| abstract | - When Major John Sheppard's team and Dr. Elizabeth Weir came to the M5S-224 intending to dial Earth, which would endanger even greater numbers of them due to the energy required to dial another galaxy, the lifeforms took preventive action. While the intruders were made to believe that they successfully returned to Earth, their minds were actually trapped in a hallucination constructed from their memories of Earth (With the exception of Teyla Emmagan, who 'shared' Major John Sheppard's illusion as she had no memories of Earth to draw on). However, despite the creatures' attempt to create a convincing illusion to keep the crew confined to Earth, various anomalies emerged in their respective hallucinations; Doctor Rodney McKay noted that the Zero Point Module had experienced an impossible malfunction when the illusionary SGC attempted to discourage him from using it to dial the Pegasus Galaxy, Doctor Elizabeth Weir observed McKay acting out of character, and Major Sheppard's unusual ability to control the creature's illusions resulted in him interacting with various dead comrades and past crushes. One of the lifeforms, who assumed the identity of Major General George S. Hammond, eventually revealed the masquerade and agreed to free them in exchange for them leaving the planet and abandoning the plan to contact Earth. Sheppard assured them that they would not sacrifice the creatures to get back to Earth. (SGA: "Home")
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