Continuing Stargate

[jonos101]

More!!!!!!!!

[Sector]

Great episode, but there were two things that bothered me:

1) Humans look exactly like Ancients, Qamos should have assumed that we were, in fact, Ancients.

2) "Ancients" is a name we gave them, and therefore it is unlikely that Qamos' people would know them by that name (probably Alterans, as they called themselves before they went Pegasus).

I'm also pretty intrigued that they managed to hold off every one of the major invaders to our galaxy, especially the replicators, who were for all intents and purposes unstoppable. (this while the Asgard had such difficulty with them).

[s09119]

Great episode, but there were two things that bothered me:

1) Humans look exactly like Ancients, Qamos should have assumed that we were, in fact, Ancients.

To be honest, I had not even thought of that while I was writing it. I may actually go back and add a scene in there like that... but on the other hand, it could also be argued that million upon millions of years since the Acrelans last saw the Ancients has made it hard to fully recall what they looked like offhand anyway.

2) "Ancients" is a name we gave them, and therefore it is unlikely that Qamos' people would know them by that name (probably Alterans, as they called themselves before they went Pegasus).

The Ancients called themselves "Ancients" a number of times, the first one being in "The Fifth Race."

I'm also pretty intrigued that they managed to hold off every one of the major invaders to our galaxy, especially the replicators, who were for all intents and purposes unstoppable. (this while the Asgard had such difficulty with them).

Well for one, their homeworlds are in the middle of nowhere, so it's not as if many people can find them anyway. But they do have enough ships (and powerful ones) to resist anyone that manages to stumble upon them. Remember, these people could easily have joined the ancient Alliance, so of course they're going to be just as powerful as, say, the Ancients or Nox.

[s09119]

13x14 "A Family Affair"
Synopsis: Samantha Carter's genius nephew goes missing amid a flurry of international kidnappings, and the SG-1 team embarks on a dangerous cross-country search to track him and the others down.

Spoiler:

In Greensboro, North Carolina, a young high school student leans against the brick wall of his school, eyes closed and ragtag napsack hanging from his shoulder. This is Jason Carter, the son of Mark Carter, and the nephew of the now-famous Colonel Samantha Carter, Mark's sister. A chill wind is blowing, russling the boy's otherwise neatened dirty blonde hair, but he doesn't seem to mind.

After a moment of this restful scene, a nearby door opens and two teachers step out. It now becomes clear that school is still in session, and Jason is obviously skipping class to come out and... do whatever it is he's doing. The older of the two teachers approaches, notebook in hand, and stands before the rebelling student, frowning. Jason lazily opens one eye and asks what they want now, to which he recieves an order to return to class immediately or face "severe reprecussions." Carter, however, doesn't appear to care much, but he finally does sigh and jog back inside.

The two teachers continue to follow him as he goes back to his classroom, which seems to be a Calculus one. Jason casually opens the door and walks in, completely ignoring the teacher. He turns to the two others following him, asks if they want to see why he was standing outside, and walks up to the desk. He pulls out the lesson plan marked "Semester Four," flips to the section marked, "Hard," and writes an extremely complex problem on the board. Turning back to the teachers, he asks if any of them know the answer, and when they say no, he proceeds to write out the equally-complex solution, picks up his bag again, and walks out. Apparently, he's proved his point.

As Jason walks down to his locker, he hears the final bell ring, and students pour into the hallway. He ignores all of them, even the attractive girls that attempt to engage him in conversation, and simply opens his locker, grabs an iPod and cell phone, and proceeds to walk right back out the door and down the street, presumably back home. It should be noted that he doesn't appear antisocial, but merely uninterested in anything these people have to say.

When he gets home, he finds the door already opened, so he drops his bad inside the landing and heads up the stairs to the main level of the house. He calls out for "Tori," presumably his sister (first mentioned along with Jason himself in "Cold Lazarus"), and peeks down the hallway, but sees no one. Confused, he shouts for his dad, then his mom, but still gets no answer. Now looking a little concerned, Jason reaches into his back pocket and starts to pull out a pocket knife, but before he can do anything more, a sleek jet-black pistol is pressed to the side of his head by someone offscreen, and he's told to freeze. Seeing no choice, he drops the knife (now catching sight of his parents and sister being led into the room, bound and gagged), and turns to face his attacker. Before he can see who it is, though, another one enters, zat in hand, and stuns the boy, who falls to the ground at once.

In another suburb of America, Samantha Carter is just getting home from a long day of work at the ISGC. She walks into her living room, drops her keyes on the coffee table, and plops down on the couch for a well-deserved rest... at least until her cell phone rings. She irritably pulls it out, flips it open, and says hello, immediately happy to see that it's Mark. She starts to pick up a nearby picture of herself and her brother, but her hand freezes quite suddenly, and her fingers go slack. The picture falls to the ground and shatters, followed soon after by the cell phone.

Some time later, Daniel Jackson and Danielle Talbot pull up outside Sam's house. Talbot sits in the car for a moment, her hands still on the wheel, and asks what she should expect when they go inside. Shrugging, Daniel says he has no idea; he's never seen Sam in this kind of position before. Knowing they can't out off going inside forever, the two of them finally do get out and knock on the door, which is answered a moment later by a teary-eyed Carter. She quickly tells them to come inside, wiping her eyes, and offers them coffee and a seat, which they accept (Daniel also apologizes for the absense of Mitchell and Vala, the two of them being on Chulak meeting with Teal'c).

Carter quietly outlines her request; she would like to take an indefinite leave of absense from her post to help with the investigation into the disappearance of her nephew Jason, which she quickly recaps for Talbot's sake. So far, the police have next-to-no leads, but, of course, she has knowledge they don't that could help. Talbot asks why she thinks her experience in the Stargate Program would help here, considering Jason doesn't seem to be anything other than a high school student. Why would anyone want to kidnap him for anything but money?

That's when Sam explains just who her nephew is. She says that he's a certifiable genius, particularly in the areas of high mathematics, theoretical science, and logistics. He's never lost a chess game in his life, has mastered almost every RTS game known to man, and is the only person at family reunions who can actually give her pause when discussing physics. This isn't just a normal kidnapping, that much she knows, and whoever took Jason took him for a reason.

Now that she knows that, Talbot is able to put together a better picture of things, and reveals a few facts herself. Apparently, over two dozen children worldwide tagged by their national governments as either "geniuses" or "prodigies" were abducted within the last six hours. At first, it was thought that these were scattered, isolated incidents, but now there can be no doubt about it; someone is deliberately trying to round up the planet's best and brightest young minds. But for what? Regardless, Talbot is willing to approve Sam's request to go help find her nephew, provided she agrees to take Daniel with her. Carter heartily says yes, and the trio breaks up to prepare.

Miles away, Jason is just waking up, his hands tied behind his back as he sits in a cold metal chair in a darkened room. Around the area, a few computer terminals can be seen, and a door and mirror are located on the wall opposite him. After a minute of struggling against his bonds, Jason gives up and slumps back in the chair. A moment later, the door opens, flooding the room with blinding light, and a man in a dark suit (not the same one from earlier) walks in. He pulls up a chair himself and sits down himself, smiling sweetly at the kidnapped teen.

Living up to his reputation as a no-nonsense kind of kid, the young Carter guesses that demanding to know where he is or why he's here will get him nowhere, so he plans on just sitting in this chair until they decide to fill him in. Almost at once, the man's smile fades; kidnapped children are supposed to be insolent and scared, not calm and confident. He says that he works for an organization called "the Trust," a group of people whose only goal is protection of Earth and her "colonies" out in the galaxy. Jason just laughs, though, saying that he's heard of the Trust and knows what they really are. If they think they can use him for anything, they're wrong. Now smiling again, the Trust agent pulls out a syringe and pulls Jason's arm closer, muttering that it will only be a matter of time.

In Greensboro, Sam and Daniel are just pulling up ouside Mark Carter's house. A police cruiser is parked nearby, no doubt to keep an eye on the family in case the kidnappers try again, but Jackson doubts it would do any good. The two of them quickly head inside, where they find Mark, his wife, their daughter Tori, and a few other family members. A picture of Jacob hangs on a nearby wall, and that's where Mark is sitting, his eyes still wet with tears. Daniel quickly goes off to talk to one of the police officers, leaving Sam free to speak with her brother.

When she sits down beside him, Mark doesn't so much as glance up at her. Instead, he asks why God is doing this to their family, taking their mother, then Jacob, and now Jason. Is Sam next, being the only genius left to the Carter name? But she tells him to stop it, that they're going to find him. No matter what it takes, Samantha promises that she'll bring his son home safe and sound.

On the other side of the room, the local sherriff is telling Daniel what they know; at about 2:25 PM yesterday, five armed men broke into the house residence and rounded up Mr. and Mrs. Carter, taking Tori as she came in the door. The three of them were bound, gagged, and thrown in the other room while the men waited for Jason to come home. According to Mrs. Carter, the boy tried to pull out a knife to fight, but was stunned and dragged away before they could do anything. By now, they estimate he could be anywhere as far away as Europe or as close as Washington, D.C., but either way they have few leads to go on.

Daniel goes back to Sam and tells her that they've learned all they can here, and that they should probably get in touch with Jack if they want more detailed intelligence. She tells him to hold on just a second longer, and embraces her brother in a hug, reminding him of her promise. Then the two SG-1 members head out, leaving Mark and his family to try and pick of the pieces of their lives.

Back at the Trust facility, two more agents are watching from an observation room as the man from earlier continues to interrogate Jason (what about, we cannot hear). The boy's eyes are drooping, and he looks almost high, so he was most likely drugged. A door offscreen opens, and a somewhat-familiar voice asks if the boy has given up anything useful, to which the two agents reply with a negative. Apparently, they were hoping that Samantha Carter gave him some valuable information, but it seems not. Instead, they'll begin "Phase Two" immediately, noting that "the others" have already been pushed to this stage. The two agents nod and head offscreen, presumably to start a new round of torture for Jason. But then the person speaking is revealed as the camera turns... Robert Kinsey!

At the Pentagon, Sam and Daniel are being ushered into Jack O'Neill's office, taking seats before the man's cluttered desk. The former SG-1 commander starts off the meeting by apologizing to Sam that this was allowed to happen, and assures her that every effort is being made by the FBI, CIA, and NID to track down whoever is responsible for these kidnappings. Jackson asks if Jack has anything more than the Greensboro police did, and O'Neill says that he does; one of the kidnapping teams, trying to take a young girl in Thailand, was stopped and taken into UN custody. They're actually being flown into D.C. now to the FBI, which the United Nations has named the lead organization in the investigation, next to MI6 in Britain. So far, he thinks that these kidnappers were just thugs, but it's possible they know something useful. Of course, he says that both Jackson and Carter will be allowed to speak to them ASAP, and that he has already lined up transportation to the FBI HQ.

Daniel thanks Jack for this and leaves the room, but Sam lingers for a moment. She quietly thanks him for everything he's done, and whatever strings he's had to pull, to which he replies, "You know I'd do anything for you... Sam." Carter smiles and drags a hand across his shoulder, than turns and follows Daniel outside.

(Too long. See next post for ending.)

[s09119]

(Ending of "A Family Affair." See previous post for begining.)

Spoiler:

Later on, at the FBI's headquarters, Agent Malcolm Barrett (who has been temporarily reassigned for this crisis) leads Jackson and Carter to an interrogation chamber where the CIA has just finished their round of questioning. They came up empty, but it's always possible that the famous members of SG-1 could get something. He opens the door and lets his companions in, then stands in the corner to give Sam the spotlight. The captured kidnappers are all Western-looking (two men and one woman), probably French and Italian in origin, and are wearing the same black outfits seen on the people that took Jason. Sam asks them outright who they're working for and why they're taking these children, but, as expected, gets no response. After a few minutes more of failed questioning, Carter finally turns on the closest kidnapper and pulls him out of his chair, showing a surprising degree of strength. She shoves the man into the wall and shouts for him to tell her what they've done with her nephew.

Both Barrett and Jackson move to stop her, shocked at this sudden change in character, but Sam yells for them to stay out of this. She then proceeds to throw the man to the floor and again demands to know where they've taken Jason, and when he refuses to answer, she goes for her gun... but is stopped as Barrett finally rushes over and gets his arms around her, ordering her to stop or he'll have to alert the military police to deal with her. After a tense moment of silence, Carter finally lets go of her gun and lets Malcolm pull her away. She turns back, however, when another one of the kidnappers quietly says that she knows where Jason is. The other two immediately order her to be quiet, but the woman says that she's done with "playing slave to the snakeheads" and agrees to talk.

About an hour later, Sam comes out of a briefing room in the FBI building looking both triumphant and tired. The female kidnapper said that she and the others were hired by the Trust to go take young men and women tagged as prodigies into "protective custody," supposedly for their own good. The Goa'uld running the operation are rounding them up somewhere on Earth, but this kidnapper didn't know where, except that it wasn't anywhere in the US. Either way, Daniel thinks they've hit a dead end, considering the Trust hasn't made a peep for a while now. While he speaks with a few FBI agents, Barrett takes Sam aside and asks her what the Hell she was thinking, threatening one of the prisoners like that. Carter says she didn't care at the time, that something just came over her and all of a sudden, she couldn't control herself. Tearing up now, she says that Jason was always more like a son to her, and was the only person in her family besides Jacob that really understood how hard it is to do what she does and bear the burdens she must. Barrett understands, but he reminds her that another outburst like that... and he will bring her in.

Regardless, they need a plan. Barrett says he has nothing more for them at present, but Carter considers calling in a few old markers, in this case the Trust agent Hoskins ("Affinity"), who was captured the year before and is serving time for his attempt to blackmail Teal'c. It's possible that he was in the planning stages of this operation or knows of non-American Trust bases. Barrett says that Hoskins is at a nearby prison in Virginia, and grabs his cell phone to call and arrange a visit.

Meanwhile, Jason is done with interrogation for the day. Two Trust agents toss him into a sparse cell and activate an energy field at the door, preventing him from escaping, then leave. The boy appears to be coming out of his drug-induced state, and shakes his head to clear it. Through the energy field separating his cell from the next, Jason hears another prisoner say hello, this one being a young Asian teenager. The two give their introductions (the Asian being named Han Tzu), and start to discuss their situation. Han, who has had more time to think about things, guesses that they're somewhere in Europe judging by the time difference (he, unlike Jason, was conscious during his capture, so he was able to figure out how far from his native China he was taken). His best guess is that they're in the Netherlands, but he can't know for sure. Jason adds that the Trust can't hope to keep them here forever, as two high-profile kids such as themselves are sure to at least attract a little attention. But Han, confused, quickly reveals the extent of this operation; as far as he can tell, over fifty children have been taken, all of them at least as smart as they are. Whatever the Trust is up to, it's big.

In Virginia, former Trust agent Hoskins grins wryly at Samantha Carter and Daniel Jackson as they enter his cell. He remarks how long it's been since they last talked and how good it is to see Sam again. But she's not in the mood for pleasantries, and quickly tells him to cut to the chase; she asks him what he knows about Trust operations involving kidnapping of extremely-intelligent children. Hoskins shrugs, saying he has no idea. Malcolm Barrett, waiting outside, suggests letting one of his men take a crack at interrogation, but Sam says she's not going to torture the poor man, and says she'll be back in an hour to speak with Hoskins again. But after she and Daniel leave (to get some lunch), Barrett orders his interrogation team in anyway, and watches as they do whatever's necessary to get Hoskins to talk. He didn't tell Sam or Daniel, but the government wants these children found immediately. Not entirely for their safety, but because they believe they are valuable "future assets" of the United States.

While the two SG-1 members are enjoying Greek-style gyros at a nearby food stand, a man standing nearby catches Sam's eye and waves her over. She excuses herself from Daniel for a moment and asks what the man wants. He quickly and quietly explains that he was a former employee of a certain "organization" (the Trust), and now that he's free of Goa'uld control, he'd like to help her. Carter, suspicious, asks how he knew where to find her, and the man replies that he's been following her ever since the story about the kidnappings broke. He knew that the Trust was behind it, and knew that she would inevitably try and track down the missing kids, especially her nephew. Either way, he thinks he can help; he claims that there's a Trust facility in a run-down section of Amsterdam, one where they were building child-sized cells just before he managed to get out.

At the same time, Barrett calls and says that Hoskins had a "change of heart" and admitted that there was a Trust base in Amsterdam that was probably housing the kids, collaborating Sam's new friend's story. But when she turns to thank him, he's gone. Distracted, she thanks Barrett and hangs up, not knowing that the bloodied Hoskins is now being rushed to an emergency room.

In Amsterdam, guards have come to take Jason back to interrogation. He passes by cells filled with kids ranging from 10 years old to 18, most of which from the West but some from Asia and Africa, as well. At length he is brought to a room where he is sat down before a computer terminal where several other teens are at work, with armed Trust guards nearby. He's told to get to work on his assignment, which, to his dismay, he finds is ways to use beaming technology and cloaked ships to launch nuclear terrorist attacks on nations like Russia, the United States, and China. The Trust's plan is to use these genius children to plan an all-out war on the world, break the backs of the powerful nations, and unite the world under them, thus enabling them to defeat any alien threat and finally take control of the stargate. With the IOA nations out of the way, they figure the rest of the world will be helpless (it's hinted that they also have a way to neutralize Earth's fleet of ships).

After about three hours of work, the Trust agents collect all the kids' work and fuse them together, then run a simulation for them all to watch. There are obvious faults in the plan (no doubt put in by the kidnapped kids to try and help their nations defeat it), but in the end it shows five 304s exploding over Earth and over two dozen major cities vanishing in an instant. Military bases are the next to go, followed by centers of communication and power. Following this plan, the Trust would have completely destroyed Earth's ability to resist within six hours of starting.

Then the door opens and Kinsey enters, his eyes aglow with the light of a symbiote. He thanks the kidnapped kids for their work and says that he looks forward to working more on this plan in the future. But then one of the Trust guards shouts that he hears fighting outside, and an external monitor pops up to show American soldiers and Dutch special forces surrounding the complex and taking out Trust men around the perimiter. Somewhere else in the base, the sound of a door being kicked in his heard, as well as more gunfire and zat blasts. All of the kids are still being held by guards (with the exception of Jason, and he manages to grab the nearest man's gun and shoot him in the back. He grabs Kinsey (who was standing just behind him) and presses the gun to his head, muttering about what sweet irony this is, then shouts for the other Trust men to let him pass.

Jason drags Kinsey down the hall until they reach the fighting, where Samantha spots Kinsey and turns into the hallway firing her zat. The younger Carter shoves the ex-Vice President off him and watches him fall to the ground, stunned. It's then that Sam realizes who's standing there, and she rushes to embrace her nephew. She tells him to find some place to stay safe until this is over, but Jason insists that they go get the kids still stuck here. Carter agrees, and is about to radio her men to go get the children when transporter beams engulf the remaining Trust personnel, including Kinsey.

In orbit, an al'kesh decloaks and maneuvers around the Aurora. Since the Asgard defenses had no time to lock on, it's able to evade the rest of Earth's ships and jump into hyperspace, taking the Trust's leadership offworld. But at least they were foiled, and they won't ever be able to do something like this again. It's over.

A few days later, Jason is reunited with his family at the Carter house in Greensboro, with Samantha, Daniel, Mitchell, and Vala looking on (the latter two just got back from Chulak, and say that Teal'c is doing quite well in his duties as Prime Minister). All but five of the kidnapped kids were recovered, and it's presumed that the Trust took the brightest of all with them when they fled to make more plans for them, but at least most of them are safe now. Han Tzu, according to Jackson, turned out to be the son of one of the highest leaders in China, and the ISGC has recieved a substantial PR boost for saving him.

Mark Carter makes a point of going to his sister and giving her a hug, thanking her for bringing his son home. She says it was no trouble at all, and points out that maybe God doesn't hate their family, after all. He laughs somberly and says that maybe she's right, then goes to rejoice with the others. A moment later, Jason pulls himself away and thanks Sam and Daniel for coming after him, and promises that he won't forget what they did for him. If anything, it's made him want to put his knowledge to good use and stop abusing the priviledges it gets him. Who knows, maybe one day he can help them out.

Either way, SG-1 smiles and goes inside to join the Carter's in their celebration, all the time remembering just how good it is to save the world.

[Lt. Col. Mcoy]

Nice. Liked the Sam-Jack moment.

[s09119]

Nice. Liked the Sam-Jack moment.

After two days, only the faithful Lt. Col. Mcoy comments... alas, but at least it was positive

Well, I had mentioned in "Shatterpoint" that Jack and Sam wanted to be together, and I couldn't just ignore the ship if they were both in the same room.

Anyone have any feedback storywise, though? I was expecting somewhat of a backlash for having Sam cross the line interrogating the Trust agents, and another slew of gasps for bringing Kinsey back from the dead.

[Elitenova]

No backlash here. But why cant they use the memory device that they got from Galar?

[s09119]

No backlash here. But why cant they use the memory device that they got from Galar?

For the same reasons they don't use it in Atlantis;

- I'm trying not to lean too heavily on the oh-so-convenient devices SG-1 found in the past.
- It would ruin the story :/

[Apollo214]

just some constructive criticism:

I think that the series is leaning a little too much on the two original guys left Jackson and Carter....just my thoughts

[s09119]

just some constructive criticism:

I think that the series is leaning a little too much on the two original guys left Jackson and Carter....just my thoughts

Have I? I noticed in the last two episodes Mitchell and Vala played minor rolls, but on the whole I thought I was keeping it pretty balanced... I'll go back and review to check, though.

[Rusty0918]

I'm working on a piece of fan fiction that takes place during Atlantis's 5th season - which hopefully will be a saga:

"Amends"

Dr. Sarah Gardner, former host of Osiris, is haunted by MAJOR memories of a terrible deed she did when Osiris took control of her, to the extent she wants to undo the damage. Dr. Jackson manages to convince General Landry to arrange a mission for her to assist in undoing the damage; as Osiris she took the population of a peaceful, beautiful world and sent them to a deoslate but naquadah-rich world to mine the mineral for Anubis, and constructed a device to destroy the world if they revolted in any way.

We get to see some of the extent the Asgard core/database ("Unending") has been used (we've seen some of it already in Atlantis). I hope you like it.

Not to mention there's an Goa'uld who wants to usher in a new era for the evil race! (NOT an uber-villain).

[s09119]

I'm working on a piece of fan fiction that takes place during Atlantis's 5th season - which hopefully will be a saga:

"Amends"

Dr. Sarah Gardner, former host of Osiris, is haunted by MAJOR memories of a terrible deed she did when Osiris took control of her, to the extent she wants to undo the damage. Dr. Jackson manages to convince General Landry to arrange a mission for her to assist in undoing the damage; as Osiris she took the population of a peaceful, beautiful world and sent them to a deoslate but naquadah-rich world to mine the mineral for Anubis, and constructed a device to destroy the world if they revolted in any way.

We get to see some of the extent the Asgard core/database ("Unending") has been used (we've seen some of it already in Atlantis). I hope you like it.

Not to mention there's an Goa'uld who wants to usher in a new era for the evil race! (NOT an uber-villain).

That certainly sounds interesting... but why are you posting it here?

[Rusty0918]

Is this not the fan fiction forum?

[s09119]

Is this not the fan fiction forum?

Well it is, but I meant more why in this thread. It sounds like a good story, but this thread has nothing to do with Atlantis. All I meant was you might be better off making your own.