Rodney insists he needs more time when John tells him they've just lost weapons. Even Ronon gets into the game of urgently nagging Rodney. Who says, if he doesn't get it right, they could incinerate. Which is bad.
What's even worse is what uncloaks dead ahead. It's some fancy flashy-lights craft (that looks a bit like a crab), powering up weapons. But something fires on it first. Woo-hoo! It's the Apollo and John is hailed by Abe. Just in time. Which Rodney voices. And is answered by Sam. Just then, John asks Abe if the ship can locate Liz whom they had to leave behind by her sub-cu. Sam exchanges a look with Bill and replies that she can't pick up her signal. Both Ronon and John have resigned but pragmatic looks on their faces. Anyway, second later, they've entered the 302 bay and the ship enters hyperspace.
It's a relief to see the city back to its ornamental setting, fully covered by a shield, as it continues to fly through space. There's a wee meeting taking place. Rodney's telling Sam, John and Bill about the planet they've chosen. Liz didn't know about it and it also has venomous snakes. Yuck. I think Bill agrees with me.
Rodney hails Radek. Okay, David Nykl, I'm glaring at you. There is NO way Radek would pronounce it ZeePM. Zee is an American pronunciation; both the pronunciation and the spelling were intended to put as much distance between the States and England and have something that's distinctively American. I'm just surprised that David didn't raise an objection, especially as it is a valid one. Obviously, David H is accustomed to speaking Canadian, but David N should have recalled speaking a European language. Yes, I rant a lot. /end rant.
Yay, success. The city goes into hyperspace. The music's the type of stuff you get in perhaps a space documentary. The city emerges immediately and they're near their new home planet. Rodney joins Sam and John on the balcony. They made it. Well, almost. John still has to land the thing. Sam mentions they used up a lot of power opening up a hyperspace window. John asks if there's enough power to the shield; Rodney says there'd better be or else ... and he lists a whole bunch of doomsday possibilities. Which John so does not appreciate, though Rodney's oblivious as to why.
The look of the snowflake as it gets closer to the planet is stunning. John's back in his revolving lounger, though the music's not relaxing enough. Neither is Rodney as he notes the angle is too steep. Time to nag John about the reentry. Which gets argued about with a bit of geekspeak from Bill who says you can't have reentry if it's your first time entering. Yeah, yeah, we all know that. While the city's shaking, Sam basically tells Bill to shut up.
We now see the heat generated by the atmosphere against the bottom of the city. More nagging by Rodney.
Bill yells they're over the ocean, so Rodney yells at John he's got to slow the city's speed. The music is both powerful and majestic as John concentrates on his task. Oops, too bad Rodney has to interrupt that majestic feeling. So, John, Rodney wants you to land the city the way a leaf kisses the surface of a pond. Is that all?
Just so we remember they're still there, we see Ronon and Teyla being all shook up, too. Suddenly, we see and hear a huge whomp as the city lands on the ocean, a tsunami of waves rushing away from it.
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Date: 2012-08-05 03:18 am (UTC)What's even worse is what uncloaks dead ahead. It's some fancy flashy-lights craft (that looks a bit like a crab), powering up weapons. But something fires on it first. Woo-hoo! It's the Apollo and John is hailed by Abe. Just in time. Which Rodney voices. And is answered by Sam. Just then, John asks Abe if the ship can locate Liz whom they had to leave behind by her sub-cu. Sam exchanges a look with Bill and replies that she can't pick up her signal. Both Ronon and John have resigned but pragmatic looks on their faces. Anyway, second later, they've entered the 302 bay and the ship enters hyperspace.
It's a relief to see the city back to its ornamental setting, fully covered by a shield, as it continues to fly through space. There's a wee meeting taking place. Rodney's telling Sam, John and Bill about the planet they've chosen. Liz didn't know about it and it also has venomous snakes. Yuck. I think Bill agrees with me.
Rodney hails Radek. Okay, David Nykl, I'm glaring at you. There is NO way Radek would pronounce it ZeePM. Zee is an American pronunciation; both the pronunciation and the spelling were intended to put as much distance between the States and England and have something that's distinctively American. I'm just surprised that David didn't raise an objection, especially as it is a valid one. Obviously, David H is accustomed to speaking Canadian, but David N should have recalled speaking a European language. Yes, I rant a lot. /end rant.
Yay, success. The city goes into hyperspace. The music's the type of stuff you get in perhaps a space documentary. The city emerges immediately and they're near their new home planet. Rodney joins Sam and John on the balcony. They made it. Well, almost. John still has to land the thing. Sam mentions they used up a lot of power opening up a hyperspace window. John asks if there's enough power to the shield; Rodney says there'd better be or else ... and he lists a whole bunch of doomsday possibilities. Which John so does not appreciate, though Rodney's oblivious as to why.
The look of the snowflake as it gets closer to the planet is stunning. John's back in his revolving lounger, though the music's not relaxing enough. Neither is Rodney as he notes the angle is too steep. Time to nag John about the reentry. Which gets argued about with a bit of geekspeak from Bill who says you can't have reentry if it's your first time entering. Yeah, yeah, we all know that. While the city's shaking, Sam basically tells Bill to shut up.
We now see the heat generated by the atmosphere against the bottom of the city. More nagging by Rodney.
Bill yells they're over the ocean, so Rodney yells at John he's got to slow the city's speed. The music is both powerful and majestic as John concentrates on his task. Oops, too bad Rodney has to interrupt that majestic feeling. So, John, Rodney wants you to land the city the way a leaf kisses the surface of a pond. Is that all?
Just so we remember they're still there, we see Ronon and Teyla being all shook up, too. Suddenly, we see and hear a huge whomp as the city lands on the ocean, a tsunami of waves rushing away from it.