Aha had to come back for another read.

Classic

An archeological dig on a ship is a novel concept in a way, but since it focuses on Cat's ancestors makes it really interesting. The character is so different than the others and so quirky, but that his species evolved in the isolation of the hold of the ship and that everything having to do with them is right there would make it a real treasure trove of artifacts. That the result of their evolution somewhat resembles humans isn't too surprising, I suppose, since there were probably some signs of the long dead humans that they could emulate.

That Daniel is allergic to some of the scents forming the cats’ words is particularly humorous, but, for him, quite sad due to his background and love of languages. I love the mention of the “Holy Mother Frankenstein” in the Cat Bible/”history book” as Daniel calls it. I wonder how later generations of cats would have known the name of their ancestor; that suggests a higher level of intelligence than what people usually think cats have from the very start or some ability for the original Frankenstein to leave her scent for later generations to understand.

The distress signal adds a new wrinkle to the story and a new opportunity for adventure, particularly when it’s discovered that it’s from Dave’s space bike that had been taken by Kryten (hmm, considering the Captain Kirk discussion that follows, could this name have been an homage to the similarly-named and exceedingly irritating robot Chrichton with the silent second “ch” from Buck Rogers?) and that the Red Dwarf may have been traveling in circles.

The test flight and getting to see the exterior of Red Dwarf was a real treat, and I loved Rimmer’s explanation for the rather odd color. The real flight to the comet is fun, too, except for poof Daniel, who seems to be having one issue after another. After his thoughts of Cat’s homemade gold spacesuit, it was also pretty funny that the silver spacesuits that Jack and the others wore leaked more. I was glad they were able to recover the droid, but I’m not sure if Sam would really want to try to put him back together.

SPaG: Cat is quickly becoming my favorite character from the Red Dwarf crew, and his offense at the suggestion of having icicles clash with the color of his gold suit was probably my favorite line in the chapter. I think it might be more appropriate if the first part read “Icicles with this suit[?]” to show his questioning and his offense.

In summary, this was a fun chapter that had a number of good laughs and expanded the overall story with new issues and challenges. Great job!

The opening was nice, I really like Sam and Daniel’s interest on Cat’s history, and his unique language. It’s also nice to see that they are further exploring the other areas of the ship, and it was also interesting to know that Rimmer’s holographic projection apparently can’t work on certain parts of the ship. As Daniel read the Cat bible, it was rather funny to know that the Cat’s worshipped doughnuts XD.

It looks like they have another mission on their hands, as they’ve found a mysterious comet which is apparently carrying Kryten. I find Rimmer and Lister’s usual arguments about small stuff to be quite funny, such as when Lister was arguing if Rimmer can fly a spacecraft.

It’s a good thing that Sam, Jack and Teal’c easily understood the controls of the spacecraft, and the Cat seems to be tagging along too. It was quite thoughtful of Rimmer on moving Lister to a different room so that he may be more comfortable.

Quite intriguing to know that Sam, Daniel and almost all of their friends also have a past in this universe though, it was also interesting on what kind of positions they ended up in this universe.

Cat’s dialogue when they’ve landed on the comet was really funny, I like his humorous personality. And at last, they finally got Kryten, not exactly in one whole piece, but at least they still got him. All they got to do now is fix him up :)

Great job! :)

Hi again! :)

The start of the chapter is good, it gave a brief recap of some of the things that had happened on the previous chapter, which was good since it has been some time since I’ve last reviewed this :)

Looks like both Jack and Teal’c has been busy exploring the ship, and it looks like they still haven’t found something really interesting or something that can help them on their problem. Looks like Rimmer is starting to get on Jack’s nerves too. It’s also nice that Daniel had taken some interest in Cat’s civilization.

It is very good to see that Sam has been making some great progresses on that ageing formula. Although Sam initially thought that Rimmer wouldn’t understand anything from the data she’d gathered, it’s quite nice that Rimmer actually had some knowledge about it.

I like that rather humorous moment when Lister argued that he could read, and it ended with him giving up. It gave me a good chuckle.

And the ageing process apparently has been successfully slowed down, I’m glad that it had worked. Rimmer apparently also had to take drastic steps in order to get Lister to quit smoking, although Lister is rather mad at him for doing that, it was still a good move.

Jack and Rimmer’s conversation towards the end was a really nice touch too, gave me more insight into Jack’s character.

Good job!

Hi, Fee,

That this was "one of SG1's stranger missions" is starting to become apparent as they are trapped three million years in their future in an apparently parallel dimension. It's also becoming apparent that Rimmer is starting to wear on Jack's nerves so he appears to be doing everything possible to avoid being stuck with the hologram. I like how it's described that it takes the team "weeks to get anywhere," which helps the reader understand the enormity of and the difficulty in getting around Red Dwarf (I must admit to taking a Wikipedia break about this point to read about the ship).

That enormity must be weighing heavily on the SG1 team as they find nothing to help them on the ship or in the areas of space through which they pass. That adds an intensity to the situation that wasn't immediately apparent since all of the team members are shown as being so calm, cool, and collected.

Sam's progress on Lister's situation was good to see but it was Rimmer's understanding of what she described was what was surprising. That makes me wonder if, in addition to his base holographic programming from his memory chip, his knowledge is somehow enhanced via the ship's computer. Sam seems impressed as well. The treatment moves forward as a result of Rimmer's efforts, despite his fear of needles that (humorously!) carried over into his holographic being. I was happy to see the results of the treatment and Rimmer's good push for Lister to stop smoking for the babies' health if not for his own.

I love how Rimmer resorts to extreme measures when Lister can't seem to quit. Using the scutter with a penchant for western movies with a suitable reward was a really interesting move on Rimmer's part, but the result leaves Lister in something of a bad position as he begins to experience nicotine withdrawal. While Jack is often a key figure, it was nice to see him step up in an unusual but interestingly heroic manner with Lister in this case.

I noted one possible typo early in the chapter: ((...searching through to [the?] computer researching...))

Very nice work!

Hi, Fee,

People (and apparently holograms, too) often see things through the fuzzy lens that is their own perspective. When Sam asks Rimmer about his "H", Rimmer responds and asks if Teal'c is a hologram, too, and uses his digitized experience of other companies to justify the question.

Jack asked a good, though rude, question, but seemed to understand that Rimmer the Hologram would not be hurt by it. Or perhaps he just ignored the possibility?

The interaction between the two teams was nicely done, providing some great insights into the characters and their backgrounds. It was great to see even Teal'c getting to learn more about Earth's culture.

Lister's denial of his apparent condition was pretty funny, though I can see why his reality tells him that he he is correct to deny it.

The SG1 team's discovery that they are in another time and another dimension was an interesting touch, especially since they were able to check records on their alternate-dimension selves. I was a little confused about this but I believe the Red Dwarf team originated well after the SG1 team would have been active so the profiles would probably have been in the computer database. The discussion of Esperanto was an interesting addition, too, particularly since free online courses for it are now available.

However, I think my favorite part of the chapter was when Jack and Teal'c have an unexpected and quite humorous encounter with the interesting looking individual in the fancy suit. That was a great scene and Daniel and Sam's desire to check out the hold for archeological purposes gives another potential story line for a future chapter.

I noted a few SPaG issues:

Lister sulking [sulked?] as he followed...

Sam asked him[, hoping] she didn't sound...

...or Jaffa, [though?] they had been tricked...

"It was late evening... The quotation mark is not needed here.

In summary, this was a fun chapter. Well done!

Opening:

On entering the Stargate, the SG1 team must have had a reason for making a trip along with certain plans; they certainly weren’t this!

The description of what they see (storeroom, dust), smell (stale air, diesel fumes), and hear (fans) lead to a sense of questioning for the team and for the reader: what, why, where, and when? Since they initially seemed safe, they dealt with the why first but took the time to arm themselves before they ventured out to work on answering the other questions.

The initial exploration gave some sense of size, too. The place they’d arrived seemed very large but appeared to be a ship, and they end up having to stop to camp when they’d traveled for a long period without obvious progress. Despite seeing that they were in some part of the universe with which they weren’t familiar, at least the English words (in addition to the other, unrecognizable language) must have given them at least a bit of comfort that the ship wasn’t entirely alien.

This was a very nice setup for the story, introducing the team without giving away too much to the reader.

The Unexpected:

Fee, despite some familiarity with the SG1 mythos, my total knowledge of Red Dwarf is from reading your stories so the talking vending machine threw me for a loop and got a good laugh! Of course, I hadn’t walked past vending machines for four days, either.

The discussion with the vending machine was a nice way to further explain the size and complexity of the ship. While I knew it was large, I had no idea it was this big. Or is the lift just really, really slow? Throwing in the Cat rumor was nice and rather whimsical take on the Red Dwarf lore. Very nice!

The vending machine’s questioning of Teal’c about his forehead tattoo and whether he was a hologram was also a great tie-in to Rimmer’s forehead “H” and a clue to the SG1 team.

The Encounter:

There’s always seems to be a great deal of efficiency and usually cooperation when the SG1 team is at work. The argument they overheard outside the control room was a nice way to highlight the difference between their team and the group they were about to encounter. The seemingly overwhelming desire for a beer smoothie (I didn’t know there was such a thing!) instead of concern about the four strangers and Holly’s suggestion that Rimmer was imagining them was pretty funny, too, considering that he’s a ship created hologram.

Closing:

There’s a lot of information dispensed very quickly in the final few lines of the chapter but it was done in such a way that it maintains the reader’s interest. The two sides are able to get through Lister’s condition, establish timelines and locations, and discuss the Stargate system in short order. This provides lots of topics for the SG1 team to explore in coming chapters as they attempt to make their way home.
SPaG:

I was reading for enjoyment rather than trying to be picky but I noticed a couple of points that jumped out at me while reading:

No stargate was [in sight]...

“…for the [delete repeated “for the”] planet…”

Summary:

The more serious aspects from SG1 mixed with the Red Dwarf humor seem to offer a lot of possibilities, so I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes from here. Well done!

Back again from Reverse tag :)

I like the interactions between the group of SG-1 and Rimmer at the beginning, with Sam inquiring about the ‘H’ mark on Rimmer’s head. Sam’s curiosity is very interesting, especially when she got a chance to run her fingers throughout Rimmer. Jack’s question on why would anyone make an annoying AI such as Rimmer made chuckle.
I found Lister’s retort to Rimmer saying why he was brought back was funny, especially when Lister told them who he’d choose. Though, Lister’s backstory is kinda sad, same goes for the others as that seems to be something they have in common.

Then Sam goes on to examine Lister and see if he really is pregnant or not. Funnily enough, Lister continues to deny it. It was good to see that Lister sort of happily accepts the fact that he really is pregnant once he saw them in the ultrasound, though they still have the problem of the babies’ growth rate. I’m eager to see how they’ll fix that problem and if the babies will be fine or not. I love how Cat ‘greeted’ Jack and Teal’c, I find his overall personality very humorous.

This was a great chapter, I’m very curious to see what happens next! :)

Greetings. Glad to have gotten you on Reverse Tag once again and be able to continue this particular tale. I'll apologize for any lack of familiarity with Red Dwarf or Stargate SG1 in advance.

Right, time for the review.

Rimmer and Sam's conversation within the first three paragraphs does a great job of showing me, a fandom blind reader, that the SG1 crew is not in Kansas anymore (if you'll allow the use of another literary reference). I like how you illustrate the 'alien/hologram' natures of Teal'c and Rimmer with the whole markings thing. It does help make some kind of visualization for me, so good job there.

Great characterization of Lister, when he mentions Kristine Kochanski, his unrequited crush whom due to her attached state and his own shyness/nervousness was unable to ask out on a date. This sentence says a lot about Lister's personality.

And even more characterization for Sam, Rimmer, and Lister as the conversation continues. That's a great strength of this particular section of the second chapter. I do like how these characters play off of one another and I look forward to reading more on how this takes place.

Neat reference to the other fictional languages of Klingon and Elvish by Jack. And the throwaway reference to Futurama was even more awesome. Nice little nuances to this particular story. I definitely think that this tale bears some further reading down when chapter three is published. Nice way to put some hooks into me.

I like how you make Sam quite the curious scientist, namely due to Lister's pregnancy and her curiosity about Cat (I dunno why but that line 'curiosity killed the cat' pops into my head - hope it won't be a mess for Sam).

Good bit of writing there.

Theodore Hawkwood

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Greetings. It's Theodore Hawkwood from Reverse Tag again. Great to have gotten a hold of you once again in Reverse Tag. I'll apologize ahead of time for my lack of SG-1 and Red Dwarf familiarity.

Right, enough chit chat, review time.

I like the 'in res media' sort of opening you have with the first paragraph. Right away you show us that the SG-1 team is definitely quite disoriented with a scant frame of any reference (the bit referring to the 1969 journey). While I am fandom blind and have no reference for the 1969 journey, I was still quite able to get the sense of the team's isolation and disorientation. Good job in that regard.

I think you present the Stargate characters pretty well in the first segment of this story. I found it helpful when you stated which character specialized in what field (and you did so without getting too far into the 'tell' vs. 'show' spectrum). For instance, when you mentioned Sam looking at the window, and stated her profession as an astrophysicist of the group you showed and told me as a reader something about her. And that she was quite perplexed as far as where in the galaxy they were.

The fact that the astrophysicist of the group has no idea where they are adds a nice little element of uncertainty, and thus underscores the Stargate crew's predicament on this vessel.

The ending of the first section does show us that Jack's the leader as he divides tasks among group members, and ensuring that his people are well rested, or as best they can be under the circumstances. That's characterization that Jack is an intelligent and practical leader and not a martinet and blasted autocrat. Good characterization there.

The second segment does do a great job of illustrating the unusual nature of this ship with the talking vending machines. I don't know why I picture a good bit of snark out of the talking vending machine, but you do a great job in depicting the interaction. I had to smile at that.

The part where the two crews meet was done well. The rapid fire dialogue had just enough description embedded within so I could picture what was going on during this close encounter. The exchange also did well to inform me of the nature of the two worlds, like the Stargate crew's time is 1997 and the Red Dwarf people live three million years from that time.

You also add a lovely bit of tension given that the Red Dwarf crew has no concept what a Stargate is. Furthermore Sam's question in the last line really underscores the fact that the Stargate SG-1 team is marooned in a strange time in space. Great way to establish a setting for us.

Keep up the good work.

Theodore Hawkwood

Hi from RevTag! :)

The start of this story was quite interesting, we have this team “SG-1” landing on a planet, which already makes me wonder on what kind of interesting stuff might happen to them. Also the liked the details on the starting paragraph, gives more insight on where they are exactly and what they are doing.

Another thing I liked what the sense of mystery in the start, they don’t know where they are or even on what time they are in, which really intrigues me and keeps me hooked. Reading on, it made me slightly chuckle when the vending machine answered Daniel. Also liked the fact that almost everything there can be talked to, such as the vending machine and even the lifts. From the time it takes the lift to just get to them, it seems that whatever ship/building they’re on, it’s gotta be a huge one.

And finally, they encounter some characters that I’m a bit familiarized to, Lister and Rimmer (Based on reading your other stories). It’s nice to see that they at least know what time they are in, three million years into the future is quite a lot hehe. That talk they had about “Asgard” and “Avengers” made me chuckle, they still managed to remember that even when they’re millions of years in the future already haha.

This was a really good read, I enjoyed it :) Great job!

Hello, I caught you on review tag and thought I would drop by and read one of your fics. I picked this one because I liked another one of your Red Dwarf fics and I thought it would be interesting to see how those characters interacted with the straighter-laced ones from SG-1. That being said my knowledge of both fandoms is extremely vague.
On to the review…
I actually really like how you didn’t have the SG-1 crew wind up on the same floor as the Red Dwarf crew. It gave us a chance to see how massive and abandoned this ship is before two completely different sets of people collided. The little details ((film of dust)) ((moniters…don’t see an interface…)) were what really made the opening part of this piece for me. It slowly painted the picture of this ship as the SG-1 crew explored it.
I had to laugh at the talking vending machine. Though its mention of the last human he helped dying where Teal’c was standing was a little sobering. (I assume the guy with the tattooed head is Teal’c) And the lift sounded like a grumpy secretary – not letting them watch the ‘in-lift’ movie.
I do have to say that sometimes the way you do dialogue makes it difficult to determine who is speaking. You don’t always separate two people’s dialogue with new paragraphs and so it can be difficult to decipher who is saying what. Here is an instance of that: ((“You just thanked a vending machine.” Jack teased. “It talked.” Daniel shrugged. Jack pressed…down the time. “Expected arrival time 1 hour 36 minutes.” “We have to wait that long for the lift?” Jack asked.)) I think in the example I chose Jack and Daniel are having a conversation and then the lift actually interjects the arrival time but because it was all sort of ‘stream of conscious’ it took a little for me to pick out the individual parts.
When the two groups of people collided it was interesting to see how unusually calm Lister and crew were. And once again I had to laugh at Holly – his lazy response was too funny. ((Maybe you’re imagining them, Arn.”)) It’s good that nobody got trigger happy on the SG-1 side of things and introductions were made without too much hesitation. Although it appears as though the SG-1 people are not quite willing to believe everything that they’re being told. That’s probably wise…
It will be interesting to see what happens with everyone. Thanks for a fun crossover. Ckorkows

Hi, Fee! Double fandom blind, but no big deal I guess.

Nice opening. The descriptions immediately thrust me into the action and conflict. Empty room, but bright? And it smells stale and like diesel? And sounds of machines? Dusty equipments? AMAZING DESCRIPTIONS! :D They develop the setting very well and add a lot to the tension.

I find that the characters' reactions towards the new environment very realistic and funny. It's so entertaining to read them. Carter listing off possible theories about how they end up at this new place is hilarious.

And the talking vending machine. That part is hilarious. I'd be surprised as well if I meet such thing. XD

The thing about the vending machine and the elevator is simply brilliant and hilarious. Of course a vending machine doesn't move. It just stays there all the time, unlike the elevator, which moves up and down to transport people. Hahahaha!

Also, I find Lister's reaction towards Mpreg is realistic. Him claiming that men can't have babies is exactly one would say at that. Too bad that everybody else thinks it's possible.

A quick suggestion I have is, try running the document through an online grammar checker. It's quick at picking up those little typos and will help cleaning the prose a lot. :) Other stuff is, the last part confuses me. I think fandom blindness affects me there (the sheer amount of characters), but the dialogue-heavy last section can use some descriptions or character thoughts to lessen the confusion.

That aside, nice work. You've merged the two fandoms so well that I almost think that this all is a fic of just one fandom instead of two. :D