"Ease up on the controls a little." "I'm fine." "You're going to snap the damn things off." "Ease up." "I'm justy seeing what this baby can do." "Did you just say "this baby"?" "It's perfectly appropriate space pilot parlance." "Just try to fly the baby in a straight line." "I'm flying in a straight line." "Not so much." "Well, in space, all motion is relative." "You okay, Dr. Gall?" "I get motion sickness." "These things have inertial dampeners." "You shouldn't feel a thing." "I..." "I know we're moving." "That's enough for me." "Why'd you choose this guy for the mission?" "Brendan's the one who discovered the lagrangian point satellite was out here." "Elizabeth felt he should see it for himself." "Don't let go of the controls!" "Snapping doesn't help!" "This is why parents get someone else to teach their kids how to drive." "Hey, I'm both insulted and touched by that." "Oh, my god." "McKay..." "Yes, yes, of course, please." "Holding station at 1,000 meters." "We're almost a half a mile away and it's filling the windshield." "This thing is enormous." "It's as large as a Goa'uld mothership." "This might be the single largest weapons platform ever constructed." "It's probably the ancients' last line of defense before Atlantis." "Any chance it's still operational?" "Because that would be a very good thing." "Are you getting any energy readings?" "Negative." "So it's dead?" "Well, it warrants closer scrutiny, but yeah." "Knocked out during the ancients' last stand?" "Or its power source is depleted." "10,000 years is a long time." " We should still take a closer look..." " Wait, wait." "I'm getting something in the ultra-low frequency range." "Where's it coming from?" "The planet." "It's a distress call..." "A Wraith distress call." "Season 1 :" "Episode 12 The Defiant One" "You're sure it's Wraith?" "In this solar system?" "I know." "Celestially speaking, it's right in our backyard." "We figure the ancient satellite shot the Wraith ship down in the final battle for Atlantis." "And it's still putting out a signal after thousands of years?" "It's a very weak signal." "Look, if any part of that ship is intact, the wealth of scientific and military knowledge we could acquire is invaluable." "So what are you saying?" "We have to go down and take a look." "You have to?" "It took you almost 15 hours to get there." "Well, all the more reason we should have a look." "We're already here." "I should mention that the planet's atmosphere is extremely ionized." "Radio communication could be difficult." "And it would take at least 15 hours to send out any sort of rescue." "We'll be fine." "Major?" "I agree with McKay." "Of course you do." "How could either of you resist exploring a crashed alien spaceship?" "Exactly." "I assure you, our interest is purely professional, Elizabeth." "Seriously, the amount of intel we could gather from their weapons system..." "Codes, shields..." "All right." "Proceed with extreme caution, please, and check in with me in three hours." " Three hours?" "That's hardly enough time..." " Will do." "Jumper one out." ""Radio communication could be difficult."" "Hey, she said yes, didn't she?" "And no thanks to you." "All right, knock it off, guys." "I've spent the last 15 hours listening to you two." "Are we ready?" "All right, let's remember where we parked." "Why didn't we just land next to the ship?" "Just a precaution." "A precaution for what?" "The Wraith ship crashed thousands of years ago." "Automated defenses." "I never thought of that." "Don't worry, Brendan." "We weren't all built for field work." "Seriously, we're almost there, right?" "What's that?" "Some kind of bug?" "Space bug." "It's giving off some pretty strong life-signs readings." "Uh, okay, did I mention how allergic I was to bee stings?" "Maybe it smells the food." "Maybe he's just smelling the girlish fear." "Well, let's leave it be, and it'll leave us be." "Guys..." "Have you seen one like this before?" "It's too small to be a hive ship." "Well, it's been here for a very long time." "Maybe they've discontinued that model." "Maybe, but whatever it is, it took a hell of a hit." "Score one for the ancient satellite." "There's still some skeletons down there." "I guess everyone didn't die in the crash." "Are you getting any life signs?" "I think we can rule that out." "It's just a precaution." "Fine." "No, it's just us and the glowy bugs." "Nothing coming from the ship." "Good." "Let's go take a look." "I'm picking up faint power readings." "Something had to be powering the distress beacon." "Come on, Abrams." "Maybe one of us should stay outside." "Look, I know how you feel, but how many opportunities like this are we going to get?" "This guy looks like he just lied there and died." "It's remarkably preserved." "Or it wasn't that long ago." "All right." "Beckett will want samples." "It is...?" "Yeah." "Okay..." "What the...?" "Okay." "This is different." "Wraith cannibalism?" "Looks like it." "They feed off each other?" "Probably as a last resort." "I guess some of them tried to survive as long as possible." "Okay, that is incredibly disturbing." "No kidding." "You know, I wonder if there's..." "Guys!" "They're bodies, human bodies." "They have chambers like this on hive ships." "I've never seen one so large before." "I don't understand." "The Wraith cocoon humans." "They keep their bodies in a sort of suspended animation, so later they can..." "I think we just figured out what this ship was for." "It's a supply ship..." "On its way to feed the Wraith who were laying siege to Atlantis." "Well, that's terrifying." "Gall, Abrams, check it out, but be careful." "What?" "No, wait." "Where are you going?" "Well, the ship's got to have a bridge." "Maybe we can get some useful intel." "So you're just leaving us here?" "What's the problem?" "They're all dead." "That's the problem!" "Just get some D.V. and a rough head count." "We'll stay in radio contact." "That could be difficult." "This part of the ship seems really shielded." "Weir only gave us a few hours." "We'll check in every few minutes." "You wanted field work." "This..." "Is field work." "Lieutenant, I'd like you to put a team on standby for a rescue mission." "Is the major all right?" "I'm sure everything's fine." "I'd just like to have a team ready." "So just in case?" "Yeah." "Just in case." "Yes, ma'am." "I'm not picking up anything in the E.M. spectrum." "I may need to rig up a secondary power source so we can interface with their computer systems." "I'm just thinking out loud here..." "What?" "How long do you think a Wraith could feed on all those humans back there?" "Well, they're capable of hibernating for hundreds of years at a time, but, I mean, think about it." "10,000 years ago was roughly the dawn of human civilization." "So there's no chance..." "No, no, no." "Are you kidding?" "Well..." "Maybe." "McKay." "No." "No, no living thing could survive that long under those conditions." "It's ridiculous." "Okay." "That would require an incredible power source capable of sustaining the stored humans in suspended animation almost the entire time." "So it's possible?" "Oh, my god." "It is possible." "We've got to get out of here." "Gall, Abrams, this is Sheppard." "Major, are you trying to scare me to death?" "I'm probably being a little overcautious, but we need to..." "We need to what?" "Major, say again." "Your radio's breaking up." "Let's fall back to our point of ingress." "We're headed back to the jumper." "I think we're getting out of here." "I just saw something in the corridor behind you." "We can't go that way." "Major, I just saw something." "All right, stay put." "We're coming back to you." "Understood." "There's nothing out here." "Brendan, you're just freaking out on me." "I'm telling you, I saw something." "Put that thing away." "You're going to kill somebody." "I know what I saw!" "Oh, my god." "This way." "He is dead." "Where's Gall?" "I don't know." "Gall, this is Sheppard." "Come in." "It must have taken him." "You're right." "They're on the move." "What're you doing?" "Taking his weapons andd his ammo." "Here." " I already have a gun." " Now you have two." "You're not planning on going after the Wraith?" "I plan on going after gall, then I plan on getting the hell out of here." "There was nothing alive when I scanned for life signs." "They don't show up as life signs when they're hibernating." "Okay." "Let's go." "Please!" "They're not even overdue yet." "It doesn't matter." "Call it intuition, paranoia, or we can just call it a drill." "Either way, I want you to go now." "We can always be called back, but if they are in trouble..." " Then every moment counts." " Exactly." "Ford, who's your pilot?" "Markham." "Good, he could use some piloting practice." "And I've packed enough ordnance to fight a small war." "Let's hope you don't have to." "Yes, ma'am." "Let's move out." "What's that?" "I don't know, but I don't have the ordnance I should have, and it takes a lot to kill these guys." "I'll take any edge I can get." "What world are you from?" "Y-you're going to kill me anyway." "You have come here by ship." "Where is it?" "You're going to kill me anyway." "But not all at once." "Okay..." "Stay behind me." "Shoot only when I tell you to shoot." "He's left the ship." "It killed Abrams." "We know." "It was so fast..." "It fed off me." "You're going to be all right." "It was taking my life." "I could feel it..." "All right, all right, all right." "Listen to me." "Listen to me." "You're still here." "Can you move?" "Nothing below my shoulders." "I'm sure the paralysis is just temporary." "You'll be all right in a few hours." "I told him where we left the jumper." "He took my remote." "He won't be able to fly it." "Do we know that for a fact?" "I'm sure the Wraith were the main reason the ancient technology only works if the operator has a specific gene." "Either way, he'll still have all of our weapons, food, and water..." "Who cares?" "What if he can use our subspace radio to signal his friends?" "He might be able to do that." "Not if I can get there first." "He's got a head start." "I can be pretty fast." "Elizabeth will send another jumper." "We just need to wait..." "Stay with him." "No." "Please don't leave us." "He's right." "We should stick together." "He killed Abrams." "I'm as sorry about that as you are, but just because we both made an error..." "I don't have time to argue about this!" "Now, set your radio to channel two, but don't use it till you hear from me." "Major." "Major!" "It's fine, just..." "Okay." "Anything?" "No." "Hopefully there's just the one." "You're not going to let me die out here, are you?" "No, don't be ridiculous." "You know, because people would talk." "And why would they do that?" "It's obvious." "You're afraid I'll outshine you." "My mind." "My youth..." "How much of my life did he take?" "You look fine." "Because that's what they do, isn't it?" "They take years off of your life." "I look old, don't I?" "You look older, yes." "Show me." "There's no point in doing this." " You just..." " Rodney." "Show me." "Oh, my god!" "I don't know how it works, Brendan." "I don't think anybody does." "Maybe you haven't really aged." "Maybe it doesn't work that way." "Look, it's possible that, in time, you could get better." "The important thing is that you're still alive." "Can you move yet?" "I think I'm starting to get some feeling back in my extremities." "Well, there's something." "What?" "I'm just trying to help here." "Look, you're the one who had to find the stupid satellite." "Ah, don't make me laugh." "Yeah." "You shouldn't laugh." "It's..." "It's not so good." "It's been six hours." "They still haven't checked in." "Good thing we left when we did." "Be careful, Lieutenant." "Yes, ma'am." "Gall said something about radio being a problem on the surface, so, hopefully, the jumper's subspace communications are just down." "We're prepared to do whatever we need to do." "You're on the other side of the solar system, Lieutenant." "It's going to be your call." "Yes, ma'am, it is." "McKay." "We're still here." "The son of a bitch beat me to it." "He's fast." "Then you should get back here." "Negative." "There's no point in you being out there..." "He's aboard my ship." "What are you, Captain kirk?" "What good's it going to do him?" "I don't know." "Maybe he can hotwire the damn thing." "I don't want to take a chance." "Do you have any idea how long the days are on this planet?" "No." "Why?" "Because I've got a feeling the nights are pretty damn cold, sub-zero cold." "We're six hours overdue." "Assuming they waited an hour before sending a rescue mission..." "There's a very good chance it's going to be dark before another jumper can get here." "If we play the waiting game, the guy who's been around for 10,000 years is going to win." "Major, anyone or anything capable of surviving that long is going to be a serious adversary." "Well, not if I get him out in the open." "He won't know about our weapons." "If all goes well, I'll fly the jumper back and pick you up." "And if all doesn't go well?" "It will." "Things haven't gone all that well thus far." "You know, Rodney, these guys do die if you have enough firepower." "Well, eventually, yes, but..." "Try and stay positive." "How's gall feeling?" "His can move his toes." "See?" "Things are looking up." "This is major John Sheppard." "That's my ship you're messing with." "I'd like it back." "This ship is Lantian." "Yes, it is." "The Lantians were on the verge of defeat." "Well, you weren't around for the end of the war." "Your side lost." "Impossible." "It's true." "You're the last of your kind." "Their city was under siege." "Atlantis was all that remained." "Victory was inevitable." "Well, you can see for yourself my ship is Lantian." "I'm living proof we're still around, but the Wraith were all gone." "No one's left but you." "What you say cannot be true." "Why don't you come down to your own ship and see for yourself?" "I'll be waiting for you." "You cannot hope to defeat me!" "There." "What'd I tell you, huh?" "Rodney, I don't feel so good." "Water." "Probably need some water." "McKay..." "Major, what's happening?" "I thought you should know..." "Round one was a draw." "I don't like the sound of that." "Me neither." "I took some fire." "Are you injured?" "Yeah, that's what I mean by "I took some fire."" "But I don't think it's too bad, but my P-90's out of commission." "He found a 9-mil in the jumper, figured out how to use it pretty fast." "Well, the Wraith will heal itself." "No kidding." "I put at least 20 shot into him, and a couple more for good measure." "I've seen Wraith go down and stay down with far less." "This guy's different somehow." "Dr. Beckett has theorized that a Wraith's ability to heal itself is directly proportional to how recently the Wraith has fed, and he's..." "Fed pretty recently." "I think there's got to be more to it than that." "Can Gall move his fingers yet?" "Barely." "All right, then stick a gun in his hand." "Major?" "Just in case I don't make it back." "Sheppard out." "That's comforting, huh?" "All right." "Water." "Oh, crap!" "Major, what the hell was that?" "I almost blew myself up." "What?" "Stay off the radio." "I'm busy." "Right." "He's busy." "You want to get out there and help him, don't you?" "What?" "Me go up against a Wraith?" "Are you kidding?" "You do, I can tell." "You've changed." "You really want to get out there." " Shut up." " Don't get me wrong." "I'm impressed." "You want in the fight." "The Rodney McKay I knew would never..." "You heard the man." "We're staying right here." "Right." "Take this, but don't shoot at anything until I tell you to, okay?" "Okay." "You want some of this?" "Okay, okay." "That's enough." "You're right." "I should go out there." "I didn't say you should." "I said you wanted to." "Because I should." "No, you shouldn't." "But don't let me stop you." "If you really think you can help the major by going out..." "I can't leave you here." "Yes, you can." "What difference does it make?" "You and I both know I'm not going to make it." "Stop being so dramatic." "You're getting stronger by the minute." "I've never felt so weak." "Then stop talking." "I'm dying, Rodney." "I can feel it." "Stop it!" "I'm not getting better." "I'm getting worse." "He left me with just enough life so that you'd have to watch me die." "Listen to me." "All you need is a good meal, a pot of tea, and to stop talking, and..." "Brendan!" "I'm sorry." "You said to stop talking." "I'm sorry, I thought you'd..." "Apologies." "Nice work." "Not now, guys." "We may be able to make radio contact now, sir." "Major, this is lieutenant Ford." "Come in." "Major, we should be there inside an hour." "Please respond." "Perhaps we're still too far away." "Or maybe they can't get a signal on the planet." "See if you can make this thing go a little faster." "Do you think I'm a fool, Major Sheppard?" "There is nowhere for you to go on this world." "When I feed upon you, I will savor the taste of your defiance." "Hey, you." "Over here." "On the ground, the radio." "The days on this planet are long, but the nights are cold." "Sooner or later..." "I will have you." "I can't hear you threatening to suck the life out of me till you hit the button on the radio." "Did you hear that?" "No." "I thought I heard something." "Maybe there's another one hibernating." "No." "It's been too long." "I think the major could be in trouble, and if he's in trouble, we're in trouble." "Then go." "Do you think you could move?" "Not a chance." "I'm not going anywhere." "Okay." "That's okay." "Go." "Rodney, just go." "Save the day." "What I really want to do is call him on the radio, but I'm afraid if he's hiding from the Wraith," "I might inadvertently give away his position, and let's face it, what chance would we have against the Wraith if Sheppard can't take him out?" "I was hoping you'd be strong that I..." "Oh, no." "You've got to be kidding me." "I have fed upon countless thousands of humans and lantians, even upon my own crew, and I will feed upon you before this day is done." "Major, this is lieutenant Ford." "Please respond." "Lieutenant, I like your timing." "Get your ass down here." "Sir, we're still two-zero minutes away at top speed." "Well, in that case, your timing sucks." "Get here as soon as you can." "You need me to get off this planet." "I'm the only one who can fly that ship." "I will use your dead hands to operate its controls." "Major?" "McKay!" "What do I do now?" "Keep firing everything you've got!" "Okay, now what?" "Reload." "We're picking up their life signs on the planet." "Head straight for them." "Sir, we're picking you up on the aim." "No more bullets!" "Ford, lock onto the biggest life-sign signals you can see and fire." "Negative, sir." "You're too close!" "That's an order, Lieutenant." "Do it!" "Fire on that target." "McKay, run!" "McKay?" "Still here!" "Sir, this is Ford." "The target is gone." "Well, it's about damn time." "We got here as soon as we could, Major." "That's not what I meant." "Thanks." "You're welcome, Sir." "We'll be there in just a few minutes." "We can wait." "Thanks." "Yeah." "You too." "You okay?" "Other than this and a few cracked ribs..." "What about Gall?" "No." "You'll have to put the ship back together, provided you could disarm the shield." "Fine." "As long as we get to go home." "You can drive." "Oh, thank you."