It turns out that both nations have been in a state of Cold War for several decades, and both sides have weapons capable of wiping each other out. Gareth would not allow the team too much time to talk with the Caledonians due to security concerns.

Two months ago, SG-1 are briefing Brigadier General Jack O'Neill at Stargate Command's Briefing Room on their progress with the representatives from the Caledonian Federation, the other of the two nations of Tegalus. Leda gets up to leave Jackson alone, but Jackson wants her to stay. He wakes up and Leda hands him some medicine to help with the pain, although medicine is in such short supply. Despite this, Gareth shows some concerns that the Stargate's activation may cause a stir among the minority who still follow the old ways.Д«ack in the present, Leda continues to tend to Jackson, who was sleeping. It appears that the Tegalans are more secularised in the modern times. Gareth hopes an alliance can be formed and further understand the purpose of the Stargate, which Jackson notes is used as a cultural motif (necklaces with the Stargate symbol can be seen worn by some of the Tegalans) they previously believed that the device was a source of their gods' power, though not as many believe that now. Kane also notes that the Tau'ri are also human (they have yet to discover that the Tegalan ancestors were themselves, from Earth). Carter begins by apologizing for startling the tourists, as this is the first time the Tau'ri encountered a civilization that viewed the Stargate as a museum piece. The representatives include Commander Gareth and his chief aide Jared Kane. Sometime later, SG-1, consisting of Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter and Teal'c step through to meet with the representatives of the Rand Protectorate, one of the two nations of Tegalus. Representatives of the Rand Protectorate greet the visitors from Earth. One tourist even asks if this is part of the exhibit. The tour is cut short when the Stargate activates and a Mobile Analytic Laboratory Probe emerges through the event horizon, leaving the group in bewilderment. Though they have yet to discover its purpose as a portal to other planets, they believed that it was made by ancient worshipers to honour their gods. Three months ago in a city on Tegalus, a group of Tegalan tourists are being guided in a museum, to one of its most well know artifacts, 'The Great Ring of Avidan' (the Stargate), which was discovered over 150 years ago on the Kirellian wastelands. Jackson later remembers that a terrible event happened, resulting in many deaths, and he believes that he was at fault for what had transpired over the previous months. They are 'many miles' from 'the city' in the house that once belonged to Leda's uncle. When she is done, the two can see each other with their own eyes for the first time. Jackson is being tended to by Leda, an attractive young woman, who is now unwrapping the bandages around his head.

Leda unbandages an injured Daniel Jackson.Дoctor Daniel Jackson wakes up badly injured, stranded off world on the planet Tegalus, which has a somewhat advanced civilization similar to Earth's in the 1940s. Jackson cannot reach home, as the rebels have taken control of the planet's Stargate, and he must rely on a small band of soldiers led by Jared Kane from the planet's military to take back the city and defeat the rebel leader, Soren if Jackson is to have any chance of getting back to Earth. Daniel Jackson is declared MIA after he was in the middle of a World War on Tegalus, which the rebels have won.

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