{1}{1}23.976
{176}{300}I'm just saying, as a team veteran, to the new guy,|heavy lunch before mission departure, bad idea.
{301}{373}{Y:i}And even with the inertial dampners, this whole|flying thing is best done on an empty stomach.
{374}{416}Yeah well, I've got a pretty strong stomach.
{417}{477}Hey, I can eat frozen dinners without thawing|and sometimes it doesn't even affects me.
{478}{508}McKay!
{518}{558}Are you reading anything?
{617}{667}Nuthin'! Lifesigns from the planet are negative.
{668}{701}Then it is a shame.
{702}{794}From what we read in the Atlantis database,|the Durandens were a wonderful race of people.
{795}{912}Well the database is over 10,000 years old.|You can bet things have changed around here.
{932}{957}Sheppard...
{1150}{1178}OK.
{1194}{1246}That's not something you see everyday.
{1266}{1316}There was a great battle here.
{1396}{1441}{Y:i}That is a hive ship.
{1483}{1524}Well, it was a hive ship.
{1525}{1590}Something put a lot of holes in it, alright.
{1605}{1640}We should check it out.
{1641}{1699}What if whatever put holes in it|wants to put holes in us?
{1700}{1780}You just said a lot's changed in 10,000 years.
{2170}{2234}That would explain the lack of lifesigns.
{2251}{2312}This is what usually happens when you fight back.
{2315}{2443}These folks took out a fleet of Wraith ships.|I'd say they did a pretty good job of fighting back.
{2444}{2471}Hold on!
{2471}{2553}We're picking up faint energy readings....from...
{2613}{2643}there.
{2768}{2810}That would explain how they were|able to put up such a good fight.
{2811}{2843}How?
{2844}{2874}Because,
{2886}{2926}they were Ancients.
{3223}{3303}Transcript: scifigate.net
{3304}{3377}Subtitles by Team SG-66|www.seriestele.net
{3459}{3523}Season 2 - Episode 06|Trinity
{3726}{3768}Definitely Ancient design.
{3769}{3810}Their latest stuff, too.
{3825}{3882}Their latest being 10,000 years old.
{3883}{3945}It's a lot like the labs we found on Atlantis.
{3952}{3998}So this is one of their outposts?
{4000}{4100}Yet the Ancestors made no mention|of their presence here, in the database.
{4100}{4125}Why?
{4127}{4211}- Well, let's find out. Can you power it up?|- Working on it.
{4672}{4722}I got two bodies here.
{4829}{4874}I got three more over here.
{4880}{4970}Whatever happened here,|no-one came back to claim the dead.
{5099}{5154}I can't tell if they were fed on by the Wraith.
{5155}{5199}Yeah, something killed them.
{5200}{5250}Something killed everyone on this world.
{5251}{5343}Why is this outpost,|if that's what it is, still intact?
{5344}{5402}It doesn't make sense. What do you think Rodney?
{5447}{5522}Sorry, I... wasn't listening,|but it just struck me that
{5523}{5564}if this is an Ancient outpost,
{5567}{5613}why would the Wraith leave it intact?
{5666}{5712}That's a good question.
{5802}{5829}Alright, let's see...
{5830}{5859}So...
{5964}{6009}{Y:i}So it's a military research facility?
{6010}{6108}From what we can tell, it's a ground based version of|the satellite weapon we used to destroy that hive ship.
{6109}{6173}With one major exception. Fire power.
{6174}{6249}I mean, if that single outpost was responsible|for destroying an entire Wraith fleet...
{6250}{6318}And you're sure it was this weapon|that destroyed all those Wraith ships?
{6319}{6453}It had to be. There's nothing on|the planet that suggests the Durandens had anything|capable of inflicting anywhere near that much damage.
{6454}{6534}If we could learn of such technology,|we could defend other worlds from being culled.
{6535}{6568}It didn't save the Durandens.
{6569}{6637}Yeah, but at the end of the day,|the outpost was still standing and that means...
{6638}{6711}well I'm not sure what that means.|But it means something definitely worth finding out.
{6712}{6757}- Colonel?|- He's right.
{6758}{6804}It's definitely worth sending a research team back.
{6805}{6897}Good! Well give me Optican, Collins and Zelenka,|if he's over the stomach flu.
{6898}{6962}We'll try to access the computers log books.|See if we can decipher them and if that's...
{6963}{6998}OK, OK.
{6999}{7028}Easy sell.
{7029}{7074}- Go!|- Oh good.
{7196}{7231}Teyla...
{7232}{7291}I heard you were heading offworld|on a personal mission.
{7295}{7360}- To Balkan, yes.|- Sounds interesting.
{7414}{7578}The Balkans possess a particular|disease resistant strain of flax seed, which|would double the yield of our crops on the mainland.
{7579}{7713}In exchange, I intend to offer|Athosian manpower to aid in their harvest.
{7738}{7773}Still interested?
{7784}{7872}This place has everything I want,|don't get me wrong, but...
{7873}{7939}Sometimes you feel the need to go somewhere else.
{7940}{8005}- Anywhere else.|- I know the feeling.
{8010}{8034}So?
{8059}{8113}Bring only weapons you can conceal.
{8153}{8203}I'll keep it to a bare minimum.
{8587}{8651}{Y:i}I'm telling you, at least .09%.
{8652}{8732}Oh please, please, move the decimal place.|I mean, it's, it's, it's impossible for God's sake.
{8733}{8771}Have you figured out what this is?
{8772}{8843}- No.|- No, I wouldn't say no. No, we have a theory.|- Well, we don't know yet.
{8844}{8909}No, but based on the shielding around|the chamber, what else could it be?
{8910}{8955}Have you tried turning it on?
{8956}{9029}That's what we're working on.|The problem is that there's no direct link between it
{9030}{9175}and the main power control systems,|which among other things has led us to theorize that|it's an instrument to power up the weapons systems.
{9176}{9225}- Cool!|- See that? You see?
{9226}{9316}See the way he lights up at the mention of that?|It's like Doctor Vogel at the mention of pastries.
{9317}{9413}- They found out a way to soup up their space gun.|- Yes, but it's much more than that.
{9414}{9468}Well, the sticking point is that there's...
{9469}{9534}no tie between|the power generator and the primary capacitor.
{9535}{9609}Yes. Meaning they would have to channel|the power directly into the weapon.
{9610}{9676}Which I'm sure means nothing to you.
{9677}{9802}Means they could fire multiple bursts without having|to store up more power for the next firing sequence.
{9844}{9865}Yes.
{9866}{9922}- Very good!|- Which leads me back
{9923}{9954}to, cool.
{9956}{10004}Yes, but it only makes sense if we're right.
{10005}{10035}About what?
{10072}{10096}Tell him.
{10101}{10124}Not yet.
{10129}{10207}Come on McKay, you read the equations.|What else could it be? An Ancient typo?
{10208}{10285}Well we know they're not perfect,|because they're all dead!
{10286}{10351}Look, I just, I just,|I don't want you to get all excited over nothing.
{10352}{10406}- Well, maybe you're right.|- I'll give you a hint.
{10407}{10517}It seems the Ancients were experimenting with high|energy physics on a level that we've never seen before.
{10609}{10691}- Wow.|- Yes, wow. I just, I want to be sure.
{10782}{10827}I'll do my best to wait.
{10932}{11020}The manpower that you are demanding is outrageous.
{11025}{11165}You would turn my people into nothing more|than indentured slaves, to serve your farms.
{11177}{11277}It would seem that you have nothing else|of value to trade, but your people.
{11348}{11379}Mattus.
{11402}{11470}{Y:i}You know full well my offer is fair.
{11478}{11511}I'm sorry Teyla.
{11512}{11563}If you had something of more value to offer,
{11564}{11613}{Y:i}Technology,|weapons.
{11614}{11664}You've heard my terms.
{11718}{11741}Then,
{11742}{11792}our business is done here.
{11835}{11893}She said her offer is fair.
{11974}{12018}I say it isn't.
{12068}{12094}Well,
{12097}{12132}I say it is.
{12535}{12555}What?
{12610}{12672}I had the situation under control!
{12673}{12753}- It didn't look like it.|- So you came to my rescue.
{12771}{12880}You have no idea what is at stake|during these negotiations! My people depend on me!
{12881}{12923}They were taking advantage of you.
{12924}{12958}No they were not!
{12960}{13005}That is what I wanted them to think.
{13006}{13119}A negotiation is a delicate process.|The words spoken are often meaningless.
{13158}{13183}Teyla!
{13273}{13305}- Do you want me to...|- No!
{13325}{13399}Go! Gather our things, I will meet you at the Gate.
{13522}{13609}It was a mistake to force Hendon's hand.|You will only pay for it next time.
{13610}{13638}I know.
{13661}{13719}- Your friend is not Athosian?|- No.
{13728}{13808}Ronon is the only survivor|of a world known as Sateda.
{13809}{13904}He saved the life of a friend of mine|and in return we offered him sanctuary.
{13905}{13990}If Sateda is his homeworld,|then he is not the only survivor.
{14008}{14098}{Y:i}There is a man in this village|who also claims to be from there.
{14270}{14310}What have we got Sergeant?
{14313}{14353}It's Colonel Sheppard, Ma'am.
{14354}{14403}This is Weir. Go ahead Colonel.
{14431}{14493}{Y:i}We're on our way back. Rodney wants to fill you in.
{14513}{14563}I take it you found something interesting.
{14564}{14591}Interesting?
{14592}{14695}- How about the greatest discovery of all time!|- He's pretty excited.
{14710}{14777}So I hear. He couldn't even wait till he got back.
{14778}{14912}I wanted to send an encoded databurst directly|from the outpost to the secure network in my lab,|while the Gate was active.
{14951}{14972}Now!
{14987}{15024}{Y:i}Receiving transmission.
{15052}{15090}Transferring data.
{15205}{15274}Care to fill me in, so I can be excited too?
{15275}{15347}- It's a weapon.|- It is much, much more than a weapon!
{15348}{15424}We think we've stumbled across|the Ancients' last great discovery.
{15425}{15492}{Y:i}It was too late to win the war for them, but|I think if I can finish the work they started, then...
{15492}{15524}What is it?
{15525}{15577}It's the ultimate power source.
{15581}{15691}Something that would make Zero Point Modules|seem like alkaline batteries in comparison.
{15895}{15932}{Y:i}It was called Project Arcturus
{15933}{16053}and from what we could tell,|it's ultimate goal was to render ZPM's obsolete.
{16060}{16085}How?
{16136}{16281}The Zero Point Module|is an artificially created region of subspace time.|It's kind of like a miniature universe in a bottle.
{16282}{16403}It extracts vacuum energy through it's artificial region|of subspace time until it reaches maximum entropy.
{16404}{16444}So what's different about this thing?
{16445}{16514}Project Arcturus was attempting to extract vacuum energy
{16515}{16577}from our own space time. Making it
{16578}{16654}potentially as powerful|as the scope of the universe itself.
{16655}{16747}It strikes me as something|the Ancients would have tried first, even before ZPM's.
{16748}{16878}And they may have. But extracting zero point energy|from our own universe is, well it's definitely trickier.
{16886}{16907}Explain trickier.
{16908}{17022}Well, because we actually have to live in our|own universe, it presents a whole range of problems.
{17023}{17111}Well obviously it's not all|that easy or Atlantis wouldn't still be relying on ZPM's.
{17112}{17189}Well, you're right. The Ancients couldn't make it work.
{17190}{17223}I said I wanted to do all the talking.
{17224}{17323}- Come on Rodney, Arcturus was a total failure.|- Failure, yes. Total, no.
{17324}{17413}{Y:i}Look, the Ancients were losing|the war against the Wraith, when work on Arcturus began.
{17414}{17450}{Y:i}If they could have made it work,
{17451}{17529}it could have turned the tide of war. I mean,|we're talking about their own Manhatten Project here.
{17530}{17675}The outpost was ordered by the Ancients in Atlantis,|to defend the Duranden people using their|weapons powered by this new power source.
{17676}{17803}Yeah, yes,|but despite their strong reservations that it|was not ready to be tested under battle conditions.
{17804}{17839}The point is, the Wraith won.
{17840}{17931}Yes but the Durandens still inflicted|massive damage on the attacking Wraith fleet.
{17932}{18051}- I'm not saying they didn't put up a hell of a fight.|- The logs indicate there was a major malfunction.
{18052}{18132}Well yes, the Ancients in the bunker were forced|to shut everything down, including the weapon.
{18133}{18195}The Wraith sent more ships, the Durandens got wiped out.
{18196}{18286}So if the malfunction hadn't occurred,|the Ancients would have saved the planet?
{18287}{18309}Definitely!
{18310}{18370}Possibly. Don't sugar coat this, Rodney.
{18371}{18528}The Ancient scientists running Arcturus|were rushed into testing before they had perfected|a means of effectively controlling the power output.
{18529}{18569}{Y:i}I believe, if they'd had more time,
{18570}{18617}history would have played out|differently on that planet.
{18618}{18660}Possibly in this galaxy.
{18665}{18751}I won't deny that this is something|that we'd dearly love to get our hands on,
{18752}{18809}but the Ancients were a pretty bright bunch.
{18810}{18895}And desperate and losing a war they'd|already been fighting for a hundred years.
{18896}{18966}More importantly, they were, they were like this close.
{19023}{19075}And you believe you can finish their work?
{19076}{19104}I do.
{19125}{19153}We do.
{19175}{19203}They do.
{19365}{19465}Alright, I need everyone's attention, please!|What we've got here is...
{19466}{19559}I need this code divided up into sections|and each one double checked.
{19560}{19669}- No! No! You're not listening to me. I'm telling you,|this one right here is wrong!|- It's not going to! It's not going to...
{19670}{19733}The whole point is that these numbers|here should be corrected.
{19734}{19809}Unless they're corrected...|there you go, simulation failed.
{20065}{20092}Oh, that's heavy!
{20115}{20165}So, I need that over there. Thank you.
{20272}{20350}{Y:i}What I want you to do is pull the crystal.|Pull it when I say go, alright?
{20668}{20700}I think we have it.
{20904}{20934}That's it!
{21224}{21304}We were looking for a man named Solen.|Do you know him?
{21313}{21338}Upstairs.
{21391}{21416}Thank you
{21502}{21530}{Y:i}Was I free?
{21538}{21569}{Y:i}Course I was.
{21578}{21626}{Y:i}But my people were counting on me.
{21644}{21704}Now I was alone. I was low on ammo,
{21718}{21806}but I managed to take out the three|Wraith guards and gain access to that ship.
{21807}{21832}{Y:i}Liar!
{21880}{21915}What did you say?
{22035}{22060}Ronon?
{22061}{22156}There were two|Wraith guarding that cruiser and he wasn't alone.
{22265}{22375}Teyla Emmagan, Solen Senshure.|We served in the same regiment on Sateda.
{22376}{22409}I am honoured.
{22410}{22460}You two make a nice match.
{22468}{22498}{Y:i}Congratulations.
{22512}{22543}We are friends.
{22544}{22574}Nothing more.
{22589}{22644}For years I believed I was the only survivor.
{22669}{22715}So you don't know about the others?
{22716}{22748}What others?
{22760}{22880}Before the city fell, a few of us managed|to make it to the shelters west of the capital.
{22885}{22970}{Y:i}Over 300 civilians found their way there too.
{22991}{23066}When we emerged|we realised there was nothing to salvage, so
{23073}{23102}{Y:i}we left.
{23105}{23134}{Y:i}All of us.
{23170}{23197}To where?
{23200}{23265}Some came here. Some went to Manaria.
{23303}{23333}300.
{23370}{23440}Drink Ronon and rejoice. You're not alone!
{23605}{23650}Everything's been triple checked.
{23651}{23731}Power levels|are holding steady in all computer simulations.
{23732}{23776}- Power it up.|- Alright!
{23777}{23817}Attention all personnel!
{23820}{23900}Stand by for power up, on my mark!
{23901}{23926}{Y:i}3...
{23938}{23963}{Y:i}2...
{23975}{24000}{Y:i}1...
{24014}{24036}mark.
{24470}{24550}Oh man. To see Kel's face when he sees you.
{24597}{24635}Yeah, it's true.
{24670}{24698}Kel's alive.
{24716}{24749}And his family.
{24750}{24792}They settled on Belsa.
{24805}{24875}Run this big trading operation over there.
{24887}{24933}When were you going to tell me this?
{24937}{25009}Honestly,|I was going to wait until you drank a little more.
{25057}{25095}Then you've seen him.
{25100}{25200}Yeah, he comes around now and then|to trade weapons with the Balkans.
{25207}{25265}He's got his own private army now.
{25300}{25350}Is this Kel, a friend?
{25385}{25437}Oh, he's more like kin.
{25443}{25494}He was Ronon's taskmaster
{25495}{25551}during his military training.
{25562}{25620}There is no closer bond.
{25665}{25690}None.
{25725}{25759}To reunions.
{25822}{25852}To reunions.
{26017}{26052}Radek, talk to me.
{26065}{26125}{Y:i}I'm picking up some minor power fluctuations.
{26138}{26188}Chamber's temperature's holding steady.
{26242}{26272}{Y:i}There it goes again.
{26295}{26321}Is everything OK?
{26322}{26340}{Y:i}Everything's fine.
{26341}{26465}The containment bubble is designed to automatically|compensate for any sudden changes in energy output.
{26466}{26515}This never happened in the simulations.
{26520}{26550}Maybe we should abort.
{26551}{26665}I said it's fine. Collins. See if you can|boost more power to the field, manually.
{26666}{26694}You got it.
{27135}{27178}Prepare for test firing.
{27179}{27209}On my mark.
{27369}{27409}Levels just spiked into the red!
{27450}{27470}What?
{27471}{27503}Shut it down. Shut it all down!
{27504}{27525}I'm trying.
{27534}{27579}The interface is not responding.
{27620}{27666}I'm gonna switch to back-ups!
{27700}{27750}- Levels are going off the scale!|- McKay?
{27753}{27825}I have given the command to shut down.|Something's creating an overload.
{27826}{27844}We should evacuate.
{27845}{27869}Just give me a few seconds!
{27870}{27905}We may not have that time!
{27935}{27959}Wait, wait, wait.
{27975}{28005}It's stabilizing.
{28110}{28140}Generator is offline.
{28250}{28279}What the hell just happened?
{28280}{28390}Obviously there was a surge of some kind.|Look. Collins....Collins.
{28480}{28500}{Y:i}Collins!
{28895}{28987}Officially my report will indicate|Dr Collins died due to radiation exposure,
{28988}{29053}causing severe burns to well over 90% of his body.
{29080}{29110}But it was more than that?
{29111}{29138}Aye, much more.
{29153}{29223}To be honest, I have no idea|what sort of radiation it was.
{29224}{29295}I've never seen or heard of|cellular decay this massive.
{29296}{29351}Not when exposure only lasted mere seconds.
{29369}{29430}Collins' next of kin have been notified.
{29455}{29480}Good.
{29535}{29560}What went wrong?
{29587}{29640}We're still analyzing data from the test.
{29655}{29779}All we know for certain was, there was a massive power|surge which in turn, caused the containment field
{29780}{29880}to expand asymmetrically in the direction|of the command access tube.
{29890}{29920}As to why...
{29921}{29955}How about human error?
{30000}{30023}Excuse me?
{30024}{30130}Well, according to your report, during the test,|Dr Collins made an adjustment to the containment field.
{30131}{30213}Isn't it possible that he triggered the surge himself?
{30255}{30310}Are you looking for a scapegoat, Colonel?
{30315}{30339}Not at all Doctor.
{30340}{30450}I'm admittedly looking for a rationale that would|allow Dr McKay to continue his very important work.
{30451}{30491}Is there something wrong with that?
{30510}{30593}No! Collins knew the systems just as well as any of us.
{30594}{30632}He wouldn't have made that kind of mistake.
{30633}{30700}Everything was going well.|Everyone did their job.
{30735}{30760}Then what?
{30765}{30790}I don't know!
{30815}{30857}In terms of physics, it shouldn't have happened.
{30865}{30947}We're still analyzing the data from the accident.|It's going to take time...
{30948}{31035}What I do know, is the device did|what it was supposed to do.
{31045}{31087}No Rodney, it didn't.
{31088}{31150}Well, apart from the obvious containment issues.
{31151}{31210}It overloaded and you couldn't stop it.
{31211}{31296}But we won't know for sure until|we go back down there and try again.
{31297}{31352}Try again? Are you serious?
{31353}{31371}Yes.
{31495}{31546}A member of your team is in the morgue.
{31547}{31643}And I am responsible for his death, yes.|I am painfully aware of that.
{31644}{31720}I sent him in there and I will have to live|with that for the rest of my life.
{31721}{31825}But we have a responsibility|to understand what happened and learn from it.
{31855}{31900}Rodney, we don't even know what went wrong.
{31901}{31946}Which is why we have to go back there!
{32045}{32115}I know how important this is to you, Rodney.
{32120}{32252}But we knew when we came to Atlantis that we might|encounter certain technologies, which for the moment,
{32253}{32285}are out of our reach.
{32290}{32319}It's not in this case.
{32320}{32374}You have the data from your first attempt.
{32390}{32440}You can run all the simulations you want.
{32441}{32513}Come on Elizabeth. You really think|the military's gonna let this go?
{32514}{32575}I mean, at the very least, we should be|the first ones in there to spearhead the research.
{32576}{32605}That's what this is about?
{32615}{32654}You wanna beat them to it?
{32675}{32730}I'm sorry. The answer's no.
{33260}{33290}I'm not tired.
{33315}{33341}Why did we leave?
{33550}{33590}I believe you've had enough.
{33620}{33659}I don't believe I have.
{33680}{33704}Goodnight.
{33755}{33780}Teyla?
{33875}{33925}There are 300 of my people.
{34535}{34577}Harry K. Daghlian.
{34600}{34620}Who?
{34621}{34681}He was a scientist.|Worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.
{34682}{34725}He was only twenty-six years old.
{34726}{34855}Accidentally irradiated himself while performing|a critical mass experiment on half spheres of plutonium.
{34880}{34920}It took him a month to die.
{34945}{35055}While his body was slowly shutting down|from radiation poisoning, you know what|he did with his last thirty days?
{35080}{35101}He worked.
{35115}{35250}He tried until his last breath to understand|what had happened to him, so that others|could learn from the tragedy.
{35260}{35380}So that his work, his death,|wouldn't be rendered meaningless.
{35430}{35540}Now, have you considered what would have happened|if they'd just shut that project down after that?
{35541}{35565}This is different.
{35566}{35586}Is it?
{35605}{35713}Collins' death is a pointless waste of life unless|something comes of this and I am not sure that I can...
{35805}{35838}I think I know what happened.
{35890}{35915}Let's hear it.
{35916}{35942}Can I come in?
{35950}{35970}No.
{36005}{36055}The Ancients had it wrong.
{36056}{36108}Our mistake was using their equations.
{36109}{36145}Look, I just did the calculations again myself.
{36146}{36265}I did them three times just to be sure|and I am positive the problem is|in the automatic containment protocols.
{36275}{36305}OK, what's your fix?
{36306}{36385}I'm proposing that we adjust|the field strength manually.
{36395}{36445}You saw how fast it spiked on you.
{36446}{36507}So we don't operate the generator|at anywhere near it's potential.
{36508}{36540}Look, there's no need to be greedy.
{36541}{36615}Even operating at 50% it'll still|generate the power of a dozen ZPM's.
{36616}{36674}How come the Ancient's didn't figure this out?
{36675}{36718}Maybe they were caught up in the heat of battle.
{36719}{36785}Maybe they thought that they needed|as much power as they could get.
{36786}{36830}Maybe they weren't smart enough.
{36831}{36860}And you are.
{36861}{36890}No, I didn't say that.
{36900}{36950}But I have the benefit of hindsight. They didn't.
{36955}{37110}Look, this is big.|This is the wheel, the light bulb, the hotdog, big.
{37155}{37190}Best case scenario.
{37191}{37229}I win a Nobel Prize.
{37240}{37288}Worse case scenario.
{37289}{37330}We tear a hole in the fabric of the universe.
{37331}{37375}Which is much less likely|to happen than the Nobel Prize.
{37376}{37483}I mean, look, the risks are nothing|compared to the potential benefits.
{37484}{37540}Elizabeth will listen to you.
{37545}{37641}I've never asked this of you before,|but I think I've earned it.
{37660}{37682}Trust me.
{37720}{37770}I've already made this decision, John!
{37771}{37856}If Dr McKay says he's solved the problem,|I don't see why we don't give it another shot.
{37857}{37925}Isn't the Daedalus about ready to head back to Earth?
{37935}{37979}Yes we are.
{37980}{38081}But I think you should know the Pentagon|is taking a very keen interest in this vacuum energy.
{38100}{38167}I'm sure they have, but the Pentagon|doesn't make the decisions here.
{38168}{38234}Yeah, I may not have the power to overrule you on this.
{38235}{38380}But when I get back to Earth, I'm going to be|making the recommendation that Dr McKay be allowed|to continue his work, to the highest authorities.
{38405}{38430}Ultimately Dr Weir,
{38460}{38499}this won't be up to you.
{38590}{38666}Can Rodney guarantee that the same thing won't happen?
{38670}{38705}Nobody can do that.
{38710}{38745}Then what's changed?
{38749}{38828}According to him it's the Ancients|calculations that were wrong, not his.
{38829}{38882}If McKay is that confident,|then I don't see why we don't...
{38883}{38961}Confidence is not something|Doctor McKay is in any short supply of.
{38962}{39019}For good reason! If anyone can do this...
{39020}{39094}The Ancients could not do this.
{39098}{39149}And that's what it keeps coming back to for me.
{39150}{39329}Isn't it possible that you have placed the Ancients|on such a high pedestal that you can't even|consider the possibility that they may be wrong?
{39330}{39401}Why are we mincing words, Colonel?
{39413}{39446}You want the weapon.
{39465}{39530}Yes! I do!
{39531}{39714}A weapon that could effectively eliminate the|Wraith threat is very attractive to me, and to the|people that I work for. I'm not hiding that fact.
{39715}{39760}But there's more to it, isn't there?
{39761}{39815}No more hunting for ZPMs.
{39816}{39922}The shield at full strength.|Faster, more powerful ships.
{39923}{40010}How about a power source that could provide the|energy needs for an entire planet.
{40011}{40040}{Y:i}No more fossil fuels.
{40041}{40085}I get it!
{40086}{40192}And if it worked as advertised,|it would be wonderful.
{40209}{40397}I'm trying to tell you, I know Rodney McKay and|there are times when I have to protect him from himself.
{40398}{40466}I can do that.
{40474}{40530}{Y:i}Let me go back with him. Just him and me.
{40531}{40646}You can activate the Stargate any time|you want to contact us by radio.
{40681}{40734}He really sold you.
{40824}{40889}He asked me to trust him.
{41049}{41130}I appreciate your support, Colonel,|but... don't worry.
{41131}{41234}I try and make it a habit|not to make the same mistake twice.
{41245}{41280}That was a joke, right?
{41281}{41426}No. I offer you my personal assurance that a surge|like the one that happened before is inconceivable.
{41427}{41477}I'm gonna run some power-up simulations first.
{41478}{41588}How about I carry out my plan and|you keep the hot coffee coming?
{41616}{41695}Joking again, right?
{41729}{41781}Well, where were we?
{41828}{41885}Doctor Weir, I need to speak to you right away.
{41886}{41908}What is it?
{41909}{41988}I finished going over the accident data.
{41988}{42089}I think I know why the Ancients|abandoned this technology.
{42161}{42222}Colonel Sheppard, this is Atlantis.
{42223}{42251}Go ahead.
{42264}{42307}Is Doctor McKay with you?
{42308}{42396}Of course I am, but we're a little busy|getting ready to run a test here.
{42408}{42495}Actually, I would like you to delay the test firing.
{42505}{42525}Why?
{42526}{42662}We have reason to believe that the weapon's power|source, may not be controllable at any power level.
{42666}{42693}Radek?
{42694}{42712}{Y:i}Rodney?
{42712}{42850}OK, we have been over this. I am doing|this manually, at half power. It's a cakewalk.
{42851}{42936}I don't think it matters how much cake you walk on.
{42937}{43125}I've been doing calculations of my own and|I believe that the very act of trying to contain|vacuum energy from our own space-time creates
{43126}{43211}an environment where|the laws of physics cease to apply.
{43212}{43248}What are you on about?
{43249}{43283}{Y:i}As power output increases,
{43284}{43449}new and exotic particles are continuously created|and destroyed inside the containment chamber,
{43450}{43532}interacting with each other and with the field itself.
{43533}{43670}{Y:i}Eventually particles are created|that cannot be prevented in this space-time,
{43671}{43751}and they breach|the containment field as hard radiation.
{43752}{43872}As long as I'm monitoring the energy output manually,|I can stop that before it happens.
{43873}{43993}You cannot predict something|that is inherently unpredictable.
{43994}{44056}- Rodney?|- I know what I'm doing.
{44057}{44202}Rodney, I am trying to tell you as a friend,|I have serious doubts.
{44203}{44250}Well, you're wrong. I'm sorry, but there it is.
{44251}{44366}And to bring this up now when I am just about to do|this smacks of nothing but professional jealousy.
{44367}{44448}Fine! Kill yourself,|just like the Ancients did!
{44449}{44498}What do you mean by that?
{44499}{44618}I believe if the overload is allowed to continue,|the weapon acts as a sort of release valve
{44619}{44687}to prevent catastrophic containment failure.
{44688}{44788}The Ancients barely managed to shut it down,|and they lost their lives in the process.
{44789}{44938}What we're suggesting is that the Wraith didn't|kill everyone on that planet. It was the weapon itself.
{44945}{44998}That would explain why this place|is the only thing left standing.
{44999}{45093}Congratulations, you've solved the mystery|of how the Ancients screwed up ten thousand years ago.
{45094}{45133}{Y:i}It doesn't mean that I will do the same.
{45133}{45177}Look, I don't know how else to say this,
{45178}{45255}but none of you are capable of understanding|this on the same level that I do.
{45256}{45300}And Zelenka, that includes you.
{45428}{45539}Rodney, I cannot afford to lose either one of you.
{45549}{45650}Now tell me. Can you do this?
{45651}{45669}Yes.
{45682}{45726}- Are you sure?|- Yes.
{45727}{45776}- Are you sure you're sure?|- I said yes!
{45777}{45824}- Because if you're wrong...|- I'm not!
{46062}{46135}I'll call you back after the test.|How does that sound?
{46136}{46179}You'd better.
{46206}{46247}I won't let you down.
{46503}{46537}How are you feeling?
{46537}{46574}Fine.
{46655}{46749}We should really be getting back.|Doctor Weir will be expecting us.
{46762}{46789}Kel's here.
{46806}{46832}What?
{46833}{46914}He's meeting with Hendon right now.|Solen just told me.
{46927}{46976}I have to see him.
{46986}{47076}And you would like me to arrange a meeting.
{47077}{47189}After yesterday, I don't think|I'd get very far if I asked myself.
{47287}{47339}OK, this is good.
{47340}{47408}My equations are working like a charm.
{47409}{47490}Power level's at forty percent,|just to be on the safe side.
{47491}{47535}I think we're ready for our test.
{47536}{47566}Where do you want the weapon targeted?
{47567}{47613}The debris orbiting the planet.
{47614}{47637}Sounds good.
{47638}{47721}Bringing the weapon online... now.
{48089}{48117}What's that?
{48118}{48208}Energy surge. It's fine.|I can regulate it.
{48234}{48258}You said you could contain...
{48259}{48382}The temperature inside the containment field|is well within acceptable parameters.
{48417}{48515}Staying ahead of it.|Levels are rising in the chamber.
{48516}{48595}Reroute power from the secondary systems|to the containment field.
{48596}{48625}I'm thinking we need to abort.
{48625}{48692}I can compensate. Just give me a minute.
{48693}{48745}It's overloading, just like last time.
{48746}{48800}There is no logical reason this shouldn't be working.
{48800}{48816}McKay?
{48817}{48857}None of this should be happening!
{48858}{48929}Look, the energy levels are spiking at a rate|far greater than anything I predicted.
{48930}{48968}Shut it down!
{49066}{49101}Fine.
{49440}{49470}Doesn't make any sense?
{49501}{49541}What's wrong?
{49610}{49652}I can't shut it down.
{50410}{50458}I am Kel, from Sateda.
{50459}{50563}Teyla Emmagan of Athos.|Thank you for granting us your time.
{50625}{50695}If we are to trade,|I would know all the members of your party.
{50696}{50785}Of course. In fact, that is why we are here.
{50898}{50925}Ronon!
{50926}{50969}Hello, Kel.
{51117}{51171}Ronon, what have you done?
{51213}{51320}We all know who this man was, what he was.
{51336}{51420}If anyone here believes he should be avenged,
{51482}{51521}here I am.
{52158}{52213}You just used me to murder an innocent man!
{52241}{52285}He deserved worse.
{52297}{52365}You said he was like a father to you.
{52370}{52440}Kel commanded several infantry divisions on Sateda.
{52441}{52588}When the Wraith came, he ordered thousands|to their death just to save himself.
{52589}{52725}He was, he was... a traitor and a coward.
{52747}{52872}My only regret is that his death was quick.
{53046}{53102}I understand.
{53117}{53193}In your place I might have done the same.
{53238}{53375}But believe me when|I tell you that the others would not.
{53381}{53470}We must not speak of this when we return to Atlantis.
{53543}{53668}And if you ever use my friendship in such a way again,
{53679}{53788}I will not be so understanding.
{54078}{54096}What was that?
{54097}{54168}The weapon's discharging|to prevent a catastrophic overload.
{54169}{54214}Alright, that's it. We're outta here.
{54215}{54343}It's not safe! The weapon's firing|at random targets above the planet.|This is the safest place to be right now.
{54371}{54426}The place isn't gonna be safe for very much longer!
{54427}{54491}I can bring it back under control!|Just give me a second!
{54506}{54526}No you can't!
{54527}{54561}Just one second!
{54561}{54653}I've seen this before, Rodney.|Pilots who wouldn't eject when something went wrong.
{54654}{54759}Trying to fix their planes|right until it hit the ground.
{54791}{54839}OK, we need to leave.
{54849}{54992}I've waited too long, the weapon can't discharge|enough power to avoid a catastrophic overload.|This whole planet's gonna go up.
{55034}{55092}Not that your speech wasn't working.
{55231}{55263}OK, strap in.
{55264}{55338}You need to avoid flying predictably|to prevent the weapon from locking onto us.
{55339}{55362}I know what I'm doing.
{55363}{55424}I'm just saying,be sure not to fly in a straight line.
{55425}{55472}Rodney, shut up!
{55601}{55674}Can I just say there's no way|the Jumper can take even one direct hit?
{55675}{55726}I'll keep that in mind.
{55993}{56033}The weapon's locking onto us.
{56035}{56106}How about I fly us away from the planet,|return after the overload?
{56107}{56134}We can't.
{56139}{56151}Why not?
{56152}{56296}Don't you understand? This explosion is gonna|take out three quarters of the solar system.|There's no way we can fly far enough or fast enough.
{56296}{56345}We have to head for the Gate.
{56369}{56403}Dial the Gate.
{56548}{56597}How do you intend to avoid|getting hit on the final approach?
{56598}{56666}I haven't figured that part out yet.
{56940}{57019}It's a good thing we stopped by|to check on your progress, Colonel.
{57023}{57088}Make a break for the Stargate.|We'll run interference.
{57089}{57127}{Y:i}Copy that, Daedalus.
{57127}{57184}Stand by to engage sublight engines on my mark.
{57191}{57270}Recommend you go into hyperspace|as soon as we go through.
{57279}{57322}There's gonna be a big bang.
{57325}{57354}{Y:i}Understood.
{57747}{57807}Take this grain to the storage room.
{57887}{57918}{Y:i}You are the smartest guy we have.
{57919}{57938}{Y:i}I know!
{57998}{58139}{Y:i}putting your life and other people's lives at risk.|You destroyed three quarters of a solar system!
{58140}{58176}{Y:i}Well, five sixths. It's not an exact science.
{58177}{58265}{Y:i}Rodney, can you give|your ego a rest for one second?
{58311}{58355}Oh, Colonel!
{58365}{58394}Colonel!
{58426}{58466}I've been looking all over for you.
{58466}{58502}I heard.
{58580}{58618}I suppose I deserve that.
{58628}{58662}Look, I just...
{58677}{58765}I wanted to apologise about what happened.|I was wrong. I'm sorry.
{58769}{58861}And I wanted to assure you that,|I intend not being right again,
{58861}{58935}about everything, effective immediately.
{59024}{59056}That was a joke.
{59057}{59090}Good one.
{59127}{59177}I've already apologised to Elizabeth
{59189}{59237}and Radek and
{59244}{59346}I thanked Colonel Caldwell for...|caring enough to spy on the experiment from orbit.
{59347}{59399}I sent him a nice little email, actually.
{59402}{59470}But I saved you till last because,
{59472}{59652}honestly, I would... I would hate|to think that recent events might have|permanently dimmed your faith in my abilities,
{59653}{59686}or your trust.
{59702}{59807}At the very least, I hope I can earn that back.
{59822}{59878}That may take a while.
{59915}{59946}I see.
{59960}{60108}But, I'm sure you can do it,|if you really wanna try.