"Most of the inhabited ones," Jonas says. "That's how humanity spread across the galaxy from Earth. It's how my ancestors got to my world thousands of years ago."
And how most of the others they've encountered got there, taken from the worlds they came from, as slaves of the Goa'uld or under the protection of the Asgard. Brought as colonists to found new worlds, new societies, so many of them and so different in so many ways from each other yet still, basically, human.
The galaxy is a wonderful place.
"It looks like a big ring," he says, wishing that he had one of his notebooks on him, because if he did, he'd probably have a diagram, or at least would be able to sketch one. "It's several metres in diameter, and it's got symbols around the edge that represent different constellations. You use those to form the address of the planet you want to visit."
The words may sound dull, but Jonas' voice is full of all the enthusiasm he feels for his work and the joy of exploration through the gate.
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And how most of the others they've encountered got there, taken from the worlds they came from, as slaves of the Goa'uld or under the protection of the Asgard. Brought as colonists to found new worlds, new societies, so many of them and so different in so many ways from each other yet still, basically, human.
The galaxy is a wonderful place.
"It looks like a big ring," he says, wishing that he had one of his notebooks on him, because if he did, he'd probably have a diagram, or at least would be able to sketch one. "It's several metres in diameter, and it's got symbols around the edge that represent different constellations. You use those to form the address of the planet you want to visit."
The words may sound dull, but Jonas' voice is full of all the enthusiasm he feels for his work and the joy of exploration through the gate.
And that is not dull at all.