STARGATE SG-1 & STARGATE ATLANTIS Homeworlds by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Published: 2020-06-26T19:56:16+00:00

Stargate SG-1

Sun-Breaker

Keith R.A. DeCandido

This story takes place three years after season ten of STARGATE: SG-1.

“Am I disturbing you, Colonel Carter?”

Samantha Carter looked up from her tablet to see that Teal’c had entered the crew lounge on the General George Hammond, the 304 ship under her command. He wore a sleeveless vest and a much more relaxed smile than he’d ever have had back when she’d first met him on Chulak all those years ago.

She gave him a smile right back. “Not at all, Teal’c. I was just stargazing. What can I do for you?”

“We have received a communiqué from Rak’nor. He should be in the system within the hour.”

“Good.”

Teal’c walked around the couch where Carter was sitting to stand in front of her. “Stargazing?” he asked with his trademark head tilt.

Carter held the tablet display out toward the Jaffa. “Just looking at the view from the Hammond’s port camera.”

“To what end?”

She hesitated. “When I was a kid, the stars were my one constant. We moved around all the time, whenever Dad was transferred somewhere else, and there wasn’t much I could hang onto as being consistent in my life — especially after Mom died. But the night sky was always the same. I could look in my telescope, and no matter if we were living in Lincoln or Dover or D.C. or Colorado Springs, the stars were right where I left them.”

“Yet now, they are different.”

Carter chuckled. “Yeah, now what I enjoy is how everywhere I take the Hammond, the stars are different. Every time we come out of hyperspace, it’s a new set of stars. The constant is that it’s never the same. Does that make sense?”

“Indeed it does. The progress of life is such that one’s perspectives change. My own views have altered considerably over the decades I have lived.”

Before Carter could respond to that, the voice of the watch officer came over the intercom. “Bridge to Colonel Carter.”

“Go ahead,” she said.

“Colonel, a cargo ship identifying itself as belonging to the Free Jaffa Nation has decloaked, and we’re being hailed by its sole occupant, who calls himself Councilor Rak’nor.”

Nodding, Carter said, “Pipe it to my tablet, please.” She looked at Teal’c and patted the couch. “Teal’c?”

Inclining his head, Teal’c sat next to her.

The tablet altered from a view of the stars to that of a Jaffa with scarring on his forehead. His Goa’uld sigil had been burned off by his father, a rebel whose life Teal’c had saved. Rak’nor himself eventually became a valued member of the Jaffa Rebellion, and now served on the Free Jaffa Council.

“Tek’ma’te, Teal’c. Greetings, Colonel Carter.”

Carter was somehow not surprised that Rak’nor greeted his fellow Jaffa first, even though protocol dictated he greet the commander of the ship before anyone else. She was almost not offended. “It’s good to see you again, Councillor Rak’nor.”

“Thank you, Colonel. We’ve both come a long way since you defeated me on Cal Mah.”

In fact, Carter had forgotten about that until Rak’nor mentioned it. She didn’t really think

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