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This story was originally written in French by Clio Reap, and is called Dans mon Dédale j'ai mis... I'm only the humble translator.

I hope you'll enjoy reading this story as much as I'm enjoying translating it!

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Chapter 1

To all Atlantis personnel

Given recent excesses in the last shipment of the Daedalus and for obvious security reasons, the SGC and Colonel Caldwell have decided to limit to 30 tons the amount of supplies brought to the city and its inhabitants. The total amount of products and equipment must not exceed this limit.

This amount has been divided up between all different departments in the city by Lieutenant Colonel Sheppard and myself after we evaluated the needs of each of these departments (please refer to the attached spreadsheet for the repartition). Any complaint will not be taken into account.

In addition to that, every member of the city is entitled to order 17 kilograms of supplies to the SGC and/or their family. The value of these products can't exceed by more than $70 the danger money and expatriate allowance given by the SGC.

We will ask you to be as specific as possible in your requests to facilitate the SGC's work. The non-English-speaking personnel of the city, in particular, will be asked to translate their orders, and to specify, whenever possible, in which country or even in which city or store the requested products can be found. The SGC will do its best to accommodate your requests.

We're also pleased to announce that your suggestion to use Asgard beaming technology to get supplies from Europe and Asia has been accepted. Its use is however limited to countries and regions where members of the expedition come from.

We're then asking you to follow this rule. Its primary goal is to improve the city's supplying.

You can go to Lieutenant Truman to get order forms. Fill them and bring them back to him before April 15th. The Daedalus leaves on the 18th.

Dr Elizabeth Weir

:o:

To all Atlantis personnel

This message follows the information given by Dr Weir this morning. I'd like to add some things.

Given permanent excesses since the first shipment of the Daedalus to Atlantis, new rules have been set up to control your professional and personnal supply orders to the SGC.

Thus:

- All orders will be checked by me, Lt Colonel Sheppard and Dr Weir, before being transmitted. This is not meant to be a privacy violation; it's just a way for us to evaluate the relevancy of your orders, especially when they exceed the authorized limits. For any refusal on our part, the requestor will be notified and have 48 hours to resubmit his order. The justification of the order will be kept confidential (it will only be known by the requestor, Dr Weir, Lt Colonel Sheppard and me).

- All requests for atomic radioactive products will be denied, even if they come from the expedition's CSO.

- Jet skis do not fall either in the "professional request" nor "personal request" category.

- All requests for explosives, beside military equipment, will be denied, even if they come from the CSO.

- All requests for food whose expiry date exceeds the Daedalus travel time to get to Atlantis will be denied, for the crew's sake.

- The same rule applies to all requests for European cheese as well as Mrs Zelenka's Koblasy.

- Pets are still forbidden. By the way, I'd like an explanation about the 300 kilograms of cat dry food that the Daedalus brought on the last shipment. As far as I know, we never brought any feline to the city.

- Don't ask for any member of the expedition to be brought back to Earch, unless if it's you.

- And maybe Dr Kavanagh.

- Hermiod seems to be allergic to lavender. I'm then asking all the ladies to avoid requesting perfume or any products that contains this substance. Lives and moral of the Daedalus' crew is at sake. This goes for the men too.

- In addition to the weight limit, the volume of your shipments is also limited. So, no more giant kites, creeping plants or volley-balls ordered by the hundreds (what for, by the way???). And still no thermic reactor. May I add that the requestor of the life-size Saint-Bernard stuffed toy is to make himself of herself known within 24 hours, otherwise said stuffed toy will be thrown away.

- Alcohol requests are limited in terms of number of bottles, but also in terms of cumulated degrees. No need from now on to go through the city's Chief medical officer to ask for high quality whiskey: just specify it on your order.

- Try, as much as possible, to keep each other informed of your respective orders before submitting them. I still have 5 Playstations in the ship that have not been picked up yet.

If you strictly follow these rules, the checking of your orders will go smoothly and you'll get what you requested. However, keep in mind that my patience has its limits... try not to test them.

Colonel Caldwell

P.S. May I remind you that any bribing attempt towards the Daedalus crew will be severely punished.

:o:

To all Atlantis personnel

To answer your questions following Dr Weir's and Colonel Caldwell's message, no, we won't ask any question if you requests fit in the authorized criteria.

You must, however, write your name, but... well, we won't read it.

The winner of the "Ocean Ball-Throwing" tournament is Doctor Van Lüdel: the ball has just been found on the shore by the Athosians.

It's now the biology department's turn to feed Dr Félix Katze.

All bribing attempt on the Daedalus' crew will be severely punished. The discovery of bribing already in effect will also be punished. If you do not respect this, I won't cover your back this time.

Thank you all for your attention.

Lt-Col. Sheppard

Carson: Colonel Caldwell, I insist on assuring you that I didn't know about my name being used to order the 30 bottles.

Col Caldwell: Don't worry Doctor, I was well aware of that. Since you're here, I have a question... Do you have anything that could help reducing a face-swelling, and... be used on Asgards?

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17 kg 37.5 pounds

"Katze" means "cat" in German, and "Félix" is the generic name given to cats in French, like "Morris" in English.

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