Second Front by Grav-ity (PG-13-by reccer)

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Rec Category: Janet Fraiser

Pairing: Daniel/Janet
Category:episode related, AU, Jacob Carter, Rodney McKay, action/adventure, drama
Warning: warfare, het, character deaths
Author on LJ: grav_ity
Author's Website: Gravity Not Included

Link: Second Front

Why this must be read:

“Tomorrow this either stops existing, or I start a war because you’re all dead and there’s no one else left to do it"

Most stories in the SG1 verse have SG1 saving the day, with Janet being safely in the infirmary waiting to deal with the after effects. Second Front gives her the opportunity to be on the front line. What makes this story even more unusual is that she isn't assisting SG1, she's leading the unlikely group of Jacob, Rodney, Walter and Major Griff. Based on the idea that SG1 didn't succeed in 2010, Janet promised Daniel that she would help to free their people from the Aschen

In 2010 Janet made reference to the fact that her job no longer really existed. This idea is expanded upon in Second Front, with Janet trying to reconcile the doctor side of herself with the side that had to kill Aschen to achieve their goals. 

There is only a small amount of Daniel/Janet in this fic, but the understanding they reach makes you wish that they had been able to stay together

Four people died yesterday,” she began with out any preamble. “They were good friends of mine, and they died trying to save us from an enemy we don’t even see. The Goa’uld were an enemy we could see. They came in ships and fired weapons and gloated at their ability to wipe us from the face of this planet.

“But we were saved.” Jacob let out the breath he hadn’t realized he’d been holding. She was going to do it. “We were saved by a race who have made us strangers in our own home. By a race who have rendered nine tenths of our population infertile. By a race who plan to turn Jupiter into a star and fry us off the very planet we fought so hard to protect.”

The screen split. As Janet continued speaking on the left, the right side of the screen filled with the charts and pictures she and McKay had created to explain the science. The information was perfectly distilled, and Janet never faltered as she read off each damning detail.

“I took an oath once,” Janet said as the screen went back to normal. “I swore to do no harm. And I am going to break that promise. Because I have also sworn to protect my country. Because I was part of an organization bound to protecting this world. Because on Monday, when a friend asked me to play my part in this, I told him yes.

“Jack O’Neill, Sam Carter, Teal’c and Daniel Jackson have already died for us.” Janet’s voice was charged with emotion, and her eyes were bright with unshed tears and something else Jacob recognized as pure determination. “I am Janet Fraiser, and I refuse to let their sacrifices go to waste. I will fight for this planet. I will fight the Aschen