Jamieson Colby safely arrived on P7X-557. Each visited planet was assigned this code format. Jamieson found in front of him the robot and meters away, a small surveillance spot formed by a few tents. Two Marines were watching the stargate from over there.
It was easy to identify the Marines because they would wear different battledress. A green pixel camouflage for the USMC, a tiger stripe camouflage for the Air Force. The Marines were wearing their helmet while the colonel had nothing on the head. He wouldn't use the helmet as often as before.
The two men, SG-3, as it was indicated on the patch on their right upper arm, noticed Colby. The eldest said something to his colleague, then, grabbed his M4 carabine and walked towards Jamieson. The walking Marine had added a grenade launcher to his M4. The combination helmet and M4 made him – and his colleague – look like a soldier on the verge of fighting on the battlefield. Colby and his team didn't produce the same visual impact. No helmet. A P90 as machine gun. The P90 had a more original shape than other machine guns, visually speaking, nevertheless, it wasn't less efficient than other machine guns.
Jamieson and the USMC guy met halfway. "Welcome back, sir," First Sergeant Bradford greeted after saluting his superior.
"Thanks, sergeant. General Harrigan says hello. What did I miss?"
"Nothing, sir," Bradford reported. "The scientists are exploring the northern area. Captain McKinson, Sergeant Manning, and Airman Bailey are with them. Captain Galvez and Lieutenant Patterson are keeping the camp. From our end, nothing to report, sir."
"Great. I'm heading to the camp," the colonel said. He switched on the walkie-talkie hooked on his combat vest. "Hi everyone, Colby here. I've just arrived. Galvez, I'm on my way to the camp with supplies."
"Hello sir, copy that. Do you need help?"
"No, thanks, it should be okay with the robot. Doctor Sakai, still observing the nature? I hope you're not disturbing my scientist too much, she needs to work as well!"
Colby smirked and waited for Sakai's spicy reply. It didn't come. The silence made the colonel feel uncomfortable. He used the radio again. "Doctor Sakai?" Colby repeated and obtained nothing again. He and Bradford exchanged worried looks. "Anyone? Please, respond!" Colby begged.
"Colonel Colby, this is Sakai. We need you here. We found something," the man eventually responded, perplexed.