stylo1: It is the age when floating buildings will be part of life. Nothing very usual. Well, my native language is not English. This is my second attempt to write fanfic in English.

Hadrian Caeser: Yes.
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System Alliance just discharged the energy equivalent of one teraton TNT. And It didn't work. The terroristic city-like platform is okay, while homeworld ecosystem is falling apart, forests are burning, and shockwaves are demolishing everything. Its unchanging eezo barrier stands... for some reason.

What a horrible day.

At least, the trembling surface of the boiling ocean forces city-platform to swing a little. This comfortable sight doesn't help to solve anything. Arcturus depletes options. Therefore, the main discussion has been developing.

'It is time for even more decisive actions!' top-ranking military official surely offered. 'I think we need to use the powers of higher destruction rate!'

'Agree!'

'Indeed!'

'Great idea!..' almost everyone approved.

If only Alliance had these powers. Now there is a very unsettling silence, diluting by video holograms about the chaos on the Earth.

'Look at that mess. Reality has troubling appearance. We cannot rely on brutal methods.' Admiral Steven Hackett states. 'I insist on diplomatic solution.'

'Are you serious? We must to avenge our people and restore mankind reputation! Keep nuking them is the best choice.'

'Don't you see? It's useless. Moreover, we are harming ourselves.'

'Admiral Hackett, you are wrong' another admiral disagrees. 'No matter how effective the barrier is. By default, there is no probability that the terrorists have limitless energy. It'll fall… eventually.'

'Yes, college. Humankind reputation is priceless' most admirals node heads, ignoring Hackett's word. 'Let's keep the pressure.'

Steven's hand automatically touches his face.

He voices protest: 'Stop this insanity. They dominate. And why you still convinced that those sentients have some terroristic connection? For your clue, their defensive and offensive technologies are so abnormally up ahead from ours as like we've be...'

Urgent message interrupts the speech.

Virtual assistant reports:

'Alert! Huge unidentified flying object is detected! Its diameter matches the diameter of Citadel Presidium ring! The object leaves Earth surface and invades the sovereign System Alliance space without visa application!'

'What a nonsense you're talking about!?'


Ancients' cityship freely rises into the blinking skies. Giant metallic structure has form of snowflake which diameter is nearly equal to twelve kilometres. Though antimatter bombs is exploding, marvellous structure has no issues at such situation. Powerful sublight drives easily pulls up its colossal mass, while the peerless shield dome reduces any disturbing damage. From hell Atlantis ascends to orbit level to bring justice.

'Mister Woolsey!' earphone communicator relays voice.

'Major Lorn?'

'You've gotta see it by your own eyes!'

'Could it wait? I'm busy right now.'

'No! Hurry up! It's very urgent!'

'How... Oh, fine! Where are you?'

'I'm in central tower's balcony!'

Mister Woolsey hurried to exit the control room. He was on the place in two minutes. Lovely view of beautiful orbital space and well-made Ancients' city opens from this observation point… as much as of planet.

'My god. This is wrong.' mister Woolsey commented in puzzle, gazing to totally urbanized surface.

'It is too advanced for Earth, really?' major Lorn asked in nerve.

Mister Woolsey activated the communicator.

'Doctor Mackay! What is possibility that we are in the future or in different reality?'

'Quite a sudden assumption.'

'I'm afraid we are not home! Look to window if you don't believe me!'

'Shit. Well… there is a tiny possibility. Those radiation readings are very odd to be simple an electromagnetic diversion by Lucians. Not denying.'

'That mean we've been fighting against local earthlings without reason?' doctor Zelenka cornered.

'It… just was…' Mister Woolsey tried to excuse the crew actions. 'They attacked first. We did what normal person will do. We defended ourselves. It was normal self-defense. No more.'

Colonel Sheppard angrily directed Ancients' drones to locals. The horde of yellow lights instantly moves everywhere and tears pathetic local battleships to pieces. Pieces are wildly speeding across orbit, destroying satellites and causing multiple accidents on space stations. A few pieces falls on moon military outposts and cruelly explodes.

Colonel Sheppard furiously scans the planet willing to help the resistance. Unfortunately, scanners are malfunction. Luckily, scanners manages to locate some military bases, which should not exist. Lucian bases, of course. Ancients' drones fly there and make them disappear.

Ronon Dex barraged in the Chair room.

'Sheppard, stop!'

'Why!? These bastards occupied my homeworld!'

'It's not our reality!'

Additional lights off. Chair back becomes still.

'But… I… just…'

'Don't bother, buddy. You've been self-defending.'

'Yea, self-defending.' John uncertainly repeated and noticed smashed HT in his hand. 'Oh, I've broken my HT… clenched fist…'

It was just too much hate.

The expedition crew decided no longer escalate the meaningless conflict. And Atlantis jumped into hyperspace.