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 * 3.22 "Nemesis Part 1" Episode Guide

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TEASER

FADE IN

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, DAY

INT&mdash;SGC INFIRMARY

[Daniel is in an infirmary bed. O'Neill walks in wearing civilian clothing.]

O'NEILL Hey!

DANIEL Hey!

O'NEILL How are you doing?

DANIEL Good&hellip;did you get your hair cut?

O'NEILL Yeah. Why?

DANIEL No reason.

O'NEILL Can I see your scar?

DANIEL No.

O'NEILL Fraiser says it'll be about a week before you get out of here.

DANIEL You know it's funny. I mean after everything we've been through these past few years. And, of all things, it's my appendix that lays me out&hellip;

[O'Neill looks at Daniel.]

DANIEL &hellip;But it's not going to be a week. I mean I practically feel fine now.

O'NEILL Want to go fishing?

[Daniel raises slightly from the bed but is in obvious pain.]

DANIEL Actually I wouldn't&hellip;well, maybe&hellip;No, you know, I think maybe I will stay here for two or three&hellip;three days.

O'NEILL Bye.

[O'Neill walks out of the infirmary, leaving Daniel to recuperate.]

INT&mdash;SCIENCE LABS

[Carter is welding what looks like a naquadah reactor as O'Neill walks in.]

O'NEILL Carter!

[Carter puts the welder down.]

CARTER Sir, hi! How's Daniel?

O'NEILL Oh. He's going to be fine. What are you doing?

CARTER Umm, I'm getting ready to do a detailed analysis of the decay rate of naquadah within the reactor. It's really quite amazing that unlike plutonium, naquadah actually has a&hellip;

O'NEILL Aaaaghhh! I'm on vacation!

CARTER Yes sir.

O'NEILL So are you.

CARTER I know&hellip;It's not that I'm happy that Daniel's in excruciating pain or anything like that but I've actually been looking forward to an opportunity like this for quite some time.

[O'Neill screws face up.]

O'NEILL You know. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that when one actually got some leave, one actually left! Look, Daniel's recouping, Teal'c is off world visiting his kid somewhere. Personally I have a date with a little lake in Minnesota where the bass grow (opens arms wide) that big.

CARTER (sarcastically) Really.

O'NEILL Oh yes! What I am describing here, Carter involves a very special element.

[Carter gestures at equipment.]

CARTER This is fun to me, sir.

O'NEILL Well, if playing with your little reactor sounds better than exploring the lakes and natural beauty of northern Minnesota, there's not much I can do.

CARTER Was that an invitation&hellip;sir?

O'NEILL Nothing wrong with that is there? A couple of coworkers, friends if you will, fishing. It'd be fun.

CARTER Wow. I appreciate the offer, sir. Really. Sounds great&hellip;but I should&hellip;

O'NEILL No sweat. See you in a week, and by all means, have fun.

[O'Neill walks out.]

INT&mdash;SGC CORRIDOR

[O'Neill is humming and heading out of the base as Carter jogs after him.]

CARTER Colonel!

[O'Neill stops and turns around.]

CARTER Um, have a good time!

O'NEILL Land of sky blue waters? Loofahs. "Ya sure you betcha, snookums." Mosquitoes&hellip;

[A bright light surrounds O'Neill and he disappears. Carter runs and hits the alarm.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER

[O'Neill materializes inside the ship&hellip;]

O'NEILL &hellip;Home of the loons&hellip;

[He looks at Earth far below through a portal.]

O'NEILL Thor? Helloooo?

[O'Neill walks down a corridor and hears a strange mechanical sound. Suddenly a mass of what looks like mechanical bugs approach him.]

O'NEILL What the hell? Damn!

[He backs against the wall as the bugs get closer.]

END TEASER

OPENING CREDITS

INT&mdash;BELISKNER

[O'Neill is backed up against a wall. The mechanical bugs are still approaching. One crawls up the wall behind him and onto his chest.]

O'NEILL (panicked) Aaghhh! Get off!

[He throws the bug off himself. The rest of the bugs continue on down the corridor.]

O'NEILL What the hell?

INT&mdash;SGC CORRIDOR

[Carter and Hammond exit the elevator and head for Hammond's office.]

CARTER I'm pretty sure it was the Asgard transportation technology.

HAMMOND For Jack's sake, let's hope you're right.

CARTER It depends on what they want this time, sir.

HAMMOND True. Send a message through the Stargate to Teal'c.

CARTER Yes, sir.

[General Hammond picks up the phone in his office.]

HAMMOND This is General Hammond. Get me Major Davis at the Pentagon.

INT&mdash;BELISKNER

O'NEILL Thor?

THOR (over intercom) Greetings, O'Neill. Turn right then enter the door at the end of the corridor.

INT&mdash;THOR'S CHAMBER, BELISKNER

[O'Neill follows the instructions and enters a large chamber. Thor is lying on a pod.]

THOR (weakly) O'Neill

O'NEILL Thor. You all right?

THOR I am dying.

O'NEILL What happened?

THOR It is, as you humans say, a long story.

O'NEILL Does this have anything to do with those bugs in the hall?

THOR I could not transport you directly to this room. The "bugs" as you call them are attracted to the high energy output of the transporter.

O'NEILL What are they?

THOR They are the enemy of the Asgard.

O'NEILL This would be the enemy worse than the Goa'uld you told me about?

THOR I am weak. The information you will need is contained within the stones.

[Thor indicates a console with stones on it.]

THOR (cont'd) Forgive me.

O'NEILL For what?

[Thor passes out.]

O'NEILL Thor!

[O'Neill checks to ensure Thor still has a pulse, then walks over to the console and moves one of the stones. An image of Thor appears on the screen.]

THOR Colonel Jack O'Neill. I have made these recordings for you in the event that I am dead or unable to pass on the necessary information. Under my command the Beliskner was called into battle against an enemy we have named Replicators. During the battle this ship became infested by the technology. The Replicators accessed the computer, which contained information about your planet, and plotted a course here. The crew was transported off the ship. I destroyed the outbound transporter technology to prevent the Replicators from escaping, and remained in the hopes of stopping the Beliskner from reaching Earth. If you are watching this recording, then I have failed, and I have also likely doomed you to certain death.

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[Teal'c walks into the room; Hammond and Carter are sitting at the table.]

HAMMOND Teal'c. Thank you for returning,

TEAL'C For what matter of urgency have I been summoned, General Hammond?

CARTER I think I witnessed Colonel O'Neill being transported out of the base by the Asgard.

TEAL'C For what purpose?

HAMMOND We're not sure yet.

[A light appears, and a holographic three dimensional image of O'Neill appears in the room.]

O'NEILL Hellooooo? Testing&hellip;testing&hellip;is this thing on?

CARTER Colonel!

O'NEILL Carter!

CARTER Sir, what's going on?

O'NEILL Well, I need a SPAS 12, a BF-8, 10 pounds of PBX and a USAS at the base of the Stargate in, oh&hellip;five minutes.

CARTER That's a lot of explosives, sir.

HAMMOND May I ask why?

O'NEILL Yes. Basically Thor's ship has been overrun by a bunch of nasty techno bugs.

TEAL'C Were the Asgard not able to defeat them?

O'NEILL I guess not.

CARTER So sir, are you saying that these bugs are technological?

O'NEILL Yeah, apparently they plan to land the ship and infest Earth. Thor says this would not be a good thing.

HAMMOND What are you going to do?

O'NEILL Destroy the ship.

CARTER Where's Thor?

[O'Neill looks over his shoulder at Thor.]

O'NEILL Oh he's here. He's just not feeling too well at the moment.

CARTER We'll be ready in ten minutes, sir. Thor can transport us up there to help you.

O'NEILL Thank you, Carter, but that's not going to happen. Thor's out cold. The bugs got him pretty good. But he did leave some instructions on how to run the toys up here.

CARTER So can you transport us up?

O'NEILL I could. But I'm not going to.

TEAL'C What is your reasoning, O'Neill?

O'NEILL Anybody who comes up is not gettin' down.

CARTER Well, sir, if you can't get off the ship&hellip;

O'NEILL Yeah, I know. Look, my time's almost up here. Have the stuff ready in ten minutes. Wish me luck.

CARTER Colonel&hellip;

O'NEILL Major, that's an order, and it's final.

HAMMOND Good luck, Jack.

O'NEILL Thank you, sir.

[The image of O'Neill disappears. Carter, Hammond and Teal'c look shocked.]

HAMMOND Teal'c, see that the ordinance is in place.

[Teal'c leaves the briefing room.]

HAMMOND (cont'd) Major. To your knowledge, if Colonel O'Neill is unsuccessful, can the Asgard ship be destroyed by a surface to air strike?

CARTER Sir, the Asgard ships have sophisticated cloaking devices. We've been looking for it in orbit since Colonel O'Neill disappeared. Still nothing.

HAMMOND So if we can't see it, we can't target it.

[Carter looks thoughtful as though she has an idea.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER

[Thor is lying in the pod as his voice comes from the computer screen.]

THOR The molecular transportation device has been preprogrammed to target the area directly in front of your Earth based Stargate.

[O'Neill fast forwards the recording.]

O'NEILL Yeah, yeah&hellip;

THOR Enter these symbols on the control console in front of you.

[Symbols appear on another screen, and O'Neill inputs them into the computer.]

THOR (cont'd) 30 seconds after entering the code, the targeted material will be transported to the indicated cargo hold.

[O'Neill looks at his watch and heads off to the indicated area.]

THOR (cont'd) Remember, the transportation technology emits an energy pulse strong enough to attract the replicators.

INT&mdash;CORRIDORS, BELISKNER

[O'Neill runs down the corridors and reaches a cargo hold. A light appears in the cargo hold, and Carter and Teal'c appear with the supplies.]

O'NEILL Dammit! I gave you people a direct order!

CARTER General Hammond overruled you, sir. We have a way off the ship.

[They hear the sound of the replicators approaching.]

O'NEILL Grab what you can. Let's go!

[They grab most of the supplies and run off down the corridor followed closely by the replicators. Teal'c shoots them with a Zat gun many times but with no effect. O'Neill shoots them with a gun but they reintegrate and then seem to be destroyed after the second shot.]

O'NEILL Let's move!

[All three run down the corridor and enter Thor's chamber.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

O'NEILL Hey buddy. How are you feeling? Uh&hellip;you remember Carter and Teal'c?

THOR Why did you bring them?

[O'Neill looks at Carter and Teal'c.]

O'NEILL Anyone?

TEAL'C We believed we could be of assistance.

THOR Now you will all die.

CARTER Actually, we don't think so. Sir, there's a shuttle preparing on the launch pad. If we can transmit the coordinates to NASA, they can be here within a matter of hours. We also brought spacesuits in case an EVA is required.

THOR This pod can generate an antigravity field making it easy to move..

CARTER Does this ship have an air lock?

THOR Yes.

O'NEILL So we just plant some PBX, jump ship, and blow it.

THOR What is PBX?

TEAL'C An explosive.

O'NEILL You just have to tell us the best places to plant it.

THOR All Asgard ships are equipped with internal dampening fields that activate in the event of an explosion.

O'NEILL Well, how exactly did you expect us to destroy the ship?

THOR If I knew a fast simple method, I would have destroyed the ship myself before endangering your lives.

O'NEILL Of course you would have!

THOR The technical specifications of the Beliskner were contained within the recordings I made for you.

O'NEILL Oh. Um&hellip;I haven't had time to watch all of the stones.

CARTER What?

[O'Neill indicates the stones on the computer console.]

O'NEILL Stick those on there.

[Carter moves the stones around, and Thor again appears on the screen with the ships technical layout.]

THOR The Beliskner is powered by four neutrino ion generators. In your Earth units of measurement, each engine outputs a maximum of one billion kilojoules.

O'NEILL Yeah. My eyes glazed over about there.

CARTER I guess I had better go through all of these recordings.

[Thor's voice continues in the background.]

THOR &hellip;Forward propulsion is achieved by two rear thrusters.

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, DAY

INT&mdash;SGC ELEVATOR CORRIDOR

[Major Davis exits the elevator and is greeted by Hammond.]

HAMMOND Welcome back, Major.

DAVIS General, I wish it wasn't always under such unusual circumstances. Any further word on the situation?

HAMMOND No. We've been unable to make radio contact with SG-1.

DAVIS It's possible that the Asgard cloaking device is also blocking radio signals.

HAMMOND I see you've done your homework, Major.

DAVIS General, all I do all day long is read up on the Stargate program.

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER,

[Teal'c, Carter and O'Neill are looking at Thor.]

THOR They were discovered on an isolated planet in our home galaxy some years ago. The creators were not present.

TEAL'C Most likely destroyed by their own creation.

THOR The replicators were brought aboard an Asgard ship for study before the danger could be fully comprehended.

O'NEILL We do that all the time. I kinda expected more from you guys.

TEAL'C Overconfidence in our technologies has been out undoing. The entities learned from the very means that were employed to stop them. They have become a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating everything in its path.

O'NEILL Why haven't these little buggers landed the ship already?

THOR Their odds of survival in a new environment depend on numbers. They are currently feeding off the ship and replicating.

CARTER What? Are you saying they are actually eating the ship?

THOR Ingesting the alloys, yes. They will continue until they risk compromising the integrity of the hull. Then they will land in search of more raw materials.

CARTER How intelligent are they?

THOR Their capacity for learning is extremely high. Each entity is capable of individual behavior, yet they all act with a common purpose.

O'NEILL What's that?

THOR Self replication.

TEAL'C Then there does not appear to be a way to stop them.

CARTER Hang on, Thor. You said that they wouldn't risk compromising the integrity of the hull?

THOR Correct.

CARTER Can this ship withstand an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere?

THOR No, the heat from the friction would cause the ship to burn up.

O'NEILL Wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me that with all this advanced intergalactic technology this ship can't withstand a little heat?

THOR In order to reflect the subspace field of the phase generators&hellip;

O'NEILL So&hellip;no.

THOR Yes.

CARTER Then all we have to do is crash the ship into the atmosphere.

THOR You will have to regain control of the navigational computer.

[O'Neill looks at Carter.]

O'NEILL Sounds like a plan.

THOR That can only be done from the bridge.

CARTER Well, there was a map in the recordings. Can we direct them from here as they go?

THOR Yes.

O'NEILL OK.

[O'Neill and Teal'c head off out of the chamber.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[O'Neill and Teal'c appear around the corner with their guns ready. They hear the sound of the replicators approaching.]

O'NEILL Hear that?

TEAL'C They are in the walls, O'Neill.

CARTER (over radio) Colonel, can you hear me?

O'NEILL We hear you!

CARTER (over radio) You want to go down that hall.

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

[Carter is scrutinizing the computer screen.]

CARTER Why are some areas flashing?

THOR They indicate the quadrants of the ship that the replicators have disabled.

CARTER How do I zoom in?

THOR Top left symbol.

[Carter presses the symbol and the screen zooms in to two red dots that represent O'Neill and Teal'c.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[O'Neill and Teal'c are walking down the corridor.]

CARTER (on radio) You want to go through that door on your left.

[They walk up to the door, open it, and cautiously walk through. There are replicators all over the walls.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

CARTER Why can't I see any bugs on this screen?

THOR The first thing the replicators do once aboard an Asgard ship is disable the sensors capable of detecting them.

CARTER But I can still see Colonel O'Neill and Teal'c.

THOR They are being detected by the thermal sensors which cannot see the replicators.

[Thor sighs, and Carter walks over to him.]

CARTER Are you OK?

THOR I cannot use the ships automated medical system. If the replicators have tampered with it, it could kill me.

CARTER We brought medical supplies, and I have medical field training.

THOR You cannot help me.

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[Teal'c and O'Neill walk through the doorway and down the corridor.]

O'NEILL (into radio) Are we there yet?

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER,

[Carter moves away from Thor's pod and studies the display.]

CARTER (into radio) The door up ahead leads to the bridge.

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[They walk up to the doorway, and there is a metallic sound.]

TEAL'C It sounds as though there are replicators inside.

O'NEILL Watch yourself.

[O'Neill opens the door, they stand ready and look inside. The whole of the bridge is swarming with replicators. O'Neill quickly shuts the door.]

O'NEILL Forget that!

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

[O'Neill and Teal'c enter, carrying the rest of the equipment.]

O'NEILL OK. New plan!

[Carter opens the cases and checks the equipment.]

CARTER Nothing's been damaged.

O'NEILL Good.

[Carter looks over at Thor who is still lying on the pod. She walks over to O'Neill and talks quietly.]

CARTER Sir, Thor's not doing so well. He says that pod could put him into deep stasis that would preserve his life.

O'NEILL So do it.

CARTER He won't let me.

[O'Neill walks over to Thor.]

O'NEILL Hey! I understand you are not being a particularly cooperative patient.

THOR As long as I am conscious, I still may be of some assistance.

O'NEILL Yeah&hellip;however, it you are dead&hellip;

THOR As I have said, if you do succeed in destroying the ship, we will all die.

O'NEILL And as Carter has said, we might have a way off this ship.

CARTER Wait a minute, that's it! Thor, you said there are dampening fields inside the ship that prevent explosions. What about outside the ship?

THOR There are shields around the ship, but they would not protect against a weapon already inside the force field.

CARTER OK now, there was a specific engine in the information recordings. It controls reentry.

THOR The deceleration drive. Yes.

CARTER We brought an explosive device that's enhanced with elementary naquadah. Would that be enough to destroy the deceleration drive?

THOR This plan could work.

O'NEILL (confused) Plan&hellip;what plan?

CARTER Sir, the bugs are going to land the ship themselves eventually. The BF-8 might just be enough fire power to blow the deceleration drive.

O'NEILL Might?

CARTER If we blow it at the right time we can alter the reentry path. The ship would then accelerate out of control and burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

[O'Neill rubs his head in confusion.]

TEAL'C What needs to be done then is to place this explosive outside of this vessel.

CARTER Someone's going to have to go out there.

O'NEILL Of course they are!

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[Daniel climbs the stairs into the room very slowly and carefully. Hammond sees him coming and walks out of his office.]

HAMMOND What are you doing down here, Dr. Jackson?

DANIEL I've just been informed, sir. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help?

[Major Davis enters the control room.]

DAVIS General, we're going to DEFCON 3. The Russians have gone on alert as a response. The moment the Asgard ship attempts to land, the President had decided to let the rest of the world know what we know.

HAMMOND And then?

DAVIS We hit it with everything we've got.

DANIEL Uh, SG-1 is on that ship!

DAVIS I have as much confidence in SG-1 as you Dr. Jackson. But they left over an hour ago. We've had no communication since. We have no idea what kind of a timeframe we're dealing with here.

HAMMOND Let's give them a reasonable chance, Major.

DAVIS Yes, sir. I'll try to define "reasonable" to the Pentagon.

[Hammond looks at a worried Daniel. The DEFCON signal flashes to 3, and a siren goes off.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

[O'Neill and Carter look at a diagram of the ship on a screen.]

CARTER The bugs haven't overrun the part of the ship where the air lock is yet.

O'NEILL Let's do it.

[Carter looks at the spacesuits.]

CARTER Each tank has six hours of oxygen. Whoever goes should have plenty of time.

TEAL'C I will go.

O'NEILL I was going to do it.

CARTER There is a radiation concern, sir.

TEAL'C My symbiote protects me from exposure to radiation for a long period of time.

O'NEILL OK. You go.

[Teal'c nods in agreement.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[O'Neill and Teal'c are walking down the corridor. Teal'c is wearing a spacesuit.]

CARTER (on radio) It looks like the top button opens the inner door, the middle one depressurizes the airlock, and the bottom one opens the outer door.

O'NEILL Yeah. Roger that.

[O'Neill helps Teal'c pull his helmet down.]

O'NEILL (keying his radio) Can you hear me?

TEAL'C (through radio) Indeed.

O'NEILL You might want to think about hangin' on tight out there&hellip;lets do it.

[He opens the airlock door. Teal'c steps inside, and the door closes and starts to depressurize.]

O'NEILL Say something.

TEAL'C One small step for Jaffa.

O'NEILL Very nice.

[Some corrosive liquid drops onto Teal'c's oxygen canisters, but Teal'c and O'Neill do not notice. O'Neill opens the outer door. Teal'c gives a thumbs up gesture which O'Neill acknowledges, and Teal'c floats outside, the explosive on a tether attached to Teal'c's spacesuit.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

[Carter watches the process on a monitor in Thor's chamber.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[O'Neill tries to look for Teal'c through the windows.]

'''EXT&mdash;SPACE IN EARTH'S ORBIT

[Teal'c floats over to the specified area and sets up the explosive.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[O'Neill is waiting next to the airlock door. He hears the approach of replicators.]

O'NEILL Oh, Crap! (keys radio) Teal'c, how's it going?

TEAL'C I am returning.

O'NEILL I don't suppose you could step on it, could you?

TEAL'C I am going as quickly as possible, O'Neill.

[The outer airlock door closes. O'Neill tries to open it using the controls, but nothing happens.]

O'NEILL (into radio) Carter!

INT&mdash;BELISKNER THOR'S CHAMBER

[Carter moves the control stones around while watching the display.]

CARTER (into radio) Yes sir, I'm working on it.

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

NOTE: The following sequence takes place respectively in Thor's chamber with Carter at the display and control console, O'Neill standing inside the corridor, and Teal'c in space just outside the airlock door.

[Teal'c arrives at the airlock door but can't get in.]

TEAL'C The door will not open.

O'NEILL Yeah. Hang on.

[A few replicators enter the airlock through the ceiling.]

O'NEILL Oh God!

[The oxygen tank on Teal'c's pack blows from the corrosive.]

O'NEILL (into radio) His tank just blew!

TEAL'C O'Neill!

O'NEILL Carter!

CARTER Sir, I'm trying to use the transporter to beam him inside but it's not working. The transporter array on that side of the ship must have been knocked out by the bugs. We can still do this but Teal'c is going to have to push off.

O'NEILL What!

CARTER The other transporter arrays can pick him up but only if he's far enough away from the ship.

[Teal'c starts gasping for air as the tank runs out.]

O'NEILL Teal'c, we're going to try to beam you aboard. But you have to push off from the ship first. You read? You have to push off!

[Teal'c pushes away from the ship. Carter looks at Thor.]

CARTER He's taking too long. Isn't there some way to re-aim the transporter array?

[Thor gasps. He passes out and an alarm sounds.]

CARTER Damn!

[O'Neill, at the airlock, looks anxiously at Teal'c in space.]

O'NEILL Carter?

[She works at the console.]

CARTER I'm trying!

[On the computer screen in Thor's chamber, Teal'c has at last reached the beam out point.]

CARTER Got it!

[Teal'c is beamed into the Beliskner near to O'Neill. He falls to the floor. O'Neill rushes up to him and pulls his helmet up.]

O'NEILL Teal'c! Teal'c?

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

[In Thor's chamber the alarms on his pod are still blaring. Carter runs over and puts him into stasis.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CORRIDOR

[Back at the airlock O'Neill is trying to revive Teal'c.]

O'NEILL Come on, come on&hellip;breathe!

[Teal'c opens his eyes.]

O'NEILL Oh yeah! That's following orders. Can you move?

TEAL'C I can, O'Neill.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[Hammond walks over to the gate technician.]

HAMMOND Still no communication of any kind?

TECHNICIAN No sir and NORAD's still reporting no sign of the alien ship.

[Hammond walks up to Daniel, who is looking pale and in pain.]

HAMMOND Dr. Jackson, are you OK?

DANIEL I'll be fine.

HAMMOND Why don't you go back up to the infirmary? I promise you I will notify you as soon as there is any news.

DANIEL Sir, I know that there is no reason for me to be here. But I just&hellip;I feel like I should be here&hellip;that's not totally true. I feel I actually should be out there with them.

HAMMOND Now you know how I feel most of the time.

INT&mdash;BELISKNER, THOR'S CHAMBER

[O'Neill is helping Teal'c into the room.]

CARTER According to the schematic, that was the only one left untouched by the bugs. You going to be OK?

TEAL'C I will be fine.

[O'Neill sees Thor's pod.]

O'NEILL What happened?

CARTER He was dying. I had to put him into stasis.

O'NEILL So&hellip;?

CARTER So, we wait and blow the bomb at the right time.

O'NEILL Which is when?

CARTER When we start to enter the atmosphere. Too early, and theoretically the entry could be aborted by the bugs. If we wait too long into the descent, the bomb could burn off before we could detonate.

[O'Neill pauses in thought.]

O'NEILL Think you could fix that beam down thing?

CARTER Not without Thor's help, sir.

O'NEILL I'd better contact Hammond. Let him know what to expect.

[He tries the console but nothing happens.]

O'NEILL All right, this thing's not workin'!

[They hear replicators in the walls.]

TEAL'C Thor was correct, we are going to die.

O'NEILL Aww, come on Teal'c, lighten up! We've been in these situations before.

CARTER No, sir, we haven't.

O'NEILL We haven't?

EXT&mdash;SPACE

[Beliskner begins its descent.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER THOR'S CHAMBER

TEAL'C The vessel is beginning its descent.

[Carter looks very thoughtful.]

CARTER I have an idea, sir.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[Hammond and Davis enter the room.]

TECHNICIAN Sir, NORAD's reporting that they've spotted an unidentified object entering the upper atmosphere over the Pacific.

[Daniel is listening to the communications.]

DANIEL They've disabled the ship's cloaking device.

TECHNICIAN 2 Object's on a controlled entry.

TECHNICIAN Projected landing on the West Coast of the United States, sir.

DAVIS Of course this could also be a sign that they've already lost the battle.

[Hammond picks up the phone.]

HAMMOND This is General Hammond. At this time I recommend going to DEFCON 2. Deploy all available assets to intercept the alien ship.

DANIEL General!

HAMMOND I'm sorry, Dr. Jackson, but if that ship makes it through the atmosphere intact, we have no choice to assume SG-1 failed. We must destroy it by whatever means necessary.

[A siren sounds as the sign goes from DEFCON 3 to DEFCON 2. Daniel sighs.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER

[O'Neill and Teal'c are walking down a corridor with their guns ready, closing doors as they go.]

O'NEILL All right, Carter, let's do it!

[Carter is working the console in Thor's chamber.]

CARTER Here we go!

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

DAVIS The Russians have also spotted the incoming object and are inquiring.

HAMMOND The Joint Chiefs will respond.

[The Gate room is enveloped in a bright light, and the Stargate disappears. Everyone is shocked.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CARGO ROOM

[The Stargate materializes inside the room.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

DAVIS We'll have to call you back.

DANIEL (excited) They're going to use it to escape!

DAVIS Like you did from the Apophis mother ship. It could work!

DANIEL It will work, they&hellip;they'll gate to another planet and then home!

HAMMOND You had a DHD. They don't.

DAVIS Even disconnected, there should be enough power to dial out once.

[Hammond walks over to the telephone.]

HAMMOND This is Hammond. I want the Beta Gate unpacked from storage immediately. Yes, you heard me. I want it unsealed and ready for use as soon as humanly possible!

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CARGO ROOM

[Teal'c is manually dialing out.]

O'NEILL Where are we going?

TEAL'C P3X-234.

O'NEILL I hear it's nice this time of year.

[Teal'c continues to dial, the chevrons locking into place. The replicators burn through the walls of the chamber. O'Neill stands ready.]

O'NEILL We got bugs!

[The replicators enter the room and O'Neill shoots at them. Carter gets ready to leave Thor's chamber with Thor in stasis. O'Neill fires his gun rapidly in the cargo room.]

TEAL'C O'Neill!

[O'Neill shoots the replicator nearing Teal'c as Teal'c continues to dial.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

TECHNICIAN Bandit is still on controlled entry. Present heading 196!

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CARGO ROOM

[Teal'c locks the last chevron. O'Neill is standing in front of the gate firing at the bugs.]

TEAL'C Get down!

[O'Neill crouches down as the gate opens and then continues firing at the replicators. Teal'c begins to fire his weapon as well.]

O'NEILL Let's go, Carter!

[Carter materializes next to the open gate with Thor in the stasis pod floating next to her. All three fire their guns at the replicators.]

O'NEILL Can we blow this thing yet?

[Carter pushes Thor's pod through the Stargate.]

O'NEILL Carter!

CARTER Not yet!

EXT&mdash;SPACE

[Beliskner enters the atmosphere.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CARGO ROOM

[Masses of replicators enter the room. Carter, O'Neill, and Teal'c back up towards the gate.]

O'NEILL Carter!

EXT&mdash;SPACE/EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE, DAY

[The Beliskner is now traveling through the upper atmosphere, the heat from reentry hitting the shields.]

INT&mdash;BELISKNER CARGO HOLD

CARTER Now!

[O'Neill presses the trigger for the bomb.]

EXT&mdash;EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE, DAY

[The bomb explodes and the Beliskner starts an uncontrolled reentry. The ship begins to break apart.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

[A computer screen shows a red dot representing the Beliskner.]

DAVIS (on telephone) I understand that, Captain. What I need to know is what do you see. Do you have a visual?

DAVIS (to Hammond) Tenth's squadron's airborne on intercept course.

TECHNICIAN The target has changed heading! It's dropped out of controlled entry vector. The target is breaking up.

DAVIS We have visual confirmation. A fireball heading for the Pacific Ocean. 400 miles off the coast of California!

[Hammond looks at Daniel in concern.]

EXT&mdash;PACIFIC OCEAN, DAY

[A fireball hits the ocean.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM

DAVIS Naval recovery teams are moving in to deal with any wreckage&hellip;

[Daniel looks at him.]

DAVIS I'm sure you were right, Dr. Jackson. The point of commandeering the Stargate had to be an escape.

[Daniel looks into the Gate room.]

DANIEL I just hope they made it out in time.

EXT&mdash;PACIFIC OCEAN

[There are bits of wreckage floating on the water. One of the replicators clambers out of the ocean and onto the wreckage&hellip;]

TO BE CONTINUED&hellip;

FADE OUT

END CREDITS

Transcribed by Andrea-T for Stargatefan

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