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The Cheyenne Mountain Irregulars: A Stargate Story Hour. Updated 7/20
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<blockquote data-quote="Ladybird" data-source="post: 2818135" data-attributes="member: 10689"><p><strong>Episode 1: Closer to Fine. Part 11 - More than One Answer To These Questions</strong></p><p></p><p>“I’ve got to say, I’ve never had a team capture a Goa’uld on its first mission.”</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">“Well, sir, he didn’t exactly put up much of a fight.”</span> Able to relax now – well, as much as Orieth ever did – and let his true voice out, the resonant tones filled the briefing room. </p><p></p><p>The General grinned at the Tok’ra’s reply, and leaned back in his chair. “So Rasputin is definitely in there?”</p><p></p><p>“That’s right, sir,” Kathleen replied. Her hands, tightly twined together to suppress the tremors that still ran through them, were neatly tucked under the rim of the table. “Or, rather, Kresnik is.”</p><p></p><p>“And he was working for…that other Goa’uld?” the General asked.</p><p></p><p>Slowly and carefully, Kathleen unfolded her hands and clicked the button on the remote, calling up the picture of the unfamiliar symbol that had been on the stone blocking off the tunnel network. “This one, yes, sir. We’re not sure what this means – it’s not a symbol we’ve seen before.”</p><p></p><p>“Looks like ‘pa’ to me,” Joe grunted. “See? The sticky-down part of the ‘p’ on that side, and then the tail of the ‘a’ on the other side of the loop?”</p><p></p><p>“Could that stand for ‘Ra’?” The General was looking mostly at Joe, but glanced at the others briefly.</p><p></p><p>Orieth answered, shaking his head, <span style="color: DarkOrange">“That’s very unlikely. First of all, Ra had a very distinct set of symbols associated with him. Second, we have no other indication that his influence ever reached that far north. And third, this inscription clearly refers to a female. Yes, gender may be flexible at times, depending on the gender of the host, but for all of Ra’s time here, his host was male. This inscription appears to be associated with a Goa’uld who strongly identified with a female host – all the gender markers are definitely female.”</span></p><p></p><p>“That bit there, sir,” Kathleen offered, hitting the zoom button to focus the slide on a different area of the inscription. “Those are all of the gender markers. You see that line? That means - “ She cut off, seeing the General’s eyes starting to glaze over already. “Um. Right.”</p><p></p><p>“And what about those ships?” the General asked, glancing back towards Joe and Orieth. “The ones on the tablet reader?”</p><p></p><p>On cue, Kathleen called up the slide of the ship schematics that they had taken from the Goa’uld tablet reader. “They don’t match any known Goa’uld ships that we’ve got in our records. This one is similar – you can see that it bears a strong resemblance to the ha’tak, but with a pentagonal base. I’ll run the checks again, but on the first pass through, they don’t look anything that we’ve already seen.”</p><p></p><p>“So does this mean that this woman who Kresnik was working for <em>wasn’t</em> a Goa’uld?”</p><p></p><p>“Well…” Kathleen hesitated, with a skeptical frown. “I mean, it’s got to be a possibility, but I’m not sure what else she could have been. I don’t know who else besides another Goa’uld could have had influence over a Goa’uld like Kresnik. And the rest of the inscriptions – worship her, traitors will be struck down – that sounds a lot like something a Goa’uld would say. On the other hand, we don’t know what kind of ships those are, so it could very well be another group of aliens that we haven’t met before.”</p><p></p><p>The General frowned too. “I don’t like all of that not-knowing, Major.”</p><p></p><p>“Neither do I, sir,” Kathleen admitted. “We’ll get on it.”</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">“I will examine the ship schematics again,”</span> Orieth said. <span style="color: DarkOrange">“Perhaps when I have a chance to look at them more closely, I will be able to determine more about their origins.”</span></p><p></p><p>Kathleen nodded, adding, “And I’ll have my people – I mean, Chen and <em>his</em> people - run some more computer analysis on those ship schematics. And they’ve just started to work through the translation of the stone tablet. I’m going to work with them on that, so we might get some more information from that when we finish, but it’s going to take a while.”</p><p></p><p>“All right.” The General nodded decisively. “Good work, SG-17. You’re dismissed. And I’m off to call the President again. She’s going to want to hear about this.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybird, post: 2818135, member: 10689"] [b]Episode 1: Closer to Fine. Part 11 - More than One Answer To These Questions[/b] “I’ve got to say, I’ve never had a team capture a Goa’uld on its first mission.” [COLOR=DarkOrange]“Well, sir, he didn’t exactly put up much of a fight.”[/COLOR] Able to relax now – well, as much as Orieth ever did – and let his true voice out, the resonant tones filled the briefing room. The General grinned at the Tok’ra’s reply, and leaned back in his chair. “So Rasputin is definitely in there?” “That’s right, sir,” Kathleen replied. Her hands, tightly twined together to suppress the tremors that still ran through them, were neatly tucked under the rim of the table. “Or, rather, Kresnik is.” “And he was working for…that other Goa’uld?” the General asked. Slowly and carefully, Kathleen unfolded her hands and clicked the button on the remote, calling up the picture of the unfamiliar symbol that had been on the stone blocking off the tunnel network. “This one, yes, sir. We’re not sure what this means – it’s not a symbol we’ve seen before.” “Looks like ‘pa’ to me,” Joe grunted. “See? The sticky-down part of the ‘p’ on that side, and then the tail of the ‘a’ on the other side of the loop?” “Could that stand for ‘Ra’?” The General was looking mostly at Joe, but glanced at the others briefly. Orieth answered, shaking his head, [COLOR=DarkOrange]“That’s very unlikely. First of all, Ra had a very distinct set of symbols associated with him. Second, we have no other indication that his influence ever reached that far north. And third, this inscription clearly refers to a female. Yes, gender may be flexible at times, depending on the gender of the host, but for all of Ra’s time here, his host was male. This inscription appears to be associated with a Goa’uld who strongly identified with a female host – all the gender markers are definitely female.”[/COLOR] “That bit there, sir,” Kathleen offered, hitting the zoom button to focus the slide on a different area of the inscription. “Those are all of the gender markers. You see that line? That means - “ She cut off, seeing the General’s eyes starting to glaze over already. “Um. Right.” “And what about those ships?” the General asked, glancing back towards Joe and Orieth. “The ones on the tablet reader?” On cue, Kathleen called up the slide of the ship schematics that they had taken from the Goa’uld tablet reader. “They don’t match any known Goa’uld ships that we’ve got in our records. This one is similar – you can see that it bears a strong resemblance to the ha’tak, but with a pentagonal base. I’ll run the checks again, but on the first pass through, they don’t look anything that we’ve already seen.” “So does this mean that this woman who Kresnik was working for [I]wasn’t[/I] a Goa’uld?” “Well…” Kathleen hesitated, with a skeptical frown. “I mean, it’s got to be a possibility, but I’m not sure what else she could have been. I don’t know who else besides another Goa’uld could have had influence over a Goa’uld like Kresnik. And the rest of the inscriptions – worship her, traitors will be struck down – that sounds a lot like something a Goa’uld would say. On the other hand, we don’t know what kind of ships those are, so it could very well be another group of aliens that we haven’t met before.” The General frowned too. “I don’t like all of that not-knowing, Major.” “Neither do I, sir,” Kathleen admitted. “We’ll get on it.” [COLOR=DarkOrange]“I will examine the ship schematics again,”[/COLOR] Orieth said. [COLOR=DarkOrange]“Perhaps when I have a chance to look at them more closely, I will be able to determine more about their origins.”[/COLOR] Kathleen nodded, adding, “And I’ll have my people – I mean, Chen and [I]his[/I] people - run some more computer analysis on those ship schematics. And they’ve just started to work through the translation of the stone tablet. I’m going to work with them on that, so we might get some more information from that when we finish, but it’s going to take a while.” “All right.” The General nodded decisively. “Good work, SG-17. You’re dismissed. And I’m off to call the President again. She’s going to want to hear about this.” [/QUOTE]
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