1 00:00:05,715 --> 00:00:07,175 McKay: Wormhole's established. 2 00:00:07,258 --> 00:00:08,759 Malp is on the way. 3 00:00:13,890 --> 00:00:15,433 What kind of facility is this? 4 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:17,185 Some sort of research outpost. 5 00:00:17,268 --> 00:00:18,996 The database has very little information about it, 6 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:21,331 other than whatever work was being done there was completed 7 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:23,024 and the place was apparently abandoned. 8 00:00:23,107 --> 00:00:24,650 Well, sounds promising. 9 00:00:24,734 --> 00:00:26,194 We have malp telemetry. 10 00:00:26,277 --> 00:00:28,821 Environmental sensors indicate viable life support. 11 00:00:28,905 --> 00:00:30,072 Visuals coming in now. 12 00:00:30,156 --> 00:00:31,490 Put it on screen. 13 00:00:34,452 --> 00:00:36,787 Or maybe it never was abandoned. 14 00:00:40,499 --> 00:00:41,751 Ancients? 15 00:00:41,834 --> 00:00:43,461 They've got one of their scanners. 16 00:00:43,544 --> 00:00:44,545 So do we. 17 00:00:44,629 --> 00:00:46,064 Just because they know how to use ancient technology 18 00:00:46,088 --> 00:00:49,467 doesn't mean that they're... I am speaking to whoever sent this machine to our home. 19 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,221 If you intend us harm, proceed no further, 20 00:00:53,304 --> 00:00:55,348 but if you come in friendship, 21 00:00:55,431 --> 00:00:57,350 please know you are most welcome here. 22 00:01:11,322 --> 00:01:12,573 Put that thing away. 23 00:01:12,657 --> 00:01:14,200 We told them we were friendly. 24 00:01:14,283 --> 00:01:15,576 I'm friendly. 25 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:17,662 Is that thing set to stun? 26 00:01:20,831 --> 00:01:21,916 Fhendhen 27 00:01:21,999 --> 00:01:23,501 you coming, too? 28 00:01:23,793 --> 00:01:25,169 Well, ancients or not, 29 00:01:25,253 --> 00:01:27,004 they are obviously an advanced society 30 00:01:27,088 --> 00:01:30,424 and I would like to establish diplomatic relations with them immediately. 31 00:01:30,508 --> 00:01:33,010 Well, you're the boss. Let's go. 32 00:01:45,398 --> 00:01:46,524 What happened? 33 00:01:52,863 --> 00:01:54,699 Did we make a u-turn? 34 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:59,245 No. This is the place. We're here. 35 00:02:05,209 --> 00:02:06,377 Look. 36 00:02:09,755 --> 00:02:12,633 So, not exactly like our gate room. 37 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:17,179 Hello. 38 00:02:17,263 --> 00:02:20,683 We're the people who sent the machine through earlier. 39 00:02:21,142 --> 00:02:23,019 We come in friendship. 40 00:02:26,105 --> 00:02:29,817 I am niam. Welcome to asuras. 41 00:03:45,393 --> 00:03:49,105 I'm still waiting to meet an ancient race that's invented the car. 42 00:03:49,188 --> 00:03:51,857 Our destination is not much further. 43 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:55,444 The high council is eager to meet you. 44 00:03:55,528 --> 00:03:57,113 How long have your people lived here? 45 00:03:57,196 --> 00:03:59,824 We built this city thousands of years ago. 46 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:02,347 What, you actually built it? You didn't just find it this way? 47 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:04,745 And you've had no trouble with the wraith? 48 00:04:05,871 --> 00:04:07,498 Any particular reason? 49 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:09,291 The wraith do not concern us. 50 00:04:09,375 --> 00:04:10,960 See? He didn't answer my question. 51 00:04:11,043 --> 00:04:13,212 I'm sorry, you didn't actually answer my question. 52 00:04:17,842 --> 00:04:19,760 Oh, my... 53 00:04:19,969 --> 00:04:21,679 No kidding. 54 00:04:37,695 --> 00:04:39,280 How many people live here? 55 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:40,823 Millions. 56 00:04:40,906 --> 00:04:43,546 Well, the power requirements for a city this size must be enormous. 57 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:45,453 Well, plus shielding from the wraith, 58 00:04:45,536 --> 00:04:47,013 we're talking, what, three zero-point modules, 59 00:04:47,037 --> 00:04:48,247 maybe four? 60 00:04:48,706 --> 00:04:50,624 Sorry. Zpms, 61 00:04:50,708 --> 00:04:54,128 a device that taps vast amounts of power from vacuum energy. 62 00:04:54,211 --> 00:04:56,672 Oh, yes. We have many of those. 63 00:04:56,755 --> 00:04:59,175 Exactly how many is "many"? 64 00:04:59,258 --> 00:05:01,135 "Exactly" doesn't matter. "Many" is plenty. 65 00:05:01,218 --> 00:05:03,512 Truthfully, I do not know the exact number. 66 00:05:03,596 --> 00:05:05,681 More than enough to suit our needs. 67 00:05:05,764 --> 00:05:07,725 I assume that you built them yourselves? 68 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:09,018 Niam: Yes. Yes. 69 00:05:09,101 --> 00:05:11,187 Easy, Rodney, you're slobbering. 70 00:05:11,270 --> 00:05:13,189 Please. The council is waiting. 71 00:05:14,899 --> 00:05:16,734 Well, we have our answer. 72 00:05:16,817 --> 00:05:17,985 To what question? 73 00:05:18,068 --> 00:05:19,987 Whether or not they're ancients. 74 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:22,573 In which case, I've got a bone to pick with them. 75 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:25,242 Where did you come from? 76 00:05:25,326 --> 00:05:26,827 Weir: We are explorers. 77 00:05:26,911 --> 00:05:29,121 We come from a world very far from here. 78 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:30,498 Really far. 79 00:05:30,581 --> 00:05:32,875 In fact, you can't get there from here. 80 00:05:32,958 --> 00:05:34,710 How did you happen to discover us? 81 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:36,795 We came across an ancient outpost 82 00:05:36,879 --> 00:05:39,048 that listed this gate address in its database. 83 00:05:39,131 --> 00:05:40,966 But no other information, I might add. 84 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:43,385 Oddly, the database neglected to include any information 85 00:05:43,469 --> 00:05:45,179 on a society of millions of ancients, 86 00:05:45,262 --> 00:05:46,805 such as yourselves. 87 00:05:46,889 --> 00:05:47,889 Why's that? 88 00:05:47,932 --> 00:05:51,185 We are the last of those you refer to as "ancients." 89 00:05:51,268 --> 00:05:53,103 We were once a race united 90 00:05:53,187 --> 00:05:55,147 in our pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment. 91 00:05:55,397 --> 00:05:56,690 But our paths diverged 92 00:05:56,774 --> 00:05:59,568 after a disagreement tore the fabric of that unity. 93 00:05:59,652 --> 00:06:01,529 What kind of a disagreement? 94 00:06:01,612 --> 00:06:04,865 Suffice it to say they chose to disregard our counsel 95 00:06:04,949 --> 00:06:06,492 during a time of great conflict, 96 00:06:06,575 --> 00:06:08,244 and they suffered the consequences 97 00:06:08,327 --> 00:06:10,120 at the hands of a relentless enemy. 98 00:06:10,329 --> 00:06:11,705 The wraith. 99 00:06:12,790 --> 00:06:16,210 We parted ways with our brothers and sisters and came here 100 00:06:16,293 --> 00:06:19,046 where we have thrived for many thousands of years. 101 00:06:19,129 --> 00:06:21,924 Yeah, you've been doing a lot of thriving. 102 00:06:22,383 --> 00:06:25,094 May I ask what counsel did you offer 103 00:06:25,177 --> 00:06:27,471 that the others chose to disregard? 104 00:06:27,555 --> 00:06:29,598 Our ancient brothers were arrogant, 105 00:06:29,682 --> 00:06:32,059 which led them to greatly underestimate the wraith, 106 00:06:32,142 --> 00:06:34,770 an enemy inferior in intelligence, yes, 107 00:06:34,853 --> 00:06:37,731 but vastly superior in numbers and ruthlessness. 108 00:06:37,815 --> 00:06:40,401 They wouldn't have been so outnumbered if you had helped. 109 00:06:40,484 --> 00:06:42,111 There's that bone I wanted to pick at. 110 00:06:42,194 --> 00:06:43,737 You said they were your brothers. 111 00:06:43,821 --> 00:06:46,532 Where we come from, we take care of our family. 112 00:06:48,659 --> 00:06:51,579 What my friend is trying to say is 113 00:06:51,662 --> 00:06:53,414 there's still a lot of wraith out there, 114 00:06:53,497 --> 00:06:55,141 and we could sure use your help fighting them. 115 00:06:55,165 --> 00:06:57,710 Eradication of them is among our goals. 116 00:06:58,836 --> 00:07:00,838 You mean you have a plan? 117 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:02,089 We do. 118 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:04,008 McKay: Great! Let's hear it. 119 00:07:06,969 --> 00:07:08,178 Your plan, I mean. 120 00:07:08,262 --> 00:07:12,266 I doubt that you would be able to grasp its complexity and scope. 121 00:07:13,225 --> 00:07:14,578 Fortunately, I'm very good with complexity. 122 00:07:14,602 --> 00:07:15,603 And scope. 123 00:07:15,686 --> 00:07:17,605 All you need to know is that one day soon 124 00:07:17,688 --> 00:07:19,481 the wraith will exist no more. 125 00:07:20,274 --> 00:07:21,859 All we need to know? 126 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:24,445 There are matters of importance for me to attend to. 127 00:07:25,195 --> 00:07:26,905 In the meantime, you are explorers, 128 00:07:26,989 --> 00:07:29,783 and presumably in need of rest and sustenance. 129 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:34,204 We have made arrangements for you to spend a short time among us. 130 00:07:39,710 --> 00:07:42,046 He says the other ancients are arrogant? 131 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:45,674 I apologize if you felt oberoth was condescending in any way. 132 00:07:45,758 --> 00:07:47,092 How about in every way? 133 00:07:47,176 --> 00:07:50,471 It is difficult for him to see you as capable of understanding. 134 00:07:50,554 --> 00:07:52,931 Yeah, well, how many phds does he have? 135 00:07:53,015 --> 00:07:54,308 Niam, I was wondering, 136 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:56,161 your people have been here for thousands of years? 137 00:07:56,185 --> 00:07:57,394 Yes. Well, in that time, 138 00:07:57,478 --> 00:07:59,480 most ancients we know have ascended. 139 00:08:00,564 --> 00:08:02,483 You know of ascension? 140 00:08:02,566 --> 00:08:05,569 Well, yes. And, in fact, we always thought 141 00:08:05,653 --> 00:08:07,613 that ancients were no longer around, 142 00:08:07,696 --> 00:08:12,159 that most of them evolved to the point of transforming into beings of pure energy. 143 00:08:12,242 --> 00:08:13,744 This is true. 144 00:08:15,037 --> 00:08:17,289 But I take it your people aren't interested? 145 00:08:17,373 --> 00:08:19,708 Oh, ascension is the goal of many of us. 146 00:08:20,501 --> 00:08:23,337 But oberoth feels there is still much to do. 147 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:25,756 We must become all that we can. 148 00:08:27,383 --> 00:08:29,343 And you don't agree with him, do you? 149 00:08:33,263 --> 00:08:35,099 Your guest quarters are this way. 150 00:08:39,061 --> 00:08:42,272 Weir: It must have been quite a serious falling-out for the ancients 151 00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:45,734 to eliminate any reference to them in the entire database. 152 00:08:45,818 --> 00:08:47,611 Unless they're lying. 153 00:08:48,612 --> 00:08:52,991 Might it not be possible that these people merely discovered this city 154 00:08:53,075 --> 00:08:54,576 as you discovered Atlantis? 155 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:56,078 Wouldn't be surprised. 156 00:08:56,161 --> 00:08:58,288 They don't seem very ancienty to me. 157 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,290 "Ancienty?" 158 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:03,794 Yes. That's the word I was looking for. 159 00:09:04,378 --> 00:09:06,630 You think they could be deceiving us? 160 00:09:06,964 --> 00:09:08,215 Teyla's right. 161 00:09:08,298 --> 00:09:09,651 They could've found the city the way it was 162 00:09:09,675 --> 00:09:10,884 and moved in years ago. 163 00:09:10,968 --> 00:09:13,887 I feel they are hiding something. 164 00:09:14,805 --> 00:09:17,391 Other than their plan to defeat the wraith, you mean? 165 00:09:17,474 --> 00:09:19,059 There's no plan. 166 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:22,855 No. I don't think so, either. 167 00:09:23,814 --> 00:09:25,792 Why would they say they had a plan if they don't have a plan? 168 00:09:25,816 --> 00:09:28,002 They figured out a way to hide from the rest of the galaxy, 169 00:09:28,026 --> 00:09:30,654 including the wraith, and they're happy to go on with their lives, 170 00:09:30,738 --> 00:09:32,781 just minding their own business. 171 00:09:33,323 --> 00:09:35,159 Then, whoever they are... 172 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:38,078 I think that is what we need to find out. 173 00:09:46,295 --> 00:09:48,255 Weir: Thank you for taking the time to see me. 174 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:50,424 I thought we might achieve more 175 00:09:50,507 --> 00:09:53,218 in a one-on-one meeting, leader to leader. 176 00:09:53,844 --> 00:09:56,180 What is it you wish to achieve? 177 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:57,806 The establishment of diplomatic 178 00:09:57,890 --> 00:09:59,641 and trade relations between our people. 179 00:09:59,725 --> 00:10:00,934 Trade? 180 00:10:01,685 --> 00:10:05,773 Do you really believe that you have anything of value to offer us? 181 00:10:06,231 --> 00:10:08,066 It's possible, oberoth. 182 00:10:08,150 --> 00:10:10,319 And there is only one way to find that out. 183 00:10:10,778 --> 00:10:14,072 But I do know that there is something you could offer us. 184 00:10:15,032 --> 00:10:17,951 That is, assistance with our fight against the wraith. 185 00:10:18,035 --> 00:10:19,203 As I said before, 186 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:21,330 we will commence our plan at a time of our choosing. 187 00:10:21,872 --> 00:10:24,249 Would you at least consider sharing with us the tools, 188 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:27,002 so we could better protect ourselves until that time comes? 189 00:10:27,085 --> 00:10:29,129 Tools? Such as? 190 00:10:29,213 --> 00:10:31,215 What we call zero-point modules. 191 00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:32,758 They're our power source. 192 00:10:32,841 --> 00:10:35,552 We are in urgent need of as many as you could spare. 193 00:10:37,221 --> 00:10:42,893 Then am I to assume that this settlement of yours is of lantian design? 194 00:10:46,355 --> 00:10:47,439 Yes. 195 00:10:48,482 --> 00:10:50,484 We discovered it on our travels. 196 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:54,279 It was uninhabited, so we decided to establish a base there. 197 00:10:55,072 --> 00:10:56,698 But as I'm sure you know, 198 00:10:56,782 --> 00:11:00,786 sufficient shield generation requires tremendous amounts of power. 199 00:11:00,869 --> 00:11:03,497 Where is this settlement of yours located? 200 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:05,624 It's on the outer edges of this galaxy 201 00:11:05,707 --> 00:11:08,043 in an area teeming with wraith hive ships, 202 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:09,726 which is why we need the power modules... 203 00:11:09,795 --> 00:11:12,339 We are unable to part with any of our power modules. 204 00:11:12,422 --> 00:11:14,508 Our energy needs require the use of all of them. 205 00:11:14,591 --> 00:11:16,343 Well, would you consider offering your city 206 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:18,178 as a place of refuge to my people? 207 00:11:18,262 --> 00:11:21,807 Many of our citizens are amused by the occasional visitor, 208 00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:23,767 such as yourselves, for a short time. 209 00:11:23,851 --> 00:11:25,477 But not you? 210 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:27,980 And the very idea of greater numbers 211 00:11:28,063 --> 00:11:29,857 over a protracted period of time 212 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:31,316 is entirely out of the question. 213 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,319 Now, we have had some success fighting off the wraith, 214 00:11:34,403 --> 00:11:36,738 and that has been with limited supplies and personnel. 215 00:11:36,822 --> 00:11:39,382 I truly believe that with your assistance, we might be able to... 216 00:11:39,449 --> 00:11:42,077 I am unaccustomed to repeating myself. 217 00:11:42,953 --> 00:11:47,791 However, leader to leader, I will say this once again. 218 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:52,588 We will eliminate the wraith at a time of our choosing. 219 00:11:53,297 --> 00:11:56,508 And you don't care how many of my people or anyone else dies 220 00:11:56,592 --> 00:11:59,136 while you make up your mind to act? 221 00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:03,140 You said earlier that your brothers' greatest weakness 222 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:05,142 was their arrogance. 223 00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:08,478 May I suggest it runs in the family? 224 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:17,070 I'm sorry you feel you must leave. 225 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:19,239 Yes, so am I. 226 00:12:19,323 --> 00:12:21,867 Oberoth can be intractable. 227 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:23,952 Not exactly the word I was looking for. 228 00:12:24,036 --> 00:12:25,203 UN-ancienty? 229 00:12:25,287 --> 00:12:27,080 Not that word, either. 230 00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:29,917 We will send you a message through the Stargate soon. 231 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,211 Now, hopefully, this is just a stumbled beginning of... 232 00:12:43,221 --> 00:12:44,806 Lower your weapons. 233 00:12:44,890 --> 00:12:46,725 How much lower would you like them? 234 00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:48,685 Do you really wish to challenge us? 235 00:12:52,064 --> 00:12:53,690 Maybe the floor. 236 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,243 Now, I thought you didn't want us here, oberoth. 237 00:13:05,327 --> 00:13:06,620 I don't. 238 00:13:06,703 --> 00:13:10,791 But you possess information that I simply must have. 239 00:13:27,849 --> 00:13:30,769 These trade negotiations can be real murder. 240 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,438 We need to find a way out of here. 241 00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:35,691 Rodney? 242 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,193 Well, the cell is similar to ours, 243 00:13:38,276 --> 00:13:39,945 is there something in the design 244 00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:41,738 that could offer a possible escape? 245 00:13:41,822 --> 00:13:43,490 Are you serious? It's a jail cell. 246 00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:44,574 Yes, I know. 247 00:13:44,658 --> 00:13:46,427 The only way out of here would be to first disable 248 00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:47,720 the force field around the bars, 249 00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,496 which is only accessible from the 250 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:53,083 outside. 251 00:13:58,422 --> 00:13:59,756 I brought you food. 252 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,591 Oh, thank god. I'm starving. 253 00:14:04,845 --> 00:14:07,055 No, no, no, I can't think on an empty stomach. 254 00:14:08,223 --> 00:14:10,142 Why are we being held here? 255 00:14:10,225 --> 00:14:12,352 Oberoth wishes to speak to you further, 256 00:14:12,436 --> 00:14:13,796 and he feels he can no longer trust 257 00:14:13,854 --> 00:14:15,123 that you will remain in your quarters. 258 00:14:15,147 --> 00:14:16,356 Well, he's right. 259 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,251 Yeah, if he wants to talk to us, why doesn't he? 260 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:20,444 He will. Very soon. 261 00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:22,404 That's nice. Isn't that nice? 262 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:24,740 Here's a question. Who the hell are you people? 263 00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:27,367 Weir: And don't tell us you're ancients. 264 00:14:27,451 --> 00:14:30,912 We know enough about them to know they would never treat people this way. 265 00:14:30,996 --> 00:14:32,372 I am sorry about this. 266 00:14:32,456 --> 00:14:35,625 But I am certain once oberoth has finished his discussions with you, 267 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:37,502 you'll all be released unharmed. 268 00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:39,426 I'm sorry, but all your credibility was removed 269 00:14:39,504 --> 00:14:40,839 when you locked us up. 270 00:14:40,922 --> 00:14:42,466 You left us no choice. 271 00:14:55,771 --> 00:14:56,980 Neither did you. 272 00:15:16,708 --> 00:15:17,918 You're the one we like, 273 00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:19,377 so don't take this personally. 274 00:15:29,846 --> 00:15:30,846 What are you doing? 275 00:15:30,889 --> 00:15:32,992 Preventing the jumper from communicating with the control room. 276 00:15:33,016 --> 00:15:34,059 Element of surprise. 277 00:15:34,142 --> 00:15:35,185 Nice. 278 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:36,853 Go ahead. Dial the gate. 279 00:16:09,386 --> 00:16:11,179 Sheppard: Any sign of our new friends? 280 00:16:11,263 --> 00:16:12,430 Still nothing. 281 00:16:12,514 --> 00:16:15,433 No unscheduled gate activity, nothing on the long-range sensors. 282 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:17,602 I think it's safe to say we made a clean getaway. 283 00:16:17,686 --> 00:16:19,813 Either that or they're biding their time, 284 00:16:19,896 --> 00:16:21,606 waiting for the right moment to attack. 285 00:16:22,149 --> 00:16:24,609 Well, we'll keep the security teams on alert, just in case, 286 00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:26,653 but if they were able to come after us, 287 00:16:26,778 --> 00:16:28,738 I think they would have done so already. 288 00:16:28,822 --> 00:16:30,740 How is Rodney coming along with the database? 289 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,200 I'll go check up on him. 290 00:16:32,534 --> 00:16:34,953 I wonder how many other rogue ancients are still out there. 291 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:36,389 If they're anything like the asurans, 292 00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:38,373 we're better off leaving them well enough alone. 293 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:45,338 How's it going? 294 00:16:45,422 --> 00:16:46,899 I've searched a good portion of the database 295 00:16:46,923 --> 00:16:48,633 for any indication of the asurans, but... 296 00:16:48,717 --> 00:16:50,886 Still nothing? Still nothing. 297 00:16:50,969 --> 00:16:53,430 Maybe the ancients didn't want to be reminded of them. 298 00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:55,366 Yeah, but even if they deleted every reference to asuras, 299 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:56,701 you'd think there'd be some hint of... 300 00:16:56,725 --> 00:16:57,934 Weir: (On pa) Colonel? 301 00:16:58,018 --> 00:16:59,019 Go ahead. 302 00:16:59,102 --> 00:17:01,688 I need you and Rodney in the control room immediately. 303 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:06,193 McKay: Hive ships! 304 00:17:06,276 --> 00:17:07,276 How'd they get so close? 305 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:09,088 More importantly, why are we just picking them up now? 306 00:17:09,112 --> 00:17:10,298 I don't know. Everything seems to be working. 307 00:17:10,322 --> 00:17:11,865 Engage the cloak. I'm already on it. 308 00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:13,867 Cloak engaged now. 309 00:17:13,950 --> 00:17:15,303 Zelenka: They're right over the city. 310 00:17:15,327 --> 00:17:16,620 How far away is the daedalus? 311 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:17,746 It's not due for weeks. 312 00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:19,549 It doesn't matter. I'm counting seven ships. 313 00:17:19,581 --> 00:17:21,291 There's nothing they could do about it. 314 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:23,335 They're scanning for us. 315 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:28,048 Hopefully the cloak is... 316 00:17:28,131 --> 00:17:29,507 They're firing! 317 00:17:29,883 --> 00:17:31,551 Switch to shields! 318 00:17:32,636 --> 00:17:34,864 I can't. The shield generators were hit in the initial blast. 319 00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:36,115 They knew right where to hit us. 320 00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:37,307 The cloak has failed! 321 00:17:52,072 --> 00:17:54,407 We need more firepower. I'm headed to the chair room. 322 00:17:54,491 --> 00:17:56,052 There are more ships arriving in the system. 323 00:17:56,076 --> 00:17:57,661 How many more? 324 00:17:58,245 --> 00:17:59,287 Fifteen. 325 00:18:01,248 --> 00:18:04,125 We can't fight off that many, not without shields. 326 00:18:04,209 --> 00:18:05,961 Attention. This is Weir. 327 00:18:06,044 --> 00:18:09,422 All personnel to the gate room for immediate evacuation. 328 00:18:09,506 --> 00:18:10,507 Dial earth. 329 00:18:12,676 --> 00:18:15,428 John, we need to set the self-destruct. 330 00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:18,807 We just lost automated systems. 331 00:18:18,890 --> 00:18:20,159 We'll lose the gate any second now. 332 00:18:20,183 --> 00:18:21,810 Go. I'll detonate it manually. 333 00:18:23,895 --> 00:18:26,564 Maybe the wraith will take care of destroying the city for us. 334 00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:27,833 McKay: If they wanted to vaporize the city, 335 00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:29,043 they would have done it already. 336 00:18:29,067 --> 00:18:30,836 Look, if there's any part of this city left intact... 337 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:33,571 They'll know how to find earth. I know. 338 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,198 Okay, enter your number. 339 00:18:35,282 --> 00:18:36,825 When you are ready, hit this button. 340 00:18:36,908 --> 00:18:38,636 At that point, you'll only have a few seconds left. 341 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,120 Sheppard: Go no, no, no, no! 342 00:18:40,203 --> 00:18:41,203 I can't let you do this, 343 00:18:41,246 --> 00:18:43,349 not without tossing a coin or something! It doesn't seem right! 344 00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:44,517 I appreciate the offer, Rodney. 345 00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:47,752 Now, get out of here. Go, all of you! 346 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:03,435 Ronon: The way up is blocked. 347 00:19:03,518 --> 00:19:04,728 How many are trapped? 348 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:05,895 We can't tell. 349 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:14,529 We're losing power! Get through the gate! 350 00:19:38,762 --> 00:19:40,221 (Screaming) 351 00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:00,075 What the hell just happened? 352 00:20:07,082 --> 00:20:09,250 Who the hell are you people? 353 00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:12,754 They're not people. They're machines. 354 00:20:13,505 --> 00:20:15,256 Replicators. 355 00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:38,488 (Clattering) 356 00:20:41,991 --> 00:20:43,618 What's happening? 357 00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:10,603 What's to become of them? 358 00:21:10,687 --> 00:21:13,314 We have mined everything we need from their consciousness. 359 00:21:13,398 --> 00:21:15,900 They are no longer of any use to us. 360 00:21:15,984 --> 00:21:18,736 Ending their lives seems to be the most prudent course. 361 00:21:18,820 --> 00:21:20,029 I disagree. 362 00:21:20,113 --> 00:21:22,282 I believe we still have a lot to learn from them. 363 00:21:22,365 --> 00:21:24,367 Learn from them? Yes. 364 00:21:24,868 --> 00:21:27,120 Or is it that you fear that ending their lives 365 00:21:27,203 --> 00:21:29,038 would end your hope of ascension? 366 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:31,916 I do object to killing them, but it is more than that. 367 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,352 I don't believe we've fully uncovered 368 00:21:33,376 --> 00:21:35,837 just how much they've learned about lantian society, 369 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,256 nor how much of this knowledge they've passed on to others. 370 00:21:38,339 --> 00:21:40,133 They're of no threat to us, oberoth. 371 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:43,553 We see no reason not to continue our study of them. 372 00:21:44,012 --> 00:21:46,681 Very well. Keep them alive if you wish, 373 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:49,100 but I shall hold you accountable. 374 00:21:55,273 --> 00:21:57,150 My head is killing me. 375 00:21:59,152 --> 00:22:01,070 Sheppard: How'd we get back here? 376 00:22:01,696 --> 00:22:04,824 What do you mean "back here"? 377 00:22:05,408 --> 00:22:08,661 Well, we broke out and got to the jumper, gated back to Atlantis. 378 00:22:13,291 --> 00:22:14,959 At least I thought we did. 379 00:22:16,294 --> 00:22:18,421 That is not what I remember. 380 00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,883 The only thing I remember was being in a dark room, 381 00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:23,718 fighting hand to hand for hours. 382 00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:25,571 Well, they obviously created different scenarios 383 00:22:25,595 --> 00:22:27,180 for each of us during the mind probe, 384 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:28,473 no doubt looking to gather 385 00:22:28,556 --> 00:22:30,141 information from our responses. 386 00:22:30,225 --> 00:22:32,685 I thought our escape seemed too easy. 387 00:22:32,769 --> 00:22:34,145 At least you escaped. 388 00:22:35,813 --> 00:22:37,815 What'd they do to you? 389 00:22:37,899 --> 00:22:40,985 Torture, in ways too hideous 390 00:22:41,486 --> 00:22:43,029 and intimate to recount. 391 00:22:43,404 --> 00:22:44,531 Like what? 392 00:22:44,614 --> 00:22:46,533 I said too hideous to recount. 393 00:22:46,616 --> 00:22:49,118 I just had a horrible thought. 394 00:22:50,328 --> 00:22:51,913 What if it is still happening? 395 00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:53,623 Yes. 396 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:56,084 There's got to be a way to know for sure. 397 00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:05,343 Doesn't really prove anything. 398 00:23:05,468 --> 00:23:07,554 It's real, Dr. McKay. 399 00:23:11,140 --> 00:23:13,810 Your minds are no longer being probed. 400 00:23:14,811 --> 00:23:16,813 It's good to know it was just our minds. 401 00:23:16,938 --> 00:23:18,898 Oh, please don't make me sick. 402 00:23:18,982 --> 00:23:20,817 Please come with me. 403 00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:32,161 Weir: We're in space. 404 00:23:32,495 --> 00:23:33,997 McKay: A star drive. 405 00:23:34,414 --> 00:23:35,934 Of course, the rumbling sound we heard. 406 00:23:35,999 --> 00:23:38,418 With all the zpms, you're able to actually fly the city. 407 00:23:38,501 --> 00:23:40,920 Yes, Dr. McKay. Watch now. 408 00:23:41,004 --> 00:23:43,006 We're about to open a hyperspace window. 409 00:23:52,515 --> 00:23:54,392 Where are we going? 410 00:23:54,475 --> 00:23:55,935 Atlantis. 411 00:23:57,854 --> 00:23:59,939 The probes of your minds uncovered the truth 412 00:24:00,023 --> 00:24:01,608 that Atlantis had not been destroyed 413 00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:05,111 by the wraith 10,000 years ago as we had believed. 414 00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,405 You only came to live there from your original home, 415 00:24:07,488 --> 00:24:08,488 a planet called earth. 416 00:24:08,531 --> 00:24:10,825 Why didn't you just dial the gate and send us through? 417 00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:12,785 We're not taking you to Atlantis. 418 00:24:12,869 --> 00:24:14,871 Our intention is to destroy it. 419 00:24:19,751 --> 00:24:20,960 Retribution. 420 00:24:21,044 --> 00:24:22,128 For what? 421 00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:24,339 The disagreement you once had? 422 00:24:24,422 --> 00:24:26,174 The ancients no longer live there. 423 00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:27,857 We are the only inhabitants of that city. 424 00:24:27,925 --> 00:24:30,136 There was no disagreement, Dr. Weir. 425 00:24:30,219 --> 00:24:31,596 Only betrayal. 426 00:24:32,221 --> 00:24:34,724 If you wish to know the truth of who we are, 427 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,142 I will show you. 428 00:24:37,685 --> 00:24:39,062 Elizabeth? 429 00:24:47,654 --> 00:24:49,572 It's okay, Rodney. 430 00:24:55,745 --> 00:24:57,372 The ancients, as you call them, 431 00:24:57,455 --> 00:24:58,873 were desperate in their search 432 00:24:58,956 --> 00:25:00,833 for a better way to fight the wraith. 433 00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:02,126 Though greatly outnumbered, 434 00:25:02,210 --> 00:25:04,170 they relied on their technological superiority 435 00:25:04,253 --> 00:25:06,589 to give them a needed advantage. 436 00:25:08,383 --> 00:25:10,968 Soon, they succeeded in creating one. 437 00:25:18,476 --> 00:25:20,436 Instead of building bigger, more powerful weapons, 438 00:25:20,478 --> 00:25:22,313 they chose to build smaller ones, 439 00:25:22,397 --> 00:25:26,609 microscopic machines designed to infiltrate and destroy from within. 440 00:25:29,946 --> 00:25:31,114 Nanites. 441 00:25:34,826 --> 00:25:36,869 In these tiny killing machines, 442 00:25:36,953 --> 00:25:38,579 the ancients imbued an aggression 443 00:25:38,663 --> 00:25:40,957 that surpassed even that of their enemy. 444 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,377 The technology allowed for organic assimilation and self-replication 445 00:25:44,460 --> 00:25:46,504 to increase their effectiveness, 446 00:25:46,796 --> 00:25:48,965 and replicate they did. 447 00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:55,805 They grew in numbers, 448 00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:58,725 evolving at a rate that took the ancients by surprise. 449 00:25:58,808 --> 00:26:01,227 The molecular machines began interlocking, 450 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:04,772 assembling themselves to form even more complex organisms, 451 00:26:04,856 --> 00:26:07,024 eventually evolving into the most effective 452 00:26:07,108 --> 00:26:08,985 and efficient form they knew of. 453 00:26:11,112 --> 00:26:13,114 This is how we were born. 454 00:26:14,699 --> 00:26:16,451 We took the image of our creators, 455 00:26:16,534 --> 00:26:18,828 yet we were far different from them. 456 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:21,247 The aggression programmed into our core remained, 457 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:23,750 fuelling a rage we could not contain. 458 00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:27,170 We implored them to have this violent nature removed from our programming, 459 00:26:27,253 --> 00:26:28,921 but the ancients wanted a weapon, 460 00:26:29,005 --> 00:26:31,257 and since their scientists included a directive 461 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:33,885 prohibiting us from ever harming them, 462 00:26:33,968 --> 00:26:35,762 they continued the experiment. 463 00:26:37,138 --> 00:26:40,516 When the ancients concluded that the experiment had gone too far, 464 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,061 that we would never become the weapon they desired to create, 465 00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:46,063 they decided to end it. 466 00:27:01,829 --> 00:27:04,123 And so they chose to destroy us, 467 00:27:04,207 --> 00:27:06,375 toleave no trace of us behind. 468 00:27:29,941 --> 00:27:31,359 Thank you. 469 00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:35,071 Obviously the ancients didn't do 470 00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:37,323 a thorough enough job wiping them out. 471 00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:40,743 No. A few of the nanites managed to survive. 472 00:27:40,827 --> 00:27:42,954 Which is all they needed to begin replicating again. 473 00:27:43,037 --> 00:27:44,664 Replicating... this is bad. 474 00:27:44,747 --> 00:27:46,600 They're very similar to an artificial intelligence 475 00:27:46,624 --> 00:27:48,376 that sg-1 encountered several years ago 476 00:27:48,459 --> 00:27:52,338 that evolved from a tiny block-replicator into human form. 477 00:27:52,421 --> 00:27:53,649 They may even be related somehow. 478 00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:54,715 I read those reports. 479 00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:57,927 Stargate command could barely defeat the human-form replicators. 480 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:00,221 Oh, which is why I said, "this is bad." 481 00:28:00,304 --> 00:28:03,766 The difference here is they're emulating the ancients. 482 00:28:03,850 --> 00:28:07,103 They've even built themselves a version of Atlantis. 483 00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:08,479 And then some. 484 00:28:08,563 --> 00:28:10,439 Why would they do this? 485 00:28:11,315 --> 00:28:13,442 I think they look at the ancients 486 00:28:13,526 --> 00:28:15,152 like parents who betrayed them, 487 00:28:15,236 --> 00:28:18,197 and now they see humans as the favored siblings 488 00:28:18,281 --> 00:28:20,700 who receive all the parents' love. 489 00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:23,119 They've been seeking revenge ever since. 490 00:28:24,245 --> 00:28:26,664 It's just what we need, more bad guys. 491 00:28:26,747 --> 00:28:28,475 Which means we've probably just identified the race 492 00:28:28,499 --> 00:28:29,917 that created the nanovirus 493 00:28:30,001 --> 00:28:31,603 that nearly killed me a couple of years ago. 494 00:28:31,627 --> 00:28:33,838 Itahnostkmed alotofpeome. Yeah. 495 00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:37,633 Were you not able to defeat that nanovirus with an electromagnetic pulse? 496 00:28:37,717 --> 00:28:38,718 That was different. 497 00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:40,177 Those were individual nanites, 498 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:41,738 easy to disrupt with a simple em pulse. 499 00:28:41,762 --> 00:28:44,891 These things have evolved way beyond that, 500 00:28:44,974 --> 00:28:48,603 with interdependent organic constituents of a far greater complexity. 501 00:28:53,858 --> 00:28:55,735 Are you feeling better? 502 00:28:55,818 --> 00:28:57,111 Yes. 503 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:00,656 Follow me. 504 00:29:24,138 --> 00:29:25,431 I have an offer to make you, 505 00:29:25,514 --> 00:29:28,059 something that could greatly benefit us both. 506 00:29:30,186 --> 00:29:33,230 Well, if the offer involves saving Atlantis, 507 00:29:34,857 --> 00:29:36,108 we're willing to listen. 508 00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:37,485 It does. 509 00:29:40,196 --> 00:29:42,615 We have achieved much since our second birth. 510 00:29:42,698 --> 00:29:45,034 We have evolved to take the form of our creators, 511 00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:48,120 built a city far grander than they ever achieved. 512 00:29:48,204 --> 00:29:50,044 Yet, for all this, we are still restricted from 513 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:52,041 reaching a pivotal point in our evolution. 514 00:29:52,208 --> 00:29:53,459 You want to ascend? 515 00:29:53,542 --> 00:29:54,710 Yes. 516 00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:59,006 Many among us, like oberoth, have no desire to experience this. 517 00:29:59,090 --> 00:30:01,884 They are content with our present state. 518 00:30:01,968 --> 00:30:03,928 But there are a few of us who recognize 519 00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:06,764 that as a civilization, we are stagnant. 520 00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:09,100 We seek to continue our own evolution. 521 00:30:09,183 --> 00:30:12,311 To truly emulate the ancients and their ultimate achievement. 522 00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:14,397 Even though they betrayed you? 523 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,983 They are our creators, 524 00:30:17,066 --> 00:30:19,986 and ascension is the final step to equaling them, 525 00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:22,238 to becoming one with them. 526 00:30:22,321 --> 00:30:25,449 No offense, but how are a bunch of machines gonna do that? 527 00:30:25,533 --> 00:30:27,368 Are you so different? 528 00:30:27,451 --> 00:30:29,120 Well, we're living, breathing people. 529 00:30:29,203 --> 00:30:32,498 Constructed from cells, consuming and burning energy, 530 00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:34,208 governed by electrical impulses... 531 00:30:34,291 --> 00:30:36,168 Hey, I didn't say I could ascend. 532 00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:38,504 Metaphysical debates aside, what do you want from us? 533 00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:40,756 We're not exactly ascension experts. 534 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,318 Although we do know killing people isn't the best way to get there. 535 00:30:43,342 --> 00:30:44,468 We realize this, 536 00:30:44,552 --> 00:30:47,179 and we have done much to repress our violent nature, 537 00:30:47,596 --> 00:30:49,849 but yet it still remains within us. 538 00:30:49,932 --> 00:30:51,183 We believe this, above all, 539 00:30:51,267 --> 00:30:53,102 is what has prevented us from ascending. 540 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,413 What are you looking for? Therapy? 541 00:30:54,437 --> 00:30:56,022 We want to rewrite our base code 542 00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:58,107 to remove the directives for aggression. 543 00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,650 What's stopping you? 544 00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:01,152 The ancients put in place measures 545 00:31:01,235 --> 00:31:04,196 to prevent us from altering the code ourselves. 546 00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:06,532 But you can do it. 547 00:31:08,284 --> 00:31:09,535 During our probe of your mind, 548 00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:11,454 we learned that you are capable of doing this. 549 00:31:11,537 --> 00:31:13,539 Oh, that's funny. All I remember is the torture. 550 00:31:13,622 --> 00:31:14,707 And what's in it for us? 551 00:31:14,790 --> 00:31:17,126 We will stop the others from attacking Atlantis. 552 00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,462 And we will help you in your fight against the wraith. 553 00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:21,338 And oberoth will agree to this? 554 00:31:21,422 --> 00:31:23,549 I believe oberoth is attacking Atlantis 555 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:25,468 as a result of that programming. 556 00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:27,678 If we can prove to him it can be altered... 557 00:31:27,762 --> 00:31:29,346 You think he'll see the light. 558 00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:30,556 Hallelujah. 559 00:31:30,639 --> 00:31:33,142 I will do everything in my power to persuade him. 560 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:34,727 Why should we trust you? 561 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:37,313 Because we are willing to trust you. 562 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:38,647 By extending this offer, 563 00:31:38,731 --> 00:31:41,108 we are jeopardizing our very existence. 564 00:31:44,695 --> 00:31:47,364 I saw in you compassion, Dr. Weir, 565 00:31:47,448 --> 00:31:50,326 someone who could come to understand our plight. 566 00:31:53,329 --> 00:31:56,290 Help us and we will help you. 567 00:31:59,085 --> 00:32:01,295 When it comes right down to it, 568 00:32:02,004 --> 00:32:03,631 we don't have much of a choice. 569 00:32:12,098 --> 00:32:14,100 We're drawing closer to Atlantis. 570 00:32:14,183 --> 00:32:16,268 Soon we will drop out of hyperspace. 571 00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:22,817 How's it coming, Rodney? 572 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:23,984 Mcka y.' (On radio) Slowly. 573 00:32:24,068 --> 00:32:25,402 What's the hold-up? 574 00:32:26,028 --> 00:32:28,757 "What's the hold-up?" Do you have any idea what I'm trying to do here? 575 00:32:28,781 --> 00:32:30,825 Niam gave you access to the program code, 576 00:32:30,908 --> 00:32:32,368 and you're screwing around with it. 577 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:36,831 Oh, that is so relatively accurate. 578 00:32:36,914 --> 00:32:38,040 Thank you. 579 00:32:38,124 --> 00:32:40,477 Still, we're not dealing with rock 'em sock 'em robots, here. 580 00:32:40,501 --> 00:32:42,002 We are dealing with a complex code 581 00:32:42,086 --> 00:32:44,672 of over three billion chemical base sequences. 582 00:32:44,755 --> 00:32:47,633 It's like trying to reconfigure the DNA double helix. 583 00:32:48,425 --> 00:32:50,553 Okay. So, what, five minutes? 584 00:32:51,262 --> 00:32:53,097 It will be done when it is done. 585 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:55,099 And you applying pressure is not gonna... 586 00:32:55,182 --> 00:32:56,183 (Exclaims) 587 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:58,769 What? 588 00:32:58,853 --> 00:33:00,479 Gotta go. McKay out. 589 00:33:00,563 --> 00:33:02,898 Rodney, what's going on? Rodney? 590 00:33:12,074 --> 00:33:13,534 Did you do it? Yes, yes, yes. 591 00:33:13,617 --> 00:33:15,846 I have removed the aggression directive from the base code. 592 00:33:15,870 --> 00:33:17,413 It is uploading to niam as we speak. 593 00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:19,123 But I discovered something else, 594 00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:20,642 nothing short of brilliant, I might add. 595 00:33:20,666 --> 00:33:22,334 What? Okay. 596 00:33:22,418 --> 00:33:25,337 Even though these replicators are each separate functioning beings, 597 00:33:25,421 --> 00:33:27,339 their basic command code is interconnected 598 00:33:27,423 --> 00:33:29,341 over a powerful subspace frequency. 599 00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:32,178 They have these periodic collective program updates 600 00:33:32,261 --> 00:33:33,637 or merges they call them, 601 00:33:33,721 --> 00:33:35,347 where they exchange new information. 602 00:33:35,431 --> 00:33:37,742 That's how niam hopes to distribute the new code to the others. 603 00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:38,809 Exactly. 604 00:33:38,893 --> 00:33:40,078 But while I was working on it, 605 00:33:40,102 --> 00:33:41,729 I figured out a way to create a glitch 606 00:33:41,812 --> 00:33:44,899 that, on my command, should momentarily freeze them. 607 00:33:44,982 --> 00:33:46,483 "Should"? Okay, will. 608 00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:48,420 I mean, dead in their tracks, like hitting the pause button, 609 00:33:48,444 --> 00:33:50,547 temporarily, until they figure out how to override it. 610 00:33:50,571 --> 00:33:51,697 How long? 611 00:33:52,573 --> 00:33:54,653 Well, I don't know. That's why I said, "momentarily." 612 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,202 Days? Hours? Minutes? 613 00:33:56,285 --> 00:33:57,525 It's minutes, but I don't know. 614 00:33:57,578 --> 00:33:58,597 That's what I was just saying to him! 615 00:33:58,621 --> 00:34:00,301 Ten? Twenty? Okay, fine. You want a number? 616 00:34:00,331 --> 00:34:02,041 Fine. Seven. Seven minutes and 31 seconds. 617 00:34:02,124 --> 00:34:03,167 You happy? 618 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:04,376 That's not enough time. No. 619 00:34:04,460 --> 00:34:06,140 Look, you wanted a number. A bigger number. 620 00:34:06,170 --> 00:34:07,856 Yeah, well, it may very well be longer. Or shorter! 621 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,007 Look, I don't know! Look, you're missing the point... 622 00:34:10,090 --> 00:34:12,134 Gentlemen, focus, please. 623 00:34:14,011 --> 00:34:16,013 Will that be enough time for us to escape? 624 00:34:16,096 --> 00:34:17,264 It'll have to be. 625 00:34:17,348 --> 00:34:20,142 Not much point in leaving without blowing this place up first. 626 00:34:20,851 --> 00:34:22,478 How do we do that? 627 00:34:27,024 --> 00:34:28,984 Oh, that's me. Right. Surprise, surprise. 628 00:34:29,068 --> 00:34:32,488 Look, why don't I just go on these missions by myself? 629 00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:34,615 I'll rig a zpm overload. 630 00:34:37,910 --> 00:34:38,911 What about niam? 631 00:34:38,994 --> 00:34:41,080 Are we not exploiting his trust? 632 00:34:41,163 --> 00:34:43,225 Sheppard: Even if he's able to honor his end of the deal, 633 00:34:43,249 --> 00:34:46,710 there's no guarantee he can stop oberoth from attacking Atlantis. 634 00:34:46,794 --> 00:34:49,964 We will offer him the chance to come with us, 635 00:34:50,047 --> 00:34:52,675 but we cannot leave this city intact. 636 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:04,436 (Beeping) 637 00:35:07,815 --> 00:35:09,316 Are you sure this'll work? 638 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,901 Please. Of course it will work. 639 00:35:10,985 --> 00:35:13,046 Why's it taking so long? Why do you always have to... 640 00:35:13,070 --> 00:35:15,906 Look, I need to properly calibrate the frequencies. 641 00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:17,342 I wanna make sure that when I freeze them, 642 00:35:17,366 --> 00:35:18,366 I freeze them all, okay? 643 00:35:18,409 --> 00:35:19,910 All would be good. 644 00:35:19,994 --> 00:35:21,704 Okay, will you just let me finish? 645 00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:23,163 Thank you. 646 00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:28,335 Okay. Here... here we go. 647 00:35:28,419 --> 00:35:33,173 In five, four, three, two... 648 00:35:39,221 --> 00:35:40,806 Hey, it worked. 649 00:35:41,223 --> 00:35:42,433 Interesting. 650 00:35:44,018 --> 00:35:46,895 Okay. We should move to the zpm room. 651 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:49,940 Sheppard: Why isn't he frozen? 652 00:35:50,024 --> 00:35:51,275 McKay: His code's changed. 653 00:35:51,358 --> 00:35:53,044 Until he's distributed it to the others in the next merge, 654 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:55,070 he'll be different than the rest of them. 655 00:35:55,904 --> 00:35:57,406 What happened? 656 00:35:59,325 --> 00:36:00,534 What was that? 657 00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:02,095 I think we just dropped out of hyperspace. 658 00:36:02,119 --> 00:36:03,454 We need to move. 659 00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:06,582 Come with us. I'll explain on the way. 660 00:36:12,546 --> 00:36:14,631 Now, ronon, I could use... 661 00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:18,344 Thanks. 662 00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:25,517 You want me to go with you? 663 00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:28,687 You must understand our situation. 664 00:36:28,771 --> 00:36:30,105 If you can't stop oberoth... 665 00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:32,691 I said I would do everything in my power. 666 00:36:32,775 --> 00:36:34,943 But can you promise that you will succeed? 667 00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:42,117 Our lives and the lives of all of our people are at stake here. 668 00:36:42,368 --> 00:36:44,012 Look, you merge through a subspace connection. 669 00:36:44,036 --> 00:36:46,139 Even if you're with us, you should be able to spread the new code 670 00:36:46,163 --> 00:36:47,873 amongst the others. 671 00:36:48,957 --> 00:36:50,709 Come with us, niam. 672 00:36:51,460 --> 00:36:53,796 Ascension is within your grasp. 673 00:36:54,838 --> 00:36:56,632 You can't turn back. 674 00:36:59,301 --> 00:37:00,969 Damn. What is it? 675 00:37:01,053 --> 00:37:03,031 In order to do this, I need to utilize all three zpms. 676 00:37:03,055 --> 00:37:04,949 I was hoping to bring at least one of them back with us. 677 00:37:04,973 --> 00:37:06,493 Do what you can. We only have three minutes. 678 00:37:06,517 --> 00:37:09,228 Look, I already told you, it... never mind. 679 00:37:09,311 --> 00:37:12,064 I need an access code to remove the fail-safes. 680 00:37:21,990 --> 00:37:24,910 Now, how about our weapons? 681 00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:27,287 We can recover them on the way. 682 00:37:34,711 --> 00:37:36,130 (Exclaims) 683 00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:40,008 (Scoffs) 684 00:37:41,009 --> 00:37:43,345 Not so arrogant now, are you? 685 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:45,931 Ronon: McKay! 686 00:37:54,815 --> 00:37:56,024 Come on! 687 00:38:03,699 --> 00:38:05,909 So much for seven and a half minutes. 688 00:38:05,993 --> 00:38:08,120 Hey, it was an arbitrary number. 689 00:38:17,337 --> 00:38:18,964 Colonel Sheppard. 690 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:30,851 Ronon1g0! 691 00:38:40,777 --> 00:38:42,571 Ronon, set your gun to kill. 692 00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:44,573 Ronon: It is. 693 00:38:44,615 --> 00:38:46,551 Okay, start the overload. What? No, no, no, no. Not yet. 694 00:38:46,575 --> 00:38:48,052 We need to be in a jumper or clear of the city, or... 695 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:49,429 The jumper bay's not far. We're almost there. 696 00:38:49,453 --> 00:38:52,098 No, no, you don't understand. Look, I didn't want them to be able to stop it. 697 00:38:52,122 --> 00:38:53,475 Look, as soon as I trigger the overload, 698 00:38:53,499 --> 00:38:55,560 there'll be practically zero lag time before it blows. 699 00:38:55,584 --> 00:38:56,627 "Pracficahy"? Okay, fine, 700 00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:58,855 so like, a few seconds for it to build up power, but not nearly... 701 00:38:58,879 --> 00:39:00,119 How many seconds? I don't know. 702 00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:01,173 Well, five, ten? 703 00:39:01,256 --> 00:39:02,536 Again with the arbitrary numbers. 704 00:39:02,591 --> 00:39:04,301 We need to move. Okay. 705 00:39:04,384 --> 00:39:06,094 Start the overload. Now! 706 00:39:08,597 --> 00:39:09,681 (Alarm buzzing) This way! 707 00:39:09,765 --> 00:39:10,765 What is that? 708 00:39:10,807 --> 00:39:12,076 The sound of the city about to blow! 709 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:13,477 Move! 710 00:39:25,155 --> 00:39:27,634 Sheppard: Get the roof open, Rodney, or this is gonna be a short trip. 711 00:39:27,658 --> 00:39:28,700 McKay: Don't wait for me! 712 00:39:28,784 --> 00:39:31,203 I'm just saying if we can't get out of the jumper bay... 713 00:39:31,286 --> 00:39:32,972 It doesn't matter. The overload's happening now. 714 00:39:32,996 --> 00:39:34,039 We're about to explode. 715 00:39:34,122 --> 00:39:35,374 Is the roof open? 716 00:39:35,457 --> 00:39:36,750 Yes. Go. 717 00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:05,821 Nice work, all of you. 718 00:40:08,991 --> 00:40:10,284 Thank you. 719 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:15,289 What's wrong? 720 00:40:16,623 --> 00:40:18,125 Something is happening. 721 00:40:19,835 --> 00:40:21,211 What is it? 722 00:40:22,546 --> 00:40:25,757 The others on my planet. They know what I've done. 723 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:27,968 I'm being re-set. 724 00:40:28,051 --> 00:40:29,344 Rodney, do something. 725 00:40:29,970 --> 00:40:31,972 It's too late. They're... 726 00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:38,854 (Gagging) 727 00:40:44,026 --> 00:40:45,652 That's not gonna hold him. 728 00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:03,545 I'm so sorry. I... I didn't... 729 00:41:08,884 --> 00:41:10,052 You okay? 730 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:12,971 Yeah. 731 00:41:25,651 --> 00:41:27,110 How's it going? 732 00:41:27,194 --> 00:41:28,403 Still nothing. 733 00:41:28,487 --> 00:41:31,406 Either the ancients chose to purposely conceal every record, 734 00:41:31,490 --> 00:41:34,218 extremely well I might add, or they simply deleted them from the database. 735 00:41:34,242 --> 00:41:35,494 I'm leaning towards the latter. 736 00:41:35,577 --> 00:41:37,513 Perhaps they think they've truly destroyed them all. 737 00:41:37,537 --> 00:41:39,891 Either that or they didn't want anyone to know they had failed. 738 00:41:39,915 --> 00:41:42,376 Again. There is nothing more annoying than people 739 00:41:42,459 --> 00:41:44,044 who won't admit their own mistakes. 740 00:41:45,587 --> 00:41:46,755 True. 741 00:41:56,598 --> 00:41:59,726 McKay and Zelenka are scouring the database for any information. 742 00:41:59,810 --> 00:42:03,063 So far, not much. As in nothing. 743 00:42:05,399 --> 00:42:08,276 These replicators, they are probably already at work 744 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,946 building themselves another Atlantis. 745 00:42:11,405 --> 00:42:13,448 Now they know all about us. 746 00:42:15,784 --> 00:42:17,202 Well, we beat them this time. 747 00:42:17,285 --> 00:42:18,912 Maybe we scared them off. 748 00:42:19,955 --> 00:42:23,458 Yeah, maybe. 749 00:43:32,694 --> 00:43:33,695 English - us - psdh