6
Stargate Series
Laying in bed, Bobby Parish reads a bed time story to his nephew. He finishes reading it just as his nephew falls asleep. Saying good night to the asleep boy, Bobby gets up and heads downstairs to the kitchen where he meets his sister Meghan. She asks Bobby if he is all packed for his deployment. Bobby replies with yes and that he has all the essentials, he adds that his ride is coming at seven for him in the morning. Meghan complains how she hates how secretive his tours are and just wished that he could be transferred to England or Japan or someplace safe. Shaking his head and smiling, Bobby tells his sister not to worry that he is good at his job. Meghan smiles and says that she knows and adds that since the break off of her engagement, he is all she has left besides her son. Bobby tells her she'll be fine and that when he returns he expects her to have found someone else or at least have tried. She says that she will and then turns off the lights as the two head up stairs to go to sleep.
Entering the situation room, General Jack O'Neill meets with a General Henry Landry and Jack asks him what the status of the operation is. General Landry states that General Carter and the USS George Hammond are in route to the planet. The two generals and the other members of the room watch a blank monitor which lights up with the face of General Carter. General Carter tells the generals to begin the assault and to send the strike teams through the gate. Following this, Jack thanks her and the monitor goes black again. He then gets up, along with General Landry and they go into a mission room. From there O'Neill green lights the operation and Landry gives the go ahead to activate the Stargate. Chief Master Sergeant Harriman then pushes some buttons and speaks into a mike giving the go ahead clearance codes and activation codes.
At Stargate Command Lieutenant Colonel Paul Davis along with Colonel Cameron Mitchell receive the go ahead, and then Colonel Mitchell speaks into a mike and tells Colonel Sheppard that they are clear for the mission and "God Speed." With this, the gate activates and then the strike teams enter through the gate.
A Captain Kevin Fisher, and his team then enter after Colonel Sheppard's team and are transferred to the world of P9X-305, also more commonly known as Babylon. Once they exit out of the gate they are met with heavy fire via the Lucian Alliance's staff weapons. Captain Fisher and his team move quickly out of the range of the offenders, while Colonel Sheppard and his team move in opposite to surround the attackers. Captain Fisher radios Sheppard once his team is in position and says that he is ready. Colonel Sheppard responds that they move in unison and counts down. Once he reaches zero, the strike teams move in on the attackers and manage to subdue them all except one, who appeared to be their leader. Colonel Sheppard asks who he is and he replies that his name is Druid and that he is a Second in the Lucian Alliance. Captain Fisher detains Druid and then escorts him to a makeshift base, where several reinforcements from Earth have clustered to. Captain Fisher orders one of the men to watch over Druid while he heads over to Colonel Sheppard and asks for further orders. Colonel John Sheppard tells Kevin that their standing orders are to wait for General Carter's space attack to finish and then beam up Druid to her ship, while also moving in on Babylon's capital city. With this, Colonel Sheppard orders Captain Fisher to radio the SGC and inform them of their situation.
Captain Fisher then radios the SGC and informs them that they have captured Druid and are awaiting further orders. Colonel Mitchell tells Fisher to tell Colonel Sheppard to begin moving in on the capital city as General Carter should break through the Lucian blockade just as they arrive, he also says that they should send Druid through the gate. Fisher acknowledges this and then ends the radio transmission and goes to tell Sheppard the orders.
Firing their weapons at the Lucian ships, General Carter orders Major Marks to concentrate all fire on the main Ha'tak and for the F-302s to attack the remaining Al'kesh ships. Major Marks states that they have taken heavy fire and that the ship will not be able to take much more. General Carter comments on how surprising it is at the power that the ships are producing. A Quinn Hartwell, an IOA field operations agent and an ex-CIA special agent, informs General Carter that Homeworld Command has been monitoring the Lucian Alliance and has discovered that they have been testing new advanced weaponry and have planned, and now carried out that plan to integrate it into their Ha'taks and other ships. General Carter says that she wish she would have known this sooner and would have prepared differently.
Suddenly they see that the main Ha'tak has been destroyed and that they now have a path straight to the planet. General Carter looks at Agent Hartwell and tells her to get her men ready to be beamed to the planet. Quinn replies that they already are, and General Carter then asks what are they waiting for and orders Major Marks to beam Hartwell's team to the capital city as soon as he can. Marks then replies that they will have a chance in two minutes, after they clear Babylon's atmosphere.
Once they are clear Marks beams Hartwell's team down. While this goes on, the Stargate suddenly activates by itself. With Colonel Sheppard away, Captain Fisher took charge and order his men to surround the gate. As soon as they did that a loud sound emits from the gate that sends the men to the ground. Also the USS George Hammond lights up and is suddenly beamed away. After a minute the gate shuts off and the high pitched sound ceases. Captain Fisher quickly runs back over to the DHD and inputs Earth's address. Once the gate activates he radios back what happened.
Hearing about the strange occurrence, Colonel Mitchell relays the news to Homeworld Command. Jack asks Cameron to check on Carter to see how she is doing, but then Lieutenant Colonel Davis, who was monitoring the fleet chatter, states that the USS George Hammond has been lost. Jack orders Davis to call in the Odyssey and to call back the strike team as they can't risk losing anyone else.
Back in a Conference Room at Homeworld Command, Mr. Woolsey, Colonel Mitchell, Colonel Davis, Colonel Sheppard, General Landry, General O'Neill, Dr. McKay, and Dr. Jackson listen to Captain Fisher and his recount of what happened. General O'Neill then asks Dr. McKay if his team has discovered anything from the Babylonian DHD. Dr. McKay replies with that all they could discover what that the other end let out to a planet, P4K-798 on the outer rim of the galaxy and that when they dialed the gate they managed to check out the planet but that the ship was missing. Dr. Jackson then adds that his team studied the world and figured that it must have been a world under the control of a Goa'uld by the name of Ptah. Daniel adds that according to Teal'c and his studies, Ptah was a very powerful system lord, coming from a time before Ra was in charge. He adds that unlike the other System Lords, Ptah held very few planets, but never had to worry about losing them as he was the creator of most Goa'uld technology so he knew all their weaknesses. Daniel adds that after the death of Ra, Ptah left his position and traveled the galaxy and learning all he can and that during the Jaffa Rebellion, he returned to his people, not as a conqueror but as a negotiator and became Supreme Advisor to all the planets that were originally under his control. Mr. Woolsey then asks where this Goa'uld is currently. Dr. Jackson states that Ptah was last seen on a planet call Coru, but that that was about three years ago.
General O'Neill says that he does not like this situation at all and that he thinks that whatever is going on that Ptah is associated in some way. Mr. Woolsey suggests that they send a team to P4K-798 to investigate and make base there. He says that it will be the task of this team to investigate into the disappearance of the USS George Hammond and to located Ptah. General O'Neill laughs and says that he for once agrees with Woolsey. Dr. McKay states that they might need a scientist to assist in the computer and technology aspect of the mission. Colonel Sheppard chimes in and tells McKay that this is not a mission for him as he is needed to work on the Atlantis Home Project. Jackson then adds that he might be needed to assist this the translations and cultural references, but General Landry says that he can't do that with his new position. Dr. McKay quickly asks what Dr. Jackson's new position is, but General O'Neill says that he'll find out soon enough.
Mr. Woolsey then stands up and states that he'll ask the IOA to green light an investigative operation into the disappearance of the USS George Hammond, while in the mean time he tells General O'Neill and Dr. Jackson that they should have Druid transferred to the Omega Site as new protocol states that all hostile beings or enemies of the state must be detained off world at the newly created Omega Site. Daniel replies that it is in the process of being done as the Omega Site is currently being renovated and they are just about to begin to move in. He says that they will have it done as soon as the Base is complete. Mr. Woolsey smiles and bids the group good day, Jack then tells Daniel that he has to go and brief the President about the current situation. Dr. McKay then goes over and asks Daniel what his new position is, Daniel just looks at Rodney and then tells him that he is the new leader of Stargate Command, ultimately Rodney's new boss. With a look of fear and then anger, Rodney asks what happened to General Landry. Daniel tells him that the General has accepted a position at Homeworld Command as Deputy Commander-In-Chief. Rodney then yells and says that he has continuously asked for leadership of the SGC and he has never been granted it. General O'Neill then enters the room again with Colonel Sheppard, Jack saying that he forgot to grab his binder. Rodney then yells at him and says that he is way more qualified than Daniel. Jack looks at Daniel and says that he wasn't suppose to announce it until later, Sheppard then adds in that he wanted to video tape McKay's actions, but now he can't. Daniel laughs and tells the two military men that he just had to, as McKay would have bugged him until he did. Jack just smiles and says "surprise!" He then tells the group to hurry up as there is cake in the cafeteria. They then all leave and head to the caferia.
Hearing the horn of the car, Major Bobby Parish grabs his suitcase and leaves the house. Meghan and her nephew watch as he leaves. The nephew runs over and hugs Bobby, while Meghan, crying, tells him to be safe. Bobby replies that he will and then gets inside of the black SUV.
Once the door closes, an older looking woman wearing the rank of Brigadier General, puts out her hand and introduces herself as Catherine Surrey. General Surrey explains to the Major that she has a mission for him if he is willing to take it. She tells him that he has to say yes or no before she explains it as it is highly classified. Major Parish asks where the mission will take him. General Surrey looks up and says that this mission will require his flight experience, his black operations training, and his military intelligence training.
Looking out of the window, Major Parish says that if he says yes, he wants insurance for his family in the form of a higher child support payment as the current situation hardly keeps food on the table. He then asks that his nephew is enrolled in the local private school as the public school is too simplified for him. General Surrey says that she can see what she can do and then asks him if he is in or if he is out.
Looking at the General straight in the eyes, Major Parish says that he is in. The General smiles and says that that is excellent news and then pulls out a phone and calls someone and tells them that Bobby is in and to beam them up when ready. She closes the phone and tells Bobby that this is one of her favorite parts of the job. Suddenly both the General and Bobby light up and are beamed away from the SUV.
"Welcome to the USS Phoenix the latest X-304 in the Earth fleet," General Surrey tells Bobby.
Bobby begins to speak but the General raises her hand and tells him that all his questions will be answered after he watches the Ten Debriefing Videos created by Dr. Daniel Jackson, the head of Stargate Command.
The windows then tint and a screen appears with Dr. Daniel Jackson. He explains everything there is to know including about the Stargate, Atlantis, Destiny, the IOA, Pegasus, Goa'uld, Wraith, Jaffa, Teal'c and Homeworld Command.
Bobby spends three days watching all of the videos and taking notes on them. He is visited by guests, sometimes General Surrey and other times an IOA agent named Quinn Hartwell.
At the end of the final episode on day three, General Surrey asks Bobby if he has any questions. Bobby stands up and looks over all his notes and then down at Earth. He then turns around and looks at the General and asks why he was chosen and what was he chosen for. General Surrey says that those are very good questions.
She says, "You were chosen because of your experiences in the Middle East, your flying skills, your leadership qualities and above all else your distinct ability to make quality decisions in high, intense situations. For the question of what your job is, well you will be working as Chief of Security at a new off world base much like the Alpha, Beta and Icarus Bases. This new base for the time being is going to be called Omega and will act as a prison for all non-Earth prisoners and as a diplomatic center for all allied beings. This is to ensure the clandestine secret of the location of Earth."
Major Parish then tells the General that he'll do whatever he is ordered to do, where ever. Picking up his notes he then asks when they will be heading there. General Surrey explains that currently the base is being furnished and they are carrying the last of the base's supplies and that they are heading out as soon as they receive confirmation by the SGC.
Entering General O'Neill's office, Mr. Woolsey sits down and plops a folder on his desk and explains to the General that the IOA has agreed to sanction an investigative team into the disappearance of the USS George Hammond, but on one condition. Jack laughs and says that the IOA is never straight forward. Mr. Woolsey explains that the IOA would like to sanction an entire permanent division towards Intelligence and Investigation, calling it the Division of Intelligence and Investigation and that it will be a sub organization within the SGC with joint IOA and Homeworld Security oversight along with involvement with the IOA Field Operations.
Jack laughs and says that Daniel will never allow for this form of subdivision to exist within his SGC. Mr. Woolsey smiles and says that Dr. Jackson has already agreed and that he was just asking if Homeworld Security is willing to join or stay out. General O'Neill then sits up in his chair and says that if Daniel agrees then it has to be good and adds his support as well. Jack then asks who will be leading this organization. Mr. Woolsey says that a Brigadier General named Catherine Surrey will take up the mantel as well as leader of the Omega Complex. Jack comments how this all works out perfectly, which means something should eventually go wrong. Mr. Woolsey says that he hopes that Jack is wrong and then looks at his watch and comments that Dr. Jackson should be sending the final wave of personnel through the gate to the Complex. Jack comments on how he is going to probably regret this decision as he signs the folder that Woolsey brought him.
In the gate room, Daniel alongside Colonel Mitchell, bids everyone good luck on their mission. As he watches the final wave of personnel deploy out to the Omega Complex. Among the men in the final wave was Captain Kevin Fisher who was leading his team through the gate to the Omega Complex which was on the other side of the event horizon.