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1045
Admiral's Office
Vedic Base

Fiona paced nervously outside of the Admiral's office. She had requested a meeting, but hadn't realized that it would happen so fast. He'd agreed to see her an hour later. She wondered if he knew who she was-she hadn't said much to either Oxford since the briefing-mostly because it had been a fire drill the first week. 

She was let in, and she sat across from him. She wasn't used to protocols, and she didn't care, actually. She looked at him. 

Can we leave the door open?! It's not a personal meeting... Besides, she was never in a closed room with a strange man...her CO or not. Her father and brother were the only exceptions so far. She paused, trying to gather her thoughts. She sighed, pushed glasses up her nose, and then began. Her accent and vocuabluary was rough due to nerves, but slowed down a bit, and cleared itself as she gained confidence in her words. 

Thank you, Sir, for seeing me. I promise it won't be a long time...But I find myself in need of some help. At me job, you see...and um, well..I would like to request that Aear Charter be allowed to assist me. He is perfectly capable, Lt. Telion has determined that he is not a threat, that doctor confirmed he is safe, health wise...I wil take responisiblity for him, as well. If he screws up, it's on me. She paused to let her words sink in. She spotted her personnel file on his desk-so he knew who she was, and that NASA had sent her. Actually, this was their idea of punishment, but at least it was far more entertaining than pushing papers at Moffett. She looked back at the man, who appeared to be thinking. She tried again. 

I will even train him on my own time. I just...I think he can be an asset, once he's taught to harness his energy and curiosity for the greater good. I can SEE it in him. She stopped talking then. Even Fee knew that, with bosses, it was best to keep it short and simple.

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[Koren Telion]

Koren had heard that Fee had requested the meeting; in fact, Koren had encouraged it. He was worried about how thinly stretched she was, being the only non-military tech on the mission, and he'd brought that concern to her, asking her if she felt overworked. Koren saw the cogs turning after he'd mentioned that and she'd requested this meeting only a few days after, but Koren hadn't expected the Admiral to schedule the meeting so soon. When Koren had gotten back to his room after his PT, there was a little message waiting for him on his monitor letting him know that she'd gotten the appointment. He'd taken a quick shower, thrown on a black t-shirt and some dark blue jeans and rushed over to the Admirals office; if Fee needed any moral support, he'd be there when their meeting was done.

To Koren's surprise, the door was open when he arrived. He waiting for a moment and then peeked in, leaning on the doorframe. The Admiral saw him but continued to listen to Fee, "I will even train him on my own time. I just...I think he can be an asset, once he's taught to harness his energy and curiosity for the greater good. I can SEE it in him." Koren simply nodded, slightly impressed at Fee's composure. Koren may have a tendency to talk back to his superiors in the field, but this office was hallowed ground, and even Koren was intimidated when he stepped over the threshold.

Koren wanted to put a hand on Fee's should, or cough, or something to let Fee know that he was there, but he instead simply looked at her and tried to send the most comforting presence possible her way. He then looked up at the Admiral, attempting to meet his gaze, simply stating with his eyes that Fee and Aear could be trusted.

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[Matthew Oxford]

1045
Admiral's Office
Vedic Base

He and Bobby had been in the process of getting the rosters re-done since SV-1 and 2 had formed on the spur of the moment. So he wanted to know if the team leaders were happy with the members of their respective teams or not. It had been brought to his attention that the flagship team was always lead by expeditions XO. Which for him would be Robert Oxford Jr. Gazing at the said man, "I can't change you from the flagship team," he told Rob, who scowled at him. Discarding the expression, "Breaking the tradition isn't what I need. I'm not going down in history as the only CO to have my XO not lead the flagship."

"Play fair, Matt," Bobby did all but plead, seeing the look he was getting the Captain sighed, picked up his coffee, sipped, "you win this one. I mess up, I'll blame you." He pointed at the Admiral. He would do well and keep his word

"You always mess up anyway," he placed the files fir SV-1 aside. The team had a balance of brains and brawn, with the hint of trouble making if he knew better. Knock from the door had both looking to McCafferty at the door. He hadn't forgotten that she wanted to have a word, motioning her in, he gestured for her to take a seat.

"If you like," he leaned back on his seat and absently moved to adjust a tie that wasn't there, before realising that he was in BDU's not in his Navy dress he was used to. Listening to her, he inhaled, "Mr Charter would have to prove his worth on his own, Miss McCafferty. While I did appreciate your eagerness..."

"Hang on," Robert interjected, "if she is willing and it is going to be on her shoulders. I don't see why not," yet his eyes told more than his mouth did. He failed to see how the cat man would be an asset. Again he hadn't gotten acquired with Aear to begin and that would have something to do with it.

"I'm not yet convinced," he told her as Telion was already there, "you have three weeks to show me some results." He picked up her file to read next, "Do not disappoint me. You have potential, I hate to see it being wasted by shipping you back to Earth." This time his mind didn't do a double take at this own words, this time. Since it had sunk in that they weren't on Earth or in Milky Way Galaxy.

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Fiona wasn't totally prepared for Captain Oxford's agreeing. She had very little working knoweledge of the men, but she was PRETTY sure that most people wouldn't have allowed it so quickly. The Admiral's response had been more or less what she was expecting. 

Mr Charter would have to prove his worth on his own, Miss McCafferty. While I did appreciate your eagerness... She was almost ready to counter wit the argument that he HAD proven himself in the mess with Makes-Eternal-Everlasting, and that even Koren didn't want to shoot him anymore. But Captain Oxford beat her to it. 

Hang on...if she is willing and it is going to be on her shoulders. I don't see why not. Fiona nodded. She understood. Was now the time to mention that she had yet to tell her actual boss at NASA?! Would she NEED to? She cleared her throat. 

Thank you. You will not be disappointed....um, do I need let my boss at NASA know?! Sammy would probably fire her, but he had once before, and here she was, so it was an empty threat, she knew. PLUS, she knew that he knew that she still had that file...it would be fine. 

Bobby continued on. 

I'm not yet convinced...you have three weeks to show me some results. Do not disappoint me. You have potential, I hate to see it being wasted by shipping you back to Earth. She nodded, a little more uncertain than when she began. 

I understand, sir....thank you. SHe left it, and waited for a further response or order. She glanced at the door-both men had-and spotted Koren. 

Now came the part where she told Aear that if he messed this up, she'd shove him out a portal somewhere over Venus. 

[Aear Charter]

1045
Vedas Outpost
Outside the Admiral's office

Aear was on his way to the admiral's office, he figured he best let the Earth's team's CO know his standing orders. He'd grabbed himself an ice cream cone on the way and was about to knock and go inside when he heard a familiar voice.

"Thank you, Sir, for seeing me. I promise it won't be a long time...But I find myself in need of some help. At me job, you see...and um, well..I would like to request that Aear Charter be allowed to assist me. He is perfectly capable, Lt. Telion has determined that he is not a threat, that doctor confirmed he is safe, health wise...I will take responsibility for him, as well. If he screws up, it's on me."

"Fee-Fee..." he whispered to himself as he stopped. He hadn't asked to be just given trust like that. She was sticking her neck on the line for him and whilst he appreciated it, he rather build the trust himself. That and who was who's assistant here? If anything Fee would become he's assistant as he taught her about magical techs.

Aear strolled right in as if he owned the place, which technically he did since his team got here first but he'd share all the same.

"Shitsurei." he said excusing himself as he entered his ice cream cone in plain sight. "My apologies for interrupting and eavesdropping but don't I get a say in this?"



"I'm all for learning about your tech and teaching you guys about magic but I didn't ask you to trust me like that. I'd personally rather earn trust."



"I'm not saying it's not a good idea, in fact I think it's a great idea. Except for the assistant part. I mean this has become something of a joint expedition has it not?"

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Fee looked up as Aear entered the room, full of the confidence she wished she felt, and then glanced back at Koren. Aear seemed...upset. 

Shitsurei...My apologies for interrupting and eavesdropping but don't I get a say in this?...I'm all for learning about your tech and teaching you guys about magic but I didn't ask you to trust me like that. I'd personally rather earn trust. I'm not saying it's not a good idea, in fact I think it's a great idea. Except for the assistant part. I mean this has become something of a joint expedition has it not. 

Fee took a breath, and presnted her case to Aear. 

Had you NOT been eveasdropping, Aear, I would have discussed it with you. RIght now, it's just an IDEA...I wanted the Admiral's permission to explore it further. And yes, you get a BIT of a say in this, but if I were you, personally, I'd TAKE it, because as far as *I* know, Sgt. Stoneham and Lt. Telion want you in the Brig where they can watch you. THIS might save you from that. And to EARN trust, you have to prove yourself as trustworthy...if you can show that you can work under me, as WELL AS indepenently, then that trust is more easily built...and in time, I think we can learn to work together. 

Truth was, she liked Aear. She'd prefer him to not call her "Fee-fee," but he reminded her of Liam, her kid brother-a mix of boyish curiosity, and the maturity that came with being the only child at home (or, in Aear's case, the only alien in a group of humans). 

She looked to the two other men for guidance. 

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[Koren Telion]

Koren nodded as Fee spoke, agreeing with every word. It's true, Aear's unpredictability had Koren on edge every time he interacted with the man...cat...catman. He had already shown up 3 known times in earth's history and had breached almost every known protocol the SGC had. If Koren had it his way, he WOULD hold Aear in the brig until he promised to follow the chain of command, respect the standing orders of the expedition and ask for permission before taking initiatives that could endanger the entire expedition. But Fee wanted to give Aear a chance, and seemed to really like the man, so Koren had decided to back her; it was easier to gain trust from both parties when one of them wasn't holding the other in the brig. That being said, Koren would keep a very, very close eye on Aear; if he did anything to Fee or endangered her unnecessarily, Koren would send him through the event horizon himself.

Koren caught Fee's glance and looked up at Aear, "Fee's giving you a chance here to earn our trust, Aear. To be honest, I don't trust you. I don't know what you and Makes were talking about out there in the hanger, and you have many dangerous and covert abilities that are beyond our ability to defend against if you did turn on us. you hold all the cards, and I don't like that all that much. If you give us this chance to level the playing field a little by showing us you're willing to follow orders and work with a team, you will find we'll be a lot quicker to trust you in the future."

Koren hoped that mentioning the elephant in the room would help clear up this situation, but he knew that it was the Admirals decision in the end, and Aear had dug himself a deep, deep hole by being defensive and negative about the proposed agreement, and with the Admiral already reticent to allow it, Koren knew it was a long shot that the Admiral would approve of it, but he had to try for Fee's sake.

Koren looked to the man in charge, waiting for a verdict.

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[Aear Charter]

Aear listened to all that was said. What they said was true, he hadn't given them any reason to trust him, in fact he'd most likely done the opposite. Aear let out a small smile, this was the kind of thing he was talking about when he was persuading the Empress to began diplomatic talks with the Earthicans. If they were willing to trust his superior knowledge, abilities and guidance then he should at least try to trust them aswell.

"Alright. But Fee-Fee, as far as your concerned my knowledge of magic is absolute." he said moving towards the Admiral and placing a magical screen on his desk. "I only actually came to give you this. My standing orders and service record." he said pointing out two files that were in Meowtian. He'd set it up with an automagic translation system however he'd done so those two files could only be read by the Admiral, even if someone were to look over his shoulder they would still see Meowtian. There was one other file on the device, this one in plain english and from first glances it looked to be a transcript of Aear's and Makes' conversation.

"Just so you know, if anythings blanked out that was the Empress' decision, not mine." Aear added as he turned to leave.

"I'll work as a team but I evaluate orders as I go. Nothing personal, you'll see from my service record it's just what I do."

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[Matthew Oxford]

1045
Vedas Outpost
Oxford's office

Matt looked at Bobby then at Fiona and exhaled a little slowly. While he didn't hate making decisions for those he knew, but here he was expected to make choices for the expedition all while making them on behalf of Earth. Suddenly he could just feel weight of the damn universe on his shoulders. How did one make such decisions?

Getting to his feet, he faced the window as the member of SV-2, explained her side, his jerked his head when she mentioned her boss back at NASA, fully turned to see her, he locked his hands behind him, "Miss McCafferty," his tone had Bobby wincing, "why report to NASA? You are in another galaxy. You are currently employed by the Department of Defence. You have come to the highest ranking officer of this expedition; that tells you something, I suppose? Or doesn't it?"

Letting her chew on that, he listened to Aear, he Was slightly pleased to know that their cat-man, as he had been named, was willing to earn the trust. He frowned as Fiona spoke, "It only takes one wrong move to shatter the same trust. Mr Charter, all actions have consequences, keep that in mind."

A small smile formed on the corner of his lips at Telion's words, "Brig is to be the last resort, lieutenant. I did prefer, if no one was thrown in it for the heck of it." He also gave his XO a pointed look.

Baffled, Bobby rose an eyebrow, "Don't look at me like. You will be writing our pay-checks," he shifted in his seat and scoffed a little, "so I'll be behaving." Then rolled his eyes. The idea of Matt writing his pay-check was laughable that best.

Taking the files, he set them on the ones he was still reading through. If paper work back home was horrible, here it was likely to be a nightmare. Then looked at Aear, when he mentioned evaluating orders. He really had no idea what make of this turn of events, "Since you are working with us. You will respect the chains of commands set on the base as well on teams that are off-world. Orders will be orders. I trust the commanding officers not to give out stupid orders."

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[Aear Charter]

1045
Vedas Outpost
Oxford's Office

Aear listened carefully to the Admiral, as far as Aear could see he actually knew how to do his job. The words carefully considered and spoken in a thought out tone. Deffinately an admiral.

"We'll see. Just try not pointing your guns at everything that moves. It's not exactly diplomatic. I mean things were kind of peaceful before you and Hama-chan got here and started pointing guns at each other. It seems to be a running theme with your people. If you want to make friends use that compassion your people have rather then violence and paranoia or the time. And I'm not defending Hama-Chan I just don't know her people or how they operate so I can't make a judgement." he said after turning halfway back to the admiral.

He looked over at Koren, after all he had been the first human to point his gun. Aear's words were blunt and to the point but he didn't believe in beating round the bush.

"No offense intended." he added. It seemed like the truth had hit a bit harder then he had intended but it needed to be said.

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Miss McCafferty," his tone had Bobby wincing, "why report to NASA? You are in another galaxy. You are currently employed by the Department of Defence. You have come to the highest ranking officer of this expedition; that tells you something, I suppose? Or doesn't it?"

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Fee sighed. She was glad he'd said that...she still felt, most of the time, like an "other". She had, though, merely mentioned it because she wanted to take full responisbility-including elimantating any extra paperwork for Admiral Oxford. 

Sir, I only mentioned it as a suggestion. I wouldn't wish to burden you further with paperwork, and the like. It was merely for that reason, and no other. I recognize you as my direct boss-NASA gave me my mission before I left, but as far as I am concerned, I no longer answer to them, so long as I fulfill the mission, right?! It's just research, really... She didn't elaborate. It WAS a discussion she needed to have with the Admiral, but some other day. Her job had changed some, and Fee wanted out-they wanted her to spy for them, and Fee wanted NO part of that. 

She listened as the Admiral replied to Koren, and then Aear, in turn. 

Finally, she sensed that she won her battle, and she settled back. These men weren't a threat-a few more she could add to the list. 

In her head, she mentally prepared a "start" list for Aear-an introduction to what she'd set up already was the first order of business. 

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[Matthew Oxford]

1047
Vedas Outpost
Oxford's Office

Nodding at the cat-man, the Navy Officer was now sure that his XO didn't lose the plot yet, but was expecting him to it sooner. "My men will do what it takes to keep themselves safe," he told the Meowtian, "they don't fire unless they have to. We don't use this magic or whatever you call it. We go by our gut feeling."

Landing his eyes on McCafferty, his rubbed his temple, "Paperwork," he said it carefully, "comes with the rank. I would stil have to deal with paperwork regardless, but going through NASA, it might be more than less as you were or are thinking."

At least she had the brain to know who her boss was, Bobby realised as he kept mum. Then he gazed at the cat, "I should hope not," he got to his feet and picked up his cup, "I'm off for more coffee. Keep the teams as they are." He told Matt then left.

"Glad to hear," Matt replied, "If this important, stay back." Even he wanted to know what this 'mission' was. Or if it in anyway effected the expedition or it's members. He had the IOA to deal with, and another pain in the rear wasn't what he was praying for.

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The Admiral replied as the Captain left, in search of coffee, he said. 

Paperwork," he said it carefully, "comes with the rank. I would stil have to deal with paperwork regardless, but going through NASA, it might be more than less as you were or are thinking. Fee nodded. 

I understand. Sorry. I WAS only trying to help. She looked to Koren, and then back at the Admiral. She would not waver on this...if they were going to make peace work, someone would have to move-FAST. And she could do it. She was just a civillian, no strings attached to her peace plans. 

Glad to hear...if it's important, If this important, stay back. She nodded. She might as well get it over with. She looked to Koren, and motioned him in. 

Do you mind of Lt. Telion sits in?! Aear doesn't need to know, though, she said, pointedly. 

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[Aear Charter]

1047
Vedas Outpost
Oxford's Office

Aear felt Fee's gaze on him and decided it was best to leave.

"Since I'm leaving now, can I go play with Amelia?" grinned Aear as he passed Fee on the way out. Without even waiting for a response he pointed to his ears as he left the room. "Ja ne!" he called as he left.

((Sorry it's so short but Aear should have left earlier really lol))

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Since I'm leaving now, can I go play with Amelia?...Ja ne! Fee sighed. SOmetimes she felt like his bleeding mum. 

No. She's recharging. But maybe Calmara will let you play wiht one of the simulators. Oh, great. Polite, Fee...foist your charge off on someone else. She just shook her head as the Meow-boy left. She made a face, but returned serious as she turned to the Admiral. 

Bloody hell, that man is exhausting. Anyway, Admiral...when we were near Mars last week, I got a feed from NASA. They um...my boss has changed my purpose here. Originally, I was meant to gather information-mine data, just do that. Now, though....I feel like it's expanded more to spying. Instead of mining data and observering, I'm meant to probe...they want to know what "the men in blue" DO and why I was assigned...so far, I've been able to put him off, but he's getting nosy. Also, when I left, I left with a bit of trouble following me. My boss was sleeping with another bird...and I caught them. I think there's a chance he's trying to oust me. Is there something I can do from here? [/color][/b][/font][/b]

She was just after the man's help; she didn't his input or his sympathy. 

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