(9) TOS: House Keeping
Chapter 1: President Hayes
0930hrs: Moon Base Littlefield... "I was wondering when you'd show mate? Today is going to be an important 'piss up'." Corp. Maximilian aka Mad Max said to his friend. Corp. Jeremy 'Dart' Williams sat in an empty chair near the communication and radar console noticing the upgrades. "...are you ever going to speak English Max? You make the CLB sound like their meeting in a restroom." He replied leaning back looking out into the blackness of space. The other techs in the room just ignored the two as they could banter all day and not care. Max rolled his eyes at Darts comment. "You bloody yanks will never understand us aussies. I said that the meeting is going to be fun get together for politicians." He replied hearing a comment 'that's not what we heard Mad Max' a British technician retorted. "Oh jog on mate!" Max shot back with a smile. Messing with the Americans and British is too much fun he thought. "This will be the first meeting of CLB members meet here." Dart said with excitement. "The general personally inspected the base making sure it is spotless." Max informed his friend and cohort. "I know, General Polsky had me clean my Mongoose three times. I swear he did that on purpose to keep me from seeing Anya." Dart complained twirling about in the rolly chair. "He did catch the two of you coming out of a supply closet the other day so..!" the aussie replied with a laugh. "We weren't doing anything. Anya can't reach the top shelf only being 5'nothing!" Dart shot back with a huff crossing his arms. "I believe you mate, just giving you a hard time. Her father isn't a drongo (fool), just keep that in mind." Max reminded his friend once more. People who become generals do so for a reason he thought. Dart nodded in agreement then looking over the console again lost in thought.
"Would you say your marriage with Sally is great?" Dart asked Max making him raise an eyebrow out of curiosity. "Sally is the best sheila a man could have as a wife so yeah...we're great together. Why do you ask Jeremy?" He asked using is Christian name. Dart scratched the back of his head thinking for before he spoke. "That makes you a reliable source of info on women. I want to pick your brain if you don't mind?" the pilot asked being serious for once. "Sheila's are a fickle creature's mate. I'll do my best to help you understand Anya. Just remember she's Russian and they are a whole different type of sheila." Max replied giving clearance for a pair of Mongooses to inspect an anomaly. "Anya is a big fan of 'Game of Thrones', she can't get enough of it. I found her writing a FanFiciton about it." Dart said getting a nod from Max. "What did you say to her to make her mad?" he asked while monitoring the progress of the space fighters. "Oh, I didn't make her mad. I just made a comment about Daenerys and Jon Snows wedding scene she was trying to write." Dart answered honestly. "Out with it Bruce (male bloke), we don't have all day with company arriving." Max said with a smirk. "...all I said was '...are you sure you're not describing Col. O'Neill and Lt. Col. Carters wedding?" his friend smiled then laughed. "The first rule of courting a sheila in this program is to never bring up those two." Dart just gave the aussie a blank look waiting for an explanation. "The reason being is that they are royalty in the eyes of the women. I've overheard sheila's referring to them as House Carter & House O'Neill." Max explained seeing the light in his friends eyes turn on. "That's what Anya told me. She then kissed me as thank you for curing her writers block. I didn't ask why as she started rewriting the wedding scene." Dart said noting the time on his watch, 1134hrs. "Wise choice mate, you'd better be going. The CLB along with the brass will be arriving soon and they'll want to see your spotless bird." Max suggested so his friend wouldn't get in trouble with the general. Dart got up brushing off imaginary dust of his flight suite taking one last look into space. The very place he'll be patrolling in a short while. "Thanks for the help Max; I'll remember to keep mouth shut next time." He said before leaving the room. Max smiled once more then asked his British counterpart a question. "I'll bet you she has their wedding already in the planning stages." Brian shook his head. "Anya is a women, she had her wedding planned out at before she turned 10." He said while monitoring transmissions to and from earth. "So no bet then..." Max countered earning him a two finger 'V' gesture. The aussie smiled going back to monitoring the fighters getting an all clear from them. Darts visit helped lessen the tension in the room and Max was grateful for it. The CLM meeting would be a prime target for the enemies of earth if word leaked out.
-"Whoever said the PEN is mightier than the SWORD obviously never encountered automatic Weapons"- Gen. Doughlas MacArthur-
1500hrs: Cheyenne Mountain... "It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. President." Walter said shaking the hand of his commander in chief. "The pleasure is all mine Walter, I've heard a lot good things about you." President Hayes replied while taking in his surroundings. The secret service agents were obviously on guard only getting an abbreviated debrief of the base. They had tried to object to the route but ultimately over ruled by President Hayes. Walter not knowing how to reply simply thanked the president. "If you ever want a bigger challenge I could use a good man to put the press in check." Hayes offered the gate technician. "I appreciate the offer Sir but I'd probably end up using Col. O'Neill's solution." Walter answered a smirk. "Would that solution be duct tape or tossing them out on their proverbial asses?" he asked with a smile. "Duct tape Sir, I'd be a bit nicer than Col. O'Neill." Walter said with a laugh making Hayes smile. "I'll let you get back to work; I just want to thank all you for your hard work. Have a good day folks." The president said then disappeared up the spiral stair case with his body guards.
Col. O'Neill and Lt. Carter were just taking their seats along with the rest of SG1. They were all in their dress blues due to the president's visit. President Hayes entered the room causing everyone inside stand back up. He just waved them off motioning for them to sit back down. "...as you were people, don't mind me. I'm just looking around your amazing place." He said looking at the gate through the window. "Mr. President, would you like to sit in on our meeting? It won't take long...right Col. O'Neill." General Hammond said giving his 2IC a veiled warning to behave. "No sir, it won't take long at all." Jack answered ignoring the smirk from Sam and Daniel. "I think I'll take you up on that George. Briefings alone don't give me a true understanding of what takes place here on the front lines. I'll just sit here and drink some coffee while you do your job." Hayes replied taking the seat at the other end of the table.
Gen. Hammond looked around the table at his premiere team beaming with pride while not showing it. They were the best of the best, Samantha included obviously. He was glad that President Hayes could see them as opposed to just reading about their exploits. "Col. O'Neill, you'll be in charge of the base while I assist and advise the president. Let me know if anything of great importance happens otherwise I trust your judgment son." He told Jack knowing the base was in more than capable hands. He'd make a great general one day. "I'll make sure the base runs smooth and report immediately if needed sir." Jack replied back holding back a semi sarcastic remark. "Lt. Col. Carter, I'm assigning you to observe engineering and science stations on the USS Milky Way (A/N1, full description at end of story.) The dedicated space carrier just completed its two month shakedown cruise and is ready for deployment. The Milky Way will be accompanying the now completed fleet of Prometheus Class ships, 10 in total (A/N2, Full list at end of story), with their initial shakedown cruise. Major Hills, you'll assist Lt. Col. Carter." George said getting yes sirs from both women. He then looked at Dr. Jackson and Teal'C. "The two of you will be assigned to USS Tel Aviv. Dr. Jackson I want you to evaluate the universal translator systems. Each ships communication officer will be speaking a different language to test the translators. If they aren't working you'll know right away." George told Daniel getting a nod. Daniel didn't respond verbally because time was a premium at the moment and there wasn't time for his ramblings as Jack put it. "Teal'C, I want you to evaluate the fleet maneuvers as well as the crews performance. You've been in more space battles than us so your input is valuable." He added getting a slight bow from the jaffa. "I'm honored to assist General Hammond. I shall endeavor to share my knowledge with my friends and allies." Teal'C replied with sincerity.
The president watched with interest as the briefing continued. He was highly impressed with their professionalism yet disappointed a little. He really wanted to see them under normal circumstances but alas protocol wins out again. "Sergeants Nantz and Rogers, you'll accompany me as aides. The CLB meeting won't be a short one and your expertise may be needed." Both soldiers confirmed their orders. George scanned then continued. "Everybody will depart once were done here. With that said does anyone have questions?" he asked getting one from Staff Sergeant Nantz. "Sir, how did we complete ten ships in the space of a few months?" he asked then scratched the back of his neck. "The Asgard, Civilian Leadership Board and Military Leadership Board decided to finish Prometheus ships first. The next round of ship building will focus on refitting mothballed Asgard ships to our standards." The general explained to Lurch. "If there are no further questions we can leave whenever you're ready Mr. President." He informed the commander in chief. Hayes stood up with a friendly smile looking at each person. "Jonathon and Samantha, I just want to thank you again for the briefing on the way here, especially you Jonathon. You made her techno-babble more understandable." Jack couldn't resist so he went for broke. "No problem sir, I've learnt how to speak geek over the past several years." This caused the president to laugh heartily. Once he and everyone else stopped laughing he continued. "Samantha, if you have any more ideas on how to improve Air Force 1 feel free to pass them through George. Next time everyone has down time I'll have everyone over for dinner at the White House." They all thanked the president for the invite promising to come for dinner. "Let's get going George; the British hate it when we Americans run late." Hayes said formally ending the briefing and heading to the go through the Star Gate for the first time. To say he wasn't excited about traveling through a wormhole in space was an understatement.
A/N1: NCC (Naval construction contract) 1702 Milky Way, Enterprise Class, (SCVN) Space Carrier Vehicle Neutron (Asgard power plant).
Ship Description: The USS Milky Way resembles a BC304 Dedaelus class ship. The center part of the Dedaelus is retained and lengthened: 4160ft/1267m, Width: 1672ft/510m (Flight pod to flight pod). The height is 650 at rear wing (similar to the Phoenix only with spoiler/ weapon pod )
The flight pods are tucked in close to the body with an upper level flight pod on each side slightly inset. The bottom flight pod is for launching fighters and other craft while the top is for retrieval and rearmament. They then are transferred via platform (4 birds per platform x 4 each in pod.) Bridge is inset at towards the middle before the overhang. Smaller control areas are located in the flight pods reporting back to main bridge. The secondary bridge is located 3 decks under the main bridge.
Weapon systems and Crew compliment:
Crew: 747 total
Weapons: 20 Asgard Beams (8 dorsal, 8 ventral, 2 bow & 2 starboard)
48 heavy rail guns spread out around ship for primary point defense.
70 secondary medium rail guns filling in gaps.
60 ship to ship & anti fighter missiles.
90 F/A F302 Mongoose & 20 yet to be determined birds.
A/N 2: Prometheus Class Ships completed.
(China) NCC 0220 Guan Yu
(Japan) NCC 1523 Isuzu
(Germany) NCC 1937 Hipper
(French) NCC 1862 Cosmo
(Australia) NCC 1927 Australia
(Israel) NCC 1909 Tel Aviv
(Italy) NCC 1254 Marco Polo
(Ireland) NCC 4004 Methuselah
(Belgian) NCC 1865 Edith Cavell
(Swiss) NCC 1782 Bernoulli
A/N 3: Each name was chosen to represent a historical person, event or place for each country. I did this because people from all over the world read Fan-Fiction. This is my way of saying thank you for reading my stories. Countries that aren't represented yet will be in some way later on. Thanks again for reading. Stay tuned for more House Keeping. LoneWolfO'Neill