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As he climbed the steps to OPS and Harry's office Admiral Moody had a thought and tapped his comm badge "Moody to Alicia."
"Yes Admiral." came Alicia's voice over the comm line.
"Could you have Captain Herodotus come to the High Chancellors office. There is someone he should speak to." said Moody.
"Will do. Alicia out." she replied.
Moving into the High Chancellors office Moody took a seat and waited the minute for Helia to catch up.
"Please take a seat." said Moody as he indicated the seat in-front of the desk.
"Thank you. If I may be so bold how is this possible?" asked Helia.
Thinking for a moment Moody replied "You remember the launch of the Avalon, yes?"
Nodding that she did Moody continued. "When we launched the weapons system was targeting the Wraith fleet that had jumped into orbit. As the fleet was decimated by the weapon our shields took a few hits and that coupled with the opening of the hyperspace window interacted and created an instability that moved us from this reality to another. When we arrived we had to do an emergency evacuation due to exotic particle radiation. Avalon was left to slumber as the radiation cleared. We forgot our heritage until it was rediscovered by the High Chancellor a little under two years ago."
"Wow, that's just." started Helia when they where interrupted by the arrival of a person that Helia never thought to see again.
"You asked for me?" said Captain Herodotus.
Swinging her head around to the sound of the voice Helia whispered "Herodotus?"
"Helia, it is good to see you again." he replied as he moved to embrace her.
"How is this possible? We had heard your vessel was lost." inquired Helia she broke the hug.
"I thought a familiar face would help." interjected Moody.
"The Aurora was badly damaged and we where in stasis when we where rescued by the High Chancellor and his people." said Herodotus.
"I shall leave you two to talk. I'm sure there is quite a bit for you to go over." said Moody as he stood.
"Thank you." replied Helia.
Nodding Moody headed out to OPS.
….Asuras OPS...
As Harry, Sirius and Javier had discussed the issue at hand Harry eventually sighed and said "We will have to speak to them. I take it you have permanently disabled the devices that would have begun the recreation of the Asurans?"
"Indeed High Chancellor. We have removed the rebuilding capabilities of the Asurans and confined those remaining to the towers surrounding the central spire of this city. Everything has been locked down to our command codes only." replied Javier.
"Alright let's go and meet the locals. Sirius would you and a security escort accompany me?" inquired Harry.
"Of course High Chancellor." replied Sirius.
"Alright, Javier please have Niam and his delegation join us in the commissary." said Harry.
"Yes Sir." replied Javier and he went to make the arrangements.
|It was a few minutes later when Harry, Sirius and his 6 man security escort arrived in the commissary. Already present where Niam and his delegation. As Harry and Sirius moved further into the room Niam stood.
"Hello." he said with a little uncertainty.
"Hello. I am High Chancellor Harry Potter of the Alteran Domain. This is Captain Sirius Black of the Hermes." said Harry.
Smiling a little Niam replied "I am Niam, this is Lia and Koracen. We are the Asurans."
"Now that the pleasantries are out of the way I am sure you are wondering what has happened and where we go from here?" asked Harry.
"Indeed." replied Koracen with a little trepidation.
"We where aware that the Asurans where not destroyed as we had initially thought 10 millennia ago. We have had our own difficulties during our intervening absence. When we return we recently destroyed most if not all of the Wraith and we had thought we had also destroyed the Asurans. As you can see that is not the case." started Harry.
"But why?" asked Niam.
"I will be honest and say that the Asurans where a failed weapons experiment. What we did not expect was for a smaller subset within the whole to achieve true sentience i.e. you and the 17000 plus others that remain." replied Harry.
"We have achieved true sentience?" asked Lia.
"Indeed when the Hermes entered orbit we detected your neural signals from our ship." said Sirius as he spoke for the first time.
"My question is where do we go from here?" asked Harry.
"We want to follow our creators and ascend." said Koracen.
"If that is what you wish. However I do not think it would be that simple. Ascension is in of itself part of the evolutionary process of biological organisms. This will require much research to see if it would be possible for you to ascend as you are. I have a feeling though that it would mean sacrificing your mechanical life for a biological one." replied Harry as he lost himself in thought.
"Give up our bodies?" asked Lia with a little worry tingeing her voice.
"I'm not a doctor or a medical professional by any stretch of the imagination but I think and it is just a feeling that if your tried to ascend as you are you would become trapped within subspace. Even though you have achieved sentience because of the signals that link you together in more ways than one would cause the problems." replied Harry as he frowned a little.
"OK where do we go from here?" asked Niam.
"I will contact Atlantis and start having teams including medical professionals sent through. For the moment you are free to assist. You should be aware that the others of your kind well the ones had not achieved sentience will not be returning. The equipment and protocols that create replicators had been permanently disabled." said Harry as he stood.
"Alright lets get ready. Lia and Koracen will you go and get the bio-labs running." said Niam as he stood addressing those in question.
"Of course." replied Koracen with a smile.
"Alright I'm heading to OPS. Captain Black if you are ready?" asked Harry.
"Yes let's go." replied Sirius and he stood following along with Harry.
…..Atlantis...
It had been several hours since the Tria had been towed back to Lantea and repairs where well underway. The vessel was going through a refit and weapons upgrade. It would take a few weeks for the new systems to be fully integrated and the vessel would once again be battle ready.
As Helia and Herodotus talked in the High Chancellor's office Admiral Moody was in OPS looking at reports. All of a sudden the gate started to activate.
"Gate activation off-world source." said Chuck. The human who was working in OPS when the people from Earth first came to Atlantis.
"Source?" barked Moody.
Looking at the holographic display that appeared above the DHD Chuck said "Tracking Sir..It's coming up as Asuras?"
"Raise the shield around the gate." said Moody. He knew that the High Chancellor had travelled to Asuras on board the Hermes and he had read through the reports from Javier about the Asuras but he was taking no chances.
"Receiving signal audio and visual." replied Chuck.
As the screen blinked to life Moody could see the High Chancellor.
"High Chancellor." greeted Moody.
"Admiral. As the reports from Javier indicated we have a planet full of our technology from 10 millennia ago on this world. Also we have approximately 17500 Asurans who have achieved true sentience. I want you to co-ordinate with Altera and have engineers and their families brought through to Atlantis for deployment on Asuras. We are taking control of the planet and we shall use it as our full base of operations in the Pegasus Galaxy. Also please contact Aiyana and Heimdall if he is available to come through with the first group. I want them to assist the Asurans that remain in developing an organic body that we can transfer their consciousness into." said Harry.
"Of course Sir. I'll make the preparations immediately. When can we expect you back?" asked Moody.
"I'm leaving on the Hermes and we should be in orbit of Atlantis in 12 hours. Asuras out." replied Harry.
As the connection closed Moody thought about the orders he was given.
"Dial Altera, Chuck." said Moody as he addressed the man in question.
"Yes sir." replied Chuck with a small smile. He was happy to be working in Atlantis with the Alteran's and he still couldn't believe the holographic interfaces that appeared above each terminal in the room showing various system displays. He could only think back to the time before the Alteran's returned. They had been using their own laptops and tablets that had been crudely networked to the Alteran systems. Crude, ha, seeing the displays and how they truly worked was an eye opener for Chuck.
As the connection established Chuck said "Connection established."
As Administrator Weasley appeared on screen Moody said "Administrator I have orders from the High Chancellor."
"What are his orders?" asked Percy.
Relaying the orders to Percy, Moody completed his task.
"Yes sir. I will begin making the arrangements. It will take several hours to have everything begun." replied Percy.
"That is not a problem Administrator. Moody out." replied Moody and with that the connection between gates was closed.
"Admiral?" came a woman's voice.
Turning to see who had called him he could now see Captains Helia and Herodotus had come from the High Chancellor's office.
"Captain's. What can I do for you?" asked Moody.
"First I would like to apologise for my earlier actions. We knew we would be dealing with a time differential when we got to our destination but we never realised it would be 10 millennia." replied Helia with some contriteness.
"It's alright really. I can understand." replied Moody with a nod.
"Well I wanted to apologise. Now what can my crew and myself do to assist?" asked Helia.
Moody could see that there was an underlying sadness to Helia words and voice but also a steely determination. He couldn't really blame her. All that she knew was gone she and her crew where in a new world and a new time.
"The repair schedule has been drawn up for the Tria and I believe the repairs have already started. If you or any of your crew would like to assist and when the High Chancellor returns we can discuss more on what can be done to integrate you and your crew more to this time. How's that?" replied Moody.
"Thank you sir." replied Helia with a smile.
"Warren can you go over with repair schedule for the Tria with Captain Helia give her any assistance she may need?" asked Moody of the man in question.
"Of course, Ma'am if you would?" replied Warren as he stood from his seat and Helia and Herodotus went to join him.
Just as Moody was about to head to the High Chancellor's office a technician called out "Sir we are getting multiple signals approaching the planet in hyperspace!"
"What have we got?" barked Moody.
"It's reading as 15 vessels. They are not Wraith obviously. They are travelling at a lower hyperspace velocity. Some of the readings I'm getting indicate that at least 5 of the vessels have suffered damage to their hyper-drives." replied the technician.
"ETA?" asked Moody.
"Approximately 19.3 hours." replied the technician.
"Alright, signal two of the ships in orbit to proceed to intercept the vessels when they are still 10 hours out. I suspect it is the Travellers that the High Chancellor met when he recovered the vessel that was adrift in space. He offered to assist them with repairs and so on but I want err on the side of caution." replied Moody as he watch the viewscreen that was showing the incoming fleet of vessels
"Aye sir." replied the technician and he went about his orders.
"Chuck?" said Moody as he rounded to look at the man in question.
"Yes Admiral?" asked Chuck
"Could you have Dr Weir and her command staff meet me in the Council Chambers. I have some things I want to go over with them." replied Moody.
"Yes sir." replied Chuck and tapping into the cities comm system he called out "Dr Weir this is Chuck in the control room, come in please?"
After a moment Dr Weir replied "Go ahead?"
"Could you and the command staff meet Admiral Moody in the Council Chambers he wishes to speak to you."
"Give me 10 minutes and I shall be there." came Dr Weir's reply.
As Chuck turned to Admiral Moody his chance to reply was cut off by Moody saying "I heard."
Turning to head to the Council Chambers he stopped off in the High Chancellor's office to pick up some padds. He had some ideas that he was going to get working on with the people from Earth.
Several minutes later Moody was in the council chambers. He had taken a seat and was reading through the reports he had received when Dr Weir, Dr McKay, Major Sheppard and Teyla came into the room.
"You asked to see us?" said Dr Weir.
"Yes, please take a seat." replied Moody as he indicated the empty seats in the room.
Taking their seats it was Rodney who was about to comment when Moody said "I know that the High Chancellor has allowed you to stay in Atlantis. I am not sure of what he has exactly he has planned for your role here but I have a plan in mind. It will give you something to do and you can contribute to the functioning of Atlantis."
"We would be honoured." replied a smiling Dr Weir.
"Alright, well as you know the Daedalus under Colonel Cauldwell is out with the fleets rescuing those who where culled and destroying any Wraith vessels and technology that has remained. What I would like is for your teams to restart their off-world operations. We have ships but at the moment we have very little in the way of on the ground re-con so to speak." said Moody.
"What would this entail exactly?" asked Major Sheppard.
"As you are aware we have rescued approximately 20000 people from the Wraith and they are being treated and the first groups are ready to go home. What I would like is for your teams to continue their re-con on the ground throughout the galaxy. If you come across any Wraith facilities to inform us so they can be destroyed. Also I want you to inform the various peoples you encounter that we have returned and that most if not all of the Wraith have been eliminated." said Moody.
Smiling Teyla said "It is a wondrous thing to know that we are finally free of the Wraith. We the Athosian's will do everything we can to assist."
"Excellent. Also Teyla I understand that the Genii where major food providers for chunks of the galaxy, yes?" queried Moody.
"Indeed. It was the case that they provided food even if it was all a front." replied Teyla with a frown.
"Well I can tell you that the Stargate on the Genii homeworld has been removed from the planet and placed in orbit. Until they have proven to be an honest people to work with they will remain isolated from the rest of the galaxy." said Moody to a startled room of people.
"I am also aware that your people are farmers and traders. With our assistance would it be a problem for your people to start a larger food production for trade etc.?" asked Moody.
Thinking a little Teyla replied "I would have to speak with Halling and the others before I could agree but I would say a tentative yes for the moment."
"Very well. Dr Weir can you start working with Alex in OPS about team deployments and re-con. I shall leave you to work out the details with him." said Moody.
"Yes sir. I do have a question though. When would I be able to speak to the High Chancellor? There are some things that my superiors on Earth wanted me to speak to him about." replied Dr Weir.
Thinking for a moment Moody said "He is currently en-route to Atlantis on board the Hermes. He should be here in roughly 12 hours. I will pass your message along that you wish to speak to him." replied Moody.
"Thank you sir." replied Dr Weir.
"Alright," said Moody as he stood, "if that is all you know what I need you to do. Let's get to work shall we?"
"Yes sir," came the resounding reply and they too stood to go about their business as requested by Admiral Moody.
It was several hours later when the Hermes arrived in orbit and the High Chancellor beamed down to Atlantis.
"High Chancellor, it's good to have you back." said Moody as he made his way down the steps to greet the Harry.
"Admiral it's good to be back. How are things?" replied Harry as he moved over to the Admiral.
"Everything is proceeding well sir. I have relayed your orders to Avalon and the first crews should be coming through in the next few hours. Also we detected a fleet of ships heading towards Atlantis. I had a feeling that they where the Travellers but I decided to err on the side of caution and sent the Tyche and the Abderas to investigate. We heard from them 30 minutes ago and they have confirmed that it is the Travellers. They are escorting the fleet. I have notified Commander's Weasley on board the station to ensure they are ready for them." said Moody.
Walking up the steps towards his office with Moody following along Harry said "Excellent work." as he passed through OPS he called out "Alex could you contact Thor and ask him to join me when he is available."
"Yes sir." replied Alex and he went about making his call to Thor.
"Admiral how is Helia and her crew settling in?" asked Harry as he entered his office and took a seat behind his desk.
Sitting at the opposite side of the desk from Harry Moody said "They seem to be settling in. There was an issue when she first arrived. She didn't believe that we where Alteran's and tried to take control of the city using the emergency control tower. Obviously she failed. I thought it would be a good idea for her to see a familiar face and brought Herodotus to meet her. She has apologized. In a way I can see where she is coming from. After all, all that she knew is gone for the most part. She has found herself in the new time. She adjusting but it will take time." replied Moody.
Frowning a little in thought Harry said "Where is she now?"
"She is currently on board Pegasus-1 with the Weasley's. She's overseeing repairs and refit on-board the Tria. Apparently some of the new systems that we are installing had been developed or where in their infancy millennia ago and now they are being rolled out onto all ships. There where some very excited people helping to install the new systems. They are looking forward to getting to work with them." replied Moody with a chuckle.
"Alright let me know if you have any other issues with her." said Harry.
"We have taken control of the site at Asuras?" asked Moody.
"We have." replied Harry with a raised eyebrow.
"It is my understanding that there is a fully functioning ship yard there?" replied Moody.
"There is. Why what are you planning?" asked Harry with narrow eyes.
"I was thinking of Herodotus. We had no choice but to destroy ship. I was thinking we could build him a new one." replied Moody.
"Interesting, speak to Admiral Granger and see what he thinks. There may be a ship under construction at the Hephaestus station that could be used." replied Harry.
"Will do sir." said Moody.
"Was there anything else?" asked Harry.
"Yes, I have spoken to Dr Weir, she wants to speak to you by the way. I have asked her and her team to assist with on the ground re-con. We have ships but we don't really have information for on the ground information. They will let the people they encounter know that most if not all of the Wraith are gone. Also they will report any Wraith facilities they encounter so they can be destroyed." said Moody.
"Excellent work. I shall leave you to your duties and please tell Dr Weir I will met with her in an hour." replied Harry.
"Yes High Chancellor." said Moody as he stood and then departed Harry office.
It was 20 minutes later as Harry was reading through the reports that had come through from the Wraith vessel database when Thor arrived.
"You asked to see me High Chancellor?" asked the diminutive alien.
"Thor, yes I have news I am unsure if word has spread yet but Heimdall and Aiyana have found a cure for your genetic degradation problems. I believe from what I could see when I was in Avalon that at least 10 Asgard had undergone treatment. At last reports everything was going well. I wanted to let you know so you could make preparations." replied Harry.
"Truly?" asked Thor. If he was still capable of it the hope that would have been shining through in his voice would have made even the most hardest of hearts cry.
"Indeed. If you want to return to Avalon and see for yourself." replied Harry.
"I will await the Vanir and tell them of this momentous moment in our history. You have saved my race." said Thor as he stood and gave a bow to the High Chancellor.
"We are only doing what is right Thor. You the Nox and the Furlings have been our allies for millions of years. We could do nothing but help you." replied Harry.
"Thank you. I shall inform my crew and we shall await the Vanir. They are due to arrive in the next few days so it would not be an inconvenience to wait on them." said Thor.
"Well don't let me keep you." replied Harry and with that Thor turned and left Harry's office.
It was 10 minutes after Thor had left his office that Harry was again interrupted by another visitor.
Glancing up Harry could see Dr Weir. "Dr Weir, come in."
"Thank you. First I wanted to say thank you for allowing us to remain in Atlantis." said Dr Weir.
With a shrug Harry said "It's no problem. Please have a seat."
Sitting down Dr Weir said "I have been speaking with my superiors and we have some questions that we would like to ask."
Looking at her for a moment Harry said "I may not answer all of your questions, just so you know."
"I have no problem with that. First I have expressed my thanks for allowing us to remain here. I know this is going to sound presumptuous but I would like your permission to have additional people from Earth." said Dr Weir.
With narrow eyes Harry took in Dr Weir and said "What do you mean?"
"Sorry I could have phrased that a little better. What I mean is I would like the opportunity to bring more people here to Atlantis to study, explore and learn from you." said Dr Weir.
Thinking Harry said "For the next few weeks until the people of Earth have decided one way or another if they want our protection I am going to shelve that request." said Harry.
Dr Weir looked a little disheartened at that and Harry said "That's not a no, it's just a not right now. We have only reaffirmed our presence in this galaxy and before anything I want to ensure it is safe before making any concrete plans."
A little more heartened Dr Weir saw an opportunity and asked "What exactly is the protectorate status you mentioned?"
Thinking how to phrase his reply Harry said "As I said we will terraform 4 worlds that are within 30 light-years of Earth for your use. Also we shall terraform Mars using our technology to adjust the planets gravity to Earth norms with the same rotational sequence as Earth. Finally we shall install a defensive satellite grid around Earth." said Harry.
"Fascinating perhaps when you have time we could go over that in more detail." said Dr Weir in awe.
"Indeed. There is something that you should be aware of and I am sure that you will want to let your superiors know." said Harry in a serious tone of voice that made Dr Weir sit up.
"Oh?" she asked.
"Yes, you have been invited to a summit in 6 weeks on Avalon and you will be asked for your answer on whether or not you will be accepting the status or not. However if your people accept you will have two years to disclose the Stargate and the truth of the galaxy to the peoples of Earth." said Harry.
Paying rapt attention Dr Weir could only nod.
Harry continued saying "At the end of the 2 year period your world leaders or their representatives will have to sign the articles that I have specified. What you do not know is...the document is binding in more ways than one."
Frowning a little Dr Weir said "What do you mean?"
"Simply put you cannot lie before the document. You cannot pay lip service for instance if your people say yes then when they sign the document if they lie thinking that they will be able to say one thing do continue with religious persecutions, slavery and so on they will die." said Harry.
"What do you mean?" whispered Dr Weir.
"Simply put the Declaration of Right's is exactly that. It will be enforced through our powers. Basically you lie and you die." replied Harry.
"That's genocide!" said Dr Weir with some heat in her voice.
"No it is not. It will not affect the everyday citizens of your planet but your world leaders are signing this in good faith I believe the term is. We are not forcing you into this but we and by that I mean my people will not be tricked or deceived by yours. Your people will have to agree to the terms or we withdraw." replied Harry.
"Why would you do this?" asked Dr Weir as she tried to wrap her mind around the implications.
"As I said when we first met greed, personal glorification and war is the order of the day on Earth if you want our help and assistance then you have to grow up and put aside childish idea's. We are looking at the possibility of you becoming the 5th Race. The Asgard think you have great potential as do the Nox. I speak for the Alteran's and you have not interacted really with the Furlings as yet. We will take every precaution ensure our safety first and foremost. If you want us to be your teachers then you have to agree to our rules." said Harry in a very stern tone of voice.
"That's I don't even know what to say." whispered Dr Weir.
"I will let you think on this for a while. If you need you can come and talk to me later." said Harry as he stood and let Dr Weir know that the meeting was over.
"Of course High Chancellor." said Dr Weir as she stood and left contemplating what she had been told.