Pacifistic Senator Jared Kane of the Rand Protectorate asks a fellow scientist for help as his nation converted to Origin after a plague, and was rewarded with the design for a powerful satellite weapon, which they used to threaten to annihilate their unconverted Caledonian hereditary rival neighbors. Arriving by Stargate, Daniel is locked up as spy, with Jared as traitor, pending trial and execution. When Prometheus tries to disable the satellite it destroys the ship, although most of the crew escape to Caledonia. While Carter finds a way to disable the Rand HQ, Daniel mediates an alternative between warlike, Ori-fanatical President Nadal -aided by realistic military chief Pernaux- and Caledonian Minister Chaska, whom Carter convinces is their only hope. All SGC troops that escaped to Ethon ultimately return to Earth through the planet's Stargate, but after doing so, the deal between Rand and Caledonia is broken, and the two nations annihilate each other.
—KGF Vissers