The advanced ship had become lost to it's crew and sped towards the unsuspecting fleet due to take part in the war-game, Colonel Cameron Mitchell gathered his command crew in a secured room near the bridge. The 'Brilliant' Man who designed the systems Doctor Felgar looked over the systems as quickly as he could.
"Felgar, what the hell is going on?"
"I keep telling you, I don't know sir" He cried out.
"Figure it out… once we drop out of hyperspace those ship's won't stand a chance against your 'Amazing' ship"
Finally, he stumbled upon the computer code he was looking for, yet it had changed somehow.
"This is not possible"
"What?" Vala replied out of boredom.
"The base code I used to design this software has mutated somehow… almost adapted to take over every system on the ship"
"What base code Doctor?" Mitchell barked.
"A few years ago crew of the USS Daedalus lost control of the ship while approaching Pegasus, they managed to remove the problem, yet a small fraction of a computer virus was kept in a secure portable hard drive to be analysed later, my department was assigned to analyse it…"
"I remember that…" Mitchell said slowly. "… It was a…"
"A Wraith virus?" Vala replied.
"And you used it?" Mitchell barked.
"If I hadn't, it would have been years before this thing was ready to fly. Or never"
Mitchell laughed as he looked up at the roof and replied.
"You idiot, Shut it down. NOW!"
"You don't understand sir; it's encoded in the Asguard core. We'd have to physically remove the core it's self"
"Do it!" Vala laughed.
"That could take months to do, it's integrated into the ship it's self"
"C-4, Lets blow the core it self"
"Not possible, the core is hardwired into the Naquadah Engine core for more power"
Mitchell's hands gripped tight as he looked at the inept man before him, he was ready to punch him out before Vala stepped between them.
"Mitchell, what about the fleet, they don't know it's not a game"
"Correction Vala, they don't know it's Thor's Game. Felgar, get down to the core, shut that thing off anyway you can, Vala, try to find a way to make contact with the fleet anyway you can"
"What about two cups and a long string? I'm joking… I'm on it"
"Funny. Once this is over Felgar, you and me are going to have a long talk about this"
"Yes sir, sorry sir…"
The rest of the team left the room as Mitchell sat in a chair with his head in his hands; slowly the air in the room became more and more foul as he looked around coughing. Quickly he ran to the door as it slammed shut before him, as it became harder to breath he began to bang on the door as hard as he could until the door swung open quickly and he fell out gasping for breath only to be greeted by the smiling face of Vala.
"Thanks" he said coughing.
"I forgot my coffee" she replied with a smile. "What happened?"
"I don't know…"
"Well it smells like a coolant leak in their. Have you been eating Salad again?"
"Funny…"
Taking her hand, he pulled himself up and staggered to the Bridge. As he sat down, he looked at the main window in front of the bridge as the ship dropped into normal space.
"Ohh crap" He called out.
Quickly the Battle stations claxon rang out through the ship as the crew looked on in shock while the deadly Asguard inspired weapons fired a warning shot across the Odyssey's bow. On the bridge of the Odyssey, General Pierson smiled as the harmless energy beam sliced over his shields and evaporated into space.
"Warning shot? Or bad aiming, let's show them we are here to play… have all ships take offensive posture"
"Yes sir" Smile an Airforce Major. "The fleet is responding, weapons are at five percentile and targeting the enemy ship"
"Perfect, fire when ready, standby to launch all counter measures"
"Locking on… weapons firing"
The triangulated fire bounced off the shields of the powerful vessel as it spun around quickly and targeted the nearest ship.
"Weapons are hot Mitchell… I can't shut them down"
"Damn it! He yelled.
Although it was useless, he pressed the control on his armrest and spoke aloud.
"Attention USS Odyssey, break off your attack. We have lost control of the ship, weapons are at full and we cannot shut them down… respond. Repeat, break off your attack NOW!"
"No use sir, it's not getting through. Weapons are firing" Called out a Lieutenant.
"God help them" He muttered.
At full power, two lethal beams sliced through the Shields of the Ha'Tak and slammed into its unprotected hull. Not since the massacre during the Ori crusade had a vessel taken such punishment from another. Pierson looked on in shock as the Jaffa vessel began to burn in space while explosions ripped through the ship as the deadly fire tore through its hull.
"What the hell is Mitchell doing…? BACK US OFF!" He yelled.
Finally, the punishment handed down to the Jaffa vessel became to much as it exploded in a violent blast and sent a huge shockwave hurtling through space. Sparks flew as consoles exploded on the Odyssey while the two remaining ships moved away fast, targeting the next ship, Thor opened fire with it's powerful weapons as the second Ha'Tak attempted to evade the deadly beams of energy and leapt into Hyperspace to avoid the deadly attack quickly followed by the Odyssey. Almost with lightening reflexes, the Thor spun around and followed the two vessels into hyperspace while firing its deadly weapons at the two escaping vessels. Energy blasts slammed into the aft shields of the Odyssey until they buckled while the blasts targeted her main engines until the Tau'Ri vessel disappeared into normal space. Quickly in an attempt to evade the immanent attack, the Odyssey swung to port and as fast as her engines could take her she entered a dust cloud hoping to avoid the attack from the advanced cruiser that had destroyed an allied ship.
"Damage report!" Pierson said calmly.
"Aft shields are down, engines at fifteen percent General"
"What about comms?"
"Online sir"
"Contact the SGC, inform them… of what has happened and request instructions. Have repair teams get the shields on line first… in case Mitchell decides to finish off what he started" Pierson Muttered.
"You don't think it was his idea?"
"No… but we need to know what the hell happened"
"Aye sir"
For fifteen minutes, the Odyssey remained motionless within the dust cloud as her systems came back online one at a time.
"General, we have 75% main power… Shields are at full and engines are at 50%… Ohh crap!"
"What is Major?"
"Detecting a Hyperspace window, its opening up right on top of us"
"Thor?"
"Thankfully no sir, it looks like an Al'Kesh. Receiving voice transmission"
"Odyssey this is SG-10, Commander Macdonald speaking. Please respond"
"Commander, glad you could join us, how did you find us?"
"Educated guess sir. We have been sent by the SGC to relay orders and assist. Can you beam us aboard?"
Smiling Pierson looked around and nodded as the three people beamed onto the Odyssey.
"Commander Macdonald?" Pierson asked.
Quickly she raised her hand and nodded as Pierson looked at the other two with her.
"This is Daniel Jackson and Major Burns… He helped design the 'Thor' Unit"
"Glad the three of you are here. Orders?"
"Yes…" Said Jackson Quickly. "You've been ordered to leave the Odyssey and return to Earth aboard the Al'Kesh. The Pentagon has ordered us to destroy the 'Thor' by any means possible"
"Mitchell is aboard that ship" Pierson replied.
"Yes and we will do everything in our power to recover them before we destroy that ship. We got word the Jaffa has despatched four mother ships to destroy the 'Thor' in response to the attack on one of their ships. The Pentagon is not willing to risk a General in this one" Jackson said.
"Commander, I am holding you personally responsible for the safety of that crew, and this one"
"I have no doubt sir. The Al'Kesh awaits your signal sir"
Saluting his crew, the General beamed off the ship as Macdonald looked around at the many faces looking at her, awaiting her order.
"Oh, don't look at me. He's in charge… Not me" She said pointing to Jackson. "He knows more about this ship then I do"
Smiling slightly he sat in the command chair as she walked to the weapons station and stood over the officer at the controls.
"Oh, don't mind me sir… I just want to look and see how to work this thing"
"Of course… Ma'am" He said through gritted teeth.
With her engines working once again, the Odyssey leapt back into hyperspace in an attempt to find the advanced ship codenamed 'Thor'.
