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Aberrant: Stargate Universe - Aftermath


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It was a weary crew that arrived in Earth orbit. Landry summoned the Specialists to debriefing immediately. It was quite possibly the most difficult debriefing in the history of Stargate command. For the people left on Earth only a few days had passed since the Specialists had left, and all had been well at the time. For the crew, week's had passed and only a few hours before they had lost two of their number to a tragic accident. For most it was the first death they had experienced since joining. Ironically, the two of the three men trained to deal with such loss were themselves the ones lost.

The mood in the briefing room was grim and raw. In light of the situation General Landry did not go into detail about the seriousness of taking the Ascension device and how upset the IOA was. After getting the full story from Major Hawke and the others he dismissed the Specialists with orders to remain on base for the time being.

Later that day Landry was summoned to Washington to debrief the President and the IOA. In his place Colonel Carter was assigned to hold down the fort as the senior ranking officer. Over the course of the next week word leaked out that Landry had been reassigned. Apparently, he had gone too far in some of the choice words he expressed to the IOA's new committee. For the moment Carter would be the SGC commander until someone more senior could be found to take her place.

A week after the Specialist's return a ceremony was held in the gateroom for Vinny and Cam. A flag was committed to the event horizon for each man. Lacking a body, it was the best that could be done under the circumstances to give a sense of closure.

Just after the ceremony Kyria and Dec announced privately to the other Specialists that they would be leaving. They had a mission to check up on the Tok'ra that Kyria had saved before the trip to Orilla and would use that as a means of getting off Earth. They wouldn't be coming back for some time, if ever. The IOA's rules and methods were just too much for the young nova to bear and Dec would not be parted from her.

This too added to the IOA's distrust of the Specialist, but this time General O'Neill stepped up and had a few choice words of his own to the committee. Surprisingly, his words carried enough weight and with the President's backing, the IOA chose to let the pair go without pursuit, but there would be standing orders that any SGC personnel would report word of them, but not try to detain them. However, they would also not be allowed back to Earth.

There were several consequences of these events. First, most of the Specialists were assigned to projects outside the SGC as a way for the US to maintain control of it's 'assets' without international interference. Second, the Asgard ship was parked in orbit and had scientists crawling all over it trying to unlock it's secrets. It would not be used in combat unless the fate of Earth was at stake and maybe not even then if the IOA had it's way. Third, the Specialists remaining with the SGC would be assigned to a single team under Major Hawke, but were placed on leave for three months pending a full investigation of the events that lead to the loss of two officers, Earth's most powerful warship, and the Ascension device. In reality, this was a way to give the survivors a chance to recover from their loss.

After the questioning that did occur the IOA was not entirely satisfied and suspected everyone involved were not being completely forthcoming, but could not prove anything and the loss and grief being displayed was clearly not faked, so they dropped the matter. It helped, that in place of the lost ship and Ascension device, Earth now how it's very own top of the line Asgard warship designed to fight an enemy more powerful than the Goa'uld.

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You have 3 months of downtime after your return to Earth. You may leave the base but will be required to wear a tracking device. This sounds offensive, but SG1 also wore tracking devices once they were developed. It is a tiny piece of metal under the skin of your arm that contains a rare element that can be scanned from orbit. If you go off world you will be required to wear a small subspace transmitter.

You may write fics as normal set during that 3 month downtime if you wish, but it isn't required. As noted in one of the other threads, if you do write anything during that downtime please keep in mind what I've posted here.

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Ryan poored over the files on the remaining specialists. He was the last of the Specialist team leaders, and had naturally been tapped to lead the remainder. The irony wasn't lost on him at all, and his Debriefing by the IOA had made him feel like they were trying to crawl within his skin.

In the end they found nothing and put him in charge of the last team of specialists. To that end he'd been given full acess to their files, and even he had to admit, he was impressed.

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  • 3 weeks later...

The funeral was hard for Yseult, though not as hard as it was for Olivia. Still, though the SGC had lost people before - and would lose them again, she was sure - Cameron had helped her reunite with her family, and for that, there would always be a place in her heart for him. As for Vincent, she couldn't really call him friend, but he had served in the SGC even longer than she had, they had been acquaintances for near seven years. And now, he was gone. The forced leave was a Godsend, giving her a chance to come to terms with the events following the aid of the Asgard.

It also gave her the time to reunite with her family and help them get used to having a wife and mother back in their lives, one who they had lost, but was still in some ways, a new person too. It was a tremendous adjustment for all of them, a new country, a new city... a new home.

Three months. It was too long and not nearly long enough.

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Charlie stared a lot, at the caskets, into the distance. He had that same expression, sparring and thinking excessively in the gyms. He was losing companions again, albeit in a different though no less dangerous fashion.

He couldn't ignore the threat, the viper of the IOA. Something had to be done, before yet another Earth fell and he lost everything again.

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