Chapter 6:
"Unauthorised incoming wormhole."
General Hammond sighed and got up from his comfy leather seat in his office as he heard the all too familiar warning over the intercom. This meant one of his team's were coming back before scheduled either under fire, injured, or they ran out of things to do, he always hoped it was the 3rd option. Hammond hated seeing his people get hurt, they were all like his children. He arrived at the observation deck.
"It's SG-1 Sir, looks like they're under fire."
A sergeant informed him.
"Open the Iris."
The 'Iris' was earth's line of defence against unwanted travellers or objects such as bombs. Each SG team was given an Iris code and something called a GDO, which stood for Garage Door Opener, which made a lot of sense. The Titanium enforced Shield was much like a door, it let in SG teams and kept other things at bay. The technicians at Stargate Command knew when to open the gate because each SG team had a code which identified them, which they had to send through the gate before they entered it other wise they would spend their lives as compressed molecules never to be reconstituted again. In layman's terms they would be dead.
The sergeant opened the Iris. General Hammond jogged down to the Gate room and awaited the incoming travellers, his flagship team SG-1. The Jaffa, Teal'c was first through the gate, followed by Doctor Daniel Jackson who came through with a crash and a bang, next came Hammond's two best officers, Major Samantha Carter and Colonel Jack O'Neill, who were holding each other and had obviously jumped through the Gate as they both landed in an expected roll down the ramp.
"Is everyone alright?"
Hammond asked the only standing member of the team, Teal'c.
"I am fine."
He said in his usual flat, stoic voice, helping Doctor Jackson up.
"Yup I'm good too."
He said wobbling a bit.
"Colonel, Major?"
Jack looked to his second in Command for confirmation that she was ok.
"We're good Sir."
Carter who was flat on her back said. Jack rolled over to face the General.
"Yep."
"Good, I want to be debriefed in an hour."
Jack carefully got up stretching every muscle making sure nothing was pulled.
"Ok."
And with that the General left. Short and sweet, he didn't even ask what had happened; maybe he has something on his mind. Jack decided he'd find out what it was later as he gave Carter a hand getting up.
"Thank you Sir."
She thanked him, Jack smiled as she and his teammates left the gate room.
"Unauthorised incoming wormhole."
General Hammond sighed and got up from his comfy leather seat in his office as he heard the all too familiar warning over the intercom. This meant one of his team's were coming back before scheduled either under fire, injured, or they ran out of things to do, he always hoped it was the 3rd option. Hammond hated seeing his people get hurt, they were all like his children. He arrived at the observation deck.
"It's SG-1 Sir, looks like they're under fire."
A sergeant informed him.
"Open the Iris."
The 'Iris' was earth's line of defence against unwanted travellers or objects such as bombs. Each SG team was given an Iris code and something called a GDO, which stood for Garage Door Opener, which made a lot of sense. The Titanium enforced Shield was much like a door, it let in SG teams and kept other things at bay. The technicians at Stargate Command knew when to open the gate because each SG team had a code which identified them, which they had to send through the gate before they entered it other wise they would spend their lives as compressed molecules never to be reconstituted again. In layman's terms they would be dead.
The sergeant opened the Iris. General Hammond jogged down to the Gate room and awaited the incoming travellers, his flagship team SG-1. The Jaffa, Teal'c was first through the gate, followed by Doctor Daniel Jackson who came through with a crash and a bang, next came Hammond's two best officers, Major Samantha Carter and Colonel Jack O'Neill, who were holding each other and had obviously jumped through the Gate as they both landed in an expected roll down the ramp.
"Is everyone alright?"
Hammond asked the only standing member of the team, Teal'c.
"I am fine."
He said in his usual flat, stoic voice, helping Doctor Jackson up.
"Yup I'm good too."
He said wobbling a bit.
"Colonel, Major?"
Jack looked to his second in Command for confirmation that she was ok.
"We're good Sir."
Carter who was flat on her back said. Jack rolled over to face the General.
"Yep."
"Good, I want to be debriefed in an hour."
Jack carefully got up stretching every muscle making sure nothing was pulled.
"Ok."
And with that the General left. Short and sweet, he didn't even ask what had happened; maybe he has something on his mind. Jack decided he'd find out what it was later as he gave Carter a hand getting up.
"Thank you Sir."
She thanked him, Jack smiled as she and his teammates left the gate room.