Chapter 4: Greetings to Friends from Afar
Setting: Stargate Command Gate Room, 3 days after Chapter 2
O'Neill had pondered all of this for days and shook his head. "I'll conference with the Joint Chiefs and the President." He called Daniel into his office and told him to begin looking for the gate address to Kobol.
Daniel ran down to the gate room and being to scan through the gate address book. If only Sam was there. She could run a program that could calculate the gate address for a gate in the area Kobol was supposed to be. At that moment, the gate began to dial.
"OFF-WORLD ACTIVATION!" Sergeant Walter Harriman's voice boomed over the facility's comm. system. General O'Neill watched as the iris closed and he made his way down to the gate room.
"Receiving IDC sir. It's…Dr. Weir."
"Open the iris, Walter. It can only be bad or worse news, right?"
"Um…yes, sir." Walter looked at his uncomfortably. "We're receiving audio."
"General O'Neill? General Landry? General Hammond? Good lord, the SGC goes through generals more than people go through toothbrushes." Doctor Weir sounded annoyed, but O'Neill picked up on her joke. Doctor Weir was the woman in charge of the SGC's most promising expedition, the expedition of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy.
"Your jokes are improving, Doctor. I actually chuckled at that one."
"Thank you sir. How goes it on your end?"
O'Neill thought about Daniel and his new discovery. "Oh the usual. Daniel learned something new and is reading his books, talking fast, and confusing new people here. How is it in Atlantis?"
"Much better, sir. Most damage has been repaired. We're basically home free until the Wraith discover us again. Commander Caldwell is doing an amazing job keeping watch for the Wraith." Tears welled in her eyes as she thought of the last few weeks and months holding out against the Wraith. So many died, but for a good cause.
"Ah! Caldwell and his little baby Daedy. Anyhow, I'd like to ask a favor of my favorite diplomat I've ever met."
"You name it General, you got it." She smirked at the thought of how many ways the General could take that.
"I need you to do a search in the Ancient database. It's a high priority."
Her brow furrowed as she asked him, "Sure. What do I need to do a search on?"
He said but one word. "Kobol."