"It's a trap!" Admiral Akbar shouted.

"All ships pull up, the shield is still up!" Lando cried out.

The battle of the second Death Star had begun.

Tie fighters swarmed the Rebel ships; the medical frigate was blasted out of existence by the Death Star. Rebel fighters were killing imperial fighters on a three to one ratio, but being out numbered five to one, they were still losing.

The Death Star fired again; another Rebel capital ship was destroyed. Admiral Akbar relayed the order to fall back and engage the Star Destroyers and Indictors.

On the planet below, the rebel strike force and the native Ewok population were finally beginning to win against the Imperial ground troops.

Onboard the Death Star, Darth Vader, and Luke Skywalker dueled with plasma blades and telekinetic powers.

The Star Destroyers were easily keeping the rebels in the system, and were now beginning to fire directly against the rebel capital ships.

On the planet the Imperials were beaten, the charges set, and the shield generator blown up.

Then something happened that the rebels did not expect and the Emperor had not foreseen. Flashes of light lit up space. Holes in space made of light. And out of these holes came one hundred and sixty two Terran ships. The Death Star fired at a rebel ship, and the beam hit a Terran Battleship. The Battleship survived the blast.

Onboard the Death Star the Emperor looked up, and saw the new ships. He tried to probe them with the force, and could not. Fear filled him, this was a critical moment, this was the last stroke, if it succeeded he would be the undisputed master of the galaxy, but at that moment, for the first time, something happened that he had not foreseen.

"Damage report!" the captain cried out. The ship had been hit by a concentrated energy beam powerful enough to punch through a planet. While the shield held, it had infinite power after all; the kinetic impact had still done significant damage.

"The hull is still mostly intact, we have multiple breaches and are venting atmosphere. Nanites are beginning repairs. We have lost outer ray shielding, and life support is down 50%. Primary weapons are offline, but our drones, missiles, and AF (anti-fighter) systems are still functional." A tech replied quickly.

"What the hell hit us?" the captain asked, sparks were flying from damaged conduits and small fires were being put out by damage control nanites.

"We received an energy blast capable of destroying a planet sir, and the station that shot at us is powering up again."

Admiral Gute, a Vesect Terran admiral watched as the cool fresh feeling of Worm Travel reverted back to real space. Almost immediately one of his battleships was struck by an energy weapon of very high magnitude. Realizing that the Terran fleet had emerged in the middle of a battle, Gute attempted to verify identities. Unfortunately for the Empire, the imperials thought that the Terran vessels were Rebel reinforcements. They immediately opened fire with their fighters and turbo laser batteries.

Admiral, we are under fire, shields are holding but I would like to return fire, may we unsafe weapons?" a ship captain asked calmly through a ship link.

Admiral Gute realized that intentionally or not, this was a war. They had been fired on repeatedly, lost an exploration ship, and now were being attacked without provocation.

"All ships this Admiral Gute, you are authorized to destroy any and all ships that attack you. Do NOT fire on ships that are unengaged with Terran ships."

The Admiral hoped that this would allow anyone with sense to escape the carnage to come.


To those who have reviewed, thank you. To those who haven't, shame on you. A few questions have come up regarding the Terran Republic vs Stargate history.

The Goa'uld were not completely wiped out, while the System lords were destroyed the species lived on, albeit with a Tokra ideology.

Not sure whether I'm going to include Atlantis itself, but city ships of one kind or another should show up.