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This story is inspired by the stories Stargate: Galactic Imperium, Lightning Fervor, and Empress in the Shadows.

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A Goa'uld's Life

Chapter 4

All around me are the mutilated bodies of hundreds of dead Goa'uld symbiotes. For the past few days I have been cooped up in this room while performing a multitude of experiments on the symbiotes. I am creating a serum that, when injected in a jaffa or human, will increase strength, speed, healing ability, immune system, and intelligence. It will also introduce Naquadah into the bloodstream, stop the aging process at twenty-five years of age, and remove a jaffa's reliance on a Goa'uld symbiote. I am also trying to implement the genetic knowledge of your average Goa'uld into the serum that will be accessible in stages throughout one's life, with only a minor amount being available until you reach a designated age. The best thing of all is that this serum will be hereditary, so any children born in my empire will not have to be administered the serum.

While this all sounds very complicated, the Goa'uld know an exceptional amount about genetics, for obvious reasons. Combining that knowledge with the study of the ritual effects of my body and my efforts to make this serum are made easy. In fact the only thing not finished with the serum is the implement of the genetic knowledge, but this will be finished soon as well.

Right at this moment, I have sliced a Goa'uld's brain from its body and hooked it up to a computer, which I am using to change what I wish for the brain to contain. I am removing the memories of the Goa'uld and leaving only the knowledge that is stored, also I am adding small pieces of information that, while separate would have little effect, when put together will cause a deep sense of loyalty to me, in an individual.

As I put the finishing touches on my serum, I know that this will make my efforts to create an empire much easier. I press a small crystal, which lights up, and the computer begins the process of synthesizing my serum; it will only be a couple minutes until enough is made so that the planet's entire population can be injected.

With a final grin at my accomplishment, I twirl around and disappear with a silent "pop".

I figured out the problem I was having when apparating. It turned out that this planet has a slightly lighter gravitational field than Earth, which my magic is used to, so it took a couple hours before my magic adjusted to the change. I am lucky that this planet didn't have a higher gravitational field or I may have ended up in the ground and my rise to power would have ended sooner than expected.

I reappear in what used to be Mach's throne room. Inside the room are two jaffa guards, who are sporting new symbols on their foreheads in the shape of a lightning bolt.

"You, jaffa." I yell out while pointing to one of the guards. "Bring Mora before me."

Mora was actually Mach's First Prime and, after I saw how capable he was, I decided to have him as my First Prime as well.

It doesn't take long for Mora to come striding into the throne room, where he bows down before me.

"How may I serve you, My Lord?" Mora asks me.

"Lord Hadrian." I say, but I can see my words have confused him so I clarify, "That is my name."

I would have much rather just stuck with being called Harry, but it just doesn't seem suited for a ruler. Hadrian on the other hand is much more dignified; it may sound odd to a jaffa but I am satisfied with it.

"Now tell me-" I begin, "-what progress has been made with the village?"

"Much has been accomplished, Lord Hadrian. The village has been more than doubled in size and all of the previous buildings have been given any needed repairs."

"And the humans, have they given any trouble."

"None, and when it was discovered that you had intentions to improve their living and health they became especially warm towards you."

"Very good, is there any other news worth my time?"

"Some My Lord, the Chappa'ai has had a shield placed around it, the Ha'tak and Al'kesh have all been recalled and placed in orbit of the planet, and mining operations have been started in the asteroid belt located in this solar system."

Nes'Rai, which means "Home Star" in Goa'uld, is what I have named this planet. It is located inside a solar system that also contains two barren planets, a gas giant, a magma covered planet, and an asteroid belt. In orbit of Nes'Rai is a moon that would be considered a tropical paradise.

"Very good, now I have something for you to do."

I wave my hand and a case containing hundreds of vials of my finished serum appears before us. The Goa'uld synthesizer is very effective; it is able to create the vials and have them filled with the amount I specified.

"You are to administer a vial of this to everyone on the planet, human and jaffa. Order them to then go home and go to sleep after they receive the serum; they will experience its effects after they wake up from what will most likely be the best sleep of their lives. Also tell the jaffa to not be alarmed when their symbiote dies and their pouch heals up, it is all part of the process."

I wave my hand toward Mora and he takes it as the dismissal that it is. He motions for a jaffa guard to help him carry the case and they make their way out of the room.

While my population is being "upgraded" so to speak, I feel that now is a good time to get some more ships, and cause Ra a little panic in the process. Currently the only war ships I control are three Ha'tak and a handful of Al'kesh.

I apparate and appear on the hill where the Stargate is perched. The two jaffa guards spin towards me to attack but stop as soon as they see that it is me.

With a wave of my hand the shield surrounding the Stargate is disabled and the Dialing Device begins automatically dialing the coordinates for one of Ra's planets. The planet that is dialing is one of Ra's largest shipyards and is one of his closest planets to mine. The travel time from that planet to mine, with Ra's ships which have hyperdrives over twice as fast as the average Goa'uld, is approximately three week's time.

With a "whoosh" the Stargate engages and, after checking to make sure the other side isn't shielded, I silence my feet, turn invisible, and step through. When I arrive on the other side of the wormhole a staff weapon is pointing at my head. I quickly duck under the staff and make my way around the group of jaffa guarding the Stargate.

I am inside of a large metal room and the only exit is the ring transporters located in the corner, which is what I need anyways. I hurry over to the transporters and input the activation code that I know Ra uses for this facility. I grin when I am granted access and twelve signals are picked up in orbit of this planet. Picking a random signal, the ring transporters comes down around me, which alerts the jaffa in the room to my presence, and transports me up to my first target.

I reappear in the ring transporter room aboard a Ha'tak. I rush out of the room and sprint down the hall toward the Pel'tak, which is the command room of the ship. I enter the command room and three jaffa are currently at the ships controls.

"Avada Kedavra." I cry out in three burst. The killing curses strike the jaffa before they even realize they are under attack. I step over the body of a dead jaffa and access the ship's computer and create a link with the other ships around the planet. Normally I couldn't link up with the other ships so easily but, luckily, I know Ra's passcodes. With the connection to the other ships, I pull a crystal from my pocket, which I then insert into the ship's computer. I quickly run back down the hall to the ring transporters and make my way back down to the Stargate.

When I arrive back in the room housing the Stargate, staff blasts are fired my way. Knowing stealth is no longer an option I drop my invisibility and push forward with my hands. The push causes the attacking jaffa to slam back into a wall with a sickening crunch.

Right about now the crystal I inserted into the Ha'tak's computer should have released a computer virus that will vent the atmosphere of all the ships the Ha'tak was connected to. After the ships are vented and no life signs are detected on the scanner, then the ships will jump into hyperspace and make an automated trip to Nes'Rai, where they will take up orbit. The ships should arrive within three weeks' time.

I step up to the Stargate, after dialing Nes'Rai and sending a signal that will disable the shield, and step through the event horizon. Once on the other side I apparate back to my chambers, which are located behind the throne room of the palace. A twitch of my fingers causes a holographic display to appear with all the information Mach had obtained about this region of space.

According to Mach's data there are three human worlds, a Goa'uld controlled world, and a world that contains a Furling outpost within a day's travel time of Nes'Rai. Two of the human worlds are exceptionally primitive but one is in its space age and has successfully placed colonies on its two moons, although it is still vastly inferior to the Goa'uld. The world under Goa'uld control has no ships protecting it and is controlled through use of the Stargate. The most worrisome is the Furling outpost.

The Furlings are a long standing ally of the Asgard, who the Goa'uld are at war with. While the Furlings are only slightly more advanced than the Goa'uld they are still vastly inferior to their allies, the Asgard.

Tomorrow I will have to begin dealing with those planets, but for now I must wait until my people have obtained the effects of my serum. But I have plenty of patience, so I sit down and begin meditating.

With a deep breath of air, my eyes flash open. I rise from where I was meditating and stretch my muscles.

I spin on my heel and apparate to my throne room, where I find Mora waiting for me.

"Lord Hadrian, I request that you come outside, there is something you need to see."

Before, when I would look into Mora's eyes I could see the ignorance that was ingrained into all jaffas' minds, but now I see a clarity that he didn't possess before.

"Then lead the way."

We walk the short trip from the throne room to the palace entrance and what I found when I get outside is amazing. The humans and jaffa are all bowed down on one knee with their right arm over their chest and the left arm behind their back.

"All hail Lord Hadrian, a God in the truest sense of the word!" Mora yells out.

"All hail Lord Hadrian!"

"All hail Lord Hadrian!"

"All hail Lord Hadrian!"

As I stand here watching my subjects chant my name, I allow a smile to grace my face. It seems that the serum caused even more loyalty for me then I originally thought it would, not that I'm complaining of course.

I raise my hand in a silencing gesture and flash my eyes at the crowd.

"My people, it is a true honor to stand before you today. Today is day that will stand out in our history forever as the day that this empire begins. Know that centuries from now, when your children's children celebrate the beginning of this empire, that you were here when it all began. We shall grow into the mightiest force this galaxy has ever seen and we will conquer all that stands in our way. Our allies will adore us and our enemies will respect us, for we are the new beginning. To our empire!"

While it may have not been the best speech ever given, I layered some magic in my voice and, when I finish my speech, the crowd goes wild. I turn around from the cheering crowd and make my way back into the palace, Mora following in my wake.

I turn toward Mora and speak. "Keep everything in line Mora; I will be leading two Ha'tak to conquer a human world near here."

"Of course, my Lord."

With a final nod at Mora, I apparate away to the ring room inside the palace. After inputting a passcode, I am being ringed up to one of the three Ha'tak in orbit around Nes'Rai. Once on the Ha'tak, I casually make my way down to the Pel'tak.

"How soon can this Ha'tak and another be ready for battle?" I ask of the couple jaffa in the Pel'tak, as I take a seat in the command chair.

"Immediately if My Lord wishes it, we are ready for battle at all times." The jaffa in command says.

"Good, we leave for these coordinates as soon as possible." I say as I input the coordinates into the jaffa's mind.

The jaffa nods at me and begins putting the coordinates into the Ha'tak's navigational computer, which he also sends to one of the other Ha'tak. It isn't long before we are pulled into hyperspace and on our way to the closet human planet, which happens to be the one in its space age.

"How long until arrival?"

"Only two hours' time, My Lord."

I'll admit that the two hour trip is kind of nerve racking; while I know this will be a walk in the park, it is still technically my first space attack.

With a flash of light my two Ha'tak drop out of hyperspace in orbit of one of the planet's moons.

"Send a message to the planet demanding their immediate surrender."

We wait patiently for over fifteen minutes but there has yet to be an answer.

"Sir, seven missiles have launched from the moon's surface. The missiles are nuclear and enhanced with Naquadah; arrival time is twenty-five seconds."

"Let them impact, show the humans that they are no match for us."

I watch on the screen as the seven missiles close in my Ha'tak. With a slight vibration the missiles impact against the Ha'tak's shields and explode.

"Shields down three percent."

"Send the message again; tell them this is their last chance though."

It only takes a few minutes, after the message is sent again, that three signals are picked up declaring their surrender.

"Sir, the three signals we received each came from the leaders of the three nations on the planet. They are requesting to begin negotiations as soon as possible and have transmitted a location for them to be held."

"Very well, and where is this location they desire."

"It is the Capital building of one of the three nations, My Lord."

I stand up from my chair and begin making my way to the Ha'tak's hanger bay. Once I arrive to the bay, I get inside a cargo ship and launch out of the ship. I blast through space and before long I am flying through the planet's atmosphere, on my way to the Capital building. I bring the ship down and land it right in the front lawn of the building. By the time I am stepping out of the ship two men in rather dull brown suits are running out to me.

"Sir, come with us please." One of the men asks.

"Certainly."

I am led into the building and through many hallways before we reach a large steel door. One of my escorts places his palm upon the door, which then swings itself open. Inside of the room is a round table with four seats, three of which are filled. Placed around the room are dozens of cameras and recording devices.

Without speaking a word, I make my way over to the empty seat and sit down.

An older gentleman speaks up. "I am Rick LeeMaster and I am the President of Maroch. To my right is William Sean Blake, who is Trin's Prime Minister. Here on my left is Phillip Bard, the President of Grung. We would like to offer you welcome to our planet, Aradia. Also, I hope it isn't a problem that we have so many cameras in the room, but they are filming live to the planet as we speak."

"I thank you for your welcome, and no, the cameras are not a problem."

The one who LeeMaster introduced as Phillip Bard decides to interrupt. "Enough with these pleasantries, what do you want." He says while glaring at me.

At his words I drop the pretense of friendliness and stare him down.

"I am here to conquer you; do you have a problem with that?"

"As a matter of fact, I do." With that he stands up and pulls a gun from his waist, which he points right towards my head.

I'm openly grinning towards him now.

"Either fire that gun or sit back down." I am now trying to goad him into firing at me; this will be a good opportunity to show them not to mess with me.

I can see the hesitation in his eyes but, he steels himself and fires the weapon.

The bullet shoots out of the weapon and stops in midair, less than an inch from my face. I flash my eyes in anger and the bullet launches back towards Bard and strikes him in the shoulder. Everyone in the room is now looking at me in a mixture of shock, awe, and fear.

"Now-" I begin as I look at the three men, once Bard manages to fight through the pain and get back in his seat, "-your planet is under my control and there will be no more people getting ideas that it isn't. Are we clear?"

"Yes Sir." LeeMaster, who seems to be the most sensible one, says.

"Do not think this is a bad thing for your people though, even though you will now live under my rule, I bring with me an incredible amount of advantages. I will give your people technology, cures for your diseases, and even immortality in the form of eternal youth. I can reverse the aging process and freeze it at the age of twenty-five."

By the widening of their eyes I know that I have them exactly where I want. Immortality really is quite the bargaining chip.

Authors Note: I got the same amount of reviews for chapter 3 as I did in chapter 2, but in half the time. So, for that reason I'm went ahead and got the move on chapter 4. Let me know what you think.