Summoned to a planet by a communication code they had previously given their Genii allies, the team is ambushed by Kolya, who has now created his own faction of Genii after being forced from the inner circle of the Genii leadership. While the rest of the team manages to escape, Sheppard is taken prisoner.

Major Leonard's team fails to check in with Atlantis while on a mission exploring an anomalous energy spike. Because the anomaly also makes radio transmission impossible Sheppard must assemble a team in search of the missing men. When the team arrives on the planet they're shocked to find the bodies of several Genii soldiers who have apparently killed each other.