Interview

[Capt. Kelly Miller]

(Placeholder until Kelly and Jones have something to DO!) 
1000 Hours
Kelly's Office
Meropis 

She showed the Captain into her office, and settled her tall, but lean, frame behind her desk. Without a word, nor a discernable look on her face, she opened her drawer, pulled out a notebook and pen, and then sighed deeply. 

Look, Captain. From my legal point of view, IOA and Homeworld Command don't have a leg to stand on. However, that Olwin woman is a shark. She's going to be circling, looking for ANY sort of blood in the water...is that a clear analogy? Kelly was trying to impart to the man that while SHE and the rest of the staff didn't hold any of MacManus's claims to the water, that Olwin was a wild card. Kelly had seen her type before-the women that success had hardened, and for whom, interpersonal relationships took a backseat to getting ahead. Kelly had briefly feared becoming like that after John had died, but she'd managed to keep her head on her shoulders. 

Do you have any ideas why MacManus fingered YOU?! Did you serve together on a mission gone bad? Flirt with his wife? She paused a beat, and ran a hand over her slacks. She needed to get a little deeper into the man's life. Finally, if there's ANYTHING I need to know, now is the time to tell me. She sighed again, and then smiled, standing. 

But first, coffee? Lt. LeFebvre made some this morning before she left. I guaruntee it's Marine grade True Crude. It was a joke that Marine's didn't drink coffee unless thier sthingys could stir itself. 

Tag:@achillesjones. 

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1000 Hours
Kelly's Office
Meropis City

The base JAG officer led him into her offie, and then sat at her desk before speaking.
"Look, Captain. From my legal point of view, IOA and Homeworld Command don't have a leg to stand on. However, that Olwin woman is a shark. She's going to be circling, looking for ANY sort of blood in the water...is that a clear analogy?... Do you have any ideas why MacManus fingered YOU?! Did you serve together on a mission gone bad? Flirt with his wife? She paused a beat, and ran a hand over her slacks. She needed to get a little deeper into the man's life. Finally, if there's ANYTHING I need to know, now is the time to tell me... But first, coffee? Lt. LeFebvre made some this morning before she left. I guaruntee it's Marine grade True Crude."

Achilles let out a large hardy laugh before speaking, as he stood there. "Well Captain... I've been with a lot of women n my life. However never any who were married, at least not to my knowledge. I have never served with him before. I will, however, take some coffee." Achilles looked around for a moment taking in her office.

"But this shark you speak of does not scare me... I'm a black ops veteran who's host to a powerful system lord. Compared to her, I am megaladon. I do not know why he figered me. Probably beause of Colonel Caldwell."

[Capt. Kelly Miller]

1005
Kelly's Office
Meropis

As she took the proper notes, and listened carefully, some things were beginning to register in her mind.

Well Captain... I've been with a lot of women n my life. However never any who were married, at least not to my knowledge. I have never served with him before. I will, however, take some coffee. She nodded once, and poured out two cups of the hot, black liquid. She didn't offer him any cream or sugar, not because she was rude, but because she simply didn't HAVE any. Neither herself nor Maggie took it with anything, though she suspected that the Lt. had different reasons than her own. After settling back in, she nodded.

Here you are. Well, we can rule THAT out, then. So if not an illict affair, perhaps a mission gone wrong? I know you said you didn't serve with him, but maybe you served with his brother, or something...and failed to save his life? She was mostly grasping at straws, but she was also trying to make sure that every T was crossed, and every I was dotted.

She paused to sip her coffee, and Achilles continued.

But this shark you speak of does not scare me... I'm a black ops veteran who's host to a powerful system lord. Compared to her, I am megaladon. I do not know why he figered me. Probably beause of Colonel Caldwell. Kelly raised an eyebrow.

Quite frankly, Captain, she scares ME. But I understand what you're saying. Now, who is Colonel Caldwell? My late husband was very high up in the Marine's...I don't remember a Colonel Caldwell. Her gaze was faraway for a moment as she recalled John's "list"-he kept an unofficial list of all the people he'd served with, under, and above, mostly because he had a terrible memory for names.

Tag:@achillesjones.

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1006
Kelly's Office
Meropis

"Here you are. Well, we can rule THAT out, then. So if not an illict affair, perhaps a mission gone wrong? I know you said you didn't serve with him, but maybe you served with his brother, or something...and failed to save his life... Quite frankly, Captain, she scares ME. But I understand what you're saying. Now, who is Colonel Caldwell? My late husband was very high up in the Marine's...I don't remember a Colonel Caldwell."

Achilles began to respond to her. "Colonel Steven Caldwell is an Air Force Officer who is the Commanding Officer of the USS Daedalus. After the beacon on Atlantis was acivated, alerting all Wraith to their presence, it was discovered that he had been..." Just then his eyes flashed and that was followed by the deep voice of Arson. "He had been taken over against his will by one f my kind who was a member of the trust."

Achilles drank his coffee as he awaited her response.

[Capt. Kelly Miller]

1009
Kelly's Office
Meropis

Kelly jotted down a few things; a report on this was due to the JAG liasion at Homeworld Command in a week's time. She didn't really relish it, but hey, orders were orders, so an investigation she would do. Not that she believed for a moment that Captain Jones was a threat to anything but a Skirt, but that idiot Olwin woman was irritating as hell, and Kelly would do whatever she could to make that woman's exit from her base a little more expediated. Even if she had to interview every last personnel on base, Kelly would. She was a Marine; she didn't earn that title by being lazy. She was also a lawyer, a person sworn to uphold the law, and that meant fighting for justice and against INjustice. She would do that by doing the most she could to make her people look well. On the other hand, IF she had thought for a moment that something among her people was shaky, she would've been the first to turn them in. She was observant; while she stayed out the way most of the time, and didn't do much in the "commanding" portion of the staff, she DID know what was going on. She might even know MORE, as she was trained to quietly observe.

Colonel Steven Caldwell is an Air Force Officer who is the Commanding Officer of the USS Daedalus. After the beacon on Atlantis was acivated, alerting all Wraith to their presence, it was discovered that he had been... Well, that explained why she'd never heard of him. John believed the SG program was kind of X-files stuff; baloney. He was "a man of logic", never mind that he was a man and therefore defied logic, but whatever. She wrote down his name, and circled it, thinking she'd ask Jason later if he'd heard of the man. Jones continued.

He had been taken over against his will by one f my kind who was a member of the trust. Kelly blinked once. She wasn't yet used to the switch between Host and Symbiote just yet, but she had an extreme ability to remain calm. She just nodded.

The trust, Mr. Arson? She waited, sipped her coffee, and hoped like hell there was a reasonable explination.

Tag:@achillesjones

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1011
Kelly's Office
Meropis

"The trust, Mr. Arson?

The senoir JAG officer of the expedition sat there with her coffee. Achilles and Arson both wondered ho she could know so little of the program. Then he spoke in his Goa'uld voice. He prefered that voice over the natural one. It stopped the confusion as to who was talking.

"Mister is the Englishization of the french noble title 'monsieur'' that is properly used to refer to someone with nbole title higher than yours.. Since neither I nor you hold noble title, and you and the host are from a nation that bans them, Mister is not appropriate. My correct honorifi style of address, since I am member of the Tok'ra High council, is 'High Councilor'. But to address the question you asked.

The Trust is an interplanetary terrorist group based on Earth, composed of rogue ex-NID operatives and ex-Committee members and later Goa'ulds who took control of numerous Trust operatives after the downfall of the Goa'uld Empire, giving the Goa'uld a stronghold and also granting them knowledge about the inner workings of the various governments of the major countries of Earth.

The founders believed thatthey could implant a host with a Goa'uld, and then interrogate them for the genetic memory encoded secret knowedge we possess from our ancestors."

[Capt. Kelly Miller]

1015
Kelly's Office
Meropis

Kelly was fast realizing that there was much that the Stargate people had conviently failed to mention upon her "appointment" to thier ranks. Great. Note to self, Kells, give that old Admiral what-for when you see him. He might be an Admiral, but one should never mess with a lady Marine unless you LIKED your socks up your nose.

Luckily, the Captain, or rather, his Symbiote, didn't seem to mind her ignorance on the topic, and filled her in quickly.

Mister is the Englishization of the french noble title 'monsieur'' that is properly used to refer to someone with nbole title higher than yours.. Since neither I nor you hold noble title, and you and the host are from a nation that bans them, Mister is not appropriate. My correct honorifi style of address, since I am member of the Tok'ra High council, is 'High Councilor'. But to address the question you asked. She gave him a LOOK that clearly read "high councilor of what, the head?!" but she didn't say a word. The Trust is an interplanetary terrorist group based on Earth, composed of rogue ex-NID operatives and ex-Committee members and later Goa'ulds who took control of numerous Trust operatives after the downfall of the Goa'uld Empire, giving the Goa'uld a stronghold and also granting them knowledge about the inner workings of the various governments of the major countries of Earth. She nodded. It sounded like a bad Scifi movie, but she had no reason to distrust his sincereity, so she suspended her first beliefs, and let him finish. The founders believed that they could implant a host with a Goa'uld, and then interrogate them for the genetic memory encoded secret knowedge we possess from our ancestors. Hmm.

And that would be YOU, Captain Jones?! she asked. Things were slowly falling into place.

Tag:@achillesjones

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1016
Kelly's Office
Meropis

A normal tone of voice came out of his mouth as he spoke. "Yes indeed it is me. AI am the host. I and the Tok'ra converted Arson to the light side. He is a Goa'uld System Lord who changed sides and is now a members of the Tok'ra High Council, which is their congress an supreme court combined."

Achilles took a huge breath, and spoken again. "I was on a classified mission against a Trust facility, when the operation failed, I was the last survivor. I was taken and implanted with Arson then."

Achilles drank some more coffee and awaited her responses.

[Capt. Kelly Miller]

1020
Kelly's Office
Meropis

Kelly sipped some coffee to hide her momentary skeptism. What she was hearing defied all logic, and, after all, the Marine captain relied on logic to not only do her job but to save lives. She was fast learning that most of the things that happened up here defied logic, though. Even the actualy STAFFERS. Case in point, Captain Jones, and a certain blonde Lieutenant.

Yes indeed it is me. AI am the host. I and the Tok'ra converted Arson to the light side. He is a Goa'uld System Lord who changed sides and is now a members of the Tok'ra High Council, which is their congress an supreme court combined. She nodded.

I understand. The alien, Paisley, tells me her government runs similarly. Please...continue. Kelly was, at this point, just trying to understand. She no longer held the belief that Captain Jones was anything but a dedicated member of this mission. If heads had to roll, let it be hers; she wanted to retire anyway.

I was on a classified mission against a Trust facility, when the operation failed, I was the last survivor. I was taken and implanted with Arson then. Kelly didn't have a response, so she raised her eyebrows.

Did it hurt? It was the best she could come up with.

Tag:@achillesjones