Originally posted by teyla-nick94
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RUSH: Well, that's the point. You can; evidently he can't. You have to assume command officially.
(Scott scoffs.)
SCOTT: I can't do that.
RUSH: Well, what if this is a test, these dreams the colonel's been having - a test of his emotional stability?
WRAY: A test he's failing.
SCOTT: All right, where is this coming from?
WRAY: Think about it. What is the colonel doing right now? He's locked himself away; he's shut down. And at the exact same time, the ship came to a dead stop and now we're floating aimlessly in empty space.
RUSH: Destiny is beginning to understand us: who we are, what makes us tick.
SCOTT: What, you're telling me the ship wants me to replace him?!
RUSH: No, no. It's not as if it has desires or emotions. It has no personality. But it is capable of analysing all manner of sensory input. It knows we're here. It's beginning to understand what effect we might be having.
SCOTT: Why not one of you?
RUSH: Well, we've been down that road before, none too successfully.
(Scott blows out a breath and turns away, struggling to take it all in.)
SCOTT: I thought this was about aliens; I thought this was a warning to prepare us for an attack ...
WRAY: Either way - a warning, a test - we need a strong leader right now. I don't like it any more than you do, but I don't think you have a choice.
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