Lazarus took a quick nap on the return trip to the planet he had decided to rename Nova Ustria which was ancient for New Ustria. A fitting name, even if he had no plans to restart the Empire. He arrived well before the Tel'Tak, so he decided to check out his other planets. The human planets were in the nearby systems so it did not take him long to reach them. Scans of the them showed that they were even more primitive than his Jaffa world, which was saying something. He really needed to upgrade his domain technologically soon.
Population of all his human worlds was less than one hundred thousand all together, which was more than normal but those worlds were rich in naquadah. Wo'tan must have let his slaves increase in population so much for increased production. Just as he was doing last scans of the third world he received notification that the captured Tel'Tak had arrived at Nova Ustria. He jumped to hyperspace and was there shortly thereafter. Bob and Lazarus were teleported over to his most recently acquired vessel as soon as Xerxes dropped out of hyperspace, a dozen Jaffa and his Replicator agent were awaiting him in the throne room. They bowed down upon sight of him.
" How may we serve you our God?"
" Tell me of your old master, whom did you used to serve?"
"We served Ra my Lord"
"Ra, leader of the System Lords?"
"Of course my God"
"Have you ever encountered the Human Empire before?"
"The Human Empire? Is that a joke milord, humans are nothing but slaves"
"How about the Tauri, have you encountered them?"
"The first world, the origin of humans, that was lost in time my God"
"How about the Asgard?"
"The Asgard are a serious threat, but they have a treaty with the System Lords my God, they pose you no harm"
"You have done well my Jaffa, now land this ship and find the First Prime to show you to the barracks and housing"
With that said he sent a message back to Xerxes to teleport them back. When he was back he went to his Captains quarters to think, this made no sense. What the flaming hell was happening, No Empire, No Tauri, System Lords alive and thriving. Had he somehow gone back in time, wait had he actually gone back in time. Was it even possible, it's the only logical answer or maybe had slipped into an alternate universe like SG-1 had before.
"BOB, GET IN HERE!"
Bob teleported into his chamber immediately.
"Bob is it possible that we have gone back in time and that's why everything's as it is now?"
"It is possible Sir, but i can not think how we could have done that"
"How about an alternate universe or parallel dimension, is that possible?"
"That is less likely Captain, possible yes but statistically improbable, time travel makes more sense"
His mind wandered back to how this all began, he was sitting in that Jumper with the strange device. The strange device, of course. That must be important. He reached for his tablet and ordered the Replicators to immediately begin to research the device. If it was truly a time travel device could he go back to the future or was he stuck here forever.
If he could go back, should he, did he have the moral right to just leave the galaxy in Goa'uld hands. He knew eventually they would be overpowered but how many countless humans and Jaffa would die before then, what misery could he stop by staying here. Even if he pretended to be a Goa'uld and acquired a dozen or two planets he could keep them safe and sheltered until the Jaffa uprising took down the Goa'uld. He was taking the revelation that he was in the past awfully well, he was getting used to crazy things happening to me. He was shocked and surprised of course but this was not the time to break down, he had to know what was going on. Get a firm hold of the situation, then and only then would he have the luxury to take time for himself.
While his Replicator scientists were busy studying the device, he made plans to visit Earth in the very near future. Lazarus was going there to figure out exactly what year it was. It was obviously before the nineteen nineties when the Stargate Program was created and Ra was murdered on Abydos. That left a lot of time though as Ra and Yu are two of the oldest System Lords, so it could be anywhere between two thousand BC and nineteen eighty nine for all he knew. Asking Ra's former Jaffa was fruitless as well because they believed Ra to be immortal, forever living, older then living and spoken record.
He decided to postpone the Earth trip for a while, it was very important he figure out when it was but he did not know how long he would be gone for and he wanted certain things done and set in motion before then. He could not just leave and continue to let his planets stagnate.
Lazarus teleported down to his private chambers in the temple for a good nights rest, sleep always helped him clear his mind and think more logically. He arrived to find the concubines had come back, upon sight of him magically appearing they got down on their knees and bowed. All of the them except one stayed on their knees, she appeared to be the leader of them. She was obviously the most beautiful as well.
"My God, i am Anck-Su-Namun, Head Concubine, do you require company tonight?"
As she talked she swayed her hips seductively. She was clearly well trained. As the leader spoke the rest of them rose up from bowing and took few steps backwards until they were lined up against the wall posing seductively but with heads bowed.
Lazarus pondered the idea for a moment before replying, as he was thinking his eyes scanned over the women. They were all incredibly attractive as far as he could see and utterly loyal so he had no fear of a knife in the night.
"Your God does indeed desire company"
He pointed at two of them, one an beautiful human girl of indian descent and a Jaffa girl of asian descent.
"You and you, stay, others leave"
Anck-Su-Namun gave the instructions and the girls started walking out, leaving him alone with the girls he had chosen. They were attired in what looked like middle eastern belly dancing outfits, very sensual. This was not one of the important things he had decided to stick around for, but he had spent so long alone when on the Dana exploring the universe for AMSU. So long that he really missed a good night with a woman, especially with two beautiful girls like these. He lead the girls to the bed with a smile.
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He woke up the next morning with an even larger smile, he was quite happy with himself and so well rested. He could not remember the last time he had slept so well. Pity he had sent the girls away before he had slept, would have been good to have awoken next to them but it is not good for them to see their God sleeping, Gods do not need sleep in their eyes. The bed is just for pleasure, thats all. He had Replicators stationed on the door leading to his chambers, making sure he was not disturbed. Before he slept he noticed the fake Jaffa look the Replicators now had his emblem emblazoned on their heads, the Roaring Panther Head.
As he sat himself up in the bed the lights came on and Bob walked in holding his own personal tablet.
"My Lord, i trust you slept well"
"I did indeed Bob, very very well"
"The former First Prime Ra'nan is awaiting you my Lord in the throne room"
"Is it important Bob"
"He says he has done as you asked Captain"
"Ok Bob, send word i will be with him shortly. Oh and also allow the Jaffa to be able to enter the temple again but to avoid confusion i want all of my Replicators to wear those retractable helmets that elite Jaffa usually wear. A Huge Panther Head. You may leave now"
Bob bowed and turned and walked briskly out of the room trailing with him another Replicator guard. Lazarus got dressed back into his Goa'uld getup and walked to the throne room flanked by his guards. As he walked he reminisced about last night, so as he entered the throne room he still had a large smile but no one could see as his face was clouded by shadow. Just as Bob had informed him Ra'nan was awaiting him on bended knee. Lazarus ascended the stone steps to the throne silently. Once he was seated he addressed him.
"Rise Ra'nan and address your God"
Ra'nan rose up to his full height.
"My Lord, i have done as you ordered. Over fifteen thousand Jaffa are here and are awaiting training. The rest of the Jaffa are busy and will receive the new ways of fighting when the first batch of recruits is done"
"You have done well, my elite Jaffa will take over the training for them. Anything else to report?"
"We have also completed the new tattoos my God, the Roaring Panther Head , every Jaffa over thirteen now wears your mark with honour. Your elite Jaffa had a new method of doing them that drastically increased the speed of it. Usually it takes weeks to months to do the same number of Jaffa but with your elites help and the new method it was done in only one day"
"Of course, i am more powerful, in the near future you will see things you could only have dreamt of Ra'nan. Now Ra'nan you may have served your previous God well and I in my short time here, but i already have a First Prime, Bob"
Lazarus could see the former primes face fall, he could see that Ra'nan was worried about his descent from a place of honour to the place of an ordinary Jaffa foot soldier. That was not to be though, Lazarus had plans for him. Big plans.
"Do not worry Ra'nan, i may have a First Prime already but Bob needs an apprentice and i believe you would be a perfect fit and maybe one day you will be my First Prime"
Ra'nan looked almost ecstatic, not only was he not going to lose honour but he was going to gain honour in the new learnings from his Gods elite Jaffa. Ra'nan personally had seen how powerful his Lords Jaffa had been when they had boarded his vessel and some of his more foolhardy men had tried to attack them, Lazarus's Jaffa had mowed them down like a slave scythes wheat. Ra'nan could imagine himself commanding Jaffa just like that in battles one day bringing glory to his god and honour to his own family.
"You may leave now, i will send a few of my Elite Jaffa out soon to begin the new training regime.
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Authors Note: Sorry for the late update, work has been hectic. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Look forward to reading your reviews on it. Also my beta should be back to help with the next chapter.