A/N: Ancient will be written in normal letters and not in italics for this chapter and for any chapter that has little to do with the other galactic powers
Chapter 8: Rise of Atlantis Part 2: The Ancient's Return
Three weeks had passed since the Orion had taken aboard the 550 survivors aboard the Tria. The old warship was left to float aimlessly in the void between galaxies, but she would not be abandoned for long. Unfortunately they could not replace the worn out hyper drive with the spare parts that were found on the Orion, but the ship was salvageable.
During this time, more people had walked the halls of the Orion since its construction. Children running and playing, adults discussing facts in lounges and a good deal of people had crowded the observation deck when they had jumped to FTL. There were even some classes to teach the young about their culture, history, philosophy, technology, art. Danny had to say that he was impressed when he saw the collection of painting the Tria carried; it appeared that she was used to evacuate a museum or an art gallery before taking on refugees and attempting to head to Earth.
Also, Danny spent most of his time with the senior commanders and captain Helia. It was decided that Danny would occupy the position of Supreme Commander in the New Alterran fleet, while Helia would take the position as councilor. Also elections were going to be held shortly after their arrival in Atlantis as to decide the full council and who would be on it. Danny's duties as Supreme Commander meant that he had absolute control over the armed forces, which consisted of 80 people, and that was including himself. While it would not be enough to wage war, it would be enough to keep security and peace in Atlantis and to man up to three ships, not including the Orion.
One thing that everyone learned about their new Supreme Commander was that, while Danny may look young, he was far from inexperienced. Danny earned the respect of many people in the three weeks that they were on board. He had shown kindles, compassion, but he was also decisive and unwavering when he punished someone, for example a woman who hoarded food, whom he left confined to her room with only the bare necessities, and enough food and water to survive the rest of the journey.
The first thing Danny did after being named Supreme Commander was that he introduced his underlings to all aspects of war on Earth. Some of the tactics were viewed as dirty, honorees and even barbaric, but Danny put forth the idea of experience. The Alterrans did little to advance the Art of War since they left the Milky Way and that was the reason why the Wraith bet them so easily, while Earth had been perfecting the art of killing each other for 5000 years. Begrudgingly they agreed, and they were trained by Danny himself in every Earth combat stile that he could think of, but what made him gain even more respect from his underlings was the fact that he would wake up with them, sleep with them, and practice with them. This was Danny's stile, he led by example and he wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty.
While the soldiers were doing this and that, training and reviewing tactics, the engineers were doing something else entirely. Tucker had the idea of making every military officer on board into something akin to a Special Forces soldier, so he went out to design a suit of armor to be worn by everyone that was going off world in a hostile situation. This suit even had servos and served in the function of an exoskeleton, but was nowhere near as cumbersome as the specifically designed exoskeletons, but it was less powerful, not by much but enough that you couldn't punch through steel in one go. He had also modified their weapons and now they used a mixture of mass accelerator canons, or projectile weapons combined with standard energy weapons. Danny explained this was to have greater variety and purely energy based, or purely projectile based weapons load outs were efective only in certain situations. All in all the suit they ended up with would not look out of place on Batman or a Mandalorian, as Tucker put it. He was still working on feasible jet packs, and he even promised to attempt construction of a light saber, but Danny forbade him from constructing one on the Orion from fear that he might damage the ship.
Lantean system
Pegasus galaxy
The entireties of the people on board the Orion were holding their collective breath. The bridge was early silent, only the occasional button noise breaking it. The crew were nervous, and rightfully so, their ship contained the last of the Alterrans, the last of the Ancients. From a race that once numbered in the billions, they now numbered in the hundreds, 556 people to be exact, out of which 20 were children under the age of 10 and the vast majority of people rescued were in their early twenties, not much older than Danny himself, and he was barely 18. The good news, Danny supposed was the fact that he would not need worry about population aging, since the Alterrans, of which he was part of had life spans in the hundreds of years. His own life was expected to last at least 400, if not more.
On the bridge Danny sat in the captain's chair that he had grown so accustomed to. In front of him was Sam at the weapons console, Tucker at navigation and Mark at power distribution, shields and life support. In the control interface room was Jazz and Valery along with Marcus, all of which were monitoring long range sensors, and were on standby for damage control.
These precautions were necessary and since the Orion would not have more than 25% of her initial charge left, it was decided to supplement the power with a VEM from the Tria.
"Ok, let's go over this one more time" said Danny and Tucker groaned
"Shields?"
"Check, shields strength at 100%, additional capacitors primed and ready" answered Mark
"Weapons?"
"Weapons are primed and ready, main weapon is deployed and capacitors are charged" answered Sam
"How's are the civilians doing?" Danny asked Helia
"They have settled in their quarters and have sealed the doors as you have instructed" answered Helia
"FTL dropout in one minute, sensors are clear" announced Tucker
"The moment we drop out make your way to the star in the system, we need to recharge. Also keep an eye on long range sensors" instructed Danny
They dropped out of FTL. The entire ship was on high alert. First they dove into the sun and recharged the Orion thus allowing them to disconnect the VEM. Sometime later they entered orbit around Lantea herself.
The gate room was filled with people, but they would not be all going through the gate. Danny, Marcus, Mark and Tucker were all suited up with the newly designed combat suits. Mark carried with him a VEM so they might at least have a way to power the city until they raise it to the surface.
"Dial Atlantis" instructed Danny with a smile. The Alterran at the console returned it with a grin. The gate began to spin and a connection was established.
"Send in the Kino" ordered Danny
"The Kino reads viability sir" replied the Alterran officer at the other console. Danny nodded in thanks and put on his helmet
"Alright, move out!" said Danny through the helmet and he, Tucker Mark and Marcus stepped through the gate.
On the other sight a magnificent sight awaited them. A large cavernous room that sprung alight when it detected them. The ancient city was reacting to their presence, lighting rooms and powering terminals.
"Ok, Mark and Marcus you two go down to the power hub and plug in the VEM, we'll work on rising Atlantis to the surface" instructed Danny. The two men nodded and left for the power room
Danny walked up the steps to the control room, each one lighting up as he stepped on it. The consoles were in pristine condition, covered by a cloth. Danny quickly ripped it off and began to check the city's systems. It was just as he though, the shield was but a thin line against the water and all three VEMs were nearing maximum entropy. They wouldn't last a day with the power that was left, in fact some outer sections were already flooded, but they weren't a concern. What was concerning was the fact that they were bleeding power rapidly and that needed to be fixed.
The next hour was spent searching command code after command code until finally they found it. The command to release Atlantis from its watery tomb.
"Mark, Marcus, where are you?" asked Danny over the coms
"We are in the power hub room; however we are unable to remove the existing VEMs. If we do this, then the city would lose power and we could be flooded" said Marcus
"Hag on tight, I managed to find the command to release Atlantis, we should surface momentarily" said Danny
"You ready Tuck?" asked Danny. His friend turned to him with a grin
"To make history? Heck yeah. Who would have thought that we would be standing in the Lost City of Atlantis before we were 20?" answered Tucker with a grin, unable to contain his excitement
"Well then let's do this" said Danny before whispering; to himself as much as to the city itself
"Rise Atlantis! Rise!" and with that he touched a control crystal
The whole city shuddered, the docking clamps released and the city began rising to the surface and with the shield's last ounce of strength it broke free from the water and settled down on the surface of the ocean.
Meanwhile Danny and Tucker were standing on the balcony overlooking the city.
"You know, I you would have asked me six months ago what I would be doing today this would not be one of the answers" said Danny while looking with wonder at the city before him
"You got that right bro, I mean look at us! We're standing in the city of legends, literally. Now all we have to do is repair it and strap in some brand new VEMs and we're good to go" said Tucker excitedly
"Now, now, calm down Tuck, we're getting there, we're getting there" said Danny with a grin on his face while patting his brother's shoulders
"Danny, Tucker, the VEM's plugged in" announced Mark through the com
"Let's see where this journey will take us next, shall we?" said Danny
"Yes, we shall" answered Tucker rubbing his hands at the promise of new tech
Time passed quickly on Atlantis over the next week. Repair robots constructed by the Orion were swarming the city repairing any and all damage that they could find. Meanwhile for the first three days the city was thoroughly explored and quarters were assigned to the people on board the Orion. The new inhabitants quickly settled in the city and with the new VEMs it was time to elect the ruling council. The matter was voted and debated and a consensus was reached. The High Council would consist of High Councilor Albertus Anatolius, since he was the last Alterran with political experience as a member of the old council, Councilor Helia Sylla witch was tasked with internal affairs, Supreme Commander Daniel Phantom, head of the military and acting minister of external affairs. The next two were councilors Tucker Andromedus, chief scientist and Mallia Gaius, chief of the medical staff.
Now all these people were gathered in the council chambers atop the central spire
"I have read your reports and I have to say that I am pleased of how everything is coming along" began Albertus" Supreme Commander, what is your advice for the continued security of this city?"
"The safest option would be to leave as soon as possible" said Danny
"I still do not understand why we have to leave" said Helia
"Because we cannot take on the Wraith at this time as we are and if the Wraith hear even a peep of our presence then they would come in full force" said Danny
"I agree with the Supreme Commander's decision" said Mallia
"I have found something that might be of note" said Tucker "There is a planet that was entrusted with a VEM. The database sais that it is fully powered and I need not say that such technology cannot fall into enemy hands"
"Go; take the Orion and a jumper. The ship should be able to scan for the VEM, but let me make this clear, this is a stealth mission, contact is forbidden" instructed Danny. Tucker nodded and left
"I have also been going through the military records in the database and I have sent out a general recall order, I have gained a response from two ships and an outpost. The database suggests that the outpost has a ship in it that we could use" said Danny and Albertus's eyes lit up
"Do you think you could recover some of them?" asked Albertus
"It is possible, though I know that the ship at the outpost was severely damaged I think it can be repaired" said Danny
"And the other two?" asked Helia
"The Invictus suffered a leak from her hyper drive and was abandoned and the Aurora's condition is unknown" said Danny
"What do you advise Supreme Commander?" asked Albertus
"For now I want to focus on getting Atlantis back to full capacity and settling in, after that we will displace the Orion to the Aurora and then we go for the Invictus" advised Danny
"Very well, is there something else that needs to be discussed?" asked Mallia
"Yes, I would like to begin mining operations as soon as possible as well as restarting the hydroponics garden "said Helia
"The Orion hasn't left orbit yet, I can send down some seeds and we can take soil from the mainland" said Danny
"Meeting adjourned, let's get to work" declared Albertus as he rose to a stand
The next several weeks were hard for everyone, but they pulled through. With assistance from the Orion's EM constructors many repair and mining robots have been created for the purpose of mining the naquadah, trinium and neutronium rich asteroid belt. With those resources in tow they managed to construct several industrial sized EM constructors on Atlantis. These were quickly put to work on building thousands of drone weapons as well as parts for a version of the neutrino-ion generator that the Alterrans developed. Danny ordered this in the event that they were to find themselves with insufficient power. Also after reviewing the specifications of the warships that the Alterrans constructed during their stay in the Pegasus Galaxy he was appalled at the mediocrity of the design. While the ships were powerful, their only real offensive weapon were their drones, with pulse cannons acting as point defense. He quickly ordered the addition of several power generators to boost shield strength and to allow for the installment of several ion guns and a pair of particle beams similar to those used on the defense satellites employed against the Wraith.
Their trip to the Aurora was an eventful one. As usual the Orion emerged from hyperspace and began scanning the area surrounding it. Then it turned it's sensors to the Aurora and what they found was disturbing. The front part of the ship was blown clean off. The crew were in stasis, but their bodies were far too damaged to make recovery possible. In the ships database they found something that the Alterrans had prayed for since the beginning of their war with the Wraith.
The weakness of Wraith technology.
Atlantis, council chambers
"How certain of this discovery are you Supreme Commander?" asked Albertus
"Enough to bet my life on it, High Councilor; with this information we can develop a weapon capable of targeting the Wraith and the Wraith alone. It would lead to their extinction" stated Danny
The other people in the room exchanged glances
"Are you sure it is wise to develop such a weapon, one that could kill countless billions even if they are Wraith?" asked Malia
"Councilor, I understand your reluctance to develop such a weapon, but it is necessary. We need to end the Wraith threat once and for all. If a better option has not been presented to me by the time we return to this Galaxy then I will authorize the deployment of the virus, but for now I will only order its development, not its deployment" assured Danny
The plan was to create a biological virus that would target bought Wraith Ships and personnel, effectively wiping out all trace of the Wraith's existence.
While this was happening people were preparing for their eventual departure. Hundreds of tons of raw material found their way on Atlantis awaiting processing, but while this was happening other things were taking place that were just as important. In the bowls of the city a genetic manipulation device was found. With it Danny kept his promise and evolved Sam, Tucker, Mark, Valery and Jazz to the evolutionary state he was at.
After Sam was finished with her transformation, Danny took her to the penthouse apartment that he inhabited. It was tradition for the Supreme Commander to inhabit this apartment because it had the connection to the communication system used by the Alterran fleet. That night they spent alone, just the two of them under the stars of another Galaxy and decided to finally get married, a decision that brought happiness to all the people of Atlantis. Even though they had only met two months ago, they became an integral part of the Alterran society, and with such a low population, young couples and children were especially welcome.
-Line Break-
It was morning and the sun shown down on the glittering spires of Atlantis. Danny woke up to that beautiful sight. Truth be told he still couldn't quite believe what has happened in the last several months. The Ghost Zone being destroyed, leaving Earth and traveling to the formally Lost City of Atlantis. They were nearly ready to depart this Galaxy. In the previous days, the Orion's intergalactic hyper drive was repaired and a tractor beam was fitted to it. With that the old ship went out into the void and brought the Tria back to Atlantis where she was set down on a pier and repairs began. The worn out hyper drive was completely striped and a new one was added in its place. Along with this the numerous modifications that Danny requested be done were completed thus making the Tria a whole new ship design. To honor those on the Aurora who died when the ship was destroyed by Danny's orders so that the Wraith may not get their hands on her, this new class of vessel was to be named Aurora class. This being said, Danny had no intention of using the Tria as his flagship because she will be commanded by the newly promoted Captain Marcus.
Once the modifications on the Tria will be completed and she would be restored to full combat readiness the Orion would depart the Pegasus Galaxy on a mission to the Milky Way. Now that they had four powered VEMs, the three who had the most power remaining, meaning the two from the Tria and the one from the planet in the Pegasus Galaxy would remain on Atlantis to eventually be used for the city's return to the Milky Way, while the VEM from Praclaroush would go with the Orion to power the gate so that an intergalactic wormhole might be established. The purpose of this mission would be to survey planets for Atlantis to land on, since they couldn't use Earth. The Orion would be captained by Tucker and its first office would be a scientist named Theodosius Sulinus.
The Hippofalacus would not be serving in the flagship role either. Its captain would be the former weapons officer on the Tria, Albinus Nicetius.
That left the Invictus the last candidate for this job. It would be this ship that would serve as a second home to Danny and Sam.
Danny's musing was cut short by a chime alerting him that someone was at the door.
"Enter" said Danny as he moved to sit at his work desk/station
The door opened and through it stepped Jazz. Danny took in the sight of her sister. She seemed fatter than he remembered, her belly more rounded. Danny frowned, during the past two months she wore such baggy clothes it was hard to tell what was underneath them.
"Danny, I have something to tell you" began Jazz fidgeting nervously. Danny made a motion to continue
"I'm pregnant"
Throughout Atlantis people stopped and winced hearing the voice of their Supreme Commander. They hear it as clear as it would have been on the city wide intercom; every single detail from shock to anger was felt.
"WHAT!"
Inside Danny's quarters Jazz winced as her brother began to rapid fire questions at her
"When did this happen? How long are you? Who is the father? Never mind I already know. How long have you know? Who did you tell? Why didn't you tell me sooner?"Danny stopped mid rant as Sam burst through the door.
"Danny are you alright, I heard you from across the city, what's the problem?" she asked suspiciously at seeing Jazz backed away in a corner with a rabid Danny after her
"Jazz's pregnant" answered Danny without thinking
Sam's eyes immediately widened and she squealed pushing Danny aside and hugging Jazz
"Does Mark know?" she asked
"No, but I think that Danny's yelling might have tipped him off" said Jazz with a smile
"How far along are you?" asked Sam
"No more than two and a half months" answered Jazz
"Come on, let's go tell Mark" said Sam as she pulled Jazz out of the room completely ignoring the utterly confused Danny.
Danny sat there, unmoving for several minutes as Tucker came into the room
"Danny dude are you ok?" asked Tucker visibly worried
"Jazz's pregnant" answered Danny
Tucker's eyebrows shot up as his eyed widened" Oh"
"Yeah" answered Danny deflating
"Come on, you need a drink" said Tucker as he hoisted Danny up. Danny didn't even fight him, he just allowed Tucker to move him to a couch and Danny jut took the first bottle he saw and poured himself a drink, hoping that this was all a bad nightmare.
Mark had a similar reaction when he heard the news that he would be a father and for the next few days he had made it a point to avoid Danny at any cost for fear of being beheaded (not literally… probably). Seeing this Danny made it a point to be dressed in full battle armor wherever he went. He even added a cape to it and of course they were white with black accents. All in all Danny looked quite frightening, and on such a day Danny was storming through the corridors, cape billowing behind him, hands clasped behind his back.
"What do you think we should do?" Helia asked Albertus as they watched Danny pass
"Nothing, he's just blowing off some steam and the whole debacle was pretty funny when you think about it. You know I can't wait for him to have kids" mused Albertus
"It wouldn't surprise me if they went in the military, all of them" said Helia "I mean have you seen him use those energy sabers in training? With the helmet on, he could be viewed as a god by the humans"
Albertus turned to Helia as they walked to the gate room. She stopped and looked him in the eye
"No, actually I haven't. Have you seen those Earth movies they brought? 'Star Wars' I believe they were called" said Albertus and Helia nodded
"Yes, a surprisingly accurate description of what an actual Galactic war would look like. You know I think that those energy swords they used, what was their name, ah yes, light sabers were actually the concept behind the energy swords Andromedus designed" mused Albert us
"Yes, and our Supreme Commander does look like the one they called Vader" said Helia
Albert us snorted "If Vader would be dressed in almost pure white armor with a white cape with black accentss and wielded silver colored cross guard energy sword, then yes he would. Also the helmet Daniel wears is a far better design"
"Have you seen him in combat?" asked Helia
"No, how is he, you must tell me" urged Albertus
Helia led Albertus to the hologram room and inputted a request for a viewing of Danny's latest training session. In the room were ten Legionary Lancers, the elite fighting core of the Alterran military against Danny. With a flick of his wrist Danny activated his energy sword and charged forward. From a single slice he cut down two of their number. The lancers tried their level best to stop the maelstrom that was Supreme Commander Daniel Phantom, but they barely manage to sow him down. Danny viciously cut down any and all in his path while blocking energy blasts, lance strikes and attempts of the other lancers to take him out with their own energy swords.
It is imperative to understand is that the lancers were capable of standing on their own against a battalion of Jaffa troops, while ten of them could take out an entire legion of them if necessary, but Danny took it a step further. By using the skill he had acquired in the past four and a half years of ghost hunting and as of lately sparring, he was a swordsman like no other. Add to that that he was personally trained by Pandora and her elite guards in combat in combination with the advanced reflexes and quick processing speeds that his Alterran philology permitted. It was a mixture that made him very powerful and very dangerous, if you were his enemy.
After the training concluded Danny personally made sure that his adversaries were unharmed and they were thanks to the stun setting on the energy sword.
"I have to admit that was pretty scary" said Helia
"Amazing when you thing that before he took command of the Orion he had even more power. And not only that but he used that power for good; I have to say that we picked the best person to help lead us into this new age" said Albertus
"Indeed we did" said Helia with a smile
A/N: I hope you like it and please, no flame for taking some stuff from star wars. I mean seriously wouldn't you want to see Danny with a light saber against a horde of Jaffa?*hint*hint*.Anyway, I want to ask for names for Jazz and Mark's kid, also I would want to ask what kind of children do you think Danny should have and what names should they have same for Tucker and Valery. Also I want to make this clear, Jazz and Mark are twenty and Danny and the others are 18. They are plenty old to have kids, and if you are the military leader of your people at 18 who says that you can't be a dad? Next chapter Atlantis will depart.
