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Author's note: hello readers sorry for the wait life got in the way. I hope to be able to post a new chapter every other week but real life does take priority. Hope you all enjoy this next chapter . Any pointers and recommendations are welcome .
John made his way from the briefing room towards DHD following Atlantis directions on how to deploy the harvesters. Approaching the controls he asked the airmen on duty to move a side so he could take over, Atlantis giving him step by step instructions on how to proceed.
" first John you must enter the following command into the controls , once the command has been entered the gate will automatically dial one of the harvest planets in my database. After the gate has been opened each harvester will be transported into the gate room and automatically deployed through the gate . I would recommend clearing the immediate area around the gate off all personnel as each harvester is roughly the same size as a the ships you call puddle jumper".
John moved to the balcony overlooking the gate room to address all personnel down below and the soldiers on duty .
" Attention all personnel clear the gate room , we're about to dial out and deploy a device through the gate so keep clear till I give the signal ". Immediately all those in the vicinity of the gate cleared out off the way , experience and training stopping anyone from lingering to long .
John returned to the DHD controls and put in the command sequence , not hesitating for a second almost as if he had done so a thousand times before. Straight away the gate began to dial and Atlantis opened the bond wider so that John could sense the harvester being moved from the depths off the city up to the gate room . A quick flash filled the room a suddenly hovering in front of the gate was a long silver cylinder covered with antennas and sensor arrays . Before he could get a better look the harvester went through the gate quickly rolled by 2 more flashes of light as the remaining harvesters followed suit after which the gate shut down .
" The next step you must follow John is to tie the harvesters to my subspace network , this will allow you to track their location and progress , that way you will have prior warning before they return . After you have completed that I can send the recall order to the Tria through Dr Mckays gate bridge. "
Moving over to one of the consoles at the back of the room John activated the subroutines as Atlantis directed . Looking over to the screen displaying the long range sensors a planet in one of the neighbouring systems was highlighted. around the highlighted planet was three tags each with information about the status of their corresponding harvester .
Next John returned to the DHD again and dialled what was left of the gate bridge , once the connection was made he felt Atlantis reach out through subspace to the Tria and make contact . vas Tria imperium recal autoritatis atlantis civitatis. before he had a chance to register the fact that the command was in ancient- and that he could understand it clearly - he sensed the Tria respond . vas Tria confirmat recal potestatum Atlantis civitatis. After that Atlantis sent the coordinates for the closest gate then disengaged the connection closing the gate .
" based on the current position of the Tria I estimate it will take 15 days before it reaches the nearest gate in the the bridge . Along with acknowledging the recal order I had the Tria send over a full status report of its systems as well as all data and mission logs recorded since its deployment"."
thanks atlantis that should help Dr kusanagi a lot when it comes to making the repairs , also 15 days isn't to bad I would've thought with out a hyperdrive it would take longer than that . At least that gives us enough time to get a team with some equipment ready . Well I've put it off long enough it's time to hit the paper work and bring Lorne up to date on everything , maybe he can do it all and deal with general Landry for me ".
Giving the all clear signal to the gate room John made is way to his office taking comfort from the amusement atlantis was feeling at his expenses.
Science labs
It wasn't until his stomach protested did Rodney realise he was in his lab and that several hours had passed since the morning briefing with sheppard. Well accustomed to getting lost in his work Rodney reached for his hidden snack stash all the while continuing to focus on the plans he was making for the Asgard tech .
Despite his many complaints and grumbling over having to all ways work to save the day - in his own not so humble opinion - Rodney felt the most relaxed when solving a problem , feeling the joy over a good challenge to his intellect never ceases to provided a greater clarity which often lead to times of reflection and inspiration.
Today was one of those times , as he focused on getting the Asgard tech to run on the cities power his thoughts turned to the days revelations and more importantly the changes in his best friend .
Despite what some may think Rodney was very much aware of who he was and what his failings are. knowing his arrogance and jealously along with his superior intelligence kept others at a distance made him value and truly cherish the friendship he has with sheppard . It was that friendship that suppressed the seed of jealously he felt when sheppard told him about being Atlantis chosen one .
Rodney knew how much his friend struggled with his own self worth and his true value in the expedition, so too see him so self assured and comfortable in his new role, Rodney could feel nothing but happiness for John.
That happiness of course didnt stop his curiosity over all the possibilities available now that John has an all access pass to the city. And the changes that could be made without the IOA or military interfering like salvaging the Tria and Sun tzu - something they had been told wouldn't happen for years - but it wasn't the change to command decisions that he reflected on , it was the physical changes in his friend that concerned him most .
After his own drastic change from human to wraith then back again left him more sensitive to the changes in others . It wasn't just the fact that John's mind was now completely cut off from his ability to read , there was also the under current of untapped power he sensed in his friend that lead Rodney to believe there was more to being the Guardian then just better control over ancient tech .
Resolved to get some much need answer Rodney made a note to get some beers and take his friend out to their favourite pier and talk about what's really happening to him and how he could help .
Zelanka's lab
Radek wasn't one to hang around , as soon as the briefing was over he was already calling together the people he would need to start the repairs . Looking through the data the colonel had sent him he saw that 15 solar collectors 8 wind turbines 22 lightning rods and 1 tidal collector were damaged or in need of replacement.
Focusing on the one tidal collector he pulled up all the needed data and schematics, immediately identifying the problem caused by ice damage he saw that it would be a relatively easy fix and that it should only take a couple of days work .
He began filling out the required material request and sending major Lorne an email asking to borrow some combat engineers for the next few days . Excited at the prospect of finally getting to truly fix the city instead of just doing patch jobs he turned to the report on the wind turbines noticing they would need a bit more work but still manageable with the current resources on hand .
Sending of another set of emails letting those that needed to know about when and where he and his team's would be working Radek set of to begin the first of the repairs.
A/N: as I've stated before I'm new to writing so I'm struggling with developing the characters and finishing a chapter I hope to have it more rounded out as I gain more experience so any help and patience will be appreciated.
Translations
vas Tria imperium recal authritatis Atlantis civitatis. =vessel Tria recalled authentication Atlantis city
Vas Tria confirmat recal potestatum Atlantis civitatis = vessel Tria confirms recal by Atlantis city.
I hope to be able to include more ancient / Latin into the story to make it a bit more realistic . Hope you all enjoyed and will be back for the next chapter.