General Hammond and Jacob Carter were standing in the 'Gate Room when SG-1 came in. Jack, Sam and Daniel in their black "saving the world outfits" as Jack had dubbed them, and Teal'c in his Jaffa robes he always wore on leave. SG-1 were kitted out with so much hardware, armaments, ammunition and supplies that under normal conditions they wouldn't be able to stand up; never mind run.

"Chevron five locked."

"Got everything you need?" Jacob asked sassily. "I think there's still a sink in the kitchen." He grimaced, not sure if he really wanted his daughter going into a situation like this with only two team members to back her up, albeit both she and they had super human strength, endurance and speed. But he'd seen their psych files and it wasn't good, their faculties were severely reduced and they tended to take very rash decisions. There was also the overhanging threat that the armbands might stop working at some point, possibly on this mission.

"Chevron six encoded."

"Come to see us off Dad?" Sam said, smiling. That was her dad, watching her leave on an important mission and he'd make some kind of quip.

"Something like that Kiddo." Jacob said, hugging his heavily laden daughter. She gingerly hugged him back, trying not to break another rib.

"Jacob and Selmak will be accompanying SG 3 to Cirris to hold the gate." Hammond said.

"Chevron six locked."

"But…" Jack butted in.

"No butts Colonel." Hammond stopped him. "This is an order. Besides they won't be stepping through the gate until you radio the other side is clear, and you WILL be radioing us because otherwise they will be coming through in ten minutes time whether it is clear or not to drag you back for court marshal, understood?"

"Okay." Jack said, looking downhearted. He had hoped they would be given free reign to be creative on this mission. Get in; make as much havoc as possible; get out. Getting their hands on Apophis' new weapon would be an added bonus of course.

"Chevron seven encoded and locked."

The 'gate opened and SG-1 and SG-3 prepared to embark. Jack tugged the pins out of two tear gas grenades and threw them through the awaiting event horizon, from the bottom of the ramp.

"Ral Tora Ke, my friends." Teal'c said, placing his hand on Jack's shoulder, then Sam's, and then Daniel's.

"Uh, good luck." Daniel translated. And they whizzed through the 'gate to whatever awaited.

"You attached the trackers?" Jacob asked Teal'c.

"Yes." Teal'c nodded his head. "I attached them as you requested General Carter."

"Good." Said Hammond, walking back up to the control room. "I want to know where they are whenever I open the 'gate."

Teal'c stood watching the rippling event horizon while SG-3 stood checking their gear, they weren't quite so heavily kitted out as SG-1. The sounds of staff fire, bullets and the general auditory detritus of battle drifted through the radios while they waited.

"This is Colonel O'Neill reporting the Cirris 'gate clear." Came Jack's voice over the radio eventually after nine and a half minutes waiting. "We are setting off now to see what we can see, hold the fort SG-3."

"Yeah, pick me up a t-shirt." Ferretti quipped into the radio. "But a mother ship wouldn't go amiss, so long as it's nicely done out; plush curtains, shag pile carpets, the works you understand?"

"Loud and clear Ferretti, watch our sweet sixes while we're gone."

"Oh we will." Ferretti replied; looking at the handheld computer he'd been given to watch SG-1s movements on. "We will, over and out."

Jacob Carter and SG-3 lined up to enter the 'gate. Hammond gave them the green light and they quickly left to see what awaited them on Cirris; Teal'c waited for Walter to dial up Chulack then stepped through with a nodded head and a bow to General Hammond. Once on the other side he walked briskly to the city, and to the house where Bra'tac currently resided, sticking to the shadows to avoid confrontation with any Jaffa who still considered him sholva. He knocked, and nearly died of surprise when the door was answered not by his old friend and mentor, but by his first beloved, Shaun'ac.