Fail Safe

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Fail Safe is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Plot 2 References 3 Notes 4 Sources

[edit] Plot

A civilian is viewing through his telescope and sees what looks like a giant asteroid heading towards Earth. He is convinced by the U.S. military to keep it quiet.

At the SGC, SG-1 and Hammond discuss their options. The SGC gets no response from trying to contact the Tok'ra. They have been overextended and hard to reach since the assault on Revenna. The SGC contacts the Asgard through the Hall of Wisdom on K'Tau, but learn that the Protected Planet Treaty prevents the Asgard from taking any action to avert a natural disaster.

SG-1 and an engineering team go back to Revanna to fix the downed cargo ship Jacob/Selmak and Daniel crashed. (Last Stand) The team plans to plant a naquadah enhanced nuclear weapon on the asteroid which would detonate with the force of 1,200 megatons.

They arrive in Earth's solar system and after their engines fail they suddenly stop before crashing into the asteroid with no explanation. Having landed on the asteroid, Sam Carter completes detailed scans of the asteroid and discovers that it's made almost entirely from naquadah. Since naquadah doesn't naturally occur in the solar system, SG-1 conclude that the Goa'uld must have launched it to make it look like a natural disaster. If the asteroid is detonated, the resulting explosion would be big enough to boil Earth's atmosphere. Due to a cave-in that occurred while they were back at the ship, the control keypad isn't functioning to stop the bomb from detonating. Jack has to open the bomb and disarm it manually by clipping 'the red wire' but upon opening the casing, he finds the wires are all yellow. He is forced to cut them at random, and after cutting four of the five finds the correct one with only a few seconds left. Out of options, Sam then manages to open a hyperspace window large enough for the asteroid to pass through, long enough for it to miss Earth entirely. Unfortunately, this burns out the Tel'tak's engines, and SG-1 are stuck on the asteroid. Fortunately, not long after, a Tok'ra ship stops by to give them a ride home.

[edit] References

Asteroid, Tok'ra, Red Sky, Naquadah

[edit] Notes

• When Jack and Teal'c enter the cargo ship after the hull breach, you can hear their footsteps, even though there is no air to transmit the sound.
• When Carter explained the path of the asteroid, O'Neill says that the asteroid is going to hit Paris, a reference to Armageddon, a movie about a meteor heading towards the Earth

[edit] Sources

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity (2001-10-28). Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Review from GateWorld. Visited May 6, 2006.

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