This episode will be directed by Andy Mikita. Don S. Davis will apparently return in a guest appearance as General Hammond.
General Hammond and Daniel Jackson are aboard the Prometheus with other crew when they pick up a distress signal and investigate, finding a cargo vessel and a Goa’uld Al’kesh bomber, both disabled. From the Al’kesh, a woman dressed as a Supersoldier somehow tricks the crew and takes control of the Prometheus.
Hammond and the Prometheus crew are left aboard the Alkesh, but Daniel remains on the Prometheus and is taken prisoner by the woman, Vala. Vala insists Daniel help her operate the technology of the ship, but he claims ignorance, explaining his role as an archaelogist and linguist. She keeps him alive so that he can help her translate and understand the plans for the ship, which she needs for a mysterious purpose.
Meanwhile, aboard the Al’kesh, Novak and Pendergast make it clear to Hammond that the ship is not repairable.
Daniel gets the upper hand over Vala and insists that she help him take the ship back to rescue Hammond and the rest of the crew, but she begs him to go to her homeworld instead. It turns out her people had thrown off Goa’uld rule but are now slaves to Baal, who brutally crushed their efforts at resistance. A small band of refugees managed to hide in a secret base on one of her planet’s moons, and Vala’s mission was to find a new place for them to live, and a ship to take them there. (Baal is in control of the Stargate, so there is no other option for escape.) Vala and others aboard the cargo ship battled with the Al’kesh, eventually winning and taking it over, but she was the only survivor, and both ships were disabled.
Daniel promises to help Vala, but only after they’ve rescued Hammond and the rest of his friends, who are stranded undefended in space. As Daniel and Vala are preparing to do that, the proximity alert sounds, meaning another ship is closing in on them…