Lieutenant Colonel Jack O'Neill rode the elevator down into the heart of Cheyenne Mt. The Mountain was home to the single most top secret operation on Earth, the StarGate program, and Jack had been part of that program for over ten years. He had lost count of how many times he had led his team, SG-1, through the StarGate. He had also lost count of how many times he and his team had saved the world.
Jack Stepped off the elevator and was greeted by Daniel Jackson, a trusted member of SG-1 for his knowledge of languages and cultures.
"Hey, Jack. Did you enjoy your vacation?"
"Yes I did, believe it or not there are times when a fishing pole can be just as deadly a weapon as a P-90. Those fish didn't know what hit them."
"You didn't catch anything, did you?" Daniel responded.
"Not a damn thing."
"Maybe you should think about having fish put in that pond." Daniel Suggested.
"Well that would just ruin the whole purpose of fishing, now wouldn't it?" Jack paused, "And how was your vacation, Daniel?"
Daniel Laughed sarcastically, "Haa, I'm sure you haven't forgotten that I've not been on vacation. I've been here for the past two weeks trying to decipher that tablet we found on P74-986."
"Oh yes, the tablet. A very important tablet, that." Jack had no idea what Daniel was talking about. "How's it going?" Jack asked, sounding only half interested, but in reality hiding his full and utter disinterest.
"I finished a few hours ago, and you'll be happy to know that Earth now has a better recipe for galvaberry pie."
"Galvaberry?" Jack's interest rose slightly.
"Yeah, I think it's a darker strain of blueberry grown on P74-986."
"MMMMmmmm, blueberry pie." Was Jack's only response as he emulated his favorite cartoon character, Homer Simpson.
Jack and Daniel walked into the briefing room. The room's most prominent feature was the long conference table at it's center, and at one end of the room was a large window that looked out and down into the embarkation room, or the "Gate" room, as everybody called it. The rest of SG-1 was already there. Samantha Carter, Major in the U.S. Air Force and extremely intelligent in anything involving science or technology. Teal'c, Jaffa warrior and former first prime of Apophis. Teal'c was now a great leader in the Jaffa rebellion against the Goa'uld. Sam welcomed Jack back as he came in.
"Welcome back, Sir. How was your vacation?" She asked.
"Excellent, now what's this I hear about blueberry pie?" This caught Sam off guard, as so many of Jack's comments do.
"Excuse me, Sir?" She asked, thoroughly confused.
"Come on, out with it. I know it's around here somewhere." He said as he looked accusingly at Teal'c.
"I know of no confections in the immediate area O'Neill." Teal'c said.
Jack put on a sad face and turned to Daniel, "You lied to me."
At that the man in charge of the whole operation entered the room, General George Hammond. "Welcome back SG-1, have a seat." He was all business and he wanted to get down to it.
"Thanks to Prometheus and the Goa'uld hyperspace technology that the Asgaurd helped us implement, we've been presented with an opportunity we didn't have before." He went on. "As I'm sure you know, there have been many gate addresses that have been off limits to us for various reasons, many of them because the gate on the other side had been destroyed or disabled in some way. Well, this morning we got confirmation from the White House to proceed with missions to these planets using Prometheus."
Sam's attention was fully caught, "Wow, Sir. That's a big step. I mean, up until this point the basis of all operations for the SGC has been, well, the StarGate."
"As well I know, Major, and the President doesn't want to change that. The purpose of these missions will be the same as always, to procure new technology to help defend Earth, and form alliances and friendships with other planets. But also, to determine the cause of the StarGate's inaccessibility, and to remedy it, if it all possible."
Jack spoke up, "So we're going to be intergalactic repairmen, huh? Sound like a demotion to me, will there be a paycut?"
Daniel jumped in before Hammond could reply to Jack's comment. "Wait, what about the people out there that purposely buried or destroyed their gates, they obviously did that to discourage visitors. You wouldn't go trick or treating to a house that had it's lights off, would you?"
"No, you'd egg it." Jack quipped, everybody just stared at him. "Maybe some T.P."
"My point is, some of these cultures might not be too receptive if we land Prometheus in their backyards." Daniel explained.
"I don't see a difference." Hammond said. "You take that chance every time you go somewhere new through the StarGate, too. Look at all the cultures we've met that didn't even know what the StarGate was. With this type of exploration there will always be those questions, the ones that can't be answered until you get there."
He moved on, "Which brings me to your next mission. Prometheus will be taking you to P28-343, it's the closest planet to Earth that's on our list of unattainable Gate addresses. You'll be leaving at 1300 hours, dismissed." With that they all got up and left the briefing room to get ready for the mission.
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As of this writing I'm not concerning myself with cannon or the official SG-1 timeline.
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