stargateficrec | "Meeting of Minds" by sef1029 (PG

Greetings All! I'm Rigel (

linnet_101) and I'll be recommending some of the Sam!Fic goodness I have bookmarked over the past year. My taste is pretty eclectic, but I tend to favour a good story with a strong Sam flavour. :D

Rec Category: Samantha Carter
Pairing: Gen
Category: Action/Adventure, Episode Related, POV
Warning: Spoilers up to season 7
Author on LJ:

sef1029
Author's Website: Fiction by Sef1029
Link: A Meeting of Minds

Summary: SG1 travel back to P5S-381 to meet with the Gadmeer, who have requested the presence of Daniel Jackson.

Why This Must Be Read:

This excellent fic works as a follow up to the episode "Scorched Earth" - which you all might recall as an SG1-grey-area-of-ethics-colliding-with-orders, especially for Sam. This fic is set in early season 7, and is told from Sam's POV.

It's an exploration of the implications of advanced alien technology, and how the SGC (and the rest of humanity) must balance their desire for advancement against the sensibilities of their allies. It also touches on many of the unresolved tensions from "Scorched Earth."

It's a brilliant teamfic, and Sam's voice is very strong throughout.

snippet of fic

I cupped my hands over a candle flame, letting it warm my fingers. "I hope so, Teal'c. The truth is, I could have lived with the loss of the Gadmeer ship. I couldn't have stood by and watched real Enkarans go up in flames. I wish I'd told the colonel that instead of letting him carry that all by himself."

"He is the commander. Whether you agreed or not, the decision was still his. You could not change that."

"Yes. Well, I'm glad I don't have his job."

"You will someday, Major Carter."

"You think?" There was a time when that was all I wanted. Well, that, and then the general's job, too. Not any more. I've seen too much of what those two men have had to endure. And, as I close in on forty, I've grown to dislike changes that take me away from the people I love. "And what will you do then, Teal'c?"

"SG-1 cannot endure forever in its present form," he said. "Colonel O'Neill has aged under his burden. Daniel Jackson's gifts are too important to risk him offworld with such frequency. And the time is coming when I must return to Chulak and the Jaffa, and play my role in their rebellion against the Goa'uld. You will remain, our legacy to the SGC."

"What if that's not what I want?"

Teal'c frowned. "Fate, or choice, may always intervene. You do not wish to assume O'Neill's place?"

"I don't know. I just want to be Major Carter, SG-1, for as long as I can."