Our story takes place after the fall of the Goa'uld empire, and the formation of the new stable Jaffa Government. Personally, I place this 5 years after season 9. There are NO ORI in this story. Cameron Mitchell has taken command of SG-1, and Jack O'Neill is still a Major General. The Wraith are still running loose in the Pegasus Galaxy, although Atlantis remains intact. The Galactica and the Pegasus are leading the survivors of the genocide through space, Admiral Adama is in command of the fleet an Laura Roslin is President. The Cylons are of course still chasing them. I have taken some liberties with the story line, New Caprica was occupied by the Cylons, and everyone was eventually rescued by the Galactica and the Pegasus, however, the Pegasus was NOT destroyed in the battle, just heavily damaged before it jumped away. Baltar has not had a trial, he is merely being held aboard the Galactica. Everything else should be explained in the story...enjoy.
Character List:
SG-1:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell
Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter
Doctor Daniel Jackson
Teal'c
Commanders and Generals in the Earth Military:
Major General Hank Landry (Commander, Stargate Command)
Lieutenant General George Hammond (Commander, Homeworld Security)
Major General Jack O'Neill (Commander, Offworld Operations)
Atlantis Expedition Team:
Dr. Elizabeth Weir (Commander, Atlantis)
Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard (Military Commander, Atlantis)
Dr. Rodney McKay (Chief Science Officer, Atlantis)
Dr. Radek Zelenka (Civilian Scientist, Atlantis)
Dr. Carson Beckett (Chief Medical Officer, Atlantis)
Ronan Dex
Teyla Emmagen
Earth Fleet Personnel:
Colonel Lionel Pendergast (Commander BC-303 Prometheus)
Colonel Steven Caldwell (Commander DSC-304 Daedalus)
Colonel Paul Emerson (Commander DSC-304 Odyssey)
Colonel Chekov (Commander DSC-304 Korolev)
Colonel Abe Ellis (Commander DSC-304 Apollo)
Colonel Davidson (Commander BS-305 Zeus)
Dr. Lindsey Novak (Chief Engineer, Daedalus)
Hermiod (Asgard Engineering Expert/Liaison, Daedalus)
Lieutenant Jennifer Hailey (Chief Engineer, Zeus)
Alien Leaders:
Master Bra'tac (Free Jaffa Representative)
Thor (Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet)
The 12 Colonies:
Admiral William 'Bill' Adama (Commander Battlestar Galactica)
Commander Lee 'Apollo' Adama (Commander Battlestar Pegasus)
Colonel Saul Tigh (Executive Officer Battlestar Galactica)
Laura Roslin (President of the Twelve Colonies)
Gaius Baltar (Former President of the Twelve Colonies, Guilty of Treason)
Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
Lieutenant Karl 'Helo' Agathon (Battlestar Galactica)
Lieutenant Felix Gaeta (Battlestar Galactica)
'Chief' Galen Tyrol (Battlestar Galactica)
DISCLAIMER: All characters above are the property of their respective shows and companies, I do not own any of them. Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica are also not my property. I am making no money with the writing of this fan fiction. If you recognize it, then its not mine.
Stargate Command:
Major General Jack O'Neill sat facing the man who had replaced him at the SGC, Major General Hank Landry. Jack had been flown out from Washington, something he was very grateful for, to meet with Landry regarding Offworld operations and the state of Earth's Military. Since the crash of the then X-305, most of the world has been aware, and believed, that the Stargate program existed. The whole affair happened because of an engine failure while the ship had been leaving the atmosphere, not yet free of Earth's gravity, the ship plummeted back towards the surface. Although Colonel Carter and Lieutenant Hailey had been able to get the engines working again, it was too late, the ship crashed. Of course it landed in a massive cornfield operated by a Midwestern farmer. The media was there well before a cover story could be made up, and so the American Public became aware of the program, and its many successes.
There were of course things that had been kept from the global community, mainly, it was everything. The world knew that the United States Air Force was operating a number of programs that previously could only have been dreamt up in a science fiction movie, but they still knew virtually nothing about the programs themselves. It was of course, in the interest of Global Security not to reveal anything about ongoing operations. So the masses remained fairly ignorant of what was actually going on, and they were fairly content to, as long as those things did not impact their daily lives. There was none of the predicted widespread panic across the globe, in fact, recruitments were up in all of the militaries who were feeding their best and brightest into the Offworld programs. Currently, the supply exceeded the demand, with capable officers being notified that they had been place on the 'waiting list', to be assigned to one of the projects.
Jack was brought back from his thoughts when Landry stared asking him questions, "General, what is the status of the Zeus?". The Zeus was the name assigned to the BS-305, which had been the X-305 until it was completed.
"It is eighty percent operational." Jack replied, glancing at the file that he had brought with him. "We estimate another few weeks before all the bugs are sorted out, then she, or rather he, will be on active duty.".
"Why the delay?" Landry asked, wondering why the deadline for the ships completion had been overshot again.
"Something about the propulsion." Jack answered, "Carter could explain it better, but she is hard at work with Lt. Hailey fixing the damn thing.".
Landry chuckled before continuing, "I thought the ship would be completed faster, especially without the need for the hangers.". The Zeus was of course the first earth ship that did not carry its own fighters. It was the quintessential ship-of-the-line, and had been made that way due to the relative lack of firepower on the DSC-304s. In short, the Air Force wanted something that could slug it out with a wraith hiveship and come out of it intact. The Zeus was longer than the Daedalus class ships, and outweighed them significantly. Furthermore, without the cumbersome looking hangars, the Zeus was sleeker, even though turrets jutted out of her wider superstructure at every conceivable point. The ship was fitted with forty missile tubes located on top of the hull, the missiles would shoot out and locate their targets, rather than being shot directly at an enemy ship. The Asgard had provided shields, the hyper drive and a large pulsed energy weapon, which shot a beam at, and normally through, and enemy ship. From that first weapon, Carter, and the scientists at Area 51 had developed their own directed energy weapons, which wile being primitive compared to the vastly more powerful Asgard weapon, still allowed the ship to operate with minimal 'primitive projectile weaponry'. The only projectile weapons left were the rail guns, which proved adept at shooting down enemy fighters. The new energy weapons were housed in the numerous turrets on the superstructure, with two barrels sticking out of each turret. The amount firepower contained in the ship was massive, and the Air Force hoped it could stand up to anything thrown at it.
"Thankfully, we aren't being rushed into finishing a ship this time." O'Neill said, alluding to the fact that every new ship had been pressed into combat almost as soon as the paint was dry.
"Yes, thank god for small victories. How are the rest of the 304s coming along?" Landry asked.
"They are in various stages of completion, although I can't tell you which is which yet as the names haven't been picked out. Although the frontrunners are Icarus, Hercules and Athena." Jack explained.
"No one is going for Enterprise then?" Landry said jokingly, referring to Jack's numerous attempts to get an Earth ship to bear that name.
"That's right, but I'll get one eventually. The Asgard owe me a favor." Jack replied, ending in a look of slight contemplation as he mentally studied his newest idea. The conversation was cut short as the familiar alarms that signaled an incoming wormhole went off, sending both generals to the control room, where SG-1 was just stepping through the event horizon of the stargate.
Atlantis:
Chief Science Officer Rodney McKay was currently tinkering with a very large set of control crystals that resided in an even larger console. The console itself was located in a room well below the control tower, but was still very close to the center of the city. Of course, the morning had started off in a wonderful manner, with the entire contraption that he was working on overheating and engaging its protocols to counteract that. The only thing was, Rodney had yet to get it started again. With Zelenka off working on the ZPMs, Rodney's only help was Sheppard, who had made it very clear that he thought the whole affair a waste of time.
"Still no luck?" Sheppard asked with no disappointment in his voice.
"Of course not." Rodney snapped, "But all of your 'help' has certainly been appreciated."
"Well, I thought that for the man who blew up three quarters of a solar system, starting a stupid computer would be easy." Sheppard quipped as he leaned against another console nearby.
"First of all, I stand by the fact that it was five sixths of a solar system, and second, this is not a computer, it is something more." McKay replied, still working feverishly to restart the ancient device.
"Whatever Rodney," Sheppard said, leaning over onto the offending console, "I'm going to get some...".
Whatever Sheppard intended to get was cut off as the console lit up, no doubt from the strong presence of the ATA gene in the colonel's DNA. Rodney hastily closed the access panel and looked at the large screen that had also lit up above the console itself. It revealed a map much like the one that the team had been shown in their initial visit to Atlantis, the Pegasus galaxy, with red planets being wraith, and blue being those still controlled by the ancients. This map however, showed another part of the galaxy, with only one planet known to have been colonized by the ancients themselves. It was also different in the fact that there was no translation to English, in fact, there was no name at all.
"Now where is that?" Sheppard asked curiously.
"The other part of the Pegasus galaxy." McKay answered, "By that I mean that it is located in the other dwarf galaxy that makes up the Pegasus constellation.".
"Okay, then the question is, can we get there?" Sheppard asked, ignoring the scientific facts as well as he could.
"Of course we can get there, its just a matter of time." McKay answered again as he rushed from the room to share this new information with Dr. Weir.
Stargate Command:
In the briefing room a few levels above the gate room, Jack sat and listened to Daniel talk about yet another tablet that had been discovered on their most recent mission. "So what exactly does the tablet refer to?" Jack finally asked.
"A new colony in the other dwarf galaxy that makes up the Pegasus constellation. One that would repopulate the stars and restart the ancient civilization." Daniel explained in an excited voice.
"Another lost city?" Jack questioned in a slightly aggravated tone.
"More like a lost planet." Daniel replied, "That is, unless the ancients are still there, biding their time. Or, more likely, they have died out there as well, but left something behind.".
"It could be worth looking into sir." Carter interjected, thinking of the knowledge that could potentially be stored on that planet.
"Do the two of you know where this planet is?" Jack again asked, seriously considering an expedition that had the benefit of not starting with his brain being reorganized by an ancient device.
"Umm, no." Daniel answered reluctantly.
"No?" Jack retorted.
"Daniel doesn't, but someone else does." Mitchell said as he entered the room and handed a sheet of paper to O'Neill, who quickly read it and passed it to Carter.
"McKay is going to be unbearable." she muttered as she read the report from Atlantis.
"Well, pack your stuff. I'm guessing that Hammond will have you four on the next ship bound for Atlantis." Jack said as he leaned back in his chair. Daniel's smile only widened at the prospect of his second trip to the ancient city. It was true that the archeologist had eventually made it to Atlantis, but his visit had been cut short by trouble in his home galaxy.
Onboard the Galactica:
The Battlestars Galactica and Pegasus lead their ragtag fleet away from the Temple Of Jupiter, and towards, or rather in the general direction that they perceived earth to be. Admiral Adama stood next to his longtime friend Colonel Saul Tigh as they heard reports on the status of the fleet. After the escape from New Caprica, in which the Pegasus was severely damaged, the ships in the fleet were being repaired piecemeal. "Commander Adama is on the horn for you admiral." said Lt. Felix Gaeta, the ships communication officer, who had recently been acquitted of the charge of treason for helping the Cylons during their occupation of New Caprica.
"Thank you Mr. Gaeta." Adama said as he picked up the heavy phone. "Lee." he said simply to his son in greeting.
"Admiral." Lee said back from the Pegasus.
"How are the repairs going?" the Admiral asked.
"Better than we hoped, the forward batteries are ready to go and both flight pods have been fully repaired.".
"That's good to hear, when will the Pegasus be ready to fight again?" Bill asked.
"Sooner rather than later, at least the way things are going now." Lee answered.
"Excellent, keep me posted." Adama said before putting the phone down and returning to the news about the fleet.
"Will Pegasus be ready the next time the Cylons take a run at us?" asked a concerned Colonel Tigh.
"She will be ready." Adama answered simply as he stared at the DRADIS monitor that showed the friendly green symbols that he knew to be the fleet.
Raptor Patrol:
Captain Kara 'Starbuck' sat in the pilots chair of her colonial raptor as she drifted well behind the fleet, waiting to see if the Cylons jumped into the system. She was sitting with two rather untrained pilots, they were so new that she in fact had failed to even learn their names on what was becoming a rather long mission. The raptor continued to drift, its FTL drive was powered up, ready to leave at a moments notice if the Cylons did in fact jump to their position. "Another ship just jumped into the system." came the shout from the back of the raptor, where all of the surveillance equipment was kept.
Starbuck stopped herself for berating the new trainee, the new ship was the next raptor that would be relieving them, it was exactly on time. "Contact is a colonial raptor." the same man said again a moment later, causing Starbuck to roll her eyes in annoyance before firing up the FTL drive and jumping to the fleets position.
Stargate Command:
The next morning, SG-1 was again sitting in the briefing room with O'Neill and Landry. "Good morning everyone." O'Neill said brightly, causing Teal'c to raise one eyebrow in surprise and slight annoyance. "Now I'm sure you all are wondering why you have been dragged back here so soon.".
"The thought had crossed my mind." Mitchell said as he raised his large cup of coffee.
"Well, you all need to get aboard the Apollo, which will join the rest of the fleet at Atlantis for the trip to this new planet." O'Neill said with a large grin.
"The entire fleet!" Sam exclaimed.
"Yup, the guy leading the expedition wasn't sure what you could find out there, so he is bringing every ship we have." O'Neill replied, his smile growing slightly larger.
"Who is leading the expedition Jack?" Daniel asked.
"Me of course." Jack answered, earning stunned looks from his former team mates.
"You?" Mitchell asked, plainly surprised.
"Who better than the head of offworld operations?" Jack asked rhetorically.
"But the whole fleet. Sir..." Sam started.
"Carter, we have four new ships that will be completed in a fairly short amount of time. The Goa'uld have been scattered, and the Jaffa are sorting out their own issues. Plus, Thor said the Asgard would keep an eye on the place for us.".
"The Asgard?" Carter sputtered.
"The very ones, Thor stopped by last night, he plans to accompany us and said that it was only fair that the Hammond stay in orbit for protection." O'Neill answered.
"The Hammond?" Daniel exclaimed.
"Yeah, named for our former commander. You remember, big guy, lacked hair." Jack quipped.
"When do we leave O'Neill?" Teal'c asked, cutting off the conversation.
"As soon as you all are ready." Jack answered before getting up and abruptly leaving the briefing room. Daniel was the next to hurry out, excited at the prospect of going on the expedition. Teal'c followed on his heels, leaving a still stunned Carter in his wake. Mitchell walked out after a minute of contemplation, leaving Carter to snap out of it and join them in gathering anything they would need on their journey.
Onboard the Apollo:
Hours later, O'Neill stood next to Colonel Ellis, who was supervising the launch of his ship. Carter was going over some readouts in the corner of the bridge while Teal'c and Daniel continued to move a very large collection of Books that Daniel had deemed essential to the trip. Mitchell, still a pilot at heart had just finished supervising the loading of the 16 F-302 fighters that the Apollo carried. After a few more minutes, Thor beamed directly on to the bridge and the Apollo was ready to depart. "All hands, prepare to jump to hyperspace." Colonel Ellis said over the loudspeaker. The hyperspace window opened without incident, and their journey to Atlantis began.
"How long is it going to take to reach the city?" Mitchell asked as he entered the bridge.
"A little less than four days, with the ZPM powering the ship." Carter answered as she sat in a technicians chair.
"Thor, buddy. Not that I don't want you, but why did you decide to come?" O'Neill asked the diminutive alien who now sat in his own chair that he had beamed onto the Apollo in.
"The Asgard high council has decided that the time has come to play a more active role in the development of the fifth race." Thor answered.
"The fifth race?" Mitchell asked.
"Yes, your kind has shown amazing potential, we wish to help you realize it." Thor answered as his large eyes centered themselves on Mitchell.
"You have never called us that before." Carter interjected.
"True, last time we spoke your future was uncertain. But now, you have liberated one galaxy from oppression, a feat that the Asgard were unable to manage, and you have discovered the lost city of Atlantis. Not only discovered it, but risked another war with another powerful enemy to do what you knew was right. You have truly earned your place as the fifth race." Thor clarified, to the astonishment of those present on the bridge.
"Daniel will be sorry that he missed all of that." Jack declared with a very large smile.
"Indeed." Teal'c said from the doorway, where he had remained hidden during the previous conversation.
"O'Neill," Thor said, "If you do not mind, I would like to take a look at the Asgard systems in this vessel.".
"No problem at all." Jack said, getting up and leading Thor from the bridge.
After they were gone, Colonel Ellis spoke up, "I'm not sure I like this alien messing around in my ship.".
Sam's head turned, her eyes slightly wide with astonishment at the colonel's words, "Thor is the supreme commander of the Asgard fleet for a reason Colonel, and the systems he is going to be 'messing around with' are Asgard systems anyway. Thor may be able to upgrade them in some way.".
"As long as General O'Neill keeps an eye on him I guess its fine with me." Ellis conceded grudgingly before going back to the diagnostics of the ship he was double checking.
Onboard the Galactica:
"Its been nearly a week since we have had any contact with the Cylons." Admiral Adama said aloud as he sat in his quarters aboard what had become the flagship of the small fleet. Starbuck had been in command of most of the trailing raptor missions, and so far, nothing had popped up. It was if the Cylons had disappeared, or at least lost track of the fleet for a small period of time. It was more likely that they were still going over the ruins of the Temple Of Five, and had yet to take up the chase with Galactica. Just then, the phone on his desk began to ring. Picking it up, Adama recognized the voice of his XO come over the line.
"Bill, I think you better get up here." Tigh said before cutting the connection.
Adama got to his feet, buttoning up his uniform as he did so, and walked to the CIC. "What do you have for me Saul?" he asked.
"We seem to have jumped to another inhabitable planet." Tigh said, casting a dark look at the man who had done the calculations for the last jump.
"No DRADIS contact?" Adama asked again, staring at the screen that once again, showed only his ships.
"Not a thing." Tigh answered.
"Send a raptor down to the planet, visual search for anything we can use." Adama ordered.
Minutes later, Lt. Agathon fired up the engines on his raptor. Slipping into the atmosphere of the planet, he still detected no Cylon presence. As he passed through the clouds however, he saw the ruins of what appeared to have been a very advanced city. There was a large tower in the middle, surrounded by 5 'arms' that jutted out in a star like pattern. "Galactica, Helo." he said, waiting for confirmation of his transmission.
"Go ahead Helo." he heard back almost immediately.
"I have some ruins on the surface, looks to be pretty advanced before they were wiped out. No Cylon presence detected." he reported.
"Understood, find a place to set down and the other raptors will follow you in." Galactica ordered.
"Understood." Helo acknowledged simply before landing the raptor just outside of the ruins.
Atlantis:
By the time that the Galactica had stumbled upon the uninhabited planet, the Apollo was dropping out of hyperspace in orbit of Lantea, the name given to the planet that Atlantis was on. The rest of the fleet was there, already waiting for her. Odyssey, Daedalus, Koralev, and the Prometheus all sat in orbit. :This is general O;Neill.: Jack said, broadcasting to each ship in the fleet. "Koralev will remain in orbit around Atlantis to protect against any Wraith attack. Prometheus will be on point, the rest of us will follow slightly behind, so Colonel, whenever you're ready." Jack announced, referring to Colonel Pendergast on the Prometheus. Moments later, the ship jumped away, with the three 304s following close behind.
Onboard Galactica:
The excavations on the planets surface had been going on for almost 12 hours, not only were there ruins to explore, scans had found deposits of tylium just under the surface. But it was the ruins that seemed to be more interesting, they were something that had never been seen before. The architecture, even though it had been abandoned for quite some time, was breathtaking, and that was just judging by the pictures that had been brought back. Adama had sent the best marines he had down to the planet to assist the chief and the rest of the excavation team.
Uninhabited Planet:
'This is unlike anything I have ever seen." Chief Tyrol said aloud, perhaps to the four marines that followed him through the darkened corridors that ran underground throughout the ruins.
"Do you know what all of this is yet chief?" Helo asked.
"It's a city, a very large and advanced city." the chief answered as he ran his hands over a closed door that was blocking their way. Taking out a small piece of plastic explosive, he placed it on the door, and after moving everyone back around the last corner, blew the door open. The group turned the corner again, to see the door blown out of the way. Quickly clearing what little remained of it, they continued to move deeper into the city.
Onboard the Prometheus:
"Sir, we are picking up some interesting readings from our destination." one of the technicians said to Colonel Pendergast.
"What types of readings?" The Colonel asked.
"Well, we are picking up the ruins of an ancient settlement just like we thought, but I am also picking up a large number of ships in orbit around the planet.".
"Wraith?" Pendergast asked simply.
"No sir, they are unlike anything we have previously encountered.".
"Inform general O'Neill that we will be dropping out of hyperspace early, lets not jump right into the middle of that fleet." Pendergast ordered. The message was sent, and minutes later, the ship dropped out of hyperspace just behind a gas giant that was orbiting the same sun. The remainder of the fleet was only two minutes behind the Prometheus, and followed her example by hiding behind the massive planet.
"What do you have for me Colonel." O'Neill said as the screen in front of Pendergast lit up.
"We picked up a large fleet of ships orbiting the planet, we now know that most of them, except for the largest two, are civilian ships and unarmed." Pendergast explained.
"Okay, lets wait here for awhile to see what we are dealing with." O'Neill ordered.
"We aren't going to try and make contact?" Pendergast exclaimed in surprise.
"Not yet Colonel, Daniel thinks that we might spook them. By the damage we are detecting on both warships, they have been in a fight fairly recently. Lets not get ourselves mistaken as the same people that did that to them." O'Neill said before cutting the connection.
Onboard the Galactica:
"Admiral, DRADIS picked up some strange readings from behind that gas giant." Lt. Gaeta reported.
"Cylons?" Tigh wondered aloud.
"No sir. The readings are not consistent with any FTL signatures." Gaeta explained.
"Its probably nothing, but when Starbuck gets back from the planet, have her take a raptor to go double check." Adama ordered.
Uninhabited planet:
The chief had just used his last piece of plastic explosive on a door that refused to budge, although the fact that it was significantly heavier than the others they had encountered accounted for the discrepancy. "We have to go back and pick up more explosive." he said.
"Fine with me," Helo agreed, "I wouldn't mind getting outside again for a change.". the entire group began the walk back outside the ruins, their quest to find a way into that central tower ending, at least for the moment, in failure.
Onboard the Galactica:
The relative calm that had existed in the CIC was shattered when the alarms started blaring. "DRADIS contact! Four Cylon basestars just jumped into the system." Gaeta said fairly calmly.
"How the frack did that happen?" Tigh yelled over the noise.
"The fleet is powering their FTL drives, Cylons are launching missiles!". Gaeta reported.
Onboard the Apollo:
"Four new ships have just appeared in orbit!" a tech shouted.
"How did they get in there?" Colonel Ellis demanded.
"I don't know sir, its like they just appeared there." the man explained before another alarm started going off.
"Looks like they brought Nukes too." O'Neill said dryly.
"Jack, we can't let them nuke the ancient outpost!" Daniel exclaimed.
"I know Daniel. All ships, prepare to engage the new contacts." Jack ordered.
Uninhabited planet:
"Galactica reports Cylon contacts inbound, we have to move!" someone yelled down the last corridor, causing the team to break into a sprint towards the last two raptors, which were waiting to bring them back to their ship.
Onboard the Galactica:
"Cylons are launching missiles, fleet is away." Gaeta said.
"We need to jump." Tigh said to Adama.
"No. Wait for the raptors, we aren't leaving anyone behind this time." Adama ordered.
"Pegasus is returning fire." Gaeta said, describing the situation outside the CIC. The missiles from the Pegasus streaked towards the Cylon basestars, some impacting along their superstructures, but most got picked out of the air by the hundreds of raiders that were flying around engaging vipers and protecting their own ships.
"New contacts on DRADIS! Four new contacts moving between the fleet and the Cylons." Gaeta said excitedly.
"Who are they?" Adama demanded.
"I do not know sir, the ships do not match any known profile." Gaeta said.
"Tell Pegasus to hold her fire on the new ships and to move on the basestar located here." Adama said, pointing to the Cylon ship that was furthest from the new ships.
Onboard the Apollo:
"Launch our fighters, fire at will." O'Neill ordered, causing each of the 304s to open fire on the strange ships that had been attacking the civilian fleet.
The Apollo, which had appeared on a perpendicular heading to the Cylons, turned a hard left, with speed that no one on the watching battlestars had ever seen. Apollo's rail guns were blotting Cylon raiders out of existence while its shields absorbed the first volley of enemy missiles. "Fire missiles." O'Neill ordered when they came in satisfactory range. The missiles leapt out of their tubes and headed towards the nearest basestar. They impacted on the much larger ship, their impacts being marked with large flashes of flame as the Mark IX warheads detonated on contact with the ship, which boasted no shields. The basestar seemed to stop mid-flight for a moment before one of its 'arms' split off and exploded, leaving the rest of the ship mostly disabled.
Pegasus and Galactica were peppering the fourth basestar with missiles and their kinetic energy weapons. One last volley struck right at the heart of the basestar, blowing the ship apart like it was made of plastic. The blast wave extended onto the Prometheus, lighting up the ships shields as it rode out the explosion.
"Prometheus caught the majority of that blast but she looks okay." the tech reported from his station in front of O'Neill.
Seeing one of their number explode, the remaining three Cylon basestars jumped out of the system, leaving a number of raiders to be picked off the combined forces of the F-302s and the colonial vipers, which were still regarding each other with uncertainty.
Onboard the Galactica:
"Open a channel to the new ships." Adama ordered as soon as the last Cylon contact had been blotted of the screen of the DRADIS system.". When it had been done, he spoke, "This is Admiral Adama of the Colonial Fleet, we thank you for your help against our adversaries.". There was static on the line for almost a full minute before a voice answered.
"This is general Jack O'Neill onboard the Apollo, it was our pleasure.".
"General," Adama said, "I propose we both stand down our forces in order to meet face to face.". The silence was palpable as the crew waited for the response.
"Very well, we will meet you on the planets surface in two hours." O'Neill's voice said over the line.
"Agreed." Adama said simply as he cut the line. "Get the fleet back here, the Cylons won't be back anytime soon.". Gaeta nodded and proceeded to send a message to the fleet, leaving Adama to his thoughts.
Onboard the Apollo:
"Are you sure this is wise O'Neill" Teal'c asked as the conversation ended.
"We helped them out of a tight spot, I don't expect any problems." Jack answered before turning and giving another order. "Signal Atlantis to send out their flagship team and some puddle jumpers, the Koralev will be enough to carry anything they could need.".
"Yes sir." a tech answered, sending the message. Now all they could do was wait for the Koralev to make the short jump to the system.
A/N: Please review and let me hear what you all think about the story so far...thanks.