The captured ship, now known as an Al'kesh proved to be a source of enormous advancements for Caprica. Who had already started reconfiguring their Battlestars with the now available shields and energy weapons, the Raiders and Raptors were likewise reconfigured. While it would take time, Graystone Industries was convinced they would eventually be able to have hyperdrives in the Battlestars, Raptors and Heavy Raiders, along with the already existing FTL systems (a jump drive). Skye Falcon and the other Falcons in the SGC however, would be the first Cylons to receive energy shielding.
The Caprican Stargate Agency (CSA) in the meanwhile hadn't stopped travelling through the gates, but as they were now aware of the Goa'uld threat, they were much more on alert. Director Duram was quite glad it had been Cylons who had suggested first contact would always be carried out by a human led team as he had no intention of having himself being considered prejudiced against Cylons (which might have happened should he have been the first to suggest it). The Caprican Government had eventually declared the capture of the Goa'uld using the names of the Lords of Kobol as a priority mission, the plan was for these Goa'uld to stand trial for a religious court before being punished (after trying to get the Goa'uld out of their hosts of course).
"We will be going to the planet known as Hanka", major Adama explained to his team (the same one he had commanded during their first mission), "our mission is to act as protection for the scientists who will set up an observatory to observe a Black Hole. The locals are friendly enough and we have no reason to believe Goa'uld are active there, but still."
Adama's team, now known as CGT-1 (or Caprica Gate Team 1) was once again supported by major Capricorn's team (CGT-2). When the team arrived, it was immediately obvious that all was not well, the corpses of the villagers (and 6 strangers, who were clearly military personnel who had the same idea as the Capricans concerning the observation of the Black Hole) made sure of that. Major Adama immediately ordered his human personnel to follow him back to the gate. Major Capricorn on the other hand, was asked to come to the village with his Cylon team members to investigate.
Once Adama had contacted the CSA and had informed them the villagers had died from unknown causes, medical teams consisting of Cylons and humans in Hazmat suits were send to Hanka to ensure that neither Adama nor one of the other humans in his team would be carrying whatever had been used to kill the inhabitants. After CGT-1 and 2 had been confirmed safe from whatever had been used to kill the locals, the medical team was escorted to the village (by Cylons as they wanted to stay on the safe side) to investigate what had happened to the locals. The human members of SGT-1 and 2 had now also been given hazmat suits.
"Attention all personnel", major Adama announced, "we have unexpected gate activity. Private Falcon, I want air support near the gate."
The only thing coming through the gate turned out to be a radio message to a John Smith from SG-7, Adama supposed this SG-7 would be the dead soldiers.
"To the man calling himself general Hammond", Adama replied, "this is major Zak Adama, commander of CGT-7 of the Caprican Stargate Agency. As far as my people have managed to find out, everyone on this planet has died, we are currently investigating the cause of all this. For safety reasons, we can't allow anyone access to this planet without protective gear. Our medical staff is currently under the assumption the cause of death is some kind of virus. Be advised, we have air support ready to act should your people attack mine."
"Understood major", general Hammond agreed, "if your people agree, we are willing to send our own medical staff to assist and repatriate the bodies of our people."
"Agreed", major Adama replied after having conferred with major Capricorn.
Upon recognizing one of the newcomers as a Jaffa, the Colonials immediately pointed their weapons towards them (especially towards the Jaffa). "Teal'c no longer supports the false gods", colonel Jack O'Neill, the leader of SG-1 accurately interpreted the reason for the hostility.
"Indeed Jack O'Neill", Teal'c stated.
"Stand down men", Adama ordered, "Falcon, I want you to keep the Jaffa Teal'c in side at all time, if he attacks any of us, shoot him."
"Understood", Falcon's electronic voice was heard through the radio.
Major Capricorn arrived at the gate, along with several other Cylons, "I am major Thomas Capricorn, commander of CGT-2. My own and major Adama's Cylons will escort you to the village."
"It was seemed best to keep non-medical human personnel away from the village as much as possible", major Adama explained.
"A prudent precaution", another female replied, "I am Doctor Janet Fraiser, my team and I will be assisting your own medical staff in the village."
"Understood", major Capricorn stated, "follow me please."
The Cylon major led the Earth teams (SG-1 and the medical team that is) to the village, in the mean time, major Adama started to speak with the members of SG-2, who were staying at the gate as well.
"I take it your people had the same idea as mine", major Adama addressed the leader of SG-2, "I mean creating an observatory to observe the black hole."
"SG-7 did", major Ferretti confirmed, "it's a shame they had to die, major Smith was a good man, so were the rest of his people."
"It's always a shame when good people are lost", Adama agreed, in the past he would probably have used the term good men, but he preferred not to lose Cylons either.
"Is that thing a communication device?" captain Griff, the second in command of SG-2 asked, referring to the data storage device.
"In a way it is", major Adama supposed, "this is used in case one of our Cylon colleagues has its body destroyed. Their personality, including everything they have learned, would be transferred to this device, after which we can give it a new body back home. I've been told it's not a pleasant process, so we prefer our Cylons not needing it."
"If you don't mind me asking?" major Ferretti wondered, "who gives them their names?"
"They can choose themselves", Adama explained, "the surnames are depending on their model, the major for example is a U-92 Centurion so he's a Capricorn. While my own second in command is a U-87 and therefore an Ulster. The first names are entirely up to the Cylons, although many of them go by Daniel and Zoe which can be confusing, the Graystones created the first Cylons so I suppose they want to honor them. Private Falcon on the other hand, our air support, went for the name Skye. Captain Ulster chose Bob for some reason."
"There are also a few Cylons based on digital copies of actual people, as the originals are no longer alive", lieutenant Edmondson added, "they use the names of their originals, with the permission of their family of course."
"My aunt, Secretary for Defense Tamara Adama is one of them", major Adama explained, "she and Zoe Graystone actually have cloned near-human bodies, created making use of their original's DNA."
"So they are actually cloned like the Asgard", major Ferretti thought.
"Possibly", major Adama shrugged, "as I'm unfamiliar with the Asgard, I can't really say this with certainty."
Eventually, after the medical staff had finished processing the bodies, the villagers had been buried by the Earth and Colonial staff (most work was done by the Cylons as they were better equipped for this). The bodies of SG-7 were carried with honor back to the gate, major Capricorn had offered to let his Cylons carry the bodies, but the Earthlings had decided they would do so themselves.
More importantly however, was the fact that the Earth team SG-1 had found a living girl among the villagers. After some negotiations, it was agreed she would go to Earth. It was eventually also decided major Adama and captain Ulster would accompany the Earthlings to discuss whether they would share information on the Goa'uld and other threats. As a U-87 model, Bob Ulster after all had no integrated weapons (and for security reasons the Earthlings didn't want armed Capricans on Earth, which major Capricorn could understand).
"Our scientists believe one of the Goa'uld was responsible", major Adama explained, he and captain Ulster were currently in a briefing room at Cheyenne Mountain, Earth, "they found clear traces of genetic tampering. According to our team which went to the planet several weeks back, the planet was claimed by a Goa'uld calling itself Nirrti."
"Nirrti was one of the System Lords", Teal'c explained, as the resident Goa'uld expert, "she is known for her experiments on humans, she wants to create a genetically advanced host."
"Do you know anything about which planets she resides on?" captain Ulster asked, "we might be able to send our ships against her, combined with a Centurion strike force through the gate."
"Using the Battlestars to save the personality of all destroyed Cylons I presume captain?" major Adama asked, actually liking the plan.
"That would be even better", the captain agreed.
"Unfortunately I don't know her planet captain Bob Ulster, major Zak Adama", Teal'c stated, further talks were unfortunately stopped by an alarm signal.
"I might be able to assist", Bob Ulster offered, having overheard the Earthlings talking about an object lodged to the girl, Cassandra, her heart, "I might not be a surgeon, but I can scan the object using my sensors, hopefully I can give you more information than your own machines."
While most Earthlings were still discussing the offer, Janet Fraiser simply stepped towards the Cylon and told it to follow her.
"Strange", the Cylon captain remarked, after having scanned, "it looks as if the object reacts to the energy send out by the stargate, I would suggest to remove her from this facility immediately. The object contains Naquadah and Potassium, which according to our scientists form a highly explosive mixture."
"It could be a Goa'uld ploy to destroy our gate", Teal'c suggested, "Nirrti has tried destroying gates before."
"How powerful would the explosion be", general Hammond wanted to know.
"Powerful enough to destroy this facility", Bob Ulster explained, "do you have a bomb shelter nearby? Preferably a nuclear bomb shelter. That would be ideal. Once there, one of our Cylon surgeons can operate and remove the object. All we need is permission to bring a Resurrection Device and a surgeon to your planet."
"The Resurrection Device is simply a Data Storage Device, when a Cylon is destroyed within range, being in the same solar system is usually more than sufficient", major Adama explained, "its personality and memories are downloaded to it, so we can later give them a new body."
"I've written in my will that unless I specifically insist on something else, I must always be given a U-87 body", captain Ulster added, "I don't want to have to get used to a different model."
It took a while, but eventually, the American Pentagon had given permission for a Cylon surgeon to come onto the planet. The surgeon successfully managed to dismantle and remove the bomb inside Cassandra.
Several months later, the Americans and the Capricans had signed a treaty on the sharing of information concerning the Goa'uld and other threats. Having heard that the Americans only had 300 million citizens (compared to 6 billion Capricans, 5 billion of them human). It was understood that the Americans wouldn't be able to share as much material as the Capricans did (especially knowing that all Capricans knew about space travel already and the Americans kept it a secret), nonetheless, it was deemed a good investment by the Caprican government.