Our government has asked usto return to Tollana .
.
to arrange formal diplomaticrelations with your people.
Consider it done.
You are, after all, thepeople who saved us from the Goa'uld.
Thank you.
Yes.
Well, in that spirit,we'd like to arrange for a trade.
- What would you like to trade?
- Technology.
I'm sorry.
You know that isthe one thing we cannot give you.
Tollan law strictly forbids it.
OK, we understand that.
However,in our culture, laws can be changed .
.
when the reasons for those lawsare no longer relevant.
The reasons for these lawsare still relevant.
OK.
Please.
If, uh If you'djust allow me to make our case.
- I assume you want weapons technology.
- Yes.
One of those ion cannons would be nice.
I see.
And for what will you use such a cannon?
To defend ourselves against the Goa'uld.
Forgive me, Colonel, but our researchshows that you are far more likely .
.
to use our "technology"against enemies on your own planet.
What if I gave you my wordthat would never happen?
Are you the commanderof your entire nation?
- No.
- Then, in truth, you cannot guarantee it.
- You know what?
Forget it.
- Jack We knew you wouldn't give us anything.
We're wasting time here.
- Jack
- No, Daniel.
Let's go! (Daniel) Uh, wh
-what are you doin'?
We never should have savedtheir technologically superior butts!
- That's what disabled our weapons.
- As well as the Goa'uld technology.
- Don't even think about it.
- Isn't this against regulations?
I suppose it is, Carter.
Let's go.
- Kind of crossed the line there
- Shut up, Daniel! As you were.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
So, what is this deviceyou've brought back?
It's what the Tollan used to disableour weapons when we were there.
- And it really works?
- Worked on us.
And the Goa'ulds.
- That should come in handy.
Good job.
- Thank you, sir.
So, what did you have topromise them in return, Dr Jackson?
Actually, General, we didn't have topromise to give them anything.
They just gave you the device as a rewardfor saving them from the Goa'uld?
Actually, the Tollan refusedto give us any technology.
Offered us a nice fruit basket, though.
Well, I'm confused.
How did you get the device?
Major Carter?
- Uh
- I took it, sir.
- Took it?
- Yes.
You stole it?
! I like to think of it as "borrowed", sir.
- Major Carter'll copy it and we'll return it.
- I can't believe what I'm hearing! You and your team stole an alien devicefrom an extremely advanced alien culture.
They won't retaliate,if that's what you're worried about.
Not their way.
Right, Daniel?
This commandhas already been accused .
.
of stealing from severalother alien cultures, Colonel.
Until now, we've denied it.
Perhaps that was a bit premature.
Dare I ask how manyother items you've stolen?
None.
This is the first.
Colonel, you don't seemto understand how serious this is.
You and your team have committeda court
-martiallable offence.
To be fair, General, .
.
l did it.
Carter and Daniel protested.
And Teal'c He said nothing, but I could tellhe was opposed to my actions .
.
by the way he cocked his headand raised his eyebrow.
Enough, Colonel! Dr Jackson, Major Carter and Teal'c, .
.
you will return this deviceimmediately to the Tollan .
.
and, hopefully, smooth overwhat must be some very ruffled feathers.
- Yes, sir.
- Why?
Our core mission isto find technologies we can use .
.
to repel Goa'uld incursion.
Am I right?
You are bordering on insubordination.
We do not rob friendlies.
- With no due respect, that's plain stupid!
- Colonel Since the Pentagon won't approveour programme, we have no choice
- Colonel, do not go there!
- .
.
but to take steps to get what we need! As long as I am in command of the SGC, .
.
we will hold ourselfto the highest ethical standards.
And when the Goa'uld wipe us outbecause we cannot defend ourselves, .
.
l'm sure we'll all feel greatabout our high moral standards.
Colonel O'Neill, you are out of line.
Now, stand down! Colonel O'Neill, I am herebyrelieving you of your command.
You are to report to the infirmaryand stay there until I send for you.
No holding cell, sir?
That could very well be your next stop,if you say another word.
- (technician) lncoming traveller.
- Now, go to the infirmary .
.
and submit yourselffor a complete examination.
Teal'c, escort him.
And, Teal'c, .
.
you are no longer under ColonelO'Neill's command.
Is that understood?
Understood.
(technician) Unauthorisedincoming traveller.
Closing the iris.
Great(!) Now what?
Hold your fire! Your Eminence, welcome to Earth.
High Chancellor Travell, this is GeneralHammond, commander of this facility.
It's an honour to meet you.
I only wish it were undermore pleasant circumstances.
We have come to retrieveour stolen property .
.
and to tell you all diplomatic relationswith your people will be terminated.
Of course, we will returnyour property to you immediately.
But, please, if you will just sit downwith us and at least talk about it.
Then you admit you have stolen from us.
Your Eminence, you're wise enoughnot to hold the actions of one man
- .
.
against an entire planet.
- You were there, Dr Jackson.
As were you, Major.
And Teal'c.
Who exactly are you sayingis responsible?
Thanks, Doc.
As always, a pleasure.
I don't see anything wrong with you.
Your blood pressure,DRE and EEGL seem normal.
It'll be a while before I get yourhormone levels and CAT scans back.
Great.
Let me know what kind ofwacky alien stuff you find in there.
Excuse me.
I am to keep you here untilGeneral Hammond is ready for you.
Get out of my way, Teal'c.
That's an order.
(phone rings)
- I do not understand your behaviour.
- Get out of my way! (Dr Fraiser) Fraiser.
Yes, sir.
Colonel, General Hammondwants to see you in his office.
Carter.
Sir?
What?
- Is there anything I can do?
- About?
Well, sir, with respect,you aren't exactly acting like yourself.
No, Carter.
I haven't been acting like myselfsince I met you.
Now I'm acting like myself.
Well, look who's here.
Come to retrieveyour vastly superior stuff?
It'd be a lot more superiorif it wasn't so easy to steal.
(Hammond) Colonel O'Neill! Get in here and take a seat!Close the door! My God, Jack,you've really crossed the line here.
In terms of my insubordination to you,you're absolutely right, General.
And for that I'm truly sorry.
But I still think what I did was right.
I just met with two members ofthe Tollan High Council who disagree.
The Tollan are dictating our policies now?
The victims of a crime are demanding theperpetrator be dealt with appropriately.
- I'm a criminal?
- What you've done is court
-martiallable.
I have to press charges.
Well, by all means, General,do what you have to do.
I do have one other optionI can offer you, Jack.
- What's that?
- Early retirement.
Now, see, I tried that once beforeand you pulled me out of it.
The offer is only on the tablewhile you're in this room.
All this for one little indiscretion?
Five counts of direct insubordinationto superior officers and a US senator.
Two counts of refusal to obey orders.
Kidnapping an alien child.
- Should I go on?
- The proverbial straw, sir?
You got it.
I'd accept the offer,if I were you, Jack.
Beats the hell out of the prison timeyou'd get otherwise.
Then I guess I'm retiring.
(doorbell) Hi.
- What do you want?
- I'm not sure, to tell you the truth.
- I'm here to talk, I guess.
- So talk.
- You got another one of those?
- Yeah.
Feel like sharing?
Beer?
Sure.
So
- How are you feelin' about all this?
- Yes to the beer.
No to the feelings.
That's too bad, becauseI don't really like beer.
Stop your worryin'.
I'm fine.
Really?
That's that's funny .
.
because I didn't figure you forthe early
-retirement type any more.
- There's another reason you're angry.
- Oh, here we go.
Pop psych 101 , right?
No.
When we were in the briefing, .
.
you said something about the Pentagonnot giving us the backup we requested.
What, uh what were you talking about?
Hammond and I were planninga secondary SGC base off
-world.
It was gonna serve as a backup if ourswas att*cked.
I was gonna command.
Then the Pentagon pulled the plug?
So you're acting up because you're hurtbecause you didn't get a command.
Give me a break, Daniel.
Denial of the programme shows they'renot serious about attaining our goals.
- Which you think is attaining weapons?
- Protecting ourselves.
But isn't our mission also aboutestablishing relations with other cultures?
What for, if we gain nothingto help our other interests?
There's a lot we can learn from the Tollanthat has nothing to do with weapons.
Stuff that interests people like you, Daniel.
Not people like me.
I want to see tangible gainsfrom our efforts.
And if people like the Tollandon't want to share, we should just take.
- You believe that?
- Being nice .
.
won't stop any Goa'uldmother ships, if they come back.
I'd rather be a thief and alive than honestand dead.
It's a cliche, but there it is.
If you really believe that, I guess, uh
- .
.
l guess I never really knew you at all.
- Come on.
You're a bright guy.
You had to sense some of this.
Then no.
I I guess you couldn't relate to meany more than I could to you.
So this friendship we've beenworking on the last few years Apparently, not much ofa foundation there, huh?
(doorbell) (doorbell) Colonel O'Neill.
What the hell is this?
A joke, Maybourne?
What are you doin' here?
Well, in a way, you invited me.
Come to gloat aboutmy retirement, have you?
- May I come in?
- No.
I'm in no way obligatedto put up with your crap any more.
I think you're gonna wanna hearwhat I have to offer you.
Offer?
- May I sit down?
- No.
You won't be here that long.
What's this about?
I heard about your littlealtercation with General Hammond.
Sweet little grapevine we got.
Let's just say I see a lot of paperthat goes through the mountain.
I was interestedin your passionate argument .
.
that we shouldn't be quite so diplomaticabout acquiring the things we need.
Get to the point.
What if I said I could offer youa way to achieve your goals?
- My goals?
- Yes.
What if I said I could arrange for youto lead a team through the gate .
.
to acquire whatever you want, wheneveryou want?
For the good of this country.
If I believed you could do that, I'd haveto figure whatever you're doing is illegal.
What you did yesterdaywas illegal, Colonel.
Get out.
Not interested.
Page me when youmiss the action too much.
- For what purpose were we summoned?
- My guess is we're getting our fourth.
Who do you think it'll be?
Probably someone like Ferretti.
You'll get command.
I don't know about that.
They'll probablygo with someone higher than major.
As you were.
Since SG
-1 is consideredthe flagship unit, .
.
it falls on me to assure thatyou have the strongest leadership.
Therefore I'm reassigning our most seniorofficer as your new commanding officer.
Colonel Makepeace will be joining SG
-1 .
I hope you'll make him feel welcome.
Um, sir?
Uh I don't wannaseem out of line here, .
.
but since I'm a civilian here, I'm probablythe only one who can say this Spit it out, Doctor.
Well, no offence, but doesn't MajorCarter deserve to take charge of SG
-1?
Major Carter hasan exemplary record on the team, .
.
as recognised byher recent promotion to major.
- But major is a far cry from colonel.
- I understand, General.
I'm sorry, I don't.
What difference does itmake what title she has?
The point is It's all right, Daniel.
Really.
Dismissed.
I'm proud to join you folks.
I hope you'll learn to trust my commandas much as you did Colonel O'Neill's.
- I'm sure we will, sir.
- I never trusted Jack's command, but
- .
.
l'm open.
- That's good.
Then I'll see you at our first briefing.
- ( Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci")
- (vehicle pulls up) What took you so long?
I didn't think you'd get bored so fast,or I would have stayed in town.
Not quite the student of human behaviouryou thought you were?
Are you ready to go?
- I have some questions.
- Can't tell you much.
You expect me to jumpinto this operation blind?
Are you interested in my offer or not?
(turns up volume) I'm interested.
Good.
I want to be sureyou understand one thing, O'Neill.
What I'm about to show you isnot so much "classified" as it is "secret".
"Dangerous" would beanother word I would use.
Keep talkin'.
Understand that, once you seewhat I'm about to show you, .
.
there is no turning back.
You will have the choiceto go along with it or disappear.
Disappear?
This is your last chance to back out.
Well, if you promiseto cut back on the melodrama, .
.
l'll consider crossin' the line.
- So, where are we going?
- Nowhere in particular.
I find being 30,000 feet up greatly reducesthe chances of any effective surveillance.
Do you know what this is?
I assume it's one of thoseGoa'uld communication balls.
We didn't have to negotiate for it either.
- Who's "we"?
- My organisation.
- NID?
- Mmm More of an offshoot.
Ah.
That sort of says it all, doesn't it?
I want you to command a unit.
- There are units?
- Oh, yes.
Would you like to meet the temporarycommander of the unit I want you to run?
I guess.
Took us a while to figure out how to usethis without a Goa'uld at the controls.
But good old human ingenuityeventually won out.
- Colonel Maybourne.
- Newman.
I'd like you to meetColonel Jack O'Neill.
Retired.
It is a pleasure, sir.
Read just aboutall the SG
-1 mission briefings .
.
and, uh Well, let's just sayyour file is very impressive.
It'd be an honour to serveunder your command, Colonel.
Hello, Newman.
- You look familiar.
- Yes, sir.
We have met briefly.
In a hangar at a Utah landing strip.
You're who we chasedthrough the other Stargate.
That would be me.
I apologise about having to return fire, sir.
Hm.
- Where are you?
- He's on another planet.
Your mission, Newman?
Use any means necessary to acquiretechnology to help Earth .
.
in the battle against the Goa'uldsor other unforeseen aggressors.
You've seen myfile, Newman.
It's only fair I know more about you.
Need
-to
-know, Colonel.
I need to knowif I'm to command this unit.
You agree to go and take command, I'llgive you files on each one of your people.
How about it?
You ready for a commandwhere you can finally achieve .
.
what you and I both agree needsto be achieved to defend this planet?
I never thought I'd agree with youabout anything, Maybourne.
But yeah.
I'm ready.
Major Carter has accepted my commandwith no problem, sir.
But I'm afraid Dr Jacksonand the Jaffa have not.
Well, maybe if you didn't think of himas "the Jaffa", it would be a good start.
- (knock at door)
- Come in.
Jack, come in.
- You know Colonel Makepeace.
- Yeah.
- How's the retirement going?
- Uh great.
I retire, I wake up, I retire.
It's it's a living.
I'm bored out of my skull, sir.
I'm sorry to hear that.
- Something I can help you with?
- Actually, there is, General.
Would you like me to leave, Jack?
I don't care.
- We're not finished, Colonel Makepeace.
- I'll make it fast, General.
I'm hoping you couldgrant me one last favour.
I'm listening.
I want to retire off
-world.
Jack, I don't know You remember that woman I told youabout on Edora?
Laira was her name.
- Yes.
- I promised her I'd come back some day.
I'm asking youto help me keep that promise.
Please.
If I agree to do this,you know I can't give you a GDO.
That means you can neverreturn to Earth through the gate.
I understand that, sir.
Colonel Colonel O'Neill.
It is an honour, sir.
Newman.
We may look a little ragtag,but we're very good at what we do.
Which is stealing stuff.
Well, acquiring what we needto defend our planet.
And you measure how good you are bythe fact that you've never been caught?
Well, and by the spoils of our missions.
Would you care to take a ganderat one of our latest acquisitions?
Sure.
I'll take a gander.
This way, sir.
- What do you think?
- Just brought it back.
- It's an anti
-gravitation device.
- Really?
- Lieutenant Clare Tobias, sir.
- Tobias.
Jack O'Neill.
If it's all right, sir, I'll leave youin the lieutenant's very capable hands.
So tell me about this thing.
It uses superconducted gyroscopic actionto generate an anti
-gravitational field Stop.
- Scientist?
- Engineer.
Why?
You remind me of someonein my old command.
- Major Carter.
- How do you know her?
She b*at me out of a position in the SGC.
Oh.
So, what do you do around here?
My job is to examinesome of the larger items we acquire.
The ones too big to betransported back to Earth.
See if we can backwards
-engineer themand send the plans home to Maybourne.
Sir, Colonel Maybournewould like to talk to you.
Yeah?
Tobias.
Jack! I see you made it in one piece.
- What do you think of our little operation?
- It's swell, Harry.
We do what we can to make itcomfortable.
I have your first mission.
- Planet PX3
-595.
- About time we got one of those things.
SG
-9 was unable to negotiateto get the device.
- What device are we talkin' about?
- Newman can fill you in on all the details.
Good luck, Colonel.
- Thanks.
- And, Colonel, just a reminder.
This isn't the SGC.
So if someonegets in your way, do what you have to do.
OK, the mouth of the cave we're gonna hitis 50 metres at two o'clock from the gate.
The primitive locals are called Tiernods.
They use 'em to hide from predators.
If a predator goes into the cave, Tiernodsuse the device we're after to vanish.
Very nice.
- Clear.
- (Tobias) Bingo.
You're gonna love this.
- Pretty cool, huh?
- What the?
- That thing looks Asgard.
- It is.
This is an Asgard
-protected planet.
Can you imagine the ways we coulduse this for black ops on Earth?
Yep.
But it's not on Earth.
You gonna beable to backwards
-engineer this thing?
Don't have to.
Items this smallwe just send back to Earth.
- How?
- Got a man on the inside, on an SG team.
Maybourne tells uswhere the mole's team will go.
We get there first,make the drop and come back.
The mole comes in later, retrievesthe item and packs it back in his gear.
It's about time he got back to us.
Hello, team.
You get the device?
- Yep.
- Good.
I have the time and coordinatesfor the drop.
Just drop and go.
- No contact.
- OK.
I'm sending the coordinatesand time info.
Record them.
(electronic signal) Alex?
- Want me to go, sir?
- No.
I'll go.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Best way to understand a commandis to do every job yourself at least once.
That's your prerogative, Colonel.
(chevrons locking) All right, let's make this quick.
Carter, Dr Jackson, run your tests.
Let's see if the intel was rightabout naqahdah deposits here.
How'd it go, sir?
Maybourne had the coordinates right,but his timing sucked! I just about ran into the SG teamon my way back.
(rumbling) What's goin' on?
! Sir Sir, we do not open the gate withoutdirect orders from Colonel Maybourne! Colonel, what are you doin'?
! Opening up some options! There's an Asgard shipdescending over the base! What are they doing?
Taking backwhat's rightfully theirs, I guess.
Listen up, all of you.
You've got two choices here.
Once they stop takin' stuff,they're gonna start takin' people.
Now, you can go with the Asgard.
Or you can follow me.
It's your choice.
I'll be holdin' the door openso you can't go anywhere else.
(Stargate alarm) Hands together.
Got you now, Newman.
Good job, kids.
Give me one of those things.
Here.
What the hell?
What are you doing?
! That would be my job.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased toannounce that you are all under arrest .
.
for high crimes againstthe United States and its allies.
(buzzer, door unlocking)
- You really blew it, O'Neill.
- Oh, I think it came off quite nicely.
- Don't you, General?
- Yes, I do.
You have no idea how high up this goes.
You've pissed off the wrong people.
Like the Tollan, Tok'ra, Asgard, NoxThose folks?
They refuse to give us what we needto defend ourselves against the Goa'uld.
We don't need their stuff, Makepeace.
We do need them.
Get them out of here.
So, just to, uh clarify.
This whole past week, beginningwith the appeal we made on Tollana, .
.
in which I did a lot of hard workby the way, I take it that was all a scam?
Within the last two weeks, the Asgardand the Tollan approached us .
.
with evidence that we werestealing technology from them.
- We?
The SGC?
- Yes.
The Asgard, the Tollan and the Noxwere going to sever all ties with us.
We convinced them the theft must be theaction of a rogue group outside the SGC.
We insisted that youapprehend them yourselves.
You have now regained our trust.
(Carter) So you set thatwhole thing up on Tollana .
.
in the hopes that the molewould approach you?
And you didn't thinkyou could trust us to help?
We wanted to assure your reaction to theColonel's behaviour was as it should be.
And the Asgard insisted thatColonel O'Neill be the only one involved.
They like me.
And now, will you come with me,Your Eminence?
I'm back.
It's good to have you back, sir.
- Indeed.
- Thank you.
Um Daniel?
Mm.
- That stuff I talked about at my house
- Um
- It was bugged.
I had to keep up the act.
- It's I understand.
Obviously, the whole friendship thing,the foundation is solid.
Uh, obviously.
You don'tYou don't have to No, I feel kind of I do appreciate thatyou came to see if I was OK.
That That means something.
Uh actually, no, it doesn't.
- Huh?
- Um We, uh, we drew straws.
I lost.
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Based off the film, Stargate follows a team of explorers made up of soldiers and scientists travels through a Stargate, an ancient portal to other planets.
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