As the doctor sympathized with him in his numbed shock of understanding he wasn’t sure if he felt better because of her skill as a psychologist or the fact that a beautiful girl was talking to him; after a moment he realized it was a probably both. “Yeah, it’s pretty exciting.” He said with a smile. And then in a rare moment of genuine emotion his smile grew as wide as his eyes. “Actually, it’s pretty fuckin’ amazing!” He said as he shook his head from side to side. However; just as quickly as his smile appeared he regained control and stood. “Sorry, apparently sleep deprivation makes me lose control of my language filter.”<br/><br/>“It was nice meeting you as well Doctor Randall. I’m sure we’ll see plenty of each other in the near future.” He said as he shook her hand warmly. He felt like he had been staring at her again and forced himself to release her hand and head for the door. Pausing as he opened the door he quickly turned around and picked up his files. “I should take these with me, they might come in handy.” He said with a laugh.<br/><br/>Scott had slept, not much but he had gotten a few hours of sleep at least and that was enough to hold him over for a while anyway. There was little preparation that needed to be done at the Cheyenne Mountain base; apparently everything they would need was at the Icarus base. Scott assembled and briefed his team and was a bit surprised to learn that only one other military subject had never been through a Stargate.<br/><br/>Once the wormhole stabilized and it was time to step through, he had to admit to himself how scared he actually was. He wanted to be the first to step through. He took pride in his leadership skills and as a leader he would never ask anyone in his command to do anything he himself was unwilling to do. It was part of the “first in, last out” mentality of Marines in general and of a good leader. That and he was anxious to try it; like being first in line for a roller coaster…<br/><br/>There was only the slightest bit of resistance as he stepped through the blue puddle of the event horizon, a cool breeze of air on his face and in his lungs and then…that was it. He took another step and he was standing on a planet other than the one he was born on. In just a few steps he had moved several hundred light-years across space and onto a whole new planet!<br/><br/>Scott stared in awe at the strange sky above him as he waited for everyone to arrive. Finally, after everyone came through, they were escorted to a military base that appeared to be mostly underground. There were still a few more meetings and he still had to review the equipment and weapons loadouts before they would get the green light to begin the most amazing mission of any of their lives.<br/>