Chapter 10

Nesa and Roshu was done with their turn with SG-1 and it was Ryac's turn now. Nesa enjoyed her time with SG-9 than she had in SG-3, while the boys loved SG-3. However, they all enjoyed SG-1 more than any other team and that was when the alarm rang and SG-1 called, Ryac was the first to enter the conference room. Landry was there with two Tok'ra. Mitchell and Daniel came soon, with Vala following close behind them. Landry gestured them to sit down. Landry began the briefing.

"The Tok'ra has some new information about the goa'uld Doruan and about Ba'al."

The male Tok'ra spoke first.

"We have some disturbing news. It seems that Doruan was killed about six months ago, not long before the Jaffa fleet was ambushed by Ba'al clones."

Mitch made a small smile.

"That's not very disturbing. I am guessing Ba'al killed him for whatever reason?"

The Tok'ra shook his head.

"No, not Ba'al. It appears that another goa'uld has killed Doruan and completely submitted Doruan's forces into his own."

"Another bad guy?"

"It is possible. Our spy is the second in command to the First Prime, and he acquired much information. This goa'uld calls himself the 'God Emperor' and somehow made the entire planet to worship him in matter of days."

Daniel frowned.

"Well, that's not very different from other goa'uld in that he took over but the name… I heard that name before… somewhere. Not a goa'uld name."

Tok'ra shook his head.

"No. Goa'uld are generally arrogant and proud of their names, but this goa'uld claims that names are for the weak. He had cut off all ties to Ba'al."

Vala chuckled.

"That must have infuriated Ba'al. Did Ba'al kill him or something?"

"No. Ba'al did attempt to kill this 'God Emperor' but it was the Ba'al clone who was defeated."

That caught everyone's attention. Landry spoke, concerned.

"It's true that Ba'al has been weakened, but he is the last System Lord. I thought he still had significant forces."

"Yes, but this 'God Emperor' has far superior technology than anything goa'uld has ever had. The goa'uld defeated four ships including one of Ba'al's flagships with only one ship, and without being damaged."

Daniel frowned.

"Maybe another goa'uld like Anubis or something. That would be bad. It would upset the balance of power in the galaxy."

"The most frightening thing is that our spy reports that this goa'uld controlled the replicators."

Everyone's faces paled. Daniel's frown got deeper.

"Replicators? So this goa'uld is a humanoid replicator? I though we destroyed them all."

The female Tok'ra spoke.

"Our spy reported that the goa'uld had eaten food. A replicator would not need to. Also, this goa'uld wore armor that made in invulnerable to all weapons. He has made upgrades to his ships and began a massive industrialization and modernization of his planet."

Vala cocked her head.

"That doesn't sound like a goa'uld. They keep their Jaffa and slaves ignorant and primitive."

"We believe that this goa'uld may be somehow different. While he does show the tendencies to conquer and expand his empire, he does not rule with fear. As far as we can tell, he promised to his subjects for a prosperous future. He has built factories, schools and various infrastructures only seen in industrialized and modernized planets. He also has fortified his planets with weapons against any orbital attacks."

Mitchell shrugged.

"May be it's a good goa'uld."

Vala retorted exasperatedly.

"Oh, please. There are no such things as a good goa'uld. There are goa'ulds, evil goa'uld and even more evil goa'ulds."

The male Tok'ra agreed.

"We agree."

Landry concluded the briefing.

"Thank you for informing, us. Colonel Mitchell, call Teal'c and tell him about this new goa'uld. We will keep an eye on him."

"Yes, sir."

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Upon scanning Ho'alan, I was horrified to find that my planet Zaras was tiny compare to this planet and Ha'alan wasn't even a major Jaffa world. Zaras provided me with 2000 Jaffa, but Ho'alan, despite Ba'al clones levying troops, still had over ten thousand Jaffa with weapons. I got jealous. However, it was my turn to take control. I beamed canisters of brainwashing chemical into the other Ha'taks and used my holographic recordings to convince them. Of course, my Jaffa didn't know about it. I landed most of my troops into the pyramid and around it. Several of Ba'al Jaffa tried to resist, but my Jaffa were simply superior.

While my Jaffa were subduing Ba'al's Jaffa, I created and launched three satellites. Then I decided to brainwash the whole planet at once. Even though the planet had almost a hundred thousand Jaffa population, I had the advantage of technology. It took an hour but I managed to create at least one massive hologram of myself in every village, and several in the capital city. Then I simply gassed them with the brainwashing chemical. Hellac was still guarding Ba'al, so I was free to do whatever I wanted without him knowing. After an hour of the recording, I turned on the satellites' subliminal messages to maximum power.

I spent next three days in my luxurious quarters, preparing for next phases. Ba'al made a few attempts to escape but my Jaffa and the nanites stopped him. Meanwhile, I called the White Palace for four million replicators with a few upgrade components. I landed Ba'al's Ha'taks and ordered my replicators to repair and upgrade them. Of course, all I did was upgrade the power generator, not replace it, and few minor adjustments here and there. Even those allowed the power generation and distribution enough for the ships to power and fire four of his plasma cannons at once. As for the Death Gliders, I upgraded them as much as I could I didn't install missile pods or shields, but I simply added Kull cloth and replaced the weaponry with PBs. It wasn't much of an upgrade, but it was good enough for Ba'al. He had lost many gliders, and I used Asgard beam to scavenge the materials.

I had one more job for the replicators. On the fourth morning, I beamed down with Ba'al and Hellac at my side. Ba'al was much more confident now that he was on his planet. He was in for a nasty shock. Thousands of Jaffa, men, women and children, had gathered at the foot of the pyramid. When Ba'al looked down on them, they all had their tattoo changed to my symbol. Ba'al looked at me terrified. He was even more terrified when a dozen replicator bugs crawled around my feet. I spoke to Ba'al, chuckling in that menacing tone.

"You see, Ba'al. I am truly magnificent, and you are but muck at my feet. I am all they need to know. There is no good or evil, there is only me!"

Hellac agreed.

"Indeed, my lord, you are all powerful."

Ba'al reluctantly nodded.

"You are truly remarkable, my lord."

"I am."

After an hour of walk through the streets, Ba'al face was downcast as every one of the Jaffa of Ho'alan was in awe of me and paid no attention to him. I couldn't imagine the humiliation. Then I raised my right hand. Ba'al saw the fearsome lightning claw and paled.

"Enough. It is time to board your new flagship, Lord Ba'al."

Then all three of us were on board Ba'al's flagship, which now looked like my ship.

"I have made a few upgrades to the ship. Its shield is 50% stronger, firing rate of the plasma cannons have doubled and it's 10% faster in hyperspace."

Ba'al bowed his head.

"Thank you, my lord."

"The three other Ha'taks are upgraded same. You will take two of them along with your flagship to convince your brothers to come voluntarily or be enslaved."

"Yes, my lord."

"Good. You will be richly rewarded, Lord Ba'al as my first Warmaster."

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Ba'al departed with Jaffa who now bore my mark on their forehead and obeyed him only as the Warmaster of the God Emperor. During the next couple of days, seven Ha'taks, lured to me by my expert manipulation of holograms arrived at Ho'alan. They did not suspect a thing when I gassed their ships and showed them the every educational hologram. I quickly upgraded the new Ha'taks with Asgard power generators, upgraded goa'uld shielding, greater firing rate and improved hyperdrive. Each of these Ha'taks were better than the ships I returned to Ba'al because of superior power generation. Of course, the Jaffa on board were now under my thrall and bearing my mark.

I spent about a week converting the planet into mine, creating shields and weapons for the cities and creating factories and dry-docks. As I busied myself to my work, Hellac beamed down from my flagship.

"My lord, your servant, Ba'al has betrayed you and is coming here with a fleet of Ha'taks."

I chuckled. Of course that was the next move for Ba'al. He had no idea what he was up against. He probably killed the Jaffa I converted so as not to reveal his capitulation to me. Once I am defeated no one was wiser. I was wiser. I actually depended on him bringing his fleet so I could capture them. I now had eight upgraded Ha'taks and my flagship. Just in case, I gathered up the replicators who I brought from the White Palace and made them into a sphere. I also upgraded one of the Ha'taks with Asgard shields and gave Hellac the command. He needed to be shown that I trusted him.

As my fleet floated above the planet, seventeen Ha'taks and Ba'al's flagship appeared. Ba'al's face appeared on the screen. He was so sure of his victory that he was smiling widely. I spoke first.

"My lord Ba'al, what a surprise! I hope you have convinced your clone brothers."

"Fool! I have come to kill you. I will take your ships and use them to conquer the galaxy. Know that I will enjoy torturing you."

I laughed out loud.

"You make me laugh, Ba'al. You pitiful cretin. You think I did not expect this? Look my fleet. They were your ships a few days ago."

Ba'al's eyes glowed.

"I will kill those traitors but I will deal with you first."

I growled at him.

"Try it, Ba'al."

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The battle was relatively short. My fleet was under strict orders to disable only, and they did so. My ships took only a moderate damage but all of Ba'al's attack fleet was crippled and floating dead. I gassed them and put on the hologram show, while my Jaffa captured Ba'al and brought him before me. I spoke with a sneer.

"Tell me why I should spare you again?"

This time, Ba'al begged me.

"Please, my lord, I now see your might and greatness. I now see that you are truly powerful."

"I am. Know this, Ba'al. I will not forgive this sort of indiscretion again. You will return to your worlds and convince your clone brothers to submit to me or die."

"I will, I will! I will do anything, my emperor."

I raised my lightning claw, and my nanite thread began sending pain pulses through his body. He screamed and shuddered and frothed. When I stopped, he crawled to my feet.

"Please, my lord. No more! I will do as you say!"

I chuckled.

"Do not disappoint me again, Ba'al, or you will die. There are other clones I can make into my Warmaster."

"Yes, my lord, I understand."