Lauren and Maraina were on the Prometheus overseeing the installation of the newly completed Muphridish sensor system, as SG-1 went to the planet Langara to deal with a destabilizing naquadria vein that threatened to destroy all civilization on the planet. A Muphridish hyperdrive had already been installed and tested, as was a prototype weapon system.

"Okay, the sensors should now be hooked up, test and see if the work," Maraina said to Lauren, who was on the bridge.

"Yes, they're working now."

"We should be ready to test them at the testing ground."

"Yes, I'll contact General Hammond and tell him that we're ready to go."

After they had received clearance from Hammond, Colonel Ronson took the ship into hyperspace, and they soon arrived at the testing ground, an asteroid field in a nearby gateless solar system.

"For the duration of the training mission, I am handing command of this ship over to Lauren Ahrns," Colonel Ronson said as he got up out of the new captain's chair that now included a tail hole, and Lauren sat down.

"Raise shields, and prepare for weapons test #2," Lauren said.

"Yes, ma'am!" the person in charge of the shields said, and the Asgard shields, one of only two upgrades that they had installed, (The other being transporters) activated.

"Target the asteroid dead ahead with the main cannons… and fire!"

Four dual barreled cannons, one located on the nose of the ship, another on the top of the rear, and one on each "arm" of the Prometheus, fired; sending 8 energy blasts toward the asteroid, and each hits directly on target, completely blasting the asteroid into small fragments which expand outward, some bouncing off of the Prometheus's shields.

"Good, much better than the first test, only 2 of the blasts hit the asteroid, despite us being at the same range, and it being a similarly sized asteroid. I believe the sensors are in full working order, but to make sure, we will also go though the other weapon systems as well. Target another asteroid and prepare to fire the beam weapons," Lauren said.

"Yes ma'am!"

"Fire!"

The two beam weapons, mounted on both sides of the Prometheus's nose, fired; and the two beams proceeded to cut the targeted asteroid in two, each beam taking out a half of it. The railguns were also activated, and began taking out smaller asteroid bits that were still flying around from the first asteroid they destroyed.

As a greater test of the sensors ability to track and target the asteroid, Lauren sent the Prometheus weaving around the asteroids, and they occasionally opened fire with all 3 weapon systems. (The missiles didn't need to be tested.) Only some asteroids were marked as "hostile," the rest were assumed to be friendly, and as such, they were to avoid hitting them if at all possible. While it was nearly impossible to avoid hitting every single "friendly" asteroid, they did very good, with a 100% kill rating on the "hostile" asteroids, and only 5% of the "friendly" asteroids were hit, usually with stray railgun rounds.

"Good, very good, this is the end of the test; everything appears to be fully functional. Colonel Ronson, you can have the ship back."

Just as Ronson retook command, two hyperspace windows opened nearby, and two Al'kesh shot out of them before firing on the Prometheus.

"Return fire!"

The Prometheus began firing on the Al'kesh using the cannons, but due to the Al'kesh's high maneuverability, they were able to evade most of the shots, and the Prometheus only scored glancing blows on their shields. Meanwhile, the Al'kesh's weapon fire did little damage due to the Asgard shields. This went on for a minute until one Al'kesh flew in front of the Prometheus, where it was destroyed by a shot from the beam weapon, though the other remained relatively undamaged.

"Fire one shot at them, then fire several more around it, when it goes to avoid the first, it will run into the others," Lauren suggested.

They did as she asked, and while it didn't destroy the Al'Kesh, it did take out its shields and it lost some engine power, making it easier to hit. Another shot from the cannons successfully destroyed the Al'kesh, and after making sure that there weren't any other Goa'uld ships in the area, Colonel Ronson took the Prometheus back into hyperspace to return to Earth.

Several minutes later, the Prometheus dropped out of hyperspace over Earth, and contacted the SCG.

"How did the tests go?" Hammond asked.

"The tests were all good, but there was a slight problem after we did the tests. Two Al'kesh dropped out of hyperspace and attacked. We were able to destroy both of them, but I don't know who sent them, or if they were able to transmit any information about us before they were destroyed," Colonel Ronson replied.

"That could be a problem… if the Al'kesh belonged to Anubis, and if he was able to learn about the capabilities of the Prometheus, he will be able to better prepare himself in a future conflict with us."

"Indeed, though I'm sure he does not know about the Enterprise yet," Lauren added.

"The second BC-303 won't be completed for another 6 months, and while it will have all the upgrades installed on it from the start, it may not be ready if Anubis decides to attack soon."

Maraina and Lauren began going over the logs from the test, and also checked over the new additions, making sure that nothing was damaged in the battle. The logs showed that everything was indeed fully operational for the test, and that they could now get to work with the final additions to the ship, including a upgrade of the sublight, as well as a possible cloak, if the Prometheus could generate enough power to run it. Once these were complete, they were open to the idea of increasing the amenities on the ship as well, but since this was not required for the ship's operation it was only to be done once all other upgrades were finished and fully operational. As soon as Lauren was finished going over things on the Prometheus, she transported down to the SGC to see how SG-1's mission on Langara went.