This story jumps ahead in time a bit from my last story battlestar group 16, I'll try to write it so that you don't need to have read it but I would recommend it. In this store the entire Ori storyline did not happen, all the thing that happened because of the Ori did either not happen or was done by someone else like Ba'al or the Lucien alliance. In battlestar group 16 Earth meets the people of the twelve colonies of Kobol and they join forces when the Cylons attack.
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Pegasus Base
Planet p3y-229
December 16 2014
0800hours
The new Earth base in the Pegasus galaxy was simply called Pegasus base. It was constructed in 2010 after Atlantis was on Earth's moon.
After the disclosure in 2011 the base was expanded massively. Pegasus base had a large population compared to that of Atlantis before it moved to Earth. Over 18000 people worked at Pegasus base composed of not only Earth people but also Athosians, Satedans and other Pegasus natives. The base was self-sufficient as they produced their own food and water. The only things they received from Earth were reinforcements and high tech equipment.
The entire base was built underground and split up in several sections spread out over the entire planet. Most of the base was covered by individual shield generators. For additional defense a squadron of 302A's was stationed at each of the planets poles.
The 302A was an improved version of the original 302; it was enhanced with technology from the colonials and was stronger with more hard points. So far only one Wraith knew the planet the base was on, Todd. A fact the commander of the base, General Pratt, didn't like at all but unlike Atlantis you couldn't just move the base.
The gate room looked remarkably much like the one in Cheyenne Mountain. It too was located several hundred feet underground in a large mountain. The base was also home to part of the leadership of an alliance of races in the Pegasus Galaxy. The Travelers, Genii and many smaller planets were joined into the Pegasus coalition. The Genii now under the firm command of Ladon Radim were trusted up to a certain point and they committed the most personnel to the alliance.
"Sir, SGP (stargate Pegasus unit) 11 has dialed in half an hour ago, due to an accident they were unable to continue their search for ancient technology on p78-r45." The lieutenant of the watch reported as General Pratt walked into the command centre. General Pratt was a big man of African descent; he was the kind of guy you didn't want to meet in a dark alley. "The other teams in the field report no problems and there has been no report of Wraith contact. It's all quiet on the Pegasus front so to say."
"That's good to hear. Did midway have anything to report?" Pratt asked.
"Nothing substantial, just the usual stuff, newspapers, sports results, lotto numbers." The officer of the watch said.
"You win anything?" Pratt asked.
"The red socks won yesterday, made me a hundred bucks."
Northern 302A hanger bay
1127 hours
Major Ben 'Cold' Martins, CAG of the Pegasus base 302A squadrons was finishing up his inspection of his fighter. A few days earlier he was forced to make an emergency landing as one of his engines malfunctioned.
The ground crews of Pegasus base were very good and fast. Martins was very proud of his two squadrons of 16 F-302A Space Superiority fighters each. They were the best Earth had to offer and were with no doubt the best in the entire Pegasus galaxy. Martins didn't like being on the ground when his pilots went out to fight an enemy. It took some convincing but eventually General Pratt granted him his own 302 so he could join the fight when he felt the need. Right now the're wasn't have much action. Just the occasional asteroid that went astray and was a threat to Pegasus base. The both occasions a Wraith hive had entered Pegasus space, it where hives loyal to Todd and they came to deliver intel..
"Chief, I think I saw a loose contact by the engine, care to check it out?" martins said.
"Sure sir." The Chief walked over to the engine and fumbled a bit with the loose contact. When he was finished the contact was repaired.
"Thanks chief. What's the status on the other craft?" Martins asked. Due to the long way to Earth they always had a few spare 302's standing around.
"We've got three down for maintenance, nothing that can't be put back up if you need them. The squadrons are at full strength anyways. I haven't checked in with the chief of the southern hanger bay but I believe he has two planes down."
The sirens started blaring and an announcement over the PA system told them that they were under attack and that it was not a drill. Martins quickly ran to the locker room to put on his flight suit. In the locker room he was greeted by the pilots of the 322nd F-302 squadron. Everyone quickly put on their flight suit and within five minutes the squadron was in the air.
Command Centre
1153 hours
The base was on high alert. Less than eight minutes ago the gate had activated and Wraith soldiers had started pouring trough. Only a few Wraith made it through before the Iris closed Those few were cut down by a hail of bullets of the defense teams. A few minutes later several Hives were detected entering orbit over the planet and the F-302 squadrons were launched.
"Both squadrons are up and will rendezvous with each other in three minutes." A lieutenant said.
"The hives have only launched darts to intercept our 302's." another lieutenant said.
"Send out a distress call to Earth, Midway and the alpha and beta sites. Hopefully one gets through" Pratt ordered. "Tell Major Martins he has control. Activate all defense structures, if they get close we'll kill them."
Space
The two squadrons formed up and were now heading for the hives. Every fighter had six anti fighter missiles and two anti-capital ship weapons. That gave them a lousy 192 anti fighter and 64 anti capital ship missiles. Not much use when the enemy was launching over three hundred darts. In front of them were 3 hives. They looked bigger and uglier than normal but not as big as the ZPM powered hive that attacked Earth early 2009.
"Knights, let's make a hole for the Pythons so they can launch their missiles at those hives." Knights was the nickname for the 322nd squadron while Pythons was the nickname for the other squadron stationed at Pegasus base.
When they entered weapons range the knights let loose a hail of missiles closely followed by another storm of missiles. After those missiles came the knights and after the knights came the pythons. The 300 plus darts opened fire with their weapons in an attempt to destroy the 36 incoming missiles. Eight missiles were destroyed but the remaining 28 destroyed close to 40 darts. The missiles were specially made for use in the Pegasus galaxy and specifically to fight the wraith dart swarms. Upon detonation the missile would blow apart sending shrapnel everywhere normally destroying one or two other darts. The missiles were commonly known as wraithkillers.
Knight squadron engaged the darts while the pythons moved into weapons range of the three hives. They all fired two missiles and soon enough 36 missiles were on their way to the hives.
The hives launched all their darts in an attempt to keep the 302's at bay just to prevent this strategy. The hives weapons were inefficient against targets as small as a missile. All 36 missiles hit their targets, most evenly spread over the hives. The missiles however were not nuclear; they just had a very large warhead. The damage done to the hives was minimal. Only one hive had sustained moderate damage.
"Knight lead this is Python lead, damage minimal. If you launch, target the nearest hive. It might do enough damage if you focus on it." The leader of the Pythons said.
"Roger that Python lead. Alright Knights, let's show these motherfuckers what we're made of. Engage the indicated hive with both missiles and return to the fight afterwards." Major Martins said.
The knights broke off from their engagements and turned towards the indicated hive. The Pythons engaged the darts to keep them of the Knights backs.
Control room
"Python has reengaged the Darts and the Knights are now launching their missiles at the closest hive. Missile impact in ten seconds, 5...4…3…2…1… all hits, target destroyed! The hive was split through the middle." The officer of the watch reported. Everyone in the control room cheered.
"What about the other two?" Pratt asked.
"Still out there." A lieutenant said.
"Major Martins reports that they are being slaughtered. He lost over 60 percent of his squadrons."
"Tell him to come back, they aren't going to make any difference anyways." Pratt said.
"Sir the hives are starting orbital bombardment." A lieutenant said.
Moments later the entire complex shook as multiple hits rocked the shields.
"Shields are holding but not for long. We have about ten minutes before our main shield collapses. The rest of the shielding will follow within fifteen minutes afterwards."
"Get everybody to the shelters." Pratt ordered. The shelters were huge underground chambers over 500 meters underground. No weapon would be able to penetrate that far. The only problem was that they could only house some 2000 people.
"There won't be enough room."
"Get the children in first; fill the rest up with the brightest on base." Pratt said.
Ten minutes later the shield was about to collapse by the heavy bombardment. Most of the soldiers were still there although some of the scientists had been evacuated. Everyone knew what was going to happen, the gate was still engaged by the Wraith so they could not escape and there was no room in the shelters.
Living on the surface was not an option as they would be found and taken by the Wraith. The only thing they hoped now was that death came quick. Pratt was finishing up his last speech to his personnel telling them they did themselves proud and that their deaths would not be forgotten. The shield collapsed and the first shots landed on top of the mountain shaking it violently. After a few hits the mountain collapsed killing all those inside. All over the planet shields collapsed and bases were destroyed. In less than an hour the total number of personnel was down to about 2000 out of an original 18000.
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