"Here on this console is the device for communicating back to Atlantis, we are able to exchange audio and video in real time." explained Rush, "It can be used via the neural link, or manually as well."
"So think contact Atlantis and it will activate?" asked Sheppard.
"Yes that's basically it. I've tested this technology out using an advanced kino, and it's working great. Complete audio and video with remote control over the long range communicator." replied Rush, "This will be the first time we use this piece."
"If you don't hear from me in ten minutes of arriving, your going to dial a reverse correct?" asked Sheppard.
"Yes Col. Sheppard, if we receive no contact from you after ten minutes we will immediately dial a reverse wormhole." replied Landry.
"Don't worry I can fix any problems that occur with it." replied Rodney.
"Do not touch that box!" ordered Rush.
"Good luck PJ-1." ordered Landry, "Let's go Rush." Landry and Rush left the Puddle Jumper.
Sheppard launching the Puddle Jumper and swinging down to the Gateroom. Sheppard looking back, "Everyone ready to travel fifty million light years away?"
"I trust in McKay's sister and Dr. Rush." replied Teyla.
"Let's go." replied Ronon.
"Honestly no, but I know your going to go anyway." replied McKay.
Sheppard to operations, "Open the gate to M4R-112"
The Stargate opened a wormhole Sheppard moved the Puddle Jumper through gate, exiting out on M4R-112.
"Wow take a look at that!" exclaimed Sheppard looking at the ringed gas giant overhead, as he cloaked the ship.
"Col. Davis described it but this is more beautiful that I imagined." explained Teyla.
"It's another planet." explained Ronon.
"Let's contact Atlantis." replied McKay.
Sheppard concentrated for a second and a display showing Landry back in operations appeared, "Hello Atlantis, this is PJ-1 checking in."
"PJ-1 we read you loud and clear, have a safe mission." replied Landry. Sheppard closed the connection.
"Taking the Puddle Jumper up we'll circle the moon see if we spot anything." Sheppard said. As the Puddle Jumper climbed into orbit.
"Sensors are not picking up any humanoid or other life signs." replied McKay.
"The Ancestors did not seed this galaxy, I doubt we would find humans here." replied Teyla.
"All the same I'd like to keep our eyes out for anything." replied Sheppard.
"So if we see anyone or anything we're heading straight back to the gate?" asked Ronon.
Sheppard nodding, "That's the plan. We do not want to start a war out here."
"So why am I here?" asked Ronon, "If we're going to just fly around and go straight back into the gate."
"You want to miss this opportunity to be the first humans ever in this galaxy?" asked Sheppard.
"No electronic or power signatures are showing on my sensors." explained McKay.
"Sensors detecting anything in orbit or in this system?" asked Sheppard.
"Nothing on any of my sensors." answered McKay.
Sheppard nodding, "I think we finally caught a break."
"Don't say that! You've jinxed us now! We'll probably never get home." exclaimed McKay.
"Relax Rodney, everything will be fine." replied Teyla.
"You say that now, you just wait." answered a nervous McKay.
"I'm going to swing out and make a pass around that gas giant." replied Sheppard, turning the ship in that direction.
"Wait! Turn back!" exclaimed Rodney. Sheppard turning backtoward the gate.
"What is it?" asked Sheppard.
"Radiation, sensors just picked it up, it's coming from the planet. This moon has an ionosphere like Earth shielding us." replied McKay.
"Well let's take a couple of more sweeps." replied Sheppard.
McKay asking, "Can you do a 360 around the gate? maybe about 20 clicks out?"
"Sure, why?" asked Sheppard.
"Neutronium, my sensor readings are showing it in significant quantities in this area." explained McKay.
"This planet will be ideal for mining, if it's near the gate." replied Sheppard, swinging the Puddle Jumper around the gate.
"According to these sensors there is probably two hundred million tons of Neutronium within fifty clicks of the gate." replied McKay.
"That should speed development up of the ships." replied Sheppard.
Teyla asked, "Don't they need trinium as well?"
"Yes they do, our current production is pretty limited, for the expanse of Pacifica, and all the ships they want to build, we need a planet with a deposit of trinium like this planet has of neutronium." replied McKay.
"One thing is for certain this world offers one heck of a view, but it's a cold moon, I've seen no temperate zone." replied Sheppard.
"Is there anything to fight?" asked Ronon.
"Sorry big guy, but doesn't appear to be." replied Sheppard.
"This is getting boring." replied Ronon.
Teyla looked at Ronon, "I understand you have spent your life preparing and fighting the wraith, now you have no enemy to fight."
"It puts a smile on my face thinking the wraith are in Pegasus with nothing to eat, but I'd rather be over there fighting them." offered Ronon.
"I wouldn't worry about that Ronon, soon enough we'll be heading back to Pegasus and I suspect O'Neill has some sort of plan. He seems to be full of surprises." replied Sheppard.
McKay confused, "What do you mean?"
"Rodney have you not figured out what your sister is working on?" asked Sheppard.
"Reviewing the Ancient database." replied McKay.
Sheppard shaking his head, "Don't you ever talk to her? She told me so much when I had dinner with her family the other week."
"You had dinner with my sister?" asked McKay.
"I have as well, Madison enjoyed playing with Torren." replied Teyla.
"So have I, not sure what kind of chicken is a Tofu, but it was good to eat." replied Ronon, "Madison had a thousand questions for me and the best hugs."
"Yes her hugs were pretty sweet." replied Sheppard.
"Wait has everyone had dinner with my sister and her family but me?" asked McKay.
"Let's see, Zalenka, Teyla, Rush, Ronon, O'Neill, Caldwell, Simpson, Landry, Lam, Brody, Volker, Lee, Novak, and myself all have had dinner with them." replied Sheppard.
"Don't forget Teal'c, he went with me that night" replied Ronon.
"Dr. Beckett and Dr. Keller went that one night as well." replied Teyla.
"Yup had forgotten them all." replied Sheppard, "So yes Rodney we all have. Go and talk to her sometime and you'll be happy you did and get a dinner.!"
"Rodney you really don't know what she is working on?" asked Teyla.
"She's looking for stuff in the Repository of Knowledge." replied McKay.
Sheppard laughed, "No she has some very specific assignments from Gen. O'Neill. Things he took notes on, that he wrote down from the last time the Repository of Knowledge was downloaded. They have all evolved around High Energy as he calls it. He knew if we could get enough power that we could do a reverse dial on the gate, what it would take to be able to unlock the full Repository of Knowledge. I suspect he has a reason for sending us to this planet. Just haven't figured out why yet."
"So he's giving her things to go find in the repository, and figure out how to use it?" asked McKay.
Teyla answered, "I think that maybe over simplifying it, but close."
"He even setup an Asgard Transport system basically for her to be able to work on Atlantis and travel home to her family each day." replied Sheppard.
McKay confused, "Why would he do all that?"
"O'Neill values family." replied Ronon.
"Would you not want to see Jennifer every night if you could?" asked Teyla.
"Well yes." replied Rodney.
"Have you not considered that O'Neill maybe trying to give you and Jeannie a chance to patch things up?" asked Teyla.
McKay was dumbfounded.
"Teyla you could make a great counselor." replied Sheppard, "You know how to get into people's head."
"Stay out of mine." exclaimed Ronon.
"STOP!" shouted McKay.
"Rodney we are all right here no need to yell." replied Sheppard, "Now what is it?"
"A Diamond!" explaned McKay.
"What's so exciting about a diamond?" asked Teyla.
"Look ahead!" an excited McKay. Looking out the forward window they could see a large gleaming object in the distance.
"Rodney how big is that diamond?" asked Sheppard.
"About the size of Texas." replied McKay.
Sheppard brought the puddle jumper in close the surface was sparkling under the starlight, like a massive disco ball.
"Is this something we could use Rodney?" asked Sheppard.
"No with the Asgard beaming technology it's easy enough to create any diamonds we need." replied McKay.
"We've circled this planet a number of times now, no trace of anyone or anything present. We've found it's loaded with neutronium and it has a diamond the size of Texas, sticking out. Think we're ready to head home." replied Sheppard.
"Let's go home I'm bored." replied Ronon.
Sheppard opening the long range communicator, "Atlantis this is PJ-1, please open the reverse wormhole."
"PJ-1 dialing M4R-112 now. See you in a minute." replied Atlantis.
Two hours later Sheppard and McKay was giving a debrief to Gen. Landry and Mani of the Asgard.
"Sir we could find no trace of any life, with the radiation field Rodney found around the moon I doubt any would venture there via ship." informed Sheppard.
"We found that within fifty clicks of the gate there is more than two hundred million tons of neutronium, even more scattered around the planet." explained McKay.
"Two hundred million tons?" asked Mani performing some calculations, "That is more neutronium that the Asgard has every collected or found."
"Then we hit the jackpot!" exclaimed Landry.
Sheppard said, "General O'Neill really picked the planet."
"Actually Dr. Miller picked the planet, she narrowed down four planets with neutronium, but Gen. O'Neill did pick the galaxy." explained Landry, "In fact PJ-2 is checking out P4R-114 for trinium if it's as successful as M4R-112 we will be in business."
"I will need to confer with Thor, this much available neutronium will change his plans." replied Mani.
Sheppard asked, "His plans?"
"For the X-310, he never expected to have this much neutronium available." replied Mani, "I will make adjustments to the mining drones for the extreme cold. We should be able to start collecting within the day. I will prepare five drones, that should provide ten tons of neutronium a day."
Two hours later Atlantis operations received a long range communication to open the reverse wormhole for PJ-2. Landry debrief the team, finding that the planet would be an excellent site to mine trinium except it's underwater, and the water is inhabited by a creature described as a cross between a blue whale and tyrannosaurus rex.
Over the next week teams were sent out looking for suitable site for mining trinium. Several worlds were explored, however complications seemed to occur with most. Extreme radiation on one planet, volcanic activity on another, and even one planet, where the trinium was not in any deposits but intermixed through out the soil.
Finally on the sixth world P4R-134 they found a suitable site for mining trinium, that would provide years of mining for the drones.
Mckay was having lunch with his sister, Dr. Miller.
"How are you enjoying your time here on Atlantis?" asked McKay.
"It's been amazing! The stuff that I am learning, and getting to work on is beyond anything I ever imagined." replied Miller.
"We do get into cool things here." remarked McKay.
"Mer, what's bothering you?" asked Miller.
"Nothing, why would you ask that?" replied McKay.
Miller smirking, "I'm your sister, I know that look and that tone. Now spill it!"
"I was on a mission with my team and I basically learned everyone around here has had dinner with you." replied McKay.
"Mer, you were off world for nearly three months and when you were here you were spending time with Jennifer. That's where you needed to spend time." replied Miller, "I'm not going to pull you way from your time with her. She'd kill me! Probably would not let me be her Matron of Honor at the wedding."
"Your the Matron of Honor?" asked McKay.
"Yes, she asked me the day after you proposed! Madison is the flower girl. Who's the best man that will be walking me down the isle?" asked Miller.
"Best man? I hadn't thought about it." replied McKay.
Miller shocked, "You haven't thought about it? McKay you need to pick a best man!"
"I guess Sheppard, would do it." replied McKay.
"You guess Sheppard? You need to get your head in the wedding game. You all haven't even set a date yet." replied Miller
"What all do I need to do?" asked McKay.
"Oh brother, let's go back to my lab I have a whiteboard there, your going to need it." replied Miller.
Miller was training her brother on the Wedding Game. Mani was getting mining drones sent out to P4R-134 and M4R-112. Trinium and neutronium were now being supplied to Atlantis at a substantial rate. Atlantis had activated the remaining two of it's ship building platforms to construct two BC-306s. Sol lead a group of one hundred and fifty Asgard on board the Beckett to Pacifica, to begin construction of the additional two docking rings.