Some Corner of a Foreign Field

By neela

  • DAY 1: "If I should die..."

    DAY 1: "If I should die..."
    Chapter link AO3 With a Wraith superhive about to attack Atlantis, Colonel Samantha Carter had hoped for reinforcements from Earth. Instead she got refugees from an abandoned SGC and the message: "Earth is lost."

  • DAY 2: "Don't hug me."

    DAY 2: "Don't hug me."
    Chapter link AO3 There is a time for everything, even if it is to refrain from hugging.

  • DAY 13: "This is war, Mr Coolidge."

    DAY 13: "This is war, Mr Coolidge."
    Chapter link AO3 As the cat-and-mouse chase between the Wraith superhive and Atlantis continues, the IOA comes to Sam with a proposition.

  • DAY 21: "I didn't vote for you."

    DAY 21: "I didn't vote for you."
    Chapter link AO3 Enough is enough. Sam and the command team decides to make a stand against the Wraith superhive, but the costs of such a decision may be greater than they, especially Sam, anticipated.

  • DAY 26: "I guess this is it...Colonel."

    DAY 26: "I guess this is it...Colonel."
    Chapter link AO3 Finally fed up with the wedge that has been forced between them both professionally and personally, John confronts Sam.

  • DAY 42: "We don't want you here."

    DAY 42: "We don't want you here."
    Chapter link AO3 As John takes his expanded team on a mission to establish trade between the Bhaati people and Atlantis, back in the city, Sam finds herself facing an ultimatum that might have long-lasting repercussions.

  • DAY 58: "Take up our quarrel."

    DAY 58: "Take up our quarrel."
    Chapter link AO3 As the Wraith reassert themselves again in the galaxy, the IOA digs their claws deeper into the administration of Atlantis. But will unexpected events convince Sam that the only way to fight is through open war?

  • DAY 74: "I just want to feel human again..."

    DAY 74: "I just want to feel human again..."
    Chapter link AO3 In a moment of intermission, Daniel seeks out Sam.

  • DAY 81: "Let's be friends."

    DAY 81: "Let's be friends."
    Chapter link AO3 The Wraith have unexpectedly stopped their blitz attacks on Pegasus planets, but John has bigger concerns on his mind as he's given command of Atlantis for a few days while Sam visits the Kadarian settlement. Something unsettling is going on...

  • DAY 110: "Uno abo alto."

    DAY 110: "Uno abo alto."
    Chapter link AO3 There is a time to say: Enough is enough.

  • DAY 111-112: "I give up."

    DAY 111-112: "I give up."
    Chapter link AO3 It is the last of several final blows. Sam's disappeared and John's trying to figure out what's happened. He's not liking what he sees.

  • DAY 123: "Think only this of me..."

    DAY 123: "Think only this of me..."
    Chapter link AO3 After all that's happened, it's time to pick up the pieces and move on. It all starts with a small step...

  • DAY 140: "Those were good times."

    DAY 140: "Those were good times."
    Chapter link AO3 "Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • DAY 162: "Let's hit the deck."

    DAY 162: "Let's hit the deck."
    Chapter link AO3 The Wraith superhive has been silent...until it attacked the Coalition. Now the Coalition seeks revenge and help from Atlantis, but who will come to their aid?

  • DAY 170-208: "Righting the wrongs."

    DAY 170-208: "Righting the wrongs."
    Chapter link AO3 There's a time to sew...flesh, blood, bones...and friendships. (Lasts to July 20, 2009)

  • DAY 237: "I've got your back."

    DAY 237: "I've got your back."
    Chapter link AO3 When one of the people under her command is seriously injured on an off-world mission with the Genii, Sam must risk exposure to make sure he’ll survive.

  • DAY 238: "We don't know."

    DAY 238: "We don't know."
    Chapter link AO3 When the Sun Tzu is discovered on the edge of the Pegasus galaxy, hopes are high that there will finally be answers about what happened to Earth.

  • DAY 250: "That there's some corner..."

    DAY 250: "That there's some corner..."
    Chapter link AO3 It is time to move on, to mourn, with a little help from your friends.

  • DAY 255-258: "The object of war."

    DAY 255-258: "The object of war."
    Chapter link AO3 With the super weapon construction moving ahead, Sam visits the Genii to resolve some unfinished business.

  • DAY 274: "One step at a time."

    DAY 274: "One step at a time."
    Chapter link AO3 While Xiaoyi's continuing to reach out for official trading partners, Sam and John visit one of theirs.

  • DAY 280-287: "Louder than words."

    DAY 280-287: "Louder than words."
    Chapter link AO3 Sometimes, actions speak louder than words. (Lasts to October 7, 2009)

  • DAY 291-301: "There is a time for everything..."

    DAY 291-301: "There is a time for everything..."
    Chapter link AO3 "… Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness…" (Lasts to October 21, 2009)

  • DAY 305-308: "It's time."

    DAY 305-308: "It's time."
    Chapter link AO3 "At long last, it is time."

  • DAY 308, part 1: "Bringing in the rain."

    DAY 308, part 1: "Bringing in the rain."
    Chapter link AO3 In response to the new turn of events, long-laid plans are finally carried out.

  • DAY 308, part 2: "We're done running."

    DAY 308, part 2: "We're done running."
    Chapter link AO3 "We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it." - Ernesto Guevara

  • DAY 308-345: "...of a foreign field..."

    DAY 308-345: "...of a foreign field..."
    Chapter link AO3 "Things never really end, they just…transform into something else." (Lasts until December 4, 2009)

  • Epilogue begins: "...that is forever Earth"

    Epilogue begins: "...that is forever Earth"
    Part 1
    Part 2 As they say, there is a time for everything. After all else has passed, the time has finally come for peace, and like everything else, “peace is a journey of a thousand miles and [...] must be taken one step at a time.” (Lasts until November 18, 2010)

  • Bonus chapter

    Three years later...