1 00:00:02,503 --> 00:00:05,131 Te yla: Previously on Stargate Atlantis. 2 00:00:06,757 --> 00:00:10,428 Ibeheve you refer to our enemy as the replicators. 3 00:00:11,554 --> 00:00:14,807 They have begun to annihilate human worlds. 4 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:16,743 We need to know if you can shutdown 5 00:00:16,767 --> 00:00:18,436 the replicator attack code on your own. 6 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:21,272 I've been looking into that, and it's not very promising. 7 00:00:21,606 --> 00:00:25,193 Carter: But with this wraith's help, you think you could do it? 8 00:00:25,443 --> 00:00:27,195 Take this. What's this? 9 00:00:27,278 --> 00:00:30,072 It's the core drive of the ship's tracking system. 10 00:00:30,156 --> 00:00:32,116 If this works, we should be able to track 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,703 every Aurora-class replicator ship in the galaxy in real time. 12 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:38,623 (Beeping) 13 00:00:38,706 --> 00:00:40,058 My duplicate did say they were building more. 14 00:00:40,082 --> 00:00:41,292 (Beeping) 15 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:42,627 A lot more. 16 00:00:46,964 --> 00:00:48,358 Ronon: Don't worry, we're ahead of schedule. 17 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:49,592 I know. 18 00:00:49,675 --> 00:00:52,035 All the settlements we've been assigned have been evacuated. 19 00:00:52,094 --> 00:00:53,930 I know, I know, it's just that 20 00:00:54,013 --> 00:00:55,991 most of the planets that are in the replicators' path 21 00:00:56,015 --> 00:00:58,351 are people that we've had almost no contact with, 22 00:00:58,434 --> 00:01:00,811 so I need you and Teyla out there as much as possible. 23 00:01:00,895 --> 00:01:02,122 Yeah, well, I think it might be the flu. 24 00:01:02,146 --> 00:01:05,066 She's been looking a little green lately. 25 00:01:05,608 --> 00:01:07,235 I'm fine. 26 00:01:07,318 --> 00:01:09,362 Where are we going to now? 27 00:01:09,445 --> 00:01:11,197 M9r-373. 28 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:14,867 (Sighing) The massanians. This should be interesting. 29 00:01:14,951 --> 00:01:16,553 Look, I'm sorry we're having to go out so much. 30 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:18,454 I know you don't feel so hot, 31 00:01:18,537 --> 00:01:21,082 but you're the one with all the contacts out there, so... 32 00:01:21,165 --> 00:01:23,417 It's all right. I'm feeling much better now. 33 00:01:23,501 --> 00:01:25,920 Technician: Offworld activation! 34 00:01:29,507 --> 00:01:32,176 Must be lieutenant kemp's team. 35 00:01:33,761 --> 00:01:35,072 Technician: Receiving video transmission. 36 00:01:35,096 --> 00:01:36,847 Coming in now, colonel. 37 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:45,273 Lieutenant, looks like things are going well. 38 00:01:45,356 --> 00:01:47,276 Most of the settlements are on their way through, 39 00:01:47,358 --> 00:01:49,860 but a good number of them have decided to stay behind. 40 00:01:49,986 --> 00:01:51,988 I'm not sure they believe us, sir. 41 00:01:52,071 --> 00:01:53,423 I'm requesting Teyla come back and try to 42 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:54,841 talk some sense into the stragglers, 43 00:01:54,865 --> 00:01:56,505 'cause I'm not getting anywhere with them. 44 00:01:56,534 --> 00:01:58,661 Well, I don't think we can do that. 45 00:01:58,744 --> 00:02:00,931 The replicator ship's going to be there within a half hour. 46 00:02:00,955 --> 00:02:03,457 Well, I don't know what to do. They... 47 00:02:03,541 --> 00:02:04,709 Incoming! 48 00:02:04,834 --> 00:02:06,294 (Explosion) 49 00:02:06,377 --> 00:02:08,629 It's too late. They're already here! 50 00:02:08,713 --> 00:02:10,353 Lieutenant, get your men through the gate! 51 00:02:10,423 --> 00:02:12,591 I can't. There's too many people... 52 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:15,199 Technician: We lost the transmission. 53 00:02:15,261 --> 00:02:16,846 Dial him back. 54 00:02:19,932 --> 00:02:21,017 I can't get a lock. 55 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:22,393 They must've taken out the gate. 56 00:02:22,518 --> 00:02:24,246 How many people were left on that settlement? 57 00:02:24,270 --> 00:02:26,063 Just under 2,000. 58 00:03:43,808 --> 00:03:45,893 Both ships at the same time. This is a first. 59 00:03:46,352 --> 00:03:49,146 It's the first time we've needed them. 60 00:03:50,106 --> 00:03:52,191 Well, since I've been here. 61 00:03:57,321 --> 00:03:58,739 Colonel. Colonel. 62 00:03:58,823 --> 00:04:00,282 Colonel. Colonels. 63 00:04:00,366 --> 00:04:02,159 Colonel. Colonels. 64 00:04:02,701 --> 00:04:04,078 Seriously? 65 00:04:04,787 --> 00:04:05,913 Good flight? 66 00:04:05,996 --> 00:04:06,997 Long flight. 67 00:04:07,081 --> 00:04:08,332 We'll make it worth your while. 68 00:04:08,416 --> 00:04:09,542 That's what I hear. 69 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:11,547 You have a way of tracking the replicator ships? 70 00:04:11,669 --> 00:04:12,753 We do. 71 00:04:12,837 --> 00:04:14,398 That'll make finding and destroying them a lot easier. 72 00:04:14,422 --> 00:04:17,258 Why don't you come into my office? We'll get you briefed. 73 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:23,180 It is this recent discovery of the essential duality 74 00:04:23,264 --> 00:04:25,266 of this particular stem of the nano sub-code 75 00:04:25,349 --> 00:04:29,353 that has opened up a whole world of possibilities when it comes to the expedient 76 00:04:29,437 --> 00:04:31,856 and permanent deactivation of the internanite bonds. 77 00:04:31,939 --> 00:04:33,023 Rodney... 78 00:04:33,107 --> 00:04:35,252 Yeah, I'll let you know when I'm ready to take questions, thank you. 79 00:04:35,276 --> 00:04:38,195 Have you created an anti-replicator weapon or not? 80 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,882 If you just let me continue, I think you'd have a better understanding 81 00:04:40,906 --> 00:04:42,074 of the complexity... 82 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:43,909 Yes or no, doctor. 83 00:04:45,202 --> 00:04:46,579 Well, no. 84 00:04:46,662 --> 00:04:48,515 (Clearing throat) All right, we move on to plan b. 85 00:04:48,539 --> 00:04:49,790 Just like that? 86 00:04:49,874 --> 00:04:52,710 The replicators are destroying every human colony they can find 87 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,604 in an attempt to wipe out the wraiths' food supply. 88 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:57,173 We can't wait. We have to act now. 89 00:04:57,256 --> 00:04:59,633 Yeah, but plan b, it's not a good plan. 90 00:04:59,717 --> 00:05:00,801 Oh, no? 91 00:05:00,885 --> 00:05:02,362 Sure, the Apollo and the daedalus have been 92 00:05:02,386 --> 00:05:03,888 retrofitted with the new asgard 93 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:06,640 plasma beam weapon, which, given, are very, very powerful, 94 00:05:06,724 --> 00:05:08,034 but they still can't destroy the replicators. 95 00:05:08,058 --> 00:05:10,537 But we don't have to destroy them, we just destroy their ships. 96 00:05:10,561 --> 00:05:11,788 I mean, from what I understand, 97 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:14,398 once they're exposed to the harsh environment of space, 98 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:16,025 they'll essentially be neutralized. 99 00:05:16,108 --> 00:05:17,752 Well, "essentially neutralized" and "neutralized" 100 00:05:17,776 --> 00:05:19,361 are two very different things. 101 00:05:19,445 --> 00:05:21,739 Back when we blasted niam into space, he froze solid. 102 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:25,075 We didn't have a problem till we warmed him up. 103 00:05:25,159 --> 00:05:26,243 That's what I'm saying. 104 00:05:26,327 --> 00:05:29,872 Look, your way leaves replicator cells inactive, 105 00:05:29,955 --> 00:05:31,725 just waiting around for someone to reactivate them. 106 00:05:31,749 --> 00:05:33,125 My way shuts them down for good. 107 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:35,794 But our way is actually operational. 108 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:39,507 You know, come to think of it, what exactly is your way? 109 00:05:39,590 --> 00:05:41,842 From what I understand, you haven't even gotten 110 00:05:41,926 --> 00:05:44,720 your programming done yet, let alone a delivery method. 111 00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:46,573 Well, you didn't let me finish my presentation. 112 00:05:46,597 --> 00:05:49,058 I think I got the gist of it. 113 00:05:49,141 --> 00:05:50,392 Really? Rodney... 114 00:05:50,476 --> 00:05:52,329 No, no, I'm just wondering when the colonel here 115 00:05:52,353 --> 00:05:54,438 became a math and physics expert. 116 00:05:54,522 --> 00:05:57,608 Doctor, you came into this meeting knowing that you had nothing, 117 00:05:57,691 --> 00:05:59,371 but instead of just saying that like a man, 118 00:05:59,401 --> 00:06:01,028 you thought that you'd dazzle us 119 00:06:01,111 --> 00:06:03,906 with a lot of fancy talk and think that we were too dumb to notice. 120 00:06:03,989 --> 00:06:05,258 So, now you're questioning my manhood? 121 00:06:05,282 --> 00:06:06,408 All right, that is enough! 122 00:06:06,492 --> 00:06:09,620 No, he just told... Rodney, move on. 123 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:14,708 Look, I think we've got this tracking system down. 124 00:06:14,792 --> 00:06:17,586 We can peg where they're going to be with a 30-minute window, 125 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:19,797 and given current data, we've got at least 12 hours 126 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,967 before any of their ships are even close to an inhabited planet. 127 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:25,219 Just give me and the wraith, like, 10 hours 128 00:06:25,302 --> 00:06:26,971 to get this shutdown program working. 129 00:06:27,054 --> 00:06:29,473 If I don't, then you can just feel free to go ahead 130 00:06:29,557 --> 00:06:32,351 and open up on them with your beam weapons. 131 00:06:32,476 --> 00:06:33,978 Carter: All right. 132 00:06:34,061 --> 00:06:35,980 You have 10 hours. Go. 133 00:06:36,981 --> 00:06:38,315 All right. 134 00:06:41,277 --> 00:06:43,195 I don't understand how you guys put up with... 135 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,739 If you ever talk like that to someone under my command again, 136 00:06:45,823 --> 00:06:49,326 you will not be welcome on this base, colonel. Is that clear? 137 00:06:51,036 --> 00:06:53,289 Yes, it is. 138 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:55,249 Good. 139 00:06:55,332 --> 00:06:58,460 We're done here. Thank you. 140 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:00,963 Why would you lie to them? 141 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,506 I didn't lie to them. 142 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:05,968 It is most improbable that we complete our task within 10 hours. 143 00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:07,886 That is quitter talk. 144 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:09,013 Look, you don't know me. 145 00:07:09,096 --> 00:07:10,991 This is when I'm at my best, this is when I shine, 146 00:07:11,015 --> 00:07:12,057 impossible deadlines. 147 00:07:12,141 --> 00:07:13,701 Lever tell you about the time I once got 148 00:07:13,726 --> 00:07:15,328 a damaged ancient hyperdrive system online 149 00:07:15,352 --> 00:07:16,729 moments before me and my crew 150 00:07:16,812 --> 00:07:18,123 were incinerated by a super volcano? 151 00:07:18,147 --> 00:07:19,690 Yes, you have. 152 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:22,109 Well, there you go. See, I work best under pressure. 153 00:07:22,192 --> 00:07:23,952 Then perhaps I should threaten to feed on you 154 00:07:24,028 --> 00:07:25,904 if we do not complete the coding in time. 155 00:07:25,988 --> 00:07:28,324 Easy, easy. He's just kidding. 156 00:07:28,699 --> 00:07:31,076 Just tell them you were joking. 157 00:07:32,661 --> 00:07:33,912 Right. 158 00:07:37,750 --> 00:07:39,752 I'll work in this area. 159 00:07:44,423 --> 00:07:46,467 (Sighing) Time's up. 160 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:48,052 What, so soon? 161 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:49,535 I guess that means you're not ready. 162 00:07:49,595 --> 00:07:50,888 Well, no, I'm not. 163 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:52,991 Well, we're going with plan b. You want to go for a ride? 164 00:07:53,015 --> 00:07:55,851 No, I'll stay here. This still needs to get done. 165 00:07:55,934 --> 00:07:57,311 Good luck. 166 00:08:08,364 --> 00:08:10,699 Daedalus, this is the Apollo, our scans are clear. 167 00:08:10,783 --> 00:08:13,661 We don't have any other contacts. Can you confirm? 168 00:08:13,744 --> 00:08:15,430 Caldwell: Copy that. We have the same reading. 169 00:08:15,454 --> 00:08:17,164 Colonel, how long before our guest arrives? 170 00:08:17,247 --> 00:08:18,582 Should be any second now. 171 00:08:18,666 --> 00:08:20,334 Won't they be surprised. 172 00:08:20,417 --> 00:08:21,960 We're going weapons hot, Apollo. 173 00:08:22,044 --> 00:08:24,088 Ellis: Copy that. We have done the same. 174 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:26,715 I'm detecting a hyperspace window opening. 175 00:08:27,299 --> 00:08:29,677 Stand by to fire forward beam weapons. 176 00:08:34,973 --> 00:08:36,141 Fire. 177 00:08:48,987 --> 00:08:50,239 (Beeping) 178 00:08:50,322 --> 00:08:52,366 Contact has been neutralized. 179 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,954 I wish I'd had these a few years ago. 180 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:58,264 Well, the first attack is easy. 181 00:08:58,288 --> 00:08:59,516 They didn't know we were coming. 182 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:01,041 The replicators have proven very 183 00:09:01,125 --> 00:09:04,294 effective in changing strategies when faced with failure. 184 00:09:04,378 --> 00:09:06,630 Still, we took that ship down without breaking a sweat. 185 00:09:06,714 --> 00:09:08,590 Right. One down, 186 00:09:09,341 --> 00:09:10,843 thirty-seven to go. 187 00:09:17,975 --> 00:09:19,143 Welcome back, sir. 188 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:21,246 We were in the neighborhood. Thought I'd stop by, resupply. 189 00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:22,354 How's it going out there? 190 00:09:22,438 --> 00:09:23,623 Splitting us up was a good call. 191 00:09:23,647 --> 00:09:25,367 The daedalus has downed another three ships. 192 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:28,694 Ellis got another two. That brings us to seven. That's not bad at all. 193 00:09:28,777 --> 00:09:31,673 I'll need about an hour to get what we need, then we'll get back out there. 194 00:09:31,697 --> 00:09:34,324 Well, there's been a little change of plans. 195 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:35,784 Yeah. Really? 196 00:09:36,618 --> 00:09:37,786 They're falling back? 197 00:09:37,870 --> 00:09:39,037 Safety in numbers. 198 00:09:39,121 --> 00:09:41,749 Evidently, they haven't figured out how we're tracking them and... 199 00:09:41,832 --> 00:09:43,834 Or they haven't figured out how to stop us. 200 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:45,836 Either way, they want to stop losing ships. 201 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:47,564 So they're all headed back to the replicator homeworld. 202 00:09:47,588 --> 00:09:49,256 That's right. Well, that's good. 203 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:50,939 I mean, they're finally all in one place. 204 00:09:51,008 --> 00:09:52,593 We can wipe them out all at once. 205 00:09:52,676 --> 00:09:56,847 Ideahy, yes, but our two ships versus an entire replicator fleet... 206 00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:59,767 Not to mention the drones they'll be firing from the surface. 207 00:09:59,850 --> 00:10:01,852 Look, the new weapons we have are very effective, 208 00:10:01,977 --> 00:10:04,521 but they are no match for that kind of firepower. 209 00:10:04,646 --> 00:10:06,982 Well, sounds like the perfect time to finally use 210 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:09,568 that killer program you've been working on, doctor. 211 00:10:10,861 --> 00:10:11,945 Yeah. 212 00:10:12,029 --> 00:10:15,532 Remember when you said all you needed was 10 hours to finish it? 213 00:10:15,699 --> 00:10:16,784 Vaguely. 214 00:10:16,867 --> 00:10:20,204 Well, it's been 10 hours and a week. Are you finished? 215 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:22,956 Well, I'm just, um, dotting some "I"s, crossing some "t"s. 216 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,793 Whatever our plan is, we need to act quickly. 217 00:10:25,876 --> 00:10:28,271 Our current intel suggests that they're putting all their resources 218 00:10:28,295 --> 00:10:29,546 into building new ships. 219 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:31,024 I figure we have less than a week before 220 00:10:31,048 --> 00:10:33,801 they head back out into the galaxy, and in much greater numbers. 221 00:10:33,884 --> 00:10:35,153 If they start traveling in packs, 222 00:10:35,177 --> 00:10:36,780 our kill rate is going to drop drastically. 223 00:10:36,804 --> 00:10:38,347 We can't let that happen. 224 00:10:38,430 --> 00:10:40,492 We need to take them out while they're all in one place, 225 00:10:40,516 --> 00:10:41,892 and we need to do it quickly. 226 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:43,143 Hmm. 227 00:10:46,814 --> 00:10:49,566 Hey, I should just get back to my lab. 228 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:58,742 Oh... I have to tell them. 229 00:10:58,826 --> 00:11:00,577 I have to tell them we don't have anything. 230 00:11:00,661 --> 00:11:02,079 This is most troubling. 231 00:11:02,204 --> 00:11:04,331 Ellis is gonna love this. 232 00:11:04,414 --> 00:11:05,499 I don't get it. 233 00:11:05,582 --> 00:11:07,101 We tried reconfiguring your stand-down code, 234 00:11:07,125 --> 00:11:09,336 we tried programming the nanites to turn themselves off. 235 00:11:09,419 --> 00:11:11,004 Something should have worked. 236 00:11:11,088 --> 00:11:13,674 They are a very complex and ingenious design. 237 00:11:13,757 --> 00:11:15,801 Yeah, well, I thought I was ingeniouser. 238 00:11:15,884 --> 00:11:18,804 Yes, I know that's not a word, Mr. Helpful. 239 00:11:19,972 --> 00:11:23,350 All right, look, maybe we could figure out some way to use 240 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:25,352 the anti-replicator guns somehow. 241 00:11:25,435 --> 00:11:26,895 From what you have told me, they have 242 00:11:26,979 --> 00:11:28,939 almost certainly become immune to it. 243 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:32,234 Even if they haven't, we'd still have to get them all in one place. 244 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:35,445 What is it? 245 00:11:37,281 --> 00:11:40,284 I think I've got my first good idea in three weeks. 246 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:44,204 Hmm. 247 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:47,708 Our old anti-replicator technology relied on disrupting the bonds 248 00:11:47,791 --> 00:11:49,710 between each individual nanite cell. 249 00:11:49,793 --> 00:11:52,462 They just collapsed in a pile of dust, right? 250 00:11:52,588 --> 00:11:55,048 We're familiar with the technology, yes. 251 00:11:55,132 --> 00:11:58,552 Right, well, the thinking was always to continue down that line, 252 00:11:58,635 --> 00:12:00,637 to break the bonds, to turn them off, 253 00:12:00,721 --> 00:12:02,347 sever their connections to one another, 254 00:12:02,431 --> 00:12:04,516 because dust we can deal with, right? 255 00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:06,184 Rodney... 256 00:12:06,310 --> 00:12:07,895 We do the opposite. 257 00:12:07,978 --> 00:12:09,956 Instead of severing their connections, we significantly 258 00:12:09,980 --> 00:12:11,773 dial up their attraction to one another. 259 00:12:11,857 --> 00:12:15,110 We turn each cell into an incredibly powerful nanite magnet. 260 00:12:15,193 --> 00:12:17,988 You know, one cell attracts another cell, those two attract two more, 261 00:12:18,113 --> 00:12:21,033 and as more and more nanite cells bond to the core group, 262 00:12:21,158 --> 00:12:22,760 they become stronger and stronger and stronger 263 00:12:22,784 --> 00:12:25,746 to the point where every replicator cell on the planet, in orbit, 264 00:12:25,829 --> 00:12:29,625 all of them are amassed in this giant, super-dense blob. 265 00:12:31,168 --> 00:12:34,129 A super-dense blob? That's your great idea? 266 00:12:34,546 --> 00:12:36,465 It is, yes, actually. 267 00:12:37,341 --> 00:12:38,884 What do we do with the blob, then? 268 00:12:39,009 --> 00:12:40,427 Aren't we in danger of creating 269 00:12:40,510 --> 00:12:43,096 some Godzilla-sized super-replicator? 270 00:12:43,180 --> 00:12:45,140 No. At least not at first. 271 00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:47,063 Look, this is not their normal form of bonding. 272 00:12:47,142 --> 00:12:48,703 I mean, it will take them some time to adapt, 273 00:12:48,727 --> 00:12:50,663 to figure out how to function within the new parameters. 274 00:12:50,687 --> 00:12:51,772 Carter: How much time? 275 00:12:51,855 --> 00:12:53,166 Well, I mean, I'd hate to speculate. 276 00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:54,524 Since when? 277 00:12:54,983 --> 00:12:57,086 Look, it doesn't matter anyways because long before that happens, 278 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:58,630 they're going to fuse together so tightly, 279 00:12:58,654 --> 00:13:00,447 they will be rendered essentially inert. 280 00:13:00,530 --> 00:13:02,783 Remember, this bond is occurring on a subspace level... 281 00:13:02,866 --> 00:13:06,370 Which helps get them past the normal repulsive force between nuclei... 282 00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:09,164 To the point where their electrons are fusing with their protons, 283 00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:10,683 and once that starts happening, they're toast. 284 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:13,418 Yeah, but you're talking about neutron-star levels of density. 285 00:13:13,543 --> 00:13:14,878 Precisely. 286 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:16,463 Wow. 287 00:13:16,546 --> 00:13:20,092 It sounds crazy, but this could work. 288 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:22,344 Well, how do we make it work, then? 289 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:25,597 Just upload a new command into their base code? 290 00:13:26,515 --> 00:13:28,392 I have a better idea. 291 00:13:32,062 --> 00:13:33,855 Ta-da. What's this? 292 00:13:33,939 --> 00:13:36,942 This... this has been in storage since we found it a while ago. 293 00:13:37,025 --> 00:13:39,069 The ancients used it as part of their research 294 00:13:39,194 --> 00:13:41,905 into the creation of human-form replicators. 295 00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:43,448 What are you suggesting? 296 00:13:43,532 --> 00:13:45,993 We have the technology, the understanding of nanite coding. 297 00:13:46,076 --> 00:13:47,076 I mean... 298 00:13:47,119 --> 00:13:49,496 We have the ancients' blueprints for crying out loud. 299 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:51,164 You want to make your own replicator? 300 00:13:51,248 --> 00:13:52,374 Well, not a whole one. 301 00:13:52,457 --> 00:13:55,252 Just a block of nanite cells, say, you know, yea big, 302 00:13:55,377 --> 00:13:56,962 just enough to get the ball rolling. 303 00:13:57,087 --> 00:13:58,213 I don't know, Rodney... 304 00:13:58,296 --> 00:14:01,067 I'm not talking about creating anything with normal replicator abilities. 305 00:14:01,091 --> 00:14:03,593 Just a group of nanite cells that can serve as a platform 306 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:05,679 for us to upload the new bonding program. 307 00:14:05,929 --> 00:14:07,514 We take it to the replicator homeworld, 308 00:14:07,597 --> 00:14:09,558 we switch it on, we beam it into a populated area, 309 00:14:09,641 --> 00:14:11,893 and we sit back and watch. It couldn't be easier. 310 00:14:14,396 --> 00:14:15,856 There is the one problem. 311 00:14:15,939 --> 00:14:17,024 Only one? 312 00:14:17,107 --> 00:14:19,377 The replicators on the planet will be affected fairly quickly, 313 00:14:19,401 --> 00:14:21,754 but there will be a definite delay until there's enough mass 314 00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:23,613 to attract the nanite cells in orbit. 315 00:14:23,739 --> 00:14:25,699 So those ships will have plenty of time to escape. 316 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:27,617 Unless we disable or destroy them. 317 00:14:27,743 --> 00:14:29,911 They have 30 ships, we have two. 318 00:14:29,995 --> 00:14:32,098 Well, if we don't disable them, they're just going to fly away, 319 00:14:32,122 --> 00:14:33,623 lay low and replicate a new army. 320 00:14:33,707 --> 00:14:37,377 Thirty ships versus two, it can't be done. 321 00:14:39,963 --> 00:14:41,798 We might be able to get more ships. 322 00:14:44,634 --> 00:14:48,972 Depending on what has happened since I have been in captivity here, 323 00:14:49,306 --> 00:14:52,601 I can easily bring another 12 ships to the battle. 324 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:55,520 Twelve ships willing to fight shoulder-to-shoulder? 325 00:14:56,021 --> 00:14:59,399 For a chance to destroy the replicators once and for all, 326 00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:01,151 of course. 327 00:15:01,735 --> 00:15:03,862 This brings the odds down to 2-to-1. 328 00:15:04,654 --> 00:15:07,532 An alliance like this must be negotiated. 329 00:15:09,534 --> 00:15:14,414 I will need to personally convince them that this is the proper course of action. 330 00:15:38,688 --> 00:15:40,190 Ronon: Sit down. 331 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,404 First sign you crossed us... 332 00:15:46,530 --> 00:15:48,782 I die. I know. 333 00:16:08,718 --> 00:16:10,971 Well, this is different. 334 00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:12,764 (Beeping) 335 00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:14,933 Receiving transmission. 336 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,436 Docking instructions. 337 00:16:19,062 --> 00:16:21,606 All right, let's get this over with. 338 00:16:42,586 --> 00:16:43,962 (Dull rumbling) 339 00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:46,922 Now what? 340 00:16:46,965 --> 00:16:48,675 (Banging on door) 341 00:16:50,093 --> 00:16:51,678 You open the door. 342 00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:58,977 Perhaps we should remove these. 343 00:17:00,937 --> 00:17:04,191 I think it sends the wrong message, don't you? 344 00:17:04,774 --> 00:17:06,526 This is a mistake. 345 00:17:07,152 --> 00:17:08,862 We need his help. 346 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,326 I've got a bad feeling about this. 347 00:17:14,409 --> 00:17:17,204 Well, we're here, let's see it through. 348 00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:27,214 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Take it easy, guys... 349 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:48,818 All right, the basic nanite material has been formed. 350 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:50,570 Let's see if we can get them to interact. 351 00:17:50,654 --> 00:17:53,073 I must say, Rodney, this is quite an ingenious idea. 352 00:17:53,156 --> 00:17:54,658 Would you expect anything less? 353 00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:55,909 Well... 354 00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:57,160 Well, what? 355 00:17:57,911 --> 00:18:00,247 Well, you have been in a bit of a rut lately. I have not. 356 00:18:00,330 --> 00:18:01,539 Okay, like, a dry spell maybe. 357 00:18:01,623 --> 00:18:02,874 Okay. That is not true. 358 00:18:02,958 --> 00:18:05,377 It's not. Okay! Okay. 359 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,964 Now, are we certain that these nanites will not go beyond simple cohesion? 360 00:18:09,047 --> 00:18:11,167 Of course. I've disabled most of the normal protocols. 361 00:18:11,216 --> 00:18:14,427 They won't be able to do anything beyond form a simple block. 362 00:18:14,511 --> 00:18:16,137 All right, here we go. 363 00:18:22,811 --> 00:18:24,437 It worked. You did it, Rodney. 364 00:18:24,521 --> 00:18:26,439 Naturally. McKay is back! 365 00:18:26,523 --> 00:18:27,959 Would you stop that? I was never gone. 366 00:18:27,983 --> 00:18:29,276 (Beeping) 367 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,612 Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, we've got a problem. 368 00:18:32,696 --> 00:18:35,198 The cells aren't communicating properly. 369 00:18:38,994 --> 00:18:40,537 (Sighing) 370 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:42,289 This could be tougher than I thought. 371 00:18:42,372 --> 00:18:44,958 And I don't want to hear you say anything. 372 00:19:01,891 --> 00:19:03,101 (Grunting) 373 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:05,103 Be calm. 374 00:19:08,231 --> 00:19:09,399 Here. 375 00:19:10,525 --> 00:19:12,235 What the hell's going on? 376 00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:17,198 Apparently, my fellow wraith wanted to speak to me without you being around. 377 00:19:17,282 --> 00:19:22,454 Well, they might have just politely asked us to stay in the jumper. 378 00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:26,333 Come, now, you would never have let me leave your sight. 379 00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:29,044 Well, we'll never know now, will we? 380 00:19:33,173 --> 00:19:34,883 We have a deal. 381 00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,927 Seven hives will join us in the fight. 382 00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:39,804 Seven? You said 12. 383 00:19:40,138 --> 00:19:43,224 Not all of them were convinced that the mission was achievable. 384 00:19:43,308 --> 00:19:46,269 Plus, many of our ships are without queens. 385 00:19:46,770 --> 00:19:49,856 We'd be unable to create new soldiers should they fall. 386 00:19:49,939 --> 00:19:51,775 If you'd prefer none... 387 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,568 All right, seven. 388 00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:00,241 How did I wake up before ronon? 389 00:20:00,325 --> 00:20:02,410 We had to stun him several times. 390 00:20:03,995 --> 00:20:07,540 I thought it would be best that you were awake before he was. 391 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,751 Probably a good idea. 392 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:15,048 Are we in space? 393 00:20:15,131 --> 00:20:16,674 The hives have already left. 394 00:20:16,758 --> 00:20:20,136 They jettisoned your ship before they jumped into hyperspace. 395 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:24,265 Anything else happen while we were unconscious that I should know about? 396 00:20:24,808 --> 00:20:28,311 I must return to Atlantis to help Dr. McKay complete our plan. 397 00:20:33,316 --> 00:20:35,735 Help me wake them up and we'll get out of here. 398 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:43,993 McKay: All right, looking good. 399 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:46,830 Rodney, it's being held together by a force field. 400 00:20:46,955 --> 00:20:48,675 I know. I just wanted to give the cells time 401 00:20:48,706 --> 00:20:50,333 to establish their own internal cohesion. 402 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:55,004 Now we drop the field and they should hold together. 403 00:20:56,005 --> 00:20:58,258 Not bad, not bad. 404 00:20:58,341 --> 00:21:00,093 Structure's intact. 405 00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:01,970 Bonds are holding. 406 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:04,264 (Beeping) 407 00:21:09,185 --> 00:21:10,520 Damn it. 408 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:11,604 It's no use, Rodney. 409 00:21:11,688 --> 00:21:14,149 You've disabled too many of the cells' basic protocols. 410 00:21:14,232 --> 00:21:15,775 It was never designed to work this way. 411 00:21:15,859 --> 00:21:18,361 In that case, there's only one thing we can do. 412 00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:19,645 Man on earpiece.' Dr. Zelenka? 413 00:21:19,696 --> 00:21:20,822 Yes? 414 00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:22,866 They need to see you right away in section 7. 415 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,909 We're having some power problems in the infirmary. 416 00:21:24,993 --> 00:21:26,119 (Sighing) 417 00:21:26,202 --> 00:21:27,555 I should go. This won't take too long. 418 00:21:27,579 --> 00:21:28,705 Is it all right if I... 419 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:31,458 Just go, go. You're probably holding me back anyway. 420 00:21:33,501 --> 00:21:34,544 (Beeping) 421 00:21:43,094 --> 00:21:44,804 Ronon, let it go. 422 00:21:46,014 --> 00:21:49,517 Take it as a compliment. They were afraid of you. 423 00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:52,896 Dial the gate. 424 00:21:54,439 --> 00:21:56,107 (Beeping) 425 00:21:56,483 --> 00:21:58,902 I'm detecting a hyperspace window forming. 426 00:21:58,985 --> 00:22:01,154 Your guys forget something? 427 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,707 It's an ancestral warship. 428 00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:14,918 Replicators. Dial the gate. 429 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:16,377 How did they find us? 430 00:22:16,461 --> 00:22:17,795 I have an idea. 431 00:22:17,879 --> 00:22:19,631 You are mistaken. 432 00:22:19,714 --> 00:22:20,965 Receiving transmission. 433 00:22:21,049 --> 00:22:22,258 What? 434 00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:25,553 Larrin: Sheppard, that better not be you. 435 00:22:25,637 --> 00:22:26,888 Larrin? 436 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:30,308 What the hell are you doing here? 437 00:22:30,391 --> 00:22:32,060 What the hell are you doing here? 438 00:22:32,143 --> 00:22:34,646 We picked up on seven hives orbiting a single planet. 439 00:22:34,729 --> 00:22:36,290 Seemed like something big was going down, 440 00:22:36,314 --> 00:22:39,108 so I thought we'd stop and do a little intel. 441 00:22:39,192 --> 00:22:40,610 Yeah, well, you just missed them. 442 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:42,070 I see that. 443 00:22:42,153 --> 00:22:43,947 Now, tell me, what are you doing here? 444 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:47,784 And better yet, why didn't those hives destroy your puny little ship? 445 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:52,205 I take great offense to that, but those are all good questions, 446 00:22:52,288 --> 00:22:54,415 so we should talk. 447 00:22:55,041 --> 00:22:58,294 Yes, we should. Use bay 3. 448 00:22:59,546 --> 00:23:01,422 Better her than replicators, right? 449 00:23:01,506 --> 00:23:04,133 Let's see what kind of mood she's in. 450 00:23:11,683 --> 00:23:13,184 Larrin. 451 00:23:14,435 --> 00:23:15,895 That wraith better be a prisoner. 452 00:23:15,979 --> 00:23:17,855 Now, look, I know how it looks. 453 00:23:17,939 --> 00:23:19,065 Kill it. 454 00:23:19,148 --> 00:23:20,334 Vvhoa, hey, hey, hey! No, no, no. 455 00:23:20,358 --> 00:23:22,068 No killing, okay? 456 00:23:22,151 --> 00:23:24,571 Just... just hear me out. 457 00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:29,075 So, the idea is to keep the replicator ships from leaving orbit 458 00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:32,996 until this McKay guy can suck them back down to the planet? 459 00:23:33,454 --> 00:23:35,498 Couldn't have put it better myself. 460 00:23:35,582 --> 00:23:37,625 And since you only have two ships... 461 00:23:37,709 --> 00:23:39,085 We need the wraiths to help. 462 00:23:39,168 --> 00:23:40,169 Hmm. 463 00:23:40,253 --> 00:23:42,589 We figure the replicators have close to 30 ships 464 00:23:42,672 --> 00:23:43,715 guarding the surface. 465 00:23:43,798 --> 00:23:45,633 The wraith bring another seven to the fight. 466 00:23:45,717 --> 00:23:46,884 Still not very good odds. 467 00:23:46,968 --> 00:23:50,013 No, no, but unless we, I don't know, 468 00:23:50,096 --> 00:23:53,224 meet someone with access to ships, it will have to do. 469 00:23:55,393 --> 00:23:57,145 One of the planets we trade with was 470 00:23:57,228 --> 00:23:59,105 completely wiped out a few weeks ago. 471 00:23:59,314 --> 00:24:02,233 We thought it was the wraith, but it didn't fit. 472 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,194 They weren't culled, they were leveled. 473 00:24:05,695 --> 00:24:07,155 Replicators. 474 00:24:08,031 --> 00:24:10,158 The last time we worked together, 475 00:24:10,241 --> 00:24:12,493 I said I'd let you keep a few secrets. 476 00:24:14,162 --> 00:24:15,872 But not anymore. 477 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:19,208 If we do this, we go all the way. 478 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:20,960 No holding back. 479 00:24:23,046 --> 00:24:24,922 (Sighing) All right. 480 00:24:25,548 --> 00:24:28,760 Look, your ship is still a mess. 481 00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:31,763 We have scientists that have the ancient gene. 482 00:24:31,846 --> 00:24:34,098 Maybe they can help you soup it up. 483 00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:38,353 Well, I'll have to talk to our governing council, 484 00:24:38,436 --> 00:24:40,480 but even if they agree to move forward, 485 00:24:40,563 --> 00:24:42,398 it'll be up to the individual ship captains 486 00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:44,275 if they want to join us or not. 487 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,820 And fighting alongside the wraith isn't going to be popular. 488 00:24:47,945 --> 00:24:50,615 Well, we know how persuasive you can be. 489 00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:52,325 I'll start making the calls. 490 00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:53,743 Oh, great. 491 00:24:54,327 --> 00:24:56,954 This is all working out for the best, it's... 492 00:24:57,038 --> 00:25:00,083 Except for the part where I'm still tied up, larrin. 493 00:25:01,459 --> 00:25:02,710 Larrin? 494 00:25:09,092 --> 00:25:12,136 You and I have two very different definitions of "this won't take too long." 495 00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:13,304 I know. I'm really sorry. 496 00:25:13,388 --> 00:25:14,615 The naquahdah generator in section 7 497 00:25:14,639 --> 00:25:17,266 is giving us all sorts of trouble, but it's fixed now. 498 00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:18,911 I'm all yours. What would you like to try now? 499 00:25:18,935 --> 00:25:21,938 Actually, unencumbered by the continual need to explain things to you, 500 00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,290 I've actually made remarkable progress. 501 00:25:23,314 --> 00:25:24,440 Oh, really? Mmm. 502 00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:25,751 The systems ancients had in place 503 00:25:25,775 --> 00:25:28,528 were designed to create fully-functional humanoid replicants, right? 504 00:25:28,653 --> 00:25:30,530 Yes. Well, turns out that trying to create 505 00:25:30,613 --> 00:25:33,533 something much simpler is, ironically, much more difficult. 506 00:25:33,616 --> 00:25:35,868 In the end, I was forced to compromise. 507 00:25:35,952 --> 00:25:37,370 Wait, you're not suggesting that... 508 00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:38,597 I know it wasn't part of the plan, 509 00:25:38,621 --> 00:25:40,707 but it was either this or nothing. 510 00:25:47,672 --> 00:25:48,881 Hello. 511 00:25:54,679 --> 00:25:56,013 Oh, my. 512 00:26:06,816 --> 00:26:09,110 I'm gonna check on McKay, see if he made any progress. 513 00:26:09,193 --> 00:26:10,653 I must go see Dr. Keller. 514 00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:11,779 Why's that? 515 00:26:11,863 --> 00:26:13,072 I was stunned. 516 00:26:13,156 --> 00:26:15,074 We get stunned all the time. Shake it off. 517 00:26:15,158 --> 00:26:17,243 The circumstances are different. 518 00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:18,578 How so? 519 00:26:21,956 --> 00:26:23,833 I'm carrying a child. 520 00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:26,419 You're what? 521 00:26:29,005 --> 00:26:30,840 I'm pregnant, John. 522 00:26:32,216 --> 00:26:33,843 Is this a joke? 523 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:36,471 Don't look at me. 524 00:26:36,554 --> 00:26:38,264 It just happened. 525 00:26:38,598 --> 00:26:40,850 I didn't know you were seeing anyone. 526 00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:43,102 It is no one from Atlantis. 527 00:26:44,896 --> 00:26:47,857 How far along are you? 528 00:26:48,399 --> 00:26:50,276 About three months. 529 00:26:51,027 --> 00:26:52,236 Three. 530 00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:54,822 How long have you known? 531 00:26:54,906 --> 00:26:56,532 Just under two. Two. 532 00:26:56,616 --> 00:27:00,453 We've been... you let me put you out in the field 533 00:27:00,536 --> 00:27:02,872 when you've known you were three-months pregnant? 534 00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:04,373 I tried to tell you. 535 00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:06,000 You didn't try hard enough. 536 00:27:06,083 --> 00:27:07,960 I am more than capable of... 537 00:27:08,044 --> 00:27:09,337 You got stunned today. 538 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:11,464 Do you have any idea what kind of effect that has? 539 00:27:12,381 --> 00:27:15,426 Athosian woman remain very active in the community... 540 00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:17,261 This is different. 541 00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:20,431 We get shot at, beat up, stunned... 542 00:27:20,556 --> 00:27:23,184 We take a chance every time we walk through the gate. 543 00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:24,268 John_. 544 00:27:24,352 --> 00:27:27,522 As of this second, you are relieved from active duty. 545 00:27:31,776 --> 00:27:32,985 Hey. 546 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:35,738 Congratulations. 547 00:27:36,239 --> 00:27:37,406 Kanaan is the father? 548 00:27:37,490 --> 00:27:38,658 You knew that we were... 549 00:27:38,741 --> 00:27:41,410 I could tell. The way you talked about him. 550 00:27:43,621 --> 00:27:46,082 Yes, he is the father. 551 00:27:47,250 --> 00:27:48,835 I'm sorry. 552 00:27:48,918 --> 00:27:50,586 I will find him. 553 00:27:51,629 --> 00:27:53,339 He is still alive, I feel it. 554 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:56,676 We'll find him. Together. I promise. 555 00:27:58,803 --> 00:28:01,722 Come on. Let's go get you checked out. 556 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:07,687 You know, "ronon" is a good name, boy or a girl. 557 00:28:07,770 --> 00:28:09,105 (Teyla laughs) 558 00:28:10,815 --> 00:28:12,215 So that brings the grand total to... 559 00:28:12,275 --> 00:28:13,568 Fourteen. 560 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:15,736 Larrin said she can get three or four more ships. 561 00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:17,697 That's great. Yeah. 562 00:28:18,489 --> 00:28:20,825 You okay? Yeah. 563 00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:23,035 I'm taking Teyla off active duty. 564 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,204 Why? She's pregnant. 565 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,124 Oh... okay. 566 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:30,626 Who's the father? 567 00:28:31,669 --> 00:28:33,212 Ineverasked. 568 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:36,299 Wow. Well, it has been one hell of a day. 569 00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:38,652 There's one more thing you need to see. 570 00:28:38,676 --> 00:28:40,303 McKay has kind of thrown us a curveball. 571 00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:43,472 Oh, great. I was just thinking we need more of those today. 572 00:28:49,478 --> 00:28:52,189 This is not what we talked about, Rodney. 573 00:28:52,315 --> 00:28:54,317 Yeah, well, I'm sorry, but the block idea 574 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,235 didn't fly. This was the only way. 575 00:28:56,319 --> 00:28:58,905 Do you have any idea what kind of a security threat this is? 576 00:28:58,988 --> 00:29:01,508 It's not as bad as you think. I've stripped down its programming 577 00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:04,285 as much as I possibly could without sacrificing basic viability. 578 00:29:04,368 --> 00:29:06,579 It can walk, it can talk, but it can't replicate 579 00:29:06,662 --> 00:29:08,748 or change its form or anything. 580 00:29:08,831 --> 00:29:10,917 Does she know why she was created? 581 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,376 Of course. 582 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:14,879 Well, then she has a certain amount of self-awareness. 583 00:29:15,004 --> 00:29:16,672 Yeah, so? 584 00:29:17,506 --> 00:29:21,135 Honestly, I'm not sure how comfortable I am sending her to her death. 585 00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:22,470 Death? 586 00:29:22,845 --> 00:29:25,973 It can't die. It's not alive. It's a program. 587 00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:28,851 I mean, its consciousness is just a bunch of ones and zeros. 588 00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:31,496 I mean, you can call it "she" all you want, but it's still just a thing. 589 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,605 It's a prop. It's... 590 00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:35,024 It's a really advanced radio-controlled weapon. 591 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:37,860 I mean, you don't feel sorry for your bullets, do you? Your bombs? 592 00:29:37,985 --> 00:29:39,695 All right, still. 593 00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:41,781 It's weird. 594 00:29:41,864 --> 00:29:44,092 Yeah, well, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter anyways, 595 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:45,636 because we don't have any other choice. 596 00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:49,705 Well, we are teaming up with the wraith. 597 00:29:50,164 --> 00:29:52,208 I guess it's that kind of a mission. 598 00:29:58,547 --> 00:29:59,882 We have a problem. What is it? 599 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:02,385 I've been going over your calculations. 600 00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:05,137 I thought it would be prudent for the good of the mission. 601 00:30:05,221 --> 00:30:06,305 I hope you don't mind. 602 00:30:06,389 --> 00:30:07,640 No. No, it's fine. 603 00:30:07,723 --> 00:30:10,810 I think you've underestimated how quickly the nanite cells will adapt 604 00:30:10,893 --> 00:30:12,895 to their changing circumstances. 605 00:30:12,979 --> 00:30:15,231 The mass will be able to manipulate its own form 606 00:30:15,356 --> 00:30:17,149 before it reaches critical density. 607 00:30:17,233 --> 00:30:19,735 Are you sure? I'm quite positive. 608 00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:23,656 Once the nanites regain control, they will be able to halt their own collapse. 609 00:30:23,739 --> 00:30:26,325 At that point, they will be extremely dangerous. 610 00:30:26,409 --> 00:30:28,995 In other words, we're back to Godzilla. 611 00:30:30,371 --> 00:30:32,748 I may have a solution. 612 00:30:36,752 --> 00:30:39,588 We overload their zpms, about half a dozen of them, 613 00:30:39,672 --> 00:30:42,425 in a symmetrical pattern around the replicator mass. 614 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:45,344 The force of the explosion causes the mass to compress even further, 615 00:30:45,428 --> 00:30:48,597 essenfiahy creating our own replicator fusion bomb. 616 00:30:48,681 --> 00:30:50,033 The whole planet will be destroyed in the process. 617 00:30:50,057 --> 00:30:52,101 You don't mess around, do you? 618 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:55,604 All this is based on information provided by a replicator? 619 00:30:55,730 --> 00:30:57,273 We have no reason to trust it. 620 00:30:57,356 --> 00:31:00,443 We're not trusting it, we're trusting Rodney. 621 00:31:01,235 --> 00:31:03,529 Now, this causes a slight new wrinkle in the plan. 622 00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:05,007 I'll need to beam down to the core room. 623 00:31:05,031 --> 00:31:07,116 Along with ronon and a squad of marines. 624 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:09,785 From there, I should be able to hack into their systems 625 00:31:09,869 --> 00:31:11,370 and set the zpms to overload. 626 00:31:11,454 --> 00:31:14,040 In the meantime, we'll be keeping their ships occupied. 627 00:31:14,123 --> 00:31:17,043 The seven hives will space themselves around the planet equally, 628 00:31:17,126 --> 00:31:19,045 and our smaller ships will fill in the holes. 629 00:31:19,128 --> 00:31:21,130 We could use you in my chair, Sheppard. 630 00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:24,967 We have an arsenal of drones, but none of my guys can fire them quite like you can. 631 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,722 No place I'd rather be. 632 00:31:30,598 --> 00:31:34,060 The hives will be dispatching sizable waves of darts to target 633 00:31:34,143 --> 00:31:36,228 the replicators' hyperdrive engines. 634 00:31:36,312 --> 00:31:37,897 My 302s will join you. 635 00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:39,190 Very well. 636 00:31:39,273 --> 00:31:40,751 Now, while I'm working in the core room, 637 00:31:40,775 --> 00:31:42,215 we'll beam f.R.A.N. Down to the city. 638 00:31:42,276 --> 00:31:44,320 Wait a minute, f.R.A.N.? 639 00:31:44,820 --> 00:31:47,073 Friendly replicator Android. 640 00:31:47,281 --> 00:31:50,076 I didn't realize we were naming things. 641 00:31:50,409 --> 00:31:53,829 It noticed that Zelenka and I both had names, and... 642 00:31:55,498 --> 00:31:57,750 And she asked for one, so... 643 00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:01,087 All right, let's move out. 644 00:32:17,353 --> 00:32:19,480 Wow. That's quite a sight. 645 00:32:20,856 --> 00:32:22,751 I remember when the cold war ended and we started doing 646 00:32:22,775 --> 00:32:24,944 joint missions with the Russians. 647 00:32:25,361 --> 00:32:26,779 I thought that was strange. 648 00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:28,197 (Beeping) 649 00:32:28,864 --> 00:32:30,258 I've got confirmation from the fleet. 650 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:31,534 We're ready to go. 651 00:32:31,659 --> 00:32:33,953 Set coordinates for the replicator homeworld. 652 00:32:56,225 --> 00:32:58,727 This is quite exciting, isn't it? 653 00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:02,022 It's a bit nerve-wracking, yeah. 654 00:33:02,231 --> 00:33:04,400 Iquhelook forward to it. 655 00:33:04,525 --> 00:33:05,818 You do? 656 00:33:05,901 --> 00:33:09,071 One always wishes to fulfill one's purpose. 657 00:33:09,155 --> 00:33:10,739 Right. 658 00:33:10,865 --> 00:33:12,908 And you're fine with all this? 659 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:16,245 Why would I not be? It's my reason for being. 660 00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:19,498 Well, I know, it's just that you're... You're going to cease to be. 661 00:33:19,582 --> 00:33:20,666 Yes? 662 00:33:20,749 --> 00:33:24,253 Well, I just imagined you'd rather keep being than... 663 00:33:25,129 --> 00:33:26,422 Than not. 664 00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:29,675 Certainly, you're not worried for me, are you, doctor? 665 00:33:29,758 --> 00:33:31,302 No, no. That would be silly. 666 00:33:31,886 --> 00:33:34,013 Yes, it would. 667 00:33:37,224 --> 00:33:39,602 We should never have given it speech. Yeah. 668 00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:41,687 Dr. McKay, we're approaching the target. 669 00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:44,607 You need to get with ronon and the marines. 670 00:33:44,690 --> 00:33:46,108 On my way. 671 00:33:46,734 --> 00:33:48,694 Dr. McKay. 672 00:33:49,153 --> 00:33:50,529 Yeah? 673 00:33:50,821 --> 00:33:52,198 Good luck. 674 00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:56,243 You, too, f.R.A.N. 675 00:33:56,827 --> 00:33:58,245 Good luck. 676 00:34:17,306 --> 00:34:21,185 Target their hyperdrives with the beam weapons and launch all 302s. 677 00:34:21,268 --> 00:34:24,647 Beam the replicator and McKay's team down to their separate coordinates. 678 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:38,494 Fan out. Fan out. 679 00:34:41,538 --> 00:34:43,332 All right, we're clear. 680 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:46,335 Okay. This won't take more than a minute. 681 00:35:00,724 --> 00:35:02,851 Heavy damage and interior suction. 682 00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:05,729 Transferring power from non-critical systems to hull regeneration. 683 00:35:11,318 --> 00:35:12,528 How's it coming, McKay? 684 00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:14,530 I don't want to be doing this all day. 685 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:15,781 I'm done. 686 00:35:15,864 --> 00:35:19,451 I've got total control of the power grid and the zpms, 687 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:23,122 and f.R.A.N. Is... f.R.A.N. Is just about to activate. 688 00:35:28,210 --> 00:35:29,420 Hello. 689 00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:52,151 It's working, just hold those ships off a little longer. 690 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:11,170 I don't know how much longer we can keep this up. 691 00:36:11,253 --> 00:36:12,629 We just have to keep them busy. 692 00:36:12,713 --> 00:36:14,593 I don't think they realize what's happening yet. 693 00:36:22,348 --> 00:36:25,517 One of the replicator ships is heading towards us at maximum sublight. 694 00:36:25,601 --> 00:36:27,227 They're powering their hyperdrives. 695 00:36:27,311 --> 00:36:29,271 Sheppard, do you see that? 696 00:36:29,355 --> 00:36:30,939 Yeah. I got it. 697 00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:48,374 It's working much faster than I ever imagined. 698 00:36:48,624 --> 00:36:50,935 When's it going to be big enough to start pulling them from orbit? 699 00:36:50,959 --> 00:36:52,503 Soon. Really soon. 700 00:36:52,586 --> 00:36:54,505 (Rumbling) 701 00:36:54,588 --> 00:36:56,388 Our shields can't take much more of this, sir. 702 00:36:56,423 --> 00:36:58,258 Hopefully, they won't have to. 703 00:36:58,342 --> 00:37:02,137 Now get ready to transfer power from the beam weapons to the... 704 00:37:13,941 --> 00:37:14,941 What the hell? 705 00:37:14,983 --> 00:37:16,276 Son of a bitch. 706 00:37:17,486 --> 00:37:19,279 He actually did it. 707 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,040 (Rumbling) 708 00:37:30,666 --> 00:37:31,959 What's happening? 709 00:37:32,042 --> 00:37:33,627 The replicator mass. It's so heavy, 710 00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:36,296 it's sinking into the planet surface. 711 00:37:36,380 --> 00:37:38,340 McKay, according to our readings, every 712 00:37:38,424 --> 00:37:42,094 replicator nanite is now part of the mass. Can you confirm? 713 00:37:42,177 --> 00:37:43,303 Copy that, Sam. 714 00:37:43,387 --> 00:37:44,489 I'll set the countdown and... 715 00:37:44,513 --> 00:37:46,181 (Power shutting off) 716 00:37:46,265 --> 00:37:47,641 Did you do that? 717 00:37:50,477 --> 00:37:52,062 It's the mass. 718 00:37:52,146 --> 00:37:53,581 It's collapsed the subterranean power grid. 719 00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:55,274 It's a blackout. 720 00:37:55,899 --> 00:37:58,527 We're not gonna be able to overload the zpms. 721 00:38:07,744 --> 00:38:09,663 Notgood. Notgood. Notgood! 722 00:38:09,746 --> 00:38:11,474 Carter: Do you want me to beam down there and help you? 723 00:38:11,498 --> 00:38:12,778 The power grid's been destroyed, 724 00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:14,460 there's nothing either of us can do. 725 00:38:14,543 --> 00:38:16,920 What's the big deal? You can't overload zpms? 726 00:38:17,004 --> 00:38:19,566 Why don't we just send some nukes down there and get this over with? 727 00:38:19,590 --> 00:38:23,051 It's not as simple as that! Look, in order to implode a mass this large, 728 00:38:23,135 --> 00:38:24,988 the explosion has to be timed down to the nanosecond. 729 00:38:25,012 --> 00:38:26,430 The force needs to be exactly right. 730 00:38:26,513 --> 00:38:29,242 I mean, you can't just fire a few nukes down here and get the job done. 731 00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:30,642 (Rumbling) 732 00:38:30,726 --> 00:38:32,728 Sheppard: Well, it's gotta be better than nothing. 733 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:34,104 I have to agree. 734 00:38:34,188 --> 00:38:38,108 McKay, my sensors indicate that the ground around the mass is rich with neutronium. 735 00:38:38,192 --> 00:38:39,276 Neutronium? 736 00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:41,487 It's the base raw material in replicator cells. 737 00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:42,839 And it makes all the sense in the world 738 00:38:42,863 --> 00:38:45,175 why the ancients would set up on a planet where it's abundant 739 00:38:45,199 --> 00:38:48,577 this could be very useful. Neutronium is incredibly dense. 740 00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:50,162 And that helps us how? 741 00:38:50,245 --> 00:38:51,497 Mcka y: Sam, we are geniuses! 742 00:38:51,788 --> 00:38:54,642 Here the mass is so super heavy that it's sinking into the planet's surface. 743 00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:56,877 If I dial it up just a little bit, 744 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,963 it'll attract the neutronium and sink all the way to the core. 745 00:39:00,047 --> 00:39:02,808 And the planet will exert enough pressure on it to cause an implosion. 746 00:39:05,219 --> 00:39:07,596 Just give me one more... 747 00:39:09,014 --> 00:39:10,390 Got it! 748 00:39:19,942 --> 00:39:21,693 Um, we need to get out of here. 749 00:39:21,777 --> 00:39:23,946 All right, let's go. Come on! 750 00:39:34,081 --> 00:39:36,961 As much as I'd love to, we shouldn't stick around and watch this go down. 751 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,479 We should tell the fleet to jump to the rendezvous point immediately. 752 00:39:39,503 --> 00:39:41,380 The planet's become unstable. 753 00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:06,655 Sheppard: I'm sorry you lost a ship. 754 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,424 Well, they knew what they were getting into. 755 00:40:08,448 --> 00:40:09,992 Yeah, but still. 756 00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:13,078 You gonna stick around and let my guys check this place out? 757 00:40:13,161 --> 00:40:16,290 They already gave us a head start when they got us battle ready. 758 00:40:16,373 --> 00:40:19,668 Besides, I have some things that need to get taken care of. 759 00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:20,961 Yeah? Like? 760 00:40:21,044 --> 00:40:24,464 Oh, nothing for you to concern your pretty little head with. 761 00:40:24,548 --> 00:40:25,966 Look, um... 762 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:29,261 Now that we're allies and stuff, 763 00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:33,390 I should probably have some way of contacting you, 764 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:37,853 you know, for professional reasons, in case we need help again. 765 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,272 I know where Atlantis is now. 766 00:40:40,355 --> 00:40:42,441 Don't worry. I'll stay in touch. 767 00:40:43,233 --> 00:40:46,278 Technician on earpie ce: Colonel Sheppard, are you ready to beam? 768 00:40:46,361 --> 00:40:48,322 Good seeing you again. 769 00:40:48,405 --> 00:40:49,906 I bet it was. 770 00:40:53,994 --> 00:40:55,537 Ready to beam. 771 00:41:05,047 --> 00:41:06,214 Welcome back. 772 00:41:06,298 --> 00:41:07,716 Sheppard: Good to be back. 773 00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:09,593 How are our good friends, the wraith? 774 00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:11,762 Well, they never showed up at the rendezvous point. 775 00:41:11,845 --> 00:41:14,348 Hmm. Think they got caught in the explosion? 776 00:41:14,431 --> 00:41:16,391 I doubt it. I guess they just figured that 777 00:41:16,475 --> 00:41:17,915 there was nothing left to talk about, 778 00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:19,519 so as soon as the planet blew up, 779 00:41:19,603 --> 00:41:20,854 we were back to being enemies. 780 00:41:20,937 --> 00:41:23,148 Hmm. Wraith back to being enemies. 781 00:41:23,231 --> 00:41:26,318 Replicators don't exist anymore, you out of your dry spell... 782 00:41:26,401 --> 00:41:29,488 Hey! All is right with the world. 783 00:41:29,905 --> 00:41:31,145 What are you working on anyway? 784 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:32,866 You'll be surprised to hear that removing 785 00:41:32,949 --> 00:41:35,077 a planet from the database is actually a lot of work. 786 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:36,929 I thought you'd be pretty good at that by now. 787 00:41:36,953 --> 00:41:38,556 You just can't resist bringing up the fact 788 00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:41,333 that I once accidentally destroyed a couple of planets, can you? 789 00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:43,752 It was an entire solar system. 790 00:41:43,919 --> 00:41:45,128 You want to do the honors? 791 00:41:45,212 --> 00:41:46,713 No, go ahead. 792 00:41:47,297 --> 00:41:51,468 All right, m7r-227, you were a constant pain in the ass. 793 00:41:51,593 --> 00:41:53,303 It's good to see you go. 794 00:41:56,181 --> 00:41:57,659 If only it was that easy in real life. 795 00:41:57,683 --> 00:42:00,644 Area 51's working on it. You want to get late dinner? 796 00:42:00,727 --> 00:42:02,562 Absolutely. All right. 797 00:42:02,646 --> 00:42:05,440 I would have loved to have seen Ellis' face when my plan worked. 798 00:42:05,524 --> 00:42:06,817 He's such a tool. 799 00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:08,527 Ihkehhn you do? 800 00:42:08,610 --> 00:42:10,696 Yeah. Good guy, excellent judge of character. 801 00:42:10,779 --> 00:42:12,197 Oh, I see. 802 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:13,532 (McKay laughs) 803 00:42:14,074 --> 00:42:16,618 I see where you're going with that. 804 00:42:32,634 --> 00:42:36,346 Our intel was correct. The planet has been completely destroyed. 805 00:42:36,430 --> 00:42:38,890 Man: Can you detect any trace replicator cells? 806 00:42:38,974 --> 00:42:41,977 Negative. They've been completely wiped out. 807 00:42:42,686 --> 00:42:43,854 Good. 808 00:42:44,604 --> 00:42:48,525 We can finally get to work without having to look over our shoulders. 809 00:42:50,235 --> 00:42:51,820 It's time to begin. 810 00:43:31,777 --> 00:43:32,778 English - us - psdh