Spoilers: This chapter contains spoilers for Brainstorm, Infection, Identity, Vegas and Enemy at the Gate.
Members:
Geniusatwork: Rodney McKay
Shep: John Sheppard
YoursTruly: Teyla Emmagan
IwearGLassEs: Radek Zelenka
Cadgirl: Laura Cadman
LoOrne: Evan Lorne
DeX: Ronon Dex
ChuckDuck: Chuck Campbell
Caldwelll: Steven Caldwell
Firefly: Jennifer Keller
Dick: Richard Woolsey
Scotty: Carson Beckett
Sam: Samantha Carter
Dust29: Dusty Mehra
Portal: Alison Porter
Technilia: Amelia Banks
1d2fg3: Todd
Topic: What are you waiting for, Rodney?
Posted by: Shep
Name: John Sheppard
Posted: 06-13-09
Poll: Our Head of Science needs to pull his head out of his ***
Results up to now: Yes; 46 votes / No; 0 votes
Shep: Read topic title.
Geniusatwork: What am I waiting for?
Shep: I just asked you that.
Geniusatwork: I know. Why did you ask me that?
Shep: Because I wanna know the answer.
Geniusatwork: I don't even understand the question!
Shep: Aren't you supposed to be a genius?
LoOrne: I hate to break it to you, McKay, but… even I know what he's talking about.
YoursTruly: As do I…
Cadgirl: Me 2.
Firefly: Well, I have no idea.
Shep: No, that's kind of my point.
Geniusatwork: ?
Firefly: All right, what is going on?
Shep: I give up. Teyla, you deal with them.
YoursTruly: Rodney… is there not something you wish to tell Jennifer?
ChuckDuck: As in right now?
Technilia: Before we all go crazy?
Cadgirl: Speak for yourself. They've already driven me insane!
Geniusatwork: Er… Jennifer? Would you like to, sort of, have lunch with me this afternoon?
Firefly: I'd like that.
Shep: You're welcome, people.
oOo
Topic: Raising the shield
Posted by: Geniusatwork
Name: Rodney McKay
Posted: 07-15-09
Poll: None
Geniusatwork: I say raising the shield is our best option.
Dick: I disagree, Dr. McKay. Raising the shield means dropping the cloak. It will draw them straight to our position.
Geniusatwork: So? They are coming straight for us already. If we don't raise that shield, their weapon fire will destroy this city and everyone in it. Now I don't know about you, but I'm rather attached to myself.
Shep: How long till they get here?
Geniusatwork: An hour at most. Look, I think you should head down to the Chair Room.
Shep: Kill them before they kill us?
Geniusatwork: That sounds like an effective strategy.
YoursTruly: We do not even know what they want from us yet.
DeX: Who cares? They're Wraith.
Geniusatwork: Yeah, I'm pretty sure they want to kill us.
Dick: Colonel Sheppard, are you on your way to the Chair Room?
YoursTruly: Colonel Sheppard does not seem to be responding.
DeX: Must mean he's on his way.
Geniusatwork: Or, you know, playing golf at the West Pier…
Dick: How long till they get here?
Geniusatwork: You're standing right next to me. Why don't you just ask me in person?
Dick: All right. Stand by.
oOo
Topic: We curing Wraith now?
Posted by: DeX
Name: Ronon Dex
Posted: 07-15-09
Poll: Wraith need killing, not curing
Results up to now: Yes; 12 votes / No; 4 votes
DeX: …
Firefly: I understand how you feel, Ronon, but if we succeed in eliminating their need to feed, we might be able to convince every Wraith in this galaxy to take the treatment.
DeX: …
Shep: You take the words right out of my mouth, buddy, but… the doc's right. We need to at least try. If it doesn't work, I promise we'll be back to blasting Hives out of the sky within weeks.
Dick: Colonel…
Shep: Permission to cheer up my friend, Woolsey?
Dick: Permission granted.
DeX: Permission to carry out his promise, Woolsey?
Dick: Request duly noted.
oOo
Topic: I've had it
Posted by: Geniusatwork
Name: Rodney McKay
Posted: 08-15-09
Poll: Crash-landing should be prohibited by law
Results up to now: Yes; 3 votes / No; 97 votes
Geniusatwork: What is it with you and crash-landings? And why do you always insist on dragging me along?
Shep: I don't always crash-land, Rodney.
LoOrne: No, he doesn't McKay. I'd say he crash-lands about… 50 percent of the time.
Cadgirl: Nah, you're exaggerating. More like 45 percent.
Dust29: Cool.
Shep: Do I have to play the Commanding Officer card?
Geniusatwork: I'm not under your command, Colonel.
Shep: You're on my team. Sure you are.
ChuckDuck: 48 percent?
IwearGLassEs: More or less.
Portal: I'd go with 49, just to be on the safe side.
Shep: All right, who's in charge of the civilians?
Dick: That would be me.
Shep: Care to tell them to knock it off?
Dick: Of course. Can we please bring an end to this pointless discussion, people? As a matter of fact, you're all wrong. I had Amelia calculate it's only just 41 percent of the time.
oOo
Topic: Untitled
Posted by: 1d2fg3:
Name: Todd
Posted: 08-16-09
Poll: The need to feed is what defines the Wraith
Results up to now: Yes; 106 votes / No; 2 votes
1d2fg3: Thank you, Johnsheppard.
DeX: #
Geniusatwork: Oh, now he's in trouble.
LoOrne: Who? Todd?
Shep: Yep.
YoursTruly: How so?
Geniusatwork: Ronon just gave him the look.
LoOrne: Oh…
Cadgirl: You mean the look?
LoOrne: The very one. Todd had better start running. Fast.
ChuckDuck: Think there's an organisation like Amnesty Intergalactical?
Shep: If there is, I'm donating.
oOo
Topic: Jennifer?!
Posted by: Geniusatwork
Name: Rodney McKay
Posted: 08-21-09
Poll: None
Geniusatwork: Are you alright?
Firefly: #&%*()
Geniusatwork: ?
Firefly: Forgive me. I am still
Firefly: trying to figure out how
Firefly: this device works.
Shep: Someone want to run a diagnostic on the doc? Someone other than the doc herself, I mean?
DeX: Well…
Geniusatwork: Hands off, Chewie.
oOo
Topic: Hah!
Posted by: DeX
Name: Ronon Dex
Posted: 08-22-09
Poll: None
DeX: You're welcome.
Geniusatwork: Oh, I am not going to thank you for shooting my girlfriend.
LoOrne: Meh.
Cadgirl: What?
LoOrne: Nothing… It's just that… SG-1 once ran into a long-range communication device, too.
Shep: No, they didn't. Did they? Really?
LoOrne: Yep.
Shep: Darn.
Cadgirl: It's like being a second child. You know, receiving less attention from our parents, getting worn-out clothes from our older sibling…
YoursTruly: You would wish for even greater problems?
Dust29: Well, yeah.
Cadgirl: I want new problems.
DeX: How 'bout we stop airing?
Shep: What? What are you talking about? Do you mean 'stop breathing'? You wanna suffocate, Chewie?
DeX: I said stop airing.
Shep: How does that work?
Geniusatwork: I have a feeling we're gonna find out soon.
oOo
Topic: Vegas
Posted by: LoOrne
Name: Evan Lorne
Posted: 09-01-09
Poll: CSI: Las Vegas or CSI: New York?
Results up to now: CSI: Las Vegas; 12 votes / CSI: New York; 25 votes
LoOrne: Anyone see CSI: Las Vegas last night?
Shep: Nah… I'm not really a fan.
oOo
Topic: ZPM?
Posted by: Cadgirl
Name: Laura Cadman
Posted: 09-05-09
Poll: Woolsey? Where did your rulebook go?
Results up to now: It was eaten by a whale; 4 votes / Colonel Sheppard threw it over a balcony railing; 45 votes / You forgot it even existed; 56 votes
Cadgirl: Is it true? Did the Wraith get their hands on a ZPM?
Geniusatwork: Yep, and it's all Todd's fault.
1d2fg3: You stop whining and board your Earth vessel now, Doctormckay
Geniusatwork: Hey! Who gave Todd a laptop?
1d2fg3: I acquired one of your computer devises during my last visit.
Geniusatwork: Weren't you busy crashing your Hive into the ocean during your last visit?
Shep: McKay! Get. On. Board.
Caldwelll: Agreed.
Geniusatwork: Yeah, yeah, just give me a moment to prepare. I'm about to face certain death again.
Shep: Ronon?
DeX: On it.
Geniusatwork: Whoa, wait! I'm coming. Don't unleash your watchdog on me, Colonel.
oOo
Topic: Trouble
Posted by: Geniusatwork
Name: Rodney McKay
Posted: 09-05-09
Poll: I should've become a librarian or a secretary instead
Results up to now: Yes; 13 votes / No; 251 votes
Geniusatwork: We're in serious trouble. Some Wraith somewhere in another reality sent a coded signal, and whatever means they used to access sub-space created a rift, allowing the signal to cross into multiple realties including our own.
LoOrne: So?
Geniusatwork: It's a set of co-ordinates.
ChuckDuck: So?
Geniusatwork: To Earth.
LoOrne: Oh.
ChuckDuck: Ah.
oOo
Topic: See you soon
Posted by: Shep
Name: John Sheppard
Posted: 09-10-09
Poll: None
Shep: All right, folks, I'm off to Earth. Make sure Atlantis gets there in time, McKay. We wouldn't want you to arrive in a dry-sucked Milky Way, now would we?
Geniusatwork: Sure, sure, no pressure. Have a nice trip.
Shep: If only my eyes wouldn't dematerialize the moment I stepped through the event horizon, the trip would be so much cooler.
Sam: John? Are you coming?
Shep: I sometimes forget just how many people have access to this forum. Uh… the IOA…
Sam: Yep.
Shep: Darn. All right, I'm Coming - obediently, I might add.
oOo
Topic: What?!
Posted by: Geniusatwork
Name: Rodney McKay
Posted: 09-10-09
Poll: My artificial gene is just as good as the natural gene of some of my colleagues
Results up to now: Yes; 2 votes / No; 67 votes
Geniusatwork: Beckett's number two on the C.I.A. list? You've got to be kidding me.
Scotty: Did ye expect ter be on the list yourself, Rodney?
Geniusatwork: Well, yeah. I know more about that Ancient Chair than anyone.
Scotty: Aye, and I know more about bagpipes than anyone. Doesn't mean I can play one…
Geniusatwork: Just… do your thing.
Scotty: Working on it, Rodney.
Geniusatwork: And... stop talking.
oOo
Topic: Phew
Posted by: Shep
Name: John Sheppard
Posted: 09-15-09
Poll: Why didn't anyone notice the splash when we landed in the bay of San Francisco?
Results up to now: They weren't looking; 3 votes / They thought it was a whale; 6 votes / They did notice and are about to seize Atlantis; 69 votes
Shep: We've stopped the Hive, we're back on Earth and, most importantly, we're still alive. I think now's the time to say 'phew'.
Geniusatwork: If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were getting emotional on us.
Shep: You know me better than that.
YoursTruly: It is good to still be able to watch you two interact, John and Rodney.
DeX: It's good to still be able to breathe…
Technilia: I'm glad you're still alive, Ronon…
DeX: Yeah, me too, Amelia.
Geniusatwork: Huh? When did Ronon and Banks start hooking up?
IwearGLassEs: Rodney… You are an idiot.
Scotty: Aye.
DeX: Yeah.
Geniusatwork: What?
oOo
Topic: So… what now?
Posted by: LoOrne
Name: Evan Lorne
Posted: 09-16-09
Poll: We should go back to Pegasus
Results up to now: Yes; 205 votes / No; 3 votes
LoOrne: Okay… so we're still alive, and we're back on earth. Question is: what happens now?
Shep: We fly back to the Pegasus Galaxy.
Dick: I am not so sure about that, Colonel. The IOA has taken the matter into consideration, but I don't think they'll give us permission to return.
Shep: Who says we need permission? Look, I can fly this city back to the Pegasus Galaxy. Once in Pegasus, Rodney and his scientists will fix every technical problem we might run into. Chuck and Amelia will be there to raise the shield when unwanted guests try to enter the city. If they penetrate our shield; Teyla, Ronon and the military will be more than capable of defending Atlantis against the enemy. Besides, Carson and Jennifer can cure the wounded afterwards. You can… cheer us on, and Caldwell can come visit us with new supplies every now and then. I don't see the problem here.
LoOrne: Well, when you put it like that…
Cadgirl: It sounds like we're all set to go.
YoursTruly: I am willing to assist in taking back this city to the Pegasus galaxy.
DeX: Yeah, me, too.
ChuckDuck: Come on, guys. Let's go back.
IwearGLassEs: Er… All right. I will come, too.
Firefly: I think the people in the Pegasus Galaxy still need our help.
Scotty: Aye, I'm in favor of returning, too.
Technilia: I'm in.
Caldwelll: I'll help.
Dick: Colonel Caldwell?!
Caldwelll: Look, some things… you just have to do.
Scotty: Elizabeth would've done it, Woolsey. She went back to Pegasus to save the city two years ago, when the Replicators took over Atlantis.
Dick: All right, all right. Just… Let me think about this.
Shep: Speaking of Elizabeth...
Geniusatwork: She's still in the Pegasus Galaxy, too...
Dick: You're not suggesting...
Shep: We are.
Dick: Amelia?
Technilia: Yes, sir?
Dick: Raise the shield. It looks like we're going home.
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The end
Author's Note: I'd like to thank everyone who's read and reviewed this story over the past few years. I hope the topics were as as fun to read as they were to write. Thanks for making it to the final chapter, I'm glad you thought it was worth the read.
~Jammeke