Thor's Chariot/Transcript

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 * Thor's Chariot

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TEASER

INT&mdash;CONTROL ROOM/GATE ROOM

[Major Carter is at the see-through star chart drawing a line bisecting two red lines radiating out from the center. General Hammond, O'Neill, Daniel, and Teal'c look on.]

CARTER P5C-629 is located directly in the corridor the Goa'ulds used to reach our solar system. This is our best platform for the Seeker Project. Now, the theory is that a Goa'uld ship that magnitude should leave a footprint, even at thrust beyond lightspeed. So we're using the technology we already possess we can determine&hellip;

[The klaxons sound and everyone looks around.]

HAMMOND What the hell&hellip;? No one's due back today.

[The group head to the Command Console.]

FEMALE TECHNICIAN (To Hammond) We have an inbound traveler. No SG signal code.

INT&mdash;GATE ROOM

[Armed SFs pile in through the blast doors and take up defensive positions before the Gate. The iris is closed.]

PA SYSTEM Intruder alert. Inbound traveler is unauthorized. Inbound traveler is unauthorized.

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM COMMAND CONSOLE

[Hammond and the team watch and wait. Momentarily, the wormhole disengages and the iris opens with no indication that anyone came through. They continue to look on, puzzled.]

EXT&mdash;CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ENTRANCE&mdash;DAY

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[Hammond listens as Major Carter explains while walking over to the conference table where O'Neill is seated. Daniel and Teal'c are also seated at the table.]

CARTER There was no organic residue, but they did pick up a faint nuclear signature. Traces of iridium.

DANIEL Iridium. That's the radioactive stuff we put in the Sagan Institute box on Cimmeria.

CARTER You got it. I wanted it there so it would leave a very recognizable signature and&hellip; DANIEL Same stuff?

CARTER Yeah.

O'NEILL Weren't the locals supposed to give that box to&hellip;Thor? Whoever, whatever he is.

TEAL'C We assume he's a member of the Asgard, an extremely advanced culture.

O'NEILL The fact of the matter is, we really don't know.

DANIEL The Asgard must've gotten the box and sent an answer. General, we have to respond before they leave.

O'NEILL Um, you all know I take great pride in my title as Mr. Positive. However, we did destroy their de-Goa'ulding thing. Might not they look unkindly on that?

DANIEL We did that to save Teal'c. I'm sure the Asgards didn't expect to trap a Jaffa who isn't an enemy. I'm sure they'd understand.

[All look to General Hammond.]

HAMMOND (After a moment to think) All right. I'll tell you what. We'll send a probe though at 1300 hours. If everything checks out, you have a go.

[Daniel nods approvingly.]

INT&mdash;SGC GATE ROOM

[Technicians are launching the MALP through the activated Stargate.]

INT&mdash;SGC CONTROL ROOM&mdash;COMMAND CONSOLE

[The computer monitor shows the MALP's Molecular Deconstruction in Progress. SG-1, Hammond, and the Female Technician.]

CARTER The probe should be there&hellip;now.

[O'Neill reaches down and presses a button. Images appear on the monitor. There are dead Cimmerians lying about the Cimmerian Gate.]

TEAL'C Those wounds have been caused by staff weapons.

[The MALP camera pans a bit and they see that one of the dead is Jaffa. The Jaffa soldier has what appears to be a bird tattooed on his forehead.]

O'NEILL Friends of yours, Teal'c?

[The monitor shows the destroyed mechanism of Thor's Hammer.]

TEAL'C Clearly Cimmeria is no longer safe from the Goa'uld.

[The camera pans and a fleeting image of a woman appears momentarily on the screen.]

DANIEL Whoa! Pan right.

[The technician pans the area and Gairwyn is seen holding a dead Cimmerian and pleading with the camera. She cannot be heard.]

DANIEL That's Gairwyn. The woman who showed us around. She's saying something.

CARTER Turn up the gain on the MALP's mike.

GAIRWYN (Weeping) Please&hellip;The Etins have come. Please help us. Please&hellip;The Etins have come. Please help.

END TEASER

ROLL OPENING CREDITS

INT&mdash;SGC BRIEFING ROOM

[General Hammond leads SG-1 up the spiral staircase from the Control Room and into the Briefing Room.]

DANIEL Cimmerians use the word Etin for Goa'ulds. Gairwyn said the Etins are there. For a thousand years Cimmeria was safe from Goa'uld attack. Then we show up and screw up Thor's technology.

TEAL'C Daniel Jackson is correct. The Goa'uld usually send an advance scout though the Stargate to determine a planet's worth and vulnerability. If none of the scout reports back, it is a deterrent to invasion.

CARTER The point is, sir, the Goa'uld are there and the locals aren't exactly much of a match for them.

O'NEILL General, if we did screw up their world, we should take a little responsibility for fixing it, don't you think?

HAMMOND I understand that. But let me play devil's advocate for a moment here. It's not our world. Is it really any of our concern?

TEAL'C The destruction of the hammer device to save my life may have caused this.

[Teal'c steps forward.]

TEAL'C If so, I am responsible. O'NEILL (Also stepping forward) General, I gave the order.

DANIEL (Also stepping forward) And I fired the staff at the machine.

[Carter sheepishly steps forward.]

CARTER And I&hellip;was there.

[Hammond looks at them, slightly exasperated.]

O'NEILL To answer your question, sir, yes, I think we should be concerned.

[Hammond looks away for a moment, then looks back at the team.]

HAMMOND All right. But keep your heads up on this one.

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN STARGATE

[The Stargate is active. The dead Jaffa lies near the DHD. O'Neill steps through the event horizon, followed by the rest of the team. They look around the abandoned area.]

CARTER No hostiles in sight, sir.

[Stepping to the DHD, Carter bends down to look at one of the Cimmerian victims. Teal'c checks out the Jaffa, while Daniel goes over to the destroyed Thor's Hammer. O'Neill looks around and behind the Stargate he sees something and gapes at it.]

O'NEILL Holy&hellip;

[Just over the rise, he spies a pyramid under construction.]

O'NEILL Kids&hellip;

[They all look at what he's seeing.]

O'NEILL Now, that&hellip;is no weekend hunting lodge.

[A twig snaps, and they turn at the noise raising their weapons. Gairwyn comes out of the bushes and goes to them.]

DANIEL Gairwyn!

GAIRWYN You returned! Kendra said you'd come. She never doubted it.

[They rush towards her. Daniel and Carter clasp her hands.]

CARTER What happened?

GAIRWYN We thought it was Ragnorock.

DANIEL That's the Norse Armageddon. The end of the world.

GAIRWYN There was fire in the heavens. Five or six bursts in the sky in a straight line. But no sound. Then we heard an evil thunder and a great metal point came through the clouds.

TEAL'C A Goa'uld Ha'tak. (O'Neill looks at him) A pyramid ship.

O'NEILL Ahh.

GAIRWYN Kendra knew it was the Etins, even before the burning and killing started. Our village is gone and most of our farms.

DANIEL You said Kendra knew we'd come. How?

GAIRWYN She gave me a box. She said to fly it through the portal. She said you'd know what it meant. The cost of sending it was great.

CARTER The men who died here?

[Gairwyn moves closer to the bodies.]

GAIRWYN My husband and his brothers.

CARTER (Whispers) I'm sorry.

[A staff weapon blast comes out of nowhere and hits the DHD. They see off to the side two Jaffa. One has his staff weapon pointed, the other is blowing some kind of horn to alert the other Jaffa. Carter and O'Neill grab Gairwyn and pull her away.]

O'NEILL All right. Get under cover. Teal'c!

[Carter and Daniel take Gairwyn out of the line of fire while O'Neill and Teal'c take cover by the broken hammer and begin firing their weapons. A volley of weapons fire is exchanged.]

O'NEILL Ahh.

[O'Neill squats down behind the Hammer, and pulls out a grenade. Pulling the pin, he lobs the grenade over to where the two Jaffa start to charge and it explodes behind the Jaffa, sending them flying. Teal'c and O'Neill both stand, weapons raised waiting. Then more Jaffa show up.]

O'NEILL (Patting Teal'c on the arm) Let's go!

[They take off into the woods as the reinforcement Jaffa give chase, occasionally firing off a shot&mdash;one of which hits a tree. The Jaffa continue to chase and shoot at Teal'c and O'Neill as they run further and further into the forest. Eventually, the Jaffa come to a clearing and look around, having lost their quarry. Signaling each other, they take off in another direction as we see O'Neill and Teal'c huddled behind a large tree trunk.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST&mdash;A DIFFERENT PART

[Gairwyn leads Daniel and Carter through the forest. Upon hearing the sound of some underbrush rustling, they stop quickly, take cover and draw their weapons. Gairwyn draws a sword from the scabbard slung across her back. The hear footsteps and Gairwyn leaps out of the underbrush at a startled Colonel O'Neill.]

O'NEILL Aaah!

[Seeing that it's safe, all lower their weapons and catch their breath]

Everybody all right?

CARTER Yeah.

O'NEILL All right. Where to?

DANIEL Well, as a former Goa'uld host, Kendra would probably be a help. Can you take us to her?

[Gairwyn looks at them hesitatingly, then accedes.]

GAIRWYN This way.

[Gairwyn walks away and the team turn and follow her.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST

[Gairwyn leads the way through the forest and into a clearing marked with animal antlers and other ceremonial adornments. It is clearly a gravesite.]

GAIRWYN Kendra and her family reside here. Hopefully she is now with Thor.

[Gairwyn goes to stand beside Kendra's grave.]

GAIRWYN My dearest friend. Kendra used her knowledge only to heal. And this was her reward. They've already killed over half of our people.

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST&mdash;KENDRA'S GRAVESITE

[Teal'c and O'Neill wander around the site, while Daniel is seated nearby. Carter is looking over some of Kendra's possessions. which are carefully placed near the grave.]

GAIRWYN It's customary to leave a person's favourite items outside their grave to take with them on their journey to Thor. These items are of no use now to any of us. They belong with Kendra.

[Carter sits down and is fitting a ribbon device onto her fingertips. Daniel is watching her a little nervously.]

DANIEL Sam?

[Carter holds up her hand examining the device. Suddenly the stone in the center of her palm begins to glow, startling her. She turns her palm away and the stone darkens. Gairwyn alarmingly looks at Daniel, who rise rises quickly from his seat.]

GAIRWYN (To Carter) You possess the power!

CARTER What?

DANIEL Well, that would make sense, wouldn't it?

CARTER Why?

DANIEL Well, Kendra retained the ability to use Goa'uld technology because she was a host to a Goa'uld. You must retain the ability because you were a host to Jolinar.

CARTER Yeah, but&hellip;I-I have no control over this.

GAIRWYN Kendra said it took her years to master the magic of the power.

[O'Neill walks up to them.]

O'NEILL Are we ready to move outta here?

DANIEL Uh&hellip;Little discovery here. Carter seems to have the ability to use Goa'uld technology.

O'NEILL Really? Let's see.

CARTER Well, I-It seems to have a mind of its own, sir.

GAIRWYN Concentrate.

[Carter turns her palm down and begins to focus. In a moment, the hand device begins to give off some kind of ray, then a blast from the device punches a hole in the ground. Daniel, O'Neill and Gairwyn are started by this revelation, as is Carter. She turns her palm up.]

O'NEILL Hey! Hey! Watch where you're pointin' that thing!

CARTER Sorry.

DANIEL Well you realise what this means? Sam could use one of these ribbon devices to help us fight the Goa'ulds! She could use one of those healing devices we saw Kendra use.

[Carter puts on the healing device and aims it.]

DANIEL Just&hellip;concentrate, like you did with the other thing.

[Carter struggles to focus her energy on the healing device, but nothing happens. She stops.]

GAIRWYN You mustn't give up. You must strive to master control of the power. It takes time.

O'NEILL Yeah, well, that's going to have to wait. Why don't you bring that stuff with you? We should find a place that's a little less public.

GAIRWYN Let me show you where my people hide.

[Carter gathers up items as Gairwyn leads them away from the gravesite.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST

[Gairwyn and SG-1 forge through the forest until they come upon a rocky outcropping covered in moss. There is a doorway, and Gairwyn leads them through.]

INT&mdash;CIMMERIAN CAVE

[Other Cimmerians are gathered within the torch-lit cave. Kettles are set up in the makeshift home for the populace. Gairwyn enters with SG-1 following and the Cimmerian see them and stand, pulling their swords.]

OLAF Halt!

GAIRWYN Olaf, these are friends. They came to us through the ring.

OLAF (Angrily) These are the dogs of Midgard. Thor has abandoned us to the Etins because of them, because they destroyed Thor's hammer! It is these that brought this down on us!

GAIRWYN And it is these who can save us! With their help, we can still summon the power of Thor.

OLAF Don't you understand, woman? Thor has abandoned us because of their evil.

O'NEILL For crying out loud. Don't you understand that this woman is right? We can help you if you'll let us.

OLAF How?

CARTER We've fought the Goa'uld before and we've beaten them.

TEAL'C And I will remain here to do battle with you until the Goa'uld are driven from this land.

[There is whispering among them.]

O'NEILL Of course, we have to know what we're up against first. You willing to help us on that one?

OLAF I know a way around the patrols. I'll take you.

O'NEILL Good.

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST

[Olaf ducks behind a tree. He turns to O'Neill and Teal'c and signals them to follow. He takes off and Teal'c and O'Neill follow him.]

INT&mdash;CIMMERIAN CAVE

[Food cooks in a kettle hanging above a fire pit. Carter is laying out Goa'uld implements which she brought with her.]

GAIRWYN If Olaf is right and Thor has rejected us, our last hope lies with you.

DANIEL Gairwyn&hellip;I doubt Thor's angry. He may just be far away. That's why he left the Hammer to protect you.

GAIRWYN If only we could gain access to the Hall of Thor's Might. I know he would help us.

[Daniel goes over to sit by her.]

DANIEL Wh-What is the Hall of Thor's Might?

GAIRWYN Oh. The ancient tales tell of a hall in which Thor placed all his powers to help us, to defend us.

DANIEL That may signify as some sort of Asgard weapon&hellip;or weapons.

CARTER You think they kept weapons hidden here somewhere?

DANIEL Where is this&hellip;Hall of Thor's Might?

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIA GOA'ULD CAMP

[Olaf, Teal'c and O'Neill sneak along through tall grass and squat down.]

OLAF (Pointing) There!

[Three partially build pyramid ships are in the distance. Troops of Jaffa are everywhere.]

O'NEILL (To Olaf) You wait here?

OLAF (Nods) All right.

[O'Neill and Teal'c move a few more yards ahead and duck down. Olaf remains behind ducking under cover. O'Neill turns his cap backwards and pulls out his binoculars and looks through them. In the binoculars' site, he sees a different helmet than the ones used by Apophis' troops.]

O'NEILL What's with the heads?

[He hands the binoculars to Teal'c.]

O'NEILL They look like those guys who used to be with Ra back on Abydos.

[He looks through the binoculars, then hands them back.]

TEAL'C They are Horus. They guard the family of Ra. These probably guard the Goa'uld Heru- Ur.

O'NEILL And he'd be Ra's what? Cousin? Uncle? What?

TEAL'C He is the son of Ra&hellip;and of Hathor.

O'NEILL Nice pedigree.

TEAL'C He is a very powerful System Lord. Much feared, even among Goa'uld. He is a conqueror. He eliminates all who dare tread in his shadow. Including other Goa'uld.

[Teal'c and O'Neill's attention are drawn to the right to a group of Horus guards holding a struggling Olaf in their grip. Among the armored Jaffa, one in golden armor with his helmet raised and covering his face, appears before the man.]

HERU'UR Kneel before your god!

OLAF (Defiant) God is Thor! He taught us to stand as equals! Agh!

[Olaf watches as Heru'ur's helmut disengages.]

HERU'UR (distorted) Your god cannot help you now. Only I can.

[O'Neill and Teal'c look on.]

HERU'UR Strangers came through the device you call the portal. Who are they?

[One of the Jaffa grab Olaf around the neck.]

OLAF Unh!

HERU'UR Answer! Answer. Answer!

[O'Neill and Teal'c aim their weapons.]

OLAF (Still in the grip of the Jaffa) Thor taught us to have&hellip;no fear of death!

[Heru'ur walks closer and smirkes malevolently.]

HERU'UR But did he teach you of pain?

[Heru'ur raises up his ribbon-device-clad had and it powers up, sending its energy into Olaf.]

OLAF No! Aaargh!

[O'Neill and Teal'c fire a volley of gunfire into the crowd of Jaffa, killing the one holding Olaf. The Jaffa are startled. Heru'ur turns on his personal shield as some of his Jaffa fall around him. Teal'c and O'Neill run in and grab Olaf from them and pull him away as Heru'ur looks on. They take off, but not before Teal'c stops and sees that Heru'ur is reaching for a staff weapon. Teal'c raises his own and fires it at the weapon within Heru'ur's reach. The Horus god glares at him, his eyes glow, as Teal'c stares him down. Then Teal'c turns and follows O'Neill and Olaf as they head up a hill. Heru'ur stands there glowering after the three escapees as his Jaffa gather around him.]

HERU'UR Place heavy guard at the Chaapa-ai! Find them!

[His Jaffa move away.]

INT&mdash;CIMMERIAN CAVE

[Olaf leads O'Neill and Teal'c into the cave. Daniel sees them come in and goes over to them.]

DANIEL What happened? Did you run into Apophis?

O'NEILL Not exactly.

TEAL'C It was the Goa'uld called Heru-Ur.

DANIEL You're kidding!

O'NEILL Friend of yours?

DANIEL Horus, the Elder, ancient Egyptian god. Pretty mean one, I mean, especially considering his parents were Ra and Hathor&mdash;

O'NEILL We know.

CARTER So, did you find anything we can use?

O'NEILL Well, the good news is, with enough artillery, we could blow those pyramids to high hell.

DANIEL And the bad news is?

TEAL'C The Stargate is now heavily guarded. The Goa'uld are aware of our existence here.

CARTER Which means we can't evacuate the Cimmerians.

DANIEL Well, I guess we'll just have to hold up in here awhile till things calm down.

TEAL'C Things will not calm down, Daniel Jackson. They will, in fact, calm up.

[O'Neill looks at Teal'c for a moment.]

O'NEILL He means things will escalate, of course.

TEAL'C The new pyramids in the valley are landing pedestals for the Goa'uld mother ships. They will most likely arrive very soon and contain large numbers of death gliders.

O'NEILL I'm afraid we're on our own, kids.

CARTER I-If we can use C-4 to blow up a Goa'uld ship, couldn't we use it to blow up the camp?

O'NEILL Well, it's a small practical problem. If we use all the C-4 to blow the camps now, what do we use when the ships and gliders show up later?

DANIEL Guys, there's a-a&hellip;there's a third option here we might want to consider. There's a legend around here about a Hall of Thor's Might.

O'NEILL Daniel&hellip;there's a time and place for mythology.

CARTER With all due respect, sir, we thought Thor's Hammer was a myth until we proved it was real.

DANIEL Jack, I think Thor's Might may refer to&hellip;uh&hellip;an alien weapon or weapons that have been hidden away for centuries.

CARTER We could certainly use the firepower, sir.

DANIEL And Gairwyn said she'd take us there.

O'NEILL Well, much as I hate to admit it, it sounds like our old buddy Thor is our best bet. Why don't you two try to find this&hellip;weapon&hellip;whatever it is. Teal'c and I will lay some explosives, see if we can slow the attack.

CARTER Yes, sir.

[Carter and Daniel move away.]

O'NEILL Olaf?

[Olaf joins O'Neill and Teal'c as they get up and move.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST&mdash;HALL OF MIGHT MONUMENT

[A tall Norse monument similar to Thor's Hammer stands in the forest. A red, jewel-like stone decorates the center of a ring near the top. Gairwyn moves around to the front of it with Daniel and Carter not far behind.]

GAIRWYN This is it.

[Daniel looks at it for a moment, then looks at Gairwyn.]

DANIEL This is the Hall of Might?

GAIRWYN You were expecting something different?

DANIEL Well&hellip;uh&hellip;maybe a hall?

CARTER I don't see anything that could be a weapon.

GAIRWYN I'm sure this is it.

DANIEL Well, maybe this will send us somewhere else. Like the obelisk sent Jack and Teal'c to Thor's Hammer.

[Carter shrugs and Daniel turns and moves closer to the monument, raising his hand.]

GAIRWYN It is forbidden to touch the stone.

[Daniel hesitantly reaches up and touches the stone which lights up. A second later a bright light shines out from the stone and envelops them.]

INT&mdash;HALL OF THOR'S MIGHT

[Carter, Daniel, and Gairwyn are suddenly cast in darkness.]

CARTER Daniel?

DANIEL Wow! What a ride!

CARTER Where are we?

[Daniel flips on his flashlight, but it's aimed at his eyes.]

DANIEL (Wincing) Oww!

[Carter turn on her flashlight, and they all look around.]

DANIEL Well, this is a step in the right direction. At least it fits the definition of the word "hall".

[They all look around.]

CARTER I have a really bad feeling about this.

DANIEL I don't understand. No inscriptions, no alien devices, and no visible way out.

CARTER Wait.

[Carter shines her flashlight over to a monument against the wall. It is similar to the one where they were a moment ago. Suddenly, the stone in the center begins to glow red and then a light appears above the monument shining down. The area shimmers for a second, then an image of a Viking in full dress and helmet appears before them.]

THOR I am Thor. You are brave to come before me.

[Carter and Daniel are flabbergasted. Daniel is scratching his head.]

GAIRWYN O mighty Thor, we need your help.

THOR However, only the worthy may witness Thor's might.

GAIRWYN Do you not think me worthy?

[The image of Thor disappears.]

GAIRWYN Why has he forsaken me?

CARTER It's just a holographic recording. It's being projected through that hole in the ceiling.

DANIEL (Not convinced) Oh, yeah, if you say so.

CARTER So&hellip;what does it mean?

DANIEL I'm not sure. Maybe somehow we have to prove that we're worthy before he'll trust us with his might.

CARTER Which you still think is a weapon.

DANIEL I'm hoping so, at this point.

GAIRWYN How can we prove our worth?

DANIEL Well, as the rest of the room is empty, I assume it has something to do with this stone.

[The room begins to shake around them.]

GAIRWYN (Alarmed) Thor is preparing to strike us down!

DANIEL No, he's not! He's&mdash;He's not a wrathful god.

CARTER Then what is he doing?

[Dust flies and the shaking continues, then suddenly most of the floor crumbles into a large pit leaving a very narrow beam as a pathway to the monument. They stare at the open pit before them.]

DANIEL Oh, this is&hellip;this is definitely a test.

[Both of them shine their flashlights down into the pit then across to the monument.]

CARTER So, uh&hellip;we're supposed to go across this?

DANIEL Yeah&hellip;I don't suppose this is the best time to bring up my problem with heights.

[Carter and Gairwyn turn to look at Daniel, who takes a deep breath.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST

[O'Neill, Teal'c, and Olaf are making their way through the forest. The two members of SG-1 are planting and arming explosives into the ground while Olaf looks on curiously.]

INT&mdash;HALL OF THOR'S MIGHT

[Carter, Daniel, and Gairwyn are still gaping at the monument.]

CARTER Yeah, well, uh&hellip;we had to cross something way worse than this in basic training.

DANIEL Well, please, be my&hellip;be my guest.

CARTER Of course, we had a net. OK. Come on. Come on&hellip;

[Raising her arms to balance herself, Carter begins to very carefully walk along the narrow pathway. Daniel is shining his flashlight along the path for her. Cautiously, Carter makes it to the other side and stands by the monument. Daniel lets out the breath he's been holding.]

CARTER Okay. Come on.

[Nervously, Gairwyn swallows, then edges out onto the beam. Carter silently mouths encouragement just before the Cimmerian nearly stumbles. Halfway across, the ground shakes again and Gairwyn falls down on the beam.]

GAIRWYN Oh!

[Carter squats down and reaches out to her.]

CARTER Gairwyn!

[Gairwyn sobs in fear clinging to the beam.]

CARTER Just&hellip;Just slide across. You can do it.

GAIRWYN Thor shook the beam! He wants me dead!

DANIEL No, he doesn't!

CARTER It's OK. Just stay there. I'll come and get you.

DANIEL No. I'll do it. You're already across.

[Taking a deep breath, Daniel steels himself and goes to the edge of the beam and gingerly steps out onto it. Gairwyn whimpers.]

DANIEL (Reassuringly) I'm right behind you now. Almost there.

[Daniel squats down behind her as she sobs.]

DANIEL OK&hellip;What we're going to do here, you're going to give me your hand. I'm going to help you get back on track. And then we're going to finish this thing together. OK?

[Gairwyn nods nervously, then moves her arm to raise herself up. A piece of the beam crumbles from under her hands and she loses her balance.]

GAIRWYN Argh!

[She tumbles over the side along with Daniel as Carter looks on horrified. Carter shines her light on the pit, and as the camera pans back, we see solid floor again and Daniel and Gairwyn are safely raising themselves up. Carter is incredulous.]

CARTER Are you guys OK? OK. So&hellip;uh&hellip;what was that all about?

[A light bursts forth and shines on a figure of Thor the Viking standing before the monument. Daniel and Gairwyn rise to their feet, and all three look at the image.]

THOR You have shown true selflessness and bravery. Willingness to sacrifice oneself to save another is an honourable trait. I salute you. Now you must add wisdom to courage. Solve the riddle of the runes, and I will show you my true might.

[Thor then disappears again. The three approach the monument slowly, Carter and Daniel both have their flashlights on it.]

DANIEL How did he know what we did?

CARTER There must be some sort of advanced sensors in here. So, uh&hellip;now what?

[Another bright light burst forth from the monument. They are now in another room. In the center of the room a fire burns in a kettle like pit. Each of the walls have various symbols on them.]

DANIEL (Shrugs) Now we try to solve the riddle of the runes.

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST

[O'Neill is setting more claymore mines along their route. He covers it with branches and looks over to Teal'c who nods his head, placing another mine in the ground. Olaf in perched high in a tree on lookout. In the near distance, he spies Jaffa in the woods heading their way. Climbing down out of the tree, he rushes over to where the Colonel and Teal'c are.]

OLAF Sons of Midgardr! The Etins approach! A large contingent coming up the lower path.

[O'Neill and Teal'c run past him away from the Jaffa, and Olaf is disturbed that they're running. He raises his axe.]

OLAF We must fight!

[O'Neill grabs Olaf by the arm and pulls him away.]

O'NEILL Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[He pushes the Cimmerian to the ground behind the safety of cover, O'Neill pulls out the remote detonating devices for the claymores.]

OLAF You said you would help us fight.

TEAL'C Quiet.

[Jaffa come up the path and O'Neill triggers a mine, blowing up one of the Jaffa. Another explosion and a few more are dispensed with. Two more explosions and the Jaffa are dead or injured on the path. O'Neill and Teal'c leave their cover and move toward where the Jaffa were as Olaf looks on. O'Neill and Teal'c run over and position themselves, taking aim at more advancing Jaffa. O'Neill fires his P-90 while Teal'c uses his staff weapon. They continue to shoot until all Jaffa are killed. O'Neill and Teal'c cautiously look out upon the dead Jaffa, threat assessing. Olaf comes out from behind the cover of trees.]

OLAF Thunder! And fire! You do possess Thor's might.

[Suddenly, Olaf tosses his axe.]

OLAF Hyaaaaaa!

[Behind Teal'c and O'Neill stands a Jaffa aiming his staff weapon at them. The axe catches the Jaffa in the shoulder and he falls. Olaf comes to stand beside the other two, he smiles and pats O'Neill on the shoulder.]

OLAF Now we are matched.

O'NEILL Thanks.

[A Jaffa alarm is heard in the distance.]

TEAL'C O'Neill, another patrol approaches. We should leave this area immediately.

OLAF Come.

[They turn and follow Olaf.]

INT&mdash;HALL OF THOR'S MIGHT

[Daniel blows some dust out of the engravings along one of the walls. He walks along it trying to figure it out.]

CARTER Daniel, we don't have time for this.

DANIEL Well, the faster we solve the riddles, the faster we get whatever Thor's might is.

CARTER Riddles. OK.

GAIRWYN Is Thor testing us?

DANIEL I figure it's some sort of safeguard. He wants to be sure that whoever finds the weapons is smart enough to understand the technology and use it wisely. It's like he wants to be sure his children have grown up enough before he uh&hellip;hands 'em the keys to the armoury, which might not have been a bad idea if we'd done the same thing on Earth.

[Daniel looks at another wall that contains geometric shapes.]

CARTER Well, it doesn't make sense that he would waste time when the planet's under attack.

DANIEL Well, remember, he thinks this is a protected planet. That his anti-Goa'uld devices are infallible. I mean, he couldn't know there'd be any hurry to find whatever Thor's might is.

CARTER Well, there is a hurry. Can&mdash;Can you solve this?

DANIEL (Sighing audibly) Uh&hellip;OK. Um&hellip;They aren't letters or words. Originally, runes were ideographic.

CARTER So each rune stands for an idea.

DANIEL Right. The first one relates to Thor's protective power.

CARTER That could mean anything. It could be the Goa'uld detector they put up at the Gate or even the hammer device.

DANIEL [Walking along the wall.] Uh&hellip;This last one represents a wagon, but it was also called Thor's Chariot. Now, that could be a&hellip;spaceship.

CARTER Great. What about the middle two?

DANIEL [Turning back along the same wall.] Um&hellip;One is a dice cup, or Fate. The other is a horse or&hellip;movement.

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST

[O'Neill and Teal'c continue to make their way hurriedly through the forest. The Jaffa warning horn sounds in the distance.]

O'NEILL What's going on, Teal'c?

TEAL'C They are signalling their position. They will close into an interlaced pattern that will sweep in and corner us. It is an old Jaffa hunting technique.

O'NEILL (Quietly) Come on, Daniel.

[They continue through the forest.]

INT&mdash;HALL OF THOR'S MIGHT

[Daniel walks up to the wall with the engraved geometric shapes and gazes at it.]

DANIEL I've never seen simple geometric shapes in any runes. I have no idea what these are about.

CARTER Well, if we don't come up with an answer soon, we'll have to find a way out. The colonel will need our help.

[Gairwyn is looking at a wall painted with Norse symbols and other pictographs.]

GAIRWYN Daniel&hellip;could the answer be here?

[He and Carter come over to look.]

DANIEL No. Those aren't runes. They're pictographs. (sighs) OK. One wall has runes. One has pictographs. And one has simple geometric shapes.

[Daniel turns to look at all of the walls.]

DANIEL I have no idea what he wants us to do.

[Behind them, the image of Thor the Viking appears again. They turn to look at him.]

THOR There is no shame. Perhaps in more time you will have come of age.

DANIEL (Stepping up) Uh&hellip;excuse me. (Holding up a finger) Could you, uh&hellip;Could you uh&hellip;please just&hellip;one second?

[The image freezes before them and Daniel takes that as his cue to continue. He turns away from Thor and back to the runes.]

DANIEL OK. Norse runes were ideas, but in later years they, became letters. But they were also numbers. Three&hellip;fourteen&hellip;fifteen&hellip;nine. It's no use. It-It doesn't mean anything.

CARTER Yes, it does.

[Daniel turns to look at her.]

CARTER 3.141 59. It's pi!

DANIEL It's pi?

CARTER Pi!

DANIEL (To Thor) It's pi? It-Is&mdash;That's what you wanted us to figure out? (Back to Carter) Right. "Pi" is an Earth term. We have to depict it somehow. (The thought comes to him) On the geometric shapes.

[He walks over to the wall with the geometric shapes. Carter follows him.]

CARTER This has to be it.

DANIEL (Feeling the circle) The inside of the circle is soft like sand.

CARTER Pi is used to find the circumference of a circle by measuring the radius.

DANIEL The radius.

[Daniel draws a line with his finger from the center of the circle to the bottom. Momentarily the sand falls away from the circle, leaving a round red stone with the gold symbol of the hammer on it.]

DANIEL That's it?

[Daniel reaches up and pushes the stone. A light beam out from behind them, and they turn to the monument. The image of Thor begins to waver, then disappear. In its place, a small, grey alien with large black eyes stands by the monument. Carter, Daniel and Gairwyn look on incredulous.]

DANIEL Oh, my God.

THOR I am the actual one&hellip;whom you know as Thor.

[The three humans are stunned.]

INT&mdash;CIMMERIAN CAVE

[Olaf leads O'Neill into the cave.]

O'NEILL (Calmly) Olaf, get your people as far back into the cave as possible. Keep them quiet! Put the fires out. (To Teal'c who's just entered the cave) How are we doing?

TEAL'C We have been located, O'Neill.

O'NEILL (Sighs, then quietly) Come on, Daniel.

INT&mdash;HALL OF THOR'S MIGHT

[The three are still gazing upon Thor.]

CARTER Daniel, this is uncanny. It looks just like the descriptions of the Roswell Greys back home.

DANIEL (Smiling) I guess there's some truth to those stories after all.

CARTER You think the Asgards may have visited Earth?

DANIEL (Wonderingly) Why not?

THOR I am the supreme commander of the Asgard fleet.

GAIRWYN How can this be?

THOR In the ten-span since I created this world you, are the first to reach this level of contact. You've finally grown wise enough to see me in my true form.

GAIRWYN (To Thor and indicating Carter and Daniel) These are the wise ones. I would never have come this far without their help.

CARTER Gairwyn, it's a hologram. It was probably recorded a thousand years ago. It can't hear you.

THOR On the contrary. My image is a living transmission. I am communicating to you from my quarters aboard the Asgard ship Biliskner.

DANIEL You mean, you're the real&hellip;Thor?

[Thor blinks at them, and Daniel looks back at Carter for a moment, the back to Thor.]

DANIEL This is&mdash;This is&hellip;This is great. Um&hellip;We need your help. The Goa'uld are&mdash;are here.

THOR Impossible. Cimmeria is a safe world.

DANIEL Yeah. We sorta messed that up.

CARTER Oh, Daniel&hellip;Careful.

DANIEL Look, if we want them to be our friends, we have to show them they can trust us. (To Thor) You&mdash;You see, we came here about a year ago to meet you and your people to make an alliance against the Goa'uld. One of our party, a Jaffa, was trapped in your labyrinth.

THOR The Jaffa serve the Goa'uld.

GAIRWYN This one does not. He stands with them, and now with us, to fight the Etins.

DANIEL You see, so we had no choice but to destroy the hammer to free our friend.

THOR And by doing so, you have opened Cimmeria to attack by the Goa'uld.

DANIEL Yeah, apparently.

CARTER So, uh&hellip;if you have any weapons that might be of help, we would like to set things straight.

THOR Weapons?

DANIEL Isn't that what all those tests were here to protect?

THOR The tests were designed to tell us when the Cimmerians would be advanced enough to see us as we really are. We did not anticipate outside interference.

DANIEL Well, you see, we didn't mean to interfere.

[The image of Thor sparkles and he disappears. Daniel steps forward, alarmed.]

DANIEL No, wait!

[A bright light engulfs Carter, Daniel and Gairwyn.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN FOREST&mdash;HALL OF MIGHT MONUMENT

[Daniel and Carter materialize from the bright light.]

DANIEL (Looking around) Where's Gairwyn?

CARTER Good question.

[They walk away from the monument.]

INT&mdash;CIMMERIAN CAVE

[Cimmerians are huddled around in the caves. Olaf stands and goes over to pick up his axe. He walks over to O'Neill who is seated, looking over his weapon. Teal'c is at the entrance and comes to attention as he spots something outside. O'Neill rises from his seat. A second later, Daniel and Carter enter the cave.]

O'NEILL (Going over to them) That's timing for you. The party's about to begin.

CARTER They're getting pretty close, how many are out there?

TEAL'C We are outnumbered approximately twenty to one.

O'NEILL Daniel, you look suspiciously empty-handed.

DANIEL (Rolling his eyes and wincing) Yrrr&hellip;yeah.

O'NEILL "Y-y-yeah" what?

DANIEL There's nothing, Jack.

O'NEILL Nothing?

CARTER Well, we did meet the real Thor.

O'NEILL (Sarcastic) Did you, now? (To Daniel) Nice fella?

[A loud squeal is heard and then, an explosion. The Cimmerians gasps in fright.]

O'NEILL All right. Here we go.

[SG-1 leave the cave.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN CAVE

[At the cave's entrance, the team take cover behind the rocks and shrubs there. A line of Jaffa are taking up their weapons and preparing to fire one of their cannons upon them.]

TEAL'C Shield yourselves!

[They all duck, as a burst from the cannon blasts a tree apart behind them. Cimmerian men have exited the cave behind SG-1. A Horus Warrior steps forward.]

HORUS WARRIOR Intruders from the Chaapa-ai! Throw down your weapons!

[The Cimmerians draw their weapons.]

HORUS WARRIOR Surrender now, and the slaves of this world will be allowed to live and serve Heru-Ur! Fight, and they will all die! CARTER Colonel, we don't have enough weapons to go around.

TEAL'C They will all be killed, O'Neill. Women and children included.

DANIEL (To O'Neill) If we are responsible for this invasion, we can't allow that to happen.

[O'Neill turns and sees a small child clinging to her father's leg. O'Neill looks upon the Jaffa who are preparing to fire. Then he lifts his weapon and taps the barrel on the stone before him. Raising the gun the air in surrender and standing, Carter and Daniel follow suit. Teal'c reluctantly puts down his staff weapon finally. The Horus Warrior signals his men to stand down.]

O'NEILL (To Olaf who is standing behind him) Take care of your people.

[Olaf solemnly shakes O'Neill's hand and nods.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN ROAD

[SG-1 and their armed Jaffa escort are walking towards the Goa'uld encampment. The Jaffa behind them have their weapons pointed at their backs.]

DANIEL Before they rode into battle, the Sioux used to say, "This is a good day to die."

[O'Neill backhands Daniel lightly on the arm, as a rumbling like thunder is heard in the distance. The team and the Jaffa stop walking and look up at the clear, blue sky. Looking around for the source of the continued thunder, they remain stopped. The Jaffa guarding them seem nervous.]

DANIEL Then again, maybe not.

[Still puzzling at the source of the noise, O'Neill is facing backwards. Daniel, staring up at something in the sky, reaches back blindly and pats O'Neill on his back to get his attention. O'Neill turns around and looks at what they're seeing. Above the nearly completed pyramids, an ominous black cloud roils and churns.]

O'NEILL (Pulling off his sunglasses slowly) Oh, my!

[The cloud continues to form and a large spaceship can be seen descending from within the cloud.]

DANIEL Ladies and gentlemen, I think this is&hellip;Thor's chariot.

TEAL'C An Asgard mothership.

[The Jaffa behind are very nervous.]

TEAL'C I've heard them described in Jaffa legend.

[The Jaffa point their weapons to the ship in the sky. Suddenly, a continuous screech can be heard and a bright light consumes the Jaffa that were escorting SG-1. O'Neill and company turn to see the light beaming out of the Asgard mothership and cause all the Jaffa in their encampment to disappear. The light is also consuming the three pyramids on the ground.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN STARGATE

[Heru'ur is climbing the steps to the activated Stargate. He stops momentarily and watches as the last pyramid disappears, then he walks through the Gate.]

EXT&mdash;CIMMERIAN ROAD

[SG-1 are now alone on the road. The Jaffa are gone. The destruction of the pyramids is complete and the encampment is empty. Behind the team, a light shines down and deposits Gairwyn on the road. Smiling, she walks up easily to the team.]

GAIRWYN The Etins are gone. Thor sends his thanks. It was your help that made this possible.

DANIEL Well, to be honest with you, I think we got kinda lucky.

GAIRWYN He told me to give you a message to satisfy your curiosity. I'm to tell you he's a member of a species who have visited your world often. They are a friend to all, protector of all, except the Goa'uld, with whom they are at war.

O'NEILL Well, that's very nice. But I'd still like to meet the old guy.

GAIRWYN Well, he said that, like us, you're still much too young.

[SG-1 smile, knowingly.]

GAIRWYN For us, there is still much to rebuild. Thor has promised to leave an Asgard teacher behind to help us.

TEAL'C Then Cimmeria will be a safe world again. That is good.

GAIRWYN Yes, it is. I'm to tell you that Thor's new Hammer will make an exception for the one called Teal'c. You are welcome here anytime.

[Their attention is drawn once again to the Asgard mothership in the sky.]

FADE OUT

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