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{1}{51}{Y:i}Previously on Stargate Atlantis...
{52}{114}We are the last of those you refer to as "Ancients."
{115}{183}There's still a lot of Wraith out there,|and we could sure use your help fighting them.
{184}{274}We will eliminate the Wraith|at a time of our choosing.
{275}{326}They don't seem very ancienty to me.
{327}{348}"Ancienty"?
{349}{407}Hopefully, this is just a stumbled beginning...
{495}{522}They're not people.
{523}{555}McKay!
{566}{602}They're machines.
{613}{651}{Y:i}Replicators.
{692}{716}{Y:i}So,
{720}{788}{Y:i}I'm in Atlantis and I need to get to Earth.
{789}{825}{Y:i}What do I do?
{826}{937}Since we no longer have access to a ZPM,|due to unforeseeable circumstances,
{938}{1018}my only option would be to call the Daedalus|and spend the next three weeks
{1019}{1086}twiddling my thumbs, waiting to get back home...
{1087}{1130}{Y:i}Until now.
{1135}{1160}I give you...
{1161}{1264}the McKay/Carter intergalactic Gate bridge.
{1268}{1352}34 Gates from both the Milky Way|and Pegasus Gate systems
{1353}{1451}have been strategically placed in the massive void|between our two galaxies.
{1452}{1501}Simply enter on either side...
{1502}{1548}for example, Atlantis...
{1549}{1577}and boom.
{1578}{1666}A macro that I have written specially for the occasion
{1667}{1790}will command each Gate in the chain to store you|in its buffer and forward you along to the next,
{1791}{1880}{Y:i}and the next, and the next, and the next,|and the next, until you arrive... here.
{1881}{1996}Once at the midway space station,|you simply exit the Pegasus Gate system
{1997}{2100}and enter the Milky Way Gate system|where a similar macro designed by yours truly
{2101}{2149}{Y:i}will forward you along to the SGC.
{2151}{2218}Total travel time|a little over 30 minutes.
{2219}{2267}Cue applause.
{2316}{2352}Thank you. Enough.
{2353}{2414}Midway space station isn't completed yet, so
{2415}{2485}we will be testing the system today|using a Puddle Jumper.
{2487}{2537}- Now...|{y:i}- Allright, show and tell's over.
{2538}{2604}The test is about to begin.|Let's get back to our stations, please.
{2608}{2638}Right.
{3153}{3213}All systems seem to be...
{3262}{3289}What?
{3300}{3329}There's
{3335}{3393}an odd echo in the proximity sensors.
{3404}{3461}{Y:i}Won't affect the test, but...
{3475}{3526}Yeah, we're ready to go.
{3740}{3810}{Y:i}Gate is dialed. The forwarding|macro's been uploaded.
{3817}{3873}All right, John.|You have a go.
{3875}{3905}All right, then...
{3915}{3957}here goes.
{4384}{4416}{Y:i}We have a contact.
{4426}{4482}Colonel Sheppard, right on time.|What's your status?
{4493}{4576}It felt a little weird,|but everything seems to be in one piece.
{4581}{4638}{Y:i}Ready to proceed to the next phase.
{4639}{4688}Uploading macro, and...
{4691}{4753}initiating dialing sequence.
{4856}{4899}No, no, no, no, no.|This is weird.
{4900}{4948}- Shall I tell him to stand down?|- No, no, it's...
{4949}{5011}nothing to do with the test.|It's just our...
{5016}{5060}our sensors aren't working properly.
{5063}{5118}Daedalus, ready to proceed.
{5120}{5150}Do I clear him?
{5157}{5205}Yeah, yeah.|I'm sure he's fine.
{5253}{5309}He's good to go. Good to go.|Yes, go ahead.
{5310}{5352}Colonel Sheppard, you have a go.
{5463}{5502}Jumper is away.
{5824}{5857}He's late.
{5858}{5970}When traveling almost three million light-years,|I'm not so sure there's such a thing as "late."
{6001}{6042}Right. Yes.
{6043}{6120}You're just mad you didn't get to fly|the maiden voyage yourself.
{6121}{6225}General, I am quite fond|of both maidens and voyages.
{6227}{6321}- I mean, put the two together...|- You're not a test pilot anymore, Jack.
{6329}{6376}That's what the President said.
{6380}{6417}{Y:i}Incoming wormhole.
{6571}{6608}It's about time.
{6609}{6640}Sorry, Sir.
{6653}{6710}Colonel Sheppard...|welcome to Earth.
{6723}{6768}Thank you, Sir.|Good to be back.
{6769}{6795}{Y:i}You know where to park.
{6797}{6869}We'll debrief and go over the flight data|as soon as you're ready.
{6870}{6905}Yes, Sir.
{6995}{7041}Colonel, we're receiving a data burst.
{7044}{7093}Jumper three has arrived at Stargate Command.
{7094}{7122}Mission accomplished.
{7123}{7175}Yes, of course it worked.|I'm already on to the next problem.
{7176}{7197}Which is?
{7199}{7286}Well, the sensors are having|a hard time determining what it is,
{7287}{7345}{y:i}- probably due to the Doppler effect...|- What what is?
{7346}{7473}I'm detecting a foreign object|traveling at .999 the speed of light...
{7499}{7552}and it's coming this way.
{7834}{7904}Season 3, Episode 10|The return part 1
{7915}{7985}Transcript by Callie Sullivan / sadgeezer.com
{7986}{8056}Subtitles by SG-66|www.seriestele.net
{9223}{9260}{Y:i}We have a contact, Sir.
{9264}{9301}It's Colonel Sheppard back from Earth.
{9302}{9349}Colonel Sheppard, welcome back|to the middle of nowhere.
{9350}{9376}{Y:i}Thank you, Colonel.
{9383}{9455}I've got takeout pizza for everyone back in Atlantis.
{9456}{9494}{Y:i}With your permission, I'd like to...
{9495}{9544}{Y:i}upload the macro|and dial out before it gets cold.
{9545}{9608}Negative. We're putting that leg|of the trip on hold for now.
{9619}{9670}Seems like we're expecting company.
{9732}{9856}Believe it or not, moving that fast, while|an incredible feat of technology, isn't very useful.
{9857}{9920}Certainly in comparison to travel through hyperspace.
{9921}{9994}Now, moving as fast as it is, this ship...
{9995}{10039}assuming it is a ship...
{10040}{10111}would still take at least a million years|just to reach the Milky Way.
{10114}{10186}That close to the speed of light, don't|you have to take relativity into account?
{10187}{10224}Exactly. The people on board...
{10226}{10273}assuming that they are people...
{10276}{10369}would only experience maybe 12 years,|so a few stasis chambers, they're laughing.
{10371}{10459}I mean, they're not laughing, they're unconscious,|but, you know, metaphorically...
{10460}{10541}So assuming it's a ship,|and assuming they're people...
{10542}{10568}What do we do about them?
{10569}{10629}Ah, well, we try and make contact.|Obviously.
{10630}{10662}How do you propose we do that?
{10663}{10734}Pull up, honk the horn, try to get|them to roll down the window.
{10735}{10776}{Y:i}I'm talking about attempting to match their speed.
{10777}{10819}This ship is not designed to do that.
{10820}{10841}{Y:i}We can't.
{10842}{10917}Even if we succeeded, we'd still be subject|to the same time dilation effects.
{10918}{10980}We'd be out of contact with Earth|and Atlantis for years.
{10987}{11041}Can't we overtake them with our hyperdrive?
{11042}{11132}Yes, but they would blow right past us as soon as|we dropped back into normal space,
{11133}{11241}because our sublight engines are incapable|of accelerating to anywhere near the speed of light.
{11242}{11336}So we max out the sublight engines,|get as close as we can get.
{11352}{11395}Yes, I mean, that might work.
{11396}{11492}We should at least be able to stay in range|long enough to get some sensor readings.
{11493}{11520}Do it.
{11521}{11575}I'll let Atlantis know you're gonna be late.
{11693}{11743}Did you really get pizza for everyone?
{11744}{11814}Because it would be a shame for that|to go waste if we're gonna...
{11838}{11901}Yeah, okay, so, solve this first, and then...
{12051}{12135}Sir, we've got just about everything we're going|to get out of the sublight engines.
{12137}{12185}They're gonna fly by us in three...
{12186}{12212}two...
{12218}{12242}one...
{12436}{12477}Interesting.
{12491}{12517}What?
{12518}{12596}If these readings are correct, and to be|perfectly fair, they may not be...
{12597}{12633}Rodney.
{12636}{12683}It's an Ancient warship.
{12695}{12737}{Y:i}It's possibly Aurora class.
{12755}{12797}Who's flying it?
{12806}{12856}I would imagine Ancients.
{12857}{12931}There hasn't been any of them around|for over 10,000 years.
{12935}{12965}Relativity.
{12968}{13027}{Y:i}Look, remember, for them, only a handful|of years have passed.
{13028}{13063}Don't those ships have hyperdrives?
{13064}{13125}Well, maybe their hyperdrive was damaged|in a battle with the Wraith.
{13126}{13155}It happens with us all the time.
{13156}{13178}Maybe it...
{13180}{13280}it conked out on the way, and they were forced|to continue at as close to light speed as possible,
{13281}{13361}that would explain how they got a million|light years away from Pegasus without|having to leave a million years ago.
{13362}{13411}{Y:i}You know their subspace drive specs|better than I do Doctor,
{13412}{13501}but I'm not sure an Aurora class ship|has the power to do what you're suggesting.
{13502}{13537}Well, maybe they have a ZPM.
{13541}{13581}That would be worth finding out.
{13582}{13657}Okay, we need to send them a message before they get|out of range and we have to jump ahead.
{13658}{13674}Something like,
{13675}{13749}you know, "we are humans from Earth,|currently occupying Atlantis, yadda-yadda-yadda..."
{13750}{13797}Why don't we just ask them to slow down?
{13798}{13872}Colonel Caldwell, the unidentified|vessel is slowing down.
{13874}{13907}Maybe they heard me.
{13908}{13945}No, they saw us,
{13949}{13981}{Y:i}and they're not just slowing down.
{13982}{14040}I mean, they're slamming on|the brakes at something like 27 Gs.
{14041}{14075}So now what?
{14147}{14188}Unknown vessel
{14192}{14273}I am Captain Helia|of the Lantian warship Tria.
{14291}{14346}{Y:i}Our ship has suffered damage.
{14349}{14443}We've scanned your vessel and determined|that it is capable of hyperspace travel.
{14444}{14506}We've begun deceleration maneuvers.
{14507}{14589}Will you render assistance in the form|of hyperspace transport?
{14590}{14645}Well, yes.|Yes, of course we will.
{14689}{14726}I don't think she can hear you.
{14727}{14765}Open a channel.
{14794}{14863}{Y:i}This is Colonel Steven Caldwell|of the Earth ship Daedalus.
{14874}{14957}It would be an honor to render assistance|in any way we possibly can.
{15021}{15054}We're gonna meet Ancients.
{15055}{15100}I mean, flesh-and-blood Ancients who know
{15101}{15162}what everything is and how everything works,|I don't even know what to ask first.
{15164}{15244}Well, it's gonna be a couple of hours before|we can match velocities for transport.
{15245}{15299}That should give you enough|time to write out that list.
{15300}{15337}Right. Right.
{15381}{15410}They were battle-scarred
{15411}{15491}and already swell on their way to Earth when|their hyperdrive finally gave out on them.
{15492}{15555}They decided it was best to continue|forward than go back.
{15556}{15588}How many survivors?
{15589}{15622}{Y:i}Just over a hundred.
{15623}{15681}Word has already begun|to spread amongst my people.
{15682}{15733}They believe this return was foretold,
{15734}{15806}that it marks the turning in the tide|in the war against the Wraith.
{15807}{15840}Well, I don't know about that.
{15843}{15869}{Y:i}Dr. Weir?
{15870}{15944}The Daedalus is ready to beam down|our people and the Ancient delegation.
{15945}{15975}Thank you.
{16129}{16158}Dr. Weir,
{16160}{16218}Ronon, Teyla, this is Helia,
{16219}{16274}{Y:i}Captain of the Ancient ship Tria.
{16275}{16304}It's an honor to meet you.
{16310}{16343}Thank you.
{16344}{16438}And from what I'm told, you've done|a remarkable job preserving our City.
{16444}{16506}We did what we could with what we had.
{16522}{16566}I need to speak to the leader of your people.
{16567}{16618}I'm in charge of the Atlantis expedition.
{16619}{16668}{Y:i}You misunderstand me, Dr. Weir.
{16670}{16757}I need to talk to the one who can speak|for all the people of Earth.
{16783}{16830}That can certainly be arranged...
{16831}{16869}but may I ask why?
{16936}{16961}What is that?
{16963}{17009}How come I've never seen that?
{17149}{17187}Excuse me. What's going on?
{17192}{17243}Thank you for all that you've done, Dr. Weir,
{17244}{17322}{Y:i}but your guardianship of this City|is no longer necessary.
{17339}{17403}The City is now under my control.
{17549}{17583}{Y:i}We were in a battle with Wraith cruisers.
{17616}{17666}They proved too much for us,
{17675}{17737}so we started back to Atlantis,
{17747}{17832}only to be told that the final evacuation|was already in progress.
{17833}{17904}I decided to push on to Earth|and join the evacuees...
{17907}{18014}{Y:i}and even when our hyperdrive failed,|we decided to continue on.
{18019}{18084}I can't begin to imagine what you
{18089}{18163}and your crew must be going through right now.
{18170}{18239}We owe you and your people a debt of gratitude,
{18249}{18318}but we've just returned home,
{18324}{18409}home to a place we thought|we'd never set eyes on again,
{18420}{18478}and we need some time.
{18489}{18518}Alone.
{18529}{18575}You do know that...
{18576}{18682}we've shed our own fair share|of blood defending the City from the Wraith.
{18688}{18731}By your own admission,
{18732}{18789}you are responsible for waking the Wraith.
{18825}{18850}Right.
{18851}{18911}And by your own admission,
{18912}{18997}you are responsible|for the emergence of the Wraith as a species.
{18998}{19070}The fact is, if it weren't for our expedition,
{19071}{19115}there would be no Atlantis.
{19116}{19181}No one's saying the City doesn't belong to you,
{19182}{19238}or that you don't belong here.
{19247}{19323}- What we're saying is that...|- What we're asking...
{19405}{19472}What we're asking...
{19482}{19536}is that we be allowed to stay.
{19537}{19631}There is so much that we can learn from you,
{19632}{19739}and in return, we can offer supplies, manpower,|the kind of support you'll need
{19740}{19809}to restore Atlantis to its former glory.
{19810}{19905}The day will come when your people|will once again have a place here...
{19934}{20019}but that is not this day.
{20115}{20149}You should be in there.
{20150}{20214}I don't know what I could say at this point|that would make any difference.
{20215}{20243}{Y:i}You're right.
{20245}{20282}They want us out of here.
{20283}{20313}But why?
{20314}{20364}There are maybe a hundred or so of them.
{20365}{20410}They could use us.|They might even need us.
{20411}{20529}What if you were forced from your home by war,|only to return to find someone on your couch,
{20530}{20597}eating your cheetos, watching your TV?
{20603}{20638}I'd be fine with that.
{20641}{20679}No, you wouldn't.
{20770}{20814}How go the talks, Sir?
{20816}{20843}No talks.
{20845}{20884}Listening is what we did.
{20892}{20955}It was essentially a transitional meeting.
{20956}{21046}They needed to know how much time|we needed to vacate the City.
{21047}{21122}I said 48 hours, unless you need more.
{21123}{21156}No.
{21162}{21203}That should be enough.
{21225}{21272}That's it? We're just going|to take this lying down?
{21274}{21301}We rescued them.
{21302}{21338}And they're immensely grateful.
{21339}{21365}Well, they're not showing it.
{21366}{21441}From their point of view, Dr. McKay,|they're being extremely generous.
{21445}{21547}Keep in mind that when they left Atlantis,|we were basically a hunter-gatherer species.
{21548}{21623}Well, did you remind them if we hadn't hunted|and gathered them out of the void between galaxies,
{21624}{21676}- they would still be stuck there?|- We should've left them out there.
{21677}{21736}I know you feel as though you're losing the City.
{21737}{21794}This isn't just about losing a City, Richard.
{21795}{21921}This is about losing an opportunity to talk with|and learn from living, breathing Ancients.
{21928}{21998}They are willing, over time...
{22011}{22090}to let us back in the City.|Just not right now.
{22100}{22213}That way, we get all of the benefit of Atlantis|with very little of the risks or expense.
{22214}{22297}Yeah, it's not like we don't have|our own galaxy to worry about.
{22317}{22348}{Y:i}Colonel...
{22349}{22419}I'd like you to supervise the withdrawal.
{22442}{22469}Yes, Sir.
{22475}{22506}Go ahead.
{22598}{22669}Can I talk to you for a moment?
{22711}{22809}I didn't want to say this in front of McKay|because I know he'd want the job.
{22818}{22848}What job?
{22849}{22910}The Ancients are willing to leave someone behind
{22911}{22978}as a liaison, kind of a...
{22994}{23033}ambassador, if you will.
{23034}{23106}- You know I would be more than happy to...|- It's not gonna be you.
{23132}{23204}Tell me someone who's more qualified for that job.
{23208}{23238}I can't...
{23260}{23317}but the I.O.A. wants Woolsey.
{23318}{23344}Woolsey?
{23358}{23384}Yeah.
{23405}{23454}To paraphrase the Ancients,
{23455}{23509}they think you won't be able to...
{23545}{23577}let go.
{23580}{23671}So they're gonna just shut us out,|after everything we've done here?
{23676}{23704}I know.
{23767}{23796}Look...
{23842}{23901}you've done a hell of a job here...
{23978}{24029}and I am sorry it's ending this way.
{24030}{24062}I suppose...
{24070}{24108}I can take comfort
{24110}{24150}in the fact that
{24158}{24243}out of all the ways this expedition could have ended,
{24281}{24333}this is definitely not the worst.
{24418}{24447}Thank you.
{24460}{24485}Yeah.
{25054}{25079}Hey.
{25080}{25115}{Y:i}You guys all packed up?
{25136}{25179}I really don't have that much stuff.
{25182}{25204}Right.
{25205}{25264}Most of my belongings are already with my people.
{25265}{25320}{Y:i}How's that going, by the way?|Are the...
{25321}{25389}Ancients allowing the Athosians|to stay on the mainland?
{25390}{25471}They have found a suitable planet|for us to relocate to.
{25472}{25519}{Y:i}One with our own Stargate.
{25522}{25554}How'd that go down?
{25555}{25659}It was not the homecoming|of the Ancestors my people envisioned.
{25697}{25744}You guys want any of this stuff?
{25765}{25856}Johnny Cash poster?|Skateboard? Sudoku books?
{26170}{26251}You know you guys are welcome|to come back with us, right?
{26252}{26304}My place is with my people.
{26313}{26402}And I can't leave this galaxy|until every last Wraith is dead.
{26408}{26433}I know.
{26447}{26497}I just had to say it out loud.
{26507}{26611}You, too, should know that we would be honored|if you decided to stay with us, John.
{26612}{26683}Yeah, well, I think the Air Force|has got other plans for me.
{26684}{26749}We also just had to say it out loud.
{26759}{26786}Right.
{26871}{26898}Well...
{26916}{26948}this sucks.
{26968}{26998}Yeah.
{27025}{27094}I'm not... I'm not... I'm not good at
{27105}{27139}goodbyes.
{27140}{27205}Our paths will cross again, John Sheppard.
{27206}{27245}Of that I am sure.
{27256}{27319}Well, before our paths uncross...
{27347}{27398}could you give me a hand with these boxes?
{27403}{27451}I'll throw in pizza and some beer and...
{27452}{27479}Popcorn?
{27480}{27525}And popcorn for...
{27526}{27559}Oh, my God.
{27664}{27754}Well, I was offered a position at|Masaryk university right before I came here.
{27755}{27808}I imagine I could work there if I wanted to.
{27814}{27851}What about you, Carson?
{27856}{27925}Well, they offered me a surgery position|at Stargate Command.
{27929}{27953}You?
{27954}{28008}I don't know.|Area 51, I guess.
{28015}{28083}Tool around with as much of the database|as we're able to bring back with us.
{28084}{28169}You know, in a way, I look forward to focusing|on a single problem for a while.
{28174}{28248}Being continually pulled off of research|to put out fires can be...
{28249}{28281}you know, frustrating.
{28282}{28313}{Y:i}I suppose so.
{28318}{28363}I just don't know how many times|I'm gonna be asked to
{28364}{28439}save the day at the 11th hour at area 51.
{28440}{28485}Oh, I'm sure it'll come up.
{28486}{28533}Not as often as I'd like.
{28553}{28582}Well...
{28601}{28634}I must admit...
{28641}{28702}{Y:i}it's been a pleasure working with you both.
{28738}{28785}In fact, out of all the people...
{28815}{28870}You are not tearing up on me, are you?
{28873}{28933}- Oh, he is. He's tearing up.|- I know.
{28934}{28974}Now you've ruined it.
{28978}{29008}Oh, I'm sorry.
{29014}{29056}I was just about to say something.
{29057}{29106}Well, it's not like we're not gonna see|each other at the Gate.
{29107}{29131}No.
{29155}{29188}Of course not.
{29189}{29232}I don't know what I was thinking.
{29237}{29270}What was it?
{29273}{29305}- What?|- What you were gonna say.
{29306}{29356}Just say it. Now I'm curious.
{29427}{29462}I was going to say...
{29490}{29539}goodbye, Rodney.
{30069}{30088}Colonel.
{30089}{30130}- Doctor.|- Come in.
{30135}{30173}Well, we are way ahead of schedule,
{30174}{30245}ready to head out at 08:00.|Daedalus is going to take most of the gear.
{30246}{30320}People and their odds and ends will make|their way through the Stargate, thanks to the
{30321}{30378}- Ancients' new ZPM.|- Good...
{30393}{30419}I guess.
{30438}{30484}You're taking this rather well.
{30485}{30515}Actually,
{30530}{30564}I'm pissed.
{30565}{30650}For one thing, I'm only a quarter|of the way through war and peace.
{30656}{30755}I can't imagine|what I can possibly do for a living now.
{30759}{30814}Every government in the world's gonna offer you a job.
{30815}{30847}Yeah, but...
{30849}{30885}not like this.
{30914}{30948}You're right.
{30959}{31019}It's all downhill from here. You've peaked.
{31049}{31143}"Life isn't fair.|It's just fairer than death."
{31168}{31199}Oscar Wilde?
{31200}{31233}Princess Bride.
{31234}{31263}Good movie.
{31369}{31427}You gonna be ready to head out at 08:00?
{31428}{31472}Yeah, yeah, I should be.
{31478}{31503}You?
{31504}{31538}Just one or two...
{31539}{31576}hundred things to do.
{31587}{31634}I'll see you at the Gate.
{31982}{32064}The grounding station on the south pier is|a bit twitchy. It got shot up. Wasn't our fault.
{32065}{32120}- You'll need to look at that...|- I'm sure we'll find our way, Doctor.
{32121}{32188}- I'm sure you will, but you should also...|{y:i}- Rodney!
{32268}{32333}Right. Yes, well, I got to go.
{32387}{32432}You have been good friends
{32438}{32495}to all the people of this galaxy.
{32707}{32735}Farewell.
{32773}{32804}Take care.
{32977}{33003}Bye.
{33032}{33052}Hi.
{33701}{33777}Keep your damn weight off your foot, you'll be fine.
{33796}{33866}Tell me you didn't engage the Ori, Colonel.
{33867}{33934}We didn't engage the Ori, Sir.
{33935}{34068}Babbis here was inspecting some curious fauna when|he discovered the ground underneath him wasn't stable.
{34069}{34138}He fell 20 feet into a babbling brook.
{34139}{34222}Wallace there was trying to help him get back up|when he lost his footing and
{34224}{34281}- broke his ankle.|- I see.
{34285}{34362}I never thought I'd miss Rodney McKay|being a member of my team.
{34363}{34416}Well, chemistry doesn't happen overnight.
{34417}{34482}We'll debrief as soon as Wallace|is out of the infirmary.
{34483}{34506}Yes, Sir.
{34507}{34549}Offworld activation.
{34573}{34633}Hold on, Colonel.|You may get a kick out of this.
{34634}{34680}This should be General O'Neill
{34681}{34739}and his scheduled check-in from Atlantis.
{34740}{34776}He went back, Sir?
{34777}{34832}Woolsey needed a little backup.
{34833}{34909}Apparently, the Ancients find him a bit trying.
{34923}{34956}Imagine that.
{34991}{35042}- General.|- General.
{35057}{35099}Is that Sheppard there with you?
{35107}{35136}Yes, Sir.
{35144}{35213}Talks are proceeding at an acceptable pace,|but the real news
{35214}{35261}is that the Pegasus Replicators
{35262}{35298}are heading back to Atlantis
{35299}{35360}{y:i}- to make another run at the City.|- They are?
{35361}{35418}No one here seems to be that worried about it.
{35419}{35443}Why not?
{35445}{35477}They're Ancients.
{35479}{35562}Apparently,|these Replicators have a law in their base code that
{35563}{35626}makes it impossible for them to harm their creators.
{35627}{35670}And they're expecting to find us.
{35671}{35765}According to Helia,|they're gonna run into some kind of nasty surprise.
{35768}{35872}So you can pass it on to Dr. McKay|that if you and he hadn't rescued the Ancients
{35873}{35923}and returned Atlantis to their care...
{35924}{35967}Might've lost the City anyway.
{35968}{35995}Right.
{35999}{36049}{Y:i}Well, we should get back to our talks...
{36050}{36096}and talks and talks...
{36102}{36134}O'Neill out.
{36193}{36290}Sir, I'd be happy to talk to you more|about these Replicator guys.
{36291}{36348}Sounds like they've got everything under control.
{36349}{36380}Yes, Sir.
{36402}{36439}I guess they do.
{36486}{36526}{Y:i}I hate it here.
{36528}{36564}How is that possible?
{36567}{36598}It's true.
{36599}{36652}They gave you everything you wanted, your own lab...
{36653}{36682}It's too big.
{36683}{36773}- hand-picked assistants...|{y:i}- Yeah, sycophants, every one of them.
{36774}{36818}Even your own choice of projects.
{36819}{36849}Well, that's not true.
{36850}{36921}Well, other than going back to Atlantis, I mean.
{36938}{36983}You know, the truth is I...
{37004}{37030}What?
{37036}{37059}Okay, I don't...
{37060}{37118}I don't want to use the term "lonely", but...
{37119}{37163}you know, there are certain people who...
{37164}{37196}I miss.
{37199}{37226}Me?
{37239}{37283}You, you, I'm talking to on the phone right now
{37284}{37350}and having dinner with tomorrow, so not so much, but...
{37355}{37429}other people, people who I may never see again.
{37430}{37491}{Y:i}Like even Elizabeth.|She hasn't returned any of my calls.
{37492}{37529}I know what you mean.
{37550}{37620}Hey, at least you still get to go offworld|with a team of your own.
{37621}{37678}Oh, yeah, the best and brightest.
{37703}{37730}All right.
{37736}{37780}See you tomorrow night.
{37784}{37823}{Y:i}Yeah, wouldn't miss it.
{37827}{37861}{Y:i}Hey, you know, I...
{37949}{37975}See ya.
{38358}{38384}Carson.
{38388}{38416}Hello, Elizabeth.
{38417}{38450}This is a surprise.
{38454}{38538}Well, you didn't return my messages,|so I thought I'd just stop by.
{38546}{38605}Yeah, sorry about that.|Come in.
{38606}{38638}Thank you.
{38690}{38724}Excuse the mess.
{38725}{38782}I wasn't really expecting company.
{38783}{38878}Oh, please. I'm from a family of seven.|Our home was never this clean.
{38882}{38911}{Y:i}You look good.
{38930}{38965}Well, thanks for lying.
{38968}{39015}How is the SGC treating you?
{39016}{39097}It's only been six weeks,|so I'm still settling in, but it's good.
{39098}{39124}{Y:i}Interesting work.
{39125}{39168}{Y:i}- Kind people.|- Good.
{39174}{39211}That's good.
{39223}{39252}How about you?
{39253}{39302}Oh, you know, keeping busy.
{39306}{39341}Oh, yeah? Doing what?
{39342}{39380}I've been doing a bit of writing.
{39381}{39457}- Working on my memoirs.|{y:i}- Your memoirs?
{39460}{39501}About your time in Atlantis?
{39502}{39537}Yeah, somewhat.
{39563}{39631}And on what planet did you expect to publish it?
{39632}{39722}I suppose it's|for posterity as much as anything else...
{39726}{39757}{Y:i}and for me.
{39760}{39828}Just trying to get it straight in my own head.
{39852}{39904}It all went by so fast, you know?
{39905}{39954}{Y:i}Aye, that it did.
{40040}{40072}Elizabeth...
{40095}{40144}we're all a bit worried about you.
{40160}{40210}You're worried about me?|Why?
{40211}{40269}Well, you don't return phone calls, and the
{40271}{40351}few times that you've run into people,|they say you've seemed distant.
{40413}{40446}I'm just...
{40462}{40542}- I'm just trying to move on.|- By writing your memoirs?
{40697}{40728}Elizabeth...
{40745}{40807}why haven't you taken another position?
{40808}{40851}The SGC has asked me to consult
{40852}{40946}with the I.O.A. and Homeworld Security|with the ongoing conversation with the Ancients.
{40947}{41011}You don't need to be here for that.|You could easily take another position
{41012}{41071}and consult with them from a secure phone line.
{41141}{41193}I guess I'm just not ready yet.
{41223}{41249}Look,
{41250}{41290}Rodney's flying in tomorrow.
{41291}{41353}John and I are taking him for dinner.|You should come.
{41358}{41458}- Tomorrow. Oh, gosh. Tomorrow, I...|- I'll pick you up at 7:00.
{41762}{41814}{Y:i}That seems like a pretty big ship.
{41832}{41930}You're sure only sending one Jumper up|to fend it off is the right thing to do?
{41931}{41986}It is impossible for them to harm us.
{42006}{42056}I could use some enemies like that.
{42057}{42113}{Y:i}We have established communications, Commander.
{42114}{42158}This is Commander Helia.
{42161}{42240}{Y:i}The City you're approaching is once again|under Lantian control.
{42241}{42331}Stand down and return to your planet immediately,|or you will be...
{42347}{42420}- I thought you said they couldn't harm you!|- Raise the shield.
{42521}{42552}You should call her.
{42574}{42605}Who, Cadman?
{42611}{42663}You guys did make a cute couple.
{42673}{42707}It didn't work out.
{42716}{42792}It may have something to do with|our first kiss being through Rodney.
{42793}{42870}Oh, I thought we made a solemn vow|never to speak of that again.
{42871}{42906}I remember no such thing.
{42914}{42941}You know what?
{42948}{42982}It's getting late.
{42988}{43019}Since when do you sleep?
{43036}{43066}Since I got back.
{43067}{43103}I've had a lot of catching up to do.
{43116}{43196}But it's been lovely seeing all of you again.
{43204}{43241}Thank you for getting me out.
{43242}{43305}We should thank you.|You're taking us to dinner, right?
{43307}{43333}Cheeky.
{43414}{43435}Sheppard.
{43503}{43527}McKay.
{43600}{43627}Hello?
{43636}{43705}I didn't bring my bloody cell phone with me.|What's happening?
{43708}{43787}We got this data burst about 20 minutes ago.
{43866}{43939}Atlantis is under attack from Replicators.
{43944}{44029}{Y:i}Somehow, they've figured out how|to overwrite their programming.
{44035}{44150}The Ancients were taken off-guard|and have lost most of the City already.
{44161}{44225}{Y:i}Request immediate evacuation!
{44226}{44257}They're coming!
{44331}{44383}They never made it to the Gate.
{44582}{44651}I was informed they had a law|written into their base code
{44652}{44717}that made it impossible for them|to harm the Ancients.
{44718}{44761}How the hell did this happen?
{44824}{44940}It is... remotely possible that in trying|to rewrite Niam's base code I...
{44941}{45019}we may have opened the door|for them to make other changes.
{45020}{45050}You did this?
{45054}{45139}At the time, we thought it was|the only possible way to save the City.
{45140}{45231}How it happened doesn't matter. They may have|changed it on their own. The question is...
{45247}{45277}how do we fix it?
{45278}{45326}That's why I called you in.
{45339}{45378}{Y:i}I have my orders.
{45387}{45429}The Daedalus is already on the way.
{45430}{45481}Now, what I need from you is...
{45513}{45584}what's the best way to get a nuke past the shield?
{45644}{45668}Well, I have no idea.
{45670}{45717}I didn't call you in, Doctor.
{45718}{45778}You're going to use nuclear weapons on Atlantis?
{45779}{45817}It's the gateway to Earth.
{45818}{45844}And we have an iris.
{45845}{45879}{Y:i}Yes, we do,
{45880}{45928}but thanks to your intergalactic Gate bridge,
{45930}{45981}all they have to do is rewrite your macro,
{45982}{46043}and they can come out anywhere in the Milky Way.
{46053}{46095}Yeah, but those macros are very complicated...
{46096}{46147}They are very complicated, Dr. McKay.
{46148}{46202}They just rewrote their own damn base code.
{46203}{46243}I think they can handle it.
{46247}{46261}{Y:i}Sir...
{46262}{46306}General O'Neill and Woolsey may still be alive.
{46307}{46344}I know the City like the back of my hand.
{46345}{46419}Just give me 60 marines and|some of Colonel Carter's new...
{46420}{46450}Anti-Replicator weapons.
{46451}{46480}Yeah, those things.
{46481}{46534}I'm sorry, Colonel.|I have standing orders.
{46535}{46616}They happen to be General O'Neill's standing orders.
{46617}{46700}The Daedalus will be there in a little under four days.
{46713}{46805}Now, how do I get a nuke past their shield?
{46895}{47007}Now, those Replicator thingamijiggies|you're talking about...
{47010}{47066}Let's just call them A.R.Gs.
{47067}{47132}{Y:i}They're energy weapons they disrupt|the link between the nanite cells.
{47133}{47193}The Replicators literally fall apart|when you fire on them.
{47194}{47221}{Y:i}You know...
{47235}{47259}hypothetically,
{47279}{47372}Teyla and Ronon would be more|than willing to help, if we asked.
{47379}{47424}{Y:i}We would need to gate into Atlantis.
{47425}{47488}All they need to do to keep us out|is activate the Gate shield.
{47489}{47548}Well, I did write a back door to the shield program,
{47549}{47585}a couple of years ago, when Kolya stormed the City,
{47586}{47607}so,
{47609}{47662}I mean, it could, hypothetically,
{47663}{47696}let us get into the Gate room.
{47697}{47778}General Landry was worried about|the Replicators rewriting the bridge macro
{47779}{47830}to gate them somewhere else in the Milky Way.
{47831}{47886}Does that mean you could change the macro,
{47887}{47932}take us somewhere else in Pegasus?
{47933}{47966}{Y:i}Somewhere like...
{47968}{48013}just talking here...
{48032}{48094}the Athosian settlement where Teyla and Ronon are?
{48095}{48122}We'd need a Jumper.
{48123}{48177}And some of those A.R.Gs.
{48178}{48261}And someone to make sure Landry|doesn't close the iris on us...
{48267}{48306}Hypothetically.
{48310}{48339}Of course.
{48341}{48393}The Jumper is in its storage area, under guard.
{48394}{48456}We need for one of us to be added to|the authorized personnel list,
{48457}{48500}and there's only one guy who can do that.
{48501}{48522}You?
{48527}{48539}No.
{48540}{48564}Why did you think I was going to say me?
{48565}{48610}I don't know.|Seemed like you were leading up to it.
{48611}{48642}No, sadly,
{48648}{48710}Dr. Lee has been the one heading up|the Jumper research project,
{48711}{48768}because they refuse to send it to area 51 for me.
{48769}{48788}But...
{48790}{48860}I think I should be able to add one of our key cards|to the authorized personnel list,
{48861}{48907}but I have to do that from his office.
{48911}{48928}So?
{48934}{48990}Well, he's in his office, so you need to distract him.
{48991}{49024}Me? How?
{49025}{49055}Well, here's what I'm thinking.
{49069}{49189}I got to say, I have never met|a woman this into world of warcraft.
{49196}{49243}It's a silent passion of mine.
{49244}{49284}As it is with all of us.
{49287}{49314}I'm a
{49320}{49386}level seventy-five mage,
{49390}{49450}{Y:i}specializing in engineering and jeweling.
{49459}{49482}You?
{49509}{49544}{Y:i}Level seventy-five...
{49564}{49608}me, I'm only...
{49612}{49638}Fifty.
{49648}{49798}Well, I had the beta of the expansion pack,|so I sort of had a leg up on most people.
{49809}{49841}What's your race?
{49928}{49952}Mage.
{49953}{50065}You know,|I'm trying to increase my enchanter skills, but...
{50074}{50146}I don't know.|It's just not going very well.
{50152}{50205}I disagree, Bill.
{50210}{50236}What?
{50298}{50352}- Oh. Rodney...|- I don't mean...
{50355}{50466}- I'm sorry. I don't mean to be so forward.|- No, no, go, be forward.
{50479}{50501}{Y:i}Well...
{50522}{50592}{Y:i}I... look, I'm not quite sure how...
{50593}{50651}{Y:i}exactly I should put this...
{50667}{50724}A true mage speaks his mind. Or...
{50725}{50763}her mind, in your case.
{50784}{50808}Will you look at the time?
{50809}{50838}Where does it go...?
{50839}{50863}What?
{50881}{50922}We're late. We should...
{50927}{50952}We'll see you, Bill.
{50953}{50977}Bye, Bill.
{51275}{51306}Wallace.
{51322}{51356}What are you doing here?
{51357}{51427}General Landry wanted to talk|to me about reassignment.
{51433}{51468}Oh, right.
{51482}{51515}Sorry about that.
{51527}{51579}Are you already going on missions without me?
{51582}{51647}You should really stay off of that ankle, son.
{51648}{51695}{Y:i}Yeah, well, when General Landry says "now",
{51696}{51725}{Y:i}he means now.
{51736}{51779}Sorry about this, too.
{51867}{51936}Can't afford to have him telling Landry|he ran into us.
{52570}{52597}{Y:i}Let's move.
{52774}{52800}You set?
{52801}{52832}Go for it.
{52990}{53025}What the hell?
{53055}{53118}General Landry to the control room immediately.
{53122}{53176}Okay, they're gonna be able|to get through my hack pretty quickly.
{53177}{53232}It's all right. I don't need much time.
{53253}{53273}What's going on?
{53274}{53317}I don't know, Sir.|The Gate just started dialing on its own.
{53318}{53376}- It doesn't do that.|- I know that, Sir.
{53425}{53455}{Y:i}Close the iris.
{53460}{53482}{Y:i}I can't, Sir.
{53483}{53514}Find a way, Walter.
{53515}{53565}Colonel Sheppard, stand down.
{53566}{53617}That is a direct order.
{53659}{53708}Do you want me to try and find out|where they were going, Sir?
{53709}{53735}{Y:i}Don't bother.
{53736}{53780}I already know.
{54009}{54042}My turtles!
{54074}{54091}{Y:i}What?
{54092}{54167}I just bought some wee baby turtles.|And no one knows to feed them.
{54177}{54221}Well, turtles are pretty hardy.
{54222}{54255}I'm sure they'll be fine.
{54256}{54297}And they make good soup.
{54325}{54387}I figured I'm back for good so|I might as well get a pet,
{54388}{54444}I'm allergic to cats and,
{54445}{54535}well, I'm at work too long to be fair to a dog,|so I went with turtles.
{54538}{54564}I've probably killed them.
{54565}{54596}Anytime now, McKay.
{54597}{54653}Oh, trust me, I am going as fast as I can.
{54654}{54696}Poor little buggers.
{54758}{54824}The Milky Way Gate just activated.
{54843}{54876}Did you do that?
{54882}{54901}No.
{54907}{54936}Colonel Sheppard...
{54940}{55007}I'm going to assume that|you're still at the midway station,
{55008}{55084}waiting for Dr. McKay to rewrite his macro.
{55090}{55127}{Y:i}I understand what you're doing, Colonel...
{55128}{55179}Hell, I'll even call it brave...
{55192}{55293}but if you don't turn that ship around immediately|and come back to the SGC,
{55294}{55390}I will see to it personally|that your career in the military is...
{55450}{55509}That way, I won't know what he was gonna say.
{55510}{55534}{Y:i}Okay.
{55536}{55562}Okay, I've got it.
{55571}{55593}All right.
{55602}{55650}Last chance to change our minds.
{55740}{55767}All right.
{55784}{55821}Let's do it.
{56083}{56163}I knew you would never come to me,|so I thought I would come to you.
{56178}{56228}Our relationship has been...
{56253}{56284}strained...
{56298}{56353}but we need to put all that behind us now.
{56375}{56400}We do?
{56418}{56502}Well, your friends have all returned home and|you've been asked to leave Atlantis,
{56503}{56544}{Y:i}so the question is...
{56559}{56597}what will you do next?
{56600}{56667}We are helping my people rebuild this settlement.
{56668}{56717}Yes, but the settlement seems finished.
{56718}{56809}Besides, is carpentry and clearing brush|really the best use of your skills?
{56810}{56841}Get to the point.
{56866}{56903}Come work with me.
{56929}{56973}{Y:i}I understand your reluctance.
{56974}{57058}In the past, the Genii have hardly been|the shining beacon of hope in the galaxy.
{57059}{57088}"In the past"?
{57092}{57146}We are growing stronger every day,
{57165}{57262}and we have a number of operations|planned that could seriously cripple the Wraith.
{57271}{57316}What do you have in mind?
{57325}{57419}Well, I am, of course, reluctant to go|into specific details here...
{57435}{57506}but suffice it to say the plans are dangerous
{57507}{57570}and in need of your unique abilities.
{57577}{57613}We're not interested.
{57638}{57677}Well, that's too bad,
{57689}{57747}although not entirely surprising.
{57761}{57812}{Y:i}Give it some time, Ronon.
{57842}{57929}I wonder how much joy|you'll find as a tava bean farmer.
{57983}{58031}I'm not gonna start working for the Genii.
{58032}{58082}We would not be working for them,
{58083}{58114}merely with them.
{58115}{58148}Forget it.
{58173}{58255}Since Atlantis was returned to the Ancestors,|the Genii...
{58256}{58355}are the most powerful and organized|group of humans fighting the Wraith.
{58372}{58426}The Ancestors'll do something.
{58433}{58461}True...
{58462}{58537}but they neither need nor have they requested our help.
{58538}{58576}The Genii have.
{58607}{58686}I know that you are anxious to return to the fight,|but...
{58687}{58739}my people are farmers.
{58740}{58781}Maybe this isn't the place for me, then.
{58782}{58823}{Y:i}That smells great.
{58883}{58922}{Y:i}Hope you saved some for us.
{58923}{58954}John?
{58957}{59002}It is wonderful to see you. All of you.
{59003}{59033}{Y:i}And you.
{59045}{59098}We missed that.|Whatever...
{59099}{59131}that is.
{59135}{59174}Something's wrong.
{59258}{59356}They emit a directional energy beam|that disrupts the connection between nanites.
{59357}{59394}Not what I asked.
{59422}{59465}Yes, they work good.
{59466}{59491}{Y:i}Good.
{59495}{59544}So you need us because...
{59545}{59577}we know our way around the City?
{59578}{59642}I need you because you're part of our team.
{59644}{59709}There may be hundreds|of Replicators on Atlantis by now.
{59710}{59751}We've got a plan.|A good one.
{59752}{59816}I wouldn't ask you to come with us|if I didn't think we could do it.
{59817}{59924}Also, General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey were both|on Atlantis when the Replicators attacked.
{59926}{59972}There is a chance they're still alive.
{59973}{60087}I'll be damned if I'm gonna let a bunch|of Replicators take our home away from us.
{60088}{60113}So...
{60133}{60167}you with us?
{60450}{60507}Okay, I think I've loaded up the GDO.
{60510}{60555}It'll lower the shield when we dial.
{60556}{60586}Go for it.
{60593}{60618}All right.
{60619}{60652}Dialing Atlantis.
{60731}{60757}And...
{60908}{60938}What's happening?
{60942}{60969}Activate the shield.
{61013}{61036}I can't.
{61037}{61071}That's confirmation.
{61072}{61114}Gate shield has been lowered.
{61115}{61166}I hope this little plan of ours works.
{61167}{61208}Yeah, you and me both.
{61547}{61603}_^^^^_|( O . O )|( o )