A MATTER OF TIME - Eposode #38
When the gate is activated and no one comes through, the SGC investigates the mystery. They are able to deduce that it was SG-10 attempting to gate back to Earth, from a planet that's about to be swallowed up by a black hole.
NOTES OF INTEREST:
- Daniel was with SG-6 on a dig on PX3-808.
- Major Henry Boyd and SG-10 were on a routine exploratory mission to P3W-451, a planet in a binary system, which was in orbit around the companion star of a newly formed black hole. O'Neill recommended Boyd for this command. It was their first mission as a team.
- The stargate was able to draw power directly from the black hole itself, making it impossible to disengage, even when the main power was cut.
- According to the Theory of Relativity, near light-speed velocities or extreme gravity will cause time dilation.
- The gravitational field of the black hole extended through the wormhole, expanding outward like a bubble, and making the time dilation worse as the field expanded, eventually slowing to more than 600% below normal. The warping of space/time occurred in advance of the gravitational field rather than as a result of it, probably due to a lensing effect generated by the stargate, and contradicting known facts and accepted theories about time and gravity.
- By using a shape charge and focusing the explosive force toward the stargate, the matter stream was forced to disconnect from P3W-451 and jump to another gate on P2A-870, where it could be shut down.
- Colonel Frank Cromwell, Air Force Special Operations, used to be a friend of O'Neill's. On a previous mission, O'Neill was hit, Cromwell thought he was dead and made a decision to save the rest of the team, leaving O'Neill behind where he spent four months in an Iraqi prison.
- The SGC is on sub-level 28 of the Cheyenne Mountain facility. NORAD is on the main level.
- Major Davis acted as liason to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- O'Neill's authorization code is 81452667
- A new trinium-strengthened iris was installed.
- Due to the time dilation, the two days within the SGC equalled two weeks outside the mountain.
Injuries:
- O'Neill: severe injuries from proximity to the exploding shape charge.
- Teal'c: severe electrical burns to the right shoulder
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