Stargate SG-1 s05e07 Episode Script

(camera clicks) As you know, over the past year I have|been studying the Unas of P3X-888.
I've made some amazing discoveries|about their culture.
I've also been able to categorise almost|70 individual words from their language.
But, during a review of the latest batch|of digital images, I came across this.
These men, whoever they are,|abducted the Unas I refer to as Chaka.
- That's the one that kidnapped you.
|- Same one.
Their dress is pre-industrial but|they don't have any Jaffa tattoos, so their Goa'uld weapons|seem contradictory.
Indeed.
- What would they want with an Unas?|- I don't know.
But I'd like to find out.
- What are you suggesting?|- Like Jack said, what do they want? For the record, I don't care.
I care.
It might be relevant to investigate|how they got Goa'uld weapons.
They may have other Goa'uld technology.
Now, see, that I really care about.
If possible, I'd like to make|every effort to rescue Chaka.
The Unas? Many Unas we've encountered|had Goa'uld symbiotes controlling them.
Chaka is an ungoa'ulded Unas.
An intelligent being who learned|to trust humans because of me.
And? These images were taken|just prior to the abduction.
Every time I went back with SG-1 1|to retrieve the video footage, I would leave Chaka a gift.
It's It's an energy bar.
It's something that helped me|break through when we first met.
I left the bait for their trap.
How do we find out|where these men took him? If they've got Goa'uld weapons,|you gotta wonder what else they got.
You have a go.
Thank you.
The UAV shows the nearest town|to be three clicks in that direction.
Evidence of a substantial population -|Iots of cultivated fields.
Farmers? Farmers with staff weapons.
- Domestication.
|- Yeah.
We'll check things out down there.
Carter, you and Teal'c hang back.
Cover|us in case these folks don't like visitors.
Any ideas? Well, let's see how far honesty gets us.
OK.
This animal comes from|an excellent bloodline.
He can crush grain at the stone mill|from first light to day's end.
He can haul any cart,|with any load, any distance.
(Unas growls) And he has spirit.
(growls) Who will start the bidding? (growling) (woman) Watch out! (Unas growling) Do not fear.
It's dead.
Yeah.
- Shoot somethin' like that in the back|- Who are you? We're travellers.
Peaceful travellers.
Where do you come from?|I've not seen your kind before.
Well, actually,|we came through the Stargate.
The, um - Chaapa-ai.
|- Chaapa-ai.
- Really?|- Yes.
No one has come through|the Chaapa-ai in living memory.
Now you'll have a story|to tell your grandkids.
We come from a planet called Earth.
- What do you want?|- Actually, we came to trade.
Hm? - Really?|- We're looking for an Unas.
Well, then.
You've come to the right place.
I'm the most respected dealer|of Unas in this land.
My name is Burrock.
I'm Daniel Jackson|and this is Colonel Jack O'Neill.
Colonel? Yes.
It means he's our head trader.
"Head trader"? I like that.
And you can|call me Colonel Burrock.
It is our custom to welcome visitors|with a drink.
Will you join me? It is our custom to drink.
Of course.
- "Honesty", huh?|- We're traders.
We've traded.
We trade.
We're trading.
Thank you.
You thank a beast? Yes.
Positive reinforcement.
We find it a successful method of training.
I'm curious to learn more|about your methods, and to learn more about|where you came from.
So no one else has actually|come through the Chaapa-ai? I have wondered why there are|so many symbols on the pedestal.
I have stood for hours pressing different|combinations, but nothing happened.
The fact that you have come here from a|place we do not know proves I am right.
The Chaapa-ai goes|many places, does it not? - Haven't you travelled to other worlds?|- I have been to one place.
Just one time, so far.
I had to press seven different symbols|to get the Chaapa-ai to open.
How'd you learn those symbols? I paid dearly for them.
|They have been passed down through the lineage of certain|families since the Beast Wars.
Beast Wars? Long ago, the beasts enslaved our|forefathers through terror and oppression.
They served "the one|with the glowing eyes".
And what happened to him, her? No one knows.
One day|he went away, did not return.
Our forefathers learned how the beasts'|weapons worked and led an uprising.
The war was bloody,|waged for many years, but eventually the slaves triumphed and the masters became the slaves.
Since then, the beasts have served us.
(roars) Like the one at the auction that got away,|this one comes from our local stock.
I believe him to be untrainable.
His head is not right, even for a beast.
Maybe he's just pissed|cos you keep torturing him.
The unfortunate result|of generations of inbreeding.
I'm afraid he'll have to be put down.
- Do you not have this problem at home?|- We've made some progress, actually.
Interesting.
The only choice we had|was to introduce new blood.
Fortunately, I was able to find some.
This one will make me|the wealthiest beastmaster in the land.
(huskily) Daniel.
- He speaks?|- Yes.
- Your name.
|- Yes.
That's because he's mine.
You deceived me! You said you came here to trade for|an Unas, not to claim one of your own.
I just wanted to make sure he was here|before we made an issue out of it.
These beasts, all of them bear my mark.
- Yours had no identification.
|- You heard him say my name.
I caught him in the wild|of the other place.
It was part of an experiment I was|conducting.
Sorry, but I need him back.
Well, I'm sorry.
You cannot have him.
Does Colonel O'Neill|require our assistance? He hasn't signalled yet.
I could offer another Unas in exchange.
This one is of good stock,|and he's already trained.
You don't understand.
This one's name|is Chaka, and he is coming with me.
- Uh, Daniel.
|- Jack.
Why don't we discuss|what we can offer the man in return? Shall we? Outside.
(roars) Daniel! Daniel, I am not gonna get|into a firefight over this right now.
If you expect to trade for that Unas,|do not think it will come cheap.
So what's your price? Two Unas of equally pure lineage.
Two for one? Your Unas is worth it, or you|would not have travelled so far.
Besides, you have more sophisticated|methods for capturing and training them.
We'll think about it.
Come on.
Excuse me.
You, uh have some sort of|plan to do something about this? Well, right now I'm not sure|I'm gonna do anything.
How can you say that? Daniel, you wanna go out and catch|a couple of Unas, trade 'em for Chaka? - I think you're missing the point.
|- Am l? - You saw how they treat them.
|- Daniel.
I'm not saying any of this is right.
|I just don't know what to do about it.
I don't want to change|their way of life, but Chaka wasn't born into|this kind of domestication.
He's known freedom all his life.
The Unas|of his planet live together in families.
- They have art.
|- Oh, yes.
I've seen the cave drawings.
I will not leave him here like this.
Even if it means risking human lives? We should be able|to avoid that, shouldn't we? - So what's going on?|- They're using Unas as slaves.
They were inbred for so long,|they're untrainable.
They needed new blood|so they're not giving Chaka up.
- What shall we do?|- (O'Neill) Wait until dark.
Daniel and I'll go in and extract him.
|You'll provide cover.
And we're gonna do it|without taking human lives.
Down.
(growls) Down.
(growls) Chaka.
Chaka.
Chaka.
(door creaks) - Chaka.
|- Daniel.
Tell him to move back.
- Chaka!|- (Chaka growls) - He's not moving.
|- Move back.
- I could have said that.
|- Keka.
Keka.
Danger.
(roaring) Crap.
Come on, we gotta go.
Come on.
- It's OK, it's OK.
|- Wok tah! - What? I don't know what's wrong.
|- Wok tah! He says this one's marked for death.
|Come on, it's OK.
He's not.
Let's go.
Wok tah! - Wok tah!|- He says that they're all marked for death.
- No, Chaka.
|- Daniel, with or without him, we gotta go! Sir, you've got company.
At least ten men heading your way.
|We're laying down cover fire.
(moaning) (Carter overradio)|Colonel, come in.
Over.
Colonel, do you read? Come in.
Over.
Chaka must have grabbed that|from my vest before it was taken away.
- Why would he do that?|- He's seen me using it.
Chaka.
- Give.
|- Ko? "Ko".
I don't know that word.
"Ko", it's give.
Yes, yes, Chaka.
Ko, ko.
Thank you.
- Aka.
|- Aka.
Thank you.
Daniel.
Right.
- Sam, it's Daniel.
Do you read?|- Daniel, are you OK? - Uh, been better.
|- Colonel O'Neill? Physically fine, but I'm not expecting|a birthday present any time soon.
Ko.
Ko.
Chaka.
Ko.
Thank you.
Carter.
Report.
There were too many ofthem, sir.
|You ordered us not to shoot to kill.
- Yeah, I know.
|- We're being pursued by a search party.
Attempting to make it|to the gate to get reinforcements.
Roger that.
Out.
Daniel.
- Chaka.
|- Chaka.
Aka na.
Ma.
Ma kan.
Aka na.
Keka.
- Ma! Kan.
|- Aka na.
Kan cha na.
Chaka.
Chaka.
What's he saying? Actually, it means a lot of different things.
In this particular case, I'd say "Thank you for trying to free me.
|Sorry for getting you into this mess.
" Chaka.
Chaka full of nuts.
Whatever.
- Jack, it's not his fault.
|- Daniel I'm chained up in a madman's barn|with a bunch of Unas.
Who's to blame is not at the top|of my list of concerns just yet.
Chaka.
Chaka.
Chaka.
- That's amazing.
|- What? Language is a learned behaviour.
Chaka must have taught|this Unas this word.
Chaka.
Chaka.
Chaka zo.
Chaka zo.
(growling) (growling continues) They're saying Chaka is their leader.
They|recognise he wouldn't leave without them.
Daniel, dogs sniff each other's butts|and they're friends for life.
- We still keep them as pets.
|- No.
No, this is different.
Chaka made a choice.
Choice is freedom.
These Unas pledged|their allegiance to him because of that.
- What are you saying?|- They wanna be free.
They recognise what that means.
- All they said was "Chaka zo".
|- Chaka zo.
Chaka zo.
(Daniel) Chaka isn't different.
These Unas were born into domestication|but they know freedom enough to want it.
- You said this is their way of life here.
|- Well, it has to change.
How? We've meddled in other cultures before.
Well, now you're talking|about moving in an army.
I'd like to think|that there was another way.
Look, in principle, I agree with you.
You injured my father.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
We were just trying to take back|an Unas that's rightfully ours.
Stealing is wrong.
Yes.
It is.
Chaka.
Chaka.
Trust me.
A whole lotta people are gonna|have to die before one Unas goes free.
Colonel, do you read? - Yeah.
What's your situation?|- We're at the gate, sir, but it's guarded.
- Ifwe attempt to get through, it'll get ugly.
|- Hold your position.
Radio silence.
Gotta go.
Beast stealing is punishable by death.
But it is my hope|that that will not be necessary.
But that will be up to you.
I also know there were others with you|and that they may try to rescue you.
That would not be wise.
|I will not hesitate to kill you.
What do you want? Tell me of the places|where the Chaapa-ai can go.
I do not understand why you|take such risks for this beast.
He is very valuable to me, but you can|replace him with one of equal lineage.
Because they're not beasts.
They're self-aware, intelligent beings, and you have no right to use them|as slaves or treat them like you do.
They used our forefathers as slaves and|treated them worse than we do our Unas.
- And that makes you right?|- What would you have us do? - Free them.
|- (Burrock laughs) Untrained, uncontrolled? A beast would rip me|limb from limb, eat me alive.
Then send them to their home world.
Our forefathers could have slaughtered|them all, wiped them from the planet.
But, instead, they saw a way|to use their strength to our advantage.
A way to coexist.
For that, we thank them.
You don't coexist.
|You use them as slaves.
Look.
We're not gonna tell you anything,|so you might as well let us go.
We'll go back to where we came from,|you can go on doing what you do so well.
Because now I know for certain|there is more out there.
Yeah, I know the grass|always looks cleaner.
But a bunch of bad guys|with glowing eyes are out there, and you really don't|wanna mess with them.
(screams) - Teal'c!|- I will not continue to do nothing.
What are you gonna do? Teal'c! Stop it! He's not gonna tell you anything! (screams) Chaka keka! (roaring) Quiet! (roaring) Quiet down! Quiet! Quiet! - Ka keka!|- No! (gun clicks) Impressive weapon.
But not as efficient as a fire stick.
It seems to stop working|after it's been fired for a while.
I assume that's what these are for.
- Tell me how to make it work again.
|- Give it to me, I'll show you.
It was simple enough|to learn how to shoot it.
I will learn this part on my own as well.
In the meantime,|hunger and thirst will weaken you.
Perhaps tomorrow you will|tell me what I want to know.
I do not understand why, but it seems that you care for beasts more|than you care for your own wellbeing.
So be it.
Every morning and night, I will|come here to learn what you know.
If you do not tell me I will kill a beast.
It may cost me.
But I believe it may be worth it.
Until tonight.
Maybe we could take out those four guys,|but then dozens more'd be all over us.
Then we'd have to get through the gate.
A diversion.
Yeah, Carter.
I got you.
Sir, what's yourstatus?|We heard shooting.
We're all right.
One of the Unas took a hit.
- (Carter) Chaka?|- No, he's OK.
I told you to hold your position at the gate.
Yes, sir.
Teal'c thinks we can|create a big enough distraction to attempt a rescue, and I agree.
But we can't guarantee zero casualties.
Ifthat's still your concern,|please advise.
Over.
I don't think we can|talk our way out of this.
For once, I'm not asking us to.
- Damn it, Daniel.
|- Let's get outta here.
All of us.
Sir, still awaiting your orders.
Yeah.
We've got three Unas|who are gonna be joining us.
Do what you have to do, Carter.
You! Leave it! Come here! Quick! Water! Before the fire|spreads to the buildings! Get him! - Where's Teal'c?|- Trying to be popular.
- Stand back!|- Keka! Keka.
Come on, come on.
Ka cha.
Ka cha! - Stop!|- Hey! Chaka! It's OK.
Chaka.
Ka-nay.
Friend.
Friend.
I thought you said|the gate was heavily guarded.
The men may have gone|to town to help put out the fire.
Or we got an ambush here.
Hey, hey! Stop.
Keka! Chaka! Keka! I think he understands why we stopped.
All right.
Fan out.
Cover 'em.
Chaka! (Daniel) Chaka! No! (fires) Chaka.
Chaka.
We're all clear, sir.
|Teal'c's dialling the gate.
We should hurry.
|There might be more men coming.
Chaka! Come on.
We're taking you home.
- No-na.
|- No-na.
Home.
- Aka.
|- No-na! Ko.
Aka.
Kek.
We did all this to save you.
Aka.
Kek.
He never intended to come with us.
Ska nat.
Ka keka.
- He thought he was helping us escape.
|- So what does he wanna do? Stay and fight, and free the others.
Daniel, we didn't come here to arm them.
They did that themselves.
I don't think we're gonna stop them.
Ka kek.
Ska.
Ka kek.
- Chaka.
|- Chaka.
You just sent him out to start a war.
It was his choice.
I told him they didn't have to kill.
Do you think he understands that? They know what freedom is|and they're willing to fight for it.
They deserve a chance.