Stargate SG-1 s01e16 Episode Script
Enigma
Wow! None of this was going on|when we sent the probe through.
- What's this stuff in the air?|- Ash.
All right, Daniel.
|Dial it up, get us out of here.
No argument.
Wait a minute.
There's something out there.
It's a woman, she's alive.
|There's more - hurry you guys.
There's no life here.
This one's had it.
It's just like Pompeii.
Everyone died of|suffocation before the lava started to flow.
What are these things? O'Neill!|There are two more alive.
Carter?|How long before we're toast? I don't know, Sir, I'm not a vulcanologist.
|It could be days, it could be minutes.
Don't help us.
Move away.
|Give them some room.
- All right.
Let's go.
|- You OK? Yeah.
Colonel O'Neill,|What happened? We encountered some very severe volcanic|activity, Sir.
- Who are all these people?|- We don't really know, Sir.
Sir They were all dead and dying around|the gate.
The air was highly toxic.
And hot.
You better have Doctor Frasier|take a look at you.
- We'll de-brief as soon as you're ready.
|- Yes, Sir.
You evacuated ten people|from an alien planet, Colonel.
Doctor Frasier says they're all human|and it looks like they're going to live.
This was one hell of|a rescue operation.
Thank you, Sir.
There were no buildings|in the area of any kind? No sir.
We don't know|how far they walked but it looked like they were trying|to make it back to the Stargate.
What do we know about|these devices they were wearing? Well, they all emit low levels of radiation|indicating an operative energy source but there's no circuitry,|moving parts or chips.
We've never seen|anything like it.
I thought at first that they|were from a parallel culture but it looks like they might|be way ahead of us.
We've determined humans on other planets|originated here on Earth, right? Then given our present state of technology,|could they be ahead of us? Yes.
Umm we'd be colonising space right|now if it hadn't been for the Dark Ages.
There was a period of over eight hundred|years where science was heresy and anathema.
Maybe they didn't have that set-back.
General Hammond? The spokesperson|for the rescued people is awake.
He'd like to speak with you.
|All of you.
Who are you? I'm Major General Hammond.
|This is Colonel ONeill.
- Jack.
|- Samantha Carter.
- Uh Daniel Jackson.
|- Where is this place? You're on a planet called Earth.
|These people saved you.
Nothing could be further|from the truth.
Well, unless I missed something, you're|better off here than you were there.
There was a rescue transport on the way.
Well, half your people were already dead.
|I don't think it would have gotten there in time.
Perhaps that's more of a problem|for you than it was for us.
Beg your pardon? I find it unbelievable|that anyone so primitive could have deciphered the gate system.
Did you say primitive? I too am from a world very|different from this one.
Here life is highly valued.
Quite a statement for a Jaffa.
Sir, I'd like to know who you are and what you know about the Goa'uld.
I am OMOC.
Our world is called Tollan.
And what do you know|of the Goa'uld and Jaffa? We're aware of them,|we don't interact with them.
Well then, we share a common enemy.
Did I mention an enemy? I only meant |it might benefit everyone if your people|and ours could be friends.
I demand you return everything that you|have taken from us and allow us to go home.
Well, it could take a while for those|volcanoes to quiet down.
I'm a bit of a culture buff I'd like to learn about|your history and customs.
I've said enough.
|I'll say no more.
Captain Carter, I want you to monitor|the situation on Tollan very closely as soon as it's safe there,|I want those people gone.
Yes, Sir.
- New hobby?|- Neat, huh? Miniature UAV|with all the bells and whistles.
I'm just adding heat sensors so|I can send it through the gate to Tollan.
Hm.
I was just down in the infirmary|with one of the Tollan trying to get them to talk to us.
They only ask questions,|they never answer them.
As a matter of fact, one of them|was asking a lot of questions about you.
I thought they weren't|interested in us.
Oohh I didn't say us.
|I said you.
General Hammond thinks maybe|you'll have better luck getting some answers.
He'd like to see you.
And I was hoping he would open up to you a bit more than Doctor Jackson or myself.
- You remember Narim?|- Yes.
From the planet.
You were uh a lot dirtier then.
Oh Captain Carter, or is it Doctor? Why don't we just make it Samantha? You may call me Narim.
Captain Carter, Mr Narim seems|very interested in our planet.
I thought maybe you'd like to escort|him up to the surface to have a look.
Really? I would be very pleased|to have that opportunity.
As long as you give me your word|you'll stay with Captain Carter.
You have my word.
Great! Let's go.
Sir.
Umm I wanted to tell you,|that I'm glad to be alive.
- Ummm so are the others.
|- Good .
Thank you.
|And please tell your friends.
Oh.
You|you can tell them yourself.
No, I can't.
|I shouldn't be talking to you.
Why not? You know, back on Tollan,|I thought I was dying.
I heard your voice and|managed to open my eyes when I saw you uh.
What? An old superstition.
|There was a time before reason and science when my ancestors|believed in all manner of nonsense.
Like the Sher'mau.
The story goes that if a Sher'mau|appears at the moment of death she would take you to her|dwelling in the stars.
Ah! We call them angels.
Than you still believe in them? Some of us do.
Ours were reported|to be quite beautiful and, when I saw you well you seemed|to fit the description.
And then I learned from Doctor Jackson|that you're also a brilliant scientist.
I'm afraid I ask quite a few questions.
Curiosity.
It's a quality OMOC|doesn't seem to share.
Can you tell me something about|your world? Is it permitted? Well, yeah.
|Of course.
A flying animal.
Yeah.
|We call them birds.
- Are there other animals.
|- Oh yeah.
Millions of them.
Huh.
There have been none|on Tollan for generations.
Well, I could bring|you pictures, if you like.
I would like that very much.
|Thank you.
But, I think it would be best|if OMOC didn't know.
Why? OMOC is not as harsh as he seems.
He is only trying|to protect us.
And you.
>From what? Perhaps Perhaps we should go back.
Chevron six.
Engaged.
Chevron seven.
Locked.
Launching UAV in 10 seconds - Yeah!|- Successful launch.
UAV is holding course and|the wormhole should reach the Tollan gate in3 Temperature - ground|1700 degrees Fahrenheit.
Air - seems to be in pockets ranging from 1500 degrees down to 200.
Sounds like LA.
If the heat doesn't get you,|the atmosphere will.
It's mostly pyroclastics, basalt, ash.
A person could suffocate very quickly.
How long before it cools down? I don't know.
|Not any time soon.
It doesn't look like|it'll matter, anyway.
That lava's flowing straight|toward the gate.
Computer predicts that|at the current rate the gate will be buried|in a couple of days.
Well, looks like we've|got some guests for a while.
Are you absolutely certain? Yes.
I'm sorry.
Then nature succeeded|where we failed.
What? You were going to seal the gate? Tollan is a world in cataclysm.
Evacuation was complete,|my team stayed to Our final task was to close the gate so that no-one could return|and be harmed.
Well, wherever you were going,|we can recalibrate the co-ordinates from here.
The new settlement world|is outside the gate system.
We'll need a ship.
Oh! Ah we don't have ships.
Not that kind, anyway.
Our space program|is relatively new.
Well, the bottom line here is|your survivors have become refugees.
If they don't want to be here,|we've got to relocate them somewhere.
You know, General, we have done|some fairly good deeds out there.
Maybe we should try|calling in some markers.
OK.
Colonel, you and Teal'c|follow up on that.
Maybe go pay a visit to|some of our old friends.
Captain Carter,|I want you and Doctor Jackson to get the multi-purpose room on|5C readied as a refugee housing centre.
Yes, Sir.
As an act of good faith,|we're returning the devices you were wearing.
- They are not weapons.
|- That's what our technicians thought.
So you had them tested? Not much of an act of good faith.
Well, actually, we couldn't figure|out exactly what they were.
I want to assure you, we're doing|all we can to re-locate your people.
Are we to have some|say in the matter? Oh, yes.
Self-determination is a concept|that's very important to us.
We'll do our best.
|In the meantime we'll make you as|comfortable as possible but I want you to understand,|you're restricted to the immediate premises.
- Are we prisoners?|- No.
No, absolutely not.
But you are from|an alien environment.
It's as much for your|safety as for ours.
Hey.
How you doing? Um it may sound ridiculous,|but I have no idea what to do with these items.
Oh well, our sleeping platforms adjust automatically|to our body temperature.
They don't|come with accoutrements.
It's OK.
I'll show you.
I brought you some things|to take a look at.
Oh! Thank you.
You're welcome.
Uh you|you might like to see this first.
I never thought|I'd see a living animal.
His name's Schroedinger.
Oh it's kind of a joke really.
|His name, that is.
Schroedinger's cat Uh, see, there was an Earth physicist|by the name of Erwin Schroedinger.
He had this theoretical experiment.
Put a cat in a box,|add a can of poison gas activated by the decay of a radioactive atom,|and close the box.
Sounds like a cruel man.
Oh, no, no.
It was just a theory.
|He never really did it.
He said that if he did do it|at any one instant the cat would be both dead|and alive at the same time.
Ah! Kulivrian physics.
An atom state is indeterminate|until measured by an outside observer.
We call it quantum physics.
|You know the theory? Yeah, I've studied it in among other misconceptions|of elementary science.
Misconception? You telling me that you guys|have licked quantum physics? Uh I'll come back and help|you with this later.
I did not tell her anything.
We set up a meeting with Tuplo|for 08:00 tomorrow.
Colonel ONeill was correct.
Many of the worlds we have visited|are eager to be of service.
People! We have a problem.
The refugees seem to have escaped.
- Escaped?|- How did they get past the guards.
You can ask them that|when you find them.
They're over here.
Hold fire.
We were merely|observing the stars.
Well, you're all going to|have to come back in now.
So we are prisoners.
Any idea how they got|past the guards, Sir? None.
A surveillance video in|the multi-purpose room was exposed to some sort of interference,|just as the escape was taking place.
- Convenient.
|- Can the video be salvaged - maybe computer enhanced?|- We're trying now.
In the meantime,|we should get this show on the road.
- Tuplo.
|- Good to see you.
General Hammond,|before we begin I wish to thank you for allowing|me to be the first visitor to your Earth from the Land of Light.
It is indeed an honour.
My lord OMOC,|the Land of Light is a world of eternal brightness,|where fertility abounds.
Our farms produce rich harvests.
Our rivers are blessed|with fish and fowl.
We would be honoured to|share our land with your people.
You have no idea|who or what we are.
We know that you are in need and that you are here among those|who have proven themselves our friends.
That is enough.
You're missing the point.
His planet is unacceptable to us.
These people are even|more primitive than you.
Narim can you tell me|why OMOC is so you know - Obstinate?|- Yeah The nearest planet in our|solar system was called Sureeta.
When we began to explore space we learned she was inhabited.
- Did you make contact?|- Yes when we thought they were|sufficiently advanced.
They were on a level|very similar to yours.
So what happened? We offered them a device to produce unlimited|productive energy.
And they used it to make war.
How bad was it? In one rotation of our planet,|they had destroyed theirs.
One day? The destruction shifted our planet's|orbit point 3 tekanna, enough to begin a chain of events that|made our world unstable.
So that would explain why he's so afraid to give a society like ours|any of your technology.
Yes.
Tell me, what what were|you really doing outside last night.
OMOC spoke the truth.
By setting the position of your stars we were able to calibrate the distance|between Earth and the new home world.
It is very far away, Samantha.
Too far to hope for|a ship in our lifetime.
Have you ever thought|about staying here? On earth? I would gladly stay if only to spend more time with|a certain inhabitant of this planet.
I speak, of course, of Schroedinger.
Our escape was a test.
You did exactly what|I knew you would do.
You used threat and force|to solve your problem.
You didn't give us|any other choice.
You could have come for us unarmed.
Hey! You haven't exactly|behaved like someone I wanna trust.
I'm not gonna put my team at risk.
And I will not risk|my people in your care.
Look OMOC.
If you're so advanced why don't you let your people|decide for themselves? Narim, this is a free country.
Every year we take in thousands|of refugees fleeing repression.
If you request asylum, you can stay|here no matter what OMOC wants.
You don't care anything|about Narim's rights.
You only want our technology,|nothing more.
As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind|knowing how you got the hell out of this place.
- Technically speaking of course.
|- You don't need to know how only that we did and we can do it again|any time we need to.
Colonel, General Hammond would like|to see you and your team right away, Sir.
Thank you.
We've managed to augment the surveillance|video from the multi-purpose room and some of the corridors with computer enhancement.
|You're not going to believe this.
Wow! Cool! But totally impossible.
Well, only from the perspective|of our limited science, apparently.
We have similar video of|them passing through an elevator door and wall,|on ground level.
This is knowledge far beyond|that of the Goa'uld.
That's exactly what the President|and Joint Chiefs want to hear.
Colonel Maybourne, Sir.
NID.
Intelligence?|What happened to Kennedy? Promoted.
|I took his place.
Promoted?|Talk about failing upwards.
Colonel O'Neill.
I read about your conflict with|Colonel Kennedy in his report.
I assure you, such an attitude will not prevail with me, in either direction.
I sense that.
Good.
Would you mind telling me|exactly why you're here, Colonel.
You didn't get my advance? That's an order releasing|the Tollans to our section.
You're to be congratulated, General,|the Stargate program is finally paying off.
- This was quite a coup.
|- Excuse me? These are people we're talking about.
These people do have rights,|you know? Do they?|Under what nation's jurisdiction.
How about basic human rights? I can't release them to you.
I beg your pardon? I don't believe the President meant to release these people until|they have been through quarantine.
We don't have any idea what kinds|of diseases they might be carrying.
You're playing in my ballpark now and I have the full|authority of the President.
So do I, Colonel.
Why don't you ask the airman|outside to show you to our guest quarters? That's OK.
I'll wait.
That wasn't an invitation.
It was an order, Colonel.
General? Didn't Doctor Frasier|give the Tollans a clean bill of health? Just don't let her|tell Maybourne that.
At most, I've bought|us a day, people.
Find me some alternatives.
You're a good man, General.
Then it doesn't matter|how I ask for asylum? Maybourne would love that.
|But you'd be working for him, on his terms.
Then OMOC is correct.
|Your people will use our knowledge for war.
It's not us.
We are dealing with another|part of our Government, one that|specialises in chronic paranoia.
Like Sureeta.
|It's going to happen again.
It doesn't have to|that's why I am here.
Narim, I am hoping that|you can convince OMOC to consider one of the other|planets we've presented.
Ça ne sert à rien.
|Il a raison.
Elles sont toutes|plus primitives que la vôtre.
I wish you would stop|calling us primitive.
I'm sorry.
|I only meant technologically.
You are anything but primitive,|Samantha.
What your mind doesn't know,|your heart fills in.
I don't know what that means,|exactly, but it's beautiful.
Which is exactly what it means.
Just what exactly do you hope|to get from these people? Well, for one,|superior weapons.
They won't co-operate, you know.
I assure you, Colonel, they will.
I just hung up from|talking to the President.
I guess Mr Maybourne has|been talking to him recently.
I did tell you|I had his ear, General.
Colonel Maybourne has full authorisation|to relocate the Tollans immediately.
Of course he does.
To where will you take them? To a secure community|here in the Rockies.
Nice little community with high walls,|guards, maybe a little barbed wire.
They're a valuable asset.
|They need to be protected.
Nice forced intellectual labour.
And life imprisonment.
These aliens will live a better|life than most Americans.
They'll have a great view,|the best food every convenience,|everything they need.
Everything except a life.
You know the Pentagon, intelligence,|that I can understand but the President?|I voted for him! Colonel, have the Tollans ready|for transport at 0600 tomorrow.
OK, Colonel, want to tell|me why I'm here? Because Maybourne isn't, Sir.
Sir, we wanted to talk|to you about what we could do to keep Maybourne|from taking the Tollan.
General, we must ensure|the Tollans escape.
I can't let you do that.
|We'd all be court martialled.
General, I'm about a hair|away from not caring.
However, Daniel I can't be court martialled, Sir The one you call Maybourne|was here questioning my people wanting us to take some sort of tests.
|And you expect me to trust you? Please.
Maybourne is from another|division of government.
|My group is trying to protect you from him.
Well, you're not doing|a very good job.
No, apparently not.
Do you have a new|place for us to go? Well no.
Then we have|nothing else to say.
Well, OK I do know of a perfect place|you could go, I just don't know|how to get you there.
Well, then, why do you speak of it.
Well, I was kind of hoping that maybe|you'd have the technology to get there.
This is another trick to gain|access to our technology.
No, no it isn't.
Listen, there was|a planet we went to where people were|as advanced as you maybe even more advanced.
|They were called the Nox.
If you went there,|why can't we.
Well because|they felt about us kind of like you do.
They called us very young, which|I suppose is a hair more polite than calling us|primitive, but, same idea.
Anyway, they sealed their Stargate, and I don't know how to communicate|with them to get it open.
- Do you know where this planet is?|- Yes, I have the co-ordinates right here.
Then we must go back|to the mountaintop.
Really? Uh I can't I can't|I can't get you out of here.
That's not a problem.
Right.
Oh, but I have|to go with you.
Give me your hand.
What? Do you wish to come or not? The co-ordinates.
Listen, I'm no astronomer,|but won't that take thousands of years|to reach the Nox world? - Why would it?|- Well, that's just a laser, right? I mean light takes a long time|to travel that far.
The distance between|these two points seems far Until you do this.
OK OK,|I remember this from college physics.
One of our scientists, Einstein,|explained this the same way.
You are talking about|actually folding space.
No.
You wouldn't understand.
No, I guess not.
I just hope the Nox do.
Oh my God,|how did you do that? Very carefully.
I have come to say goodbye.
|We'll be leaving soon.
So you think Daniel's|plan will work? Either way,|I will be leaving.
However,|I will go reluctantly.
Why? Because, as of tonight,|we will never meet again.
Oh, come on,|you'll forget about me in a heartbeat.
I thought you felt that way.
That is why I brought you this.
What is it? You have audio and visual|recording devices, yes? This one records emotions.
My feelings for you.
I have worn it each|time we were together.
How does it work? Touch the red triangle and close your eyes.
Uh I don't know what to say.
We have a custom that expresses more than words.
We have that custom too.
Oops! Uuhhh sorry.
I gotta do some stuff in here.
Actually, I need your help.
You should probably get going.
Don't forget Schroedinger.
Thank you.
Now, Ill need at least one unit|of escorts in the rear transport Come.
General Hammond.
Sir.
The refugees|theyve disappeared.
What do you mean,|disappeared? I mean like Poof! Sir.
|They went through the walls.
I told you to keep guards inside|the room to prevent that from happening again.
We were inside the room, Sir.
|I stood in their path myself.
And? They went right|through me, Sir.
Attention, all personnel.
|Off world activation.
Unknown source.
What the hells going on? The mainframes having|a nervous breakdown.
Now the iris is failing.
Why is the blast door down?|Get it up.
What are they doing.
|How did they get here? Gates dialling.
|Chevron six engaged.
Doctor Jackson, this is Colonel Maybourne.
What youre doing|is a court martiallable offence.
Hes not in the military, Colonel, and I think itll be kind of tough|to find a civilian law to cover this.
Ill have you removed from this program|for ever if you do this.
Chevron seven is locked.
Wherever you send them,|well hunt them down.
Were not sending|them anywhere, Sir.
The gate was activated off world.
|Someone is sending for them.
Who? Hello, Lya.
All personnel in the gateroom.
|This is Colonel Maybourne.
I have a Presidential order to|take the aliens with me.
Do not let them pass.
|Use force if necessary.
Your race has learned nothing.
But you have.
The Tollans are most welcome|to join the Nox.
Please come.
Narim was right about you.
Perhaps in time well meet again.
Stop! Take one more step and|Ill be forced to have them open fire.
Come.
Fire! Fire! God, I love those people.
You did good, Daniel.
- What of Maybourne?|- Oohh, hes not a happy camper.
Therell be hell to pay when|he gets back to Washington.
What? Oh, just thinking what the little guy|with funny hair once told us.
The very young do not|always do as theyre told.
Yeah.
- What's this stuff in the air?|- Ash.
All right, Daniel.
|Dial it up, get us out of here.
No argument.
Wait a minute.
There's something out there.
It's a woman, she's alive.
|There's more - hurry you guys.
There's no life here.
This one's had it.
It's just like Pompeii.
Everyone died of|suffocation before the lava started to flow.
What are these things? O'Neill!|There are two more alive.
Carter?|How long before we're toast? I don't know, Sir, I'm not a vulcanologist.
|It could be days, it could be minutes.
Don't help us.
Move away.
|Give them some room.
- All right.
Let's go.
|- You OK? Yeah.
Colonel O'Neill,|What happened? We encountered some very severe volcanic|activity, Sir.
- Who are all these people?|- We don't really know, Sir.
Sir They were all dead and dying around|the gate.
The air was highly toxic.
And hot.
You better have Doctor Frasier|take a look at you.
- We'll de-brief as soon as you're ready.
|- Yes, Sir.
You evacuated ten people|from an alien planet, Colonel.
Doctor Frasier says they're all human|and it looks like they're going to live.
This was one hell of|a rescue operation.
Thank you, Sir.
There were no buildings|in the area of any kind? No sir.
We don't know|how far they walked but it looked like they were trying|to make it back to the Stargate.
What do we know about|these devices they were wearing? Well, they all emit low levels of radiation|indicating an operative energy source but there's no circuitry,|moving parts or chips.
We've never seen|anything like it.
I thought at first that they|were from a parallel culture but it looks like they might|be way ahead of us.
We've determined humans on other planets|originated here on Earth, right? Then given our present state of technology,|could they be ahead of us? Yes.
Umm we'd be colonising space right|now if it hadn't been for the Dark Ages.
There was a period of over eight hundred|years where science was heresy and anathema.
Maybe they didn't have that set-back.
General Hammond? The spokesperson|for the rescued people is awake.
He'd like to speak with you.
|All of you.
Who are you? I'm Major General Hammond.
|This is Colonel ONeill.
- Jack.
|- Samantha Carter.
- Uh Daniel Jackson.
|- Where is this place? You're on a planet called Earth.
|These people saved you.
Nothing could be further|from the truth.
Well, unless I missed something, you're|better off here than you were there.
There was a rescue transport on the way.
Well, half your people were already dead.
|I don't think it would have gotten there in time.
Perhaps that's more of a problem|for you than it was for us.
Beg your pardon? I find it unbelievable|that anyone so primitive could have deciphered the gate system.
Did you say primitive? I too am from a world very|different from this one.
Here life is highly valued.
Quite a statement for a Jaffa.
Sir, I'd like to know who you are and what you know about the Goa'uld.
I am OMOC.
Our world is called Tollan.
And what do you know|of the Goa'uld and Jaffa? We're aware of them,|we don't interact with them.
Well then, we share a common enemy.
Did I mention an enemy? I only meant |it might benefit everyone if your people|and ours could be friends.
I demand you return everything that you|have taken from us and allow us to go home.
Well, it could take a while for those|volcanoes to quiet down.
I'm a bit of a culture buff I'd like to learn about|your history and customs.
I've said enough.
|I'll say no more.
Captain Carter, I want you to monitor|the situation on Tollan very closely as soon as it's safe there,|I want those people gone.
Yes, Sir.
- New hobby?|- Neat, huh? Miniature UAV|with all the bells and whistles.
I'm just adding heat sensors so|I can send it through the gate to Tollan.
Hm.
I was just down in the infirmary|with one of the Tollan trying to get them to talk to us.
They only ask questions,|they never answer them.
As a matter of fact, one of them|was asking a lot of questions about you.
I thought they weren't|interested in us.
Oohh I didn't say us.
|I said you.
General Hammond thinks maybe|you'll have better luck getting some answers.
He'd like to see you.
And I was hoping he would open up to you a bit more than Doctor Jackson or myself.
- You remember Narim?|- Yes.
From the planet.
You were uh a lot dirtier then.
Oh Captain Carter, or is it Doctor? Why don't we just make it Samantha? You may call me Narim.
Captain Carter, Mr Narim seems|very interested in our planet.
I thought maybe you'd like to escort|him up to the surface to have a look.
Really? I would be very pleased|to have that opportunity.
As long as you give me your word|you'll stay with Captain Carter.
You have my word.
Great! Let's go.
Sir.
Umm I wanted to tell you,|that I'm glad to be alive.
- Ummm so are the others.
|- Good .
Thank you.
|And please tell your friends.
Oh.
You|you can tell them yourself.
No, I can't.
|I shouldn't be talking to you.
Why not? You know, back on Tollan,|I thought I was dying.
I heard your voice and|managed to open my eyes when I saw you uh.
What? An old superstition.
|There was a time before reason and science when my ancestors|believed in all manner of nonsense.
Like the Sher'mau.
The story goes that if a Sher'mau|appears at the moment of death she would take you to her|dwelling in the stars.
Ah! We call them angels.
Than you still believe in them? Some of us do.
Ours were reported|to be quite beautiful and, when I saw you well you seemed|to fit the description.
And then I learned from Doctor Jackson|that you're also a brilliant scientist.
I'm afraid I ask quite a few questions.
Curiosity.
It's a quality OMOC|doesn't seem to share.
Can you tell me something about|your world? Is it permitted? Well, yeah.
|Of course.
A flying animal.
Yeah.
|We call them birds.
- Are there other animals.
|- Oh yeah.
Millions of them.
Huh.
There have been none|on Tollan for generations.
Well, I could bring|you pictures, if you like.
I would like that very much.
|Thank you.
But, I think it would be best|if OMOC didn't know.
Why? OMOC is not as harsh as he seems.
He is only trying|to protect us.
And you.
>From what? Perhaps Perhaps we should go back.
Chevron six.
Engaged.
Chevron seven.
Locked.
Launching UAV in 10 seconds - Yeah!|- Successful launch.
UAV is holding course and|the wormhole should reach the Tollan gate in3 Temperature - ground|1700 degrees Fahrenheit.
Air - seems to be in pockets ranging from 1500 degrees down to 200.
Sounds like LA.
If the heat doesn't get you,|the atmosphere will.
It's mostly pyroclastics, basalt, ash.
A person could suffocate very quickly.
How long before it cools down? I don't know.
|Not any time soon.
It doesn't look like|it'll matter, anyway.
That lava's flowing straight|toward the gate.
Computer predicts that|at the current rate the gate will be buried|in a couple of days.
Well, looks like we've|got some guests for a while.
Are you absolutely certain? Yes.
I'm sorry.
Then nature succeeded|where we failed.
What? You were going to seal the gate? Tollan is a world in cataclysm.
Evacuation was complete,|my team stayed to Our final task was to close the gate so that no-one could return|and be harmed.
Well, wherever you were going,|we can recalibrate the co-ordinates from here.
The new settlement world|is outside the gate system.
We'll need a ship.
Oh! Ah we don't have ships.
Not that kind, anyway.
Our space program|is relatively new.
Well, the bottom line here is|your survivors have become refugees.
If they don't want to be here,|we've got to relocate them somewhere.
You know, General, we have done|some fairly good deeds out there.
Maybe we should try|calling in some markers.
OK.
Colonel, you and Teal'c|follow up on that.
Maybe go pay a visit to|some of our old friends.
Captain Carter,|I want you and Doctor Jackson to get the multi-purpose room on|5C readied as a refugee housing centre.
Yes, Sir.
As an act of good faith,|we're returning the devices you were wearing.
- They are not weapons.
|- That's what our technicians thought.
So you had them tested? Not much of an act of good faith.
Well, actually, we couldn't figure|out exactly what they were.
I want to assure you, we're doing|all we can to re-locate your people.
Are we to have some|say in the matter? Oh, yes.
Self-determination is a concept|that's very important to us.
We'll do our best.
|In the meantime we'll make you as|comfortable as possible but I want you to understand,|you're restricted to the immediate premises.
- Are we prisoners?|- No.
No, absolutely not.
But you are from|an alien environment.
It's as much for your|safety as for ours.
Hey.
How you doing? Um it may sound ridiculous,|but I have no idea what to do with these items.
Oh well, our sleeping platforms adjust automatically|to our body temperature.
They don't|come with accoutrements.
It's OK.
I'll show you.
I brought you some things|to take a look at.
Oh! Thank you.
You're welcome.
Uh you|you might like to see this first.
I never thought|I'd see a living animal.
His name's Schroedinger.
Oh it's kind of a joke really.
|His name, that is.
Schroedinger's cat Uh, see, there was an Earth physicist|by the name of Erwin Schroedinger.
He had this theoretical experiment.
Put a cat in a box,|add a can of poison gas activated by the decay of a radioactive atom,|and close the box.
Sounds like a cruel man.
Oh, no, no.
It was just a theory.
|He never really did it.
He said that if he did do it|at any one instant the cat would be both dead|and alive at the same time.
Ah! Kulivrian physics.
An atom state is indeterminate|until measured by an outside observer.
We call it quantum physics.
|You know the theory? Yeah, I've studied it in among other misconceptions|of elementary science.
Misconception? You telling me that you guys|have licked quantum physics? Uh I'll come back and help|you with this later.
I did not tell her anything.
We set up a meeting with Tuplo|for 08:00 tomorrow.
Colonel ONeill was correct.
Many of the worlds we have visited|are eager to be of service.
People! We have a problem.
The refugees seem to have escaped.
- Escaped?|- How did they get past the guards.
You can ask them that|when you find them.
They're over here.
Hold fire.
We were merely|observing the stars.
Well, you're all going to|have to come back in now.
So we are prisoners.
Any idea how they got|past the guards, Sir? None.
A surveillance video in|the multi-purpose room was exposed to some sort of interference,|just as the escape was taking place.
- Convenient.
|- Can the video be salvaged - maybe computer enhanced?|- We're trying now.
In the meantime,|we should get this show on the road.
- Tuplo.
|- Good to see you.
General Hammond,|before we begin I wish to thank you for allowing|me to be the first visitor to your Earth from the Land of Light.
It is indeed an honour.
My lord OMOC,|the Land of Light is a world of eternal brightness,|where fertility abounds.
Our farms produce rich harvests.
Our rivers are blessed|with fish and fowl.
We would be honoured to|share our land with your people.
You have no idea|who or what we are.
We know that you are in need and that you are here among those|who have proven themselves our friends.
That is enough.
You're missing the point.
His planet is unacceptable to us.
These people are even|more primitive than you.
Narim can you tell me|why OMOC is so you know - Obstinate?|- Yeah The nearest planet in our|solar system was called Sureeta.
When we began to explore space we learned she was inhabited.
- Did you make contact?|- Yes when we thought they were|sufficiently advanced.
They were on a level|very similar to yours.
So what happened? We offered them a device to produce unlimited|productive energy.
And they used it to make war.
How bad was it? In one rotation of our planet,|they had destroyed theirs.
One day? The destruction shifted our planet's|orbit point 3 tekanna, enough to begin a chain of events that|made our world unstable.
So that would explain why he's so afraid to give a society like ours|any of your technology.
Yes.
Tell me, what what were|you really doing outside last night.
OMOC spoke the truth.
By setting the position of your stars we were able to calibrate the distance|between Earth and the new home world.
It is very far away, Samantha.
Too far to hope for|a ship in our lifetime.
Have you ever thought|about staying here? On earth? I would gladly stay if only to spend more time with|a certain inhabitant of this planet.
I speak, of course, of Schroedinger.
Our escape was a test.
You did exactly what|I knew you would do.
You used threat and force|to solve your problem.
You didn't give us|any other choice.
You could have come for us unarmed.
Hey! You haven't exactly|behaved like someone I wanna trust.
I'm not gonna put my team at risk.
And I will not risk|my people in your care.
Look OMOC.
If you're so advanced why don't you let your people|decide for themselves? Narim, this is a free country.
Every year we take in thousands|of refugees fleeing repression.
If you request asylum, you can stay|here no matter what OMOC wants.
You don't care anything|about Narim's rights.
You only want our technology,|nothing more.
As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind|knowing how you got the hell out of this place.
- Technically speaking of course.
|- You don't need to know how only that we did and we can do it again|any time we need to.
Colonel, General Hammond would like|to see you and your team right away, Sir.
Thank you.
We've managed to augment the surveillance|video from the multi-purpose room and some of the corridors with computer enhancement.
|You're not going to believe this.
Wow! Cool! But totally impossible.
Well, only from the perspective|of our limited science, apparently.
We have similar video of|them passing through an elevator door and wall,|on ground level.
This is knowledge far beyond|that of the Goa'uld.
That's exactly what the President|and Joint Chiefs want to hear.
Colonel Maybourne, Sir.
NID.
Intelligence?|What happened to Kennedy? Promoted.
|I took his place.
Promoted?|Talk about failing upwards.
Colonel O'Neill.
I read about your conflict with|Colonel Kennedy in his report.
I assure you, such an attitude will not prevail with me, in either direction.
I sense that.
Good.
Would you mind telling me|exactly why you're here, Colonel.
You didn't get my advance? That's an order releasing|the Tollans to our section.
You're to be congratulated, General,|the Stargate program is finally paying off.
- This was quite a coup.
|- Excuse me? These are people we're talking about.
These people do have rights,|you know? Do they?|Under what nation's jurisdiction.
How about basic human rights? I can't release them to you.
I beg your pardon? I don't believe the President meant to release these people until|they have been through quarantine.
We don't have any idea what kinds|of diseases they might be carrying.
You're playing in my ballpark now and I have the full|authority of the President.
So do I, Colonel.
Why don't you ask the airman|outside to show you to our guest quarters? That's OK.
I'll wait.
That wasn't an invitation.
It was an order, Colonel.
General? Didn't Doctor Frasier|give the Tollans a clean bill of health? Just don't let her|tell Maybourne that.
At most, I've bought|us a day, people.
Find me some alternatives.
You're a good man, General.
Then it doesn't matter|how I ask for asylum? Maybourne would love that.
|But you'd be working for him, on his terms.
Then OMOC is correct.
|Your people will use our knowledge for war.
It's not us.
We are dealing with another|part of our Government, one that|specialises in chronic paranoia.
Like Sureeta.
|It's going to happen again.
It doesn't have to|that's why I am here.
Narim, I am hoping that|you can convince OMOC to consider one of the other|planets we've presented.
Ça ne sert à rien.
|Il a raison.
Elles sont toutes|plus primitives que la vôtre.
I wish you would stop|calling us primitive.
I'm sorry.
|I only meant technologically.
You are anything but primitive,|Samantha.
What your mind doesn't know,|your heart fills in.
I don't know what that means,|exactly, but it's beautiful.
Which is exactly what it means.
Just what exactly do you hope|to get from these people? Well, for one,|superior weapons.
They won't co-operate, you know.
I assure you, Colonel, they will.
I just hung up from|talking to the President.
I guess Mr Maybourne has|been talking to him recently.
I did tell you|I had his ear, General.
Colonel Maybourne has full authorisation|to relocate the Tollans immediately.
Of course he does.
To where will you take them? To a secure community|here in the Rockies.
Nice little community with high walls,|guards, maybe a little barbed wire.
They're a valuable asset.
|They need to be protected.
Nice forced intellectual labour.
And life imprisonment.
These aliens will live a better|life than most Americans.
They'll have a great view,|the best food every convenience,|everything they need.
Everything except a life.
You know the Pentagon, intelligence,|that I can understand but the President?|I voted for him! Colonel, have the Tollans ready|for transport at 0600 tomorrow.
OK, Colonel, want to tell|me why I'm here? Because Maybourne isn't, Sir.
Sir, we wanted to talk|to you about what we could do to keep Maybourne|from taking the Tollan.
General, we must ensure|the Tollans escape.
I can't let you do that.
|We'd all be court martialled.
General, I'm about a hair|away from not caring.
However, Daniel I can't be court martialled, Sir The one you call Maybourne|was here questioning my people wanting us to take some sort of tests.
|And you expect me to trust you? Please.
Maybourne is from another|division of government.
|My group is trying to protect you from him.
Well, you're not doing|a very good job.
No, apparently not.
Do you have a new|place for us to go? Well no.
Then we have|nothing else to say.
Well, OK I do know of a perfect place|you could go, I just don't know|how to get you there.
Well, then, why do you speak of it.
Well, I was kind of hoping that maybe|you'd have the technology to get there.
This is another trick to gain|access to our technology.
No, no it isn't.
Listen, there was|a planet we went to where people were|as advanced as you maybe even more advanced.
|They were called the Nox.
If you went there,|why can't we.
Well because|they felt about us kind of like you do.
They called us very young, which|I suppose is a hair more polite than calling us|primitive, but, same idea.
Anyway, they sealed their Stargate, and I don't know how to communicate|with them to get it open.
- Do you know where this planet is?|- Yes, I have the co-ordinates right here.
Then we must go back|to the mountaintop.
Really? Uh I can't I can't|I can't get you out of here.
That's not a problem.
Right.
Oh, but I have|to go with you.
Give me your hand.
What? Do you wish to come or not? The co-ordinates.
Listen, I'm no astronomer,|but won't that take thousands of years|to reach the Nox world? - Why would it?|- Well, that's just a laser, right? I mean light takes a long time|to travel that far.
The distance between|these two points seems far Until you do this.
OK OK,|I remember this from college physics.
One of our scientists, Einstein,|explained this the same way.
You are talking about|actually folding space.
No.
You wouldn't understand.
No, I guess not.
I just hope the Nox do.
Oh my God,|how did you do that? Very carefully.
I have come to say goodbye.
|We'll be leaving soon.
So you think Daniel's|plan will work? Either way,|I will be leaving.
However,|I will go reluctantly.
Why? Because, as of tonight,|we will never meet again.
Oh, come on,|you'll forget about me in a heartbeat.
I thought you felt that way.
That is why I brought you this.
What is it? You have audio and visual|recording devices, yes? This one records emotions.
My feelings for you.
I have worn it each|time we were together.
How does it work? Touch the red triangle and close your eyes.
Uh I don't know what to say.
We have a custom that expresses more than words.
We have that custom too.
Oops! Uuhhh sorry.
I gotta do some stuff in here.
Actually, I need your help.
You should probably get going.
Don't forget Schroedinger.
Thank you.
Now, Ill need at least one unit|of escorts in the rear transport Come.
General Hammond.
Sir.
The refugees|theyve disappeared.
What do you mean,|disappeared? I mean like Poof! Sir.
|They went through the walls.
I told you to keep guards inside|the room to prevent that from happening again.
We were inside the room, Sir.
|I stood in their path myself.
And? They went right|through me, Sir.
Attention, all personnel.
|Off world activation.
Unknown source.
What the hells going on? The mainframes having|a nervous breakdown.
Now the iris is failing.
Why is the blast door down?|Get it up.
What are they doing.
|How did they get here? Gates dialling.
|Chevron six engaged.
Doctor Jackson, this is Colonel Maybourne.
What youre doing|is a court martiallable offence.
Hes not in the military, Colonel, and I think itll be kind of tough|to find a civilian law to cover this.
Ill have you removed from this program|for ever if you do this.
Chevron seven is locked.
Wherever you send them,|well hunt them down.
Were not sending|them anywhere, Sir.
The gate was activated off world.
|Someone is sending for them.
Who? Hello, Lya.
All personnel in the gateroom.
|This is Colonel Maybourne.
I have a Presidential order to|take the aliens with me.
Do not let them pass.
|Use force if necessary.
Your race has learned nothing.
But you have.
The Tollans are most welcome|to join the Nox.
Please come.
Narim was right about you.
Perhaps in time well meet again.
Stop! Take one more step and|Ill be forced to have them open fire.
Come.
Fire! Fire! God, I love those people.
You did good, Daniel.
- What of Maybourne?|- Oohh, hes not a happy camper.
Therell be hell to pay when|he gets back to Washington.
What? Oh, just thinking what the little guy|with funny hair once told us.
The very young do not|always do as theyre told.
Yeah.