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AN: Well, here it is people; AtrumUnas at his best. This is without any doubt the best chapter that I have ever written in any of my stories. If you enjoyed any of my others, then you will love this one. It has a little bit of just about everything. This one is entirely original and will be the second major difference between this story and SG1 in general, the first being Harry joining SG1. Please, read and review!
November 4, 1997: Milky Way: Earth: SGC Control Room
Harry sat at a consol in the control room looking over the Stargate addresses that had been procured from the computer. About two dozen addresses were accounted for and the SGC had traveled to twenty of them.
"What're you looking at?" Jack asked looking over Harry's shoulder. The latter wasn't phased at all as he was used to this type of thing by now.
"These are the Stargate addresses that we have right now," Harry said, pointing to the screen. "On all of them, the only things that we have found have been enemies and pacifists. There hasn't been anything useful so far."
"What's your point?" Jack asked.
"Before I joined SG1, I had planned to travel to a planet that supposedly housed a cache of weapons that the Goa'uld were looking for," Harry said. "At the time, at least, none of them knew the Gate address except me. Last week you were saying that the unit's goal was to collect technology so I thought, hey why don't we go there for our next mission?"
"You honest to god know where a cache of weapons is?" Jack asked moving to look Harry in the eyes. Harry nodded. "Let's go tell Hammond. I don't think that he'll be able to pass this one up." Harry nodded again and stood up. The two walked up the stairs into the briefing room. Jack knocked on Hammond's open door before walking in.
"Colonel, Harry," Hammond said upon their entrance. "Is everything alright?"
"Absolutely sir," Jack said happily. "In fact, everything is better than alright. Harry was just telling me about a weapons cache that the Goa'uld don't know but Harry does."
"I'm not quite sure I understand," the General said.
"I have the Gate address to the planet where a powerful weapons cache is," Harry said. "I was planning to go there but then I ran into SG1 on Chulak and decided to join SG1 so I never got the time to go."
"In short, sir, we came up here to ask for a mission to go there," Jack explained. "So what do you say?"
November 5, 1997: Milky Way: P1Q-227
Harry popped out of the Gate first, his weapon aimed. The Stargate was in a dark room with the Dial Home Device sitting directly in front of it. There were no lights in the room forcing everyone to go in with night vision. Harry's eyes, being genetically enhanced by the Asgard, did not require the equipment.
The room was empty except for the Special Forces soldier in the room. Harry had asked to go through alone at first to make sure that the area was clear before sending the rest of the team through. Though he did not give an explanation, Hammond had authorized it.
"The room is clear," Harry said into his radio. "There are no hostiles or anything else in the vicinity."
"Roger that, Harry," Jack radioed back. "We're coming through." Moments later, the rest of SG1 came through the event horizon of the Gate which shut down a second later.
"There isn't anything here," Daniel stated after a moment of surveillance.
"Harry, are you sure that your intel is right?" Jack asked.
"That information comes directly from my father," Harry said. "I trust him more than anyone else in the universe."
"Perhaps there is a trigger in the walls," Teal'c suggested.
"Right, fan out and check the walls," Jack ordered. The rest started feeling the walls for any sort of trigger. It was Jackson that found it.
"Whoa," Daniel exclaimed as the wall directly in front of him opened up revealing bright sunlight. The rest of the team quickly made their way over to the opening.
The area outside of the room was a ruined city. Some buildings were barely standing while others were still sturdy. The city itself stretched out for several miles before ending at a mountain. Oddly enough it looked as though the city had been destroyed by bombardment rather than decay.
"This place is incredible," Daniel said in awe. "Harry, I thought that you said this place was a weapons cache."
"It was supposed to be that and only that," Harry said just as awed. "My dad did not say that there would be a city here."
"O'Neill!" Teal'c said. "There is a problem." The team looked over towards Teal'c.
"Yeah, that's a problem," Jack agreed. At the edge of the city on the opposite side of the mountains, a Goa'uld Hatak was landed. Jaffa warriors were moving about it and were starting to enter the city. "Alright, I'm pulling the plug on this one."
"Jack, we can't do that," Harry contradicted him. Jack gave him a questioning glance as they moved back into the Stargate room. "My intelligence says that this place is a weapons cache. If the Goa'uld are here that only confirms it. We can't let them find that cache. Whichever Goa'uld it is, if they find these weapons it could seriously change the balance of power in the galaxy."
"We don't have the resources to take on a mother ship right now," Jack stated seriously. "No matter how many of them we kill they will still outnumber us."
"Please Jack," Harry said. "This technology is very important. If we explain the situation to Hammond he can send us two more teams. All we need to do is find the cache." Jack was about to question him but Sam's call distracted him.
"Sir, Jaffa are moving towards our position!" Sam said.
"How many are there?" Jack questioned.
"At least forty," was Sam's answer. "They'll be here in less than a minute."
"Alright, dial the Gate," Jack said as he moved to the door.
"No wait!" Harry said. Daniel stopped just before he started dialing. Harry closed his eyes in concentration. A moment later, they all vanished in a flash of light.
November 5, 1997: Milky Way: P1Q-227: High Orbit: Corona
"What the hell!" Jack said loudly as he brought his weapon up. Sam and Teal'c followed a moment later.
"Relax," Harry soothed. "We're on the bridge of the Corona, my personal battleship." SG1 looked around at the bridge and the ship out the window.
"This is your ship?" Sam asked as she inspected one of the consoles.
"Why didn't you tell us about this?" Jack asked half glaring at Harry.
"I didn't want the SGC trying to take control of my ship," Harry stated. "I offered my services but not my resources to you guys. If I had said anything about the Corona, the government of your country would have tried to commandeer my ship without a second thought. I didn't want to cause a fuss."
"What other technology do you have that you haven't told us about?" Jack asked.
"I have a personal cloaking device and my rifle can fire charge energy blasts," Harry answered. "Also, this ship is capable of destroying four Goa'uld mother ships single handedly."
"How can you sure of that?" Sam asked looking up from the consol.
"Well, four is the most that I've ever destroyed at one time," Harry said with a smirk.
"I have never seen nor heard of a ship that could destroy that many ships at once," Teal'c stated from the window. "This ship's design is also unlike any other that I have seen before."
"I can't give you specifics about the ship," Harry said. "I also cannot allow you to order me to use the ship or the technology it possesses for your own purposes. This ship can only be operated by me so don't try and hijack it."
"So you've had this thing the entire time that you've been with us?" Daniel inquired.
"Yes," Harry confirmed. "It's been over every planet that we've been to in case of emergencies. If we were ever bogged down in a firefight that I knew that would only end in our deaths, I would have transported you up to this ship before that happened. If you had been injured, I would have been able to heal you as well. Technically, on every mission we've ever been on, we were in no real danger."
"Alright, we can marvel about Harry's ship later," Jack said. "Back to the matter at hand, why don't we just use the ship to destroy the Hatak or transport the weapons cache up here immediately?"
Harry sat down in the control chair. He brought up several screens floating in midair displaying the city from an overhead view as well as several views of Jaffa patrols moving about the city. A final screen showed the Hatak on the ground.
"I can't fire directly down at the planet because I don't know where the weapons cache is," Harry explained. "If a stray shot happens to impact the cache, the entire thing will go up. Every blast from the Corona's Pulse Weapons causes damage equivalent to a five-hundred pound bomb. I can't beam the weapons up for the same reason. I don't know where it is. I'd have to physically place a tracker on the cache in order to beam it here."
"What kind of weapons are supposed to be here?" Sam asked.
"I'm not sure but depending on the civilization's technological prowess, I would say Pulsed Energy Weapons or extremely powerful conventional weapons," Harry said. "It's probably the former."
"Wouldn't those kinds of weapons give off a certain Energy Signature that you could track with the ship's sensors, provided it has sensors?" Sam asked. Harry looked at her slightly surprised.
"Sam, you are a genius," Harry praised. He grabbed onto the handles of the chair and closed his eyes. On the screens in front of him several red dots appeared around the city's overhead view. Two dots were on the outskirts of the city near the mountains. Three were in the center of the city and another two were scattered in different portions. Harry opened his eyes a moment later.
"There are seven caches," Harry said slightly surprised. "They're in a tunnel complex seven hundred feet beneath the ground through solid bedrock. The transporters can't penetrate that much ground. There are three shafts that lead from the city into the tunnels."
"How are you going to get it out, then?" Daniel questioned.
"If there is a tracker on the cache itself, the transporter will be able to move something that large," Harry explained. "The tunnel entrances are well hidden but it is only a matter of time before the Jaffa discovers them. What's worse is that the Hatak is positioned directly over one of the caches so I can't destroy it." Harry covered his face in his hands as he thought of a solution.
"The caches are all two miles away from each other," Harry said removing his hands. "There isn't nearly enough time for SG1 alone to get to all seven caches before the Jaffa. We need more men" Harry sighed. "Originally, I was going to take all of the weapons for myself since humans are technically not advanced enough to possess such technology. However, I believe that this changes things." Harry concentrated for a brief moment. "The Stargate has been transported to the Corona's port side hanger deck. We need to head back to the SGC and talk with Hammond." Harry gave a quick thought and they were transported to the hanger deck.
"Okay, I don't think I will ever get used to that," Jack said bewildered as they appeared in the hanger deck. "Why do we need to go back?"
"I need to secure the services of SGs 2 through 7," Harry explained as he dialed the DHD. "If my plan comes to fruition, one team will go to each of the caches and plant a locator beacon that will allow me to transport it up to the Corona. If the good General agrees, I will allow Earth to keep the five weakest of the caches and I will only keep the two most powerful for myself. Trust me, that's still enough to destroy Hataks." The Gate opened and Harry sent the IDC. SG1 then walked up to the Gate and jumped into the event horizon.
November 5, 1997: Milky Way: Earth: Stargate Command
"General, we're receiving SG1's identification code," Walter said to Hammond.
"Open the iris," Hammond responded. Walter pressed a button and the twenty metal plates retracted into the Stargate. SG1 came through the Gate a moment later moving much less gracefully than when they had left. "SG1, you're back early," Hammond said into the microphone.
"We encountered some technical difficulties," Jack said. "I'd like to debrief now since it is kind of important."
"Roger that," Hammond said confused. "Report to the briefing room." Jack nodded and SG1 walked up to the briefing room. When they were all seated and their weapons were placed on the table, Jack began.
"There was a Goa'uld mother ship on the ground near the city," Jack said. Hammond's eyes widened slightly. "Jaffa were everywhere and we had to pull back. The thing is we pulled back onto another battleship that coincidentally belongs to Harry."
"I don't understand," Hammond said clearly confused.
"I own an intergalactic battleship," Harry explained. "Long story short, it's much more powerful than a Hatak. It was in orbit and since we were about to be overrun, I transported us up to the ship similar to what they did in Star Trek."
"I knew I shouldn't have shown you those episodes," Jack said pointing at Harry who smiled.
"Right, well Scotty was very receiving of us," Harry joked. "After doing several scans of the city, we determined that there were seven weapons caches, not one. All of them are several hundred feet underneath the city in an elaborate tunnel system. Three entrances are scattered all over the city and are two miles from the caches. My transporter technology couldn't transport the weapons through that much rock without a locator to amplify the signal. The caches themselves are at least two miles away from each other and with our manpower; we couldn't hope to secure them before the Jaffa entered the tunnels."
Hammond blinked as he took in this new information. "We came back to get reinforcements," Harry explained further. "Originally, my plan was to secure SG Teams 2 through 7. Using the Corona as a forward HQ, each Team would be transported into the tunnel system and would seek out a specific cache. Then they would place locator beacons and would be beamed out with the caches."
"That is a lot of information to take in," Hammond said when Harry finished. "Just to clarify, you want to send my men into a clearly hostile situation to secure technology for your own benefits?"
"No, General, that's not the case at all," Harry said shaking his head. "The weapons caches could possess technology far greater than that of the Goa'uld and Earth combined. If the Goa'uld gets that technology, he will instantly become more powerful than the rest and will be able to take over the entire galaxy. We need to secure that technology before that happens. In return for your services, Earth will be allowed to keep five of the seven caches that will be determined through negotiations. General, the risk-reward ratio is immense in your favor. It's something that you can't pass up."
"I need to discuss this with the President," Hammond said.
"Talk quickly, General," Harry said. "You have an estimated two hours before the Jaffa discover one of the tunnels." Hammond nodded and walked into his office.
"I thought it went well," Jack said standing up and grabbing his weapon. Harry followed.
"Yeah, it's definitely something they'll consider," Harry said as he slung his weapons over his back. He and Jack walked out of the room before the rest of the team stood up.
November 5, 1997: Milky Way: Earth: Stargate Command
General Hammond walked briskly into the mess hall where SG1 was situated enjoying a meal in anticipation of the coming mission. Hammond immediately approached SG1's table where the team was talking quietly. Sam and Jack stood up to salute but were forced back down by the General's hand gesture.
"The President has approved of the mission," Hammond started. "Harry, you've been given command for this mission in light of the fact that it is your ship and your strategy. SG1 through SG7 will take part."
Harry stood up. He was still dressed in the same clothes as he always was. "That was fast, General. I expected it to take an hour and a half at least."
"You provided a compelling argument," Hammond assured.
"This is going to be the biggest operation the SGC has ever taken part in," Harry said. "Would you like to observe from the Forward HQ, sir?"
"Pardon me?" Hammond said stunned.
"They are your men, General," Harry said. "The Forward HQ is on the Corona which is above the planet and cloaked. There is absolutely no danger in observing the operation."
"In that case, I think it would be prudent for me to accompany you," Hammond agreed. "The Teams are ready. We just need to go through the Gate."
"Roger that," Harry said mock saluting and leaving the room. Hammond chuckled and followed along with SG1.
November 5, 1997: Milky Way: P1Q-227: High Orbit: Corona
"Alright people, pay attention," Harry said.
He was in the briefing room of the Corona. The room was situated on the third deck of the ship and had several rows of chairs, one row above the next. There were more than enough chairs for everyone. SG1, SG2, SG3, SG4, SG5, SG6 and SG7 were seated from the bottom up. Hammond sat next to Jack in the first row. A screen with a map of the city was at the head of the room where Harry was standing.
"For the last two hours, Jaffa patrols have been scouring the city looking for the weapons cache that brought us here," Harry began. "What they do not know is that there are seven caches seven hundred feet beneath the surface of the planet in an elaborate tunnel system. Three elevators are hidden in three different parts of the city that lead down into the tunnels. Your mission is to secure these caches by placing locator beacons there which will amplify the sensors of the Corona to allow for a successful transportation off of the planet. SG Teams 4, 2 and 3 will be beamed into the first elevator shaft at the bottom level. From there, SG4 will move to Weapons Cache One and SG2 will move to Weapons Cache Two here." He pointed to the two red dots near the mountains. "SG3 will move to Weapons Cache Three here." He pointed to a red dot on the eastern edge of the city.
"SG Teams 5, 6 and 7 will be beamed to the bottom level of elevator two," Harry continued. "From there, the three teams will move as one along the single tunnel until they reach Waypoint A here." He pointed to a yellow dot one mile from each of the caches. "Once there, you will split off to Weapons Caches Four, Five and Six respectively. SG1 will be beamed to the bottom level of elevator three. Once there, they will move to Weapons Cache Seven which is located beneath the landed Hatak mother ship. Jaffa patrols are approaching elevator three as we speak. You will have one hour to plant the beacons and you will beamed out with the caches. If all goes well, the Goa'uld will not even know that you were there. Good luck people. Everyone please get geared up and move to your assigned positions. Dismissed."
The group of SG Teams got up and left the room headed for the port side hanger deck where their equipment was. SG1 remained behind to speak with Harry.
"So how is this going to work?" Jack asked Harry.
"I won't be able to go with you," Harry said. "As I said before, I'm the only one that can control this ship. When you guys get to your assigned target I'll beam you guys out. When the mission is completed, we'll all be able to see a nice little light show." Harry winked and beamed him and Hammond to the bridge.
"Touché," Daniel said and walked off.
November 5, 1997: Milky Way: P1Q-227: High Orbit: Corona
"Beginning beaming sequence now," Harry stated. He sat in the control chair with his eyes closed. General Hammond and a few select officers were sitting on the bridge observing both the planet and the city from orbit. "Beaming SG Teams 2 through 4 to target coordinates. Beaming Teams 5 through 7 to target coordinates. Beaming SG1 to target coordinates. All Teams are away. The mission is beginning." Harry opened his eyes and looked up at the floating screen.
The screen displayed the overhead view of the city. Seven red dots depicted the weapons caches. Yellow dots represented the waypoints and elevators. Blue dots represented the SG Teams moving to their targets.
"So is this all that we're to be looking at?" Hammond asked with no tone of disrespect.
"Not at all, sir," Harry said. He brought up another screen that showed the interior schematics of the tunnel complex. With another thought, he placed the Jaffa life signs on the city overview as black dots. "If you'll allow me to tune the signal for a moment…" Another screen appeared showing SG1 in the flesh as they moved through the tunnel system.
"How is that possible?" Hammond asked in awe as he saw Jack talking with Daniel.
"The sensors on this ship can directly view anything near a locator beacon with 360 degree vision," Harry explained. "There are four beacons with each Team so we can directly view the progress of all of them directly from here."
"This is one damn advanced FHQ," Hammond remarked. Harry smirked at the comment.
A beeping sound attracted their attention. Harry brought the overview to the forefront. "Damn it," he muttered. "Jaffa have found Elevator Three. From the looks of it they're moving into the tunnel complex." Harry sent a radio signal to SG1. "Jack, come in please."
"What is it, Harry?" Jack asked. On screen he looked slightly annoyed at having his sentence interrupted.
"Jaffa are entering the tunnel system from Elevator Three and are headed towards your position," Harry explained. "You need to pick up the pace and get to that cache before the Jaffa discovers you were there."
"Roger that," Jack confirmed. "Alright guys, let's go." SG1 took off running towards their weapons cache whereas they had been walking, albeit briskly.
The operation entered the fifteen minute mark. SG1 was almost at Weapons Cache Seven and the other Teams were approaching their targets. The Jaffa that had entered the tunnel were fanning out from Elevator Three but posed no direct threat to the ground forces.
"This is Sierra Gulf One," Jack said into his radio. "We've reached the Weapons Cache. Harry this thing is the size of the armory back at the SGC. We're placing the beacons now."
"Roger that, SG1," Harry responded. "Prepare for beaming sequence."
"We're ready down here," Jack said. They were beamed to the hanger deck immediately. Once the sequence was complete, Harry beamed SG1 directly to the bridge. "I'll say it again: I will never get used to that."
"Yes you will," Harry assured. "The rest of the Teams will be reaching their target points any minute now."
"This is SG3, ready for transport," the leader of SG3 said. Harry obliged and the Team and the weapons were transported up.
"SG2, ready for transport," another chimed in.
"SG6, ready for transport."
"This is SG5, we have a bit of a dilemma," the leader of the Team, Major Grant, said.
"Go ahead, SG5," Harry said and brought up the Team's positions on the screens.
"We're approaching our Cache now but there are Jaffas between us and them," Grant said quietly. "Initial count is above thirty. I don't think that we can handle them alone."
Harry brought up a visual representation of Grant's position. The Team was hiding behind a crate with the weapons cache in sight. True to Grant's word there were thirty Jaffa between them and the cache. Harry brought up a life signs reading. It stated that there was nothing there.
"I've encountered this before," Harry said. "Those are not Jaffa. Those are illusions created by the tunnel's auto defenses. That cache must be the most powerful one since none of the others had this. Any of the people in the city that would have known about that cache would have known about the defense and would therefore know there was nothing there."
"But why are the illusions Jaffa?" Grant asked.
"This particular race's technology emphasized neural links," Harry explained. "Right now, advanced computers are seeing your mind's representation of the enemy which just happens to be a lot of Jaffas. There are no foot soldiers there, Major. Continue your mission."
"Roger that command," Grant said. "Alright, Harper, fire a shot at these things. If they are illusions the bullet should pass right through it."
"Yes sir," Lieutenant Harper said. He popped over the top of the crate and fired one shot from his M-16 at the Jaffa. The shot hit one of the Jaffa in the head and passed through without any change in appearance.
"Alright, that's our cue," Grant said. He and the rest of his Team got out and went for the cache. The illusions did not pay them any mind.
"That technology is incredible," Sam commented in awe. "To think that anything could go into someone's mind and find their enemy and then make a representation of that enemy is an amazing feat of technology."
"She means wow," Harry translated. Half the bridge said "Oh."
"SG4 here, we've secured the Cache and are ready for transport." Harry beamed them up.
"This is SG5, we've secured the cache and are ready for transport," Grant said. Harry beamed them up to the ship as well.
"This is SG7; we've secured the final cache and are ready for transport."
"Alright, everyone is on the ship now," Harry confirmed. "This operation is almost over." He had another thought and beamed the entirety of the SGC personnel to the forward observation deck on the bottom deck of the ship. The room had several windows on all sides that allowed for complete visual observation.
Harry sat back in the control chair and grasped its control handles. He guided the ship into a descent down to the planet at intense speeds. He brought the ship into a hover over the city and dropped the cloak simultaneously raising the shields. Jaffa on the ground started to shoot up at the ship only for their blasts to impact the shields.
Harry beamed the Jaffa on the ground into isolated containment areas on the ship that had no oxygen, effectively suffocating them. The Hatak on the ground started to take off and shoot its main weapons at the Corona. These shots also impacted the shields and dissipated. Harry charged the wing cannons of the Corona and fired two shots. One blast depleted the shields of the Hatak while the other impacted and destroyed it.
The personnel on the observation deck were stunned at the power of the ship. The Corona had destroyed an entire Jaffa army and a Goa'uld Hatak without breaking a sweat. The city was mostly undamaged but it was difficult to get a valid estimate due to the city's already crumbling structure.
"This is the Captain of the Corona," Harry said into the com systems, directing his voice to the observation deck. "All passengers are encouraged to place their seat backs and trays in their upright and locked position. We will be entering hyperspace now." He gave them no further warning and the entire group fell over in hyper-launch.
Harry laughed as he looked at the observation deck. The entire group was slowly getting back up. Harry continued to smile as he set the coordinates for Earth, geosynchronous orbit over Washington D.C.
(End Chapter)
So, what do you think of it? I thought that this chapter was my personal best over everything else. It was also one of the longest second only to the first one. Please, I encourage you to review this chapter and to read on when the time comes. Until then, farewell.