Episode Six (SM-1) - The Eye of the Storm

[Dominic Evans]

0837 Zulu
Jumper Two
K2M-237

Continued from here.

The two Jumpers shot through the wormhole into a clearing and immediately began to climb through the fog. Tall, dark shapes loomed up and vanished beside them. It was morning here as well, but the weather was close and Dominic had tons of respect for both pilots pretty much flying on their sensor array alone. The sky darkened as the ancient ship gently rose into low orbit, Evans pushed the comm's button on the Jumper, opening up a channel to Jumper One, "Alright, our objective is halfway across the planet and actually nowhere near the 'gate for a change. Co-ordinates should be pre-loaded into your nav, just follow that and keep it tight. Evans out."

The Captain took a moment to lean forward in his seat, observing the world falling away below them. He took in a sharp breath, it was amazing. K2M-237 was made up of vast continents separated by an enormous ocean, much like Earth. The ocean was speckled with small chains of islands near the mainland. He could see on the HUD that there were more islands than his naked eye could pick out, the cloud cover soon blotted things out however as the two ships zoomed along in low orbit, one in front of the other. Within minutes the sensors had picked up the ancient facilities located on the planet surface, Evans frowned and shook his head.
"Jumper One you seeing this? There are eight facilities down there!" They hadn't expected more than just the one from the database, clearly Lilith and her retinue had been hard at work. Just what that work was remained to be seen for the moment. He tapped the display, hoping the new man Tim wouldn't mind, and brought up information on the facilities. All but one seemed to be either rubble or had the power sources removed. Their objective was the only facility perfectly in-tact, at least that made it easier.

The Jumper connected to the ancient technology below and reams of ancient data began streaming across the display. Evans moved away, visibly surprised by this automated action. He couldn't read a word of it but hoped Elly Clark could make sense of it. Activating the radio he called to her,
"Hey Clark, you getting this?"

A break in the cloud cover gave Tim the opportunity to guide the Jumper lower as they neared the facility. He gently guided them down and through a majestic looking valley, with mountains capped with snow looming up either side of them and enormous glaciers the size of the Sun Tzu crawling across the landscape. Dominic had managed to get the HUD back to radar mode and zoomed in,
"Just a little further along," he said to Tim, "down this valley, across a plane and out toward the ocean. Our objective is somewhere down on the water's edge." He frowned, trying to understand what the Jumper was telling them, "although its starting to look like it might be buried according to this." So far, they'd been too fast and too high to see any of the Dinosaurs that were supposed to inhabit this world, now that they were beginning to lower, Dom craned his neck in his seat, looking out for any sign of the magnificent creatures.

<tags Ahrima Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn James Mulholland Maggie Lefebvre Elly Clark Dr. Roger Harrison Tim "Dragon" Law>
OOC: Sorry for NPCing a little bit of Tim and Chicago's piloting, it was just to move us on location wise.

[Maggie Lefebvre]

0839
Jumper 1
Unnamed planet

Maggie was just a little suspicious of this Tim Law's piloting. He certainly did NOT hold a candle to HER, but he was far better than Eastlyn; at least, she didn't feel the need to vomit now, which, of course, was a GOOD thing. She was a tiny bit reticent to be on a planet with dinosaur-like creatures; there was a reason that man didn't evolve until AFTER they'd gone extinct on Earth. So they were gonna go see some NOW?! What genius had THAT idea?!

She heard Evans' voice, yelling, next to her. Jesus, did he need to be so LOUD?! What if this planet WAS inhabited? He had just woken them all up. Christ. 

Jumper One you seeing this? There are eight facilities down there! Clark, are you getting this? The entire GALAXY was getting it. She gave him another LOOK.

Evans, the entire universe is getting this. See, the thing about comms in a jumper or a plane is that they can HEAR you; there's no need to deafen them. Or me. She sighed, but the man got the hint and lowered his tone. He continued to guide Law to where the jump spot was, and Maggie was the first out. They were near water. At least it wasn't the freakin' Tazmainian desert. It was warm, though. She arranged the others into a semblence of a platoon to await instruction, and helped Ahrima and Law to unload stuff while the CO and XO made a plan. She just hoped that her resolve would stick. She chatted lightly with Tim and Mulholland while they waited. 

You boys ready for this?! Last time, Ahrima and I had to save everyone. And Evan's STILL hadn't thanked her. Oh, well, it was a good thing she wouldn't hold it against him. 


Tag:@dominic, Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Ahrima, James Mulholland, Tim "Dragon" Law, Elly Clark, @i am missing someone, sorry. [/i]

[Elly Clark]

0840
Jumper One
K2M-237

The time spent from getting everyone together to getting into the jumpers had been short, just as she had suspected, however she honestly didn't expect to be in the jumper one, as much as that might sound weird it just had a presence about being it 'Jumper One' it was a first numbered and being piloted by the leader of of the expeditions number one team. As they got on board Elly sat down at the science station they had made in the back of the forward area, she plugged her tablet into the Jumper and waited for them to go through the gate so she could go through the data the jumper was scanning about the planet and if they got close enough and the lab had be configured a certain way hopefully get a peak at what might be inside.

Evans radioed in to the Major as they exited the gate. "Alright, our objective is halfway across the planet and actually nowhere near the 'gate for a change. Co-ordinates should be pre-loaded into your nav, just follow that and keep it tight. Evans out." Elly just studied the data coming into her tablet, it was pretty much basic planetary data, atmosphere readings, life sign and vegetation scans, nothing Anceinty, not yet. As they flew over the planet it was amazing how these small vessels made it seem to effortless, but then again Major Eastlyn might disagree, however she was pretty sure it beat flying a 302 all this way, they had a cloaking generator and drones after all along with complete internal dampening systems. 

As they came closer to their target she was surprised when the Jumpers sensors relayed the remarkable find of not one but eight, EIGHT! labs, however only one was currently function, but the fact eight labs were here suggested this place had once been very, very important. as soon as she began to skim through the mountains of data Captain Evans came through excitedly on the radio. "Jumper One you seeing this? There are eight facilities down there!" She let the other respond as she went through the massive amounts of data streaming in. "Hey Clark, you getting this?" She tapped her ear piece as she continued to read. "yeah, I'm getting it all right, it's quite a lot hang on... I think I found a map or directions or..." She trailed off reading, ignoring Maggie. "...Seems to be a route leading from the shore area to the powered  lab, it's very, very vague  as for the other stuff I'ts probably mostly reports, I'd be able to get a quicker handle on what went on once we are inside. This probably isn't all of it." She pressed the ear piece again and it killed her transmission. 

Doctor Clark kept skim reading as they went in to land, once they were on the ground she slowly came out after bringing the map up again. Maggie then decided to speak to everyone. "You boys ready for this?! Last time, Ahrima and I had to save everyone." Elly had had enough excitement lately, some more shooting was all she needed, then again Fiona might agree with Maggie's sense for girl power. With all the others around and out of the jumpers she pointed to very vague trail. "should be up this way." she said as she began her way up the beach toward the path. She hadn't much of a concern for dinosaurs right now the idea of getting into this lab was taking far to much of her concentration, along with using a 10,000 year old map. 

After they had walked up the trail for a few moments with Elly pausing a couple of time to crane her neck to make sure they were going the right way she looked up from her tablet and began to walk, she took one step, two, two and half  before she fell back with a exclamation of shock and a bit of pain as a blue force field briefly shimmered in front of her. She fell back and skidded down with a half roll onto her back, she slid far enough to be in front of the jaffa Ahrima. She looked up at the semi alien's face, her own a contortion of shock, pain and embarrassment. "That wasn't on the map." Clark groaned as she was helped up.

"Maybe someone with the gene should try, it might be protected that way." Elly said as she dusted herself off a little and looked at the other as she also thought about how much she really wanted the gene therapy, she'd been turned down once before, however it had been before she'd come here, now she was sure she was going to do what she could to get it, it would make her work so much easier and faster. "because unless anyone can see, find sense or otherwise come up with another plan this from the map and our scans seems to be the only way in, maybe this field even goes around the entire lab." She shrugged, she had no idea and making on the money wild guess hypothesis wasn't something she was practiced at, yet.

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

[Tim "Dragon" Law]

0837 Zulu
Jumper Two
K2M-237

Tim watched as the man next to him in the navigators seat started to tap the HUD bringing up all sorts of information. He decided that the man named Evans was the leader of this team and so he just the man be and went back to concentrating on his flying. As Tim flew a break large enough in the cloud cover to get the jumper closer to the ground so Tim took it but took it like a fighter pilot and not a shuttle pilot so was a little more steep than he should of. Nobody seam to notice though and so he just continued towards the landing zone and then landed perfectly.

As everyone began to pile out of the Jumper one of the members, James if Tim recalled, came over to help unpack the gear from the ancient vehicle to the makeshift base camp. A few boxes in Tim noticed a female come up to them. Maggie everyone called her.
"We'll I'm new to this expedition but I've done time with Atlantis and the SGC, but most of that was in a 302, Ma'am" Tim answered he realized that she was also a pilot.

<tag all>

[Dr. Roger Harrison]

0850
K2m-237

Roger was unused to these "jumpers". Odd birds, weren't they? Not quite a plane, not quite a helicopter, and not quite a hove craft. Interesting, nonetheless. The scientist in him was a little leery, but the male in him was excited. Things that went VROOM! He was the kind of man who'd bought his baby daughter a plane and train set for her birth; if he were meant to have a daughter, at least he could raise her to appreciate things that were outside of her gender. He had big issues with the societal trends that things for "girls" were pink and fluffy, and for boys were blue and rugged. Why couldn't Minnie play with trucks and still be a girl? Obviously, she could, and her mummy would see to that.

He also took inventory of the crew. He was familiar with most of them-they had each been in his office at least once, and some of them a few times. The only one he didn't recognize was Tim Law, and he had only HEARD of this Mulholland. Both seemed fine, upstanding lads, though, and so he didn't worry.

He turned his attention to Evans.

Just a little further along...down this valley, across a plane and out toward the ocean. Our objective is somewhere down on the water's edge...although its starting to look like it might be buried according to this. Roger looked at him blankly. What was buried?!

Then, Elly Clark, the scientist, spoke up.

yeah, I'm getting it all right, it's quite a lot hang on... I think I found a map or directions or...Seems to be a route leading from the shore area to the powered lab, it's very, very vague as for the other stuff I'ts probably mostly reports, I'd be able to get a quicker handle on what went on once we are inside. This probably isn't all of it...should be up this way...That wasn't on the map....Maybe someone with the gene should try, it might be protected that way...because unless anyone can see, find sense or otherwise come up with another plan this from the map and our scans seems to be the only way in, maybe this field even goes around the entire lab Ah. Now Roger understood.

He looked from Elly to Eastlyn.

I will go... With that, he stepped forward towards the shield. He closed his eyes on the approach, but opened them when nothing happened. Had he broken through?! It appeared that way. He motioned for Chicago, who also had the gene, and they were able to move forward together. Seemed to be the trick! He turned back, and spoke aloud so that Clark might hear him.

What are we looking for, Miss Clark?! He hoped it wasn't something TOO scientific, because otherwise they were all doomed.

Tag:Elly Clark, Dominic Evans, Tim "Dragon" Law, Ahrima, James Mulholland, @me x2, Plot Twist, Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Plot Twist, dinos, aliens, etc, etc.

[Ahrima]

0852
K2M-237

It was a planet, and while many of the others seemed intrigued by the local fauna, Ahrima did not see the appeal. They were animals. Certainly these were larger than most, but by Ahrima's estimation, that simply meant that they were likely to be predators if they were carnivorous. She was certainly beginning to wonder how efficient their selected arsenal would prove to be if it became necessary to bring one of the creatures down. With luck, as the Tau'ri called it, this would be a rather uneventful mission. Though, history certainly suggested otherwise.

As the Jumper touched down, the crew in both of the ships began to venture out and gather. Ahrima moved to help unload some of the equipment. Once she was done, she collected with the others as well, while Captain Evans and Major Eastlyn seemed to converse about the parameters of the mission. She paused as she overheard some of the marines speaking of the dinosaurs. Apparently a few of them shared her concern about confronting one should it prove to be aggressive in their vicinity.

"You boys ready for this?! Last time, Ahrima and I had to save everyone."

Hearing that remark, Ahrima found herself smirking. She slowly removed the grin from her face, hoping that the transition had been smooth enough that no one noticed. Though, she had to admit, that Maggie had proven to be a formidable warrior, and one on whom she could depend in the throes of combat. She would have been a valued warrior in Artemis' Honor Guard... assuming she didn't talk as much as she did.

"Should be up this way."

As a direction was found in which to venture, Ahrima collected the appropriate gear and proceeded to follow the others as they began their trek towards from the shore. It was a steady hike, but along the way, Ahrima's eyes were vigilant along the perimeters. She could sense nothing approaching them, as most creatures seemed to prefer to keep their distance. Of course, she couldn't help but feel that something... was being curious. They eventually came to a stop... or rather the civilian that had taken point to lead the way, Elly Clark, came to a stop and a bit of a roll backwards. Ahrima looked down at her as the blue shimmer of the field faded slightly after Clark's initial contact with it.

"That wasn't on the map."

Ahrima's eyes narrowed. "Tactically, it would be unwise to do so," said Ahrima, "should the map fall into undesired hands." The Jaffa reached down to help Clark back to her feet. Ahrima moved towards the barrier and after batted against the force field with her forearm after setting her footing. She still felt a kinetic rebound that slid her back a few inches, and winced only slightly at the sting from the field. "I surmise neither of our hands are among the desired." Her comment had been directed at Elly.

"Maybe someone with the gene should try, it might be protected that way. Because unless anyone can see, find sense or otherwise come up with another plan this from the map and our scans seems to be the only way in, maybe this field even goes around the entire lab."

"It is logical to assume that the barrier protects the compound in its entirety," Ahrima added. "And if you are correct, Elly Clark, it can likely be deactivated from within." Though, it made sense to have such a sound barrier here. It likely dissuaded the animals from venturing within... assuming they were turned away by the barrier as well.

"I will go... What are we looking for, Miss Clark?!"

Ahrima watched as both Doctor Harrison and Major Eastlyn stepped within the barrier. Instantly, the Jaffa's hand clinched around her weapon. She hated that they were both just beyond her protection. Yet, all she could do was wait at this point. Peering around, Ahrima gave their surroundings another examination. Her eyes narrowed as she peered into the surrounding vegetation. Hopefully, whatever was there... would stay there.

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

[Elly Clark]

0853
K2M-237

It wasn't as odd as one might expect looking up from the dust to see someone who looked pretty much human but you knew wasn't quite so help you up, but Elly had always wanted Aliens to exist, though preferably the kind that didn't want to kill or enslave anyone, though it seemed both were true. Ahrima reminded her of the probably reasoning for leaving the shield off the map.

"Tactically, it would be unwise to do so, should the map fall into undesired hands." True, but the mao had come from the Ancients themselves. "Thanks" She said to Ahrima after she helped her up.

The Jaffa then tested the strength of the Force field it seemed not to bother her much other than push her back slightly. "I surmise neither of our hands are among the desired." Elly nodded. "We wont know until a gene carrier tries it, but it could make sense, that way if they were under duress and being forced to bring someone here, an Ancient could be safe behind the shield, but I got this map from what it uploaded to the jumpers, and those transmission weren't there before we entered a good range for lossless and timely data transmission, must have been their super secret research facility, kind of like their Area 51." Now that was a strange place, a military base dedicated to study of technology, mostly for military ends but still a place she had spent quite some time at and going to and from.

The shield however if it worked like she suggested and that only gene carriers were going to be allowed through the shield until they found a way to turn it off, was going to be a major problem, it was likely the controls were all in Ancient and she wasn't sure how good those with the gene were at reading it. 

Still, trying to go through the shield was probably not exactly a safe Idea, it would either not allow them through in which case the mission was over, or they would be split up, which from what she had been told and history tended to suggest a bad idea. However it seemed they had not much of a choice and Doctor Harrison had volunteered to go through despite probably shared concerns.

"I will go..." Doctor Clark nodded uneasily, and watched as he approached the area where she had been hit by it. Nothing happened. She was happy it worked like that, but the hard part came. As she was thinking on how the Ancient might have build or where they had put the controls for the shield it dawned on her they were probably in the mains structure.

"What are we looking for, Miss Clark?!" Elly wasn't sure exactly where to begin, so she chose simple. "Are there any controls or panels nearby, out of place rocks, stones, that sort of thing? But I'm pretty sure the controls will be up in the main structure... hang on can you test your radio for me?" She listen to her ear piece as she took her pack off and rummaged around inside, she found what she was looking for, a impact resistance case. She opened it and unzipped it, it was a small a wireless transmission camera, something provided the shield let radio signals through they could use to show her the inside of the building, through her tablet.

<TAG: Dr. Roger Harrison, Ahrima, Tim "Dragon" Law, Dominic Evans, James Mulholland, Maggie Lefebvre, Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Plot Twist, and if I missed anyone, you.>

[Maggie Lefebvre]

0853
K2M-237

God, finally. They were out of the jumpers and MOVING. Maggie needed to be moving-constantly. and hopefully forward. She hated being idle; idle hands led to idle thoughts, and THOSE kind usually got Maggie into a lot of trouble.

She helped to unload the jumpers, and then got into position, next to Ahrima and behind the two unarmed scientists. Well, one of them was a nerd and the other was that stupid Headshrinker. She sighed, but followed the team, Chicago leading, with Evans dutifully behind her. If those two ever got over themselves and finally got together (because it was plain as day to Maggie that they were sparked on each other), Eastlyn was most certainly going to wear the pants in that relationship. Which, in Maggie's mind, was how it SHOULD be. Dr. Harrison might have some insight as to why she thought this, but she most certainly didn't want to HEAR it.

Around her, the voices picked up.

Tactically, it would be unwise to do so, should the map fall into undesired hands. I surmise neither of our hands are among the desired. Maggie stopped before she, too, ran into the barrier, and wrinkled her nose. Then, she turned her gaze from Ahrima and Clark to Eastlyn. She was going to go ahead, as she had in Australia, but the doctor beat her to it.

I will go...what exactly are we looking for, Ms. Clark? Hopefully,not a darned thing, because Maggie was in no mood. She fought a strong urge to roll her eyes and instead spoke up, her French accent tinged by South Philly-ese rose up over the din.

Hey, maybe Mork, Short Stop, she indicated Elly, and I should go around back, meet the Doctor on the other side. Mulholland, you can read a map, right?! Law can, certainly, unless the American's dropped THAT from thier pilot's training, as well, which, frankly, wouldn't surprise me. She raised an eyebrow at her CO. It's not like they were going to find anything with all of them just standing around, right?

Tag:Elly Clark, Ahrima, Tim "Dragon" Law Dominic Evans, James Mulholland, Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, @me!!, @plottwisty and the RAWR monsters.

[Dr. Roger Harrison]

0853-7
K2M-237

Roger felt only a little apprehension as he approached the shield. But mostly, it was awe. And a bit Gobsmacked; after all, what was going ON?! He'd never before seen anything like it.

He heard Elly's response to his question.

Are there any controls or panels nearby, out of place rocks, stones, that sort of thing? But I'm pretty sure the controls will be up in the main structure... hang on can you test your radio for me? As he moved forward, the mist disappeared, and he looked around, pulling his reading glasses out of his jacket pocket, and cursing his age. He sighed, and then used the radio to reply back.

There's a few panels; touchscreen, it appears. It does look as if someone's been in here lately; there's a divot of sorts that looks like someone was standing here, using the panels. No signs of life otherwise...no smells. It's rather neat, as well, indicating that whomever was in here was either in a big hurry or knew exactly what they were doing. Also, if I may, the fact that we've not seen anyone yet may indicate a sort of mass hysteria about outsiders. I can't know more until I actually speak to someone, but... At that moment, he realized he was rambling and not making much sense. He went on.

Get these images back to the Base; maybe Maccafferty or Black or someone can process them and tell us what it is. Shall I touch one?

Tag:Elly Clark, @me, Ahrima, Dominic Evans, Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, James Mulholland, Tim "Dragon" Law, Plot Twist, aliens, etc.

[James Mulholland]

0900
K2M-237

Immediately after the Jumper touched down, Mulholland jumped up. He grabbed his gear from the orange marked area and stepped out of the opening ramp. He took several steps to his left and front, and knelt down, his AUG raised. Back on Earth, his Troopers would form a circle just outside of the rotor range, and establish a 360 degree security around the helo. Obviously, they didn't do that here, with this organization called 'Stargate Command'. If it were up to him, he'd have called the Gate 'the Circle', and the command that went with it 'The Looney Department.' Maybe that's why it wasn't up to him.

Then he saw something. A creature? He wasn't sure, and he couldn't really see it clearly from this distance. The Lieutenant took his binos from his vest and peered through it. "Holy nutsballs" he exclaimed at the sight of a real dinosaur. It almost looked like a T-rex. He never thought he'd see one in real life. He'd seen the Jurassic Park films (Liked the first, didn't have much of an opinion on the others), and he'd always thought that was the best he'd see. Apparently not. If the Circle Programme ever went public, they'd definately have to put this in the job description.

The team started moving. Mulholland took the trail position to cover everyone's rears. Not that he'd imagine a couple of bullets would stop a dinosaur, of course. The Lieutenant heard the French girl talk. Cousin Chicago had pretty much told him to stay as far away from her as possible, and to not look at her if he could avoid it.

"You know, he's Australian. Not a crazy Yank like this Major Callaghan I met the other day," Mulholland said. He took a quick sip from the water in his canteen and then continued. "So just because I'm Australian, I don't read maps?" The Lieutenant let go of a chuckle. "Relax... It was a joke. I do read maps, though. It's a nice skill to have in the Army, you know." Mulholland said, still smiling.

[Dominic Evans]

0906
Exterior, Ancient Labs
K2M-237

Captain Evans had stepped out of the jumper, popping a fresh piece of chewing gum in his mouth as he did so. The gravel crunched under his size ten magnum boots as he shifted his sunglasses over his eye. He adjusted his body armour, giving the edges a little tug and checking the clips on his P90 - a weapon the man had reluctantly accepted until he re-qualified with his SA80. Damn, it was hot and humid here, this would be a two t-shirts kind of mission. Following his conflab with Eastlyn, Evans watched with curiosity as the others tried to negotiate the shield that seemed to protect the tunnel leading to their goal.

It became clear to him that only those with the ancient gene could pass the shield. Doc Harrison had gone through and seemed to have located a potential control panel. He'd thought of stepping in but there was no need, Evans was proud of his team, they'd figured it all out without needing any assistance. He observed as the team managed to direct each other to push the right sequence of buttons and eventually lower the force field, success!

The Captain and the Major wandered over to the tunnel entrance to join the rest of the group, leaving Mulholland and the marines to finish unloading the jumpers. He couldn't help but admire her ass, and it was probably pretty obvious he was doing so, but he didn't give a flying crap anymore. It was hot, she was hot, and they were probably about to get mauled to death by dinosaurs anyway so what the hell!

"Alright, lets hustle guys and girls," he addressed the team as a whole as he began to walk up the tunnel and into the cliff side network that would eventually contain the labs. "Clark, when you're finished with that control panel can you make sure it stays down? Last thing I want is to get stuck in this god forsaken cave. Ahrima, can you take point?"
He gestured ahead and they got moving, trudging along as a group they made their way toward the mysterys that Lilith had left for them.

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

[Elly Clark]

0857-0907
Exterior, Ancient Labs
K2M-237

It seemed the Frenchwoman, the one with the many bed mates, Maggie had decided to speak up and in fact to her. "Hey, maybe Mork, Short Stop and I should go around back, meet the Doctor on the other side. Mulholland, you can read a map, right?! Law can, certainly, unless the American's dropped THAT from their pilot's training, as well, which, frankly, wouldn't surprise me." Elly held in a might huff and while looking at the video spoke to to the French woman. "there isn't another way in, not one that's on maps or scans, and even then like me and um, Ahrima right? suspect the shield goes around the base entirely. Give me a few minutes and me Doctor Harrison will have the shield down." She said as she continued to look over what Doctor Harrison then went on to describe, in good detail.

"There's a few panels; touchscreen, it appears. It does look as if someone's been in here lately; there's a divot of sorts that looks like someone was standing here, using the panels. No signs of life otherwise...no smells. It's rather neat, as well, indicating that whomever was in here was either in a big hurry or knew exactly what they were doing. Also, if I may, the fact that we've not seen anyone yet may indicate a sort of mass hysteria about outsiders. I can't know more until I actually speak to someone, but... Get these images back to the Base; maybe Maccafferty or Black or someone can process them and tell us what it is. Shall I touch one?"

Elly began to talk into the Radio. "I can read it, just describe the characters or show me on video." Elly waited when she got her answer she lead roger through a few screens until they found one that looked simple enough it had had a few indicators, panel, shield strength, a few other things, but most importantly an on and off. "Press the Orange one shaped like, a uh... bubble or crescent, that should deactivate the shield, at least for a little while." Once the doctor had pressed the button a few moments later the shield shimmered then seemed to disperse. Doctor Clark jogged over to the terminal and the Doctor. 

"Thank you." She said as both a thanks and to let her look over the terminal, seeing it for her self she confirmed that it had been the shield controls. It was then Captain Evans began to issue commands.

"Alright, lets hustle guys and girls, Clark, when you're finished with that control panel can you make sure it stays down? Last thing I want is to get stuck in this god forsaken cave. Ahrima, can you take point?" Elly turned to the panel and after confirming the shield was down and required their input to put it back up she turned and replied. "It requires us to put it up or down, besides the shield only goes to where it was, kind of like an inside locking door, we could raise it again to keep the Dinosaurs out?" After taking the action or inaction required she got into formation with the rest of the group.

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

[Ahrima]

0910 Zulu
Exterior, Ancient Labs
K2M-237

As the field shimmered before them, Ahrima noticed movement as Doctor Clark proceeded to step forward. It was only a slight motion of action, but Ahrima held out her hand to block the young woman's path. She then used her free arm and extended it in the direction of where the field once stood. With no field to recoil her movements, Ahrima lowered both of her arms and allowed Clark to proceed. She moved forward towards Doctor Harrison's location and began to examine the panel personally. Ahrima moved inside, her eyes carefully scouting the area. Just because the obvious threats were outside of the compound didn't mean that there were none within. And given Doctor Harrison's words that it seemed that the area had been distrubed not too long ago, caution was certainly due. Ahrima's eyes moved over the floor, scrutinizing the doctor's findings. She found herself slightly impressed that he noticed such a thing.

"Alright, lets hustle guys and girls, Clark, when you're finished with that control panel can you make sure it stays down? Last thing I want is to get stuck in this god forsaken cave. Ahrima, can you take point?"

"Yes, Captain," Ahrima said simply. Her eyes looked upon the footwork once again. The apparent movements did appear to have been deliberate. She took a few steps, taking point in the same direction which seemed to lead towards the heart of the compound itself. She paused, looking over her shoulder to make certain that everyone was prepared to move.

"It requires us to put it up or down, besides the shield only goes to where it was, kind of like an inside locking door, we could raise it again to keep the Dinosaurs out?"

"To raise the field would be to our tactical advantage," Ahrima spoke up. "It would limit the number of potential threats to only what lies within the compound. Likewise, if we receive visitors, our presence here would not be readily announced should we...." Ahrima paused as she tried to recall the proper Tau'ri expression. "... leave it as we found it." The decision, however, remained with Major Eastlyn and Captain Evans. Once it was made, Ahrima proceeded to move forward. It was a short corridor which ended with a door. Though, upon detecting her physical presence it parted. Once inside, the room began to illuminate. Ahrima's primary reaction was to scout the area for immediate threats. Nothing immediately stood out. Thus, she ventured a little further, to allow others to file in, especially those that could determine if the room held anything of primary value or warranted their immediate attention.

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

[Dr. Roger Harrison]

0915
Dino Planet
Meropis Galaxy

Roger stood there, feeling like a dope. Part of him REALLY wanted to play with the panels-he assumed that was the male half of his brain. The other half wanted to run; they were on a PLANET FILLED WITH DINOSAURS-he assumed that was the INTELLIGENT part of his brain. He waited for Dr. Clark to reply, and tried to take in as much as he could.

"I can read it, just describe the characters or show me on video. He nodded, then remembered she couldn't see him, so he turned on his tablet and put on the conference chat. Whatever program that Fiona had installed was bloody brilliant, for he was able to see the blonde scientist in a moments' time. He took a picture of the characters and sent them to Elly with a note apologizing that he didn't speak Ancient. After a moment, she spoke again. Press the Orange one shaped like, a uh... bubble or crescent, that should deactivate the shield, at least for a little while. He took a deep breath, and pressed the button. After a moment, the otthers appeared in front of him. Thank you... He moved out of the way a little to let her work.

'Allo. Bloody brilliant, a sheild. I feel like Iron Man! He prattled on while the others moved into the "room," cautiously.

Tag:Chicago "Roo" Eastlyn, Dominic Evans, James Mulholland, Elly Clark, @me x2, Tim "Dragon" Law, Ahrima, @dinos, plottwist, and whomever else.

[Maggie Lefebvre]

0912
k2m-whatevs.
Ancient lab thingy

Maggie made a face at Elly.

"there isn't another way in, not one that's on maps or scans, and even then like me and um, Ahrima right? suspect the shield goes around the base entirely. Give me a few minutes and me Doctor Harrison will have the shield down. She fought an urge to put a hand on her hip and give the diminutive scientist a piece of her mind. Instead, she calmed down a little, and argued her case.

Not what I meant, Shortstop. I meant that we could scout AROUND the shield. We might not HAVE a few minutes; what if there's beings here just waiting for us to move slightly right, better to take a kill shot?! I'll go myself... She sighed deeply. She was TRAINED for this and this scientist thought she was smart, so she was somehow safe from whatever dangers lurked beyond the shield?! Yeah, right. That hadn't worked so well SO far. Last time they listened to a nerd, she had been taken by soul sucking succubi. No thanks; if she wanted to be prey, she'd call Mike.

Per usual, Dominic ignored her. Fine, he'd get his later.

Alright, lets hustle guys and girls...Clark, when you're finished with that control panel can you make sure it stays down? Last thing I want is to get stuck in this god forsaken cave. Ahrima, can you take point? Maggie just fell in behind the others, right back flank. It was where she preferred, and she could always just duck behind a rock or something if she got bored, and wander away. After all, she'd not died yet, and she was pretty sure that dinosaurs were all male-who ELSE could be so violent?! She'd just flash them pretty smiles and fleeting flashes of her breasts, and she'd be just fine. Someone better do something, fast, though, because she could hear rumbling in the distance. Like she said, dumb scientists leaving them sitting ducks. She was frustrated, and was going to lose it soon if something didn't happen, quick.

Tag:@well, you know who you are.