I was figuring they'd been there a month or two, though not much more than that. Can't say why exactly, either, except that it didn't seem like Jack had been popsicled that long, and it was because of him that they knew about the Antartic stuff in the first place. I agree that they'd been there long enough to know each other well--Rodney calls Carson by his first name, and Elizabeth too, as far as I know (pretty sure he does in "Rising, Part 2"). Ford's obviously been there doing military stuff (and possibly shunting back and forth between the labs and McMurdo), and the whole goal is to get folks to where Atlantis is, but they can't do that until Daniel (who'se probably been there for a week or so at this point, is my guess), figures it out.

And then poor Shep walks into the middle of this...

Does that help?

I got your message last night, by the way, Kagey. I'll beta your fic this evening, and respond to what you wrote.

Quick response to fanaddict:

That was fun. We should have done it on wraithbait, in retrospect, because then it would have been appropriate and the discussion of Bates could also have taken place, rather than it all getting shut down.

You know? Why don't I just post my original McShep post on Wraithbait? Hopefully it'll garner some interest... Thanks!

Leah