"Tell her we'll have answers for her in a few hours." "Yes, sir." "Well.. guess it's just you and me.." "..and him." "Your leader looks through me as if I will not there." "Do I?" "No." "You truly cannot return to your world?" "No." "Then there is something you should see." "How much further is this place?" "Not far." " Tell me some good news, Rodney." " I can't do that." "The shield has held back the ocean for centuries." "And probably would have kept going for years more.." "..but our arrival changed that." "Now it's nothing more than a thin shell between the buildings and the water." " We stopped exploring!" " The damage is already done." "Another section of city on the far side was flooded an hour or so ago." "Even occupying this room is draining power." "We need to evacuate, the moment Colonel Sumner reports back it's safe." "You're saying, we have to abandon the city?" "Sooner we leave, the longer that shield holds." "I used to play as a child." "I believe this is where the survivors hid from.." "..the Wraith during the last great attack." "Let me..." "We mastered fire long ago." "Guess so." "What's this?" "I lost this years ago." " How did you...?" " It was lying right over here." "It was reflecting off the light." "Someone's been busy, huh?" "The drawings in the caves are extensive." "Many must date back thousands of years or more." "Does this represent the destruction of your city?" "This drawing far predates that" "So, what?" "Someone knew it was gonna happen?" "I believe it happens again, and again." "The Wraith allow our kind to grow in numbers." "And when that number reaches a certain point.." "..they return to cull their human herd." "Sometimes a few hundred years will pass before they awaken again." "We've visited many, many worlds." "I know of none untouched by the Wraith." "The last great Holocaust was five generations ago." "Still they return, in smaller numbers, to remind their power." "That's a hell of a way to live." "We move our hunting camps around." "We try to teach our children not to live in fear, but it is hard." "Some of us can sense the Wraith coming." "That gives us warning." "We should go, it will be dark soon." "Man, days are short here." ""Major Sheppard, this is Colonel Sumner." "Come in!"" "Colonel this is Lieutenant Ford." "Major Sheppard's out of radio range at the moment." "Where the hell is he?" ""I think Teyla wanted him to see something."" "Defensive positions!" "Colonel, we have Gate activity here." "Colonel!" "Three bandits headed your way." "Take cover!" "What is it?" "The Wraith." "Jinto!" "Fire at that target!" "Teyla!" ""Colonel theyre on the ground, theyre all around us!"" "Teyla?" "They are not really there." "Do not trust your eyes." "The Wraith can make you see things that are not there." "We must hurry." ""Colonel, this is Sheppard."" ""What you see on the ground is just an illusion."" ""Concentrate and fire on the ships."" "Fire at the ships!" "Fire at the ships!" " Bates, snap out of it." " Theyre everywhere, Sir." "Take that thing down." "Teyla." "Teyla!" ""Sir, the Colonel." "Theyve taken him."" "The gates coming on again." "Two enemy ships approaching." "Let em go, there are friendlies on board." "Look at the dialing device burn those symbols into your mind." "Son of a" "Help!" "Help me!" "I cant find my father." "Here it comes." "What am I looking for?" "There another part of the force field just failed." "I dont think we have much time." "How are we doing?" "Look, if we can just buy ourselves another day," " maybe we can..." " The city is.." "sacrificing parts of itself in order to maintain these main areas, but catastrophic failure is inevitable." "Not in my wildest dreams did I hope to find the.." "..lost city of the Ancients so completely untouched,.." "..so pristine and we have no choice but to walk away from this?" " In order to save it." " To save it for whom?" "We dont have enough power to send a message." "As far as earth is concerned, were just going to be missing,.." " ..presumed lost." " Well be back." "Well find a power source somewhere in Pegasus." "We have yet to hear from Colonel Sumner,.." " ..we have no idea whats out there." " We cant wait." "It is time to go, now." "Attention all personnel, this is Weir." "Stand by for immediate evacuation." "Dial the gate." "Weve got an incoming wormhole." "Im reading Lt. Fords identification code." "Let him in." "Step in folks, move away from the puddle." "Major Sheppard!" "Major Sheppard, who are all these people?" "Survivors from the settlement we were attacked." "Sumner and some of our men were taken." "Whats going on?" "We are in no position to help anyone right now." "What the hells going on here?" "We were about to abandon the city." "Going back there is a really bad idea." "Major Sheppard the shield is about to fail.." "..and the ocean is about to come crashing in on us." "Do you have a better place for us to go?" "Jinto, you have any other address where we can gate to?" "Yes, many." "Hes just a boy." "I am Jinto." "Shes pleased to meet you." "The shield is collapsing!" "Im dialing an address." "No wait!" "Shes right." "Were moving!" "Were on the surface." "I was hoping for another day." "It looks like we just got a whole lot more than that." "Lets not waste it." "People listen up." "No one gets to sit down until they carry two pieces of equipment off this deck." "Now lets go." "The last Zero Point Module is depleted, but limited power has returned now that our generators arent trying to hold back an ocean." "Life Support systems are working, but the planets atmosphere is breathable, not withstanding the inevitable allergens." "So now could our naquada generators supply enough power.." "..to the shield for defensive purposes?" "Not even close." "On the surface without a shield were target practice." "Im acutely aware of that Major, but thank you for reinforcing it." "When can you tell me where the Wraith took Colonel Sumner and the others?" "Even with the six symbols Lt. Ford provided, there are still hundreds of permutations" "720." "Yes." "I knew that of course" "Im just surprised you did." "Take away the coordinates you cant get a lock on,.." "..and thats youre one." "And when you find it, send a MALP." "Major, a word." "Let me guess, youre not gonna let me rescue my people." "Major, you dont even know if theyre alive." "You dont leave people in the hands of the enemy." "And the fact that we are having this conversation in private.." "..lets me know that you know damn well that its wrong,.." "..and it will totally undermine your leadership." " So as ranking military officer I..." " All right, just shut up.." "..and listen to me for a moment, all right?" "Come on, what do we know about the Wraith." "One of the few things that we do know is.." "..that they are the enemy that defeated the Ancients." "When we first began to use the stargate we found on earth we got ourselves into serious trouble." "Why?" " I dont need to answer your question..." " Because the people in charge.." "..didnt consider the ramifications before they reacted." "They took our people." " How am I supposed to react?" " And were defenseless,.." "..you said so yourself." "How do you know going off on some half-assed rescue mission.." "..isnt going to bring them all right back here to our doorstep?" "Maybe it will, but its the right thing to do." "Why?" "Because it is." " John..." " If were not gonna do this,.." "and I mean right now, lets just turn tail and pack up." "Because theyre coming..." " You dont know that." " Our people.." "..are in the hands of the enemy, Dr. Do you know what that means?" "Its just a matter of time before.." "..the Wraith figure out that this is the base.." " ..of our operations." " I just need more information." "I mean who knows?" " Maybe we could negotiate a peaceful..." " Peaceful?" "Are you kidding?" "We werent there for more than a few hours before they showed up." "Is it possible they came because of you?" "And that one of these people you brought back here with you tipped them off?" "Its possible." "See that is exactly the kind of snap decision.." " .." "I am referring to." " Theyre not all bad people." "And you know, if were gonna stick around here we need friends." "Okay, I see your point." "Now you see mine." "I will not authorize a rescue mission unless I am sure there is at least.." "..a remote chance of success." "Im not sending more good people, including you, to their deaths." "Okay." "Are you all right?" "Where are we?" "Any idea what to expect?" "No." "Your friend was the one who said the Wraith.." "..would come if we went down into the ruins." "Perhaps you should have heeded his warning." "How do I know hes not the one who told them?" "Someone comes." "Im Colonel Marshall Sumner..." "No." "Please." "Take me in his place." "No, take me." "Were the ones youre after, right?" "Im their leader." "They have no need to explain themselves." "Yeah, I got that." "Were receiving visual telemetry." "We cant see anything." "No atmospheric readings at all." "Wait, what was that?" "Rotate the camera." "Well there goes that MALP." "Its in space." "Its in high orbit around a planet on the far side of the galaxy." "Youre sure this is the right address?" "Its the only one we could get a lock on." "Very well." "Shut it down." "Im sorry." "Come with me, Major." "Think you can fly it?" "What do you say we find out?" "Dr. Beckett, what was it you wanted me to see?" "These cells have none of the normal human inhibiting proteins whatsoever." "That gives them an incredible ability to regenerate." "What about the movement Major Sheppard saw?" "As far as independent behavior," "I say that anything he saw was caused by a.." "..residual command language in the severed nerve endings." "All right, anything else?" "The being this arm belonged to,.." "..if I was a betting man,.." "..Id say it was old." "Very, very old." "How old?" "As long as the cells are properly nourished,.." "..I dont see a life form like this ever dying of natural aging the way we do." "And theyd be bloody hard to kill." "Well I dont like the sound of that." "I dont blame ya." "What is that noise?" "I..." "I dont he was right here." "Major!" "You said you wanted tactical advantage." "All right, so you can fly that thing." "It doesnt mean you can pull off a rescue." "Doctor, this is why you brought me here." "Ready?" "I have no idea." "This technology is so far beyond us." "We dont have a clue what were dealing with." "For all I know we could Yeah, Im ready." "All right boys, get ready to go." "Gate Ship One, ready to go." "Gate Ship One?" "A little puddle jumper like this?" "Its a ship, it goes through the gate." "Gate Ship One." "Oh no, no, no." "Thats all wrong." "Dr. McKay thought it was cool." "Oh, okay." "Well its official." "You dont get to name anything... ever." "Flight, this is..." "Puddle Jumper were go to launch." "All right, this is Flight." "I thought we were going with Gate Ship?" ""Negative, Flight."" "Stand by." "Its a ship that goes through the gate." "I" "Fine." "Puddle Jumper you are clear for launch." "Dial it up, Lieutenant." "Be safe." "Wow." "This is cool." "Looks like you got the hang of it." "Ill tell you what Lieutenant.." "..a lot of fighter pilots would kill to fly this thing." "Its like it reads your mind." "Did you do that?" "I was just wondering where we go from here." "Ill take that as a yes." "So how do we find them once we land?" "Well Ive been thinking about that too." "Now Im thinking about a nice turkey sandwich." "Worth a try." "Lock and load." "All right, teams of two." "Learn what you can lay down the defenses as you see fit." "I wanna be able to light this place up if we have to." "Two clicks and youre clear to talk." " Yes sir." " Do not engage the enemy." "Youre with me." "You must feel hunger by now." "I thought getting in was gonna be the hard part." "Thats the first one weve seen." "The moving dot should be him." "Over there." "Yeah, thats you." "So, we got ourselves a Life Signs Detector." "You can name it later." "Major." "Shh." "Are you all right?" "How did you find us?" "Is my son alive?" "Hes well and waiting for you." "Wheres Colonel Sumner?" "He was taken by the Wraith." "We dont know where." "How about when?" "Not long." "I knew something had to go wrong." ""This is Stackhouse, go ahead Sir."" "How bout a diversion a little bit?" ""Were gonna need to make some noise out there."" "Yes, Sir." "Rig up the C4 to blow a hole.." "..and get these people out of here on my signal, all right?" "I can find the Colonel with this, there arent that many Wraith around." "I should be able to do this." "If Im not back in 20 minutes, blow the cells and get out." "Youre the only one who can fly these people out of here." "Yeah Im gonna fly us all out of here, including the Colonel." "Im saying I should be the one to go, Sir." "Twenty minutes, Ill find him." "What do you call yourself?" "Colonel Marshall Sumner, United States Marine Corps." "So little fear." "Is it valor.." "..or ignorance?" "We traveled through the stargate as peaceful explorers." "You must eat,.." "..yet you resist your hunger." "Why?" "Why have you taken my people prisoner?" "You trespassed upon our feeding ground" "Feeding ground?" "All living things must eat." "In this I am sure we are similar." "You feel hunger even now," "I can sense it." "Yet, you resist." "Why?" "Why do you care?" "Hunger is distasteful." "Looks to me like the food didnt agree with him." "There we are quite dissimilar, Colonel Sumner." "We dont require our food to agree with us." "What do you call your world?" ""What do you call your world?" "What do you call your world?"" "Earth." "It is not among our stars." "No." "Tell me of earth." "How many more are there of your kind." "Thousands?" "Millions?" "More?" "Our feeding ground has not been so rich in ten thousand years." "Your will is strong." "This one..." "begged for his life." "Is that the kind of treatment I can expect for myself and my people?" "As I have said, all living things must eat." "Then were done talking." "I think not." "Kneel." "I have not tasted such strength in so long." "Go to hell." "Earth first." "How many years must I take from you before you tell us what I wish to know?" "Or shall I take them all?" "Where is this new feeding ground?" "I wont" "Bring him." "Hows the hand feeling?" "Much better." "Im sorry to hear that." "How did this come to you?" "I dont remember." "Light it up." "Cover." "That has to kill you." "Howd you find me?" "Tread marks, standard issue." "Sir, lets go." "You dont know what you have done." "We are merely the caretakers for those that sleep." "When I die the others will waken." "All of them." "Whats she talking about?" "How many are left?" "Sir, we need to leave." " Bates, were on the go." """ " So are we." "Colonel Sumner?"" "Negative." "Dr. Weir!" "Were getting reports in from all over the city." "Some uh pretty interesting stuff." "Weve only been able to provide power to certain sections, but.." "..even then, the things that are coming up are just..." "I should never have let them go." "For what its worth, you made the right decision." "Give them time." "Major, the Jumper is secure for the moment, but we have a big problem." "Lieutenant, take our six." "Im gonna take them back to the Jumper." "Be right behind you." "Theres nothing there." " I was sure I saw something." " Only what the Wraith wish you to see." "Firing your weapon will reveal our position." "Come on." "Get in!" "Thank you, Sir." "Lets try not to make a habit of this." "We have incoming!" "Okay, now what am I thinking?" "Everybody okay back there?" "We are well enough." "Hope that was the hard part." "Crap." "I dont think weve gotten to the hard part yet." "What can we do?" "Were safe as long as they cant see us." "Theres only one way for us to go." "The minute we activate the stargate.." "..they could start shooting blind and blow us away on our approach." "Then how can we get through?" "We have to draw them away from the gate and double back." "Be prepared to dial the gate on my mark." "You see anything like a weapons console over there?" "Try and go invisible again." "I tried, it must be damaged." "Dial the gate." "Off-world activation!" "Raise the shield." "Get ready to punch in your code on the next pass." "Whats the range on these things?" "Do we have an identification code?" "Nothing yet." "Enter your code." "Hang on." "Im reading Lt. Fords IDC." "Let him in." "Give them a few more seconds." "Were going too fast." "I know." "Reactivate the shield!" "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Atlantis." "Please remain seated until the Puddle Jumper has come to a full... complete... stop." "I guess this is home now." "Guess so." "Im thinking of a little place with an ocean view." "Out of the way." "Major, Lieutenant," "I thought the occasion merited opening this." "Compliments of General ONeill." "Cheers." "You did good, John." "I dont know about that." "Hey, there was no way you could have saved Colonel Sumner." "I have to live with it." "Im beginning to think you were right, I have made things much worse." "I havent made us many more friends out there." "No?" "Look around you." "I agree, Major Sheppard." "You have earned both my friendship and that of my people." "With our help you will make many more friends." "How come I never make friends like that?" "You need to get out more." "Were in another galaxy." "How much more out can you get?" "Is there lemon in this?" "One more thing Major." "Its something Id like you to sleep on." "I have a few thoughts for it myself, but..." "Thoughts for what?" "Who the members of your team might be." "My team?" "Well you are the ranking military officer now, or do you need to be reminded of that?" "We need to get back out there do what we came to do." "You do realize I could get us into all sorts of trouble." "Ya ready?" "Part I transcript by Tara and XTC" "Part II transcript by sgatlantis.org" "Timing by Jasy and Lifeforce"