Stargate beyond the Quantum Mirror

by Tus3

A fanfic based on the adventures of a Quantum Mirror Team. In their search for new technology and intelligence in alternate realities they encounter many interesting worlds and persons. Also contains a few chapters about how the gained information is used by the SGC in the prime universe. Chronologically this story begins a few months after the episode Point of View.

1. Introduction

AN: This fanfiction diverges from cannon in the episode Point of View. Where originally, they decided to destroy the Quantum Mirror to prevent any attacks from alternate realities, here they instead decide to use to improve their position in their own universe.

This fanfiction had originally been placed on alternatehistory dot com, before placing it here I made some changes and additions as a final draft.

Every three 'regular' chapters I placed a chapter about the SGC applying the gained information and technology in their own reality.

Introduction

George Hammond's Office, Cheyenne Mountain

"I thought we were to be the newest Stargate Team?" Captain Godfrey Mutton said. That was for what they been training for for months now.

"Initially, yes." General Hammond explained. "However, the Pentagon has just decided to limit exploration through the Stargate in light of recent incidents. Any new worlds will first be scouted with UAVs and then pass a strict risk assessment before we send anybody there, we just don't have any place to send you to."

"That is understandable." Mutton replied. He had lost count of all the times diseases, trojan horses, or hostile aliens had been brought back through the Stargate.

"But what are we then supposed to do?" Asked corporal Michelle Small, the team's linguist. "We were told something about a 'reassignment'."

"Quantum Mirror travel." Hammond replied. "We still need a way to get the technology and intelligence necessary for the fight against the Goa'uld. Thus, we have received authorization to contact the SGC's of alternate realities in the hope of establishing research collaboration and information exchanges."

"Excellent idea, general!" Sergeant Daniel Attwood was wringing his hands with glee. "Imagine ten Samantha Carters cooperating to build a weapon against the Goa'uld."

Archie Novak, the team's physicist, a civilian, coughed. "Entropic Cascade Failure. That makes joint-projects with alternate realities rather difficult."

"But even only an exchange of such things as blueprints and gate addresses would come in handy." The general replied.

"One question." Doctor Novak now asked. "How are we supposed to find our way back, should the Quantum Mirror lose connection?"

"We had already thought of that. On the wall before the mirror in our own dimension we will paint some sort of code on the wall. It would consist out of four randomly chosen characters encase another reality stumbled upon the idea."

"But what if our own reality splits between two trips through the Quantum Mirror?" Corporal Small asked. She knew nothing about that weirdo-quantum stuff, but was that not how multiple realities needed to have come to be?

"We'll simply add a new character to the code every time you leave on a mission." Hammond replied. "Carter believes that should suffice. I hope she's right as I don't want to end up with two QM-1 teams, or something."