The General tried to find his voice. "That's one helluva story." He
finally said.
"Isn't it?" Cassandra said.
"So how do you propose to stop the alliance forming?" He asked.
"Sabotage."
"Sabotage?" Jack asked.
Cassandra turned to him. "The alliance is still very fragile. If we were to make it look like the System Lords were trying to kill each other, then they wouldn't agree to it."
"Makes sense." Jack said.
"We would have remain unseen, Colonel-Fraiser." Teal'c said. "If the Goa'uld System Lords were to find us, it would only help unite them against us."
"Which is why we would have to impersonate a Goa'uld to gain entry." Catherine said. "We have an invitation from the System Lord Bastet, but since she does not attend, we will be able to go in her place."
"Bastet?" Hammond asked. "Who is she?"
"Bastet was the Ancient Egyptian cat-headed Goddess." Daniel explained. "She is supposed to be the daughter of Ra and is associated with the sun, or at least she was until the arrival of Greek influence on Egyptian society, when she became associated with the moon."
"That's great, Daniel, but who is she?" Jack asked him.
"I just told you . . . " Daniel muttered.
Catherine hid a smile. "She's a powerful Goa'uld, but has not had any contact with Earth yet. She becomes a supporter of Anubis during the war." She said.
"Are you sure she won't be there?" General Hammond asked.
"Yes." Cassandra answered.
"Very well, if you'll excuse me, I'll think it over." Hammond said.
* * *
Sam looked over at the other members of the room, and stretched. It had been two hours since General Hammond had retreated to his office to think everything over. SG-1 had also spent a long time trying to absorb everything that they had been told. Sam shook her head. It was all so much.
Teal'c was sitting in the corner talking with his son, Jack was sulking, and Daniel seemed to be busy talking to Cassandra and the other Dr. Jackson. 'His daughter.' She reminded herself.
She still couldn't get used to that. She turned and looked at the final member of their team. The one she had avoided looking at until now. When she did look over, she found him staring at her with familiar blue eyes. 'Oh My God!' she thought. 'He has my eyes! And he looks so much like Jack.'
Scott smiled at her. "Major Carter." He said.
"Major O'Neill." Sam returned. She took a deep breath, curiosity warring with embarrassment. Curiosity won. "So what do you do? Dr. Jackson said you were a Major."
Scott nodded. "I joined the Air Force at eighteen, and soon transferred to the SGC, because of my experience."
"Experience?" Sam asked.
"I was introduced to the Stargate Program when I was very young, because of the work you . . . my parents did." Scott explained.
Sam blushed slightly, and then frowned at herself. "I'm also an astrophysicist." Scott told her.
"Really?" Sam asked, intrigued once more. "Then maybe you can tell me how you caused the gate to send you back in time? How did you control how far back you went?"
"Well, that was the easy part." Scott grinned. "We hooked a naquada generator up to the stargate DHD, and caused a surge within it while we dialed an address. This simulates the effect of a solar flare on the space- time continuum. By controlling the size of the surge, we could therefore control the amount of time we went back."
"Really?" Sam asked, excited by the idea. "But how does the surge - "
Sam never got to finish her sentence, because at that moment General Hammond walked back into the room. "Colonel Fraiser, I have a question. What would you need to attempt your plan?"
"Weapons, what we brought with us and the use of SG-1." She answered.
"You have it - along with any help the Tok'ra can offer you. Their representative is on the way."
"Thank you General."
"Just destroy that alliance, Colonel. That's all the thanks I need." He replied.
"Isn't it?" Cassandra said.
"So how do you propose to stop the alliance forming?" He asked.
"Sabotage."
"Sabotage?" Jack asked.
Cassandra turned to him. "The alliance is still very fragile. If we were to make it look like the System Lords were trying to kill each other, then they wouldn't agree to it."
"Makes sense." Jack said.
"We would have remain unseen, Colonel-Fraiser." Teal'c said. "If the Goa'uld System Lords were to find us, it would only help unite them against us."
"Which is why we would have to impersonate a Goa'uld to gain entry." Catherine said. "We have an invitation from the System Lord Bastet, but since she does not attend, we will be able to go in her place."
"Bastet?" Hammond asked. "Who is she?"
"Bastet was the Ancient Egyptian cat-headed Goddess." Daniel explained. "She is supposed to be the daughter of Ra and is associated with the sun, or at least she was until the arrival of Greek influence on Egyptian society, when she became associated with the moon."
"That's great, Daniel, but who is she?" Jack asked him.
"I just told you . . . " Daniel muttered.
Catherine hid a smile. "She's a powerful Goa'uld, but has not had any contact with Earth yet. She becomes a supporter of Anubis during the war." She said.
"Are you sure she won't be there?" General Hammond asked.
"Yes." Cassandra answered.
"Very well, if you'll excuse me, I'll think it over." Hammond said.
* * *
Sam looked over at the other members of the room, and stretched. It had been two hours since General Hammond had retreated to his office to think everything over. SG-1 had also spent a long time trying to absorb everything that they had been told. Sam shook her head. It was all so much.
Teal'c was sitting in the corner talking with his son, Jack was sulking, and Daniel seemed to be busy talking to Cassandra and the other Dr. Jackson. 'His daughter.' She reminded herself.
She still couldn't get used to that. She turned and looked at the final member of their team. The one she had avoided looking at until now. When she did look over, she found him staring at her with familiar blue eyes. 'Oh My God!' she thought. 'He has my eyes! And he looks so much like Jack.'
Scott smiled at her. "Major Carter." He said.
"Major O'Neill." Sam returned. She took a deep breath, curiosity warring with embarrassment. Curiosity won. "So what do you do? Dr. Jackson said you were a Major."
Scott nodded. "I joined the Air Force at eighteen, and soon transferred to the SGC, because of my experience."
"Experience?" Sam asked.
"I was introduced to the Stargate Program when I was very young, because of the work you . . . my parents did." Scott explained.
Sam blushed slightly, and then frowned at herself. "I'm also an astrophysicist." Scott told her.
"Really?" Sam asked, intrigued once more. "Then maybe you can tell me how you caused the gate to send you back in time? How did you control how far back you went?"
"Well, that was the easy part." Scott grinned. "We hooked a naquada generator up to the stargate DHD, and caused a surge within it while we dialed an address. This simulates the effect of a solar flare on the space- time continuum. By controlling the size of the surge, we could therefore control the amount of time we went back."
"Really?" Sam asked, excited by the idea. "But how does the surge - "
Sam never got to finish her sentence, because at that moment General Hammond walked back into the room. "Colonel Fraiser, I have a question. What would you need to attempt your plan?"
"Weapons, what we brought with us and the use of SG-1." She answered.
"You have it - along with any help the Tok'ra can offer you. Their representative is on the way."
"Thank you General."
"Just destroy that alliance, Colonel. That's all the thanks I need." He replied.
