A/N Apparently the knowledge that other people are reading MY (she does a happy dance) work is a kick in the pants. I was very stuck on a later chapter until I started posting. Now the story just seems to flow from my fingers. Hah!

Ch. 3 We've Saved the World How Many Times?

That Afternoon

Jack and Daniel walked into the briefing room and saw Bhagat, Catalonotto, and Paoletti sitting to one side of the table. They sat down on the opposite side. General Hammond considered it a major victory that both Colonel O'Neill and Dr. Jackson were attending the briefing considering Major Carter and Teal'c were still unconscious. Of course, they both just came from the infirmary and they both knew that Dr. Frasier was keeping them unconscious.

"Ok, Campers, you got full clearance. Here are the non-disclosure forms for Max to sign. You two know the rules. You don't discuss this, even with each other, outside of this base. That includes upstairs in NORAD."

Max signed the forms.

"Now, I told you earlier that I was on P5X-9 . . . What was it, Daniel? Where Dad had us for the last month or so? Anyway," Jack turned back to the three, "Daniel here knows about the history of the 'gate. And trust me, you'll need the history to get the shit we deal with here. Daniel?"

"Yes, well, in 1928, at an archeological dig near Giza, Egypt, a Dr. Langford and company found the stargate. Now the cover stone had written on it a language that no body could translate. They obviously couldn't figure out what it was. The military conducted tests on it through World War II. In fact, they managed to open the gate in 1945. However, they didn't know what they accomplished. After that, in the early '90's, research began again. For two years, scientists theorized, postulated, and guessed. Finally, Catherine Langford consulted with a promising archeologist and linguist. He was able to translate the cover stone in two weeks. The first team of people went through the gate in 1995. On Abydos, the planet they went to, they encountered a gould known as Ra. As we have since learned, the Egyptian deities, several other ancient cultures, were originated by these Goa'uld. They are snake-like parasites that take a human host and completely suppress the host's personality. These Gould rule much of the galaxy by terror."

"Like that, don't you, General? A promising archeologist and linguist. Guys, that person is none other than our own Dr. Daniel Jackson."

Daniel flushed at the praise inherent in Jack's words and in his tone of voice.

"Wait, Ra as in the Egyptian sun god?"

"Yes, many of the pagan gods of the ancient cultures were likely started by or represented by a goa'uld. And, well, during that mission, we killed Ra and freed the people of Abydos. We thought that was the end of the story. However, little over a year later, another goa'uld connected with earth and we became embroiled in a war with these Gould. In the last six years, we have made allies, explored worlds, and killed a number of these gould."

Jack interrupted. "The point is, gentlemen, we are bringing the fight to them now. They now recognize that we are a threat to them. They have tried to obliterate or enslave Earth a number of times in the last six years. In those years, it has been this command and SG-1 in particular who has stopped the threats to earth. How many times is that now, Daniel?" Jack asked distractedly.

Daniel was caught somewhat off-guard. "Do you mean from enemies or natural disasters?"

"You keep it separate?" Jack's eyebrow went up.

"Well, yeah. On the one hand, the bad guys are trying to kill us. On the other hand, we screw up and have to fix our own mistakes."

"Makes sense. Both then."

"Well against various enemies we've got eight saves. You have one more than me. As for our own screw ups, we have three. Again, you have one more than me. There are probably more but those are the major ones."

"Eight? Three? It seems like more than that!"

"Ok, we have Apophis, Sokar, the Reetoo, the evil us-es, the replicators, the asteroid, Reece's replicators, and Annubis's wormhole. Well that's nine isn't it. As for our own screw ups go there is the touchstone, the black hole, and Groundhog's Day. Well Groundhog's Day wasn't our fault. But if it wasn't for you, we would still be stuck with only you and Teal'c knowing about it. You might be thinking of the other worlds we've saved on a weekly basis."

"Sweet! So twelve times all together just for SG-1. Additionally, we've killed more than ten of these goulds."

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