meanwhile, vaselov begins to remember what happened—that he felt like being trapped in his own body—and he blames himself for what has happened. it is also discovered that a russian cosmonaut from the international space station died a week after returning to russia, exhibiting the same symptoms as vaselov, and that vaselov was with him when he died. later, daniel wakes up and quickly remembers that he was taken over by anubis. it turns out that the former system lord, thanks to his half-ascended form as a dark specter, can easily travel between hosts. he got into the cosmonaut's body from space debris, and is moving from person to person to get to the stargate. the members of sgc conclude that anubis plans to leave through the stargate rather than use his ascended powers, since that would draw attention from the ancients. however, he needs a body in order to get through the stargate. in the meantime, anubis is easily eluding capture, so the sgc must execute a bold plan to stop him.