Stargate: The Ark of Truth Page #2

Of course.

My mistake.

I trust the enemy commander

hell-bent on our total annihilation

has been given comfortable quarters.

Yeah, he's had a change of heart.

Come on, Colonel.

Don't all bad guys say that

after we capture them?

Actually, he captured us,

and then, he surrendered.

And my people have already

questioned the man.

No, I see. Look,

I'm sorry.

I really don't wanna step

on any toes here.

My superiors have asked me to prepare

a report on this matter personally,

and I don't want to disappoint them.

You know, me being new

in my job and all.

You understand.

Of course.

Thanks so much.

I can't tell you how exciting it is

for me to be working here with you.

Actually, I used to do what you do,

Colonel, so I know exactly how it feels.

I'm sure you know

I'm just trying to do my job.

Thank you, Mr Merek.

General.

Colonel.

He used to do what

I do.

does that mean?

What's his background?

Former CIA. Black ops.

Oh great! So the IOA is...

having one of our own spies

spy on us.

I have no doubt

the IOA chose him carefully.

Why do I get the feeling

we're gonna miss Woolsey?

The Ori are dead and gone.

As we said,

we don't exactly know for sure.

We know we sent

a weapon to the Ori galaxy

that was supposed to be

capable of destroying them.

But not those that worship them.

No. Not humans.

Just the ascended beings.

I know it sounds complicated

but the point is, unless we stop it,

this holy crusade

in the name of the Ori

could end in a bloody mess

for all humans.

A futile bloody mess.

And your hope is that this Ark

will convince those

that still believe in the Ori

to stop believing as they do.

In Ancient,

it's called "Armiria Veremas",

that loosely translated,

means the Ark of Truth.

I know I have no right to say this,

it just seems wrong.

Oh hey... I'm not saying it's right.

I mean,

obviously Alterans didn't think

it was morally right to use it

or we wouldn't be in this situation.

But compared to the bloodshed

we may be facing.

We think the Ark may be capable

of brainwashing people

to believe whatever it's programmed

to make them believe.

But how did you know where to look?

We didn't.

That chest we found

was obviously not the Ark.

But still you must have had some idea.

I've had a vision several times.

Daniel shared his mind with

the former Alteran named Merlin

for a short time.

, but he was

the one who helped me build the device

that was sent to eliminate the Ori.

We hope.

We think that these visions might be

remnants of Merlin's memories,

left behind intentionally to steer us

in the direction of the Ark.

And you think I'm crazy

for believing in the Ori.

You're not crazy, Tomin. Just...

wrong.

You've both read the Book of Origin,

have you not?

Yes.

Do you not remember

the part about Ortus Mallum?

You've got to forgive me,

I don't know it by heart.

Book with fine printing,

not many pictures.

Ortus Mallum

is the birth place of all evil.

The passage speaks of a mountain

that erupts and buries the place

where all evil once sprang forth.

Look, I only ask because you mentioned

a mountain that explodes in your vision.

Amelius, what are you doing?

It's time to go.

I know.

They have to know the truth.

They will find nothing.

All will be destroyed.

My notebook.

I had the most amazing idea last night.

Well, we think we could use

the ZPM on board the Odyssey.

Unfortunately,

it's nowhere near enough power

to sustain an outgoing wormhole

indefinitely.

I take it doing the whole Pegasus thing

again is not an option.

The fact is we were lucky to avoid the

attack from the Wraith the first time.

However, using the Odyssey,

we believe we can beam

strategically in between

the Supergate's individual segments.

Hopefully, undetected,

they'll be triggered

by any inbound Gate activation.

The resulting explosion should,

theoretically, create a chain reaction

that will essentially utilize

the massive amounts of energy

being channeled into the Gate

from the dialing galaxy, to destroy it.

Don't blow it up just yet.

We may still need that Supergate.

Dr. Jackson.

The Ancients didn't bring the Ark with

them, Sir. It's still in the Ori galaxy.

Okay, then.

I just need to get a few things

straight here, for the record.

Okay?

Shouldn't be that hard.

So...

- you're a commander in the Ori army.

- I was.

Yes, was.

Of course.

So...

your duties as a commander involved...

Following the orders of the Priors,

supervising the warriors

under my command.

Well...

good.

See?

No big deal.

Okay, moving on.

In the time that you've been here in our

galaxy, how many innocent human beings

would you say you slaughtered?

I'm talking personally here.

I'm sure you didn't keep

a running tally.

So maybe you could just give me

a general estimate.

Hundreds? Thousands? More?

- What do you want from me?

- I just want you to answer my questions

and I have quite a few.

They cover things like your plans,

your tactics, your numbers, training...

anything that might help us in defending

against the attack that you say

is coming. How many innocent human

beings would you say you slaughtered,

because they chose

not to believe in the Ori?

Where's Vala?

She could not bear to watch.

Did you hear the plan?

Tomin wishes to accompany us.

He believes he can help us establish

contact with the anti-Ori underground.

He may be in fact the best way to figure

out what Ortus Mallum actually is.

Well, we can definitely use

all the help we can get,

assuming of course the Ori

are actually dead.

Or this could be a very short mission.

Indeed.

- General.

- Colonel.

I was just giving

Dr. Jackson the good news.

The mission's been approved.

I thought it was already approved.

Actually,

no mission is approved until

the IOA officially signs off on them.

You've been given

temporary command of the Odyssey

for the duration of this operation.

Sir, does that mean

I have to sit in the chair?

That it does.

And I wish the fun ended there.

Sir...

Mr Merek will be overseeing

the mission.

Personally, I'm excited.

Yeah, me too.

That's to be my first time

on one of our battle cruisers.

See you on board, Colonel.

Dr. Jackson.

General.

Can I confine him to quarters?

It's your call, Colonel.

One of the decisions those of us

in command have to make.

Thank you, Sir.

Thank you, Sir.

Ready to fly.

We're ready to go, Sir.

All right.

Weapons to maximum.

Sir?

It's a joke, Marks.

Make it go.

Nothing I have done since

turning against the Goa'uld

will make up for the atrocities

I once committed in their name.

Somewhere deep inside you,

you knew it was wrong.

A voice you did not recognize

screamed for you to stop.

You saw no way out.

It was the way things were.

They could not be changed.

You tried to convince yourself that

the people you were hurting deserved it.

You became numb to their pain

and suffering.

You learned to shut out the voice

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