sgarecfinders | Revenge and/or Innovation after the fact (Reply)

I've recently reread The Journey Home (Both John's Story and Rodney's Story versions) and for the first time Taco Night in the Crystal City. They both have Rodney using what he learned in Atlantis to revolutionize various fields (in one case to help make an AI house and a new power source and in the other to completely change the world with crystal based computer chips and destroy the SGC) Anyway, while both took it in different directions and were done for different reasons, I liked the idea of him stepping away from the SGC for whatever reason and then taking what he knew (whether he had signed non-compete/non-disclosure or not) and actually changing the world. I also really like that in the Taco Night, he did it because of what the SGC did to John and really undermined them, but that aspect isn't necessary. I'm a big McShep fan, but again, that isn't necessary. It also doesn't have to be Rodney, though I prefer Sheppard or McKay centered fics.

Are there any other stories out there like this?

Thanks.