Rules of Engagement (Stargate SG-1)
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| Stargate SG-1 episode | |
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| “Rules of Engagement” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 9 |
| Guest star(s) | Aaron Craven as Capt. Kyle Rogers Dion Johnstone as Capt. Nelson Jesse Moss as Lt. J. Hibbard Peter Williams IV as Apophis |
| Writer(s) | Terry Curtis Fox |
| Director | William F. Gereghty |
| Production no. | 309 |
| Original airdate | August 20, 1999 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "Demons" | "Forever in a Day" |
"Rules of Engagement" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
[edit] Plot
SG-1 discovers a planet where SGC look-alikes are in the middle of a pitched battle. After a few minutes of confusion they discover that in reality they are a team of young boys in a boot camp, and are practicing war games. It is revealed that they are using replica weapons that inflict no real harm on the opponent, but instead deliver a nasty jolt. This is trouble though, because SG-1's weapons are recirculated into the fake ones. After a call to the central area, they are revealed to be soldiers of Apophis, trained to infiltrate the SG command. The search for the weapons continues, but it is too late. A soldier is accidentally killed with one the real weapons, but instead of stopping, the recruits see this as a sign to upgrade to real weaponry in their war games.
In order to prevent the boys from pointlessly slaughtering themselves, the team hatches a plot to prevent both the invasion of Earth through the SGC and to convince the young Jaffa that Apophis is a false god. A recording of Apophis's death proves his lack of godhood, and the soldiers disband and return to their planets of origin.
[edit] Notes
- This is the first appearance of this particular training weapon, called an Intar. It appears again in Season 5's "Proving Ground" when young SGC recruits use intars for training.
[edit] External links
- Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
- Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity (1999-08-10). Retrieved on 2006-10-15. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
- Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Penfold. Visited May 7, 2006.
