The Nox
Cold Lazarus ..... Brief Candle
Written By: Hart Hansen
Directed By: Charles Correll
Guest Stars: Armin Shimerman, Peter Williams, Ray Xifo & Gary Jones
A senator is at the SGC watching what goes on, he is amazed by it all but tells them that the present administration is not happy with the technological gains made so far by the program. Teal'c asks them what technologies they seek and tells them about a creature that has the ability to go invisible.
SG-1 travel to the planet Teal'c told them about. The head in the direction they saw some movement in. They turn back towards the gate to get their stuff but find the gate and their stuff has disappeared. They start a search and Daniel and Jack find one of the creatures, as Jack goes to tranq. it someone shoots a staff weapon at it, the Goa'uld are here led by Apophis.
Apophis is here.
Daniel persuades Jack to go after Apophis and Teal'c tells them it would be possible to launch a surprise attack. They set up an ambush but Teal'c has a shield device protecting him, he kills Daniel, Jack and Sam but when he goes to kill Teal'c they all disappear.
Apophis protected by a shield device.
They all wake up in a small encampment, they are somehow alive. The inhabitants of the camp are a family of what appear to be backward like 'fairy' people.
The locals encampment.
After a while the locals speak to them saying that they have now mastered their language, the introduce themselves as the Nox. The Nox leader, Anteus tells them that once the other in their party revives, they will be taken to the stargate with their stuff and they will leave. They go to see who the other person is, it is one of Apophis's guards called Shak'el.
They are introduced to Ofri, one of the eldest of the Nox. Teal'c goes to see Shak'el and persuade him to betray Apophis and join them, Shak'el tells him that Teal'c has trained him well but he will never betray his god. Daniel speaks to Ofri and says that he would like the two peoples to be friends, Ofri tells Daniel that we have much to learn.
Daniel speaks to Ofri.
Jack is building a bow and arrow when Anteus comes to him, Jack sees that it is the Nox that are the ones with the mastery of invisibility and that they protect the creatures, he tells Anteus that once the Goa'uld find out they will hunt them down.
Daniel speaks to Anteus about Shak'el, the Nox will not allow SG-1 to take him if he doesn't want to go with them. In the tent he is being kept in Shak'el has freed himself from his bindings, he stabs Teal'c and also kills the Nox girl Lya. The Nox perform a ceremony that revives Lya, unfortunately Shak'el is still near and sees it all, it shows the Nox are able to go invisible but also that during the ceremony they aren't able to stay that way and become visible.
The Nox revive Lya.
The young Nox boy Nefreu tells Jack he wishes to see a Goa'uld but Jack tells him to keep well away from them. Not listening Nefreu finds Apophis who proceeds to kill him. SG-1 and the Nox recover his body but they all know it is a trap, the Goa'uld will attack the Nox when they revive Nefreu. Anteus tells SG-1 to leave and they seem to, but instead they set up and ambush near the Nox encampment. The Goa'uld approach and SG-1 attack them but before Jack can tranq. Apophis, he disappears.
Jack tries to tranq. Apophis.
Back at the gate site Anteus appears to SG-1, they tell them not to worry about the Nox and shows them a city hidden in the sky.
Cold Lazarus ..... Brief Candle