"Carter, can I?" Jack said as he entered the briefing room at just after
1500.
"Of course sir. I just need another few minutes."
"Go ahead. I'll just sit here and doodle like I do in your briefings normally."
"You do that sir." Sam said with an indulgent smile before going back to continue her briefing.
"Can one of you prod him in the arm?" Sam asked ten minutes later. She had been trying to get his attention but it wasn't working.
"Hey!!" Jack said as he felt the prod. "What did you do that for?"
"He was trying to help me get your attention." Sam said. "Colonel, you wanted to say something."
"Oh right yeah." He dropped his pen and pad on the table.
"Before you start sir, I'd like to make some introductions."
"Sure why not?"
"This Dr Thomas, Dr Longstein and Lieutenant Harmon. Gentlemen as I'm sure you know this is Colonel O'Neill. Sir, if you'd like to."
"Right, even though I'm in overall control of the mission tomorrow, its Major Carter mission, you follow her orders without question. If she tells you to drop everything and run you drop everything and run, that's exactly what you do. I don't want you bringing anything with you, I don't care how expensive the equipment is or that you're in the middle of an experiment if she tells you to run you run. I don't want you going anywhere with out her or my express permission and you don't go anywhere alone even if you have to take a leak someone goes with you. Understood."
"Colonel, we know all this." Dr Thomas said.
"Then I'm just reiterating it. I don't like screw ups, if I find you not following orders, I'll have you back through the gate before you can say SGC and I'll have your off world credentials taken away. Where was I?" Jack asked.
"Not going off alone or without permission." Sam supplied.
"Thank you. We're going for three days so pack only what's included in your guidelines. Anything beyond that or extra equipment you want to bring clear through Major Carter, if she's says you can't bring it then that decision is final, I don't want you whining to General Hammond the decision is final. In the event of a Goa'uld attack take cover, SG-1 is used to hostile fire we'll take care of it. When it's safe head for the gate and get back to Earth as soon as it's safe. If the gate is guarded stay hidden one of SG- 1 will find you. Carter, was there anything I forgot?" Jack asked.
"Not that I can think of right now sir." Sam replied.
"Good and don't be late tomorrow."
"That's it guys, unless you have any problems I'll see you all in the morning."
"So Carter, do you want to get some coffee?" Jack asked.
"I can't sir. The gate diagnostic threw up a minor problem this morning which I need to fix before I can go home."
"Let me rephrase the question. Would you like a cup of coffee?"
"That would be great sir."
~
"Coffee for everyone." Jack said as he walked into the control room. He carried a tray full of mugs.
"Thank you sir." Sam said as she took a mug. "Did you bring any cream?" She asked.
"Davis, push that chair over here." Jack said to Sgt Davis. Davis did as he was asked. Jack set the tray down. He dug in his pocket and pulled out a handful of mini cream and milk containers from one side and then he dug in the other sugar and dropped them. "Milk, cream, sugar and those stirring things." He pulled the stirrers out of his top pocket. "Help yourself." Davis and Siler not knowing what else to do accepted the coffee.
"Turning my control room into a coffee house Colonel?" Hammond asked as he descended the stairs into the control room.
"No sir. I'm keeping up morale."
"Fine, I take mind black with two sugars."
"Yes sir." Jack fixed him some coffee and handed it to him.
"Major, I take it your briefing went well."
"Yes sir. Colonel O'Neill also provided a list of mission do's and don'ts."
"Good, how long do you think the glitch will take to fix?"
"Another hour maybe two sir."
"Carry on. Colonel, I take it your acceptable to the additional scientists tomorrow."
"As long they follow orders General, the more the merrier."
"General, the Colonel came up with an interesting suggestion earlier." Sam said.
"I did?" Jack questioned as to what he suggested.
"Yes sir." Sam said. "Colonel O'Neill suggested we leave a probe on the planet when we initially send a MALP to a planet to monitor the atmospheric conditions while it is deemed if a team should visit. It would give us a better analysis of a planets weather conditions and it could allow us to predict when weather conditions are going to scrub a mission before we need to send an second MALP if the charge has run out of the first."
"Is it a feasible suggestion Major?" Hammond asked.
"It shouldn't be too hard sir. With a bit of delicate engineering we should be able to create something the size of the Sagon Institute box. If we install a proximity senor the box could close up and lock down until we sent it a code, that way it wouldn't interfere with any culture that found it."
"Why don't you have someone build a prototype?" Hammond instructed.
"I'll talk to some of the science team and engineers in the morning before the briefing."
"Good idea Colonel. I'll be in my office Sgt. SG-4 is due to report in four hours."
"Yes sir." Davis replied. When Hammond was safely in his office.
"Carter, when in the conversations we've had since this morning did I suggest a probe to monitor weather conditions on the planets?" Jack asked.
"Didn't you suggest having a sign post to warn of weather conditions?" Sam asked as she accessed the required folder on the computer.
"And from that you go to a probe how?" He asked moving the empty tray off the chair and sitting down.
"Sir, you should take credit for your suggestions. This was one of the better ones."
"As apposed to what suggestions?"
"Using the Goa'uld projection device to project a thirty foot high Homer Simpson." Davis and Siler had to fight not to laugh.
"Siler wouldn't you find a thirty foot yellow man distracting."
"I wouldn't know sir. I don't have the time to watch the Simpson's." Sam bit her lip to hide her grin at Siler's response.
"I don't know we're teaching these kids Carter, but they need learn the fundamentals of TV."
"Yes sir." Sam replied.
"Speaking of the Simpson's I need you to set Teal'c VCR to tape the Simpson's while we're away."
"Yes sir." Sam turned to face him. "Colonel, could you leave? I'll get this done a lot sooner, without you here, then I can set the VCR and go home and get a decent night's sleep before our mission tomorrow."
"You if you want me to leave you just have to ask."
"Colonel, with all due respect, can you please go?"
"I'm gone. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yes sir." Sam waited until he was out of earshot. "And you two can cut out the smiles. I'm going to have to put up with a bored Colonel for three days; I don't need it from you too."
"Yes ma'am." They both responded.
TBC
"Of course sir. I just need another few minutes."
"Go ahead. I'll just sit here and doodle like I do in your briefings normally."
"You do that sir." Sam said with an indulgent smile before going back to continue her briefing.
"Can one of you prod him in the arm?" Sam asked ten minutes later. She had been trying to get his attention but it wasn't working.
"Hey!!" Jack said as he felt the prod. "What did you do that for?"
"He was trying to help me get your attention." Sam said. "Colonel, you wanted to say something."
"Oh right yeah." He dropped his pen and pad on the table.
"Before you start sir, I'd like to make some introductions."
"Sure why not?"
"This Dr Thomas, Dr Longstein and Lieutenant Harmon. Gentlemen as I'm sure you know this is Colonel O'Neill. Sir, if you'd like to."
"Right, even though I'm in overall control of the mission tomorrow, its Major Carter mission, you follow her orders without question. If she tells you to drop everything and run you drop everything and run, that's exactly what you do. I don't want you bringing anything with you, I don't care how expensive the equipment is or that you're in the middle of an experiment if she tells you to run you run. I don't want you going anywhere with out her or my express permission and you don't go anywhere alone even if you have to take a leak someone goes with you. Understood."
"Colonel, we know all this." Dr Thomas said.
"Then I'm just reiterating it. I don't like screw ups, if I find you not following orders, I'll have you back through the gate before you can say SGC and I'll have your off world credentials taken away. Where was I?" Jack asked.
"Not going off alone or without permission." Sam supplied.
"Thank you. We're going for three days so pack only what's included in your guidelines. Anything beyond that or extra equipment you want to bring clear through Major Carter, if she's says you can't bring it then that decision is final, I don't want you whining to General Hammond the decision is final. In the event of a Goa'uld attack take cover, SG-1 is used to hostile fire we'll take care of it. When it's safe head for the gate and get back to Earth as soon as it's safe. If the gate is guarded stay hidden one of SG- 1 will find you. Carter, was there anything I forgot?" Jack asked.
"Not that I can think of right now sir." Sam replied.
"Good and don't be late tomorrow."
"That's it guys, unless you have any problems I'll see you all in the morning."
"So Carter, do you want to get some coffee?" Jack asked.
"I can't sir. The gate diagnostic threw up a minor problem this morning which I need to fix before I can go home."
"Let me rephrase the question. Would you like a cup of coffee?"
"That would be great sir."
~
"Coffee for everyone." Jack said as he walked into the control room. He carried a tray full of mugs.
"Thank you sir." Sam said as she took a mug. "Did you bring any cream?" She asked.
"Davis, push that chair over here." Jack said to Sgt Davis. Davis did as he was asked. Jack set the tray down. He dug in his pocket and pulled out a handful of mini cream and milk containers from one side and then he dug in the other sugar and dropped them. "Milk, cream, sugar and those stirring things." He pulled the stirrers out of his top pocket. "Help yourself." Davis and Siler not knowing what else to do accepted the coffee.
"Turning my control room into a coffee house Colonel?" Hammond asked as he descended the stairs into the control room.
"No sir. I'm keeping up morale."
"Fine, I take mind black with two sugars."
"Yes sir." Jack fixed him some coffee and handed it to him.
"Major, I take it your briefing went well."
"Yes sir. Colonel O'Neill also provided a list of mission do's and don'ts."
"Good, how long do you think the glitch will take to fix?"
"Another hour maybe two sir."
"Carry on. Colonel, I take it your acceptable to the additional scientists tomorrow."
"As long they follow orders General, the more the merrier."
"General, the Colonel came up with an interesting suggestion earlier." Sam said.
"I did?" Jack questioned as to what he suggested.
"Yes sir." Sam said. "Colonel O'Neill suggested we leave a probe on the planet when we initially send a MALP to a planet to monitor the atmospheric conditions while it is deemed if a team should visit. It would give us a better analysis of a planets weather conditions and it could allow us to predict when weather conditions are going to scrub a mission before we need to send an second MALP if the charge has run out of the first."
"Is it a feasible suggestion Major?" Hammond asked.
"It shouldn't be too hard sir. With a bit of delicate engineering we should be able to create something the size of the Sagon Institute box. If we install a proximity senor the box could close up and lock down until we sent it a code, that way it wouldn't interfere with any culture that found it."
"Why don't you have someone build a prototype?" Hammond instructed.
"I'll talk to some of the science team and engineers in the morning before the briefing."
"Good idea Colonel. I'll be in my office Sgt. SG-4 is due to report in four hours."
"Yes sir." Davis replied. When Hammond was safely in his office.
"Carter, when in the conversations we've had since this morning did I suggest a probe to monitor weather conditions on the planets?" Jack asked.
"Didn't you suggest having a sign post to warn of weather conditions?" Sam asked as she accessed the required folder on the computer.
"And from that you go to a probe how?" He asked moving the empty tray off the chair and sitting down.
"Sir, you should take credit for your suggestions. This was one of the better ones."
"As apposed to what suggestions?"
"Using the Goa'uld projection device to project a thirty foot high Homer Simpson." Davis and Siler had to fight not to laugh.
"Siler wouldn't you find a thirty foot yellow man distracting."
"I wouldn't know sir. I don't have the time to watch the Simpson's." Sam bit her lip to hide her grin at Siler's response.
"I don't know we're teaching these kids Carter, but they need learn the fundamentals of TV."
"Yes sir." Sam replied.
"Speaking of the Simpson's I need you to set Teal'c VCR to tape the Simpson's while we're away."
"Yes sir." Sam turned to face him. "Colonel, could you leave? I'll get this done a lot sooner, without you here, then I can set the VCR and go home and get a decent night's sleep before our mission tomorrow."
"You if you want me to leave you just have to ask."
"Colonel, with all due respect, can you please go?"
"I'm gone. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yes sir." Sam waited until he was out of earshot. "And you two can cut out the smiles. I'm going to have to put up with a bored Colonel for three days; I don't need it from you too."
"Yes ma'am." They both responded.
TBC