Damn…morning again…stupid alarm clock…must…wake…up………open…eyes... damn that's so pathetic… Oh well, I've never been much of a morning person, and I bet even a few of the people here at the base are the same way.
Instinctively, Kevin got up and searched for his coffee pot, then remembered it was up in his lab on a different floor. He wondered where the nearest coffee pot was on this floor, then decided he'd ask the SF's stationed outside his door after he was fully awake.
Hmmm…I wonder if Major Carter could fill me in on the questions about this base I really want answered. Like what that alarm was, and 'Off-World'? As in off earth? Kevin…what have you gotten yourself into…
As he stumbled around in his pitiful attempts to get ready for the morning, he kept the thoughts circling in his head, trying to figure out answers to the questions plaguing him. Finally ready to be out in the rest of the base, he asked the SF's on guard to lead him to the commissary.
Well…good intentions, bad food…these pancakes taste like they were made from recycled tires and the eggs…oooohhhh…don't even go there….This has to be the most horrible food I've ever attempted to eat in my entire life. The only thing that redeemed this kitchen staff was the supply of Jell-o. After all, something as simple as Jell-o couldn't be screwed up. Even a 3 year old can make it. Seems Blue's pretty popular here, I can't understand why any military complex could need so much jell-o, and blue jell-o at that!
Almost the same time as he was thinking that, a hand reached out and grabbed the Styrofoam bowl full of blue Jell-o that had triggered his thoughts into…well…thinking about it.
"Morning Mr. Edwards"
"Please call me Kevin."
"Ok, Kevin."
He turned to see who was talking to him and was surprised to see that it was Major Carter, the person he wanted to see most.
"I have a few questions about the base…would you be able to answer a few of them for me?"
"Yeah, General Hammond wanted me to give you some information anyway."
The two walked over to the nearest empty table, which was easy to find since few people had arrived at the base yet.
"So…uh…well, first, I'm kinda curious as to what you all actually do here."
"Ah, the big question."
"Well, first let me say that everything that goes on here is very, very classified. Now, it seems you've been allowed access to the computer data files…so, anything I say right now you could've found in that database."
Major Carter paused, thinking of an 'easy way' to explain what they actually do here.
"The name of this facility is 'Stargate Command', or SGC for short. Now…here's where it gets tricky…The Stargate. I guess you can look up details anytime you want, but basically it's a large ring that connects to another ring by establishing a wormhole between them…"
"Wait…'wormhole'…as in sci-fi, 'move to another place really fast…'"
"Yes basically. There are Stargates on many of the planets out there."
"Out there…so…'Off World Activation' really means off world."
"Right. That phrase means that someone is effectively 'dialing in' to our Stargate to pay us a visit. Last night, it was one of our teams returning after a mission."
The conversation paused for a moment, then Kevin spoke again.
"So…there are other people out there…?"
"Yes, that's one reason the files about what we do here need to be kept safe. Could you imagine people realizing that they aren't alone in the universe? Then realizing that the government knew about it and hid it? It'd be a conspiracy theorists field-day!"
"I can see that happening. Political nightmare… Now, these aliens, are they hostile?"
"Some are, some aren't. I would recommend that if you don't know how to fire a gun you get some training soon. You never know when it'll come in handy. Oh, and for hand to hand combat, you should talk to Teal'c."
"Teal'c…that's the guy with the…thing on his forehead…"
"Yeah, that's him. Well, I have to get back to my lab."
"Thank you for answering my questions Major."
"You're welcome Kevin."
Somehow, I think this left me with more questions than I had to begin with. I do want to talk to Teal'c though to at least find out about his name…