The members of SG-1 looked at each other, then looked as a unit at General Hammond.
"Were we expecting company?", Jack O'Neil asked him.
General Hammond shrugged, and with his Texas drawl showing a little more, "Well, I'm as surprised as you are, Colonel. There was nothing on my schedule."
Jack looked over at Daniel, who simply sat stone-faced, but with a hint of the expectant.
Jack shrugged, then said, "Well, let's go see whose knocking at the door, shall we?"
SG-1 and General Hammond rose and walked through the familiar corridors down to the chamber that was the reason this facility existed; the Gate Room. The Stargate was a mixed blessing for the inhabitants of Earth. It brought humanity into contact with the greater galaxy at large. Problem was, Humanity wasn't ready for an awful lot of what was out there.
But to turn their backs on the galaxy now, would be shutting that proverbial barn door after the bovines had already gone strolling. Earth was now in the thick of galactic affairs. And the Stargate was a combo red carpet and first line of defense. What was done was done, and that left only the future to face.
The team and General Hammond arrived at the Control Room, looking down thru the thick armored glass shield into the Gate Room. Master Sergeant Walter Davis was coordinating the airmen on Control Room duty. As soon as he saw the group arrive, he says, "Incoming wormhole, signal from the Tok'ra. They want to send a representative through. The signal's authentic, sir."
Sergeant Davis turned to General Hammond, who nodded and said, "Alright, Sergeant, open the Iris."
"General..?", O'Neil voiced, pointing towards the stairwell that led down into the Gate Room. General Hammond nodded and followed SG-1 down to greet their visitor. When they arrived, the iris had retracted itself and the familiar shimmering wormhole showed itself. Suddenly, a lone figure emerged. The wormhole collapsed behind him.
Jacob Carter, formerly of the US Air Force, now joined with the Symbiote Sel'mac, walked down the ramp in front of the Stargate. He smiled at the sight of his daughter, Samantha, and hugged her warmly.
He then addressed the group behind her, and said, "We need to talk. Theirs is some serious developments underway with the System Lords. If it proves to be what we fear it is, this could be a nightmare."
Daniel Jackson started, and stared at Jacob Carter with intensity, his weariness temporarily forgotten. Teal'c added his gaze, one eyebrow jumping up.
Jack O'Neil looked at Daniel.
"Yeah. Nightmares. Right. We've been getting a lot of that of late."