Disclaimer: I own nothing except my own imagination, although I wouldn't mind owning Fifth….forget I said that.

This is my first Stargate fic, don't be too harsh on me but I would love some reviews to head me in the right direction.  This is based after New Order part 2, however the chain of command never changed and good ole Hammond is still in charge.

'Daniel, lets go'

'Daniel….'

'DANEIL!'

Daniel Jackson's head jerked upwards towards Colonel Jack O'Neil's scowling face.

'I've almost got this translation complete, what's the rush?'

'What's the rush' Jack mimicked him, Daniel just rolled his eyes.

Five agonizingly slow minutes later Daniel gave a moan of excitement.

Jack looked at Major Samantha Carter with his eyebrows raised 'You ever think maybe Daniel gets just a little too much enjoyment out of translating this..stuff?'

'Stuff, Sir?' Major Carter asked with a small smile.

'Have you discovered something of importance Daniel Jackson?' asked Teal'c who had walked over to join their group after securing the area with SG5

'Yes, well no. Not directly important to our mission, but interesting none the less, if I could just spend a bit more time..to be absolutely certain, it could hold major..huge.. significance…'

'DANIEL!' Jack snapped at the end of his patience. 'Short and Sweet, Please!'

Daniel nodded, unfazed by the Colonels tone.

'We know that this planet was once inhabited by the Goa'uld, but we haven't given much thought to the original inhabitants of the planet..'

Major Carter interrupted 'we assumed that the Goa'uld brought their slaves here for a specific reason rather than enslaving an original population since there were no signs of any civilisation other than Goa'uld..'

'Right' Daniel continued 'however this engraving suggests another race.. dedicated to nature, with unusual powers and a hate of technology..' Daniel glanced over their faces for reactions. Sam looked interested, Teal'c had his usual deadpan expression and Jack looked…bored, and very far away.

'And…..' Jack made a 'please continue' gesture with his wrist unenthusiastically while staring into the sky nonchalantly.

'and…'Daniel continued 'It reads like the Goa'uld wanted something from these people and tried long and hard to get it, but in the end failed and deserted the planet'

'So then there's no specific natural resource which brought them here?' asked Sam, slightly disappointed as she had been anticipating that the planet contained minerals capable of being formed into defence technology'

'I guess not' Seeing her subtly disappointed look Daniel continued 'But this could be an amazing breakthrough, imagine, a race which the Goa'uld failed to defeat…think of what we could learn'

'Daniel Jackon' called Teal'c who had taken Daniel's place examining the engravings 'These writings do not, however speak of the victory of the other race'

Daniel nodded, 'Well that's understandable, the Goa'uld are probably too proud to want to talk extensively about another race's victory against them..' he took off his glasses, cleaned them with the bottom of his shirt and put them back on, taking a closer look at the engravings.

Teal'c nodded 'You are correct Daniel Jackson, the Goa'uld are not likely to celebrate anther races victory, however, I believe there is a strong message in these writings that indicate that neither race was successful in this battle'

A loud and exaggerated sigh came from Jack 'Is this going to reach a climax anytime soon, I don't want Hammond chasing me up because we didn't meet scheduled contact time..or minute..or HOUR!'

Major Carter suppressed a laugh 'Sir, we may have just discovered another alien race, possibly allies considering their past with the Goa'uld, I'm sure General Hammond will understand.'

Jack looked more interested now 'A new race, is that what you guys were talking about, why didn't you just say that'

Daniel looked as if he was about to explode.