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Come on!

It's right on top of us!

Dial home, captain! That's an order!

Run!

We're not gonna make it, sir!

We'll make it!

Dial now!

Look, I know I should know this by now,

and I swear it'll be the lasttime I ask.

Butthese wormholes we go through,

they're not always there, right?

No, sir. They can only form

between 2 open gates.

What's with the worm part?

The worm thing, I don't getthat.

Uh, that's just a metaphor.

Right, I knew that.

Imagine the galaxy is an apple.

We burrow our way through the apple

like a worm,

crossing from one side to the other

instead of going around the outside.

Now, of course,

the diameter of the apple is just

atwo dimensional representation

of space—time, and, well, the hole

isn't really a hole per se,

but an interdimensional conduit—...

Colonel?

I'll be all right.

We've got an unscheduled incoming traveller.

Woman on P.A.: Closing Iris.

Getting a signal.

Who've we got out there?

Sg teams 4, 6, and 10 are the only units

presently off—world, sir.

Daniel's with 6, isn't he?

Yeah, he's on a dig on px3—808.

The computer can't identifythe signal.

It's not a g.D.O. Transmission.

Let me hear it, lieutenant.

Intermittent rf pulses,

low frequency.

What have we got?

Don't know, sir. Some kind of signal.

Carter: There's a repeating pattern.

Lieutenant, play it through the computer

again and run it a lot faster.

Trying 200%.

Go 6.

The computer now recognizes the signal...

As sg—I o's Iris code.

That's Henry Boyd's team.

Why would their code

be coming through so slowly?

I have no idea, sir,

but if we don't open the Iris...

The nextthud we hear

will be Henry Boyd's team.

Do it.

Come on, Hank. The door's open.

What happened?

I don't know, sir.

General, sg—I would like the rescue mission.

Not yet, colon El.

Hank would do the same for us.

I know he would,

if and when I gave the order.

In the meantime, I want a probe on the ramp

and ready to go asap

colonel, have units sg—I and 3 geared up

and standing by.

General Hammond: Sg—I o was on a routine

exploratory mission to p3w—451.

It's a binary system. We just discovered it.

We're there any indications of enemy attack?

None. The one thing major Boyd's team reported

was that whatever indigenous life

that may have been on 451

recently became extinct.

They were trying to determine the cause.

In the event I authorize this mission,

sg—3 will back you up

in the event, sir?

Chevron 3 encoded.

Let's just see what pictures

the probe sends back,

make a proper threat determination.

O'Neill: General—...

You could gate into an ambush for all we know.

I recommended major Boyd for this command.

Now if he's in trouble, iwantto go in.

I'm aware of that, colonel.

Simmons: Chevron 4 encoded.

Yes, sir.

Chevron 5 encoded.

Major Boyd is a capable warrior, O'Neill.

You trained him well.

Yeah.

Simmons: Chevron 6 encoded.

Chevron 7 locked.

I don't understand. It's just...

Red, sir.

Are we receiving telemetry?

Yes, sir, but at an even slower rate than before.

There is an image here.

Inputthe video feed into the computer,

but compensate for a longer light wavelength.

Step it up in 20 millimicron increments.

Captain?

Sir, it's possible that the image

we're receiving from the probe has red shifted,

distorted toward the infrared end

of the spectrum.

Why?

The same reason their codes came th rough so slowly.

Yeah. Whatever that is.

It's working.

What the hell's going on, Hank?

Is something pursuing them?

See if you can play back the video transmission

in realtime. We need to find out—...

This is all we've received so far, sir.

11 frames of digital picture

in the last... 6 minutes.

That represents a fraction of a second.

Perhaps a malfunction.

No. The picture tells us

everything we need to know.

That team is in trouble.

Probably under attack.

Permission to go in, sir?

N egative, sir.

What do you mean, negative?

I'm sorry, colonel, with all due respect,

but if I'm right, we can't help them.

Now, the camera may still respond to commands.

See if you can tilt up and give us a wider image.

I think I know what major Boyd seems so afraid of.

There! Isolate that area

and digitally enhance.

What am I looking at?

That's a black hole, sir.

A newly formed one by the looks of it.

P3w—451 was orbiting its companion star.

The orbit's probably pulling them closer and closer.

Why don'tthey just gate out of there?

They're trying to, sir,

but the closer you get to a black hole...

Time slows down.

It almost appears to stand still.

From our perspective, yes,

but you have to remember that time is relative.

As far as sg—I 0 is concerned

only a few seconds have passed.

They're still trying to save themselves.

What will happen to them?

Well, sir, the time dilation is a result

of the intense gravity, which is directly

proportional to their proximity to th e—...

Captain!

Sorry, sir.

Their bodies will be pulled apart

by increasing tidal forces.

They did manage to activate the Stargate once.

Yeah, but from their perspective,

it couldn't have been open for more than a second.

There's nothing we can do to save them?

They've had it, sir.

You know that for a fact, colonel?

No, sir, I don't.

But have a look at major Boyd's face.

What does that say to you?

Very well.

Disengage the Stargate.

Sir...

By some fluke of Stargate technology,

we are witnessing something that

the laws of physics say we can't possibly witness.

We are witnessing good men die

in slow motion, captain.

You're right, sir.

Shut it down.

Sir... it won't disengage.

Try again.

I already have, sir, twice.

It won't shut down.

Soldier: Let's go, let's go! Move, move!

Let's go!

Set up here.

Come on, come on!

Sergeant, how long have you been

out of contact with this facility?

Coming on 4 hours ago, sir.

But it was... funky for a while before that.

Is that proper military terminology?

What exactly does "funky" mean sergeant?

Everyone was talking real slow, like...

When the batteries are down on your walkman.

Uh—huh.

Will that shaft take me directly to sub—level 28?

Yes, sir, but...

I don't know how you're gonna get down there. It's—...

Not to worry. We brought our own transportation.

Gentlemen, hook 'em up!

Bring it!

Clear!

This is major general Hammond.

I have an urgent matter to discuss with the president.

Sergeant, try disconnecting

the superconductive interface.

I already tried that, captain. It's stuck.

Teal'c, siler could use a hand.

I will assist.

Captain Carter?

General, I was just on my way to report, sir.

The capacitors should've fully discharged by now,

but somehow the gate is drawing power directly.

Isn'tthere supposed to be atheoretical time limit

to how long a wormhole can be maintained?

Yes, sir. We just passed it.

Well, then, how is this possible?

Well, I'm guessing that because time is passing

more slowly on p3w—451, relative to earth,

we're experiencing a paradox

the Stargate was never designed for.

Why in god's name is it doing that?

I have no idea, sir.

It started just after you got on line

with the president, sir.

I never gotthrough to the president.

Simmons: Beg your pardon, sir.

It seems we've lost communication

below sub—level 24.

Where's the nearest secure phone above that?

NORAD, sir, main level.

I won't be gone long. In the meantime, colonel...

Understood, sir.

Carter...

What would happen if we just...

Pulled the plug?

All right, Carter,

we've reached the main power vault.

Carter, on radio: We'll isolate the capacitors first.

Panel 6.

Colonel, pull breakers

on panel 6.

Roger that. Stan d—by.

Stand clear, people. I have no idea

whatthis is going to do.

We must vacate this area.

All right, we kind of shorting out up here.

Main breaker? It'll overload.

We gotta do it. Colonel, pull the main breaker.

On 3,2,1!

Unh!

Colonel, are you all right?

Medical emergency to gate room.

Carter: Colonel, are you all right?

Siler's hurt. Did it work?

Negative, sir. Even with the power cut

it won't shut down.

How's that possible?

It must be deriving its energy

from the black hole itself.

Get a med team to the main power vault.

We've gotta get those fires out.

Med team to the main power vault.

Woman on pa: The mountain is now on emergency internal power.

Help's on the way.

Do not concern yourself with my injury.

You're badly burned, Teal'c, even for you.

The Stargate.

Lieutenant, close the Iris!

Simmons on pa: It's an outgoing wormhole.

Nothing can come through this way.

Except for the black hole's gravity,

now close it, that's an order!

Close the Iris.

Hold your fire, it's the general!

What the hell's going on? Who are you?

Major Davis, sir. I'm with the office of the joint chiefs.

If you'll come with me, please.

What are these men doing in my facility?

We were under the impression there had been an alien incursion, sir.

A special forces team had already been

sent down before we understood what was going on.

If it's all right with you, sir, I'd like

to brief you on the way to your aircraft.

Time is of the essence.

We've got an emergency situation, major.

I'm not going anywhere

until I talk to the president.

He wants to see you personally, sir.

Your aircraft is standing by on the tarmac.

It is urgentthat we leave immediately.

Lead th e way.

Freeze! Up against the wall! Move, move!

Tags!

Dr. Fraiser.

Yeah, and who the hell are you? Put that down!

Colonel frank cromwell, air force,

special operations.

All contact was lost with this facility.

I am here to find outwhy.

Colonel, I have been called to a medical emergency.

My superiors have reason to believe

the sgc has been overrun by alien hostiles.

Well, all I can say is they've been misinformed.

Well, from what I have read about what goes on

in this place, doctor fraiser,

hell, you could be one of them for all I know.

Move out!

Take the 6!

We've been hoping that someone such as yourself

would come back up and confirm our hypothesis.

Which is?

We now know that the sgc is experiencing

what is called time dilation.

Time is quite literally passing slower

within the facility than it is topside.

Well, that would explain

the communications problem.

Yes, sir. We also know that there are only

2 things according to relativity

that would cause this effect.

Velocities near the speed of light

or extreme gravity.

Approximately 10 minutes ago,

we established a wormhole

to a planet at or very near

the event horizon of a black hole.

And since time is more or less

ata standstill on the other side,

you've been unable to disengage the Stargate.

That was our hypothesis, sir.

Keep in mind, we've had a few more hours

than you've had to think about this.

They'll be conferencing you with the president

aboard the aircraft, sir.

Thank you, major.

Good luck, sir.

Siler took a pretty good hit.

How you doing, Teal'c?

I suffered simple electrical burns, O'Neill.

Nothing more.

He'll be out of commission for a few days.

Carter?

Gravity waves.

Colonel, I assumed that the wormhole itself

would insulate us from the black hole's gravitational field,

but it seems our space—time has begun to warp,

just like on p3w—451.

Will you stop that?

We're in trouble, sir.

Thank you.

Think of something.

Yes, sir.

Fraiser: Colonel!

Clear!

Cromwell?

You know this guy, sir?

Oh, yeah.

Go, go on.

Been awhile.

Yeah.

5 hours.

You got everybody pretty worried upstairs.

Where's the general?

What's the 5 hours?

That's how long this facility has been

out of contact with the outside world.

Pentagon suspects alien hostiles.

And they sent you?

Man.

So... this is the Stargate.

What's the problem?

Well, we gated to a planet

that's being sucked up by a black hole.

Very bad, very dangerous.

And why is that?

Things tend to get sucked in.

Itookthe Liberty of closing the Iris, sir.

Captain Carter, colonel cromwell.

He's come to rescue us.

I wouldn't count on it.

The Pentagon was concerned you were

under alien attack when they lost contact.

How long ago was that?

A little over 5 hours ago. Why?

My watch reads 13:30 hours. What does yours say?

Running slow, captain. It's almost 19:00.

Damn it. Colonel, I have to get off this level.

Simmons, slurred: Captain Carter?

What have you got, lieutenant?

The field is expanding.

I'm reading over 7 gs at the Iris.

Keep your distance, lieutenant.

Sir... for some reason,

the warping of our space—time seems to be

in advance of the gravitational field,

rather than as a result of it.

It's probably a lensing effect generated

by the Stargate itself, but I can't be sure.

Don't even pretend you understood that.

The point is, sirs,

time is passing more slowly down here

than it is outside the mountain.

Time is time.

No, sir, not according to relativity.

Now, with the intense gravity field

of something like a black hole,

time actually slows down.

We are not in a black hole.

Not yet.

But we are connected to its gravitational field th rough the Stargate.

And it's expanding in this direction

like a bubble slowly extending outward.

That's why I have to leave, sir.

I have to contact the Pentagon

and try to find a solution

before the gravity field extends

beyond the gate room.

I just came from there myself, captain.

Colonel cromwell, I believe?

General Hammond.

You just came from Washington, sir?

There and back again.

After someone upstairs managed to explain

what was going on to me,

we called an all—night session

with the president and the join chiefs.

I've been gone nearly 18 hours.

I thought you were on the phone.

That means the time dilation is

getting worse as the field expands.

That's the consensus.

We've set up a command post

directly above, right on top of the mountain

to monitor the expansion.

Well, I have to get up there.

The experts we've consulted believe

we're going to have to commence

an autodestruct sequence

to destroy the Stargate itself.

Sweet.

They assure me that the gravity field

now present around the gate will help

to contain the blast within the mountain

and pose no threatto the civilian population.

With all due respect, sir, I don'tthink so.

If we don'ttry, we loose the planet

rightthrough that.

We may well succeed

in destroying the base, sir,

but leave the gate and the wormhole intact.

What happens to the planet then?

Orders have been given at the highest level, captain.

It is our dutyto carry outthose orders.

But, sir—...

The decision's been made, captain.

Don't forget, those people up there

have been working on this a lot longer than you have.

It's what they came up with.

Yes, sir.

I'm ordering the complete evacuation

of the sgc effective as of right now.

I'll need 2 volunteers to stay behind

in order to give our personnel a head start.

I'll stay, sir.

Me, too, sir.

Anyone else?

Looks like you're stuck with me, Jack.

Done. It takes 2 officers to initiate the countdown.

Attention. this is general Hammond.

All personnel are ordered

to evacuate this facility immediately.

Repeat, all personnel report

to the main level immediately.

That is all.

Let's move him. On my count.

3,2,1.

Easy, watch his chest.

All right, move him out.

Let's go.

Wait 5 minutes, then start the countdown.

Good luck.

Thank you, sir.

Make sure you give yourself enough time to get out, sir.

Time. Right.

Soldier: Standby.

General.

We were getting worried.

How long have I been gone?

22 hours, sir.

General Cohen's waiting for you in the command post.

Thank you, sergeant.

By my reckoning, I was gone 20 minutes.

Well, sir, accounting for time spent coming and going,

I would guess the time within the sgc facility

slowed to an average of about 600% below normal.

When you ordered colonel O'Neill to wait 5 minutes,

you were really telling him to wait 6 hours, maybe more.

Captain, relativity gives me a headache.

Who's this?

H enry Boyd.

Good officer, smart.

Kind of reminds me of Carter a little.

This was their first mission as ateam.

He looks scared to death.

He's on a planet that's about to be

swallowed up by a black hole,

and he knows it.

Thank you.

Uh, no. Thank you.

Perhaps with rest the answers will come.

H ey, Teal'c.

You know anything about quantum gravity?

Nothing.

Apparently, neither do I.

What do these equations represent?

Probably a life's work.

I don't have that much time, unfortunately.

How may I be of assistance?

We're experiencing atime dilation

in a radius wider than the gate room itself.

Most of the sgc, in fact, and it's expanding.

But it's all happening in advance

of the gravity field that's causing it.

Now, according to everything ithought

I knew about relativity, that is just not possible.

Yet it is so.Right.

If it wasn't, we'd all be pulled apart by now.

You know, they're proceeding with a plan

that makes assumptions about gravity and space—time

with absolutely no regard for the fact

that it completely contradicts our observations.

I see.

In other words, Teal'c,

they don't really know whatthe hell is going on,

so they're just gonna blow it up

there doesn't seem to be a damn thing we can do about it.

Let's get set up

the computer needs your authorization code

before it'll accept the command.

Go ahead and enter it.

Maybe now you know how it feels.

You done?

Rog er th at.

When the time comes,

hitthe enter key on my Mark...

And then run like hell.

Got it.

2 minutes.

The gravity field extends to the blast doors

of the control room now, sir.

That's not good.

I take it you still believe

our plan isn't going to work.

To be honest, sir,

I'm afraid that the gravity field

will dampen the effects of the explosion.

We'll lose the sgc,

but the wormhole will be intact.

What's left of the mountain

will collapse into the wormhole,

6 months after that—— The state of Colorado,

6 months after that...

At least Daniel will live outthere.

If you're wrong—— And for once I hope you are—...

We can restart the sgc

with the second Stargate at nellis, and in time, we—...

Wait a minute.

Sir, that's it.

We do use a bomb,

but we focus the energy of the blast.

When colonel O'Neill and I were sent

to the antarctic gate, it was because we were

under enemy fire.

It caused an energy surge.

Yes, and that surge caused the wormhole

to jump from one destination to another.

If we can channel enough energy

in the direction of our Stargate,

it should cut the connection to the black hole

and cause the matter stream to jump

to any gate along the way.

Leaving our Stargate connected to some other world?

Yes, sir, but then all we have to do is shut it down.

Sir, we have to stop colonel O'Neill.

One minute.

Maybe the last one.

We used to be friends, Jack.

Yep

I was sickto my stomach

when I found out you were still alive.

I wanted to go back for you.

Why don't we just do this

and getthe hell out of here, all right?

Somebody dropped a dime on the incursion.

You got hit. You went down.

I made a judgement call to save the rest of the team.

And I saw you take off.

And then I saw 4 months of my life

disappear in some stinking Iraqi prison.

I thought you were dead!

You thought wrong!

What do you want?

You want me to forgive you? Is that it?

Yeah.

I guess I do.

Well, that's tough.

What happened to "nobody gets left behind"?

Well, what about him?

That is atotally different scenario.

That is the same damn thing, Jack.

Don't activate the autodestruct, sir!

It won't work.

I have another idea.

The g—suits should help you withstand

the higher gravity on the way down.

What's this bomb we're delivering?

It's a shaped charge.

We want to focus the explosive force

toward the wormhole,

hopefully with enough energy to cause ittojump

like what happened to us in Antarctica.

Right.

Where is it?

They're modifying the warhead yield to my calculations,

then it's being flown in from Travis.

How long's all that gonna take?

Well, sir, with any luck,

about 5 more minutes, relatively—...

Relatively speaking.

Speaking.

Anytime you're ready, sirs.

I don't know how much longer that Iris is gonna hold.

We have to wait for the bomb.

You got better quick.

It has in fact been several days.

Yeah. I kn ew that.

Everyone who doesn't have to be here

should go topside.

Cromwell.

Can notthe bomb be detonated by remote?

It has to be set a certain distance from the gate

and at an exact angle.

The timer can't be set until they're in position

because of the variance in time dilation.

Man, she is—...

Way smarter than we are. I know.

Just like old times, huh, Jack?

Oh, yeah.

Black holes, wormholes...

Old times.

Sir?

Thank you, lieutenant.

Do you thinkthey'll be able to shut it down, sir?

We'll know sometime tomorrow.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

We're pulling some gs now.

I feel like I put on a couple hundred pounds.

I wasn't gonna say anything.

They appear to be moving very slowly.

Only from our perspective.

Uh, captain.

Colonel, look out!

Colonel!

Colonel, look out!

Colonel!

Did you hear that?

Look out!

Are you all right?

This is close enough!

Set the timer—— 20 seconds!

We won't make it out!

20 seconds!

Set!

Do it!

Uhh!

Unh!

I've got you!

Get up there and arm that damn bomb!

I've got you! Just climb!

Arm the damn bomb!

Climb!

Ah!

Teal'c, pull him up!

Hey, Jack. Did I miss anything?

I made it.

We all made it,

thanks to you and captain Carter.

How?

Teal'c managed to pull you far enough away

from the bomb before it went off.

Thanks.

You are welcome.

The majority of the blast energy

went right where it was supposed to.

The wormhole jumped to p2a—870,

and once it did that, we just shut it off.

Good thinking, captain.

Thank you, sir.

A new trinium—strengthened Iris

is being installed right now.

We should be back in business in no time.

What day is it?

Well, this might be

a little difficultto accept,

but since you reported for duty yesterday,

2 weeks have actually gone by.

2 weeks?

I think I'll sleep in.

You do that.