Teaser
Jack enters the doorway to General Hammond’s office and knocks on the door.Hammond: Come in.
Jack: General, I’d like to talk to you about this mission upon which we are about to embark. Seems a bit ridiculous, don’t you think?
Hammond: Have you met General Ryan?
Ryan: Hello, Colonel.
Jack: The General Ryan? Chief of Staff?
Ryan: That’s right.
Jack (to Hammond) : Shouldn’t there have been a memo or something?
Hammond: You were off world.
Jack: Ah, yeah. So, what brings you to our little secret base, sir?
Ryan: That would be the ridiculous mission you just mentioned.
Jack: Of course.
Hammond: I’m proposing N4C-862 become a permanent research station. I’d like you to make an assessment.
Jack: The General Ryan?
Ryan: I’ve read a lot about you, Colonel, from General Hammond’s reports.
Jack (uncertainly) : Yes, sir?
Ryan: Mmm...thus far, we like your work.
Jack (relieved) : Thank you, sir. I like yours. Your Air Force. The Air Force. I love the Air Force.
Hammond: Anything else, Colonel?
Jack: No, sir. Well, actually, I’d like to know how Daniel and Carter got out of this Jack sneaks a look at General Ryan...very important mission?
Hammond: Dr. Jackson is off world with SG-11, and Major Carter is giving a lecture at the Air Force Academy in theoretical astrophysics. If you’d care to take her place...?
Jack: No.
Hammond: Then you’re dismissed.
Jack: Thank you, sir. Sirs. Both of you.
Jack leaves, slightly embarrassed.
Ryan (to Hammond) : Got your hands full with that one, eh, George?
Air Force Academy
Sam is lecturing to a room full of students.
Sam: So, as a result of these modular functions, the unwanted variables are always expressed as multiples of ‘n’ minus 10. Therefore, if we assume the existence of 10 dimensions in space-time, the variables are cancelled out and the calculation suddenly begins to make sense.
Cadet: Excuse me, ma’am. Did you say 10 dimensions?
Sam: Yes, I did. Look, I realize these concepts are a little bizarre, and that many of you cadets would rather be somewhere else right now - jump school, flight training. Believe me, I know. I used to sit in those chairs and listen to the same boring lectures. Sam realizes what she just said and turns to the professor. No offense, Professor. But on the other hand, the aerodynamics that are one day going to allow you to fly an F22 started out as squiggles on a board just like this one. These calculations are the key to opening up the entire universe. Wormholes and hyperspace may seem like science fiction, but take my word for it: the future is a lot closer than you might think.
The students are seen leaving the lecture hall. Sam is packing up her things and talking to Professor Monroe.
Sam: Guess that wasn’t so bad.
Professor: No, no - you actually made the topological configurations of multiple dimensions seem interesting.
Throughout the lecture, Cadet Hailey has been concentrating on the equations on the board, and she now approaches Sam and Professor Monroe.
Hailey (referring to the equations on the board) : This is wrong.
Professor: What’s that, Cadet?
Hailey: I’m sorry, sir, but the calculations are incorrect.
Professor: I appreciate your enthusiasm, Cadet, but perhaps you should wait until you graduate before you start criticising the work of a leader in the field of astrophysics.
Hailey: Yes, sir, of course. My apologies, ma’am.
Sam nods at Cadet Hailey and Hailey leaves, obviously a little angry.
Sam (referring to Hailey) : Who was that?
Professor: Jennifer Hailey. Very intelligent, but difficult personality.
Sam (looking at the equations on the board) : Well, she’s right.
Professor: Really?
Sam (pointing to an equation on the board) : These variables should be reversed.
Professor: I didn’t even notice.
Sam: Neither did I.
End Teaser - Opening Credits
M4C-862
Jack and Teal’c approach Major Griff near a metal building.
Griff: Colonel.
Jack: Major. Report.
Griff: Well, we’ve got a pretty thrilling week. Two days Dr. Thompson lost his glasses. And just this morning, the electron microscope broke down.
Jack: Wow.
Griff: Yeah. Non-stop excitement.
Jack: Well, we’ll take it from here. You’re relieved.
Griff: Sir.
Hamilton: Major Griff?
Griff (wearily) : Dr. Hamilton?
Hamilton: Do you realize we still haven’t received those parts for the back-up generator?
Griff: I put the requisition in three days ago.
Hamilton: Well, that’s just not good enough. We obviously need to have a serious talk about our supply procedures.
Griff: Well, unfortunately, Doctor, I’ve just been relieved. But I’m sure Colonel O’Neill would love to discuss it with you.
Jack: Love is the word.
Hamilton: Colonel O’Neill, is it? I don’t know if this is a military thing generally or just Major Griff’s incompetence, but I can’t seem to get anything I ask for.
Jack, Teal’c, and Dr. Hamilton start to walk off.
Air Force Academy
Sam knocks on the door to General Kerrigan’s office.
Kerrigan: Come. He sees it is Sam. Samantha, Sam. Good to see you again. Come in, sit down, sit down.
Sam: It’s good to see you again, sir, thank you.
Kerrigan: Well, well, well. So, how was the lecture?
Sam: Well, no one fell asleep.
Kerrigan: Very impressive.
Sam: Thank you, sir. I did have an interesting encounter with one of your cadets. Jennifer Hailey.
Kerrigan: Caught your eye, did she? I thought she might.
Sam: She pointed out a mistake in a complex equation that changed the result completely. I couldn’t believe it.
General Kerrigan gives her a report with the title ‘Towards a new cosmology of multiple realities.’
Kerrigan: Here; give this a read. Once you brush the chip off her shoulder, she reminds me of another bright young cadet who came through here a few years back.
Sam (practically blushing) : I’ve no idea who you're talking about, sir.
Kerrigan: Cadet Hailey is a very smart young woman. Her SATs were through the roof, even higher than yours. Unfortunately, she’s sometimes too smart for her own damn good.
Sam: Professor Monroe said she has discipline problems.
Kerrigan: The kid’s bored. Came here for a challenge, but it’s not enough for her.
Sam: Not enough? This is just the beginning of her career. How could she possibly know what’s ahead for her?
Kerrigan: I know, but she doesn’t see it, Sam. Don’t get me wrong, I see her potential - her physical skills are terrific, despite her size, she’s an expert marksman, superb glider pilot - but that’s not all there is to becoming an Air Force officer. If she keeps insisting on doing things her own way, then...
Sam: I’d like to talk to her, if that’s okay?
Kerrigan: I was hoping you’d say that.
M4C-862
Doctors Hamilton and Lee are talking, and Hamilton appears to be very angry.
Hamilton: Who said that?
Lee (indicating Jack) : He did.
Hamilton: Oh, for...
Dr. Hamilton accosts Jack.
Hamilton: Colonel O’Neill, Dr. Lee tells me you’ve denied our request to conduct a survey of the cave network.
Jack: No. I just asked him to wait until I could have a chance to check it out.
Hamilton: With no regard to our timetable?
Jack: None whatsoever.
Hamilton: Colonel, what exactly do you expect to find in there?
Jack: Look, Doctor, this is another planet -
Hamilton: Actually, it’s a moon. We’re orbiting that gas giant.
Dr. Hamilton indicates a large planet visible in the sky.
Jack: Oh, well, if it’s a moon, go ahead, do whatever you want; what could happen?
Hamilton: Colonel, this outpost has been up and running for six weeks now without the slightest hint of anything remotely dangerous.
Jack: You can explore the caves once they’ve been checked out. Any more pressing matters?
Hamilton: None whatsoever.
Jack: Oh, yeah.
Air Force Academy - Laboratory
Cadet Hailey is working on some sort of machine when Sam walks in.
Sam: It’s beautiful, isn’t it?
Cadet Hailey comes to attention when she realizes Sam is there.
Hailey: Major Carter.
Sam: At ease, Cadet. Getting in a little extra lab time?
Hailey: Yes, ma’am.
Sam: I wanted to talk to you about the term paper you did for Professor Monroe. ‘Towards a new cosmology of multiple realities.’ It’s an interesting topic.
Hailey: Professor Monroe gave me a ‘D.’
Sam: Because it wasn’t the assignment.
Hailey: Permission to speak freely, ma’am?
Sam (nodding) : Mm.
Hailey: The assignment was lame.
Sam: Maybe it was, but it was the assignment.
Hailey: You read it anyway?
Sam: As a matter of fact, I did. It’s intriguing.
Hailey (disappointed) : The same word Professor Monroe used.
Sam: Maybe because that’s what it is. An intriguing idea. But it’s based on way too many unfounded assumptions to make a valid theory. For example, you assume matter can travel both ways through an open wormhole.
Hailey (shrugging) : So?
Sam: So, how do you know?
Hailey: Well, until somebody shows me a real wormhole that can only go one way...
Sam: That’s not the point; you made an assumption.
Hailey: What about your assumption, Major? That you’re the one that’s right and I’m wrong.
Sam: Cadet, that paper is way, way beyond anything you’re likely to be taught at the Academy. And if you want points for it, hey, we’re all impressed. It doesn’t mean you don’t do the assignment.
Hailey: I’m late for a class, ma’am. Am I dismissed?
Sam: Yes.
M4C-862
Jack and Teal’c are walking through a field and Jack is talking over the radio.
Jack: Hamilton?
The shot cuts back to the research facility.
Hamilton: Colonel O’Neill. How are the caves?
Jack: Dark.
Hamilton: No subterranean monsters, I assume?
Jack (obviously disappointed) : Not this time. Go ahead and do your survey.
Hamilton: Thank you.
Teal’c (to Jack) : You seem disappointed we found nothing, O’Neill.
Jack: No, it’s just, you know, I wanted him to be wrong just so he’d be wrong. And if he was wrong, then we’d have something to do.
Teal’c: I see.
Jack: You hear something?
A tiny glowing creature flies around them and flies right through a tree.
Teal’c: Indeed. I have never before encountered anything like it.
Jack: Cool.
Air Force Academy - Lecture Room
Sam approaches Professor Monroe.
Professor: I didn’t realize you were still here.
Sam: I wanted to talk to you about Cadet Hailey’s paper.
Professor: Sam.
Sam: Look, at first, I agreed with you - it didn’t add up. But there was something about it that kept nagging at me. I finally figured out what it was. The equations don’t make sense - unless you allow for variations in the speed of light.
Professor: Which is a universal constant.
Sam: Not if you expand the frame of reference to include multiple universes. That’s where this paper comes in. I think without even realizing it, Cadet Hailey intuitively arrived at a whole new way of looking at cosmology. Under certain special circumstances, what we would see as an effect preceding a cause, would in fact be an effect following a cause in a parallel reality.
Professor: That’s assuming that parallel realities occasionally overlap.
Sam: I’m fairly confident that’s the case.
Professor: Really? Why? Professor Monroe continues when Sam doesn’t answer. I know she’s got to you, but I think you’re trying hard to see something that isn’t there.
Sam: All right. Even if this theory ultimately proves to be incorrect, you have to admit it’s a brilliant insight.
Professor: Jennifer Hailey is no longer our problem.
Sam: What do you mean?
Professor: She got into a fight this morning with another cadet. As fond as General Kerrigan is of her, he’ll have to expel her.
M4C-862 - Research Facility
The scientists are trying to sneak off.
Scientist: Are you sure this is such a good idea?
Hamilton: Hey, I didn’t come halfway across the galaxy to wait for permission to do my job.
Scientist: I know, but Colonel O’Neill...
Hamilton: Colonel O’Neill doesn’t have a clue what we’re trying to accomplish here; he’s too busy polishing his M16.
Jack and Teal’c are behind a crate watching them walk off.
Jack: Actually, it’s a P90. The scientists turn back to Jack, who smiles at them. You boys going somewhere?
Hamilton: Ah, yes, we - we’re gonna go see if we could find that creature you encountered.
Jack: Apparently, you didn’t hear me the first time I told you clearly, and in no uncertain terms: not the heck yet.
Scientist: You know, if your description is correct, we’re talking about something that can pass right through solid matter.
Jack: Yes, and therefore, logically, we’d have no defense against it.
Hamilton: This is typical military thinking. You encounter something you don’t understand, you immediately assume it’s a threat.
Jack: Well, until we determine there is no threat, I will assume there is one. Do we have a problem here?
Hamilton: Colonel, with all due respect, really. When I agreed to this assignment, I was under the impression I was going to be in charge.
Jack: You are in charge...of the other scientists.
Hamilton: That you think you are even qualified to decide what we can and cannot do around here is...
Teal’c: Colonel O’Neill is indeed qualified, Dr. Hamilton, having encountered many alien species, as have I since long before you were born. I strongly suggest you do what Colonel O’Neill says.
Jack (to Teal’c) : Thank you, Rocco. (to the scientists) Boys, we’ll be in touch.
Air Force Academy - General Kerrigan’s Office
General Kerrigan and Sam are talking.
Kerrigan: Cadet Hailey was helping to train an underclassman named Chloe Brown who is having problems with her physical fitness tests. Apparently, one of the cadre made a derogatory comment about the young lady. Cadet Hailey told him to knock it off.
Sam: And when he didn’t?
Kerrigan: She broke his nose.
Sam: She what?
Kerrigan: I can’t let that go - I don’t give a damn how smart she is.
Sam: She was defending a fellow classmate.
Kerrigan: I know.
Sam: I’m not asking for her to go unpunished, sir. But if she’s half as brilliant as I think she is, we don’t wanna lose her.
Kerrigan: We’re not here to make advancements in theoretical physics; we’re here to defend this country.
Sam: I understand that, sir, but they’re not mutually exclusive goals.
Kerrigan: Can I assume you’re referring to your research project up at Cheyenne Mountain?
Sam: You can.
Kerrigan: Deep space radar analysis, isn’t it?
Sam: Something like that, sir, yes.
Kerrigan: Well, I don’t know what it really is you’re working on inside that mountain, but I do know if you’ve got something to do with it, then it’s high priority.
Sam: Well, thank you, sir, it is. And believe me when I tell you Cadet Hailey is exactly the kind of person we need.
Kerrigan: She’ll have to be punished.
Sam: As she should be, sir. But I don’t think she’s about to go on a rampage beating up upperclassmen.
Kerrigan (into an intercom) : Send her in.
Cadet Hailey walks in and salutes to them.
Hailey: Sir, Cadet Hailey reports as ordered.
General Kerrigan salutes back at Cadet Hailey.
Kerrigan: At ease. Major Carter?
Sam: Cadet Hailey, I’d like to ask you a few questions. Answer honestly.
Hailey: Yes, ma’am.
Sam: Who the hell do you think you are?
Hailey: Ma’am?
Sam: You think you’re better than we are? You think you’re too good for the Air Force?
Hailey: No, ma’am.
Sam: Oh, come on, all those little rules and regulations, they don’t really apply to you, right? I mean, let’s face it, what’s the point of a chain of command when none of your superiors are as smart as you are?
Hailey: I don’t feel that way, ma’am.
Sam: Oh, I think you do. And I think deep down, you wanna leave. Let me do you a favor. The door’s open - why don’t you just quit and go home?
Hailey: No, ma’am. I won’t quit.
Sam: I’m just giving you the chance to walk out before General Kerrigan throws you out.
Hailey (forcefully) : I won’t quit.
Sam: Good.
Sam turns back to General Kerrigan, showing him that she is finished.
Kerrigan: Cadet Hailey, as far as I’m concerned, you’ve demonstrated a remarkable inability to be a functioning member of the United States Air Force. But Major Carter has a future in mind for you, and I respect Major Carter’s opinion. Although the rest of your punishment stands, I’m not recommending dismissal.
Hailey: Thank you, sir.
Kerrigan: You may go.
Cadet Hailey leaves.
Kerrigan (to Sam) : Good luck.
Sam (without much confidence) : Hmm.
Sam is walking along a hallway with Cadet Hailey.
Sam: What were you thinking breaking the nose of an upperclassman like that?
Hailey: Swing high?
Sam: That’s not funny.
Hailey: No, ma’am, you wouldn’t think so, would you?
They stop walking and face each other.
Sam: What’s this got to do with me?
Hailey: Everything. The great Samantha Carter. You think a day goes by in this place when I don’t hear your name? You’ve gotten the highest mark in every class I’ve ever been in; you’ve won every award I’ve ever been up for. They’ve been comparing me to you since the day I walked through the door, and I never could seem to measure up.
Sam: That’s it? What, so for the first time in your life you come to a place where you are not automatically the smartest and best at everything you do? Get over it. There are important things at stake.
Hailey: You’ve got my future all planned out as long as I stay here?
Sam: If you’re good enough.
Hailey: Like what? Flying a transport plane if I’m one of the lucky ones? I don’t see this exciting future you’re talking about, Major.
Sam: Something more incredible than even you could imagine.
Hailey (unbelieving) : Yes, ma’am.
Cadet Hailey starts walking again.
Sam: Cadet. Cadet Hailey stops walking. Believe me.
Cadet Hailey turns around and looks at Sam, curious.
M4C-862 - Research Facility
Hamilton (ranting) : Science is about questioning the status quo - questioning authority. Now, how can we do that when the greatest scientific discovery in human history is in the hands of the United States Air Force?
Scientist: Oh, my God.
The scientist sees one of the glowing, flying creatures.
Hamilton: The camera, get the camera, get the camera. (to the other scientists) Come on!
Scientist (over radio) : Colonel O’Neill.
Jack (over radio) : Go ahead.
Scientist (over radio) : We just encountered another one of the creatures. We’re following it into the forest as far as we can.
Jack: Let’s go.
Dr. Hamilton enters into a crowd of the creatures as Jack appears.
Hamilton: In-credible.
Jack: Hamilton, what are you doing?
Hamilton (smiling) : You see, Colonel, they’re harmless.
SGC - Hammond’s Office
Hammond: Major, this is a high-security area.
Sam: I know that, sir, but she’s already checked out security and signed the non-disclosure forms.
Hammond: What did you tell her she was going to see?
Sam (guiltily) : Deep space radar telemetry.
Hammond: Are you absolutely sure about this, Major?
Sam: General, she is a perfect candidate for the SGC.
Hammond: Her file says otherwise.
Sam: I’ve met her, sir; she is brilliant.
Hammond: Not everyone is cut out to be an Air Force officer, Major.
Sam: Sir, if she can get one glimpse of her possible future, she will graduate at the top of her class and become an officer worthy of serving under your command. I am absolutely sure about this, sir.
Sam and Cadet Hailey are seen walking towards the Gate Room.
Hailey: I don’t understand - we’re underground; where could we possibly be going?
Sam: You’ll see. What you’re about to see is probably the best-kept secret in the world.
Hailey: You’re making me nervous.
Sam: Good. Because from this point on, everything you thought you knew about the universe is about to be turned upside down. You ready?
They enter the Gate Room. The Stargate is already dialing.
Hailey: What is it?
Sam: It’s your future. It’s called a Stargate.
Davis (over the intercom) : Chevron 7 locked.
The Stargate kawooshes open and Cadet Hailey jumps, but she quickly regains her composure and looks wide-eyed at the event horizon. They begin walking up the ramp.
Sam: You’re looking at the event horizon of a wormhole connecting this Stargate to another identical one on another world 42,000 light years from Earth.
Hailey: That’s where we’re going?
Sam: That’s right.
Hailey: How?
Sam: That’s the easy part. Come on.
Sam leads Cadet Hailey through the Stargate.
Hailey: What was that? What just happened?
Sam: Your body was particalized in the matter stream and then reintegrated.
Hailey: So, this is another planet?
Sam: It’s a moon, actually.
Hailey: Doesn’t look that different from home.
Sam: Well, where there’s oxygen there’s usually plant life, trees, water. There are a couple of differences.
Sam indicates the planet in the sky. Jack approaches them. As soon as Cadet Hailey sees him, she comes to attention.
Jack: Hey, Carter. Thought I’d come be your welcoming committee.
Sam: Thank you, sir. How are you?
Jack: Ah, well, the back’s acting up a little, actually, the knees, you know, as always...
Sam: Sir, I’d like you to meet Cadet Hailey.
Jack: Cadet. Welcome to 862. How was your trip?
Hailey (awkwardly) : It was a - a trip, sir.
Jack: It always is. (to Sam) I got something you should see.
The shot cuts to Sam and Cadet Hailey looking at an energy creature in a container. Jack and Teal’c sit near them. They are all in the research facility.
Sam: What is it?
Hamilton: We’re not sure, but we think it’s some kind of energy-based lifeform.
Hailey: That’s impossible.
Hamilton: Yeah, that’s what we thought, but one of them led us directly to the others, which suggests organization, some kind of intelligence. They also appear to be able to phase through solid matter.
Jack: Yeah, Teal’c and I saw one zip right on through a tree. Didn’t even slow it down.
Hailey: That’s so cool.
Jack: That’s exactly what I said. I said that.
Sam: If that’s the case, then what’s keeping it inside this cylinder?
Hamilton: That was Dr. Lee’s idea. The top and bottom plates are electrified. The field seems to be holding it in.
Hailey: You’re not hurting it, are you?
Hamilton: The creature has no physical body; I don’t think it’s capable of feeling pain.
Sam: But if it’s intelligent, it might not appreciate being held in a cage.
Jack (to Hamilton) : Might be time to let this one go, Doc.
Hamilton: Colonel - no - please - we need to study it.
Jack: Find another one.
Two of the scientists are in the woods communicating via radios.
Scientist #1: Hey, Bill, come in. Any sign of the swarm?
Scientist #2: Nothing yet. Looks like they just disappeared.
Scientist #1: They gotta be around here somewhere. Uh, try checking for high frequency spikes.
Scientist #2: You got it.
Scientist #2 sees one of the energy beings and greets it.
Scientist #2: Oh, hey, there. We’re your friends. The creature starts to attack him. Whoa, whoa, easy; we’re not gonna hurt you.
Scientist #1: Bill, you getting anything on the high frequency?
Scientist #2 cries out in pain as the swarm of energy beings arrive and start to go through him.
Scientist #1: Bill, come in.
The second scientist screams in pain as the energy beings repeatedly go through him, creating blisters where they enter his body.
Scientist #1: Oh, God. Colonel...
M4C-862 - Research Facility
Cadet Hailey approaches Teal’c outside the research station.
Hailey: Teal’c? Do you mind if I call you Teal’c?
Teal’c: I have no other name.
Hailey: So, I’m guessing you’re not...
Teal’c: ...human? Then your guess is correct.
Hailey: Then, is this your planet? I mean, moon.
Teal’c: It is not. My home world is called Chulak.
Hailey: Your world? Wait a second - how many places does the Stargate go?
Teal’c: The Stargate network is composed of a great many worlds.
Hailey: Are you serious?
The first scientist runs up to the facility.
Scientist: Colonel O’Neill! Colonel O’Neill! Colonel O’Neill! Help! Colonel O’Neill.
Jack and Sam run outside when they hear him shouting.
Jack: What?
Scientist: It’s Dr. Thompson. Those things - they’re attacking Dr. Thompson.
Jack: Where?
Scientist: Back in the clearing where we first encountered them.
Jack: Carter, get them inside. Teal’c with me.
Sam: Go, go, go!
Jack and Teal’c find Dr. Thompson, obviously dead. He has a number of blisters where the beings penetrated his skin. They return to the research facility, where Sam is tending to the scientist.
Jack: Hey! Just what about my radio transmission did you not understand? Let’s go!
Sam: Just finishing up, sir.
Hamilton: What about Dr. Thompson?
Jack: He’s dead. Let’s move.
Everyone goes outside.
Hamilton: Colonel. Colonel, we don’t know what happened out there. This might be an isolated incident; the creatures may have been provoked.
Jack: Maybe. Let me ask you this: why take a chance?
Teal’c sees the swarm of energy beings approaching them and warns the rest of the group.
Teal’c: O’Neill.
Jack: All right - back inside.
The group goes back inside and shuts the door.
Teal’c: These walls will not protect us, O’Neill.
Jack: Carter, we’ve got about 15 seconds.
Sam: I don’t know, sir; zats, maybe?
Jack: Maybe?
Sam: Well, I just got here. I mean, zats deliver an electrical charge; they’re the only weapon I can think of that we have that might have an effect.
Jack: All right, everybody get down.
They produce zats as the energy beings enter the facility through the walls. The creatures swarm to Dr. Hamilton, so Teal’c shoots him with his zat. The creatures quickly fly away as Dr. Hamilton cries out in pain.
The shot cuts to everyone shutting the windows of the facility.
Sam: We’ve wired up the aluminium walls of this building. When we switch on the current, it might create enough of an electrical field to keep them out the same way Dr. Lee’s containment vessel kept them in.
Teal’c (seeing the creatures returning) : They are returning.
Jack: Light it up.
Sam: Stand clear of the walls.
Hailey: It’s working.
Sam: As long as we’ve got power, we’re safe.
Scientist: How long do you think the generator will keep running?
Hamilton: I’m not - I’m not sure.
Jack: You’re not sure? Who refueled it last?
Hamilton: Dr. Thompson. I’m sure he filled it some time this morning.
Scientist: We don’t know that.
Hamilton: That would give us another 8 or so hours.
Teal’c: But you cannot be certain.
Scientist: No.
Jack: All right, where is it?
Hamilton: It’s on the other side of the compound, down by the creek.
Scientist: Basically, it could run out at any time.
Sam, Jack, and Teal’c look at a bird’s-eye view of the area.
Jack: Carter?
Sam: I think I may have a way out of here, sir. The creatures are being held back by the electrical field around the building. What we need to do is create a field big enough to repel them from the entire area.
Jack: Yeah?
Sam: The Stargate, sir. It’s a giant superconductor. Once activated, the field it generates would be more than enough.
Jack: So, someone’s gotta go down there and dial out.
Teal’c: Anyone attempting to reach the Stargate would most certainly be killed.
Sam: Not necessarily. Now, the human body has an electrical field of its own. Do you remember what happened when Dr. Hamilton was hit by Teal’c’s zat fire? The creatures must have left his body because his body’s electrical field was temporarily altered.
Jack: How long would it last?
Sam: I don’t know, sir.
Hailey: Shoot him again.
Teal’c: A second shot from a zat’nik’tel kills.
Cadet Hailey looks embarrassed.
Sam: It’s just a guess, sir. I’m not even sure you would make it to the ’gate before you were vulnerable again.
Jack: Hey, why’d they attack in the first place?
Sam: I suppose it’s possible they were reacting to the capture of one of their own.
Hailey: That’s not it.
Jack: What?
Hailey: I’ve been going over Dr. Thompson’s astronomical observations. Did you know this moon wasn’t even formed from the original accretion disk of the planet?
Jack: No. But I suspected.
Hailey: Dr. Thompson thinks it was a rogue that got pulled into an eccentric polar orbit. A planet’s magnetic field eminates from the poles - it’s where it’s the most intense. According to Dr. Thompson’s observations, we entered into the polar phase of the orbit a couple of days ago, about the same time the creatures were first encountered. And they became violent right at the moment we were directly over the pole.
Sam: It’s possible, sir.
Jack: Go on.
Hailey: Well, we’re beyond the point of peak intensity. If we wait, the creatures will go back to the way they were before.
Jack: How long would that take?
Hailey: A couple of hours - no more than that.
Teal’c: The generator will most likely not last that long.
Hailey: We’ll hold them off with those phaser things.
Jack (to Sam) : What do you think?
Sam: Well, sir, if I’m right and their behavior is retaliatory, waiting will just make things worse.
Hailey: You’re not right. I am.
Sam: You don’t know that, Cadet.
Hailey: We know the creatures are affected by electric fields. You think it’s a coincidence they happened to go berserk just as we’re passing over the pole?
Sam: Do you think it’s a coincidence that they attacked us en masse immediately after one of their own was captured? (to Jack) Sir, we can’t both be right; the theories are mutually exclusive. Now, there’s certainly evidence to support both, but not enough to reach a conclusion.
Hailey: Colonel, please don’t just dismiss what I’m saying just because you expect her to be right.
Jack: It doesn’t matter who’s right, Cadet.
Hailey: Colonel, you’re risking your life for nothing!
Jack: Decision’s made.
Jack walks away.
Hailey: How can it not matter who’s right?
Sam: If he makes a run for the ’gate, he’s risking his own life. If he waits, he risks everyone’s life. He can’t do that.
Jack is getting ready to leave the facility.
Jack: As soon as I get the ’gate open, head straight for it. Don’t bring anything with you.
Hamilton: Oh, no, we can’t leave behind weeks of research.
Jack: Carter, if he so much as brings a file folder, shoot him.
Sam: Yes, sir.
Teal’c: Are you ready, O’Neill?
Jack: No. Give me a warning.
Teal’c points his zat at Jack.
Teal’c: I am going to shoot you.
Jack: I was thinking more along the lines of on three. One...
Teal’c shoots Jack and he falls to the floor in pain.
Jack: Two. I said on three. God.
Teal’c and the other scientist help him up.
Teal’c: Good luck, O’Neill.
Jack: Wish me luck.
Sam: Good luck, sir.
Jack: Thank you. Go.
Jack runs out of the facility and towards the Stargate.
Jack (over the radio) : I’m at the ’gate. I’m gonna start dialing.
Jack gets to the fourth chevron when his EM field returns to normal and the creatures start to attack him. He falls to the ground as they fly through him.
Sam: Colonel! Colonel!
Teal’c fires his zat at the ground where Jack had fallen and it scatters the creatures.
Teal’c: Quickly, O’Neill.
Jack finishes dialing the Stargate and the creatures leave altogether.
Jack: I’ll never complain about mosquitoes again.
Everyone is at the Stargate now.
Scientist: We owe you our thanks, Colonel.
Jack: I s’pose.
Hamilton: And I owe you an apology.
Jack: I suppose you do.
Jack, Teal’c, and the scientists go through the Stargate while Sam and Cadet Hailey stop before entering the event horizon. Cadet Hailey turns to Sam.
Hailey: Is it always like this?
Sam: No, sometimes it gets really exciting.
Hailey: Will I ever find out which one of us is right?
Sam: If you stick around long enough, maybe. Besides, there’s always other planets.
Hailey: It’s a moon.
Sam: Okay, you’re right about that.
Closing Credits
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