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Stargate Universe 3x01: Journeys End by Laurence Moroney

(c) Laurence Moroney 2011

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TEASER EXT. DESTINY - CROSSING THROUGH INTERGALACTIC SPACE

FADE IN:

Destiny is hanging in space, with nothing but blackness behind her. She is between galaxies, and its a lonely place. We pan around behind her to see whats ahead, and are treated to a view of a river of stars in front of her. Shes approaching a new galaxy, and it is dead ahead. She jumps to FTL. INT. DESTINY - STASIS PODS We track through the corridors of suspension pods, seeing the faces of our cast frozen in the positions they were left in at the end of season 2. We come to rest on CHLOEs pod. Still and lifeless she stares into infinity. We hear a BEEP and a whoosh as the routines for waking her kick in. We PULL BACK to see a KINO floating in the air in front of her pod. INT. DESTINY - CHLOES POD We see her awaken, confused, but just momentarily. Once she glimpses the keno, it floats off down the corridor. Bewildered, she follows it. We HOLD for a moment to see that shes the only one who has awoken. INT. DESTINY - CORRIDOR As the Kino deliberately floats down it, Chloe following. Its VERY DARK as most of the power is still off. INT. STONES ROOM As the Kino enters and floats above the ancient stones device. One stone is sitting invitingly on the console. The Kino turns its lens back towards Chloe as she enters. Its clearly inviting her to use the stone. She looks at the Kino, and it hovers in front of her unblinkingly. CHLOE Eli? Eli? Are you around here? She waits a beat and then looks down at the stone. With trepidation she sits and gingerly touches it. FX. A DISORIENTING FLASH AS CHLOE CONNECTS WITH THE STONE INT. CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE USS GEORGE HAMMOND (AN SGC 304CLASS SPACECRAFT)

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Chloe occupies the body of a female marine. She wakes to see another marine. MARINE Is that you Chloe? Shes confused. Not just disorientation from the stone, but how did the marine know it was going to be Chloe? YesCHLOE

Before she can say any more, the marine opens the intercom. MARINE General. Shes here. Cut To: INT. DESTINY STONES ROOM As the marine wakes up in Chloes body. She shivers and hugs herself against the cold. The Kino is watching her closely. INT. CONFERENCE ROOM As Chloe is She stands, a little to letting her looking around, confused. The Marine doesnt speak. and walks towards the exit, but he shifts his weight block her way. Shes not a prisoner, but hes not go anywhere.

The door opens and GENERAL JACK ONEILL walks in, looking at his watch. JACK Thats pretty accurate. Another egghead. Oh well. CHLOE General ONeill? Whats going on? JACK Youre Chloe Armstrong? He looks at her a little, furrowing his eyebrows before shrugging. JACK Ill never get used to this, you know. Stones thing. General? CHLOE

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JACK Yes? Oh yes. I suppose you want to know whats going on. Youve just woken up from your three year sleep. Welcome to the future. CHLOE Why was I called here? JACK I was hoping you were going to tell me that. I was hoping that you and the other eggheads on Destiny had an answer by now. CHLOE An answer? For what? Jacks demeanor changes to a more serious one. JACK You dont know? Then we really are screwed. He gestures for her to follow him as he leaves the room. INT. CORRIDOR OF THE GEORGE HAMMOND As ONeill enters, walking towards the camera, Chloe following. JACK A lot has changed in the three years youve been away from us. INT. BRIDGE OF THE GEORGE HAMMOND As they enter. In the view screen ahead of them they can see the Earth. The eastern seaboard comes into view, and we can see that its in flames. Show her. JACK (TOWARDS A BRIDGE TECH)

The view screen changes to show scenes of destruction. We see cities like WASHINGTON D.C. laid waste, with smoke pouring out of the Capitol building. London is burning and the Eiffel tower in Paris is a barely recognizable piece of molten slag. In a small homage to Planet of the Apes we see the head of the Statue of Liberty on the Jersey shore, waves lapping up against it as New York City burns in the background. FADE OUT AND: CUT TO CREDITS.

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ACT 1. INT. DESTINY STONES ROOM

FADE IN:

As Chloe jumps in shock. Shes back. The stones device has deactivated suddenly. The Kino is gone. The looks around, alone, shuddering at the vision she just saw. RUSH enters. Chloe? RUSH

He takes out his walkie-talkie. RUSH (INTO WALKIE TALKIE) Colonel Young. I found her. YOUNG (THROUGH WALKIE TALKIE) Acknowledged. Any sign of Eli. RUSH None. But its been three years he could beYOUNG (INTERRUPTING) Keep looking. Young out. Rush walks over to Chloe and tenderly puts his hand on her arm. Hes only just noticed that she looks a little shaken. RUSH Chloe. Are you ok? Doe-like eyes look up to him. CHLOE Yes. I think so. RUSH Were you trying to get the stones working? The device is powered down. One of the systems we need to get working again. She looks down to the device again. Its dark and lifeless. She is slightly shocked as we FADE TOFX: SPACE as DESTINY drops out of FTL. INT: BRIDGE

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Young is sitting in the command seat. Volker and Brody at the control consoles. VOLKER Thats odd. YOUNG What is it? VOLKER Weve dropped out of FTL in a star system that isnt quite in the new galaxy. YOUNG What does that mean? VOLKER Typically, in a galaxy, stars are packed pretty tight in the core, about a 1/4 of a light year apart. When you get to the outer edges, theyre spread out more, like 10-15 light years apart. BRODY Like Earths sun is 4 light years from its nearest neighbor. YOUNG Right. So what? VOLKER This system is several hundred light years from the nearest star. Its like a rogue solar system, just outside what youd typically consider to be the galaxy. BRODY And Destiny overrode Elis program. We were supposed to go into the Galaxy and find the closest suitable star for refuelling. YOUNG Is this star suitable? VOLKER Yes. Its perfect. YOUNG So maybe Destiny stopped here because its closer? VOLKER

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No, thats not it. This star is a lot further than others Destiny could have stopped at. FX: He shows a display. On it are drawn the two galaxies, side by side, projected above, so they look like circles. VOLKER As we left the last galaxy, we left at this point, following the shortest trajectory. FX: A line is drawn leaving the leftmost galaxy at the three oclock position. VOLKER (V.O.) We should have entered this Galaxy here, and quite quickly found a suitable star. FX: The line intersects the rightmost galaxy at nine oclock YOUNG So where are we? VOLKER Thats the thing. We ended up here. FX: He re-draws the line, but now it intersects the right hand galaxy at approximately 11 oclock. YOUNG Were way off course. RUSH Or back on course, depending on how you look at it. (A beat) Brody, scan the system, tell me if you see what I see. Brody turns to the controls and starts working. After a moment. Wow. BRODY

YOUNG What is it? BRODY This cant be right.

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Brody!

YOUNG

BRODY Sorry, Colonel. Theres the star, and just one planet, approximately 1 AU from the star. Its perfectly suitable for human life. YOUNG Just one planet? RUSH And its perfect. Sounds artificial to me. FADE TO: INT: CHLOES QUARTERS. Shes trying to sleep but cant. The door chimes. Come in! Nothing happens. Come in! CHLOE (LOUDER) CHLOE

Again, nothing happens. Frustrated, she gets up from the bed and heads to the door. She pushes the chime to open the door andTheres only an empty corridor with a floating Kino outside. The Kino floats away, clearly beckoning her to follow. She walks after it as we FADE TO: INT BRIDGE - TJ ENTERS TJ Still no sign of Eli. No messages. Nothing. YOUNG TJ. You should see this. Its another artificial system like the oneTJ Where Caine is? Where my daughter is? YOUNG We dont know that for sure. But well be in Shuttle range in a few minutes.

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TJ I want to be on it. YOUNG Of course. Ill need you to gather medical supplies. BRODY Scanning the surface. Theres no Stargate. Just like the other one. RUSH Is there an Obelisk? BRODY Dont know yet. Checking for its EM signature. TJ Any people down there? BRODY Cant tell. YOUNG (TO INTERCOM) Scott. Put together a team and meet at the shuttle. Were going down to the surface. Greer will keep up the search for Eli on board. Yes sir. SCOTT (OVER INTERCOM)

FX: As Destiny approaches the planet. We see its a beautiful green and blue world. INT: DESTINY - OUTSIDE SHUTTLE Scott is there with Lt James and some other marines, some civilians including Dr. Boone and Dr. Leung TJ arrives. SCOTT Ok, lets go. (Aside to TJ) You doing ok? She looks at him, and smiles a little. TJ

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Better than Ive been for a long time. I think its fate that weve discovered this world at this time. SCOTT It cant be the same world. Its a different galaxy, and if they could make one, well...Im sure they could make more. TJ I know. But it means they are out there. And it means they are looking out for us. SCOTT You still think your daughter is with them. TJ I KNOW she is. And I know that Ill see her someday. She smiles warmly and enters the shuttle. He returns the smile and follows her in. CUT TO: EXT: FX as the Shuttle launches from DESTINY CUT TO: INT: DESTINY CORRIDOR As the Kino floats across the Frame, Chloe in tow. It stops at a door. She pushes the chime beside the door, and it swings open. We see ELIS ROOM on the other side. INT: ELIS ROOM As the Kino floats in and Chloe follows. To her left is the Kino control station. At the back is the Kino dispenser. Elis bed is left, unmade, with papers and food packages strewn on the floor. She smiles a little in memory of him. A BUTTON on the Kino Control station glows and begins to blink. She pushes it. FX: As lights project onto Chloes face. We can see that its mathematical equations. They start slowly at first, but get faster and faster. Her eyes dilate, and then, trancelike, she begins to absorb them.

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EXT FX: As the shuttle hits the atmosphere. INT: SHUTTLE - SCOTT Is at the controls, flying it. Through the windows theres nothing to see, but the shuttle is being buffeted by turbulence. TJ Walks up beside him to look out the viewport. SCOTT Last time we chose a spot in the temperate zone, close to a large body of fresh water, and away from any areas youd expect to have severe weather. TJ It was beautiful too. SCOTT (SMILING) Hopefully well be lucky this time. TJ I dont think luck has anything to do with it. Remember last time we landed within a few miles of the obelisk, even though we hadnt seen it from orbit. SCOTT Yeah. Scanning for the EM signature, but I dont see anything. Maybe once were out of the ionosphere. As if to answer, the buffeting stops, and the clouds begin to clear. CLOSE UP on Scott and TJs face to see their stunned reaction as we CUT TO: FX: The shuttle emerges from the clouds and flies over a deep valley, containing an obelisk. (Just like the one from 1x13 Faith) CUT TO: INT: DESTINY BRIDGE SCOTT (V.O.) Scott to Colonel Young. YOUNG This is Young. Report. SCOTT Theres no doubt sir, its another artificial planet. We emerged from the

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upper atmosphere right at one of the obelisks. RUSH Is there any activity at the obelisk. SCOTT Negative. But theres a clearing about a half a click from its base. Were going to land there and check it out. YOUNG Acknowledged. See what you can find. Destiny out. Rush is rubbing his chin, deep in thought. YOUNG Something to say? RUSH Aye. Its the second time weve come across a planet like this, and the last time was when we were in dire need. YOUNG Your point? Weve escaped the drones, and left them behind in the other galaxy. We could go to any star from here. RUSH We could. But maybe thats the problem. What if they are waiting in this Galaxy, or what if something WORSE is waiting here? YOUNG So they gave us a supply stop so that we can have a fighting chance. RUSH Maybe. But we should keep our eyes and ears open. YOUNG Dont we always? (a beat) Shouldnt you be working on the stones? We need to get in touch with Earth to see whats been happening over the last three years.

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BRODY Yeah. I want to know whats going on in the stock market. My portfolios had been taking a beating. VOLKER Youre worried about your portfolio? BRODY Yeah. I think I bought too much of one stock when I was last home via the stones. VOLKER Oh yeah? Which one? Apple. Oh. BRODY (SHEEPISHLY) VOLKER

CUT TO: INT DESTINY: ELIS QUARTERS. We see Chloe in the same position as earlier. Time has passed but she hasnt moved. She looks like she hasnt even blinked. The STREAM OF DATA suddenly stops. She pauses a moment. Blinks. Memory of where she is suddenly comes over her. She turns and walks through the door, with purpose. INT DESTINY CORRIDOR As Chloe walks purposefully down it. She turns a corner and GREER is there. GREER Ah Chloe. Good to see you. Can you help us in the search forBut she blows past like she hasnt seen him. EXT: PLANET SURFACE The rear of the shuttle opens and SCOTT and JAMES walk down the ramp onto the lush grass of a new world. JAMES Do you smell that? SCOTT (SNIFFING)

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What? I cant smell anything. JAMES Fresh air. Fresh, pure air. For once I dont smell Sargent Greer. SCOTT Put a lid on that soldier. Weve a job to do. Yes, sir! JAMES (A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK)

INT: DESTINY - STONES ROOM RUSH is here, working on the stones device. Hes getting frustrated. Its supposed to turn on, but it wont. Hes lifting it, turning it, but nothing happens. GREER (V.O. ON WALKIE TALKIE) Doctor Rush? RUSH Sergeant, Im very busy, and dont want to be disturbed. GREER I think youll want to be disturbed by this. RUSH (IMPATIENTLY) What is it? GREER Its Chloe. Shes doing that thing with the blackboard again. Rush puts down the stones device and hustles from the room. INT: DESTINY - BLACKBOARD CORRIDOR As Chloe is working on equations on the walls. Shes moving fast, writing, scribbling, drawing. Shes erasing some of Rushs work. Greer is there too, watching her protectively. He enters to see her, and gets momentarily angry. Then he looks at what shes doing. Oh my god. RUSH (QUIETLY) And we FADE OUT:

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ACT TWO: FADE IN: EXT - PLANET - DAY The away team is hiking away from the shuttle in the direction of the tower. Theyre in lush, thick, jungle that makes it hard to see clearly where theyre going. Scotts holding a scanner. SCOTT Looks like its that way. (A Beat) Sort of. They start hacking their way through the undergrowth, two marines in front with makeshift machetes, Lieutenant James behind. The civilians follow them, with Scott and TJ taking up the rear. TJ Wait a second. Scott raises his hand in the hold up signal, and the party stops. TJ investigates a plant near them. It has green leaves and a purple flower. The leaves have spines on them. SCOTT Looks like a thistle. TJ puts on a glove and breaks a stem. She lifts it and smells it. TJ Smells a little like a thistle too. Ok. So? SCOTT

TJ In the middle ages thistle was used in a lot of cures as a natural antibiotic. It was even called blessed thistle because people believed it would cure the plague. Believed. SCOTT TJ

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Yes. Believed. Just because they didnt have proof, doesnt mean they werent right. SCOTT We need to keep moving. Itll be dark soon. TJ Ok, go ahead. Im going to gather some up and Ill follow your path. Scott nods and the party moves out. As they leave, he looks back once more, almost protectively, towards TJ. She sees him and nods. He looks down again to see the pistol on her hip and he moves on. SCOTT (TO HIMSELF) We need to choose what we believe in. EXT: FOREST CLEARING - DAY TJ is by herself at the clearing. She is putting on gloves and collecting some of the thistle-like plants. Shes methodical, picking them up one by one, stripping off dirt and packing them in sample bags. Thank you. GIRLS VOICE (VOICE OVER)

She stops. Jumps in her skin. She starts to look around, and puts her hand on her holster. GIRLS VOICE (VOICE OVER) You sacrificed for me. (A beat) Thank you. TJ Draws her gun, and holds it outwards and downwards in the classic ready pose. She clicks off the safety. Her eyes are darting around the clearing. We wait a beat and then-Mother CUT TO: EXT - SPACE - DESTINY As she orbits the planet below. GIRLS VOICE (VOICE OVER)

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INT - BLACKBOARD CORRIDOR - DESTINY Chloe is still working frantically. Rush is trying to keep up, correlating the notes on his notepad with what shes writing. RUSH Its a pattern. Repeated. Pairs, Couples. What is it? She doesnt answer, but keeps working. He sees her scribbling values. One of them he recognizes. He starts to scribble out an equation based on her work, and the work in his notes. He gets to the = at the end and writes the answer. Pi. Pi. Pi? RUSH

Young enters. He looks at Rushs work. YOUNG Pi. Thats one that even I know. But what does it mean? Rush looks at him, back at the equation, and then at Chloe and his notes. RUSH I dont know. But. Im close. I know I am. Young looks back to him, and then at Chloe. YOUNG Dont you mean she is? Rush is a little taken aback. RUSH This is not an ego thing. Chloe is providing me with the key. I have to turn it and open the door.

What door?

YOUNG

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RUSH The answer. The background radiation. The pattern. It means something.

Chloe stops writing. Turns to Young and Rush.

CHLOE Thats what they gave me.

They? Who?

YOUNG

What?

CHLOE (CONFUSED)

She looks around a moment, and then looks back to Young and Rush. CHLOE (CTD) How did I get here? I thought I was done with that. RUSH This was different. Colonel, can you take Chloe to the infirmary. I need to work on this. (A beat) Did your people find Eli by any chance? I could really do with his insight here.

YOUNG Not yet. But, Ill be sure to tell him you said that when I find him.

A long glance passes between the two men. They both almost smile, almost. Young escorts Chloe out as weCUT TO: EXT - PLANETS SURFACE - DAY

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TJ is jogging to catch up with the rest of the group. Theyre on a small rise leading upwards. JAMES Looks like this is the top of the foundation. I think were in the right place. SCOTT Its a big tower. Looks like we wont get there and back to the shuttle before nightfall. He sees TJ enter. Her eyes are a little wide. SCOTT (CTD) TJ? Everything ok? She looks at him, catches her breath. And lies. TJ Yeah. Just need more exercise. (A beat) Dont worry, its not the ALS. She smiles and he nods. A Marine calls out from up ahead. MARINE 1 Theres something up here. We see them cut through the undergrowth to reveal a dark grey wall. Its part of the base of the tower. Another marine calls from further ahead. MARINE 2 Over this side. Theres a clearing. We follow their voice, and emerge from the thick growth to see a small clearing, formed by a stone overhang from the tower. With all the overgrowth its pretty dark, and Scott snaps a flashlight to the tip of his rifle. The others follow suit and peer into the darkness. Theres a tunnel, clearly heading towards the interior of the tower. SCOTT Ill take the good doctors and check it out. James, keep Leung and Loney here

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with the civilians. Stay sharp. Its too quiet. TJ (WITH REALIZATION) No animal sounds here. SCOTT Yeah. Well take a look in and radio back. Got it. (A beat) And sir? SCOTT What is it? JAMES Be careful. Scott looks into the darkness. He smiles a little. SCOTT Roger that. INT: TOWER VESTIBULE - NIGHT We see Scott and TJ enter, flashlights darting around to illuminate the darkness. TJ I dont even know what this material is. It looks like stone, but... SCOTT Kinda reminds me of the Destiny Stargate. TJ Youre right, but, why would they build a tower out of it? SCOTT Hopefully thats what well find out. They turn a corner to find the way blocked. As TJ touches her hand to the dead end, out of nowhere a display lights up. It has symbols and shapes on it most of which are clearly alien, but some are familiar, like basic circles and globes. They are a friendly luminous green. JAMES

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SCOTT Some kind of terminal? Maybe. TJ

She gestures over the shapes and they follow her fingers. She randomly arranges some of them, but their colors change, mostly to red, and the pattern resets. TJ Interesting. SCOTT Ill leave this to the Volker and Boone. He takes out his walkie-talkie to signal them. But its just static. SCOTT Too much interference in here. Im going to head back and communicate with them the old-fashioned way. TJ is preoccupied with the console, trying different combinations of shapes. They keep turning red and resetting. She doesnt answer him. SCOTT You know. Shouting.

TJ Ok. Ill wait here and keep working. Theres no other way in or out, so Ill be fine.

SCOTT Ok. Ill be right back. He ventures into the darkness back towards the direction they came from.

FX: DESTINY IN ORBIT We ZOOM in on the living quarters of the ship.

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INT - STONES ROOM Camille Wray is working on the stones device. Shes frustrated, and cant figure out why it doesnt work. Chloe enters. WRAY If youre looking to dial home, youre out of luck. We cant get them to work. CHLOE Rush thinks that once all the ship systems are online itll work. 1WRAY This should be the priority.

CHLOE Finding Eli should be the priority, but I didnt come here to talk about that. I came because I need your help.

Wray drops what shes doing and looks up. She suddenly sees the anxiety in Chloes face. Compassion pours over her. WRAY What is it?

CHLOE I think Im losing my mind. CUT TO: INT - DESTINY - CORRIDOR - DARK Sergeant Greer, Doctor Park and another soldier are making their way slowly, down the dark corridor. We join in their conversation. PARK One of the nice things about being blind is that I dont need a flashlight in corridors like this. GREER Youre not going to be blind for long. You heard TJ. The damage might be temporary and might heal.

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PARK (SADLY) Might and might. GREER Dont give up hope. Never give up on hope. Besides you have to get better before we go home. Why? PARK

GREER Because I want to show all my friends my hot girlfriend. And I dont want them to say that she only chose me because she doesnt know what I look like! A wave of sadness passes over her face for a moment. She then pauses a little. Smiles. And starts to laugh. PARK I dont need my eyesight to know that you have that stupid grin on your face. The one you always get when you think you said something smart. (A beat) But Ill do my best. He rests his hand on her shoulder, tenderly. She feels it and smiles a little. Sometimes you dont need words. They reach the end of the corridor, and the other marine touches the chime while Greer goes naturally into breach position. The door yawns open. A beat as we realize that the corridor on the far side is lit up. GREER What do we have here. PARK Ronald! Watch out! She clumsily throws him to the wall as a LASER SHOT zips past. He hugs the wall and she takes cover behind him. He leans out and returns fire. He ducks back into cover and looks to make sure that she is safe. Shes nestled against the wall, in an alcove trying to look as small as possible.

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Shes smart, and knows that hes looking out for her. While not looking quite in his direction, she smiles and gives him thumbs up. Another LASER SHOT zaps out, hitting the wall close to them. He ducks back again. Greer looks across the corridor at the other marine. Gestures with his fingers to his eyes and down the corridor - hes asking the other marine if he can see who or what is shooting. The marine understands and answers in the negative. He gestures for the other soldier to stay under cover, and reaches for his radio. GREER Greer to Young. Were in the fore section, taking fire. I repeat taking fire. We opened an unexplored part of the ship, and it looks like someone got here before us. Another blast emphasizes the point. YOUNG Im sending a team down. Wait for backup. GREER Roger that. Another shot. Hes pinned down. FADE OUT:

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ACT THREE FADE IN: EXT: DESTINY - SPACE As she orbits the planet below Cut to: INT: DESTINY - CORIDOOR As Greer, Park and the Marine are pinned down by enemy fire. Greer puts a mirror on the tip of his rifle and uses it to peer out. In the darkness we see some shifting shapes. Were peering into the mirror trying to make them out. Theres a little movement and then ZING As a laser takes off the mirror. With a muttered curse, Greer pulls the gun back. The tip is smoking from the laser blast, but the barrel is otherwise undamaged and the gun is in working order. The radio pings. [Note - Saunders is a new marine that will show up from time to time. Hes not a regular character] SAUNDERS (V.O - ON THE RADIO) Specialist Saunders here sir. Were just outside the door. GREER The door is in the line of fire. Watch yourselves. SAUNDERS Yes sir. Weve got a little gift for our friends. The door opens, with Saunders and a couple other marines flanking the side of it. Laser fire erupts from further down the coridoor, going through the open door, and missing the marines. Saunders and Greers eyes meet, and Saunders tosses Greer something. Its a small cylinder about the size of a soda can. Greer catches it and looks down at it. A big grin grows across his face. GREER

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Nice! Saunders motions and throws another couple of the devices. Greer puts two of the devices into his pockets and pulls the fuse on the other, throwing it down the corridor towards their assailants. Flash out! GREER

Theres a BANG and a FLASH OF LIGHT where the grenade explodes. Its designed to blind and disorient the enemy. Without thinking whether or not it can affect alien physiology (if indeed the enemy are aliens), Greer, Saunders and the marines go to work. They move down the corridor in pairs shooting everything they see. Clear! SAUNDERS

GREER Corners clear (a beat) ...well Ill be damned He walks up to the corpse of one of their enemies and prods it with his rifle. POV turns around and we see its one of the blueberry aliens. GREER Secure this corridor. There may be more of them! CUT TO: INT - DESTINY - STONES ROOM Chloe and Wray are here together. Chloe is looking out the window at the planet below. It worked. CHLOE

WRAY What worked? CHLOE The stones. I went home. To Earth. She chokes back a sob.

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WRAY Are you sure? CHLOE Yes. Im sure. I dont know how, but I went. But it was terrible. WRAY What happened? CHLOE They were under attack. Earth was under attack. I saw cities in flames. New York, Washington, London, Paris. They were all in flames. WRAY Washington? She puts her hand to her mouth. (Quietly) Sharon Her face hardens as she looks back to Chloe (Ctd) WRAY WRAY

Are you sure? The device isnt working, and there could be some disorientation from the hibernation modules. CHLOE Nobody else has any disorientation. WRAY But you were... (a beat) Modified. That could have an effect. CHLOE It was real. I was there. WRAY I know you believe that butCHLOE Its not what I believe! Its what you dont believe. Why dont you trust me?

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WRAY Thats not it. Calm down, Chloe. Dont you see it would be better for you if we had some proof. When we get the device working again we canCHLOE (Shaking her head) Eli would have believed me. WRAY Its not a question of that. What if youre right? What if you tell the whole ship that Earth is under attack? (A beat) And we cant see for ourselves or do anything about it. What good would that do anyone? CHLOE I thought youd understand. (A beat) I guess I was wrong. She storms out. INT - DESTINY - LIT CORRIDOR Chloe has left the Stones room. She walks a few yards and then stops. Slumps against the wall, looking up at the ceiling. CHLOE Eli? Where are you? (A beat) You were always there for me and I(A long beat as she draws a breath, trying not to cry) I hurt you. Im sorry. (Another beat) You were always there for me. Fade To:

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EXT - DESTINY - SPACE As she orbits the planet. CUT TO: INT - TOWER VESTIBULE - NIGHT Scott reaches the group at the tower entrance. SCOTT Its a dead end. Theres some kind of terminal there which might open a doorway. JAMES Sir, weve been trying to raise Destiny, but cant. We think the comms are being blocked by the tower but were not suShe doesnt get to finish as a ZING of laser fire comes from the trees, hitting one of the marines and killing him instantly. SCOTT Fall back into the tower, go, go! He and James lay down covering fire in the direction that the laser came from as the two civilians run into the cover of the tower vestibule. Scott and James have ducked down behind a large root, and occasionally pop up to shoot in the direction that they think the enemy is in. Scott looks to James. SCOTT On three you fall back into the tower JAMES No sir, let me cover for you. SCOTT I gave you an order. One. (a beat) Theres silence but for the occasional distant song of a rain forest bird. Two SCOTT

He nods to James and she nods back.

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Three!

SCOTT

He leaps up from behind the root, opening fire as he goes. He moves sideways across the entrance to the vestibule, firing all the way, a move designed to draw the enemys fire while James scrambles into the entranceway. He is answered by laser fire all around him, but manages to leap to cover behind a moss covered rock. Laser fire is zinging on it, but for now hes safe. CUT TO: INT - DESTINY - BRIDGE YOUNG Colonel Young to Lieutenant Scott. Come in. (A beat) Can you boost the signal? BRODY Negative. Were at maximum already. Damn it. YOUNG

BRODY They took the only shuttle, and theres no Stargate on the planet. Without communications wereYOUNG Deaf, dumb and blind. I know. Keep trying them. Hes interrupted by a radio ping. (V.O.) GREER

Weve cleared the area, sir. But we had hitch hikers. What? (V.O.) YOUNG GREER

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About a half dozen of those blue aliens. You know the ones that took Chloe. (A beat) We killed them all. CUT TO INT - DESTINY - CORRIDOR The other side of the conversation as Greer is talking with Young. (V.O.) YOUNG

See if you can find out anything. Like how they got aboard. GREER We were asleep for three years. It could have happened any time. YOUNG Weve lost contact with Lieutenant Scott and the away party. GREER Wonder if it is something to do with these guys. YOUNG See what you can find out. Greer shrugs and directs the three marines to explore further. PARK Do you think they got Eli? GREER I dont know. But they could have killed all of us while we slept. Why didnt they? CUT TO: INT - DESTINY - CONTROL INTERFACE ROOM Rush is working with the terminal. Hes projecting models into the air above it. As he works the patterns change, but they always come back to simple, concentric circles.

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He looks at his notepad again, and twiddles some parameters. The ideograms light up on the screen, and the model runs. More concentric circles. He doesnt seem to be able to escape them. He throws his hands up in frustration, and steps back from the terminal. From his new point of view we can see through the projection of the circles. They float in the air semi-translucent. He looks curious for a moment, moving his head. We follow his POV to see what hes looking at. We should see the circle projected in the air, with the out-of-focus background behind. Move the angle again, and now but the background slowly in focus. We see a line along one of the corridor walls, which is horizontal, and now cutting through the projected circle as a perfect diameter. Pi? RUSH

EXT - PLANET SURFACE - NIGHT Scott is still behind the rock where he had taken cover from the attack. Hes trying to use his walkie-talkie. SCOTT Scott to Destiny. Come in? Static. SCOTT Scott to Colonel Young. Can you hear me, over? More Static. He peers over the edge of the rock slightly. If theres a sniper out there... No shots ring out. He sizes up the run to the vestibule entrance. He spots TJ and James lying prone, aiming their guns outwards from the shadows. The attackers havent spotted them yet either. James nods in Scotts direction and Scott, without hesitation, leaps up and sprints towards the vestibule entrance just as TJ and James start shooting. TJ has a pistol, James has an automatic, but they let it all out to save their friend.

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Lasers start to shoot both towards the vestibule entrance and Scott as he runs frantically. At the last minute he DIVES into the entranceway, followed by lasers. He scrambles for cover as more laser fire rains down. Close call JAMES

SCOTT Yeah. Thanks Vanessa. He dusts himself off as TJ and JAMES share a wordless look. They both smile a little. He called her Vanessa. SCOTT Lets fall back deeper into the tunnel. Dont want to be taken out by a wellplaced grenade. CUT TO: INT : DESTINY CORIDOOR Greer, Park and the Marines enter a cargo hold and turn on the lights. Signs of the aliens having been there are everywhere. Sleeping pods, what looks like rations and other equipment are strewn around GREER Looks like we found their nerve center. As they fan out to check for more signs of life, Park notices a breeze above her head. She looks up, and theres BRIGHT LIGHT coming from a hole in the ceiling. She winces a little. Its almost like she saw it. She feels around until she breaks a force field under the light. This ends up forming an elevator that floats her up into the cabin above. Too late Greer notices! GREER Doctor Park! He runs over, but by the time he reaches her, shes vanished into the hole. He cant see any way up. FADE OUT: END OF ACT THREE

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FADE IN: BEGIN ACT FOUR INT - DESTINY - CORIDOOR Greer is still peering up into the bright hold in the ceiling. The one that Park had vanished into, moments before. Oddly enough, Parks head appears in the hole. PARK You down there Ronald? GREER Yeah. You ok? PARK Im fine. I guess its their version of a ladder. (A Beat) And tell Colonel Young I found something that hes going to loveShe breaks out into a smile. Shes beautiful when she smiles, and Ronald is relieved and softened. INT - BUILDING VESTIBULE - ON PLANET James, Scott and TJ work their way back to the dead end with teh terminal. Doctor Boone is working on the terminal. Hes had the same level of success as TJ. None. SCOTT Hurry up and get it opened. Were trapped here. BOONE Dont you think thats what Im trying to do? SCOTT Whatever youre doing. Do it faster. Boone looks back at Scott. Annoyed. But he understands the stakes and redoubles his efforts. TJ, James and Scott take up the best defensive positions at the bend in the corridor. JAMES I got two clips left. TJ

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Im down to three shots. SCOTT On my last clip, butHe has a holstered pistol. He takes it out and hands it to TJ. SCOTT This ones full. She nods and takes it. We hear a SCRATCHING noise from further down the corridor. The direction out. JAMES You hear that? SCOTT Yeah. Theyre coming. He turns back to see if Doctor Boone has made any progress. Hes still working with the controls, and were still seeing a lot of red. We dont even know if that means fail, but nothing is happening. CUT TO: EXT - DESTINY - SPACE As she continues to float, beautifully, in orbit. INT - DESTINY - CHLOES ROOM Shes pacing up and down. Restless. Her hands are ending in little fists held firmly at her side. CHLOE Eli, Eli, where are you? She looks up to the ceiling and around the room. CHLOE Are you there Eli? In Destiny? Are you with her? With Ginn? The doorway chimes. Its Rush. RUSH Come with me. CHLOE Where are we going?

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He doesnt answer and jogs off. She has no choice but to follow. INT - BUILDING VESTIBULE - NIGHT Scott, James and TJ are hugging their cover. We hear more SCRATCHING sounds as their unseen enemy comes closer. Scott peers around, and we see from his POV. Several somethings are coming down the corridor. He cant see exactly what they are, but theyre getting closer. He gestures back towards the civilians. He motions for them to Get Down - Boone ignores him, continuing to work on the terminal. He looks back to TJ and James. He holds up three fingers. They nod. He does a silent count. One. They cock their weapons and prepare to aim. Two. They lift their weapons and aim down the sights. Three. All three leap out and start shooting down the corridor. There are screams from the aliens as they are hit, but they return fire. Scott is hit on the shoulder and he spins around, falling to the ground. But he still keeps shooting. TJ drops her pistol and takes out the second one as she stands straight, aiming down the sights, shooting down the corridor. Every shot is a hit, before she gets hit on the leg, and goes down. And then - BOOM! Theres a huge explosion and the entranceway starts to cave in. James drags TJ back, away from the falling debris. Scott crawls back. Boone is slumped over the terminal, a huge gaping hole in his back. Dead. More sounds coming from down the corridor. More movement. SCOTT Ok guys, this is it, make every shot count. Im out. JAMES

SCOTT Well youve got a heck of a right hook.

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A LIGHT is shining down the passageway. Its bouncing around making the shadows dance. As it gets closer the three soldiers steel themselves for action. A beat. And then the light turns to show the smiling face of Sergeant Greer GREER Guess whos coming to dinner? He sees the wounded and dead, and gets more serious. GREER Medic! We got wounded here! CUT TO: EXT: TOWER - DUSK As we see the outside of the tower from above. Several of the small ships belonging to the blueberry aliens are landing. We FOLLOW one down as it lands. The hatchway opens and Rush and Chloe get out. INT: TOWER - DEAD END Young is here. Scott is being bandaged up. Hes going to be okay, as is TJ. YOUNG What is this, and why did they want it so bad. RUSH Logical to assume its some kind of entrance. YOUNG With a lock? RUSH Or a test. They want to test if were worthy to enter here. (A beat) Or at least smart enough to get in. CHLOE I recognize some of these symbols.

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RUSH Aye. And I recognize this one. He drags a circle to the center of the screen. A symbol appears over it. YOUNG What are you doing? Rush then drags a straight line, intersecting the circle to make a diameter. Another symbol appears. CHLOE Could it be that simple? YOUNG The circumference and the diameter RUSH Mathematics is the one language that crosses cultures. The symbols and sounds may change, but the result is the same. The value that we get when we divide these two was called pi by the greeks. (A beat) But the people who built this werent Greek. But they knew mathematics. Rush drags the symbols so that the first is above the second. YOUNG And they want to see if we do, too. As he puts them in place, the display glows orange for a moment, and the symbols are replaced by a new set. YOUNG Chloes work gave you Pi. Co-incidence? Rush is peering at the new set of characters on the display. There are no circles this time, but there are a number of spinning spheres. RUSH I dont think so. I think someone was giving us a hint. Rush is rubbing his chin. We hear the scratching sound of his stubble. YOUNG

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Any hints as to this puzzle?

RUSH No, but I think its the same. He drags two of the spheres into an empty area on the screen. A symbol appears above each, and a line is drawn, connecting them, with a symbol above that.

CHLOE The mass of each object and the distance between them.

RUSH Which yields the universal gravitational constant, yes. CHLOE Gravity is determined by the product of the masses divided by the square of the distance between them. Right. RUSH

He drags out the calculations on the screen. It pauses for a moment, and glows orange. (A beat) The screen then dims, and a crack, highlighted by a bright light beyond, appears in the wall at the dead end. It opens to an entranceway, and our heroes step in.

INT - TOWER - NERVE CENTER They enter a large, wide, room which is about three stories high, and looks to take the full width of the tower. Its circular in shape, and the center is dark. As our heroes walk towards the center, the light follows them, gradually illuminating everything. They finally reach the center.

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As this point the music should crescendo as we see what is at the center. Its a pod, of sorts, about the right size to hold a human being. Connected to it are cables that snake out towards the hidden depths of the building. Rush approaches it and reaches up his hand to wipe the dusty glass surface. He smiles a little as the camera turns around to see his POV. Inside the pod, looking like he is sleeping peacefully is... ELI

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