Seamus waited for the Major to finish. "'Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die'," he quoted from someone--Shakespeare, perhaps?--and then embellished upon his statement. "We don't get to make the calls, we just get called to clean up the messes the brass makes. Perhaps there was a good reason for that decision, perhaps there wasn't. But that's not our call and what's done is done and all we can do is go on."

"ETA is under ten minutes. ROE is infiltrate, engage only if fired upon or if there is no way around."


OOC: Correct me if I'm wrong, Valera, but the Deadalus has jumpers onboard.

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Four Gods wait on the windowsill,
Where once eight Gods did war and will,
And if the Gods themselves may die,
What does that say for you and I?

Now, three Gods wait on the windowsill
Where one God's blood was lately spilled
While black tongues lap at the spreading pool
And build the strength they need to rule.

Giada sighed. She knew he was right. Ok, time for work mode. "So what's the plan? How do we get in and out? Also, do you know where they are being held?"



((Hey Val, is Phoenix is still with us and playing Vala?))

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(@Doc - that's Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade'. If the Daedalus doesn't have jumpers, it does now It's not an unreasonable assumption
@Lor - I will PM and see
@everybody else - If you all don't want to post your responses to the 'statement request' I will go ahead and get the action started tomorrow)

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((SO sorry guys..was waiting for the right time to jump in with Vala))

"Untrustworthy...Unstable. Well that's no way to talk about a team-mate" the woman flashed a wide grin and her eyes twinkled mischieviously. "A girl could take offence"

She looked at the two soldiers and saw the serious look on both of there faces. Her smile gradually lessened and she gave an almost apologetic look.

"So....when do we leave?"

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"What kind of message?" Carson stammered, glancing worriedly at the camera man. He took a step back, so that he was even with Ronan against the wall.

Ronon turned his head and looked at Carson as he backed up to the wall. He waited for the Genii's answer to the question.

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John Sheppard had a rough idea of the video's purpose, and he objected. Very strongly, in fact. There was no way he wanted Elizabeth Weir to be taunted with the pleas and testimonies of her captive people. She should be free to do her duty and make her choices, without worrying about guilt and baggage. He wasn't going to do this. At all.

As the officer glanced over the Atlantis team, reading hostility and hesitance on their faces, John eyed the man and the guards speculatively, considering the open cell door. Two guards and one officer, trained fighters probably, two with drawn sidearms - yeah, guns with bullets - the officer with a holtered pistol, and all with knives. They weren't in plain view, but he knew they were there.

Versus an officer, a doctor, a whiny astrophysicist, and a Satedan runner. Who were, incidentally, completely unarmed.

No time like the present.

He was nearest the door, facing the sides of the guards, who had their sidearms drawn and pointed at his team, who were mainly along the back wall. Risky.

It didn't matter, John decided, as he launched himself off the wall, bulling into both men and thrusting his right arm forward. As they stumbled to the side, fingers pulling the triggers reflexively, bullets cracked into the ceiling of the cell, the guns redirected by his extended arm.

Then they were grappling, struggling to control the weapons, bashing into the hard concrete walls. He just hoped his team could take advantage of this.

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Ronon watch John go at the two gards, and he quickly followed suit. Jumping forward as the Genii's sidearms went off at the ceiling, he throwing a punch at the officer chin, knocking him backwards. The man reached for his holtered pistol, but Ronon slammed him in to the wall by the door before he could reach it.

(EDIT: Hey, while I'm gone, if someone wants to play Ronon until I get back, thats fine.)

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((Heck yes, I'll take Ronan while you're gone, and you'll probably have to wrestle him from me when you're back.))

Carson cringed, cowering into the corner as John lept for the gun men, spraying bullets into the ceiling. Ronan was at their throats like he had anticipated Shepherd's inetentions. Seeing an opportunity, Carson dove for the nearest genii, throwing all his body wieght into it. He wasn't graceful, or controlled, but the tackle was effective and he pinned the man on the floor, putting all his weight into keeping the gun from firing and hitting him.

Why did these sort of things always seem to dissolve into fighting? Rodney cursed and ducked as the Genii guards fired into the wall. Ronan and Carson both dove into the fight, leaving McKay standing rather awkardly by the wall, trying not to get shot at.

Carson tackled one of the guards, holding his gun against the ground. Rodney decided it was as good an opportunity as any. He'd never hear the end of it if he did nothing. Lunging forward, he wrenched the gun from the Genii guard and quickly pointed it towards the fray. Well, that wouldn't be much help. He couldn't get a clear shot at the Genii, without risk of hitting one of his team members. At least that was one Genii without a gun.

Giada looked at Harper with a quizzical brow. She hadn't known Vala was going with. She couldn't say she was all together happy about it. Not that Vala wasn't a good person to be sure it's just she had a habit of getting on Giada's nerves. She turned towards Vala. "As soon as Harper tells us the plan will be off," she stated in a matter-o-fact way.

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Vala looked back at Giada, to Harper back to Giada and flashed her wide grin at them.
"Oh Good, I hate long waits. They just enduce so much boredom"

Vala toyed with one of her pigtails and propped herself up against a computer console, waiting on Harper to reveal his plan to rescue the Atlantis team.

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((I'm back now, Thanks for taking over Ronon, Nauriel.))

Ronon punched the officer in the face, knocking him out cold. He grabbed the man's pistol from his holter and turned around, catching sight of Mackay with a gun pointed in the general area of the small battle.
He ran and slammed into the lasted Genii that John had knocked back, ripping his sidearm from him.

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((*Reluctantly allows her fingers to be pried of of Ronan* You're welcome, Nymph, even if I didn't do anything with him ))

The genii Carson pinned to the ground was only momentarily stunned by the impact, and began thrashing. His fist met Beckett's cheekbone, sending a sharp splinter of pain jolting through the side of his face. He fell to the side with a gasp.

"Hey!" McKay shouted as the Genii knocked Carson aside. As the guard started to turn and stand up, McKay rushed forward. Gripping the gun with both hands, he swung the side of it into the Genii's head. The guard fell back, momentarily stunned. "This isn't working too well!" Rodney shouted, his voice rising. He just hoped more guards wouldn't be on their way.

OOC: Sorry for my absence, but it was Christmas. Happy New Years too!

IC: Harper smiled rougishly, "We're winging it." Then, before the major could voice her complains that Harper knew were comming. "We have no idea where they are being held, we have on floor plans, we have no emeny numbers, we have no intel at all. The only things we know are: one, the Atlantis team is held somewhere on (insert name of planet they are on here, I can't remember and I made this up on Microsoft Word); and two, their capturers are Genii."

"So we wing it, make it up as we go along," Harper turned to Vala. "In case you missed it, which I'm not sure you did but I'll say it again anyway; the ROE's are infiltrate, fire on the enemy only if fired upon first." Then he spoke up for everyone to hear, "Avoid contact with the tangos if at all possible, and kill silently or use Wraith stunners if you must. However, after the first time we are fired upon, the Genii will know we are there, so then the ROE is assualt. Fire on all enemies at first contact." Harper added the last bit incase Vala didn't know what he meant.

"Any questions?"

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Four Gods wait on the windowsill,
Where once eight Gods did war and will,
And if the Gods themselves may die,
What does that say for you and I?

Now, three Gods wait on the windowsill
Where one God's blood was lately spilled
While black tongues lap at the spreading pool
And build the strength they need to rule.