Signups for Off-Screen Missions Alphabet Soup

[fignewton]

This will be Alphabet Soup #24. Because I apparently have the eternal optimism of the shameless SG-1 fangirl. :)

Not sure what I'm talking about? Visit the Alphabet Soup index for past anthologies.

Our theme this time is Off-Screen Missions. These are missions that are either referenced or clearly implied in SG-1 canon as taking place off-screen. It does not include missions that are created out of whole cloth, although I tend to be pretty generous in my interpretations. If you can find a hook via a throwaway line of dialogue, I will accept it.

This is how it works, and read through carefully, please, because this one is a little different has changed:

Under the cut, I've listed episodes and the implied/referenced missions that are suggested by the episode. If inspiration strikes, comment and ask me for a letter, which I will assign randomly. By making such a claim, you are commiting yourself to writing at least 100 words of gen fic. It could be in the form of a report, a single snippet of a scene from the mission, the briefing afterwards - or, of course, a multi-chapter epic of the mission that we all wish we could have seen on screen... :)

If you have an idea for a mission that's not on the list, go right ahead and do it!

Once an actual fic has been posted, I will strike out that particular prompt on the list. (This is because, sadly, many prompts were claimed and ultimately never filled.)

Signups will last until all 26 letters are claimed. Stories may be posted as soon as they're written, although they will be officially due by August 1st. [Edit: ::cough:: yes, that was more than eight months ago.] [Edit again: yeah, this is going to keep going until we're done...] [Edit in 2021: GOOD GRIEF PEOPLE LET'S FINISH THIS THING.] Stories can be posted anywhere the author pleases, although they must be open to the public without requiring a login or password. If one of your posting sites is AO3, please add your story to the Off-Screen Missions Alphabet Soup collection.

Authors who want to cook a second helping may come back and claim a second mission as soon as their first is posted.

There are only a few rules: your fic must be at least 100 words, although there is no maximum limit; it must have some connection to a mission referenced or implied in SG-1 canon, however you choose to interpret that; the fic should be canon compliant, although it does not have to reference canon specifically; and it should be gen. There are many, many ficathons out there to accomodate ship; please don't sneak in references to your favorite OTP. Canon ships may be referenced, but they should not be the focus of the story.

Please note that I will no longer be asking writers to send me a full copy of the text of their fic, as I am not going to collect all 26 stories into a single-entry anthology. The table of contents will be the one-stop shopping place for all stories in the anthology, with links going to the authors' journal. It is therefore even more important that each author sends me a detailed entry for the TOC. You can find complete instructions at this entry.

Here's to SG-1. And gen squee. And Alphabet Soup!



My apologies that some of the episodes are out of order.

Season One

COTG: Daniel on Abydos, before the tissue box comes through

The Enemy Within: the mission at the end of the episode, when the team walks through the Stargate

Emancipation: the referenced mission to P3X-595 where Sam "drank that stuff that made you take..."

Broca Divide: the followup mission that establishes good relations with the people of the Land of Light

The First Commandment: SG-9's initial missions to the planet, before Hansen went nuts

Singularity: establishing the base on Hanka

Enigma: the mission to the Land of Light to ask them if they'd be willing to take in the Tollan

Solitudes: the mission that begins the episode, that ended with half the team stranded in Antarctica

Teal'c's adventures through the Stargate, trying to find Jack and Sam

TBFTGOG: what was happening on the other side of the QM when Daniel disappeared

Season Two

In the Line of Duty: SG-1's original missions to Nasiya

Gamekeeper: if the SGC had copies of the chair in Avatar, there must have been follow-up missions to negotiate for the technology

Prisoners: SG-1's original mission was interrupted by Hadante; they go back afterwards

SG-3's search for SG-1

SG-6's first diplomatic mission, without Hammond, to get SG-1 back

Family: Teal'c and his family in the Land of Light

Bane: Sam, Jack, and Daniel's mission back to the planet to obtain a live sample

The Tok'ra: SG-3's attempt to find SG-1 to get Sam back to Earth

A Matter of Time: Daniel's mission with SG-6 in a dig expedition to P3X-118 while Earth is being eaten by a black hole

Henry Boyd's original mission that begins the episode

The Fifth Race: details of the mission to the super-hot planet

Holiday: Jack and Teal'c going back to get the machine

Touchstone: original mission to Madrona, before the episode begins

Jack and Daniel's "diagnostic" mission to check on what's happening without the Touchstone during the episode

Show and Tell: Jack's mission with the Tok'ra, escorting Charlie-the-Reetou

1969: SG-5's mission to P2X-555

Out of Mind: the mission, pre-episode, where Hathor captured SG-1

Season Three

Learning Curve: first missions to Orban, before the episode begins

missions after the episode, either helping with the children or learning more about the naquadah reactor (or other tech)

A Hundred Days: earlier missions to Edora, before the episode begins

post-episode missions to Edora, returning the refugees and offering assistance

Foothold: the mission SG-1 returns from at the start of the episode (torrential rains included)

Pretense: SG-1 takes Skaara home to Abydos

Shades of Grey: the adventures of the black ops team, before Jack shut them down

Any diplomatic mission sent by the SGC to planets visited by Makepeaces's people to smooth things over

Crystal Skull: going back to the planet to get Nick's "notes"

Nemesis: the mission on which Daniel develops appendicitis, before the episode begins

Season Four

Small Victories: adventures of SG-1 (minus Daniel) off-world, until the backup Stargate is up and running

Divide and Conquer: pre-episode missions to work on the treaty with the Tok'ra

Window of Opportunity: the mission, pre-episode, where SG-15 first met Malakai

The First Ones: first mission to P3X-888, establishing the dig

Subsequent missions to establish relationships with the Unas (or at least with Chaka, protein bars included)

Beneath the Surface: getting the brainwashed victims moved to a safer, warmer planet

Scorched Earth: before the episode, moving the Enkarans to their new planet

After the episode, moving the Enkarans to their original homeworld

Prodigy: discovery mission, pre-episode, to M4C-862

Six-week long science mission, post-discovery, including Major Griff as leader of SG-2

Daniel's mission with SG-11 that caused his absence from the episode

Chain Reaction: the mission that opens the episode, where SG-1 make it back under fire

2010: the original timeline's missions to the Aschen

The Light: Daniel's mission to the P4X-347 with SG-5

The three weeks the team stays on the planet to get over their addiction

Double Jeopardy: the first mission to Juna, when SG-1 first helped free the planet

Daniel's mission with SG-11 during the episode

missions of Robot!SG-1 through the Stargate before Juna

Season Five

Ascension: SG-16 (Reynolds!) on their missions to Orlin's planet

The Tomb: the ill-fated Russian mission that ends up with them all dead in the ziggurat

2001: the mission where the team learns of the Aschen that takes place right before the episode begins

48 Hours: the mission to P3x-116 that opens the episode, ending with Tanith's death

The Fifth Man: SG-1's mission before "Tyler" shows up

The Sentinel: SG-9's pre-episode missions to Latona to establish diplomatic relations and get access to the Sentinel

Season Six

Frozen: the establishing of the Antarctic base

The Other Guys: the original mission to set up the science team at P5X-112

Allegiance: the original mission that involved setting up the Jaffa at the Alpha Site

Sight Unseen: the mission from which SG-1 returns with the "bug-zapper"

Metamorphasis: SG-4's diastrous mission to P3X-367, pre-episode, that ends with their deaths

Death Knell: establishing the Beta Site

Memento: the intended mission of the Prometheus to P7X-009

Changeling: the disastrous ambush that leaves all Jaffa except Teal'c and Bra'tac dead

Season Seven

Fallen: the follow-up missions to Vis Uban, studying the ruins

SG-3's mission to Vis Uban which ran concurrently with SG-1's

Orpheus: Bra'tac and Ry'ac on their mission to Erebus, before they were caught

Chimera: follow-up mission to debriefing Sarah Gardener after Osiris is removed

Enemy Mine: Edwards and Lorne and their team on their mission, before the Unas interfered and SG-1 got called in

Revisions: Follow-up mission to relocate the survivors

Avenger 2.0: Daniel's mission to P3L-997 during the episode

Teal'c and Jack's aborted mission to broker a truce between rival Jaffa

Evolution: Teal'c and Bra'tac's mission to the planet where two Goa'uld are meeting

Grace: the original mission of the Prometheus to get back to Earth before they ran into trouble

Death Knell: any mission that fits into the backstory of the Beta Site and the Jaffa Rebellion and the Tok'ra

Heroes: the mission referenced by this bit of dialogue: "The mask fragment [Daniel] collected from P3X-298. It was carbon-dated to match the predynastic period of Egypt here on Earth."

SG-13's mission to P2X-787, where they met an alien that Dixon claims looked like the ultrasound of Simon Wells' baby

Resurrection: The mission, pre-episode, which required Jack to take time off to recover

Lost City: SG-2's mission to P3X-439, where they found the Ancient Repository

Season Eight

Lockdown: the aborted mission of Daniel with SG-11, which presumably took place at a later date

Zero Hour: SG-1's mission in Anubis' lab, where they were trapped

SG-8's mission to P6J-908, home of the alien kudzu

SG-2's mission to P8F-809

SG-5's mission to Amora for a trade agreement, bringing the representatives back.

Icon: Daniel's second trip to the Rand Protectorate before the third and disastrous one

Covenant: Sam's mission to the Asgard to ask about the clone

Jack and Thor at the White House

Sacrifices: Teal'c's mission to the Hak'tyl, right before the mission, where he learns of Ry'ac's impending marriage

Moebius: the adventures of SG-1 in Ancient Egypt, that left Daniel the sole survivor

Season Nine

Collateral Damage: follow-up episode in which they negotiate for use of the memory device

Ripple Effect: any of the missions of the alternate SG-1s before they arrived in "our" SGC

The Scourge: the missions in which the Gamma Site was established

scientific studies, etc. that took place on Gamma Site pre-episode, with or without Ori bugs

Ex Deus Machina: How Ba'al, Athena, and the Trust established themselves on Earth

Season Ten

Insiders: Daniel's research on Camelot during the episode

Uninvited: Daniel in England during the episode

Line in the Sand: SG-2's initial missions to P9C-882

SG-1's mission to test the cloaking device, just before the episode begins

Comments

[magistrate]

I would like [Emancipation: the referenced mission to P3X-595 where Sam "drank that stuff that made you take..."], and I feel like I had title ideas for each of the first four letters of the alphabet, but now I can't remember any of them, so feel free to give me any English letter you'd like. :)

[fignewton]

You are first, so you get the letter A!

[jedibuttercup]

Sign me up again, because apparently I am eternally weak for this challenge. :)

I think ... the Zero Hour one sounds fun? Any letter you like. (Except maybe G; I think that's the only one I've had twice already.)

[fignewton]

I'll give you Z for Zero Hour :) but please specify which "mission" you had in mind - there are several listed.

[sg_wonderland]

Avenger 2.0, please. I already have kind of an idea.

"Want me to shoot Felger for you?" Jack asked hopefully.

[fignewton]

I'm all for shooting Felger :D - and, in fact, I am giving you F for that very reason - but please specify which Avenger 2.0 mission you are taking, as there are two listed.

[gategremlyn]

I'll take Beneath the Surface, with any letter you like.

[fignewton]

B is for Brainwashed!

[sg1jb]

May I please have 'The Light: The three weeks the team stays on the planet to get over their addiction'

I can live with whatever letter you decide, although I like vowels the best :-)

[fignewton]

I think we can spare you a vowel. I won't even make it a Y. ;) You've got O.

[goddess47]

I'll work with [Chain Reaction: the mission that opens the episode, where SG-1 make it back under fire]

I'll take any letter you like at this point and see what I can do with it!

[fignewton]

Great! See what you can do with the letter Q.

[eilidh17]

Fallen please, because there is something about ruins and Daniel and exploring and... stuff xx

[fignewton]

Great! I'm giving you E.

Edit: I've inferred from your comment that you mean the first mission listed under Fallen, not the second. If I'm wrong, please let me know.

[sg1_danny]

I will take - Crystal Skull: going back to the planet to get Nick's "notes"

[fignewton]

Fantastic! You've got N for Nick (or for whatever you come up with!)

[solstice0612]

Hi!

May I take "2010: the original timeline's missions to the Aschen"?

Also, a question: if a relationship is canon, say, like Carter and Joe Faxon, or even implied, like Daniel and Janet, how do you deal with it in a gen story?

I can see bypassing Daniel/Janet, but hard to ignore Sam/Joe. One would have to explain at some point how that came to be. However, I'm not planning my story to focus on that but figuring out who the Aschen were.

Thanks!

[fignewton]

Ooh, that sounds fascinating!

Canon ships may be referenced but not the main focus. I agree that it would be difficult to discuss the original timeline without a bit of Sam/Joe creeping into the mix, and as long as the romance isn't the focus of the story, you can manage just fine.

I'm giving you X in Joe's honor. :)

[ancientmuse]

Could I have the Pretense mission, please?

[fignewton]

P for Pretense is all yours!

[stringertheory]

What the hey, let's give it a whirl. Gimme Line in the Sand: SG-1's mission to test the cloaking device, just before the episode begins. Throw a letter at it, see what sticks.

[fignewton]

Great! I'm throwing you a V.

[topazowl]

Hi, I'll take uninvited - I asked for the crystal skull but I must have asked in the wrong place!!! My fault! I can write about Daniel's adventures in the UK! (Perhaps he went with Jack!!!)

[fignewton]

I'm sorry I never saw your Crystal Skull request :( but it sounds like Daniel in the UK will be fun for you!

U for UK. And remember, GEN. Even if Jack is along for the ride. ;D

[ivorygates]

Chimera: follow-up mission to debriefing Sarah Gardener after Osiris is removed

-or-

The First Ones: first mission to P3X-888, establishing the dig

I'll take a letter, please!

[fignewton]

I'm giving you L, but as both of the missions you suggest is available, please tell me which one to cross out in the pool.

Glad you're joining us . :)

[thothmes]

I'm so sorry, Fig! On 7/10 I had a first-ever, no-obvious-precipitating-cause grand mal seizure. I'm now on anti-seizure meds and scheduled for brain surgery on the 16th. It turns out that when they did imaging in order to figure out what was going on, it turned out that a goodly portion of the right frontal lobe was missing, as in replaced by a startlingly large sub-arachnoid cyst. I've probably been that way right from the start, and nobody knows why it waited until after my sixtieth birthday to do this.

Anyway, the plan is to go in and connect the cyst (a self-contained pocket of the normal cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain, and nothing malignant) to the brain's regular cerebrospinal fluid circulation, thus robbing the cyst of the ability to expand and put pressure on my poor beleaguered brain. Given the thinness of the spot they need to punch through, it's about as safe and routine as brain surgeries can be. Please don't worry about me. I feel like me, have no deficits, and expect that to be true after all is said and done.

Anyway, you can see why in spite of wanting to help, this time I'm going to sit this one out. I hope others out there won't be able to compete with me in the excuse front, and will go quietly to the sign ups.

[fignewton]

Whew. Take good care of yourself. We'll be thinking of you and your family.

[smilebackwards]

I always wondered how there were so many fics with the A is for something title convention! I'll see if I can get something written quickly.

Double Jeopardy: missions of Robot!SG-1 through the Stargate before Juna

I'll take S if it's still available. If not, D or R.

[fignewton]

Oooh, I was hoping someone would pick this one! :D

S is available, and I'm glad you're joining us!

I don't think the SG-1 Alphabet Soups are the only source for the "A is for..." format in titles, but I will gleefully claim credit to a large percentage of them.

[marzipan77]

Last minute me would like to take the Divide and Conquer prompt - negotiating with the Tok'ra before the ep. I promise to have it done today or tomorrow. Okay? Any letter is fine.

[fignewton]

Excellent! U is for thank u. :)

And if it takes an extra day or so, it'll still be good.

[stringertheory]

I think I can manage another. Let's go with "Solitudes: Teal'c's adventures through the Stargate, trying to find Jack and Sam" and see what happens. I'll try to get something up this weekend.

[fignewton]

Great! Try the letter I.

[sg_wonderland]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15767052

G is for Games - follow up to get the chairs. I gave myself a letter.

[fignewton]

Hurray for extra fic! :D

Univited

[topazowl]

I’d like to write about Daniel in England

Re: Univited

[fignewton]

Great! U is still unclaimed, so go with that.

[goddess47]

Now that I finished one, I'm pretty sure you have letters left...

I'll take the "Death Knell: any mission that fits into the backstory of the Beta Site and the Jaffa Rebellion and the Tok'ra"

Thanks!

[fignewton]

Excellent! How about J? For Jaffa. Or whatever you please. :)

[stringertheory]

Um, hi? *waves*

So, I’ve gotten back into writing recently, and I found a drabble I had started for another of these prompts. And I got inspired. So… if you’d like a (very, very) late offering of some additional soup, I have one for you?

It’s for Season One - Emancipation: the referenced mission to P3X-595 where Sam "drank that stuff that made you take..." And I named it “Miscalculation” so the letter M and I can add this to the Soup post, if you want. Just let me know. :D

[fignewton]

Please please YES. :D

I haven't written new fic in 2 years, and one reason why is that I want to restart this, which... makes no sense, I know. But. Still.

Keep me posted! Literally. ;)