1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:03,480 Previously on Stargate Atlantis... 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:04,600 Hello, Michael. 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:05,400 Do you remember me? 4 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:06,800 I don't even know who I am. 5 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,000 I get the feeling like they know something, something they're not telling me. 6 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:11,000 He's not... 7 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:12,200 human! 8 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,400 I'm a Wraith! 9 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,000 I'm returning to what I was. 10 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,600 There are Wraith nearby. 11 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,800 Not only has our dear lieutenant's rejoined the Wraith, but he's taken with him the knowledge that Atlantis still exists. 12 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,800 They will send another wave of hive ships. 13 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,800 We found a sister ship to the Aurora 14 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:28,600 called the... 15 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:29,400 Orion. 16 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,200 All chairs and seatbacks into your upright and locked positions. 17 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,400 Be advised, we have detected a hive ship heading towards Atlantis. 18 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,600 All of my people have been safely relocated to the City. 19 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:44,800 Did everything go smoothly? 20 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,800 Yeah, they're pretty used to it, back and forth, by now. Have you picked up any of their contacts? 21 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:49,800 Sergeant? 22 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:50,720 Negative, Ma'am. 23 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,400 Scans are still clear. It looks like it's just the one hive ship. 24 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:54,360 And our cloak? 25 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,600 Up and running. All readings are in the green. 26 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:57,600 Good. 27 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,000 Colonel Caldwell, are you in position? 28 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,600 Affirmative. We're out of scanning range and ready to jump into position on your go-ahead. 29 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:04,800 Excellent. 30 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:10,400 Just for the record, I still think that we should be in orbit around Atlantis, ready to open up on that hive ship the second it comes out of hyperspace. 31 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:16,920 It's one hive, Colonel, which suggests they might just be checking up on us. There's no need to confirm our presence if we don't have to. 32 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,200 Just stand by. 33 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,600 Standing by. 34 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,400 Colonel Sheppard, how goes it on your end? 35 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,000 Well, we're out of sensor range and all that, but whether or not we're ready to fight is a whole another story. 36 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,800 Getting this ship up and running in under a month is a miracle. 37 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,200 Do we start the beatification now or later? 38 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,000 Rodney, if the hive opens up on us, I want Orion's drones. 39 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,600 Which means we're gonna need the hyperdrive to get in position. 40 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,400 Which means we'll need shields, which means you want everything! 41 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,400 - I like everything! Can we do it or not? - Well, don't get up! 42 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,400 Shields! 43 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,200 Yes. 44 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,000 Jump into position. 45 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,200 Maybe. 46 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:53,800 Release the drones. 47 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,200 Probably not. 48 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,600 Well, it's pointless to get in position if we can't fire. 49 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,600 You know, 50 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,000 let's talk about it for a really long time, that'll help for sure. 51 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,400 Rodney's doing everything inhumanly possible to be ready. 52 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,600 I have a contact. 53 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:18,600 Atlantis, report? 54 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,400 It's going into geosynchronous orbit. 55 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,800 Hasn't armed any of its weapons. 56 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,600 If they do, I want you to switch from cloak to shield as quickly as possible. Don't wait for my order. 57 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:29,440 Yes, Ma'am. 58 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,600 You could be a little more chatty, Elizabeth. 59 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,000 I'm sorry, I was just waiting for them to make the next move. 60 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,200 Transmitting a signal, audio only. 61 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,400 Put it on speaker. 62 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,600 We know you are there. 63 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:43,200 We mean you no harm. 64 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,400 Please respond. 65 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,800 John, are you hearing this? 66 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,200 It's repeating again. 67 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,000 We mean you no harm. 68 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,800 There is no point in hiding, Doctor Weir. 69 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,200 We know you are there. 70 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,600 We mean you no harm. 71 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,200 Please respond. 72 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,600 Is that who I think it is? 73 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:04,200 He's addressing me by name. 74 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,200 I think we can assume it's Michael. 75 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,800 Season 2 - Episode 20 "Allies" 76 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,800 Transcript: Raceman / Callie Sullivan 77 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,800 Subtitles: Team SG-66 - www.seriestele.net 78 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,200 - You don't actually intend to respond? - Why not? 79 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:15,600 Where do you want me to start? 80 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,200 I think we can safely say our cover is blown. 81 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,000 I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. 82 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,200 The message is from Michael, Colonel. 83 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,640 They know we're here. 84 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,920 - But they don't know exactly where we are. - He's right. 85 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,000 Answer them, and we guarantee the first shot won't miss. 86 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:31,600 Teyla? 87 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:39,000 Any attempt on my part to connect with Michael will confirm our location as surely as if you answer by radio. 88 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,600 I recommend you open a secure channel to the hive via the Daedalus. 89 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,600 That way they won't be able to pinpoint Atlantis' position. 90 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,600 We can always turn the shield on. 91 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:52,200 And I believe we have enough combined firepower to take out a single hive if we need to. 92 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,400 Have you ever heard of a Wraith behaving this way? 93 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,800 No. 94 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,400 Nor have I. 95 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,160 Right. 96 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,400 Let's hear what they have to say. 97 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,800 Rodney and I have set up the subspace relay to 98 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:17,360 go through the Daedalus, and I've been able to configure our systems to handle both their audio and video frequencies. So, 99 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,000 we should be able to see and hear them live. 100 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,600 They want to know what's taking so long. 101 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:26,600 Open the channel. 102 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Hello, Michael. 103 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,800 Why the long delay? 104 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,800 We needed to take a few precautions before contacting you. 105 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,600 I'm sure you understand why. 106 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,000 I said we would not harm you. 107 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,800 Well, excuse me for not taking you at your word. 108 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,000 You wanted to talk, we're listening. 109 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:53,000 Go ahead. 110 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,200 Over two years ago, 111 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,400 every hive ship in this galaxy 112 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,400 emerged from hibernation prematurely. 113 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:05,800 We thought a new, rich feeding ground had been discovered. 114 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:06,800 Earth. 115 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,600 Unfortunately, 116 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,200 locating your planet 117 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,400 and uncovering an effective means of transportation to get there 118 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,400 has proven... quite difficult. 119 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,600 Well, I can't say I'm sad to hear that. 120 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,520 For the first time since the dawn of our race, 121 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,000 there are too few of your kind to feed the waking Wraith. 122 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,200 This has resulted in civil war. 123 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,600 Hives are forming alliances 124 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:35,800 and the strong are attacking the weak. 125 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Which are you? 126 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,400 Our goals are not dissimilar, Dr. Weir. 127 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,080 You would like to eliminate the Wraith as a threat? 128 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,000 I find that hard to believe. 129 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:50,200 We would like you to give us Dr. Beckett's retrovirus. 130 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,200 If we were able to distribute it 131 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,600 among the rival Wraith hives in sufficient quantity, 132 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,000 this would both render them helpless 133 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,600 and provide us 134 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,800 with an alternative food source. 135 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,200 Those Wraith would become humans. 136 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,800 On the surface, perhaps. 137 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:10,200 As a sign of good faith, I am sending you our jamming codes. 138 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,200 This program was established and distribute before the civil war broke out, 139 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,400 so we assume all the hive ships are still using it. 140 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,800 By figuring out how to bypass 141 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,000 or disable this program, 142 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,400 you would be able to beam your nuclear weapons aboard any of our ships 143 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,200 whenever you so please. 144 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,400 We are willing to help you achieve this 145 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,800 if you help us. 146 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,200 They're sending a data burst. 147 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,400 Download it to a non-networked, firewalled computer. 148 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:39,200 Yes, Ma'am. 149 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:44,800 I'm sure you'll want to recall all the ships you had lying in wait for us and discuss this with your people. 150 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,600 We will await your reply. 151 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:48,600 But 152 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,600 should you make an attempt to destroy us, 153 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:58,600 we will alert every Wraith in this galaxy to the fact that Atlantis is still very much intact. 154 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,400 I'm sure you wouldn't want that. 155 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:12,400 Well, I think it's safe to say that if they were going to attack us, they would have done it by now. They let the Daedalus land without incident. 156 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,200 And you're sure they don't know about the Orion? 157 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,800 I ordered Lorne to park her just outside of sensor range. 158 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:17,600 This... 159 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,600 this is incredible! 160 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,000 I can't believe they actually sent this over so freely. 161 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,200 If I can figure out how to break through this program, which is, well, as you know, pretty likely, 162 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,200 we could nuke any hive ship that we came across. 163 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,000 - Including Michael's? - Well, it might take a couple of tries the first time. 164 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,800 Long enough to tell the rest of the Wraith we're still around. 165 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,600 If they really are willing to let me run tests on their ship... 166 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:37,680 I mean, this is... 167 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,000 an amazing opportunity, Elizabeth. 168 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:41,800 An amazing opportunity? 169 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,600 Well, think about it. 170 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,800 This is essentially our idea. 171 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,040 We created the retrovirus in order to do exactly what they're proposing we do. 172 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,400 What's the downside? 173 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,400 I mean, other than that fact that we'd be working with the Wraith. 174 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:55,600 Isn't that enough? 175 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,000 It would mean at least something good came of our experiment with Michael. 176 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,800 I am not sure we have a choice. 177 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,000 It appears they have kept our existence a secret, 178 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,000 but if we do not help... 179 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,800 There is that. 180 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,400 Carson, I know you've been working on the weaponization of the retrovirus. 181 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:13,800 How close are you? 182 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,000 We're close. 183 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:16,800 It still needs work, 184 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,400 but we're close. 185 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:25,600 What? 186 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:27,800 What do you think? 187 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Let's do it. 188 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,400 Really? 189 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:32,800 Sheppard said it himself... 190 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,200 it's our idea. 191 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:35,600 I just thought you of all people... 192 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,600 Hey, if they want our help killing other Wraith, that's one kind of help I'm happy to provide. 193 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,800 Okay. 194 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,200 So, we're going to do this. 195 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,800 I'll accept the offer. 196 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:54,800 Teyla. 197 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:56,600 Colonel? 198 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,200 Something tells me you don't think this is such a good idea. 199 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,200 As I said, I do not believe we have a choice. 200 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,360 But a good idea is still a good idea. 201 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:10,400 I voiced my concern about this plan to change the Wraith into humans prior to the experiment on Michael. 202 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:11,600 And we convinced you. 203 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,800 No, Colonel. 204 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,400 I chose to place my trust in you. 205 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:17,800 There's a difference. 206 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,000 Look, it's not like we're setting out to create a bunch of Michaels here. 207 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,600 No, we are creating a food source for other Wraith. 208 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,400 Instead of us, which is the part I am fine with, by the way. 209 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,000 I guess I just want you to be fine with it, too. 210 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,200 If this is the full extent of their plan... 211 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:38,600 What do you mean? 212 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,400 They are Wraith. 213 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:59,200 This is Escort 2. We have a visual on the Wraith scout ship and are entering formation with Escort 5. 214 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:09,200 I got to tell you, when I woke up this morning, I honestly didn't think this would be happening. 215 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,200 God, I hope we're doing the right thing. 216 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,200 Touchdown. 217 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,800 I'm Dr. Elizabeth Weir. 218 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,600 Welcome to Atlantis. 219 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,800 My people are willing to work with some of your scientists, 220 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:44,200 but no more than three Wraith will be allowed on this base at any given time. 221 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:48,840 You will be subjected to extensive searches that we we'll perform at random intervals. 222 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,800 If any harmful materials or weapons are found on your, 223 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,000 your fellow Wraith, 224 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,800 we'll consider it an act of aggression and immediately destroy your ship. 225 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:03,200 - We are also monitoring all of your transmissions. - All we want is the retrovirus. 226 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,000 It is the key to ending a civil war that could go on for centuries. 227 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,200 Impose whatever conditions you wish. 228 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,400 Let us begin. 229 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:22,400 Aside from a slight refinement since we last used it on, 230 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 well, on 231 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,600 the one we called Michael. 232 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,000 Do you have names? 233 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,400 What shall I call you? 234 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,200 What shall I call him? 235 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,000 Well, I suppose in the end it really doesn't matter, does it? 236 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:40,600 Okay... 237 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,080 Where was I? 238 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,000 - We were just getting to dissemination. - Yes, yes. Thank you. 239 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:45,880 Now, 240 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,280 when disseminating an aerosolized medicine such as the retrovirus, one needs to take in 241 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,280 a number of different considerations... 242 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:53,960 proximity to patient, 243 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,280 particle size, 244 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,760 ventilation pattern, 245 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,880 - airway architecture, dosage... - You have turned it into a gas? 246 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,000 Yes. 247 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,800 An aerosol gas. 248 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,200 On Earth, we would normally use a technique called aerodynamic dissemination, 249 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,200 but because of the problems of doing that inside, say, like, a Wraith hive ship, 250 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,200 we have attempted various styles of thermal dissemination. 251 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,280 - Explosives? - Explosives. Yes, yes. 252 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,800 The problem with an explosive delivery system is that, 253 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:22,600 because the drug is now an aerosol, 254 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,000 a third of the tests ignited the medication, 255 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,400 rendering it useless. 256 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,800 They call it flashing. 257 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,880 Long ago, we experimented with gas weapons. 258 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,600 We found them most difficult to use in outer-atmosphere combat. 259 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:43,600 When fired into an enemy vessel, the weapon caused explosive decompression in the targeted compartment. 260 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,200 We had thought of that, yes, 261 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,800 but if you want to affect a 262 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,800 large population simultaneously, 263 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,000 an aerosol gas is really the only way to go. 264 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,200 Now we have to figure out a way to get it into your enemies' hive ship. 265 00:14:58,240 --> 00:14:59,200 Yes. 266 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:00,600 We will. 267 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:06,400 It's pretty interesting stuff. 268 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:11,400 I think I've learned more about Wraith technology in the last hour than I have in the past two years. 269 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:14,800 Oh, come on. 270 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:19,400 I understand you're an Asgard and everything, but even you've got to feel a bit of an adrenaline buzz. 271 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,800 My body does not possess the adrenal gland that produces epinephrine in your system, 272 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,320 and even if I did, 273 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,600 I would not be as easily impressed. 274 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,200 I get it, I get it... you think you're smarter than I am. Are you ready to go or not? 275 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,600 I have been for some time. 276 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,800 This is McKay. 277 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,800 Get me an open channel to the hive. 278 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,160 You're live. 279 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,200 Go ahead. 280 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,200 This is Dr. Rodney McKay aboard the Earth ship Daedalus. 281 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,800 We would like... with your permission, 282 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:55,800 to begin attempting to beam an innocuous canister onto your ship while you are actively jamming. 283 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,800 We're hoping, through trial and error, that we can 284 00:15:58,920 --> 00:15:59,920 slowly 285 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,800 disarm or 286 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,600 break the code. 287 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,200 May we proceed? 288 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,000 You may begin, Dr. McKay. 289 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,000 Okay. Thank you. Thank you. 290 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:15,600 That was weird. 291 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:17,400 Shall we? 292 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,200 Hello, Michael. 293 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,800 It seemed right to come back here. 294 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,600 And to see you. 295 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,000 Thank you for coming. 296 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,600 You didn't have to bring him. 297 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,400 I insisted. 298 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,600 The last time I saw you, 299 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,000 I really was going to feed on you... 300 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,920 but it was not a matter of choice. 301 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,000 It was... 302 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,600 instinct. 303 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,400 That is what you have come here to say? 304 00:16:55,200 --> 00:17:00,200 You have given me a very rare perspective among the Wraith. 305 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,600 Few of us have ever come to know the humans we are going to feed on as... 306 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:07,600 anything more than a means to survive. 307 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,200 And still, 308 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,800 I would do what I had to do. 309 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,360 But what you 310 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,600 - did to me... - We did the same. 311 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,400 - To survive. - I thought you were trying to help me. 312 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:21,600 What's your point? 313 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,520 We're not as different as you think. 314 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:25,400 We are nothing like you. 315 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,800 You are a lot more like us than you allow yourselves to believe. 316 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,240 I will not argue with you, Michael. It is pointless. 317 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,560 If we are to make this alliance work, 318 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,160 we must both overcome the instincts that define us. 319 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:46,960 We will not meet again. 320 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:49,840 Goodbye. 321 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:52,760 Goodbye. 322 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,400 You're proving my point right now. 323 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,000 Oh, every fiber in your body wants to kill me. 324 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,000 Instinct is so hard to overcome. 325 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,760 But what would happen to our alliance? 326 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:17,480 Every Wraith ship in this galaxy would descend upon this City and destroy it. 327 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:20,880 Is it worth it, Ronon? 328 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,080 - If it was up to me... - But it isn't! 329 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,880 What will happen once you disseminate the weapon? 330 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,360 We shall continue on to the next hive. 331 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,360 Then what? 332 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,360 Well, we will continue until we have conquered all of our enemies. 333 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,160 And you think our retrovirus can do all that? 334 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,320 Yes. 335 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,920 The one we're freely handing over to you. 336 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,480 I see. 337 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,840 Your people will not be harmed. 338 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,160 Such will be the nature of our agreement. 339 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,280 And what about all the other humans 340 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,720 on the other worlds? 341 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,400 Any chance you'll stop feeding on them? 342 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,920 Your retrovirus will allow us to feed off enemy Wraith. 343 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,160 There will come a time, 344 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:23,560 however, 345 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,960 when our enemy will be vanquished. 346 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,680 At which point you'll return to killing ordinary folks the old fashioned way. 347 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,240 That will take far longer than your short lifetime. 348 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,000 Let's just say I'm worried about my grandkids. 349 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,440 The technology of this City... 350 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,320 this City that you now control... 351 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,480 is far more powerful than that of the Wraith. 352 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,160 Yet we brought the Lantians to their knees... 353 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,360 - Why? - Far greater numbers. 354 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,760 Numbers that will be diminished by your retrovirus. 355 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,560 Balance will be restored. 356 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,480 I believe that is as much as either of us can ask for. 357 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:03,480 Don't you? 358 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:07,880 No! 359 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,000 I'm sorry, an aerosol gas is the only way to go. 360 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:13,360 Not 361 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,520 that I want to anger you, or 362 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:16,720 not 363 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,280 take any of your ideas into consideration. 364 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:20,760 It's just that, well, 365 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,520 we've been working on this for some time now. 366 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:25,680 Very well. 367 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:29,680 Can't you smuggle a gas bomb onto one of your rival hives? 368 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:36,040 Such a device would not allow for the gas to affect the whole ship in sufficient time. 369 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,640 They would open fire on our own ship the moment the gas was detected. 370 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:41,680 Aye. 371 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,640 You need to reach all the occupied compartments 372 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,080 at once. 373 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,640 If we could get the aerosol gas into the life support system... 374 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,960 How long for the gas to take effect? 375 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,800 - Well, theoretically... - We don't know. 376 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,120 Well, we don't. 377 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,320 He's right, we don't. 378 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,720 Then I will have to make arrangements. 379 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,560 I want to go in there. 380 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,320 Now. 381 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,080 Vent the gas from the room. 382 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,280 Don't worry. He'll begin to turn back in only a number of days 383 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,960 if we don't start administering the... 384 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,040 Colonel. 385 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,280 We knew this would be a part of the bargain. 386 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,120 I've seen enough. 387 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,760 It works. 388 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,960 There is another hive ship a single jump away from this system. 389 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,400 They recently attempted to attack our ship. 390 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,680 I would like to test the virus on them first. 391 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,000 With all due respect, Madam, 392 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,000 I don't think we're there yet. 393 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,800 We've been working with your scientist here on 394 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:07,640 - an effective means of disseminating the virus as an aerosol... - And you have succeeded. 395 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,400 Transforming a single Wraith in a controlled environment 396 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,760 and trying to infect an entire hive at once are completely two different things. 397 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,520 We plan on entering their hive under the pretense of negotiating our surrender. 398 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,520 Part of the delegation will break away, planting small canisters of gas throughout the ship. 399 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,240 We need only to create a system that will synchronize the release. 400 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,520 Well, we can do that. 401 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,360 But do we have the kind of volume we need? 402 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,520 Aye. Our lab has been 403 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,320 churning it out since we struck our deal with our friends here. 404 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,560 Then we can do this? 405 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:39,480 Well... 406 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,800 It's up to them. 407 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,200 I would like our people to go along and observe. 408 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,800 For what purpose? 409 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,920 Make sure you stick to the plan, 410 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,960 do what you say you're gonna do. 411 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,480 Very well. 412 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,280 Good luck. 413 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,600 To us all. 414 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,000 Jumper 8 has cleared the bay, cloaked, and is heading for the two hives ships. 415 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,240 - We are running quiet and out of sensor range. - Thank you, Captain. 416 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,600 I guess now we just wait. 417 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,120 This trial's a little premature, don't you think? 418 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,120 Guess that's what happens when the Wraith get too excited. 419 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,480 What if they fail? 420 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,160 Maybe they'll blow each other to kingdom come. We can all go home. 421 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,040 I thought we wanted this to work. 422 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,720 I'm just saying if this thing goes south, 423 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,720 we can't let the word get out we were involved in this. 424 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:44,200 Carson. 425 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:45,800 Elizabeth. 426 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,880 When I developed this retrovirus for the Wraith, 427 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,480 it was to free them from what I perceived to be an unnatural state. 428 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,720 Now, the very moment they take human form, they'll face a horribly painful death. 429 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,120 No matter how we rationalize this, 430 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,040 we're still letting the Wraith kill humans. 431 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,600 I guess it depends on how you define "human". 432 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,560 We can't judge an entire race based on the fact that 433 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,200 Michael's experiment didn't work. 434 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,240 If you're asking me whether or not I'm losing sleep over this... 435 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,000 Well... 436 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,440 I am taking those sedatives you prescribed. 437 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,880 We're getting telemetry back from the cloaked Jumper, Sir. 438 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:25,960 It's in theater. 439 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,160 Let's see it. 440 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,600 That's our hive there on the left. 441 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:32,320 "Our hive". 442 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:33,840 That's weird. 443 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,040 The delegation is aboard. Now we wait. 444 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,560 They didn't need you on the Daedalus? 445 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:50,280 Colonel Caldwell believed my time was better spent disabling their jamming code. 446 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,520 So, they can fly that ship without you? 447 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:57,160 Yes, but apparently you cannot run these tests without me. 448 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,760 I'm sure I would have been fine. 449 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,640 I am not as sure. 450 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:03,520 Really? 451 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:04,880 Well... 452 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:09,560 Okay. 453 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,600 Try it now. 454 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:20,840 Well, well. 455 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,200 Turns out the human knows what he's doing after all. 456 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,320 Indeed. 457 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:27,440 Your assistance on this project will be noted. 458 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,200 My assistance? 459 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,200 The delegation transport is returning to the friendly hive ahead of schedule. 460 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:44,960 What was that? 461 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,520 The transport has been destroyed. 462 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:48,880 That's not good. 463 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,400 Sir, Jumper 8 is reporting the enemy hive has opened fire. 464 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,520 Friendly hive is sustaining serious damage. 465 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,000 If they get boarded, it's all over for Atlantis. They'll give us up for sure. 466 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,480 Jump to their position, shields to full, ready main rail guns, ready all missile batteries! 467 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,360 Jumping into theater now. 468 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,240 Get that Jumper back into bay! We're not going to be able to keep this up for long. 469 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,200 - Hopefully we'll give them enough time to jump into... - Our hive is entering hyperspace. 470 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,200 Jumper 8 has been recovered. 471 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,920 Set course for Atlantis. Get us out of here. 472 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,320 Our delegation was searched. 473 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,720 They were killed immediately when your canisters were discovered. 474 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,120 Our transport ship tried to escape, 475 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,880 but it was destroyed. 476 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:58,440 You must devise a better delivery method. 477 00:27:58,480 --> 00:27:59,640 Or what? 478 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,720 Or we will disclose your location to the other Wraith. 479 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,720 We kept our part of the bargain. 480 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,360 We gave you the retrovirus. 481 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,160 And it is useless without an effective delivery system! 482 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,200 So we have to do everything? 483 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,120 Okay, okay. I will figure something out, 484 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,960 But no more holding back. I want to know everything there is to know about hive ships. 485 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,600 Schematics, power distribution, life support configurations, everything you've got. 486 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,360 Then you shall have it. 487 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:31,360 For real? 488 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,560 Receiving transmission. 489 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:37,920 Make sure it's secure. 490 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,880 Yeah, we're completely firewalled. Let me see that. 491 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,840 She actually did it. I mean, this is the motherlode! 492 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,360 What is, exactly? 493 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:55,080 Only everything you've ever wanted to know about Wraith technology, but were afraid to ask. 494 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,520 Why are you doing this? 495 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,640 We have suffered extensive damage. 496 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,840 We could render assistance 497 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,800 You would do this? 498 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,560 We're supposed to have an alliance, aren't we? 499 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:20,800 Sending information on Wraith technology was a remarkable act of good faith on your part. 500 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,840 Your assistance would be acceptable. 501 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:26,840 Alright, then. 502 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:28,720 We have a deal. 503 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,160 I know you guys have been burning it at both ends, so... 504 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,200 Dr. Vogel just went to get us some. 505 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,200 - Thank you - Yeah, caught him on the way in. 506 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,680 How's it coming? 507 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,120 It's phenomenal. 508 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,160 It's like being handed a Wraith encyclopedia. It's hard to know where to start. 509 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:59,280 When I was a kid and I got my first encyclopedia, I started with the letter "S". 510 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,080 Yes, well, while I'm sure that Wraith sexuality is interesting, 511 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:04,960 we've decided to split into two teams. 512 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,280 Team A, over here is trying to find the best place or places to plant the gas canister 513 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,960 and team B, over there is trying to come up with some fixes for the damage that the Wraith hive 514 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,680 - sustained during its last battle. - And you? 515 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,480 - Mostly, I'm just skimming the index. - Anything exciting? 516 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,080 - Oh, yes. - Such as? 517 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:22,560 Well, the ships are massive, 518 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,560 but because of their mainly organic design, 519 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,600 they have a number of external weaknesses. 520 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,160 I've got a weakness for external weaknesses. 521 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,280 - Any word from Rodney yet? - I'm sure he's fine. 522 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,720 The organic base of a lot of your technology, it's... 523 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:42,880 it's quite amazing. 524 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:43,800 Very... 525 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:45,080 resilient. 526 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,880 Many of the problems we encounter eventually heal themselves, yes, 527 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,600 but there are smaller, more complex issues. 528 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,640 Such as the programming code to make your old ships do new things? 529 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,880 Or bypassing inoperable systems, yes. 530 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,640 It has been so long since we have fought a real battle. 531 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:04,520 Yes, well... 532 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,240 I imagine I'd forget a lot in 10,000 years, too. 533 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:13,000 Before the civil war, there were keepers who maintained the entire fleet, 534 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,800 but they have made their own alliances. 535 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,120 Sorry about that. 536 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:17,640 Without your help, 537 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,360 - this damage may have been irreparable. - Finally, an alien race that appreciates me. 538 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:26,200 Do you think we will be able to come up with an adequate delivery system for the retrovirus? 539 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,080 Well... 540 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,000 I know that you don't know me, so you couldn't possibly know this but... 541 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,200 The short answer is yes. 542 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:32,800 This way. 543 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,400 Ronon, are you crazy? 544 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,840 Do you want us to get killed? 545 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,280 You don't touch him. 546 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,840 He was guiding me down the hall, not sucking the life out of my shoulder. 547 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,600 We are sorry. 548 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:44,720 Say you're sorry. 549 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,560 That will not be necessary. 550 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,680 He was protecting his superior. 551 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,120 I would have done the same. 552 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:51,520 He's not my superior. 553 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,000 Certainly not in every sense. 554 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:56,920 My apologies. 555 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,880 You wanted to take us somewhere? 556 00:31:58,920 --> 00:31:59,720 Please... 557 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,320 this way. 558 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,400 That's your sweet spot. 559 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,240 This central chamber scrubs the CO2 from your artificial atmosphere 560 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,520 and redistributes it as breathable air to the rest of the ship. 561 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,440 If you get a sufficiently large canister of retrovirus into that central chamber, 562 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,960 the whole ship will be affected simultaneously. 563 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,120 Getting to this location without arousing suspicion will be very difficult. 564 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,760 I'm sure it will be, but we can't really help you with that. 565 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,600 Although, the Colonel and I have come up with a way to test that theory. 566 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,040 Step one, 567 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,520 we find another enemy hive and jump to a location just out of its sensor range. 568 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,320 Step two, the Daedalus takes position in close proximity to your hive, 569 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,520 essentially merging with your scan patterns, rendering it practically invisible to the enemies' sensors. 570 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,520 Step three, 571 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,960 using sublight systems, 572 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,200 our ships approach the target hive for 573 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:50,840 whatever reason... I'm sure you can come up with something. 574 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:51,560 Step four, 575 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,680 now that the Daedalus can use its beaming technology again... 576 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,080 which would be thanks to... 577 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,240 Anyway, 578 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,720 once we get in range, 579 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:02,400 we can beam a canister into the CO2 chamber, and boom... 580 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,360 one hive ship de-Wraithified. 581 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,680 Unacceptable. 582 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:10,680 Excuse me? 583 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:15,680 This plan keeps us completely reliant on you to disseminate the retrovirus. 584 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:16,920 It's meant to be a test 585 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,880 to see if the gas works in the first place. If it does, 586 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,560 you can come up with some other way to deliver it. 587 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,200 Very well. 588 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:34,080 I'll transmit the coordinates to our new target as soon as I return to the hive. 589 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,280 We'll leave as soon as you are ready. 590 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,840 What's a girl like her do for fun? 591 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,600 I should be on that hive when we do this. 592 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:51,560 Excuse me? 593 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:52,280 Really? 594 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:53,880 I know it's uncharacteristically brave, 595 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,160 but I've hacked a lot of their systems under the guise of repairing them. 596 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,120 I've convinced them that I should be there to supervise their systems if anything goes wrong. 597 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,400 And they agreed to this? 598 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:02,320 Yes. 599 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,680 Plus, now we can freely beam stuff on and off their ships, 600 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:05,720 I've written a program 601 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,640 that will immediately beam me out of there the second I activate this emergency transponder. 602 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,000 You're sure you want to do this? 603 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,560 Of course I don't want to do it. 604 00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:15,240 I just... 605 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:16,600 I think it should be done. 606 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,280 Ronon goes along. 607 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,120 I wouldn't have it any other way. 608 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,600 And I'd like you on the Daedalus. 609 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,000 No place I'd rather be. 610 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,400 Okay. Good let's get this done. 611 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,400 I'm about ready for our house guest to leave. 612 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,440 Hey, is your terminal... 613 00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:46,280 You need to see this. 614 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:51,960 Oh, no. 615 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,360 Tell me the Daedalus has not left yet. 616 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,240 Are we there yet? 617 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,520 Do you have any idea how difficult these maneuvers are going to be? 618 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,360 I'm guessing really difficult? 619 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,840 Yeah, we're going to be flying so close to that hive ship you'd be able to reach out and touch it. 620 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,640 I'm gonna insist on a few practice runs before we approach the enemy. 621 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,320 I'm sure they're fine with that. 622 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,480 Coming out of hyperspace. 623 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,320 Now, get McKay on the radio. I want to... 624 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,840 Shields to maximum! 625 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,960 Decks 1 to 7 in the forward section have decompressed and are venting atmosphere. 626 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,080 Seal off those sections, get a damage control team down there. 627 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:33,520 Who's firing on us? 628 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,080 I have two hive ships bearing down on our position, Sir. 629 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,480 One of them is the friendly. 630 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:39,600 Not so friendly. 631 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,680 All main weapons, fire at will on both ships. 632 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:44,880 Hermiod, stand by to beam warheads to the nearest hive ship. 633 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:46,480 This doesn't make any sense. 634 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,000 Why break the alliance now? 635 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,120 They don't even have the gas aboard their ship, we do. 636 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:51,560 That's not my concern right now. 637 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,880 Colonel Caldwell, this is Hermiod. 638 00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,600 The warheads are ready to deploy. 639 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,600 Stand by till we reach optimal range. 640 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:03,960 We've got to give McKay and Ronon time to beam back aboard first. 641 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,200 They've got until we reach weapons deployment range. 642 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:10,320 If they can't activate their emergency transceivers by then, there's nothing we can do about it. 643 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:22,720 What was that? 644 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:24,360 Activate your transceiver. 645 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,120 Oh, no... 646 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:33,320 What are you doing? 647 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,480 I am sorry, Dr. McKay. 648 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:36,640 There has been a 649 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,040 change in plans. 650 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:45,440 That's time. 651 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,200 You got to give them a few more seconds. 652 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:48,600 Sorry, Colonel. I can't do that. 653 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,480 Hermiod, deploy warheads when ready. 654 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:52,480 Colonel Caldwell, 655 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,680 Dr. McKay's code has failed to breach the Wraith countermeasures. 656 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,200 I am attempting another series of codes. 657 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,160 Work as fast as you can. This shield ain't gonna hold up forever. 658 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,200 With some 302s, I might be able to take out their hyperdrive, save us some time. 659 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:06,080 Do it. 660 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,240 Shields are at 60%! 661 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,640 Dagger 2, on my lead, 662 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,920 we're going to hit their stardrives, where the hull is thinnest. 663 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:20,880 I've got incoming. 664 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,480 Daggers 3 and 4, try to keep these darts off our six. 665 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,680 Hold on! We were supposed to be allies! 666 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:47,920 I'm afraid the alliance has been dissolved. 667 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,640 Do you have any idea how much work I have put into all of this? 668 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,000 I haven't slept in 36 hours! 669 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,280 Perhaps it is better if you rest. 670 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,400 Shields are under 20%. 671 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,960 Hermiod, what have you got for me? 672 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,600 I cannot guarantee that I will be able to defeat the Wraith countermeasures in sufficient time. 673 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:17,280 Colonel Sheppard, get your flight back to the ship. We need to jump out of here as soon as possible. 674 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,760 Two minutes, and I can shut down their hyperdrive. 675 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,240 Unless you can shut down their weapons, it's not going to do us much good. 676 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:28,120 Damn it. 677 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:35,640 Sheppard? 678 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:38,560 Sheppard? 679 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,320 I'm not getting anything, Sir. 680 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:42,920 Prepare to jump on my mark. 681 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,600 Sir, the hives are opening hyperspace windows. 682 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,040 Why the hell'd they do that? 683 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,760 Three of our 302s are returning to Daedalus, Sir. 684 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:07,600 Sheppard? 685 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,080 His fighter isn't one of them. 686 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,480 The only contacts I have on screen are wreckage. 687 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,120 What about his locator beacon? 688 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:15,720 No. Nothing, Sir. 689 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,080 He's just gone. 690 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,800 Understood. 691 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,600 Set course for Atlantis. 692 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,040 We got hacked. 693 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,920 Within the hive ship schematics was a worm-like computer virus. 694 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,200 Your people went over the data. 695 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:35,920 I know. We thought it was clean, 696 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,040 but this virus was entirely different. 697 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:39,200 What did it do? 698 00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:43,400 It very selectively probed our systems without damaging them or exposing itself. 699 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,400 I don't understand. If you didn't find it, and it didn't reveal itself... 700 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,320 Once the hive left Atlantis, 701 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,480 the worm began to destroy all of the data they had sent down. 702 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,920 Then this was their plan all along. 703 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,800 What did they get? 704 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,600 This is one of the reasons we didn't detect it. 705 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,080 They only uploaded two pieces of information... 706 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,560 One, the Aurora mission reports... 707 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,200 Okay. 708 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,600 And two? 709 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,800 The location of every world in our database. 710 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:25,760 Are you okay? 711 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:29,920 No. 712 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,640 No, I think this is the most "not okay" I have ever been. 713 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:37,720 I see you have awakened. 714 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:38,960 Really? 715 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,360 I was sort of hoping this was just a nightmare. 716 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,680 Why aren't we dead? 717 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:49,080 The queen wants you to live long enough to witness the fruits of your labor. 718 00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:51,560 If it wasn't for you, Dr. McKay, 719 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,320 we would never have been able to get there. 720 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,520 What are you talking about get where? 721 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,320 Earth. 722 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,720 .