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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 oneis 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
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
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
The Enemy Within: the mission at the end of the episode, when the team walks through the Stargate
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
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
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
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
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
Season Four
Small Victories: adventures of SG-1 (minus Daniel) off-world, until the backup Stargate is up and running
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)
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
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
Double Jeopardy: the first mission to Juna, when SG-1 first helped free the planet
Daniel's mission with SG-11 during the episode
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:
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
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:
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-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
Line in the Sand: SG-2's initial missions to P9C-882
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Q is for Quetzalcóatl, by Goddess47 ([G])
Summary: Coming in hot from yet another mission gone bad.
Word count: 465
Characters: Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c
Era: Classic team
For the Off-Screen Missions soup; Chain Reaction (season 4), the mission that opens the episode, where SG-1 make it back under fire and the letter "Q"
Meep! It was a year ago I signed up for this... sorry,
Excerpt: "Daniel, you can dial the gate any time now," Jack called patiently over his shoulder. "Voldemort is sending in reinforcements and I don't know how much longer we can hold this position."
Link: Q is for Quetzalcóatl
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