A/N: Story will contain action on both Earth and... elsewhere. Also mild humor at points, hints at S/J. Hope you like it!
Stargate:SG-1 – Britannia
Colonel Jack O'Neill stomped through the tunnels of Stargate Command wearing his annoyance as a badge of pride. He thought that it might be worth wearing his annoyed face anyway while walking through the innumerable and identical grey walled passages at the SGC, as he found that people tended to get out of his way more efficiently. This brought a smile to his face as he turned the corner towards the briefing room – which seemed to disturb the Airman guarding the door even more than the annoyed face would have.
He walked through the door of the briefing room to find the rest of SG-1 already sitting around the polished table, waiting to begin. Unusually, there were no thick files in front of either Major Carter or Daniel Jackson, and neither of them were talking about things Jack didn't understand - which usually spelt trouble . Teal'c had no files and was not speaking either, but that was normal.
"SG-1! At ease, people," said General Hammond as he entered the room, " We have a situation that requires immediate attention."
"Of course there is. It's Friday." quipped the Colonel. Carter rolled her eyes at him.
"Thank you Colonel. It would appear that a Goa'uld scout ship appeared over the North Eastern Atlantic last night. We're not sure why, or how, or indeed who, but we do know that the ship homed in on the nearest strong energy signature it could find, specifically one that was being transmitted from a military facility in England" the General explained.
"A military facility? Why? Wouldn't the strongest signature come from a power station, or... magnets... or something?" This earned another roll of the eyes from Carter.
"Just what we thought, Colonel. It would appear that while we haven't told the British everything about the Stargate program, they haven't told us everything too. They were testing some kind of technology at their equivalent of Area 51, Porton Down. It would appear it was some sort of alien technology, but what they haven't told us is what they were testing exactly, and how far they have been able to get with understanding the technology."
"But why hadn't the British combined their research with ours once they knew about the SGC?" asked Daniel.
"Well, the existence of the SGC isn't exactly public knowledge, so I'm guessing they can't even tell another branch of their own military, right, General?" replied the Colonel.
"We presume so. Anyway, the scout ship that appeared yesterday flew in to the facility and deployed a ground unit. They broke into the underground lab and recovered whatever it was under test, killing several scientists and military personnel in the process. They also took two scientists with them. They then left and jumped to hyperspace."
"So what do the Brits make of this sir?"
"Well, there's a cover story in place over there, and it hasn't leaked, but they know very little about what happened, or where the ship went, or even who it was. They have now been informed of the existence of the Stargate program. SG-1, your mission is to first find out what the British know, what they were testing, and what happened last night. More importantly, find where the Goa'uld went, and recover the missing personnel. Your plane leaves from Peterson as soon as you can get there. Dismissed."