- Brigadier General Jack O'Neill: Daniel, we're always sticking our collective noses where they don't belong. It's what we do.
- Dr. Daniel Jackson: The Rand Protectorate and the Caledonian Federation have been locked in a state of cold war for decades. Each nation has enough weapons to wipe each other off the face of the planet.
- Lt. Col. Samantha Carter: Sounds depressingly familiar.