Samantha Carter woke up in a sweat in her quaters, onboard the George Hammond. Her room was just as any other crew quaters onboard the Hammond. The dull grey walls that surrounded her, were her bastion from ship-board activity.
"It was just a dream." Sam said in relief. She breathed deeply, trying to calm herself. She laid back down to try and sleep for the hours that remained of the night.
Cellia was nothing more than a simple farming world that, since the Asgard-Wraith war had bega, had seen hundreds of displaced humans arrive through the Stargate. This was one of many safe world that the Asgard had herded humans to.
In orbit of this world, three Einherjar cruisers stood as guardians for the ammased humans below. The Asgard Captain Dis had been assigned to this world by the Asgard High Command. Since the beginning of this war, She'd desided to serve on a Einherjar cruiser instead of the Asgard vessels.
Dis had found this war difficult to understand. The Alterra had returned and instead of waiting for a joint war effort, the Asgard had begun the fight early out of pride. Dis knew that if the Asgard couldn't fight the Wraith, like they believed, then the Alterra would have to accellerate their return.
Dis was snapped out of her thought by the ship around her rocking violently. Dis looked around the bridge as klaxons sounded.
"Ma'am?!" The Einherjar Commander of the cruiser asked.
"Yes, Commander?" Dis replied.
"Our sensors are detecting several ships! They're Wraith!" The Commander replied.
"How many?" Dis asked.
"Two Hiveships and three Cruisers." The Einherjar replied.
"Power weapons and launch fighters for intercept duty!" Dis ordered. Dis would do her duty and hold back the Wraith at all costs.
The massive Hiveships seemed to ignore the Einherjar cruisers, only launching a few shots every minuate as they headed for the orbit. The three Cruisers, on the other hand, opened up with all their powered weapon ports. The blue weapons fire punched into the thick Einherjar hull and scorched the armour.
"Ma'am, weapons are ready." The Einherjar Commander informed from his teminal.
"Target the lead Cruiser! Fire at will!" Dis ordered.
The three Arrow-class cruisers opened fire. Their twin plasma banks, designed for orbital bombardment, fired at the same Wraith Cruiser. The green plasma impacted the Wraith hull with such strength that the forward sections seemed to crumple and twist under the pressure. The Einherjer Cruisers continued to fire as they launched their fighter wings.
As the targeted Wraith Cruiser split into flaming chunks and scattered due to a reactor overload, the Einherjar Cruisers switched targets within seconds of each other. Again, all three aiming at the same Wraith Cruiser. The two Wraith Cruisers began to consentrate their fire on Dis' flagship. The armour began to blacken, crack and melt from the sheer number of attacks.
"Ma'am, the forward hull is experiancing hull breaches. Emergancy force fields are in place. Three crewmen lost." The Commander informed.
"Unacceptable! Angle our lower hull toward the Wraith ship but keep the foward batteries in arc!" Dis ordered. She wasn't like the other Asgard Commanders who'd sacraficed entire legions or ships of Einherjar to accomplish their goals. She saw the Einherjar as Children of the Asgard and any loss was unacceptable.
Dis' flagship began rotating to face her lower hull toward the Wraith. This area of the ship had thicker armour compared to the rest of the vessel and the angle kept the Wraith Cruisers withing the twin cannons firing arcs. The Wraith were catching onto the tactic as they began changing course so they could hit the damaged sections.
But they were cut off when one of the other Einherjar Cruisers moved to intercept them and used their own hull to protect the damaged armour of Dis' flagship. It exploded into flames not long after. This left a single Wraith Cruiser that was heading back towards the Hiveships and three Einherjar Cruisers, one of which was damaged.
"Orders?" The Commander asked.
"Intercept course. I don't want those Hives in orbit and that Cruiser must be destroyed before it reaches them." Dis ordered.
"Ma'am, we're no match for Hiveships." The Commander informed.
"We will do what is needed of us. Send a distress signal to any Einherjar or Asgard ships in range. Ask for assistance." Dis ordered as she watched the gap between her small force and the Wraith Cruiser decrease.
The three Einherjar Cruisers continued their pursuit of the Wraith Cruiser as it headed back towards the Hiveships. The green plasma continued to stream out of the Einherjar weapons and slam into the rear of the Wraith Cruiser. As they entered the extreme weapons range of the Hiveships, the massive vessels began firing in support of their retreating Cruiser.
The Einherjar continued to focus on the Wraith Cruiser as the fire from the Hiveships got thicker and heavier. A lucky shot from one of the Einherjar ships, crippled the fleeing Wraith Cruiser. The shot had hit engines of the Wraith Cruiser and caused an overload. The Cruiser drifted breifly before breaking apart into chunks that all seemed to burst into flames.
The Einherjar Cruisers continued on towards the Wraith Hiveships. They fired their weapons at the same Hiveship, causing minor explotions to shimmer across the impacted areas. But is wasn''t not enough to destroy the giant vessel.
"Any reply to our distress call?" Dis asked as the ship rocked violently and a nearby console launched sparks everywhere.
"No, no reply Ma'am!" The Einherjar Commander replied.
"Then we will fight until we are no more! All power to weapons and engines!" Dis ordered.
The Einherjar Cruisers broke formation and continued to pound the targeted Hiveship. One of the Cruisers somehow found itself inbetween the two Hiveships, recieving overwhelming weapons fire from both ships. The Cruiser didn't stand a chance. The Einherjar ship exploded sending debris into the closest Hiveship. Chunks of Einherjar metal had wedged themselves into the Wraith hull, giving it a look of deformity.
"Ma'am, one of our Crusiers have been lost." The Commander informed, shielding his face as a console exploded.
"Continue the attack! This world shall not fall!" Dis shouted as her bodyarmour protected her from the consoles overload.
"The Hiveship has sustained heavy damage due to sustained weapons fire." One of the technicians explained.
"Continue firing!" Dis ordered.
The two remaining Einherjar ships continued to fire at the weakened Hiveship. The hull had been melted away and the plasma from the Einherjar ships was digging deep into the Hive. Entire levels of the Hive had been either chipped away or exposed to space and the Einherjar continued to fire. As the plasma hollowed out an entire section of the Hive, it severed a major power conduit and the Hiveship went dark.
The Hive didn't fire or move. It was dead in the water. The Einherjar Cruisers had sustained a lot of damage to their hulls. Wraith Darts had rammed into the armour, trying to prevent the Einherjar from destroying the Hives. But all attempts had been unsuccessful, to a point. The majority of the armour was now chipped or cracked or had melted. The Einherjar ships began to focus their fire on the remaining Hiveship.
"Ma'am, sensors detect a hyperspace window opening above the Hive." The Commander informed.
"Friend or Foe?" Dis asked, standing up.
"Friend, they're from the Alterra!" The Commander replied.
"Open a channel." Dis commanded.
"Channel open." An Einherjar technician said.
"This is Dis of the Asgard defence force protecting Cellia." Dis said to the air.
"Dis, this is Captain Katana Labrea of the Traveler Generation Fleet. We've been instructed to assist you." Katana informed.
"Your assistance is welcomed." Dis replied.
The five Traveler Generational ships that had exited the window, began firing their red pulse weaponary at the Hive. As they entered weapons range, the Hive returned five. Blue energy slammed into the white Alterran shields, causing no damage. The Travelers and Einherjar worked together to chip away at the Hive ship until nothing remained but an expanding debris field.
"Ma'am, incoming message." The Einherjar informed.
"Onscreen." Dis nodded. The large view screen changed from an image of orbit, to a close up of Katana.
"Thank you for your assistance, Captain." Dis bowed her head in respect.
"Anytime. We've been assigned here, so we'll be remaining in orbit. What's your next move?" Labrea asked, concerned.
"We will attempt to recover any useful data from the Wraith Hive, then we will return to Orillia for repairs." Dis replied.
"How long will that take?" Katana asked.
"Not long. Once we arrive at Orillia, we shall exchange these damaged vessels for fully functional ones. We shall return three hours after our departure." Dis informed.
"Understood. Looks like you have a Hive to attack." Katana smiled before the channel closed.
"Indeed. Commander?" Dis nodded.
"Ma'am?" The Einherjar bowed in respect.
"Prepare for ship invasion." Dis ordered.
"Yes, ma'am." The Commander nodded before leaving the bridge.