Rules of Engagement
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| Rules of Engagement | |
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| Production # |
309 |
| Original air date |
August 20, 1999 |
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| Guest stars |
Peter Williams as Apophis |
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| SG-1 Season 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | ||||||
| Season 2 | Season 4 | |||||
Rules of Engagement is the ninth episode of the third season of Stargate SG-1.
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[edit] Plot
SG-1 discovers a planet where SGC look-alikes are in the middle of a pitched battle. After a few minutes of confusion they discover that in reality they are a team of young boys in a boot camp, and are practicing war games. It is revealed that they are using replica weapons that inflict no real harm on the opponent, but instead deliver a nasty jolt. This is trouble though, because SG-1's weapons are recirculated into the fake ones. After a call to the central area, they are revealed to be soldiers of Apophis, trained to infiltrate the SG command. The search for the weapons continues, but it is too late. A soldier is accidentally seriously injured with one of the real weapons, but instead of stopping, the recruits see this as a sign to upgrade to real weaponry in their war games.
In order to prevent the boys from pointlessly slaughtering themselves, the team hatches a plot to prevent both the invasion of Earth through the SGC and to convince the boys that Apophis is a false god. A recording of Apophis's death proves his lack of godhood, and the soldiers disband and return to their planets of origin.
[edit] References
[edit] Notable quotes
Hammond: Colonel, I want to debrief ASAP
O'Neill: Yes My lord
O'Neill:"the doctor said you haven't eaten"
Kyle Rogers:"... It's Poison...."
O'Neill:"it's hospital food. Of course it is"
Kyle: Go to Sokar!
O'Neill: It's 'Go to hell', actually.
O'Neill: You will listen to everything I tell you and you will do everything I tell you or I will shoot you myself, is that clear!
O'Neill: Rogers! What the hell was that?!
Kyle: Mortars
O'Neill: What else is in that cave?
Fraiser: He won't eat, he won't speak except to call me a 'Shol'va'.
O'Neill: Than you must be doing a good job.
Rogers: My true name is Rophiapgisy, sir.
O'Neill: Your earth name is Kyle. Can we call you Kyle?
[edit] Background Notes
- This is the first appearance of this particular training weapon, called an Intar. It appears again in Season 5's "Proving Ground," when young SGC recruits use intars for training.
- This marks the first time actor Dion Johnstone is seen on camera without any makeup. He has also appeared in the episodes The Fifth Man as Lt. Tyler, as Na'onak (before being unmasked) in Jolinar's Memories and as the Unas Chaka in The First Ones and Beast of Burden.
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