Disclaimer: The Stargate franchise, characters, places, etc. is not mine. I am only borrowing them to play. ^_^
Chapter 1: Qthoul
Samantha Carter was one of the most intelligent women of these first years of the 21st century. She had been there when Stargate Command—the SGC—had been incepted. She and her team had fought bravely and against all odds numerous adversaries but even the all mighty Anubis had been defeated. Then came the horror in the name of Origin. The Priors spread their evil on countless worlds with the simple motto of "convert or die". But that battle too was won. On the planets liberated from the Goa'uld or the Ori, the names of the Tau'ri had become synonymous with courage, endurance and never giving up. Now all that was history, Col. Samantha Carter was given the command of the USS George Hammond, the latest of Earth's Daedalus-class battlecruisers.
The Hammond entered hyperspace a short instant after receiving orders from the SGC. An allied human civilisation had contacted the Tau'ri and asked them for help.
Most of the personnel were sent to Qthoul by the Stargate. It was easier and faster but the Hammond's presence was required as Qthoul's government asked for help to build an automated mining station on the surface of their second moon. Samantha Carter was glad that their destination didn't involve using the Hammond's powerful weaponry or auxiliary power and emergency transporters.
Qthoul was among the few lucky planets that hadn't been visited by the Goa'uld in centuries and which the Ori had all but ignored. Their Stargate had been buried in ruins for centuries when archaeologists had dug it up and put it in a museum. SG-6's arrival during the inauguration of the Museum of History in Vemeer, Qthoul's capital, had caused quite a stir. Since it had happened during the president's speech on live television, Qthoul's government hadn't been able to hide the fact that travel between planets by means of an Ancient device was possible.
Exchange of information and technology had helped Qthoul to develop their space programme. Two years after the exchange treaty was signed, the first Quthil walked on the surface of their second moon. The samples collected there revealed that the moon represented relatively easy access to almost pure naquadah ore. Most planets with accessible naquadah required extensive mining operations. The Goa'uld had used slaves for millennia to extract the previous mineral from these planets for them. Such a Goa'uld-free and naquadah-rich world was a godsend gift for Earth.
Even though the population of Earth was entirely unaware of the battles fought above the sky, there had been some advances in technology caused by the discovery of forgotten technology or the exchange of knowledge between planets. Everybody on Earth could now enjoy crystal-clear video on their computers thanks to a compression algorithm developed by the Ancients. The efficiency of recycling plants had been multiplied by ten thanks to a bacterium from Ga'aroth. While there are more powerful sources of energy than naquadah generators, Zero Point Modules for instance, naquadah generators remained a favourite, due partly to its compact size and highly versatile uses. The government of the United States of America was planning to release the naquadah generator technology to selected countries for the civilian production of electricity and there was the need for large quantities of naquadah.
In forty minutes, the Hammond would arrive. That gave ample time to her commander to go down in the engineering section where she felt more relaxed. Sam typed her password on the console in front of her. She dismissed a few messages in her inbox and called up the data Daniel's sent her about the Quthils and their customs.
Apparently, it was the Goa'uld Bastet who enslaved the human population of Qthoul but the planet, unlike the second moon, is almost devoid of naquadah. The Goa'uld abandoned the planet and left its population evolve without interference—a feat few planets were allowed to achieve. Qthoul has three moons: Bor, Juneuth and Tlah.
Until fifty years ago, there were about sixty countries on the planet but following a series of wars, three major alliances emerged. Then again, they went to war against each other. The conflicts ended only when Tayyah detonated a nuclear bomb on one of the most populated cities in Vomshor. Five days later, Vomshor and Thlaqthan, Tayyah's enemies, offered their unconditional surrender. Today, Tayyah rules the planet. The original tensions in the population of Vomshor and Thlaqthan against the Tayyanites have subsided shortly after the war, partially thanks to the arrival of democracy in Vomshor and the industrial reforms in Thlaqthan.
The union of the three nations is called the Union of All Qthoul. It is led by the triumvirate of the three elected leaders of the former warring nations. Under them seats the United House of Qthoul, the parliament. They have no military but a civilian defence which has been inactive for the most part of the last fifty years. It was only when SG-6 arrived through the Stargate that the House recalled the Civil Defence into active duty. It was them who had control of the Stargate while the House controlled the economy related to the Stargate. The current members of the triumvirate were Fo Nerrea, Jiywa in-'Alassa and Lothrio Boshumos. The two first were male.
Lothrio Boshumos was not only first woman elected president in the very conservative Thlaqthan; she was also an academician, an archaeologist and linguist. In many regards, she was a female Daniel. But he was recruiting for the Icarus Project and at the same time translating portions the Asgard database. He couldn't come. Teal'c was on a political campaign on Dakara. Mitchell was training recruits. Vala was… Vala. That left her. And she had a brand new ship still warm from the assembly line.
She glanced at her wrist-watch. The Hammond was about to arrive at her destination.
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A.N.: I will not include SG-U in any fashion here, except perhaps with the mention of the Icarus Project. I feel that the show is too new to be included in this fanfiction.