A CHANCED MEETING

On their new base planet SG1 are looking at the rail guns that have helped them out over the past five days.

"Colonel Carter. Can these rail guns be modified to fit on the Balthamos?"

"I have no idea Teal'c. why do you ask?"

"Well Samantha Carter these rail guns appear to have their own power source and when the Asgard/Ori energy beams get knocked out of commission we could still use these to fight the Derkal with."

"It's a good idea Sam."

"I know. I'll speak to Naeratii. Anyway we need to head off now so we'll ask later."

The team are encompassed in a bright light and appear in the bridge of the Balthamos.

"Sergeant jump to the Tamuran home world. We're finally going to meet these people."

"Yes sir!"

The Balthamos jumps into hyperspace and Sam and Vala are talking in Sam's quarters.

"Vala what do you think we should do? Should we stay in here and fight the Derkal in this Galaxy or go back and help the others?"

"We should go back in my opinion. We could leave SG5 and the British SG1 here."

"Fine. Once the meeting is over and done with."

An alarm sound and the girls rush up to the bridge and meet the rest of SG1 there.

"What's up?"

"We have dropped out of hyperspace. Tell me should we capture another number of ships?"

"Why?"

"Well I have been thinking. If we capture a few garrisons from the Derkal we could keep them. Also we could capture more Ha'tak. Maybe even an Aurora to take back with us?"

"Why?"

"I don't now. Give us a better chance of not getting destroyed? And also give us an edge in Pegasus Galaxy."

"We already have an edge. Now more than ever."

"Ok but if we get the chance to we are capturing ships."

"Ok"

Sam gets an idea and rushes to the core room. In the core room she materializes a sub space message sender. Programs in Apophis' home world and sends a message over to him. She is suddenly encompassed in another bright light and appears in the room where she received the gate co-ordinates. In the room is Naeratii and an unknown person. The unknown ma looks slightly human with the general shape but looks more like a mix between a human and an Unas.

"Let's begin the talks Harrucian."

Naeratii looks over to the team. "Let's"

Two hours later and the team are still in the room.

"Why should we return to fight an enemy who would most likely return in greater numbers Harrucian? And with the Alterans gone your race is unquestionably the most advanced. Surely with your massive and severely more advanced shipyards you could build a fleet capable of taking on this new enemy on your own. We would rather just stay on our own planets and fight them when they attack us. IF they attack us at all."

"Herponacus, you do not understand we cannot build a fleet large enough to take them on our own. We have run put of minerals attempting to keep the cloak over all of our empires. Which looks like we need not have done that seeing as the Tamura were already fighting. Any how we need you. You are still more advanced than the Alterans. They had not even built a city ship when they left us to go into the other Galaxy-

"Umm Naeratii they did build quite a few city ships though. They built them in the Pegasus Galaxy. A place where we are exploring now. You see. We have forces in three different Galaxies this one, our home Galaxy and the Pegasus Galaxy."

"Another thing. You bring them to be in this new alliance against the enemy. How do we know we can trust them to fight them? They do not seem advanced enough to fight the enemy."

"They are they have been defending the Emerald Gate for two weeks against this enemy."

"Very well if a new alliance is forged then we may come completely out of our seclusion. I am the only Approni to have come out of our territory for over ten thousand years. We still have our fleet as vast as it was back then but we will have to update it."

Suddenly , in the middle of the table a light goes on and reveals twenty Ha'tak one Hak'tyl, and three Aurora's in orbit above the planet.

"It is ok we asked them to be here" Sam quickly grabs her radio and tells Wilson to tell Apophis to drop the cloak around it and reveal their plan. Suddenly a Derkal cruiser uncloaks and the other at the table immediately tense and reach for the stone radios, apart from the Approni as he does not have a ship here, but Sam tells them to drop the radios.

"It's ok. Apophis captured it and now we are taking command of it. We can sneak into their secure sectors and assess how big their fleet is and jump back before they even realise we have this baby. Anyway I think these two races should also be in this new alliance. The Goa'uld and the Auroran's. they are pretty reliable and have a big fleet. The Goa'uld have an armada though I think that we may have a main base for the alliance to meet. Don't you Daniel?"

"Huh? Where?"

Sam whispers to Daniel something and Daniel smiles.

"Yes there." Daniel radios up to Wilson saying to beam down the co-ordinates to the alpha site of the Helion expedition. "Here are the co-ordinates to a planet we have been using as a fall back site it appears to have a city ship made out of stone."

"We know he place. Very well we will go to the ship and we will make it fly. We can then use that as out main base we will defeat the Derkal. And then peace will be restored."

"Any way nice to see you are just the same Harrucian. Maybe the Approni don't want to be in this new alliance what then?"

Suddenly a new Approni storms through the door

"CARLENASH! How dare you risk the entire Galaxy if not the entire universe just because of your personal vendetta against the Harrucians you are no longer a General. You are civilian." the unknown Approni turns and speaks to the other including Apophis and the Admiral of the Auroran fleet who have both teleported down. "I am sorry we do wish to ally with you. You can count on our fleet in any future battles once our scientists have upgraded them. And Naeratii, I apologize again for this traitor's actions. He will no longer be our diplomat on these matters I shall be."

As the new Approni speaks these words the Approni known as Carlenash draws his gun and shoots Carter turns on Naeratii but by this time Naeratii has calmly drawn his pistol and shot the pistol out of his hand. Naeratii walks over to the fallen pistol looks at it then at Carter who has SG1 looking over her. He then holsters his pistol and walks out dragging the furious Approni with him.

SG1 are in the Balthamos' infirmary around Carter. Dr Smith, the Balthamos' doctor speaks to SG1

"Unfortunately Samantha will be unconscious for the next few days. It is the best I could do. For all I know she could die in those few days. The setting of the pistol was at stun but the Approni's genetic make-up is a lot different to ours. If she doesn't revive in the next few days I am not sure there is anything else I can do."

Daniel looks down to the ground and Vala puts her arm round his shoulder while Mitchell storms off somewhere.