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Chapter 10
"So the base was destroyed?" Hammond asked over the video signal being transmitted through the stargate.
"Yes Sir, unless it's impervious to massive explosions" Jack replied, Sam, Daniel, Janet and Teal'c were right behind him sitting quietly whilst Jack made his report.
"The mission went well then?"
"Well apart from the parts where Janet and I got captured, the fire made it to the gate before we did and we destroyed the ecosystem of an entire planet, it went great"
Hammond smiled and then continued "Was Thoth killed?"
"Well we know he was on the base prior to the explosion but we can't be sure he was killed. Our agreement with the Myenans only calls for us to destroy the base, attempt to take out Thoth and for this to be done by SG1 and Janet, we've done that"
"Well done all of you"
"Don't we have people who can do this for us?" Jack asked, he and Sam were carrying some of the boxes of supplies down to one of the storage rooms.
"Well you said you wanted to be a more hands on General" she said as the door to the storage room opened and the two of them walked in.
"This isn't exactly what I meant"
"Well it has to be done"
"And I stand by my earlier question, do we not have people who can do this for us?"
"Most of it has been done for us"
Jack put his box down on the shelf they had walked to and then turned and took the box Sam was carrying and put that down next to his.
"Well then we should have something we can wheel the boxes around in"
"We do but they're either in use or have been left in other places"
"Remind me in the morning to send out a base wide message for all wheelly things designated gate room to be returned to the gate room"
"Will do" Sam said smiling.
It was now that Jack registered how close he and Sam were standing, it had been happening a lot in the last few months. They would unconsciously move close together and before he knew it they were only inches apart. He looked into her blue eyes and could tell that she had only just registered how close they were standing to. He felt himself being drawn towards her, normally one of them would have the sense and the will power to pull away, but it appeared neither of them had that today.
He brushed his lips over hers as an arm went around her waist. The other arm tangled itself in her hair as he pulled her to him deepening the kiss. Her arms went around his neck pulling him in closer than he already was. The kiss became deeper and deeper as Jack pushed her back into the wall behind her. She broke off the kiss but was pinned between him and the wall.
"Jack we can't, it's against regulations"
"I don't care about the regulations anymore Sam all I want is you. Besides what are they going to do, kick us both out of the air force. They can't, we can't command this base, if we get kicked out that would be in violation of the agreement with the Myenans. They've already spent too much time, money and resources on this base and they're not going to throw it all away"
He looked at her face which seemed to be thinking the situation through, he hoped he had gotten through to her but he took a step back to let her move away if she wanted to. That seemed to make her decision for her, as he moved away her arms tightened around his neck and her body moved with his. He leant his head back down to hers and kissed her again.
"You have so far honoured all parts of the agreement and I believe it is time that we continued to hold up our end"
Daniel was sitting in between Teal'c and Janet at the briefing table, Jack was now sitting at the head of the table and Sam was sitting opposite with Bashenne. They had told Bashenne that they had been successful in destroying Thoth's base and he had almost jumped for joy at the news.
"We can introduce you to several new technologies but please remember that for the time being they must not be shared with earth"
"What kind of new technologies?" Sam asked and Daniel saw her eyes light up.
"Many kinds" Bashenne said with a smile apparently having seen the same thing. "We can give you new weapons, new medical technologies and we can introduce you to some new drugs for treating your patients as well"
Janet smiled and nodded as Bashenne gestured to her at the mention of medical technologies.
"You're already familiar with most of our computer technology but we have more to show you and that is just to begin with"
"Where do we start?" Jack asked
"I will work with Colonel Carter and Doctor Jackson on the computers. Marina will work with Dr Frasier on the medical stuff and Tierban will work with you and Teal'c on the weapons"
"Okay Dr Jackson I think you'll be very interested in this" Bashenne said as he gestured to a large machine sitting on the table in the lab.
"What is it?"
"It is a Molecule Distribution Analyser although I'm certain you will want to shorten the name, so MDA"
"What does it do?"
"We used it mostly to analyse very old artefacts that had a lot of ware on them, they analyse the distribution of Molecules to try and determine the original shape of the artefact. It is very accurate and of great help when the artefact had writing on it that has been worn away"
"This is great I could use this for some of the artefacts in my office. We do have something similar but obviously nowhere near as advanced" Daniel said sounding rather excited now.
"This is a laser based weapon, it is quiet and clean"
Jack had found Tierban to be a very agreeable guy, he had showed them a couple of different weapons most of which were similar to weapons they already had. They had been introduced to something similar to a grenade and something else similar to C4 except more compact and easier to use. This however was completely different to anything else. It was silver and shaped like a handgun except smaller and round but the trigger mechanism was the same.
Jack watched as Tierban aimed the weapon at the target and pulled the trigger, a red light shot out of the gun and left a clean cut whole in the target in front of them.
"The intensity of the laser can be adjusted so you can either stun injure or kill the target"
"You know this sounds very similar to the phasers out of Star Trek" he said getting a confused look from Tierban.
"Jack you have referred to Star Trek many times in the last few months"
"That's because all this stuff is very similar to the stuff they have in that. Come on Teal'c you've seen it"
"I agree that some of the technology does bare some semblance to the technology from Star Trek"
"Well there we go then"
Jack took the Phaser from Tierban and aimed at the Target, he pulled the trigger and watched as the laser cut straight through his target.
"Wow, that's cool"
"Indeed" Teal'c agreed.
"Can you change the speed that it fires at, make it fire faster?"
"Yes you can" Tierban said as he took the weapon and opened up a small compartment on the handle "These are the controls here, this adjusts the intensity of the laser. Settings one to three will stun, four to six will injure and above that will kill. This controls the speed, you can experiment with the different settings yourself"
Janet was impressed with the kind of medical technology Marina had shown her. She had seen a dermal infuser which was basically a needle without the needle, it used air moving at such a high speed that it forced the contents through the skin and into the blood with out any pain. The process could also be reversed to allow her to take blood samples from a patient without even breaking the skin. She had seen technology that could analyse blood samples and other test results more accurately. She had been shown a Portable Monitoring Devise, it was a bracelet which attached tightly to a patients wrist and could monitor their heart rate, blood pressure and blood glucose levels as well as other things.
She was being introduced to the new drugs she would be using now. There were several new pain relievers and sedatives and a few more antibiotics. It would take her forever to learn all the new names and uses.
"Some of their new technology is amazing" Sam said cheerfully, they had spent most of the day being introduced to the new technologies the Myenans had offered them. When they had all finished they had all gathered in Jack's quarters and were sitting on the sofa's. Sam was sitting with Jack, the two of them had been very open about their new relationship and had been accepted by everyone. They were all happy for them and had been told more than once that it was about time.
Jack had already spoken to Hammond about it and he had congratulated them and told them he would take of any problems that arose from it on his end.
"I know I couldn't believe how advanced some of it was. You'll all be glad to know that once I train my staff how to use all this stuff there won't be any more needles, unless you have to go on an IV"
"Well that's a definite plus" Jack said cheerfully "You guys should see the new phasers"
"Phasers?" Daniels asked humorously
"Jack believes the new laser based weapons are so similar to the phasers in Star Trek that they should be given the same name"
"Phasers it is then"
"You know what guys I'm exhausted I'm going to go and get some sleep" Janet said as she stood up.
"All right then, night"
"Night" she said as she walked out the door.
"Hey Janet wait up" Daniel said as he jumped of the sofa and ran after her shouting good night to everyone as he left.
"I must also bid you good night" Teal'c said as he too stood up and left the room.
"I swear these people have no stamina" Jack said as turned to look at Sam who was in the middle of yawning. "No babe not you too"
"No I'm fine, but give them some credit it's been a long day"
"You really are tired aren't you?" he asked with a smile.
"A little yeah"
"Come on let's go to bed" he stood up and offered her his hand which she happily accepted.
Daniel kissed Janet the minute the doors closed behind them and he had to smile as he felt her respond and deepen the kiss.
"I thought you were exhausted" he said
"I've had a sudden burst of energy" she replied and he smiled and kissed her again as they made their way to the bedroom.
TBC