All language subtitles for Stargate Atlantis Season 05 Episode 13 - Inquisition

As you may have already heard,
we've received an invitation.

Or, more precisely,
your team has received an invitation

to represent Atlantis
at a meeting of leaders

from various human populations
throughout the Pegasus Galaxy.

What's this, a Pegasus version
of the United Nations?

Nothing quite so formal.

At the moment,
it's more of a loose coalition.

ls there any advanced technology
in this coalition?

No.

But the lOA believes

it could be an important first step
toward interplanetary government.

A federation, if you will.

The federation had ships.

Look, what do we hope to gain from this?

l mean, the only reason
these people even know

about each other is because
they happened to inherit

the gate system from the Ancients.

Just because they lack advancement
does not mean

-they cannot benefit from cooperation.
-She's right.

lt's about time people in this galaxy
got together and stood up for themselves.

-Against the Wraith?
-Why not?

The Wraith are at war with each other,

which is why the people trying to form
this coalition feel the time is right,

and they want us to be part of it.

The council liaison will be
with you in a moment.

Wow, they're really rolling
the red carpet out for us, huh?

l'm sure they're just trying
to keep the details of this meeting secret.

-Guys, not good!
-Ronon!

Where are we?

We're not in the same room.
We've been moved.

-What the hell happened?
-That's a good question.

-What is the meaning of this?
-lt will all be explained shortly.

The council wishes to speak
to Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard.

l am Kelore of Latira.

This is Shiana of the Tribes of Santhal,
and Dimas of the Free Peoples of Riva.

We speak on behalf of the coalition.

You know, if you wanted
to keep this location secret,

you could have just blindfolded me.
l wouldn't have peeked, l swear.

Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard,
you stand before this council

as a representative
of the Atlantis expedition.

Okay.

And as such, it falls to you
to answer the charges.

-Excuse me?
-You will be given ample opportunity

to present your defense,

and when all evidence is heard,
we will decide the outcome.

What the hell are you talking about?
What is this?

The Atlantis expedition has been accused

of crimes against
the peoples of this galaxy.

This is your trial.

-Major, what happened?
-We're still trying to figure that out, sir.

One thing's for sure,
they're not in the village anymore.

They wouldn't have gone anywhere else
without notifying us first.

Not voluntarily, no.

Take as many men as you need.
Search the entire area

and keep questioning the villagers.
Somebody there knows something.

This was supposed to be
a meet-and-greet.

Just cocktails, hors d'oeuvres,
maybe a little dancing?

Subterfuge was necessary.

You possess technology
and military power

beyond the scope of most
of the indigenous peoples of this galaxy.

Which is why you have been brought
to a secure location.

Only the members of this council
and key personnel know the gate address.

So don't waste your time entertaining
any hopes of rescue.

What is it exactly that you think we did?

According to our calculations,

the Atlantis expedition is responsible,
directly or indirectly,

for the deaths
of over two million people in this galaxy.

You've got to be kidding me.

Tell us about your first encounter
with the Wraith.

Okay, l see where this is going.

When you arrived here,

the Wraith were in hibernation,
were they not?

-Not all of them.
-What do you mean?

l mean they attacked us.

What is it?

The Wraith.

Take that thing down!

That's one.

Get down!

Teyla?

That was a scouting party, not a culling.

Well, l didn't know that.
All l know is they took our people.

-And you went after them.
-That's right.

You should have left them to their fate.

l'm sure that's what you would've done,
but that's not how we operate.

What happened?

Well, we went in,
we rescued as many people as we could,

-then we got out.
-But not before encountering a queen.

No.

How did this come to you?

l don't remember.

Light it up.

That has to kill you.

Sir, let's go.

You don't know what you have done.

We are merely the caretakers
for those that sleep.

When l die, the others will awaken.

All of them.

What's she talking about?
How many are left?

So you admit it. You woke the Wraith.

Look, sooner or later, they were going
to wake up on their own anyway.

But not for generations.

You see, Colonel,

most of the human populations
of this galaxy

have not yet fully recovered
from the last round of cullings.

As a result of this early awakening,

several worlds have been driven
to the point of extinction,

their survivors scattered,
their civilizations lost forever.

We're out there fighting the Wraith
day after day,

putting our asses on the line.

But the fact remains,

many who have been killed
would be alive today

if you had never come here,
isn't that true?

That's it,
l'm not playing this game anymore.

This is just the first of many charges.

lf you refuse to participate,

it will be taken as an admission of guilt
on all counts,

and we will have no choice
but to proceed to sentencing.

What are you going to do,
put everybody in Atlantis in jail?

Obviously that's not possible.
However, we can refuse cooperation.

That means no more trade,
no more relations of any kind.

Atlantis will be completely isolated.

No relations with the likes of you?
l think we can handle that.

The coalition grows in strength
and influence every day.

Soon enough, all of your current
trading partners will have no choice

but to join and therefore to abide
by the ruling of this council.

As for you and your team,
an example must be made.

-Justice demands it.
-Justice, is that what you're calling this?

A suitable uninhabited planet
has been chosen.

lf you're found guilty,
you will be sent there

without any hope of return
for the rest of your natural lives.

Apparently, the planet they picked for us
has just enough food for us to survive,

so technically it's not an execution.

-Great.
-And they took the DHD,

so whoever comes through the gate,
they're not coming back.

The Daedalus can find us.

lf they had the address, but short of that,

they'd need to search
every solar system in the galaxy

for a habitable planet, which would take
all of what, a million years?

All right, let's not panic.

l've been to the chamber
a couple of times now

and l'm beginning to get
a sense of the layout.

Well, the architecture is
definitely different from that of the village.

No, we're on another planet.

Judging from the fact
there's no natural light or windows,

l'm guessing an underground bunker.

-Guards?
-Yeah, half a dozen or so.

We're going to have to see
if they change in shifts.

l don't suppose there's any chance

you could just convince them
that we're not guilty?

'Cause we're not, right?

Come on, there is no way
the Pegasus Galaxy would be better off

-if we'd never come here.
-No.

But since your arrival,
there have been setbacks.

Lives have been lost.

But there is hope now
where once there was none.

Look, as much as l'd like to tell these guys
where to put their little trial,

we're just going to have
to play along for a while

until we figure out how to get out of here.

Mr. Woolsey, this is Myrus.

He claims to be a representative
for the new coalition of planets.

-Does he?
-Are you the leader of Atlantis?

-That's right.
-Then we need to speak.

Well, what's next on the agenda?

Did we step on the rose bushes
on our last trip to Vedeena?

Perhaps you've heard of a plague

that's recently swept
through several worlds,

a sickness that arrives suddenly,
runs its course in a matter of days,

and typically kills one out of every
three men, women, and children

wherever it strikes?

There are those who believe
it is not a sickness at all

but a deliberate poisoning,
the work of one individual.

l know who you're talking about.
His name is Michael.

lt is said that he is
neither human nor Wraith,

but some kind of half-breed.

Can you explain to us
how such a thing is possible?

One of our people
was conducting research.

They were trying to come up with a way

to solve the Wraith problem
once and for all.

You found a way to convert
Wraith into humans?

Don't ask me the medical questions.
l'm not a doctor.

And this Michael was
one of your test subjects?

As a matter of fact, he was the first.

Blood pressure's fine. Pulse, normal.
You're bouncing back quite nicely.

-Bouncing back from what?
-Hello, Michael.

Do you remember me?

No.

l'm Dr. Elizabeth Weir.
This is Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard.

You serve under my command.

Your name is
Lieutenant Michael Kenmore.

You're in a private room
off the infirmary here in Atlantis.

ls that familiar to you?

Atlantis?

Yeah, l think.

We tried to convince him
he was one of us.

But he knew something was wrong,
and then he found proof.

Quick, five milligrams!

Release me!

You will die for this!

Others will come for me!
They will destroy you.

-Blah, blah, blah.
-They gotta find us first.

You're gonna need a name.
How does Mike sound?

After that, he escaped.

He went back and forth between Wraith
and human a couple more times

until finally
he settled somewhere in between.

So once again you admit your guilt.

You unleashed this thing on the galaxy.

We didn't just let him out the front door
and forget about him.

We've been chasing him ever since.

A couple of months ago,
we managed to catch up with him.

Fire in the hole.

-What happened?
-The hyperdrive just exploded.

No, that's impossible.

Main power is out
across much of the ship.

-An accidental overload?
-lt doesn't appear that way.

How did they do that?

l will look into it.

Daedalus, please come in.

Colonel Sheppard,
what the hell happened to your Jumper?

l got turned around in the parking garage.
l was in a rush, so l borrowed this Dart.

l've got the team
beamed into a storage device.

Feel free to do whatever you want
to that cruiser.

Major Marks,
please make that ship go away.

Yes, sir.

Are you sure he was killed?

His ship was vaporized.
There was no body to recover.

Well, then,
you cannot testify before this council,

and under the eyes of the ancestors,
that you know for certain that he is dead.

No.

This is outrageous.

You're telling me
that one of the first official acts

of your new government was
to assault and kidnap my people?

They weren't assaulted.
They were arrested.

You've got to be kidding me.

Believe me, not all of us agreed
with this decision,

but it wasn't taken
entirely without reason.

We've been trying to help you people.

What you've been doing is making
unilateral decisions

that affect the lives of millions,

without consultation
and without accountability.

This is no longer acceptable.

l'm not going to get drawn
into a debate here.

l only need to know one thing,
where are my people being held?

Of course l can't tell you that.

Fair trials don't take place
in secret locations.

-Nevertheless...
-l think Mr. Myrus needs a little time

to reconsider his position here.

-Escort him to a cell.
-My pleasure.

-You're making a mistake.
-Am l?

When l was chosen
to deliver this message,

l knew there was a chance
l wouldn't be coming back,

but if you detain me,

you will only be confirming
what many already suspect,

that you're a rogue element in this galaxy,

operating without restraint
or due process.

-Lock him up.
-Let's go.

All right, l'm not saying
we haven't made some mistakes,

but that's 'cause
we're the only ones out there fighting.

Nobody else is out there
taking on the Wraith.

But isn't that your own fault as well?

What are you talking about?

The Genii had a plan to combat the Wraith,

but they were thwarted
when you betrayed them.

ls that what they told you?
Because that's not what l remember.

Where's my father?

He did not survive.

-How? What happened?
-l think we should find out.

Take aim !

Cowen, l thought we were just learning
how to get along.

-She killed Tyrus.
-No.

By leaving him to die,

you may just as well
have killed him yourself.

We will keep this intelligence information
and your ship,

and whatever quantities of C-4
you have in your possession.

That is all you ever intended, to use us.

-Your weapons.
-No, l don't think so.

This is what your father died for?

ln the name of people
who would lie and steal

from those they would call friends?

Well, l lied, too.

Jumpers 2 and 3, execute.

You didn't really think
we had one ship, did you?

So you betrayed each other.

We came prepared.
They made the first move.

Look, the Genii plan was never going
to work anyways.

They had bombs they couldn't finish
without our help,

they had no methods of delivery.

lf you want a military victory
against the Wraith,

we're your only chance.

You've been in touch
with our offworld contacts?

-Yes, sir.
-And?

Nobody knows anything,
at least that's what they're saying.

You don't believe them?

Well, frankly, right now,
l don't know what to believe, sir.

l mean, these people are
supposed to be our friends,

but if we can't just walk
into an ordinary village

without worrying about an ambush,
what's the point?

We're not there yet.

l refuse to believe that
the whole galaxy has turned against us.

Well, it might as well,
because right now we have nothing.

Maybe not. Come with me.

Open it.

Mr. Myrus, l have a proposal for you.

So you claim to have had military success
against the Wraith?

We've done our share of damage,

even managed to take
a few hive ships out here and there.

Really?

And how did you manage
to accomplish this remarkable feat?

Well, l can tell you one thing,
it's never easy,

but one good trick is to get them
to shoot at each other.

Look. See that?

-lt's a Dart firing on one of the hive ships.
-Why?

Sheppard.

Sheppard's actually getting them
to fire at each other.

Now, if two hive ships are going at it,

and you happen to be
onboard one of them,

that can be a bit of a problem.

That's when you have to improvise.

Teyla, Lorne, come in.

-Colonel, where are you?
-We're on our way.

You must hurry.
The other hive has found us.

Can you hold 'em off?

Not for long.

Approaching Dart Bay.

Acknowledged.

They're inside.

Colonel, request permission
to jump to hyperspace immediately.

Negative. l have another idea.

Teyla, l want you to set a new course.

-Commander.
-What is it?

We just received
an urgent communication from the hive.

The enemy, they're headed straight for us.

Did l also mention
that we have a fair amount

of Ancient technology at our disposal?

Because that can be pretty handy, too.

There's a hive bearing down
on your position.

Yes, sir, l see that.

-Stand by. Doc, you're killing us here.
-Okay. l have it. l have it. l have it.

Firing drones!

Let's see, what else did l leave out?

There's been so many over the years,
it's hard to keep track.

Enough.

You spin a colorful tale, Colonel,
that much is obvious.

Yet for all these fantastic claims,
we have no evidence but your word.

This trial is evidence.
None of this would be happening,

your precious little coalition
wouldn't even exist

if we hadn't have pushed
the Wraith so far back

that you got an opportunity
you haven't had in 10,000 years.

Your responsibility in this
has already been determined.

You woke the Wraith early

before the population of this galaxy
had sufficient time to recover,

which eventually led to the Wraith

going to war with each other
over feeding grounds.

That war is what has given us
this opportunity,

not some imagined victory on your part.

We will take a recess.
Please take the prisoner back to his cell.

Woolsey, what the hell
are you doing here?

l've made an arrangement
with your captors.

l'm taking over your defense.

l don't suppose
you managed to bring along

a subspace locator beacon, did you?

That's Wraith technology.
lt's not like we have one just lying around.

l even tried to contact Todd
to see if we could borrow one,

but he never responded.

What about the DHD on the planet
where we were ambushed?

l mean, you could pull
the most recent addresses

that were dialed from that.

Already done, there were
over 50 addresses in the buffer.

l almost cleaned out the entire city
sending people to investigate all of them,

but they turned up nothing.

-They took us through more than one gate.
-So it would seem.

This was obviously very well thought out.

All right, well, they had a very clever plan,
but we're smarter and better armed.

There's got to be a way around this.

They took advantage
of one significant weakness.

We trusted them.

Look, l came here

because l have a plan
to get you out of here.

-What is it?
-Win the trial.

Look, we were just playing along

to buy us enough time to figure out
a way out of here.

-And how's that coming along?
-Well, we're working on it.

l was Harvard Law Review.

l was chief counsel
of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Prior to that, l was an appellate advocate
for Hartshorne & Slaughter,

one of the most prestigious
litigation boutiques in all New York City.

Believe me, l can handle three tribal elders
with a stack of papyrus.

Some time ago,

a number of human worlds were attacked
and destroyed from space,

not by the Wraith, but by someone else.

Little is known of this mysterious race

except that they possess
incredibly advanced technology,

and are rumored to be allies of Atlantis.

l think l know who you're referring to
and, believe me, they are not our allies.

They're called Replicators.
They were created by the Ancients.

lf you wish to know the truth
of who we are, l will show you.

The Ancients, as you call them,

were desperate in their search
for a better way to fight the Wraith.

Though greatly outnumbered,

they relied on their
technological superiority

to give them a needed advantage.

lnstead of building bigger,
more powerful weapons,

they chose to build smaller ones.

Nanites.

ln these tiny killing machines,

the Ancients imbued an aggression
that surpassed even that of their enemy.

The technology allowed for
organic assimilation and self-replication

to increase their effectiveness,
and replicate they did.

They grew in numbers, evolving at a rate
that took the Ancients by surprise.

The molecular machines
began interlocking,

assembling themselves to form
even more complex organisms,

eventually evolving into the most effective
and efficient form they knew of.

This is how we were born.

When the Ancients concluded

that we would never become the weapon
they desired to create,

they decided to end it.

So they chose to destroy us,
to leave no trace of us behind.

-Some of them managed to survive.
-That's right.

And as the name suggests,

they replicated and rebuilt themselves
into a powerful force.

-Oh, my...
-No kidding.

But why would they attack human worlds?

lt was a strategy they developed
in their campaign against the Wraith.

Eliminate the enemy's food supply.

There's one thing l don't understand,
Mr. Woolsey.

lf, as you suggest, they were
originally designed to fight the Wraith,

why did they wait until now?

Hook up the ZPM. We're leaving.

-Wait a minute. We can't go.
-What are you talking about?

You said you could get
the hyperdrive back online.

l mean, we can, but not yet.

Look, while Elizabeth's been connected,

l've been going over
the Replicator's base code,

and l found this.

What is that?

The Holy Grail.
lt's their whole reason for being.

lt's a command code
that directs them to attack the Wraith.

Yeah, but they don't attack the Wraith.

They've been sitting on their nanite asses
for 10,000 years.

Well, that's because it's been deactivated.

Are you telling us

that you are the ones
that activated the attack code?

We didn't know they were going
to target human worlds.

No, because you acted rashly
without considering the consequences.

We had an opportunity,

one that wasn't going
to present itself again.

Believe me, councilors,
this decision was not taken lightly.

ln fact, it cost us one of our best people.

Elizabeth.

-Get to the Jumper!
-You're coming with us.

l can't keep them frozen much longer!

We're not leaving you behind!

lf you don't leave right now,

none of us will get out of here, so go!
That's an order!

-Come on!
-Elizabeth!

Go!

One of your people died,
and you consider this a grave sacrifice?

As a matter of fact, l do.

Then imagine how we feel,

those of us who have witnessed
the deaths of thousands.

We cannot be held responsible
for the actions of the Replicators.

Colonel Sheppard
made the same argument

in respect to the Wraith,

and in that case,
l might be inclined to agree with him.

But by your own admission,
these Replicators are machines.

So if l were to set a detonator,

can l then later deny responsibility
for the actions of the bomb?

By that logic,
you might just as well blame the Ancients.

They created them.

The Ancients, as you call them,
are not here to answer for their actions.

You are.

We know for certain of six human worlds
that were destroyed by the Replicators,

but we also know of at least
a dozen hive ships that were destroyed,

hive ships that would almost certainly
have culled within a year.

One could make the argument
that, on balance,

more lives were saved than were lost.

''On balance''? ls that what we are to you?
Figures on a ledger,

pieces that can be moved about
in a game of strategy,

some to be saved
while others are sacrificed?

l'm sorry,
l certainly didn't mean to diminish...

Real people are being killed, Mr. Woolsey,

real villages destroyed,
my village, my people.

My husband and children
murdered before my eyes.

You're from one of the planets
destroyed by the Replicators.

l barely escaped with my life,

but not before l saw everything l hold dear

get wiped out by a beam of light
from the sky.

And l will not rest
until someone is made to pay for it.

Well, l guess we can rule out
getting her vote.

lt's clearly inappropriate for someone
that biased to be on the council.

So they stacked the deck against us.

l'm not sure.
Dimas seems to be a reasonable man.

l think he might even be persuaded
to vote our way.

-Kelore is a little harder to read.
-Yeah, he seemed pretty hostile to me.

-Didn't you say he was from Latira?
-Yeah, that's right.

One of our last
intelligence reports suggests

a growing relationship
between Latira and the Genii.

Yeah, he did try to convince me

that they should be the ones leading
the fight against the Wraith.

-You think the Genii are behind this?
-lt makes sense.

Apart from Atlantis,

they're clearly the biggest military power
in the coalition.

lf they played their cards right,
they can wind up running the whole thing.

But only with us out of the picture.

So we were right all along.
This whole thing's fixed.

l say we go to plan B,
wait for the guards to come in,

l beat them up, take their guns,
we shoot our way out of here.

Do we even know the way out?

Well, we know we're at least
two levels underground,

and there's no more than
a dozen or so guards at any one time.

What about on the surface?
How many guards are up there?

And which way is the gate? And how far?

There's a few things
we'll have to figure out along the way.

lt's too risky.

We could wind up being shot
before we even got out of the building.

What other choice do we have?
l mean, we know we can't win this thing.

Not fairly, no.

What are you talking about?

l'm saying, now that l know
what the game is, l can play it.

Kelore, thank you for agreeing to meet me.

Wait outside.

lt cost me rather a fine pocket watch
that used to belong to my father

to get him to bring me here.

You shouldn't have bothered.
There's nothing l can do for you.

Well, maybe l'm just feeling
generous tonight.

-Speak plainly.
-You're backing the wrong horse.

We know you're connected with the Genii.

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

We also know they're looking to become
the military muscle behind the coalition.

We think we'd make a better choice.

-You? Atlantis?
-That's right.

Well, l didn't realize you had
those kinds of ambitions.

We've been content to keep
to ourselves up until now,

but if it's a choice
between getting pushed out of the game

and taking a more active part,
well, that's no choice at all, is it?

Of course, for appearances' sake,
we can't be too aggressive,

so we'll need someone on the inside
to help push our agenda,

someone to whom
we'll be very, very grateful.

And how do l know you haven't made
this offer to the others?

l think we both know
Dimas will only be swayed by reason,

and Shiana's going to vote against us,
no matter what.

That leaves you.

Mr. Woolsey, are you ready
to face the final charge?

l am.

The people of Atlantis stand accused
of conspiring with the Wraith.

-''Conspiring''?
-We have reports

that Atlantis has negotiated
with the Wraith and performed

military operations with them.

lt is said you have formed an alliance
with one Wraith in particular.

Todd.

That's what we call him.

This Wraith was imprisoned
with Colonel Sheppard by the Genii.

The Wraith was allowed to feed on him,

but, despite this,
Colonel Sheppard realized

that their best chance of escape
was to work together.

Which way?

This way.

And you continue to have dealings
with this Wraith?

We have occasional contact.

-You trust him?
-Of course not.

But he has proven to be useful at times.

He helped us hold off the Replicator fleet

long enough for Dr. McKay
to enact a plan to destroy them.

Heavy damage and interior suction.

Transferring power from
non-critical systems to hull regeneration.

Our shields can't take
much more of this, sir.

Hopefully, they won't have to.

Now get ready to transfer power
from the beam weapons to the...

-What the hell?
-Son of a bitch.

He actually did it.

-We need to get out of here.
-All right, let's go. Come on!

As much as l'd love to, we shouldn't
stick around and watch this go down.

We should tell the fleet to jump to
the rendezvous point immediately.

The planet's become unstable.

The fact is

we would never have defeated
the Replicators without his help.

l think it's safe to say
they would have continued

their policy of attacking human worlds
and by now,

everyone in this galaxy would be dead.

Very well.

As that was the final charge,
we will recess to deliberate.

l'd like to make
one final statement, if l may.

Very well.

The Wraith are in disarray,
but that won't last forever.

Sooner or later,
one faction will win out over the others,

and when that happens,

they will turn their attention to
this coalition with a ruthless vengeance

the likes of which you've never seen.

lf you don't want us there
when that day comes,

fighting by your side,

then, by all means, vote us guilty.

l need no deliberation.
l say we get this over with now.

Very well.

l vote guilty on all charges.

l vote not guilty on all charges.

lt falls to you, Kelore.
Yours is the deciding vote.

Well? What's the word?

-Not guilty.
-Thank God.

-We're free to go.
-l never doubted you for a second.

Nice suit.

Being back in the courtroom
made me miss my old uniform.

-You're kidding.
-Not the job, just the uniform.

-That's nice.
-Well, it seemed appropriate.

So, you going to tell me
how you managed to pull this one off?

Well, l'd say
it was a combination of things,

my legal skills, my eloquence,
the indisputable logic of my arguments,

-and the bribe l offered Kelore.
-Yeah.

On top of that,

l had to commit Atlantis
to a much larger day-to-day participation

in the politics of the Pegasus Galaxy.
Can't wait to explain that in my report.

Yeah, well,
what's the point of being out here

if we are not going to try
to make a difference, right?

Let's hope the lOA agrees with you.

Let's worry about that later.
For now, congratulations.

Thanks.