NEMESIS

Written by Robert C. Cooper

Transcribed By: Andrea-T

TEASER

FADE IN

EXT-CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN

INT-SGC INFIRMARY

We see DANIEL in an infirmary bed. O’NEILL walks in wearing civilian clothing.

O’NEILL : Hey!

DANIEL : Hey!

O’NEILL : How are you doin?

DANIEL : Good…did you get your hair cut?

O’NEILL : Yeah. Why?

DANIEL : No reason.

O’NEILL : Can I see your scar?

DANIEL : No.

O’NEILL : Fraiser says it’ll be about a week before you get out of here.

DANIEL : You know it’s funny. I mean after everything we’ve been through these past few years. And of all things it’s my appendix that lays me out…

O’NEILL looks at DANIEL

DANIEL (cont'd): …. But it’s not going to be a week. I mean I practically feel fine now.

O’NEILL : Wanna go fishing?

DANIEL raises slightly from the bed but is in obvious pain.

DANIEL : Actually I wouldn’t...err…No, you know I think maybe I will stay here for two or three…three days.

O’NEILL : Bye.

O’NEILL walks out of the infirmary leaving DANIEL to recuperate.

INT SCIENCE LABS

CARTER is welding what looks like a Naquadah reactor as O’NEILL walks in.

O’NEILL : CARTER!

CARTER puts the welder down.

CARTER : Sir, hi! How’s Daniel?

O’NEILL : Oh. He’s gonna be fine. What are you doing?

CARTER : Err. I’m getting ready to do a detailed analysis of the decay rate of Naquadah within the reactor. It’s really quite amazing that unlike Plutonium, Naquadah actually has a…

O’NEILL : Aaaaghhh! I’m on vacation!

CARTER : Yes sir.

O’NEILL : So are you.

CARTER : I know…It’s not that I’m happy that Daniel’s in excruciating pain or anything like that but I’ve actually been looking forward to an opportunity like this for some time.

O’NEILL screws face up.

O’NEILL : You know. Maybe it’s just me, but I thought that when one actually got some leave, one actually left! Look, Daniel’s recouping, Teal’c is off world visiting his kid somewhere. Personally I have a date with a little lake in Minnesota where the Bass grow (OPENS ARMS WIDE) that big.

CARTER (sarcastically) : Really.

O’NEILL : Oh yes! What I am describing here, Carter involves a very special element.

CARTER gestures at equipment.

CARTER : This is fun to me sir.

O’NEILL : Well. If playing with your little reactor sounds better than exploring the lakes and natural beauty of Minnesota there’s not much I can do.

CARTER : Was that an invitation …sir?

O’NEILL : Nothing wrong with that is there? A couple of co-workers, friends if you will, fishing. It’d be fun.

CARTER : Wow. I appreciate the offer sir. Really. Sounds great…but I should…

O’NEILL : No sweat. Se ya in a week and by all means, have fun.

O’NEILL walks out.

INT- SGC CORRIDOR.

O’NEILL is humming and heading out of the base as CARTER jogs after him.

CARTER : Colonel!

O’NEILL stops and turns around.

CARTER (cont’d) : Err. Have a good time!

O’NEILL : Land of sky blue waters? Loofas, Ya sure you betcha- snookums. Mosquitoes…

A bright light surrounds O’NEILL and he disappears. CARTER runs and hits the alarm.

INT- ASGUARD SHIP

O’NEILL materializes inside the ship...

O’NEILL : …Home of the loons…

He looks at Earth far below through a portal.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : Thor? Helloooo?

O’NEILL walks down a corridor and hears a strange mechanical sound. Suddenly a mass of what looks like mechanical bugs approach him.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : What the hell? Damn!

He backs against the wall as the bugs get closer.

FADE OUT

END OF TEASER

INT-THOR’S SHIP

We see O’NEILL backed up against a wall. The mechanical bugs are still approaching. One crawls up the wall behind him and onto his chest.

O’NEILL (panicked) : Aaghhh!

He throws the bug off himself. The rest of the bugs continue on down the corridor.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : What the hell?

INT-SGC CORRIDOR

CARTER and HAMMOND exit the elevator and head for HAMMOND’s office .

CARTER : I’m pretty sure it was the Asgard transportation technology.

HAMMOND : For Jack’s sake, I hope you’re right.

CARTER : It depends on what they want this time sir.

HAMMOND : True. Send a message through the STARGATE for Teal’c.

CARTER : Yes sir.

GENERAL HAMMOND picks up the phone in his office.

HAMMOND : This is General Hammond. Get me Major Davis at the Pentagon

INT- THOR’S SHIP. THE BELISKNOR

O’NEILL : THOR?

THOR Greetings, O’NEILL. Turn right then enter the door at the end of the corridor.

O’NEILL follows the instructions and enters a large chamber. THOR is lying on a pod.

THOR (weakly) : O’NEILL

O’NEILL : THOR. You all right?

THOR : I am dying.

O’NEILL : What happened?

THOR : It is as you humans say. A long story.

O’NEILL : Does this have anything to do with those bugs in the hall?

THOR : I could not transport you directly to this room. The ‘bugs’ as you call them are attracted to the high energy output of the transporter.

O’NEILL : What are they?

THOR : They are the enemy of the Asgard.

O’NEILL : This would be the enemy worse than the Goa’uld you told me about?

THOR : I am weak. The information you will need is contained within the stones.

THOR indicates a console with stones on it.

THOR (cont’d) : Forgive me.

O’NEILL : For what?

THOR passes out.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : THOR!

O’NEILL walks over to the console and moves one of the stones. An image of THOR appears on the screen.

THOR : Colonel JACK O’NEILL. I have made these recordings for you in the event that I am dead or unable to pass on the necessary information. Under my command the Belisknor was called into battle against an enemy we have named Replicators. During the battle this ship became infested by the technology. The Replicators accessed the computer, which contained information about your planet and plotted a course here. The crew was transported off the ship. I destroyed the outbound transporter technology, which prevented them from escaping and remained in the hopes of stopping the Beisknor from reaching Earth. If you are watching this recording then I have failed and I have also likely doomed you to certain death.

INT- SGC BRIEFING ROOM.

TEAL’C walks into the room where we see HAMMOND and CARTER sat at the table.

HAMMOND : TEAL’C. Thank you for returning,

TEAL'C : For what matter of urgency have I been summoned GENERAL HAMMOND?

CARTER : I think I witnessed COLONEL O’NEILL being transported out of the base by the Asgard.

TEAL'C : For what purpose?

HAMMOND : We’re not sure yet?

A light appears and a 3-D image of O’NEILL appears in the room.

O’NEILL : Hellooooo? Testing…testing…is this thing turned on?

CARTER : Colonel!

O’NEILL : CARTER.

CARTER : Sir, what’s going on?

O’NEILL : Well, I need a SPAS 12, a BF8, 10 pounds of PBX and a USAS at the base of the Stargate in, oh…5 minutes.

CARTER : That’s a lot of explosives sir!

HAMMOND : May I ask why?

O’NEILL : Yes. Basically Thor’s ship has been overrun by a bunch of nasty techno bugs.

TEAL'C : Were the Asgard not able to defeat them?

O’NEILL : I guess not.

CARTER : So sir, are you saying that these bugs are technological?

O’NEILL : Yeah, apparently they plan to land the ship and infest Earth. THOR says this would not be a good thing.

HAMMOND : What are you going to do?

O’NEILL : Destroy the ship.

CARTER : Where’s THOR?

O’NEILL looks over his shoulder at THOR.

O’NEILL : Oh he’s here. He’s just not feeling too well at the moment.

CARTER : We’ll be ready in ten minutes sir. THOR can transport us up there to help you.

O’NEILL : Thank you CARTER but that’s not going to happen. THOR’S out cold. The bugs got him pretty good. But he did leave instructions on how to run the toys up here.

CARTER : So can you transport us up?

O’NEILL : I could. But I’m not going to.

TEAL'C : What is your reasoning O’NEILL?

O’NEILL : Anybody who comes up is not coming down.

CARTER : Well, sir if you can’t get off the ship…

O’NEILL : Yeah, I know. Look, my times almost up here. Have the stuff ready in ten minutes. Wish me luck.

CARTER : Colonel…

O’NEILL : Major that’s an order and it’s final.

HAMMOND : Good Luck Jack.

O’NEILL : Thank you sir.

The image of O’NEILL disappears. CARTER, HAMMOND and TEAL’C look shocked.

HAMMOND : TEAL’C, see that the ordinance is in place.

TEAL’C leaves the briefing room.

HAMMOND (cont’d) : Major. To your knowledge, if Colonel O’NEILL is unsuccessful, can the Asgard ship be destroyed by a surface to air strike?

CARTER : Sir, the Asgard ships have sophisticated cloaking devices. We’ve been looking in orbit since Colonel O’NEILL disappeared but still nothing.

HAMMOND : So if we can’t see it, we can’t target it.

CARTER looks thoughtful as though she has an idea.

INT-BELISKNOR

We see THOR lying on the pod and hear his voice coming from the computer screen.

THOR : The molecular transportation device has been pre-programmed to target the area directly in front of your Earth based Stargate.

O’NEILL fast forwards the recording.

O’NEILL : Yeah, yeah…

THOR : Enter these symbols on the control console in front of you.

Symbols appear on another screen and O’NEILL inputs them into the computer.

THOR (cont’d) : 30 seconds after entering the code the targeted material will be transported to the indicated cargo hold.

O’NEILL looks at his watch and heads off to the indicated area.

THOR (cont’d) : Remember, the transportation technology emits an energy pulse strong enough to attract the replicators.

INT- O’NEILL IS JOGGING DOWN THE CORRIDORS OF THE BELISKNOR

A light appears in the cargo hold and CARTER and TEAL’C appear with the supplies.

O’NEILL : Dammit! I gave you people a direct order!

CARTER GENERAL HAMMOND overruled you sir. We have a way off the ship.

They hear the sound of the replicators approaching.

O’NEILL : Grab what you can. Let’s go!

They grab most of the supplies and run off down the corridor followed closely by the replicators. TEAL’C shoots them with a Zat gun many times but with no effect. O’NEILL shoots them with a gun but they reintegrate and then seem to be destroyed after the second shot.

O’NEILL : Let’s move!

All three run down the corridor and enter THOR’S chamber.

O’NEILL : Hey buddy. How are you feeling? Err…you remember CARTER and TEAL’C?

THOR : Why did you bring them?

O’NEILL looks at CARTER and TEAL’C

O’NEILL : Anyone?

TEAL'C : We believed we could be of assistance.

THOR : Now we will all die.

CARTER : Actually, we don’t think so. Sir, there’s a shuttle preparing on the launch pad. If we can transmit the coordinates to NASA they can be here within a matter of hours. We also brought spacesuits in case an EVA is required.

THOR : This pod can generate an antigravity field making it easy to move..

CARTER : Does this ship have an air lock?

THOR : Yes.

O’NEILL : So we just plant some PBX, jump ship and blow it.

THOR : What is PBX?

TEAL'C : An explosive.

O’NEILL : You just have to tell us the best places to plant it.

THOR : All Asgard ships are equipped with internal dampening fields that activate in the event of an explosion.

O’NEILL : Well, how exactly did you expect us to destroy the ship?

THOR : If I knew a fast simple method I would have destroyed the ship myself before endangering your lives.

O’NEILL : Of course you would have!

THOR : The technical specifications of the Belisknor were contained within the recordings I made for you.

O’NEILL : Oh. Err…I haven’t had time to watch all of the stones.

CARTER : What?

O’NEILL indicates to the stones on the computer console.

O’NEILL : Stick those on there.

CARTER moves the stones around and THOR again appears on the screen with the ships technical layout.

THOR : The Belisknor is powered by four neutrino ion generators. In your Earth units of measurement each engine outputs a maximum of one billion…

O’NEILL : Yeah. My eyes glazed over about there.

CARTER : I guess I had better go through all of these recordings.

THOR’S voice continues in the background.

THOR : …by two rear thrusters.

EXT- CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ESTABLISHMENT SHOT- DAY.

INT- SGC ELEVATOR CORRIDOR.

We see MAJOR DAVIS exiting the elevator and being greeted by HAMMOND

HAMMOND : Welcome back Major.

DAVIS : General, I wish it wasn’t always under such unusual circumstances. Any further word on the situation?

HAMMOND : No. We’ve been unable to make radio contact with SG1.

DAVIS : It’s possible that the Asgard cloaking device is also blocking radio signals.

HAMMOND : I see you’ve done your homework major.

DAVIS : General, All I do all day long is read up on the STARGATE program.

INT- THE BELISKNOR

We see TEAL’C, CARTER and O’NEILL looking at THOR.

THOR : They were discovered on an isolated planet in out home galaxy some years ago. Their creators were not present.

TEAL'C : Most likely destroyed by their own creation.

THOR : The replicators were brought aboard an Asgard ship for study before the danger could be fully comprehended.

O’NEILL : We do that all the time. I kinda expected more from you guys.

TEAL'C : Overconfidence in out technologies has been out undoing. The entities learned from the very means that were employed to stop them. They have become a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating everything in its path.

O’NEILL : Why haven’t these little buggers landed the ship already?

THOR : Their odds of survival in a new environment depend on numbers. They are currently feeding off the ship and replicating.

CARTER : What? Are you saying they are actually eating the ship?

THOR : Ingesting the alloys, yes. They will continue until they risk compromising the integrity of the hull. Then they will land in search of more raw materials.

CARTER : How intelligent are they?

THOR : Their capacity for learning is extremely high. Each entity is capable of individual behavior, yet they all act with a common purpose.

O’NEILL : What’s that?

THOR : Self replication.

TEAL'C : Then there does not appear to be a way to stop them.

CARTER : Hang on THOR. You said they wouldn’t risk compromising the integrity of the hull?

THOR : Correct.

CARTER : Can this ship withstand an uncontrolled re-entry into the atmosphere?

THOR : No, the heat from the friction would cause this ship to burn up.

O’NEILL : Wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me that with all this advanced intergalactic technology this ship can’t take a little heat?

THOR : In order to reflect the subspace field of the phase generators…

O’NEILL : So…no.

THOR : Yes.

CARTER : Then all we have to do is crash the ship into the atmosphere.

THOR : You will have to regain control of the navigational computer.

O’NEILL looks at CARTER

O’NEILL : Sounds like a plan.

THOR : That can only be done from the bridge.

CARTER : Well, there was a map in the recordings. Can I direct then from here as they go?

THOR : Yes.

O’NEILL : OK.

O’NEILL and TEALC head off out of the chamber.

INT- BELISKNOR CORRIDOR

We see O’NEILL and TEAL’C appear around the corner with their guns ready. They hear the sound of the replicators approaching.

O’NEILL : Hear that?

TEAL'C : They are in the walls O’NEILL.

CARTER (on radio) : Colonel can you hear me?

O’NEILL : We hear ya!

CARTER : You wanna go down that hall.

INT- THORS CHAMBER ON THE BELISKNOR

CARTER is scrutinizing the computer screen.

CARTER : Why are some areas flashing?

THOR : They indicate the quadrants of the ship that the replicators have disabled.

CARTER : How do I zoom in?

THOR : Top left symbol.

CARTER presses the symbol and the screen zooms in to two red dots that represent O’NEILL and TEAL’C

INT- CORRIDOR ON THE BELISKNOR

O’NEILL and TEAL’C are walking down the corridor.

CARTER (on radio) : You wanna go through that door on the left.

They walk up to the door and open it and cautiously walk through. There are replicators all over the walls.

INT-THORS CHAMBER

CARTER : Why can’t I see any bugs on this screen?

THOR : The first thing the replicators do once aboard an Asgard ship is disable the sensors capable of detecting them.

CARTER : But I can still see Colonel O’NEILL and TEAL’C.

THOR : They are being detected by the thermal sensors which cannot see the replicators.

THOR sighs and CARTER walks over to him.

CARTER : Are you OK?

THOR : I cannot use the ships automated medical system. If the replicators have tampered with it, it could kill me.

CARTER : We brought medical supplies and I have medical field training.

THOR : You cannot help me.

INT-BELISKNOR CORRIDOR

TEAL’C and O’NEILL walk through the doorway and down the corridor.

CARTER (on radio) : The door up ahead leads to the bridge.

They walk up to the doorway and there is a metallic sound.

TEAL'C : It sounds as though there are replicators inside.

O’NEILL : Watch yourself.

O’NEILL opens the door and they stand ready and look inside. The whole of the bridge is swarming with replicators. O’NEILL quickly shuts the door.

O’NEILL : Forget that!

INT- THORS CHAMBER

O’NEILL and TEAL’C enter carrying the rest of the equipment.

O’NEILL : OK. New plan!

CARTER : Nothing’s been damaged.

O’NEILL : Good.

CARTER looks over at THOR who is still lying on the pod. She walks over to O’NEILL and talks quietly.

CARTER : Sir, THOR’S not doing so well. He says that pod could put him into deep stasis that would preserve his life.

O’NEILL : So do it.

CARTER : He won’t let me.

O’NEILL walks over to THOR.

O’NEILL : Hey! I understand you are not being a particularly cooperative patient.

THOR : As long as I am conscious I still may be of some assistance.

O’NEILL : Yeah…however, it you are dead…

THOR : As I have said, if you do succeed in destroying the ship we will all die.

O’NEILL : And as Carter has said, we might have a way off this ship.

CARTER : Wait a minute, that’s it! THOR, you said there were dampening fields inside the ship that prevent explosions. What about outside the ship?

THOR : There are shields around the ship but they would not protect against a weapon already inside the force field.

CARTER : OK now, there was a specific engine in the information recordings. It controls re-entry.

THOR : The decelerations drive. Yes.

CARTER : We brought an explosive device that’s enhanced with elementary Naquadah. Would that be enough to destroy the deceleration drive?

THOR : This plan could work.

O’NEILL (confused) : Plan…what plan?

CARTER : Sir, the bugs are going to land the ship themselves eventually. The BF8 might just be enough power to blow out the deceleration drive.

O’NEILL : Might?

CARTER : If we blow it at the right time we can alter the re-entry path. The ship would then accelerate out of control and burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.

O’NEILL rubs his head in confusion.

TEAL'C : What needs to be done then is to place this explosive outside of this vessel.

CARTER : Someone’s going to have to go out there.

O’NEILL : Of course they are!

INT-SGC CONTROL ROOM

We see DANIEL climbing the stairs into the room very slowly and carefully. HAMMOND sees him coming and walks out of his office.

HAMMOND : What are you doing down here DR JACKSON?

DANIEL : I’ve just been informed sir. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help?

MAJOR DAVIS enters the control room.

DAVIS : General, we’re going to DefCon 3. The Russians have gone on alert as a response. The moment the Asgard ship attempts to land the president had decided to let the rest of the world know what we know.

HAMMOND : And then?

DAVIS : We hit them with everything we’ve got.

DANIEL : Err, SG1 is on that ship!

DAVIS : I have as much confidence in SG1 as you DR JACKSON. But they left over an hour ago. We’ve had no communication since. We have no idea whit kind of a timeframe we’re dealing with here.

HAMMOND : Let’s give them a reasonable chance Major.

DAVIS : Yes sir. I’ll try to define reasonable to the Pentagon.

HAMMOND looks at a worried JACKSON. The DefCon signal flashes to 3 and a siren goes off.

INT-BELISKNOR, THOR’S CHAMBER

O’NEILL and CARTER are looking at a diagram of the ship on a screen.

CARTER : The bugs haven’t overrun the part of the ship where the air lock is yet.

O’NEILL : Let’s do it.

CARTER looks at the spacesuits.

CARTER : Each tank has six hours of oxygen. Whoever goes should have plenty of time.

TEAL'C : I will go.

O’NEILL : I was going to do it.

CARTER : There is a radiation concern sir.

TEAL'C : My symbiote protects me from exposure to radiation for a long time.

O’NEILL : OK. You go.

TEAL’C nods in agreement.

INT- BELISKNOR CORRIDOR

O’NEILL and TEAL’C are walking down the corridor. TEAL’C is wearing a spacesuit.

CARTER (on radio) : It looks like the top button opens the inner door, the middle one depressurizes the airlock and the bottom one opens the outer door.

O’NEILL : Yeah. Roger that.

O’NEILL helps TEAL’C pull his helmet down.

O’NEILL : Can you hear me?

TEAL'C (through radio) : Indeed.

O’NEILL : You might wanna think about hangin’ on tight out there…lets do it.

He opens the airlock door. TEAL’C steps inside and the door closes.

O’NEILL : Say something.

TEAL'C : One small step for Jaffa.

O’NEILL : Very nice.

Some corrosive liquid drops onto TEAL’C’S oxygen canisters. He opens the outer door and floats outside.

CARTER watches the process on a monitor in THORS chamber.

O’NEILL is waiting next to the airlock door. He hears the approach of replicators.

O’NEILL : Oh Crap! TEAL’C, how’s it going?

TEAL'C : I am returning.

O’NEILL : I don’t suppose you could step on it could ya?

TEAL'C : I am going as quickly as possible O’NEILL.

The airlock closes.

O’NEILL : CARTER!

CARTER : Yes sir, I’m working on it.

TEAL’C arrives at the airlock door but can’t get in.

TEAL'C : The door will not open.

O’NEILL : Yeah. Hang on.

A few replicators enter the airlock through the ceiling.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : Oh God!

The oxygen tank on TEAL’C’S pack blows from the corrosive.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : His tank just blew!

TEAL'C : O’NEILL!

O’NEILL : CARTER!

CARTER : Sir, I’m trying to use the transporter to beam him back inside but it’s not working. The transporter array on that side of the ship must have been knocked out by the bugs. We can still do this but TEAL’C is going to have to push off.

O’NEILL : What!

CARTER : The other transporter arrays can pick him up but only if he’s far enough away from the ship.

TEAL’C starts gasping for air as the tank runs out.

O’NEILL : TEAL’C, we’re going to try to beam you aboard. But you have to push off from the ship first. You read. You have to push off!

TEAL’C pushes away from the ship.

CARTER looks at THOR.

CARTER : He’s taking too long. Isn’t there some way to re-aim the transporter array?

THOR sighs. He passes out and an alarm sounds.

CARTER (cont’d) : Damn!

O’NEILL at the airlock looks anxiously at TEAL’C in space.

O’NEILL : CARTER?

She works at the console.

CARTER : I’m trying!

On the computer screen in THOR’S chamber we see that TEAL’C has at last, reached the beam out point.

CARTER : Got it!

TEAL’C is beamed into the Belisknor near to O’NEILL. He falls to the floor. O’NEILL rushes up to him and pulls his helmet up.

O’NEILL : TEAL’C! TEAL’C?

In THOR’S chamber the alarms on his pod are still blaring. CARTER runs over and puts him into stasis.

Back at the airlock O’NEILL is trying to revive TEAL’C.

O’NEILL : Come on, come on…breathe!

TEAL’C opens his eyes.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : Oh yeah! That’s following orders. Can you move?

TEAL’C : I can O’NEILL.

INT- SGC CONTROL ROOM.

HAMMOND walks over to the gate technician.

HAMMOND : Still no communication of any kind?

TECHNICIAN : No sir and NORAD’s still reporting no sign of the alien ship.

HAMMOND walks up to DANIEL who is looking pale and in pain.

HAMMOND : Dr. JACKSON, are you OK?

DANIEL : I’ll be fine.

HAMMOND : Why don’t you go back up to the infirmary. I promise I will notify you as soon as there is any news.

DANIEL : Sir, I know that there is no reason for me to be here. But I just feel that I should be here...that’s not totally true. Actually I feel that I should be out there with them.

HAMMOND : Now you know how I feel most of the time.

INT- BELISKNOR. THOR’S CHAMBER

O’NEILL is helping TEAL’C into the room.

CARTER : According to the schematic that was the only one left untouched by the bug. You going to be OK?

TEAL'C : I will be fine.

O’NEILL sees THORS pod.

O’NEILL : What happened?

CARTER : He was dying. I had to put him into stasis.

O’NEILL : So…?

CARTER : So, we wait and blow the bomb at the right time.

O’NEILL : Which is when?

CARTER : When we start to enter the atmosphere. Too early and theoretically the entry could be aborted by the bugs. If we wait too long into the descent the bomb could burn off before we detonate.

O’NEILL pauses in thought.

O’NEILL : Think you could fix that beam down thing?

CARTER : Not without THOR’S help sir.

O’NEILL : I’d better contact HAMMOND. Let him know what to expect.

He tries the console but nothing happens.

O’NEILL (cont’d) : All right, this thing’s not workin’!

TEAL'C : THOR is correct, we are going to die.

O’NEILL : Aww, come on TEAL’C, lighten up! We’ve been in these situations before.

CARTER : No sir we haven’t.

O’NEILL : We haven’t?

We see a shot of the BELISKNOR beginning its descent.

TEAL'C : The vessel is beginning its descent.

CARTER looks very thoughtful

CARTER : I have an idea sir.

INT-SGC CONTROL ROOM

HAMMOND and DAVIS enter the room.

TECHNICIAN : Sir, NORAD’s reporting that they’ve spotted an unidentified object entering the upper atmosphere over the Pacific.

DANIEL is listening to the communications.

DANIEL : They’ve disabled the ships cloaking device.

TECHNICIAN 2 : Object’s on a controlled entry.

TECHNICIAN : Projected landing on the West Coast of the United States sir.

DAVIS : Of course this could be a sign that they’ve already lost the battle.

HAMMOND picks up the phone.

HAMMOND : This is GENERAL HAMMOND. At this time I recommend going to DefCon 2. Deploy all available assets to intercept the alien ship.

DANIEL : GENERAL!

HAMMOND : I’m sorry DR JACKSON, but if that ship makes it through the atmosphere intact we have no choice to assume SG1 failed. We must destroy it by whatever means necessary.

A siren sounds as the sign goes from DefCon 3 to DefCon 2. DANIEL sighs.

INT- BELISKNOR

O’NEILL and TEAL’C are walking down a corridor with their guns ready, closing doors as they go.

O’NEILL : Alright CARTER, let’s do it!

CARTER is working the console in THOR’S chamber.

CARTER : Here we go!

INT- SGC CONTROL ROOM

DAVIS : The Russians have spotted the incoming object and are inquiring.

HAMMOND : The joint chiefs will respond.

The gate-room is enveloped in a bright light and the STARGATE disappears. Everyone is shocked.

INT- BELISKNOR CARGO ROOM

The STARGATE materializes inside the room.

INT- SGC CONTROL ROOM

DAVIS : We’ll have to call you back.

DANIEL (excited) : They’re gonna use it to escape!

DAVIS : Like you did from Apophis’ mother ship. It could work!

DANIEL : It will work, they…they’ll gate to another planet and then home!

HAMMOND : You had a DHD. They don’t.

DAVIS : Even disconnected, there should be enough power to dial out once.

HAMMOND walks over to the telephone.

HAMMOND : This is HAMMOND. I want the beta gate unpacked from storage immediately. Yes, you heard me. I want it unsealed and ready for use as soon, as is humanly possible!

INT- CARGO ROOM ON BELISKNOR

TEAL’C is manually dialing out.

O’NEILL : Where are we going?

TEAL'C : P3X 234

O’NEILL : I hear it’s nice this time of year.

The replicators burn through the walls of the chamber. O’NEILL stands ready.

O’NEILL : We go bugs!

The replicators enter the room and O’NEILL shoots at them.

We see CARTER getting ready to leave THORS chamber with THOR in stasis.

TEAL’C fires his gun rapidly in the cargo room.

TEAL'C : O’NEILL!

INT- SGC CONTROL ROOM

TECHNICIAN : Bandit is still on controlled entry. Present heading 196!

INT- BELISKNOR CARGO ROOM

TEAL’C locks the last chevron. O’NEILL is standing in front of the gate firing at the bugs.

TEAL'C : Get down!

O’NEILL crouches down at the gate opens and then continues firing at the replicators.

O’NEILL : Let’s go CARTER!

CARTER materializes next to the open gate with THOR in the stasis pod floating next to her.

All three fire their guns at the replicators.

O’NEILL : Can we blow this thing yet?

CARTER pushes THOR’S pod through the gate.

O’NEILL : CARTER!

CARTER : Not yet!

EXT- THE BELISKNOR IS ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE.

INT-CARGO ROOM

Masses of replicators enter the room. All three back up towards the gate.

O’NEILL : CARTER!

CARTER : Now!

O’NEILL presses the trigger for the bomb. It explodes and the BELISKNOR starts an uncontrolled re entry.

INT-SGC CONTROL ROOM

We see a computer screen with a red dot representing the Belisknor.

DAVIS (on telephone) : I understand that Captain. What I need to know is what do you see. Do you have a visual?

DAVIS (to HAMMOND) : Tenth’s squadron’s airborne on intercept course.

TECHNICIAN : The target has changed heading! It’s dropped out of controlled entry vector. The target is breaking up.

DAVIS : We have visual confirmation. A fireball heading for the Pacific Ocean. 400 miles off the coast of California!

HAMMOND looks at DANIEL in concern.

EXT- PACIFIC OCEAN

We see a fireball hitting the ocean.

INT- SGC CONTROL ROOM

DAVIS : Naval recovery teams are moving in to deal with any wreckage…

DANIEL looks at him.

DAVIS (cont’d) : I’m sure you were right Dr. JACKSON. The point of commandeering the Stargate had to be an escape.

DANIEL looks into the gateroom.

DANIEL : I just hope they made it out on time.

EXT- PACIFIC OCEAN

We see the ocean where the fireball crashed. There is bits or wreckage floating on the top. Suddenly one of the replicators clambers out of the ocean onto the wreckage…..

TO BE CONTINUED…

FADE TO BLACK.