Stargate SG-1 s07e17 Episode Script
Heroes (1)
So you getting the full thing? Just about, yeah.
Well instead of zooming out, why don't you pull back a little? Get it in context, right? Okay.
Yeah, just keep going back.
It's cool.
Yeah, it's amazing.
Yes it is.
Mr.
Bregman? Colonel Tom Rondell, Cheyenne mountain complex public affairs liaison.
That's quite a mouthful.
Call me Emmet.
Yes Sir.
Okay.
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this is my posse here.
Tech Seargent Dell James, camera.
Airman Shep Wickenell Sir.
Shep is doing sound.
Well it's a pleasure, but what are you doing here? We're getting some establishing shots, the first of many I hope while we're waiting.
Maybe we should get a shot of you Colonel.
Sorry, but you're not authorized to begin until you've been briefed by General Hammond.
I've already been briefed, Tom is it? By the defense department.
What's the problem? I'm cleared to shoot here.
Maybe you guys haven't been cleared, are you cleared? Sorry, so what's the problem? General Hammond's ready to see you now.
Okay.
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This should be fun.
Oh yeah.
General Hammond Sir.
This is Mr.
Bregman.
I'm very excited to be here Sir.
You may find that we're not all as giddy about this project as you are Mr.
Bregman.
Giddy? Uh, well I'm personally and professional excited to be here General.
I haven't been giddy since I.
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well you don't want to know about that.
No.
I just want to be as clear upfront as I can.
Sure.
Your visit here is very unorthodox and I will not let it threaten the security of any ongoing missions or the safety of my people.
Well I've already been frisked three times, you can do it personally if you want and make it four times, get to know each other a little better.
General, I'm sorry.
I consider it my responsibility to protect my peoples interest and .
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feel it's appropriate to warn you that no person around here wants to be part of your little reality show.
I see.
You know, General.
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I think that you are probably well aware that there were film cameras on the beaches of Normandy.
Decades before Survivor aired on CBS.
Personally I think that it's an amazing oversight that the Stargate program hasn't been chronicled up to this point.
That's because it's top secret.
Only a handful of people will see anything you shoot.
So far General, so far.
Eventually, inevitably.
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this program is going to be disclosed to the American public and to the whole world and.
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I think that this small film we are doing here may provide insight into what has really been going on here for the last six years.
What's really been going on? You know what General, I respect what you're doing here, I can even respect that you want me out of here.
But the President of the United States invited me to do this.
You see that red phone? You wouldn't be here if he hadn't.
Well then, I hope that I can expect the full co-operation of you and your personnel.
To the letter of these orders.
To the letter, I see.
I see, thank you.
You have high expectations to meet.
General.
Maybe it's just my opinion, but it seems to me that throughout history,.
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the best documentaries have taken a cinema portrayal on the subject.
- I'll tell you what Tom,.
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I think that's probably a very interesting point of view and.
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mostly if not totally crap, especially in a situation like this.
If this story was going to tell itself, there'd be Stargate updates on the nightly news.
You do have a point.
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you have a point.
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in the sense that we should probably start with a soft approach and make people feel comfortable, gain their trust.
You know what? We would be here a year.
- These soldiers conceal things for a living.
- Airmen Sir, we're the United States Air force.
These airmen conceal things for a living and the only way am I going to get anything out of these people.
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look at that.
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by uh'.
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not by the cinema variety approach, but by wringing it out of them approach.
- That's the only way that's going to work.
- Mr.
Bregman, you are strictly to document what is going on.
- I know.
- Not to pursue anything that may be prejudicial to air force personnel.
Tell you what, why don't you call me Emmet? Is that who I think it is? - That's Colonel Jack O'Neill.
- Colonel O'Neill, hi! I like vanilla over chocolate, my favorite color is paradeux, I think Tibet should be free and if I could have dinner with anyone in the world, it'd be Mary Steenbergen.
- Mary Steenbergen? - I think she's nice.
No no, look look look.
I'm just trying to get a minute.
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- Look, I really don't have time at the moment.
I have a briefing to go to.
- I understand, I'm Emmet.
Look, I'm not going to be a get perspective on this whole Stargate program without you Colonel, so when is a good time for you? Any time's good, just send me a memo.
Memo.
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I really sensed him starting to trust you.
Don't worry about it, he only looks unprofessional.
You know Major, General Hammond warned me that people might be a little less then enthusiastic about all this.
Yeah, we did have a bad experience with a TV crew last year.
The Prometheus incident? I know that the air force insisted on their own crew for that reason.
I think that you might also be sensing reluctance from people around here to put themselves up on a pedestal.
I mean we are just doing our jobs.
Well I consider it my job to put you up on a pedestal because this job is nothing short from extraordinary, and.
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from what I read in your file the same can be said about you personally.
See, now I'm blushing.
So you are, then we should start, it'll look good on camera.
Let's go guys, are you ready? No.
What are you doing? We don't need a light meter, the woman is glowing.
Let's get rolling.
Rolling.
Sound? Rolling.
Okay.
Major Samantha Carter, US air force.
Astro physicist, considered the foremost expert on the Stargate.
You've explored territory that no one on Earth, in the history of Earth has seen and you've fought an enemy that no one on Earth has even imagined.
Major Samantha Carter, meet the six and a half billion people of the planet Earth.
Hi.
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I don't think I've asked this type of question before in my entire career, but what was it like to be.
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well.
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dead? Well I wasn't exactly dead.
Oh', you were.
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what's the word.
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transcended? - Ascended.
- Ascended.
Well I did have the unfortunate experience of dying first, slowly and quite painfully.
From your report and I'm quoting here, it says your human body transformed into energy, a bright white light that rose above the hospital bed, is that it? Yep.
So could you.
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Doctor Jackson.
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could you, I don't know.
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elaborate? I mean what did it feel like? Well I don't know, I really don't remember much after that.
- Will you excuse me? - Follow, come on come on! Move, move! Doctor Jackson, what is it? - It was the mask fragment that I collected.
- Sorry, could you slow down? The mask fragment I collected from P3X-298, it was carbonated in the pre-dynastic era of Egypt here on Earth.
Could you get a close shot of this? So what is the significance of that? It's fascinating.
Okay, back up.
That's it? It's fascinating? Why were we running.
Oh, I just wanted to see if you would chase me.
Okay, turn it off.
Get the mic away from me.
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turn it off! Kevlar, will not stop the energy blast from a staff weapon.
And the armor plating in other bullet proof protection gets super-heated from the plasma, so while it would stop the penetration the wearer becomes essentially trapped in what becomes their own personal microwave oven.
You know, not a good idea.
Anyway, what we've been working on is this.
A ceramic polymer which will resist the heat, stop the blast and fits into a standard issue SG vest as Seargent Syler will now demonstrate for us.
Would it be a better idea.
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Don't shoot me, shoot him.
Wouldn't it be more interesting if I were to.
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you know.
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if I wear.
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- - No, no.
- So it's not safe? Of course it's safe, it's not like we've never done this before.
Away from the face big guy.
It's all done.
I'm fine.
You see, he does that all the time.
The control room is sort of like the air traffic control tower of the base.
We monitor all gate activity from here.
So what are all these blinking lights about? For example, those blinking lights over there.
Well this monitors the gates massive power consumption required to generate outgoing wormholes.
Interestingly, in our study of off world DHD's we found that our gate draws 10% more wattage then off world gates.
Now that far exceeds any potential loss due to our manmade interface.
We think that it has to do with how the super-conductive crystals inside the gate absorb electricity.
But we're also trying to demonstrate how the DHD's are using a pure, more efficient form of power.
Could we get a shot of the gate spinning? Sure, it's really cool.
Steam comes out of it and everything.
- Right.
- Major.
Uh', sorry guys.
There's an SG team due to embark on a mission.
Well that's great.
We'll get a shot of them leaving.
Actually, you're going to have to leave.
Can I ask you something? Sorry, you can stop shooting.
Okay Belinsky, which way? That way.
I'll take point.
Wells, Bosworth you're rear guard, five meter spread.
Keep your eyes open.
The MALP showed no indication of any recent Goa'uld activity on this planet.
I don't see any indication of anything here.
Take the usual bet on that Sir? Sure.
Wells? Abandoned Naquada mine.
Boring, good odds.
Bosworth? I'm gonna put my money on trees Sir.
Bosworth is disqualified for being a smart ass.
I'll go with two headed aliens.
Hostile or friendly Sir? One head good, one head bad.
Belinsky? Well ruins of an ancient city.
Yeah, you wish.
All night screaming, projectile vomiting, nuclear dippers.
You have no idea.
The reason they make them so damn cute is so they don't suffocate them in their sleep.
Sir you have four kids.
Yeah, why do you think I enjoy my job so much? Don't get me wrong, I love the little buggers to death.
But trust me, having four kids makes going through a Stargate and facing off against alien bad guys look like nothing.
This is relaxing.
And why did you have four? Well one's pretty bad.
But you figure you got to have two, so the guy can have a brother or sister right? Then you have two boys, and the wife says she wants a girl so you figure.
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hell three can't be much worse then two right? What you don't realize though is that your brain is fried because you haven't slept.
After three, four is no big deal.
You're so deep in that nothing seems to matter anymore, it's chaos.
You just try to make it through each day alive.
In the end you spend all the energy you have left trying to get them into bed.
Only to lie awake praying that they don't get hooked on drugs or hurt, or worse.
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or why up dead in an alley somewhere.
Can't wait Sir.
Miracle of birth my ass.
I'll tell you what a miracle is, birth control that works.
Well, I'll be damned.
I win.
Sir, did you do your interview yet? Yeah.
Mary Steenburgen? She's so hot.
Carter can you tell me the reason for this documentary again? Didn't you read the memo? Officially it's to chronicle the 1000th trip through the Stargate, but I think there's more to it than that.
I know.
Hard to believe we've been at it this long.
There should be a cake.
Doctor Jackson.
Your memory was erased when you returned to, and I'm quoting, human form.
That sounds completely idiotic, make a note, can you remind me? I have to re-ask that.
Sorry, what can you tell us about all that.
Not much.
Ok, well can you tell us what it was like before that.
Oh well, thankfully I have most of those memories back, there are still a few holes.
Ok.
The Pharaohs of the fourth dynasty, did not build the pyramids.
No, no they didn't.
They're actually landing pads for Goa'uld mother ships.
No, I'm quoting you from a speech that you made before you were introduced to the Stargate.
I presume that at that time you knew nothing about landing platforms or mother ships right? Right.
No.
Until you were introduced to Catherine Langford.
Right.
And she's the one who introduced you to the Stargate program.
Right.
So, why? Why what? Um, why did she do that? I don't know, you'd have to ask her.
Ok fine, maybe I'll ask her.
Where is she.
Is she been transcended or ascended or something like that? No retired actually, but you never know.
I'm just reading your file here.
It's fascinating but I suppose I should ask you immediately here.
Your an alien?I mean not to you, to us you would be.
Anyway, you were the highest ranking officer in the service of one of our alien enemies, and you turned against them.
Why did you turn against them when you did? I mean, sorry, why are you sitting there if you don't intend to answer any of my questions.
Because I was requested to by General Hammond.
I see, and he didn't happen to mention to you that part of the interview process, involved actually saying something.
No.
Ok let's try this.
Colonel Jack O'Neill.
You must have a tremendous amount of respect for himOr maybe you don't.
Let me rephrase.
Colonel Jack O'Neill is your immediate superior, ok maybe not in terms of species butHe's your commanding officer.
Indeed.
Good, good.
Ok, let's move forward.
Is there anything that you can tell us about him.
If you wish to learn of Colonel O'Neill, perhaps you should interview Colonel O'Neill.
Ok thanks that's a good idea, thank you very much.
I want to ask you this, just let me ask you this.
Hey, where are you going.
How long? I don't know.
Why we just got here.
An hour ago.
Well, I need more time.
I mean look at this place it's incredible.
- Yeah.
You've seen one crumbled city, you've - Sir! This place was built by the Ancients.
Are you sure? Yes, these markings and this stone architecture.
Doctor Jackson is going to die when he sees this.
- What again? - Funny.
Don't go far.
- It looks like an alien.
- Shut up.
Hey remember that thing we ran into on P2x-787? Get lost.
Yeah.
See that thing was easy on the eyes by comparison.
Let me see.
That's pretty scary Wells.
That's my unborn son sir.
How can you tell.
I don't know Wells.
I wouldn't paint the room blue just yet.
Take cover! Colonel, now! What the hell is it? Like the people who are now serving, here at the SGC, the youth of tomorrow will one day have to defend the free spirit of mankind.
And not just on our fair planet, but out there, through the Stargate.
In the vastness of the galaxy, where untold evil with powers we've never seen before, are still waiting to pray upon us.
Ok, Cut! Senator, ha, great, thank you so much for doing this.
- It was really terrific of you to do this.
- These people deserve it.
Yes well we're trying our best.
Look Senator, I hope you don't take this the wrong way but, me saying this, but, it sounded a little bit prepared.
Just a little bit like a speech, I don't think you're going to like the results.
What about if we kind of do things off the cuff and I just throw things at you, see how you respond? - No! - No? No! Now if you want anything else from me.
Yes actuallyuh Senator? Ah Colonel.
As I'm sure you know I'm here to do part of a piece these good men are putting together to document the fine work you're doing here at the SGC.
No, I didn't know that.
Well, I'm sure there was a memo.
Well did you tell them about the time you tried to get this place shut down - or the time you had Hammond by the short and - I suggest you watch what you say Colonel.
- Slander is a serious offence.
- Yes, so I hear.
I have always been a strong supporter of this program.
I admit I was critical in the past, but that was only because of the unrealized potential I see this operation as having.
How did your interview go Colonel? It was short, yet oh so sweet.
The President wants you to play ball on this.
I hope you're not intending to disappoint our Commander In Chief.
I would think you would want to show your appreciation for his backing over the years.
Kinsey, what are you doing here? I mean, last time anyone checked, you were trying to discredit the guy.
His term is up.
My running mate and I are merely pointing out to the American people, certain area that we think we could do a better job in.
And when that time comes, I know we can count on your vote Colonel.
YeahThat'll happen.
And I want you to know this.
If elected, this program can count on our full support.
You want to get this? Sure.
You smarmy, self righteous, opportunist "Unscheduled Off world Activation.
Colonel O'Neill to the control room.
" - You are nothing but a "Repeat, Unscheduled Off world Activation.
" Duty calls.
I was done.
Colonel, what is this off world activation something.
What is that? I won't know until I get there.
Well that's great.
Where is there? There is here for you.
Ongoing activity.
Bilinski wants to stay sir.
Can you see anything else worth staying for Dave? Hard to say.
We need to finish searching these ruins.
How long? A day or two, maybe more.
It would be nice to send up a UAV, at least get an ariel overview.
Permission to remain granted.
I'll send SG3 as backup.
Any sign of further threats, you get out of there immediately, colonel Understood Sir.
In the meantime I can run some tests on what's left of the device.
See what it's been doing there.
Send the device back and report in on the hour.
Yes sir.
SG13 out.
Sir? It's not that I don't appreciate all your I knew Kinsey and Bregman were headed your way and I thought you might be looking for an excuse to get away Colonel.
I thought as much sir and I just wanted to express my deep and unyielding love for you sir.
General, if you have a moment, Mr.
Bregman would like to have a word.
Exempt from said clearance are all current activities which have not yet been reviewed by this office.
That being the Pentagon.
Current activities.
Breathing is a current activity.
My interpretation is that you have not been authorized to know anything about the most recent unscheduled activation.
General, a little leeway.
I said that I was going to hold you to the letter of these orders Mr.
Bregman.
Give it up.
- You know, Colonel O'Neill - Is currently unavailable.
General, the President.
The President of the United States has given me his full support.
Why are you resisting? I'm not resisting, I'm following orders.
My opinion is that I don't think my people need to be put under a microscope.
Camera's don't just record things, they change what they record, simply by being there.
The work these people do is hard enough without them feeling that every breath they take is being preserved for judgment.
Maybe it should be.
Excuse me? I said maybe it should be.
The Pentagon has allowed Journalists to be embedded with the armed forces before this, you know that.
Under fire, under pressure.
So what's seen and what's heard and what's read, is the truth.
I think we're through.
- I don't.
I don't disagree with you General.
- Excuse me.
Have you ever seen anything like this? I have not.
Well it's definitely a remote probe of some kind.
The storage capacity of the memory crystal's is immense.
But so far all I've found are detailed images of the ruins.
You know, it makes sense.
We use a malp, why wouldn't the Goa'uld? The Goa'uld are scavengers.
It is quite possible they got the idea from us.
So, you do your interview with the documentary crew yet? Indeed.
I have to admit, I can't wait to hear what everyone else said.
I did not say much.
Really? That is surprising, it's usually so hard to shut you up.
I found the entire experience unpleasant.
They want to talk to me again.
Did your interview not go well either? Well I thought it was fine, but apparently I looked nervous.
What is the meaning of Off world Activation? What is that about? I'm not privy to that information.
Oh you wouldn't tell me even if you knew would you? We have orders.
You remind me of those minders we used to have in the Gulf who used to censor our reports.
Look it's not as if we're conspiring to cover up the truth.
Oh sure.
And censoring reports in combat just makes sense.
Makes sense? You may not jeopardize the lives of troops on ongoing missions.
Makes sense? It's a documentary, it's not the news.
What are you telling me you're broadcasting this to the enemy on some other planet? Look, I have been denied access to several prior mission files, you know why? Cos no-one wants me to know how close we've come.
Well why don't you tell me? You're not going to tell me cos you're not conspiring to cover up the truth are you? Why don't you tell me? We've come close to what? Being compromised.
Being compromised, there's a euphemism for you.
Being compromised.
Close to the brink of planetary annihilation is probably more accurate.
That's why we're not allowed to film these ongoing activities.
Because every time they open that gate there's a chance that something could go wrong.
In which case it wouldn't really matter what we had on tape, would it? What did you say? What did you say? It doesn't really matter.
If that's your opinion and if you had any integrity at all, then you would resign.
Before I have to replace you.
I'd rather be replaced than court marshaled.
I'm not going to do anything I'm not authorized to do.
Well you see, it's that attitude that The bottom line is, the SGC is not going to let any of this out until it's declassified.
Well what's the difference then? Why not shoot it and decide later? It's not up to me.
Not up to me.
Not up to me.
Colonel, Colonel, we're all set up for you right here.
We're all set up.
Briefing.
Yeah, no, Colonel, ColonelColonel! You know I'm going to get you on camera sooner or later.
Even if all I get is a series of shots of you avoiding being got.
Fire away.
I hope shots of my ass serve you well.
Pack up.
What are we doing here? How do you feel about Colonel O'Neill? He's an amazing man.
After everything he's done, he's still modest.
Quite self effacing actually.
He even likes people to think he's not as smart as he really is.
Bottom line, he's an incredibly strong leader who's given more of himself for this program than any man has given for, well anything I can imagine.
Do you spend a lot of time together outside of work? We don't get much time outside of work.
When we do our personal interests are a little different.
Did you ever hear the expression, opposites attract? We have a very professional relationship.
Really, do you? Professional? I mean, after everything you've been through? You must of, if it's not too much to say, faced death together? Yeah.
Not unlike countless military personnel throughout the years.
Look, I won't deny that there's a bond between us.
Daniel and Teal'c are also like family to me.
Colonel O'Neill is first and foremost my superior officer.
Even if there was potential for something more, and I'm not saying that there is, our military positions and the very nature of our job wouldn't allow for it.
Well, basically when the gate is dialing, I say chevron 1 encoded, chevron 2 encoded and so on, incrementally up to the seventh chevron which is a little different because that's when the wormhole connects.
When that happens I like to change things up a little bit and just say chevron seven locked.
Locked.
That's great, that's good.
Anything else? Oh yeah, I'm responsible for this.
Close the iris, open the iris.
That's pretty much my job right there.
That's it? Pretty much.
I think you're being modest.
Oh don't get me wrong, it's really rewarding, it really is.
And we have tried various automated scenario's but the SG teams just agree that when they send their iris codes through the wormhole, they like to know that there's a real person on the other end.
Someone that they can trust to get it right and that gives me and the other gate technicians a great sense of pride.
Sure.
It's good Hey Doctor Jackson.
Hey, how's it going.
You're packing for a mission off.
I'm sorry I forgot the expression.
Off world? Off world, is that it? So you're going? No, no.
Just going through my pack.
Oh.
That's the camera you use though right? I've seen hours and hours of your footage.
Hours of it, inscriptions and ruins and artifacts.
Cool.
I wonder, if you get the opportunity, maybe you could point your camera at some action, you know, just for a change.
You see that's the thing.
When there's action, I'm too busy to be pointing the camera.
I'm running, shooting, translating what bad guys are saying, that kind of thing.
Yeah It's just that for me, I've heard a lot about these amazing events.
Unfortunately my medium is visual.
I can't tell the real story unless I have pictures you know.
I'm not suggesting you put anybody in danger, not yourself, but if the opportunity arises, just take a second and just point your lens at something that moves.
Well I'm not really scheduled to go on a mission off world for another couple of days.
No, no, no.
If it's there.
Shoot it.
Right.
Just not the inscriptions all the time.
Some action would be good.
Hey, one second.
You uh, you want me to translate something? Yeah, I'm just trying to get the interface connection more stable.
SG13 really kicked the crap out of this thing.
The system lock seems to be isolated on a separate crystal from memory control.
You know, Bregman actually had the nerve to suggest that all that archive video footage I gave him was boring.
Ok this is what really bugs me.
The only reason he's here is because this President is on his way out and he knows it right? He just doesn't want to look bad if and when the Stargate program ever goes public.
This isn't about truth, it's all about political posturing.
Man he really grilled me on that.
What about whether or not the Stargate program should go public? - Yeah.
- What did you say? Babbled incoherently.
I mean, could you imagine if it ever did? I try not to think about it.
There.
It's mostly just technical stuff.
Anything jump out at you? Well, here's where it encountered SG13.
What a uh oh? Well after it engaged shields and weapons, it activated a long range communicator.
Colonel Dixon, this is general Hammond, we have reason to believe the Goa'uld probe sent out a sub space transmission prior to your disabling of it.
I'm ordering you to return to Stargate Command immediately.
Roger that Sir.
Estimated arrival time, 15 minutes.
Dixon out.
Pack it up Doctor, we're going home.
Wells, Bosworth.
Yes sir.
Bring it home boys, we're booking out.
Roger that.
Wells out.
It's about time.
We're taking fire, Wells has been hit.
Get to the gate.
SG niner requesting assistance.
Ok.
Three gunshot wounds, four staff weapon burns, severe hypothermia.
I'm quite surprised he's actually authorized me to discuss all this.
Nannite technology artificially aged him.
He had his shoulder punctured by an alien time capsule device.
Three knee operations.
Oh that's the whole Hathor incident which he's asked me never to discuss and oh yeah, this is a good one.
Last year he was exposed to an ancient incurable disease.
Obviously not incurable right? Or Well fortunately there was a Tokra symbiote in need of a temporary host at the time.
It managed to do the trick.
I don't understand a word you said, but it sounds amazing that Colonel O'Neill's alive.
Yeah, I never know what's next.
You just try and keep your head on straight.
Then again we also set a lot of broken bones and prescribe a ton of antibiotics.
But still, it sometimes must be overwhelming right? Yeah it's funny.
You think all the training, everything we know about medicine, really it amounts to very little.
I mean often I'm faced with situations that there's nothing I can do.
Is there an upside? Are you kidding me? I think the reason we all manage to persevere is because we feel that we're on the brink of understanding so much more, and not just about medicine but about who we are and where we came from, what the future has in store.
How we fit into the grand scheme of things.
"Unscheduled Off World Activation.
Repeat, Unscheduled Off world Activation" Unscheduled Off World Activation.
We've heard that before.
Is that an unusual thing? No, it happens from time to time.
What does it mean? Your guess is as good as mine.
You got that announcement in the clear? Yeah we're good.
Ok.
Well thank you Doctor Fraiser.
You know what guys? Why don't you go roll some cutaways and get some sound bites over there.
Yeah, we're good.
Anything you can ok? Sorry.
I'm glad the Pentagon sent you.
Go away.
Listen I was just wondering, it seems like the unpredictable happens here a lot.
Yes, pretty much.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you're not going to be needed for this thing? Well if I am they know where to find me.
I was just asking because I was thinking of getting something to eat in the cafeteria.
- Which I'm not even sure where - It's that way.
- And I was just wondering - If I'd like to join you.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, ok.
What are you doing? What are you doing? I'm just white balancing.
Well go balance the white somewhere else ok? Somewhere else.
- Ok, I'm going to dump these - Ok Wells is alive but he's hurt badly and he can't How many Jaffa? I don't know.
Five, ten, hundred, what? Colonel Dixon counted six.
They were able to fend them off.
They're holding the position, protecting Wells.
Did the Jaffa come through the gate? No, no.
They had to come by ship.
SG3 was covering the gate.
The gate is clear? Half of SG3 was there when I left.
- General.
- Take SG5 and 7 and Doctor Fraiser.
- Thank you sir.
- Colonel? Yes sir.
I know it sounds like an ambush to me too, but there's nothing else we can do right? Right.
Go! Oh sorry.
I was just, was just thinking that you have a very natural quality.
I mean, on camera.
You let me film, you allow people to see grace under pressure.
Are you flirting with me? I on the other hand are very clumsy under pressure.
Well I've seen worse.
So what's with the ring? Oh it's sentimental.
My wife died a few years ago.
So how do any of you have a personal life? We don't really.
I spend most of my time outside work with my daughter.
Oh so you're married.
No, no.
She's adopted.
She's from another planet.
Would you be willing to talk about that on camera? You know I'd rather Excuse me ma'am.
You're required in the ready room immediately.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Let's go gentlemen.
This is all because I wanted an ariel survey.
Took me too long to figure out the probe sent the transmission.
None of that matters now.
Well instead of zooming out, why don't you pull back a little? Get it in context, right? Okay.
Yeah, just keep going back.
It's cool.
Yeah, it's amazing.
Yes it is.
Mr.
Bregman? Colonel Tom Rondell, Cheyenne mountain complex public affairs liaison.
That's quite a mouthful.
Call me Emmet.
Yes Sir.
Okay.
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this is my posse here.
Tech Seargent Dell James, camera.
Airman Shep Wickenell Sir.
Shep is doing sound.
Well it's a pleasure, but what are you doing here? We're getting some establishing shots, the first of many I hope while we're waiting.
Maybe we should get a shot of you Colonel.
Sorry, but you're not authorized to begin until you've been briefed by General Hammond.
I've already been briefed, Tom is it? By the defense department.
What's the problem? I'm cleared to shoot here.
Maybe you guys haven't been cleared, are you cleared? Sorry, so what's the problem? General Hammond's ready to see you now.
Okay.
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This should be fun.
Oh yeah.
General Hammond Sir.
This is Mr.
Bregman.
I'm very excited to be here Sir.
You may find that we're not all as giddy about this project as you are Mr.
Bregman.
Giddy? Uh, well I'm personally and professional excited to be here General.
I haven't been giddy since I.
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well you don't want to know about that.
No.
I just want to be as clear upfront as I can.
Sure.
Your visit here is very unorthodox and I will not let it threaten the security of any ongoing missions or the safety of my people.
Well I've already been frisked three times, you can do it personally if you want and make it four times, get to know each other a little better.
General, I'm sorry.
I consider it my responsibility to protect my peoples interest and .
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feel it's appropriate to warn you that no person around here wants to be part of your little reality show.
I see.
You know, General.
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I think that you are probably well aware that there were film cameras on the beaches of Normandy.
Decades before Survivor aired on CBS.
Personally I think that it's an amazing oversight that the Stargate program hasn't been chronicled up to this point.
That's because it's top secret.
Only a handful of people will see anything you shoot.
So far General, so far.
Eventually, inevitably.
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this program is going to be disclosed to the American public and to the whole world and.
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I think that this small film we are doing here may provide insight into what has really been going on here for the last six years.
What's really been going on? You know what General, I respect what you're doing here, I can even respect that you want me out of here.
But the President of the United States invited me to do this.
You see that red phone? You wouldn't be here if he hadn't.
Well then, I hope that I can expect the full co-operation of you and your personnel.
To the letter of these orders.
To the letter, I see.
I see, thank you.
You have high expectations to meet.
General.
Maybe it's just my opinion, but it seems to me that throughout history,.
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the best documentaries have taken a cinema portrayal on the subject.
- I'll tell you what Tom,.
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I think that's probably a very interesting point of view and.
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mostly if not totally crap, especially in a situation like this.
If this story was going to tell itself, there'd be Stargate updates on the nightly news.
You do have a point.
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you have a point.
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in the sense that we should probably start with a soft approach and make people feel comfortable, gain their trust.
You know what? We would be here a year.
- These soldiers conceal things for a living.
- Airmen Sir, we're the United States Air force.
These airmen conceal things for a living and the only way am I going to get anything out of these people.
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look at that.
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by uh'.
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not by the cinema variety approach, but by wringing it out of them approach.
- That's the only way that's going to work.
- Mr.
Bregman, you are strictly to document what is going on.
- I know.
- Not to pursue anything that may be prejudicial to air force personnel.
Tell you what, why don't you call me Emmet? Is that who I think it is? - That's Colonel Jack O'Neill.
- Colonel O'Neill, hi! I like vanilla over chocolate, my favorite color is paradeux, I think Tibet should be free and if I could have dinner with anyone in the world, it'd be Mary Steenbergen.
- Mary Steenbergen? - I think she's nice.
No no, look look look.
I'm just trying to get a minute.
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- Look, I really don't have time at the moment.
I have a briefing to go to.
- I understand, I'm Emmet.
Look, I'm not going to be a get perspective on this whole Stargate program without you Colonel, so when is a good time for you? Any time's good, just send me a memo.
Memo.
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I really sensed him starting to trust you.
Don't worry about it, he only looks unprofessional.
You know Major, General Hammond warned me that people might be a little less then enthusiastic about all this.
Yeah, we did have a bad experience with a TV crew last year.
The Prometheus incident? I know that the air force insisted on their own crew for that reason.
I think that you might also be sensing reluctance from people around here to put themselves up on a pedestal.
I mean we are just doing our jobs.
Well I consider it my job to put you up on a pedestal because this job is nothing short from extraordinary, and.
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from what I read in your file the same can be said about you personally.
See, now I'm blushing.
So you are, then we should start, it'll look good on camera.
Let's go guys, are you ready? No.
What are you doing? We don't need a light meter, the woman is glowing.
Let's get rolling.
Rolling.
Sound? Rolling.
Okay.
Major Samantha Carter, US air force.
Astro physicist, considered the foremost expert on the Stargate.
You've explored territory that no one on Earth, in the history of Earth has seen and you've fought an enemy that no one on Earth has even imagined.
Major Samantha Carter, meet the six and a half billion people of the planet Earth.
Hi.
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I don't think I've asked this type of question before in my entire career, but what was it like to be.
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well.
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dead? Well I wasn't exactly dead.
Oh', you were.
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what's the word.
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transcended? - Ascended.
- Ascended.
Well I did have the unfortunate experience of dying first, slowly and quite painfully.
From your report and I'm quoting here, it says your human body transformed into energy, a bright white light that rose above the hospital bed, is that it? Yep.
So could you.
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Doctor Jackson.
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could you, I don't know.
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elaborate? I mean what did it feel like? Well I don't know, I really don't remember much after that.
- Will you excuse me? - Follow, come on come on! Move, move! Doctor Jackson, what is it? - It was the mask fragment that I collected.
- Sorry, could you slow down? The mask fragment I collected from P3X-298, it was carbonated in the pre-dynastic era of Egypt here on Earth.
Could you get a close shot of this? So what is the significance of that? It's fascinating.
Okay, back up.
That's it? It's fascinating? Why were we running.
Oh, I just wanted to see if you would chase me.
Okay, turn it off.
Get the mic away from me.
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turn it off! Kevlar, will not stop the energy blast from a staff weapon.
And the armor plating in other bullet proof protection gets super-heated from the plasma, so while it would stop the penetration the wearer becomes essentially trapped in what becomes their own personal microwave oven.
You know, not a good idea.
Anyway, what we've been working on is this.
A ceramic polymer which will resist the heat, stop the blast and fits into a standard issue SG vest as Seargent Syler will now demonstrate for us.
Would it be a better idea.
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Don't shoot me, shoot him.
Wouldn't it be more interesting if I were to.
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you know.
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if I wear.
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- - No, no.
- So it's not safe? Of course it's safe, it's not like we've never done this before.
Away from the face big guy.
It's all done.
I'm fine.
You see, he does that all the time.
The control room is sort of like the air traffic control tower of the base.
We monitor all gate activity from here.
So what are all these blinking lights about? For example, those blinking lights over there.
Well this monitors the gates massive power consumption required to generate outgoing wormholes.
Interestingly, in our study of off world DHD's we found that our gate draws 10% more wattage then off world gates.
Now that far exceeds any potential loss due to our manmade interface.
We think that it has to do with how the super-conductive crystals inside the gate absorb electricity.
But we're also trying to demonstrate how the DHD's are using a pure, more efficient form of power.
Could we get a shot of the gate spinning? Sure, it's really cool.
Steam comes out of it and everything.
- Right.
- Major.
Uh', sorry guys.
There's an SG team due to embark on a mission.
Well that's great.
We'll get a shot of them leaving.
Actually, you're going to have to leave.
Can I ask you something? Sorry, you can stop shooting.
Okay Belinsky, which way? That way.
I'll take point.
Wells, Bosworth you're rear guard, five meter spread.
Keep your eyes open.
The MALP showed no indication of any recent Goa'uld activity on this planet.
I don't see any indication of anything here.
Take the usual bet on that Sir? Sure.
Wells? Abandoned Naquada mine.
Boring, good odds.
Bosworth? I'm gonna put my money on trees Sir.
Bosworth is disqualified for being a smart ass.
I'll go with two headed aliens.
Hostile or friendly Sir? One head good, one head bad.
Belinsky? Well ruins of an ancient city.
Yeah, you wish.
All night screaming, projectile vomiting, nuclear dippers.
You have no idea.
The reason they make them so damn cute is so they don't suffocate them in their sleep.
Sir you have four kids.
Yeah, why do you think I enjoy my job so much? Don't get me wrong, I love the little buggers to death.
But trust me, having four kids makes going through a Stargate and facing off against alien bad guys look like nothing.
This is relaxing.
And why did you have four? Well one's pretty bad.
But you figure you got to have two, so the guy can have a brother or sister right? Then you have two boys, and the wife says she wants a girl so you figure.
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hell three can't be much worse then two right? What you don't realize though is that your brain is fried because you haven't slept.
After three, four is no big deal.
You're so deep in that nothing seems to matter anymore, it's chaos.
You just try to make it through each day alive.
In the end you spend all the energy you have left trying to get them into bed.
Only to lie awake praying that they don't get hooked on drugs or hurt, or worse.
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or why up dead in an alley somewhere.
Can't wait Sir.
Miracle of birth my ass.
I'll tell you what a miracle is, birth control that works.
Well, I'll be damned.
I win.
Sir, did you do your interview yet? Yeah.
Mary Steenburgen? She's so hot.
Carter can you tell me the reason for this documentary again? Didn't you read the memo? Officially it's to chronicle the 1000th trip through the Stargate, but I think there's more to it than that.
I know.
Hard to believe we've been at it this long.
There should be a cake.
Doctor Jackson.
Your memory was erased when you returned to, and I'm quoting, human form.
That sounds completely idiotic, make a note, can you remind me? I have to re-ask that.
Sorry, what can you tell us about all that.
Not much.
Ok, well can you tell us what it was like before that.
Oh well, thankfully I have most of those memories back, there are still a few holes.
Ok.
The Pharaohs of the fourth dynasty, did not build the pyramids.
No, no they didn't.
They're actually landing pads for Goa'uld mother ships.
No, I'm quoting you from a speech that you made before you were introduced to the Stargate.
I presume that at that time you knew nothing about landing platforms or mother ships right? Right.
No.
Until you were introduced to Catherine Langford.
Right.
And she's the one who introduced you to the Stargate program.
Right.
So, why? Why what? Um, why did she do that? I don't know, you'd have to ask her.
Ok fine, maybe I'll ask her.
Where is she.
Is she been transcended or ascended or something like that? No retired actually, but you never know.
I'm just reading your file here.
It's fascinating but I suppose I should ask you immediately here.
Your an alien?I mean not to you, to us you would be.
Anyway, you were the highest ranking officer in the service of one of our alien enemies, and you turned against them.
Why did you turn against them when you did? I mean, sorry, why are you sitting there if you don't intend to answer any of my questions.
Because I was requested to by General Hammond.
I see, and he didn't happen to mention to you that part of the interview process, involved actually saying something.
No.
Ok let's try this.
Colonel Jack O'Neill.
You must have a tremendous amount of respect for himOr maybe you don't.
Let me rephrase.
Colonel Jack O'Neill is your immediate superior, ok maybe not in terms of species butHe's your commanding officer.
Indeed.
Good, good.
Ok, let's move forward.
Is there anything that you can tell us about him.
If you wish to learn of Colonel O'Neill, perhaps you should interview Colonel O'Neill.
Ok thanks that's a good idea, thank you very much.
I want to ask you this, just let me ask you this.
Hey, where are you going.
How long? I don't know.
Why we just got here.
An hour ago.
Well, I need more time.
I mean look at this place it's incredible.
- Yeah.
You've seen one crumbled city, you've - Sir! This place was built by the Ancients.
Are you sure? Yes, these markings and this stone architecture.
Doctor Jackson is going to die when he sees this.
- What again? - Funny.
Don't go far.
- It looks like an alien.
- Shut up.
Hey remember that thing we ran into on P2x-787? Get lost.
Yeah.
See that thing was easy on the eyes by comparison.
Let me see.
That's pretty scary Wells.
That's my unborn son sir.
How can you tell.
I don't know Wells.
I wouldn't paint the room blue just yet.
Take cover! Colonel, now! What the hell is it? Like the people who are now serving, here at the SGC, the youth of tomorrow will one day have to defend the free spirit of mankind.
And not just on our fair planet, but out there, through the Stargate.
In the vastness of the galaxy, where untold evil with powers we've never seen before, are still waiting to pray upon us.
Ok, Cut! Senator, ha, great, thank you so much for doing this.
- It was really terrific of you to do this.
- These people deserve it.
Yes well we're trying our best.
Look Senator, I hope you don't take this the wrong way but, me saying this, but, it sounded a little bit prepared.
Just a little bit like a speech, I don't think you're going to like the results.
What about if we kind of do things off the cuff and I just throw things at you, see how you respond? - No! - No? No! Now if you want anything else from me.
Yes actuallyuh Senator? Ah Colonel.
As I'm sure you know I'm here to do part of a piece these good men are putting together to document the fine work you're doing here at the SGC.
No, I didn't know that.
Well, I'm sure there was a memo.
Well did you tell them about the time you tried to get this place shut down - or the time you had Hammond by the short and - I suggest you watch what you say Colonel.
- Slander is a serious offence.
- Yes, so I hear.
I have always been a strong supporter of this program.
I admit I was critical in the past, but that was only because of the unrealized potential I see this operation as having.
How did your interview go Colonel? It was short, yet oh so sweet.
The President wants you to play ball on this.
I hope you're not intending to disappoint our Commander In Chief.
I would think you would want to show your appreciation for his backing over the years.
Kinsey, what are you doing here? I mean, last time anyone checked, you were trying to discredit the guy.
His term is up.
My running mate and I are merely pointing out to the American people, certain area that we think we could do a better job in.
And when that time comes, I know we can count on your vote Colonel.
YeahThat'll happen.
And I want you to know this.
If elected, this program can count on our full support.
You want to get this? Sure.
You smarmy, self righteous, opportunist "Unscheduled Off world Activation.
Colonel O'Neill to the control room.
" - You are nothing but a "Repeat, Unscheduled Off world Activation.
" Duty calls.
I was done.
Colonel, what is this off world activation something.
What is that? I won't know until I get there.
Well that's great.
Where is there? There is here for you.
Ongoing activity.
Bilinski wants to stay sir.
Can you see anything else worth staying for Dave? Hard to say.
We need to finish searching these ruins.
How long? A day or two, maybe more.
It would be nice to send up a UAV, at least get an ariel overview.
Permission to remain granted.
I'll send SG3 as backup.
Any sign of further threats, you get out of there immediately, colonel Understood Sir.
In the meantime I can run some tests on what's left of the device.
See what it's been doing there.
Send the device back and report in on the hour.
Yes sir.
SG13 out.
Sir? It's not that I don't appreciate all your I knew Kinsey and Bregman were headed your way and I thought you might be looking for an excuse to get away Colonel.
I thought as much sir and I just wanted to express my deep and unyielding love for you sir.
General, if you have a moment, Mr.
Bregman would like to have a word.
Exempt from said clearance are all current activities which have not yet been reviewed by this office.
That being the Pentagon.
Current activities.
Breathing is a current activity.
My interpretation is that you have not been authorized to know anything about the most recent unscheduled activation.
General, a little leeway.
I said that I was going to hold you to the letter of these orders Mr.
Bregman.
Give it up.
- You know, Colonel O'Neill - Is currently unavailable.
General, the President.
The President of the United States has given me his full support.
Why are you resisting? I'm not resisting, I'm following orders.
My opinion is that I don't think my people need to be put under a microscope.
Camera's don't just record things, they change what they record, simply by being there.
The work these people do is hard enough without them feeling that every breath they take is being preserved for judgment.
Maybe it should be.
Excuse me? I said maybe it should be.
The Pentagon has allowed Journalists to be embedded with the armed forces before this, you know that.
Under fire, under pressure.
So what's seen and what's heard and what's read, is the truth.
I think we're through.
- I don't.
I don't disagree with you General.
- Excuse me.
Have you ever seen anything like this? I have not.
Well it's definitely a remote probe of some kind.
The storage capacity of the memory crystal's is immense.
But so far all I've found are detailed images of the ruins.
You know, it makes sense.
We use a malp, why wouldn't the Goa'uld? The Goa'uld are scavengers.
It is quite possible they got the idea from us.
So, you do your interview with the documentary crew yet? Indeed.
I have to admit, I can't wait to hear what everyone else said.
I did not say much.
Really? That is surprising, it's usually so hard to shut you up.
I found the entire experience unpleasant.
They want to talk to me again.
Did your interview not go well either? Well I thought it was fine, but apparently I looked nervous.
What is the meaning of Off world Activation? What is that about? I'm not privy to that information.
Oh you wouldn't tell me even if you knew would you? We have orders.
You remind me of those minders we used to have in the Gulf who used to censor our reports.
Look it's not as if we're conspiring to cover up the truth.
Oh sure.
And censoring reports in combat just makes sense.
Makes sense? You may not jeopardize the lives of troops on ongoing missions.
Makes sense? It's a documentary, it's not the news.
What are you telling me you're broadcasting this to the enemy on some other planet? Look, I have been denied access to several prior mission files, you know why? Cos no-one wants me to know how close we've come.
Well why don't you tell me? You're not going to tell me cos you're not conspiring to cover up the truth are you? Why don't you tell me? We've come close to what? Being compromised.
Being compromised, there's a euphemism for you.
Being compromised.
Close to the brink of planetary annihilation is probably more accurate.
That's why we're not allowed to film these ongoing activities.
Because every time they open that gate there's a chance that something could go wrong.
In which case it wouldn't really matter what we had on tape, would it? What did you say? What did you say? It doesn't really matter.
If that's your opinion and if you had any integrity at all, then you would resign.
Before I have to replace you.
I'd rather be replaced than court marshaled.
I'm not going to do anything I'm not authorized to do.
Well you see, it's that attitude that The bottom line is, the SGC is not going to let any of this out until it's declassified.
Well what's the difference then? Why not shoot it and decide later? It's not up to me.
Not up to me.
Not up to me.
Colonel, Colonel, we're all set up for you right here.
We're all set up.
Briefing.
Yeah, no, Colonel, ColonelColonel! You know I'm going to get you on camera sooner or later.
Even if all I get is a series of shots of you avoiding being got.
Fire away.
I hope shots of my ass serve you well.
Pack up.
What are we doing here? How do you feel about Colonel O'Neill? He's an amazing man.
After everything he's done, he's still modest.
Quite self effacing actually.
He even likes people to think he's not as smart as he really is.
Bottom line, he's an incredibly strong leader who's given more of himself for this program than any man has given for, well anything I can imagine.
Do you spend a lot of time together outside of work? We don't get much time outside of work.
When we do our personal interests are a little different.
Did you ever hear the expression, opposites attract? We have a very professional relationship.
Really, do you? Professional? I mean, after everything you've been through? You must of, if it's not too much to say, faced death together? Yeah.
Not unlike countless military personnel throughout the years.
Look, I won't deny that there's a bond between us.
Daniel and Teal'c are also like family to me.
Colonel O'Neill is first and foremost my superior officer.
Even if there was potential for something more, and I'm not saying that there is, our military positions and the very nature of our job wouldn't allow for it.
Well, basically when the gate is dialing, I say chevron 1 encoded, chevron 2 encoded and so on, incrementally up to the seventh chevron which is a little different because that's when the wormhole connects.
When that happens I like to change things up a little bit and just say chevron seven locked.
Locked.
That's great, that's good.
Anything else? Oh yeah, I'm responsible for this.
Close the iris, open the iris.
That's pretty much my job right there.
That's it? Pretty much.
I think you're being modest.
Oh don't get me wrong, it's really rewarding, it really is.
And we have tried various automated scenario's but the SG teams just agree that when they send their iris codes through the wormhole, they like to know that there's a real person on the other end.
Someone that they can trust to get it right and that gives me and the other gate technicians a great sense of pride.
Sure.
It's good Hey Doctor Jackson.
Hey, how's it going.
You're packing for a mission off.
I'm sorry I forgot the expression.
Off world? Off world, is that it? So you're going? No, no.
Just going through my pack.
Oh.
That's the camera you use though right? I've seen hours and hours of your footage.
Hours of it, inscriptions and ruins and artifacts.
Cool.
I wonder, if you get the opportunity, maybe you could point your camera at some action, you know, just for a change.
You see that's the thing.
When there's action, I'm too busy to be pointing the camera.
I'm running, shooting, translating what bad guys are saying, that kind of thing.
Yeah It's just that for me, I've heard a lot about these amazing events.
Unfortunately my medium is visual.
I can't tell the real story unless I have pictures you know.
I'm not suggesting you put anybody in danger, not yourself, but if the opportunity arises, just take a second and just point your lens at something that moves.
Well I'm not really scheduled to go on a mission off world for another couple of days.
No, no, no.
If it's there.
Shoot it.
Right.
Just not the inscriptions all the time.
Some action would be good.
Hey, one second.
You uh, you want me to translate something? Yeah, I'm just trying to get the interface connection more stable.
SG13 really kicked the crap out of this thing.
The system lock seems to be isolated on a separate crystal from memory control.
You know, Bregman actually had the nerve to suggest that all that archive video footage I gave him was boring.
Ok this is what really bugs me.
The only reason he's here is because this President is on his way out and he knows it right? He just doesn't want to look bad if and when the Stargate program ever goes public.
This isn't about truth, it's all about political posturing.
Man he really grilled me on that.
What about whether or not the Stargate program should go public? - Yeah.
- What did you say? Babbled incoherently.
I mean, could you imagine if it ever did? I try not to think about it.
There.
It's mostly just technical stuff.
Anything jump out at you? Well, here's where it encountered SG13.
What a uh oh? Well after it engaged shields and weapons, it activated a long range communicator.
Colonel Dixon, this is general Hammond, we have reason to believe the Goa'uld probe sent out a sub space transmission prior to your disabling of it.
I'm ordering you to return to Stargate Command immediately.
Roger that Sir.
Estimated arrival time, 15 minutes.
Dixon out.
Pack it up Doctor, we're going home.
Wells, Bosworth.
Yes sir.
Bring it home boys, we're booking out.
Roger that.
Wells out.
It's about time.
We're taking fire, Wells has been hit.
Get to the gate.
SG niner requesting assistance.
Ok.
Three gunshot wounds, four staff weapon burns, severe hypothermia.
I'm quite surprised he's actually authorized me to discuss all this.
Nannite technology artificially aged him.
He had his shoulder punctured by an alien time capsule device.
Three knee operations.
Oh that's the whole Hathor incident which he's asked me never to discuss and oh yeah, this is a good one.
Last year he was exposed to an ancient incurable disease.
Obviously not incurable right? Or Well fortunately there was a Tokra symbiote in need of a temporary host at the time.
It managed to do the trick.
I don't understand a word you said, but it sounds amazing that Colonel O'Neill's alive.
Yeah, I never know what's next.
You just try and keep your head on straight.
Then again we also set a lot of broken bones and prescribe a ton of antibiotics.
But still, it sometimes must be overwhelming right? Yeah it's funny.
You think all the training, everything we know about medicine, really it amounts to very little.
I mean often I'm faced with situations that there's nothing I can do.
Is there an upside? Are you kidding me? I think the reason we all manage to persevere is because we feel that we're on the brink of understanding so much more, and not just about medicine but about who we are and where we came from, what the future has in store.
How we fit into the grand scheme of things.
"Unscheduled Off World Activation.
Repeat, Unscheduled Off world Activation" Unscheduled Off World Activation.
We've heard that before.
Is that an unusual thing? No, it happens from time to time.
What does it mean? Your guess is as good as mine.
You got that announcement in the clear? Yeah we're good.
Ok.
Well thank you Doctor Fraiser.
You know what guys? Why don't you go roll some cutaways and get some sound bites over there.
Yeah, we're good.
Anything you can ok? Sorry.
I'm glad the Pentagon sent you.
Go away.
Listen I was just wondering, it seems like the unpredictable happens here a lot.
Yes, pretty much.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And you're not going to be needed for this thing? Well if I am they know where to find me.
I was just asking because I was thinking of getting something to eat in the cafeteria.
- Which I'm not even sure where - It's that way.
- And I was just wondering - If I'd like to join you.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, ok.
What are you doing? What are you doing? I'm just white balancing.
Well go balance the white somewhere else ok? Somewhere else.
- Ok, I'm going to dump these - Ok Wells is alive but he's hurt badly and he can't How many Jaffa? I don't know.
Five, ten, hundred, what? Colonel Dixon counted six.
They were able to fend them off.
They're holding the position, protecting Wells.
Did the Jaffa come through the gate? No, no.
They had to come by ship.
SG3 was covering the gate.
The gate is clear? Half of SG3 was there when I left.
- General.
- Take SG5 and 7 and Doctor Fraiser.
- Thank you sir.
- Colonel? Yes sir.
I know it sounds like an ambush to me too, but there's nothing else we can do right? Right.
Go! Oh sorry.
I was just, was just thinking that you have a very natural quality.
I mean, on camera.
You let me film, you allow people to see grace under pressure.
Are you flirting with me? I on the other hand are very clumsy under pressure.
Well I've seen worse.
So what's with the ring? Oh it's sentimental.
My wife died a few years ago.
So how do any of you have a personal life? We don't really.
I spend most of my time outside work with my daughter.
Oh so you're married.
No, no.
She's adopted.
She's from another planet.
Would you be willing to talk about that on camera? You know I'd rather Excuse me ma'am.
You're required in the ready room immediately.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Let's go gentlemen.
This is all because I wanted an ariel survey.
Took me too long to figure out the probe sent the transmission.
None of that matters now.