AFT SG-1: General O'Neill briefs the new president about the Stargate programme

[dieastra]

Today was a very special day for my homecity Dresden: US president Barack Obama came for a quick visit. It was a great honor for all of us.


I want to show you some action figure theater: General Jack O'Neill is briefing the new president about the Stargate programme. Because of the lenght of the story I put most of it behind an LJ cut. Enjoy!

A huge Thank you goes to lolmac for the beta of the English dialogue!

Aus diesem Anlass möchte ich Euch eine weitere Actionfigurentheater-Geschichte präsentieren: General O'Neill weiht den neuen Präsidenten in das Stargate-Programm ein. Weil die Story so lang ist, habe ich einen Teil hinter einem Link versteckt. Viel Spaß damit!

Jack: [knocking] Knock, knock. Do you have a minute, Mister President?



Obama: [inviting] General O’Neill! Sure, come on in. How’s the fishing?



Jack: [jovial] I’m just on my way. But there are important matters I have to discuss with you first, Sir. I’m here to officially brief you on the Stargate programme.



Obama: Star- what?





English conclusion:

Jack: The Stargate, sir. It’s an alien doohickey, a kind of round spinny thing, which…

Obama: Round spinny thing? Is that a technical term?

Jack: [shrugging] Not exactly. Carter could explain it so much better than I.

Obama: [wondering] Well, then why didn’t you bring her with you?

Jack: [wincing] Actually, I did, sir. If you please could help me with the backpack?



Sam: Colonel Samantha Carter reporting, sir!



Obama: [gaping]



Sam: [apologizing] Sorry, Mister President. There was an accident in Dr. Lee’s laboratory, which resulted in a massive case of…

Jack: [interrupting] He shrunk Carter.

Sam: [annoyed] I’m sure we’ll soon be able to reverse it. Anyway, this is a model of the Stargate. It’s made of naquadah, measuring roughly 22 feet in diameter and weighing about 64,000 pounds. It breaks down matter into patterns of energy and then…



Jack: [zoning out and only hearing technobabble naquadah technobabble subspace technobabble vortex technobabble Event Horizon technobabble wormhole]

Obama: [wondering] What is a wormhole?

Sam: It’s called a wormhole because…



Jack: [piping up] Oh please, not the analogy with the apple again!

Sam: [glaring] … it goes through space like a worm through an apple. It’s controlled with a DHD – that’s short for a Dial Home Device



Jack: By the way, Mister President, I have a present for you. It’s called a GDO. If you ever happen to be on the wrong side of the Stargate, just punch those numbers, and we’ll open the door for you.

Obama: Thank you, Jack, but I don’t think that will be necessary. How could I end up on the wrong side of the Stargate anyway?



Jack: [mumbling] Thor, old buddy, this is your signal. Take him for a ride!

Obama: [vanishing]



Jack: [suspicious] Just what else do you have in that bag of yours, Carter?



Sam: [blushing] Um, nothing, sir.

Jack: [insisting] Lemme see!



Jack: You have a doll? Of ME?!?



Sam: [trying to find a rabbit hole]

Jack: [bemused] I wonder if her getting smaller has been an accident after all.

End of story

Related links:

I'm famous *thud*

Pictures of Obama in Dresden part 1

Pictures of Obama in Dresden part 2




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Comments

[a-loquita.livejournal.com]

*laughs and laughs*

The mini!Sam in the backpack just kills me! Hahaha. Brilliant! :)

[colej55.livejournal.com]

You crack me up! This was brilliant!!!

I'm glad you had the honor of having Mr. Obama visit. It must have been very exciting! I've never seen him "live", although I originally come from his home state of Illinois. It kind of creeps me out to think that one man is looked to as the "leader of the free world". That's far too much power and responsibility for one person!

[supplyship.livejournal.com]

Mini Carter in the backpack, hahahaha!!! I think that might be Jack's dream-come-true: to have a pocket-sized Carter he can take with him everywhere. :D

I love that you have an Obama figure! (And yay that he visited your home city!)

The last frame is hilarious!

[ziparumpazoo]

*laughing and laughing*
Oh this is just amazing. (and love Thor's beam-out light - I have no idea what the technical term is). And Tiny!Sam with even tinier!jack.

[mrspollifax.livejournal.com]

*giggles madly*

That is fabulous. Jack would explain the Stargate program exactly like that. Look, Mr. President! It spins! Hee.

[(Anonymous)]

Astra, das ist genial. Aber das sind wir ja gewöhnt.

LG AngiAngus

General O'Neill briefs the new president about the Stargate programme

[billieo2.livejournal.com]

Hi dieastra:

Hahahahaha! Thank you!

Was having a terrible day and you have made me laugh....Thanks again!

....and as always....
Have A Very Stargate Day!

Best,
Billie

[immerrda.livejournal.com]

I laughed until there were tears running down my face, Astra! I love the way you explained the reason Sam is smaller. The Obama figure was a surprise for sure! The apple analogy was funny as was Jack's reaction to the apple and then blocking out the technobabble. Best of all was the extra item "little" Sam packed for the trip! This really made my day!

I'm still LOL!

[lolmac]

Great to finally see the finished story! What fun! Just makes sure Thor gives Obama back, okay? We're gonna need him.

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

OMG this was hysterical!!! I loved it!!!

[rdamel.livejournal.com]

This was so good! Thank you for your creativity, and for sharing it with us!

Melissa M.

[stargatesg1971.livejournal.com]

Nice work, Astra! Good story concept with a nice blend of humor. I loved how Carter was in the rucksack with a doll of Jack LOL. Thanks for sharing.

[tina-fandom.livejournal.com]

As always, adorable, it made me smile and laugh! I was especially impressed by the creative use of a shoebox as door and corridor. I would never have thought of such a simple solution, but the angle the picture is taken from makes it work. The first picture of mini-Sam was actually positioned and angled so that it almost looked like they were the same size, but still the further posts and the explanation were great! Also, the creative use of a spot of light was good! ( I accidentally created a "sun" with a flashlight when I took those crappy laptop pics, and I'm going to keep it in the final product because I liked it. ) Mini-Sam having a mini-Jack is adorable! ( I actually have Sean Bean in four sizes, mostly Boromir but also a 12-inch Alec Trevelyan. )

As for how my project is going... I had a lot of fun for hours and pretty much photographed and planned out the whole story... but then when I transferred the photos to my computer, it turned out that they were all blurry. Seems I can't hold the camera steady and have to find something to place it on, at just the right height for every scene. I kind of lost my inspiration after that setback... and then my parents needed their camera. I have all of Sheppard's team now anyway, including a headswapped Field Ops Rodney ( sadly the shaving messed up his face a bit ) and the Pegasus gate ( a kind forum member sent me Weir's piece ) and making a stand for it shouldn't be too hard I hope!

[tina-fandom.livejournal.com]

By the way, I've changed my Gateworld user name to "Tinah", that capital "J" at the end was beginning to annoy me!

[kirsty841.livejournal.com]

LMAO!! Teeny Sam in the backpack is hilarious!! And Lee shrunk her! LOL! I bet he was secretly delighted that an accident really did result in miniturisation for once! Heh.

I love all your props. The GDO, the DHD, the mini-Stargate. And awesome visual effects when Obama disappeared! *g*

[amycat1959.livejournal.com]

I'm envious... YOUR Obama-doll is MUCH nicer than mine! :-}

I got one that's supposedly in-scale with the smaller (6") action figures, but his head's too big in proportion to his body so he looks like Anime!Obama next to the SG-1 folks. However, he only cost US$5 (wholesale). I decided not to order the bigger, nicer Obama-doll you got 'cause he was much more pricey... (I bought 100 Obama "Hope" buttons for our local campaign for what the action figure would've cost me.)

Love your explanation for Mini!Sam! :-)

One thing that might get the Stargate program in trouble: I bet the Secret Service don't much approve of Thor right now...

[normaltrouble.livejournal.com]

Fantastic!

Poor Carter, getting shrunk and all! I hope she gets unshrunk ;)

But she's a good soldier, maintained her dignity and poise, of course, throughout the meeting with the President.

I hope President Obama enjoys the tour of the galaxy with Thor, and of course, 2 Secret Service folk were included- right? Or Thor's gonna have some explaining to do!