Programma Televisivo: Stargate SG-1 - 9x16
Previously on Stargate SG-1 Unfortunately that ship is now in the hands of the Lucian Alliance.
The who?
It's a coalition of former smugglers and mercenaries who've banded together to take advantage of the power vacuum left by the demise of the Goa'uld.
We received a communicate from a Goa'uld named Nerus.
Ring any bells?
He is a Goa'uld known for his many...
..appetites.
I was the one who figured out how to activate all the Stargates in the galaxy at once!
Didn't Ba'al mention that?
You will descend to a small dark room in the basement of Area 51 and you'll stay there till you come up with a defence against the Ori What would possibly compel me to do that?
Hunger.
What did you say to them?
Look!
Obviously, it didn't go so well.
I did advise that you were a most unlikely drug smuggler, Colonel Mitchell!
Can we please just fall back to the gate?
We cannot hold this position!
What's taking so long?
Guys!
We've got a problem.
Yes, bad men are shooting at us!
Just hurry up and open the damn..
..gate.
It's called Kassa.
Looks a lot like corn.
Which I always thought was indigenous to North America.
Must be pretty damn tasty if it's causing all this fuss.
I believe Lieutenant Mooney described it as sweet corn heaven.
What's his condition?
He's still craving it, Sir.
He didn't want to leave the planet.
I had to restrain him to get him back here.
That's amazing!
Obviously, you've never had my grandma's corn bread and black eyed peas.
No.
Um, what about the rest of the population?
Were they displaying any of the same addictive behaviours?
Well, everybody was fine when we first got there.
A fight broke out in the market place when supplies ran low and my men and I had to move in and restore order.
That's what made Mooney want a taste in the first place.
I just didn't think it would..
It's alright!
What just Dr Lee have to say about it?
He's still analysing the sample now, Sir, to determine whether or not it's naturally occurring.
This makes me wonder if the Ori have something to do with this.
Get all the population jonesing for space corn.
I don't know.
I also do not believe that to be likely.
Yes, it doesn't really fit their M.O., does it?
Besides, there was no evidence that a Prior had ever been there before.
In the last session of the interim Council, several Jaffa leaders complained of erratic behaviour on several planets.
We did not suspect tampering with the food supply.
Colonel, Were you able to dertermine where this Kassa came from?
I pressured one of the vendors for a gate address but to be honest I don't know if it's accurate.
It's worth checking out, Sir.
Find out what you can but try to stay under the radar.
Will do.
Taste testing the produce, huh?
Please!
I have two daughters.
Don't worry.
We're not gonna hurt you.
Who are you?
What do you want?
We're looking to buy some Kassa.
It is available at every market.
We're looking for a sizeable quantity.
I can maybe spare you one or two carts-full.
How much for the whole field?
This is not the way the Alliance does business.
As in the Lucian Alliance?
What other alliances do we know?
Many.
The Lucian Alliance will know you have come.
They have spies everywhere.
Great.
Because we're looking to set up a meeting, maybe you can arrange that.
Worrel returns this afternoon.
Worrel is...
This is his land, his crop.
He lives in a house just up the road.
Well.
Tell him Mr Shaft..
..would like to meet with him.
Any specific time or?
Should I just block off the whole afternoon?
I will arrange it but I must warn you, he will not take kindly to your request or to your presence.
What the hell was that?
What was what?
We're supposed to stay under the radar.
I doubt that this world possesses such technology.
See, when he's right, he's right.
Sam has a point.
We're not equipped to take these guys on right now.
I have no intention of taking anybody on, I'm just going to pose as a buyer.
You?
Well no offence Jackson, but you do not strike me as the drug dealer type.
In fact, you're not even close.
I think I'm as close as you are!
Come on, you're miles away.
Teal'c.
Which one of us is closer?
I believe the three of you to be equidistant.
Oh, please.
Mary Poppins is not even in the running!
And neither are you because I'm going.
I'm just going to ask some questions about the operation, find out what I can, tell them the price is too high and then high-tail it outta there.
This was a bad idea.
It's been four hours now, when do we call this thing?
They are heavily armed.
This is the man I told you about.
Mr Shaft.
Hey!
You must be Worrel!
Where are your friends Mr?
mitI figured you'd rather deal one on one.
Call me Shaft.
Who told you Kassa was grown here?
Well, in my business you get to know the right people.
What right people?
Y'know, the good, hard-working type who tell you what you want to know and then disappear.
You can go.
We'll talk inside.
Great.
If we remain here, we will be discovered.
Well, let's hope it doesn't come to that.
Fellas!
Do you think I'd carry a weapon?
Enough!
Alright Mr.
What can I do for you?
I represent a coalition of seven planets with a population of thirty million Kassa hungry souls.
We're looking for a supplier.
I don't have that kind of inventory.
No, nobody does, that's why I need more than one.
So if you could just refer me ...
Refer you?
Higher up.
So you wish to speak with my superior I think our needs are big enough to warrant our attention.
Your needs.
Oh, that didn't look good.
Just exactly who do you think you are.
I already told you my name.
Mister.
Actually, it's just Shaft.
Mister's more of a courtesy title, so if you could just pass it along to your superiors that's all I'm asking.
I'm forced to wonder what someone like yourself, a business man representing..
..How many planets did you say again?
7 But one of them's actually a moon, so ...
So thirty million potential customers.
And you need me to arrange a meeting with my superior.
See now, you're selling yourself short.
Yeah I think he's in trouble.
As are we.
What did you say to them?
Look!
Obviously, it didn't go so well.
Guys!
What's taking so long?
We've got a problem.
Just hurry up and open the damn..
..gate.
Okay, here's an obvious question ...
You're surrounded.
Drop your weapons.
Chevron 4 encoded.
Chief, how long are they overdue now?
Two hours, Sir.
Colonel Mitchell's never missed a check in.
Chevron 5 encoded.
General Landry, Sir.
I just spoke with Doctor Lee.
He's determined the plant contains a highly addictive psycho-stimulant.
Which just confirms what we already knew.
But we didn't know it was engineered, which means that it didn't evolve naturally.
Chevron 6 encoded.
Chevron seven will not lock.
Why not?
I don't know, Sir, I'm not showing any malfunction at this end.
Run a diagnostic and try again.
Yes sir.
The infamous SG1.
Everybody this is Worrel.
Trust me, Mister.
You won't get the best of me again.
Actually, it's Mitchell, Cameron Mitchell.
I tried to explain the "Mister" thing.
I don't think they..
How did you steal the stargate?
What?
SG-1 shows up on my little backwater planet and the Stargate vanishes?
I'm not a fool.
Perhaps not.
But we are not responsible.
We were here on a reconnaissance mission.
Ah.
So, you were done slaying system lords and decided to move on to more pressing agricultural concerns?
That's exactly it.
Corn patrol.
I have a question.
Why would we make the gate magically disappear before we had a chance to escape through it.
Bad timing.
That's got to be the single most stupidest thing I've ever heard.
The things always go according your plan in your world Dr Jackson?
No, not usually.
No.
Then I would guess this is another one of those times.
And until my stargate is returned, things will continue to go wrong.
We've made repeated attempts to connect, Sir.
There's no signal what so ever.
There's got to be a problem with the offworld gate.
Give me colonel Emerson on board the Odyssey.
Yes sir, right away.
Sir I have General Landry for you.
On screen.
Colonel, how goes the shake down?
90% of our primary systems are up and running sir.
Care to take a ride?
Another time.
I just need you to tell me that your hyperdrive is part of that 90% We've lost contact with SG1.
They were on P6G-452.
Estimate 22 hours.
Sir.
I wouldn't want to go into battle just yet, but I think we can go to 452 and extract SG-1 just inside of a day.
Glad to hear it.
I assume they have the new locator chip implants?
They were the first, after the events on Tegalus.
I can't think of a better first operational mission for the Odyssey than to bring home SG-1.
Neither can I, Colonel.
Good luck.
Thank you sir.
Landry out.
Major Marks, set a course for P6G-452.
Yes sir.
Attention all decks, this is Emerson.
Prepare to engage hyperdrive.
Take us out.
With pleasure sir.
Seriously, why would we take the stargate away before we had a chance to escape through it.
And don't say bad timing.
Are thing's continuing to go wrong for you Dr Jackson?
It's within your power to change that.
Torturing us is not going to get you the answer you're looking for.
I don't wanna torture you.
In fact, if you tell me the location of the stargate, I'm prepared to release you.
Ho you're not.
I can't..
Can you believe he just said that.
You've already blown your chance.
Who ever took your Stargate is long gone.
And when your superiors discover that you have let the real thieves escape.
It is you who will be tortured.
Someone is stealing Stargates?!
Well, four that we know of Sir, according to the Tok'ra dispatch.
Which could explain why we have been unable to dial 452 and contact SG1?!
Exactly, Sir.
In fact, the Trust tried this once with our gate.
Isn't any Goa'uld mothership or similar class vessel capable of taking a gate?
Not with Asgard beaming technology, which one eye witness apparently confirmed is the method being used.
Send an encrypted data burst of all available intel to Colonel Emerson on board the Odyssey.
Yes sir.
Oh chief.
call Peterson Air Base, I need to take a little trip to Area 51.
Right away, Sir.
General.
They told me you are coming.
But I didn't believe them.
I said I don't believe you.
Well here I am.
You come visit a condemned prisoner empty handed?
You're not a condemn prisoner Nerus.
But if you tell me what I need to know.
I'll arrange a feast, the likes of which you have not seen since you set foot on this planet.
Feast?
I do not use the word lightly.
Nor do I.
How may I be of service, my dear General?
Someone out there is stealing stargates.
I need to know Who?
How?
Why?
Stealing them.
Beamed right off the planets with Asgard technology, as far as we know.
Well that must be maddening for you.
It is.
I already have an idea who it might be.
Well if you are so smart, why do you need me for?
I have a theory, I still need some answers.
But such a quandary must be worth more to you than a single, solitary, indulgent meal.
Perhaps we could discuss my dietary requirements on a more permanent..
Every minute you waste trying to negotiate, I take one item off the menu.
Can we talk over appetisers?
General?!
Well, for what it's worth guys, sorry I dragged you into this.
It happens all the time.
Worrel my friend.
You're wearing a furrowed brow.
Deeply worried man.
How's your day going?
We've been recalled by the Alliance.
Well, you can't say we didn't tell you so.
It is far worse news for you.
I no longer have any reason to keep you alive.
No wait, I, I, I can think of a reason.
We're more valuable alive.
Yes!
Yes, we're more valuable alive.
Good one.
No.
My instructions were quite clear.
Take care of Mister Shaft last.
I want him to watch the others go first.
Your deaths will serve as a warning to your people never to meddle with our operations in the future.
General!
This chicken is most plump and delicious.
You spoil me General!
It's called turkey.
Turkey, eh?
Another rare delicacy.
Well, I must have more turkey!
What's this?
I'm losing patience, Nerus.
Well you already know who it is.
So it is Baal.
Of course it's Baal.
Who else could it be?
Why is he doing it?
You're the genius, you tell me.
Ah, maybe there's no need to go into the third and fourth courses.
No, General.
No, no, no, no, no.
no, no!
I meant that as the most sincere form of flattery.
You are one of the more intelligent human beings I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.
And I assure you General that this meal has just begun!
I'm glad to hear that.
The other three had nothing to do with this.
I was running the operation.
Cam Worrel knows this, tell him to get back here.
SG-1.
I'm Colonel Paul Emerson.
Welcome aboard the Odyssey.
Thank you, Sir.
How about that timing, Jackson?!
Good timing.
Airman, let's get these people out of these bindings and to the infirmary.
Sir.
I know you people have been through a lot.
We'll live, hand it over.
We received this information from SGC a few hours ago.
Damn, Baal's been busy.
He's been gathering up Stargates from all over the sector for the last several weeks.
Yeah, we saw one of them disappear.
Do we know why?
Not yet, nor do we know where he is.
What of the Lucian Alliance?
For the moment, General Landry considers this our top priority.
Where's he getting his intel?
Nerus.
Oh, Jim dandy.
Such intelligence cannot be considered reliable.
I'm not sure.
Nerus did work for Baal for centuries; it's as good a place as any to start.
And General Landry can be pretty persuasive when he needs to be.
Nerus, you have the most atrocious table manners of any person I've ever met.
Oh General, please.
You forget that, despite appearances, I am not human.
Oh my goodness.
Why does Baal want a dozen Stargates?
Nerus?
Desert!
Young man, you have positively read my mind.
Come in, come in!
Make room for desert!
Just put.
Ooh.
What are...
Individually frosted cakes!
Hah!
Well, you're so clever.
You figured out the perpetrator.
What do you think?
We assume he intends to offer them back to the planets he's stolen them from.
In exchange for some form of payment.
You're not very intelligent, are you General?
Sorry to disappoint you.
You're just thinking too small, that's all.
You've got to think more like a Goa'uld.
What is it..
..that Baal once had?
Think of it.
Now think..
..of what he has lost.
He's starting over.
Precisely.
See?
There's still hope for you yet.
You see, some time ago, Baal came to me..
..looking for a way to rebuild in the event that the Jaffa..
ever succeeded in conquering the Goa'uld.
Now I had been studying the Stargate system for months, to help you defeat the Replicators, incidentally, and I found a way to disable the correlative update programme.
So you could move a Stargate and not have it transmit its new position to the rest of the network.
Precisely.
So, it would seem that Baal has put my research into practise.
Which leads us to where?
I, I have a theory General but no assortment of..
..cheeses, however delicious, could possibly compel me to tell you that.
What did you have in mind?
My freedom.
Absolutely not.
Once he has set the programme, it will be impossible to detect.
Your freedom just isn't on the table, Nerus.
But I'm sure there is something else we could offer.
My dear General.
I rarely say this, so please take it to heart when I say..
..that for the moment.
I'm full.
What were you thinking, Worrel?
Please, don't kill me.
Now why would I do that?
The last time I heard you say that to someone they ...
I'm just stunned that you would honestly believe that SG-1 would steal the gate and trap themselves on the planet.
Well, I..I.
You had them for almost two days and you learned nothing.
And now two thirds of our crop will rot, uselessly.
If we could bring in cargo ships ...
Cargo ships.
Do you have any idea how many it would actually take?
I promise, I will avenge this.
Don't worry about SG-1 and Earth, they're of little consequence.
We have spies all over the galaxy.
Find out who really took the Stargate and get it back.
Or don't bother returning your self.
yes Netan.
Oh, oh, oh!
I trust you're all packed.
Yes.
With a sizeable assortment of what do you call them?
Cupcakes!
Yes!
A most generous point to concede in our negotiation, General.
Consider it a going away present.
Well, I'm touched.
Yes, well, I.
It took some convincing.
Well, superiors can sometimes be difficult.
They do have reason not to trust you.
Yes, but you did, you did convince them that it was a fair bargain?
Me giving the coordinates for my freedom.
Unless of course, you don't intend to honour..
I think you know by now, I'm a man of my word.
Oh.
Oh yes, of course you are.
Then you should have no trouble believing me when I say that..
..if you're lying about these coordinates, there will be nowhere in this galaxy that you'll be able to hide.
Oh, I believe you.
I'm glad.
Farewell!
Nuts.
Should I dial the coordinates he left, Sir?
No, it's probably a black hole or worse.
If I've learned one thing in this command, it's never to trust a Goa'uld.
Especially if his name is Nerus.
Yes Sir!
Come in.
Sir, we're picking up a sub-space signal from the beacon.
That was fast.
Yes, Sir.
It looks like you were right.
He went back to Baal.
Send the coordinates to the Odyssey A.S.A.P.
Yes, Sir.
Sir, if you don't mind my asking..
How did we plant the beacon on Nerus?
Yes, Sir.
It was a piece of cake.
Sir, I'm receiving a sub-space transmission from S.G.C.
It's a set of coordinates.
Baal.
General Landry is indeed persuasive.
Colonel, is the Odyssey ready to fight?
The shields have only been tested in simulation but our weapons and navigation are already online.
Let's take him down.
How nice!
You came to greet me in person.
Oh, oh!
I have this fabulous innovation I want you to..
It's called a cupcake.
It is so good ...
Why have you returned?
My old friend, you wound me deeply.
I am capable of wounding you much more deeply.
I thought you made yourself quite comfortable with the Tau'ri or was it the Ori?
You, you actually believe that I would defect to the Ori?
Ha ha ha ha!
No, no, no.
It was a temporary lapse of judgement, I admit but..
..I have never in my, in my life ever wavered one iota in my devotions for you.
Sir.
Are you certain you were not followed?
I am a genius you know.
So you insist.
Yes, and so I have proven in my service to you time and time again.
Do you know how many Stargates I had to go through to get here?
Ha ha!
Five Stargates!
Even after that na�ve General..
..promised me, anyway he gave me his word, that he wouldn't follow me.
If you wish to return to my court, Nerus, you shall have to prove yourself.
How?
Find me planets, suitable for my new empire.
I am ready to begin anew.
First, I must recover from my harrowing..
..Ordeal.
It would be wise not to defy me, Nerus.
Things have changed considerably since you left.
From what little we know of Baal's ship..
..there's only one cargo hold big enough to store the Stargates.
That's here.
We beam onto the ship, make our way into the cargo hold and tag the gates with these suckers.
Locator beacons.
They only operate through sub-space so they shouldn't be detected.
Once we lock onto their signal, we beam back the gates, beam ourselves out and hopefully, be gone before Baal notices the difference.
But won't Baal be able to detect the Odyssey?
And even if they don't, how do you beam through shields?
Let's just say that's been taken into consideration.
Oh dear.
General Landry had Doctor Lee program a virus into several of Nerus's devices.
As soon as he interfaces one of them with the ship, it should kill all their systems.
Shields, sensors, weapons.
Colonel Emerson, this is Flight Deck.
We're coming out of hyperspace now, Sir.
Understood.
We're on our way.
Baal's ship should be dead ahead, Sir.
Have they detected us?
Negative Sir, but I am receiving a sub-space locator code.
It was programmed to transmit when the virus became active.
Nerus didn't waste time for a change.
What is happening?
All our systems have failed!
How can that be?
I have limited power back online.
It looks like the systems are being disrupted from within the ship.
Come with me.
This way.
We're in.
Understood.
We'll hold the station within beaming range.
Oh, hello!
Oh, it's just a teeny tiny virus.
I'm sure I can eradicate it in short order, as soon as I get control of the terminal.
General Landry.
A lot more devious than I thought you were, you disappoint me.
I'll, I'll keep you informed!
Thank you.
Oh, there you are again.
Oh, I don't think that shooting the console will help but you could try.
Oh, I see.
I don't suppose there's anything I could say?
But I'm so interesting!
We have an intruder on the ship.
Oh boy.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8..
9, 10, 11, 12..
We're going to need more locators.
Colonel Mitchell.
Company!
Ideas?
Houston, we have a problem.
What is it?
Sir, another three motherships just dropped out of hyperspace.
What?
Intercepting a hail, Sir.
Ha'tak vessel, this is Netan of the Lucian Alliance.
Surrender now, or you will be destroyed.
Lucian Alliance, this is Colonel Emerson, commander of the Earth vessel Odyssey.
Please respond.
Sir, they've powered up weapons.
Target appears to be Baal's ship.
SG-1, this is Emerson.
What's your status?
Jackson, a little help!
Our position has been compromised, we are attempting to proceed with the mission!
Be advised, the Lucian Alliance just showed up.
You can't go up against all of them with an untested ship.
They're targeting Baal's ship, we've got to get you out of there now.
That's a negative, I'm still tagging the gates.
Colonel, without shields Baal's ship won't be able to withstand anything.
We know, thank you.
SG-1 out.
Status.
Managed to restore sensors and communications.
Detecting four other ships in close proximity.
What?
We're being hailed.
Put them on screen.
This is Netan of the Lucian Alliance.
You have cargo that belongs to us.
You will surrender it and your ship now.
You are in no position to make such demands.
You have no shields or weapons.
Surrender immediately or prepare to be boarded.
Go ahead.
Try.
Fire on them.
Target weapons and hyperdrive engines.
Get me my shields!
Sir, the Lucian Alliance vessel has opened fire.
SG-1, stand by for extraction.
We're attaching the last beacon now, go!
Activating transport.
I have managed to restore shields.
Sir, we've got a problem.
Baal's shields just went back up, you're going to have to sit tight.
We can't sit for long!
Fall back.
Bring us about.
Captain, fire forward rail guns at the lead ship.
Looks like we're going to be testing our shields.
Evasive.
Report!
Shields are holding but down eleven percent, Sir.
The Lucian Alliance ship shows minimal damage.
What about Baal's ship, can we get them out of there yet?
Negative, Sir.
Last mag.
Right, we need to find another way off this boat.
Carter?
I have an idea.
Nice.
Jaffa.
Covering fire!
Forget the weapons, bring our hyperdrive online!
My lord, I'm showing imminent shield failure!
Sir, Baal's ship just lost shields.
Get them out of there, now.
Hangar deck, report.
Sir, we've got all the gates but one.
we couldn't get a lock on its beacon.
What about SG-1?
Negative, Sir.
Baal's ship has been destroyed.
Concentrate all fire on the Earth vessel.
All three Lucian vessels are targeting us now, Sir.
Engage hyperdrive.
Glad to see you.
I'm a little surprised to see you come through the gate.
Colonel Carter successfully reprogrammed one of the D.H.D.s in Baal's cargo hold so that we could, in fact, escape.
Well done.
With your permission Sir, we should let the Odyssey know we're okay.
They probably fear the worst.
The worst?
That we were blown up on Baal's ship when the Lucian Alliance attacked, Sir.
So the Stargates were destroyed.
No, hopefully the Odyssey managed to beam the gates off in time.
An eventful few days!
Debrief in one hour.
We have got the best jobs in the world, don't we?
I'm going to hit the shower.
I'm going to find the Doctor.
We are indeed suitably employed.
Yeah, it was a good day.
The who?
It's a coalition of former smugglers and mercenaries who've banded together to take advantage of the power vacuum left by the demise of the Goa'uld.
We received a communicate from a Goa'uld named Nerus.
Ring any bells?
He is a Goa'uld known for his many...
..appetites.
I was the one who figured out how to activate all the Stargates in the galaxy at once!
Didn't Ba'al mention that?
You will descend to a small dark room in the basement of Area 51 and you'll stay there till you come up with a defence against the Ori What would possibly compel me to do that?
Hunger.
What did you say to them?
Look!
Obviously, it didn't go so well.
I did advise that you were a most unlikely drug smuggler, Colonel Mitchell!
Can we please just fall back to the gate?
We cannot hold this position!
What's taking so long?
Guys!
We've got a problem.
Yes, bad men are shooting at us!
Just hurry up and open the damn..
..gate.
It's called Kassa.
Looks a lot like corn.
Which I always thought was indigenous to North America.
Must be pretty damn tasty if it's causing all this fuss.
I believe Lieutenant Mooney described it as sweet corn heaven.
What's his condition?
He's still craving it, Sir.
He didn't want to leave the planet.
I had to restrain him to get him back here.
That's amazing!
Obviously, you've never had my grandma's corn bread and black eyed peas.
No.
Um, what about the rest of the population?
Were they displaying any of the same addictive behaviours?
Well, everybody was fine when we first got there.
A fight broke out in the market place when supplies ran low and my men and I had to move in and restore order.
That's what made Mooney want a taste in the first place.
I just didn't think it would..
It's alright!
What just Dr Lee have to say about it?
He's still analysing the sample now, Sir, to determine whether or not it's naturally occurring.
This makes me wonder if the Ori have something to do with this.
Get all the population jonesing for space corn.
I don't know.
I also do not believe that to be likely.
Yes, it doesn't really fit their M.O., does it?
Besides, there was no evidence that a Prior had ever been there before.
In the last session of the interim Council, several Jaffa leaders complained of erratic behaviour on several planets.
We did not suspect tampering with the food supply.
Colonel, Were you able to dertermine where this Kassa came from?
I pressured one of the vendors for a gate address but to be honest I don't know if it's accurate.
It's worth checking out, Sir.
Find out what you can but try to stay under the radar.
Will do.
Taste testing the produce, huh?
Please!
I have two daughters.
Don't worry.
We're not gonna hurt you.
Who are you?
What do you want?
We're looking to buy some Kassa.
It is available at every market.
We're looking for a sizeable quantity.
I can maybe spare you one or two carts-full.
How much for the whole field?
This is not the way the Alliance does business.
As in the Lucian Alliance?
What other alliances do we know?
Many.
The Lucian Alliance will know you have come.
They have spies everywhere.
Great.
Because we're looking to set up a meeting, maybe you can arrange that.
Worrel returns this afternoon.
Worrel is...
This is his land, his crop.
He lives in a house just up the road.
Well.
Tell him Mr Shaft..
..would like to meet with him.
Any specific time or?
Should I just block off the whole afternoon?
I will arrange it but I must warn you, he will not take kindly to your request or to your presence.
What the hell was that?
What was what?
We're supposed to stay under the radar.
I doubt that this world possesses such technology.
See, when he's right, he's right.
Sam has a point.
We're not equipped to take these guys on right now.
I have no intention of taking anybody on, I'm just going to pose as a buyer.
You?
Well no offence Jackson, but you do not strike me as the drug dealer type.
In fact, you're not even close.
I think I'm as close as you are!
Come on, you're miles away.
Teal'c.
Which one of us is closer?
I believe the three of you to be equidistant.
Oh, please.
Mary Poppins is not even in the running!
And neither are you because I'm going.
I'm just going to ask some questions about the operation, find out what I can, tell them the price is too high and then high-tail it outta there.
This was a bad idea.
It's been four hours now, when do we call this thing?
They are heavily armed.
This is the man I told you about.
Mr Shaft.
Hey!
You must be Worrel!
Where are your friends Mr?
mitI figured you'd rather deal one on one.
Call me Shaft.
Who told you Kassa was grown here?
Well, in my business you get to know the right people.
What right people?
Y'know, the good, hard-working type who tell you what you want to know and then disappear.
You can go.
We'll talk inside.
Great.
If we remain here, we will be discovered.
Well, let's hope it doesn't come to that.
Fellas!
Do you think I'd carry a weapon?
Enough!
Alright Mr.
What can I do for you?
I represent a coalition of seven planets with a population of thirty million Kassa hungry souls.
We're looking for a supplier.
I don't have that kind of inventory.
No, nobody does, that's why I need more than one.
So if you could just refer me ...
Refer you?
Higher up.
So you wish to speak with my superior I think our needs are big enough to warrant our attention.
Your needs.
Oh, that didn't look good.
Just exactly who do you think you are.
I already told you my name.
Mister.
Actually, it's just Shaft.
Mister's more of a courtesy title, so if you could just pass it along to your superiors that's all I'm asking.
I'm forced to wonder what someone like yourself, a business man representing..
..How many planets did you say again?
7 But one of them's actually a moon, so ...
So thirty million potential customers.
And you need me to arrange a meeting with my superior.
See now, you're selling yourself short.
Yeah I think he's in trouble.
As are we.
What did you say to them?
Look!
Obviously, it didn't go so well.
Guys!
What's taking so long?
We've got a problem.
Just hurry up and open the damn..
..gate.
Okay, here's an obvious question ...
You're surrounded.
Drop your weapons.
Chevron 4 encoded.
Chief, how long are they overdue now?
Two hours, Sir.
Colonel Mitchell's never missed a check in.
Chevron 5 encoded.
General Landry, Sir.
I just spoke with Doctor Lee.
He's determined the plant contains a highly addictive psycho-stimulant.
Which just confirms what we already knew.
But we didn't know it was engineered, which means that it didn't evolve naturally.
Chevron 6 encoded.
Chevron seven will not lock.
Why not?
I don't know, Sir, I'm not showing any malfunction at this end.
Run a diagnostic and try again.
Yes sir.
The infamous SG1.
Everybody this is Worrel.
Trust me, Mister.
You won't get the best of me again.
Actually, it's Mitchell, Cameron Mitchell.
I tried to explain the "Mister" thing.
I don't think they..
How did you steal the stargate?
What?
SG-1 shows up on my little backwater planet and the Stargate vanishes?
I'm not a fool.
Perhaps not.
But we are not responsible.
We were here on a reconnaissance mission.
Ah.
So, you were done slaying system lords and decided to move on to more pressing agricultural concerns?
That's exactly it.
Corn patrol.
I have a question.
Why would we make the gate magically disappear before we had a chance to escape through it.
Bad timing.
That's got to be the single most stupidest thing I've ever heard.
The things always go according your plan in your world Dr Jackson?
No, not usually.
No.
Then I would guess this is another one of those times.
And until my stargate is returned, things will continue to go wrong.
We've made repeated attempts to connect, Sir.
There's no signal what so ever.
There's got to be a problem with the offworld gate.
Give me colonel Emerson on board the Odyssey.
Yes sir, right away.
Sir I have General Landry for you.
On screen.
Colonel, how goes the shake down?
90% of our primary systems are up and running sir.
Care to take a ride?
Another time.
I just need you to tell me that your hyperdrive is part of that 90% We've lost contact with SG1.
They were on P6G-452.
Estimate 22 hours.
Sir.
I wouldn't want to go into battle just yet, but I think we can go to 452 and extract SG-1 just inside of a day.
Glad to hear it.
I assume they have the new locator chip implants?
They were the first, after the events on Tegalus.
I can't think of a better first operational mission for the Odyssey than to bring home SG-1.
Neither can I, Colonel.
Good luck.
Thank you sir.
Landry out.
Major Marks, set a course for P6G-452.
Yes sir.
Attention all decks, this is Emerson.
Prepare to engage hyperdrive.
Take us out.
With pleasure sir.
Seriously, why would we take the stargate away before we had a chance to escape through it.
And don't say bad timing.
Are thing's continuing to go wrong for you Dr Jackson?
It's within your power to change that.
Torturing us is not going to get you the answer you're looking for.
I don't wanna torture you.
In fact, if you tell me the location of the stargate, I'm prepared to release you.
Ho you're not.
I can't..
Can you believe he just said that.
You've already blown your chance.
Who ever took your Stargate is long gone.
And when your superiors discover that you have let the real thieves escape.
It is you who will be tortured.
Someone is stealing Stargates?!
Well, four that we know of Sir, according to the Tok'ra dispatch.
Which could explain why we have been unable to dial 452 and contact SG1?!
Exactly, Sir.
In fact, the Trust tried this once with our gate.
Isn't any Goa'uld mothership or similar class vessel capable of taking a gate?
Not with Asgard beaming technology, which one eye witness apparently confirmed is the method being used.
Send an encrypted data burst of all available intel to Colonel Emerson on board the Odyssey.
Yes sir.
Oh chief.
call Peterson Air Base, I need to take a little trip to Area 51.
Right away, Sir.
General.
They told me you are coming.
But I didn't believe them.
I said I don't believe you.
Well here I am.
You come visit a condemned prisoner empty handed?
You're not a condemn prisoner Nerus.
But if you tell me what I need to know.
I'll arrange a feast, the likes of which you have not seen since you set foot on this planet.
Feast?
I do not use the word lightly.
Nor do I.
How may I be of service, my dear General?
Someone out there is stealing stargates.
I need to know Who?
How?
Why?
Stealing them.
Beamed right off the planets with Asgard technology, as far as we know.
Well that must be maddening for you.
It is.
I already have an idea who it might be.
Well if you are so smart, why do you need me for?
I have a theory, I still need some answers.
But such a quandary must be worth more to you than a single, solitary, indulgent meal.
Perhaps we could discuss my dietary requirements on a more permanent..
Every minute you waste trying to negotiate, I take one item off the menu.
Can we talk over appetisers?
General?!
Well, for what it's worth guys, sorry I dragged you into this.
It happens all the time.
Worrel my friend.
You're wearing a furrowed brow.
Deeply worried man.
How's your day going?
We've been recalled by the Alliance.
Well, you can't say we didn't tell you so.
It is far worse news for you.
I no longer have any reason to keep you alive.
No wait, I, I, I can think of a reason.
We're more valuable alive.
Yes!
Yes, we're more valuable alive.
Good one.
No.
My instructions were quite clear.
Take care of Mister Shaft last.
I want him to watch the others go first.
Your deaths will serve as a warning to your people never to meddle with our operations in the future.
General!
This chicken is most plump and delicious.
You spoil me General!
It's called turkey.
Turkey, eh?
Another rare delicacy.
Well, I must have more turkey!
What's this?
I'm losing patience, Nerus.
Well you already know who it is.
So it is Baal.
Of course it's Baal.
Who else could it be?
Why is he doing it?
You're the genius, you tell me.
Ah, maybe there's no need to go into the third and fourth courses.
No, General.
No, no, no, no, no.
no, no!
I meant that as the most sincere form of flattery.
You are one of the more intelligent human beings I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.
And I assure you General that this meal has just begun!
I'm glad to hear that.
The other three had nothing to do with this.
I was running the operation.
Cam Worrel knows this, tell him to get back here.
SG-1.
I'm Colonel Paul Emerson.
Welcome aboard the Odyssey.
Thank you, Sir.
How about that timing, Jackson?!
Good timing.
Airman, let's get these people out of these bindings and to the infirmary.
Sir.
I know you people have been through a lot.
We'll live, hand it over.
We received this information from SGC a few hours ago.
Damn, Baal's been busy.
He's been gathering up Stargates from all over the sector for the last several weeks.
Yeah, we saw one of them disappear.
Do we know why?
Not yet, nor do we know where he is.
What of the Lucian Alliance?
For the moment, General Landry considers this our top priority.
Where's he getting his intel?
Nerus.
Oh, Jim dandy.
Such intelligence cannot be considered reliable.
I'm not sure.
Nerus did work for Baal for centuries; it's as good a place as any to start.
And General Landry can be pretty persuasive when he needs to be.
Nerus, you have the most atrocious table manners of any person I've ever met.
Oh General, please.
You forget that, despite appearances, I am not human.
Oh my goodness.
Why does Baal want a dozen Stargates?
Nerus?
Desert!
Young man, you have positively read my mind.
Come in, come in!
Make room for desert!
Just put.
Ooh.
What are...
Individually frosted cakes!
Hah!
Well, you're so clever.
You figured out the perpetrator.
What do you think?
We assume he intends to offer them back to the planets he's stolen them from.
In exchange for some form of payment.
You're not very intelligent, are you General?
Sorry to disappoint you.
You're just thinking too small, that's all.
You've got to think more like a Goa'uld.
What is it..
..that Baal once had?
Think of it.
Now think..
..of what he has lost.
He's starting over.
Precisely.
See?
There's still hope for you yet.
You see, some time ago, Baal came to me..
..looking for a way to rebuild in the event that the Jaffa..
ever succeeded in conquering the Goa'uld.
Now I had been studying the Stargate system for months, to help you defeat the Replicators, incidentally, and I found a way to disable the correlative update programme.
So you could move a Stargate and not have it transmit its new position to the rest of the network.
Precisely.
So, it would seem that Baal has put my research into practise.
Which leads us to where?
I, I have a theory General but no assortment of..
..cheeses, however delicious, could possibly compel me to tell you that.
What did you have in mind?
My freedom.
Absolutely not.
Once he has set the programme, it will be impossible to detect.
Your freedom just isn't on the table, Nerus.
But I'm sure there is something else we could offer.
My dear General.
I rarely say this, so please take it to heart when I say..
..that for the moment.
I'm full.
What were you thinking, Worrel?
Please, don't kill me.
Now why would I do that?
The last time I heard you say that to someone they ...
I'm just stunned that you would honestly believe that SG-1 would steal the gate and trap themselves on the planet.
Well, I..I.
You had them for almost two days and you learned nothing.
And now two thirds of our crop will rot, uselessly.
If we could bring in cargo ships ...
Cargo ships.
Do you have any idea how many it would actually take?
I promise, I will avenge this.
Don't worry about SG-1 and Earth, they're of little consequence.
We have spies all over the galaxy.
Find out who really took the Stargate and get it back.
Or don't bother returning your self.
yes Netan.
Oh, oh, oh!
I trust you're all packed.
Yes.
With a sizeable assortment of what do you call them?
Cupcakes!
Yes!
A most generous point to concede in our negotiation, General.
Consider it a going away present.
Well, I'm touched.
Yes, well, I.
It took some convincing.
Well, superiors can sometimes be difficult.
They do have reason not to trust you.
Yes, but you did, you did convince them that it was a fair bargain?
Me giving the coordinates for my freedom.
Unless of course, you don't intend to honour..
I think you know by now, I'm a man of my word.
Oh.
Oh yes, of course you are.
Then you should have no trouble believing me when I say that..
..if you're lying about these coordinates, there will be nowhere in this galaxy that you'll be able to hide.
Oh, I believe you.
I'm glad.
Farewell!
Nuts.
Should I dial the coordinates he left, Sir?
No, it's probably a black hole or worse.
If I've learned one thing in this command, it's never to trust a Goa'uld.
Especially if his name is Nerus.
Yes Sir!
Come in.
Sir, we're picking up a sub-space signal from the beacon.
That was fast.
Yes, Sir.
It looks like you were right.
He went back to Baal.
Send the coordinates to the Odyssey A.S.A.P.
Yes, Sir.
Sir, if you don't mind my asking..
How did we plant the beacon on Nerus?
Yes, Sir.
It was a piece of cake.
Sir, I'm receiving a sub-space transmission from S.G.C.
It's a set of coordinates.
Baal.
General Landry is indeed persuasive.
Colonel, is the Odyssey ready to fight?
The shields have only been tested in simulation but our weapons and navigation are already online.
Let's take him down.
How nice!
You came to greet me in person.
Oh, oh!
I have this fabulous innovation I want you to..
It's called a cupcake.
It is so good ...
Why have you returned?
My old friend, you wound me deeply.
I am capable of wounding you much more deeply.
I thought you made yourself quite comfortable with the Tau'ri or was it the Ori?
You, you actually believe that I would defect to the Ori?
Ha ha ha ha!
No, no, no.
It was a temporary lapse of judgement, I admit but..
..I have never in my, in my life ever wavered one iota in my devotions for you.
Sir.
Are you certain you were not followed?
I am a genius you know.
So you insist.
Yes, and so I have proven in my service to you time and time again.
Do you know how many Stargates I had to go through to get here?
Ha ha!
Five Stargates!
Even after that na�ve General..
..promised me, anyway he gave me his word, that he wouldn't follow me.
If you wish to return to my court, Nerus, you shall have to prove yourself.
How?
Find me planets, suitable for my new empire.
I am ready to begin anew.
First, I must recover from my harrowing..
..Ordeal.
It would be wise not to defy me, Nerus.
Things have changed considerably since you left.
From what little we know of Baal's ship..
..there's only one cargo hold big enough to store the Stargates.
That's here.
We beam onto the ship, make our way into the cargo hold and tag the gates with these suckers.
Locator beacons.
They only operate through sub-space so they shouldn't be detected.
Once we lock onto their signal, we beam back the gates, beam ourselves out and hopefully, be gone before Baal notices the difference.
But won't Baal be able to detect the Odyssey?
And even if they don't, how do you beam through shields?
Let's just say that's been taken into consideration.
Oh dear.
General Landry had Doctor Lee program a virus into several of Nerus's devices.
As soon as he interfaces one of them with the ship, it should kill all their systems.
Shields, sensors, weapons.
Colonel Emerson, this is Flight Deck.
We're coming out of hyperspace now, Sir.
Understood.
We're on our way.
Baal's ship should be dead ahead, Sir.
Have they detected us?
Negative Sir, but I am receiving a sub-space locator code.
It was programmed to transmit when the virus became active.
Nerus didn't waste time for a change.
What is happening?
All our systems have failed!
How can that be?
I have limited power back online.
It looks like the systems are being disrupted from within the ship.
Come with me.
This way.
We're in.
Understood.
We'll hold the station within beaming range.
Oh, hello!
Oh, it's just a teeny tiny virus.
I'm sure I can eradicate it in short order, as soon as I get control of the terminal.
General Landry.
A lot more devious than I thought you were, you disappoint me.
I'll, I'll keep you informed!
Thank you.
Oh, there you are again.
Oh, I don't think that shooting the console will help but you could try.
Oh, I see.
I don't suppose there's anything I could say?
But I'm so interesting!
We have an intruder on the ship.
Oh boy.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8..
9, 10, 11, 12..
We're going to need more locators.
Colonel Mitchell.
Company!
Ideas?
Houston, we have a problem.
What is it?
Sir, another three motherships just dropped out of hyperspace.
What?
Intercepting a hail, Sir.
Ha'tak vessel, this is Netan of the Lucian Alliance.
Surrender now, or you will be destroyed.
Lucian Alliance, this is Colonel Emerson, commander of the Earth vessel Odyssey.
Please respond.
Sir, they've powered up weapons.
Target appears to be Baal's ship.
SG-1, this is Emerson.
What's your status?
Jackson, a little help!
Our position has been compromised, we are attempting to proceed with the mission!
Be advised, the Lucian Alliance just showed up.
You can't go up against all of them with an untested ship.
They're targeting Baal's ship, we've got to get you out of there now.
That's a negative, I'm still tagging the gates.
Colonel, without shields Baal's ship won't be able to withstand anything.
We know, thank you.
SG-1 out.
Status.
Managed to restore sensors and communications.
Detecting four other ships in close proximity.
What?
We're being hailed.
Put them on screen.
This is Netan of the Lucian Alliance.
You have cargo that belongs to us.
You will surrender it and your ship now.
You are in no position to make such demands.
You have no shields or weapons.
Surrender immediately or prepare to be boarded.
Go ahead.
Try.
Fire on them.
Target weapons and hyperdrive engines.
Get me my shields!
Sir, the Lucian Alliance vessel has opened fire.
SG-1, stand by for extraction.
We're attaching the last beacon now, go!
Activating transport.
I have managed to restore shields.
Sir, we've got a problem.
Baal's shields just went back up, you're going to have to sit tight.
We can't sit for long!
Fall back.
Bring us about.
Captain, fire forward rail guns at the lead ship.
Looks like we're going to be testing our shields.
Evasive.
Report!
Shields are holding but down eleven percent, Sir.
The Lucian Alliance ship shows minimal damage.
What about Baal's ship, can we get them out of there yet?
Negative, Sir.
Last mag.
Right, we need to find another way off this boat.
Carter?
I have an idea.
Nice.
Jaffa.
Covering fire!
Forget the weapons, bring our hyperdrive online!
My lord, I'm showing imminent shield failure!
Sir, Baal's ship just lost shields.
Get them out of there, now.
Hangar deck, report.
Sir, we've got all the gates but one.
we couldn't get a lock on its beacon.
What about SG-1?
Negative, Sir.
Baal's ship has been destroyed.
Concentrate all fire on the Earth vessel.
All three Lucian vessels are targeting us now, Sir.
Engage hyperdrive.
Glad to see you.
I'm a little surprised to see you come through the gate.
Colonel Carter successfully reprogrammed one of the D.H.D.s in Baal's cargo hold so that we could, in fact, escape.
Well done.
With your permission Sir, we should let the Odyssey know we're okay.
They probably fear the worst.
The worst?
That we were blown up on Baal's ship when the Lucian Alliance attacked, Sir.
So the Stargates were destroyed.
No, hopefully the Odyssey managed to beam the gates off in time.
An eventful few days!
Debrief in one hour.
We have got the best jobs in the world, don't we?
I'm going to hit the shower.
I'm going to find the Doctor.
We are indeed suitably employed.
Yeah, it was a good day.