AN: thanks for all the Reviews I'll answer some at the end of this chapter.
AN: second chapter, how it all started, please R&R
Many thanks to my Beta Deoxe
"My gods, it could have been much worse if it wasn't for the Tau'ri to come along and help us, refresh my mind, how did it all happen?" Edar asked.
"Well it all started three years ago…" Nagala started.
Bridge, Tau'ri battle cruiser Odyssey
Near Tauron armistice line
T minus 3 years
The Odyssey was on battle alert, moments ago they had witnessed an unknown fighter being attacked by another and after that its mothership shot it down while two other fighters were closing in. it looked like no one noticed them as their ECM systems were online and operating at full capacity. Colonel Paul Emerson, the commander of the ship was sitting in his chair when his weapons and sensor officer started to talk.
"Colonel we are picking up a life sign, I think it is the pilot of that destroyed craft, he must have ejected." Major Marks said while reading the sensor data.
"What is his status?" Emerson asked.
"He seems to be injured but not critical." Marks said.
"Is anyone else trying to rescue him?" Emerson asked. If there was no one who helped the man he would have to but he wouldn't want to start a war on false pretense.
"No sir, its mothership just disappeared using an unknown form of FTL travel and the other ships are also disappearing." Marks reported.
"Are we in beaming range?" Emerson asked.
"Yes sir." Marks replied.
"Tell sickbay they have an injured man incoming; tell them to have a few marines standing by in case that man gets nuts." Emerson said. "Then beam him to sickbay."
"Yes sir." Marks first informed sickbay and alerted the marines to take up position in the sickbay, after he received confirmation he beamed the man to sickbay. "He's on board, sickbay reports he passed out immediately after beaming."
A few hours later the man regained conscious and was brought to the conference room, he only had a broken arm and several bruises.
"Hello, my name is Colonel Paul Emerson; I'm the commanding officer of the Tau'ri battle cruiser Odyssey. I just want to let you know that we do not mean you any harm and that we intend to send you back to your home world." He started.
"I am Lieutenant Daniel Novacek from the Battlestar Valkyrie; I was on a special mission." Novacek said.
"What kind of mission?" Emerson asked.
"Can't say, it's classified." Novacek replied.
"It must have been pretty important as your own ship shot you down." Emerson said.
"What? Bill wouldn't do that, that can't be." Novacek said in unbelief.
"It is true, we have sensor reading that confirm it, who is Bill?" Emerson asked.
"My CO, Bill Adama, I like to see those DRADIS readings." Novacek said.
"DRADIS, what is that?" Emerson asked.
"DRADIS is like radar but for in space." Novacek explained, he was getting confused now, people who are flying spaceships and don't even know what DRADIS is.
"Ah, we just call those sensors as that is what they are, sensors." Emerson explained.
"I see. I assume you're not from the colonies?" Novacek asked.
"No we are from a planet called Earth, but when we are on other planets we are usually known as the Tau'ri as that is how most people know us." He stopped explaining when he saw the face of Novacek; his jaw almost touched the table. "I guess you've heard about Earth?"
"It is known as the Thirteenth Colony, although it's thought to be a myth." Novacek explained.
"I can assure you it is not a myth; it is very real, we can take you there if you want although it is quite a ride." Emerson offered, when Novacek said no he continued. "What's the story about Earth as you know it?"
"Earth is the Thirteenth colony; a long time ago the twelve tribes of Kobol left Kobol to settle the known colonies, a planet for each tribe. During that same time the thirteenth tribe left the other twelve and headed for Earth." Novacek explained.
"How long ago was that?" Emerson asked.
"About five thousand years, why?" Novacek answered.
"Well, that means you're not Ancients, it is possible that the thirteenth tribe came to earth but there is little to no history left about that." Emerson said.
"You do not worship the gods?" Novacek asked.
"Well, a lot of people worship their own god or gods, there are many religions on Earth, and there are also some people impersonating gods for their own good." Emerson said. "May I ask which gods you worship?" he asked, suddenly on his toes, maybe they stumbled on a colony of Goa'uld worshippers.
"Among others Zeus, Apollo, Hera, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite, there are several more." Novacek said.
"Sounds like you're family to the Ancient Greeks; they worshipped those gods as well thousands of years ago." Emerson said.
"But not anymore?" Novacek asked
"Not anymore." Emerson confirmed. "Will that be a problem?"
"Not if you ask me. In the past it might have been but we're more enlightened now. In the past the government would have declared war on you but now they are more enlightened." Novacek explained.
"Alright, that is great to hear. Now about getting you back to your ship, it is gone, we can't find it on our sensors, and we are several hundred light years away from the place where the incident took place." Emerson said.
"It might be better if you go to one of our outposts, it is easier to keep it quiet that way incase my government want to keep it secret." Novacek said.
"That's understandable. For now we are underway to a planet we call the Alpha site, it is a backup in case Earth get's attacked, we are to pick up some extra personnel. My boss feels more comfortable with some people with diplomatic skills present." Emerson explained.
"Alright, maybe in the meantime I could learn something about your ship and your culture?" Novacek proposed.
"That can be made possible, I will have someone escort you to a room and set you up with a computer with access to the information about Earth." Emerson said while he motioned for a lieutenant to do what he just said.
"Thank you sir." Novacek said when he followed the lieutenant.
Conference room, Tau'ri battle cruiser Odyssey
Orbit over the Alpha Site
A day later
Sg-1 and some of the senior officers of the Odyssey were seated around the table to discuss the situation.
"I was surprised when I learned that Landry sent SG-1 instead of the usual diplomatic team." Emerson said.
"Well, General O'Neill had a feeling that our abilities might come in handy in dealing with a situation like this." Carter explained.
"You know what they say about General O'Neill and his gut feelings." Mitchell added. "By the way, Can I take a 302 out for a ride?"
"We can deal with that later Mitchell. First we need to discuss how we are going to approach this situation." Emerson said. "For what I know the colonials don't even know that there are any other humans or aliens out here. About forty years ago they suffered a devastating war with robots that rebelled against them, now they will most likely shoot at anything that shows up and doesn't look colonial. I know their weapons will be close to useless against the Odyssey but I prefer to prevent a shootout between them and us."
"I agree, that's why I think we should drop out of hyperspace far away from one of their outposts, so that they can see us on their sensors or DRADIS as they call it and they can send a party to greet us. When they do we make sure we have lieutenant Novacek on the bridge so he can tell them we mean no harm." Carter said.
"That sounds good, let's ask Novacek what he thinks about it, maybe he can give some advice." Emerson said.
"What are we going to do after we made contact and returned Novacek to them?" Daniel asked.
"Maybe we can have a look around, who knows what they have lying around for the taking." Vala suggested.
"That would not be wise if we wish to form a peaceful relationship with the Colonials Vala Mal Doran." Teal'c said.
"You're right Teal'c. Vala, you behave during this, I still don't know why we took you with us." Daniel said.
"I thought that it was because of my charming personality?" Vala said.
"No matter why, we need to behave for diplomacy to be successful. If they don't want to know about us we will ask what they consider their territory so that we can avoid it, if they want to open communications we will happily accept it, standing orders from the IOA." Carter said smelling an argument coming.
"That's correct, now let's move out." Emerson said and he stood up and left the room.
Bridge, Tau'ri battle cruiser Odyssey
1million kilometers from colonial military outpost
Two days later
The Odyssey exited hyperspace and set a slow course towards the sixth planet of the system, most other planets were either to cold or to warm, this planet however was at a reasonable temperature, unfortunately there were heavy winds and rainfall which made it an unpleasant planet for civilians but acceptable for the military.
"Sir, we have dropped out of hyperspace and are now heading for the outpost. It appears that we have been detecting, several squadrons of fighters have been launched and we are being hailed, audio only." Marks reported.
"Put that hail on the speakers." Emerson ordered.
"Unidentified vessel identify yourself or you'll be fired upon." A male voice said.
"Open a channel." Emerson said. The communications officer pushed several buttons and nodded. "This is the Tau'ri battle cruiser Odyssey, please do not fire on us, we are returning a pilot that has been shot down several days ago."
"Who is this; if you are making a joke you better stop with it." The voice threatened.
"Sir, may I talk with this man, I think I know him." Novacek asked.
"Go ahead." Emerson said.
"Commander Novacek, this is Lieutenant Novacek, they are telling the truth you know, could you at least call of the dogs." Novacek said. When he saw the stunned faces of the people on the bridge he said: "It's my brother, didn't I tell you?"
"Danny, what is going on, two days ago they said you died during a training accident?" The other man said.
"It's a long story, I was on a classified mission and got shot down, and these people were kind enough to offer me a ride home." Novacek said. "Can you send a raptor to pick me up?"
"Already underway." The other man said.
"Commander, I hope you don't mind but I'll be launching two fighters to escort your raptor to my ship." Emerson said.
"Fine; I'll inform the raptor crew." The man replied.
"In that case, we'll move a bit closer to make it all go quicker." Emerson said while he nodded to the navigation officer.
The odyssey moved forwards and quickly closed the gap between the planet and themselves, two 302's were launched and escorted the raptor into the hanger bay were they were greeted by some marines and SG-1 plus Emerson. The marines carrying M4's did not take aim but did look dangerous to the crew of the raptor. The raptor crew was still shocked by the thing that there were people standing where they should be death. The hanger bay doors were open and nothing seemed to separate space from atmosphere. The hatch of the raptor opened at last and the pilots exited with their suits on.
"You don't need to wear those; they have some sort of force field that keeps the air in and vacuum outside." Novacek said.
The pilots checked a bar on their arm that turned green and then the first of the two took of her helmet. When she determined it was safe the other man took of his help, it turned out to be Novacek's brother. They walked up to each other and embraced each other.
"Man Danny, I thought I wasn't going to see you anymore." The brother said.
"Yeah me to, thanks to these people I am still alive Ray." Novacek said.
Ray Novacek walked over to Emerson and shook the man's hand. "Thanks for rescuing my little brother."
"No problem, we always try to help those that need it." Emerson said.
"What do you want in return?" Novacek asked.
"Well, we would like to start diplomatic relations with your people." Daniel Jackson started.
"As soon as I am back on the station I will forward that request to high command. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get my brother back to the station." He said after which he turned around and climbed up the raptor.
I hope you don't mind me asking, can we stay in orbit over this planet to await your superiors response?" Emerson asked.
"Yeah, you can stay for now." Novacek said while he and the other pilot got in the raptor. The other Novacek thanked the people present and then also boarded the raptor. Soon they took off and flew out of the hanger bay to the planet's surface. After an hour a raptor left the planet and jumped away.
Two hours later the raptor returned with several diplomats ready to start diplomatic relations.
"Colonel Emerson, we received word from Commander Novacek, he is asking if we could join him on the surface to initiate diplomatic relations." Marks said.
"Ask if there is a place we could beam down to." Emerson asked.
"Sir, it might not be wise to show the beaming technology, it might scare them." Daniel advised.
"True, ask them if they want to send one of those raptors to take us down, tell them we don't have any transport vessels with us or something like that." Emerson said.
"Yes sir." Marks said. Marks started to work on some of the systems and sent the message, the reply came in the form of a Raptor launching and requesting permission to land which was granted. Five minutes later SG-1 plus Colonel Emerson boarded the raptor and headed to the planet.
Down on the planet they were greeted by both Novaceks, some other senior officers and four people in suits, most likely diplomats.
"Colonel Emerson, welcome to the military outpost of Avalar, may I introduce to you, my XO Major Shawk, my brother Daniel Novacek which you already know of course and the diplomacy team from the government." Commander Novacek said.
"Thank you, Allow me to introduce my own people, These are Colonels Carter and Mitchell, this is Doctor Daniel Jackson, Vala Mal Doran and Teal'c, they are also known as SG-1." Emerson said. At the introduction of Teal'cs name some colonials lifted an eyebrown at which Teal'c did the same.
"SG-1, is that some kind of military rank or grouping?" Commander Novacek asked.
"No, it stands for Stargate unit 1, we are the flagship team of a command called stargate command. It utilizes a device called the stargate to travel to other planets; we've been doing it for about a dozen years now." Carter explained.
"What is a stargate exactly?" One of the diplomats asked.
"Carter would be able to explain it but it would take about a day, I'm sure she can do that later." Mitchell said.
"I agree, we should go inside, a heavy storm is heading this way." The commander said while he guided the people inside. The corridors were very Spartan, there were no decorations. The conference room was a little bit more decorated, there were several pictures of people but also of ships, large ships, some looked like they were about ten times the size of a Nimitz carrier. They were all seated in comfortable chairs, one of the few things that looked comfortable.
"So you wanted to initiate diplomatic talks, why?" The lead diplomat asked.
"Well, as a people we are very curious to other civilizations and races, we also search out for technologies we can use to defend ourselves with, plus what we heard from your pilot got us pretty interested in your FTL drives." Carter said.
"We've heard about some of your technology as well, some sort of force field, technology that can pick up someone in the middle of space and transport him or her to another place." A diplomat said.
"Ah you've hear about the beaming technology, we didn't want to scare you by beaming down here, that's why we requested a raptor. I must say, some of that technology isn't ours by design, we got it from advanced allies, it was kind of a thank you for saving their civilization from death multiple times and they made sure we wouldn't give it to others, we can however give you some shields but they are not as powerful as our current ones." Carter said.
"What do you want in return?" A diplomat asked.
"Spec's on your FTL drives, maybe a close look on your vipers and raptors, they are extremely maneuverable, they make ours look like freight ships." Carter proposed.
"And maybe a look on your culture, music, religions, that kind of stuff. We can exchange a lot on that area." Daniel added.
"You don't want our religion, it has kept us fighting for hundreds of years, only a hundred years ago we were able to unify and live in prosperity." Novacek said.
"Do you have any energy weapons?" a diplomat asked.
"Only from the Asgard, the advanced race I mentioned so we aren't able to share it." Carter said.
"The Free Jaffa nation may be able to provide energy weapons, again they are not as powerful as those of the Tau'ri and Asgard but they pack one hell of a punch as General O'Neill would say." Teal'c added.
"And how should we get in contact with these Free Jaffa?" Another diplomat asked.
"You are speaking with one of the leaders of the Jaffa Rebellion." Teal'c said. "These days I have several friends in the Jaffa High council, I might be able to persuade them to trade with you."
"But it'll cost us some." Another diplomat assumed.
"Of course, nothing is free, but I can make sure that it will be an even trade." Teal'c said.
"T maybe you can get back to the Odyssey and send a transmission back to earth asking if they can ask the Jaffa to send some representatives." Mitchell proposed.
"That is a good idea Cameron Mitchell. If you'll excuse me, I'll get right on it." Teal'c said. He stood up and activated his beam out wrist band.
"Now, what can we do for you?" Carter asked.
"Well, maybe you could tell us something about this stargate?" Shawk asked.
Conference room, Tau'ri battle cruiser Odyssey
Orbit of Avalar
Two weeks later
SG-1, Emerson, O'Neill, Woolsey and several Colonial officers were seated around the table, in the centre a thick stack of papers represented the treaty that was about to be signed between the Twelve Colonies of Kobol and the people of the Tau'ri.
"So just for the right order, what does this treaty exactly mean, for both sides?" O'Neill asked.
"It means that we will agree to a mutual defense pact between the colonies and Earth. It also includes technology trades between the colonies and us." Carter said.
"What kind of technologies exactly?" O'Neill asked.
"Jaffa Energy weapons, the original shields of the Prometheus, better computers, navigation systems, some more Earth made systems versus colonial star charts and FTL drives plus the ins and outs of tylium, it's not as powerful as naquadah but is very powerful." Carter said.
"In addition there will also be a continuous exchange of culture and we will help them set up their own stargate command. That means they will have insight of our logs and mission briefings. We will also help them to upgrade their ships with the new technology and they will help us incorporate jump drive technology into our 302's." Jackson said.
"I assume the colonials are going to keep this secret? Where are they going to set up shop?" Jack asked.
"In the Andara system, the colonials had a base there but it was attacked repeatedly so they abandoned it, we've already checked it out and it is clear." Emerson said. "They are going to use the shipyards there to upgrade several of their battlestars with advanced technologies."
"Are they going to build those battlestars in that system or what, seems like on hell of a job to do without anyone knowing." Jack said.
"No, The colonial fleet has over one hundred battlestars, in the next few months there are going to be some accidents, we will evacuate most of the crew and what remains will bring it to Andara so we can upgrade it." A colonial officer explained.
"Alright, last question, what am I supposed to do in all this?" Jack asked.
"You are stepping on board of one of their raptors and they will bring you to Caprica where the government resides, you then will sign the treaty with President Adar." Carter said.
"Alright. Let's go." Jack said. He stood up and followed the colonial officers to the hanger bay where they entered a raptor and took off towards Caprica.
Control room, Colonial SGC
Andara system
T minus 2 years and 8 months
The colonial SGC had several improvements over the Earth SGC, it had more room so that vehicles could be sent and received while defense was also increased. The control room was to the side of the gate because if a team would come in under fire the control room would be shot upon. There was also a hatch in the roof so that ships could exit the gate room, a new prototype fighter was already been developed, the Viper mark 8, it held several improvements over the mark sevens.
"So the computer should be up and running in about an hour, we've already tested it and it worked. I've already incorporated a list of planets that are hostile, neutral and friendly. There is also a separate folder that has coordinates that have been locked out, from a planet that was locked out because of a note that came through the gate to black holes." Carter said to the technicians that were present. She didn't see Admiral Baker the new commander of the SGC enter the room.
"Colonel Carter I presume?" Baker asked as he stood behind her.
"Yes sir, sorry sir didn't see you enter." Carter replied.
"Take it easy colonel, I hear you've been busy, is everything ready?"he asked.
"Yes sir, the technicians have been briefed on the systems and a few even had training at the SGC on Earth.
"That's great, I hear the shipyard is also finished and is awaiting the first battlestar." Baker said.
"It's incredible how fast you've been able to do all this; it took us a hell of a lot more time to just build the SGC." Carter replied.
"But we've had some help with all this." Baker said. "There will be an official opening this afternoon; the first team will depart at 14 hundred hours to Chulak to commence official diplomatic relations with the Free Jaffa Nation. You are invited to join the party, the same goes for all other Tau'ri personnel that are able to get here."
"Thank you sir, I'll be there." Carter said.
Command centre, Colonial SGC
Andara system
T minus one year and two months
The control centre was a spacious room; it had a lot of screens although most of them weren't in use. From this command centre battlestar group 16 and the stargate command were controlled. Battlestar group 16 currently consisted of five battlestars, one other was due to arrive and another was planned to arrive in six months. The goal was to have a total of twelve battlestars converted.
"General Baker, the Valkyrie had made the jump, Commander Shawk is requesting permission to dock with the shipyard." An officer said.
"Granted." Baker said. He was the first commander of the colonial newly formed stargate command. It included the SGC and the battlestar group 16, also the planet Andara and its outposts were under his command. The officer replied the permission to the Valkyrie.
A few hours later the Valkyrie is docked with the shipyard and upgrades are already underway. Commander Shawk walks into the command centre to report to Admiral Baker. "Admiral, Commander Shawk reporting as ordered sir."
"Commander, how was the trip?" Baker asked.
"Quick, we had some trouble with die hard crewmembers who wanted to safe the ship on their own, we stuck them in a life pod and ejected them." Shawk replied.
"I hope you first activated the emergency beacon." Baker replied. Over the last few years he'd heard some things about Commander Shawk. She took command of the Valkyrie after Adama was transferred to the Galactica; apparently Shawk was great in finding new ways to defeat the enemy, something that was rarely seen in the fleet these days, it was also the reason why she was invited to command the upgraded Valkyrie.
"Of course sir, I had to make a detour to make sure they couldn't follow them. At best they will think that the Cyranus pirates have the ship now." Shawk said.
"I better tell the admiralty not to worry about a battlestar in the hands of pirates." Baker said.
"What do you mean, they know about it right?" Shawk asked.
"Yeah, of course, it's just that I request the ship and the appropriate transfers and they approve it. I don't give them a date when we are taking the ship." Baker said.
"I understand, what are my duties while the Valkyrie is in dry dock?" Shawk asked. There was little to do now that the ship was in dry dock.
"You and several other people are going to the Tau'ri Alpha site to receive training with the new systems, as a commander you are required to know the basic operations." Baker said. "You'll ship out in one hour."
"Yes sir." Shawk replied. She turned around and walked out of the room to pack her bags and report to the stargate ready room.
Colonial SGC computer room
T minus two hours and 15 minutes
The computer room served as a place to gather all information and check it for bugs and viruses, every now and then it found a bug or a virus, most were civilian and gotten onto the battlestars by accident or by crewmembers playing minesweeper or tetris.
"Captain, the computer has found a backdoor in the navigation system; it allows a virus to infiltrate the entire network." An Ensign said.
"Are you sure?" The captain asked.
"Yes sir, I've already checked it and it is conclusive, there is a breach in the security protocols." The Ensign said.
"Contact the Admiral; tell him we have a problem." The captain said.
Five minutes later the Admiral entered the computer room. "Captain what is it that you wanted to show me?" He asked.
"We just found a backdoor in the navigation program uploaded to the regular fleet." The captain replied.
"Warn Picon fleet headquarters and describe how to disable it and tell Admiral Nagala to do it immediately, his eyes only." Baker said.
"Yes sir." The Captain started to give orders to the people present. Five minutes later a priority message was sent to Picon fleet headquarters.
"I'll be in the control room if we receive a reply." Baker said and walked out.
Ten minutes later a Lieutenant entered the control room with a clipboard.
"Admiral Baker, we've received a message from Picon fleet HQ." The lieutenant said as he stood beside Admiral Baker.
"What does it say?" He asked.
"I request you remain at your current position as we might be forced to request that article 5 be initiated sent by: Admiral Nagala. End message" The Lieutenant read.
Baker thought about it for a while. "Are the Tau'ri vessels still in orbit?" He asked.
"The Korolev and Odyssey are, the Phoenix left orbit two days ago." The lieutenant read from another paper.
"Ask them to remain in orbit for the time being, article five." Baker said. Article five meant that if one of the nations in the alliance got attacked the other would see it as an attack on them self and render aid to their ally."
"Yes sir."
An hour later a priority message came in alarming the Admiral.
"Sir, we are to deploy battlestar group sixteen to Picon fleet HQ and send the Valkyrie together with the Korolev and Odyssey to Caprica, we are about to be at war." A lieutenant said.
"Relay the order to the fleet and set the long range scanners to active and full power." Baker ordered. The scanners were normally set on a 5 percent operation as there were always battlestars in orbit over the planet. Now it would function at one hundred percent which would pick up every ship movement at the colonies despite the distance. In addition it was set to Active, it would increase the possibility that they would be found but would also allow them to detect vessels that ran on cloak technologies. "I'm going with the Mercury to Picon to greet Nagala; he'll be surprised if he sees these ships. Transfer all sensor data to battlestar group 16 and the Odyssey and Korolev. Oh, transfer all mark eights to the Valkyrie, Odyssey and Korolev" Baker walked out of the command center which was turning into barely controlled chaos now that war was imminent. Half an hour later the fleet departed for their targets, for war.
Now before you start wondering what happened to the Asgard… stay tuned for the next chapter, or read my responses to some of the reviews.
Reviews:
From: NtMast
Nice story, I like the fact that Earth is helping and that half the colonies survived. That last part sounds weird though, how is it that the president wasn't informed of all this?
He was, he just wasn't really updated on a regular base as it is a covert operation so he needed some refreshing.
From: Desertcoyote77
I like the premise... I'm looking forward to your next chapter. Just one very minor nitpick... the colonial president's name I believe is Adar not Edar. if I'm wrong you can write me a scathing email or something! Again... looking forward to chapter 2!
You are right, my bad, I'll make sure it won't happen again, thanks for saying.
From: JC
Great start.
Hope you update soon.
Can you give some info on the Upgrade Battlestars, like what type they are and the Mark8?
The battlestars aren't just one upgraded class; there is the Valkyrie which is a Valkyrie class special ops ship. The Mercury is the same as the Pegasus; it was the first in its class to be built. The Pacifica is an Atlantia class ship. The Triton, Solaria, Rycon and Atlas are all Triton class ships, their age ranges from 4 to 19 years old, the Triton is the first and oldest of them, the Triton is the most common ship in the regular colonial navy but is being replaced by Mercury's and Atlantia's. The mark eights are almost the same as the Mark sevens, the difference is that it is more advanced, does not need a launch tube and has energy weapons plus the capability to make small FTL jumps for ambushes and fast retreats.
From: Reagan
Hmm, this could be interesting. I wondering how you're going to combine everything. Especially the religious parts as well as the political aspects. You've piqued my interest so please do continue. I'm curious as to where you plan to go from here.
Part of dealing with the religious parts was blowing up several planets to quiet them, politics, well its war so the politicians will have to deal with it plus if any civilian starts making trouble they can declare martial law to be able to use the military.