Many of them weren't impressed that John inherited the role of CO after Sumner was taken. He had a reputation - someone who couldn't obey orders shouldn't be in a position to be giving them. The fact that his first act as CO was to order a pointless suicide mission was only the icing on the cake. At least he wouldn't be CO for long.
And then the gate activated and their missing men came home.
It was a moment many of them played again in their minds later, when a mission went south, or an order seemed unreasonable, or life in the Pegasus Galaxy was that little bit more insane than usual. Their CO would walk into a Wraith Hive Ship for any one of them, and that knowledge did more to ensure their loyalty than anything else ever could.
2: Under siegeToo many of them had served under the kind of CO who sits behind a desk and gives orders, never risking his own life in the field despite asking his men to do so. Assignments such as those are the ones with the highest transfer rates, and often the highest casualty rates
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Great list! I love the idea of Sheppard seeming sane compared to O'Neill, and the temporary and selective blindness that goes around the SGC. And #5 is both true and heartbreaking.
Hee, thank you ^^ When aliens have made you do it that many times, you learn to ignore things you don't want to see ;D And yeah, I'd watched Adrift right before I wrote this, and I had to work it in somehow.
I love these ♥ Especially 2 and 3. I adore John for being a commander from the front of the line, and any comparison between Jack and John makes me indescribably happy. And this was my prompt, so thanks for writing it!
Five times John’s men were proud to have him as a CObluflamingoJune 17 2009, 22:20:58 UTC
1. When he led the military soccer team to victory against the scientists, despite the scientists fielding three Brits who claimed to know the rules better. Not that there was any doubt that the military team would win, of course. 5-2 was a nice victory margin though
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Re: Five times John’s men were proud to have him as a COskieswideopenJune 22 2009, 04:21:48 UTC
I love this list. The first one in particular really appeals to me, perhaps because that really seems like something the military would take pride in. And #4 is hilarious, and captures the military perspective very well.
Five times John's men were proud to have him as a CO (part 2)smilebackwardsJune 20 2009, 20:16:32 UTC
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Lieutenant Leon Kappel is one of three German soldiers stationed on Atlantis. Atlantis may be an international venture, but the military is overwhelmingly American.
It doesn’t usually bother him. The Marines are well-trained and they perform their duties admirably. And it’s not that they’re hostile, or even unfriendly. It’s just that they have this sense of community that Leon is outside of. Sometimes they look at the flag patch on his left arm, and when they see black, red and yellow instead of red, white and blue, something about them feels far away, dismissive.
Leon shrugs it off. Kein problem.Still, when his gateteam is assigned to a mission with Colonel Sheppard’s team, it feels like a chance to prove himself. He’s gearing up in the ready-room when Sheppard strolls in, nodding in greeting
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Re: Five times John's men were proud to have him as a CO (part 2)scrollgirlJuly 3 2009, 20:11:18 UTC
Sheppard looks at him carefully, and as he shrugs on his BDU jacket, he very deliberately removes his American flag patch before his Atlantis one.
Leon feels something inside himself warm and salutes, can’t not. Sheppard gives him a crooked smile and salutes back.
*happy sigh* I adore this especially. Yes, yes, not all the military are American! It's an international expedition, and there are military from around the world, as well as scientists. I'm so glad someone remembers them :)
And #4, because yes, the SGC military aren't just grunts with guns. They are smart and capable and have been working with alien technology longer than the Atlantis scientists have. Just because they didn't spend their adult lives in universities doesn't mean they aren't highly intelligent and good at science.
Five times John's men were proud to have him as a CO (part 3)smilebackwardsJune 20 2009, 20:18:13 UTC
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Major Evan Lorne has a secret hidey-hole in Atlantis that he likes to escape to when the endless drag of paperwork gets to be too much or Parrish gets it into his head that they should go back to the planet of the human-size Venus Flytraps for “-just one more specimen, Major, please.” It’s a balcony high up in one of the empty buildings lining the West Pier. He likes to watch the sun set, to smear red and gold paint across a clean white canvas and know he’ll never be able to capture the beauty
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Many of them weren't impressed that John inherited the role of CO after Sumner was taken. He had a reputation - someone who couldn't obey orders shouldn't be in a position to be giving them. The fact that his first act as CO was to order a pointless suicide mission was only the icing on the cake. At least he wouldn't be CO for long.
And then the gate activated and their missing men came home.
It was a moment many of them played again in their minds later, when a mission went south, or an order seemed unreasonable, or life in the Pegasus Galaxy was that little bit more insane than usual. Their CO would walk into a Wraith Hive Ship for any one of them, and that knowledge did more to ensure their loyalty than anything else ever could.
2: Under siegeToo many of them had served under the kind of CO who sits behind a desk and gives orders, never risking his own life in the field despite asking his men to do so. Assignments such as those are the ones with the highest transfer rates, and often the highest casualty rates ( ... )
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And #4 is hilarious, and captures the military perspective very well.
Yeah-I imagine them looking at McKay and Sheppard and going 'well, there must be *something* Sheppard likes about him' doubtfully.
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Lieutenant Leon Kappel is one of three German soldiers stationed on Atlantis. Atlantis may be an international venture, but the military is overwhelmingly American.
It doesn’t usually bother him. The Marines are well-trained and they perform their duties admirably. And it’s not that they’re hostile, or even unfriendly. It’s just that they have this sense of community that Leon is outside of. Sometimes they look at the flag patch on his left arm, and when they see black, red and yellow instead of red, white and blue, something about them feels far away, dismissive.
Leon shrugs it off. Kein problem.Still, when his gateteam is assigned to a mission with Colonel Sheppard’s team, it feels like a chance to prove himself. He’s gearing up in the ready-room when Sheppard strolls in, nodding in greeting ( ... )
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Leon feels something inside himself warm and salutes, can’t not. Sheppard gives him a crooked smile and salutes back.
*happy sigh* I adore this especially. Yes, yes, not all the military are American! It's an international expedition, and there are military from around the world, as well as scientists. I'm so glad someone remembers them :)
And #4, because yes, the SGC military aren't just grunts with guns. They are smart and capable and have been working with alien technology longer than the Atlantis scientists have. Just because they didn't spend their adult lives in universities doesn't mean they aren't highly intelligent and good at science.
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Major Evan Lorne has a secret hidey-hole in Atlantis that he likes to escape to when the endless drag of paperwork gets to be too much or Parrish gets it into his head that they should go back to the planet of the human-size Venus Flytraps for “-just one more specimen, Major, please.” It’s a balcony high up in one of the empty buildings lining the West Pier. He likes to watch the sun set, to smear red and gold paint across a clean white canvas and know he’ll never be able to capture the beauty ( ... )
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