Routine Mission
The mission to PE669 had been routine. Daniel was doing his translating thing on the ruins around the Stargate. Carter was doing her thing with the dirt and rocks. And Jack and Teal'c were doing their guard the geeks thing. It was supposed to last three days, a quick analysis for further study later. What they did not expect was what happened on the second day.
Jack had just finished contacting command telling them that all was well except that it was cooler then expected and there were too many trees and not enough beach. For once he wanted to go to a tropical place with white sandy beaches. He trekked back to their camp and noticed that he was being followed. He contacted the team to get them in alert. He briefed Teal'c and had him find Sam while the Col went to Daniel. They had just gathered when they were hit with a weird blue light. Each felt cold and hot alternately until they were unceremoniously dumped on the ground.
The climate was different, it was considerably warmer and it was dry. The landscape had change dramatically from lush forest to near desert conditions. Gone were the trees and grasslands replaced by red dirt and patches of sand with few scrub bushes and wispy strands of scraggly, long grasses.
"What the hell just happened? Carter, Daniel, Teal'c, report. Everybody okay? And where are we?" the Col was not happy. He saw his team was disheveled but unhurt as they sounded off.
"Sir, we were hit with some sort of transport beam," Sam tried to extrapolate what happened. She was at a loss for where they were.
Daniel was absent-mindedly brushing off his clothes and staring up at the sky. The sun was setting and the moon looked weird. Not like the night before. He asked, "Sam does that look odd to you?" He was pointing up.
She, as did the others, looked up and frowned. Before she could say anything Jack spoke.
"That is not the same moon. And those," he pointed to various places on the sky, "constellations are not in the same positions they were last night." When he looked to his team they were all staring at him. "What? I notice stuff. For crying out loud," he threw his hands in the air exasperated, "What do you think the telescope on my deck is? Decoration?" He looked hurt, but he liked to shock them with his knowledge, though sometimes he thought he played the dumb soldier too well.
"So what are you saying Jack? We are in the same system but on a different planet?" Daniel was almost excited about the prospect.
"I don't know. Could be," Jack frowned and did not like that possibility. "What we need to do now is assess our resources." Everyone complied and after several moments they had a list of equipment.
Six weapons: 2 automatic rifles, 3 pistols, and one staff weapon. Two magazine each for the rifles and three for the pistols.
Electronics: 4 radios, the GDO, mini recorder, two watches, and a digital camera.
They had the clothes on their backs and that was about it. All their other supplies had been at camp which for all they knew were on another planet. They had little else in their pockets due to the fact that they had a secure camp site.
"Alright campers we need to find shelter. Which way?" Jack asked his team. They all were looking around for some kind of clue. Teal'c was the first to call out that he found signs. Jack confirmed and they all headed south into the setting sun.