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Atlantis, this is Sheppard.
I'm on approach to the gate.

McKAY: Acknowledged.

You know, since I've been in Pegasus,
I have set up, like, what?

Half a dozen research stations
on various planets?

And I don't remember you
ever volunteering

to run a resupply mission to any of them.

I'm a busy man, Rodney.

I just happen to have a little free time.

And Dr. Mackenzie just happens
to be studying a primitive tribe

that lives in a tropical paradise,
and has... How did he put it?

"Little or no social inhibitions. "

Well, they were very friendly.

What the hell?

What is it?

I think somebody just took a shot at me.

I've got contact.
They're closing fast.

Was it Wraith?

I don't think so, but...

Whatever they're shooting me with
just shorted my systems.

I can't get weapons on line.

Can you make it back to the gate?

Sheppard!

Sheppard!

Rodney?

McKay!

Nice ship. A little bit of a...

Little bit of a fixer-upper,
but I can see the potential.

I'm not talking about
anything drastic, you know.

Maybe just a paint job,
some throw pillows.

Ow!

Look, I don't suppose you want to tell me
what's going on here.

Here's how we're going to do this.

I'm going to ask you questions,
and you're going to give me answers.

- Is that simple enough for you?
- Sure.

Who are you, where are you from,
and where did you get your ship?

See, that's a funny coincidence,

'cause I was going to ask you
the same exact questions.

The difference is I'm not the one
whose hands are tied behind his back.

So, again, who are you,
where are you from,

and where did you get your ship?

What happened?
McKAY: I'm not entirely sure.

Looks like Sheppard's Jumper
was attacked

before he could reach the space gate.

- By who?
- Well, the people on the planet

aren't much past mud huts and blow darts,

so I think we can assume
they had nothing to do with it.

What we do know is that
just after we lost contact,

there was a short burst of radiation
in the vicinity of the gate,

consistent with the opening
of a hyperspace window.

- Wraith?
- Sheppard didn't seem to think so,

and what little sensor data we've been
able to pick up from the Jumper

seems to confirm it.

The energy signature's all wrong.

It's inconsistent
with Ancient technology as well,

which pretty much rules out
the Replicators.

We know of no other peoples in this galaxy
that possess hyperspace technology.

Of course not. No one reaches anywhere

near that level of advancement
without being culled.

So then who was it?

I could do this all day.

Oh, your knuckles'll get sore eventually.

Has he said anything?

Only his name. Reed Richards.

His name is Sheppard.

We intercepted
part of his last radio transmission.

I didn't catch your name.

You can call me Larrin.

You really should cooperate.

It would be a shame to have to do
too much damage.

I agree.

Maybe if you guys tell me who you are
and what you want,

we could work out some kind of a deal.

Well, don't get my hopes up,
and then disappoint me.

Tell him what happened
to the last man that disappointed me.

We don't know. We never found his body.

We assumed you blew him out into space.

I get it.

Good.

Bring him.

Get up.

Another form of torture?

When you spend as much time in space
as we do, you don't get a lot of fresh food.

How much time are we talking about?

This is a conversation, right?
A two-way street?

This is our home.

- This ship?
- And others like it.

We're Travelers.

You live in space all the time.

We land on planets when we need to,
for supplies, trade.

The rest of the time, we keep moving.

From the Wraith?

That may have been how it started,

but now it's just who we are.

Well, no offense, Larrin.

It doesn't sound like much of a life.

Being a herd animal isn't much of a life.

Besides,

the food has all the nutrients required.

Well, as tempting as that sounds,

my jaw's a little sore right now.

Things like that are necessary
from time to time.

Although it's not the most efficient way
of getting information,

it does help people to understand

their situation.

My situation being
completely at your mercy.

Exactly.

Anyway, I know more about you
than you think.

Really?

Mmm-hmm. For instance,

I know that you carry the gene required
to operate Lantian technology.

I've got the what?

Look, Sheppard,
I know you have your secrets,

and if you stay on my good side,
I may even let you keep a few of 'em.

However, if you continue
to play ignorant with me,

I really will jettison you out into space.

For some time now,
we've been hearing rumors

about a new group of humans in the galaxy

using the technology of the ancestors
to do battle with the Wraith.

So we set up a network of spy satellites
around dozens of worlds with space gates,

hoping for an encounter.

Eventually we got lucky.

And in the first meeting
between our people,

you attack me and disarm my ship.

You were going through the gate,
and I couldn't let that happen.

You see, anyone capable
of operating Lantian technology

is of particular interest to us.

That's why you took a sample of my blood.

We're working on
a control interface adapter

that requires a small amount
of necessary genetic material.

We needed your blood to test it.

I'm going to guess it didn't go so well.

Why would you say that?

Then you wouldn't have
any use for me anymore.

Don't underestimate yourself.

There's all kinds of useful things
you could do for me.

Commander,
we're approaching the coordinates.

Understood. Take us out of hyperspace.

Of course, you're right.

The interface isn't fully operational yet.

Come with me.

Nevik, my chief science officer,

insists that we have a much better chance
of perfecting the interface

if we reverse-engineer it
using Lantian technology

that's already been initialized.

I don't even know
what reverse engineering is.

Oh, you want to use my ship.

Not exactly.

Hey!

Activate the force shield.

Sheppard, can you hear me?

Sheppard, can you hear me?

You mind telling me what you're doing?

Offering you a deal.

Open the hangar bay doors.

This is just not right!

Don't worry. You're safe as long as
the force shield doesn't malfunction,

and that almost never happens.

Why are you doing this?

You wanted to know what this is all about.
Look beneath you.

I'm assuming
you recognize the technology.

It's a Lantian battleship.

It's been dormant for thousands of years,

and you're going to help me
get it operational again.

Has it occurred to you people
they might have abandoned the ship

for a good reason in the first place?

We know the reason.
We were able to access the ship's logs.

They were attacked by the Wraith.

They lost communication,
and the shields were failing.

The engines were damaged as well,

but they managed to escape
into hyperspace.

Then they realized that their main drive
was giving off deadly radiation.

They were forced to abandon ship.

They intended to return and effect repairs,

but never got the chance.

The ship's been drifting
in a 200-year elliptical orbit

around a nearby dwarf star ever since.

So it's never been fixed.

- No.
- I hate to point out the obvious,

but one of the reasons I agreed to help you
was so that you wouldn't kill me.

If I'm going to die of radiation anyway...

Don't worry. We've set up shield emitters
to protect key areas of the ship,

and we've all got radiation detectors.

Take him to the bridge.
Start with sublight propulsion.

I'll go check the emitters.

Don't think I could get
one of those, too, do you?

Here.

You know, this ship is 10,000 years old.

I'm just saying, for the record,
if it doesn't work, it's not my fault.

Just get on with it.

Amazing.

I've been trying for two months
to activate these systems.

I need to calibrate the interface
for neural input.

Why don't you start
by moving the ship forward?

- You sure about that?
- That's why we're here.

You fly the ship, and I record the inputs,
so I can replicate them.

- Okay, but...
- Enough.

Fly the damn ship.

Right.

I was just going to say,

you said, "Start by
moving the ship forward,"

when you should have said, "Start by
initializing the inertial dampers. "

Wait!

I have a friend who's got a gun
just like this.

- I always wondered where he got it.
- I'm going to kill you.

Silas, what happened?

Nevik, what's going on up there?

Sorry, your people
aren't available right now.

Sheppard, what are you doing?

You said fly the ship,

and I'm flying the ship.

We had a deal.

I was prepared to let you go
in exchange for your help.

I'm sorry, I've never been able
to trust anyone

who kidnaps me, and tortures me,
and threatens to blow me into space.

We've got nothing.

There's no wreckage,
no transponder signal.

If he was down there,
we would have found him by now.

Then where is he?

He's not in orbit,
and he's not on the planet,

so the only logical assumption
is that whoever attacked him

must have brought him onboard
before they jumped into hyperspace.

- So, what's the next step?
- There is no next step.

Look, we have no way of tracing him.

He could be anywhere
in the galaxy by now.

I'm sorry, but sometimes
there is just nothing we can do.

Sheppard, I want you to
drop this ship out of hyperspace.

- I don't think so.
- Listen to me.

I've shut off the shield emitters
protecting your areas of the ship.

Right now, the bridge is being
flooded with radiation.

You're bluffing.

You'd never sacrifice your own people.

Look, I don't want to kill you,

but if you don't turn over
the controls of this ship,

I'll have no choice.

You surprise me, Sheppard.

Well, as long as I didn't disappoint you.

Oh, no, I knew you'd make
some sort of a move.

I just wasn't expecting anything quite so...

Clever? Creative?

Reckless.

You could have killed all of us,
including yourself.

I once pulled 11 g's in an F-16
without passing out.

I figured I had a shot.

- Well, I underestimated you.
- Yeah, I feel the same way.

I mean, you got the whole
tough-as-nails routine down pat,

but exposing your own people
to killer radiation...

It takes a special kind of lady
to do that, doesn't it?

Larrin.

It's not good.

He shut down the propulsion
and navigation system

before he turned over the bridge.

Of course he did.

Did you collect enough data
to finish the control interface?

I don't know. Maybe.

Nevik, if you can't do this, we're stranded.

What about him?

He's not going anywhere
near that bridge again.

He can't be trusted.

Listen, if we can't bring
the system back on line,

he'll die out here like the rest of us.

That's the problem.

Does he look like a man
who thinks he's going to die?

Check the subspace communications array.

The Ancients lost the communications
in the battle with the Wraith.

The system was never repaired.

Check it.

What have you got?

Remember how I said
sometimes there's nothing we can do?

Well, I was right about that.

Only it turns out
this is not one of those times.

- You found him?
- Mmm. More like he found us.

Listen to this.

That is the sound of subspace.

Now, it's mostly just random noise
generated by various forms of radiation,

but the Ancients, in their infinite wisdom,

created a program
that could sniff out artificial patterns.

Now, it's no doubt a long-range means
of detecting advanced life-forms,

kind of like our SETI program,
only much more powerful

'cause it operates through subspace.

Anyway, it picked up this.

- What is it?
- That's Sheppard.

Now, I don't know why he didn't
just send a regular message.

But maybe he was dealing
with a damaged transmitter,

or maybe he was trying to communicate
without being detected,

- but it's definitely him.
- How do you know it's him?

It's Morse code. SOS.

What's happening?

What was that for?

You realize what you've done?

I didn't do anything.

- Stop that!
- I'll stop when you stop lying.

You adapted the damaged
communications array

to send out a signal, didn't you?

Yes.

You said

you'd stop that!

You're right. Maybe I'll just shoot you.

All right.

Don't you think you're overreacting a little?

You were trying to broadcast our location?

Guess what? It worked.
There's a ship approaching,

only I don't think it's the one
you were hoping for.

What do you mean?

It's the Wraith!

The Wraith ship is firing on us.

Do we have shields?

Affirmative, but they're only at 20%.
We can't take this for very long.

If you want to get out of this alive,
you're going to need my help.

Now, I realize that you and I
don't exactly trust each other,

but

that's not going to make much difference
if the Wraith blow the ship up, is it?

What do you got in mind?

Well, you can start by shooting back.

Right.

The weapons control platform
is down that corridor.

I'm heading back to the bridge.

Keep the shields up as long as you can.

Great.

Piece of cake.

Shields are down.

Can't you reroute anymore power?

There's nothing I can do.

Silas, Nevik, what happened?

Do you read me?

Larrin.

It's Sheppard.

I didn't give you a communicator.

I activated the ship's intercom.
What happened?

I don't know.
The forward section's been sealed off.

What about your people?

They're not responding.

Good news is

the Wraith ship's been destroyed.

Stay where you are. I'm coming to you.

Sheppard, where are you?

Auxiliary control room.

Sheppard.

Sorry about this.

What are you doing?

For the moment, not much.

Hyperdrive seems to be offline.

What?

How bad is it?

Well, it's not exactly my area of expertise,

but if I'm reading this thing right,

the drive itself is undamaged.
Probably just a short in the control system.

Then we can take care of it
through a simple bypass.

Just let me out,
and I should be able to fix it.

No. I don't think so.

We're a floating target out here, Sheppard!

All right, take it easy.

I cut the transmitter off.

My people should've gotten
the message by now.

There is no reason to assume that
Wraith ship didn't broadcast our position.

Well, there's no reason to assume they did.

Listen to me, Sheppard!

I've spent my entire life
around hyperdrive systems.

I know what I'm doing!

I never said I didn't believe you.

Don't worry.

My people will be here.

Sheppard was broadcasting from
somewhere in the vicinity of this system.

Sensors aren't picking up anything.

McKAY: Let me see
if I can expand the range a little.

There.

What is it?

McKAY: Well, it could be a ship.

They're still too far out
to get any detailed readings,

but that's got to be them.

How long to get there
at maximum sublight?

It's five hours.

This is Lorne to all Jumpers.

I'm sending you some coordinates.
Proceed to target at maximum sublight.

Okay.

Larrin, what are you doing?

Look, once my people get here
and get the hyperdrive back on line,

we'll drop you off at the nearest gate.
You have my word.

Not good enough.

What, my word or my deal?

How about both?

You're the one
who kidnapped me, remember?

'Cause I need this ship.

There. I did you a favor.

Sheppard.

Listen to me.

Our fleet is old.

There was a time when we had
the resources to build new ships,

but now we don't.

When we lose one, it's gone for good,

and despite strict population controls,

there just isn't enough room
for all of us anymore.

We've been forced to abandon
some of our own people on the ground.

Well, they're no worse off
than the rest of the people in this galaxy.

Fine.

We'll do this the hard way.

Larrin, what are you doing?

Sheppard, you are really
starting to annoy me!

Just sit tight. It'll be over soon enough.

Silas, Nevik, come in.

Silas, do you read me?

Give it up. They're gone.

You don't know that.

No, but I can find out.

Looks like there's no one alive
in the forward section.

I'm sorry.

Larrin, where are you going?

I can track you anywhere on this ship.
You can't hide from me.

Larrin, stop.

I'm picking up another life sign
directly in front of you.

Silas.

It's impossible. There's no way
he got out of that section alive.

You all right?

I'm fine.

He just caught me off guard.

He must've escaped in the Darts
before their ship was destroyed.

We left the hangar bay pressurized,
they flew right in.

- They?
- Yeah, there's three more.

We can track them with this.

Where did you get that?

Auxiliary control room. You got to know
where to look. Come on.

Get his weapon.

Tenacious little bastards, aren't they?

I don't suppose you have
any more of these.

I'm afraid not.

And I don't think this is
going to be much good either.

Hold up.

We got one coming this way.

What now?

Wait, no, Sheppard...
What... What are you doing?

What? Oh, brilliant plan. Get us...

Ow!

There's the other two.

What, are they having a board meeting?

It's no use. I've done everything
I can think of to boost the sensors.

They're still too far out.

So we have no idea
what we're dealing with.

Why would they be so far out
on the edge of the solar system?

I don't think it's a coincidence
that this system has a space gate.

They were probably headed for it when
they dropped out of hyperspace too early.

- Well, why would they do that?
- How should I know?

We don't even know
who they are, remember?

Does it make a difference?

Even if there was a fleet of hive ships,

would it stop us
from trying to get him back?

No.

You know, none of this
would have ever happened

if you would have just cooperated.

You'd be home by now,
and I'd be headed back to my people

with a ship that could house
a thousand men, women and children.

Well, if you had asked
for my help in the first place

- instead of attacking me...
- We couldn't risk it.

Risk what?

You might have said no.

They're leaving.

Hold up. We got a problem.

They're between us and the control room.

We should be able to find a way around.

There isn't enough time.
We can't risk them finding it first.

Well, it doesn't matter.
It's not like they can fly the ship.

Sheppard?

You did shut down the controls, right?

- Sheppard?
- There wasn't enough time.

If they find that control room before we do,
they'll not only be able to fly this ship,

but they're going to be able to track us
using the internal sensors.

Believe me, I know.

And by the way, I was busy
saving your life at the time.

The only reason
my life was in danger in the first place

is because you decided to broadcast
our position to half the galaxy.

Do you want to argue about this,
or do you want to do something about it?

Fine. What are the options?

Well, we're cut off from the control room,
and we have no weapons.

That's not true. We have the chair.

I don't think drones
are going to do any good

with a bunch of Wraith
in the middle of the ship.

What if they weren't in the middle?

Get serious.

You got a better idea?

All right. I'm in position.

Wait for my signal.

You sure you want to go through with this?

I mean, if you don't make it,
I'm going to feel responsible,

and, well, I really don't need the guilt.

I'll be fine as long as
you don't shoot too early.

I'm sure that's not the first time
you've heard that from a woman.

On the other hand,
I might be able to live with it.

I got 'em.

Here we go.

Sheppard, now!

Larrin, come in.

Larrin?

And now, before I take the rest of your life,

you will answer my questions.

How many more of your people
are on this ship?

I do not have to kill you,
nor do I have to leave you like this.

It would be better if you cooperated.

This is your last chance.

Tell me.

How many more of you are onboard?

It only takes one.

I see that you've just fed,

which means that
your regeneration powers

are at their highest.

But I seriously doubt
you can grow a new head.

What do you want?

First, you're going to hand me the stunner.

Slowly.

Next,

you're going to give back what you took,

then you're going to leave.

- Leave?
- You came in a Dart, right?

The bay was unguarded.

We landed our Darts
and entered unchallenged.

Well, then, you're going to leave
the same way you came.

There's a space gate
orbiting the second planet in this system.

It may take you a while,
but you'll get there.

If I restore her,

there's nothing to stop you
from going back on your word

and killing me anyway.

That's true.

I'd say there's a fifty-fifty chance
I'll do it out of pure spite.

But if you don't,

I will kill you.

Get up.

Turn around.

- You all right?
- I don't know.

That was so strange.

To have your whole life fading away,

and then to suddenly have it back again.

It actually felt kind of good.

I know. Happened to me once, too.

Long story.

- Think you can get up?
- Yeah.

Oh!

Easy.

I'm okay. I'm all right.

You saved my life.

Again.

If you hadn't come up with the plan,
we'd both be dead.

So are you saying we make a good team?

Well, don't go crazy.

Right.

But in the interest

of interstellar relations,

I think we should at least just

try to get along,

right?

- You've got to be kidding me.
- Sorry.

Larrin.

Sorry about this, Sheppard,

and I really am grateful
that you saved my life.

Well, you've got a funny way of showing it.

Don't play hurt with me.

It's easy to be generous
when you think you have the upper hand.

What are you talking about?

We both know the only reason
you didn't stun me

and lock me up
the first opportunity you got

was because you thought
your ships were going to get here first.

You were wrong about that, by the way.

Larrin, it's good to see you again.

Believe me, I feel the same way.
How did you find us?

Well, we were monitoring communications
before you jumped into hyperspace.

You knew he took the ship?

It seemed fairly obvious.

We guessed his priority
would be to contact his people,

so we sent probes to all the space gates
in the vicinity of our previous position.

Eventually, we detected
your energy signature.

Well done.

Now, I want you to send over
a couple of technicians

to help me get the hyperdrive back on line.

Oh, and a security team as well.

Right away.

Oh, come on.

All right, close enough
to do a full sensor sweep.

Looks like we got four ships,

one of them Lantian design. Aurora-class.

- What about the other three?
- I don't recognize the configurations.

- What about Sheppard?
- Well, the logical assumption

is that he's onboard the ship
that transmitted the signal.

And which one is that?

- Well, I have no idea.
- We're about to enter weapons range, Doc.

Which ships do I target?

Perhaps we should attempt
to communicate before we attack.

We know nothing about these people.

That's true, but right now,
about the only thing we got working for us

is the fact that we're cloaked.

We send a signal, we give up our position.

He's right. They could target us,

or for that matter,
they could just jump back into hyperspace.

We'd be right back at square one.

We didn't come all this way
for nothing, right?

All right, well, I'll see if I can
figure out a way to disable them.

I thought you'd be glad to know
the hyperdrive repairs

are almost complete.

Well, congratulations.

You got what you want.

Yes, it's true. I can fly the ship
and navigate,

but there are still dozens of systems
I don't have access to.

And if any of the controls went down,
it would be a problem.

So finish the adapter.

You said you can reverse-engineer
the systems that were already initialized.

Well, yes, we can, eventually,

but it would go a lot faster
if I keep you onboard.

You are a piece of work, you know that?

Look, I know you don't agree
with my tactics,

but I wasn't lying
about why I need this ship.

I'm doing this for my people.

Look.

I know you think you're
helping your people, but you're wrong.

Excuse me?

You've been running and hiding
for thousands of years.

You've survived, good for you,

but now you're starting to see
diminishing returns.

One more ship,
that'll buy you a little more time,

but ultimately,
it's not going to change anything.

Your people are headed for a slow death.

What other choice do we have?

In case you haven't heard,
you will soon enough,

but the Wraiths are under attack.

From who?

It's a long story, but the point is,
they're taking heavy damage,

and if they don't get wiped out,
they're going to be vulnerable.

Now, you people have hyperdrives
and advanced weapons,

and God knows what else.

When the time is right,

that kind of technology can tip the balance.

Are you suggesting an alliance?

Well, I'm not asking you to dinner,
but yeah, something like that.

After all I put you through?

Well, like you said,
you did it for your people.

I may have misjudged you after all.

All right, Doc, we're in weapons range.
What do you got for me?

We can target the Lantian ship's engines.

What about the others?

I've been going over the sensor data,
but there's still too many unknowns.

If we hit them in the wrong spot,
we could blow them out of the sky,

or the drones could just bounce harmlessly
off the shields. There's no way to know.

All right, well, it's still our best option.
We can't risk them getting away.

They're gone.

I'm getting a contact.

It's a Jumper. One life sign.

Colonel Sheppard, this is Major Lorne.
Is that you?

That's affirmative, Major.

It's good to hear from you.

Likewise, sir.

Seemed like we came pretty close
to losing you there.

You don't know the half of it.

Mmm. That's good.

McKAY: Really?

You spend enough time
with a bunch of space nomads,

you really begin to appreciate
what you have.

It's difficult to imagine
spending one's entire life onboard a ship.

Mmm.

If it was me, I'd go crazy.

They weren't exactly
the most even-keeled people.

I'm still not exactly sure
why they let me go.

Well, you did offer them an alliance.
That has to be worth something.

Or they figured out
you'd be more trouble than you're worth.

That is a possibility.

McKAY: No, there's something
you're not telling us.

- She was hot, wasn't she?
- I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, I knew it. That is so typical.

She had me beat, Rodney.

She threatened to kill me several times.

It wasn't like we were hanging out
in the spa together.

Whatever. All I know is that every time
I get taken captive, it's the Wraith.

Just once I would like to be taken prisoner
by the sexy alien.

Well, you may still get a chance.

Yeah? What do you mean?

She's still out there.