Stargate Universe

All right, get out of the way. Get out of the way!

Come here! Come here!

Move, move! Come on, come on, come on, come on!

This is Scott. Slow down the evac! We are coming in too hot!

Colonel, come in!

Move it back!

Oh, my God, where are we?

What is this place?

Move away from the gate!

- Where are we? - Where is this?

Why didn't we come through to Earth?

There's no time to explain. Off to the side!

What's going on?

All right. Come on, come on, come on.

This is Scott. Come in!

Colonel, come in!

I need a medic!

Over here!

Can you move your fingers?

No. I think my arm's broken.

Okay, just hold your arm there and we'll put it in a sling, okay?

Keep calm. Keep coming.

Clear this area. There could still be more incoming.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

We've got to move. Move!

Where the hell are we?

Greer? Where's Colonel Young?

He was right behind me.

- Move. Move. Move. - Quiet!

- Stay calm! - Move. Excuse me.

Keep it down!

Move. Move. Move. Move. Move.

Colonel? Colonel?

Don't move.

Where are... Where are we?

I don't know, sir. Are you...

You're in charge, okay?

You're...

Sir?

T.J.!

I'm coming!

Move back, people! Coming through!

Let's go! Move, move, move!

Get back, people.

Is he okay?

I don't know.

Get back!

Wallace! What is this place?

- Look, I just did what Rush told me... - Where is he?

I don't know. He went through ahead of me.

Rush! Rush! Eli, help me find him.

What, I...

What's that?

What in the hell was that?

I don't know. Look,

Sergeant, I need you to get these people settled.

And you find out who and what we've got. Nobody leaves this room.

Yes, sir.

Eli! Now!

The core of the planet is the power source.

You have to channel it into the weapon to destroy the enemy ship.

- Can't do it, dude. - Uh, doing it.

It's one of those programmer's jokes, a problem that can't be solved.

- Already solved it. - No, you didn't.

Just shut up! Watch this.

- What the hell! - What happened?

Nothing happened. I'm back at the beginning of the level.

- You're so full of yourself. - No. No, no, no. It worked.

The firing code locked in.

Whatever.

That was extremely unsatisfying.

Eli Wallace?

Actually, Eli's not here right now.

Okay, okay. Whatever you guys think that I did,

I swear you got the wrong guy.

Do I look like someone who'd be standing here

if I didn't already know everything there is to know about you?

Yeah, not really.

Right.

Who are you?

Dr. Nicholas Rush. May we come in?

Why?

You just spent a great deal of time recently

playing an online fantasy game called Prometheus.

Big Brother's got nothing better to do?

Last night you solved the Dakara weapons puzzle.

Yeah, a month of my life went into that.

You know what happens when you solve that thing? Nothing.

We're here. That happened.

To complete that particular puzzle,

you had to solve a millennia-old mathematical proof,

written in another language.

For that, you've won something of a prize.

Well, whatever it is, I'll take the cash equivalent.

There isn't one.

It's a non-disclosure agreement.

Non-disclosure?

So, you guys really embedded a top-secret problem into a game,

hoping someone like me would solve it?

Yup.

So, what do you need me for now?

I assure you, it'll be worth your while to sign it.

And if I don't?

We'll beam you up to our spaceship.

Right. I think I want my lawyer to look it over first.

And by "lawyer," I assume you mean "mother."

So, we'll just agree then that I will call you.

What the...

Welcome aboard the Hammond, Eli.

Yes, that is planet Earth, and yes, you are on a spaceship.

We need your help, Eli.

To be honest, I don't know how long it's going to take.

I should call my mom to tell her where I am.

That's probably not going to work up here.

Right.

You can speak to her on the way.

There's a cover story you'll have to follow.

I'm sorry. On the way to?

To another planet, 21 light years from here.

I can't go. I have things that...

We know about your mother's condition.

You just know everything, don't you?

We also know that you are currently unemployed,

and that your mother's medical coverage is

an ongoing issue.

We'll see she gets the best available care while you're gone.

And if I don't sign, what? You going to erase my memory?

Something like that.

Can I get some pants?

Hello, I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson,

and behind me is a stargate.

It was originally built millennia ago by an alien race

who we call the Ancients.

Over the next few hours, we'll be touching on some of the things...

There are 39 symbols representing star constellations

as seen from Earth...

When a connection is made between two stargates,

an unstable energy vortex emerges from the gate...

Whoa!

...and settles into the event horizon, or "puddle,"

as we like to call it.

Later, it was discovered that using an eighth symbol

would actually dial another galaxy in hundreds of thousands of light years

via an interstellar wormhole.

It is believed an unprecedented amount of power is required

to reach the near-mythical ninth chevron.

The first six symbols...

Icarus Base was established on a planet discovered two years ago

to have a uniquely powerful core.

The entire purpose of the project is to hopefully one day

dial the nine chevron address found in the Ancient database.

Hi! I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson.

Now, you've heard the term "hyperspace" for years...

Where are you?

It's top secret.

- Eli! - I'm serious, Ma.

I can't say anything more than that.

But I don't understand. Why could you not at least tell me you were leaving?

I'm sorry, but did you get the letter from...

Yeah, the Air Force. I got it.

Are you in a plane now? You sound like you're in an airplane.

Uh, no. It's nothing like that.

I want you to know that they're going to look after you.

Well, you didn't have to do this.

This is good.

Really. It's the kind of thing I always dreamed of.

Hi.

You mind?

No, go ahead.

Thank you.

First time on a spaceship, too?

Me? I've been on lots of various...

- Eli Wallace. - I know.

You've heard of me?

I have.

Wow, that almost never happens.

And you are?

Chloe. I work for Alan Armstrong.

Senator of California?

Oh, yeah, yeah. I have heard of California.

My last job was in the burger and fries field. How'd you line that up?

I was a political science major at Harvard, so...

Mmm. I hear it's a good school. For a while there I was at...

MIT. I know.

Really? What else have they told you about me?

What?

I've seen this writing before.

- In the game? - Yeah.

Sheesh. We're on a ship?

The design is clearly Ancient,

in the truest sense of the word.

Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Dr. Rush?

Faster than light, yet not through hyperspace.

What are you doing?

Who knows how far it's traveled.

Dr. Rush, I've got a lot of wounded. We need to get home.

Lieutenant Scott, come in.

Go ahead.

We've got a problem. One of the air vents just shut down in here.