Stargate: Enterprise
By Phares Barnhill III
Introduction
"Captain's Starlog: June 23, 2153. We have arrived at a nebula to chart it. We are calling it the Paulson Nebula."
T'Pol seems as alarmed as a Vulcan can logically be, "Captain, I am detecting strange energy readings coming from the vicinity of the nebula. Bearing 234 mark 8."
Archer turns to Malcolm Reed, "Launch a probe, Lieutenant Reed. I want as much sensor data as we can get."
Lt. Reed states, "Aye, sir. Launching probe."
The probe launches and sails to the anomaly. T'Pol reports, "Readings are getting stronger. I am detecting neutrino and tachyon emissions."
Archer asks, "Could it be a wormhole?"
T'Pol replies, "I am starting to believe that. The readings are off the scale now."
What looks like a yellow dust cloud dissipating in space appears with a bright light and suddenly, a large vessel is in its place as the dust cloud disappears all together. The ship was huge, black and gold with a pyramid shape in the center. Then again, another ship, then another and yet a fourth appeared.
Hoshi states, "Sir. I am detecting a signal coming from the lead ship. The dialect appears to be standard English."
Archer says, "On screen."
A woman of exquisite beauty appears on screen. She is dressed in an ancient Egyptian gown and headdress. Her eyes glow with anger.
"I am the Goddess Bastet. You are in violation of the Protected Planets Treaty signed in your year 2010 by the Goa'uld, the Tok'ra and the Tau'ri humans of Earth. Why are you here?"
Archer says, "We do not know anything of those beings. We are from the planet Earth. It is the earth year 2153, and we are explorers. This is the first Earth ship to leave our solar system."
Bastet responds, "Lies!!! We know of the Prometheus, the Daedalus, and the Odyssey. You cannot lie to us human!!!"
Archer says, "Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding. You see, our planet had undergone a nuclear war some years back. Perhaps those ships were launched before that war."
Bastet starts calming down, "If it is as you say, then the SGC has been disbanded for nearly 150 years. If this is so, that explains the designs of your ship and the constitution of your crew. We detect Denobulans and Vulcans onboard, is this accurate?"
Archer tries to be a little more diplomatic, "Indeed your eminence. I know not of what race of beings you are, but the name Bastet is Egyptian from my world."
Bastet state with Pride, "We are of the Tok'ra. My name is Bastet my fellow commanders are Kali, Ptah, and Thoth. We have defected to the Tok'ra in your year 2025. Before that we were minor system lords of the Goa'uld, hiding at first from the wrath of Anubis, then of Baal and we went underground when the Replicators invaded the galaxy. Since then, we have wandered through the stars seeking knowledge and assisting others wherever possible."
Archer replies, "We too are explorers. My name is Captain Jonathan Archer, and this ship is called Enterprise."
Bastet looks like a cat with a toy, "Interesting, Captain. I also detect that your ship is superior to mine in all but shielding and speed. Perhaps we can make an exchange of information - shielding and hyperspace technologies for weapons and hull armor plating?"
"Well allow me to contact my government, and I think we could have a deal."
Bastet replies, "Very well, we will wait."
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Admiral Hitori Nakamura of Earth Starfleet is contacted by command to intercede with Enterprise in matters of extremely sensitive matters, unlike Admiral Forrest, this man is a character, very warm, friendly and has a good sense of humor."Well John, you see, the SGC, or Stargate Command, was disbanded in 2053 when World War 3 destroyed Cheyenne Mountain and all of the bases in Russia, and the Russian Republics. As far as we know, the Stargate Program is GONE. But there is really no way to be sure of that. The records we have indicate that the President, the Joint-Chiefs, a Senate Oversight Commitee and a Civilian Oversight Commitee were aware of the nature of the program, but there was no substantial data. All we have was recovered at the Russian sites and Area 51. The actual headquarters was bombed out of existance during WW3."
"Thanks Admiral, and on the topic of the Tok'ra Bastet and Commitee?"
Admiral Hitori looks at him with amusement, "Yes, well, meeting new races is part of the deal, what do your instincts tell you?"
"That we can trust them, and that they mean us no harm."
"Well then, carry on. Admiral Hitori, out."
Archer contacted Bastet, and arranged for the transfer of the technologies and the data from Samantha Carter's interfaces for Tok'ra, Goa'uld, Ancient, and Asgard technologies to be able to be used with human tech. When Trip was able to sit down with it, he was like a kid in a candy store.
"Cap'n, this lady, Colonel Carter, she was amazing. She got to work with alien technologies like hyperspace window generators, hyperspace engines, which we will have here in a minute, time travel, and lots of other things. From what I can gather she even was able to MAKE a stargate. A portable wormhole generator. They stopped an invading army from another galaxy by blocking a Super-gate's construction, this woman is my idol."
Archer smiles, "Glad to hear it, Trip. I contacted the Admiral and he says that an exploration of Cheyenne Mountain and the Antarctic Base has turned up not only Samantha Carter, in stasis, but also General Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, and apparently Vala and even Cameron Mitchel and Siler, the chief tech."
"WOAH."
"Yep, they are being acclimated to their environment and being sent on the next Vulcan transport to rendevous with us at Star Station Alpha in 3 days."
Trip states confidently, "We'll be there in two."
Archer smiles again, "Good job, Trip."
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Star Station Alpha
June 26, 2153
Samantha Carter at first thought it was another ploy by the Goa'uld, in this case Baal, but when she truly looked at the prospect of living in another time, she realized that all that she left behind, Atlantis, Jack, Daniel, Teal'c and her dad, well nothing was here except Jack, Daniel, Teal'c, Cameron, and Vala - all of whom she adored. The chance to work with new technologies and provide a deeper understanding of the universe, meant so much more to her than remaining on Earth.Jack for the most part, loved living in the future. The war was over, the only hurtful thing was the loss of contact with Atlantis, but from the reports, it was possible that Cheyenne Mountain Complex levels 11-29 were there, just not staffed and the stargate seemed to be intact as well when they went to investigate. So maybe Atlantis was not lost after all...Daniel was amazed that humanity had FINALLY come to its senses. He would do well here and Vala would be here too. She was something, and he knew that she would be there for him in this new time.Teal'c was also glad. His time amongst the Jaffa made him able to weather any storm, and it was possible that his son was still alive on Chulak. His master regrettably was not alive, but he would endure his loss with honor.Cameron Mitchell was like a kid in a candy store - with a million dollars. No Money meant no need to pay for anything. Women, Clothing, Food, Entertainment, Transportation, it was ALL free. He was in heaven.Vala on the other hand was in her own personal hell. No money meant you could not buy anything, sell anything or even rent anything. Granted there were things called credits, but the universe did not recognize terran credits anymore than the united states dollar bills. She was a mercenary at heart, but at least she got Daniel.Siler was also in heaven. He learned how to make a DHD and a Stargate with the database from the Atlantis computers. Perhaps this is a good thing to learn more about the new present.
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Trip Tucker walked to the mess hall on the Enterprise. He saw Colonel Carter and Siler chatting at a table. He walked over to them.
Siler was speaking enthusiastically, "Apparently, these people have mastered a slower FTL than we did, but they did it AFTER the war, and in substandard conditions. They met their first aliens in Montana, Bozeman to be exact."
Carter also enthused speaks quickly, "Yeah. I was amazed to meet the aliens too, not the ones we are used to mind you, like Teal'c and Vala, or even the Ancients, or the Asgard, but the Vulcans, and Denobulans."
Trip walks over to them, "Hi. Mind if I sit and chat with y'all?"
Carter smiles, "Sure. We hope we wern't too loud."
Trip smiles back, "Nope. So you made starships in your day?"
Carter states, "Yep, using standard cray computers and civil defense contracts - all secret of course."
Trip says, "Well I wonder if you would like to see our engine room. We use a matter/antimatter engine."
Carter looks excited, "That would be wonderful to see. We used a Naquadah generator and power crystals from the Asgard to power the hyperdrive, but to use sublight we had a nuclear reactor."Trip looks shocked, "Woah, those things are dangerous."
Carter smiling big, "And antimatter isn't?"
Trip looks at her with the 'Look' "Touche'. But really, we have some interesting technologies on this here starship as well. Like our phase cannon, which does a lot of damage against some of the nasties in this neck of the woods. And our polarized hull plating, which helps us defend ourselves. We even have spatial torpedoes to boot."
Siler looks bummed out. "Our ships were destroyed in the battles with the Ori, beings from another galaxy, but we can give you the specs if you like."
Trip looks at Carter, "Great. We know that Goa'uld shielding is compatible, and that the Hyperspace Generator is online. We plan to go 24 hours in hyperspace."
Carter reflects, "Hmmm, our Naquadah generator was vastly less powerful than your matter/antimatter warp core. It allowed us to get to Pegasus Galaxy in 2 weeks - 7 million light-years away. So given that your matter/antimatter engine is about 10,000 times as powerful-"
The ship suddenly enters hyperspace, moving faster than SG-1 had ever been before.
Trip is in a panic, "Captain. This is Commander Tucker, take us out of hyperspace, now!!"
Archer responds on the Comm, "Trip, this is Archer, no can do. This is a test, the timer is set for 24 hours. It does not have that much control, the Tok'ra even advised us about this."
"The Tok'ra," asks Carter
"Yes, a group of 4 Tok'ra vessels met us near the Paulson nebula a week ago. Their names were Bastet, Kali, Ptah and Thoth."
Carter looks at Siler who looks alarmed, "Oh my god. Captain Archer. Those beings are Goa'uld System Lords. We contacted the Tok'ra last evening before we left. Bastet and company have been secretly evading the Tok'ra Execution Warrants against them 40 years ago for trying to subdue outlying colonies, and I personally shot Thoth myself back in the 21st. The device they gave you must have been tampered with. They must be planning a war - against Earth."
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Bastet looked like a cat who got the cream, "Those pitiful humans, they could never beat us in battle now that their only vessel with the power to defeat us is LONG AGO and FAR AWAY from here. Nothing will stop us now."
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Oma Desala, in her eternal war with Anubis, sent one message, to an old old man, who thanks to the miracles of modern medicine, was still alive, in a nursing home in Colorado Springs Colorado. She sent the message to him, replacing the memories of his present with the fullness of those of the past - Orlin was back.