Now Daniel just had to sound like he was on Jack’s side. And if Jack bought that after vetoing Daniel’s inclusion with the translation or archeological staff, then he deserved to get played. “Suggest that Sumner and Weir do a few war game simulations. You know what sort of situations we’ve run into,” Daniel said.
“And so does she.” Jack leaned against the edge of the table. “She’s read all the mission reports, so we aren’t going to catch her out.”
“Really? What if there is a hostile civilization based in the ocean like Nem? What if there are flying predators or what if they run into werewolves or vampires or zombies?”
“Zombies?” Jack’s disdain dripped from his words.
Daniel crossed his arms. “All mythology has a basis in fact, and even if one discounts the possibility of tetradotoxin in voodoo powders being used to corrode a person’s free will as Wade Davis suggests, you still can’t ignore the damage done to the brain by diseases such as sleeping sickness and rabies. These cause zombie-like behavior. And then there’s leprosy, which can present with rotting and decaying body parts. What’s to say the expedition won’t run into some plague or enemy that was the basis for some piece of mythology?”
“Not this lecture again.”
If Jack ever listened to reason, Daniel wouldn’t have to repeat himself. “Hey, look at it this way, you can spend lots of time creating war games with alien viruses that mimic vampire attacks.”
Jack looked tempted.
“And you can tell the President that you want to test different officers to see how they work with Weir. Have Colonel Barnes and Colonel Davis run simulations with her.”
“And what am I supposed to tell Sumner?” Jack asked, which meant he was moving onto the logistics of making this happen.
“That you’re trying to get the President to see that Weir has no experience with frontline tactics no matter who she’s with, and point out that Dixon has a wife that he wouldn’t leave. You can honestly tell him that you don’t plan to replace him.”
When Jack sighed, Daniel knew he had won. Now he just had to make sure Jack’s stubborn streak didn’t lead the lug to back himself into a corner.
“Just think about it,” Daniel said before he walked away. If he knew Jack, and he did, Jack would wait an hour before he called the President with his concerns.
And in two hours, Daniel would call the President and ask to participate in those tests. If Weir was acceptable as a civilian leader, then Daniel should get a shot at the job. She might know Earth politics, but Daniel had negotiated more treaties than anyone else in the SGC. So it was time for Daniel to forget playing nice with Jack and take what he wanted.
DANG, that boy is clever! Getting Jack to convince the President to agree to testing Weir, & then planning to get the President to overrule Jack's determination to keep Daniel off Atlantis-brilliant tactics. <3 <3
Oh yeah. If Daniel really sets his mind to it there is no way they could defeat him. He knows all the tricks of the SGC political games and he knows how to handle Jack. Interesting to see him argue for the military mindset so strongly.
“And so does she.” Jack leaned against the edge of the table. “She’s read all the mission reports, so we aren’t going to catch her out.”
“Really? What if there is a hostile civilization based in the ocean like Nem? What if there are flying predators or what if they run into werewolves or vampires or zombies?”
“Zombies?” Jack’s disdain dripped from his words.
Daniel crossed his arms. “All mythology has a basis in fact, and even if one discounts the possibility of tetradotoxin in voodoo powders being used to corrode a person’s free will as Wade Davis suggests, you still can’t ignore the damage done to the brain by diseases such as sleeping sickness and rabies. These cause zombie-like behavior. And then there’s leprosy, which can present with rotting and decaying body parts. What’s to say the expedition won’t run into some plague or enemy that was the basis for some piece of mythology?”
“Not this lecture again.”
If Jack ever listened to reason, Daniel wouldn’t have to repeat himself. “Hey, look at it this way, you can spend lots of time creating war games with alien viruses that mimic vampire attacks.”
Jack looked tempted.
“And you can tell the President that you want to test different officers to see how they work with Weir. Have Colonel Barnes and Colonel Davis run simulations with her.”
“And what am I supposed to tell Sumner?” Jack asked, which meant he was moving onto the logistics of making this happen.
“That you’re trying to get the President to see that Weir has no experience with frontline tactics no matter who she’s with, and point out that Dixon has a wife that he wouldn’t leave. You can honestly tell him that you don’t plan to replace him.”
When Jack sighed, Daniel knew he had won. Now he just had to make sure Jack’s stubborn streak didn’t lead the lug to back himself into a corner.
“Just think about it,” Daniel said before he walked away. If he knew Jack, and he did, Jack would wait an hour before he called the President with his concerns.
And in two hours, Daniel would call the President and ask to participate in those tests. If Weir was acceptable as a civilian leader, then Daniel should get a shot at the job. She might know Earth politics, but Daniel had negotiated more treaties than anyone else in the SGC. So it was time for Daniel to forget playing nice with Jack and take what he wanted.
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Oh you so rock! Thank you! Now my imagination is running all around envisioning scenarios and what could happen next.
Thank you thank you.
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Sneaky Daniel is awesome!
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