Populated Planets

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You know what gets to me about SGA (and SG1 too, come to think of it), adore it though I might? Every time the team visits a planet, they check the first few kilometers by the gate if there's a settlement, and no further (or at least it feels like it). What about the rest of the planet?

So, I was wondering if anyone at all had written a story along those lines. You know, where there actually is a civilisation or some Ancient lab or something else pretty important on the other side of the planet? Just, anything where a planet isn't judged to be useless/useful so easily without any token attempt at checking the rest of the planet.

I'm not explaining this as well as I'd like, sorry. Still. Anyone know anything about that? Any stories you could recommend? Genre/pairing doesn't matter.

Thank you kindly in advance. :)