For the next few hours Sam's team made her way through the forest to the
edge of the beach. The Army Rangers were patrolling waiting for Sam's team
to appear.
"So they're going to try and take out the Rangers on the beach?" Vidrine said.
"They'll wait until it gets dark first sir." Jack replied.
"They have a plan for this too?"
"Beach warfare; look for references from the Ancient Egyptians and Aztecs and I'm sure there was another group that I don't remember."
"Very multi-cultural." Vidrine commented. "Dr Jackson's influence I presume."
"Actually Daniel was out of town until yesterday. Major Carter did this on her own recognisance, plus she likes the history channel. They all went through large references for a lot of different periods of history. It maybe a couple hundred years old but some of those strategies have some relevance today."
"Maybe we should have her take over boot camp training." Vidrine suggested.
"She kind of has a job she likes already sir." Jack said.
"Colonel there is a phone call." One of the Sgts in the control room came over and told him. "They said it was urgent."
"Who is it?"
"A Lieutenant Simmons sir."
"Great." Jack said sarcastically. "If you'll excuse me General I need to take that."
"Go ahead." Vidrine said.
"So Lieutenant what happened?" Jack asked.
"Actually I was trying to get a hold of Major Carter sir." Simmons said.
"She's involved in a war game right now and won't be available for the next couple of days. So again I ask what happened?"
"We have a problem with the dialling software."
"There a glitch making to try to dial random destinations?" Jack asked.
"Yes sir, how did you know?"
"Major Carter was expecting something like that to happen."
"Did she have any suggestion on how to fix it sir?" Simmons asked.
"Yes." Jack replied. "Hang on."
"She explained it to you sir?"
"Simmons do I look like I would understand it if she ever did?"
"No sir, I mean yes sir, sir."
"Let's just forget I asked that question for now. She was scribbling notes on the transport out here. Give me a second to get them."
"Colonel is there a problem?" Vidrine asked.
"There seems to be a slight problem with our project but Major Carter left notes on how to fix the problem as she foresaw it coming. She hasn't had time over the last month or so to run the complete system check she usually does. If you'll excuse me I'll get the notes and relay them to the Lieutenant."
"Go ahead."
"Right Lieutenant, hold down F4 and F9 then type 767820."
"I've done that sir. It brought up a menu that I've never seen before."
"I think it's a new one she was trying to build in but hasn't finished with all the options yet. Press 3."
"It requires a password."
"It's Sam's serial number which is..." Jack rattled off Sam's serial number.
"Okay that brought up a sub menu."
"Select the second option and then type 675238913 – H."
"Okay."
"Then enter the address for Abydos minus Earth and hit enter."
"Done."
"Hit F2 type 253- 873 and then hit F4."
"Done."
"Reboot the system and that should stop the problem. If not you're going to have to work it out yourself because that's all I've got."
"Thank you sir."
"Now unless it's a real emergency we're unreachable."
"Yes sir." Simmons hung up.
"Scientists." Jack muttered as he went back into the control room.
"Problem solved Colonel?"
"Hopefully sir."
"Good. I'm going to get an early dinner, stay here and observe when I get you can go."
"Yes sir."
TBC
"So they're going to try and take out the Rangers on the beach?" Vidrine said.
"They'll wait until it gets dark first sir." Jack replied.
"They have a plan for this too?"
"Beach warfare; look for references from the Ancient Egyptians and Aztecs and I'm sure there was another group that I don't remember."
"Very multi-cultural." Vidrine commented. "Dr Jackson's influence I presume."
"Actually Daniel was out of town until yesterday. Major Carter did this on her own recognisance, plus she likes the history channel. They all went through large references for a lot of different periods of history. It maybe a couple hundred years old but some of those strategies have some relevance today."
"Maybe we should have her take over boot camp training." Vidrine suggested.
"She kind of has a job she likes already sir." Jack said.
"Colonel there is a phone call." One of the Sgts in the control room came over and told him. "They said it was urgent."
"Who is it?"
"A Lieutenant Simmons sir."
"Great." Jack said sarcastically. "If you'll excuse me General I need to take that."
"Go ahead." Vidrine said.
"So Lieutenant what happened?" Jack asked.
"Actually I was trying to get a hold of Major Carter sir." Simmons said.
"She's involved in a war game right now and won't be available for the next couple of days. So again I ask what happened?"
"We have a problem with the dialling software."
"There a glitch making to try to dial random destinations?" Jack asked.
"Yes sir, how did you know?"
"Major Carter was expecting something like that to happen."
"Did she have any suggestion on how to fix it sir?" Simmons asked.
"Yes." Jack replied. "Hang on."
"She explained it to you sir?"
"Simmons do I look like I would understand it if she ever did?"
"No sir, I mean yes sir, sir."
"Let's just forget I asked that question for now. She was scribbling notes on the transport out here. Give me a second to get them."
"Colonel is there a problem?" Vidrine asked.
"There seems to be a slight problem with our project but Major Carter left notes on how to fix the problem as she foresaw it coming. She hasn't had time over the last month or so to run the complete system check she usually does. If you'll excuse me I'll get the notes and relay them to the Lieutenant."
"Go ahead."
"Right Lieutenant, hold down F4 and F9 then type 767820."
"I've done that sir. It brought up a menu that I've never seen before."
"I think it's a new one she was trying to build in but hasn't finished with all the options yet. Press 3."
"It requires a password."
"It's Sam's serial number which is..." Jack rattled off Sam's serial number.
"Okay that brought up a sub menu."
"Select the second option and then type 675238913 – H."
"Okay."
"Then enter the address for Abydos minus Earth and hit enter."
"Done."
"Hit F2 type 253- 873 and then hit F4."
"Done."
"Reboot the system and that should stop the problem. If not you're going to have to work it out yourself because that's all I've got."
"Thank you sir."
"Now unless it's a real emergency we're unreachable."
"Yes sir." Simmons hung up.
"Scientists." Jack muttered as he went back into the control room.
"Problem solved Colonel?"
"Hopefully sir."
"Good. I'm going to get an early dinner, stay here and observe when I get you can go."
"Yes sir."
TBC