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 * 1.17 "Enigma" Episode Guide

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TEASER

FADE IN

EXT&mdash;VOLCANIC PLANET COVERED IN ASH, WITH MORE FALLING

[The view pans across towards a Stargate which is in the process of opening. The four members of SG-1 come through.]

CARTER Wow! None of this was going on when we sent the probe through.

DANIEL What's this stuff in the air?

[View of volcano erupting.]

TEAL'C Ash.

O'NEILL All right, Daniel. Dial it up, get us out of here.

DANIEL No argument.

[Daniel walks towards the DHD but sees something in the near distance.]

DANIEL Wait a minute.

[Daniel takes a closer look.]

DANIEL There's something out there.

[The team turn to look as Daniel reaches the object which caught his eye.]

DANIEL It's a woman, she's alive. There's more&mdash;hurry you guys.

[Daniel kneels at the woman's side as O'Neill, Carter and Teal'c check other bodies.]

TEAL'C There's no life here.

CARTER This one's had it.

[Daniel brushes ash from the face of one of the victims.]

DANIEL It's just like Pompeii. Everyone died of suffocation before the lava started to flow.

[As O'Neill checks another body, Daniel notices unusual objects attached to the alien's arm.]

DANIEL What are these things?

TEAL'C O'Neill! There are two more alive.

O'NEILL Carter? How long before we're toast?

CARTER I don't know, Sir, I'm not a vulcanologist. It could be days, it could be minutes.

[One of the victims raises his head. Carter goes to check his pulse and he grabs her wrist.]

VICTIM (in a broken voice) Don't&hellip;help us.

FADE OUT

END OF TEASER&mdash;OPENING CREDITS

INT&mdash;STARGATE ROOM

[SG-1 and medical teams help victims down the ramp.]

UNKNOWN VOICE Move away. Give them some room.

O'NEILL All right. Let's go.

MEDIC You OK?

O'NEILL Yeah.

[Hammond comes up to the team as O'Neill and Carter sit on the ramp.]

HAMMOND Colonel O'Neill? What happened?

O'NEILL (breathless) We encountered some very severe volcanic activity, Sir.

[Hammond turns to Daniel who is rubbing his left eye.]

HAMMOND Who are all these people?

CARTER We don't really know, Sir They were all dead and dying around the Gate. The air was highly toxic.

DANIEL And hot.

HAMMOND You better have Doctor Frasier take a look at you. We'll de-brief as soon as you're ready.

O'NEILL Yes, Sir.

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM

HAMMOND You evacuated ten people from an alien planet, Colonel. Doctor Frasier says they're all human and it looks like they're going to live. This was one hell of a rescue operation.

O'NEILL Thank you, Sir.

HAMMOND There were no buildings in the area of any kind?

CARTER No sir. We don't know how far they walked, but it looked like they were trying to make it back to the Stargate.

HAMMOND What do we know about these devices they were wearing?

CARTER Well, they all emit low levels of radiation indicating an operative energy source, but there's no circuitry, moving parts or chips. We've never seen anything like it.

DANIEL I thought at first that they were from a parallel culture but it looks like they might be way ahead of us.

HAMMOND We've determined humans on other planets originated here on Earth, right?

DANIEL Yes.

HAMMOND Then given our present state of technology, could they be ahead of us?

DANIEL Yes. Umm&hellip;we'd be colonising space right now if it hadn't been for the Dark Ages. There was a period of over eight hundred years where science was heresy and anathema. Maybe they didn't have that set-back.

[An airwoman enters.]

AIRWOMAN General Hammond? The spokesperson for the rescued people is awake. He'd like to speak with you. All of you.

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY

UNKNOWN VOICE over intercom Attention. All off duty medical personnel report to the infirmary, sub level 20. Stat.

[Hammond and the team enter and walk towards a bed.]

OMOC Who are you?

HAMMOND I'm Major General Hammond. This is Colonel O'Neill.

O'NEILL Jack.

CARTER Samantha Carter.

DANIEL Uh&hellip;Daniel Jackson.

OMOC Where is this place?

HAMMOND You're on a planet called Earth. These people saved you.

OMOC Nothing could be further from the truth.

[Hammond looks over at O'Neill, surprised at the comment.]

DANIEL Well, unless I missed something, you're&hellip;better off here than you were there.

OMOC There was a rescue transport on the way.

O'NEILL Well, half your people were already dead. I don't think it would have gotten there in time.

OMOC Perhaps that's more of a problem for you than it was for us.

O'NEILL Beg your pardon?

OMOC I find it unbelievable that anyone so primitive could have deciphered the Gate system.

O'NEILL Did you say primitive?

TEAL'C I too am from a world very different from this one. Here life is highly valued.

OMOC Quite a statement for a Jaffa.

HAMMOND Sir, I'd like to know who you are and what you know about the Goa'uld.

OMOC I am Omoc. Our world is called Tollan.

HAMMOND And what do you know of the Goa'uld and Jaffa?

OMOC We're aware of them; we don't interact with them.

HAMMOND Well then, we share a common enemy.

OMOC Did I mention an enemy?

HAMMOND I only meant&hellip;it might benefit everyone if your people and ours could be friends.

OMOC I demand you return everything that you have taken from us and allow us to go home.

DANIEL Well, it could take a while for those volcanoes to quiet down. In the meantime, I'm a bit of a culture buff, I'd like to learn about your history and customs.

OMOC I've said enough. I'll say no more.

[Hammond and the team exit, but an alien in another bed looks over and holds Carter's gaze.]

INT&mdash;BASE CORRIDOR

HAMMOND Captain Carter, I want you to monitor the situation on Tollan very closely, as soon as it's safe there, I want those people gone.

CARTER Yes, Sir.

INT&mdash;STARGATE ROOM.

[Daniel enters and joins Carter at the foot of the ramp where she is fine-tuning an UAV.]

DANIEL New hobby?

CARTER Neat, huh? Miniature UAV with all the bells and whistles. I'm just adding heat sensors so I can send it through the Gate to Tollan.

DANIEL Hm. I was just down in the infirmary with one of the Tollan, trying to get them to talk to us. They only ask questions, they never answer them. As a matter of fact, one of them was asking a lot of questions about you.

CARTER I thought they weren't interested in us.

DANIEL Oohh&hellip;I didn't say us. I said you. General Hammond thinks maybe you'll have better luck getting some answers. He'd like to see you.

CARTER OK.

INT&mdash;BASE CORRIDOR

[Hammond and Carter appear round the corner.]

HAMMOND And I was hoping he would open up to you a bit more than Doctor Jackson or myself.

[They walk towards one of the aliens sitting outside the Infirmary.]

HAMMOND (to Carter) You remember Narim?

CARTER Yes. From the planet. You were&hellip;uh&hellip;a lot dirtier then.

NARIM Oh&hellip;Captain Carter, or is it Doctor?

CARTER Why don't we just make it Samantha?

NARIM You may call me Narim.

CARTER OK.

HAMMOND Captain Carter, Mr Narim seems very interested in our planet. I thought maybe you'd like to escort him up to the surface to have a look.

CARTER Really?

NARIM I would be very pleased to have that opportunity.

HAMMOND As long as you give me your word you'll stay with Captain Carter.

NARIM You have my word.

CARTER Great! Let's go. Sir.

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Carter and Narim step out of a doorway, followed by security personnel. They start walking.]

NARIM Umm&hellip;I wanted to tell you, that I'm glad to be alive. Ummm&hellip;so are the others.

CARTER Good.

NARIM Thank you. And please tell your friends.

CARTER Oh. You&hellip;you can tell them yourself.

NARIM No, I can't. I shouldn't be talking to you.

CARTER Why not?

NARIM You know, back on Tollan, I thought I was dying. I heard your voice and managed to open my eyes, and, uh&hellip;when I saw you&hellip;uh.

CARTER What?

NARIM An old superstition. There was a time before reason and science when my ancestors believed in all manner of nonsense. Like the Sher'mau. The story goes that if a Sher'mau appears at the moment of death, she would take you to her dwelling in the stars.

CARTER Ah! We call them angels.

NARIM Than you still believe in them?

CARTER Some of us do.

NARIM Ours were reported to be quite beautiful&hellip;and, when I saw you&hellip;well&hellip;you seemed to fit the description.

[Carter and Narim both smile.]

NARIM And then I learned from Doctor Jackson that you're also a brilliant scientist.

CARTER Wow!

NARIM I'm afraid I ask quite a few questions. Curiosity.

CARTER It's a quality Omoc doesn't seem to share.

NARIM Can you tell me something about your world? Is it permitted?

CARTER Well, yeah. Of course.

[Narim spots a bird flying overhead and appears amazed. Carter is amused at his amazement.]

NARIM A flying animal.

CARTER Yeah. We call them birds.

NARIM Are there other animals?

CARTER Oh yeah. Millions of them.

NARIM Huh. There have been none on Tollan for generations.

CARTER Well, I could bring you pictures, if you like.

NARIM I would like that very much. Thank you.

CARTER Good.

NARIM But, I think it would be best if Omoc didn't know.

CARTER Why?

NARIM Omoc is not as harsh as he seems. He is only trying to protect us. And you.

CARTER From what?

NARIM Perhaps&hellip;

"Narim looks towards the two security officers and pauses."

NARIM Perhaps we should go back.

CARTER OK.

INT&mdash;STARGATE ROOM

[The Stargate sequence is being initiated.]

CHEVRON GUY Chevron six. Engaged.

[A scientist is preparing an UAV for launch.]

CHEVRON GUY Chevron seven. Locked.

CARTER Launching UAV in 10 seconds&hellip;9&hellip;8&hellip;7&hellip;6&hellip;5&hellip;4&hellip;3&hellip;2&hellip;1

[The UAV launches through the Stargate's wormhole.]

O'NEILL (quietly) Yeah!

CARTER Successful launch. UAV is holding course and the wormhole should reach the Tollan Gate in&hellip;3&hellip;2&hellip;1. Temperature&mdash;ground 1700 degrees Fahrenheit. Air&mdash;seems to be in pockets, ranging from 1500 degrees down to 200.

O'NEILL Sounds like LA.

CARTER If the heat doesn't get you, the atmosphere will. It's mostly pyroclastics, basalt, ash. A person could suffocate very quickly.

O'NEILL How long before it cools down?

CARTER I don't know. Not any time soon. It doesn't look like it'll matter, anyway. That lava's flowing straight toward the Gate. Computer predicts that at the current rate the Gate will be buried in a couple of days.

O'NEILL Well, looks like we've got some guests for a while.

INT&mdash;INFIRMARY

[Daniel and Carter are standing by Omoc's bedside.]

OMOC Are you absolutely certain?

CARTER Yes. I'm sorry.

OMOC Then nature succeeded where we failed.

DANIEL What? You were going to seal the Gate?

OMOC Tollan is a world in cataclysm. Evacuation was complete, my team stayed to&hellip;Our final task was to close the Gate, so that no-one could return and be harmed.

CARTER Well, wherever you were going, we can recalibrate the co-ordinates from here.

OMOC The new settlement world is outside the Gate system. We'll need a ship.

DANIEL Oh! Ah&hellip;we don't have ships. Not that kind, anyway.

CARTER Our space program is relatively new.

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM.

HAMMOND Well, the bottom line here is your survivors have become refugees. If they don't want to be here, we've got to relocate them somewhere.

O'NEILL You know, General, we have done some fairly good deeds out there. Maybe we should try calling in some markers.

HAMMOND OK. Colonel, you and Teal'c follow up on that. Maybe go pay a visit to some of our old friends. Captain Carter, I want you and Doctor Jackson to get the multi-purpose room on 5C readied as a refugee housing centre.

O'NEILL Yes, Sir.

INT&mdash;REFUGEE CENTRE

[Hammond, Omoc and Daniel enter.]

HAMMOND As an act of good faith, we're returning the devices you were wearing.

OMOC They are not weapons.

HAMMOND That's what our technicians thought.

OMOC So you had them tested? Not much of an act of good faith.

DANIEL Well, actually, we couldn't figure out exactly what they were.

HAMMOND I want to assure you, we're doing all we can to re-locate your people.

OMOC Are we to have some say in the matter?

DANIEL Oh, yes. Self-determination is a concept that's very important to us.

HAMMOND We'll do our best. In the meantime, we'll make you as comfortable as possible, but I want you to understand, you're restricted to the immediate premises.

OMOC Are we prisoners?

DANIEL No. No, absolutely not.

HAMMOND But you are from an alien environment. It's as much for your safety as for ours.

INT&mdash;REFUGEE CENTRE

[The centre is now divided into areas, holding bunk beds. Carter enters carrying books and an animal carrier, and walks towards Narim.]

CARTER Hey. How you doing.

NARIM Um&hellip;it may sound ridiculous, but I have no idea what to do with these items.

[Narim holds up bed linen.]

NARIM Oh&hellip;well, our sleeping platforms adjust automatically to our body temperature. They don't&hellip;come with accoutrements.

CARTER It's OK. I'll show you. I brought you some things to take a look at.

[Narim accepts the books.]

NARIM Oh! Thank you.

CARTER You're welcome. Uh&hellip;you&hellip;you might like to see this first.

[Carter places the animal carrier on the bed and opens it, bringing out a ginger cat which miaows. Narim laughs.]

NARIM I never thought I'd see a living animal.

CARTER His name's Schroedinger.

[Carter passes the cat to Narim who holds it in his arms.]

CARTER Oh&hellip;it's kind of a joke really. His name, that is. Schroedinger's cat&hellip;

NARIM Oh?

CARTER Right. (Carter realizes that Narim does not understand) Uh, see, there was an Earth physicist by the name of Erwin Schroedinger. He had this theoretical experiment. Put a cat in a box, add a can of poison gas, activated by the decay of a radioactive atom, and close the box.

[Narim continues to pet the cat.]

NARIM Sounds like a cruel man.

CARTER Oh, no, no. It was just a theory. He never really did it. He said that if he did do it at any one instant, the cat would be both dead and alive at the same time.

NARIM Ah! Kulivrian physics. An atom state is indeterminate until measured by an outside observer.

CARTER We call it quantum physics. You know the theory?

NARIM Yeah, I've studied it&hellip;in among other misconceptions of elementary science.

CARTER Misconception? You telling me that you guys have licked quantum physics?

[Omoc joins Carter and Narim.]

NARIM Omoc.

CARTER Uh&hellip;I'll come back and help you with this later.

[Carter leaves.]

NARIM I did not tell her anything.

INT&mdash;STAIRS TO BRIEFING ROOM

[O'Neill and Teal'c enter the room by the stairs.]

O'NEILL We set up a meeting with Tuplo for 08:00 tomorrow.

[Carter and Daniel are sitting at the briefing room table.]

TEAL'C Colonel O'Neill was correct. Many of the worlds we have visited are eager to be of service.

[Hammond enters.]

HAMMOND People! We have a problem. The refugees seem to have escaped.

CARTER Escaped?

O'NEILL How did they get past the guards.

HAMMOND You can ask them that when you find them.

EXT&mdash;NIGHTIME

[A search dog leads the team through woodland.]

UNKNOWN VOICE They're over here.

O'NEILL Hold fire.

[The refugees are together in a group, not running. Omoc walks towards O'Neill.]

OMOC We were merely observing the stars.

O'NEILL Well, you're all going to have to come back in now.

OMOC So we are prisoners.

INT&mdash;HAMMOND'S OFFICE

[O'Neill enters.]

O'NEILL Any idea how they got past the guards, Sir?

[Carter is standing behind Hammond.]

HAMMOND None. A surveillance video in the multi-purpose room was exposed to some sort of interference, just as the escape was taking place.

O'NEILL Convenient.

CARTER Can the video be salvaged, maybe computer enhanced?

HAMMOND We're trying now. In the meantime, we should get this show on the road.

[They exit the office into the briefing room. Two aliens sitting at the table rise. Omoc, Daniel and Teal'c are also at the table.]

O'NEILL Tuplo.

[O'Neill shakes Tuplo's hand.]

TUPLO Good to see you. General Hammond, before we begin, I wish to thank you for allowing me to be the first visitor to your Earth from the Land of Light. It is indeed an honour.

[Hammond, O'Neill and Carter sit.]

TUPLO My lord Omoc, the Land of Light is a world of eternal brightness, where fertility abounds. Our farms produce rich harvests. Our rivers are blessed with fish and fowl. We would be honoured to share our land with your people.

OMOC You have no idea who or what we are.

[Hammond and Tuplo look surprised.]

TUPLO We know that you are in need, and that you are here among those who have proven themselves our friends. That is enough.

OMOC You're missing the point.

[Omoc rises.]

OMOC (to Hammond) His planet is unacceptable to us. These people are even more primitive than you.

INT&mdash;REFUGEE CENTRE

[Schroedinger is on a bed, being petted.]

CARTER Narim&hellip;can you tell me why Omoc is so&hellip;you know&hellip;

NARIM Obstinate?

CARTER Yeah&hellip;

NARIM The nearest planet in our solar system was called Sureeta. When we began to explore space, we learned she was inhabited.

CARTER Did you make contact?

NARIM Yes, when we thought they were sufficiently advanced. They were on a level very similar to yours.

CARTER So what happened?

NARIM We offered them a device&hellip;to produce unlimited productive energy. And they used it to make war.

CARTER How bad was it?

NARIM In one rotation of our planet, they had destroyed theirs.

CARTER One day?

NARIM The destruction shifted our planet's orbit point 3 tekanna, enough to begin a chain of events that&hellip;made our world unstable.

CARTER So that would explain why he's so afraid to give a society like ours any of your technology.

NARIM Yes.

CARTER Tell me, what&hellip;what were you really doing outside last night.

NARIM Omoc spoke the truth. By setting the position of your stars, we were able to calibrate the distance between Earth and the new homeworld. It is very far away, Samantha. Too far to hope for a ship in our lifetime.

CARTER Have you ever thought about staying here? On earth?

NARIM I would&hellip;gladly stay, if only to spend more time with a certain inhabitant of this planet. I speak, of course, of Schroedinger.

[Both laugh.]

INT&mdash;REFUGEE CENTRE

[The room contains the Tollan, plus Omoc and SG-1.]

OMOC Our escape was a test. You did exactly what I knew you would do. You used threat and force to solve your problem.

CARTER You didn't give us any other choice.

OMOC You could have come for us unarmed.

O'NEILL Hey! You haven't exactly behaved like someone I want to trust. I'm not going to put my team at risk.

OMOC And I will not risk my people in your care.

O'NEILL Look&hellip;Omoc. If you're so advanced, why don't you let your people decide for themselves?

CARTER Narim, this is a free country. Every year we take in thousands of refugees fleeing repression. If you request asylum, you can stay here no matter what Omoc wants.

OMOC You don't care anything about Narim's rights. You only want our technology, nothing more.

O'NEILL As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind knowing how you got the hell out of this place. Technically speaking, of course.

OMOC You don't need to know how, only that we did, and we can do it again any time we need to.

[Airwoman enters.]

AIRWOMAN Colonel, General Hammond would like to see you and your team right away, Sir.

O'NEILL Thank you.

[SG-1 exit.]

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

[Chevron Man works at a computer keyboard.]

CHEVRON MAN We've managed to augment the surveillance video from the multi-purpose room and some of the corridors&hellip;with computer enhancement. You're not going to believe this.

[A monitor shows the Tollan disappearing through the multi-purpose room walls.]

O'NEILL Wow! Cool!

DANIEL But totally impossible.

CARTER Well, only from the perspective of our limited science, apparently.

CHEVRON MAN We have similar video of them passing through an elevator door and wall, on ground level.

TEAL'C This is knowledge far beyond that of the Goa'uld.

MAYBOURNE That's exactly what the President and Joint Chiefs want to hear.

[Maybourne enters, with two other officers. Hammond and SG-1 turn to him.]

MAYBOURNE (saluting) Colonel Maybourne, Sir. NID.

[Hammond salutes.]

O'NEILL Intelligence? What happened to Kennedy?

MAYBOURNE Promoted. I took his place.

O'NEILL Promoted? Talk about failing upwards.

MAYBOURNE Colonel O'Neill. I read about your conflict with Colonel Kennedy in his report. I assure you, such an attitude will not prevail with me, in either direction.

O'NEILL I sense that.

MAYBOURNE Good.

HAMMOND Would you mind telling me exactly why you're here, Colonel.

MAYBOURNE You didn't get my advance?

INT&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM

[SG-1 are sitting at the table. Maybourne places official papers before Hammond.]

MAYBOURNE That's an order releasing the Tollans to our section. You're to be congratulated, General, the Stargate program is finally paying off. This was&hellip;quite a coup.

DANIEL Excuse me? These are people we're talking about.

O'NEILL These people do have rights, you know?

MAYBOURNE Do they? Under what nation's jurisdiction.

DANIEL How about basic human rights?

HAMMOND I can't release them to you.

MAYBOURNE I beg your pardon?

HAMMOND I don't believe the President meant to release these people until they have been through quarantine. We don't have any idea what kinds of diseases they might be carrying.

MAYBOURNE You're out of your league here, gentlemen. You're playing in my ballpark now, and I have the full authority of the President.

HAMMOND So do I, Colonel. Why don't you ask the airman outside to show you to our guest quarters?

MAYBOURNE That's OK. I'll wait.

HAMMOND That wasn't an invitation. It was an order, Colonel.

[Maybourne and the two officers exit.]

O'NEILL General? Didn't Doctor Frasier give the Tollans a&hellip;clean bill of health?

[Hammond smiles.]

HAMMOND Just don't let her tell Maybourne that. At most, I've bought us a day, people. Find me some alternatives.

O'NEILL You're a good man, General.

INT&mdash;REFUGEE CENTRE

[Narim places Schroedinger on a bed.]

NARIM Then it doesn't matter how I ask for asylum?

CARTER Maybourne would love that. But you'd be working for him, on his terms.

NARIM Then Omoc is correct. Your people will use our knowledge for war.

CARTER It's not us. We are dealing with another part of our government, one that specialises in chronic paranoia.

NARIM Like Sureeta. It's going to happen again.

CARTER It doesn't have to&hellip;that's why I am here. Narim, I am hoping that you can convince Omoc to consider one of the other planets we've presented.

NARIM Look, it's no use. He's right. If they are all as primitive or more primitive than you are, Sureeta could happen on any of them.

CARTER I wish you would stop calling us primitive.

NARIM I'm sorry. I only meant technologically. You are anything but primitive, Samantha. What your mind doesn't know, your heart fills in.

CARTER I don't know what that means, exactly, but it's beautiful.

NARIM Which is exactly what it means.

INT&mdash;VIEW OF HAMMOND'S OFFICE FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM

[Hammond is speaking on a red phone. View moves to Maybourne in the briefing room.]

DANIEL Just what exactly do you hope to get from these people?

MAYBOURNE Well, for one, superior weapons.

O'NEILL They won't cooperate, you know.

MAYBOURNE I assure you, Colonel, they will.

[Hammond enters from his office. Carter and O'Neill stand.]

HAMMOND I just hung up from talking to the President. I guess Mr Maybourne has been talking to him recently.

MAYBOURNE I did tell you I had his ear, General.

HAMMOND Colonel Maybourne has full authorisation to relocate the Tollans immediately.

O'NEILL Of course he does.

[Daniel rises from the table in disgust.]

TEAL'C To where will you take them?

MAYBOURNE To a secure community here in the Rockies.

[Daniel turns to Maybourne, clearly not happy with the situation.]

O'NEILL Nice little community with high walls, guards, maybe a little barbed wire.

MAYBOURNE They're a valuable asset. They need to be protected.

DANIEL Nice&hellip;forced intellectual labour.

CARTER And life imprisonment.

MAYBOURNE These aliens will live a better life than most Americans. They'll have a great view, the best food, every convenience, everything they need.

O'NEILL Everything *except* a life.

DANIEL You know&hellip;the Pentagon, intelligence, that I can understand, but the President? I voted for him!

MAYBOURNE Colonel, have the Tollans ready for transport at 0600 tomorrow.

[Maybourne and his officers exit.]

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

[Hammond exits to the outside and walks toward SG-1.]

HAMMOND OK, Colonel, want to tell me why I'm here?

O'NEILL Because Maybourne isn't, Sir.

CARTER Sir, we wanted to talk to you about what we could do to keep Maybourne from taking the Tollan.

TEAL'C General, we must ensure the Tollans escape.

HAMMOND I can't let you do that. We'd all be court martialled.

O'NEILL General, I'm about a hair away from not caring. However, Daniel&hellip;

DANIEL I can't be court martialled, Sir

INT&mdash;REFUGEE CENTRE

OMOC (to Daniel) The one you call Maybourne was here questioning my people, wanting us to take some sort of tests. And you expect me to trust you?

DANIEL Please. Maybourne is from another division of government. My group is trying to protect you from him.

OMOC Well, you're not doing a very good job.

DANIEL No, apparently not.

OMOC Do you have a new place for us to go?

DANIEL Well&hellip;no.

OMOC Then we have nothing else to say.

DANIEL Well, OK&hellip;I do know of a perfect place you could go, I just don't know how to get you there.

NARIM Well, then, why do you speak of it.

DANIEL Well, I was kind of hoping that maybe you'd have the technology to get there.

OMOC This is another trick to gain access to our technology.

DANIEL No, no it isn't. Listen, there was a planet we went to where people were as advanced as you, maybe even more advanced. They were called the Nox.

OMOC If you went there, why can't we?

DANIEL Well&hellip;because&hellip;they felt about us kind of like you do. They&hellip;called us very young, which I suppose is a hair more polite than calling us primitive, but, same idea. Anyway, they sealed their Stargate, and I don't know how to communicate with them to get it open.

OMOC Do you know where this planet is?

DANIEL Yes, I have the coordinates right here.

[Daniel takes a notebook from his pocket.]

OMOC Then we must go back to the mountaintop.

DANIEL Really? Uh&hellip;I can't&hellip;I can't&hellip;I can't get you out of here.

OMOC That's not a problem.

DANIEL Right. Oh, but I have to go with you.

[Omoc looks around at the other Tollan. While Omoc is thinking, Narim and Daniel appear concerned.]

OMOC Give me your hand.

[Omoc raises his hand towards Daniel. Narim turns in surprise.]

DANIEL What?

OMOC Do you wish to come or not?

[Daniel grips Omoc's hand. Omoc touches a device on his arm, which lights up. As he touches it, a shivering sound is heard and Omoc walks through a wall, pulling Daniel with him.]

EXT&mdash;NIGHTTIME

[Omoc and Daniel are walking in the woods. Omoc stops to look up at the star-filled sky.]

OMOC The coordinates.

[Daniel takes the notebook out of his pocket and leafs through it. He hands the notebook to Omoc. After studying the coordinates, Omoc removes a device from his upper sleeve and places it on the ground. Daniel sits on the ground as Omoc switches on the device. A beam of light shoots upwards.]

DANIEL Listen, I'm no astronomer, but won't that take thousands of years to reach the Nox world?

OMOC Why would it?

DANIEL Well, that's just a laser, right? I mean&hellip;light takes a long time to travel that far.

[Omoc looks to the sky, then picks up a branch.]

OMOC The distance between these two points&hellip; Omoc looks to both ends of the branch&hellip; seems far. Until you do this.

[Omoc bends the branch to join the two ends together.]

DANIEL OK&hellip;OK, I remember this from college physics. One of our scientists, Einstein, explained this the same way. You are talking about actually folding space.

OMOC No. You wouldn't understand.

DANIEL No, I guess not. I just hope the Nox do.

[Omoc and Daniel look to the stars.]

INT&mdash;LAB

[Carter is sitting at a terminal, entering data.]

NARIM'S VOICE Samantha.

[Carter turns, puzzled.]

CARTER Narim?

[Narim appears through a wall.]

NARIM Hello.

[Carter appears amazed.]

CARTER Oh my God, how did you do that?

NARIM Very carefully.

[Both laugh.]

NARIM I have come to say goodbye. We'll be leaving soon.

CARTER So you think Daniel's plan will work?

NARIM Either way, I will be leaving. However, I will go reluctantly.

CARTER Why?

NARIM Because, as of tonight, we will never meet again.

[Carter smiles.]

CARTER Oh, come on, you'll forget about me in a heartbeat.

NARIM I thought you felt that way.

[Narim removes a device from his sleeve.]

NARIM That is why I brought you this.

CARTER What is it?

[Narim has handed the device to Carter.]

NARIM You have audio and visual recording devices, yes?

CARTER Yeah.

NARIM This one records emotions. My feelings for you. I have worn it each time we were together.

[Carter looks at the device.]

CARTER How does it work?

NARIM Touch the red triangle&hellip;

[Carter touches the triangle, making the device light up.]

NARIM (cont'd) &hellip;and close your eyes.

[Carter closes her eyes. A puzzled look, followed by a smile crosses her face. She appears touched by what she is feeling. She switches off the device, and looks at Narim.]

CARTER Uh&hellip;I don't know what to say.

NARIM (emotional) We have a custom&hellip;

[Narim steps nearer to Carter.]

NARIM (cont'd) &hellip;that expresses more than words.

[They lean towards each other and kiss.]

CARTER We have that custom too.

[They kiss again. Daniel runs into the room and stops as he sees Narim and Carter. They stop kissing and turn to Daniel.]

DANIEL Oops! Uuhhh&hellip;sorry. I got to do some stuff in here.

DANIEL (to Carter) Actually, I need your help.

[Daniel turns away.]

CARTER (to Narim) You should probably get going. Don't forget Schroedinger.

[Narim smiles and gently touches Carter's cheek and chin as she closes her eyes.]

NARIM Thank you.

[Narim walks away. Carter joins Daniel, who is sitting at one of the monitors.]

INT&mdash;HAMMOND'S OFFICE

MAYBOURNE Now, I'll need at least one unit of escorts in the rear transport&hellip;

[There is a knock at the door.]

HAMMOND Come.

[An airwoman enters.]

AIRWOMAN General Hammond. Sir. The refugees&hellip;they've disappeared.

MAYBOURNE What do you mean, disappeared?

AIRWOMAN I mean&hellip;like Poof! Sir. They went through the walls.

MAYBOURNE I told you to keep guards inside the room to prevent that from happening again.

AIRWOMAN We were inside the room, Sir. I stood in their path myself.

MAYBOURNE And?

AIRWOMAN They went right&hellip;through me, Sir.

[An alarm sounds.]

UNKNOWN VOICE (over the intercom) Attention, all personnel. Off world activation. Unknown source.

[Hammond, Maybourne and the Airwoman exit.]

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

[Hammond and Maybourne enter.]

HAMMOND What the hell's going on?

[Carter and the Chevron Guy are sitting at monitors. O'Neill is standing alongside them.]

CHEVRON GUY The mainframe's having a nervous breakdown. Now the iris is failing.

HAMMOND Why is the blast door down? Get it up.

[The blast door rises, showing Daniel, Teal'c and the Tollan in the Stargate room.]

MAYBOURNE What are they doing. How did they get here?

CHEVRON GUY Gate's dialling. Chevron six engaged.

MAYBOURNE (into a microphone) Doctor Jackson, this is Colonel Maybourne. What you're doing is a court martiallable offence.

[Daniel places his hand to his ear, as though straining to hear Maybourne.]

O'NEILL He's not in the military, Colonel, and I think it'll be kind of tough to find a civilian law to cover this.

MAYBOURNE (into the microphone) I'll have you removed from this program for ever if you do this.

CHEVRON GUY Chevron seven is locked.

[The Stargate kawooshes.]

MAYBOURNE Wherever you send them, we'll hunt them down.

CARTER We're not sending them anywhere, Sir. The Gate was activated off world. Someone is sending for them.

MAYBOURNE Who?

INT&mdash;STARGATE ROOM

[Daniel, the Tollan and the SFs are looking at the Stargate. Lya walks through. She stands at the head of the ramp and smiles. The Stargate closes.]

LYA Hello.

[Daniel makes his way up the ramp.]

DANIEL Hello, Lya.

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

MAYBOURNE All personnel in the Gate room. This is Colonel Maybourne. I have a Presidential order to take the aliens with me. Do not let them pass. Use force if necessary.

INT&mdash;STARGATE ROOM

[The SFs step forward, weapons raised.]

LYA (to Daniel) Your race has learned nothing. But you have. The Tollans are most welcome to join the Nox. Please come.

[Omoc steps onto the ramp and up to Daniel.]

OMOC Narim was right about you. Perhaps in time we'll meet again.

[The Tollan step onto the ramp. Narim, with Scroedinger in his arms, turns to look at Carter.]

MAYBOURNE Stop! Take one more step and I'll be forced to have them open fire.

[Lya shakes her head, closes her eyes and raises her arms. The Stargate opens.]

LYA Come.

[The Tollan disappear.]

MAYBOURNE Fire! Fire!

[The weapons held by the SFs disappear. Lya backs into the Stargate and leaves.]

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

O'NEILL God, I love those people.

INT&mdash;STARGATE ROOM

[Teal'c joins Daniel on the ramp. The Stargate closes.]

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM

[Maybourne glares at Hammond/O'Neill and leaves. Hammond, O'Neill and Carter exit.]

INT&mdash;STARGATE ROOM

[Hammond, O'Neill and Carter enter. O'Neill and Carter join Daniel and Teal'c on the ramp.]

DANIEL You did good, Daniel.

TEAL'C What of Maybourne?

CARTER Oohh, he's not a happy camper.

HAMMOND There'll be hell to pay when he gets back to Washington.

[O'Neill moves to stand next to Daniel.]

O'NEILL (to Daniel) What?

DANIEL Oh, just thinking what the little guy with funny hair once told us.

O'NEILL The very young do not always do as they're told.

[Daniel turns to O'Neill and smiles.]

DANIEL Yeah.

[The four members of SG-1 stand in a line, looking at the Stargate.]

ROLL CREDITS

Transcript by Helen for Solutions, 25 Nov 02

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