Trade

The Assistant called out, "I present to you the CSA's General's Assistant Tenaya.

Daniel who had run in shortly before shrugged, "Must be important if the assistant has an assistant."

Jack ordered that their guests be shown to the briefing room and he noticed that like before Tenaya held herself in a way that glowed of Independence.

Once they were all sitting in the briefing room Tenaya nodded to her assistant who went to stand away from the table, "I am sorry, but General Truman ordered that I travel with my assistant for my protection. He wouldn't even accept the fact that I had come here once before on my own. Sheri however is used to letting me be in charge and tries to stay out of my way. She will however stay in the room and take notes for me."

Jack agreed, "I welcome you back to Earth Tenaya and I hope we are able to better establish contact this time around."

Tenaya tilted her head, "Colonel O'Neil where is General Hammond?"

Jack coughed, "It is General now and Hammond has been promoted to another office higher than the SGC."

Tenaya bowed her head, "Congratulations then, if I had known I would have brought you a gift."

Sam and Daniel laughed slightly at Tenaya's remark wondering what sort of gift the Corinthium would give Jack.

"Unfortunately like the other times this visit isn't just a social call and I am here for a reason." Tenaya frowned, "We have gone over the list of possible species that could have come through our gate and I guess as you said it is the worst possible case as it appears that our invader is a Goa'uld."

Daniel muttered something, "A Goa'uld should be fairly easy to detect as they are always power hungry and very egotistical. They would stand out over your general population."

Tenaya shook her head, "No one appears to be acting like that however while we were excavating around our stargate we found this." Tenaya produced a small crystal, "Your files said that the Goa'uld use crystalline technology."

Sam asked for permission and then took the crystal from Tenaya, "This isn't Goa'uld; this is Tok'Ra."

Tenaya looked around the room with her sightless eyes, "Would you be able to come to Corinthum and see if you can find this Tok'Ra?"

"Really if you have a Tok'Ra living on your world, they shouldn't be too much of a threat, they probably just want to leave your world or live in secret." Sam replied as she handed the crystal back to Tenaya.

"Well coming to find the Tok'Ra isn't the only reason we want you to come for a visit. We have recently reached a state where we are stable and have adjusted to having SPD stationed on our planet. Though many in the GSA are against our use of the stargate we have been given the go ahead to use it as long as we don't carelessly bring something back. The General would like to meet with you to learn about precautions that we can take and maybe trade for technology that we can use in relation to gate travel."

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Sam looked around the newly constructed city ship. He had dropped Jon off on Galactic Prime and the teen had settled right in. When he had left Jon was testing out the Glider course. Now he was back in orbit of Edenoi where he was to meet Commander Stanton. Officially the crew was going to be entirely from Earth however Stanton had announced that he wanted to make a fresh start for himself and his daughter. People had been recruited from Earth to be the senior crew and they were slowly trickling in for training however Stanton and his daughter were Kerovian's and had been on the ship for a few months.

Sam walked into what would the city's community center once the ship was fully manned. Right now though most of the unit was still packed in boxes or covered in sheets. There was one section that would be a café where a few tables had been set up and a girl was sitting at a table writing, "Hello Jodi is your father around?"

Jodi looked up, "Father just stepped out to welcome some more of the staff."

Sam smiled at the younger girl, "Are you scared?"

Jodi laughed, "I am a little bit, but father is right we need a fresh start. Everywhere back home reminds us of mother and how she isn't with us anymore. I am a little nervous about meeting all these new people though and I worry that they won't like me because I am different."

Sam laughed, "So many emotions, but I am sure you will be alright and I am sure the other children will be envious of the little mind tricks that you can play."

Jodi grinned and made her notebook float, "You mean like this?"

Stanton walked in at that moment, "Jodi, You know better than to show off. Why don't you go find someone to show around while I talk to Omega here?"

Jodi stood up and took her notebook with her as she ran from the café.

Sam looked at Stanton, "You are making a big change by doing this. I came to make sure you are still completely sure that this is what you want to do."

Stanton laughed, "I am very sure that I want this for my daughter and besides I believe given the level Earth is at they will appreciate having someone who knows what they are doing out here and someone who knows the customs of people they will likely meet."

"What do you think of the crew that has been picked to lead the expedition?" Sam asked as he looked around the café.

Stanton nodded, "They are an interesting group and they have transitioned well to living aboard a ship. I have already picked out who I want to be my second in command. He is young but I think he will be well liked by the rest of the crew and our citizens." Stanton held out a file folder.

Sam took the folder and nodded as he read over the information, "Mike Corbett hmm? He is one of the ones that were placed on this ship who have potential to become a ranger if the need arises."

Stanton nodded, "I am aware of all of them and while I hope the need doesn't arise to require a ranger team on board I am glad that I have a good group of people who could. Are there any ranger powers picked out for them?"

"Not that I am aware of but I do know there are a few possibilities. The council would rather not see a ranger team serve here but they wanted to be prepared just in case given the current troubles we are having." Sam nodded as he handed the file folder back over, "He has excellent leadership skills although I hear he can be a bit headstrong."

"I have heard that this time round the colony mission is going to be harder. In the past Earth was disjointed tribal communities and they welcomed the opportunity to travel the stars with the good God's but now they are more unified and skeptical of the GSA." Stanton asked with worry laced through his voice.

"The first step was easy as it usually is," Sam shrugged, "the next step is going to be the hard one because it is so much more public and harder to cover a mass exodus of the population. A messenger is being prepared to talk with the governing bodies of Earth's nations. Don't worry, Terra Venture will fly just as Terra Corinth, Terra Kerova and Terra Miranoi did."

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SG1 and General Hammond walked out of the stargate next to Tenaya and Jack looked around, "I like what you did with the place."

Tenaya nodded, "We moved the Gate closer to the city recently so that we could better defend it and have easier access to it. However if we aren't using it we still place a cover stone over it"

Sam looked around and paused when she saw a building that seemed out of place "Is that?"

Tenaya paused and looked towards Sam, "Is what?"

Sam blushed and apologized, "There is a building sitting just outside your city that I don't recognize from our last visit here but somehow it seems familiar."

Tenaya laughed, "It should seem familiar because you took me inside the building even though you didn't see the outside. That is the SPD crawler base and it was moved here when your SPD team relocated to Corinthum."

Jack gazed up at it, "You mean to say they actually moved an entire building from one world to another?"

Daniel nodded, "I think that is what she said."

A familiar voice greeted them, "The Crawler base isn't any ordinary building it is a Zord and as such it is capable of being fully pressurized and moved from place to place if needed."

SG1 spun around to see a familiar young woman wearing a grey and pink SPD uniform.

Teal'c nodded, "Cadet Drew."

Syd laughed, "It is actually Officer now, since we moved we received full ranks. I have to scan you all before you will be allowed to enter the city."

Tenaya stopped what she was doing as did her assistant while Syd used a scanning wand on Tenaya and cleared her on.

Sam was first up so she did exactly what Tenaya did but found herself having to ask, "This seems different than when we were scanned the last time."

Syd nodded, "This is a little different, you will still be scanned for the virus upon entry to the city, this is just to make sure you aren't bringing a foreign entity onto the planet."

The scanner beeped and Syd looked at it but cleared it, "It was telling me that it detected Naquadah in your blood. However that isn't something concerning because we know your history as a former host."

Jack seemed taken aback, "Is there anything you don't know about is?"

Another voice carried over to them, "That is not to be discussed, nor is how we get access to your files for your safety and everyone involved."

Daniel looked at the person, "Officer Skyler Tate am I correct?"

Sky laughed, "Actually here I am second in command so I am Lieutenant Commander Tate."

Syd nodded, "They are all clear and may proceed to the city checkpoint."

Tenaya nodded and lead SG1 to the main gate while the members of SPD remained outside watching them go.

Daniel looked back at them, "Do they ever come into the city or do they stay out here at their secret base?"

Tenaya's assistant explained, "They do come in however only when they are off duty or for official business."

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Ashley knelt by the bathtub and laughed as she rubbed soap through her daughter's long hair. "Enora hold still sweetheart!"

Andros opened the door slightly while holding a wiggling bundle, "Is Enora being good during bath time?"

Enora laughed, "Yes Daddy, I am being very good."

Ashley rolled her eyes, "If being good means that I am wearing all her bathwater?"

Andros chuckled and shut the door again.

Ashley shook her head as she poured water over Enora's hair.

"Mommy how come Hammett sleeps so much?" Enora asked in between buckets of water.

"He is still a baby but he isn't asleep now, so when you are done with your bath you can play with him." Ashley replied as she pulled the plug in the bathtub.

Once Enora was dried off and dressed she brought the young girl to the common room where Andros had Hammett. She had not even had a chance to sit down when Lara her oldest daughter came running into the house. "Mom, there was a message waiting for you on our front door."

Ashley took the old fashioned paper note. Most messages were left via communication consoles but occasionally someone left a paper note and when they did she felt like she was in her childhood home on Earth where they didn't have communication consoles. Reading it once she handed it over to Andros, "I am not sure I understand everything in this message."

Andros looked over it and nodded, "You have been chosen to be the messenger to Earth. You will help with the selection of who will go on the colony ship."

Ashley looked at her family, "I don't know if I can do it."

Andros nodded, "You will be trained first, you won't be thrown into it like when you became a ranger. I believe you will do very well in such a position. You know how it works out here but you are also very comfortable with people from Earth, I see it in the way you tell others of your childhood."

Ashley nodded, "If you think it is an honorable thing to do then I shall attempt it."

"You most likely won't go alone." Andros said as he bent down to prevent Enora from throwing a block and Hammett. "You shouldn't worry about me; I can manage our family just fine."

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Sam walked around the city with Tenaya and Summer. Tenaya's assistant had taken Jack to meet with the General. Teal'c had been invited to watch Eagle squadron while they trained and Daniel had asked to see some of the older parts of the ship wanting to put into context what he had read about in the Corinthium's book. "Are you sure that whoever we are looking for is in the city?"

Summer shook her head, "We don't know but if they aren't in the city it will be nearly impossible to track them down. Letting you walk around the city is the only way we can be sure that they aren't in the city."

Tenaya tilted her head, "So if we do have a Tok'Ra or a Goa'uld here in our city you can feel them as if you were touching something?"

Sam shook her head, "I can't feel them physically but because of the Naquadah in my blood I am attracted to a certain pull that they let off. It is like a magnet."

Summer tilted her head, "You have this Naquadah from being a host to a Tok'Ra?"

Sam nodded, "Yes I was a host for a short time to a Tok'Ra named Jolinar and she died trying to save my life. Summer I wanted you to know that I know of your occupation as a ranger seeing as you know of my past."

Summer nodded, "Well I am not exactly a ranger right now. We decommissioned our morphers however if the need arises we can still use them. We prefer to let our Allies do the fighting and we only used our powers to protect us from a creation gone wrong. We have never actually been attacked by an outside force which is what the powers are actually designed to do."

Sam nodded taking note of some words that Summer used such as Morpher and the intended use for her powers. This trip was proving to be very beneficial towards learning more about rangers.

Summer explained, "You should know that while I am still inactive all the rules apply to me still as a member of the GSA as well as ranger rules being for life. I can only explain what you have clearance to know."

Sam nodded, "I am familiar with this runaround and I can't even know where my clearance level is, all I will know is I have hit it when you stop answering my questions."

Summer nodded, "You are correct."

Sam stopped suddenly as she felt a slight connection through her Naquadah and she stopped to look around to see if she could see anyone who was also feeling the connection. Her gaze stopped when she found a young woman who appeared to be Asian decent looking straight at her with a surprised look.

Summer followed her gaze and asked, "I take it that you have found someone?"

Sam nodded and began to walk slowly towards the other person while Summer got a picture of the person Sam had indicated. The woman ran when she saw Sam coming towards her.

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"Callisthene what is wrong?" Calli asked her host as they ran through the crowds that made their way through the shopping district.

"We have been found out. There is someone here who can sense my presence in your body."

"Callisthene, why are we running? Maybe she could help us get off of this planet and back to your people." Calli asked as her body ducked under a group of workmen moving a pipe.

"I don't like unknowns and I didn't recognize the person. I would like to learn more about her before I allow myself to be taken in. She could be in the service of the Goa'uld." Callisthene answered her host.

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Summer took Sam back to the garage, "I have her picture so if she is in our system we can find out whom she is registered as and her address. If we were to chase her we could just end up causing a political incident."

Sam nodded, "That is more than reasonable seeing as you definitely have the home field advantage here."

Summer showed Sam and Tenaya into the lab and Sam found herself amazed at the different pieces of equipment, "This place is pretty amazing; this was your ranger base?"

Summer nodded as she pointed out a computer and as she downloaded the picture to the computer she announced, "We can access the citizen files from this computer here."

Sam sat in the chair while the computer searched for a likeness to the woman's face and eventually it came up with a profile however there wasn't much in the system other than informed them that her name was Calli S. Thene.