When SGC detects an Goa'uld ship in orbit, SG-1 is dispatched with Jacob Carter to investigate. They find the ship to be abandoned with no discernible life signs and Sam determines it to be the same used to kidnap Thor. Once on board the Goa'uld vessel, they find that the crew had initiated a self destruct sequence. O'Neill would very much like to salvage the ship despite Jacob's warnings that it could be a Trojan horse. An examination of the computer core reveals that Thor may have been able to introduce a virus but Jacob was right: it's an ambush and the ship soon plunges in the ocean. SGC and the Navy mount a rescue operation.