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 * 5.09 "Between Two Fires" Episode Guide

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TEASER

VOICEOVER Previously on Stargate SG-1&hellip;

FLASHBACK FROM PRETENSE

[SG-1 walk through the Gate with Narim.]

INT&mdash;SGC

FLASHBACK FROM ENIGMA

OMOC I am Omoc. Our world is called Tollan. I find it unbelievable that anyone so primitive could have deciphered the Gate system.

O'NEILL Did you say primitive?

FLASHBACK FROM SHADES OF GREY

INT&mdash;TOLLANA COUNCIL CHAMBER

TRAVELL You are, after all, the people who saved us from the Goa'uld.

DANIEL Well, in that spirit, we'd like to arrange for a trade.

TRAVELL What would you like to trade?

DANIEL Technology.

TRAVELL (voice over following scene) You know that is the one thing we can not give you.

FLASHBACK FROM PRETENSE

INT&mdash;SCG GATE ROOM

[Narim walks through the closed iris.]

EXT&mdash;TOLLANA, DAY

O'NEILL Cover!

[Death gliders are swooping overhead as people run for cover. An ion cannon shoots at the gliders and the Goa'uld mothership.]

FLASHBACK FROM ENIGMA

OMOC (to Daniel) Narim was right about you. Perhaps, in time, we'll meet again.

END FLASHBACKS

EXT&mdash;TOLLANA, DAY

NARIM Though we should not mourn the passing of our friend Omoc, as much as we should celebrate his existence. He helped us through one of the greatest challenges in our people's recent history. His efforts contributed to the rebirth of our great nation as it stands today. He'll always be remembered.

[Travell walks to a podium. As she passes her hand over it, a flame ignites.]

CARTER (to Narim) Very nice.

O'NEILL Very intimate.

NARIM Counselor Omar was well aware that he had very few true friends. He was not concerned with trivial relationships. In his testament, he asked that his memorial be attended only by those whom he respected.

DANIEL Uh, no offence, but what are we doing here?

NARIM He may not have shown you much warmth or affection, but I can tell you, Omoc had a great deal of reverence for all of you.

TRAVELLE As do we all. Colonel O'Neill, please know that we have not dismissed what you have done over the past few years for the Tollan people.

O'NEILL Don't mention it. We appreciate everything you've done for us&mdash;too.

TRAVELL If you are referring to our policy of not sharing our technology, I think renewing such a discussion would be better suited for another time and place.

O'NEILL Really?

TRAVELL The Tollan Curia has recessed for a day of mourning out of respect for Omoc. Would you consider returning tomorrow to meet with me?

O'NEILL Sure.

TRAVELL Thank you all for coming today. I look forward to seeing you again soon, Colonel. Narim, will you show our guests to the Stargate?

[SG-1 follow Narim, as Travell walks away towards a group of men. They nod, then leave.]

O'NEILL (to Narim) Any idea what she was talking about back there?

NARIM I was as surprised as you by her invitation.

TEAL'C The Chancellor seems to suggest the Tollan Curia may now be willing to share its technology.

NARIM I would seriously doubt that. She merely said they would be willing to discuss it with you.

DANIEL You think she'd invite us back here if things were status quo?

NARIM I am not on the Curia. I really have no idea what she wishes to see you about.

[The Gate opens.]

NARIM Have a safe trip home.

[Carter waits behind a little as the men move toward the Stargate.]

NARIM Samantha? (he takes her hand) I hope I will have a chance to see you upon your return.

[Carter looks down at their hands, before looking up at Narim. He shakes his head slightly. She releases his hand, closing her fingers over the device that he has passed to her. Carter walks through the Gate and down the ramp, removing her hat.]

CARTER Sir? (o'Neill turns towards her.) Narim just handed me this.

[Carter opens her hand. A hologram of Narim comes from the device.]

NARIM Samantha, I'm sorry I was unable to tell you this in person. I do not know who I can trust. Before his death, Omoc gave me a warning, and I believe it to be true. Earth is in grave danger.

END OF TEASER&mdash;OPENING CREDITS

SGC&mdash;BRIEFING ROOM

HAMMOND Narim gave you no other indication that something might be wrong?

CARTER No, Sir. Everything was fine.

O'NEILL For a funeral.

DANIEL You have to admit, it was strange there were so few people there.

O'NEILL Hey, you knew him&mdash;what's strange?

CARTER Whatever he meant, I'd be willing to bet that Omoc's warning has something to do with what Travell wants to meet with us about.

HAMMOND Agreed. Let's see what they have to say.

EXTEXT&mdash;TOLLANAmdash;TOLLANA, DAY

INT&mdash;TRAVELL'S OFFICE

O'NEILL Cozy.

[Travell enters.]

TRAVELL Colonel O'Neill, Doctor Jackson&mdash;thank you so much for returning.

O'NEILL Well, thanks for having us.

TRAVELL Are Major Carter and Teal'c not with you?

DANIEL They wanted to spend some time catching up with Narim.

TRAVELL Of course. Shall we get down to business. The Curia met this morning as I indicated, and the topic was our policy of sharing technology with Earth. In an odd way, Colonel O'Neill, the unfortunate death of Omoc has proven to be advantageous for you.

O'NEILL Well, then I guess I'm both sad, and happy.

TRAVELLE You've often expressed a strong interest in obtaining some of our technology.

O'NEILL You could say.

TRAVELL In the past, the prevailing beliefs of the Curia have made any such arrangements impossible.

DANIEL I'm sorry. What does this have to do with Omoc's death?

TRAVELL Some members of the Curia have been slowly changing their point of view about our isolationist ways. Recently, the balance of the votes on these issues have been split. Omoc strongly supported the old ways.

DANIEL So with his passing, those in favour now control the vote?

TRAVELL We would like to propose an exchange.

O'NEILL Ah, the sound of the other shoe&hellip;

TRAVELL Please, Colonel. Have you ever known any political body to act solely without concern for its own needs?

O'NEILL What do you want?

TRAVELL We originally chose this planet for our new home because of its natural supply of Trinium. However, our nation has grown much quicker than anyone anticipated. And the resources are becoming depleted.

DANIEL Always a good reason to reassess your isolationist ways.

TRAVELLE As I said, Doctor Jackson, politics have common threads where ever you go.

O'NEILL Okay, so you need Trinium. Why not go get some?

[Travell walks away from them.]

O'NEILL (to Daniel) What'd I say?

DANIEL I don't know.

[Travell gets up on the podium and lowers the lights.]

TRAVELL I have temporarily deactivated security in this room. Normally, everything is recorded, and I wish to speak confidentially without repercussions.

O'NEILL Off the record?

TRAVELL Yes. The truth is, Colonel, those Councillors that oppose this arrangement still have strong voices among our people.

O'NEILL So, the whole Trinium thing is just an excuse to save face publicly?

TRAVELLE We do need it. But as you suggested, we can get it elsewhere if necessary.

DANIEL How much do you need?

TRAVELL Would you repeat that?

[The lights come back on.]

DANIEL (louder) How much do you need?

TRAVELL Our scientists will work out the specifics, but given that you now have an offworld Trinium mine, I am sure it's within your capabilities.

O'NEILL Okay, uh&mdash;in exchange, we get&hellip;?

TRAVELL A Tollan ion cannon.

O'NEILL One of those big, honking, space guns that shoots Goa'uld ships out of the sky?

TRAVELL Yes.

O'NEILL Cool.

EXTEXT&mdash;TOLLANAmdash;TOLLANA, DAY

[Carter and Teal'c are sitting on a bench looking at the water.]

TEAL'C I have observed that Narim appears to have strong personal feelings for you.

CARTER I know. It's just that&hellip;

NARIM (joining Carter and Teal'c) Forgive me, Samantha, Teal'c. My duties did not allow me to get away before now.

CARTER It's okay. You all right?

NARIM Yes, I'm fine.

CARTER You look concerned.

NARIM (motions for them to walk) I apologise for having to send that message the way I did. There were so many extra security forces around yesterday, I really didn't know who I could trust&mdash;except you, of course.

CARTER It's okay. Thank you.

TEAL'C Did Omoc not say any more about the danger to the Tau'ri?

NARIM All I know is what it said in the message. Omoc seemed to be under great strain recently.

CARTER Which may explain why he had the heart attack.

[O'Neill and Daniel come down the steps to join the others.]

NARIM Colonel O'Neill, Doctor Jackson.

CARTER What did Chancellor Travell say?

O'NEILL She offered us an ion cannon.

NARIM I don't believe it!

O'NEILL Neither did we.

DANIEL In exchange for some Trinium.

NARIM That's impossible! The Curia would never agree to that.

DANIEL Well, apparently, Omoc was the swing vote.

NARIM But it goes against everything we've stood for!

CARTER Do you think this is what Omoc was so worried about?

NARIM Of course, it must have been. As you know, another world once destroyed themselves because we shared our technology with them. That's why we have so strongly resisted sharing what we know with more primitive societies.

O'NEILL You know, we prefer "less advanced" if you don't mind.

NARIM My apologies. You know what I meant. If used the wrong way, this ion cannon could lead you to disaster.

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[A picture of an ion cannon is projected onto the screen.]

CARTER The ion beam technology is very advanced. Unfortunately, it's so advanced that backward engineering one of these things for mass production is well beyond us. And that poses a bigger problem.

HAMMOND How so?

CARTER Well, Sir. Even strategically placed in, say, Washington DC, one ion cannon provides very little range of defence coverage for a planet the size of Earth. Even if we could mobilise it, a fleet of Goa'uld mother ship could still easily strike at will.

DANIEL Not to mention the fact that the Russians might take issue with our having control of a single ion cannon.

HAMMOND Our current relationship with them in these matters is tenuous at best.

CARTER So, at this point, one ion cannon is likely to cause more harm than good.

HAMMOND How many do we need to set up a proper protective net around the entire planet?

CARTER Thirty-eight. Minimum.

O'NEILL DANIEL (together) Thirty-eight?

CARTER To provide total global coverage? Yes, Sir. And that's not including back-ups.

O'NEILL Couldn't hurt to ask, Sir.

CARTER Sir, I feel obligated at this point to mention the fact that Narim is opposed to this exchange and thinks that Omoc's warning is directly related.

HAMMOND You believe the Tollan Council has ulterior motives that do not represent our best interests?

O'NEILL Something's going on&mdash;I just don't know what.

HAMMOND I'm ordering you to proceed with the negotiations.

O'NEILL (getting up) Okay.

HAMMOND Colonel, under the circumstances&hellip;

O'NEILL If you are going to recommend that I continue to be suspicious and skeptical&hellip;

HAMMOND I wouldn't waste my time.

O'NEILL Good thinking, Sir.

HAMMOND Just remember this deal could change the course of our history.

O'NEILL So&mdash;don't blow it?

HAMMOND What you're sensing as trouble could be simple internal political wrangling.

O'NEILL I understand that.

HAMMOND Or we could be walking into a minefield.

O'NEILL Thank you, Sir. These little chats of ours always bring me great joy and serve to ease my mind.

EXTEXT&mdash;TOLLANAmdash;TOLLANA, DAY

[Narim is walking, looking worried.]

NARIM (to SG-1) Greetings. (to men escorting the team) Chancellor Travell has asked that I personally escort them the rest of the way.

O'NEILL Is that true?

NARIM No. I heard you had arrived back on Tollana to meet with Chancellor Travell again.

O'NEILL Yeah. Uh&mdash;we're going to ask for a whole whack of space guns.

NARIM This is much worse than I thought.

CARTER Narim, we understand why you're concerned, but those ion cannons could save Earth one day.

DANIEL You're just going to have to trust our people won't blow each other up with them.

O'NEILL And if we do, we won't blame you, promise.

NARIM You don't understand. Every Tollan has a small implant that monitors their health.

Narim puts a device on his wrist. It bleeps.]

NARIM See? This is my current health data.

CARTER I'm assuming you're okay?

NARIM Yes, perfect health. However, I am overseer of Omoc's personal property including this device which contains his health records. After our last conversation, I decided to do some checking. As you know, Omoc died of a heart attack.

O'NEILL Narim&mdash;where are you going with this?

NARIM Despite the fact that&hellip; (he pauses as some Tollan walk past.) Despite the fact that Omoc looked as if he was under great stress, he, too, was in perfect health.

CARTER Well, people sometimes die of heart attacks without warning.

NARIM Our implants are linked to a central system. If anything goes wrong, health officers are dispatched immediately. Now, normally, maximum response time is under five minutes. The night of Omoc's death, it took them over ten minutes.

CARTER What are you saying?

NARIM That just doesn't happen. The system is flawless.

O'NEILL No. What are you saying?

NARIM Well, I believe&hellip; (pauses, looks around.) I believe Omoc may have been murdered.

INT&mdash;A MEETING ROOM ON TOLLANA

DANIEL (to Travell, who is looking at a block of trinium) Mind if I ask what you need Trinium for?

TRAVELL Trinum is combined with a number of elements to create a compound that is used in various Tollan technologies.

O'NEILL Do you people practise being vague?

TRAVELL I will have this sample analysed for purity. Then I will be able to give you the amounts we require for our exchange.

O'NEILL Yeah&mdash;about that.

TRAVELL Have you reconsidered?

O'NEILL No&mdash;No, no. We just don't feel one cannon is going to work.

DANIEL You see, one just doesn't go so far in protecting the entire planet.

TRAVELL Yes, that was discussed by the Curia.

O'NEILL Well, we've come up with a solution you may not have considered.

TRAVELL Yes?

O'NEILL Give us more than&hellip;

O'NEILL DANIEL (together) One.

TRAVELL How many would you require?

DANIEL (hesitently) Mmmmm&mdash;thirty&hellip;

O'NEILL &hellip;eight.

DANIEL Thirty-eight. Total.

TRAVELL I see. Well, I understand your dilemma. Please, give me some time to present your request to the Curia.

O'NEILL That went&mdash;well.

INT&mdash;NARIM'S HOUSE

CARTER'S VOICE Greeting, Narim. Welcome home. Atmospheric control is active. Shall I prepare a mid day meal for you and your guests?

NARIM No, thank you.

CARTER Narim?

NARIM Yes, Samantha?

CARTER Is that my voice?

NARIM I'm sorry. I was hoping you wouldn't notice.

TEAL'C Colonel O'Neill asked us to find proof of Omoc's murder. Should we not begin?

NARIM I really do not know where to start. The fact is there hasn't been a murder among the Tollan for as long as I can remember.

TEAL'C Is crime so uncommon here?

NARIM There are occasional crimes of indiscretion which are duly punished, but nothing even approaching the severity of murder. Our security systems prevent it, which is why I was so reluctant to even suggest it.

CARTER This doesn't make any sense. Sure, the Curia disagreed with Omoc over whether or not to give us your weapons, but do you really think they would kill him over it?

NARIM I don't know what to believe anymore, Samantha. (to Teal'c.) The records of all Curia meetings are public. We can read through them right here.

[Narim walks to a computer device in the wall.]

TEAL'C There appears to be much information.

NARIM Yes. But as Samantha suggested maybe there is something in all this that will indicate the seriousness of the conflict between Omoc and the other members.

CARTER Can you translate it for us?

EXTEXT&mdash;TOLLANAmdash;TOLLANA, DAY

[O'Neill and Daniel are sitting leaning against a wall.]

DANIEL You think Narim's right about Omoc?

O'NEILL I think this thing smells worse and worse by the minute.

DANIEL Are you still willing to proceed?

O'NEILL Well, I think it's the only way we're going to find out what's really going on.

DANIEL The question is, how far do we go?

O'NEILL Well, all we know is that these people might be willing to part with some very powerful weapons. I have No problem with that.

DANIEL Oh&mdash;no surprise there.

O'NEILL At worse, some people disagree on some philosophical level that I don't even care to understand.

DANIEL Actually, worst, they killed someone to make sure this would happen.

O'NEILL Now, see? That makes no sense to me.

DANIEL Exactly. So, we push on blindly, then.

O'NEILL Blindly, yes. But we still have our slightly heightened sense of smell.

[O'Neill looks up to see a Tollan guard.]

GUARD Chancellor Travell is ready for you now.

INT&mdash;NARIM'S HOUSE

[Teal'c is using the computer. Narim and Carter are sitting on the couch looking at another computer.]

NARIM Shall we take a break?

CARTER Isn't there some way to narrow this down? Search the records for specific topics?

CARTER'S VOICE Please indicate the topic of interest.

CARTER Okay, how do we shut that off?

NARIM Voice system off. What do you want to search for?

CARTER Let's start with ion cannons.

NARIM Okay, search topic ion cannons timeframe six months.

[O'Neill is seen on the computer screen, which is relaying the front door security camera.]

O'NEILL Hello?

[Narim rises and walks toward the door.]

O'NEILL You sure this is the right spot?

DANIEL The directions he gave said here.

O'NEILL How do know this is Narim's house? They all look the same here.

[Narim opens the door.]

DANIEL Cause that's Narim.

O'NEILL (to Daniel) You're good.

NARIM Come in.

O'NEILL (to Teal'c) Whatcha reading' there fella?

TEAL'C Tollan Curia records.

O'NEILL Don't wreck it for me.

CARTER What did Travell say?

O'NEILL We got the guns.

NARIM That cannot be true.

CARTER All of them?

DANIEL Over time as we deliver the Trinium.

CARTER Wow!

O'NEILL What do you guys got?

CARTER Uh, well, so far, not much.

TEAL'C Narim, Colonel O'Neill. This says that two months ago, there was an unscheduled test of Tollan ion cannons. And that Omoc filed an official protest.

NARIM Yes. I remember it well. We were supposed to have an evening meal together. Omoc was late. He was very angry when he arrived. He spent the entire time ranting about the unfairness of random testing on the Tollan people.

DANIEL I don't understand. Why is this important?

CARTER Well, we're looking for indications of Omoc's difference of opinion with the Curia.

NARIM This can't be!

O'NEILL What?

NARIM According to this record, the Curia meeting adjourned in the late afternoon. Omoc came here straight from the meeting, I'm sure it was well into the evening.

CARTER So?

NARIM It means there are at least two hours of notations missing from these records.

O'NEILL A slight omission?

NARIM That's not possible.

CARTER Narim, if the Curia can commit murder, they can certainly erase a couple of hours from the public record.

NARIM You don't understand our laws. For the highest members of our government to deceive the people&mdash;as strange as it may sound, it's an even more heinous crime than murder, it's, it's unthinkable. At the time, I thought it was strange that Omoc would be so upset over an ion cannon test.

O'NEILL So, there's slightly more to it than that, eh?

DANIEL If the Curia wanted to cover up details of this incident, why leave Omoc's protests on record?

NARIM Because an official protest of Tollan policy is filed with every level of every branch of the government. It would be impossible to erase it without a conspiracy of massive proportions reaching far outside the Curia.

CARTER So, whatever happened in the time missing from these records, it could be why Omoc was killed.

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

HAMMOND As far as what you told me, there seems to be an evil conspiracy among the Tollan Curia, whose apparent goal is to give us everything we ever wanted. That makes no sense.

O'NEILL I said that.

TEAL'C Unless the Tollan can not procure Trinium on their own as easily as they claim.

DANIEL Travell did go to great lengths to convince us it was just a face-saving exercise to appease the nay-sayers.

HAMMOND Do we have any idea what the Tollans are going to do with the Trinium?

O'NEILL Lots and lots of very interesting and unspecific things.

CARTER Sir, we could try tagging the first shipment, see where it goes.

HAMMOND How?

CARTER Well, we introduce a barely detectable radioactive isotope. If the Tollans catch it and enquire, we say it's a by-product of the purification process, and we've been unable to eliminate it entirely.

HAMMOND Do it.

INT&mdash;NARIM'S HOUSE

[Carter is looking at a monitor.]

NARIM And Travell doesn't suspect you?

O'NEILL If she does, she's not letting on.

DANIEL We're the primitive, inferior race, why would she suspect us?

CARTER The Trinium's still moving. Right now it's two clicks south-southwest of here.

NARIM Do you realise what you have done by involving me in this? Just knowing what you've done&hellip;

O'NEILL Hey! You involved yourself in this when you sent us that warning.

NARIM Warning you that your world is in danger is not the same as committing treason against my own government.

DANIEL If your leaders are involved in something untoward and they committed murder to cover it up, what you're doing is not treason.

NARIM What I am doing is nothing.

O'NEILL Then help us.

NARIM How?

CARTER Tell us how to get into Travell's office and access her computer.

NARIM What?

DANIEL If there is a conspiracy, she's in on it.

TEAL'C It was in fact Travell that offered us the ion cannons.

NARIM It's impossible! There's no way.

O'NEILL Narim, will you get your head out of your ass? You started this!

DANIEL Your government is deceiving its people. You said yourself, that's the most heinous crime you can think of.

NARIM I should have reported this to the security office long ago.

CARTER But you can't because the Curia ultimately have more power.

TEAL'C As a citizen, is it not your duty to investigate such a crime?

NARIM The security systems prevent&hellip;

DANIEL Travell was able to turn them off in her office.

NARIM Why would she do that?

O'NEILL So she could talk to us off the record.

NARIM That is a severe violation of the governmental conduct code.

O'NEILL Gee, what a shock!

NARIM There is one chance. Only the highest ranking members of the Curia would have access codes to the security system in the building where Travell's office is located. Omoc was among them.

CARTER And you have his personal effects?

NARIM His code would be in the data device if it is not deactivated.

O'NEILL Okay. Daniel, Carter. go with Narim. Check out Travell's office. See what you come up with. Teal'c and I'll track the Trinium. (to Narim) Um, that's the thing that lets you go through walls, right?

NARIM Yes.

O'NEILL Got a couple extra layin' around?

NARIM That would be a violation of&hellip;

O'NEILL Good! How about weapons?

NARIM Colonel O'Neill&hellip;

O'NEILL Just in case.

NARIM You know our security sensors disable&hellip;

TEAL'C The weapons carried by your security forces remain unaffected.

INT&mdash;A HALLWAY OUTSIDE TRAVELL'S OFFICE

NARIM If this doesn't work, security will be here in seconds.

[Narim enters a code into a wall device. The door opens and they enter.]

DANIEL Way to go, Omoc!

NARIM (at console) Here. This is a private communication sent to our chief of science and technology just after the meeting.

CARTER There was no random ion cannon test.

NARIM It says a Goa'uld ship entered orbit, and that the ion cannons fired in defense.

DANIEL "Ineffectively?"

NARIM I don't see how that could be! Our ion cannons have always been successful against Goa'uld mother ships.

CARTER Maybe this Goa'uld has developed shields that defend against them.

NARIM That would be catastrophic. We have no other weapons capable of defending&hellip;

CARTER Wait a second&mdash;this makes no sense. It says, "Despite resisting your attack, the ship left peacefully."

DANIEL Yeah, right.

CARTER Why would a Goa'uld mother ship impervious to your ion cannons just leave?

NARIM There must be more.

[He checks the records.]

NARIM No other records of communications mentions a Goa'uld ship.

DANIEL It must have been discussed off the record after that.

CARTER Well, we know the ion cannons are useless if they won't defend against Goa'uld mother ships anymore.

DANIEL Which explains why Travell was willing to give us as many as we wanted.

CARTER Let's see if we can find out what the Trinium's being used for.

INT&mdash;A TOLLAN BUILDING

[O'Neill and Teal'c enter the building and walk down a corridor. They stop at a door.]

O'NEILL Hey, looks like our Trinium is in here.

TEAL'C (he holds up his arm) Narim said for the device to work on both of us, we must hold hands, O'Neill.

O'NEILL (after a nervous pause.) I know.

[O'Neill takes Teal'c'shand. They interlock their fingers and walk through the wall together. O'Neill pulls his hand away. They walk over to some sort of weapon.]

TEAL'C This is unlike any Tollan device I have previously seen.

O'NEILL Well, whatever it is, they seem to think they're going to need a lot of them.

INT&mdash;TRAVELL'S OFFICE

[Narim is looking at a screen which is showing an explosion.]

CARTER Whoa!

NARIM It's a weapon of mass destruction.

[On the screen, a weapon is seen spinning round.]

DANIEL Okay, where does the Trinium come in?

NARIM Trinium is required to house any device that generates our phase shift technology.

DANIEL Are you saying this bomb is being made so it can go through anything?

NARIM Theoretically, yes. Of course, that must be it. This weapon is intended to replace the ion cannon in defence of our planet.

CARTER Sorry, Narim. That just doesn't add up. A Goa'uld would never drop by just so you could check out his new shield technology and then go away to give your people time to build a weapon to penetrate it.

NARIM What else could have possibly happened?

[Travell enters, accompanied by a number of security officers.]

TRAVELL Please, lower your weapons. The building is full of security.

[The guards disarm Carter and Daniel.]

TRAVELL What do you think you're doing, Narim?

NARIM What do you think you are doing, Chancellor?

[Travell looks past Narim to Tanith.]

TANITH She is doing what she must to preserve your world.

INT&mdash;NARIM'S HOUSE

[O'Neill enters, to be met by security guards holding weapons.]

O'NEILL Hello, fellas.

[One of the guards is shot by a laser beam, while O'Neill shoots the other.]

O'NEILL This is not a good sign.

INT&mdash;TRAVELL'S OFFICE

NARIM You are in league with a Goa'uld!

CARTER His name is Tanith.

DANIEL Yeah, aren't you supposed to be dead?

TANITH If you must know&hellip;

DANIEL I must.

TANITH I had left Apophis's ship in an escape pod long before the sun exploded. (to Carter) Thank you, by the way. In destroying his fleet, you did me a great favour.

CARTER It was nothing.

TANITH How lovely it is to see you both here. I assume Teal'c must be around here somewhere.

TRAVELL The others are being apprehended as we speak.

TANITH I am so looking forward to seeing him and Colonel O'Neill again.

NARIM (to Travell) How could you do this?

TRAVELL I have done nothing alone, Narim. The Curia is acting in the interest of Tollana.

NARIM You murdered Omoc!

TRAVELL Had we not done what we did, there would be no Tollana to speak of.

TANITH And there won't be if you do not fullfil your promise, Chancellor.

TRAVELL Rest assured, we will deliver as promised.

NARIM You and the Curia are not in power to make such deals on behalf of the Tollan people. We would rather fight and die than trade our technology to the Goa'uld.

TRAVELL I wonder if you would you be so quick to make that decision were you in my position.

[Narim and Carter exchange a look. Carter indicates the device on his arm and signals silently to Narim. He uses the device to create a diversion and he, Carter and Daniel start to run. Tanith catches Carter and Daniel in his ribbon device, sending them crashing against the wall. Narim escapes by jumping through the wall.]

TRAVELL After him! He will not get away!

EXT&mdash;TOLLANA, NEAR NARIM'S HOME, DAY

[Narim walks down some stairs, then along a path near his home. Teal'c grabs him.]

NARIM How did you find me?

O'NEILL You're the one wearing grey.

TEAL'C DanielJackson and MajorCarter?

NARIM We were caught by Travell and the Goa'uld the Curia have entered into a bargain with. I managed to escape with this.

[He holds his arm up to show the device.]

NARIM But the entire security force of Tollana must be looking for me&mdash;and you for that matter.

O'NEILL Uh, back up to that Goa'uld bargain part.

NARIM The Tollan Curia have made a deal with a Goa'uld. His name is Tanith.

[Teal'c reacts to the name.]

O'NEILL Easy, big fella. What kind of deal?

NARIM This Goa'uld's mothership has a new kind of shield which is impervious to our ion cannons. For the first time, Tollana is vulnerable to attack.

O'NEILL There hasn't been an attack.

NARIM No, to prevent our destruction, the Curia has agreed to build weapons for the Goa'uld.

TEAL'C We have seen these weapons. There are a great many.

O'NEILL What exactly can they do?

NARIM They are explosives of great power that utilise the Tollan phase-shift technology. They will be able to penetrate any solid matter prior to detonation.

O'NEILL Like&mdash;an iris?

NARIM As you've witnessed before, I've used our technology to walk right through the barrier that protects your planet's Stargate.

INT&mdash;TRAVELL'S OFFICE

GUARD (to Travelle) We've been unable to locate them thus far. Our efforts continue.

TRAVELL Use Narim's health implant to locate him.

GUARD But that would be in violation of&hellip;

TRAVELL Do it! (to Tanith) Tell your master we will make the delivery on schedule.

CARTER Excuse me&mdash;your master?

DANIEL Well, you don't think he could do all this by himself, do you?

CARTER Apophis dead, fresh out of an escape pod&mdash;of course he would have to ally himself with someone more powerful wouldn't he?

DANIEL So, who are you taking orders from now?

TRAVELL Apparently the one he serves has no name.

TANITH Oh, he has a name. The likes of you are simply forbidden to know it. Do with them as you wish. However, if your pathetic security forces finally manage to capture Teal'c have him transported up to me.

EXT&mdash;NEAR NARIM'S HOME

TEAL'C We must not allow Tanith to possess these weapons.

O'NEILL I know.

NARIM What can we do?

O'NEILL Destroy them.

NARIM How?

O'NEILL You tell me.

NARIM Travelle is right. It's not so easy when the fate of your planet is in your own hands.

O'NEILL Narim&hellip;

NARIM Look, the Goa'uld will attack Tollana if the delivery is not made. You are asking me to destroy my own world.

O'NEILL I am asking you not to destroy Earth and God knows how many other planets to save your own ass. I'm asking you to do the right thing, and you know it.

INT&mdash;TRAVELL'S OFFICE

TANITH (on screen) Your time is up, Chancellor.

TRAVELL We are ready to make the first delivery.

TANITH Very well. However, before accepting, we will first require a demonstration of the technology to ensure that it works as expected.

TRAVELL I assure you, it has been tested and each weapon is fully&hellip;

TANITH You will activate one of these weapons and sent it through your Stargate to the Tau'ri. You have thirty minutes.

INT&mdash;THE WEAPONS ROOM

[O'Neill and Teal'c go to one of the weapons.]

O'NEILL You got any idea what you're doing?

[A sound of the bomb activating is heard.]

TEAL'C None.

[A number of guards enter pointing weapons. O'Neill smiles and puts his hands up in surrender.]

O'NEILL Good enough.

INT&mdash;TRAVELL'S OFFICE

DANIEL (to Travell) You know exactly why you were building these devices and what they would be used for.

CARTER You just didn't expect them to make you pull the trigger.

DANIEL The Goa'uld have no choice. Earth is a protected planet. They can't do it themselves without having to deal with the Asgard.

TRAVELL I had no choice either.

CARTER Yes, you did.

[The door opens. O'Neill and Teal'c enter, followed by the Tollan Guards.]

O'NEILL Hi, kids!

GUARD They were captured attempting to sabotage one of the weapons. They had this on them.

TRAVELL Narim's heath implant. What have you done to him?

O'NEILL Nothing. However, while these guys were chasing us&hellip;

TEAL'C Narim was able to move freely.

[On the screen, an ion cannon is shown blasting a building. The room shakes.]

TRAVELL Leave them! Come!

O'NEILL Where you guys goin'?

[O'Neill walks towards the door.]

O'NEILL Hey!

[O'Neill touches door and gets an electric shock.]

O'NEILL Ow! Damn!

[Narim enters by walking through the wall. Carter and Daniel get up.]

NARIM If they haven't already, the Goa'uld will soon realise that we no longer intend to honour our end of the bargain.

[The room shakes from an explosion.]

O'NEILL Uh, hey&mdash;we should go!

[They all head for the door.]

EXT&mdash;TOLLANA, DAY

[People are running everywhere in panic, screaming.]

NARIM You must hurry straight to the Stargate.

CARTER Aren't you coming with us?

NARIM My actions have forced my people to fight a battle we may very well lose. The least I can do is stay and fight with them.

O'NEILL (shaking Narim's hand) Good luck.

[O'Neill, Teal'c and Daniel start to run from the plaza.]

CARTER I hope this isn't goodbye.

NARIM Go!

[Carter runs up the stairs. She turns to look at him. He smiles and nods to her. Narim is last seen standing in the plaza with buildings blowing up behind him.]

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

HAMMOND (looking out the window to the Gate) So, we can reasonably assume the Goa'uld did not get any of these weapons.

O'NEILL We can only hope.

HAMMOND What about these new shields?

TEAL'C The Goa'uld do not share technology.

CARTER Well, whoever Tanith is now working for, these new shields give him a decided advantage.

HAMMOND Teal'c? Any guesses who it might be?

TEAL'C None, General Hammond.

HAMMOND I suppose we have to rest assured that who ever it is, they are still afraid of confronting the Asgard or they would have attacked Earth themselves.

DANIEL For now.

DAVIS (over intercom) Incoming communication!

[Hammond leads the way down to the control room.]

DAVIS We're getting a direct transmission from a Tollan long range communication device.

NARIM (garbled transmission over radio) &hellip;To get the people out. The Stargate was destroyed&hellip;

CARTER Narim.

NARIM All defenses failing&hellip;our ships attempting to escape are being shot down&hellip;I just want you to know that&hellip;

[The transmission dies into static.]

DAVIS I'm sorry, Sir. That's it. The transmission just died.

[Carter looks away with tears in her eyes.]

FADE OUT

END CREDITS

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