"Found something?" Jack asked, looking behind Jacob and the female Tok'ra that had come through the gate with him to see what they'd brought. There wasn't anything there, and the Stargate deactivated.

"It's not with us, Jack."

Duh.

"Won't that make it sort of difficult to see?"

Jacob ignored him, looking at Ian, who was staring at him.

"Does your dad know you're here?"

"Sort of. Does he know you are?"

The retired general smiled and shook his head.

"No. And let's keep it that way, okay?"

"What did you find, Jacob?" Hammond asked, breaking into the conversation. While it was very nice that the two of them knew each other – obviously through Nathan, and now that Hammond thought about it, it made plenty of sense – he had a base to run, and Tok'ra on that base.

"We don't know, George. We can't get it to work. It looks like some kind of ship of some sort."

"What makes you think we can make it work?" Jack asked.

Jacob smiled.

"Not you, Jack. Sam." He ignored Jack's scowl, and turned to Hammond. "Why don't we go sit down? This might take a bit."

Hammond nodded, and looked over at one of the security members.

"Have someone call Doctor Jackson – he's up top at NORAD talking to Doctor Faul."

"Aye, aye, Sir."

The Marine headed to the phones, and everyone else headed for the briefing room.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"About a month ago, Pia and a small group of Tok'ra were sent to a planet that we were fairly certain was deserted. As you know, we're always looking for deserted places to set up new bases – or back up bases in case one of the main ones are compromised."

Ian glanced over at the woman who'd come with Jacob. This was Pia, and much to his annoyance and discomfort, she'd taken the seat next to him when they'd sat at the briefing table. And had inched closer. Which might have been enjoyable if not for several factors – the biggest of which being that he wasn't interested in her getting any closer.

It was one thing to appreciate the way her clothing fit – and he admitted that took him by surprise when she'd come through the gate all half-naked and long legs and perfect body – but it was another to have her close to him like this. He couldn't concentrate, and she didn't seem to notice the way he kept inching his chair away from her – although Jack and Sam both did, and Sam couldn't stop smiling, even though she hid it fairly well.

Pia gave Ian what could only be called an inviting smile when she caught him looking at her, and Ian scowled, and moved another inch or so to his left. If he kept this up, he was going to be in Teal'c's lap any minute.

"So was it deserted?" Daniel asked, from the spot next to Sam.

Jacob nodded.

"They didn't find any people, but they did find several ruins – mostly small buildings that could only have been houses – but also a few larger ones, and inside of one of them was… this."

He handed Sam a stack of pictures of what looked like a coffee can on its side with a window cut into the front. Another photo showed the back end open with a ramp leading down onto the ground – obviously the way into the ship, if it was, indeed a ship.

"It doesn't look like a ship," Jack said, looking at the picture in Sam's hand. "Where are the wings?"

Jacob shrugged.

"Not all ships have wings."

"They do if they want to move in any kind of atmosphere," Jack said. He was a pilot, after all. He knew these things. "This thing would glide about as well as Jaffer."

Daniel had taken a couple of the pictures from Sam and was looking at them as well.

"This thing is Ancient."

"It doesn't look that old," Jack said. "Just a little dusty."

"Not ancient, Jack," Daniel said. "Ancient."

Jack scowled, but Sam caught on.

"As in builders of the Stargates Ancient?"

Daniel nodded, pointing to the photo he was holding. There were symbols on the walls of the interior of the ship.

"These are written in Ancient."

"What do they say?"

Daniel shrugged.

"It's probably just instructions – like don't step behind the yellow line, or something… I'll look into it."

Ian scowled, distracted, and moved another inch away from Pia. This time Jacob noticed, and gave the young woman a look that plainly told her to stop. She frowned, but moved her chair back to the spot she'd started in, much to Ian's relief.

"Anyways," Jacob said, breaking into the conversation. The three of them had already proven to him that he'd made the right call in bringing the photos to the SGC. "We'd like to have Sam come back with us, and see if she can get the ship to work – or at least figure out if it's not working because it's broken or for some other reason."

Jack frowned, looking at Jacob.

"Sam's pregnant, Jacob."

Jacob shook his head.

"I know, Jack."

"Then you know that I'm not really fond of the idea of her going offworld just now." His voice had lost the light tone he'd been using when discussing the ship with Daniel and was now completely serious – as it always was when he was discussing Sam's safety.

"It's safe, Jack," Jacob said. He, of course, was just as concerned about Sam's health as Jack was. "The planet is deserted, and the only people there are Tok'ra."

"I don't care, Jacob," Jack told him. "We-"

"Going through the gate itself won't hurt the baby, Jack," Jacob told him. "She's not so far along that –"

"Would you two stop talking about me like I'm not here?" Sam said, interrupting them before they could start arguing.

Both men turned and looked at her, and Ian couldn't help but smile. Good for her.

"I don't see why I can't go take a look," Sam said.

Ian frowned.

"But-"

Sam turned to look at Ian, her gaze unwavering and challenging. She was tired of being stuck in a safe lab while the others went offworld and missed it far more than they'd ever understand. Besides, it was safe, right? Or her father would never have suggested it.

"If Daniel's right and the technology is Ancient – an Ancient ship, even – then we can't pass up the opportunity to get our hands on it," she told the room. All of them except Pia and Jacob were showing signs of not liking the direction this was going. Even Jaffer looked tense. "I want to go have a crack at it."