{1}{1}23.976 {88}{166}{Y:i}Wormhole's established, MALP is on the way. {288}{322}What kind of facility is this? {323}{364}Some sort of research outpost. {365}{405}The database has very little information about it, {406}{447}other than whatever work was being done there {450}{501}was completed, and the place was apparently abandoned. {502}{540}Well, sounds promising. {542}{577}We have MALP telemetry. {579}{643}Environmental sensors indicate viable life support. {647}{706}- Visuals coming in now.|- Put it on screen. {777}{828}Or maybe it never was abandoned. {925}{953}Ancients? {968}{1007}He's got one of their scanners. {1008}{1052}So do we. Just because they know how|to use Ancient technology... {1053}{1141}I am speaking to whoever|sent this machine to our home. {1144}{1223}{Y:i}If you intend us harm, proceed no further, {1228}{1270}but if you come in friendship, {1271}{1328}please know you are most welcome here. {1660}{1722}Put that thing away. We told 'em we were friendly. {1732}{1761}I'm friendly. {1762}{1803}Is that thing set to stun? {1885}{1913}Friendlier. {1929}{1953}You coming too? {1957}{1993}Well, Ancients or not, {1994}{2063}they're obviously an advanced society,|and I would like to establish {2064}{2122}diplomatic relations with them immediately. {2127}{2153}You're the boss. {2157}{2180}Let's go. {2477}{2506}What happened? {2662}{2698}We make a U-turn? {2721}{2747}No. {2759}{2810}This is the place, we're here. {2954}{2977}Look. {3060}{3139}So...|not exactly like our Gateroom. {3208}{3235}Hello. {3240}{3311}We're the people who sent the machine through earlier. {3334}{3381}We come in friendship. {3455}{3491}I am Niam. {3501}{3550}Welcome to Asuras. {3900}{3975}Season 3, Episode 5|Progeny {3985}{4055}Transcript by Callie Sullivan / sadgeezer.com {4058}{4128}Subtitles by SG-66|www.seriestele.net {5364}{5450}I'm still waiting to meet an Ancient race|that's invented the car. {5451}{5513}Our destination is not much further. {5543}{5602}The High Council is eager to meet you. {5607}{5645}How long have your people lived here? {5646}{5710}We built this city thousands of years ago. {5711}{5758}You actually built it?|You didn't just find it this way? {5759}{5780}No. {5781}{5831}And you've had no trouble with the Wraith? {5832}{5852}No. {5853}{5890}Any particular reason? {5893}{5942}The Wraith do not concern us. {5943}{5978}See? He didn't answer my question. {5979}{6031}I'm sorry, you didn't actually answer my question. {6140}{6190}Oh, my... {6199}{6227}No kidding. {6616}{6654}How many people live here? {6660}{6684}Millions. {6692}{6780}Well, the power requirements for a city|this size must be enormous. Plus... {6786}{6858}shielding from the Wraith?|We're talking three zero point modules, maybe four. {6890}{6928}Sorry. ZedPMs... {6951}{7014}A device that taps vast amounts|of power from vacuum energy. {7015}{7038}Oh, yes. {7041}{7076}We have many of those. {7078}{7133}Exactly how many is many? {7134}{7179}Exactly doesn't matter, many is plenty. {7180}{7235}Truthfully, I do not know the exact number. {7237}{7286}More than enough to suit our needs. {7289}{7319}{Y:i}I assume that you... {7321}{7338}built them yourselves? {7340}{7365}- Yes.|- Yes. {7366}{7417}- Easy, Rodney, you're slobbering.|{Y:i}- Please. {7418}{7458}The Council is waiting. {7507}{7546}Well we have our answer. {7552}{7584}To what question? {7589}{7690}- Whether or not they're Ancients.|- In which case, I've got a bone to pick with him. {7726}{7756}Where did you come from? {7758}{7794}We are explorers. {7795}{7849}We come from a world very far from here. {7850}{7877}Really far. {7882}{7939}In fact, you can't get there from here. {7940}{7984}How did you happen to discover us? {7985}{8092}We came across an Ancient outpost|that listed this Gate address in its database. {8093}{8136}But no other information, I might add. {8137}{8234}Oddly, the database neglected to include|any information on a society of millions of Ancients, {8235}{8274}such as yourselves. {8279}{8298}Why is that? {8301}{8376}We are the last of those you refer to as "Ancients". {8381}{8472}{Y:i}We were once a race united in our pursuit|of knowledge and enlightenment. {8479}{8575}But our paths diverged after|a disagreement tore the fabric of that unity. {8582}{8627}What kind of a disagreement? {8628}{8745}Suffice it to say they chose to disregard|our counsel during a time of great conflict, {8750}{8834}{Y:i}and they suffered the consequences|at the hands of a relentless enemy. {8840}{8869}The Wraith. {8898}{8981}We parted ways with our brothers|and sisters and came here, {8982}{9048}where we have thrived for many thousands of years. {9049}{9123}Yeah, you've been doin' a lot of thriving. {9129}{9250}May I ask what counsel did you offer|that the others chose to disregard? {9251}{9298}Our Ancient brothers were arrogant, {9301}{9422}{Y:i}which led them to greatly underestimate the Wraith,|an enemy inferior in intelligence, yes, {9423}{9501}but vastly superior in numbers|and ruthlessness. {9502}{9559}They wouldn't have been so|outnumbered if you had helped. {9560}{9601}There's that bone I wanted to pick at. {9602}{9640}{Y:i}You said they were your brothers. {9641}{9708}Where we come from, we take care of our family. {9757}{9824}{Y:i}What my friend is trying to say is {9831}{9911}there's still a lot of Wraith out there,|and we could sure use your help fighting them. {9912}{9991}Eradication of them is among our goals. {10002}{10048}You mean, you have a plan? {10054}{10077}We do. {10080}{10129}{Y:i}Great, let's hear it. {10198}{10225}Your plan, I mean. {10226}{10324}I doubt that you would be able to grasp|its complexity and scope. {10348}{10404}- Fortunately, I'm very good with complexity.|- And scope. {10405}{10507}All you need to know is that one day|soon the Wraith will exist no more. {10519}{10560}All we need to know? {10561}{10622}There are matters of importance|for me to attend to. {10632}{10742}{Y:i}In the meantime, you are explorers,|and presumably in need of rest and sustenance. {10747}{10816}We have made arrangements for you|to spend a short time {10820}{10852}among us. {10981}{11037}He says the other Ancients are arrogant? {11038}{11123}I apologize if you felt Oberoth was|condescending in any way. {11124}{11159}How 'bout in every way. {11160}{11241}It is difficult for him to see you|as capable of understanding. {11242}{11296}Yeah, well, how many Ph. Ds does he have? {11299}{11374}Niam, I was wondering,|your people have been here for thousands of years? {11375}{11391}Yes. {11392}{11471}Well, in that time, most Ancients|we know have ascended. {11479}{11529}You know of ascension? {11530}{11582}Well, yes. In fact, {11583}{11653}we always thought that Ancients|were no longer around... {11656}{11732}that most of them evolved to the point|of transforming {11733}{11801}- into beings of pure energy.|- This is true. {11831}{11882}Well, I take it your people aren't interested? {11883}{11940}Oh, ascension is the goal of many of us... {11961}{12028}but Oberoth feels there is still much to do. {12030}{12094}We must become all that we can. {12133}{12170}You don't agree with him, do you? {12270}{12316}Your guest quarters are this way. {12401}{12465}{Y:i}Must have been quite a serious falling-out {12466}{12564}for the Ancients to eliminate any reference|to them in the entire database. {12567}{12605}Unless they're lying. {12635}{12700}Might it not be possible that these people merely {12701}{12780}discovered this city, as you discovered Atlantis? {12781}{12836}Wouldn't be surprised. They don't seem very... {12837}{12872}Ancienty to me. {12885}{12908}Ancienty? {12934}{13002}Yes, that's the word I was looking for. {13016}{13060}You think they could be deceiving us? {13075}{13100}Teyla's right. {13101}{13167}They could've found the city the way it was|and moved in years ago. {13172}{13242}I feel they are hiding something. {13268}{13323}Other than their plan to defeat|the Wraith, you mean? {13324}{13360}There's no plan. {13382}{13410}No... {13426}{13458}I don't think so either. {13479}{13523}Why would they say they had a plan|if they don't have a plan? {13524}{13577}They figured out a way to hide|from the rest of the galaxy, {13578}{13651}including the Wraith, and are happy|to go on with their lives just... {13658}{13694}minding their own business. {13706}{13745}Then whoever they are... {13753}{13834}I think that is what we need to find out. {14018}{14065}Thank you for taking the time to see me. {14066}{14152}I felt we might achieve more|in a one on one meeting, {14155}{14188}leader to leader. {14200}{14248}What is it you wish to achieve? {14257}{14339}The establishment of diplomatic and|trade relations between our people. {14340}{14368}Trade? {14386}{14484}Do you really believe that you|have anything of value to offer us? {14495}{14538}It's possible, Oberoth. {14544}{14600}And there is only one way to find that out. {14604}{14692}But I do know that there is|something you could offer us... {14705}{14774}that is assistance with our fight against the Wraith. {14775}{14869}As I've said before, we will commence|our plan at a time of our choosing. {14872}{14966}Would you at least consider sharing with us the tools|so that we could better protect ourselves until {14967}{15016}- that time comes?|- Tools... {15017}{15046}such as...? {15047}{15129}What we call Zero Point Modules.|They're our power source. {15135}{15201}We are in urgent need of|as many as you could spare. {15239}{15274}Then am I to assume {15279}{15337}that this settlement of yours {15340}{15389}is of Lantian design? {15457}{15476}Yes. {15507}{15554}We discovered it on our travels. {15555}{15644}It was uninhabited, so we decided|to establish a base there. {15663}{15707}But as I'm sure you know, {15708}{15803}sufficient shield generation requires|tremendous amounts of power. {15804}{15871}Where is this settlement of yours located? {15872}{15918}It's on the outer edges of this galaxy, {15920}{15975}in an area teeming with Wraith hive ships, {15976}{16080}- which is why we need the power modules...|- We are unable to part with any of our power modules. {16081}{16131}Our energy needs require the use of all of them. {16132}{16219}Well, would you consider offering|your city as a place of refuge to my people... {16220}{16305}Many of our citizens are amused|by the occasional visitor, {16306}{16355}such as yourselves, for a short time. {16357}{16406}- But not you.|- No. {16414}{16498}And the very idea of greater numbers|over a protracted period of time {16499}{16580}- is entirely out of the question.|- We have had some success {16581}{16648}fighting off the Wraith, and that has been|with limited supplies {16649}{16693}and personnel. I truly believe {16694}{16798}- that with your assistance we might be...|- I am unaccustomed to repeating myself, {16813}{16871}{Y:i}however,|leader to leader, {16876}{16903}I will say this... {16904}{16941}once again. {16951}{17058}We will eliminate the Wraith at a time of our choosing. {17062}{17110}And you don't care how many of my people, {17111}{17202}or anyone else, dies while you|make up your mind to act? {17225}{17297}You said earlier that your brothers'|greatest weakness {17303}{17340}was their arrogance. {17364}{17424}May I suggest it runs in the family? {17588}{17641}I am sorry you feel you must leave. {17644}{17676}Yes. So am I. {17686}{17742}Oberoth can be...|intractable. {17744}{17827}- Not exactly the word I was looking for.|- Un-Ancienty? {17830}{17873}Not that word either. {17884}{17950}We will send you a message|through the Stargate soon. {17957}{18013}Hopefully this is just a stumbled beginning. {18260}{18297}Lower your weapons. {18304}{18343}How much lower would you like them? {18344}{18396}Do you really wish to challenge us? {18474}{18508}Maybe the floor? {18740}{18817}- I thought you didn't want us here, Oberoth.|{Y:i}- I don't... {18830}{18892}but you possess information that I simply {18894}{18938}must have. {19339}{19409}These trade negotiations can be real murder. {19429}{19471}We need to find a way out of here. {19492}{19517}Rodney? {19545}{19672}This cell is similar to ours. Is there something in|the design that could offer a possible escape? {19673}{19744}- Are you serious? It's a jail cell.|- Yes I know. {19745}{19813}The only way out of here would be to first disable|the force field around the bars, {19814}{19875}which is only accessible from the... {19916}{19947}outside. {20068}{20153}- I brought you food.|- Oh, thank God. I'm starving. {20228}{20273}I can't think on an empty stomach. {20305}{20350}Why are we being held here? {20351}{20406}Oberoth wishes to speak to you further, {20407}{20477}and he feels he can no longer trust that|you'll remain in your quarters. {20478}{20502}He's right. {20503}{20574}- If he wants to talk to us, why doesn't he?|- He will. {20575}{20600}Very soon. {20601}{20638}That's nice. Isn't that nice? {20654}{20675}{Y:i}Here's a question: {20676}{20761}- Who the hell are you people?|{Y:i}- And don't tell us you're Ancients. {20770}{20852}{Y:i}We know enough about them to know|they would never treat people this way. {20853}{20888}I am sorry about this, {20889}{20964}{Y:i}but I am certain once Oberoth|has finished his discussions with you, {20965}{21014}you will all be released unharmed. {21015}{21094}I'm sorry, but all your credibility was removed|when you locked us up. {21095}{21141}You left us no choice. {21442}{21482}Neither did you. {21951}{22019}You're the one we liked, so don't take this personally. {22269}{22290}What are you doing? {22291}{22372}Preventing the Jumper from communicating with|the control room. Element of surprise. {22373}{22392}Nice. {22393}{22443}Go ahead. Dial the Gate. {23210}{23254}{Y:i}Any sign of our new friends? {23259}{23282}Still nothing. {23283}{23355}No unscheduled Gate activity,|nothing on the long-range sensors. {23356}{23409}I think it's safe to say we made a clean getaway. {23410}{23433}Either that, or... {23434}{23463}they're biding their time, {23464}{23507}waiting for the right moment to attack. {23517}{23621}Well, we'll keep the security teams on alert,|just in case, but if they were able to come after us, {23625}{23667}I think they would have done so already. {23675}{23722}How is Rodney coming along with the database? {23723}{23761}I'll go check up on him. {23767}{23825}I wonder how many other rogue Ancients|are still out there. {23826}{23906}If they're anything like the Asurans,|we're better off leaving them well enough alone. {24050}{24073}How's it going? {24074}{24155}I've searched a good portion of the database|for any indication of the Asurans, but... {24156}{24206}- Still nothing?|- still nothing. {24212}{24270}Maybe the Ancients didn't want to be reminded of them. {24271}{24369}- Even if they deleted every reference to Asura,|you'd think there'd be some hint of...|{Y:i}- Colonel? {24384}{24402}Go ahead. {24403}{24480}{Y:i}I need you and Rodney in the control room immediately. {24540}{24568}{Y:i}Hive ships. {24581}{24601}How'd they get so close? {24602}{24645}More importantly,|why are we just picking them up now? {24646}{24694}- I don't know. Everything seems to be working.|- Engage the cloak. {24695}{24744}I'm already on it. Cloak engaged... {24749}{24794}- now.|{Y:i}- They're right over the City. {24795}{24851}- How far away is the Daedalus?|- It's not due for weeks. {24852}{24932}It doesn't matter. I'm counting seven ships.|There's nothing they could do about it. {24938}{24978}They're scanning for us. {25069}{25096}Hopefully the cloak is... {25097}{25122}They're firing. {25144}{25178}Switch to shields! {25212}{25262}I can't. The shield generators|were hit in the initial blast. {25263}{25333}- They knew right where to hit us.|- The cloak has failed. {25680}{25706}We need more firepower. {25707}{25766}- I'm headed to the Chair room.|- There are more ships arriving in the system. {25767}{25802}How many more? {25822}{25854}Fifteen. {25900}{25961}We can't fight off that many, not without shields. {25968}{26005}Attention, this is Weir. {26010}{26087}All personnel to the Gate room|for immediate evacuation. {26088}{26120}Dial Earth. {26165}{26231}John, we need to set the self-destruct. {26285}{26348}We just lost automated systems.|We'll lose the Gate any second now. {26349}{26392}Go. I'll detonate it manually. {26434}{26502}Maybe the Wraith will take care|of destroying the City for us. {26503}{26560}If they wanted to vaporize the city,|they would have done it already. {26561}{26645}- Look, if there's any part of this city left intact...|- They'll know how to find Earth. {26646}{26674}{Y:i}I know. {26682}{26705}Enter your number. {26706}{26726}When you are ready, {26727}{26745}hit this button. {26746}{26790}At that point, you'll only have a few seconds left. {26791}{26822}{y:i}- Go.|- No, no, no! {26823}{26897}I can't let you do this, not without tossing a coin|or something! It doesn't seem right! {26898}{26963}I appreciate the offer, Rodney. Now, get out of here. {26979}{27014}Go, all of you! {27352}{27385}{Y:i}The way up is blocked. {27386}{27440}- How many are trapped?|- We can't tell. {27582}{27640}We're losing power!|Get through the Gate! {28689}{28743}What the hell just happened? {28911}{28968}Who the hell are you people? {28975}{29011}They're not people. {29015}{29052}They're machines. {29064}{29102}{Y:i}Replicators. {29751}{29781}What's happening? {30398}{30434}What's to become of them? {30438}{30499}We have mined everything|we need from their consciousness. {30500}{30557}They're no longer of any use to us. {30565}{30632}Ending their lives seems to be the most prudent course. {30633}{30660}I disagree. {30661}{30738}- I believe we still have a lot to learn from them.|- Learn from them? {30739}{30762}Yes! {30776}{30841}Or is it that you fear that ending their lives {30842}{30884}would end your hope of ascension? {30885}{30949}I do object to killing them, but it is more than that. {30950}{31037}I don't believe we've fully uncovered just|how much they've learned about Lantian society, {31038}{31101}nor how much of this knowledge|they've passed on to others. {31102}{31149}They're of no threat to us, Oberoth. {31150}{31224}We see no reason not to continue our study of them. {31239}{31301}Very well. Keep them alive if you wish, {31304}{31372}but I shall hold you accountable. {31508}{31555}My head is killing me. {31600}{31638}{Y:i}How'd we get back here? {31670}{31704}What do you mean, {31705}{31737}"back here"? {31750}{31837}Well, we broke out and got to the Jumper,|gated back to Atlantis. {31937}{31982}At least I thought we did. {32008}{32072}That is not what I remember. {32073}{32142}The only thing I remember was being in a dark room, {32143}{32192}fighting hand to hand for hours. {32193}{32272}Well, they obviously created different|scenarios for each of us during the mind probe. {32273}{32345}No doubt looking to gather|information from our responses. {32346}{32403}I thought our escape seemed too easy. {32404}{32447}At least you escaped. {32478}{32520}What'd they do to you? {32536}{32606}Torture, in ways too hideous and... {32612}{32661}intimate to recount. {32669}{32738}- Like what?|- I said "too hideous to recount". {32739}{32794}I just had a horrible thought. {32821}{32869}What if it is still happening? {32877}{32904}Yes. {32907}{32964}There's got to be a way to know for sure. {33145}{33184}Doesn't really prove anything. {33188}{33238}{Y:i}It's real, Dr. McKay. {33325}{33389}{Y:i}Your minds are no longer being probed. {33416}{33509}- It's good to know it was just our minds.|- Oh, please don't make me sick. {33514}{33570}Please, come with me. {33787}{33831}{Y:i}We're in space. {33842}{33878}{Y:i}It's the star drive. {33884}{33921}Of course, the rumbling sound we heard. {33922}{33981}With all the ZedPMs,|you're able to actually fly the city. {33982}{34020}Yes, Dr. McKay. {34021}{34095}Watch now.|We're about to open a hyperspace window. {34320}{34352}Where are we going? {34368}{34401}Atlantis. {34447}{34499}The probes of your minds uncovered the truth... {34500}{34551}that Atlantis had not been destroyed by the Wraith {34552}{34611}{Y:i}10,000 years ago, as we had believed. {34625}{34704}You only came to live there from|your original home, a planet called Earth. {34705}{34758}Why didn't you just dial the Gate and send us through? {34759}{34854}We're not taking you to Atlantis.|Our intention is to destroy it. {34906}{34930}Why? {34975}{35025}- Retribution.|- For what? {35029}{35076}The disagreement you once had? {35081}{35125}The Ancients no longer live there. {35126}{35220}- We are the only inhabitants of that City.|- There was no disagreement, Dr. Weir. {35221}{35251}Only betrayal. {35270}{35326}{Y:i}If you wish to know the truth of who we are, {35327}{35360}I will show you. {35401}{35434}Elizabeth... {35640}{35678}It's okay, Rodney. {35835}{35877}The Ancients, as you call them, {35878}{35951}were desperate in their search|for a better way to fight the Wraith. {35962}{35987}Though greatly outnumbered, {35988}{36090}they relied on their technological|superiority to give them a needed advantage. {36139}{36201}Soon, they succeeded in creating one. {36378}{36475}{Y:i}Instead of building bigger, more powerful weapons,|they chose to build smaller ones... {36476}{36572}microscopic machines designed to|infiltrate and destroy from within. {36653}{36690}Nanites. {36770}{36821}In these tiny killing machines, {36822}{36915}the Ancients imbued an aggression that|surpassed even that of their enemy. {36923}{37051}The technology allowed for organic assimilation and|self-replication to increase their effectiveness, {37057}{37105}and replicate they did. {37240}{37343}They grew in numbers, evolving at|a rate that took the Ancients by surprise. {37344}{37402}The molecular machines began interlocking, {37403}{37484}assembling themselves|to form even more complex organisms, {37489}{37588}eventually evolving into the most|effective and efficient form they knew of. {37643}{37694}This is how we were born. {37729}{37772}{Y:i}We took the image of our creators, {37773}{37824}{Y:i}yet we were far different from them. {37825}{37887}The aggression programmed into our core remained, {37888}{37946}fueling a rage we could not contain. {37947}{38030}{Y:i}We implored them to have this violent nature|removed from our programming, {38031}{38072}{Y:i}but the Ancients wanted a weapon, {38073}{38124}and since their scientists included a directive {38125}{38184}prohibiting us from ever harming them, {38189}{38237}they continued the experiment. {38265}{38343}When the Ancients concluded that|the experiment had gone too far, {38344}{38426}{Y:i}that we would never become|the weapon they desired to create, {38436}{38483}they decided to end it. {38860}{38911}And so they chose to destroy us, {38920}{38974}to leave no trace of us behind. {39545}{39575}Thank you. {39620}{39721}Obviously, the Ancients didn't do|a thorough enough job wiping them out. {39722}{39750}No. {39751}{39807}A few of the nanites managed to survive. {39808}{39857}Which is all they needed to begin replicating again. {39858}{39895}- Replicating?|{Y:i}- This is bad. {39896}{39988}They're very similar to an artificial intelligence|that SG-1 encountered several years ago {39989}{40014}that evolved from a... {40015}{40081}a tiny block replicator into human form. {40082}{40140}- They may be related somehow.|- I read those reports. {40141}{40221}Stargate Command could barely|defeat the human form replicators. {40225}{40270}Which is why I said, "this is bad". {40273}{40350}The difference here is they're emulating the Ancients. {40360}{40438}They've even built themselves a version of Atlantis. {40444}{40471}And then some. {40472}{40513}Why would they do this? {40538}{40639}I think they look at the Ancients|like parents who betrayed them, {40640}{40763}and now they see humans as the favored siblings|who receive all the parents' love. {40765}{40820}They've been seeking revenge ever since. {40845}{40878}{Y:i}Just what we need. {40879}{40905}More bad guys. {40906}{40961}Which means,|we've probably just identified the race that {40962}{41024}created the nanovirus|that nearly killed me a couple of years ago. {41028}{41074}It almost killed a lot of people. {41079}{41170}Were you not able to defeat|that nanovirus with an electromagnetic pulse? {41171}{41196}That was different. {41197}{41228}Those were individual nanites, {41229}{41285}easy to disrupt with a simple E.M. Pulse. These... {41287}{41350}these things have evolved way beyond that, with {41351}{41439}interdependent organic constituents|of far greater complexity. {41558}{41588}Are you feeling better? {41603}{41629}Yes. {41685}{41715}Follow me. {42281}{42385}I have an offer to make you,|something that could greatly benefit us both. {42426}{42505}Well, if the offer involves saving Atlantis... {42538}{42570}we're willing to listen. {42571}{42603}It does. {42668}{42728}We have achieved much since our second birth. {42729}{42786}We've evolved to take the form of our creators, {42787}{42856}{Y:i}built a city far grander than they ever achieved... {42857}{42953}yet for all this, we are still restricted|from reaching a pivotal point in our evolution. {42954}{42986}You want to ascend. {42987}{43015}Yes. {43040}{43124}Many among us, like Oberoth,|have no desire to experience this. {43125}{43175}They are content with our present state. {43191}{43265}But there are a few of us|who recognize that as a civilization, {43266}{43303}we are stagnant. {43304}{43356}We seek to continue our own evolution. {43357}{43438}To truly emulate the Ancients|and their ultimate achievement. {43442}{43489}Even though they betrayed you. {43490}{43533}{Y:i}They are our creators, {43548}{43632}and ascension is the final step to equaling them, {43633}{43675}to becoming one with them. {43676}{43706}No offense, but... {43712}{43759}how are a bunch of machines gonna do that? {43760}{43800}Are you so different? {43802}{43880}- Well, we're living, breathing people.|- Constructed from cells, {43881}{43973}consuming and burning energy,|governed by electrical impulses... {43974}{44011}I didn't say I could ascend. {44012}{44113}Metaphysical debates aside, what do you want from us?|We're not exactly ascension experts. {44115}{44177}Although we do know killing people|isn't the best way to get there. {44181}{44279}We realize this, and we have done much|to repress our violent nature, {44284}{44332}but yet it still remains within us. {44341}{44412}{Y:i}We believe this above all is what|has prevented us from ascending. {44413}{44445}What are you looking for, therapy? {44446}{44543}We want to rewrite our base code|to remove the directives for aggression. {44544}{44577}What's stopping you? {44578}{44677}The Ancients put in place measures|to prevent us from altering the code ourselves... {44712}{44748}but you can do it. {44759}{44775}Me? {44776}{44860}During our probe of your mind,|we learned that you are capable of doing this. {44861}{44911}Oh, that's funny. All I remember is the torture. {44912}{44995}- And what's in it for us?|- We will stop the others from attacking Atlantis. {44996}{45050}And we will help you in your fight against the Wraith. {45051}{45096}And Oberoth will agree to this? {45097}{45190}I believe Oberoth is attacking Atlantis|as a result of that programming. {45194}{45290}- If we can prove to him it can be altered...|- You think he'll see the light. {45291}{45314}Hallelujah. {45315}{45381}I'll do everything in my power to persuade him. {45382}{45415}Why should we trust you? {45416}{45471}Because we are willing to trust you. {45476}{45568}By extending this offer,|we are jeopardizing our very existence. {45654}{45715}I saw in you compassion, Dr. Weir. {45718}{45788}Someone who could come to understand our plight. {45859}{45885}Help us, {45896}{45935}and we will help you. {45998}{46040}When it comes right down to it, {46064}{46108}we don't have much of a choice. {46314}{46411}We're drawing closer to Atlantis.|Soon we will drop out of hyperspace. {46528}{46568}How's it coming, Rodney? {46571}{46599}{Y:i}Slowly. {46600}{46634}What's the hold-up? {46647}{46714}What's the hold-up?|Do you have any idea what I'm trying to do here? {46715}{46797}Niam gave you access to the program code,|and you're screwing around with it. {46798}{46839}Oh, that is so... {46860}{46897}relatively accurate. {46911}{46930}Thank you. {46931}{46995}{Y:i}Still, we're not dealing|with rock 'em sock 'em robots here. {46996}{47095}We're dealing with a complex code of over|three billion chemical base sequences. {47096}{47159}It's like trying to reconfigure the DNA double helix. {47178}{47212}Okay, so, what? {47216}{47240}Five minutes? {47251}{47345}It will be done when it is done,|and you applying pressure is not gonna... {47405}{47427}What? {47434}{47470}{Y:i}Gotta go. McKay out. {47471}{47503}Rodney, what's going on? {47507}{47525}Rodney? {47754}{47785}- Did you do it?|- Yes, yes, yes. {47786}{47836}I have removed|the aggression directive from the base code. {47837}{47893}It is uploading to Niam as we speak, but {47894}{47957}I discovered something else,|nothing short of brilliant, I might add. {47958}{47975}What? {47976}{47996}Okay, {47997}{48068}even though these replicators|are each separate, functioning beings, {48069}{48101}their basic command code {48102}{48164}is interconnected over a powerful subspace frequency. {48165}{48187}{Y:i}They have these... {48188}{48244}{Y:i}periodic collective program updates, or... {48245}{48308}"merges" they call them,|where they exchange new information. {48309}{48366}That's how Niam hopes|to distribute the new code to the others. {48367}{48387}{Y:i}Exactly, {48388}{48420}but while I was working on it, {48421}{48460}I figured out a way to create a glitch {48461}{48492}that, on my command, {48493}{48537}should momentarily freeze them. {48538}{48559}Should? {48560}{48615}Okay, will. I mean, dead in their tracks,|like hitting the pause button {48616}{48644}temporarily, until they {48645}{48695}- figure out how to override it.|- How long? {48720}{48765}Well, I don't know. That's why I said momentarily. {48766}{48806}Days? Hours? Minutes? {48811}{48863}Well, look, it's minutes, but I don't know.|That's what I was just saying to him! {48864}{48884}Ten? Twenty? {48885}{48920}Okay, fine. You want a number? Fine. Seven... {48921}{48961}Seven minutes and 31 seconds. Are you happy? {48962}{48987}{Y:i}- No.|- No. {48988}{49028}{y:i}- That's not enough time.|- You wanted a number. {49029}{49072}- A bigger number.|- Yeah, well, it may very well be longer. {49073}{49110}- Or shorter.|- I don't know. {49111}{49183}- Look, you're missing the point...|- Gentlemen, focus, please. {49234}{49286}Will that be enough time for us to escape? {49287}{49314}It'll have to be. {49315}{49385}Not much point in leaving without|blowing this place up first. {49398}{49429}How do we do that? {49542}{49575}Oh, that's me. Right. {49576}{49652}Surprise, surprise.|Why don't I just go on these missions by myself? {49675}{49717}I'll rig a ZedPM overload. {49803}{49884}What about Niam?|Are we not exploiting his trust? {49885}{49937}{Y:i}Even if he's able to honor his end of the deal, {49938}{50016}there's no guarantee he can stop|Oberoth from attacking Atlantis. {50019}{50076}We will offer him the chance to come with us, {50100}{50169}but we cannot leave this city intact. {50530}{50561}Are you sure this will work? {50562}{50609}Please. Of course it will work. {50611}{50670}- Why's it taking so long?|- Why do you always have to... Look {50680}{50726}I need to properly calibrate the frequencies. {50727}{50779}I wanna make sure that when|I freeze them I freeze them all. Okay? {50780}{50861}- All would be good.|- Just let me finish? {50871}{50902}Thank you. {50951}{50992}Okay. Here... {50998}{51024}here we go {51025}{51049}in five... {51060}{51085}four... {51090}{51115}three... {51116}{51141}two... {51282}{51325}Hey, it worked! {51333}{51361}Interesting. {51398}{51425}Okay. {51430}{51478}We should move to the ZPM room. {51509}{51544}{Y:i}Why isn't he frozen? {51545}{51575}{Y:i}His code's changed. {51576}{51657}Until he's distributed it to the others in the next|merge, he'll be different than the rest of them. {51679}{51719}What happened? {51765}{51788}What was that? {51793}{51863}- I think we just dropped out of hyperspace.|- We need to move. {51882}{51902}Come with us. {51903}{51937}I'll explain on the way. {52083}{52131}Now, Ronon, I could use... {52198}{52223}Thanks. {52340}{52390}You want me to go with you? {52427}{52471}You must understand our situation. {52472}{52559}- If you can't stop Oberoth...|- I said I would do everything in my power. {52569}{52625}But can you promise that you will succeed? {52688}{52791}Our lives and the lives of all of|our people are at stake here. {52807}{52855}You merge through a subspace connection.|Even if you're with us, {52856}{52918}{Y:i}you should be able to spread the|new code amongst the others. {52956}{52999}Come with us, Niam. {53015}{53082}Ascension is within your grasp. {53096}{53137}{Y:i}You can't turn back. {53199}{53246}- Damn.|- What is it? {53247}{53291}In order to do this,|I need to utilize all three ZedPMs. {53292}{53339}I was hoping to bring|at least one of them back with us. {53341}{53415}- Which you can't, we only have three minutes.|- Look, I already told you... {53416}{53443}never mind. {53445}{53500}I need an access code to remove the failsafes. {53746}{53768}Now... {53778}{53817}how about our weapons? {53821}{53869}We can recover them on the way. {54203}{54262}Not so arrogant now, are you? {54294}{54314}McKay! {54538}{54562}Come on! {54750}{54800}So much for seven and a half minutes. {54801}{54852}Hey, it was an arbitrary number. {55073}{55108}Colonel Sheppard... {55372}{55395}{Y:i}Go! {55636}{55687}Ronon, set your gun to "kill." {55705}{55725}It is. {55726}{55767}- Okay, start the overload.|- What? No, no, no. {55768}{55812}Not yet. We need to be in a Jumper|or clear of the city, or... {55813}{55846}The Jumper bay's not far, we're almost there. {55847}{55908}No, you don't understand.|Look, I didn't want them to be able to stop it. {55913}{55991}Look, as soon as I trigger the overload,|there'll be practically zero lag time before it blows. {55992}{56012}Practically? {56013}{56059}Okay, fine, a few seconds|for it to build up power... {56060}{56102}- How many seconds?|- I don't know. {56103}{56159}- Five? Ten?|- Again with the arbitrary numbers! {56160}{56186}We need to move. {56187}{56246}Ok. Start the overload.|Now! {56305}{56325}This way! {56326}{56352}What is that? {56353}{56415}The sound of the city about to blow! Move! {56700}{56758}{Y:i}Get that roof open, Rodney,|or this is gonna be a short trip. {56759}{56784}{Y:i}Don't wait for me! {56785}{56849}I'm just saying, if we can't get|out of the Jumper bay... {56850}{56890}It doesn't matter.|The overload's happening now. {56891}{56950}- We're about to explode.|- Is the roof open? {56952}{56977}Yes. Go. {57603}{57630}{Y:i}Nice work... {57646}{57679}all of you. {57749}{57779}Thank you. {57875}{57895}What's wrong? {57936}{57976}Something is happening. {58013}{58040}What is it? {58077}{58113}The others on my planet. {58124}{58162}{Y:i}They know what I've done. {58174}{58205}I'm being reset. {58206}{58250}Rodney, do something! {58256}{58301}It's too late. They're... {58586}{58629}That's not gonna hold him. {59016}{59064}I'm so sorry.|I had...I didn't... {59189}{59217}You okay? {59254}{59282}Yeah. {59587}{59621}How's it going? {59627}{59652}Still nothing. {59653}{59727}Either the Ancients chose to|purposefully conceal every record, {59728}{59754}extremely well, I might add, {59756}{59828}or they simply deleted them from the database.|I'm leaning towards the latter. {59829}{59869}Perhaps they think they've trully|destroyed them all. {59870}{59929}Either that, or they didn't want|anyone to know they had failed. {59930}{59950}Again. {59951}{60022}There is nothing more annoying than people|that won't admit their own mistakes. {60063}{60087}True. {60329}{60405}McKay and Zelenka are scouring|the database for any information... {60406}{60442}so far, not much... {60448}{60503}as in nothing. {60531}{60567}These replicators... {60568}{60663}they're probably already at work building|themselves another Atlantis. {60680}{60723}Now they know all about us. {60789}{60864}Well, we beat them this time.|Maybe we scared them off. {60895}{60921}Yeah. {60944}{60976}Maybe.