"So what do you think?" Sam asked rubbing her hand over the back of her
neck.
"I think the Colonel is right. I've converted the equation into code which produces a bleep. Each impulse puts out a different tone or type of bleep. There are definitely eight distinctive sounds."
"The seven chevrons and the red button." Daniel added.
"So basically we need to find out the bleeps for each symbol and match them up to the address." Sam clarified.
"Yes. But I don't think your dialling system will work. I think you need to use a DHD. These bleeps, pulses will be very specific."
"Carter, come in." Sam's radio crackled.
"Excuse me. Yes sir."
"I need to see you in your lab in ten minutes."
"Yes sir. Carter out." Sam put the radio back on the desk. Daniel gave her a quizzical look. "The SF's needed a way to get a hold of Colonel O'Neill if there was a problem. Radios were the easiest solution. I have one in case they can't find him. Can you write up your findings into a report so we can present it to General Hammond?"
"Sure." Daniel said with a smile.
"I'd better go and see what the Colonel wants." She picked her radio and headed out the door.
"Tell him he's taxed his brain enough for one day." Daniel yelled after her.
"I don't think will." She called back with a smile.
~ ~ ~
"You wanted to see me sir." Sam said as she walked into her lab.
"Ferretti will be here in about five minutes. Are you still alright about this?"
"Yes sir." Sam took two pieces of paper out from a folder and handed one to Jack who signed it and handed it back. Sam signed the other and placed them back in the folder. "By the way you were right about the equation its gate coordinates. We need to go off world to use a DHD to figure out which ones we're dealing with."
"That's good, just tell Hammond about it."
"Colonel O'Neill come in sir." A voice said over the radio.
"Yes Airman." Jack replied.
"Major Ferretti has arrived."
"Tell him, I'll probably be in Major Carter's lab."
"Yes sir."
"Showtime. So Carter something I wondered about when I was bored. Why does the gate have nine of the chevron locky things when we only use seven?"
"You see Colonel, the chevrons only in the vaguest sense relate to the groups of stars they represent. They are actually distance calculations. The first six give the area of space the gate goes to. The seventh chevron is the point of origin, basically a starting point for the co-ordinates. The time you had all the knowledge of the Ancients and you went to the Asguard homework, the gate need the extra power because the extra chevron means that."
"Major Ferretti." They heard from down the corridor.
". Add an extra calculation to the distance so ."
"I've had enough Carter."
"But you asked Colonel and if you'd let me finish you might find this useful information at some." Jack cut her off with a kiss.
"Huh hum." Ferretti unsubtly coughed. Jack broke the kiss. Sam looked at him and put her hand to her mouth.
"Excuse me sir, Ferretti." She said before quickly leaving. Ferretti looked at Jack for answers.
"Good that you could come in. I wanted to talk to you about the new recruits training."
"We'll get to that in a minute Jack. Is there something else you wanted to say first?"
"Not that I know of." He looked thoughtful for a moment. "We figured out that equation it's actually gate coordinates."
"I was thinking more along the lines of the rumour about Sam leaving your quarters in one of your shirts last night."
"It's true. But not in the context everyone seems to be thinking. I was drunk so she escorted me back to my quarters so I didn't make an idiot of myself and ruin Hammond's party. She borrowed one of my shirts because Jacob had the keys to her quarters and she was cold and she had the beginnings of an idea, which she finished and shaved two seconds off the dialling time."
"And that kiss I just saw?" Ferretti asked.
"You know how hard it is to shut her up when she started explaining something and I did the stupid thing of asking why?"
"And how do you think Sam feels about you kissing her?" Ferretti pushed.
"Carter will get over it. She's tougher than she looks."
"And what do you think Jacob would say about you kissing his little girl?"
"I honestly don't know. Maybe you should ask him when he gets back from San Diego and visiting his son and grandkids. Can we change the subject now Major?"
"Yes sir."
~ ~
"Sam are you okay?" Daniel said sitting down next to her with his cup of coffee. Sam had been sat in the commissary for two hours starring into space; the coffee cup she had a tight hold of was still full of coffee which had long since gone cold. "Sam?" She slowly turned to look at him.
"Sorry Daniel, I was just thinking."
"About anything particular or just general meaning of life stuff?"
"Did you ever agree to something because it seemed like a good idea at the time but it just ended up making everything twice as complicated?" She asked.
"On occasions. Why what happened?"
"Nothing important, I'm just being stupid." She said trying to cover it with a smile.
"Sam how long have you been sat here?" Daniel inquired.
"A while. Did you get your report done?"
"Heather is just uploading the program onto a zip disk for you." He knew she was trying to change the subject. "So what did Jack want?"
"Huh?" She asked with a questioning suspicion in her eyes.
"He called you to meet him in your lab a couple of hours ago. What did he want?"
"Nothing important. He called Ferretti in and they're meeting about something. What time is it anyway?"
"Almost ten to five."
"I'm going home. If you see Colonel O'Neill tell him for me would you." She got up from the chair.
"Sam, are you sure you're okay?" Daniel said putting his hand on her arm.
"I'm fine Daniel, just a bit tired. It's been a long few days, what with the gate overhaul, the General's party, solving the equation. I've had enough for the day, so I'm going home to sleep it off. I'll be back at 0900 tomorrow. Night Daniel."
"Goodnight Sam."
Sam handed her radio to the first SF she saw, she didn't even bother changing she just grabbed her coat, bag and car keys and headed out, being prompted to remember to sign out, by one of the guards. Without any more thought she headed home.
~ ~ ~
"Hey Daniel. You finished that report yet?" Jack asked looking up from the file he and Ferretti were compiling.
"Yes, I'm going to brief the General tomorrow. By the way it was good thinking."
"Thanks. If you see Carter tell her she might as well go home everything can wait until tomorrow."
"She left almost two hours ago. She said she was tired and she'd be back at nine tomorrow."
"Thanks for telling me. You headed home too?"
"Teal'c is going to stay at mine tonight; we're going to order in pizza. I came to invite you, but you're busy." He said leaning against the door frame.
"Military stuff. He dragged me here on my weekend off." Ferretti chipped in.
"Thank you Ferretti. Have a good evening."
"By the way Jack, do you know if there is something wrong with Sam? I found her sitting commissary with a full cup of cold coffee staring of into space." Daniel asked.
"I'm sure she's fine. She'll be back to normal by tomorrow like she always is. Now be good kids and don't get into too much trouble."
"I'll see you tomorrow Jack. Bye Ferretti."
"Enjoy your evening Daniel." Ferretti said as soon as Daniel was gone he added. "She'll get over it?" He ribbed.
"Shut up. Let's finish this, so we can all go home."
"I think the Colonel is right. I've converted the equation into code which produces a bleep. Each impulse puts out a different tone or type of bleep. There are definitely eight distinctive sounds."
"The seven chevrons and the red button." Daniel added.
"So basically we need to find out the bleeps for each symbol and match them up to the address." Sam clarified.
"Yes. But I don't think your dialling system will work. I think you need to use a DHD. These bleeps, pulses will be very specific."
"Carter, come in." Sam's radio crackled.
"Excuse me. Yes sir."
"I need to see you in your lab in ten minutes."
"Yes sir. Carter out." Sam put the radio back on the desk. Daniel gave her a quizzical look. "The SF's needed a way to get a hold of Colonel O'Neill if there was a problem. Radios were the easiest solution. I have one in case they can't find him. Can you write up your findings into a report so we can present it to General Hammond?"
"Sure." Daniel said with a smile.
"I'd better go and see what the Colonel wants." She picked her radio and headed out the door.
"Tell him he's taxed his brain enough for one day." Daniel yelled after her.
"I don't think will." She called back with a smile.
~ ~ ~
"You wanted to see me sir." Sam said as she walked into her lab.
"Ferretti will be here in about five minutes. Are you still alright about this?"
"Yes sir." Sam took two pieces of paper out from a folder and handed one to Jack who signed it and handed it back. Sam signed the other and placed them back in the folder. "By the way you were right about the equation its gate coordinates. We need to go off world to use a DHD to figure out which ones we're dealing with."
"That's good, just tell Hammond about it."
"Colonel O'Neill come in sir." A voice said over the radio.
"Yes Airman." Jack replied.
"Major Ferretti has arrived."
"Tell him, I'll probably be in Major Carter's lab."
"Yes sir."
"Showtime. So Carter something I wondered about when I was bored. Why does the gate have nine of the chevron locky things when we only use seven?"
"You see Colonel, the chevrons only in the vaguest sense relate to the groups of stars they represent. They are actually distance calculations. The first six give the area of space the gate goes to. The seventh chevron is the point of origin, basically a starting point for the co-ordinates. The time you had all the knowledge of the Ancients and you went to the Asguard homework, the gate need the extra power because the extra chevron means that."
"Major Ferretti." They heard from down the corridor.
". Add an extra calculation to the distance so ."
"I've had enough Carter."
"But you asked Colonel and if you'd let me finish you might find this useful information at some." Jack cut her off with a kiss.
"Huh hum." Ferretti unsubtly coughed. Jack broke the kiss. Sam looked at him and put her hand to her mouth.
"Excuse me sir, Ferretti." She said before quickly leaving. Ferretti looked at Jack for answers.
"Good that you could come in. I wanted to talk to you about the new recruits training."
"We'll get to that in a minute Jack. Is there something else you wanted to say first?"
"Not that I know of." He looked thoughtful for a moment. "We figured out that equation it's actually gate coordinates."
"I was thinking more along the lines of the rumour about Sam leaving your quarters in one of your shirts last night."
"It's true. But not in the context everyone seems to be thinking. I was drunk so she escorted me back to my quarters so I didn't make an idiot of myself and ruin Hammond's party. She borrowed one of my shirts because Jacob had the keys to her quarters and she was cold and she had the beginnings of an idea, which she finished and shaved two seconds off the dialling time."
"And that kiss I just saw?" Ferretti asked.
"You know how hard it is to shut her up when she started explaining something and I did the stupid thing of asking why?"
"And how do you think Sam feels about you kissing her?" Ferretti pushed.
"Carter will get over it. She's tougher than she looks."
"And what do you think Jacob would say about you kissing his little girl?"
"I honestly don't know. Maybe you should ask him when he gets back from San Diego and visiting his son and grandkids. Can we change the subject now Major?"
"Yes sir."
~ ~
"Sam are you okay?" Daniel said sitting down next to her with his cup of coffee. Sam had been sat in the commissary for two hours starring into space; the coffee cup she had a tight hold of was still full of coffee which had long since gone cold. "Sam?" She slowly turned to look at him.
"Sorry Daniel, I was just thinking."
"About anything particular or just general meaning of life stuff?"
"Did you ever agree to something because it seemed like a good idea at the time but it just ended up making everything twice as complicated?" She asked.
"On occasions. Why what happened?"
"Nothing important, I'm just being stupid." She said trying to cover it with a smile.
"Sam how long have you been sat here?" Daniel inquired.
"A while. Did you get your report done?"
"Heather is just uploading the program onto a zip disk for you." He knew she was trying to change the subject. "So what did Jack want?"
"Huh?" She asked with a questioning suspicion in her eyes.
"He called you to meet him in your lab a couple of hours ago. What did he want?"
"Nothing important. He called Ferretti in and they're meeting about something. What time is it anyway?"
"Almost ten to five."
"I'm going home. If you see Colonel O'Neill tell him for me would you." She got up from the chair.
"Sam, are you sure you're okay?" Daniel said putting his hand on her arm.
"I'm fine Daniel, just a bit tired. It's been a long few days, what with the gate overhaul, the General's party, solving the equation. I've had enough for the day, so I'm going home to sleep it off. I'll be back at 0900 tomorrow. Night Daniel."
"Goodnight Sam."
Sam handed her radio to the first SF she saw, she didn't even bother changing she just grabbed her coat, bag and car keys and headed out, being prompted to remember to sign out, by one of the guards. Without any more thought she headed home.
~ ~ ~
"Hey Daniel. You finished that report yet?" Jack asked looking up from the file he and Ferretti were compiling.
"Yes, I'm going to brief the General tomorrow. By the way it was good thinking."
"Thanks. If you see Carter tell her she might as well go home everything can wait until tomorrow."
"She left almost two hours ago. She said she was tired and she'd be back at nine tomorrow."
"Thanks for telling me. You headed home too?"
"Teal'c is going to stay at mine tonight; we're going to order in pizza. I came to invite you, but you're busy." He said leaning against the door frame.
"Military stuff. He dragged me here on my weekend off." Ferretti chipped in.
"Thank you Ferretti. Have a good evening."
"By the way Jack, do you know if there is something wrong with Sam? I found her sitting commissary with a full cup of cold coffee staring of into space." Daniel asked.
"I'm sure she's fine. She'll be back to normal by tomorrow like she always is. Now be good kids and don't get into too much trouble."
"I'll see you tomorrow Jack. Bye Ferretti."
"Enjoy your evening Daniel." Ferretti said as soon as Daniel was gone he added. "She'll get over it?" He ribbed.
"Shut up. Let's finish this, so we can all go home."
