Jack O'Neill walked to the far end of the room and turned around in a smart about face. It was seventeen steps from one end to the other. He marched back toward the other end of the room where the rest were clustered around the Asgard communications receiver. He heard incomprehensible language from the speaker, like nothing he had heard other than some of the chatter from the Lancers during the fight with the Magog. He couldn't put his finger on what was wrong with it, but he didn't like the way it sounded. As he approached the communications console, he could discern a difference in the speech patterns. The people on both ends of the conversation sounded more excited. They've got some real problems. They're in trouble, BIG trouble. His military training brought him to a full state of alert. He stopped next to Daniel Jackson. "So, folks, what's happening?" he asked.
"Well," said Daniel, "Apparently there's some trouble on the planet. The Commonwealth has determined that the Replicators are a threat, and they've set up a military blockade of the planet. They're asking for additional ships from other Commonwealth planets, and the planet we're orbiting is going to send a ship too."
"What is this planet?" asked O'Neill
"This? Planet?" responded Daniel, confused. "Oh, you mean the name? The best I can translate it into English is either Wheel or Circle. Both words in Common mean the same in English, so it's hard to tell. I would guess the name is Wheel."
"When the ship leaves the planet, can we not follow it?" asked Teal'c of Thor.
"I have been scanning this region of space," answered Thor. "It appears that in this universe the civilizations have achieved interstellar travel by use of wormholes. The Samantha Carter should be able to track a ship within a wormhole and follow it to its destination. For a ship as advanced as this, that will be simple."
Carter winced a little at the mention of her name attached to the ship, but she was getting used to it and had even begun to think of it with pride. Suddenly she noticed something moving on one of the auxiliary screens. Pointing at it, she addressed Thor. "Thor, it appears that a ship is leaving the planet's surface. We should get ready to follow it."
Thor turned his attention to the main viewscreen, which shifted to indicate warp and subspace conditions in the area. "Yes," he said, "There is a wormhole entrance forming. As soon as the ship begins to enter, we will enter hyperspace and begin following it."
As incomprehensible things started happening on the viewscreen, O'Neill couldn't help speaking up. "You know, the Jack O'Neill could have done the same thing if you guys hadn't BLOWN IT UP!"
"Entering hyperspace," announced Thor, steering the ship into the hyperspace entrance.
