Code Name: "A Matter of Opinion"

Mission Type: ZULU 6 Recon

Mission Report

Portion filed by - Major Samamtha Carter, SG-A Stargate Sciences

We've been recieving some disturbing reports recently about anti-Tok'ra activity in some of the outlying areas of Darenten, the multispecies town that was built as a means of housing refugees and such like that have come through the Stargate. Given that there aren't any Tok'ra there at the moment this was reasonably safe, though what will happen when they find out will probably be amazing.

None of us noticed this to start with but Harry seemed to be getting really depressed about these reports, certainly more than he should have been. It took us a while to work it out but when I was looking through his room for a file that he'd asked me to pick up I found a letter from his parents dated a couple of days before I read it. It gave details of a new law that had been passed allowing the families of those who had been inhabited by Goa'uld to disown them. Harry's family had done just that.

He'd told them about being inhabited soon after it actually happened. Apparently he wasn't expecting sympathy but got downright hostility. They'd yelled him out of the house and the next thing he'd heard from them was the letter saying that they didn't want anything to do with him.

Harry didn't want us to do anything about it. Jack and I however decided that we should and dragged Harry off to see his parents. Before we could actually leave another letter arrived from his parents, this time stating that they'd taken out a restraint order against him. If he came within twenty metres of them then technically he could be arrested.

We drove round to their house in Darenten, with Harry protesting most of the way. Apparently they moved there to help with the refugees, his mother is a doctor and his father is a skilled manual worker. They apparently didn't mind dealing with aliens or even the Tok'ra themselves but objected to their son being one.

Portion Filed by - Col. Jack O'Neill, SG-A Military

Harry's family didn't seem too pleased to see us initially, given our connection to their ex-son. When we tried to find out why they'd done it they just refused to have anything to do with us. Mr Miles even tried threatening us physically until Sam let Jolinar take over. I'll say this for her: seeing her in action really makes me wonder what I'm doing wrong if I'm not that strong.

When we came out we told Harry what they'd said. He just seemed to be totally crushed. With a turn of speed that surprised both of us, he managed to get out of the car and made a run for it down the road. Sam got out and tried to catch up with him. I on the other hand decided to use the car. I admit I probably broke the 30 mph speed limit going down that road but even doing that I was finding it hard to keep up with Harry.

He dived down an alley and was gone before I could get out to follow him. The SG-A liason officer seemed to be convinced that he could catch Harry but Sam and Jolinar weren't that sure: he's lived most of his life on the Earth and has all the knowledge of the Goa'uld so can pass for both, though not at the same time.

Portion filed by Dr. Daniel Jackson, SG-A Cultural Sciences

Jack called the rest of us over to Darenten shortly after Harry went missing. Teal'c was eager when he found out that Ally, the young girl who had helped him when he was infected by the insect venom from BP6-3Q1, and her family had moved to Darenten to get work. He managed to find her and enlisted the help of her group of friends in searching.

Jack was glad for the help as the local team didn't seem to be having any luck. For such a recent development that place really is huge. Ally and her friends though seemed to know most of it off by heart, having nothing to do except when there was an emergency except play tag round the back alleys. Apparently they've seen Harry recently heading toward the Tok'ra district.

We began to concentrate our seach around there when a large mob turned up out of nowhere and attacked us. When we came round it was to find ourselves tied to a wall in a dark alley somewhere behind the Tok'ra district. Alley and her friends were there along with Harry's family. We'd all woken up when what looked like a Goa'uld turned up.

This suspicion was confirmed when he adressed us, identifying himself as Pal'Seth, the son of Seth. Apparently he was a bit annoyed about us killing his father and wanted to take over the Earth as his new world from which to launch attacks on the System Lords.

Jack annoyed him a bit by refusing to help. Pal'Seth began to threaten Alley and her friends then apparently gave up. If we didn't assist him then we would be executed as an example to the rest of the world.

Portion filed by Jolinar of Malkshur, Tok'ra, Symbiote of Major Carter, SG-A Stargate Sciences

We had been held for several minutes after Pal'Seth left before Lermac turned up. Apparently his skill at evading us was matched by his skill for evading the forces of Pal'Seth and he'd been trying to find us since we were ambushed. He was behaving very strangely to start with, walking toward us then stopping several metres away and walking sideways, keeping us at the centre of an invisible circle.

Daniel Jackson was the first to work out what was going on when Lermac began to gesture at his parents and sister. They still had a restraint order out against him and so if he came within twenty metres of them he would be arrested.

They eventually managed to convince him that they would have it removed as soon as they could. Jack seemed to think that Lermac was simply being difficult so that they would revoke it however Samantha and I believe that he genuinly wasn't trying to cause trouble.

Once we were freed it was a simple matter to destroy the source of the disruption, a lashed together Phyonic transmitter, of a design that was abandoned centuries ago. With that removed a large part of Pal'Seth's forces would be back on our side again. Whilst Harry did some permenant damage to it by removing a couple of vital components from the transmitter, we headed off to find Pal'Seth himself, with Ally acting as our guide.

We found Pal'Seth and were distressed to find that Ally's older brother had been implanted with a larva and was now the First Prime of Pal'Seth. We managed to collect a few Zat'n'ktels from the Tok'ra stores and went for a direct assault. The only blessing was that Pal'Seth hadn't removed our Battle Armour: without that we'd have been done for.

Portion filed by Treldan Narteim, Tollan Military assigned to SG-1

Though the idea of Darenten is noble the place itself has a number of weaknesses. Chief among these is the strange layout which seems to have been designed to cripple any hope of assault, recon or simply finding your way round, from any direction. It took us a while to find Pal'Seth and disable his guards.

With Pal'Seth in custody and his Jaffa brought back to freedom, even if it is a freedom with a larva inside their pouch, we were able to report the whole thing to General Hammond and call for assistence in rebuilding the city. Everyone was suprised when we told him what had happened, apparently they'd been recieving regular reports stating that we were still seaching for Lermac.

Alriek and myself stopped off in the Tollan district to make sure everyone there was OK. Once we'd made sure we all headed back to the communal hall with Lermac's family and Ally's. I won't say that were all friends but Lermac and his family are certainly getting on better than they were.

Pal'Seth has been passed onto the Tok'ra. They're going to decide what to do with him though Jack was talking about simply strapping a Symbiotic Link Inhibitor to him and leaving it on.

Mission Notes
Casualties or physical injuries to SG-A personnel:No permenant damage
Casualties or physical injuries to off-world inhabitants:Numerous members of the Human population of Danerten (stunned by Zat's, converted to Jaffa or affected by Phyonic Transmitter)
Pal'Seth (Handed over to Tok'ra)

Other notes (submitted by Major Samantha Carter):
- Harry's family have got rid of the restraint order and seem to be trying to get back on speaking terms with him. It should be noted that there will be lots of trouble like this in the near future.
- I've checked with Mark (my brother) and warned dad that he may soon try disowning us. As yet we have no idea as to how far this disowning business will go; whether it will be restricted to those who have been inhabited or to anyone who's been through the Stargate. The True-blood religious groups will probably try to push for the later.
Other notes (submitted by Col. O'Neill):
- We had no idea that Seth had a son. It is possible that there may be others, even some surviving from before Ra left ten thousand years ago. We should begin an immediate investigation into where they might be.