SAM BELIEVES SG-14 ARE.. ..ANATOMICALLY CLOAKED

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In the dark a tired arm stretches out and its hand reaches for the telephone, finding and punching a speed dial button.

"General."

"Where are you Carter?"

"In my quarters Sir. I'm sleeping."

"But you are awake right?"

"Yes Sir, wide awake."

"Tell me."

"It's the men. Sir its got to be the men."

"You've obviously been sleeping on this."

"As requested by you Sir."

"Okay. Explain yourself Colonel."

"Sir I fully understand the gravity of the situation we're in. Facing an unknown quantity and we're not yet prepared. General even as a scientist I'm in a very difficult position, I'm basing my ideas on unquantifiable theories. Em mind you there is a branch of my field, em particle.. ..high energy physics. Well mechanical.. ..quantum mechanics, which does this very same thing, principles based on unquantifiable supposition, but its not really helping us here Sir and I do appreciate that."

"Oh.. ..elementary.. ..particles. Carter you are awake yes?"

"Just now Sir. Anyway I was thinking."

"Dreaming?"

"Thinking, I think. May be dreaming. I am awake now Sir. Em.. ..em, your storm Sir, I can already feel the beginnings of a cold wet wind but I'm still not able to give you concrete evidence. Err, Walter and I finished all the comparatives. We.. ..we used, we finished all the comparatives using my new baselines and Silers diagnostics, yesterday, day before.. ..his recent diagnostics. Whichever way we approach it Sir we're drawing a blank. Our allies can't help. The only allies we have who can help us in this area are three of the four great races and again we're drawing a blank. Two of them are uncontactable and the third are avoiding our calls. A blank Sir."

"That's two negatives Carter."

"Well Sir I suppose there is one good thing to come out of that."

"Really?"

"Well Sir, two negatives do make a positive."

"Ha ha.. ..hahh, yeah right Carter. Well unfortunately in this case we've got three negatives because we've also got the readings on the men. And in terms of.. ..in terms of the Ninth Chevron we're drawing a negative on that because they're all happy and healthy, and still confined to quarters, so that's pretty awkward. Daniel tells me hes on standby with Pierce."

"Yes Sir, he is. Nothings come through as yet."

"So that's not quite a negative then is it?"

"No Sir."

"But we've got absolutely nothing.. ..concrete?"

"That's.. ..thats affirmative Sir."

"Right. So tell me again why its got to be the men."

"Sir its based on wormhole physics."

"Yah Carter, wormhole physics on a wormhole connection we've never ever had before, on a subspace tunnel.. ..a subspace tunnel that can't be measured and it can't be quantified in any way, shape or form, so what kind of physics are we basing on?

"Em, theoretical Sir."

"Go on I'm listening."

"General its SG-14. It has to be the men."

"Does it?"

"Yes Sir it does. The Gate's comparative data recordings should not have been identical, but they are. If the StarGates not producing any kind of variable diagnostic results between a Seven and Nine Chevron Dial sequence, then the only other possibility is that the anomaly, variation, associated parameters, must have existed within the subspace wormhole itself. We can't detect it."

"I'll have that. But what kind of a variation are we talking Carter?"

"General Sir, we're not equipped to make such observations. That goes way beyond the technology of The SGC, Earth for that matter Sir."

"Well Colonel the readings and the formation and disengagement of the wormhole were all normal. Ninth Chevron incoming and we're told it went off without a hitch."

"True Sir. But to my mind the activation of the Ninth Chevron, since as you say everything appeared normal, must somehow have affected conditions within the subspace corridor, its not affected the StarGate or it's output readings, but it has to have affected the condition of the wormhole, and therefore all things within the wormhole, i.e. Sir, the men themselves. SG-14."

"You're a heavy sleeper Carter."

"Yes Sir."

"Any sign of Mo, Larry and Curly."

"That'd be you, Teal'c and Daniel. The Canopic g_ds. No, no sign. Sir can we quarantine the men, or place them in the brig and also for the time being at least, place them under strict armed guard."

"Jeez Carter! Completely, apparently, groundless, absolutely no evidence.. ..concrete, whatsoever, and a clean bill of health on all of them to boot. What?"

"Sir?"

"Aarrr. Its alright Colonel, I'll take it under advisement. In the meantime I advise you to get dressed and report to my office. Why don't you give it an hour, take it easy, freshen up or coffee something. And bring Daniel and Teal'c along with you. Early morning Debrief. Sounds like you have a lot to say Carter."

"Yes Sir."

"Carter?"

"Sir?"

"..I am with you on this, I know theres somethin' seriously up."

"Thank you General. O five hundred Sir."

"Zulu."

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