Narrator: Previously, on Stargate Atlantis.
I'd like to report for duty, ma'am.
Lieutenant, what do you think you're doing here?
Just give me something to do.
I don't think so. Don't push me around!
Where's the rest of the enzyme?
Lieutenant Ford may have been your friend,
but he's not anymore.
We are only here searching for a friend.
You guys all think I'm crazy or something.
No, no one thinks that.
We think we can help him if we can find him.
Look, this drug is messing with your head.
I'm not just fine. I'm better than fine.
Lieutenant.
Ford!
McKay: This is ridiculous.
Sheppard: Keep complaining about it and we may get there faster.
We”, couldn't we have met these people on a tropical beach planet,
populated by tall, blond women, hmm?
Teyla: 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 lower-Echelon teams.
"Lower-Echelon"? He means to say "less important."
Got a tip from one of Teyla's contacts,
we're following it up.
Oh, and this is, like, what,
the umpteenth tip we've followed up in search of a zpm?
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 ground-breaking...
We have to get them to the gate
before their people realize they're missing.
You guys okay?
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?
If we release you from your bindings,
you promise not to attack us?
Sure.
Yeah, we promise.
Before we untie them, they have to know that they're among friends.
Ford?
You thought I was dead, didn't you, Sheppard?
Guys.
Guys, please, eat.
Eat.
Ford: Well, men, this used to be my team.
Well, not this one, but I think he's okay, too.
What is all this?
Some local vegetables, a sort of alligator thingy.
It tastes like salted meat, it's good. Try.
I'm not talking 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 managed to escape
being culled by the wraith dart, hmm?
What? I get nervous, I get hungry.
Okay, the dart.
Ford!
You're not getting off this planet.
Ford: 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... as opposed to dead.
I cut open his 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.
I need a place to stay, hot meal.
What do 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.
Ford: I told them about the enzyme.
How it makes you stronger, more aware, more resilient,
how it would 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 anymore.
Let's gate them back home.
Ford: 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, do 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 tell us where you were?
You know we would've 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?
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.
Excuse 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'd 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 thanking me.
We'll all 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 going about this all wrong.
Weir isn't gonna listen to us
ifwe'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
has taken 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 a part of the team now.
Okay, 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.
Here it goes.
See, 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.
Sheppard: Well, that's not good.
That is the understatement of the year.
All right, see what you can do.
Okay, why don't we just take them?
All we got to do is get our hands on one stunner, I can take them all.
Well, maybe, but if we mess it up,
whatever trust we might have been given will disappear.
You want to make them trust us?
We play it cool, we let them 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'd doubt that. I don't think they'd have a problem forcing us.
Okay, 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 right now
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.
Jenev's 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.
Okay, guys, looks like we're heading back out.
Thank you, major. You're welcome.
McKay: Seriously, I'm getting...
I'm getting chills and hot flashes,
chills and hot flashes, again and again.
None of you are feeling that?
The enzyme's side effect's 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 offworld, I want you to go with him.
We're running an op.
I thought you might wanna see the men in action.
Sure, wherever 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. Vvhataboutus?
Jace will give you the grand tour,
show you what we've done with the place.
How does that sound? Oh, it sounds delightful.
Okay, good, then if Sheppard tries anything offworld,
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.
Sheppard: Are those guards genii? Yes.
What exactly are we doing here?
Well, the genii have 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 found it 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 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 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.
McKay: 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 pilation 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... 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 foe, 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 establish a system
that 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 would 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.
Oh. 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 this? Yes.
To be honest, I could use some help.
How's your wraith, doctor?
It's okay. Let me see what you 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 in 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. Till Sheppard showed up.
So I guess it's still undecided.
Look, all I'm saying is,
why do you think I was able to fight you like that?
It's the enzyme.
Look what it did for me.
Imagine what it could do for you.
I'm not the bad guy here, ronon.
I'm just trying to help.
You'll come around, I know you will.
We just finished our scans, ma'am, they're not here.
Do 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've been taken offworld against their will.
Yeah.
All right. Can you give me the last few addresses dialed from that dhd?
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 groundbreaking strategy there.
I think the colonel is interested in the type of attack.
We plan to overpower them.
I think it's best if 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 the 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'll 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.
Jace: We could save thousands,
if not hundreds of thousands, of lives.
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 into reckless abandon,
and assume that it would 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 will it take up any sort of stable orbit.
It will be flying through space,
which means that unless your enzyme allows you to jump
a lot higher than you've led on...
We have 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.
Okay, 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 till 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 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? Yeah, well, 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 around.
Okay.
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 out of here.
I know it's risky, but Ford's not thinking 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 dhd, right?
Of course.
Well, you get that thing flight-worthy, we all go home.
Right, of course.
See, 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.
All right. Okay.
Thatgood, 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, uh, 50 addresses,
but I have 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.
Okay, 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 dhd.
Great. Okay, pack it up.
Let's take what you 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 there.
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, if 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?
See, that's...
No, no, no, no. You fire it up now, it'll all go up in smoke.
Okay.
We're close.
It's a good plan.
Couldn't have done it without you, sir.
Well, I'm glad you trusted me enough to bring me here.
What's wrong?
I wanna go home.
Then let's go.
Give McKay the dhd crystals, and let's get out of here.
I can have you back on earth within an hour.
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 while I was back there.
They miss you. A lot.
This whole Mia thing is 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.
I'm 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. Guys!
What the hell's gotten into you two?
Oh, right. Never mind.
Are we gonna 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 seeing 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.
I mean, what would happen if we suddenly could not receive it?
If the only negative is that you gotta keep taking it,
I'd wanna stay on it.
What about you?
The fact that I'm even considering it makes me feel...
It's ready.
Okay, now... Look, could you move?
Look, this is probably gonna make you a little uneasy,
but 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.
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 is gonna get you suited up. You should get ready.
Right. Great.
Seems a little nervous.
You know McKay, he'll be fine.
You know how to dial the dhd on this thing?
The address is memorized. Good. Good.
Listen, I should probably tell you,
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! What? No!
McKay: No, no, no, no! This 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?
Always underestimating 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.
And the dart dhd 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 okay, give them back their weapons.
Yeah. Are you sure?
If we're gonna do this, we all gotta work together.
Good luck to us all.
Stand by for pickup.
If they were okay, they would have radioed in by now.
I understand that, ma'am.
I want everyone
who is cleared for offworld activity to help with the search.
The daedalus is on its way from earth, and 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 could take months.
We can't afford months, major.
And I know that, too.
Good. All right.
This is gonna take some getting used to.
Come on.
We were getting along so well.
Autopilot? No, no, no, no, no.
R2, I need you to turn the autopilot off.
Now!
Worth a try.
Jace!
We have to go after them!
No one would've survived that fall.
We have to get out of the open.
You guys okay? Ford: No, we are not okay.
You beamed half of us off the edge of the platform.
Teyla and ronon?
Is that all you care about? You murdered my men.
Pvelost all control of the dart, I had to release you blind.
Maintain radio silence until we lay the charge.
Negative. We need to stay in contact. Their ship...
You should leave that radio on, Aiden.
Don't tell me what to do.
Ford?
Ford? Ford! Damn it.
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.
If you wanna live, stay behind me.
Oh, do...
Want some? No, I'm good, thanks.
You sure? Yeah, pretty sure.
Look, don't you think that they should be back by now?
I mean, how long does it take to fly there and fly back?
You know? I mean, I'd say it's a minute from here to the gate,
10, tops, from their gate to the hive ship,
20 to get in and lay a charge, and... and... and, what, like,
10 more to get... get... get back out and home, right? So...
Worrying really isn't gonna do any good.
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...
Feehng.
Ford, what's your position?
Ford!
Damn it.
Keep fighting!
We can't hold them!
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 30%.
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.
You all right?
We're in a holding cell? Yes.
On a hive ship. Well...
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 autopilot the second I got close to the hive.
You're lucky I was able to get you out.
Why would it do that?
Why would it go on autopilot?
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.
That's right, you snot-nosed brat.
I put my team's life on the line just to prove you wrong.
We got company.
Move away.
What do you want?
The one who flew the ship.
Why don't you start with me?
Wait, wait, wait. You want me.
It's all right, there's always a way out.
If he dies, you die.
Kneel
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