Chapter ten
The three earth ships, the Daedalus, Tsun Tzu and the Zeus dropped out of hyperspace over the Genii home world. Fractions of a second later, their sensors began to beep alerting them of danger. It was a super hive and two other hives. It was little time before the hives would detect their presence. Each of the commanders ordered their shields raised and to open fire, all batteries.
The ships opened fire, launching all of their nukes in the process. Most of the nuclear warheads impacted their targets, but a few where intercepted by darts. The two 'normal' hives received heavy damage from the thirty or so nukes. They where destroyed a few moments later as asgard weaponry slammed into their organic hull and destroyed them. Colonels Hagberg, Caldwell and Chung ordered their 302s and jumpers launched. 302s where to target the darts and jumpers the super hive, cause they where firing drones which was more effective against the hive.
"Shields down to thirty two percent! Hull breach deck six and seven, sections eight through twelve! We're venting atmosphere!" Major Anna Lund yelled out as sparkles flies every where.
"Seal off those areas! Do we have any life signs from the planet?!" Hagberg yelled.
"Yes sir! A thousand inside that bunker! We can beam them out!"
"Recall fighters! Tell the Daedalus and Tsun Tzu that we're beaming up as many as we can, and that we're leaving!" Hagberg said.
The battle was not going well. Even though all three ships had asgard weapons, and a ZPM boosting their systems, it did not make much of a difference. The three power full earth ships shields has all dropped bellow thirty percent. They beam up as many people as possible, and then heads into hyperspace, severally damaged.
"Report Major!" Hagberg ordered.
"Shields barley held, damage to all decks, hyperdrive is failing, the good news are that we got all the people aboard our ships before we jumped to hyperspace. That includes fighters, and the people down on the Genii planet. A Landon Radim wants to see you. He's in the infirmary" Lund said.
"Good. Tell the others that we're heading out into the galactic void to meet the Amateus and the Queen. Recommend them that they join us, I'll be in the infirmary." Hagberg said and he left the bridge for the infirmary.
On the way down to the infirmary, Colonel Hagberg was met by bleeding crew members, minor fires, wires that where hanging down from ceiling and walls, by doors that couldn't be opened because of lack of atmosphere in those sections. He finally got to the infirmary where Ladon Radim met him.
"Thank you, Colonel. Thank you!" Radim Exclaimed.
"What did you want, and when did those hives come to your world?" Hagberg asked.
"I wanted to say thank you for saving some of my people. The Wraith came almost immediately after you left. Maybe by a few minutes after. They sent down a wave of darts that culled our farming people above the bunker. Then out of no where, they sent down a volley of blue bolts. It breached the ground and made the entire bunker collapse. My self and the other that survived was on the way up to the surface when the bunker came in on it's self." Radim said.
"Your welcome. And that hive was a super hive. A ZPM powered one. It had two normal hives with it, the normal ones was destroyed very easy, but the super hive could not be destroyed. Do you have any other outpost or some thing like that left here in Pegasus?"
"We have one outpost with around two thousand people. But could I ask, as the leader of my people, could you help us evacuate to your galaxy?" Radim asked.
"I.. I don't know. I think so, but we must consult with our superiors." Hagberg said.
"Of course you will.."
"Look, we're on our way back to our galaxy.
We took to much damage during that battle. We can take you with us and find a good planet where you can live on. Free from the Wraith. No need to worry about cullings or any thing like that."
"Thank you! We will gladly join you. But I need to go back to our outpost later and if you can, evacuate us from the Pegasus galaxy."
"I will ask my superiors. I need to leave now, I'll se you later"
Hagberg left the infirmary and headed up to the bridge. They dropped out of hyperspace along with the Daedalus and the Tsun Tzu.
Minutes later, the Amateus and the Queen dropped out of hyperspace. Hagberg, Caldwell and Chung reported their battles and so on, and that they had Genii refugees on their ships and that they where going to head back to the Milky way.
The two 303s decided to join them back to earth. All ships entered hyperspace.
"Lund, open a channel to the prime minister." Hagberg ordered and a communicae was opened, on the other side was Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
"Sir, the mission was a failure. My ship went to the Genii home world where they informed us of several ZPM powered hives.
I travelled back to the Daedalus and the Tsun Tzu. We packed out things and headed for the Genii home world. When we arrived there, the wraith where attacking. We destroyed two normal hives immediately, and we then faced a large number of darts and a ZPM hive. We barley got out of there, and we have about a thousand Genii refugees on our three ships. We just met the Amateus and the Queen. They are returning with us.
They still have an outpost with two thousand of their people on it, they whish to evacuate that as well and reside in the Milky Way." Hagberg said.
"That is most bad news. We will need to discuss with the IOA, but we, they, are probably going to let them reside here. The problem will be getting them to allow the fleet to move the other people of the Genii.
Two thousand people requires a few ships. A 304 can take on four hundred in addition to their crew, a 303 can only take on three hundred more then it's intended crew." Reinfeldt said.
"We know sir. That is why I have a plan. We could take the control crystal from Atlantis, which allows them to dial earth, since you can't dial earth from any where in Pegasus with out that crystal. We take it, and use the Zeus's ZPM and open a wormhole to a planet some where in the Milky Way sir." Hagberg said.
"We, we will se. I have other things to attend to now, Reinfeldt out" The com cut, and Colonel Hagberg stood at the bridge window, looking out over the blue of hyperspace. Looking worried…