{1}{1}23.976 {67}{95}{Y:i}Let me ask you a question. {97}{131}Say there's a runaway train. {132}{241}It's hurtling out of control towards ten people|standing in the middle of the tracks. {246}{351}The only way to save those people is to flip a switch,|send the train down another set of tracks. {353}{386}The only problem is {393}{458}there is a baby|in the middle of those tracks. {460}{520}Why would anyone leave|a baby in harm's way like that? {521}{585}I don't know. That's not the point.|Look, it's an ethical dilemma. {586}{627}Look, Katie Brown brought it up|over dinner the other night. {628}{647}The question is: {648}{785}is it appropriate to divert the train|and kill the one baby to save the ten people? {795}{844}Wouldn't the people|just see the train coming and move? {845}{884}No. No, they wouldn't see it. {889}{918}Why not? {923}{980}Well... look, I dunno, say they're blind. {981}{1022}- All of them?|- Yes, all of them. {1023}{1079}Then why don't you just call out|and tell them to move out of the way? {1080}{1138}- Well, because they can't hear you.|- What, they're deaf too? {1163}{1226}- How fast is the train going?|- Look, the speed doesn't matter! {1227}{1329}Well, sure it does. If it's goin' slow enough,|you could outrun it and shove everyone to the side. {1330}{1374}Or better yet, go get the baby. {1376}{1424}- For God's sake! I was just trying to...|{y:i}- Rodney? {1425}{1458}Yes. Go ahead. {1463}{1590}{Y:i}Major Lorne just dialled in from M4D-058.|He says he's got something you'll want to see. {1624}{1650}Work it out. {1670}{1711}We came through the space Gate and {1712}{1802}immediately noticed a bunch of small satellites|in geosynchronous orbit above the planet. {1803}{1839}An advanced civilisation? {1843}{1872}{Y:i}That's what we thought, {1873}{1941}then we picked up life signs directly below,|so we flew down, {1946}{2035}saw several villages separated by a large river|and decided to check one of them out, {2036}{2066}{Y:i}and as you can see... {2067}{2092}Sergeant... {2098}{2192}{Y:i}these people don't exactly look like|they're ready to be launching any satellites... {2193}{2263}{Y:i}at least not for the next five hundred years or so. {2264}{2314}The Ancients probably put `em up there. {2322}{2372}Send a science team to check it out. {2391}{2503}Actually, I think Doctor McKay|may wanna come check this one out for himself. {2506}{2532}Why? {2545}{2577}Take a look. {3177}{3247}Season 3, Episode 16|The Game {3257}{3327}Transcript by Callie Sullivan {3329}{3399}Subtitles by SG-66|www.seriestele.net {4436}{4494}How the hell did your face get on that flag? {4501}{4532}I don't know. {4553}{4580}Here's the thing, though: {4582}{4639}that flag's very similar to the one|I designed in our game. {4640}{4696}It's exactly like the one you designed in our game. {4698}{4719}What game? {4720}{4782}- The game Rodney and I have been playing.|- We didn't tell you about the game? {4783}{4846}{Y:i}- We've been playing for a while now.|- Yeah, off and on in our spare time, {4847}{4892}you know, at night, between missions, {4893}{4942}- I could have sworn we told you about it?|- What... {4944}{4974}game? {4993}{5022}Well, it started a while ago... {5023}{5084}{Y:i}a few months after we arrived here.|We were exploring the City, {5085}{5167}{Y:i}checking out some labs on the east pier|when we discovered a room. {5168}{5227}{Y:i}There were several Ancient consoles and screens... {5228}{5263}{Y:i}it was quite an impressive layout. {5264}{5339}{Y:i}As usual, everything sprang to life|as soon as we entered. {5472}{5546}{Y:i}At first we thought it was some kind of|a geological facility. There was a... {5548}{5621}{Y:i}a screen with a map|that we assumed was of the Lantean mainland. {5622}{5704}- Yes, I remember you briefed me about that.|- Right! There you go! We did tell you! {5705}{5747}You mentioned nothing about a game, though. {5748}{5787}That's because at first|we didn't know what it was, then {5788}{5847}{Y:i}Rodney studied it more closely.|He realised... {5848}{5885}{Y:i}it wasn't a geological lab at all. {5886}{5945}{Y:i}No, it turns out it was, in fact,|a... kind of... {5948}{5978}{Y:i}Ancient game room. {5984}{6074}{Y:i}The map was of a fictional civilisation|as part of a simulated world. {6075}{6109}Sweet! {6110}{6186}Yeah, what you do is, you'd take|these countries that are already in the database {6188}{6224}and you'd assume control of them. {6225}{6291}Two societies separated by a river|straight down the middle. {6292}{6330}Sheppard took one country; I took the other. {6331}{6448}First thing Rodney did was started by renaming|his country and putting his face all over the flag. {6517}{6577}I think you need to check this planet out. {6852}{6907}So the Ancestors created this game? {6910}{6959}Yes, but this is no ordinary game. {6961}{7024}I mean, it is incredibly challenging, instructional... {7025}{7096}I mean, the sheer number of options built into it.|Staggering. {7097}{7126}How does one play it? {7127}{7173}You have to figure out|the best way to run your country. {7174}{7216}{Y:i}Yeah, you build roads, you... {7217}{7301}establish laws moulded to|your own specific ideology... {7321}{7352}{Y:i}You can control everything: {7353}{7407}{Y:i}proper sanitation systems|with water delivery... {7408}{7441}{Y:i}transportation... {7442}{7500}{Y:i}I mean, every detail can be manipulated... {7501}{7558}I mean, right down to the women's hairstyles. {7700}{7734}Hello there! {7738}{7775}So how do you win this game? {7777}{7811}It's not really about winning. {7812}{7889}{Y:i}It's more about whose society outshines the other's. {7890}{7981}I mean, who creates a better infrastructure,|who's better at trade. {8024}{8050}{Y:i}What? {8051}{8101}Hey, don't start.|I tried to negotiate with you. {8102}{8200}Making a list of demands and not giving|anything in return is not negotiating. {8201}{8251}I offered you an entire crop of beans. {8252}{8290}I don't need beans. I need lumber. {8291}{8366}Oh, right to build|a defensive fortifications for your army, {8367}{8433}which he doubled in size, by the way.|Surprise, surprise. {8434}{8495}- I only did that after you started cheating.|- I did not cheat. {8496}{8584}He's giving his people way too much technology|for their level of development. {8586}{8637}I'm not the only one increasing my army, by the way. {8638}{8718}I had to do something to protect|the people of Geldar from you. {8727}{8749}Geldar? {8750}{8794}It's the name of Rodney's country. {8795}{8855}He named it after a girl he stalked in college. {8856}{8918}I did not stalk her. We dated twice. {8922}{8975}Teresa Geldar...|a very cute blonde. {8982}{9075}I always used to think her name|reminded me of some kind of a mythological land. {9076}{9115}The Kingdom of Geldar. {9149}{9193}What did you call your country? {9194}{9220}Well, I just... {9221}{9269}kept the name it already had. {9358}{9400}Well, there are the satellites. {9409}{9441}Dozens of them. {9442}{9517}Positioned directly above the continent.|A perfect grid... {9520}{9593}ten by ten. We should have a visual on one of them. {9811}{9854}Definitely looks Ancient. {9871}{9903}And active. {9904}{9965}It's transmitting a tremendous amount of data. {9978}{10026}Alright, let's check it out. {10631}{10673}This is amazing! {10678}{10722}If you say so. {10894}{10921}Yeah! {10922}{10979}That's something you see in a medieval village! {10980}{11012}Yes, well, the... {11013}{11069}Renaissance obviously came early to these folks. {11070}{11123}A couple of hundred years early? {11284}{11313}Rodney? {11840}{11879}Say something. {11882}{11936}- Like what?|- I don't know! {11937}{11967}{Y:i}Hello. {11992}{12033}I am Nola. {12042}{12074}Yes, well... {12075}{12147}this is Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard,|Teyla Emmagan, {12148}{12182}Ronon Dex, and I'm... {12184}{12212}McKay. {12213}{12229}Doctor {12230}{12244}Rodney {12245}{12271}McKay. {12457}{12518}The resemblance is...|uncanny. {12636}{12689}You are the Oracle. {12691}{12723}The Oracle? {12979}{13031}Welcome to Geldar. {13191}{13248}{Y:i}Please forgive my nervousness. {13256}{13319}I never thought you'd appear to us in the flesh. {13329}{13393}Why do you refer to him as the Oracle? {13421}{13525}- The Oracle is a wise and omnipotent deity.|- Boy, she's in for a rude awakening. {13526}{13593}Thousands of years ago he gave our ancestors life. {13594}{13667}He instructed them how to build their society,|how to live their lives. {13668}{13719}His guidance was revered by all. {13724}{13768}Then one day without warning, {13769}{13816}the Oracle ceased all communications. {13817}{13849}War with the Wraith. {13850}{13938}Our people were puzzled by this|but they continued to adhere to his instructions, {13939}{13998}living their lives according to his teachings|which they... {13999}{14066}passed down from generation to generation. {14072}{14147}Have you not had any trouble with the Wraith? {14150}{14176}Yes. {14178}{14219}They've come periodically... {14220}{14276}culled our people, destroyed our villages. {14282}{14319}Those who survived rebuilt, {14320}{14403}but only to the level at which|the Oracle had instructed before he left. {14406}{14520}We found ourselves stalled in our development,|unwilling to push forward without the Oracle's guidance, {14521}{14579}{Y:i}hoping one day he would return to us. {14580}{14635}And two years ago, he did. {14640}{14725}The Oracle resumed communicating with us,|teaching us many new things. {14728}{14806}He challenged us to think,|to push the limit of our scientific endeavours. {14807}{14845}He changed the name of our country and {14846}{14927}- even revealed his likeness to us.|- Enough with the pictures! {14986}{15032}And you communicate {15035}{15064}through that. {15065}{15104}{Y:i}The portal, yes. {15190}{15251}It's through this that we receive our instructions. {15252}{15308}{Y:i}And the Oracle knows when you have carried them out? {15309}{15331}{Y:i}Yes. {15332}{15366}It's the satellites. {15367}{15404}They must be tracking everything that's going on {15405}{15472}and then relaying it via subspace|back to Atlantis. It's remarkable. {15473}{15513}So, not a game after all. {15514}{15557}No, it's obviously some kind of... {15561}{15595}Ancient experiment... {15596}{15623}social development, {15624}{15683}try out different ways to create civilisations. {15705}{15755}This country here. {15756}{15788}Hallona. {15823}{15874}A persistent thorn in our side. {15904}{15971}Now that you've come to us,|you can help us remove it. {16158}{16185}{Y:i}So this is it? {16186}{16271}Yes, yes. It is an amazing piece of technology. {16272}{16328}It appears to be a sociological experiment {16329}{16377}designed by the Ancients to help them|as they were... {16378}{16438}seeding various civilisations throughout Pegasus. {16444}{16505}I've had a chance to look at it further|and it's interesting: {16506}{16571}there are many more civilisations|in the game's database. {16572}{16594}{Y:i}Really? {16595}{16677}- I thought Rodney said there were only two?|- That's what he thought. {16678}{16760}The actual countries that|he and Colonel Sheppard are controlling {16761}{16845}are on this specific planet,|but I've been able to access the codes {16846}{16904}to unlock additional levels to the game... {16905}{16981}I mean, to the experiment. {16987}{17089}I discovered countries on planets|throughout the galaxy. {17094}{17149}Some have been idle for the past ten thousand years,|I guess... {17150}{17201}{Y:i}awaiting instructions from the Ancients, but {17202}{17296}some have managed to develop on their own,|even flourish. {17310}{17364}Some have been destroyed by war, {17365}{17401}and others have been {17409}{17447}completely wiped out. {17482}{17591}Not that Rodney's and Colonel Sheppard's|societies are on this path. {17663}{17734}So much power at one's fingertips. {17764}{17825}It's amazing the attraction of this... {17831}{17857}game. {18010}{18088}We've managed to achieve propulsion|through hand-powered propellers, {18091}{18172}but now we're undertaking tests|of steam-powered propulsion. {18173}{18256}Only this morning I completed a test|that proved quite promising. {18257}{18313}Really?|That's great. {18320}{18355}You're pleased? {18356}{18390}Yes, yes.|I mean, this is... {18391}{18429}this is quite an achievement. {18580}{18624}What's he doing here? {18631}{18677}It wasn't my idea. {18682}{18732}{Y:i}Doctor Rodney McKay, {18737}{18778}meet Baden. {18815}{18841}Your guy. {18842}{18874}My guy. {18878}{18907}Yeah, it figures. {18908}{18965}I should have you arrested for trespassing. {18972}{19002}Go ahead and try. {19003}{19030}{Y:i}Easy now. {19031}{19111}I brought him here because|we need to have a little discussion. {19120}{19172}I have nothing to say to him. {19175}{19234}- Fine with me.|- Yeah, maybe not... {19250}{19316}but we definitely have something to say to you. {19354}{19440}So his story's pretty much the same as Nola's. {19441}{19527}His ancestors received instructions from their Oracle {19528}{19598}who disappeared for thousands of years,|only to... {19599}{19665}{Y:i}suddenly resume communicating a few years ago. {19666}{19682}{Y:i}Let me guess: {19683}{19772}{y:i}- he told you to double the size of your army.|- Yes, he has a capable army. {19775}{19814}{Y:i}And some nice villages. {19815}{19888}No people riding bicycles or hot air balloons, {19889}{19949}- because we weren't cheating.|- I didn't cheat! {19950}{20001}Have you come to agree to our trade proposals? {20002}{20049}You mean demands? {20057}{20086}Never. {20131}{20239}- Then I refuse to sit at the same table...|- Look, please, just... just sit. {20293}{20322}Thank you. {20364}{20425}This hostility between you... {20426}{20521}have your people lived|like this for thousands of years? {20522}{20545}{Y:i}No. {20556}{20614}There was once peace between our lands. {20662}{20759}- Oh no.|- So this hostility did it... {20763}{20812}start a few years ago? {20813}{20839}Yes. {20851}{20928}Shortly after the Oracle|resumed communicating with us. {21105}{21127}So... {21130}{21196}- what, they're starving?|- Well, not as of yet, but {21200}{21240}if they don't change their approach to agriculture, {21241}{21298}it won't be too long before|many of their people go hungry. {21301}{21390}The frustrating thing is that there is|a large piece of fertile soil in the south {21391}{21500}of the country that would be ideal|for tuber cultivation, you know? {21511}{21532}Sorry, {21533}{21575}- tuber?|- Tuber, yeah, tuber. {21577}{21630}It is indigenous to the planet.|It's a... {21635}{21676}it's like a potato. {21709}{21757}So why didn't you say potato? {21758}{21801}Because it's not a potato.|It's... it's... {21806}{21825}it's... {21827}{21851}larger. It... {21852}{21913}it has the same texture|and nutrients as a potato but {21915}{21948}it's a... {21952}{21985}like a cantaloupe. {22024}{22058}That's a pretty big potato. {22060}{22110}Yeah, it is a big potato. {22111}{22155}So if they plant this thing there, it'll grow? {22156}{22250}Yeah, oh yes, whole fields of it.|I mean, they could sustain an entire village... {22251}{22317}but...|they're oblivious to it. {22344}{22373}You tell `em. {22377}{22415}Anonymously. {22434}{22477}Oh, c'mon, Doc, you can either {22478}{22545}stand here and let the people die, or you can {22550}{22581}help `em out. {22587}{22642}Sounds like a no-brainer to me. {22733}{22816}As soon as we input the instructions into our console,|they are... {22817}{22856}relayed back to this device {22857}{22916}by a number of satellites in orbit over your planet. {22917}{22966}Once you've carried out the instructions, {22967}{23075}the satellites transmit their real-time|results back to us on our homeworld. {23131}{23154}So {23157}{23208}you're saying this is a game? {23229}{23262}No, no... {23274}{23362}- I mean, we thought it was a game, but...|- We didn't know there were real people {23363}{23404}on the other end. {23440}{23479}You are the Oracle? {23483}{23541}I'm your Oracle, yes. {23557}{23637}- That doesn't sound right.|- I know this is difficult to absorb, but {23638}{23673}{Y:i}it is all true. {23676}{23742}You flew in the Puddle Jumper.|You know they have the technology. {23743}{23775}I'm not listening to this. {23776}{23830}Just hold on here a sec.|We can prove it to you. {23836}{23861}{Y:i}How? {23877}{23916}Let's go for a ride. {24332}{24417}{Y:i}Baden, Nola, this is Doctor Weir,|leader of our expedition. {24418}{24459}Welcome to Atlantis. {24467}{24597}If these two gentlemen haven't done so already,|let me please offer you our sincerest apologies {24598}{24648}for this intrusion into your lives. {24649}{24690}- Intrusion?|- An imposition, {24691}{24729}maybe, and a benevolent one at that. {24730}{24775}{Y:i}I mean, if you could have seen the villages now {24776}{24828}{Y:i}- compared to the way they were when we started...|- Rodney. {24851}{24911}Now, why don't you take them to|your game room. {24912}{24962}Show them what you two have been up to? {24963}{24988}Right. {25016}{25043}Shall we? {25195}{25215}{Y:i}So... {25218}{25273}{Y:i}this is Geldar and this is Hallona. {25274}{25293}Look... {25294}{25350}two weeks ago I instructed you|to start digging a {25352}{25416}well for the new settlement|on the eastern slope and {25424}{25451}{Y:i}on here. {25454}{25489}{Y:i}There. See? {25587}{25629}Construction's already begun. {25646}{25673}Yes. {25701}{25749}I gave the order myself. {25825}{25905}- Our lives are just a game.|{y:i}- Well, now, no. {25912}{26003}They're not games to you and, in our defence, {26007}{26061}we were trying to improve your lives. {26062}{26135}It's like he said: everything we did,|every instruction we gave was to {26136}{26174}better conditions for your people. {26175}{26258}- And if that meant cheating...|- OK, you know, enough with that already! {26376}{26440}{Y:i}- Is the room OK?|- It's fine. {26450}{26481}Well, then, if you... {26482}{26537}if you need anything at all,|don't hesitate to ask. {26538}{26565}OK? {26588}{26607}{Y:i}You hungry? {26608}{26672}Cause we could walk across|to the mess hall. They've got... {26678}{26733}I think it's... Salisbury steak today. {26734}{26792}{Y:i}It's very good.|They have a gravy that they put on the... {26796}{26845}on the steak part and... {26856}{26908}The Oracle was a god to us. {26966}{27026}I believed in his teachings, {27033}{27168}so much so that my people elected me leader|because of my passion for scientific advancement. {27169}{27227}Well, they obviously made the right choice. {27229}{27297}Now I must resolve myself to the fact {27315}{27372}that the Oracle is only a man. {27397}{27425}Yeah. {27444}{27477}Sorry about that. {27495}{27575}It's like I said, though.|I did what I did with the best of intentions. {27584}{27618}To win a game. {27625}{27646}No. {27650}{27690}No, no. It is not about {27695}{27739}winning or losing. {27750}{27841}Look, the information I gave you and|your people is very real, very useful. {27844}{27911}I've set you on a course that will allow you|to develop into a... {27913}{27950}into a modern society. {27955}{28000}I mean, what were you two years ago?|You were a... {28001}{28086}you were a primitive, disparate cluster|of villages stalled in development. {28087}{28122}Now you're making dirigibles. {28123}{28185}Do you have any idea how momentous that is? {28246}{28296}The Oracle once said, {28305}{28363}"Ask not what Geldar can do for you, {28364}{28416}but what you can do for Geldar." {28431}{28470}Those were your words. {28497}{28529}Give or take. {28530}{28576}They are very wise. {28581}{28611}Yes. {28639}{28671}Yes, they are. {28698}{28747}Well, now that you know the truth, {28748}{28793}you can go back to living your own lives. {28794}{28853}We won't bother you any more. {28854}{28879}No. {28892}{28934}You must still help us. {28935}{28994}You don't need our help, you'll be fine. {28995}{29040}We need more weapons. {29058}{29120}The flying machine you brought us here in. {29135}{29189}You called it a Puddle Jumper. {29194}{29233}Our army could use it. {29234}{29257}No. {29261}{29295}Can't do that. {29305}{29414}- But you encouraged me to increase the military.|- In response to McKay, {29415}{29504}the other Oracle,|doing things that I thought were... {29505}{29575}aggressive? Arrogant? {29581}{29634}Demeaning to me and my people? {29645}{29723}I will give you arrogant and demeaning but... {29724}{29754}The people of Geldar {29755}{29882}have started digging a mine beneath our borders|to exploit coal resources on our land. {29904}{29933}Really? {29946}{29998}It was only confirmed yesterday. {30003}{30088}This after several diplomatic|attempts to reach a compromise. {30089}{30138}Yeah, we couldn't come to an agreement,|but I... {30139}{30211}I didn't think he would start digging. {30224}{30327}I'm curious to know what response|you would have to such an incursion. {30347}{30440}I believe your next command would be|to launch an attack on the mine, {30449}{30514}prevent them from digging further. {30567}{30613}I'm right, aren't I? {30722}{30796}{y:i}- Did they believe you?|- Yes. They are fully aware of the situation. {30797}{30869}- Not too thrilled, obviously.|- We've got a big problem, though. {30871}{30891}What is it? {30895}{30996}Game or no game, the fact remains we've started|something these people don't seem to wanna stop. {30997}{31049}They hate each other|and may be headed for a {31050}{31108}very real war. {31120}{31149}Great. {31170}{31193}Great... {31194}{31295}and this is thanks|to your "benevolent imposition"? {31450}{31539}{Y:i}I've asked you both here this morning|so we can have a face to face talk. {31540}{31625}Now, hopefully,|I can help you reach an understanding. {31630}{31660}Where's Doctor McKay? {31664}{31740}Well, I've asked that neither he|nor Colonel Sheppard participate in this. {31741}{31775}I think they've already done enough {31776}{31849}in fostering the current tension between you. {31855}{31926}Now, I have had some experience|brokering peace treaties. {31933}{31998}I'm sure we can find some common ground. {32106}{32129}{Y:i}OK. {32133}{32217}Why don't we start by going back a few years, {32218}{32305}to the time when your two peoples lived in peace? {32306}{32348}We were naïve back then. {32356}{32410}{Y:i}Ignorant to our potential. {32415}{32500}Once we began to challenge ourselves intellectually, {32509}{32627}we began to see how the people of Hallona had been|abusing thousands of years of kindness from us. {32628}{32704}I've done everything I could|to achieve peace with you. {32705}{32730}Really? {32733}{32753}Such as? {32754}{32805}I sent gifts of goodwill. {32814}{32842}You sent crates {32843}{32880}of citrus fruit! {32884}{32907}Citrus! {32908}{32968}Do you have any idea|what an insult that is to my people?! {32969}{32998}It didn't used to be. {32999}{33092}OK, see, I think I know where|that comes from. Did M... {33104}{33134}the Oracle {33135}{33200}tell you that citrus fruit was bad? {33201}{33317}- He made us aware of its toxic properties, yes.|{y:i}- Everything is toxic to you! {33321}{33439}If they're not busy insulting us,|they're complaining about contaminated food, {33440}{33474}{Y:i}improper hygiene. {33475}{33539}Even the sunlight is dangerous to them! {33540}{33654}The only insult has been your unwillingness|to compromise in any trade negotiation. {33655}{33767}- Instead, you choose to increase the size of your army.|- You built an army too! {33768}{33851}- Only in response to your aggression.|{y:i}- My aggression? {33852}{33976}You dig a mine beneath our border to steal our coal|and you have the nerve to talk about aggression! {33977}{34051}- We're not stealing your coal.|- You crossed into our land! {34052}{34148}What do you need it for anyway? It's not like you|know the first thing about what to do with it. {34149}{34192}You see how she insults us? {34193}{34258}- By stating a fact.|- Please. {34260}{34303}If we can discuss this reasonably, {34304}{34389}- I am sure we can come to some sort of...|- We've tried. {34397}{34446}{Y:i}They agree to nothing. {34457}{34574}And until Doctor McKay is brought into this discussion,|I have nothing further to say. {34905}{34943}That went well. {34949}{34977}Talk to them. {34978}{35075}Get them back to the table and hammer out a truce.|I have run into a roadblock. {35076}{35138}- Really? Nola seemed very agreeable.|- To you. {35139}{35190}Yeah, well, more agreeable than Richard the Lionheart. {35191}{35259}They are both refusing to compromise. {35260}{35344}You seem to have convinced them that they|can't make any decisions without your guidance. {35345}{35374}That's not true. {35383}{35409}Tell them that. {35447}{35485}{Y:i}This is delicious! {35486}{35558}Listen, you need to make peace|with the people of Hallona. {35559}{35630}If tensions keep rising like this,|it could lead to war. {35633}{35657}I'm aware of that. {35658}{35710}Well, then, you're also aware|that people will get hurt. {35728}{35779}I know the danger to my people. {35783}{35909}I also know you've taught us things Baden's band of|knuckle-draggers won't learn for hundreds of years. {35918}{36025}Under your leadership, we hope to remain many|steps ahead of any kind of aggression from them. {36026}{36098}Nola, you and your people need|to start thinking for yourselves. {36099}{36145}Look, I'm not gonna be there for you any more. {36151}{36235}You need to take control of your own lives,|start making your own decisions about your future. {36236}{36300}And there can be no future without peace. {36306}{36359}- I agree.|- Good. {36378}{36476}And as soon as the people of Hallona|either concede or get out of our way, {36478}{36520}peace will be restored. {36545}{36585}What you told me before... {36593}{36685}I do realise how monumental our progress has been, {36692}{36763}and I refuse to let Baden destroy that. {36764}{36873}Great spirits have always encountered|opposition from mediocre minds. {36874}{36917}Those are the words of the Oracle. {36919}{36953}Your words. {36954}{37068}- Einstein's, actually, but...|- If we yield one bit to Hallona, {37069}{37183}it will be equal to taking a giant|step back in our development. {37205}{37298}I owe it to my people to make|sure that does not happen. {37411}{37448}{Y:i}They're digging further. {37460}{37530}Every hour they intrude deeper into our land. {37531}{37600}To get them to stop, you have to provide an incentive. {37608}{37647}Like attacking the mine? {37648}{37707}That'll cause a whole `nother set of problems. {37708}{37769}The only problems will be with the people of Geldar. {37770}{37827}Not necessarily. They can fight back. {37833}{37859}What are you saying... {37860}{37888}we should capitulate, {37889}{37918}let them do whatever they want? {37919}{37979}No. You make a deal, trade... {37980}{38102}say, you decide to share some of your weaponry|and they in turn give you some of their technology. {38103}{38128}{Y:i}John? {38158}{38183}Go ahead. {38184}{38213}{Y:i}How's it going? {38223}{38287}Well, he's being a little... {38288}{38313}{Y:i}stubborn? {38314}{38368}I was gonna use a different word. {38473}{38543}{Y:i}I'd like you to come to my office.|We need to talk. {38558}{38602}They're not open to any kind of deal? {38604}{38637}Not yet. {38638}{38715}Maybe we should stick `em in a room,|force `em to come to an agreement. {38716}{38737}Don't worry about it. {38738}{38763}They'll work it out. Look, {38764}{38823}we just happened to catch them|at a particularly bad time. {38824}{38897}Sheppard's guy's been doing|a lot of aggressive posturing of late. {38898}{38964}The only aggression is coming|from the people of Gelding. {38965}{39008}- Geldar.|- Whatever. {39015}{39113}His people are digging a mine across|the border into Hallona. {39157}{39248}The coal resources straddle the border|between my country and his. {39249}{39346}Barely! They go three miles into my country,|which your people are happily tunnelling into. {39347}{39408}It has been a point of contention between us, {39409}{39483}OK, but it is just a difference|in cartographic interpretation. {39484}{39568}- Tomayto. Tomahto.|- No, no, it's pretty clear cut. {39569}{39627}- You entered illegally into my country.|- Gentlemen. {39628}{39700}- You gave me no choice! You refused to negotiate!|- You mean give in. {39701}{39756}What do you care anyway?|It's not like your people were gonna use the coal! {39757}{39783}Oh, yeah, that's right. {39784}{39865}- You need it to power your medieval steam engines.|- Stop it. {39883}{39933}These are not your lands. {39934}{39957}This game... {39958}{39973}is over, {39974}{40021}so you'd better set aside your differences, {40022}{40103}because if the two of you can't|figure out how to forge a truce, {40108}{40163}how the hell are these people going to? {40208}{40228}{Y:i}Rodney? {40232}{40249}What? {40250}{40293}{Y:i}You'd better come to the Game Room. {40348}{40378}What happened? {40383}{40448}We've just received a data stream from the planet. {40557}{40623}{Y:i}Colonel Sheppard's army has launched an attack. {40657}{40723}Don't look at me. I didn't order it. {40855}{40913}They're going after the mine! {41011}{41035}Well... {41037}{41093}looks like your war just started. {41331}{41373}Who ordered this? {41393}{41412}I did. {41413}{41473}He entered the command on your game console. {41474}{41543}I only did it because I know it's something|you would have told me to do. {41544}{41608}I wanted you to make peace with these people! {41609}{41652}This attack will not go unpunished. {41653}{41698}{Y:i}No-one is doing any punishing. {41715}{41788}There'll be no further escalation to this conflict. {41813}{41847}{Y:i}There's no casualties reported. {41848}{41908}Looks like the mine was surrendered without a fight. {41909}{41988}I told my army to minimise collateral damage. {41989}{42019}You need to get back there. {42020}{42052}{Y:i}Take Ronon and Teyla with you. {42053}{42168}{Y:i}Go to your respective countries and make sure|this does not get any further out of hand. {42183}{42228}No-one has been hurt yet. {42243}{42283}Let's keep it that way. {42608}{42629}{Y:i}You're back. {42630}{42671}- We were beginning to worry.|- What's the status? {42672}{42734}I've ordered three army units to re-take the mine.|They're on their way. {42735}{42777}Oh no. No-no-no. You need to put a stop to that. {42778}{42798}- Why?|{y:i}- Look, {42799}{42863}we just need to step back and|re-assess the situation here, OK? {42864}{42928}We should be thinking about easing|tensions, not inflaming them. {42929}{42955}Oh no. {42991}{43028}{Y:i}They're continuing to advance. {43029}{43055}What? {43060}{43145}Divert the units away from the mine.|Have them gather in the village, prepare to defend it. {43146}{43182}Isn't this what she's supposed to be stopping? {43183}{43246}Yes. Look, listen to me. You cannot engage them. {43247}{43279}We must protect our people. {43282}{43347}Look, I agree, but you've gotta give|Sheppard some time. He'll call off the army. {43348}{43374}Will he? {43463}{43492}{Y:i}Sheppard. Come in. {43495}{43518}Go ahead. {43519}{43560}{Y:i}Are you watching what's going on here? {43561}{43598}We just got here. {43608}{43650}Pretty much the same set-up as yours. {43651}{43733}We don't have electricity, but|I'm not gonna get into that right now. {43734}{43793}Your army is still on the march. {43794}{43823}What? {43829}{43894}{Y:i}They're headed for one of my villages.|You need to call them off before they... {43895}{43937}The attack has begun. {44171}{44219}{Y:i}Looks like you guys are giving up. {44226}{44287}What?|No-no-no-no, that can't be right. {44302}{44345}That was fast, Rodney. {44347}{44423}They retreated without any kind of a fight.|What kind of an army is that? {44427}{44487}- Well, at least there's no casualties.|- It's alright. {44491}{44535}I have another plan. {44565}{44607}What other plan? {44612}{44655}Why are you asking me? {44743}{44765}What are you doing? {44766}{44819}- Preparing our counter-attack.|- What counter-attack? {44820}{44908}From information you gave us about high-temperature|and energetic materials technology, {44909}{44988}I have constructed a tactical explosive device. {44990}{45029}A bomb?|You actually built a bomb? {45030}{45097}I told you we'd always be several steps ahead of Baden. {45098}{45130}How come I didn't know about this? {45131}{45193}We have yet to test it,|so it still appears to not exist. {45194}{45250}We will target one of Hallona's outlying villages. {45251}{45344}How are you even gonna deliver it?|I mean, the catapult couldn't possibly reach that far. {45348}{45407}- I will deliver it.|- Using one of the airships you taught us to build. {45408}{45440}- Go.|- Oh, no. {45441}{45483}No-no-no-no-no.|Come back! {45523}{45587}You taught them how to build a bomb?! {45588}{45646}No! Well, not specifically. Look, {45647}{45697}OK, maybe I provided them|with a list of ingredients but... {45698}{45736}I don't believe this! {45737}{45778}How much damage can it cause? {45779}{45846}{y:i}- Enough to take out an entire village.|- Well, then, you must tell them to stop. {45847}{45892}I tried that, but it's already on the way! {45893}{45933}{Y:i}How are they delivering it? {45977}{46005}Dirigible. {46016}{46105}- You just had to cheat, didn't you?|- I did not cheat. Look, {46108}{46170}nowhere in the rules did it specifically|outlaw the development of flying machines... {46171}{46230}only the degree and speed|of technological advancement. {46231}{46285}Well, they advanced pretty damned fast, didn't they? {46286}{46341}Do we still have time to shoot it down? {46358}{46412}Yes. Yes, I think so. {46414}{46449}Then we'd better get moving. {46474}{46501}{Y:i}Absurd! {46503}{46569}{Y:i}What are you talking about?|It's a perfectly reasonable request! {46570}{46656}{Y:i}Oh yeah. Perfectly reasonable I give you|all of my food and my people starve. {46657}{46760}I am not asking you for all of your food!|Plus I did say that we would make a deal. {46761}{46807}A deal. Oh yeah. Baskets. {46808}{46838}Big baskets! {46839}{46897}Two dozen of `em, hand-woven and very nice. {46899}{46939}Oh, very nice. What am I gonna put in them? {46940}{46986}{Y:i}- Certainly not food!|- You know what? {46990}{47021}{Y:i}I think you're holding out on me. {47022}{47054}I think you have plenty of food. {47055}{47077}Are you calling me a liar?! {47078}{47142}No, I think you're trying to squeeze me|for a better deal, that's what I think. {47143}{47188}I have got nothing to hide! Now, if you're... {47189}{47251}OK, OK, so maybe I'll send some of my army|troops down and we'll have a look! {47252}{47301}What the hell are you two doing? {47354}{47464}I thought I gave specific orders|to stay away from this device. {47474}{47516}{Y:i}Yes, yes, you did. {47528}{47571}We just saw that there were some people {47572}{47626}in trouble and we thought that maybe that we could... {47670}{47681}help. {47682}{47703}{Y:i}No! {47710}{47743}No more help. {47745}{47784}Clearly we are not qualified. {47785}{47856}Now turn this thing off, disconnect|the power and seal the room. {47857}{47878}Yeah, but, OK, we... {47879}{47900}Now! {47962}{47987}Yes. {48150}{48213}I hoped you would be proud of our accomplishments. {48253}{48339}I am, really. I just... I wish it didn't lead to this. {48539}{48572}What's that? {48851}{48881}There it is. {48899}{48972}Good. Now all you have to do is puncture the balloon. {48975}{49004}Already on it. {49200}{49242}Colonel Sheppard! {49265}{49324}He shot down our airship with the Puddle Jumper! {49325}{49382}- Well, don't worry. No-one was hurt.|- He just... he punctured it. {49383}{49431}It sank harmlessly to the ground. {49513}{49560}Prepare the other bombs for delivery. {49561}{49586}Other bombs? {49587}{49621}What, you have more?! {49687}{49704}Great. {49988}{50024}Thank you for your help. {50035}{50090}You saved the lives of everyone in that village. {50091}{50145}We won't be doing that again. {50164}{50257}I had no idea they were capable of|delivering such a device. {50258}{50290}Tell me about it! {50293}{50393}I've issued orders to make certain|they don't try again. {50396}{50454}What kind of orders? {50455}{50511}A full-scale attack has been launched. {50537}{50589}It's time to finish this war. {50920}{50943}I've seen this before. {50944}{51006}If two sides are dead set on fighting,|nothing's gonna stop them. {51007}{51055}So I've gotta get Nola to call off the attack. {51056}{51101}You couldn't do it before.|What makes you think you can now? {51102}{51132}How about a little encouragement, {51133}{51194}you know,|"Go get `em, Rodney. I have faith in you"? {51205}{51225}OK, whatever. {51226}{51268}Look, I am not giving up on these people, {51273}{51319}which means until we get them to call this war off, {51320}{51370}then we are staying put right here. {51507}{51544}We could use your help. Come on. {51555}{51582}What's going on? {51585}{51664}Elizabeth diverted the Daedalus on its|way back to Earth to check up on us. {51665}{51725}Colonel Caldwell believed that|the situation had deteriorated. {51726}{51791}He feared that we would become|casualties of war and so beamed us out. {51792}{51841}Yeah, but I talked him into beaming us back, {51842}{51889}but we've gotta do something first, so come on. {51896}{51932}- Do what?|- I've got a plan. {51933}{51976}- Oh, what plan?|{y:i}- Oh, come on, already. {51977}{52013}How's the situation on your end? {52014}{52051}All-out war. You? {52158}{52210}Where did you go?|What happened? {52215}{52262}Nowhere. No, we were just upstairs. {52268}{52323}- Someone said you vanished into thin air.|- What?! {52324}{52360}No, that's ridiculous. How could we vanish? {52361}{52435}The airships have passed the southern forest.|They're nearing their targets. {52436}{52463}Let's hope we strike first {52464}{52542}before Baden's army reaches our villages.|We'll destroy their will to fight. {52543}{52567}OK. {52568}{52595}Listen to me. {52596}{52704}For two years now I have been the Oracle to your people.|I have given you much wisdom and guidance and {52705}{52748}bestowed much of my knowledge. {52753}{52825}- Look, it's like you said: I was a god.|- Easy. {52827}{52844}And yes, {52845}{52936}yes, I may just be a man,|but that wisdom still remains. {52939}{53037}And now, more than ever, you need to heed|my guidance and call back those ships. {53110}{53173}You told me it was time to start thinking on my own. {53189}{53218}Right. {53225}{53264}So now I am. {53284}{53334}My people are looking to me. {53347}{53389}This is my decision... {53419}{53484}and we will be victorious. {53698}{53734}Why won't you help us? {53735}{53791}I'm not shooting down any more ships. {53794}{53850}We're done helping you wage this war. {53862}{53909}Then we'll shoot them down ourselves. {53910}{53940}How? {53984}{54050}Our weapons are not as primitive as Nola believes. {54051}{54157}- Many people will die on both sides.|- If you want to leave, then leave. {54162}{54227}We'll continue this fight even if you've lost the will. {54228}{54329}- You're making a big mistake.|- The only mistake was not doing this sooner. {54394}{54424}You'll see. {54428}{54490}This is the right path for my people. {54699}{54738}{Y:i}They've reached our villages. {54739}{54775}Two have already fallen. {54776}{54843}The airships are almost in position. We should... {54894}{54926}What happened? {54936}{54979}They shot down one of your ships. {54988}{55056}- It wasn't the Puddle Jumper.|- Maybe one of the catapults hit it. {55057}{55093}No, impossible! {55192}{55259}Two more villages have fallen.|It appears many are dead. {55260}{55288}Sheppard... {55289}{55330}Come in... Sheppard! {55347}{55379}The radio's dead. {55473}{55510}They're coming here. {55631}{55658}What, they have bombs too?! {55659}{55716}{y:i}- We need to get your people out of here now.|- Help them. {55984}{56028}Their army has surrounded us. {56029}{56109}The road out of the village is blocked.|People are being slaughtered as they try to leave. {56110}{56143}We're trapped. {56288}{56322}What shall we do? {56524}{56561}It's over. {56846}{56891}Rodney, where the hell are you? {56928}{57025}They've dropped another bomb. Hundreds are dying!|How can you stand by and let this happen? {57105}{57148}Nola's army has surrounded the village. {57149}{57205}- We'll get to the Jumper.|- They just destroyed it. {57410}{57450}We're being overwhelmed. {57455}{57487}What should we do? {58064}{58100}Game over. {58207}{58242}{Y:i}Rodney, you there? {58265}{58313}Yeah. We hear you. {58318}{58361}We'll give you a call when we're ready to be picked up. {58362}{58395}{Y:i}Got it. {58406}{58449}I don't understand. {58470}{58500}What's going on? {58532}{58629}What you just witnessed is what I would call|another level to the game. {58630}{58676}See, we were beamed up earlier to our ship, {58677}{58740}the Daedalus, in orbit over your planet. {58741}{58812}While we were there, I had Doctor McKay|hack into the two devices, {58813}{58898}upload doomsday scenarios for each|of your countries into the game. {58899}{58984}Everything you saw just now|was transmitted from the Daedalus. {59013}{59045}You mean {59072}{59122}none of this was real? {59133}{59203}No-one was hurt. No-one was killed. {59209}{59254}{Y:i}All just part of the simulation. {59258}{59315}In reality, your two armies are standing down, {59316}{59358}awaiting further instructions. {59371}{59458}- But we heard explosions. We felt them.|- Thanks to some... {59462}{59538}pinpoint shots from our friends in the Daedalus. {59564}{59627}It really added to the realism, didn't it? {59709}{59765}I'm sorry that we had to do that, {59776}{59817}{Y:i}but you needed to see {59818}{59855}{Y:i}how this could end. {59859}{59912}Feel what a real war is like. {60150}{60229}You still think it was the right path for your people? {60479}{60512}Well, thanks Mel. {60592}{60620}Gentlemen. {60631}{60661}How's it going? {60670}{60707}Ah, it's still going. {60732}{60769}We're just taking a break. {60773}{60826}There's a lot of animosity to be unravelled {60827}{60909}but I think they are finally willing to|at least try to make it work. {60910}{60944}Well, it's about time. {60960}{61012}Yeah. And you two? {61030}{61069}Called a truce yet? {61070}{61120}Yeah, sure. We're good. {61121}{61164}Yeah, don't worry.|We're gonna stick to chess from now on. {61165}{61200}As long as Rodney doesn't cheat. {61201}{61242}Oh, please, like I need to cheat playing you? {61243}{61289}OK, I'll leave you to it, then. {61443}{61471}Checkmate. {61480}{61506}What?! {61511}{61550}Oh, no-no-no-no-no.|What happened there? {61551}{61621}- What happened there is I just kicked your ass.|- No, no, I was distracted. She was... {61622}{61658}OK, we're going again. {61659}{61692}Best of ten.