05x08 - The Tomb

[bunniefuu]

Hey.

I thought you saidthis was the main entrance.

It is.

We just needto find a way to open this.



- I do not recognise the symbols.



- It's Babylonian.

Cuneiform.



- It's incredible.



- What is?

Unlike Phoenician Ugaritic cuneiform,these are pictograms rather than representationsof sound symbols.



- Does it say how to open the pyramid?



- Ziggurat.



- Huh?



- You said pyramid.

It's a ziggurat.



- Yeah.

Open the door.



- Well, it might not be so easy.



- I gotta go back to Earth for a reference.



- How hard could it be?

Very.

It's a dead language.

I doubt anyone's evenstood here for 3,000 years.

Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that.



- What you got there?



- Empty pack of cigarettes.

They're Russian.



- (Hammond) Major?



- The Russian Stargate lasted 37 days.

We've seen their logs and the planets theyvisited, and P2X

-338 was not one of them.

Perhaps they deceived us.

All they're admitting to is there may havebeen some unauthorised use of their gate.

What's that supposed to mean?

This is Major Valentine Kirensky.

He was serving under Colonel Sokalovat the base in Siberia.

It now appears thathe was also taking secret orders from certain hardline elementsin Russian Army lntelligence.

He disappeared six days before we werecalled in to deactivate the Russian gate.



- They think he went off world?



- With two other officers and an archaeologistnamed Alexander Britski.

I know his work.

He's an experton ancient Mesopotamia.

Why go behind Sokalov's back?

Perhaps for the same reason the NIDconducted secret offworld operations.



- To steal alien technology at any cost.



- Why 338, as opposed to another planet?

That has yet to be determined.

If they used the gate before the otherswere k*lled, they could still be there.

It's doubtful they'd have survived.

The planet's surface temperatureaverages 135ºF in the shade.

Shade?

I don't remember shade.



- They could have sheltered in the temple.



- They figured out how to open the door?

I'll figure out the door.



- Should they not have tried to return?



- Not without exposing their operation.



- They could be waiting for a signal.



- Good point.

Russians can be hard

-core.

They'd wait for everbefore violating protocol.

I'm aware of that, Colonel.

That's why we're letting a second Russianteam accompany you back to the planet.



- Excuse me?



- It's going to be a joint mission.

Full disclosure, full cooperation.

May I ask why, sir?

The Russians have beenpushing for more involvement in the Stargate programmefor quite some time.

We've been resisting, but in this caseit might be useful to have them on board.

Yes.

Well, General, you knowI'm a big fan of the Russians, and international relationsare a bit of a hobby of mine.

However, I do believe thatSG

-1 should handle this one alone.

The decision's been made, Colonel.

They're on their way.

Yes, sir.



- Because we have an agreement, sir.



- You see them holdin' up their end of it?

Well, have we?

No.

If Thor's ship hadn't crashed, we'dnever have told them about the Stargate.

Hey, whose side are you on?

I'm just saying we shouldat least tryto work together.

Carter, you gotta know yourteam members are watchin' your six.

Actually, in Russianthey'd be watching your shest.



- What?



- Which is neither here nor there.



- Figured out how to open that pyramid?



- Ziggurat.

And, yes, I think I have.

The Russians e

-mailed me the entirereport of their archaeologist, Dr Britski.

The temple is dedicated tothe Babylonian god Marduk.



- And Marduk was a Goa'uld?



- Well, it seems likely.

Babylon means "gate of the gods", soif there is a link, it wouldn't surprise me.

(phone rings) Hello.

Yeah, OK.

The Russians are coming.

Ugh.

(speaks Russian)

- Nice view.



- Oh, yeah.

Colonel.

Good morning, gentlemen.



- And ma'am.

There's a ma'am, sir.



- At ease.



- You must be Colonel Zukhov.



- It's a pleasure, General Hammond.

Allow me to introduce Major Vallarin, and Lieutenants Marchenko and Tolinev.

Welcome to Stargate Command.

This is Colonel Jack O'Neill, Major Samantha Carter,Dr Daniel Jackson and Teal'c.

The famous Colonel O'Neill.

Mm

-hm.

I believe we have a mutual friend.



- We do?



- Dr Svetlana Markov.

Ah.

She spoke very highly of all of you.

Before we proceed, perhaps you'd liketo get some rest and something to eat.

We took the precautionof eating before we came.

What Colonel Zukhov means is that we'dlike to get to work as quickly as possible.

Very well.

Dr Jackson?

Two years ago Dr Britski began anexcavation near Rafhah in southern lraq.

He found tablets engravedwith Babylonian cuneiform, and one with a set of symbolshe didn't recognise.



- Gate coordinates.



- In fact, the coordinates for P2X

-338.

Someone must'verecognised something, because the results of the dig werenever published.

It became classified.

Wait a minute.

Two years agothe Russians hadn't even seen a Stargate.

But they did have a DHD.

The one discovered by the Germansin 1906 and taken by the Red Army.

So when they got their programmerunning, they must have added P2X

-338 to the list of addressessupplied by Colonel Maybourne.

That doesn't explain whythey didn't just send a regular team.

Did Dr Britski find anything that mightsuggest why they singled this planet out?

With the coordinates, the tablet includeda reference to the "Eye of Tiamat".

It was a large jewel, which supposedlyendowed Marduk with magical abilities.

That wouldn't be whyyou folks wanted to keep this quiet?

Need I remind you, Colonel, the US hasoperated a Stargate in secret for years with the express purposeof obtaining alien technology?

That was before we hadan agreement to share information.

You took it upon yourselvesto represent the interests of the planet without consulting anyone.



- You exposed the world to many dangers.



- At least we dealt with them.

It only took you, what, a monthto find something you couldn't handle.

Gentlemen, please.

We seem to have gonea little bit off topic here.

Dr Jackson, what about the entrance?



- Can you get us inside?



- Yeah.

The engravings on the entrance are a kindof code.

It's like a giant combination lock.

It's a matter of activating the correctsymbols in the proper sequence.

I have the utmost confidencein your abilities, Doctor.

You have a go.

Swell.

Is that a P90, Colonel?

Feel the weight of that sucker.

Impressive.

Though I preferthe Russian Zastava M85.

Those are made in Yugoslavia,aren't they?

Chevron seven locked.

SG

-1 , move out.

(speaks Russian) What was that all about?

I was just wishing them the best of luck.

Right.

Look, Zukhov,let's get something straight here.

I'm the ranking senior officerin this mission.

This is a joint operationand we are of equal rank.

So you should appreciate the needfor a clear chain of command.



- Of course.



- (Hammond) Colonel! Is there a problem?

No, sir.

After you.



- Daniel?



- Just about there.

You said that an hour ago.

Look, if you wannagive this a try, be my guest.



- Carter, break out the C4.



- (Daniel) Wait, wait, wait, wait! OK, I got it.

It's a standard retelling ofthe Babylonian creation myth.

Marduk slays the winged serpent, Tiamat.

He cuts her in two.

He uses half of her to create the skyand the other half to create the earth.

How does that help us, Dr Jackson?

Some text has beendeliberately placed out of order.

Only a priest of Marduk wouldbe able to spot the discrepancies.

Here.

Here.

And here.

(rumbling) Nice job.



- (Carter) This doesn't seem very stable.



- (Daniel) It's over 4,000 years old.



- Which way?



- I don't know.

We should split up.

You take your team down hereand we'll go down there.

All right, but Teal'c goes with you.

For your own protection.

And perhaps you should takeLieutenant Marchenko.

For the same reason.

Fine.

Move out.

(gives orders in Russian) Colonel.

Identify yourself.

(Marchenko speaks Russian) Oh.



- One of yours?



- Da.

If these men disappeared ten months ago,how could one decompose that fast?

It didn't decompose.



- Skeleton's covered in tiny teeth marks.



- Something ate this guy?

Stripped the flesh right from his bones.

(speaks Russian) You can say that again.

It appears to be a sarcophagus.

Zukhov, this is O'Neill.

What is it, Colonel?

We found one of Kirensky's men.

He's dead.



- Exercise extreme caution.



- Understood.

We found a sarcophagus.



- We're investigating.



- Negative.

Hold your positions till we get there.

Zukhov, respond.

Zukhov! (speaks Russian) Damn it.

Fall back.

You are disobeying a direct order.

I trust Colonel O'Neillwon't take it personally.

(click)

- (curses in Russian)

- (rumbling) (shouts in Russian) (all shouting)

- Hey! Get outta there!

- Marchenko! Argh! Interesting trap.

Doesn't protectthe sarcophagus, but locks you in with it.



- I told you to hold your position.



- We must thoroughly explore the area.

I gave you an order! Someone would haveset off this trap eventually.

It is just as well.

One of your own men is dead.

Where I come from, that tendsto make a commander a little upset! Where I come from,casualties are to be expected.

What?



- We still need to find a way out of here.



- (crumbling) Shouldn't we open this first,make sure there's no one home?



- Teal'c, ever seen anything like this?



- Indeed I have not.

It's like someone tried to sealthe sarcophagus from the outside.

Kirensky's team must havecut it open with a blowtorch.

Open it up.

There's no crystal.

There's no button to open it.

Oh, for cryin' out loud! I'll do it myself.

Pull.

So much for Marduk.

I thought a sarcophaguscould keep one alive indefinitely.



- Perhaps it malfunctioned.



- I don't think that's what k*lled him.

These bones exhibit the same markingsas the skeleton we found.

Whatever k*lled the Russian soldierkilled the Goa'uld as well.

How'd it get in there?

I don't know.

Better question is, where is it now?

(scraping)

- Sir, we've got a problem.



- We've got a lot.

Be more specific.

We can stretch out our food rations,but our water's limited to five days.

We won't be here that long.

So now what do we do?

We can use plastic explosiveto blast a hole in the entrance.

Yeah, that might work.

Might also bury usunder a ton of ziggurat.

The colonel is right, Major.

The time has not yet comefor such desperate measures.

What about this writing?

Any mention of a back door?

No.

This portion of the textdeals with the final fate of Marduk.

I think we know the final fate of Marduk.

Apparently he was so evilhis priests rebelled against him.

They sealed him in the sarcophagusand placed some thing in there with him.

There's no direct translation, but I assumeit refers to the creature that ate him.

He was eaten alive?

The sarcophagus would've tried to keephim alive, so it would've taken a while.

(speaks Russian) OK.

That's officially the worst way to go.



- It would seem his fate is well deserved.



- Marduk would have d*ed eventually, but the creature must've stayed alive untilMajor Kirensky and his men came along.

They let it out.

It k*lled them.

We've only found one body.

All right, here's the deal.

We'regonna search this place top to bottom.

We're lookin' for a way out and the restof Kirensky's team.

Everybody got that?

I'd like to stay and finish this translation.

It might be useful.

Fine.

The rest of us'll pair off.

Teal'c, you're with Zukhov.

Carterwith Tolinev.

Major, you're with me.

Yes, sir.

Hold it.

I got something.

What is it?

It looks like somesort of cocoon.

It's empty.

What is it?

I thought I heard something.

It's Britski.

O'Neill.

Yeah, go ahead.

Colonel Zukhov and I have foundadditional skeletal remains, along with equipment and personal items.

Any sign of a creature?



- Negative.



- Colonel O'Neill, this is Zukhov.

I have what appears to beBritski's personal log.

All right, take it back to Daniel.

We'll have him look at it.

Very well.

Colonel Zukhov.

Coming.

(scuttling) There it is again.

(Carter) I don't see anything.

It's around here somewhere.

(screeching) Daniel, report! It's not me.

Carter, what's your situation?

(g*nf*re)

- Carter!

- I'm all right.



- What happened?



- The creature att*cked us.



- I think she's going into shock.



- Get her to the main chamber.

Teal'c.

Sir, it's still alive.

Well, we'll k*ll it.

No, that's not what I mean.

I sensed a presence.



- What are you talking about?



- The Goa'uld symbiote.

It's still alive.

It's inside that thing.

The creature must have injected herwith venom.

Her body's shutting down.



- What can we do?



- I've given her epinephrine for now.

If we don't get her back tothe SGC soon, she won't make it.

She's right.

The same thing happened to the otherteam, according to Dr Britski's journal.

The creature escaped the sarcophagus,att*cked Kirensky, he was dead within two hours.

Any mention of the others?

Two people diedwhen a passageway collapsed And the last entry reads: "I'm all alone now.

There is no escape.

Only one course of action remains.

" A cyanide pill.

They were givento all Russian Stargate personnel.

Colonel, we no longer have a choice.



- We must use the C4.



- We're not done searching yet, Colonel.



- Tolinev is running out of time.



- I'm well aware of that, Colonel.

But we risk no more livesuntil we've exhausted our options.

Hey.

Look at this.

It's a sketch of an artefactDr Britski found inside the sarcophagus.

He thought it might be the Eye of Tiamat.

Find anything like this with the journal?



- There was nothing but old equipment.



- Then where is it?

Colonel, surely the recoveryof this artefact is no longer a priority.

It never was a priority.

This was supposed to bea rescue mission.

It would appearthere is no one left to rescue.

Well, I wouldn't say that.



- Looks like blood.



- (crumbling) Indeed.

Colonel, this is Carter.

Yeah, go ahead.

Sir, Teal'c and I found traces ofblood.

I think I may have wounded the creature.

Won't its snake fix it?

Depends on how bad the injury is, sir.

All right.

Stay sharp.

How is she?

Her pulse is getting weak.

(scuttling) Did you hear that?

What?

(scuttling) Wait here.

Yes, you go down the dark hallway aloneand I'll wait here in a dark room alone.

(scuttling) A dead end.

Yeah.

I guess we should haveconsidered taking that left.

Colonel, we both knowthere's only one way out of here.

Any blast big enough to put a hole in thatdoor is gonna bring everything down.



- I'm willing to take the chance.



- Yeah, well, I'm not.

What about Lieutenant Tolinev?

Aren't casualties to be expected?

It's obvious you're not capableof taking the necessary risks.

No, we take risks.

But we don't hand out cyanide pills.

And we don't leave our people behind.

Is it just me, or have we beendown this passageway before?

Indeed we have.

This place is like a maze.



- Perhaps we should return

- (gasps) It's not moving.

I'm not sensing anything.

Nor am l.

There is no symbiote inside this creature.

It could have left the body whenit realised it couldn't heal the wound.

It would not survive for longunder those circumstances.

Unless it found a new host.



- (Carter) Colonel O'Neill.



- Go ahead.

We found the creature.

It's dead.



- That's good news.



- Only problem is the symbiote's not in it.



- That's a bit disconcerting.



- Sir, as you know, Teal'c's body cannot sustain a symbioteas long as he carries a larval Goa'uld.

And he doesn't sensea Goa'uld in me, so that leaves Daniel, Major Vallarinand well, the two ofyou, sir.



- Drop the w*apon.



- I don't think so.



- I know it's not me.



- And I know it's not me.

Colonel, respond.

Get back to the main chamber.

Check on Daniel and Vallarin.



- I'll see you there in a bit.



- Roger that, sir.

I'm not kiddin', Zukhov.

I'll sh**t ya.



- This is beginning to make sense.



- Is it?

If you were the Goa'uld, you might not want to leaveuntil you found the Eye of Tiamat.

It would explain your reluctanceto use expl*sives.

And if you were the Goa'uld and you'dbeen stuck in this dump for 2,000 years, you might not think about anythingexcept getting out of here.

Which would explain why you're willingto take such an insane risk.

Then it would seem we have a problem.

Daniel.

Hey, guys.

I just finishedtranslating this section Whoa! Hey, what's up?



- I do not sense the presence of a Goa'uld.



- Me neither.



- Well, thank you.



- So what were you gonna say?

I was gonna say that I just finishedtranslating a section of the text.

It says Marduk used to emerge from histemple and appear amongst his people, riding a beam of white light.



- A ring transporter?



- Yeah.

There's a good chanceit might be right here in this room.



- Colonel Zukhov?



- In here.

What is this?



- (speaks Russian)

- Don't be an idiot, Zukhov.



- It could just as well be him.



- (distorted) Very true.

Oh, man! Where is the Eye of Tiamat?

I don't know what you're talking about.

You forget, Colonel, thatI retain all the knowledge of my host.

And he was well aware of yoursecret orders to obtain alien technology.

You were to bring the Eyeback to your superiors.

I have no secret orders.

You lie.

Yup.

It's here.



- We gotta tell the colonel.



- Not until we're sure he's not a Goa'uld.



- Teal'c, what are you doing?



- We must find a way to engage the rings.

Right.

An interesting w*apon.

It's obviously capable of inflictingsevere pain, as well as death.

Shall I test it on your new friend?

Stop.

I have the Eye.

Give it to me and I will spare you.

What are you doing?

I'm sorry, Colonel.

I was acting under orders.

Don't give it to him.

Don't.

No one else will die because of me.

Give me the Eye.

Take it! Jeez!

- What's that?



- Colonel O'Neill?

Colonel O'Neill?

Yeah, I'm OK.



- What happened?



- The Goa'uld was in Vallarin.

Zukhovjust took him outwith a grenade.

We found a ring transporter.

Daniel saysit'll take us to another temple nearby.

All right.

I'll be there in a minute.

(footsteps) I do not sense the presence of a Goa'uld.

Well, good.

And I'm fine, by the way, thanks.



- How's Tolinev?



- OK, if we get out soon.

Where's Zukhov?

He didn't make it.

One thing left to do here.



- Right, all set.

Let's go.



- Colonel O'Neill! I will have my revenge.

You know, you guys always say that.

(speaks Russian) Yes.

Colonel.

Lieutenant Tolinevcorroborates your story.

So she was telling the truth.

She will be debriefed again in Moscow,where she can speak more freely.



- I'm sure you'll be able to get her to say

- Colonel, this isn't the time.

General, Zukhov's secret orders put usall in jeopardy.

I want that on the record.

Your opinion is alreadya matter of public record, Colonel.

So is the fact that all your team survived, yet only one Russian soldiermade it back alive

- barely.

If your people understoodthe concept of chain of command We are agreed.

You were in command.

We also know which livesyou were willing to sacrifice.

We regret the loss of life and offerour condolences to the officers' families.

I'm sure you also regret thisEye of Tiamat was buried with Zukhov, never to be recovered?

Yes, we do.

Perhaps it is best to admitwe both made mistakes, huh?

Be better if you admitted you screwed up.

- I will pass that sentiment along, Colonel.

- Yeah, please do.

I'm sure this will have no bearingon our future participation.

I wouldn't count onfuture participation if I were you.

No?

I would.