Episode 6, "The eye of the Storm"

[Maggie Lefebvre]

0830
Jumper Bay
Meropis 

Maggie was the first one there. Good. She'd hoped that'd be the case; she was determined that THIS mission would be the one that they all finally gelled. Since meeting, and subsequently starting a secret relationship with, Achilles, she was less inclined to sleep around, and Dr. Kells' speech had motivated her to make some changes. So today, she was dressed appropriately, in her Stargate-issued uniform (which she quietly moaned about to herself while dressing that morning, but she had done it), her hair secured to uniform standards, and her makeup light. She'd gotten most of the gear that wasn't personal already loaded, ready for the checks, and she'd even done all the pre-mission paperwork that didn't require Eastlyn's signature. Basically, she was pretty much perfect for the moment. She sipped some coffee, and waited for the rest of the team. 

After a few moments, they began to assemble-Ahrima and Dom were first, but only by mere seconds, and then Eastlyn and Mulholland appeared, finally. She smiled and waved, and revealed in the looks the others shared. She extened a clipboard to the CO and XO. 

Sir, Ma'am. Preflight checklist, the General's notes, and our duty schedules. I've color coded those. The non-essential gear is stowed already, and she's ready to go. Yellow is Ahrima, I am pink, of course, Evans gets red, Miss Eastlyn, you've got Cadet blue, and Mulholland has orange. I've also typed up the briefings, and included five copies, just in case. Finally, coffee is ready. Anything else? She said this in an even, calm tone, the French accent slightly heavier than usual; she was a little nervous that something would happen to shake her resolve. She smiled, and nodded once. 

Tag:Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Dominic Evans, Ahrima, James Mulholland. Am I missing anyone?! 

[Ahrima]

0830
Jumper Bay
Meropis

On the way to the Jumper Bay, Ahrima met up with Captain Evans. She nodded in the direction of her team's XO as she fell into step alongside him. "Captain Evans," she said in greeting. Ahrima still wasn't a big conversationalist. Of course, she still hadn't come to understand the Tau'ri's need for idle conversation. In her opinion, silence was just as valuable. Why they felt the need to fill silence with meaningless conversation or useless practices such as singing or whistling was beyond her. It left her to believe that the only reason they were able to ever defeat the Jaffa in battle was because of the Gould's subjugation and the pure unpredictability of Tau'ri like General Jack O'neill.

Stepping into the Jumper Bay, Ahrima's eyes fell upon a sight that she had not expected to find. Already waiting there Enisgne Lefebvre. She was (appropriately) in uniform and lacking much of the facial decoration that she typically put on. In fact, Ahrima was certain that she wasn't the only one to notice. Her eyes shifted to Evans to see how he was taking this. And mere seconds later, Major Eastlyn and Lieutenant Mulholland appeared. That was when Maggie began to speak after handing both Eastlyn and Evans clipboards.

"Sir, Ma'am. Preflight checklist, the General's notes, and our duty schedules. I've color coded those. The non-essential gear is stowed already, and she's ready to go. Yellow is Ahrima, I am pink, of course, Evans gets red, Miss Eastlyn, you've got Cadet blue, and Mulholland has orange. I've also typed up the briefings, and included five copies, just in case. Finally, coffee is ready. Anything else?"

Ahrima's brow furrowed suspiciously. "Major Eastlyn," Ahrima said. "I believe Ensigne Lefebvre should report to the Infirmary before we depart. Her behavior appears... abnormal." Ahrima's eyes were still studying Maggie, looking for signs of illness. This certainly wasn't the Maggie that she was used to. Surely, she wasn't the only one to notice.

TAG: Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Dominic Evans, Maggie Lefebvre, James Mulholland, Elly Clark, Dr. Roger Harrison

[James Mulholland]

0830
Jumper Bay
Meropis

Jim was whistling as he entered the Jumper bay. He was whistling the tunes to 'Lili Marlene', the slow march of the Special Air Service Regiment. His Regiment. While no longer actually being able to wear the uniform for the time being, and having to wear the issued black uniform, he did have a memento on his person. This was in the form of the unit colour patch on the right side of the slouch hat he was wearing. He entered the thing called a 'Jumper', and saw that just about everyone was already there. The blonde explained the colour coding of the equipment packs, and smiled. "So you gave me orange because of my name then, eh?" he asked, jokingly, before proceeding to check everything.

A couply of bottles of water to fill his canteen, first aid stuff, extra ammo and of course the nasty American MRE's. He didn't particularly like the CR1M, but the Americans knew how to make combat rations worse. The Lieutenant would actually PAY for a couple of CR1M's right now.

Then the man proceeded to the co-pilot's seat. "Shotgun" he said before he burst out in laughing. No doubt someone would comment on his childish behaviour. It was just his way of lightening up the mood a bit. He sat down and lounged back as he waited for takeoff.

[Dominic Evans]

0830
Jumper Bay
Meropis

His sleeves were rolled up on his black, operational uniform and he was kitted out and ready to go. Captain Dominic Evans, the executive officer of the Meropis Expedition's flagship first team. How on Earth he got where he was today he'd never managed to work out, but he sure was enjoying the ride. He offered a friendly smile toward the proud Jaffa warrior he'd come to know as his colleague as they met up on the corridor that would take them into the Jumper Bay.
"Captain Evans," she simply stated.
"Ahrima," he simply replied, Evans liked this girl, somehow being in her presence made everything simple, logical and easy to deal with.

When they arrived at the bay he was surprised to find the rear hatches of both Jumper's One and Two already wide open and being loaded with gear. He noted the absence of Jumper Three due to the incident with Dorane, and Jumper Four was currently in use by SM-2 who had left late last night. Of course, he then had to conceal his surprise when a fit and ready for duty Maggie stepped down the ramp toward him and Major Eastlyn, who had also just rocked up. She offered them clipboards each,
"Sir, Ma'am. Preflight checklist, the General's notes, and our duty schedules. I've color coded those. The non-essential gear is stowed already, and she's ready to go. Yellow is Ahrima, I am pink, of course, Evans gets red, Miss Eastlyn, you've got Cadet blue, and Mulholland has orange. I've also typed up the briefings, and included five copies, just in case. Finally, coffee is ready. Anything else?"
For a moment, Dom was too stunned to reply, so he allowed Ahrima to beat him to the punch,
"Major Eastlyn, I believe Ensigne Lefebvre should report to the Infirmary before we depart. Her behavior appears... abnormal."

"Ah, cut her some slack Ahrima," Dominic smiled, "I think the girl is turning over a new leaf." He held back a number of other comments and jokes that he could have followed up with, mostly out of respect and professionalism. Jokes about not sleeping with whatever they encountered out there came to mind. Nonetheless, he was impressed by her new attitude and made a note to keep an eye on her and see if it lasted the day.

Evans raised an eyebrow as an eager Lt. Mulholland, SM-1's newest addition, barged past him into the Jumper yelling shotgun.
"I'll show you shotgun ya little bastard," he commented under his breath, certain that nobody else heard it. Dominic always loved sitting up front in the Jumper and was a little miffed his seat just got stolen, but this time they had a mission to run, so he'd settled for holding down the back. As the last of the gear was loaded and stowed away on both Jumpers, Evans turned a page on the clipboard and scanned the room for people.
"I believe this mission, being of such an interesting nature, attracted a few volunteers who were approved by the General, did it not?" He lowered the clipboard and looked toward the door, eager to make sure they were leaving on time he wished the additional personal on. Two Marines came through the door and approached Jumper Two.
"There's Wilkins and Carmine. I think we're waiting for a pilot for the second Jumper, Tim Law as well as Elly Clark and Roger Harrison?"

<tag Tim "Dragon" Law Elly Clark Dr. Roger Harrison Maggie Lefebvre Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn James Mulholland Ahrima>

[Elly Clark]

0832
Jumper Bay
Meropis

Doctor Clark was both excited and apprehensive about going off world with SM-1, The chance to find something, learn more bout the Ancients and Science was really exciting, intriguing and she was after all curious. Her main concern was the possibility of death or injury, something that seemed to follow off world teams in every galaxy they went too, it also seemed they had a propensity for finding enemies, first the Goa'uld then the replicators,  Wraith, Ori and now the Etruscans, in addition to what ever they found on the planet/s they were on for example the Koan, though it seemed they were getting better.

Elly rushed down towards the Jumper bay, she was almost late as she rounded the corner fiddling with her vest trying to get it zipped up, but today the zipper wasn't going to cooperate. As she walk into the jumper bay and into the view of SM-1 and the Marines it finally budged and she zipped up the vest over the dark blue with light blue panel science uniform she was wearing. she looked up at the others clearly embarrassed as she also slung the backpack she had had hung around her elbow. It hadn't been that hard when she was rushing to get one on when the Koan had been attacking. She smiled (awkwardly) and stepped towards the team. "Elly Clark." She looked around at SM-1, from Major Eastlyn to Captain Evans to Ahrima then to Maggie and into the jumper after Mullholland. "So does this planet really have dinosaurs? because I don't think this." she gestured to the M9 in the holster strapped to her thigh. "Is going to be particularly protective, but then again maybe lets not just give them a reason to give me a reason to use it?" She was still nervous about the dinosaurs prospect.

<TAG: Dominic Evans, Dr. Roger Harrison, Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Maggie Lefebvre, Ahrima, James Mulholland, Tim "Dragon" Law>

[Dr. Roger Harrison]

0834
Infirmary-->jumper bay
Meropis

Roger was getting too damn old for off-world missions, but what could be done?! He was needed, and he'd volunteered. Clearly, he'd not been in his right mind, but when was he ever? After all, who better to counsel crazies than an actual crazy person?! At least, he felt it at times. But at the moment, he was running late, and he bloody hated that. He hurriedly shut down his computer, tossed his files into the drawer, locked it, grabbed his bag and kit, stowed his Handheld Healing Device in his pocket, and headed for the jumper bay. It was a good thing that he kept mostly calm; he had a feeling he'd need it. This group included Lt. Lefebvre, AND Ahrima, and both of those females had interesting pathologies. Obviously, one was an alien, so that was why, but still. It was fascinating. He didn't know much about Miss Clark, not actually having met her or had to do her eval yet. She wasn't due for one for awhile.

He strolled in, and stood off to one side, observing quietly. Maggie was in her element; GOOD! They'd been working together, and he, for one, was definitely ready to see her shine. The others appeared shocked-that was also a good sign. That meant that it was WORKING. He stepped forward then, approaching Evans and Eastlyn.

Major Eastlyn, Captain Evans. Where do you need me today? He asked, simply. He heard Ahrima's voice.

Major Eastlyn, I believe Ensigne Lefebvre should report to the Infirmary before we depart. Her behavior appears... abnormal. Roger smiled, the corners of his eyes crinkling.

Ah, Miss Ahrima. Lt. Lefebvre is fine. As Evans mentioned, it's a character difference, not a pathology! I assure you, she is well enough for this mission.

Tag:Elly Clark, Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Dominic Evans, Ahrima, James Mulholland, Tim "Dragon" Law. What did Roger even just SAY?! Imma put him in a jumper before he hurts himself. ^.^

[Tim "Dragon" Law]

0835
Jumper Bay
Jumper Two

Tim stepped through the door to the jumper bay on the city. His military issued black boots squeaking slightly as he turned towards the two Jumper's awaiting them all for the mission. He wore the Standard issue away gear with the black tactical vest, which he had already checked on the supplies and equipment which was held within. His sleeves were rolled up neatly but allowing a glimpse of the tail of his Dragon Tattoo on his right arm, his aviator sunglasses sitting on top of his short hair. As he walked towards them he pulled his pistol from its side hoister and checked it making sure the magazine was full by ejecting it, giving it a quick once over and then inserting it back into the pistol. He pulled the loader back and sighted the bulleit as it slid into place. Satisfied the replaced the locked and loaded pistol back into its hoister and double checked his two knives. He hoped slightly as he loosened and checked his standard issue knife strapped to his right ankle then replaced it and did the same with the one strapped to his left fore arm. By the time he had done this he had reached the second jumper and was now looking at the people waiting. A smirk came across his face, one that his father had when his was about to have some fun. "Good morning everyone, If you would all please take your assigned seats refreshment will be served. Our inflight movie today will be Jurassic Park." He said receiving a small chuckle from one of the marines.

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[Dominic Evans]

0836
Jumper Bay
Meropis

"Elly Clark." Evans looked up from his checklist as the others arrived, "So does this planet really have dinosaurs? because I don't think this. Is going to be particularly protective, but then again maybe lets not just give them a reason to give me a reason to use it?" 
"Better safe than sorry Clark." He smiled at her question, "You'll be in Jumper One with the rest of SM-1, I hope this mission proves fruitful to your ancient research." As he spoke Roger Harrison had arrived and addressed Eastlyn and Ahrima. Finally, Tim Law their pilot rocked up and set about preparing Jumper Two with a Dinosaur related quip that was no doubt inevitable. It was show time.

Looking to Major Eastlyn for permission, and a visual cue, he clapped his hands together loudly.
"Alright listen up! Enough talk, it's go time. We've got an ancient facility on a continent a good few miles away from the 'gate. It's a richly vegetated world so we want to get up and above it all, we don't know for sure what's down there but I'm sure you've all seen the MALP images. We're playing it safe, do not engage unless you have to." He glanced at the two Marines who stood, armed and arms folded, their back up plan no doubt, "Jumper One will be Elly Clark, Ahrima, Maggie, Mulholland and Eastlyn as pilot."

"Jumper Two goes without saying, Tim Law here has kindly offered to pilot, I will be sitting up front running the show between myself and the Major. We'll have you on board Doc, along with Carmine and Wilkins and the computer equipment." He paused and scanned the eyes of the group, everyone knew their roles and they all looked confident. In fact, more than that, there was an air of excitement about this mission, it was something different for sure. "Alright, let's roll out!" He declared before boarding Jumper Two. Once the pre-flight was complete, and they'd received clearance from 'gate ops who had dialed the planet. Tim lowered the Jumper and took them through the wormhole after Jumper One.

<continued here>

OOC
Jumper One: Piloted by Chicago, Shotgun Mulholland, with Maggie, Ahrima and Elly
Jumper Two: Piloted by Tim Law, Shotgun Evans, with Roger and Carmine and Wilkins (NPCs)