Zeraph

I think I recall an SG1 episode where Sam and Daniel pulled the directory list from the dialer pod thing. So I'm sure Rush could figure that out. I'm starting to think it less likely as well, but I still think it'd be a viable way to get back. All Rush would need to know is basic astronomy (to know the direction the ship was heading and follow it with the stargates) and a little luck to gate to a world ahead of the ship.

So far all the worlds have been habitable enough to at least gate back before you died (would be tough, but he could hold his breath). Picking the right ones is easier than it might sound as there are fewer gates in the vicinity (earlier in an episode I think there were only ~4 gates within range for instance) than in the previous SGs since their galaxies were already completely seeded.

OK, maybe more than hard, but possible.

After rethinking that through I'm now leaning toward Rush getting the alien ship's com systems working and contacting the ship (..what was its name?) and then them figuring out how to fly it after that guy sat in the chair wakes up.

Or *one more* possibility is that Eli could get the truth out of the captain and Rush might not have to do anything to get rescued...so many possibilities.