The Creeping Spleen

You're not missing out on much. They were of vastly varying quality. Of the ones I bought, "Halcyon" was the only one I kept after I had a major clear out. It's notable for capturing the humour of SGA. Particularly in a scene where Carson Beckett head butts a Wraith drone and immediately has a "what the hell did I just do?" moment. 🙂

This is one of the SGA novels I'm talking about, the ones from Fandemonium Press. The ones that were like three steps away from self published/vanity press fan-fiction. It was definitely UK special forces of some kind that were on Atlantis. Now I think about it, they might've been SAS.

Wasn't a squad of Royal Marines assigned to Atlantis in "Halcyon" by James Swallow? I remember them referring to the Goa'uld as "growlers" (because of the deep voices) and Wraith as "Bozos" (because they look like clowns).

Ok. What sort of price should I be asking for it? A rough estimate will do.

I know just the place. ☺️ The former HMS Gannet, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm search and rescue base which is attached to Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gannet_(stone_frigate)

Back in my SG-999 days, the team's kit was basically variations on a theme of olive green. But it was always a matter of each member's personal preference. I went with an OG army shirt with long sleeves and epaulettes with a plain black t-shirt underneath, a pair of OG BDU trousers, and a pair of Magnum combat boots. A couple of the other guys had short sleeve shirts. One guy had a pretty decent replica of the modded Wep 8 jackets that were used on the series. We got a dozen or so Earth symbol patches from eBay (I think), and our bossfella Nick got some custom SG-999 unit patches made.

How about under Glasgow Central Station? There's miles of old rooms and tunnels etc. that aren't open to the public.

I kind of feel SG-23 would be multi-service, drawn from Army, Royal Navy, RAF, and Marines. Kind of like the way Combined Operations was run during WWII.

Would I perhaps be better off trying to sell it?

Damn getting old and fat! 😡

Apologies for the delay. A few things came up.

I'll get right on that.

Hmmm... This could be a problem. At present, my budget is so tight it practically squeaks. Can you give me a rough estimate of costs?

Ok, forget about the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent patch. I'll work something out for that myself. Height - around 5 feet 5 inches in my bare feet The crucial thing is I've a bit of a belly, and am a 52 inch waist.

Fair enough. Overall, I'd say the vest is in very good condition. Other than test fittings when I first bought it (back in 2001 or so), I wore it at two Stargate cons, maybe a dozen or so meetings of my local Star Trek/sci-fi/fantasy group, and two or three "evening with" events. The last time I wore it was in 2009, adapted for use with a modern era UNIT trooper cosplay when the travelling Doctor Who Exhibition was in Glasgow. Myself and a few of the guys were asked to entertain the crowds etc. At various times we had a Fourth Doctor, an Auton, a Clockwork Android, a Slitheen, a Judoon Trooper, and one or two others. Since then, it's been hanging up in a corner of my wardrobe.