Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods Page #3

of the century. There must be...

Thousands of lines of hieroglyphs.

ONEILL:
So, Daniel, have you had a chance

to translate this yet?

-I think so.

-What's it say?

Well, it doesn't say anything.

Actually, it's sort of a chart,

more of a map.

A map?

Of?

Well, I haven't been able

to analyze all of it.

I mean, look at it.

It would take my whole life.

Well, Daniel, we don't have

that much time.

What's it a map of?

JACKSON:
Well, the cartouches seem to be

separated clearly into groupings.

Each grouping is attached to the others

with a series of lines.

And each grouping of glyphs

contain seven symbols.

So you can see where

this is going, of course.

Why don't you tell us anyway?

All the symbols are on

the stargate in the Abydos chamber.

I've also managed to chart

some of them in the Abydos night sky,

or at least pretty close.

I think that this is a map of

a vast network of stargates.

Stargates that are all over the galaxy!

I don't think that can be, Doctor.

Why not?

Well, because after Colonel O'Neill

and his team came back,

my team ran hundreds

of symbol permutations,

using Earth as the point of origin,

and it never worked.

Then where did your Ra lookalike

come from?

Look, I don't pretend to know

anything about astrophysics,

but couldn't the planets change?

I mean, drift apart or something

like that to throw this map off?

-I knew I'd like you.

-Really?

I mean... You mean, I'm right?

CARTER:
The galaxy is a vortex.

All the stars are constantly moving

in relation to one another.

So in the thousands of years

since the stargate was built...

All the coordinates could've changed.

But why does it still work

between Abydos and Earth?

Well, Abydos is probably the closest

planet in the network to Earth.

I mean, the closer they are, the less

the difference in relative position.

The further away,

the greater the difference.

In a few thousand more years, it won't

work between Earth and Abydos either.

Unless you can adjust

for the displacement.

Right. Now, with this map as a base,

that should be easy.

All we have to do is correct

for stellar drift.

Then, I should be able to arrive

at a computer model

that will predict the adjustments

necessary to get the gate working again.

So the stargate can go other places?

-Well, yes. Yes, it could.

-Probably.

Sir, with your permission, I'd like to put

this entire cartouche on digital video.

Then, when we get back to Earth,

I can download it into the computer

and get faster results.

Yeah, go ahead.

(ALL CHATTERING)

(GIGGLING)

Man, you gotta give Daniel credit.

She is one beautiful woman.

(RUMBLING)

SOLDIER:
Go, go, go.

(SHOUTING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE)

(SHRIEKS)

This is not your weapon.

Where did you get it?

(SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE)

A good choice, Teal'c.

A perfect specimen.

(SCREAMING)

You may be the one.

Sha're!

Hey, what's up, guys?

I wonder if he saw the symbols.

Bolaa!

It's all right. Just tell me what happened.

It was Ra.

Okay. Okay.

Hang in there, Ferretti.

-What's going on?

-Ra is dead.

No... Ra, I saw... He took Sha're.

He took Skaara into the chaapa 'ai.

Where? Did you see?

Show me the pictures.

Did you see?

Come on.

What's going on, Daniel?

Could there be another Ra?

How in the hell should I know?

I should have left the barricade up.

This is my fault.

Colonel, Ferretti needs

medical attention now!

Go! Help him. I can send you back.

You're coming with us this time, Daniel.

I've got orders.

I don't care about your orders, Colonel.

My wife is out there. So is Skaara.

And the only way we're gonna get 'em

back is for you to come home with us.

Ferretti might have

seen those coordinates.

I've got everything I need.

(SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE)

After we go through the chaapa 'ai,

you have to bury it like we did before,

and then leave this place.

-You come back?

-No.

No, I can't. Nobody can.

That's what I'm telling you.

Not for a long time.

Now, as soon as we're gone,

I want you to close it. Bury it.

Put a big, heavy cover stone over it.

Nothing good can ever

come through this gate.

Do you understand?

You came through it, Daniel.

Do you remember the story I told you?

How the ancient Egyptians back on Earth

cut themselves off from Ra?

Well, that is exactly what you have to do.

Then, in one year, one year from this day,

you take the cover stone away.

I will try to bring Sha're home

with me on that day.

But if I don't make it back, if I don't...

If I don't return, then you must

bury the gate again forever, joa qua?

Promise me.

-Yes.

-Yes.

We promise, Daniel.

You tell Sha're's father, in one year...

MAN ON PA:
Incoming wormhole.

Stand by for arrival.

Close the iris! Close the iris!

What the hell's that, sir?

That's our insurance against

any more surprises.

What happened, Colonel?

Base camp was hit while

we were on recon, sir.

Ferretti's hurt,

Currin and Swope are down.

Same hostiles who attacked us?

That's a fair guess.

Jackson's wife and one of our kids

was kidnapped.

General, hi. I'm Daniel Jackson.

We've never met.

I'd like to be on the team

that goes after them.

You're not in any position

to make demands, Jackson.

CARTER:
Ferretti might have seen

the sequence of symbols

they used to go through the stargate.

That should tell us where they went.

General, Dr. Jackson found

an entire cartouche on Abydos

with 1,000 possible coordinates,

maybe more.

That's 1,000 new worlds, General.

And our stargate can take us

to these worlds?

With this new data, as long as we make

the appropriate allowances

for alignment in the targeting computer...

Yes or no?

I think so, sir. Yes.

Request permission to upload the symbols

into the base supercomputer for analysis.

And, sir, I'd like to lead the rescue mission

once we find out where these hostiles are.

We'll discuss that request in a briefing

at 0800 hours.

Captain Carter, the base computer

is at your disposal.

In the meantime, get this man

some clean clothing. He stinks.

(SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE)

Your death cannot help her.

I am not afraid of you!

(SHOUTING)

No!

Doc says he's gonna make it.

Yes, sir.

-You gonna stay here all night?

-Yes, sir.

Hey.

They don't know what to do with me.

And I don't know what to do with myself.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

(JACKSON SNEEZING)

-Nice catch.

-Thank you.

Sorry. Gate travel always seems

to make my allergies...

-Sorry.

-So, you were saying...

Anyway...

As soon as you were gone

and they realized they were free,

I mean, Abydos was

their world for the taking.

-Had a little party, did you?

-Yeah. Yeah, big, big party.

They treated me like their savior.

It was embarrassing.

Savior of Abydos? Doesn't sound so bad.

Yeah, I spent the first year having to stop

everyone I saw from bowing all the time.

It's amazing you turned out so normal.

Well, if it wasn't for Sha're, I probably...

She was the complete opposite

of everyone else.

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