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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 4953041" data-attributes="member: 18182">Well yeah, Rush came right out and stated why he did what he did.  He felt, probably correctly, that this was the last chance for Earth to ever figure out where the ninth chevron dials to, dial it, and go there.  But he made the decision to continue the scientific experiment INSTEAD of saving the lives of not just military personnel, not just other scientists on the project, but civilians too.Commander Young ordered the gate techs to dial Earth to save the lives of the people on the base.  Rush countermanded that order, and had the techs dial the ninth chevron, not knowing where it led, if people could survive there, and if they could get home to Earth again.Classic example of scientist so driven he puts his research above human lives.  That's why nobody trusts him.  But they realize they need him, and that brings a lot of tension.Edit:  Oops, somehow I missed the part in your post about the energy from the exploding planet reaching Earth through the gate.  Rush did say that to defend his actions, and he might even be right.  But due to how he goes about it and relates to the other survivors, people still don't trust him.</blockquote>