Stargate Universe "The Great War"
Thousands of years ago in the Milky Way Galaxy there was a great war, on one side was a coalition of four great races and on the other side their was one evil enemy race named the Krogan. They were a large reptilian like species from a galaxy bordering the Asgard home galaxy. They first invaded the Asgard's home galaxy and the Asgard reached out to the ancients for help. The ancients also brought in the Furlings and Nox to the alliance and they all met at Heliopolis to organize a strategy against this evil race. They built massive amounts of ships and set out towards the Ida Galaxy. They slowly pushed the invaders out of the galaxy and with relative ease. However the threat was only beginning.
Fast forward Five years and the Krogan were back but instead of the Ida galaxy they wanted to get revenge against the races of the Milky Way. This time they had an alliance of their own. With them came the Vorcha and Yahg who boasted many powerful warships. The four alliances fleet gathered around a planet that was under Furling rule and the Ancient General who commanded the Alliance fleet was deep in the belly of his ship looking at battle plans in the war room where he would direct his fleet. The enemy fleet dropped out of hyperspace a couple thousand kilometers away. The General ordered his battleships, cruisers and destroyers to the front of the lines and to engage the enemy fleet. The alliances fleet outnumbered the invaders by a 3 to 1 margin. The two fleets began to engage each other in a hail of fire as the weapons hit the energy shields. The ancient fleet had the most advanced technology out of the two fleets but their was a considerable margin between the ancients and its 3 other allies ships. The enemy fleet however stood relatively equal so without the ancients the other 3 races would have suffered great losses. The ship rocked as it took enemy fire and the General ordered all ships that had lost shields to fall back to the fall back point. The allied fleet was making quick work of the enemy fleet with a few ships pulling off the front lines to regroup and replenish their shields.
As the battle ended and the allies thinking they had one another massive fleet had dropped out of hyperspace and started to attempt to break through the center of the lines. The allies were not outnumbered 10 to 1 so the general ordered a full withdrawal to the rally point. The ships disappeared in a great flash of light as hyperspace windows opened the enemy fleet pursued behind them and as the allied fleet regrouped and prepared for the enemy they pulled automated fighters to the forefront to attack the smaller ships. The enemy ship dropped out of hyperspace and headed for the allied fleet. As they engaged the General ordered the Nox ships to engage. A Massive fleet of ships appeared out of nowhere and started to attack the enemy ships from behind. From the right side a cloaked fleet of furling ships attacked and from the left the Asgard ships dropped from hyperspace. The enemy fleet had fallen right into a trap, and were now surrounded by a fleet of ships numbering in the thousands. As the ships engaged each other many of the enemy ships had began to make suicide runs. The battle lasted for over a day of nonstop combat and when all was said and done the allied fleet had won but with a great cost of lives and ships. The fleet limped back to its bases for resupply and repair. Months after the conflict the ships patrolled the galaxies searching for signs of the enemy but found nothing. It was as if the enemy had just disappeared. The four races met and decided that with no use for the alliance to fight the enemy they would disband but keep trade routes open and share technologies. The ancients were now starting to suffer from a mysterious plague that was slowly wiping them out. The furlings grew tired of war and left the galaxy to find a place they could call home and retire into relative peace. The Asgard went back to Ida but kept an eye on things in the Milky Way and the Nox retreated to a planet where they would hide for thousands of years. As the ancients were slowly dying they build a machine on a planet to reseed the galaxy with life. After that they gathered a group and headed to the Pegasus galaxy to restart their civilization. It was later learned that the Krogan with the help of another advanced human race developed the plague that would wipe out the most advanced race to ever call the Milky Way galaxy home. The 3 races fell back and each conquered its own galaxy neighboring the others. They formed trade agreements and prospered to the unknowing of their enemies. The ancients were called the ancients by everyone but themselves. They were known amongst themselves as the Alterans and later on the Lanteans.
The remaining ships of the ancient fleet were transferred over to the Asgard so that in case the Krogan ever returned that would have the force to fight them off. They also gave them information on how to find them in case that ever happened. The furlings also left a way to be contacted in case of emergency. The nox would be the holders of this information so that if the Asgard fell there would be a backup plan to reach the others. With all the loose ends tied up the ancients boarded their city ship Atlantis and headed for their new home: The Pegasus galaxy.
A man roughly the age of 22 hit a button on the computer and the holographic novel shut off. He looked at the list of the next 4 chapters and it read Chapter 2: Lanteans, Chapter 3: Furlings, Chapter 4: Nox and Chapter 5: Asgard.
"I can't believe that all this happened so long ago" he said to himself. He rolled over and hit the light switch next to his bed.
"Goodnight Melia" he said as he drifted off to sleep
"Goodnight Perseus" the computer hologram responded.
