Area 51 Earth
October 19, 1997
1400 hours
Lt. Commander Ryan O'Connell some how found himself in 1997 from he could tell he did not recognize the placement of any landmarks or anything. He thought that he knew how to stay out of history's way but while he needed to be out of history was to find a job and work. "General Hammond and SG-1 to the Control Room" General Hammond and SG-1 ran up in to the control room to see what Walter was calling about on the speaker. When both General Hammond and SG-1 arrived Walter relayed that NASA and NORAD had pick up a vessel on approach to land on earth. "General, What kind of ship?" "We don't know but it appears to be a space capable vessel." "Teal'c, do you recognize the vessel" "No, I have not seen any vessel like the one you are describing" "Jack you and your team are to gear up and head to Area 51, that's where the F-16's will divert the vessel to, you are to find out if the person is harmful or friendly, and Godspeed." "Thank you General." SG-1 went to the armory and grabbed their gear then proceeded to the Elevator to the ground floor and hopped aboard a transport bound for Area 51. En-route to Area 51 Carter was coming up with ways the vessel could have came to earth but until she exams vessel she would have a better clue of how the ship came to be there. Over the PA system came the pilot voice "SG-1 we are about to land on the runway make sure your gear is together and you will be heading to Hanger 10 on the east Hanger Field of the runway strip."
Ryan knew he had ditch the federation uniform but decided kept his phaser, tricorder and combadge, as for shuttle he was in it had to be destroyed or parked somewhere no one could ever detect it, the only way Ryan could make it work if he had a hanger he can stash it in. So he did the best thing he could do was run in to SG-1 some how on earth and convince them he should be a part of the SGC. Ryan found a safe spot to land it but as he was landing the shuttle two United States Air Force F-16 fighters was ordered to intercept the shuttle. "Unidentified craft please follow us to land at Area 51 where a team of specialists with a secret division will meet you there." "This is Ryan O'Connell of the shuttle craft Gemini, I will comply to your orders and would these orders becoming from the SGC?" O'Connell respond. "I do not know where the orders came from but those are the orders and that's all I know."
As the two F-16 and the shuttle Gemini landed at Area 51 SG-1 was waiting to meet him, they proceed to walked up to his shuttle, and waited for the shuttle's cargo door to open. SG-1 along with a few other Marines had their weapons aimed ready just incase the person inside the shuttle was not friendly to them or to the United States. Inside the shuttle Ryan was making sure that all the systems powered off and locked the computer with encryption key to protect the core from unauthorized use of the computer system, and set up a modified probe he had on board to be stored in a place where Starfleet could one day open it and read it and the message would say that he send help back to bring him forward but he don't know when the extra help will come to save him from this time line. Once Ryan all that was finished he proceed to open the shuttles. As he exited the shuttle he was greeted by SG-1, "Welcome to Earth, I'm Colonel Jack O'Neill, this Captain Samantha Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c, and who might you be?" "I'm Lieutenant Commander Ryan O'Connell, of Starfleet Command, and nice to meet all of you, by the way what is today's date Colonel?" "It's October 19, 1997, why?" "I left Utopia Planitia Shipyards was en route to earth for a vacation when out of no where my shuttle and I some how traveled back in time found myself in a lower Earth orbit but I did not recognize the Earth, I thought I was still in year 2388 until the F-16 showed up and diverted me to here."
"Carter, what can you make of this?" "He could be right Jack." "But what would cause this?" Carter started to ponder the topic when Ryan spoke up "What I just witnessed was a temporal rift and probably more than just temporal but a temporal and alternate reality tear in subspace, or at least that's what the sensors were saying. Do think that's possible Major?" "Well given the facts you provided that could be possible, I am going to have to run some calculations to verify it but from what you are telling and your instruments that is fully possible." "Ryan, what are you going to do until whoever or wherever your fellow crew members are going to come and rescue you from this universe and reality?"
"Colonel I do not know what I will be doing, but I could be a valuable asset to Stargate Command, from providing support via my shuttle which has tactical phaser rifles, enhanced sensors, transporter and a cloaking device. If you like I could start building a monitoring station at the edge of the solar system to monitor anything that enters or exits the solar system as well as training a few people to understand how this shuttle operates. If it is okay with you Colonel?"
"I will have to check with General Hammond to see if that is a possibility, if Hammond gives the ok until then remain in your shuttle and remain there until we return for you." O'Neill stated the facts to Ryan.
"Carter would you like review the data from my shuttles sensors and Dr. Jackson would you like to take a padd with some learning materials to help and prep to train members to use federation technology, or I do have a few pages of a device that does need translation done on the PADD?"
"Ryan, I'll start to translate the text as we head back to the Stargate Command."
O'Neill reached for his radio, "O'Neill to Stargate Command, come in?" "Hammond here, go on Colonel," "Request permission to return to Stargate Command with Lt. Commander Ryan O'Connor, sir? He said he could be a valuable fifth member of my team." "Understood Colonel hurry up and get back here so we can debrief. Hammond out."
"Ryan I will take you up on the offer when we return to Stargate Command." Captain Carter answered Ryan's question.
"Well shall we head back to Stargate for debriefing with Hammond and this meeting will be striped from the records?" O'Neill said to the group.
"O'Neill, I must lock the shuttle up and secure it from unauthorized entrance or break and entering to my vessel and plus it secured to my Starfleet ID. That will take a minute to secure unless there room I can land it in the SGC just above the or below the gate room" "Right now there is no room for it to dock in the SGC but maybe in a year you can bring to the SGC to land in the base. Do you need to grab anything we got a footlocker for you to put your gear in if you would like and Teal'c could help you if you need it?"
"Thank you for the offer but I already have a foot locker it's right under the left seat plus it is encrypted with the same features that lock the shuttle up and the only I need to grab is three Isolinear optical chips from the center console that allows the shuttle to operate, and that's it now we can head out."
Teal'c grabbed a footlocker from under the left rear seat and loaded it into the truck to be brought to Cheyenne Mountain complex with them. As they approached the jets to take them back to Cheyenne Mountain complex, Daniel asked Ryan what it was like in the 24th century. " Well Daniel, it's an interesting time we have real big federation with lots of planets in the United Federation of Planets but that's as far as I can go do to the Temporal Prime Directive rules as well as the regular Prime Directive as well.
As the team arrived back at Stargate command inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, General Hammond and Major Davis were atop waiting for the them to arrive at the complex. "Welcome to Stargate Command, Lieutenant Commander Ryan O'Connell." General Hammond said looking at Ryan.
"Thank You General", Ryan said.
"This is Major Davis from the Pentagon. I see you meet SG-1 when you arrived at Area 51. Shale we head down to the briefing room?" Hammond said to everyone.
"Lead the way General." Ryan said.
The group proceeded into the first elevator, and then transferred to a second elevator to the briefing room on level 27. They finally arrived to the briefing room on level 27. "Let's begin the debriefing now." Hammond said.
"Well General let me start by grabbing two devices from my foot locker next to me, one is a handheld device and the second object is a portable LCARs terminal that is linked to my shuttle." as Ryan spoke O'Neill grew impatient waiting for Ryan to set up his stuff
"Can you talk while you set up?" O'Neill said looking at Ryan.
"Sorry, I will start now. It all started when I left Utopia Planitia Shipyards in orbit of Mars and was en route to earth for a vacation when out of no where my shuttle and I some how traveled threw a tear in the space time continuum and then I found myself in a lower Earth orbit but I did not recognize the Earth I thought I was still in year 2388 until the F-16 showed up and diverted me to Area 51. I take that the orders came from you General Hammond?" said Ryan to the group.
"So this tear in the space time continuum how big is it?" Carter asked.
"Well Major that's the thing I did not detect it when I exited into the low earth orbit." Ryan said to the group.
"You, said O'Neill that you could be an assist to Stargate Command why can we trust you as an officer to Stargate Command?"
"I have taken a lot of courses at Starfleet course at the academy, hand to hand combat, engineering and many other course that could enhance Stargate daily operations. One of the things I would like to see is a way to park my shuttle inside of stargate operations with access to both the gate room and the surface. The next features I would like to upgrade the computers inside the base with Starfleet grade computer systems which I can build with using the replicator on my shuttle, and add some force fields to key rooms in the base like the control room, the briefing room, gate room and to the exterior surface. The final thing I can do is deploying sensor upgrades to make NORAD have an easier eye in space to monitor for threats from what you guys call Goa'uld. So those are some of the features and upgrades I could provide as well as going off world with teams as well we could use my shuttle as a tank like unit it looks like it can fit thru it."
"Ryan, Major Davis and I will discuss it and let you know but in the meantime Captain Carter will show you to an open room that you set your gear in and the to a lab that you can set up your computer stuff in in."
"Thank you General Hammond, and Major Davis."
As Sam and Ryan headed to the elevator to take him to the sleeping quarters to unload his footlocker in to the he asked if the could change the lock to his quarters to a new lock before we head to the science labs. He pulled out of the foot locker a biometric identification lock which had a retina, thumb and voice print security scanner to access his quarters since he is going to be living in the current year until either he can find a rift back to the 24th century or a they launch a ship to find him stuck in the past. Carter asked why he felt that his lock need to be upgraded. "Well Carter the reason I feel like adding this security because I do not know anyone here and prevent anyone that could slip in when I am not in the room."
They then proceeded down to the floor where all the labs are and found an open lab next to Captain Carter for him to set up in and start to perform installation of his gear in the lab for entry in this lab requires the same access as his quarter once that was finished. On the table in the middle of the room he setup a mini system display station for all things that use Starfleet systems, on the east wall he installed a video view screen on the north wall he installed a replicator system for replicating all equipment for his gear on the south wall is a Master System Display of Stargate Command running using a modified computer core he built for his lab and linked it in to his quarters two floors up. As he finished wiring his lab up General Hammond called Ryan's Lab "Lt. Commander Ryan may Major Davis and I, come visit your lab, we have some information for you."
"Yes General you may proceed to my lab it is right next to Captain Carter's, sir." "We are on our way now." "Thank you, General." It took about eight minutes for the General and the Major to arrive at Ryan's lab.
Once they arrived at the lab instead of the door is always opened this door had been changed to be opened with a biometric identification lock which has a retina, thumb and voice print security scanner to access the labs content along with a button to call Lt. Commander Ryan to the lab. General Hammond pressed the intercom button.
"Lt. Commander Ryan can you open the door so the Major and I can enter the lab." "Permission Granted, Sir." "Ryan, what's with the security upgrades to the lab?" "I needed a some additional security do to the equipment inside this lab." "Understood Lt. Commander."
"Major Davis and I were talking about what you asked you may begin upgrading the bases security and enhance the operations here at Stargate Command" "Thank You, General." "Lt. Commander, what is with the all the gear in here?"
"I am about to tell you General as well as you Major Davis, and Captain Carter, on the south wall is a Master System Display of Stargate Command it gives a full overview of power output, Gate Activations, Force Fields locations and if they are working or off, Transporter inhibitors in the gate room, subspace transceivers, and additions if needed to be built on overtime, on the north wall is a replicator for food and other gear I can replicate to make the gear I will be building for deployment in the SGC. The table in front of you it has the floor plan lay out to monitor each floor of Stargate Command." "Thank you for helping us improve performance and streamline the operations around here." "You are welcome General." "You can start the system upgrades in the morning."
Stargate Command,
October 20th, 1997
1400 hours
The next morning of October 20th, 1997, Ryan started to build out the Starfleet systems he gathered help of Sgt. Siler and few other Air Force Maintenance crew members to help him build and install the systems to Stargate Command. As the Maintenance crew members arrived to Ryan's lab the door was opened and he instructed Sgt. Siler to divided the teams into 4 man teams and one will cary a handheld tablet and the others will build what ever is on the device and the plans given to each team.
Team one will be working on force fields. Team two will be building and installing transport inhibitors in the gate room. Team three is going to work on finding a way for him to dock his shuttle inside the mountain. Team four is tasked with building sensor array that will be deployed in space. Team five is working on installing Starfleet based bio beds in the infirmary. Team six was instructed to build additional replicators in the base to build more tools and replicate almost all the tools to install all the other work that teams one thru five need to use to build their systems.
Sgt. Siler and Lt. Commander Ryan project was to work on the gate room computer core only along with the assistance of Captain Carter as well. The construction of the new computer core for the stargate to store all the gate address as well as compute stellar drift at a faster rate then the default computer currently installed which is about a currently two-thousand square feet down to about 30 square feet with two Mark XX Starfleet cores. Over the next few days it took about a week to install all the systems for the Gate room but for all the security upgrades it will be about two more weeks for to finish, the Infirmary was able to upgrade in the same week that the computer core was installed.
For Ryan's shuttle that looks it will take up to three weeks to work on because of structural support of all the floors above the gate room. But for the sensors they were done before the end of the October 23, 1997 day of the first week and are now ready for deployment, the team's captain Richard Logan head to the computer room to find Ryan so the sensors as well as the subspace transceivers for long range communications in space.
"Ryan all the sensors as well as the subspace transceivers are ready for deployment in space around Earth." "Did you guys test and see if they are working?" "We did, Ryan." "Get your team and we will head to my ship in Area 51." "We are ready to get the satellites in orbit." "Richard let me notify General Hammond that we are departing for my ship in Area 51 to head in to space to deploy the satellites."
Ryan proceeded up to General Hammond's office to inform him that team four was finished and ready to deploy the sensor gird in orbit of earth and the solar system. He knocked on General Hammond's door "Permission to come in sir?" "Permission granted, Ryan, what is it you wanted?"
"Team four finished building the satellites are ready to be deployed and we need a way to deliver them to my shuttle so I can deploy them in to lunar orbit around earth and in key positions in the solar system for the best monitoring of this solar system from a new lab called Astro-Metrics and for the communications systems is located in a new room as well know as Stargate Communication Ops Center. And, in the main gate room it will be cleaned up to a cleaner gate operations with smaller displays that can have video walls for sensors which will be on the right of the stairs next to the gate map, communications systems display will be on the wall where the communications is now, the Gate Map is now a full video monitor with easy to read coordinates and will display planet specs via new probes I added to the line up, on top of the M.A.L.P.s and the U.A.V.s it will provide the information that I am used to seeing plus make it easier to figure what we need to bring and use on the missions."
"Ryan you have a go on deployment of the satellites in orbit and in the solar system. Who are you taking with you?" "I will be bringing Sgt. Richard Logan and Captain Carter with me to deploy the satellites in orbit and Richard will be wearing an environmental suit to deploy them out the rear of the shuttle, sir. And General can you have 3 dummy C-17 Globemaster fly at the same time we take of to cause distraction with the what you call the N.I.D., sir?" "Yes you can get them, and Godspeed, Ryan."
Sgt. Logan, Captain Carter and Lt. Commander Ryan headed up to the tarmac with the gear in tow, to hitch a ride on a C-17 cargo transport to Area 51 to Ryan's Shuttle there was at least 3 pallets of sensors with subspace communications relays attached to them. As the load the pallets on to the C-5 Ryan decided to open his tricorder to verify the packages are not damaged and that the pilots are who they say they are for security reason mainly N.I.D. Agents if they are posing as the pilots. He finished his security scan of the pilots which came back as not being N.I.D. Agents, and finished loading gear and strapped the 3 pallets down, they are ready to take off.
The flight would take about an hour to two to arrive in at Area 51. Once the in the air he instructed the pilot to fly a non-direct route and do not disclose the flight plan to Area 51 for security reason and then to land on the second runway and proceed to hanger 15 on the east side of the field. They flew the plane over Denver, Texas and then San Diego Air force base then finally they arrived at Area 51. Once landed on the tarmac they taxied the C-17 Cargo plane to and then unload as Ryan opens up the hanger with the same way he open his quarters and his lab with strong security systems. Once everything was off the C-17 cargo plane they instructed the pilots to head back to Stargate Command and scramble their flight plan back to there.
"Let's get these five pallets into the hanger and of the tarmac as fast as we can. I guess we each drive a forklift with 2 pallets and one of us will take the single pallet and move them in as fast as we can." Ryan said looking at Captain Carter and Sgt. Logan. "Ryan, would you open the door to the hanger so we can move them in to the hanger." "Okay, Captain on it."
The computer security system that Ryan installed at the hanger required him to enter security codes to lower the shield and retract the front door. Ryan then taped his Combadge and said "Computer open door to hanger 15" "Please state your identity." The computer said to Ryan, Captain Carter and Sgt. Logan could hear the computer speaking back to Ryan. Ryan then stated "Computer Authorization, Ryan, Beta, Four, November, Delta, Lima, Zulu request access to hanger fifteen." "Please proceed to the control panel for retina and biometrics readings."
Ryan then proceeds to drive the forklift to the panel on the first panel next to the main door to walk in. He proceeds to slide off the forklift walking over to the panel. He then taps his combadge symbol on the door pad and that initiates the biometrics unlocking for them to enter the hanger. The computer began to analyze the readings to make sure it was Lt. Commander Ryan O'Connell. It took the computer a few seconds to verify that it was Ryan "Identity Confirmed" Ryan then instructed the computer to open the door only wide enough at the moment to bring the 5 pallets in and then close right back up for security reason. They began to load the first pallet in to the shuttle right now to the ones for earth up in orbit first then slowly deploy the outer solar system sensors in a planed pattern.
"Sergeant Logan please drive the first pallet on to the shuttle Captain Carter spot the loading of the pallet, and I will go unlock the shuttles power systems so we can take over to get in orbit for deployment. These are my orders since you are going to be on my ship, understood?" "Yes, Ryan" Sgt. Logan said to Ryan. It took about 30 minutes for Ryan to power the shuttle up and get it prep to take off. Captain Carter took the time to make sure the first was set into position in the marked area that Ryan instructed Sgt. Logan to place it. Ryan pressed the interior comm button on the comm panel in the cockpit of the shuttle Gemini. "Ryan to cargo hold come in, Carter or Logan press the comm button located on the panel next to the door. "Logan, here Cater and I finished securing the pallet in to position on the spot you wanted it loaded to. We are on our way up to the cockpit to join you sir." "Thank you for the update, and how do we get up front to where you are?" "That's easy just follow the side panel it will point via moving light on the panel leading the way to the front."
Captain Carter and Sgt. Logan proceed to walk the path the screen is leading to the front cabin Ryan was sitting in the pilot seat when they arrived up front. "Captain Carter, Sgt. Logan take the two side seats so we can take off and get in to orbit. Captain take a seat in front of the science station, Sgt., please take a seat in the seat to my left at the Tactical panel until we enter orbit then we can move out about of the cabin." Ryan tapped a few buttons on the helm panel in front of him to power up the shuttle. He then pressed four buttons to the left of the helm panel to activate the force field then open the hanger door. It took only for a minute for the door to open. Once the door was retracted he then tap the helm controls and put thrusters to full as soon as the shuttlecraft Gemini cleared the doors he then tapped two buttons to close the hanger doors and keep the force fields up while they are in the shuttle in space because of the pallets that are still in the hanger.
As the Gemini shuttle gets ready to leave and go to half impulse engines Captain Carter remind Ryan to contact Stargate Command and receive finial take off clearance for space. Ryan turned to "Sgt. Logan can you press the in the top-right corner of the right panel on your right that's the hailing frequency button." "Sure thing, Ryan channel opened." "Gemini to Stargate Command" it took Sgt. Walter some time to figure out how to answer the hail from the Gemini on the new panels that Ryan installed at Stargate Command. Once Walter found the button he connect the shuttle finally over the new communication channel. "Stargate Command here, go ahead Ryan." "We are requesting permission to exit the planet and head into orbit to start first round of satellite deployment." "Ryan you have a go" Hammond said "And keep Carter safe," Jack said as he walked up behind Hammond to show support for the deployment. "We are going to end the transmission so we can get into orbit and get Sgt. Logan in to a spacesuit to unload the satellites from the cargo hold and place them in there specific locations."
Ryan set the first course for orbit is to dock with international space station first to unload the modules for them then they will move in to laying the first round of sensors and subspace relay satellites. Ryan turned to both Carter and Logan, he said "Take a look we are now in orbit of earth, lets get into position to deploy these satellites." While Carter and Logan take in view Ryan plotted the approach vector to the ISS and instructed Carter and Logan to head to the rear compartment and get ready to unload the three systems sensors, subspace communication system, and defense systems. Carter tapped on the comm button on side of the shuttle door, she said "Carter to O'Conner" "O'Conner here" "Are we docked with the ISS now?" "Carter we are docked but via the roof top hatch that is how we are going to unload them in to the ISS." As he was talking to them he was just securing the docking latches to the ISS. Carter and Logan felt a light jolt of the shuttle docking to the ISS.
They began to unload the sensor pads the phaser banks and small brand new communication array on the station. It took the team only few seconds to set them up. Carter, Logan and Ryan all climbed back aboard the Gemini and undocked from the ISS and piloted to the first of ten deployment locations for the new satellites. The deployment took them almost two weeks to deploy the first ten by the middle of November 10th, 1997 is when they finished the final satellite deployment and that was deployed at the final edge of the Sector 001 as Ryan knows it as, Carter knows the system as the Tau'ri. Ryan, Carter and Logan are all tired from spending about a month in space deploying the sensor girds and communication arrays. As they start to return to the surface of Earth, Ryan was hoping they were able to finish a hanger bay at Stargate Command is completed so he can park in the mountain and not at Area 51.
When he made his final approach to land Walter was able to open a channel to the shuttle "Stargate Command to the Gemini, come in?" "This is the Gemini Lt. Commander Ryan, responding" "Ryan proceed straight Cheyenne Mountain and install the finial sensor atop and then proceed on to the cargo elevator atop the missile door it will take to your parking space." "Thank you, Walter." The shuttle reached Cheyenne Mountain and unloaded the last and final sensor atop Cheyenne Mountain, and as the cargo elevator began to move down the shaft he had Carter and Logan stop the cargo elevator to in the transport inhibitors at each level of the facility as the cargo elevator traveled down to level 26 that is where Ryan's shuttle can be stored and it also has access to the gate room via a newer cargo shaft to the left of the gate room. Once all that was finished he was offered a position on SG-1 but he chose to be a key asset back at the SGC to help manage the base.