Eccentricities of Engrish aside...
Ax6
You commence immediate upscaling of mining operations. It'll take a little bit to get back up to full production, but you immediately start moving the current ore stockpiles through the gate and back into the SGC vaults.
First of September, 2017
You meet with the current supervisory board for Stargate command in the penthouse of the SGC building. There are many glowering faces, reading through the activity reports of the last four months with sour expressions.
General Lachlan is there, his expression carefully disapproving .You've undoubtedly furthered his career quite a bit with the debacle on P-7K-S005. It made his strategy of sitting on his hands collecting blades of grass from other worlds look positively ingenious.
You secretary brings you the current report of SGC assets.
Staffing: 3
Approval: 1
Tech: 4
Funding: 2
Strength: 2
It's not pretty. The establishment of the offworld mining site, combined with the loss of the translation team, their security detail, the search and rescue groups, the Hawkei vehicles assigned to them, and the gate room security has knocked a gaping hole in your staffing, funding, and security strength. However, you have managed to gain a substantial chunk of new technology, and a stable source of alien ore.
Time will only tell if that can be used to offset the... speedbumps your command has had so far.
"General Longwinrfl..." The first council member begins, trying to pronounce your name and failing miserably. "General. The council is perturbed by the reports we've received, and we begin to doubt the wisdom of assigning you to this post. Personally, I would like to hear your interpretation of recent events before we proceed."
A - "The program has achieved its first real success under my command. We've gained alien technology, discovered new mineral wealth that could herald a quantum leap forward in various sciences, and we've conclusively proven the existence of intelligent life outside Earth. Because of my actions and the actions of my team, history will remember that Australia spearheaded the greatest discoveries of the new millennium!"
B - "There have been setbacks, lives lost, but we are reaching into the heart of the unknown. I feel the loss of every man, but we should not delude ourselves into believing that this new horizon of man without sacrifices. I admit, mistakes were made, but we intend to learn from those errors and move forward to capitalize on our successes."
C - "Yes, it's been a shitshow to start off with, but this is due primarily to the lax state of the soldiers left behind by the previous administration. General Lachlan's laziness and willingness to send his soldiers on missions literally consisting of flower picking has damaged the SGC's operational capacity. Were this facility battle ready when I received it, things would have been very different."