[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

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Oh he well could bite, but he choose not to do so. With a expression of displeasure on his face, as if he had been insulted. For all he knew he might have been. After taking too many of them over the years, Bobby had learnt to ignore them unless his brothers were spewing them out. "Lysend" his voice was plain and itching close to edge, "I don't appreciate hearing my team members being called shag-heads or beast. We aren't native to the galaxy let alone being from the other side. We came through the thing called Stargate."

He looked at Shadow for a moment, "I bet she has less medals than you," he muttered to the dog. Then took the lead for his team, and smirked at the other man's word. He just might have a leverage handed to him.

Hearing Blue, "That might be worth a try and see what you get. Jot down anything that deems important." Getting the team KIAed wasn't on his agenda.

1745
Breifing Room
Felter Command Station

He rubbed his temple as he looked at the man Lysend had introduced as General Hass; commander of this side, who was higher than Leeson in ranking. Leeson appeared to be in charge of the platoon then a battle station. The older man looked past the retiring age and in need of much rest, but when one was in the middle of a war, such things Bobby knew were luxuries one could only wait for. From what they had been told, the war had been going for years, at least going by Hass's memory from childhood. His eyes travlled to high brass that was gathered around the room not along after their arrival.


So here SV-1 was trying to get a better understanding of the why's and how's. More 'over what they were fighting over'. It was harder to get a straight answer from the group currently in the room. Somehow he wondered if Travis would have been better choice to handle this. "Let me get this right," he spoke after what seemed to be ages, and at the other man from the rival country, "You and your people are fighting over an object?" His tired brain wasn't able to process much of the history, after all it wasn't his strong points, "Why?" Some days he wasn't sure what to make of the galaxy he was now living in.

"Conflict of interest," the man from the other side spoke, "over the device."

Oh joy! Was the only thought that ran through his mind.

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[James Calmara]

1745
Breifing Room
Felter Command Station
That the little encounter in the scorched eat around 5th stargate hadn't ended in a shoot out was a good thing, as was the fact they were going to be able to seek to the people in charge, well it was sort of good. Calmara knew from experience that leaders in areas of conflict tended to have a well fortified spot, that and they were notoriously hard to convince of matters that didn't fit there battle plan, some liked to solve that 'problem' by shooting or locking it away.

Calmara made double sure to keep his eyes open and head moving, taking into account distances, passage ways, door ways, static guards, roving guards, possible alternatives for exits. All the way to what was likely a briefing room or a war room.

Standing respectfully behind his and on a flank closest to a door, just in case a rapid exit was needed. His attention caught by the mention of a the conflict being over an item, again experance taught him, the possibility of this bring some from of technology was quite high, there was also a possibility it could be a component or derivative of the terraforming device the expedition had been formed to determine the existence of. Stepping on to the shoulder of Bobby he points out quietly. "Boss this item, if its worth killing over, could be a remnant of a bygone age, If you catch my drift. Sticking around might not be such a bad idea" As risky as it was the possibility of getting one step closer to the reason for them being here was too appealing to pass up, that and Calmara had developed a bit of a humanitarian streak and the possibility of ending the particular conflict was lingering in his mind.

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[Liam Kelly]

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 "I bet she has less medals than you,"  Liam shook his head a bit when that was said about Shadow.  He does indeed  he said himself before gently tugging on Shadow's  leash after hearing the dog growl softly.  Liam spoke softly in German to him after he did that.  Shadow got the hint and sat next to his handler.  Liam looked back to Lysend after Shadow did that.

[Blake Warren]

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Path

Blake almost blushed at Oxford sticking up for him, as he self-consciously checked his hair, it was short compared to what he'd had when he'd been teaching at the university in Denver.

1745
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

Blake listened to General Hass as he explained the war and Calmara made his own sidelong suggestion. He snapped his fingers to get his mind going and looked at one of Hass' aides. "Mind if I borrow some paper, wait no, never mind, I think I have some."

He got pen and paper and quickly drew some random letters in Ancient, and offered it to Oxford. "If the device has symbols like these on it, it could be very significant. Who currently has control of the actual area, General?"

[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

1746
Breifing Room
Felter Command Station

He ran his fingers through his hair to ease of the tension he could feel building up. With different insights from his group was huge help. He was considering what Hass had told them. But it was Calmara's words that weight in heavy in the his mind. He wanted to know more about the device, but he wasn't a fan of sticking around the war zone area more than they needed to. Looking at Calmara, Bobby nodded. If Travis trusted the man with his own life, this Oxford wasn't the one to doubt his brother.

He was about to ask more on the device when Blake began rambling off over the possibilities. Moving to take a peek at the drawings, or rather letters he had seen around their own base, "Ancient?" he asked Blake. Well the could make sense.

One of the soldiers who had been with Lysend took the sheet from Warren and passed it to the General. Studying it, the aging man nooded, "Something along this line. Not that I commit every report to memory while trying to keep my people alive." At the half other question, he sighed, "The other side has it. It was originally found on our side."

"Colonel Books is here from the Other side," an airman spoke to Hass after entering, "Word got to them that we have...." he gave SV-1 a quick glance to convey his non spoken works.

Now Bobby noted that things were going to get interesting, with both sides in the same room. He just hoped that it didn't come to a stand off....again.

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[Blake Warren]

1746
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

"If we can get access to this, it could be really valuable to examine." Blake still felt wary over the locals knowing as much about the leavings of the Ancients as they did.

Colonel Books entered, and looked at the small group of strangers. His feelings weren't too negative but still surprised to see the two who clearly weren't soldiers. There was only one reason to bring non-combatants into the sh!t like this. He looked to the leader of the aliens. "I am Colonel Everan Books, of the true and Devas-blessed government of Yalta's military." He glanced at the man and woman and then back to their leader. "And I presume I'm correct in assuming those two are scientists."

Blake was reaching his 'holding my tongue' limits with the Yaltan military, on both sides of the conflict. He braced his hands on his hips to speak up. "Dr. Blake Warren, I'm an anthropologist and linguist. And this is Captain Oxford, our team leader. If you can guarantee myself and my teammates safe passage, we would like to look at the device that is currently under the control of your forces."

Books gave Dr. Warren another good look, and looked to Captain Oxford. "Bit of a spitfire, isn't he? The only deal I can offer is Dr. Warren under the protection of my soldiers to look at what, properly, belongs to our side."

Not dignifying that offer with a response, Blake shook his head in a mute 'are you fricking kidding me?'

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[Blueberry Yagami]

1746
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

Blueberry had barely been listening to anyone again. Tapping away at her tablet, Miki was displaying both radio signals and the voices around her as words on her screen. Ok maybe Blue had been paying some attention. Of course Blue was taking things into her own hands. She was attempting to access both sides computers to hold them both at ransom. She was having limited success due to the lack of networked infrastructure and the non existent wireless signals.

I have an idea. Why not give the device to me or I shut down you're computer systems? Blue smiled up at Hass and Books. She could feel everyone's gazes on her and simply smiled more. What most people forgot is she once had a visit from a magical cat alien that had built half of her tablet. Seeing as no one believed her Blue proceeded to turn off the lights with a tap of her tablet.

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[James Calmara]

1746
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

The 'other side' suddenly putting in an appearance altered the situation somewhat. On some level for the better, at least there was a dialogue of sorts going on and they didn't have to wait around for ages for the other side to be convinced to start one. On the other hand two factions, armed at that, that had been at war forever and a day, suddenly in the same room, careful treading was in order.

Blake it seemed had a knack for negotiations, a feel for when to play nice, bide time and when to press, although there may have been a bit of frustration about his last press for access, that and the response they got wasn't exactly in there favor.

Calmara was about to make a counter offer when Blue decided to toss a demand with a threat and then turn the lights off. Blake back up to Sgt. Kelly. Boss I've got Blue covered. Calmara barked as he flicked on the flashlight mounted to his weapon, side stepping and shifting so he was now on the shoulder of the Japanese computer tech, cursing his luck, knowing just how exposed they were. Not another word Missie Blue, Keep the lights off, but don't go pushing anything else on that tablet of yours. He hissed pointedly and firmly. Threats of deploying greater power or abilities to gain an object or exert control over a group was something Calmara disliked especially when there was another option to pursue.

Sweeping his light round, he took a chance to capitalise on the situation and prevent it from turning into a 'fire blind' shoot out. General, Colonel, We got ourselvea a bit of an over eager tech who like to show off. But we have no quarrel with either side. We still wish to talk terms of access. By now Calmara had his weapon raised, safety off, one hand on Blue's shoulder. Poised to minimise the effects should one from either side decide gunfire was the best solution. That he's yet to die on an alien world was something he was clinging to.

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[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

1747
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

He smirked softly as Warren threw requested while Books looked at him, with a expression he would well fully understand. The man was fast with words than Oxford would give him credit for. Anthropologist was already trying to secure a passage way to see the device, "Yea he is," Bobby agreed, "Warren, relax. Let's," he gazed at the doctor, "slow down."

When Blue jumped in with a threat of hacking, Bobby was on his feet fast. Feeling like he was losing control, he noted Calmara already handing the doctor, "We are not here to demand," he warned Yagami, as the lights went out.

"Is this how your people work, Colonel Oxford?" Hass was now warning him. The man's voice was far from impressed, "If so, you are messing with the wrong people. There are six of you, and more than 100 of my men outside. It won't take me long to order them to throw all of you in the Brig."

Visually, Bobby kept his face schooled, while he cringed mentally. Once the word got back to the Admiral, he wasn't going to be pleased. "No, sir." Then faced his team, but eyed Blue squarely, "You will give me that tablet after you have turned on the lights. That's a direct order."

After taking the tablet and securing it in his backpack, he faced Books and Hass, as James agreed on the talking about the access. It would be worth to take a look on just what it was. He remembered Travis saying that finding that belonged to the Ancients was paramount in their quest to free this galaxy of the evil that lived around few sections. With his own hand at his weapon, "We aren't going gung-ho here, Calmara."

What would Travis do? He questioned himself mentally, "General, Colonel," he addressed both men, "Would and your people kindly show us the device? Perhaps we might able to help."

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((Let's start moving this.))

[Blake Warren]

1748
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

Books nodded once, now that the tension had defused as much as it ever did between the two halves of Yaltan society. "Each side will send a squad to escort the outworlders. I will lead the group from the rightful government of Yalta."

And considering her team had found them first, Quintari stepped forward and bowed acknowledgement to General Hass. "And if I may recommend, sir, my squad will act for the real authority of Yalta, and to ensure that no trickery is done to the outworlders."

Blake muttered under his breath, "I would love to know what you mean by 'trickery.'" The quick scathing glance the red-haired Yaltan woman gave him made him try to glare back before speaking aloud. "If that's a solid solution for you, Captain, I think we can live with that, Colonel Books, for the sake of being able to examine it. Though I think me and my teammates would have to insist on keeping our arms."

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[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

1748
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

He wasn't happy about it, but he knew it needed to be done if both sides were meet at the even ground by what his team had seen here, "It's your planet after all," he nodded. "We are just visitors." He turned only to see Calmara still armed and shook his head, without being obvious to everyone else of his action. He didn't want another stand off like the one they had when they had arrived. He was going do all he could to avoid it.

He rose an eyebrow when Lysend mention 'real authority'. He was only left wondering with no way of asking a question, but Hamrick's partner's words pulled him out his trance. They would able to look after themselves. "That depends on the type of tricky." He wasn't going to put it past them to use the old school ones where evidence was faked just to keep them being bars, "Don't worry we would make sure that don't any." He was good at picking up the signs thanks to Traivs.

2020
Hanger Bay
The "Other" Side

They had been studying and finding details on the device for the last god knew how long. In another hour or so, Oxford was sure he was going to harm someone once he got back to the base. And Traivs was going to be the first in his line of sight. For someone who has a attention span of a five year old when it came to history, he was doing a great job in keeping up with all that was being said and done. Inhaling, he fluttered a page towards Warren as he finished translating it.

"Does it make any sense to you?" he asked with a twist of face. It did make any to him. "Or did I translate it wrong?" He wouldn't count on himself to do it right.

Destroy or be destroyed!

Fair warning.

Looking at the groups, "Just when was it found and unearthed?" The fact it was coming with a warning was well not pleasing to him or for his group. "How long have you been fighting over it?"

Since it was ancient, he wasn't going to touch it. He wasn't a happy camper to find out that he had the ATA gene. Yet it was something he needed to get use to.

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[Liam Kelly]

2020
Hanger Bay
The "Other" Side

At the same time, Liam noticed that Shadow was getting uneasy. Liam spoke softly to him in German, causing the dog to whine softly in reply. It was clear to Liam that Shadow sensed something was up. "Easy Shadow" he said to him softly in English this time. Shadow relaxed when his master said that to him, then looked back to the rest of the group. However, he was still on alert. Liam looked around as well, he had that same feeling that something was up and couldn't shake it as he stood there with his German Shepard partner. Liam wondered if he should tell the others, though they had to have heard Shadow's whine just now, along with him speaking to the dog in both German and in English.

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[James Calmara]

1748
Briefing Room
Felter Command Station

Over cautious in this instance, Calmara to the look and lowered his weapon, it seemed an agreement for access had been reached that could be considered a mini cease fire, but only by the extremely optimistic. He fell in with the arrangements and followed as the two parties led.

2020
Hanger Bay
The "Other" Side

The device itself was about the size of a suitcase, but a extremely irregular shape, odd on its own which lead Calmara to consider it being part of something larger. He'd spent the hour working on the technical side of things when it came to the device, none invasive scans and reading taking and working out if it had any access points, which it did. Calmara looked up at the traslations that were coming off the objects surface. "You get the feeling they didn't want any old person fussing with this, whatever 'it' is and whoever 'they' are." He commented.

Brooks answered the who question quite readily. "It was found several generation back by our soldiers on exercise, preparing in the face of an aggressive posture and troop movement on their side. We declared the find in accord with agreements and then these mobilised and tried to move on the area in question. War ensued and we have remained that way. It has power this object?"[/i]


For sure yeah, we're getting definite power readings from it. Calmara responded to the Colonel before switching his attention to Cpt. Oxford and Blake. Could do with conneting with this thing, I can't get any more data otherwise. I can't see or detect pressure switches or triggers, and the readings aren't of the dangerous type. He explained his position, chosing his phrases carefully so as not to cause alarm or spark up any conflict once again. But he wanted to get to grips with what he was handling, its purpose and possable uses.

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[Blake Warren]

2020
Hanger Bay
The "Other" Side

Blake was focused on the Ancient, and it took him a minute to notice Oxford asking for a second opinion. He looked it over. "'Destroy' might not quite be right, at least the way we typically perceive destruction in English. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, taken in the context of something being destroyed to create something better."

He was still looking at the controls but it looked to require the gene. Lysend leaned in to ask. "What could be created that would be better, exactly?"

"Well, that's neither here nor there, I'm just pointing out that the text might not be as negative as it seems without considering a different cultural lenses. And before you ask, no, I can't guess what it does, not quite within my fields. And yeah, after a few rounds with other species, the Ancients started locking their technology down genetically. And not a gene carrier here."

Blake looked over the rest of the lettering, like many of the things in Vedas put in the written languages of both the Ancients and the Devas. "Wait a minute, James, you wanted to connect? I think I've got something over here, looks like it could open and the inscription, roughly I emphasize, says 'Pahumca jnana' or 'access knowledge.'"

He pushed around the spot before shaking his head.

[Robert "Bobby" Oxford Jr]

2020
Hanger Bay
The "Other" Side

He leaned on the table as Blake spoke, and rose his eyebrow patiently towards the roof, not really believing what he was hearing. On the other hand it did make, especially the way it was explained to him. Thinking more, it occurred to him it might not be as it was written it was meant, but more on how one understood, "Cycle of life," he summed in three words, "It's more philosophy." Not that it was ever a bad thing. It was a little perplexing to understand at first. "You can be our 'let's look on the bright side' guy."

He turned in time to hear Books give a little history lesson and noted that Hass was shaking his head. "Your people stole it," he muttered under his breath.

Nodding at James, "See what you can do." He could let James and Blake play tech happy for a while and that would keep them busy. Looking back at the translations, he picked up another, "Do you guys what me to touch that thing?" Hopefully it wouldn't exploding on his face, even better idea for him would be if he didn't have to touch it. Using the Ancient Technology did leave him drained of energy. Perhaps he had a weaker version than Travis did. Then again their parental gene pool was the same.

He thought over what Book had said. They had been fighting over the device for so long that they might have forgotten what it was like to support each other. Their different views on everything shouldn't become a brick, "General, Colonel," he spoke up, "What would you say to us taking the device if it brings peace among your people? If you are going to fight over this, rather then compromising with each other and sharing its use."

Hass blinked, "Share it?" he almost hissed, "They won't have us here for a minute with the object, let alone lend it to use."

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