Chapter 2
Once the plane had retrieved Jack and Carter, it headed directly to Area 51, where they headed to the hangar containing the X-302's. There they met up with the rest of SG-1 and General Hammond. Jack, now back in uniform looked at General Hammond. "Alright sir, what was so important that you had to send an experimental heli-plane, which by the way was really cool, to pick me up?"
The General looked back. "Colonel, you and Major carter have been summoned back here because we need you to lead the fighter wing from Prometheus. You and the rest of SG-1 will fly these two X-302's up to the Prometheus, which will complete its' compliment of 8. From there, the Prometheus will fly to a set of coordinates given to us by the Tok'ra."
Jack raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And what did they say is at these coordinates?"
"A mother ship. One of Lord Yu's. It was damaged in a battle with Anubis's forces. Right now its' hyper drive is inoperable, but it still has a full compliment of death gliders. Now, we would like to take the mother ship intact, but if it comes to it you have authorization to destroy it." General Hammond looked down at the mission briefings that he had in his hand. "Take these with you. Colonel, you will lead the fighter wing, so you will have to brief you pilots. Good luck."
The Colonel sighed. "Thank you sir. Teal'c, you're my gunner. Jonas, ride shotgun with Carter."
Jack and Teal'c hopped into one of the fighters, and Sam and Jonas got into the other fighter. After a quick systems check, the fighters taxied out to the dry lakebed that served as a runway. The two fighters took up positions at the end of the runway, then lit their afterburners and roared into the sky. Once they were on course, Jack sat back and looked at the fighter he was in "So T, what are the weapons on this thing?"
Teal'c looked at the displays in front of him. "This fighter appears to be equipped with human weapons. There are two 30mm cannons with explosive, armor piercing rounds as well as 4 missiles. These weapons should prove quite effective against death gliders, but will do little damage to a mother ship."
"That's alright, the Prometheus has Asguard weapons, remember? That'll beat the crap out of a mother ship." Jack said with a smirk
"Indeed it will," Teal'c replied.
Well, Jack thought, now is as good a time as any to check out the maneuverability of this thing. "Carter, you wanna do a mock dogfight, see what these things are capable of?"
"You're on sir," Sam replied coldly, "now's my chance to show you up for that little lake stunt. Head to head, then go for lock."
The fighters broke formation, with Jack streaking out ahead. After getting a fair distance away, Jack snapped the X-302 into a sharp half loop and brought himself into line with Carter's ship. The two fighters blew past each other, the signal that the fight was started. Jack twisted the fighter sharply to the right, bringing his fighter into a path perpendicular to Carter's. Carter took the bait, and tried to dive at Jack, ending up almost right behind him. Before Carter had time to get a weapons lock, Jack cut the engines, letting the fighter just drift through space. Then he used thrusters to turn it around, so he was facing backwards. Jack then lit the engines again, and whipped under Carter's fighter. Jack did a quick half loop that brought him into line right behind Carter. But she had expected that, and had already started turning to evade. Jack turned inside Carter, bringing her right into Teal'c's gun sights, but only for a split second, not long enough for a missile lock and probably not even long enough to hit her with guns. Carter tried the same no engine turn that Jack had tried before. Humph, Jack thought. Figured she'd try and steal that. That was why Jack had stopped his fighter dead. "Teal'c, lock her up when she tries to reverse direction."
Unfortunately for Jack, Sam didn't reverse direction. She just turned to face him and kept drifting. "HAHA! Gotcha sir!"
Jack sighed. Well, I shoulda seen that coming, he thought. "Good job Carter. I guess I kinda screwed up that one. Alright, let's head to the Prometheus."
Once the plane had retrieved Jack and Carter, it headed directly to Area 51, where they headed to the hangar containing the X-302's. There they met up with the rest of SG-1 and General Hammond. Jack, now back in uniform looked at General Hammond. "Alright sir, what was so important that you had to send an experimental heli-plane, which by the way was really cool, to pick me up?"
The General looked back. "Colonel, you and Major carter have been summoned back here because we need you to lead the fighter wing from Prometheus. You and the rest of SG-1 will fly these two X-302's up to the Prometheus, which will complete its' compliment of 8. From there, the Prometheus will fly to a set of coordinates given to us by the Tok'ra."
Jack raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And what did they say is at these coordinates?"
"A mother ship. One of Lord Yu's. It was damaged in a battle with Anubis's forces. Right now its' hyper drive is inoperable, but it still has a full compliment of death gliders. Now, we would like to take the mother ship intact, but if it comes to it you have authorization to destroy it." General Hammond looked down at the mission briefings that he had in his hand. "Take these with you. Colonel, you will lead the fighter wing, so you will have to brief you pilots. Good luck."
The Colonel sighed. "Thank you sir. Teal'c, you're my gunner. Jonas, ride shotgun with Carter."
Jack and Teal'c hopped into one of the fighters, and Sam and Jonas got into the other fighter. After a quick systems check, the fighters taxied out to the dry lakebed that served as a runway. The two fighters took up positions at the end of the runway, then lit their afterburners and roared into the sky. Once they were on course, Jack sat back and looked at the fighter he was in "So T, what are the weapons on this thing?"
Teal'c looked at the displays in front of him. "This fighter appears to be equipped with human weapons. There are two 30mm cannons with explosive, armor piercing rounds as well as 4 missiles. These weapons should prove quite effective against death gliders, but will do little damage to a mother ship."
"That's alright, the Prometheus has Asguard weapons, remember? That'll beat the crap out of a mother ship." Jack said with a smirk
"Indeed it will," Teal'c replied.
Well, Jack thought, now is as good a time as any to check out the maneuverability of this thing. "Carter, you wanna do a mock dogfight, see what these things are capable of?"
"You're on sir," Sam replied coldly, "now's my chance to show you up for that little lake stunt. Head to head, then go for lock."
The fighters broke formation, with Jack streaking out ahead. After getting a fair distance away, Jack snapped the X-302 into a sharp half loop and brought himself into line with Carter's ship. The two fighters blew past each other, the signal that the fight was started. Jack twisted the fighter sharply to the right, bringing his fighter into a path perpendicular to Carter's. Carter took the bait, and tried to dive at Jack, ending up almost right behind him. Before Carter had time to get a weapons lock, Jack cut the engines, letting the fighter just drift through space. Then he used thrusters to turn it around, so he was facing backwards. Jack then lit the engines again, and whipped under Carter's fighter. Jack did a quick half loop that brought him into line right behind Carter. But she had expected that, and had already started turning to evade. Jack turned inside Carter, bringing her right into Teal'c's gun sights, but only for a split second, not long enough for a missile lock and probably not even long enough to hit her with guns. Carter tried the same no engine turn that Jack had tried before. Humph, Jack thought. Figured she'd try and steal that. That was why Jack had stopped his fighter dead. "Teal'c, lock her up when she tries to reverse direction."
Unfortunately for Jack, Sam didn't reverse direction. She just turned to face him and kept drifting. "HAHA! Gotcha sir!"
Jack sighed. Well, I shoulda seen that coming, he thought. "Good job Carter. I guess I kinda screwed up that one. Alright, let's head to the Prometheus."