Continuing Stargate

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have you ever thought of actually making scripts for these episodes?

Too much work for one guy, as I found when I considered continuing Stargate: Avalon by myself. It's just too much.

And, on that note...

Combat Evolves to "Total War" in Season Opener

Seargant Walter Harriman is dead. Colonel Samantha Carter has been attacked. General Jack O'Neill has been kidnapped by the Trust. That is the scenario with which the season 14 premiere, "Total War," opens, and what an opener it is.

As the Trust mobilizes all its resources for an all-out genocidal strike against the Der'kal, Earth is plunged into chaos over the Agent One virus. When word of the weapon leaks to the public, the United Nations loses control of its member-states, and civil war looms as countries turn on one another over the use such a tactic.

Meanwhile, SG-1 struggles to locate the lost General O'Neill and predict where the Trust will strike first, for a chilling revelation is made when the Tok'ra analyze the devastating virus...

"Total War" will guest star Richard Dean Anderson as General Jack O'Neill, Ronny Cox as Robert Kinsey, and Vanessa Angel as Anise.

[ussrelativity]

Isn't Kinsey's first name Robert?

[Sector]

Isn't Kinsey's first name Robert?

Perhaps, in an unfathomable coincidence of events, the Goa'uld inhabiting his body right now was not named Ra, Sekhmet, Dahaka or any other frightening and god'ish name, but just Richard Kinsey.

[s09119]

Isn't Kinsey's first name Robert?

You would be correct, thank you

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((And now, the season premiere of Stargate: SG-1!))

14x01 "Total War" (Part 2 of 2)
Synopsis: As the Trust prepares for an all-out attack against the Der'kal with Agent One, the team scrambles to rescue the captive O'Neill. Complicating things, though, is the sudden public revelation of the virus... and what it's capable of.

Spoiler:

(60 second recap of "A Family Affair" and "Xenocide")

Alarms blare throughout the hallways of the ISGC, but in the control room, Col. Mitchell can only stare in silence at the deactivated stargate before him, tears starting to stream down his face. In agonized pain he slams his fist down on the console, knocking over a stack of papers nearby. He shoves his pistol back in its holster, then goes to grab his radio... but realizes he's not wearing one. Mitchell is about to turn when he hears a familiar voice ask what's going on from behind him; he looks to the stairwell to see Dr. Talbot frozen in place, her mouth gaping at the sight of Walter's body.

Cameron struggles to find the words to describe what happened, and eventually manages to croak out the events leading up to Walter's eventual change of heart. When he reaches the part where he was forced to shoot him in an attempt to stop the Trust, words fail him and he turns his head away. After a moment of silence, he turns back and says that they need to get this facility secured; if the Trust was able to compromise even the jumper bay, there's no telling what else they've gained access to. But more pressing to Talbot is why they broke in, not how. Either way, they leave the control room to find some answers.

Upstairs, Daniel radios Mitchell to ask what's going on. Apparently there's some sort of panic onbase, and soldiers are running every which way. Jackson says that he tried raising Sam and failed, so he's on his way to check up on her lab now. Trying to keep pace with the clearly-frazzled Talbot, Mitchell replies that the ISGC's been comprmised, and that there's a good chance some Trust agents are in the area. The colonel and doctor round a corner and find a group of UN soldiers squaring off with USAF personnel, the latter demanding to know what's going on and the former not relenting. Disgusted, Mitchell orders the men to tell him the situation, and the group's leader reluctantly reports what he knows; an al'kesh, probably Trust, managed to slip past orbital defenses and jump to hyperspace. Even more disturbing, though, was that the defense grid never opened fire at all.

This shocks Mitchell, who knows that the request to activate the satellites would have gone to General O'Neill immediately, and he would have authorized it. So why didn't they fire? Talbot comes up with the obvious answer, that being that O'Neill was not in a position to give the OK... which probably means the Trust got to him, as well. And that means that the Pentagon was broken into, adding to the list. The head UN soldier also reports that there are unconfirmed reports that some critical material was beamed out of Area 51 seconds before the al'kesh was spotted, more than likely their supply of Agent One.

Upstairs, Daniel turns into Carter's lab, shouting for her. He looks around for a second and is about to leave when he notices a lone boot sticking out from behind the desk. Rushing over, he sees Sam and immediately radios for help, kneeling down and checking her pulse. Once he's sure she'll be okay, he looks around one more time, this time seeing that the computer terminal keeps sparking every few seconds. Going to it, he tries booting the PC up, but it's clear that the machine's been fried, most likely by a zat. Whatever info was in its databanks is gone.

In hyperspace, light-years away, General O'Neill is sitting in a cell on the al'kesh, juggling the trio of pens that were in his pocket. After a moment, the door opens and a Trust agent enters, carrying an old Goa'uld shock stick. Groaning, Jack asks what he wants to know, as he's getting far too old to keep playing the snakehead torture game. The agent merely asks why such a small group of people can control Earth so completely, so totally that even when an end-all solution to the war is found, SG-1 and their allies can find a way to make it sound impossible. When Jack, confused, has no answer, the agent sighs and whacks the shock stick against the General's back, saying that at least he now has a more entertaining way to pass the time.

On the al'kesh's bridge, Goa'uld-controlled Kinsey watches a holographic display of the Earth-Dakara region of the galaxy, which includes nearly all of the Der'kal invasion corridor. Several planets are highlighted, indicating good prospects for Agent One infection, and their course is set for an area in the thick of the selected worlds. Another Trust agent approaches and says that they have finished cataloguing all the stores of virus they were able to beam off Earth; they have enough to kill several hundred thousand outright, and person-to-person transmission should take care of those not immediately infected. Kinsey nods, satisfied, and asks how the situation on Earth is. His agent replies that the ISGC is suitably disabled, and the man they sent to hack Col. Carter's computer is at the pick-up world awaiting them. The former-Vice President smiles and leans back, preparing for the coming attack.

Meanwhile, Carter is coming to in the base infirmary, with Dr. Lam hovering nearby. Almost at once, the doctor pushes Sam back down onto the bed, stressing that she should rest a bit (she apparently whacked her head on the way down), but Carter weakly shoves her hand aside, asking what happened. Daniel, sitting nearby, sums up what they know; the Trust infiltrated the base, zatted her, hacked her files, zatted her computer, stole a jumper, and fled. Walter's dead, and Area 51 is now reporting that their entire stock of Agent One has been stolen, presumably by the Trust, as well. And, last but not least... they now know for sure that Jack O'Neill is missing.

Sam gasps, asking how in the world he could be missing when they saw him a few hours ago. Jackson quietly explains that a man went into his office a short while ago, and when Pentagon police barged in a few minutes ago, both men were gone, no doubt beamed into the waiting Trust al'kesh. This operation was well-planned, with obvious inside knowledge, and Earth's defenses were paralyzed, allowing the enemy to escape. Thankfully, the President has overrode O'Neill's security files and transferred control of the defense grid directly to the Joint Chiefs, but this still leaves the problem of the Trust having a xenocidal weapon and one high-profile General missing.

Some time later, Carter is back in her lab, trying to get her computer working. After a moment of work, she gives up and throws her tools aside. Luckily, the screwdriver is caught by Mitchell, who is sitting with Jackson a few feet away, watching. Sam asks how this could have happened, and Daniel shrugs, noting that it was just bad luck. Cameron, though, is all business, demanding to know what was on the hardrive that was so important. Guessing, Carter suggests the report on the virus she was preparing to send to the Tok'ra, Jaffa, and Nox. It had a complete chemical rundown of Agent One, everything you'd need to manufacture it, and the only other list was sealed in the Pentagon archives. The Trust probably figured it'd be easier to steal it from her, plus they'd get the added bonus of all the technical and scientific data stored on her computer. They've essentially found the Holy Grail of technology schematics. Suddenly, Talbot comms the group, asking them to come to the control room, and the three jump to their feet.

Waiting for them is Talbot and Vala, who only now found out about what was going on. No one says anything about Walter's body having been clearly moved, or the blood stains on the floor, but Cameron pauses for a moment nonetheless. When everyone is ready, Talbot motions toward the active stargate, and a monitor flickers to life, showing the face of Anise, the Tok'ra scientist that is now a member of the High Council. She was eagerly awaiting Sam's report on Agent One, as her own people have begun analyzing the sample sent to them by Earth. Exhausted, Talbot and the team explain what's happened, and Anise, horrified, asks what steps Earth is taking to stop the Trust from doing something they might all regret later. That stops them cold, as, as far asthey know, Earth isn't doing anything at all. Talbot grabs the nearest phone and connects to the dispatcher, demanding to speak to the President immediately.

About an hour later, Talbot hangs up the phone, shaking her head. Anise is no longer on screen, and the stargate is shut down; apparently she had to be elsewhere and did not dial back in. The team is sitting around the control room, in varying states of awakeness, but they all sit up when Talbot turns to them. She says that the UN is "addressing the problem," but isn't doing anything concrete, and neither are any nations. It seems like the governments are content to let the Trust wipe out the Der'kal, morally right or not, and sacrificing Jack is okay in their book if it gets the job done. But Sam won't stand for that, demanding that they find a way to do something, anything to save O'Neill. Vala, however, points out that the hyperspace trail will be cold by now, and the Trust could be going anywhere. Either way, though, she agrees that they need to do something...

On the Trust al'kesh, O'Neill is on the ground, wincing in pain, as the shock stick whacks him one more time. His arms give out and he falls to the ground with a "whump," unable to get back up. The Trust agent torturing him leans down and whispers that a few more prods would probably kill him, and notes how fun it would be to rid the galaxy of someone as annoying as Jack O'Neill. But then the Goa'uld's communication device chimes, and someone shouts something in Goa'uld. The agent's eyes widen, and he rushes from the cell, leaving a beaten and brused Jack wondering what's going on.

In the dark of space, a hyperspace window opens and the al'kesh roars back into subspace, cruising toward a small flotilla of other al'kesh and, surprisingly, a ha'tak-class mothership. This is the Trust's private fleet, which they have no doubt collected from System Lords the individual agents previously served. On the pel'tak of Kinsey's ship, a transmission comes in from the ha'tak, and an image of another Goa'uld appears. He asks if they have the "weapon," and Kinsey replies that they're ready to move to the next phase of the operation. With that, he orders his men to begin distributing the virus between the al'kesh and mothership, then asks someone to go finish off General O'Neill; he's no longer amusing.

Back on Earth, in orbit, actually, the Aurora is manuevering away from the main defense fleet around the planet. On the ship's bridge, Colonel Sanders is hard at work prepping her men for departure, then recieves a radio transmission from the ISGC saying that SG-1 is ready for beam-on. The team is transported aboard, with Mitchell immediately thanking Sanders for risking her ship to go after the Trust; the UN was vehemently opposed to sending out any vessels at all, but the Pentagon believed O'Neill was worth it. Sanders nods and, without further ado, orders her ship into hyperspace, hoping the directional readings Earth got off the enemy al'kesh will be enough to track them down.

(Continued in next post.)

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(End of "Total War," see previous post for beginning.)

Spoiler:

As the ship trudges on, Carter works on trying to extrapolate where the Trust will drop out into realspace. They know the direction they went, but not the distance, so it could be anywhere within this region of space. As she works, Mitchell enters the lab and watches for a moment, silent. Then he whispers something, so quiet Carter hardly notices at first; he apologizes for not seeing how wrong this proposed-xenocide was before, for tearing the team apart when they should have been working together... and for killing a man whom they all knew and loved very much. Sam moves over and embraces him, saying that she understands and that it's alright, and that the only thing that matters right now is stopping the Trust before they're allowed to do any more damage. Suddenly, the computer chimes, and a hologram of Thor appears (the visual interface of the Asgard computer core seen in "Unending"), saying that he has finished the calculations. When Mitchell asks what Thor's talking about, Sam explains what she's come up with; using the same method employed to track down Atlantis when it went missing ("Adrift"), she's going to have the Aurora drop out of hyperspace every so often and scan for the radioative signiature Agent One gives off. And now, thanks to the upgraded Asgard sensors, they should be able to scan massive distances at once.

Meanwhile, on the Trust al'esh, Kinsey's men have finished distributing the supply of Agent One between the various ships. Robert himself has ringed over to the ha'tak, and is now making his way to that ship's pel'tak. There he sees the Goa'uld who contacted him before, and the man demands to know what's taking Kinsey so long. Kinsey, obviously annoyed at being treated this way, says that it's not longer his concern, then pulls out a zat. The Goa'uld tries to get away, but before he can get far Kinsey has zatted him twice. He then takes personal command of the ha'tak, and orders his ships to move out for their first target; the newly-conquered Ankgor.

At the ISGC, Dr. Talbot is working with a team of technicians who are trying to do all the things Wlater once did, but they're clearly not quite as competent. That's when the stargate comes online, and the iris slides shut. That measure is soon proven useless, though, as a Tok'ra IDC comes through at once, registered to Anise and flagged as urgent. Talbot orders the iris opened and rushes down the stairs into the gate room to meet the High Councillor. When the Tok'ra appears, though, her usual subtle grace and curiosity are masked by clear anger, and she demands to know what Earth is playing at. When Talbot says she has no idea what's going on, Anise pulls out a hologram-projector and activates a small image of a molecule, Agent One. She says that her people just finished analyzing the virus, and it does far more than just kill Der'kal... in fact, wherever it is unleashed, most indiginous life will also perish. And then, to add more to this already horrible revelation, a specific guard was built into the disease; it cannot affect humans or any Earthborn species, a clear indication that Area 51 knew of this potential doomsday side effect and wanted to make sure it could not be turned on them.

As if that did not make things bad enough, someone in the control room shouts for Talbot to get up there at once, and she and Anise head back. There, they find the techies watching a nearby television broadcasting news coverage of a mass riot in New York City; the British government leaked word of Agent One to the press, and the story was spread worldwide almost at once. Within an hour, giant demonstrations both for and against the extermination of another species had begun, and now they're starting to turn violent. The UN is rapidly losing control of its member-states, and half of the Middle East has declared that Earth will either use the virus or they'll withdraw from the world government, a sentiment echoed by China. If this keeps up, they could have civil war on their hands. But then it's back to work as the stargate activates and more refugees from Ankgor pour in from the battlefield.

In deep space, the Aurora exits hyperspace and cruises toward a very familiar-looking patch of darkness; the place where the Trust fleet had met! On the bridge of the 304, Sanders informs Carter that she was right, and that they're picking up massive radiation spikes linked to Agent One. It was definitely in this area, and recently. But the Trust has moved on now... where? Daniel suggests a few worlds, but Mitchell shoots them down as being too far away to warrant a pause here. That's when Vala notes how amazingly close they are to Ankgor right now, the Jaffa stronghold that, mere hours before, fell under Der'kal siege. With that revelation, it clicks for them all; the Trust is planning to use the virus there, and wipe out the largest concentration of enemy troops yet. Of course, this prompts another argument, considering that the use of Agent One on Ankgor could save the planet from destruction. Finally, though, Carter puts her foot down. They need to stop the Trust and get back O'Neill, so Ankgor is where they need to go. At once, the Aurora opens another window and heads back out.

Over the besieged planet itself, the last of the Free Jaffa forces are being destroyed, and orbital bombardment has picked up. The great cities are being blown to smitherines, and, at last, the stargate is vaporized by a direct hit. At the ISGC, the gate flashes once and cuts out, slicing one refugee's arm off. But it's far worse on the planet itself, and thousands perish instantly as the most densely-populated regions are destroyed. The massive Der'kal fleet moves forward with no opposition, though a hyperspace window opening some ways ahead of it soon produces a ha'tak and seven al'kesh; the Trust ships.

On the pel'tak of the ha'tak, Kinsey orders his men to make a run for Ankgor at once, and to lace as much as the atmosphere as possible with the deadly virus. At the same time, his mothership turns and fires on the incoming alien forces, launching missiles from a specially-built bay. Two of the projectiles are destroyed, but one manages to strike an enemy frigate which lost its shields... and fill the craft with Agent One that was contained within it. I nthe immediate area, hundreds of warriors die, and within minutes, nearly the entire ship is dead. No one has ever seen a virus that works this fast, but the skill of Area 51's genetecists cannot be denied.

In the atmosphere, the seven al'kesh are releasing their stocks of virus, watching the burning Jaffa cities below with indifference. They fly over a batallion of Jaffa forces attempting to hold out against a landed Der'kal division and having some success. The Jaffa cheer, thinking the al'kesh are theirs, but then they convulse on the ground, crying out in agony. Across the battlefield, the Der'kal warriors likewise fall to the ground, dying in agonized suffering. It's a truly gruesome scene.

On one al'kesh, still in his cell, O'Neill listens to the battle outside, but sits up in surprise when a Trust agent walks in, staff weapon in hand. The agent says that it's time for Jack to die, but O'Neill manages to get close enough to bat the staff away before it can be fired. The two men grapple for a moment, then the Trust agent tosses the General aside. Picking up the staff weapon again, the Goa'uld asks if O'Neill liked his life, then fires... but his shot misses! The al'kesh is rocked, and two Der'kal gunships rip into its hull as they chase it down. O'Neill grabs the staff himself and shoots the Trust agent, then rushes from the cell. Just before the al'kesh explodes, he makes it to the ring room and rings to the ha'tak in orbit, making it out just in time.

The mothership itself is taking severe damage as more enemy cruisers notice it, but the barrage is divided when the Aurora arrives. Carter immediately pinpoints the Agent One on the ha'tak, as well as Jack O'Neill's locator beacon. Knowing the mothership won't last long, she tells Sanders to bring down its shields and beam O'Neill to safety.

As Asgard beams rip through the energy field, O'Neill himself arrives on the pel'tak, seeing a horrified Kinsey watching his ship fall to the enemy. Jack asks the Goa'uld if this is really what he wanted, for it all to end like this, but for once the symbiote lets go and allows Kinsey himself to speak, the former-Vice President only closing his eyes in despair and asking God to forgive him for what his hands have done. Then Jack is engulfed in a transport beam, escaping just as Der'kal energy blasts tear the ha'tak apart, leaving nothing untouched. Kinsey is dead.

The Aurora spins around, trying to dodge the barrage of the Der'kal fleet, but Carter manages to get one scan of Ankgor before they flee into hyperspace; from what she can see, almost 50,000 Jaffa have died due to Agent One exposure (the al'kesh blanketed a massive area), and more are dying every second. Then they're gone, though, leaving the dead world to the aliens.

Back at the ISGC, O'Neill is being treated for wounds in the infirmary. He's watching coverage of the whole Trust incident on a nearby TV, which is reporting that a total of 2 million Jaffa ended up dying on Ankgor, from what the Tok'ra were able to ascertain. Once the Der'kal knew the extent of the contamination, they simply reduced the planet's surface to molten lava, leaving it completely uninhabitable. An estimated ten million Jaffa are thought to have been killed by this act alone, with a paltry 20,000 managing to escape to other worlds via ship or stargate. With the news that Agent One kills nearly everything, though, the world has turned on Area 51, and the facility will probably be shut down in favor of an international version subject to international oversight. They overstepped things this time, and they will pay for it.

Daniel and Carter enter the infirmary a moment later, with Vala right behind them. Jackson explains that the Trust is no more, as all their al'kesh were destroyed on Ankgor, and that the Der'kal lost an estimated 15,000 ground troops when the virus struck their men already on the planet. Also, despite Agent One being labeled too dangerous to use, there's no guarantee a more refined version (one that only kills Der'kal) won't be developed soon, and then the whole xenocide debate will simply resurface. O'Neill sighs, saying he can only hope Earth learned from this lesson, and that he only wishes so many good people didn't have to die in the process.

With that, Daniel and Vala leave, but Sam stays by Jack's bed. She asks if he still intends to resign his position, but O'Neill shakes his head. The President has already spoken to him about it, and has more-or-less ordered him to stay on as head of Homeworld Security. That said, Hayes did do one thing in the positive... spoke to the Air Force Chief of Staff and asked that the ISGC be turned over to the UN for oversight, not Homeworld Security, since it is an international body now. When Carter asks what that means, not understanding, Jack pulls her close and whispers, "I'm not your superior anymore... Sam." Her eyes widening in realization, she is pulled even closer as Jack embraces her and gets what he's wanted for so very long now; a kiss from the beautiful Samantha Carter.

Off this happy scene, though, Mitchell approaches a suburban house in Colorado Springs. He knocks on the door and waits in silence as it is opened by a middle-aged lady with kind eyes and a wide smile. She introduces herself as Jean Harriman, Walter's sister. That's when Mitchell holds out a yellow slip of paper, and solemnly asks if he can come inside. As the woman's smile fades, Cameron's eyes fill with tears, and he says that they have a lot to talk about...

[cuttingedgex23]

the best part was the sam/jack moment....and are they gonna start dating now? lol

[Crazy Tom]

the best part was the sam/jack moment....and are they gonna start dating now? lol

Oh no.........the shippers have arrived.

[Elitenova]

I hope Harriman's sister sue Mitchell for murdering her brother in cold blood. That's a good story idea there.

Harriman sister approach a JAG officer and she wants to file murder charges against Colonel Cameron Mitchell. The whole military courtroom drama which the Jury found Colonel Cameron Mitchell of first degree murder guilty and they found Colonel Cameron Mitchell guilty of dereliction of duty. He is discharge from the military and sentence to life in Leavenworth.

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I hope Harriman's sister sue Mitchell for murdering her brother in cold blood. That's a good story idea there.

Harriman sister approach a JAG officer and she wants to file murder charges against Colonel Cameron Mitchell. The whole military courtroom drama which the Jury found Colonel Cameron Mitchell of first degree murder guilty and they found Colonel Cameron Mitchell guilty of dereliction of duty. He is discharge from the military and sentence to life in Leavenworth.

o_O

As I remember it, Walter was standing between Mitchell and the iris controls that would allow the Colonel to stop the Trust from making off with Carter's files (which, by the way, are now in the hands of probably the only remaining Trust operative in the galaxy). It wasn't exactly "in cold blood"; Walter, regardless of reasoning, was essentially a traitor at that point.

[Elitenova]

o_O

As I remember it, Walter was standing between Mitchell and the iris controls that would allow the Colonel to stop the Trust from making off with Carter's files (which, by the way, are now in the hands of probably the only remaining Trust operative in the galaxy). It wasn't exactly "in cold blood"; Walter, regardless of reasoning, was essentially a traitor at that point.

His sister don't see it that way, Mitchell have no right opening fire on Walter and he will be subjected to a subchapter X Punitive Article Section 919. ARTICLE. 119. MANSLAUGHTER

(a) Any person subject to this chapter who, with an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being in the heat of sudden passion caused by adequate provocation is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court- martial may direct.

(b) Any person subject to this chapter who, without an intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm, unlawfully kills a human being--

(1) by culpable negligence; or

(2) while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate an offense, other than those named in clause (4) of section 918 of this title (article 118), directly affecting the person; is guilty of involuntary manslaughter and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

918. ART. 118. MURDER

Any person subject to this chapter whom without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when he- -

(1) has a premeditated design to kill;

(2) intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm;

(3) is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to others and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or

(4) is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, sodomy, rape, robbery, or aggravated arson;

is guilty of murder, and shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct, except that if found guilty under clause (1) or (4), he shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct.

[Jeffala]

Walter refused a direct, lawful order from a superior officer and was complicit in the abduction of the head of Homeworld Defense, the assault of Colonel Carter, theft of government property and classified data. He was also an ally of the Goa'uld.

Walter not only refused to follow a direct, lawful order but he also acted to prevent Mitchell from carrying that order himself.

In addition to all of that, he is an accomplice in the mass murder of ~50,000 Free Jaffa by the Trust/Goa'uld Remnant.

I think it would be found to be a justified use of force.

[Elitenova]

But there is no reason kill Walter; but the UCMJ states in the same subchapter under section 892. ARTICLE. 92. FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION

Any person subject to this chapter who--

(1) violates or fails to obey any lawful general order or regulation;

(2) having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by any member of the armed forces, which it is his duty to obey, fails to obey the order; or

(3) is derelict in the performance of his duties; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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But there is no reason kill Walter; but the UCMJ states in the same subchapter under section 892. ARTICLE. 92. FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION

Any person subject to this chapter who--

(1) violates or fails to obey any lawful general order or regulation;

(2) having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by any member of the armed forces, which it is his duty to obey, fails to obey the order; or

(3) is derelict in the performance of his duties; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

So were you in Mitchell's position, knowing how much tactical knowledge/advantages the Trust could gain from a puddle jumper and the entirety of Carter's files, you would just stand there and let Walter let them go...?

[Jeffala]

(3) is derelict in the performance of his duties; shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

I don't think Mitchell had time to convene a board of inquiry while the Goa'uld were stealing Ancient technology and a bioweapon capable of wiping out every non-human sentient in the galaxy.