1 00:00:02,795 --> 00:00:04,714 Narrator: Previously, on Stargate Atlantis. 2 00:00:04,797 --> 00:00:06,757 Hello, Michael. Do you remember me? 3 00:00:06,841 --> 00:00:08,342 I don't even know who I am. 4 00:00:08,426 --> 00:00:10,178 I get the feeling like they know something, 5 00:00:10,261 --> 00:00:11,679 something they're not telling me. 6 00:00:11,762 --> 00:00:13,764 He's not human! 7 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,143 I'm a wraith! 8 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:19,896 I'm returning to what I was. 9 00:00:19,979 --> 00:00:21,439 There are wraith nearby. 10 00:00:21,731 --> 00:00:23,584 Mcka y: Not only has our dear lieutenant rejoined the wraith, 11 00:00:23,608 --> 00:00:25,961 but he has taken with him the knowledge that Atlantis still exists. 12 00:00:25,985 --> 00:00:28,196 They will send another wave of hive ships. 13 00:00:28,279 --> 00:00:30,531 Sheppard: We've found a sister ship to the Aurora 14 00:00:30,615 --> 00:00:31,908 called the Orion. 15 00:00:31,991 --> 00:00:35,953 All chairs and seat backs into your upright and locked positions. 16 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,664 Be advised, we have detected a hive ship 17 00:00:38,748 --> 00:00:40,208 heading towards Atlantis. 18 00:00:44,128 --> 00:00:46,839 All of my people have been safely relocated to the city. 19 00:00:46,923 --> 00:00:48,090 Did everything go smoothly? 20 00:00:48,174 --> 00:00:50,551 Yeah, they're pretty used to the back and forth, by now. 21 00:00:50,676 --> 00:00:52,970 Have you picked up any of their contacts? Sergeant? 22 00:00:53,054 --> 00:00:55,223 Negative, ma'am. Scans are still clear. 23 00:00:55,306 --> 00:00:56,946 It looks like it's just the one hive ship. 24 00:00:57,016 --> 00:00:58,726 And our cloak? Up and running. 25 00:00:58,809 --> 00:01:00,394 All readings are in the green. 26 00:01:00,478 --> 00:01:01,562 Good. 27 00:01:01,812 --> 00:01:04,565 Colonel Caldwell, are you in position? Caldwell: Affirmative. 28 00:01:04,649 --> 00:01:07,569 We're out of scanning range, ready to jump into position on your go-ahead. 29 00:01:07,652 --> 00:01:08,652 Weir: Excellent. 30 00:01:08,694 --> 00:01:11,506 Just for the record, I still think that we should be in orbit around Atlantis 31 00:01:11,530 --> 00:01:12,907 ready to open up on that hive ship 32 00:01:12,990 --> 00:01:14,742 the second it comes out of hyperspace. 33 00:01:14,825 --> 00:01:15,825 It's one hive, colonel, 34 00:01:15,868 --> 00:01:18,120 which suggests they might just be checking up on us. 35 00:01:18,204 --> 00:01:21,499 There's no need to confirm our presence if we don't have to. 36 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:23,042 Just stand by. 37 00:01:23,125 --> 00:01:24,252 Standing by. 38 00:01:24,919 --> 00:01:27,004 Colonel Sheppard, how goes it on your end? 39 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:29,581 Sheppard: Well, we're out of sensor range and all that, 40 00:01:29,632 --> 00:01:31,902 but whether or not we're ready to fight is a whole other story. 41 00:01:31,926 --> 00:01:33,570 McKay: Look, getting this ship up and running 42 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:35,012 in under a month is a miracle. 43 00:01:35,096 --> 00:01:37,014 Do we start the beatification now or later? 44 00:01:37,848 --> 00:01:41,435 Rodney, if the hive opens up on us, I want Orion's drones. 45 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:43,997 Which means we're gonna need the hyperdrive to get in position. 46 00:01:44,021 --> 00:01:46,899 Which means we'll need shields, which means you want everything. 47 00:01:46,983 --> 00:01:48,901 I like everything. Can we do it or not? 48 00:01:48,985 --> 00:01:50,111 We”, don't get up. 49 00:01:50,194 --> 00:01:51,362 Shields? 50 00:01:53,197 --> 00:01:54,365 Yes. 51 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:55,992 Jump into position? 52 00:01:56,867 --> 00:01:58,369 Mmm. Maybe. 53 00:01:58,869 --> 00:02:00,371 Release the drones? 54 00:02:02,164 --> 00:02:03,416 Probably not. 55 00:02:03,499 --> 00:02:05,793 Well, it's pointless to get in position if we can't fire. 56 00:02:05,876 --> 00:02:09,297 You know, let's talk about it for a really long time. 57 00:02:09,380 --> 00:02:10,673 That'll help for sure. 58 00:02:10,756 --> 00:02:14,093 Sheppard: Rodney's doing everything inhumanly possible to be ready. 59 00:02:14,176 --> 00:02:15,511 I have a contact. 60 00:02:24,562 --> 00:02:26,147 Ca ld well.“ Atlantis, report. 61 00:02:26,564 --> 00:02:29,066 It's going into geosynchronous orbit. 62 00:02:29,150 --> 00:02:31,277 Hasn't armed any of its weapons. 63 00:02:31,569 --> 00:02:33,112 If they do, I want you to switch 64 00:02:33,195 --> 00:02:34,915 from cloak to shield as quickly as possible. 65 00:02:34,989 --> 00:02:36,157 Don't wait for my order. 66 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:37,491 Yes, ma'am. 67 00:02:38,242 --> 00:02:40,202 You could be a little more chatty, Elizabeth. 68 00:02:40,328 --> 00:02:42,788 I'm sorry, we're just waiting for them to make the next move. 69 00:02:42,872 --> 00:02:45,166 Transmitting a signal. Audio only. 70 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:47,543 Put it on speaker. 71 00:02:48,127 --> 00:02:49,962 Michael: We know you are there. 72 00:02:50,046 --> 00:02:52,631 We mean you no harm. Please respond. 73 00:02:54,550 --> 00:02:56,344 John, are you hearing this? 74 00:02:56,969 --> 00:02:58,596 It's repeating again. 75 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:00,473 Michael: We mean you no harm. 76 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:04,518 There is no point in hiding, Dr. Weir. 77 00:03:04,602 --> 00:03:06,020 We know you are there. 78 00:03:06,103 --> 00:03:08,939 We mean you no harm. Please respond. 79 00:03:09,607 --> 00:03:11,567 Is that who I think it is? 80 00:03:11,650 --> 00:03:12,943 Weir: He's addressing me by name. 81 00:03:13,778 --> 00:03:16,447 I think we can assume it's Michael. 82 00:04:23,639 --> 00:04:25,307 You don't actually intend to respond? 83 00:04:25,391 --> 00:04:26,517 Weir.“ why not? 84 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,018 Where do you want me to start? 85 00:04:28,102 --> 00:04:30,438 I think we can safely say our cover is blown. 86 00:04:30,521 --> 00:04:32,356 I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. 87 00:04:32,481 --> 00:04:34,650 The message is from Michael, colonel. 88 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:35,943 They know we're here. 89 00:04:36,026 --> 00:04:38,112 Caldwell: But they don't know exactly where we are. 90 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:42,241 He's right. Answer them and we guarantee the first shot won't miss. 91 00:04:43,367 --> 00:04:44,660 Teyla? 92 00:04:45,870 --> 00:04:48,497 Any attempt on my part to connect with Michael 93 00:04:48,581 --> 00:04:52,376 will confirm our location as surely as if you answer by radio. 94 00:04:52,918 --> 00:04:55,254 I recommend you open a secure channel 95 00:04:55,337 --> 00:04:56,922 with the hive via the daedalus. 96 00:04:57,006 --> 00:04:59,067 That way they won't be able to pinpoint Atlantis' position. 97 00:04:59,091 --> 00:05:00,968 And we can always turn the shield on. 98 00:05:01,051 --> 00:05:03,304 I believe we have enough combined firepower 99 00:05:03,387 --> 00:05:05,931 to take out a single hive if we need to. 100 00:05:06,474 --> 00:05:09,268 Have you ever heard of a wraith behaving this way? 101 00:05:11,061 --> 00:05:12,605 Nor have I. 102 00:05:12,897 --> 00:05:14,064 Right. 103 00:05:14,732 --> 00:05:16,400 Let's hear what they have to say. 104 00:05:23,991 --> 00:05:25,951 Rodney and I have set up the subspace relay 105 00:05:26,035 --> 00:05:27,161 to go through the daedalus, 106 00:05:27,244 --> 00:05:28,889 and I've been able to configure our systems 107 00:05:28,913 --> 00:05:30,956 to handle both their audio and video frequencies, 108 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,127 so we should be able to see and hear them live. 109 00:05:35,294 --> 00:05:37,588 They wanna know what's taking so long. 110 00:05:40,591 --> 00:05:41,926 Open the channel. 111 00:05:51,477 --> 00:05:52,853 Hello, Michael. 112 00:05:52,937 --> 00:05:54,563 Why the long delay? 113 00:05:55,731 --> 00:05:58,567 We needed to take a few precautions before contacting you. 114 00:05:58,651 --> 00:06:00,486 I'm sure you understand why. 115 00:06:00,819 --> 00:06:03,155 I said we would not harm you. 116 00:06:03,405 --> 00:06:06,116 Well, excuse me for not taking you at your word. 117 00:06:06,909 --> 00:06:09,578 You wanted to talk, we're listening. Go ahead. 118 00:06:10,287 --> 00:06:12,081 Over two years ago, 119 00:06:12,623 --> 00:06:15,209 every hive ship in this galaxy 120 00:06:15,292 --> 00:06:17,795 emerged from hibernation prematurely. 121 00:06:18,462 --> 00:06:22,841 We thought a new, rich feeding ground had been discovered. 122 00:06:22,925 --> 00:06:24,051 Earth. 123 00:06:24,134 --> 00:06:27,304 Unfortunately, locating your planet 124 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:31,308 and uncovering an effective means of transportation to get there 125 00:06:31,892 --> 00:06:34,478 has proven quite difficult. 126 00:06:35,688 --> 00:06:37,898 Well, I can't say I'm sad to hear that. 127 00:06:37,982 --> 00:06:41,110 For the first time since the dawn of our race, 128 00:06:41,193 --> 00:06:45,114 there are too few of your kind to feed the waking wraith. 129 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,033 This has resulted in civil war. 130 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:53,664 Hives are forming alliances, and strong are attacking the weak. 131 00:06:55,165 --> 00:06:56,250 Which are you? 132 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:59,503 Our goals are not dissimilar, Dr. Weir. 133 00:06:59,837 --> 00:07:02,423 You would like to eliminate the wraith as a threat? 134 00:07:02,506 --> 00:07:04,550 I find that hard to believe. 135 00:07:05,175 --> 00:07:09,013 We would like you to give us Dr. Beckett's retrovirus. 136 00:07:09,179 --> 00:07:11,098 If we were able to distribute it 137 00:07:11,181 --> 00:07:14,518 among the rival wraith hives in sufficient quantity, 138 00:07:14,602 --> 00:07:17,271 this would both render them helpless 139 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:21,066 and provide us with an alternative food source. 140 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:23,694 Those wraith would become humans. 141 00:07:24,278 --> 00:07:26,196 On the surface, perhaps. 142 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,658 As a sign of good faith, I am sending you our jamming codes. 143 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:32,244 This program was established and distributed 144 00:07:32,328 --> 00:07:34,121 before the civil war broke out 145 00:07:34,204 --> 00:07:37,333 so we assume all the hive ships are still using it. 146 00:07:37,666 --> 00:07:42,046 By figuring out how to bypass or disable this program, 147 00:07:42,838 --> 00:07:44,965 you would be able to beam your nuclear weapons 148 00:07:45,049 --> 00:07:46,717 aboard any of our ships 149 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,719 whenever you so please. 150 00:07:49,553 --> 00:07:53,557 We are willing to help you achieve this if you help us. 151 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:55,893 They're sending a data burst. 152 00:07:56,393 --> 00:07:59,104 Download it to a non-networked, firewalled computer. 153 00:07:59,188 --> 00:08:00,397 Yes, ma'am. 154 00:08:00,481 --> 00:08:03,817 I'm sure you'll want to recall all the ships you have lying in wait for us 155 00:08:03,901 --> 00:08:05,819 and discuss this with your people. 156 00:08:05,903 --> 00:08:08,197 We will await your reply. 157 00:08:09,073 --> 00:08:12,868 But should you make an attempt to destroy us, 158 00:08:13,243 --> 00:08:16,372 we will alert every wraith in this galaxy 159 00:08:16,455 --> 00:08:20,125 to the fact that Atlantis is still very much intact. 160 00:08:21,085 --> 00:08:23,170 I'm sure you wouldn't want that. 161 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:30,219 Well, I think it's safe to say 162 00:08:30,302 --> 00:08:32,739 that if they were going to attack us, they would've done it by now. 163 00:08:32,763 --> 00:08:34,890 They let the daedalus land without incident. 164 00:08:34,973 --> 00:08:36,618 And you're sure they don't know about the Orion? 165 00:08:36,642 --> 00:08:39,478 I ordered lorne to park her just outside of sensor range. 166 00:08:39,561 --> 00:08:42,064 This... this is incredible. 167 00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:44,417 I can't believe they actually sent this over so freely. 168 00:08:44,441 --> 00:08:46,419 I mean, if I can figure out how to break through this program, 169 00:08:46,443 --> 00:08:48,237 which is, well, as you know, pretty likely, 170 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,198 we could nuke any hive ship that we came across. 171 00:08:51,448 --> 00:08:52,533 Including Michael's? 172 00:08:52,616 --> 00:08:54,219 Might take a couple of tries the first time. 173 00:08:54,243 --> 00:08:57,162 Long enough to tell the rest of the wraith we're still around. 174 00:08:57,246 --> 00:09:00,124 If they really are willing to let me run tests on their ship, 175 00:09:00,207 --> 00:09:01,333 I mean, this is a... 176 00:09:01,417 --> 00:09:03,460 It's an amazing opportunity, Elizabeth. 177 00:09:03,627 --> 00:09:05,379 An amazing opportunity. 178 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:09,466 We”, think about it. This is essentially our idea. 179 00:09:10,092 --> 00:09:11,385 We created the retrovirus 180 00:09:11,468 --> 00:09:14,054 in order to do exactly what they're proposing we do. 181 00:09:14,138 --> 00:09:15,389 What's the downside? 182 00:09:15,472 --> 00:09:18,600 I mean, other than the fact that we'd be working with the wraith. 183 00:09:18,684 --> 00:09:19,852 Isn't that enough? 184 00:09:19,935 --> 00:09:23,564 It would mean at least something good came of our experiment with Michael. 185 00:09:23,647 --> 00:09:25,524 I'm not sure we have a choice. 186 00:09:25,816 --> 00:09:28,527 It appears they've kept our existence a secret. 187 00:09:28,944 --> 00:09:30,571 But if we do not help... 188 00:09:31,321 --> 00:09:32,781 Then there is that. 189 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:37,619 Carson, I know you've been working on the weaponization of the retrovirus. 190 00:09:37,703 --> 00:09:38,871 How close are you? 191 00:09:38,954 --> 00:09:40,038 We're close. 192 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:43,584 It still needs work, but we're close. 193 00:09:50,007 --> 00:09:51,133 What? 194 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:53,677 What do you think? 195 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,888 Let's do it. 196 00:09:55,971 --> 00:09:57,014 Weir: Really? 197 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:59,850 Sheppard said it himself. It's our idea. 198 00:10:00,184 --> 00:10:01,602 I just thought you of all people... 199 00:10:01,685 --> 00:10:03,329 If they want our help killing other wraith, 200 00:10:03,353 --> 00:10:05,898 it's one kind of help I'm happy to provide. 201 00:10:06,064 --> 00:10:07,191 Okay. 202 00:10:08,150 --> 00:10:10,486 So we're going to do this. 203 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:16,325 I'll accept the offer. 204 00:10:20,704 --> 00:10:21,914 Teyla. 205 00:10:21,997 --> 00:10:23,081 Colonel? 206 00:10:24,374 --> 00:10:27,628 Something tells me you don't think this is such a good idea. 207 00:10:27,711 --> 00:10:30,464 As I said, I do not believe we have a choice. 208 00:10:30,547 --> 00:10:32,424 A good idea is still a good idea. 209 00:10:32,508 --> 00:10:34,468 I voiced my concern about this plan 210 00:10:34,551 --> 00:10:35,844 to change the wraith into humans 211 00:10:35,928 --> 00:10:37,763 prior to the experiment on Michael. 212 00:10:37,846 --> 00:10:39,097 And we convinced you. 213 00:10:39,181 --> 00:10:41,099 No, colonel. 214 00:10:41,934 --> 00:10:44,186 I chose to place my trust in you. 215 00:10:44,269 --> 00:10:45,604 There is a difference. 216 00:10:45,687 --> 00:10:47,147 Look, it's not like we're setting out 217 00:10:47,231 --> 00:10:48,816 to create a bunch of Michaels here. 218 00:10:48,899 --> 00:10:51,527 No, we are creating a food source for other wraith. 219 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:55,239 Instead of us, which is the part I am fine with, by the way. 220 00:10:57,241 --> 00:11:00,285 I guess I just want you to be fine with it, too. 221 00:11:00,953 --> 00:11:03,539 If this is the full extent of their plan... 222 00:11:05,749 --> 00:11:07,417 What do you mean? 223 00:11:09,419 --> 00:11:11,296 They are wraith. 224 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:26,311 Man: This is escort 2. We have a visual on the wraith scout ship 225 00:11:26,395 --> 00:11:28,939 and are entering formation with escort 5. 226 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:36,154 I gotta tell you, when I woke up this morning, 227 00:11:36,238 --> 00:11:38,949 I honestly didn't think this would be happening. 228 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:42,953 God, I hope we're doing the right thing. 229 00:12:09,354 --> 00:12:10,898 Touchdown. 230 00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:49,603 I'm Dr. Elizabeth Weir. 231 00:12:49,686 --> 00:12:51,521 Welcome to Atlantis. 232 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:13,585 My people are willing to work with some of your scientists, 233 00:13:13,669 --> 00:13:15,587 but no more than three wraith 234 00:13:15,671 --> 00:13:18,048 will be allowed on this base at any given time. 235 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:20,592 You'll be subjected to extensive searches 236 00:13:20,676 --> 00:13:22,970 that we'll perform at random intervals. 237 00:13:23,053 --> 00:13:27,724 If any harmful materials or weapons are found on your, uh, your fellow wraith, 238 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:30,602 we'll consider it an act of aggression 239 00:13:30,686 --> 00:13:32,437 and immediately destroy your ship. 240 00:13:32,521 --> 00:13:35,190 We are also monitoring all of your transmission. 241 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:37,859 All we want is the retrovirus. 242 00:13:38,110 --> 00:13:41,905 It is the key to ending a civil war that could go on for centuries. 243 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:45,158 Impose whatever conditions you wish. 244 00:13:47,869 --> 00:13:49,454 Let us begin. 245 00:13:53,083 --> 00:13:57,671 Aside from a slight refinement since we last used it on... 246 00:13:58,630 --> 00:14:01,925 Well, on the one we called Michael. 247 00:14:03,593 --> 00:14:06,346 Do you have names? What shall I call you? 248 00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:08,306 What shall I call him? 249 00:14:10,267 --> 00:14:13,645 Well, I suppose in the end it really doesn't matter, does it? 250 00:14:15,439 --> 00:14:18,316 Okay, where was I? 251 00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:19,919 We were just getting to dissemination. 252 00:14:19,943 --> 00:14:21,695 Yes, yes, thank you. 253 00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:25,949 Now, when disseminating an aerosolized medicine such as the retrovirus, 254 00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:29,286 one needs to take in a number of different considerations. 255 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:33,999 Proximity to patient, particle size, ventilation pattern, 256 00:14:34,082 --> 00:14:35,375 ainivay architecture, dosage_. 257 00:14:35,459 --> 00:14:37,377 You turned it into a gas? 258 00:14:37,461 --> 00:14:40,130 Yes. An aerosol gas. 259 00:14:40,213 --> 00:14:41,506 Hmm. 260 00:14:42,632 --> 00:14:46,595 O-On earth, we'd normally use a technique called aerodynamic dissemination, 261 00:14:47,012 --> 00:14:48,638 but because of the problems of doing that 262 00:14:48,722 --> 00:14:50,932 inside, say, like, a wraith hive ship, 263 00:14:51,016 --> 00:14:53,935 w-we have attempted various styles of thermal dissemination. 264 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:55,228 Explosives? 265 00:14:55,312 --> 00:14:56,438 Explosives, yes, yes. 266 00:14:56,521 --> 00:14:58,899 Uh, the problem with an explosive delivery system is 267 00:14:58,982 --> 00:15:01,068 that because the drug is now an aerosol, 268 00:15:01,151 --> 00:15:03,236 a third of the tests ignited the medication. 269 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,614 Rendering it useless. They call it flashing. 270 00:15:05,697 --> 00:15:06,865 Flashing. 271 00:15:07,157 --> 00:15:10,827 Long ago, we experimented with gas weapons. 272 00:15:10,911 --> 00:15:15,373 We found them most difficult to use in outer-atmosphere combat. 273 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:17,584 When fired into an enemy vessel, 274 00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:20,337 the weapon caused explosive decompression 275 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,339 in the targeted compartment. 276 00:15:23,465 --> 00:15:25,592 We had thought of that, yes. 277 00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:31,014 But if you want to affect a large population simultaneously, 278 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:34,643 an aerosol gas is really the only way to go. 279 00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:37,854 Now we have to figure out a way to get it into your enemy's hive ship. 280 00:15:37,938 --> 00:15:40,023 Yes, we will. 281 00:15:45,070 --> 00:15:46,446 It's pretty interesting stuff, eh. 282 00:15:46,530 --> 00:15:49,449 I think I've learned more about wraith technology in the last hour 283 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:51,701 than I have in the past two years. 284 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:57,124 Oh, come on. I understand you're an asgard and everything, 285 00:15:57,207 --> 00:15:59,960 but even you've gotta feel a bit of an adrenaline buzz. 286 00:16:00,043 --> 00:16:02,295 My body does not possess the adrenal gland 287 00:16:02,379 --> 00:16:04,798 that produces epinephrine in your system. 288 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:08,468 And even if I did, I would not be as easily impressed. 289 00:16:08,593 --> 00:16:10,887 I get it. I get it. You think you're smarter than I am. 290 00:16:10,971 --> 00:16:12,472 You ready to go or not? 291 00:16:12,556 --> 00:16:14,558 I have been for some time. 292 00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:19,187 This is McKay. 293 00:16:19,271 --> 00:16:21,148 Give me an open channel to the hive. 294 00:16:21,773 --> 00:16:23,650 Man: You're live. Go ahead. 295 00:16:25,944 --> 00:16:28,947 This is Dr. Rodney McKay aboard the earth ship daedalus. 296 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:31,658 We would like, uh, with your permission, 297 00:16:31,741 --> 00:16:35,328 to begin attempting to beam an innocuous canister 298 00:16:35,412 --> 00:16:37,664 onto your ship while you are actively jamming. 299 00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:40,041 Uh, we're hoping through trial and error 300 00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:45,463 that we can slowly disarm or, uh, break the code. 301 00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:48,175 May we proceed? 302 00:16:51,428 --> 00:16:53,638 Hive queen: You may begin, Dr. McKay. 303 00:16:53,722 --> 00:16:55,891 Okay, thank you. Thank you. 304 00:16:57,601 --> 00:16:59,102 That was weird. 305 00:16:59,561 --> 00:17:00,812 Shall we? 306 00:17:08,278 --> 00:17:09,779 Hello, Michael. 307 00:17:11,031 --> 00:17:13,450 It seemed right to come back here 308 00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:16,453 and to see you. 309 00:17:17,204 --> 00:17:18,997 Thank you for coming. 310 00:17:19,748 --> 00:17:21,374 You didn't have to bring him. 311 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,376 I insisted. 312 00:17:24,794 --> 00:17:28,882 The last time I saw you, I really was going to feed on you. 313 00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:34,638 But it was not a matter of choice, it was instinct. 314 00:17:36,014 --> 00:17:38,058 That is what you have come here to say? 315 00:17:39,893 --> 00:17:44,856 You have given me a very rare perspective among the wraith. 316 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:46,942 Few of us have ever come to know 317 00:17:47,025 --> 00:17:48,777 the humans we are going to feed on 318 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:52,656 as anything more than a means to survive. 319 00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:56,952 And still, I would do what I had to do. 320 00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:01,915 But what you did to me... 321 00:18:01,998 --> 00:18:03,333 We did the same. 322 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:04,417 To survive. 323 00:18:04,501 --> 00:18:06,253 I thought you were trying to help me. 324 00:18:06,336 --> 00:18:07,462 What's your point? 325 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:09,506 We're not as different as you think. 326 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,049 We are nothing like you. 327 00:18:14,469 --> 00:18:18,098 You are a lot more like us than you allow yourselves to believe. 328 00:18:18,181 --> 00:18:20,767 I will not argue with you, Michael. It is pointless. 329 00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:23,395 If we are to make this alliance work, 330 00:18:24,396 --> 00:18:27,983 we must both overcome the instincts that define us. 331 00:18:32,153 --> 00:18:34,030 We will not meet again. 332 00:18:35,532 --> 00:18:36,783 Goodbye. 333 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:40,078 Goodbye. 334 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:49,379 You are proving my point right now. 335 00:18:49,671 --> 00:18:52,674 Oh, every fiber in your body wants to kill me. 336 00:18:55,719 --> 00:18:58,221 Instinct is so hard to overcome, 337 00:18:58,305 --> 00:19:00,807 but what would happen to our alliance? 338 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:03,143 Every wraith ship in this galaxy would 339 00:19:03,226 --> 00:19:05,854 descend upon this city and destroy it. 340 00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:09,482 Is it worth it, ronon? 341 00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:11,776 If it was up to me... But it isn't! 342 00:19:32,714 --> 00:19:35,467 What will happen once you disseminate the weapon? 343 00:19:35,550 --> 00:19:37,802 We shall continue on to the next hive. 344 00:19:37,886 --> 00:19:39,095 Then what? 345 00:19:39,471 --> 00:19:43,183 Oh, we will continue until we've conquered all of our enemies. 346 00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:46,019 And you think our retrovirus can do all that? 347 00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:47,354 Yes. 348 00:19:47,479 --> 00:19:49,939 The one we're freely handing over to you? 349 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:51,858 I see. 350 00:19:53,777 --> 00:19:56,446 Your people will not be harmed. 351 00:19:57,989 --> 00:20:00,867 Such would be the nature of our agreement. 352 00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:04,496 And what about all the other humans on the other worlds? 353 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,207 Any chance you'll stop feeding on them? 354 00:20:07,290 --> 00:20:10,627 Your retrovirus will allow us to feed off enemy wraith. 355 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:15,548 There will come a time, however, 356 00:20:15,632 --> 00:20:18,134 when our enemy will be vanquished. 357 00:20:18,510 --> 00:20:20,136 At which point you'll return to killing 358 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:22,055 ordinary folks the old-fashioned way. 359 00:20:22,138 --> 00:20:24,766 That will take far longer than your short lifetime. 360 00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:27,727 Let's just say I'm worried about my grandkids. 361 00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:30,313 The technology of this city, 362 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:32,816 this city that you now control, 363 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:36,403 is far more powerful than that of the wraith. 364 00:20:37,153 --> 00:20:40,073 Yet we brought the lanteans to their knees. 365 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:43,451 Why? Far greater numbers. 366 00:20:43,535 --> 00:20:46,830 Numbers that will be diminished by your retrovirus. 367 00:20:47,831 --> 00:20:49,833 Balance will be restored. 368 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:53,878 I believe that is as much as either of us can ask for. 369 00:20:54,879 --> 00:20:56,423 Don't you? 370 00:21:00,218 --> 00:21:03,763 No! I'm sorry. An aerosol gas is the only way to go. 371 00:21:05,723 --> 00:21:08,852 Not that I want to anger you 372 00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:12,647 or not take any of your ideas into consideration. 373 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:16,860 It's just that, well, we've been working on this for some time now. 374 00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:19,779 Very well. 375 00:21:20,363 --> 00:21:23,575 Can't you smuggle gas bomb onto one of your rival hives? 376 00:21:24,033 --> 00:21:26,786 Such a device would not allow for the gas 377 00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:29,789 to affect the whole ship in sufficient time. 378 00:21:30,498 --> 00:21:32,709 They would open fire on our own ship 379 00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:34,919 the moment the gas was detected. 380 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:40,049 Aye. You need to reach all the occupied compartments at once. 381 00:21:42,093 --> 00:21:43,761 If we could get the aerosol gas into 382 00:21:43,845 --> 00:21:45,430 the life-support system... 383 00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:47,724 How long for the gas to take effect? 384 00:21:48,725 --> 00:21:51,728 Well, theoretically... We don't know. 385 00:21:51,895 --> 00:21:53,188 Well, we don't. 386 00:21:53,271 --> 00:21:55,231 He's right, we don't. 387 00:21:57,358 --> 00:21:59,652 Then I will have to make arrangements. 388 00:22:30,475 --> 00:22:32,101 I want to go in there. 389 00:22:33,895 --> 00:22:34,938 Now. 390 00:22:40,193 --> 00:22:42,153 Vent the gas from the room. 391 00:22:56,876 --> 00:23:00,129 Don't worry. He'll begin to turn back in only a number of days 392 00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:02,298 if we don't start administering... 393 00:23:02,382 --> 00:23:03,424 Weir: Colonel. 394 00:23:04,801 --> 00:23:07,262 We knew this would be a part of the bargain. 395 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:20,650 I've seen enough. 396 00:23:34,998 --> 00:23:36,791 It works. 397 00:23:44,007 --> 00:23:47,594 There is another hive ship a single jump away from this system. 398 00:23:47,677 --> 00:23:50,930 They recently attempted to attack our ship. 399 00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:55,184 I would like to test the virus on them first. 400 00:23:57,186 --> 00:24:00,898 With all due respect, madam, I don't think we're there yet. 401 00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:03,192 We've been working with your scientist here 402 00:24:03,276 --> 00:24:05,879 on an effective means of disseminating the virus as an aerosol gas... 403 00:24:05,903 --> 00:24:08,114 And you have succeeded. 404 00:24:08,239 --> 00:24:11,284 Transforming a single wraith in a controlled environment 405 00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:13,119 and trying to infect an entire hive at once 406 00:24:13,202 --> 00:24:14,602 are completely two different things. 407 00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:16,456 We plan on entering their hive 408 00:24:16,539 --> 00:24:19,459 under the pretense of negotiating our surrender. 409 00:24:19,542 --> 00:24:21,336 Part of the delegation will break away 410 00:24:21,419 --> 00:24:24,380 planting small canisters of gas throughout the ship. 411 00:24:25,048 --> 00:24:26,799 We need only to create a system 412 00:24:26,883 --> 00:24:28,635 that will synchronize the release. 413 00:24:28,718 --> 00:24:30,261 Well, we can do that. 414 00:24:30,345 --> 00:24:32,055 Oh, do we have the kind of volume we need? 415 00:24:32,138 --> 00:24:34,932 Aye. Our lab has been churning out 416 00:24:35,016 --> 00:24:36,976 since we struck a deal with our friends here. 417 00:24:37,894 --> 00:24:39,395 Then we can do this? 418 00:24:40,688 --> 00:24:43,566 Well, it's up to them. 419 00:24:45,401 --> 00:24:48,529 I would like our people to go along and observe. 420 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:50,406 For what purpose? 421 00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:52,408 Make sure you stick to the plan, 422 00:24:52,492 --> 00:24:54,410 do what you say you're gonna do. 423 00:24:55,745 --> 00:24:57,080 Very well. 424 00:24:58,748 --> 00:25:00,083 Good luck. 425 00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:02,335 To us all. 426 00:25:14,972 --> 00:25:16,683 Jumper 8 has cleared the bay, cloaked, 427 00:25:16,766 --> 00:25:18,351 and is heading for the two hive ships. 428 00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:20,353 We are running quiet and out of sensor range. 429 00:25:20,436 --> 00:25:21,938 Thank you, captain. 430 00:25:22,271 --> 00:25:24,357 Guess now we just wait. 431 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,235 This trial's a little premature, don't you think? 432 00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:29,878 Hmm. I guess that's what happens when the wraith get too excited. 433 00:25:29,904 --> 00:25:31,781 What if they fail? 434 00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:33,866 Maybe they'll blow each other to kingdom come, 435 00:25:33,950 --> 00:25:35,243 we can all go home. 436 00:25:35,326 --> 00:25:37,745 I thought we wanted this to work. 437 00:25:38,079 --> 00:25:40,206 I'm just saying, if this thing goes south, 438 00:25:40,289 --> 00:25:43,376 we can't let the word get out we were involved in this. 439 00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:49,340 Carson. 440 00:25:49,549 --> 00:25:50,883 Elizabeth. 441 00:25:51,634 --> 00:25:53,970 When I developed this retrovirus for the wraith, 442 00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:57,724 it was to free them from what I perceived to be an unnatural state. 443 00:25:57,974 --> 00:25:59,684 Now at the very moment they take human form 444 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:02,061 they'll face a horribly painful death. 445 00:26:02,186 --> 00:26:04,564 No matter how we rationalize this 446 00:26:04,647 --> 00:26:06,566 we're still letting the wraith kill humans. 447 00:26:06,983 --> 00:26:09,861 Well, I guess it depends on how you define "human". 448 00:26:10,153 --> 00:26:12,905 We can't judge an entire race based on the fact 449 00:26:12,989 --> 00:26:14,907 that Michael's experiment didn't work. 450 00:26:14,991 --> 00:26:18,369 If you're asking me whether or not I'm losing sleep over this... 451 00:26:21,497 --> 00:26:26,335 Hmm. Well, I am taking those sedatives you prescribed. 452 00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:31,090 We're getting telemetry back from the cloaked jumper, sir. 453 00:26:31,174 --> 00:26:32,425 It's in theater. 454 00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:33,968 Let's see it. 455 00:26:34,886 --> 00:26:37,013 That's our hive there on the left. 456 00:26:37,638 --> 00:26:40,183 Our hive. It's weird. 457 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,148 The delegation's aboard. Now we wait. 458 00:26:51,194 --> 00:26:52,904 They didn't need you on the daedalus? 459 00:26:52,987 --> 00:26:55,490 Colonel Caldwell believed my time was better spent 460 00:26:55,573 --> 00:26:57,450 disabling theirjamming code. 461 00:26:57,533 --> 00:27:00,244 So they can fly that ship without you. 462 00:27:00,328 --> 00:27:04,832 Yes, but apparently you cannot run these tests without me. 463 00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:07,335 I'm sure I would have been fine. 464 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:09,754 I am not as sure. 465 00:27:10,713 --> 00:27:12,673 Really? Well. 466 00:27:17,094 --> 00:27:20,014 Okay, try it now. 467 00:27:28,397 --> 00:27:32,235 Well, well. Turns out the human knows what he's doing after all. 468 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:36,531 Indeed. Your assistance on this project will be noted. 469 00:27:36,614 --> 00:27:38,115 My assistance? 470 00:27:44,247 --> 00:27:45,873 The delegation transport is returning 471 00:27:45,957 --> 00:27:47,792 to the friendly hive ahead of schedule. 472 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:54,924 What was that? 473 00:27:55,591 --> 00:27:57,718 Captain: The transport has been destroyed. 474 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:58,845 That's not good. 475 00:27:58,928 --> 00:28:01,722 Sir, jumper 8 is reporting the enemy hive has opened fire. 476 00:28:01,806 --> 00:28:03,975 Friendly hive sustaining serious damage. 477 00:28:04,058 --> 00:28:05,977 If they get boarded, it's all over for Atlantis. 478 00:28:06,060 --> 00:28:07,436 They'll give us up for sure. 479 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,915 Jump to their position, shields at full, ready main railguns, 480 00:28:09,939 --> 00:28:11,190 ready all missile batteries. 481 00:28:11,274 --> 00:28:12,859 Captain: Jumping into theater now. 482 00:28:26,664 --> 00:28:28,082 Get that jumper back into the bay! 483 00:28:28,165 --> 00:28:29,643 We're not gonna be able to keep this up for long. 484 00:28:29,667 --> 00:28:31,307 Think we'll give them enough time to jump? 485 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:32,615 Our hive is entering hyperspace. 486 00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:43,222 Jumper 8 has been recovered. 487 00:28:43,306 --> 00:28:45,641 Set course for Atlantis. Get us out of here! 488 00:28:57,695 --> 00:28:59,906 Hive queen: Our delegation was searched. 489 00:28:59,989 --> 00:29:03,534 They were killed immediately when your canisters were discovered. 490 00:29:03,618 --> 00:29:07,663 Our transport ship tried to escape, but it was destroyed. 491 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,542 You must devise a better delivery method. 492 00:29:11,626 --> 00:29:12,877 Or what? 493 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,839 Or we will disclose your location to the other wraith. 494 00:29:16,964 --> 00:29:19,133 We kept our part of the bargain. 495 00:29:19,216 --> 00:29:20,635 We gave you the retrovirus. 496 00:29:20,718 --> 00:29:23,512 And it is useless without an effective delivery system. 497 00:29:23,596 --> 00:29:25,848 So we have to do everything? 498 00:29:32,021 --> 00:29:34,982 Okay, okay. I will figure something out. 499 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:36,108 But no more holding back. 500 00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:38,295 I wanna know everything there is to know about hive ships. 501 00:29:38,319 --> 00:29:39,546 Schematics, power distribution, 502 00:29:39,570 --> 00:29:41,948 life-support configurations, everything you've got. 503 00:29:42,031 --> 00:29:43,950 Then you shall have it. 504 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:45,576 For real? 505 00:29:49,497 --> 00:29:51,123 Receiving transmission. 506 00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:52,833 Make sure it's secure. 507 00:29:52,917 --> 00:29:54,477 Yeah, yeah, we're completely firewalled. 508 00:29:54,502 --> 00:29:55,878 Let me see that. 509 00:30:01,425 --> 00:30:03,886 She actually did it. Well, this is the mother lode. 510 00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:05,596 What is, exactly? 511 00:30:05,888 --> 00:30:08,599 Only everything you've ever wanted to know about wraith technology 512 00:30:08,683 --> 00:30:10,559 but were afraid to ask. 513 00:30:12,228 --> 00:30:14,146 Why are you doing this? 514 00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:17,233 We have suffered extensive damage. 515 00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:25,783 We could render assistance. 516 00:30:26,325 --> 00:30:28,077 You would do this? 517 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,913 We're supposed to have an alliance, aren't we? 518 00:30:31,580 --> 00:30:33,958 Sending information on wraith technology 519 00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:37,086 was a remarkable act of good faith on your part. 520 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:41,215 Your assistance would be acceptable. 521 00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:45,553 All right then. We have a deal. 522 00:30:59,316 --> 00:31:01,986 I know you guys have been burning it at both ends, so... 523 00:31:02,069 --> 00:31:03,738 Dr. Vogel just went to get us some. 524 00:31:03,821 --> 00:31:06,032 Thank you. Yeah, caught him on the way in. 525 00:31:06,115 --> 00:31:07,575 How's it coming? 526 00:31:07,658 --> 00:31:09,827 Ah! Oh, it... it... It's phenomenal. 527 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:11,513 It... it's like being handed a wraith encyclopedia. 528 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:13,247 It's hard to know where to start. 529 00:31:13,330 --> 00:31:15,458 When I was a kid and I got my first encyclopedia, 530 00:31:15,541 --> 00:31:17,668 I started with the letter s. 531 00:31:18,419 --> 00:31:21,505 Yes, well, while I'm sure the wraith sexuality is interesting, 532 00:31:21,589 --> 00:31:23,507 we've decided to split into two teams. 533 00:31:23,591 --> 00:31:26,010 Team a over here is trying to find the best place or places 534 00:31:26,093 --> 00:31:27,887 to plant the gas canister, 535 00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:31,724 and team b over there is trying to come up with some fixes for the damage 536 00:31:31,807 --> 00:31:34,101 that the wraith hive sustained during its last battle. 537 00:31:34,185 --> 00:31:35,728 And you? 538 00:31:35,853 --> 00:31:37,396 Mostly I'm just skimming the index. 539 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,315 Anything exciting? Oh, yes. 540 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:41,567 Such as? Well, the ships are massive. 541 00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:43,611 But because of their mainly organic design, 542 00:31:43,694 --> 00:31:45,738 they have a number of external weaknesses. 543 00:31:45,821 --> 00:31:48,365 I've got a weakness for external weaknesses. 544 00:31:48,908 --> 00:31:50,242 Any word from Rodney yet? 545 00:31:50,326 --> 00:31:51,994 I'm sure he's fine. 546 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:02,630 The organic base of a lot of your technology, it's quite amazing. 547 00:32:02,713 --> 00:32:05,299 Very, um, resilient. 548 00:32:05,633 --> 00:32:07,259 Many of the problems we encounter 549 00:32:07,343 --> 00:32:09,095 eventually heal themselves, yes. 550 00:32:09,178 --> 00:32:11,764 But there are smaller, more complex issues. 551 00:32:11,889 --> 00:32:15,976 Such as the programming code to make your old ships do new things? 552 00:32:16,102 --> 00:32:18,979 Or bypassing inoperable systems, yes. 553 00:32:19,772 --> 00:32:23,192 It has been so long since we've fought a real battle. 554 00:32:24,318 --> 00:32:28,239 Yes, well, I imagine I'd forget a lot in 10,000 years, too. 555 00:32:29,490 --> 00:32:31,117 Wraith scientist: Before the civil war, 556 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,328 there were keepers who maintained the entire fleet, 557 00:32:34,411 --> 00:32:36,122 but they've made their own alliances. 558 00:32:36,205 --> 00:32:37,706 Sorry about that. 559 00:32:37,873 --> 00:32:40,835 Without your help, this damage may have been irreparable. 560 00:32:40,918 --> 00:32:43,087 Finally, an alien race that appreciates me. 561 00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:44,755 Do you think we will be able to come up 562 00:32:44,839 --> 00:32:47,466 with an adequate delivery system for the retrovirus? 563 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:49,385 Hmm. Well, I know that you don't know me, 564 00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:50,946 so you couldn't possibly know this, but... 565 00:32:50,970 --> 00:32:53,389 The short answer is yes. 566 00:32:54,098 --> 00:32:55,224 This way. 567 00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:58,894 Ronon, are you crazy? Do you wanna get us killed? 568 00:32:58,978 --> 00:33:00,437 You don't touch him. 569 00:33:00,563 --> 00:33:02,314 He was guiding me down the hall, 570 00:33:02,398 --> 00:33:04,358 not sucking the life out my shoulder. 571 00:33:04,692 --> 00:33:07,361 We are sorry. Say you're sorry. 572 00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:09,321 That will not be necessary. 573 00:33:09,405 --> 00:33:11,282 He was protecting his superior. 574 00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:12,992 I would have done the same. 575 00:33:13,075 --> 00:33:14,660 He's not my superior. 576 00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:17,746 Certainly not in every sense. 577 00:33:18,414 --> 00:33:19,748 My apologies. 578 00:33:20,291 --> 00:33:22,168 You wanted to take us somewhere? 579 00:33:22,251 --> 00:33:24,044 Please, this way. 580 00:33:31,385 --> 00:33:32,803 That's your sweet spot. 581 00:33:32,887 --> 00:33:36,015 This central chamber scrubs the co2 from your artificial atmosphere 582 00:33:36,098 --> 00:33:38,451 and redistributes it as breathable air to the rest of the ship. 583 00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:41,562 You get a sufficiently large canister of retrovirus into that central chamber, 584 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:44,023 the whole ship will be affected simultaneously. 585 00:33:44,106 --> 00:33:46,525 Getting to this location without arousing suspicion 586 00:33:46,609 --> 00:33:47,943 will be very difficult. 587 00:33:48,944 --> 00:33:52,239 I'm sure it will be, but we can't really help you with that. 588 00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:54,325 Although the colonel and I have come up 589 00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:56,202 with a way to test that theory. 590 00:33:56,285 --> 00:33:57,578 Step one. 591 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,830 We find another enemy hive 592 00:33:59,914 --> 00:34:02,374 and jump to a location just out of its sensor range. 593 00:34:02,458 --> 00:34:03,898 Step two. The daedalus takes position 594 00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:05,377 in close proximity to your hive, 595 00:34:05,461 --> 00:34:07,254 essentially merging with your scan patterns 596 00:34:07,338 --> 00:34:09,506 rendering it practically invisible to enemy sensors. 597 00:34:09,590 --> 00:34:12,092 McKay: Step three. Using sublight systems, 598 00:34:12,176 --> 00:34:15,054 our ships approach the target hive for whatever reason. 599 00:34:15,137 --> 00:34:16,531 I'm sure you can come up with something. 600 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:19,395 Step four. Now that the daedalus can use its beaming technology again... 601 00:34:19,433 --> 00:34:21,227 Which would be thanks to... 602 00:34:21,977 --> 00:34:24,605 Anyway, once we get in range, 603 00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:28,067 we can beam a canister into the co2 chamber and, boom, 604 00:34:28,901 --> 00:34:30,861 one hive ship de-wraithified. 605 00:34:33,322 --> 00:34:34,782 Unacceptable. 606 00:34:35,616 --> 00:34:36,659 Excuse me? 607 00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:39,912 This plan keeps us completely reliant on you 608 00:34:39,995 --> 00:34:41,914 to disseminate the retrovirus. 609 00:34:41,997 --> 00:34:45,417 It's meant to be a test to see if the gas works in the first place. 610 00:34:45,501 --> 00:34:49,338 If it does, you can come up with some other way to deliver it. 611 00:34:54,677 --> 00:34:56,011 Very well. 612 00:34:57,137 --> 00:34:59,265 I'll transmit the coordinates to our new target 613 00:34:59,348 --> 00:35:01,267 as soon as I return to the hive. 614 00:35:01,350 --> 00:35:03,602 We'll leave as soon as you are ready. 615 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,821 What's a girl like her do for fun? 616 00:35:15,322 --> 00:35:18,033 I should be on that hive when we do this. 617 00:35:18,701 --> 00:35:20,244 Excuserne? Really? 618 00:35:20,327 --> 00:35:21,912 I know it's uncharacteristically brave, 619 00:35:21,996 --> 00:35:24,876 but I've hacked a lot of their systems under the guise of repairing them. 620 00:35:24,957 --> 00:35:27,394 I've convinced them that I should be there to supervise their systems 621 00:35:27,418 --> 00:35:28,460 if anything goes wrong. 622 00:35:28,544 --> 00:35:30,629 And they agreed to this? Yes. 623 00:35:30,713 --> 00:35:33,173 Plus, now we can freely beam stuff on and off their ships. 624 00:35:33,257 --> 00:35:35,694 I've written a program that'll immediately beam me out of there 625 00:35:35,718 --> 00:35:38,554 the second I activate this emergency transponder. 626 00:35:40,764 --> 00:35:41,964 You're sure you wanna do this? 627 00:35:42,016 --> 00:35:43,517 Of course I don't wanna do it. 628 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,811 I just... I think it should be done. 629 00:35:46,020 --> 00:35:47,646 Ronon goes along. 630 00:35:47,730 --> 00:35:49,273 I wouldn't have it any other way. 631 00:35:49,356 --> 00:35:50,816 And I'd like you on the daedalus. 632 00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:52,318 No place I'd rather be. 633 00:35:52,401 --> 00:35:54,737 Okay, good. Let's get this done. 634 00:35:55,029 --> 00:35:58,032 I'm about ready for our house guests toleave. 635 00:36:10,377 --> 00:36:12,087 Hey, is your terminal... 636 00:36:14,882 --> 00:36:16,675 You need to see this. 637 00:36:20,596 --> 00:36:21,847 Oh, no. 638 00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:24,850 Tell me the daedalus has not left yet. 639 00:36:32,858 --> 00:36:34,485 Are we there yet? 640 00:36:34,568 --> 00:36:36,880 Do you have any idea how difficult these maneuvers are gonna be? 641 00:36:36,904 --> 00:36:38,530 I'm guessing really difficult. 642 00:36:38,614 --> 00:36:40,467 Yeah, we're gonna be flying so close to that hive ship, 643 00:36:40,491 --> 00:36:42,284 you'll be able to reach out and touch it. 644 00:36:42,368 --> 00:36:45,204 I'm gonna insist on a few practice runs before we approach the enemy. 645 00:36:45,287 --> 00:36:46,955 I'm sure they're fine with that. 646 00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:48,624 Coming out of hyperspace. 647 00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,585 Now get McKay on the radio. I wanna... 648 00:36:55,089 --> 00:36:56,632 Shields to maximum! 649 00:36:56,757 --> 00:36:59,093 Decks 1 to 7 in the forward section have decompressed 650 00:36:59,176 --> 00:37:00,256 and are venting atmosphere. 651 00:37:00,302 --> 00:37:03,055 Seal off those sections. Get a damage control team down there. 652 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:05,766 Who's firing on us? 653 00:37:05,849 --> 00:37:08,268 I have two hive ships bearing down on our position, sir. 654 00:37:08,352 --> 00:37:10,187 One of them is the friendly. 655 00:37:10,854 --> 00:37:12,189 Not so friendly. 656 00:37:12,272 --> 00:37:14,274 All main weapons, fire at will on both ships. 657 00:37:14,358 --> 00:37:17,653 Hermiod, stand by to beam warheads to the nearest hive ship. 658 00:37:17,820 --> 00:37:19,363 It doesn't make any sense. 659 00:37:19,446 --> 00:37:20,948 Why break the alliance now? 660 00:37:21,031 --> 00:37:23,134 They don't even have the gas aboard their ship, we do. 661 00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:25,202 That's not my concern right now. 662 00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:30,999 Colonel Caldwell, this is hermiod. 663 00:37:31,083 --> 00:37:33,085 The warheads are ready to deploy. 664 00:37:33,168 --> 00:37:35,212 Standby till we reach optimal range. 665 00:37:35,295 --> 00:37:37,649 You gotta give McKay and ronon time to beam back aboard first. 666 00:37:37,673 --> 00:37:40,008 They've got until we reach weapons deployment range. 667 00:37:40,092 --> 00:37:42,445 If they can't activate their emergency transceivers by then, 668 00:37:42,469 --> 00:37:44,638 there's nothing we can do about it. 669 00:37:55,691 --> 00:37:58,777 What was that? Activate your transceiver. 670 00:38:00,404 --> 00:38:01,613 Oh, no. 671 00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:08,203 What are you doing? 672 00:38:08,287 --> 00:38:10,456 I am sorry, Dr. McKay. 673 00:38:10,539 --> 00:38:13,876 There has been a change in plans. 674 00:38:19,298 --> 00:38:20,591 It's time. 675 00:38:21,383 --> 00:38:22,759 Give them a few more seconds. 676 00:38:22,843 --> 00:38:24,195 I'm sorry, colonel, I can't do that. 677 00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:26,763 Hermiod, deploy warheads when ready. 678 00:38:27,222 --> 00:38:29,933 Colonel Caldwell, Dr. McKay's code has failed to breach 679 00:38:30,017 --> 00:38:31,393 the wraith countermeasures. 680 00:38:31,477 --> 00:38:34,062 I'm attempting another series of codes. 681 00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:35,606 Work as fast as you can. 682 00:38:35,689 --> 00:38:37,399 This shield ain't gonna hold up forever. 683 00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:40,336 With some 302s, we might be able to take out the hyperdrive, 684 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:41,403 save us some time. 685 00:38:41,487 --> 00:38:42,779 Do it. 686 00:38:43,906 --> 00:38:45,616 Shields are at 60%. 687 00:38:52,748 --> 00:38:54,333 Sheppard: Dagger 2, on my lead. 688 00:38:54,416 --> 00:38:56,686 Get ready to hit their stardrive where the hull is thinnest. 689 00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:57,836 Woman: I've got incoming. 690 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,173 Daggers 3 and 4, try to keep these darts off our 6. 691 00:39:17,648 --> 00:39:20,484 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. We're supposed to be allies. 692 00:39:22,402 --> 00:39:25,906 I'm afraid the alliance has been dissolved. 693 00:39:25,989 --> 00:39:29,034 Do you have any idea how much work I have put into all of this? 694 00:39:31,161 --> 00:39:33,330 I haven't slept in 36 hours. 695 00:39:34,081 --> 00:39:36,458 Perhaps it is better if you rest. 696 00:39:44,508 --> 00:39:46,093 Shields are under 20%. 697 00:39:46,176 --> 00:39:47,719 Hermiod, what do you got for me? 698 00:39:47,803 --> 00:39:50,305 I cannot guarantee that I will be able to defeat 699 00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:52,766 the wraith countermeasures in sufficient time. 700 00:39:52,849 --> 00:39:54,744 Colonel Sheppard, get your flight back to the ship. 701 00:39:54,768 --> 00:39:56,648 We need to jump out of here as soon as possible. 702 00:39:57,980 --> 00:40:00,649 Sheppard: Two minutes, I can shut down their hyperdrive. 703 00:40:00,816 --> 00:40:03,860 Unless you can shut down their weapons, it's not gonna do us much good. 704 00:40:06,446 --> 00:40:07,531 Damn it. 705 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:16,206 Sheppard? 706 00:40:17,666 --> 00:40:18,834 Sheppard? 707 00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:20,168 Not getting anything, sir. 708 00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:23,380 Prepare to jump on my Mark. 709 00:40:23,463 --> 00:40:26,174 Sir, the hives are opening hyperspace windows. 710 00:40:43,650 --> 00:40:45,569 Why the hell did they do that? 711 00:40:45,861 --> 00:40:48,280 Three of our 302s are returning to daedalus, sir. 712 00:40:48,363 --> 00:40:50,616 Sheppard? His fighter isn't one of them. 713 00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:54,119 The only contacts I have on-screen are wreckage. 714 00:40:54,202 --> 00:40:56,121 What about his locator beacon? 715 00:40:56,204 --> 00:40:57,831 No, nothing, sir. 716 00:40:58,332 --> 00:40:59,916 He's just gone. 717 00:41:02,544 --> 00:41:04,004 Understood. 718 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,842 Set course for Atlantis. 719 00:41:11,219 --> 00:41:12,596 We got hacked. 720 00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:13,959 Within the hive ship's schematics 721 00:41:14,014 --> 00:41:15,474 was a worm-like computer virus. 722 00:41:15,557 --> 00:41:16,975 Your people went over the data. 723 00:41:17,059 --> 00:41:18,602 I know, we thought it was clean. 724 00:41:18,685 --> 00:41:20,979 But this virus was entirely different. 725 00:41:21,063 --> 00:41:22,147 What did it do? 726 00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:24,149 It very selectively probed our systems 727 00:41:24,232 --> 00:41:26,526 without damaging them or exposing itself. 728 00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:29,450 I don't understand. If you didn't find it and it didn't reveal itself... 729 00:41:29,488 --> 00:41:31,323 Once the hive left Atlantis, 730 00:41:31,406 --> 00:41:34,826 the worm began to destroy all of the data they had sent down. 731 00:41:34,910 --> 00:41:37,329 Then this was their plan all along. 732 00:41:38,914 --> 00:41:39,998 What did they get? 733 00:41:40,082 --> 00:41:42,101 Zelenka: This is one of the reasons we didn't detect it. 734 00:41:42,125 --> 00:41:44,711 They only uploaded two pieces of information. 735 00:41:45,045 --> 00:41:47,255 One, the Aurora mission reports. 736 00:41:48,215 --> 00:41:50,759 Okay, and two? 737 00:41:53,178 --> 00:41:55,681 The location of every world in our database. 738 00:42:09,152 --> 00:42:10,445 You okay? 739 00:42:14,116 --> 00:42:18,245 No. No, I think this is the most not okay I have ever been. 740 00:42:21,081 --> 00:42:23,041 I see you have awakened. 741 00:42:23,125 --> 00:42:24,543 Really? 742 00:42:24,626 --> 00:42:27,170 I was sort of hoping this was just a nightmare. 743 00:42:27,254 --> 00:42:28,964 Why aren't we dead? 744 00:42:29,589 --> 00:42:32,050 The queen wants you to live long enough 745 00:42:32,134 --> 00:42:34,636 to witness the fruits of your labor. 746 00:42:35,262 --> 00:42:37,556 If it wasn't for you, Dr. McKay, 747 00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:40,142 we'd never have been able to get there. 748 00:42:40,475 --> 00:42:42,769 What are you talking about? Get where? 749 00:42:44,855 --> 00:42:45,981 Earth. 750 00:43:32,861 --> 00:43:33,862 English - us - psdh