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Ballard had always been interested in the spike which enveloped him and transported him, unknowingly, to P7X-377 where he would see (what he would later coin) giant aliens. In shock, Ballard found himself unable to speak. Thus, the creatures sent him back. He took the skull and climbed out of the pit before it collapsed. Nick, nor anyone else, was able to explain how the skull was carved from a single piece of crystal against the grain given the technology of the day. He tried for years under controlled conditions to make the skull reproduce its effect, but eventually gave up. With no one believing his wild stories about teleportation to great places and seeing large, vaporous beings, Nick had himself committed to a psychiatric institute in Oregon. Daniel was a regular visitor there until he disappeared into a journey of his own in the mid 1990's. When Jackson went missing, SG-1 paid a visit to Nick at the institution and brought him to the S.G.C. Through communication via an omni-present Daniel Jackson (who could be seen by Nick because of a similar experience on 377), General Hammond was convinced to send Ballard through the Stargate to the place he saw. This time the team interacted with the beings and the aliens, who recognized Ballard, encouraged him to remain as Earth's representative. Ballard, unlike the others, had already journeyed to the world long ago. SG-1 left Nick to remain on the planet to teach, and learn from, these beings. |
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