For an entire year the Atlantis expedition had encountered weird events everywhere they went so it really shouldn't have been a surprise that they had found a derelict ship. What set it apart was that it was found in between the pegasus galaxy and the milky way. Nothing should have been out here yet there it was. Half a ship with the name UNSC FORWARD UNTO DAWN. No one on board the Daedalus knew what to make of it. It was clearly a human design but there was only half a ship floating in front of them. What worried Caldwell the commander of the Daedalus was that it had clearly been cut in half by something far more powerful than what is currently equipped on his ship. Whatever it was it had been powerful enough to cut through several meters of super dense hull and over a dozen decks. "So are we going to beam over or stand around all day?" came the annoying question he knew was coming from Sheppard. After all who else would want to explore an abandoned ship in the empty space between galaxies.
"You're going to have to wear space suits and bring weapons we don't know what is on that thing." Sheppard seemed to be okay with the condition however Rodney clearly wasn't based on what he said next.
"Actually we don't need to wear the suits I'm detecting breathable atmosphere on the ship as well as gravity. Some places aren't available but most of the remaining ship is accessible."
Cadwell turned on him quickly, "I thought you said that the ship was fully exposed to space and that it was powered down."
"I did yes but once we got closer the power levels spiked. I assume that there is a left over program that boots up once whatever sensors that are left detect another ship. I must say however that whatever is powering that ship it's definitely more advanced than our own traditional power generation systems."
"Are you saying that there is an active power source on there we can use?" Cadwell asked.
"In short terms yes." Rodney answered.
"Alright you have a go but I still want you to have weapons on you. We haven't been able to scan the entire ship. Only what is close to the hull."
"Wait," Sheppard said,"I thought Rodney said we could detect breathable atmosphere?" he asked.
"I did however that was because I assumed that if the outer layers had atmosphere then the inner more protected layers would have it to." Rodney defended himself.
Caldwell cut them off before the argument could continue,"Alright you have ten minutes to get ready and get over there before I change my mind. Explore what you can if you come across a place you can't enter tell us. Dismissed." Sheppard gave him a quick salute while Rodny just let out a puff of air.
While the SGC members were on their ship discussing the derelict in front of them deep within the Dawn a small pedestal lit up.
The light coming from the pedestal took on a blue huen and soon took the form of a human woman. When one first looked at her they would assume she was naked but upon closer inspection would find she was "wearing" a skintight bodysuit with lines of code running across it faster than the eye could follow. She had been awakened by the program she had set up once she shut down.
Using the sensors of the Dawn to scan the ship she didn't know what to make of it. It was clearly a human ship but unlike any in her database. The metal that made up the hull was also unknown to her. What surprised her mot was the communication systems. As far as she could tell they were instantaneous over massive distances.
She was about to send out a distress call to the alien ship but decided against it after she remembered how the last first contact went. Instead she went for a different approach. When the next five minute scan came she piggybacked on the return signal and accessed the ships systems and data banks. What she saw made her freeze.
For an entire three minutes twenty seconds and 67 milliseconds ,an eternity for an AI, she was completely frozen. She needed to warn him, needed to let him know. Returning to the Dawn's systems she immediately set about waking her friend. Facing him with worry written all over her face she said,"Come on Chief I need you."
Alright so yeah. It's been a while. Sorry for those of you reading my star wars story but I have lost the inspiration to write it. Eventually I plan to continue it but for now I'm focused on this and another story I've been working on the better part of a year. This is actually to see if any of you would enjoy something like this if I can do it right. The setting is after Halo 3 and during season 2 of Stargate Atlantis. Let me know what you think.