The Galaxy Project

T-MINUS 249 YEARS

T-MINUS 249 YEARS

EARTH SECTOR

(ORBSyndicate)

O'Neill had expected excitement, adventure, and new things. He had pulled a lot of strings to be allowed to go on this exploration mission - and he was only allowed to go since the entire sector was in peace and there wasn't really a sign of war unless the Lucians decided to be really stupid.

And this was the sixth system they had been to in this new sector of space - just as dead as the others barren wastelands. Not even any ruins on these worlds.

He was really itching to get to the two anomalies the science boys had found, but of course that was over a month away since they just had to stop in virtually every system they found to take scans and things. It was annoying.

O'Neill sighed. "You have the bridge Archer. I'm getting some shuteye." The General left the bridge, leaving Captain Archer in charge. Archer shrugged, getting comfortable in his big chair. He could understand what the General was feeling: he himself had been expecting some excitement.

As of yet, the only excitement was to see the Prior, Cero, do the occasional parlor tricks with his powers out of sheer boredom. Archer liked Cero, even if he was a bit meditative and mysterious, like a strange zen master. The man knew how to show off and improve spirits.

Archer was not really a fan of the other members of the "exchange program" the races of the sector had started. There was the Jaffa, Jer'll. She was fiery, grumpy, and starting to get really stir crazy. Archer was concerned she'd go berserk if she had a few more days without action.

Then there was T'Pol, the Vulcan. Archer didn't get her. He didn't get any Vulcans, so that wasn't saying much. She was calculating, quiet, and at least appeared to be very calm. She liked to offer advice when anyone would let her, but she mostly kept to herself. Even Cero had said she was hard to figure out, and he had managed to calm Jer'll on multiple occasions.

Archer sighed, getting more comfortable in his chair as the only two people who were actually having any sort of fun on this voyage walked into the room.

"We have found something most interesting." Layton said, adjusting his hat.

Archer smiled. "What do I need to scan?"

"Nothing, actually." Doctor Lee said. "We actually found something and we'd like to go down and look at it."

"What is it?" Archer asked.

"A stargate."

Archer stood up. "SG-1 has permission to transport to the surface in suits. Report what you see as soon as you are down."

"Yes Captain." Layton said, leading Lee away.

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Cam looked at the team of five.

Lee was okay, if obviously not the kind to want to see combat. He and Layton were currently scouring the large black ring that was obviously a different design of stargate, most likely this sector's design of the Alteran device. Aside from being black, this stargate had less symbols: only sixteen blue glyphs, all but one of which had no corners in their shape. Cam was willing to bet the pointy one was the point of origin, but didn't want to say anything in case he was wrong. Which was possible, given how counterintuitive these machines tended to get.

The stargate and it's similar-designed DHD were the only things on this desolate wasteland of a planet. Wasn't even an atmosphere here.

Vala was grumbling about how this suit wasn't fashionable in any way.