell, we're lucky that life support systems
are still working, sir. How much time do you figure we have?
That's hard to say.
I've got some secondary systems online,
including some short—range sensors, sir.
Scans of the cargo ship indicate that it's in worse shape
than this alkesh.
Strange, isn't it, sir?
That a Goa'uld super—soldier would go to all this trouble to keep us alive?
Hey, how's it going?
(Clears throat)
Guess it's justyou and me, huh?
It's a little strange, isn't it?
See, that weapon I shotyou with should have killed you.
What's even stranger is you guys usually don't take prisoners either.
I mean, it's kind of kill first and...
No, that's generally just about it, justthe killing.
I'm just going to talk to myself here for awhile
because you're not going to talk to me.
Not that you guys are very talkative, but...
You may prove useful.
Okay, now we're getting somewhere.
Where's everybody else?
Itransported them onto the alkesh.
Well, you keptthe wrong guy, because I don't know anything aboutthe ship
but you are very attractive.
(Coughs)
What?
(Chuckles nervously)
Big guy, I'm flattered.
Really, I am. It's just that...
You're not my type.
I'm more than a little disturbed that I might be yours.
Whoa, whoa, no. You don't have to do that. Don't, don't.
Don't. Don't.
Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you.
Thank god.
Much... I hope.
I wish to send a long—range transmission
using the communications systems.
Sorry, don't have a clue. You lie.
In general? No.
Yes, well, itry to be honest,
but occasionally a little white one slips out every now and again.
Ah!
Shall I kiss it better?
Um... no.
Just don't do it again.
Hey, look, even if I knew
what it is you wanted me to do,
what makes you think I'd tell you?
And howthe hell do you think you can steal a ship
when you don't know how it works?
I got the sublight engines going.
Yeah, so you did.
You really expect me to believe you don't know how your own ship works?
Okay, um...
Look, my name is Daniel Jackson. I'm an archaeologist.
A historian.
I study ancient cultures,
histories of the past, ancient civilizations.
Have you heard of earth, tauri?
No.
Okay, well, we were on our way
to rescue a few friends who were trapped—...
Oh, I really don't care.
Look, this really isn't necessary—...
Can I have this ship? No.
Okay. Discussion over.
(Beeps)
Here we go.
Tenat of oran.
Tenat, this is vala. If you can hear me, please respond.
I've managed to procure avessel
bigger and better than what I hoped for.
Tenat, if you get this message,
I apologize for the delay, and we'll meet
at the designated coordinates in one day.
Vala out.
Now... about the hyperdrive.
Co lon El. Doctor.
I've rerouted remaining power
to shields and life support for the time being,
but as far as the engines go...
The control crystals for both sublight and hyperdrive engines
are totally fried.
It looks like they were deliberately sabotaged.
Can they be repaired?
In aword, no.
We need new ones.
I was thinking about that cargo ship, sir.
Sergeant harriman says life support over there is minimal,
barely enough to sustain one person for a few moments.
And if we don't get new control crystals...
(Hiccups) Sorry, kill me now.
I'll go, sir. No, I'll go.
With all due respect—...
Colonel, someone took my ship. I want it back.
Access is restricted by a code.
Yeah, too bad.
(Grunts)
That hurt?
Oh, yeah.
I can fix it.
I don't know the code.
There.
Feel better?
You're a Goa'uld.
No...
But I was once a hostto one.
Which would explain the naquadah
in your blood
that lets you use Goa'uld technology.
And how I can quickly learn to fly
this rather primitive ship
yes, so primitive, one wonders if it was worth the bother.
Well, in this case, it's the size that matters...
Actually, pretty much in every case.
Tell me the code.
Please.
I don't—— I don't know it.
Fine.
How much time will he have?
I'm guessing a few minutes...
Maybe less. Sir—...
Not another word, colonel.
Do it now.
General.
Godspeed.
General. General, can you hear me?
(Panting): I'm here in the engine room.
Open the third panel down on the center column.
Done.
You want the blue one.
It should be located at the center of the panel.
Got it.
One panel up, you should find a clear one.
It's hard to tell.
The light in here is...
(Coughs)
Something's...
General, can you hear me?
It's only been two minutes.
There was a firefight on board.
If the life support is not cycling the air...
What?
Staff blasts give off carbon dioxide.
In a small enclosed space...
General. General, sir!
Is he breathing?
He may need mouth—to—mouth.
(Coughs)
Oh, excellent.
Excellent waking up, sir!
Good job on the crystals too.
Getthe ship moving.
What did he say?
He said, "get the ship moving."
(Hiccups)
Come on, general.
Let's get you up
Much better.
Lose the weapon and move away from the console.
I liked you better tied up
against the wall. Lose the weapon.
(Sighs)
This suit still absorbs zat blasts.
It doesn't cover your head.
Still, you should probably make me take it off.
I think I'll turn the ship around first.
I don't know. If I had me at gunpoint,
that wouldn't be my first choice.
Yeah, well.
(Beeping)
What's going on? I rewrote the access codes,
so I'm the only one who can use the navigation systems.
Undo it.
Listen, hundreds of lives are at stake.
I'm trying to save the last of my people,
and this ship is their only hope.
Maybe if you'd mentioned that off the top—...
Would you really have helped?
Look, as I was saying before iwas so rudely interrupted,
we were also on a rescue mission.
(Beeping)
What is it? A ship just appeared on our radar.
It's an alkesh.
This quadrant is crawling with Goa'uld vessels.
Chances are it's notyour friends.
I made sure that ship was fully disabled when you showed up.
We'll see.
We have to raise shields and arm weapons.
I'm going to try and hail them first.
(Grunts)
Oh, oh, you hit me.
You hit me.
You know, we could just have sex instead.
(Both grunting)
Feeling better, sir?
Yes, thank you.
We've just caught up to the prometheus.
Nice work.
It was all novak, sir.
(Hiccups)
They're not responding to our hail, sir.
(Panting)
Are we done?
I am.
You're a fruitcake.
Weapons?
On line. We are in range.
Target the rear th rusters.
Take out her sublight capability.
She justjumped into hyperspace.
(Gasps)
Oh, that's just great.
I see you.
Did you have fun taking off my clothes?
It was your idea.
No, I meant when iwas conscious.
You know, so I could distract you and kick you in the head.
I kept my eyes closed the whole time.
Sure you did.
So where are we going?
I told you, to save my people.
Can you please let me out of here?
Oh... no.
You know,
I haven't eaten in days.
(Sighs)
Could you please tell me how to access
the navigation controls?
It isn'tvery nice, you know,
starving a prisoner to death.
Come on, Daniel.
You've seen me naked.
The least you could do is cook me dinner.
Aren'tyou hungry?
No.
Thank you.
You know who the tok'ra are?
Yep.
10 years ago, a tok'ra incited a rebellion on my planet.
The people Rose up againstthe ruling Goa'uld,
and once the Jaffa had been overcome,
the Goa'uld was captured alive,
tortured and beaten for days on end.
I was host to that Goa'uld at the time.
The people didn't understand
that it was the symbiote
that had ruled over th em so harshly.
I guess the tok'ra felt responsible.
He rescued me, removed the Goa'uld symbiote.
Nursed me back to health.
You said your people are in trouble now.
It was only a matter of time before the forces of another Goa'uld showed up,
a system lord named camulus. Mm.
That's when the tok'ra disappeared.
People still refused to surrender.
Camulus ordered that they be wiped out.
We controlled several ships.
Troop transports, cargo ships, alkesh.
Many people were saved,
flown to an inhabitable nearby moon in the system,
and the ships made several trips
before most of them were intercepted and shot down.
Camulus never knew there were any survivors, so we were safe.
The only problem was the moon didn't have a Stargate.
So you were trapped.
We only had a few ships left,
not enough to relocate everyone again.
It wasn't a problem. Camulus seemed to have little interest
in the other planets in the system.
He left behind a small force to guard the Stargate.
We used the ships to keep appraised of what was happening,
and to steal supplies and technology
when we could.
You know that camulus is gone now.
He was beaten by ba'al.
And ba'al's forces are searching every
inhabitable world
in camulus' territory.
His ships are everywhere.
It's only a matter of time before my people are found.
So you got desperate and tried to steal that alkesh.
It was damaged in the firefight.
I was hoping one of my ships would answer my distress call.
I'm sure you can imagine how lucky I felt when this ship showed up.
It's big enough to rescue all my people
andtake them to a world far away,
free from the Goa'uld.
You don't have to lock me up
oh, ithinki do. What difference is it going to make?
The ship is automatically flying to my homeworld.
You can't stop it. Well, when I get to your planet,
I'll just explain the situation to your people.
Maybe there's something we can work out.
My people, they're not going to trust you.
You have to let me talk to them.
No.
Daniel!
This is bad.
Vala, this is tenat.
We have you on our scanners.
Uh, yeah, hi.
Where is vala?
She's here. She's just indisposed at the moment.
She did not mention she was working with someone.
No, I guess not.
Look, I realize I owe you an explanation.
It's a bit of a long story, really.
We will hear it in person and inspectyour vessel.
That's good,
because apparently, we're coming in for a landing.
We will meetyou at the designated coordinates.
Okey—dokey. See you there.
(Screams): Ow!
Okay.
You want the truth?
I'll tell you the truth.
Daniel, are you there?
I hope you can hear me.
The planet we just landed on is not my homeworld.
Whatever you do, you must not go out there.
Hi, guys.
Who are you?
Uh... name's olo.
Hans olo.
Where is vala?
She's inside.
We will only do business with vala.
Business.
Yeah, that figures.
Notthat I'm not surprised or anything.
I don't look surprised to you, do I?
What? It's just that I was expecting
some refugees in need of transport to another planet.
Human sort of refugees.
Not that there's anything wrong with you guys,
that I know of. We have the naquadah.
Refined weapons grade.
Ooh, that's nice.
This was the price we agreed upon.
This ship is impressive in size, but we cannot—...
Okay, you know what? Seriously, there's been a big misunderstanding.
I don't care what you've got, I'm not going to sell you this ship,
so...
Okay, you know what? That is not necessary.
We had a deal. We must have this ship.
(Shots firing)
Goa'uld gliders!
Fool, you were followed!
Of course we were.
Okay, you know what? I'd love to stay and chat, but—...
Daniel... what's going on?
We're being attacked by gliders.
Tell me how to access the ship's systems.
Let me out, and I'll help you.
You've gotto be kidding me.
Let's go.
No funny stuff. What'd you do with my buyers?
We'll talk about that later.
And the naquadah?
Move!
Do you have any idea what that is worth?
Oh—— whoa!
All right.
Raise our shields.
What are you waiting for? Let's go to hyperspace.
I can't. It's not working.
We've already taken too much hull damage.
We have incoming. Alkesh.
Arm weapons.
Shields are failing...
And shields are down.
We're almost out of weapons.
What just happened?
An alkesh just took out one of its own.
Nice work, sergeant.
Target the second alkesh.
Fire at will.
Roger that, sir.
Dr. Jackson, this is general Hammond.
Do you copy?
General, it's me.
Good to hear your voice, sir.
Likewise.
You all right, son?
We're fine, sir.
Are we clear to ring aboard?
Stand by. Unlock the system.
Those gliders likely retreated
to a nearby mothership
we have to get out of here now.
Unlock the system.
You're all clear, sir.
What are you going to do with me?
I'm not sure.
Look, Daniel, whatever happens,
I just want you to know...
We've managed to get the shields and hyperdrive back online.
However, there was significant hull damage.
I wouldn't recommend a long journey in hyperspace.
I'm afraid we have no choice
but to return to earth.
How long before the ship's ready to go again?
Hard to say.
Good work, doctor,
both here and on the alkesh.
Thank you, sir.
Hey.
Hiccups are gone, huh?
I didn't even notice.
I guess iwas having too much fun.
Security team to level four.
The prisoner has escaped.
Ring room.
(Alarm)
Wow.
Status?
Security team one unresponsive.
The rings on level four just activated, sir.
General Hammond?
Sg—3 was just transported here.
She's on the alkesh.
Lock weapons on its engines.
Aft th ru ste rs targ ete d.
Target is...
It's gone, sir.
Can we track it?
No, sir.
Our long—range scanners
are being scrambled.
She's good.