"Carter… We're supposed to give them technology for a ...plant?"


SG-1 was sent onto a strictly diplomatic mission to a planet that they came to know as Lutrotunyeante. Or at least that was what the villagers called it. It was a beautiful, unique planet indeed. As the team made their way towards the village, it soon became evident that it was hot as the team had to make a stop along the pathway to shed some layers. The planet was discovered by SG-16 on a standard exploration mission but the SGC General deemed it was best continued by SG-1.

"Two suns, sir. The planet has two suns." Sam observed as she began stuffing her BDU jacket into her pack.

"It's hot, Carter." A simple fact despite the fact that they were in a rainforest separated by the trail. Shady yet hot.

"We shouldn't be too far from the village." Daniel pitched in as he glanced at his watch, all too eager to keep going.

Teal'c, as usual remained silent.

Most of the way to the village was a steady downhill trek but within fifteen minutes, they had arrived. The pathway ended and led to a huge opening filled with huts and people going about their business. The team had expected the villagers to be more technologically advanced. "No wonder why they needed me to translate." Daniel scratched his head in curiosity with a hint of confusion. "Ah I should get to it." He spoke as he walked off towards one of the main huts. Yes, huts. The villagers were dressed decently for their lifestyle, yet they were basic.

"Teal'c, with Daniel, Carter and I will do a perimeter check, radio contact every ten minutes." Jack ordered as Teal'c gave him his slow nod before heading off after the translator.

"Carter… We're supposed to give them technology for a ...plant?" The General continued to observe his surroundings and the people before looking over at his second in command. "Uh, yes sir. We're to give them basic technology necessities like propane stoves, educate them on technology and hope they can take off from there. We'd also like to offer them protection if they need it."

"All this for a plant? Carter, what's a plant got to do with this?"

"Sir, SG-16 noticed that none of them were sick… They were treated with this plant for everything, illnesses, even cuts healed quickly. This could be a cure to the common cold or even assist in superficial cuts, we wouldn't need stitches or cough medicine anymore. With our technology and science staff, we may find other uses for it too. It's a huge discovery sir."

"Ah. Well that plant should have a better name than the planet's. Can't I just call it Tuna?"

A laugh came from Carter as she shook her head. "Sorry sir."

"Alright then, just Lutro then. That name is just too much." Jack then gestured to Carter to split up and check out the village.

Kids were playing with a ball, some drawing in the sand, singing and chasing each other. The Colonel watched with a smile on her face, it was a happy and upbeat atmosphere around the village. It was radiating. A ball rolled to her feet and the children playing some sort of game shouting and gesturing for her to pass the ball back. With a chuckle, Carter kicked the ball back as she continued through.

As for Jack, he was on the more adult side of the village, it seemed that they had an area for children and an area for the adults and another area for the families or the parents doing their daily chores near their homes. Mostly women as their husbands would be off hunting but there would be the odd few that were the opposite. It seemed that they had separated the hut areas as well based on their marriage status. They were definitely organized and highly intelligent. As Jack continued on, he found more women were ogling him, some talking to each other and giggling while watching him. It was clear that they were talking about Jack. It was time to get out of the area. As he heard yelling from some kids, Jack briskly walked closer just in time to see Carter playfully kick the ball back. The sight in turn made him smile to himself as he continued his perimeter checks. It seemed that the villagers didn't mind having them there and were more than happy to.

"Daniel Jackson has made some progress O'Neill." Came the voice through the radio.

"Alright T, Carter and I will be right there."

They headed towards the biggest hut in the town where Teal'c and Daniel were waiting for them just outside of the entrance.

"Jack! Sam! I've got an agreement. I have to stay to continue translations and get to know them some more. They have agreed to take you to where the plant grows so you can get a sample. This is Muro, he's their doctor and knows most about the plant. Oh the plant is called Triyanus. It means Three Islands in their language. Anyway, I've got to continue with Mallea, their village leader but this is Ruenia and she will take you to their ferry to take you to Azurn which is one of the three islands, Mao and Ilara are the other tw-"

"Daniel, I think we've got it, go to an island to get the plant and come back? Yes?" Jack interrupted.

"Yes. Utania is their village name by the way." Daniel pushed off the slight frustration he was feeling thanks to Jack. Mallea soon came running out and began pulling Daniel back inside the hut by the hand with a flirtatious smile. "Gotta go guys." Muro followed behind Daniel back into the hut.

Now Ruenia began to tug on Sam's arm as she began to walk towards the other end of the village, in the opposite direction from where the Stargate was. "I'll be with you Carter, go ahead. Teal'C, stay with Daniel, radio us if there's any trouble." As Teal'c gave a nod, General O'Neill jogged after Carter to keep up.

"I think the big M lady has got a thing for Daniel." Jack chuckled as he followed with a steady pace.

"Mallea? Yes sir." Came Carter's reply as she smirked at the thought. This trail wasn't as spacious as the one they had traveled in on, as the tall green grass nearly overcrowded the path. The trek to the planet's ocean was short but there was a cool breeze as their trail came out onto a sandy beach. It was significantly cooler than it was back in the village. There was a boat, like a canoe.

"A ferry huh? Think Daniel was a bit off on his translation on that one."

Ruenia ran over to the man sitting along the shore and waved her hands around as if gesturing with him in their language before nodding with a smile towards Jack and Sam as they caught up and pointed to the boat then patted the man's shoulder. "Carro." Was all she said.

"Carro, Jack, Carter." Jack gestured and gave a nod once Carro stood and allowed the two to get in the canoe. Carro launched them off-shore and quickly hopped into the canoe quite gracefully as Ruenia ran off back towards the village.

Carter sat at the front, facing the back as Jack faced Carter in the center with the villager at the back, facing the front. After a few minutes of just the villager paddling, Jack found the other paddle and began to help out. It took them a solid hour of alternating paddling before they finally reached Azurn, the second of the three islands.

As soon as they had safely docked the canoe, Carro led them towards where their plant grew in a massive area, it was almost sacrilegious. The villager gestured to them to go relieve his bladder as Sam crouched down and took off her pack to grab her items. Jack nodded and gave him a smile. "So Carter, what've you got?" Carro ran off to do nature's calling near the beach.

"It's amazing, the fact that they use this medicine so often through the year for what they need… And with how abundant this is growing… I bet they use one island at a time per year in a rotation, it's genius!"

"Settle down Carter, I don't like being this far from the rest of the team, let's try to be quick."

"Yes sir." With that, Carter sped up her efforts to get as many samples as she could.

"Daniel, Teal'c. We're at the island, just picking up our samples then we're heading back." Silence.

"Daniel, Teal'c come in."

"Sir, we could be out of radio range."

"I don't like it, Carro should have been back by now. Something's up. Let's pack it up Carter." The General was feeling uneasy about this situation, something was off.

Within several moments, the Colonel was ready to go so they followed the trail back towards the sandy beach that they had arrived upon, only to see the boat gone. Jack's eyes scanned the horizon to see a man paddling away on a canoe. "Hey! You forgot us! HEY!" Jack shouted as he booked it towards the shore. Carter joined in as she fired her weapon into the air as if to get his attention. It startled Jack for a moment.

It didn't work.

"What the hell's wrong with him? I swear they did this on purpose. I knew something was off from the beg-"

"Sir, we don't know that for sure. For all we know something could have happened to him. We need to find out what's going on. There's nothing we can do right now… Except… I've got an idea. Give me your radio sir." Carter interrupted quickly.

"Carter." Jack huffed. She was right. She usually was. The 2IC began to explain. "I might be able to boost our radio signal enough so we can reach Daniel and Teal'c and explain what happened and we'll figure this out sir."

Oh Jack was irritated as hell but he remained calm as he dropped his pack and handed her his radio. "I'm going to do a perimeter check." With that, he walked off as his eyes watched the figure disappear into the horizon as Carter worked on getting the two radios to work together somehow.

As it got darker into the evening, Jack had gathered some firewood on his perimeter check while Sam continued working on the radios. It wasn't long before they had a decent fire going. It was beginning to get difficult to see with just the light from the fire and she wanted to save the batteries on their flashlights. "There's not enough power to boost the radios because I don't have the right tools to make them work together like I want them to." Before she rambled on in her technobabble, she paused and reminded herself that Jack was a simple man that wanted simple answers. Sighing as her eyes were attracted to the crackling fire before her. "It's not looking good sir."