[b]Williams[/b]

The debrief was well underway, all they were waiting on now was the return of the Tok'ra from the Al'kesh excursion though that could wait until later. This was a far more important matter that needed attended too. He walked into the briefing room, fashionably late. With several briefings in hand. Colonel Blaze was about to speak but he raised his hand. "Your debrief can wait Colonel. There is a more urgent matter to attend to presently." He straightened his tie on his suit, identical to those he wore every other day. He put down the briefing and slid it over to Rea'c and the Captain. This drew a look from the Colonel however he ignored it. "We've lost contact with Langara, or we thought we had. Recently we received a call for aid from the planet. They have been invaded by forces of the Lucian Alliance. As per our treaty we have to protect them, not only for the people on the planet however also for our own men and women aboard the Destiny. As some of you know Langara is one of the few planets with a core of naquadah capable of powering the gate to dial the ninth chevron to the [i]Destiny[/i]."

"We have been tasked for rescue operations as we are the closest vessel, We will have no backup as the Apollo is in drydock after a skirmish with the Alliance and the Odyssey is off fighting on another front. We do not currently know the disposition or size of the enemy forces however they will be heavily defending this planet as it is their way onto the ship they have wanted for so long." Now for the slightly unpleasant business that he had to attend to . "Colonel Blaze, after evaluation I need to have another meeting with you. Rea'c will act as your second in command and prepare your team and co-ordinate with the other Squad Leaders." He turned to the Captain. 

"We have a recon probe being shipped aboard from Earth. It has a fast burning engine so if we drop out of hyperspace outside of sensor range we can deploy the probe to get sensor readings on the enemy forces. Once we are engaged in combat you will have full control over the ship and assets." He mainly mentioned that as procedure rather than the fact he actually needed to, he also felt that with the people in the room he should show who was really in command. "We leave as soon as Ariadne and the probe are aboard."

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[b]Tonak[/b]

So, the spy had pulled through. They were coming, and it was the [i]Langford[/i]. Everything seemed to be going well and exactly too plan. No matter how this mission went their goals would be achieved here. He tapped his communicator. "Get ready Dey. They're coming now, the ships are yours. Use them as you see fit. Just remember what we have learned about the hostile vessels and don't expose your own weaknesses." 

He walked up to the railing of the walkway watching as the gate was lowered into the power facility, it had been removed after a bit of a scuffle between the Tauri and the Langarians that had resulted in the protection treaty. They hadn't done such a good job at disassembling it though as the facility was frankly far too important. He looked as the gate was put into place. To no-one in particular he spoke. "Well, let's get started."