- Dr. Rodney McKay: If we're hoping these people have something to trade, we are wasting our time. From the looks of it, they barely have enough food to feed themselves; and their technology...
- [showing a scythe]
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Well, let's just say that this about sums it up, huh?
- Teyla Emmagan: Establishing good relations with our neighbours is not just about trade.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Right, but do we need to make friends with every primitive agrarian society in the Pegasus galaxy?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Alright, that's enough. They can't all be planets with cool technology and open-minded women.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: I don't see why not!
- Dr. Rodney McKay: If I can find the ZPM, then we can shut these people down whenever we want. Without the Drone Chair, they're just a bunch of primitive thugs with axes and knives.
- Dr. Carson Beckett: Axes and knives can cause damage, Rodney!
- Dr. Rodney McKay: You know what I mean.
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: We got the drones, we got a few Jumpers. I even got the girl.
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: You got the girl?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: Well, I mean I could have got the girl. I turned her down.
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: What did you offer them in return for the drones and the Jumpers?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: A supply of medicines and an IDC if they need to reach us. We also offered to help them come up with a new way of running things when the time comes.
- Dr. Elizabeth Weir: They didn't offer you King?
- Lt. Colonel John Sheppard: I turned that down too.
- Teyla Emmagan: We have a problem. They took Colonel Sheppard.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: What? Who did?
- Teyla Emmagan: Soldiers from the Tower. They confiscated our weapons.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: What, and you let them?
- Teyla Emmagan: We didn't exactly have much of a choice.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Alright. I'm on my way back.
- Baldric: What do you intend to do with it?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Blow a hole straight up to the surface, assuming I can get it to fly in a straight line. I've never actually done anything like this before.
- Baldric: What'll happen if you succeed?
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Well, two possibilities. Either we create a nice sturdy shaft that will give us some much-needed air and provide a big enough gap for the radio signal to get through, or it will bring the already unsteady ceiling down on us, burying us both alive.
- Baldric: I prefer to imagine the first possibility.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: Yes, yes, the power of positive thinking. Very good. While you do that, I will rely on my experience and expertise.
- Baldric: You said you'd never done this before.
- Dr. Rodney McKay: General expertise. Will you be quiet while I do this?
- Baldric: I can't believe that worked!
- Dr. Rodney McKay: What happened to positive thinking?
- Baldric: I lied.