several months after the destruction of anubis' fleet, stargate command gets a new member in the form of russian air force colonel alexi vaselov (russian: алексей вaсильев) who promptly asks general o'neill for a place in sg-1. after the general rejects this request, daniel talks to vaselov about it, but the colonel suddenly collapses. when he wakes up again, he doesn't remember anything since he was in russia, and his body shows signs of extensive viral damage. gen o'neill is concerned that there may be a contagion on the base, and orders daniel to the infirmary just as he is about to leave on a mission with sg-11. daniel suddenly pulls out his gun and injures several people, yelling for the gate to be opened, before he is stopped by o'neill and teal'c. o'neill orders for no one to enter or leave the base to avoid spreading possible disease.