I understand This isn't the best litracy in the world, but I'm doin the best I can. I don't own the characters in this my story (the ones originally in stargate atlantis ans sg1 of course...) Oh and I'm not very good at writing long chapters. sorey.

Atlantis Cadets.

Dr. Weir waited for the 'gate to start up, Earth was scheduled to dial in within the hour.

"They not here yet?" John's voice came.

"No. Not yet." She answered the colonel, who was in his formal uniform. "How's Rodney doing?"

"He's still pretty shook up; I mean Carson was his best friend. I've never seen him like this before."

"It's only been a couple of months. Give him some more time."

"When we're off-world, it's like he's…. just not there." Elizabeth put her fingers to her forehead and massaged her head. "Don't get me wrong, he's still Rodney, but… he's different, quieter. He blames himself."

"I know. Heck, I blame myself."

"How's that?"

"Well, I am in charge of this facility and I should have-" Their conversation was cut short as Rodney walked into the gate room with his tablet, scribbling away. "Rodney."

"Hello, Elizabeth, Colonel." Rodney stood beside them but continued to write on his tablet as he waited. A team of his scientists had discovered a new machine in one of the lower levels, and he wasn't about to let another machine be passed onto a couple of inexperienced scientists until he had completely looked over it. If he missed something again… well, he wasn't going to let that happen. Now, if 123.5654332568865x+664739.8889429374889004yx2Xy5874-(65673z+d)534.0008 is the first level, then the second line reference must be…

"Incoming wormhole."

"Here we go." The three heads stood waiting as the confirmation of Earth's IDC and bodies began to walk through the event horizon. "Could you please keep walking and clear the area immediately in front of the 'gate. Thank you."

"This is all of us, Sir."

"This is Dr. Weir, we have everybody. You may shut down the 'gate." As the gate shut off they watched the faces of their new arrivals as they took in the city's beauty.

"EVERYBODY GET FELL IN!!" A voice suddenly called. "COME ON! THREE RANKS, YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT! HUETT, FACE YOUR FRONT!" John blinked as the owner of the voice pulled themself into attention. "Parade! Parade-shun!" The sound of forty boots hitting the ground simultaneously brought the entire room to a standstill, watching these newcomers. The shouter at the front turned and saluted Colonel Sheppard before saying aloud "Ready for you, Sir."

"Um, yeh. Thanks, um… stand 'em at ease?"

"Parade, stand at ease. Stand easy."

"Hello, Welcome to Atlantis. I am Colonel John Sheppard; I'm the military commander here. To my right is Dr Elizabeth Weir, who I am sure you will have all heard about. And to my right is Dr. Rodney McKay, the head of Science. You have been sent here because you all expressed a wish to join up for a job that entailed a great deal of bravery. You all know the stakes by now as you've been briefed. If at any point you wish to leave, let me know. But you'll have to wait until the Daedalus comes in with it's next round. I hope you can feel like you can come to any one of us if something is bugging you. Welcome to our first Atlantis cadets."

TBC

Background information.
For those who want it- just to help you understand some things, though you might be able to work it out.

Okay, so not everyone knows what the ACF is. I did write out a long desciption about it, but my computer wiped it out. so you can find out about it at : www . answers. com / topic / army-cadet-force (without the spaces)

Drill commands (these are taken from wikipedia which is WAY better at explaining stuff than me, although I will explain if there are differences to the cadet ones.) I'll insert the commands used in the chapter and add more when we come across them.

Common drill commands
United Kingdom
The following commands are generally used, with a few variations, by the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force.ALSO by the ACF. Most commands given whilst marching are given when the left foot hits the ground (with the exception of the left turn), i.e the last word of the command is timed to match the left foot's impact, Our general rule is to wait for the command then use a counting technique- One te-three- One, the te-three is twice the speed of the "one"s. and usually sharply spoken with extra emphasis and not dragged out like prior words (e.g. riiiiight TURN).
Our cadet force have a command line before many commands, i.e. "squad will move to the right in file, riiiiiight turn!"

"Fall in" - Individuals form a formation at the "at ease" position. In more informal drill, many NCOs say "Get fell in".

"Attention" - Individuals snap to the position of attention, bringing the left leg up so that the thigh is parallel to the ground and bringing the left foot down in a stamp. The command is usually abbreviated to "Shun", We say something on the lines of Detail (brace up) Detail-Shun.

"Stand at ease" - Individuals spread their feet about twelve inches, by lifting the thigh parallel to the ground, while bringing both of their arms behind their back interlocking their hands. If armed, the left and right arms maintained at the sides of the body. When armed with the SLR, the movement was the same as with the American command.

"Stand easy" - Individuals are permitted light movement, but are not allowed to talk or move their feet. If armed, the left and right arms are brought slowly and uniformly to meet in the centre of the body supporting the butt of the rifle. The barrel rests over the right shoulder. The movement is completed to the timing: "One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand, still." (extra informatin for later, when we're using rifles, our counting is only "one thousand, two thousand, three thousand.")

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