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an: This starts somewhere in Be All My Sins Remember'd from that point it is an AU. Stargate The Ark Of Thruth does not happen.
january 5th 2008
Atlantis, conference room
"You remember you said you would only need ten hours to complete that replicator killer virus?" Ellis said.
"Yeah vaguely" Rodney replied.
"Well it has been ten hours, and a week!" Ellis said.
"Well it didn't work that well and since then we've been working on something different." Carter said.
"like what?" Ellis asked annoyed.
"We redesigned the Anti-Replicator Weapon" Rodney said with a big smile on his face.
"I thought you said the Replicator's have already adapted to it." Ellis said getting angrier every second.
"Hello, didn't I just say 'redesigned'?" Rodney shot back. "We've been working on fixing it and we think we've made it effective again" Rodney said, showing signs of being annoyed by Ellis.
"So now we can kill the replicators once and for all?" Sheppard asked.
"Theoretically it should work, but they will adapt after we've fired a few shots like they have done in the past." Carter said.
"Then what are we waiting for? They're all in one place right now; lets go kill 'em" Ellis said.
"Yeah I would normally support you but we do have a little problem, the system is so big that it can only be built in one of the 304's hanger bays. It wouldn't take that long to assemble, just a few hours. But one weapon can not target the fleet and the planet in one shot, and as soon as they realize what is happening they will undertake countermeasures." Carter said while putting up some schematics of the weapon on a nearby screen.
"So we will install the weapons on all of our ships, and then take up strategic positions around the fleet and planet. We fire the A.R.W.'s, the Replciators go bye-bye." Rodney finished. He looked excitedly at the others in the briefing. "This will mean that we can neutralize the replicator threat and take their city intact! Just think of what treasures there will be in the city- all the ZPM's they have lying around, and the Aurora's we can take, their shipyards… and possibly schematics of how to build a ZPM."
"While I understand the excitement of having yet another Ancient design-based city in our possession, we barely have enough people on this city to fully man it. What do you want to do with all the free space." Ellis asked.
"I think I have some friends who might be willing to rent some of the rooms" Sheppard said.
"Do your friends have security clearance?" colonel Caldwell asked.
"They don't need any." He leaned forward in his chair. "Do you remember the travelers?" Sheppard replied.
"You mean those space traveling people who captured you and threatened to flush you out of an airlock? Rodney asked sarcastically.
"Yeah those. Look, they need a place to stay and if we capture the Asuran Atlantis, we will have enough space to house millions. Come on, how many can there be? They've been In space for thousands of years! And on top of that, they have an Aurora which can help in the attack." Sheppard said.
"Well that might work. Why don't you take a jumper and go find them while we outfit the Daedalus and the Apollo with the weapon." Carter said.
Unknown planet Pegasus galaxy
Ten minutes later Sheppard, Ronon, Tayla, Lorne and 2 marines are in a jumper in orbit over a planet.
"You really think they are here?" Lorne asked Sheppard.
"Yeah just keep scanning for 'em, Larrin told me that if we ever needed to contact them we should just go back to this planet and wait for her to arrive."
Suddenly a hyperspace window opened right in front of them and an ancient warship comes out of hyperspace.
"Told you so" Sheppard said with a big grin on his face "Let's open a channel" Sheppard said while changing course to prevent slamming into the massive front of the ship.
Suddenly the radio comes to live and a familiar voice sais "Sheppard, Sheppard is that you, this better be important".
"Well I have a rather interesting proposition to make." Sheppard replied.
"What's it about?" Larrin asked.
"Can we dock or do you want to talk like this?" Sheppard asked.
"Alright use docking bay 3- and come out unarmed" Larrin said annoyed.
"Roger that. We'll be there in a minute" Sheppard replied and then cut the link.
When they arrived on the Lantean vessel, they prepared to exit the jumper. Ronon didn't like the idea of entering a potentially hostil environment unarmed, and said as much to Sheppard. John pulled him aside.
"Look, I don't like it any more than you. But we could use their help, and they are normally not that hostile. So put down the weapon, chewie!"
Reluctantly, he complied and gave the weapon to the marine while giving him a stern look.
After Sheppard sees that everyone has put down their weapons he opens the rear hatch- to see Larrin and some guards greeting them by holding the same kind of weapon as Ronon had on them.
"Well, we aren't armed. You could be nice and put your guns away…" Sheppard groused.
"Sheppard, what is it that you want?" Larrin asks looking at the Colonel.
"It's nice to see you too Larrin" he says with a grin on his face. "We have an offer you can't refuse" he continues.
A little time later Sheppard is sitting in a chair while Larrin is standing behind him.
"Unless you have some ships for us, we can refuse" Larrin replied.
"Well you haven't heard our offer- and it's way better then a few ships." Sheppard said with a grin.
"Then start talking, and don't waste my time. This ship is required elsewhere since one of our ships is leaking atmosphere and we need to evacuate it." Larrin said.
"Well we hope to have in our possession a rather large city in the near future and we think it would be big enough to house all of your people" Sheppard said.
"I hardly doubt Atlantis would be big enough to house all of our people. She scoffed. "We number in the hundreds of thousands"
"Nobody said anything about Atlantis; though you where close- it is of Lantean design." Sheppard said.
"You wouldn't be able to protect such a place." Larrin countered. "The Wraith would be upon us in weeks and kill us all"
"Well this place is protected by a shield, much like the one Atlantis has. And besides the shields there are also some weapons, like the drones; and with luck we will also capture some Aurora's" Sheppard said casually.
"What do you mean with capture and what place are you talking about?" Larrin asked cautiously.
"Well, we're going to wipe out the replicators with a weapon we designed, and it would leave their entire planet intact. We only need to hold them of for about a minute so the weapon can charge, and after we fire it the replicators should be gone." Sheppard said.
"Just like that?" Larrin asked.
"Yep, just like that, so what do you say?" Sheppard asked.
"Well, you better not be lying to me Sheppard. But I think I will contact my leaders and tell them of this proposition. We obviously need to work it out to the last detail, but I think we have a deal. What do you need?" she asked.
"We could use some of your ships to cover our own since a lot of their power would be diverted to this weapon, which would mean that their shields would be weakened." He said.
"Give me a few hours and I will contact my people, I think the council would agree with this. But it would still be up to the ships captains to decide if they want to join you." she replied
"Okay then we have a deal. If your council agrees with the plan the ships who choose to join us can come to Atlantis, where we will make up a battle plan and go to battle." Sheppard said.
"Very well, I'll start making the calls. See you on Atlantis" she replied, and with that Sheppard went back to the jumper.
January 7th 2008
Atlantis, conference room
Several day later the Atlantis team, Colonel Carter, Larrin and several other travelers are in the conference room discussing the tactics they will be using when they attack the Asurans.
"Our scans of the system indicate that there are close to thirty Aurora class warships in orbit, not to mention the cruisers. Although it should be noted that they didn't show up on our scans, the last time we encountered them they had cloaking capabilities." Carter said.
"How do you plan to defend against that? Even with out help you cannot defeat such a large force. That is simply to much." Larrin replied.
"We don't have to destroy them, we only need to disable them, keep 'em from jumping into hyperspace and use the A.R.W.'s on the fleet in orbit and the city on the surface. The more ships we capture intact, the more we can use after we have destroyed all the replicators." Rodney said enthusiastically.
"And how long will it take to charge those weapons and get them in range?" Larrin asked.
"Well we are not sure but it will take about a minute give or take." Rodney replied.
"In the meantime the Daedalus and Apollo can't use their beam weapons due to power requirements, so the traveler ships will need to keep the Asurans away from them. After the A.R.W.'s have been fired, we can beam in troops and scientists to secure the place, and then contact Atlantis to tell them to send in even more through the Gate." Rodney said.
"Well then, we will protect your ships and when you have fired your weapons we will help you secure the place and see if we can live there. But Sheppard, I do need you on my ship, we have an arsenal full of drones but we have no way of firing them like you can." Larin said.
"I'll we honored to help you out Larin" Sheppard replied with a big grin.
"All right, we will meet in 2 days before heading to Asuras, in the meantime I will contact Earth and ask them to prepare more scientists and soldiers." Carter said ending the meeting.
January 9th 2008
Not far from Asuras
As the Apollo, Daedalus and the traveler Aurora come out of hyperspace they are greeted by a fleet of about 9 traveler ships.
"Sir the lead traveler ship reports they are ready to make the jump to Asuras and are awaiting you orders." Major Marks said.
"Signal the fleet." Caldwell ordered. Major Marks pushed some buttons and nods to Caldwell. "All ships before we depart, I just want to wish you all luck and lets kill some machines. We'll depart in 30 seconds. Caldwell out."
With that the fleet prepared to jump into hyperspace.