Re: XBN-81N: Ice Planet Zebra
Michael can't try dialing home with this strange DHD until the wormhole is shut down. That doesn't happen until Blaine comes through, having brought up the rear.
He finally steps through, and then the gate closes.
Sarah and Travis have been scanning around with anti-glare arctic binoculars, but don't see anything at first. However, by the time Blaine comes through, Sarah spots what is probably a herd of animals about two miles away. There are maybe 50 creatures; they look like caribou.
Travis has been looking for more hazardous sights. He doesn't spot any, but then again, in this kind of terrain, an army could be hiding under his feet and he wouldn't know it. He does spot one telltale sign, however--a faint wisp of smoke coming up from ice castle.
The major is able to dial the gate address for Earth... each key lights up as he presses it, and when the 7th is pressed, the gate activates.
++"SG-X2, the MALP isn't rated for that kind of weather, so you should probably send it back. Do you have anything to report?" General Hammond says over the radio.