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except Kohl Sirk.
Thanks in advance for glancing in the direction of my story. I'm hoping for reviews.
Here's a quickie for anyone still reading this. I hope you enjoy it. The big conclusion is coming up soon, so keep an eye out!
When a stranger is literally thrown through the Earth Stargate, SG-1 must discover who he is, why he claims to be part of SG-1 and how he opened the Iris.
Traveler: Burned Out
The next morning Carter was hard at work analyzing the more complex GDO, hoping to find something she missed the first time. But she was having no luck. Just as her frustration was getting the better of her, O'Neill walked in.
"The general OK's the plan and you launch into it straight away. Guess that's a good thing." O'Neill said from the doorway.
"Well sir, I want to figure out this problem. I have some airmen bringing the boy here. Maybe he can tell me more about this GDO." Just as she finished talking an airmen approached the doorway behind the colonel. O'Neill moved aside and the airmen escorted the rejuvenated boy into Carter's lab.
"Am I interrupting?" Sirk inquired.
"No, thanks for coming." Carter finally answered.
"It's better than sitting in that room any longer. So what can I help you with?"
"This GDO of yours is fascinating. I thought maybe you might see something I missed, maybe be able to explain some of these relays in more detail?"
"I can try." Sirk said as his eyes wandered around the room, they fell momentarily on Col. O'Neill, but before he could turn away, he was caught.
"What?" The colonel asked.
"Sorry, it's just getting use to you not being a general. It's kind of... odd, to say the least. And no limp, it's just... eerie." Sirk said and proceeded to clear his thoughts by shaking his head. "Now, lets get down to these explanations."
"Explanations? That's my queue to leave. Have fun with your 'explanations'." The colonel said as he made a mock salute and left before either person in the room could respond.
"Well, he's the same as I remember him." Sirk flatly stated.
"Some things never change." Carter added, which brought a slight smile to both their faces.
After a few minutes, both the science whiz and time traveler were hard at work figuring out the GDO. Sirk, knew the basic theories, but not much more than that. Carter knew the basic functions, but some things baffled her. Together they made a pretty good team.
"OK, I think I get it." Carter announced as she leaned back out of the huddled position both had taken up over the little device. Sirk picked it up in his left hand and seemed to almost weigh it. Then he stopped suddenly.
"This isn't right." He said after a few minutes.
"What isn't?"
"Well, this battery is black. It should be a light blue colour. It's as if it was burned out." Sirk thought out loud.
"According to my tests, the power cell is fused, it's unable to hold any energy anymore."
"That shouldn't happen. Actually that's never happened, its just not possible. The amount of power needed to fuse that cell is... unimaginable. I was with you when you were doing the tests, the SGDC couldn't generate enough power to fuse a single cell." Sirk mumbled.
"Then it must have been exposed to one massive energy burst." Carter began. "Now all we need to do is find out where that energy came from. In the 1969 incident, it was a solar flare. But in this case, you weren't slingshot around the sun and back to the same gate you left. And we can't send you back using this method, because we can't predict solar flares. So we need to find another cause."
"Wherever the gate got the energy, it couldn't have happened before I dove through, or after I got out. So the only logical explanation is that it happened during travel. Maybe a spatial anomaly or phenomenon."
"Why couldn't it have happened before you dove through?" Carter asked.
"I wouldn't have gone if I'd seen something suspicious, we're very careful about when we enter the gate."
"So, during travel? Some spatial phenomenon?" Carter reiterated.
"That's my only guess."
Soon the two were spitting out random ideas each more incredible then the last, and each less plausible. Just when they thought they were getting somewhere, some obscure law of physics would stop them in their tracks. But they persevered, both unwilling to stop until the problem was solved.
Please Review!!!
Thanks in advance for glancing in the direction of my story. I'm hoping for reviews.
Here's a quickie for anyone still reading this. I hope you enjoy it. The big conclusion is coming up soon, so keep an eye out!
When a stranger is literally thrown through the Earth Stargate, SG-1 must discover who he is, why he claims to be part of SG-1 and how he opened the Iris.
Traveler: Burned Out
The next morning Carter was hard at work analyzing the more complex GDO, hoping to find something she missed the first time. But she was having no luck. Just as her frustration was getting the better of her, O'Neill walked in.
"The general OK's the plan and you launch into it straight away. Guess that's a good thing." O'Neill said from the doorway.
"Well sir, I want to figure out this problem. I have some airmen bringing the boy here. Maybe he can tell me more about this GDO." Just as she finished talking an airmen approached the doorway behind the colonel. O'Neill moved aside and the airmen escorted the rejuvenated boy into Carter's lab.
"Am I interrupting?" Sirk inquired.
"No, thanks for coming." Carter finally answered.
"It's better than sitting in that room any longer. So what can I help you with?"
"This GDO of yours is fascinating. I thought maybe you might see something I missed, maybe be able to explain some of these relays in more detail?"
"I can try." Sirk said as his eyes wandered around the room, they fell momentarily on Col. O'Neill, but before he could turn away, he was caught.
"What?" The colonel asked.
"Sorry, it's just getting use to you not being a general. It's kind of... odd, to say the least. And no limp, it's just... eerie." Sirk said and proceeded to clear his thoughts by shaking his head. "Now, lets get down to these explanations."
"Explanations? That's my queue to leave. Have fun with your 'explanations'." The colonel said as he made a mock salute and left before either person in the room could respond.
"Well, he's the same as I remember him." Sirk flatly stated.
"Some things never change." Carter added, which brought a slight smile to both their faces.
After a few minutes, both the science whiz and time traveler were hard at work figuring out the GDO. Sirk, knew the basic theories, but not much more than that. Carter knew the basic functions, but some things baffled her. Together they made a pretty good team.
"OK, I think I get it." Carter announced as she leaned back out of the huddled position both had taken up over the little device. Sirk picked it up in his left hand and seemed to almost weigh it. Then he stopped suddenly.
"This isn't right." He said after a few minutes.
"What isn't?"
"Well, this battery is black. It should be a light blue colour. It's as if it was burned out." Sirk thought out loud.
"According to my tests, the power cell is fused, it's unable to hold any energy anymore."
"That shouldn't happen. Actually that's never happened, its just not possible. The amount of power needed to fuse that cell is... unimaginable. I was with you when you were doing the tests, the SGDC couldn't generate enough power to fuse a single cell." Sirk mumbled.
"Then it must have been exposed to one massive energy burst." Carter began. "Now all we need to do is find out where that energy came from. In the 1969 incident, it was a solar flare. But in this case, you weren't slingshot around the sun and back to the same gate you left. And we can't send you back using this method, because we can't predict solar flares. So we need to find another cause."
"Wherever the gate got the energy, it couldn't have happened before I dove through, or after I got out. So the only logical explanation is that it happened during travel. Maybe a spatial anomaly or phenomenon."
"Why couldn't it have happened before you dove through?" Carter asked.
"I wouldn't have gone if I'd seen something suspicious, we're very careful about when we enter the gate."
"So, during travel? Some spatial phenomenon?" Carter reiterated.
"That's my only guess."
Soon the two were spitting out random ideas each more incredible then the last, and each less plausible. Just when they thought they were getting somewhere, some obscure law of physics would stop them in their tracks. But they persevered, both unwilling to stop until the problem was solved.
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