Sam came into the briefing room and smiled at Daniel who was already seated and drinking what was most likely his second or third coffee of the morning. "Good Morning Daniel"

"Hey Sam." The grumpiness in his voice announced it was only his second cup of coffee.

Sam could relate. SG1 had been off world more than on Earth the last month exploring new gate addresses that had recently been discovered.

They both turned as Teal'c strolled in and nodded at each of them as he took a seat.

Sam looked around and then at her watch. "One minute to brief time."

Both Teal'c and Daniel shook their heads as General Hammond walked out of the office. "Take your seats" He said as he walked in. The three looked at him in shock.

'Sir, should I have General O'Neill paged?" Sam asked.

"SG1 is your team Colonel and you are here. I am ready for the brief." Hammond stated.

All three members of SG1 looked at each other in shock. Daniel spoke up first. "Sir, is Jack okay?"

Hammond looked at them. His look and his tone were unusually hard. "General O'Neill has been assigned other duties. Those duties are not going to be discussed at this time. Now, I have a limited time to get this briefing done. Shall we begin?"

All the members of SG1 shifted uncomfortably. While Hammond had been short with them in the past, it was in fact usually then Colonel O'Neill the reason for it. Now he was not there.

Deciding not to push, Daniel stood up and began.

At the end of the brief, Hammond looked at them. "This will be long one for you. We will open the gate every day at twelve hundred hours Zulu and expect radio contact. You have a go, see you in seven days."

As they stood up, Sam lingered a moment. "Sir?"

"Yes Colonel"

"Well, I was just curious. Is everything okay with General O'Neill?"

Hammond looked at her a moment and something in his expression changed, but only for a moment before he regained his normal composure. "General O'Neill has long been able to take of himself Colonel. Just worry about completing your mission and getting home."

"Yes sir." She replied and turned to the door. She looked back, but Hammond had already gone back to Jack's office.

She decided to seek out the one person who would have the answer. She needed to find the man who always had the answers. She walked downstairs.

She found Walter studying the computer read out intently. "Something wrong?"

"Oh, Lt Colonel Carter, hi. No, just a glitch. The computer log dumped the last twenty fours out of the system. Not really a problem as no one went anywhere, but I wanted to back up everything in case it happens again." Walter explained.

"Oh, well, I will look at it for you when I get back." Sam offered.

"Okay. Colonel?"

"Yes?"

"Is there a reason you stopped by?"

"Oh, yeah. Just wondering if you happen to know where General O'Neill might be?" Sam asked.

She saw unease pass over Walter's face momentarily. "I assumed he was going to see you go off world in an hour."

"No, not this time. I will talk to him later then. I need to get ready. I will see you later." Sam said as she walked to the stairs. She had to get to the infirmary for her pre-departure medical screening.