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Even as Lee faced off against Deveraux, Kyrin stepped onto the planet via the Stargate. There had been no hesitation at the portal on her part, no jitters. Only the calm acceptance of her intar weapons and a step across the stars.

Before she could drop into the appropriate maneuvers however, the Tok'ra was presented with the frozen tableu of Deveraux sarcastically explaining the definition of an intar to the officer. Instead of ducking for cover (though she did take a swift look around for the Jaffa, not feeling particularly trusting that they would not take a cheap shot at her given the opportunity), she strode toward the confrontation.

"Actually, Lee, the soldiers are not in command until we are in a combat or military situation. This exersize has not started yet and you therefore have no jurisdiction over her." Light brown eyes flicked over Lee dispassionately as Kyrin spoke with that disconcerting dual-toned voice unique to the Goa'uld and Tok'ra. "So, unless you wish to be faced with your own threats of disbandment from the team, I suggest that you stand down."

Lee whirled around on the Tok'ra and just growled in response before regaining her composure.

"If you had been here, you would have seen what she had done! She has misused military property, acted like a total beserker and put everyone else in danger. Just because the intars are not real, does not mean that they cannot hurt or cause damage. Therefore, I am appropriating her weaponry and making sure she does not cause anymore trouble or damage," she explained.

"The exercise started the moment we stepped through the wormhole. If this had been an alien hostile planet, Doctor Deveraux would have put everyone in danger with her reckless actions. According to Stargate Command protocol. Once through a wormhole on the otherside of the gate, the military are in command of the mission. The civilians are to follow all orders of the military present. Training mission or not, she disregarded protocol and also went off half cocked. As such I am requesting and demanding she turn over the intars effective immediately. If you have a problem with that Miss Kyrin, then take it up with my superiors at Stargate Command. Until then, please butt out."

Lee was not in the mood to deal with a Tok'ra who had a superiority complex. Nor was she in the mood to be explaining her actions and what she was doing at the moment. Which she had to do, which was putting her in an even more foul mood.

"Lastly Miss Kyrin, you are not in any position to give me orders or suggest that I stand down. I am in the right here, Doctor Rouke, Miss Aria and Captain Hunter all witnessed what Doctor Deveraux did, and as such, I highly suggest you mind your own business," she finished as she turned her glare back on Emmy. Her hand was held out expectantly at the Doctor. Lee was all but ignoring the Tok'ra now as she waited all but impatiently as she tapped her foot.

(Gods this is fun *giggles* I love you people!)

"Now hold on here, hold on here," Emmy stood up and stepped forward, raising her voice and moving between Lee and Ceridwelle. "Just a damn minute before we come to blows. First of all - hold this." Emmy shoved one of the empty P-90s into Lee's arms, then held out her now free hand to Ceridwelle, "That was awesome," she grinned, "We haven't met - directly, anyway - name's Emmy. This here's Aria. And the one with the broomstick up her a** is Lee."

"Anyway," Emmy said, hooking her free hand in her belt loop, "Let's straighten some stuff out. You there, jarhead..." she looked at Lee, "Do you think I'm an idiot? Of course if these had been real weapons then doing that would have been dangerous. Why would you feel the need to tell me that unless you think I'm an idiot? Do you think that I would do that if these were real weapons? Do you think I don't know that these are not real weapons? I have a degree in high energy physics. I could build an intar. Do you think I'm so stupid that I don't know what they're capable of? Do you think I could have a PhD in quantum physics, be a part of the most secret facility on Earth, have clearance to work both off-world and in Area 51... but be crazy enough to actually endanger people for no good reason but chuckles? Or do you think maybe there was no danger, and you just have your block-shaped head stuck deep up your own a**?"

"Next item of business...," Emmy said, strolling around aimlessly, clearly amused, "Is this chain of command thing. You're right that Kyrin does not have authority to tell you what to do... but then, you don't have authority to tell her - or me - what to do. I don't know if this training comes under military jurisdiction or not. But even if it does, you got no rank over me, GI Jane. I answer to one person and one person only - Dr. Rourke. She is my 'superior officer'. You are not. In science business, she is also Lockwood's 'superior officer'. In military business, Lockwood is her 'superior officer'. That means that even in military matters, the only people who get to yell at me and order me around are Dr. Rourke, and Colonel Lockwood. And that is the chain of command, Einstein."

"Next item of business...," Emmy said, turning her back to stroll a little way away, "Is this whole 'mission protocol' thing you keep talking about, that you say I broke. Lady Captain, the only mission protocol I've heard so far is one Captain Hunter, USAF, telling me that she wanted to see me act like a soldier when I came through the gate. Wasn't that what I did? Seems to me like I followed the 'protocol' exactly. What's that? I did it wrong? Oops. Good thing we're training. I'd love to hear what I did that is wrong for going through the gate into a hostile place. But you know... I haven't heard one single order, from anyone organizing this training mission... that I shouldn't fire my weapon when coming through the gate. Not one. So... which protocol did I break?"

"And finally...," she turned around to face the group again, and while her back had been turned she had put the P-90 magazine into place. She slapped it down now, grinning, "You were going to appropriate my weaponry? By force?"

Aria calms down more as Ceridwelle steps in-between Emmy and Lee, then she listens as Emmy speaks. Now over the shock, Aria suddenly starts laughing wildly, seeing humor in the direction that the discussion headed. Her laughter is light and musical, similar to her voice, and she seems unable to quit. Her eyes even begin to tear up.

(( okay, I'm going to make an official note who hasn't posted stepping into the gate, aka the warning. I've deleted a few OOC posts to keep the thread clean, nothing big. ))

Once the last of her team was through the gate, Lockwood nodded to those up in the control room, tapping a cigarette out of the box and tucking it behind her ear. A quick check of her zat, followed by a look over her intar before looping it across her torso and strapping an intar pistol to her thigh. Rather than march through the gate, Lockwood strolled through the liquid-like surface. Finally, Lockwood put her sunglasses on, knowing that though the world she was gating to was jungle-like, the stargate itself was in a clearing. Even as she was stepping through, the colonel was reaching up for the cigarette behind her ear.

Lockwood pulled the cigarette from behind her ear before she even saw what was transpiring on the other side of the gate. Deveraux had a p-90 leveled at Lee, Hunter was talking to Rourke who was, as far as Lockwood could tell, pretending not to be there. Aria could be having a breakdown (gate travel did that to some people) and the Tok'ra seemed to be the only one attempting to stop Deveraux from shooting Lee.

The Colonel sighed.

One hand lifted to shield the cigarette after she put it in her mouth, and Lockwood lit it. She would need one good drag (at the minimum) before she was going to be ready to deal with this.

"Lee! Deveraux! Both of you get a time-out! About face and I want to see twenty paces between the two of you. Hunter!" This last command was accompanied by a beckoning gesture. As the first one through the gate, Hunter was the most likely to be able to give her a full accounting of the incident.

Once Hunter was within earshot, Lockwood turned to where she could see Deveraux, purposefully making sure that Hunter would have a clear line of sight on Lee.

"I want you to explain to me fully what just happened. As unbiased as you can make the account, if you can."