"Hardly a shame!" exclaimed Kyle, in Greek.

In reply to Kyle McGuinness (msg # 74):

Jackie smiles.

"Mr. McGuiness is right. Tis not a shame. Tis an honor. It causes people to like you more."

Dillon half turned away from the conversation for a moment as Fox's radioed him.  "Copy.  Fall back a safe distance from the gate, and try to find out what it is without being seen.  Keep me updated. Over." he replied into the radio before turning back to the conversation.  "My team at the gate is reporting something moving towards it, is there anyone on this planet besides you and your people?". He asked.

In reply to Joshua Dillon (msg # 76):

Jackie translates and waits for an answer.

"Not that I am aware," Crom replies. "There are other clans of the Croma, and we trade occasionally with a few of them. It's mostly seasonal, but it's the trade season at the moment."

"I suppose it could be a snarl. That's a predator, about 200 pounds. It's never come near the gate before. Perhaps adverse weather has forced it into new territory."

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 78):

Jackie makes sure Kyle is translating that. If he isn't she translates.


"If it is just a predator, Major, I suggest just taking it down. That is if it gets to close to them. If not let it be."
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Josh took a moment to speak into the radio again, keeping his voice low, aware of the fact that loud noises from Fox's radio might give away his position. "Fox, our hosts say there are a few other clans of their kind on the planet, it might be a trading party, but they say there is no other intelligent life.  It may also be some sort of large predator called a Snarl.  Avoid contact if possible, kill it of you have to.  Over."

Josh turned back to Crom.  "Sorry about that.  Back to what you were saying about your separation from the Goa'uld, I'm curious, have you ever encountered a group called the Tok'ra?"

In reply to Joshua Dillon (msg # 80):

Jackie continues translating. While wondering if Crom inspired Conan's god.

"Ah. The Tok'ra. From the nature of your question, I gather they are not mythical any more?" Crom replies. "In my time, that is all they were. We were never able to track down where the myth started, but for Anubis and Ra, they were the Enemy. Yet since there was no proof these Tok'ra existed, they had to walk a fine line between denying them and acknowledging they were real. Most of the other Goa'uld, however, dismissed them as fabrications made up by the uneducated, who ascribed all sorts of fanciful abilities and powers to them... fire-breathing, invisible, death with a glance... that sort of thing."

"So you are saying that they are real? And you think they and I would... get along?"

Kyle translates Crom's words to Dillon and adds "As far as I have read, the Tok'ra are hostile to any Gou'ald, however 'reformed' and well-behaved - they may take some persuading that this guy's OK."

In reply to Kyle McGuinness (msg # 83):

Jackie continues to Crom.


"Yeah but they aren't really different."

"I was curious if you had encountered them, as some of your ideals seem similar to some of theirs.  I wonder, what do you think of their practice of sharing the host body with the consciousness of their host?"  Dillon asked through translation.

In reply to Joshua Dillon (msg # 85):

Jackie translated and waited for an answer.

Crom patiently waits for Jackie to translate what Joshua said, and then replies.

"It does not sound like a very efficient arrangement, nor a practical one. Perhaps the Tok'ra are not the same type of Goa'uld."

"My host went horribly insane upon joining, even though he was on the verge of death. I could heal his physical form, but was not able to heal his mind."

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 87):

Jackie smiles.


"I have heard they have ways of healing the minds of the host or the symbiot. No offense but that is what a Go'auld is."

In the middle of their conversation, Major Dillon (maybe) hears the following message over his radio.

"Jaffa inbound. 20 in two skirmish lines. Moving slow."

In reply to Jason Bjorn (msg # 89):

Jackie's smile turns into a frown in a second.

"Crom, do you know why their are Jaffa here?"

Dillon assumed that Carter had asked the very same question that had come to his mind when he heard there were Jaffa approaching the gate.  He waited patiently to see how Crom would respond to the question.

"There are no Jaffa here!" Crom protests. "What sort of game are you playing at?"

"Wait! What are you doing?"

He points out the door, and those who look notice that the waterfall seems to have less water coming down, and it reduces even more as you watch.

He reaches into a pocket and when his hand comes out, it has a ribbon device on it.

"Stop it right now!" he nearly shouts at the SG team.

"Quick, Bir'rikka! Take troops up to the roof and find out what is happening!"

Kyle whispered translations rapidly into Dillon's ear, then turns when Crom points to look at the waterfall.

"Has the bucket system been interefered with?" he muses, then recasts the enquiry in Greek - "How is the waterfall controlled? From where?" he asks.

"I assure you my people are nowhere near your waterfall."  Dillon kept his responses short so Kyle could translate them quickly.  "Someone else is on this planet, and they appear to be Jaffa."  Dillon didn't quite believe Crom's outrage, he had to know about the presence of a group of Jaffa that large, if they were not from this planet than they had to come through the gate, and with the Crommite's settlement so close to the gate it would have been impossible for them to miss a group that size coming through.  Something didn't add up, but for now it wouldn't do them any good if Crom distrusted them.  "I assure you my people are here peacefully, that is why we came unarmed when invited into your home.  We are at war with the system lords and we will gladly help you defend your home against them.  If someone is messing with the waterfall it means they know you're here and they plan on attacking.  Do you have a back way out of this base?  We'll all be safer in the forest, and we may just be able to ambush these Jaffa."

Kyle translated Dillon's words as carefully as he could. Things were precarious enough and a word wrong could send them over the edge. Suddenly, he felt rather nervous.

In reply to Kyle McGuinness (msg # 95):


Jackie looked at the Major.

"Do we know which Go'auld these Jaffa are with?"

As if in answer to Jackie's question, the following comes over the radios.


"Major, we got a major freak goin' on here! The Jaffa... aren't exactly Jaffa. They're... um, kinda like... uh, lizard-men!"

"Honest, Major! I'm not smokin' anything, though now I wish I was! They're some sort of humanoid reptile... don't know if they are snakes, lizards, gators or what, but look kind of like a bit of all three."

"They're wearing a harness with what looks like a System Lord emblem in the middle, and they got staff weapons. No armor that I can see."

In reply to Jason Bjorn (msg # 97):

Jackie quirks up. Then activates the radio.




"Describe the symbol."