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{340}{434}If we're hoping that these people have|something to trade, we are wasting our time.
{435}{515}From the looks of it, they barely have enough food|to feed themselves, and their technology?
{516}{595}Well, let's just say that this about sums it up?
{605}{695}Establishing good relations|with our neighbors is not just about trade.
{696}{815}Right, but do we need to make friends with|every primitive agrarian society in the Pegasus galaxy?
{816}{864}Alright, that's enough.
{865}{940}They can't all be planets with cool technology|and open-minded women.
{941}{975}{Y:i}I don't see why not.
{976}{1000}Greetings.
{1005}{1045}I am Eldred.
{1075}{1099}I'm Sheppard.
{1110}{1170}This is Ronon, Teyla, McKay.
{1171}{1230}I'm sorry to have kept you waiting,
{1231}{1340}but it's harvest time,|and we must prepare our tribute for the Tower.
{1360}{1395}The tower?
{1400}{1490}You must come from a distant land indeed|if you have not heard of the Tower.
{1495}{1569}I don't know of anyone who is not under its protection.
{1570}{1614}Protection from what?
{1615}{1640}The Wraith.
{1725}{1795}Is this tower close by?
{1796}{1830}I will show you.
{1835}{1855}Come.
{2160}{2180}There.
{2290}{2409}- Is it my imagination, or does that look a lot like...|- The central spire of Atlantis?
{2410}{2435}Yes.
{2760}{2845}Season 2 - Episode 15|The Tower
{2853}{2920}Transcript:|Raceman / Callie Sullivan
{2924}{2999}Subtitles:|Team SG-66 - www.seriestele.net
{4090}{4161}How exactly do the people|in the tower protect you from the Wraith?
{4162}{4275}They have a great weapon capable of annihilating|the Wraith ships which descend from the sky.
{4276}{4309}What kind of a weapon?
{4310}{4395}Thousands of bright lights rise up|from the ground beneath the Tower,
{4396}{4458}swarm the ships, and destroy them.
{4459}{4479}Really?
{4480}{4529}Thousands of bright lights.
{4530}{4570}And you have seen this?
{4571}{4614}I have never seen a Wraith ship.
{4615}{4665}They have not come for many generations,
{4666}{4750}but there are times|that the Lord Protector sees fit to...
{4751}{4820}demonstrate this power to his people.
{4840}{4910}We'd really like to meet this Lord Protector.
{4911}{4945}That may prove difficult.
{4946}{5005}Only members of the royal court|are allowed in the Tower.
{5006}{5090}Perhaps they would consider|making an exception just this once.
{5110}{5150}I'll do what I can.
{5165}{5184}Thank you.
{5230}{5279}You know this weapon he's talking about?
{5280}{5310}We call them drones.
{5311}{5380}We've used them to defend Earth and Atlantis,|but we could really use some more.
{5381}{5405}{Y:i}And not only that.
{5406}{5479}If these people have working drones,|they must also have a ZedPM.
{5480}{5534}Eldred said the Wraith have not come in a long time.
{5535}{5589}Perhaps this technology is no longer operational.
{5590}{5655}Well, I'll know more if I could get|a little closer, take some readings.
{5705}{5764}Do you think this Eldred is telling the truth?
{5765}{5805}{Y:i}There's no reason for him to lie.
{5815}{5880}And you say the tower looks|a lot like Lantian architecture?
{5881}{5942}Well, it was overgrown by vegetation, but otherwise,
{5943}{6005}there was definitely something familiar about it.
{6015}{6084}So the people in the tower could be Ancients?
{6085}{6114}{Y:i}I don't know.
{6115}{6159}The feudal society doesn't fit the profile.
{6160}{6240}Why would Ancients want|to lord over a bunch of simple farmers?
{6241}{6264}I don't know.
{6265}{6315}Either way, we should talk with them.
{6325}{6360}Agreed.
{6425}{6469}We're approaching the base of the Tower.
{6470}{6520}This is as close as I dare bring you.
{6560}{6655}I take it people like you don't get|invited up for barbecues too often?
{6675}{6725}The Tower is for nobles only.
{6755}{6820}And what makes them noble?
{6830}{6850}Blood.
{6900}{6920}Right.
{7110}{7150}Who are these guys?
{7151}{7195}Soldiers from the tower.
{7275}{7300}Take it easy.
{7320}{7345}Who are you?
{7346}{7400}Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard.|Who are you?
{7405}{7465}I am a constable of the Lord Protector's guard,
{7466}{7550}and this village scum dared to defy me.
{7605}{7660}It's clear we're going to have to make an example.
{7665}{7695}I don't think so.
{7705}{7750}Please, Colonel...
{7770}{7805}it's my fault.
{7806}{7880}If you think I'm going to sit here|and let you whip an innocent man,
{7885}{7925}you're sorely mistaken.
{7942}{7970}{Y:i}Constable...
{7985}{8020}you may stand down.
{8135}{8200}You are the strangers who requested an audience,
{8215}{8240}are you not?
{8265}{8290}That's us.
{8365}{8400}My name is Otho.
{8410}{8460}{Y:i}I have the honor to be Chamberlain
{8471}{8510}to the Lord Protector,
{8543}{8620}and you would never be allowed in his presence
{8627}{8660}so armed.
{8661}{8686}Well,
{8702}{8755}I guess we'll have to be on our way, then.
{8840}{8925}I'm afraid it's too late for that.
{8950}{8975}Take this one.
{9020}{9065}Please, Colonel, don't resist.
{9066}{9115}The Lord Protector sees all.
{9130}{9165}He does, you know.
{9245}{9315}But I suppose you're going to need a demonstration.
{9380}{9420}And here it comes.
{9860}{9925}Now, please, turn over your weapons.
{9935}{10020}Some of the people here may not survive the next strike.
{10215}{10235}Colonel...
{10640}{10670}We are not supposed to be here.
{10671}{10736}- If the soldiers come...|- Relax. I'm almost done.
{10741}{10770}{Y:i}Rodney, come in.
{10805}{10830}Go ahead.
{10831}{10890}We have a problem.|They took Colonel Sheppard.
{10893}{10910}What?
{10911}{10925}Who did?
{10926}{10988}{Y:i}Soldiers from the tower. They confiscated our weapons.
{10989}{11024}What? And you let them?
{11065}{11124}We didn't exactly have much of a choice.
{11125}{11165}Alright, I'm on my way back.
{11220}{11264}It was definitely a drone.
{11265}{11295}It was pretty good shooting.
{11296}{11370}I mean, if it was their intention to scare people|and not actually kill anybody.
{11390}{11429}{Y:i}This is Sheppard. Anyone reading me?
{11430}{11469}Colonel, are you alright?
{11470}{11515}{Y:i}I'm fine. Is McKay with you?
{11516}{11535}I'm here.
{11536}{11585}{Y:i}Did you find anything with your scans?
{11586}{11622}As a matter of fact, I did.
{11623}{11674}There's definitely an active ZedPM,
{11675}{11740}but it's barely registering,|so it's hard to say whether it's
{11741}{11800}depleted or just not drawing much power right now.
{11801}{11825}{Y:i}What else?
{11835}{11934}The really interesting part is that it seems|to be coming from underground.
{11935}{12004}{Y:i}Now, when I realized that,|I started scanning for subterranean structures.
{12005}{12050}{Y:i}The tower is just the tip of the iceberg.
{12051}{12110}{Y:i}There is a massive structure buried beneath it.
{12111}{12179}It's hard to say without more detailed analysis, but...
{12180}{12275}it could very well be comparable|in size to Atlantis itself.
{12279}{12335}Doesn't really surprise me.
{12385}{12440}I'm in the tower right now,
{12441}{12460}and,
{12475}{12510}I've got to say...
{12515}{12580}it does kinda look familiar.
{13525}{13555}You there.
{13570}{13595}Approach.
{13780}{13844}- Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard...|- I know who you are.
{13845}{13884}I saw you in the village.
{13885}{13905}You did?
{13906}{13965}I see all that I need to see
{13985}{14025}within my domain.
{14395}{14475}Your friends, they are concerned about you.
{14476}{14615}Well, to be perfectly honest,|I'm a little concerned about me, too.
{14625}{14655}{Y:i}I mean...
{14670}{14710}I'm a prisoner, right?
{14790}{14855}A show of force was necessary|for the benefit of the villagers.
{14856}{14925}It keeps them from getting ideas,
{14930}{15000}but for the moment I would prefer|if you thought of yourself as...
{15020}{15040}a guest.
{15045}{15105}Father, I must object.
{15108}{15124}This...
{15125}{15148}man...
{15149}{15183}should be punished.
{15184}{15224}He challenged one of our constables.
{15225}{15280}One of our constables?
{15295}{15320}Forgive me.
{15330}{15360}One of your constables.
{15361}{15390}{Y:i}Lieutenant Colonel...
{15395}{15500}it would be my pleasure|that you dine with us this evening.
{15620}{15670}From what I can tell by these readings,
{15675}{15773}the underground structure's not just roughly|the same shape and size as Atlantis. It's identical.
{15781}{15845}Yeah, it's pretty much|the same on the inside, too, although
{15849}{15880}it's been redecorated.
{15881}{15955}{Y:i}If it is a city like Atlantis,|then where are the other spires?
{15956}{16020}Probably fell a long time ago.|Maybe they were destroyed during a Wraith attack.
{16021}{16115}Look in the intervening 10,000 years, the whole|thing must have been overgrown by the forest.
{16116}{16185}One thing's for certain. These people are no Ancients.
{16186}{16285}But from what you're saying,|the Lord Protector must have the gene required|to activate the advanced technology.
{16286}{16314}{Y:i}So it would seem.
{16315}{16350}Were they using any other technology?
{16351}{16385}No, not that I can see.
{16386}{16465}They've turned the control room|into a gallery for royal audiences.
{16466}{16570}There are some systems that seem to be operational,|but I think they're just running on automatic.
{16571}{16629}Are you certain you are in no immediate danger?
{16630}{16665}I don't think so.
{16705}{16784}They don't have me under guard,|and they've even given me my own room.
{16790}{16820}I don't like it.
{16825}{16865}I say we call the troops and get you out.
{16866}{16900}I don't think it would work, even if we tried.
{16901}{17000}Look, the combination of the hologram|technology and a healthy supply of drones,
{17001}{17035}they'd pick us off pretty easily.
{17036}{17120}For the moment, I don't want anybody to do anything.|Just keep a low profile.
{17170}{17200}Right...
{17440}{17490}We are happy you could share our evening meal.
{17491}{17525}The pleasure is ours.
{17835}{17925}We thank the ancestors|for the great bounty bestowed upon us,
{17926}{18000}and we ask that they bless the Lord Protector,
{18001}{18080}that he may ever watch over us and keep us safe.
{18125}{18165}Please, enjoy.
{18245}{18340}It is generous of you to remember|the Lord Protector in your prayers,
{18341}{18400}especially after what happened this afternoon.
{18405}{18450}It is unfortunate,
{18451}{18510}but the soldiers serve the Tower,
{18511}{18550}and without the Tower,
{18551}{18595}we are vulnerable to the Wraith.
{18635}{18690}In exchange, you give them a portion of your crops?
{18705}{18740}Half of every harvest.
{18760}{18785}Half?
{19185}{19250}I've never known anyone|called "Lieutenant Colonel" before.
{19251}{19275}What does it mean?
{19276}{19330}It's not his name, you simpleton.
{19340}{19365}It's his rank.
{19370}{19405}My apologies.
{19410}{19440}That's alright.
{19441}{19510}I don't usually stand on ceremony anyway.
{19511}{19555}How about you just call me John?
{19590}{19624}{Y:i}Alright, John.
{19640}{19740}It's obvious to anyone with eyes|to see that you're a military man,
{19745}{19780}which makes me wonder,
{19781}{19865}why is it you question|the actions of my father's soldiers?
{19866}{19935}{Y:i}Do you not agree that discipline is necessary?
{19936}{20045}I guess I just don't think|whipping people is a good motivator.
{20060}{20110}The villagers are mindless brutes.
{20111}{20150}They understand nothing else.
{20151}{20225}Maybe because they've never known anything else.
{20235}{20325}I don't think that any of us would deny|that the life of peasants can be difficult,
{20326}{20415}but how much worse would it be|if they fell victim to the Wraith?
{20416}{20465}You protect them with these...
{20466}{20519}lights, like the one that hit the village today?
{20520}{20545}Of course.
{20565}{20595}Where do they come from?
{20596}{20670}The Lord Protector calls them forth with his mind.
{20680}{20715}But from where?
{20730}{20835}I mean, they rise up from the ground, but has|anybody bothered to go down there and check it out?
{20836}{20875}You mean the catacombs?
{20876}{20915}Yeah, whatever you call them.
{20930}{21005}They're dark and filthy.|Why would anyone want to go down there?
{21080}{21095}My lord!
{21096}{21116}It's nothing.
{21125}{21145}Leave me be.
{21146}{21175}Take him to his chambers.
{21315}{21350}What's wrong with him?
{21362}{21391}He'll be alright.
{21392}{21449}It isn't the first|time this has happened.
{21907}{21977}Well, that was a particularly|unsatisfying meal.
{21978}{22045}We should be honored that those with|so little would wish to share with us.
{22046}{22104}Oh, I'm honored.|I'm honored and hungry.
{22105}{22176}Seriously, we should be feeding them.|We've got better food in our emergency rations.
{22177}{22245}I'm not sure that they would accept it.|They are a proud people.
{22246}{22310}Not so proud that they'll|stand up for themselves.
{22337}{22370}That could change.
{22385}{22415}{Y:i}Hold on a minute.
{22431}{22510}We need to be careful, right?|We have no idea who's watching, remember?
{22511}{22585}And we are supposed to be keeping a low profile,|not starting a revolution.
{22586}{22647}You cannot seriously believe|that this is a just society.
{22648}{22723}It is a society that has not been|culled by the Wraith in a long time.
{22724}{22767}That much we know for sure.
{22879}{22899}Now...
{22910}{22953}where are the emergency rations?
{23230}{23259}Am I disturbing you?
{23279}{23305}Mara. No...
{23340}{23367}How's your father?
{23368}{23400}He is resting.
{23401}{23442}Thank you for your concern.
{23462}{23484}Look...
{23504}{23549}maybe it would be best if I...
{23550}{23618}- just came back another day...|- No, you can't leave!
{23620}{23641}Please,
{23650}{23743}there's a matter of great importance|my father wishes to discuss with you.
{23746}{23784}Perhaps in the morning?
{23811}{23912}If these chambers are not to your liking...|- No, no, they're fine.
{23913}{23982}Well, then maybe there's something|I can do to make you more comfortable.
{23990}{24029}I don't think so.
{24050}{24080}Are you certain?
{24234}{24275}I never see this coming.
{24276}{24307}You don't find me pleasing?
{24308}{24380}No, no, it's not that.|It's just...
{24550}{24600}What you said at dinner,|did you mean it?
{24601}{24632}Absolutely.
{24681}{24735}- What did I say again?|- About the villagers.
{24736}{24789}My brother thinks it's a sign of weakness,
{24790}{24849}but I know that it means|you'll be a great ruler some day.
{24850}{24872}Right.
{24970}{24993}Ruler?
{25006}{25034}What are you talking about?
{25035}{25159}My father has promised that if we are married,|succession will fall to me.
{25488}{25513}We need to talk.
{25558}{25597}Colonel Sheppard. Yes.
{25610}{25636}Come in, please.
{25710}{25734}Seems that
{25740}{25791}certain people around here have somehow
{25800}{25839}gotten the wrong idea about me.
{25909}{25952}Mara came to visit me last night.
{25990}{26058}You must forgive her|forward behavior, Colonel.
{26067}{26106}She doesn't have much time.
{26132}{26165}What's that supposed to mean?
{26238}{26351}I have many duties here in the Tower, the most|important of which is as royal genealogist.
{26360}{26497}These scrolls record the bloodlines of the Lord|Protector's family going back 20 generations.
{26503}{26630}It's my duty to study them in order to determine the|best possible match for every member of the royal house
{26631}{26726}so that we may maintain the|integrity of those bloodlines.
{26728}{26775}This is necessary because only
{26776}{26815}one of the royal blood
{26816}{26919}can control the throne chair,|which in turn controls the weapon
{26920}{26983}that protects us from the Wraith,
{26997}{27056}{Y:i}but I suspect you know some of this already.
{27067}{27141}Most people, when they see the throne|chair activated for the first time,
{27142}{27208}react as though they've seen|some kind of magic,
{27209}{27239}but you...
{27258}{27291}you didn't bat an eye.
{27317}{27346}What's more,
{27357}{27408}you have in your blood
{27409}{27561}the very gene for which our royal family|has been so selectively bred all these generations.
{27584}{27608}I...
{27616}{27642}scanned you
{27653}{27697}shortly after we met,|remember?
{27716}{27735}Right.
{27736}{27802}Colonel, you must understand|how important this is to us.
{27820}{27932}Over the centuries, despite our best|efforts, the bloodlines have deteriorated.
{27933}{28055}The ability of each new Lord Protector to control|the throne chair, it is no longer a certainty.
{28056}{28152}Well, then, maybe it's time to start|thinking about a new system of government.
{28182}{28277}You have observed the inequalities|of our society, and you disapprove.
{28290}{28324}I can hardly blame you.
{28325}{28399}You didn't seem to have much of a|problem with that in the village.
{28430}{28529}I must maintain the image of my authority|in front of the villagers. It is my duty,
{28530}{28652}but believe me, between the two of us,|you are in a better position to change things.
{28667}{28717}The gene in you
{28718}{28877}is stronger than it has been in any|recorded member of the royal family for 300 years.
{28926}{28963}You sent Mara to my room.
{28972}{29006}I didn't have to.
{29027}{29097}She understands the|situation perfectly well.
{29123}{29177}Right now, Tavius is next in line,
{29186}{29260}but the possibility that his sister|might one day bear children
{29261}{29372}with superior genetic make-up to him or|his progeny, that will always be a threat.
{29376}{29438}So if the old man dies...
{29439}{29469}Precisely,
{29490}{29548}and his condition grows worse every day.
{29590}{29656}I know someone who may|be able to help with that.
{29843}{29865}Dr. Beckett...
{29866}{29890}Good morning.
{29893}{29942}I understand there's a patient|waiting for me in the tower.
{29943}{30018}- So Colonel Sheppard informed us over the radio.|- Oh, thank you, Ronon.
{30029}{30072}Do you have any idea|what I'm walking into?
{30073}{30112}Not really, no.
{30118}{30220}According to the Colonel, your safety has been|guaranteed by the Chamberlain of the tower.
{30221}{30254}And we can trust him?
{30264}{30335}Not really, no, but|I have a backup plan.
{30336}{30418}Look, Baldric, my trusty local guide says|he knows a way into the underground city.
{30423}{30518}He's not exactly thrilled about going under|there, but I think I can talk him into it.
{30525}{30553}And what good does that do us?
{30554}{30627}Well, if I can find the ZedPM, then we can|shut these people down whenever we want.
{30628}{30728}Without the drone chair, they're just a|bunch of primitive thugs with axes and knives.
{30729}{30785}Axes and knives can|cause damage, Rodney.
{30786}{30824}You know what I mean.
{30832}{30857}Great.
{30862}{30892}Alright.
{31043}{31109}Busy as usual, I see.
{31110}{31213}Always making plans, plotting little strategies,
{31214}{31273}all for the benefit of the royal house of course.
{31274}{31323}- Of course.|- Of course.
{31331}{31422}I understand you've recruited|someone new into your little schemes
{31423}{31499}this Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard.
{31505}{31568}Something about medical|assistance for the Lord Protector?
{31572}{31625}He offered.|What was I supposed to say?
{31626}{31696}Just be careful, Chamberlain.|Remember your place...
{31713}{31773}and remember our arrangement.
{31787}{31819}What about the Colonel?
{31844}{31899}I'll deal with him when the time comes.
{32197}{32216}This is it.
{32228}{32256}Alright,
{32262}{32288}let's do it.
{32289}{32336}I'm not so sure this is wise.
{32337}{32411}Okay, I'm not interested in|your primitive taboos, okay?
{32412}{32525}It's a dark and scary place, but it's not|cursed or haunted or anything like that.
{32526}{32565}It's perfectly safe.
{32608}{32668}Actually, the catacombs|are prone to earthquakes.
{32694}{32716}They are?
{32759}{32818}Three village children died|in a cave in just last year.
{32865}{32905}I thought it was a superstition thing.
{32922}{32978}Oh, no, the danger is quite real.
{33002}{33045}Oh, now he tells me.
{33157}{33184}He's anemic,
{33185}{33237}and both his liver and|kidneys seem to be malfunctioning,
{33238}{33309}but he's not running a temperature,|so I don't think it's an infection.
{33310}{33364}- I'll need to run some more tests.|- I want to talk to him.
{33372}{33409}Right now, he needs to rest.
{33410}{33430}Carson...
{33431}{33460}He's not lucid at all.
{33461}{33493}Thank you, doctor.
{33494}{33519}Alright.
{33540}{33682}Colonel... I am authorized by the Lord|Protector to speak with you on his behalf.
{33690}{33724}Please come this way.
{34104}{34134}Do you know what this is?
{34135}{34165}You tell me.
{34176}{34214}It's a flying machine,
{34224}{34266}or at least it used to be.
{34270}{34329}It ran out of power a long time ago.
{34362}{34484}I know you have some understanding of these|things, even though you try not to show it.
{34505}{34551}I also know that this place
{34554}{34642}was once home to a much more advanced civilization.
{34651}{34750}Unfortunately,|aside from a few trinkets and useless relics,
{34755}{34835}all we have left is the throne chair,
{34858}{34972}and if the bloodline continues to deteriorate,|soon that will be taken from us as well.
{34973}{35049}What if I told you there|was a way around that,
{35063}{35177}{Y:i}a way to protect the planet without worrying about|all these royal bloodlines or any of that crap?
{35184}{35207}That's impossible.
{35208}{35235}What if it wasn't?
{35259}{35295}Such talk is dangerous.
{35310}{35362}He can't watch everyone all the time.
{35382}{35439}{Y:i}Look, I know you serve these people,
{35446}{35532}but if you're right, and eventually|they lose their ability to control the chair,
{35533}{35580}well, at that point, what good are they?
{35594}{35624}What are you suggesting?
{35746}{35768}A drug.
{35797}{35830}Gene therapy.
{35839}{35941}You give it to the people in the village, half of them|will be able to control the throne chair, no problem.
{35957}{36037}- You're talking about revolution.|- I'm talking about survival.
{36055}{36139}What's going to happen when the royal|family can't protect this planet anymore?
{36190}{36283}And in exchange for this drug,
{36302}{36340}what do you want in return?
{36540}{36575}{Y:i}Rodney, come in...
{36583}{36612}Go ahead.
{36613}{36625}{Y:i}Rodney...
{36683}{36710}Say again!
{36711}{36764}I'm not getting very|good reception down here.
{36765}{36817}{Y:i}I said, have you found anything yet?
{36818}{36867}We've only just made|our way into the city.
{36872}{36981}Look, we may be able to swing a little deal|here... drones in exchange for gene therapy.
{36982}{37029}I just need to know|how many they have left.
{37030}{37089}Alright, I'm on it. Let's go!
{37185}{37210}What was that?
{37211}{37253}I told you. The catacombs are unstable.
{37254}{37297}Alright, let's just keep moving.
{37594}{37625}Colonel Sheppard,
{37635}{37705}I've completed my|examination of the Lord Protector,
{37706}{37780}and I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for him.|He's dying.
{37793}{37828}How much time does he have?
{37829}{37868}It could happen any day now,
{37869}{37908}but there's something else.
{37915}{37987}The reason he's dying is|because he's been poisoned.
{38010}{38055}- What?|- Aye.
{38063}{38146}My guess is, it's been done slowly,|over the last couple months,
{38150}{38200}probably in his food.
{38226}{38283}Any idea who'd like to see him dead?
{38292}{38355}Yeah, I have a theory.
{38561}{38591}{Y:i}This is it.
{38597}{38617}{Y:i}What?
{38647}{38677}{Y:i}Drone storage.
{38733}{38756}{Y:i}I don't understand.
{38757}{38869}{Y:i}Okay, those brilliant lights that magically rise|up into the sky and destroy the Wraith ships?
{38870}{38896}They're not magic.
{38897}{38953}They're real, physical objects.
{38954}{39050}They're projectile weapons,|incredibly powerful projectile weapons.
{39066}{39109}The only question is,
{39114}{39151}have you used them all up?
{39202}{39257}- I can't see anything.|- Okay, hold on.
{39258}{39357}There's a working ZedPM in here, so|it should just be a matter of...
{39390}{39414}this.
{39765}{39847}Okay, there are still a few left.
{39913}{39962}Maybe turning on the power|wasn't such a good idea.
{39963}{39999}I think you might be right about that.
{40000}{40025}Let's get out of here.
{40540}{40575}Is there another way out?
{40586}{40618}Technically, no.
{40622}{40665}That's the only way out of this section.
{40677}{40736}There's no need to panic.|I'll radio for help.
{40761}{40824}Colonel Sheppard, it's|McKay. Come in, please.
{40874}{40942}Ronon, Teyla, please respond.
{40991}{41021}Anybody?
{41180}{41200}Okay,
{41209}{41254}we may need to panic a little.
{41479}{41526}You call this a harvest?
{41545}{41636}I bring this pathetic tribute to the Lord Protector,|and I'll be whipped for my insolence.
{41637}{41669}This is all we could spare.
{41670}{41742}Well, then, maybe there's something|besides food that you can offer.
{41764}{41819}No...|No...
{41860}{41881}{Y:i}Hey!
{41908}{41932}You again.
{41933}{42006}Let's see how you do against|someone who can defend himself.
{42012}{42055}You have an impudent tongue.
{42086}{42151}{Y:i}I think I'll remove it.
{42775}{42803}Colonel Sheppard...
{42804}{42820}{Y:i}Go ahead.
{42821}{42869}We have a problem in the village.
{42870}{42901}There has been an...
{42902}{42946}altercation.
{42974}{43000}{Y:i}Where are we?
{43001}{43059}{Y:i}This should be auxiliary control.
{43081}{43105}{Y:i}Yes.
{43254}{43293}God, it's amazing.
{43294}{43351}The layout of this place is almost identical.
{43352}{43390}Identical to what?
{43391}{43429}Never mind.
{43430}{43542}Okay, we need to access the city's|internal communication system, so...
{43543}{43600}remember what happened last time|you started turning things on?
{43601}{43686}At this point, I don't think we have much choice.
{43713}{43746}This is terrible.
{43747}{43852}I knew Tavius was cruel and vindictive,|but to want to murder his own father?
{43853}{43905}Raising children can be very dangerous.
{43906}{43973}The key is,|we don't let him succeed to the throne.
{43974}{44018}We need to talk to the Lord Protector.
{44019}{44089}I'm afraid it's already too late.
{44090}{44146}{Y:i}I received word a few moments ago.
{44165}{44202}He's dead.
{44276}{44315}You must leave now.
{44330}{44370}{Y:i}Tavius will arrest Mara
{44371}{44460}and anyone he considers was conspiring with her,|and that includes you.
{44478}{44510}What about the villagers?
{44511}{44580}He'll kill them all,|burn the place to the ground
{44581}{44618}to make an example of them.
{44619}{44666}They had nothing to do with what happened.
{44667}{44746}It doesn't matter.|Any defiance must be crushed without mercy
{44747}{44798}to keep it from spreading to the other villages.
{44799}{44875}Look, this is the gene therapy we're talking about.
{44876}{44940}You can take it to the people|and tell them what it means.
{44941}{45013}They don't have to be slaves to|this royal bloodline anymore.
{45014}{45053}Well, this may be too late.
{45054}{45110}Tavius will consider this to be treason.
{45111}{45141}He'll fight it,
{45142}{45190}and if the soldiers support him...
{45252}{45280}What's that mean?
{45284}{45377}It means news of the Lord Protector's|death is already spreading.
{45378}{45442}The court is being called|to assemble in the throne room.
{45443}{45518}Go now, before it's too late.
{45529}{45559}Colonel...
{45737}{45772}This is interesting.
{45773}{45830}It looks like the ZedPM's almost depleted.
{45834}{45900}- What?|- The ZedPM, it's...
{45915}{45946}Okay, you know what?
{45947}{45987}I know, never mind.
{45988}{46076}More importantly, I can't bring|internal communications online.
{46077}{46107}So we can't send a message?
{46108}{46189}No, and my radio won't work because|we're too far underground.
{46190}{46245}That leaves us only one option.
{46397}{46422}Head back to the village.
{46423}{46450}There's one more thing I need to do.
{46451}{46477}Right.
{46542}{46589}You should not have killed the constable.
{46590}{46628}Somebody had to do something.
{46630}{46660}Now more soldiers will come.
{46661}{46732}Then stand up to them.|Gather your people together and fight.
{46733}{46793}And if the Lord Protector uses the throne chair?
{46794}{46819}We'll deal with that.
{46820}{46863}It's too late to argue, Eldred.
{46864}{46912}What's done is done.
{46913}{46990}The Lord Protector will take his revenge,|on all of us
{47007}{47090}and if we're going to die,|I would rather die fighting.
{47269}{47302}Mara!
{47317}{47354}John, what are you still doing here?
{47355}{47383}I've been looking all over for you.
{47384}{47415}You have to leave now.
{47416}{47490}I know,|but I want you to come with me.
{47491}{47589}We both know what's going to happen if you stay here.|I can find a safe place for you to go.
{47590}{47616}John...
{47617}{47672}None of this is your fault.
{47702}{47748}You really would take me with you,
{47749}{47795}- wouldn't you?|- Of course.
{47796}{47854}{Y:i}That won't be necessary.
{47883}{47938}Mara is perfectly safe now.
{47939}{48056}Tavius has been arrested|for the murder of the Lord Protector.
{48095}{48148}That's good news.
{48149}{48169}You...
{48195}{48219}really...
{48220}{48313}should have got out|while you had the chance.
{48346}{48389}What the hell is this?
{48400}{48430}I'm sorry, John.
{48431}{48476}{Y:i}I was prepared to let you walk away,
{48477}{48555}but your colleagues in the village forced my hand.
{48556}{48605}They're inciting an uprising,
{48606}{48665}and as the new Lord Protector,
{48666}{48712}that is something that I...
{48719}{48740}just
{48741}{48761}can't
{48762}{48790}have.
{49277}{49295}Wait outside.
{49296}{49356}I'll have your head for this, Chamberlain.
{49367}{49425}You are in no position to make threats.
{49426}{49536}Is it really necessary to insult me further|by imprisoning me with these people?
{49537}{49583}We're not the ones who committed murder.
{49593}{49681}True, there is only one murderer in this room.
{49682}{49730}Isn't that right, Otho?
{49763}{49794}Oh, let me guess.
{49795}{49832}He told you I did it.
{49845}{49942}Do I look like the sort of person who knows|anything about poisons and chemicals?
{49943}{49996}Otho, on the other hand
{49997}{50050}is always making elaborate studies of things
{50051}{50096}topics you and I might find boring
{50097}{50183}but which sometimes can turn out|to be quite useful.
{50218}{50280}You're saying that he's the one|that poisoned the Lord Protector.
{50281}{50310}I had no choice.
{50311}{50381}I offered to guarantee him the succession.|In return...
{50382}{50415}he would spare Mara's life.
{50416}{50465}{Y:i}Oh, but you're leaving out the best part.
{50477}{50582}Once I assumed the throne,|Mara was to be given to Otho as his wife.
{50583}{50720}All she had to do was bat her eyes at him|a couple of times, and the fool was hooked.
{50735}{50765}Guards!
{50783}{50882}It's true we were to be married, and so we will...
{50890}{50960}Only now she won't be marrying a lowly servant,
{50961}{51028}but the Lord Protector himself.
{51086}{51165}I really need to stop making house calls.
{51235}{51296}You said these weapons had great destructive power?
{51297}{51333}Yes.
{51337}{51387}What do you intend to do with it?
{51398}{51506}Blow a hole straight up to the surface,|assuming I can get it to fly in a straight line.
{51515}{51570}I've never actually done anything like this before.
{51590}{51648}- What'll happen if you succeed?|{Y:i}- Well, two possibilities.
{51649}{51698}Either we create a nice, sturdy shaft
{51699}{51810}that will give us some much needed air and provide|a big enough gap for the radio signal to get through,
{51811}{51905}or it will bring the already|unsteady ceiling down on us,
{51906}{51956}burying us both alive.
{51980}{52043}I prefer to imagine the first possibility.
{52044}{52111}Yes, the power of positive thinking.|Very good. While you do that...
{52112}{52207}I will rely on my experience and expertise.
{52225}{52258}You said you'd never done this before...
{52259}{52373}General expertise.|Will you be quiet while I do this?
{52393}{52422}{Y:i}Alright...
{52715}{52756}I can't believe that worked.
{52757}{52800}What happened to positive thinking?
{52801}{52835}I lied.
{52836}{52875}This is McKay.|Is anyone reading?
{52888}{52923}Rodney, where have you been?
{52924}{52940}{Y:i}Where have I been?
{52941}{53078}{Y:i}I have been trapped underground by an|earthquake that blocked of our one exit from this|section of the city.That's where I've been.
{53079}{53129}Do you have access to the ZPM?
{53139}{53241}No, I don't have access to the ZedPM,|but thank you for your concern, by the way!
{53242}{53262}Rodney...
{53263}{53294}{Y:i}No, no, no, no. No, it's fine.
{53295}{53410}{Y:i}Upon learning that your beloved friend has nearly died|and continues to face the imminent threat of death,
{53411}{53488}your first concern is for the ZedPM?|It's only natural!
{53489}{53556}{Y:i}I am sorry, Rodney,|but we have a few problems of our own.
{53557}{53640}{Y:i}Colonel Sheppard and Dr. Beckett are|no longer responding to our radio calls.
{53641}{53661}As well,
{53662}{53779}there is a good possibility that the Lord Protector|is about to launch a drone attack on this village.
{53780}{53860}If that happens, everyone here will die.
{54210}{54240}Leave us.
{54356}{54387}I'm really sorry, John.
{54388}{54492}Oh, please.|Don't play the sweet little innocent here.
{54520}{54566}I never meant for you to get hurt.
{54567}{54610}Well, then, help us get out of here.
{54611}{54636}I can't,
{54637}{54707}but I may be able to convince|Otho to spare your lives.
{54709}{54749}That would be a good start.
{54774}{54833}In the meantime, I did bring you this.
{54845}{54920}You must tell your friends|to leave before it's too late.
{54921}{55051}For his first act as Lord Protector, Otho intends|to destroy the entire village using the throne chair,
{55052}{55137}so that no other villages will ever|rise up against him again.
{55138}{55183}{Y:i}Rodney, come in.
{55194}{55226}Sheppard, are you alright?
{55227}{55325}I'm fine. Listen, I need you to pull the ZPM and|cut the power right away, or Ronon and Teyla are dead.
{55326}{55422}I already know all that.|Look, unfortunately I am cut off from the ZedPM.
{55423}{55455}{Y:i}There's got to be something you can do.
{55456}{55485}Yeah, I'm working on it!
{55486}{55518}Well, work faster.
{56061}{56110}These fools...
{56154}{56252}they actually think they can stand against me.
{56269}{56304}Alright, I think I've got something.
{56305}{56344}According to my readings,|the ZedPM is nearly depleted.
{56345}{56404}If we can activate enough systems simultaneously,
{56405}{56479}it might drain power completely,|thus rendering the drones inert.
{56480}{56506}So do it.
{56507}{56576}But I can't! I don't have access to enough|systems to draw that kind of power.
{56577}{56618}I need something really big.
{56747}{56782}How about the star drive?
{56783}{56850}The city's just like Atlantis, right...|a city that was designed to fly?
{56851}{56908}You want me to fly the city|right up out of the ground?
{56909}{56968}{Y:i}No, you don't have to go anywhere.|Just charge the engines.
{56969}{57030}{Y:i}That should be the single greatest|drain on power you can create.
{57031}{57086}You're right, that could work.|There's only one problem.
{57087}{57112}What?
{57113}{57162}{Y:i}This place is pretty unstable.|If I fire up the engines,
{57163}{57230}the vibrations alone could cause|the whole thing to come down on us.
{57317}{57360}It's a risk we're going to have to take.
{57629}{57680}Firing up main engines.
{58026}{58072}What's going on?
{58206}{58237}Let's go.
{58252}{58272}What about him?
{58273}{58311}Forget about him.
{58364}{58409}Sorry, wee man.
{59202}{59244}{Y:i}Well, this is better...
{59250}{59284}{Y:i}I guess.
{59558}{59588}You...
{59608}{59660}this is your doing.
{59672}{59702}Seize them!
{59703}{59763}You're only Lord Protector|if you can control the chair.
{59764}{59796}You said it yourself.
{59870}{59907}It's over.
{59921}{59971}You don't have to bow down to this man
{59972}{60021}{Y:i}or Tavius or anyone else!
{60022}{60040}John!
{60382}{60461}Tavius was right about one thing.
{60498}{60559}I do have a fair knowledge
{60568}{60609}of poisons.
{60980}{61008}Got the drones,
{61009}{61064}got a few jumpers, I even got the girl.
{61065}{61094}{Y:i}You got the girl?
{61095}{61168}Well, I mean, I could have got the girl.|I turned her down.
{61174}{61242}What did you offer them in return|for the drones and the jumpers?
{61243}{61316}A supply of medicines and an IDC|if they need to reach us.
{61317}{61401}We also offered to help them come up with|a new way of running things when the time comes.
{61402}{61451}They didn't offer you king?
{61488}{61530}I turned that down, too.