"This is ridiculous." "Well, keep complaining about it and we may get there faster." "Well, couldn't we have met these people on a tropical beach planet populated by tall blonde women, hmm?" "Whoever wants to speak with us obviously values their privacy." "Yes, well I value my time, and this is a waste of it." "What's a waste of time is listening to you, Rodney." "This is the mission." "Yeah, well it strikes me that this is a mission better suited to one of the, uh, lower echelon teams." "Lower echelon?" "He means to say less important." "We got a tip from one of Teyla's contacts; we're following it up." "And this is like, what?" "The umpteenth tip we've followed up in search of a ZedP.M.?" "Rodney." "Look, I just wanna make it clear that every second I am out of my lab is a second the galaxy goes without another groundbreak..." "We have to get them to the Gate before their people realise they are missing." "You guys OK?" "Oh yeah, fine!" "Seems like a whole lot of trouble to go through just to get us to dinner." "Not a talkative bunch, are you?" "We'll release you from your bindings if you promise not to attack us." "Sure." "Yeah." "We promise." "Before we untie them, they have to know they're among friends." "Ford?" "Thought I was dead, didn't you, Sheppard?" "Guys." "Guys, please -- eat." "Eat." "Wildmen, this used to be my team." "Well, not this one, but I think he's OK too." "What is all this?" "Some local vegetables;" "a sorta alligator thingy." "It tastes like salted meat, it's good, try it." "I'm not talkin' about the food." "What the hell is going on?" "Who are these men?" "And why bring us here like this?" "Whoa." "That's a lot of questions." "Pick one." ""Pick one"." "That's good." "Where'd you find him, Sheppard?" "Maybe you should start with how you manage to escape Wraith dart?" "What?" "I get nervous, I get hungry." "OK." "The Dart." "Ford!" "You're not gettin' off this planet!" "I have no idea how long I was in the Dart." "Next thing I knew I was on a cruiser   and I was awake." "It's the enzyme." "Makes you almost immune to the Wraith stunner so when you're dematerialized from the Wraith Dart, you're awake as opposed to, uh   as opposed to dead." "I cut open its enzyme pouch, took my fill, made my way off the ship." "You can get around pretty easy on a Wraith ship." "They're not used to people making it aboard, so there's next to no security." "I walked off with enough enzyme to last me a little while." "Tracked down the Stargate, dialed the first friendly address I could remember." "Need a place to stay, hot meal." "What have you got to trade?" "What'll that get me?" "No weapons." "So?" "What'll that get me?" "I still don't really understand." "Look at me." "I got shot " " I healed." "I can see farther, clearer than I ever saw before." "I told them about the enzyme, how it makes you stronger, more aware, more resilient;" "how it'd give us a fighting chance against the Wraith." "I mean, look at me." "Look at me!" "I walked off a Wraith cruiser!" "It works!" "I wanna try it." "Wait a second." "All your people here -- all your men -- they're on the enzyme?" "Of course." "No!" "We don't do it like that any more." "Let's get him back home." "As our numbers kept growing, we needed more and more of the enzyme." "Nice work." "Thank you." "This should give us a steady stream of the enzyme." "Time to focus on some bigger issues." "Aiden, d'you mean to tell us that there are live Wraith here, in this cave?" "That's right." "The Wraith can communicate with each other over a distance." "But not between stars." "They'd have to be in this solar system." "You taught me that." "Yes, well, good for me." "What's the matter?" "They can't communicate if they're unconscious." "Why'd you jump us?" "Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry about that." "It was the only way to get you here." "Why didn't you just tell us where you were?" "You know we would have come." "Yeah, you and a Special Ops team." "No, no." "I know you think I'm crazy." "I brought you all here to show you that you're wrong." "I mean, do I look crazy?" "Do I seem out of control?" "Are we speaking in relative terms or, um ...?" "Look, Jace here has really fine-tuned the enzyme." "We know how to administer it now, how to regulate it, refine it." "We've gotten so good, we can even lace food with it." "'Scuse me?" "Congratulations." "You just had your first dose." "What?" "!" "I thought long and hard about how to show you that the enzyme was safe, to convince you that it was the first step to defeating the Wraith." "So you can convince Weir, convince the military." "Are you out of your mind?" "Hey, settle down, McKay." "No, I will not settle down!" "I've been drugged against my will, you little punk!" "You should not have done this, Aiden." "Hey, be as mad as you want." "Couple of days, you'll be thankin' me." "We'll have a good laugh about this." "Now eat up." "I'm itchy." "I'm itchy all over." "This is exactly what happened when I toked pot once in college!" "Everyone stay put." "Let him go." "Ford, look." "I know what you're trying to do." "I get it, I do." "But you're goin' about this all wrong." "Weir isn't gonna listen to us if we're all hopped up on the enzyme." "Your food was clean." "Why?" "Why me?" "You're gonna be the witness." "You're gonna be the one to tell Weir that her most trusted team is takin' the enzyme and is better because of it." "Look, buddy." "Why don't you come back with us, have Beckett look you over, huh?" "That's the best proof." "No." "No, I've thought this through." "This is the plan." "Look, I don't know what you're thinking ..." "You're free to roam around as much as you want." "You're all part of the team now." "OK, so why aren't these guys watching us?" "Ronon is right." "They went to great trouble to get us here -- why would they allow us to leave?" "Just waiting for the other shoe to drop." "Oh, that little bastard!" "There it goes." "This is what I was afraid of." "What'd he do?" "He's taken all the necessary control crystals." "Something I showed him how to do on a mission, I might add." "Well, that's not good." "That is the under-statement of the year." "Alright!" "See what you can do." "OK, why don't we just take 'em?" "All we've gotta do is get our hands on one stunner." "I can take 'em all." "Maybe, but if we mess it up, whatever trust we might have been given will disappear." "You wanna make them trust us?" "We play it cool, we let 'em get comfortable." "They're bound to make a mistake." "And in the meantime?" "We play along." "How are you guys feeling?" "I didn't eat that much " " I feel fine." "Perhaps if we were able to fast, they would be unable to administer the enzyme." "I doubt that." "I don't think they would have a problem forcing us." "Yeah, well, this thing is useless, and I ate my face off and I can tell you, I can feel it working." "There's a good possibility that everything you're feeling at the moment might be psychosomatic." "Oh, is that right, Professor Science?" "Is that your expert opinion?" "Yes, it is." "Well, I can tell you -- when they up the dosage, the side effects will be very real and very unpredictable." "You're back early." "Uh, Jenev is kind of a closed society." "Very polite, and very courteous, but completely uninterested in having anything to do with us." "Well, better that than hostile, I suppose." "Colonel Sheppard's team, three hours overdue." "Wouldn't be the first time." "Any radio contact?" "None since they left." "Well, you know those guys." "What do I know about those guys?" "Just that they tend to get all caught up in whatever it is they're doing, and sometimes they don't check in." "They forget how much you worry." "... That we worry -- collectively, I mean." "Yes, we do." "Yeah." "We do." "OK, you guys, it looks like we're headin' back out." "Thank you, Major." "You're welcome." "Seriously, I'm getting, uh, I'm getting, uh, chills and hot flashes, chills and hot flashes again and again." "None of you are feeling that?" "The enzyme's side effects are gonna be the least of his concerns if he keeps this up." "I know -- just be patient." "Historically, that hasn't been a strength for me." "I know!" "Sheppard, Teyla!" "Kanayo's running a mission off-world." "I want you to go with him." "Why?" "We're running an op." "Thought you might wanna see the men in action." "Sure!" "Whenever you need us." "Just give us some weapons and ..." "Nice try." "No, you're gonna hang back and watch with Kanayo." "Don't worry -- you won't be in any danger." "That's a load off my mind." "Good." "What about us?" "Jace'll give you the grand tour -- show you what we've done with the place." "How's that sound?" "Huh, that sounds delightful." "Good, good." "Then if Colonel Sheppard tries anything off-world, you'll be nice and close for me to kill you both." "Can't think of a better way of spending the afternoon." "Move!" "Looks like he's itching to go." "Are those guards Genii?" "Yes." "What exactly are we doing here?" "There are Genii spies all over the galaxy." "If for whatever reason one of them can't make it back to the Genii homeworld, their leaders have established safe houses." "If they need a place to reload on gear, or a place to hide, they come here." "That's useful." "Yeah." "We've found them to be an excellent source of information and supplies." "How did you find them in the first place?" "I was a Genii spy." "If you're one of them, why don't you just walk in there?" "Well, I used to, but eventually they realized that I betrayed them." "I can see how they would." "We rely on raids now." "Why?" "What more do you guys want?" "We don't have all the pieces we need for the Lieutenant's plan." "Right!" "And, uh, which plan would that be again?" "All will be revealed when the time is right." "Oh, good!" "I'd hate for things to be revealed too early." "How are you powering these Genii computers?" "We stole a Telnorran generator." "They're a pain to keep serviced, but they do the job." "Actually, we just got our hands on some Pilatian solar cells, but I haven't been able to figure out how to interface them yet." "Have you used them before?" "I can't say that I have." "What do you do here?" "We study the Wraith." "Oh yeah?" "How's that going?" "Some of our discoveries have been quite exciting, actually." "Like what?" "Well, for one, they seem to be territorial." "Very much so, it turns out." "They're not a united fold like we once believed." "Hmm, really?" "Yes, in fact I believe they're fracturing even further." "Now, my understanding of their language is fairly limited, but they seem to be trying to would restrict inter-ship communications." "What?" "Why would they stop sharing information with each other?" "Ford thinks it might have to do with your friend's ability to read their minds." "If she taps into them, only one ship will be compromised, not the whole fleet." "All this because of Teyla?" "Well, for one, she may not be the only one that possesses that ability." "Hmm." "Fair enough." "And two, I think that the lack of food in the galaxy has created some deep divisions within the Wraith cells." "Huh." "And you got all that from, uh, this?" "Yes." "To be honest, I could use some help." "How's your Wraith, Doctor?" "Hmm." "S'okay." "Let's see what you've got." "That's better." "You guys still need to work together." "You're stronger as a team." "You wanna spar a little?" "We're cool, right?" "You're not holding a grudge or anything?" "I did save your life." "I remember." "You know, it's funny." "You ask a dozen people who they thought would win a fight between you and me, people would choose you hands down." "Hell, I'd choose you." "But we went toe to toe." "Yeah, we did." "Until Sheppard showed up." "So I guess it's still undecided." "Look, all I'm saying is, why d'you think I was able to fight you like that?" "It's the enzyme." "Look what it did for me." "Imagine what it can do for you." "I'm not an enemy, Ronon." "I just try to help." "We just finished our scans, ma'am." "They're not here." "D'you think they've headed to another planet?" "It's possible, but, as you know, it's standard procedure to check in and tell us first." "They didn't do that, so   they might have been taken off-world against their will." "Yeah." "Alright." "Can you give me the last few addresses dialed from that D.H.D.?" "Maybe somebody can, but that's a little out of my skill set." "I'll send Zelenka." "Good call." "Lorne out." "So, uh, what's the plan?" "We take them by force." "That's some ground-breaking strategy there." "I think the Colonel is interested in the type of attack." "We plan to overpower them." "I think it's best we just watch." "Now." "What kind of plan is that?" "!" "One that works." "One of your men got hit." "Well, it should be safe for us now." "This guy's dead." "So you see, you are not invincible." "We're close enough." "There are skills to the art of war, Kanayo." "Don't you tell me how to run my missions." "You're just here to watch." "Look familiar?" "That's our C4." "We're stealing it back." "For what purpose?" "For the hive." "As in hive ship?" "Yeah." "That's the Lieutenant's plan." "You're gonna help us destroy a Wraith hive ship." "One of the added bonuses of killing a Wraith is, every now and again, you get your hands on a couple of these." "Now thanks to Jace and some of the computers that we borrowed from the Genii, we've been able to figure out the exact flight path of one of their hive ships." "It's decimating all inhabited worlds in its path." "It has to be stopped." "I've been able to calculate that, in the next several days, it will be forced to make a hyperspace pause very near an uninhabited planet that happens to have a Stargate." "We gate to that planet, get on the hive ship, plant the C4 in the Dart bay, and get out." "We could save thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of lives." "So?" "Wow." ""Wow"?" "You heard me." "Let me see if I can couch what Colonel Sheppard means by "wow" in more explicit terms." "That is a terrible plan." "Rodney." "Made all the more frightening by the fact that you think it's a good plan." "What's wrong with it?" "What's right with it?" "!" "Look, let's just for a second give in to reckless abandon and assume that it will be possible to plant a single charge large enough to destroy an entire hive ship." "We're planning on secondary explosions in the Dart bay." "Regardless, the hive ship will be on a hyperspace pause, yes, but it will not enter the planet's atmosphere, nor... ..we'll have to fly to space..." "We've got a spaceship." "Oh yeah?" "Really?" "What's it made out of, huh?" "Bark?" "No, it's real, McKay." "In fact, it's the only ship I'd feel comfortable using on a mission like this." "OK, where'd you get it?" "Does it matter?" "None of us have had much success flying it." "Banged it up pretty bad the last couple of landings." "It's in need of some repairs." "And a real pilot." "This is why you brought us here." "It's the reason I waited 'til now, yes." "Assuming this guy can get it working again." "He can." "These people are the best at what they do." "Look, you fly it, you scoop us up, you take us to the hive, you drop us off." "All we need is time to lay the charge." "We'll be in and out of there before the Wraith have any idea what's going on." "It's perfect." "It is far from perfect." "But -- it is possible." "Colonel." "Are you -- are you honestly considering this?" "!" "It's on its way to a culling, Rodney." "Yeah, and I am sorry about that, but this is insane!" "Maybe not." "Jace has been trying to get it working, but he's not you, McKay." "Can you fix it?" "No, probably not." "That usually means yes." "Aren't you the one not taking the enzyme?" "You're supposed to be the clear voice of reason here." "Look, can you fix it?" "Even if I could, I wouldn't." "I'm sorry -- drug me all you want, I'm not doing this." "Let me talk to him -- he'll come round." "OK." "Rodney." "Look, maybe you are on the enzyme." "Maybe Ford lied, because no rational person would think that was a good plan." "Look, a million things can go wrong, I know that, but just ..." "look, stop!" "Shut up and listen." "You fix that Dart -- we all get outta here." "I know it's risky but Ford's not thinkin' straight." "So ..." "What are you talking about?" "I'll insist you're all on the away team." "I'll scoop you up and instead of flying out to the hive ship, we fly out to Atlantis." "How?" "That Dart's gotta have its own D.H.D., right?" "Of course." "Well, then, get that thing fly-worthy, we all go home!" "Right, of course." "Now, you see, I would have thought of that myself before I became a drug addict." "I'm sure you would have." "I'm sorry." "It's alright." "OK." "That good, huh?" "These things are not designed to store Gate addresses." "What can you give us?" "Well, every time the Gate is dialed, a slight residual imprint is left on the control crystals." "Which means?" "Well, I've managed to mine about fifty addresses, but, no idea if they're correct or what order they were dialed in." "Fifty?" "!" "That's a lot of planets to check." "Yes -- and that's assuming that they're correct." "OK, so long story short?" "It's going to be next to impossible to find Colonel Sheppard and his team based on what I can get from this D.H.D." "Great." "OK, pack it up, let's take what you've got." "We'll go over it on Atlantis." "Weir's not gonna be happy about this." "How'd that go?" "Well, he'll do it, but we need some conditions." "What?" "Dial back McKay's enzyme doses." "No!" "Look, we're under some time constraints here." "I'm not saying the enzyme wouldn't help," "I'm just saying we need him standing still and thinking, not running laps because it feels good." "Ronon and Teyla?" "Stick to the plan." "Fine." "What else?" "I'll fly it -- that's obvious -- but I want McKay, Teyla and Ronon on the strike team." "It's not a good mission for McKay." "Could get rough in there." "Look, suddenly we need a door open or a computer hacked, McKay should be there to do it." "That's why he's on my team in the first place." "Is that it?" "No!" "No, no, no, no, no." "You fire it up now, it'll only explode." "We're close." "It's a good plan." "Couldn't have done it without you, sir." "Well, glad you trusted me enough to bring me here." "What's wrong?" "I wanna go home." "Then let's go." "Give McKay the D.H.D. crystals and let's get outta here." "I can have you back on Earth within an hour." "No." "We have to do this first." "I have to prove to them that we can do this." "You don't have to prove anything to anyone, Lieutenant." "I saw your cousin and your grandparents when I was back there." "They miss you." "A lot." "This whole M.I.A. thing's killing them." "They're strong." "They can wait." "If anyone's ever gonna take me seriously ever again, we have to do this." "Listen, Aiden ..." "No." "Sorry." "I don't wanna talk about this." "Well, part of me thinks he brought us here because he knew we'd bring him back." "I think subconsciously he knows what our plan is and he's fine with it." "Give it back." "Or what?" "Hey!" "Knock it off, guys!" "What the hell's gotten into you two?" "Oh, right." "Never mind." "We need to talk about this." "About what?" "The enzyme works." "No-one's saying it but we're all thinking it." "It works." "I must admit I have noticed an increased amount of strength." "Maybe Ford is right." "Maybe it's worth looking into to see what this stuff can do." "They were an hour late delivering our doses yesterday and I felt awful." "It frightens me how reliant my body has become on the enzyme always being in my system." "What would happen if we suddenly could not receive it?" "The only neg is that you've gotta keep taking it." "I'm gonna stay on it." "What about you?" "The fact that I'm even considering it makes me feel ..." "Hey." "So?" "It's ready." "OK, now ... could you move?" "Look, this is probably gonna make you a little uneasy but, uh, when the canopy forms, it's perfectly opaque." "Then how am I gonna fly this thing?" "The whole thing is one giant heads-up display." "It'll show you all the pertinent information that you need." "Yeah, you mean in Wraith!" "Yeah, which is why I've installed an interface to translate a lot of the readouts." "And by "a lot" you mean "all", because my Wraith's not all that good." "Enough to get you by." "I knew you could do it." "Right on time." "Kanayo's gonna get you suited up." "You should get ready." "Right." "Seems a little nervous." "You know McKay -- he'll be fine." "You know how to dial the D.H.D. on this thing?" "The address is memorized." "Good, good." "Listen, I should probably tell you, uh, there's been a slight change of plans." "Oh yeah?" "Kanayo!" "Don't even think about it!" "What the hell are you doing?" "McKay's gonna stay here while we do the op." "Take him!" "No, no, no, no, no!" "That wasn't part of the plan." "Neither was you heading back to Atlantis." "You didn't really buy the whole" ""I wanna go home" speech, did you, huh?" "Always underestimated me, Sheppard." "You need to stop doing that." "Complete the mission and McKay lives." "We can't complete the mission, Ford." "It's a bad plan!" "You said it was a great plan." "You didn't buy the whole "it's a great plan" speech, did you?" "Get this Dart in the air and come scoop us up." "Oh, and the Dart D.H.D. only dials to the planet we're going to and back here -- just in case McKay's life isn't enough to get you to do the right thing." "Aiden, what are you doing?" "Just making sure you guys hold up your end of the bargain." "It's OK, give 'em back their weapons." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "If we're gonna do this, we've all got to work together." "Good luck to us all." "Stand by for pick up." "If they were OK, they would have radioed in by now." "I understand that, ma'am." "I want everyone who is cleared for off-world activity to help with the search." "The Daedalus is on its way from Earth,then they'll be able to help, but until they get here, it's up to us." "And I know that, but I need you to understand that it is gonna take a very long time to search all the planets on our list." "It ... it could take months." "We can't afford months, Major." "And I know that too." "Good." "This is gonna take some getting used to." "Come on!" "Oh, and we were getting along so well!" "Oh, auto pilot!" "No, no, no, no, no!" "R2, I need you to turn the auto pilot off!" "Now!" "Worth a try." "Jace!" "We have to go after them!" "No-one would have survived that fall." "We have to get out of the open." "You guys OK?" "No, we are not OK." "You beamed half of us off the edge of the platform." "Teyla and Ronon?" "Is that all you care about?" "You murdered my men." "I've lost all control of the Dart." "I had to release you blind." "Maintain radio silence until we've laid the charge." "Negative." "We need to stay in contact." "You should leave that radio on, Aiden." "Don't tell me what to do." "Ford." "Ford." "Ford!" "Dammit!" "I'd prefer not to." "Oh boy!" "You mind checking the oil?" "This is not good!" "What is that?" "It's an alarm." "That shouldn't happen." "No, it shouldn't." "Sheppard, you there?" "Sheppard, you there?" "I think I might have set the alarm off." "You guys be careful, 'cause there's probably some guards on the way." "Too late." "You wanna live, stay behind me." "Oh!" "Do ...?" "No, I'm good, thanks." "You sure?" "Yeah, pretty sure." "Look, don't you think that they should be back by now, huh?" "I mean, how long does it take to fly there and fly back, you know?" "I mean, I say, uh, it's a minute from, uh, here to the Gate, uh, ten tops from their Gate to the hive ship, um, twenty to get in and lay a charge and then, then, what?" "Like, ten more to get, get back out and home, right?" "So ..." "Worrying really isn't going to do anything." "Yeah, well, I subscribe to a different school of thought." "They're fine!" "You can't possibly know that!" "I got a gut feeling." "Yeah, well, I have a different gut." "... Feeling." "Ford." "What's your position?" "Ford?" "!" "Ah, dammit!" "Keep fighting!" "... and thanks to several modifications, the specifics of which are encrypted in this data burst, we believe we can streamline our power consumption a further thirty percent." "Also at the time of this transmission, Colonel Sheppard's team is still missing and is   is presumed   Colonel Sheppard's team is still missing." "End transmission." "Are you alright?" "We're in a holding cell?" "Yes." "On a hive ship." "Uh-huh." "Well, then, no, I'm not doing so good." "I can't believe you screwed up." "I did what?" "!" "You set off the alarm." "You ruined the mission." "The Dart went on auto pilot the second I got close to the hive." "You're lucky I was able to get you out." "Well, why would it do that?" "Why would it go on auto pilot?" "That's what Jumpers do when they gate to Atlantis." "Well, why didn't you say something?" "Why didn't I say something?" "!" "You want me to fail." "You want me to look bad!" "Yeah, that's right, you snot-nosed brat." "I put my team's life on the line just to prove you wrong!" "We've got company." "Move away." "What do you want?" "The one who flew the ship." "Why don't you start with me?" "No, wait!" "You want me." "It's alright." "There's always a way out." "If he dies, you die." "Kneel."