Appendix

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Author's notes: Finally some remarks and info fluff regarding this story

OK, as has been stated before, I never intended to chop part 2 into two, but since the SG-1 chapter grew so big I felt I had to. It was already approaching three quarters of my previous story and I felt not even half way. Also, after posting part 1 to better then expected reviews I was anxious to keep up the pressure and also sorely tempted to start posting chapters as I more or less finished them. But that is not my style. I hate it when authors make you wait endlessly for the next installment. Which wouldn't be half so bad if most of them didn't stop posting them altogether for whatever reason. And I'm an ad hoc kind of writer. I generally have a story arc in mind but the details often change as I write. Often forcing a rewrite of earlier chapters. Which would be kind a hard when already posted. Also I like to hop and work on chapters as I see fit.

For instance the Buffy/Belmo conflict originally ended by chapter two. But as I posted part 1 I realized that A: it would be pointless to have gone to all that trouble in the first place to introduce it and then resolve it so easily. And B: the betrayal of trust issue could not be so easily resolved. So I made it a major theme of this part and probably in part 2B as well.

For those wondering why Belmovekk would foist a religion on a group of Jaffa who just lost their God, one that we know is just as false, he didn't know what Daniel and Amūn learned. To him its still a perfectly good religion. And Daniel no longer remembers. Amūn might though. Or maybe he won't.

I have to say, I quite enjoyed writing Faith. While Eliza Dushku is a hot goddess, I've always felt the whole Faith going bad deal a little too contrived in the series. Her reasons for going to the dark side seemed way too angsty and whiny to my taste. I thought let's give her a real reason to embrace the dark side. Muhahaha!

Oh, and no, the whole Amūn in the head is not inspired by BSG and Head Six. No, all hail Harvey! The real first denizen inside somebody's screwed up head. With Scorpius and Creighton hopping around in a easter bunny suit my absolute favorite Farscape scene. You gotta love that kind of head screwing around, not?

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The 6 styles of Saiyan martial arts:

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Inspired by Star Wars and its gazillion forms of light saber fighting styles I decided to create some of my own for Saiyans. Seems logical that they developed their own forms, right?

• Ozar'itsu 'way of the ozaru'. Main focus on taming the inner beast and utilizing its power.

• Radi'itsu 'way of the Saiyan snakehunter'. Strong defense, the emphasis on seeking weaknesses, with sudden strikes to exploit them.

• Mal'ki'itsu 'way of the Saiyan mountain tiger'. Aggressive, dominant, reckless. Keep your opponent off balance by seizing the initiative.

• Lokta'itsu 'way of the Saiyan eagle'. Concentrating heavily on aerial combat.

• Cumbri'itsu 'way of the Saiyan scorpion'. Deadly, secretive, calculating. The Saiyan ninja assassin style. Style of choice for infiltrators.

• Aisni'itsu 'way of the 'soul'. Inward looking, much focus on one's powerlevel, strong emphasis on chi attacks.

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Powerlevels

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There can be no Dragonball Z without powerlevels. So here are mine.

Now there are two kinds of powerlevels, the ones used for the real DBZ and the ones I make up for this story. I used the DBZ ones from a long defunct DBZ site called Planet Namek. Note for those a little less familiar with DBZ, it's creator Toriyama rarely gave powerlevels for his characters. The only time they were ever stated was when a character got measured by a scouter. Which was mostly Radditz, Vegeta and Nappa when they came to Earth, Bulma did a reading once using Radditz's scouter she had fixed, and Freeza's henchmen used scouters a lot on Planet Namek and when Freeza arrived on Earth. Then it pretty much stopped when the last guy with a scouter got snuffed shortly measuring Trunks at 5 prior to his battle with Freeza. Theory has it Toriyama felt constrained by having to keep up with everyone's powerlevels, so he no longer bothered and it basically became the Z-Senshi using their senses and going OGMZ THE POWAH! ITS TOO BIG!. So it all became guesswork after that. Which means that most sites usually offer different levels, sometimes into the absurd.

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Part 1 'The Slayer and the Saiyan'

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My story starts shortly after Trunks' battle, which although I didn't use it was about this:

King Cold 13.000.000

Freeza 12.500.000

Trunks (suppressed) 5

Trunks SSJ 17.000.000

Goku SSJ 20.000.000

Belmovekk SSJ 35.000.000

As you can see I've scaled Belmovekk in a bit higher then the other Saiyans. The reason is twofold. Firstly he has been around for longer so had more time to get himself to such a level. Secondly he's not a naturally gifted fighter like Goku or Vegeta. These are Saiyans who can increase their power at ridiculous rates. I didn't want to have a third Saiyan be like that, it would be boring. So I wanted him to have a head start on the others and as things moved on he would be overtaken. But just not from the start. So I gave him quite a head start as it were.

Planet Namek never gave any powerlevels to the rest of the Z-fighters at this stage. Which would be hard since they didn't do anything that could give an indication. Piccolo and Vegeta were probably around the million, the other Z-fighters I estimate between the 20.000 and 60.000. Gohan could be the strongest of them, or not. Depending on how much studying his mother made him do in the time after Namek. Which was probably insanely much.

Now, the Scoobies themselves.

At the start:

Buffy 120

Xander 8

Willow 21

Giles 18

Kendra 98

Average Vamp/Demon 50

The average human was measured by Radditz at 5 at the beginning of DBZ. Xander is not your average human so he gets a whoppin' 8. Buffy is the Slayer and as such is blessed with extra power. Since I placed the average Vamp at 50 the Slayer needs to be more then that. One of you suggested that the Slayer would have a Saiyan like ability to get better from near death experience. That would be overkill but it does seem that, the longer they live, the better Slayers get at what they are doing. And not just skill wise. Against Glory and the First's ubervamp Buffy took some tremendous punishment and lived to tell the tale. While that wasn't the reason I scaled Kendra lower then Buffy it does tie in nicely.

Xander prior to Halloween 11

Xander the Saiyan 2500

Xander post Halloween 48

Training his ass off for several weeks gave Xander only a mild increase in power, henceforth still his buttmonkeyness. Whatever power he had during the possession is not really that important, but it is a good average for Saiyans in general. Besides a bucket load of skills and experience Xander did get a fourfold increase in power. Give or take.

Buffy vs. Vegeta 210

The Prince himself estimated her at that level. This is after months of regular training so she is bound to have shown an increase.

Angel prior to turning 62

If the average vamp is 50 then Angel as a former master vampire is probably a bit low. But Angel didn't do much of the fighting in the beginning. And he had been living an appalling lifestyle for a long time, living of rats in New York, before coming to Sunnydale. And he doesn't drink human blood. So I guess he would be more in the average range by the time Buffy started to whip him into shape.

Buffy towards the end 600

Xander towards the end 220

Oz towards the end 24

Kendra towards the end 200

Belmovekk post Judge Fluctuating between 200 and below 100

It stands to reason that by using the gravity gym and by pouring her heart and soul into training to compensate for losing Angel, Buffy would show a nice increase. As would Xander. There is still a big gap between them though, for which Xander needs to use his bag of Saiyan tricks to keep up. Like 3D Master's Buffy Z stories I tend to agree that skill matters more then power. And Xander just has more at this point in time. Oz is scaled at 24 because he only started training relatively late and then dropped out of the picture for a long time. Which is why I decided to send him and his band on their world wide Southern California tour. Kendra scales in at 200. She got the training manual but she and her Watcher had to make do without a constant Saiyan instructor, or a gravity gym.

Angelus 670

Spike 480

Drusilla 580

Average vamp minion 500

The Judge vs. Belmovekk ± 1000

Ethan's spell gave the vamps a ten-fold increase. Since he's bound to show some additional increase from training that would put him above Buffy. But since he stopped training under Belmovekk he and the other vamps are more limited in their knowledge of chi fighting. So Buffy could still fight them one on one. Xander using his Saiyan bag of tricks could still take on an average vamp minion, but Drusilla on the other hand was just too much overkill even for him. Yes, in the story I have a scene where Buffy spars with Xander at full power and he keeps up. But that is still a friendly fight. When your opponent is out to kill you things are inevitably different. Spike having been in a wheelchair and not being able to train much gets to be lower then the other vamps. The Judge had been fed plenty of life force so he gets a nice high number, but his skill was in draining life, not actual fighting.

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Part 2A 'The Mayor and the Saiyan: the Goa'uld'

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The Scoobs at the start of this part.

Buffy 580

Xander 280

Oz 95

Willow 25

Faith 85

Giles 25

For having done almost no training during her stay in LA Buffy has dropped a bit. Xander has been training his butt off with Kame Senin during the summer and gained a nice increase. Likewise Oz has also been training. Willow meanwhile having made her first steps on the road to magic goes from 21 to 25. Magic and sorcery being more about willpower, not physical strength. Faith gets an initial low score because unlike Kendra she hasn't been trained from an early age and she's a new Slayer.

Amūn-Ra in Belmovekk's body 5.000

During the Anubis assault 100.000

At first Amūn-Ra lacks the control over Belmovekk's body and keeps it at a relatively low power. During the Anubis assault however he digs deeper into the body and as a result brings forth more power. But by doing so he becomes more susceptible to Saiyan like moods and desires. Henceforth his growing pigheadedness and contempt for his own men. I have no powerlevels for the fight inside Belmo's mind. It being a lucid dream it can be anything you want, although Amūn-Ra noticed he didn't have access to his full powers. So any combat would take place in the hundreds.

Buffy 610

The Xandman 290

Faith 90

Oz 100

Teal'c 30

Trick 55

Tricks minions, each 180

At this point Faith has only had a few weeks training. I estimate Teal'c at 30 because he's the big strong Jaffa martial artists. Trick is just barely above average, the thinking vampire for the new age. The minions the Mayor gave him have trained for months, but their teacher was of course nowhere near as good as Angelus and Drusilla were.

AN 2017: Alright, another part finished. On to the next part, 2B, starting tomorrow. Or as I call it, the part with the insanely long chapters. ;)