The Mandalorian Meets SG-1: "The Rescue: A Study in Minimalist Communication"

 

Episode 3: 

Mission Report by Major Samantha Carter

Infiltration team: Teal'c and the Mandalorian (who still hasn't told us his actual name).

Verbal communication during the entire mission:

  • Teal'c: "Indeed." (once)
  • The Mandalorian: "This is the way." (once)
  • Total words: 5

Doors breached: 12 Guards neutralized: 47 Staff weapon blasts fired in perfect synchronization: 23 Coordinated head tilts: 8

I don't know how they did it. They didn't use hand signals. They didn't use comms. They just... knew. It was like watching a ballet performed by two heavily armed warrior monks who'd taken a vow of near-total silence.

At one point, they cleared a room back-to-back without looking at each other. Mando's blaster went left, Teal'c's staff weapon went right. Perfect coverage, zero overlap, maximum efficiency.

Colonel O'Neill watched the whole thing on our UAV feed and just kept muttering "show-offs" under his breath.

When they extracted Daniel and Grogu, the kid immediately reached for Teal'c's staff weapon again. This time, Teal'c just handed it to him.

Grogu bonked a Jaffa on the head with it.

Teal'c's mouth twitched. That's a Jaffa smile, for the record.


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