Captain's Ready Room, USS Voyager, ten minutes into hyperspace.
Janeway was standing with her hands behind her back as she looked out the view ports and into the blue and white tunnel they were flying in. She glanced up at the underside of the Vantage, and then turned around.
"Computer," said Janeway, a beep sounding, as she walked down a step and towards her table.
"Captain's Log, supplemental."
Then there was another beep as she sat down on her chair, and spoke when she saw her own face on the computer screen in front of her.
"It has been a little over an hour since Seven and Neelix were beamed onto the Persephone which then left for the Tau'ri's home base. General O'Neill, the commander of what he called Task Force Omega, which was formed to deal with the Wraith threat, left for the Vantage a few minutes after introducing himself. I had many questions for him, but before I could ask, he told us that we were leaving for their new home world where we would get the answers we wanted. It was the 'new' that had me thinking where their old home world used to be. With only the Vantage remaining after the other ships had gone through the breaches into subspace, I still had plenty of questions in my head. It took a few minutes for the Persephone's medical staff, working with our Doctor and staff, to revive the senior staff and a majority of the crew; apparently they were shot with stun weapons, the modus operandi of the Wraith so that they could cull human beings."
Janeway then leaned back on the chair as a shiver went up her spine when she recalled Lisa telling her that the Wraith fed on life-force. She then sighed and continued her log.
"At least according to the General. He told me that they had been at war with the Wraith for a little over a hundred years, and in that time, many lives were lost. It's something that made me question the man, especially since we haven't heard of the Wraith from any of the races we have encountered in the Delta quadrant. However, Tuvok has heard of the Tau'ri... at least, he heard rumours of them through the Vulcan High Command. "
The Captain frowned while rubbing her chin before continuing with her log once again.
"Just before General O'Neill left, I brought up what Tuvok told me about the rumours of genocide caused by the Tau'ri on an alien race of parasites known as the Goa'uld. The Vulcan's were aware of the existence of the Goa'uld, and the fact that their empire was powerful and vast stretching from the Beta to the Alpha quadrant, and some parts of the Gamma quadrant. He told the General that the Vulcan High Command heard stories of a new group that suddenly rose to power and annihilated the Goa'uld in a war that lasted for nearly twenty years. The General showed no reaction to the war, however Tuvok did mention that the General was slightly agitated when the Goa'uld was mentioned. Either way, finding out that a great galactic power was completely and utterly destroyed brings about more questions than answers."
"How is it that no one from the Federation has mentioned the Goa'uld? Could it be like what Chakotay said, that these people simply chose to wipe any mention of the Goa'uld from their history? If so, then how many Federation members other than the Vulcans know about the Goa'uld? Could that knowledge had been forgotten over the generations since the war was fought centuries ago?"
The Captain then leaned forward towards the computer and rubbed her forehead before continuing.
"I asked General O'Neill all these questions, but all he could tell me was that his Commanding Officer would explain things to me. But the knowledge that these people have committed genocide is making me feel... I can't explain it… it feels uncomfortable. All I keep on wondering is if I made the right choice in letting them take Seven and Neelix. Then again, I keep telling myself that Seven could have died if she remained on board Voyager."
"I hope for the best, and prepare for the worst. B'Ellana is already working on the warp core and impulse engines with her engineering team, while others have been working on getting back the transporters. Sensors are still glitching, and so I've ordered Ensign Kim to gather a team to take a look at them. All the crew handling damaged systems over the ship are from Starfleet; given that Voyager has the latest Starfleet technology, I have asked General O'Neill that our people handle all repairs."
"He agreed, though he did loan us one of their matter converters in lieu of our replicator systems which would have taken more of our auxiliary power reserves. Once engineers from the Vantage helped us connect the converter to our systems, they left Voyager. It's an interesting piece of technology, very much like our replicators, but with an independent power source that B'Ellana still hasn't been able to understand."
The Captain then chuckled as she recalled the look of amazement on B'Ellana's face when she said that the power source was unlike anything she had seen before, and that she needed time to scan the device.
"All she asked me was to give her an hour, and then she'll have something."
"Whoever these Tau'ri are, they are more or less on an equal footing with the Federation in terms of technology. The biggest differences I have seen so far are in power generation, and their method of faster than light travel. Just before entering hyperspace, the Vantage locked a tractor beam onto us, while releasing a high powered graviton wave that tore a breach into what the General referred to as hyperspace. It's a similar method of travel I know that Starfleet had been experimenting on without any success. Perhaps the Tau'ri could help us in that regard. However, given the myth that surrounds them about the genocide of this Goa'uld race, I have to wonder if they are fit for membership in the Federation.. or if the Federation would want to have any diplomatic relations. All I know is that they have helped save my crew and Voyager, and I will be grateful for that.. but in the end, everything else lies with Starfleet and the Federation."
Janeway then closed her log and turned her chair to look out at the hyperspace tunnel. She was told that it would take about a day and a half to get to their location. All the Captain could do now was wait, and hope that Neelix and Seven were all right.
Science Lab One, Atlantis.
Lisa was standing by Neelix's side while they stood at the doorway to Science Lab One as they watched two five foot tall grey skinned aliens with large black eyes, and three other humans retract the shield around Seven's body, and then place her into another horizontal pod. They watched as a piece of clear glass covered the pod while it moved to a vertical position, and then back into a recess in the wall.
"Lisa Summers," said one of the grey aliens who was simply wearing a tight vest and long pants, "our scanners are showing implants in her body that contain a Replicator bio-signature."
"What are Replicators?" asked Neelix as he looked at the aliens, and then at Lisa.
"A race of machines that nearly annihilated the Milky Way," Lisa replied while a white light flashed in the pod which held Seven's unconscious body, "they were a race of nanites created by a very ancient race.."
"Which race?" interrupted Neelix.
"The race were known as the Ancients," said one of the grey aliens, "my people were at war with the Replicators for thousands of years. And we were losing."
"Thor and Heimdall's race are one of the oldest and most powerful races in three galaxies," said Lisa as Neelix turned his head sharply at her with his mouth open, about to say something. However, Lisa beat him to the punch as she said, "we helped them find a way to defeat the Replicators during our war with the Goa'uld. And we've been allies ever since then."
"Colonel Summers," said Heimdall as he looked at a screen, "this woman's cranial implants has stored memories of events that would not fit into a mind of a normal human."
"She.. she used to be a Borg drone," said Neelix who was still trying to wrap his mind around what little he had been told about the Asgard and the Replicators, "she has the memories and knowledge of all the people that the Borg assimilated."
"We've heard the Borg mentioned before," said Lisa who pretended not to know anything about the race of mechanical beings who seemed to have something to do with the Replicators. However, the truth was that she wasn't sure what that relationship was.. and she doubted that they would ever find out, "what are they? We were frankly surprised that Seven here was affected at all, the energy wave we fired was specifically tuned to destroy any and all Replicator nanites and nanocells."
Neelix then went on to explain the Borg to the six of them. Once he was done, he saw Thor and Heimdall looking at each other, while the humans were manning various consoles, and then at Lisa who frowned. Neelix asked her, as Voyager's ambassador, if the Tau'ri and Asgard could help fight the Borg.. who were a threat to the entire galaxy.
"That's way above my pay grade, Mr. Neelix," said Lisa, "you'd have to talk to General Rosenberg about that."
"Colonel," interrupted Thor, "her memories?"
"We can wipe those memories away," said Heimdall, "but that may cause unknown repercussions."
"Seven's knowledge, her memories are one part of who she is to us," said Neelix who was wildly waving his hands about while shaking his head, "I don't think the crew would want to have her any differently."
"Is there any way to use our nanites to replace the ones she lost?" asked Lisa.
"We have already backed up her memories into a crystal," said Thor as he motioned to a blue crystal that was horizontally embedded into a wall next to a screen, "and just in time. Her synaptic pathways have already been eroded. Her implants have been degraded as well without the nanites to regulate them."
"As you are aware, Colonel Summers," said Heimdall, "the nanites are capable of slowing the aging process and aiding in the healing of major injuries, but it cannot revive the dead as per the Ethical Doctrine of the Pegasus Council. And the woman's body is already dead."
"We have already begun the cloning process," said Thor, "however, regarding her memories.. it would…"
"Please, keep all of her memories," said Neelix.
"Very well," said Thor as he pressed a few buttons, "we will genetically engineer her mind to hold all that information. The entire process will take two days to complete."
"Thank you," said Neelix looking at Seven while Lisa placed a hand on his back. He looked over at Lisa who nodded her head towards the door before asking him if he'd like something to eat.
"I don't think I can leave her like this," mumbled Neelix.
"It'll take two days for her new body to be created, and to make sure that there aren't any defective genes," said Lisa, "and from then on, she'll be as good as new. But for right now, you should eat, and since my ship's still on the way here, I can show you around the city."
"Ye.. yes," said Neelix nodding his head while looking at Seven's sleeping form. He was then guided out of the lab while Willow notified all staff of what was happening through their ear pieces, and ordered them not to reveal anything about the 'Star Trek' franchise to their guests. While Lisa started to show Neelix around the great city, Willow was placing two cups on her desk, along with a bottle of brown liquid. Willow got up and smiled at the woman on the other side of the glass door while she motioned her in.
"Hey," said Dawn excitedly as she skipped into Willow's office with a grin on her face after closing the door behind her, "is it true? Voyager's coming here? Neelix is here? Is he like the show or…"
"He's got whiskers," chuckled Willow as she poured the liquid into the glasses, filling up just a quarter of each glass before closing the bottle shut. Dawn chuckled as she reached out and grabbed the glass that Willow gave her, "but this isn't to discuss Voyager, at least not yet."
"I know," said Dawn as she looked at Willow while raising their glasses, "to all the Lanteans, to our friends and family who died protecting this city during the Lantean-Wraith war. This victory is for you."
"For you too, Dawnie," whispered Willow as she looked at Dawn, and remembered the day Buffy's younger sister died more than ten thousand years ago. Dawn, or Hera as she was once known before having the Key infused into her body by the Order of Dagon, had gone with a team to retrieve one of two ZPM that was stolen by the Wraith from a fleet the Lanteans had sent to discuss a truce. Instead of a truce negotiation, the Wraith used their superior numbers to kill them all and steal the two ZPM's to power their cloning facilities. Hera wanted to go with one of the teams that was supposed to retrieve the ZPM's, she hoped that she could talk to the Wraith through back-channels and convince them to start talks on a truce given the deaths on both sides.
However, Moros, the High Counsellor of Atlantis and the father to both Athena and Hera refused. So Hera went without permission, and was captured along with her team. Athena and Moros led rescue teams to retrieve Hera, but they weren't sure which one of two cloning facilities that she was taken to. So Athena went to one world, while Moros led a team to another world. However, soon after arriving on the Wraith held planet, Athena and most of her team were captured.
Back in Willow's office, the redhead still had flashbacks of how the Wraith keeper fed on Hera in front of her while she was wrapped in a cocoon. Willow remembered her own screams of anguish as she watched Hera's body turn into a dry husk, when Dawn brought Willow out of that memory by hugging her.
"This was for you," whispered Willow as she held on to the glass while hugging Dawn, "we made them pay for what they did to our people, we made them pay for what they did to you, we made them pay for forcing us to leave our home, and we made them pay for the terror they brought down on the humans in this galaxy since then.. and since the Atlantis Expedition arrived."
Dawn and Willow, Hera and Athena respectively, the last two original Lanteans and daughters of Atlantis, then stepped back and drank the liquid before hugging again. The war was finally over, and there was going to be a celebration when the Vantage and the other vessels returned.. the galaxy was finally free of the Wraith.
And now they could explore Pegasus in peace while placing more resources into the ship being built by a combined Pegasus team. The Destiny was in their sights, and they were not going to stop working to reach that ship.
It was thirty minutes later, while Willow and Dawn were laughing in the formers office, that Andrew Wells and Jonathan Levinson rushed into the room. The two of them had been recruited by the BPRI a year before the exodus from Earth after two months of terrorizing Sunnydale with their accomplice Warren Mears. The latter was responsible for the murder of three Potential Slayers in their quest to become the city's version of supervillains, calling themselves 'the Trio'. They had done numerous crimes using both magic and technology, and it had taken a combined team of Angel, the hybrid Vampire Kathy, and Spike, along with several witches including Tara who broke through powerful magic that had hid the self-styled super-villains from detection; the same magic that caused them to operate freely.
The magic was broken thanks to Jonathon and Andrew who approached the BPRI in secret and offered to help them crack Warren's magical defences in exchange for leniency. In the ensuing fight, Warren was killed after he nearly gutted Kennedy and Rona using various demons he raised from Hell. Once the fight was over, and the witches, vampires, and Slayers had defeated the demons; both Jonathan and Andrew were recruited into the BPRI under the watchful eye of the NID.
It would be a year later, after the attack on the SGC where Faith had her arm ripped off, that a nuclear missile fell on Sunnydale, wiping out everything and everyone that wasn't placed under the Ancient shield system installed at the sprawling complex several years earlier by the SGC. Jonathan and Andrew were told of the SGC's existence just after the SGC notified them, with NORAD notifying the other agencies and military bases around the world. Willow was commanding the USAF Talon, the latest Daedalus class ship, when a subspace call came in to all Earth vessels, a message from Prometheus Station which was breaking up. The last words she, and the other ship commanders around the galaxy, heard was that a virus had disabled all weapons, that life support was failing, and there was a nuclear attack on Earth.
The Talon, the Hammond, the Sun Tzu, and four other Daedalus class ships in the Milky Way were the first to arrive in orbit over Earth, followed by six Avalon class vessels a few seconds later. Everyone on the ships watched the aftermath of the exploded bombs; mushroom clouds rising over various cities from Washington D.C, to Los Angeles, to Berlin, to New York, and all the way to Moscow.
"Hammond to task force Alpha," said General Cameron Mitchell as he stared at the destruction before receiving word that the three stations had lost all transporter functions, "beam out personnel from the Shen Long, Europa, and Prometheus stations. And then run scans on the surface, and contact the SGC! Now!"
Jonathan and Andrew were huddled together with several thousand Sunnydale Residents; they were all those who the witches in residence, including Tara, could teleport away before the blast wave crashed against the Ancient shield that protected the BPRI compound. In the end, out of the six hundred thousand people in Sunnydale, only fourteen thousand, including family members, were teleported under the shield by Tara and the other witches… the consequences of which knocked them out from sheer exhaustion.
Jonathan was surprised to learn, upon being beamed on board the Talon, that Willow was one of many in command of Earth's own spaceships. But there wasn't any time to be excited before they were transported to the SGC where they were quickly spirited away to the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma sites.
Back in her office, Willow and Dawn stared at Andrew and Jonathan, both of whom were panting and pointing to a tablet in Andrew's hand. The both of them were researchers with SG-34 and SG-35 who were on break when the redhead sent the memo about Voyager.
"We would like to meet Neelix," said Jonathan as Willow frowned at her fellow Sunnydale High alum, "come on, Willow. Please? Pretty please? And it's Voyager.. I mean it's not the greatest of the franchise but it still has a cult following and…"
"Easy, easy," said Willow as she raised her hand, "Jonathan, Andrew, you know that we can't tell them about 'Star Trek' or…"
"Weren't you guys supposed to be researching the whole 'how come this is real?' stuff?" asked Dawn.
"There's like ten research teams working on this here and off-world, Dawn," said Andrew before turning back to look at Willow, "all we want to do is have him come to comic-con, and…"
"Ummm… no," said Willow shaking her head upon hearing of the annual event in the mainland which, like it's Earth Counterpart centuries ago, was well known throughout the galaxy and attracted people from all known races, "are you kidding me?"
"We can hide the 'Trek' stuff and…"
"No," Willow narrowed her eyes as them.
"Please?" asked Jonathan.
"No," repeated Willow while Dawn chuckled.
"You and Faith came in Star Fleet costumes last year and…"
"No," said Willow as she raised her eye-brows, "listen, what are you going to tell him if he asks why there are ships that look like Federation vessels? We can't tell him that their lives were somehow used to create a television show in the early twentieth century."
"But why?" whined Andrew.
"How would you feel if someone said that someone knew how your life would play out? And had made a series on it?"
"I'd watch that," said the both of them together whole Willow slapped her forehead before mumbling 'stupid question' to herself while Dawn giggled.
"You guys can talk to him, but you cannot tell him about.. you know," continued Willow as Anya, whose hair was already a faded blonde, rushed toward the redhead's office after running up the central staircase. She opened the office door, and stepped inside before closing it behind her.
"We found something," said Anya as she handed Willow a tablet, a look of excitement on her face. Willow took the tablet and then looked at the screen, reading the contents before looking back up at Anya.
"Your team's sure about this?" asked Willow looking up at Anya.
"We just got back from Korana," said Anya, referring to a recently discovered Lantean lab nearly fifty thousand light-years away, "we found some technology that we cross-referenced with the Atlantis database. That's the only piece of technology that's missing based on what the Lanteans were experimenting on in that lab."
"Its project clearance level is 'Omega Black'," said Willow with her eyes narrowed as she looked at the picture of the device, "that's rare."
"What is it?" Jonathan, Andrew, and Dawn while Giles was panting as he ran towards Willow's office, his hands grabbing onto the railing while his shaky legs was carrying him towards the door as Anya turned around and looked sheepishly at the man who only had hair around the back of his head. She then turned to Willow who said that the device could cause galactic level destruction if it fell into the wrong hands
"Which is why the lab had so much security around it," Anya said.
"Yea," said Dawn as she looked at the item on the tablet.
"I.. I told you to wait, Anya," rasped Giles as Dawn and Willow quickly got up, the former helping the older man take a seat while he was trying to catch a breath.
"Sorry," said Anya as she pointed at the tablet which showed an oval shaped stone, "but that's what we've been looking for. I know we stopped because, well… the Milky Way races were living their own lives before we got into time dilation again. And then we built up our forces for the war with the Wraith. Got out of time dilation, and then struck at the Wraith. But when we knew they were near the end and being pushed back, we went back out and… and well, we found this lab."
"Could that have something to do with the Federation?" asked Giles as Willow gave the panting man a glass of water while Anya patted the man's back.
"Something to do with the shows, maybe," said Dawn as she looked at the description of the experiment, "it's a device meant to connect the mind of anyone with the Ancient gene directly into subspace. The intention of the device, which was never finished by the way, was to offer glimpses into the future so that the viewer would gain knowledge on possible Wraith movements, tactics, and battle outcomes so that we could have a defence against them; all to turn the tide of the first war."
"So if it was unfinished, where is it?" asked Anya.
"Whoever was in charge of this project must have taken it with them during the exodus," said Willow as she sat on the edge of her table, and then at Anya, "so what are you saying? That it was finished and what? It didn't help the alliance to beat the Goa'uld?"
"Maybe the Lanteans who made this device saw into the future. That they were going to lose, and that the SGC would be formed to stop the Goa'uld eventually. Maybe the researchers were convinced that they needed to stop focusing on the Goa'uld, and instead started to focus on Ascension," said Dawn.
"You were ascended," said Giles looking at Dawn, "couldn't you have just… I mean… couldn't you have simply known about this device."
"The Ascended aren't gods, Giles, remember?" Dawn reminded him, "if I didn't know about this when I was alive, there's no way for me to check up on the Lantean who created it."
"And if our father knew about this, he didn't tell me," said Willow referring to the conversations she had with the older man up until the time he Ascended.
"So you saying that Mr. R got a hold of this device somehow and received images of the future?" asked Andrew.
"We had Daniel's and Vala's minds travel to the Ori galaxy using the Ancient communication stones," said Willow, "those devices connected to the other device in the Ori galaxy through subspace, so anything's possible. We still don't know if he received only glimpses of bits and pieces far into the future, or more like a streaming download of images being beamed into his mind while being connected to subspace. Basically, we don't know if everything that was shown on the shows really happened."
"Which means that some of the episodes never really happened?" asked Jonathan.
"He must have seen the Stargate too," said Dawn, "I mean this is the future... relatively speaking."
"Perhaps the Stargate was included in some form or another," said Giles.
"The Iconian gateways!" exclaimed Andrew as he raised in hand in excitement, "that's…"
"That's more like a cross between a Stargate and a Quantum Mirror," said Jonathan.
"Nerds," mumbled Anya.
"This sucks," said Andrew while the others looked at him confused, "some of the episodes, maybe the best ones could have been… you know…. Faked? Did Kirk find the Guardian of Forever? Was Picard taken by the Borg? These are important questions."
"Even if they didn't happen," said Willow as she looked over Giles' head and saw Lisa walking with Neelix towards her office, the woman mentally telling Willow that Neelix suspects that they are really from Earth. Willow nodded her head while telling Jonathan that even if those incidents weren't true, the writers had creativity to seamlessly mesh their own stories with events that really happened in the future.
"General," said Lisa as she opened the door as Giles stood up and turned around, fixing his glasses while nodding his head at the alien while Anya straightened her dress and mumbling that Daniel should be in the office too. She then turned to Willow and whispered that Xander was going to kill them while, in the meantime, Jonathan, Andrew, and Dawn smiled excitedly at Neelix who was looking at them confused.
"Mr. Neelix," said Willow before she introduced everyone else in the officer. Once Neelix introduced himself, he turned back to Willow who asked if he was feeling at home on Atlantis before apologizing for not having met with him.
"Colonel Summers already explained that it's a busy time with the war against the Wraith, General," said Neelix, "and I do have to say that this is a beautiful city."
"Thank you," said Willow with a smile.
"Umm.. there is one thing that I would like to know," said Neelix, "when Colonel Summers took me to the Mess Hall to get something to eat, I was introduced to something called Mac and Cheese, and Peperoni Pizza."
"Yes," said Willow nodding her head, already aware of where this was going. She mentally notified everyone in the room as well that Neelix suspected something.
"It may just be a coincidence among humans but I served this Mac and Cheese to some humans we found in the Delta Quadrant. They were taken from Earth in the year 1937, including a group the colonists called Thirty Sevens"
"Oh?" asked Willow as Jonathan, Andrew, and Dawn, mentally cheered, "I thought humans already colonized the Milky way?"
"Voyager was supposed to be the only Federation ship in the Delta Quadrant," said Neelix, "and from what Captain Janeway has told me, there are no human colonies in the Delta Quadrant. So having encountered a human colony was a welcome surprise; I made the Thirty Sevens their food from home based on the cultural database on Voyager."
"So Mac and Cheese," said Anya while Neelix nodded his head.
"Sushi, and some other Earth delicacies," said Neelix, "and in the Mess Hall, I saw those same food… plus some alien ones… but… with all due respect, General. Are you and most of the people here on Atlantis, from Earth?"
Willow looked at Neelix with her hands in her pockets deciding whether to tell the man the truth about being from Earth. However, she also knew that would bring about a lot of questions that they weren't set to answer. And given that they were sure, based on reports from the Vantage, that Janeway and the Federation would judge them on committing various acts of genocide. But she also knew that it would something very hard to hide when Voyager arrived on Atlantis, but she was certain that a small white lie would suffice.
"We can't tell you everything," said Willow, "but no… we're not from Earth. Although we are from the Milky Way galaxy. And for right now, at least until your people get here, that's all I'm willing to say."
"Of… of course," said a wide-eyed Neelix who prepared himself for an answer, he though they were from Earth, but having humans in another galaxy from another planet in the Milky Way was still a surprise. He was then led away by Lisa and Dawn, with the alien mumbling, "oh my."
USS Voyager, twenty four hours in hyperspace.
Captain Janeway was in her seat with Chakotay by her side looking out the view screen at the blue and white hyperspace tunnel in front of them. With the injured crew having recovered thanks to the efforts of the Doctor and his staff, as well as Dr. Drumm and the Vantage's staff, the Doctor found some free time to stand behind the Captain with his hands on the railing, his mobile emitter attached on his left sleeve.
It was only two hours earlier that Dr. Drum and his people were transported to the Vantage, together with the disconnected matter convertor which B'Ellana still hadn't been able to scan completely. However, even with repairs to the sensor arrays and various other areas of the ship completed, Janeway knew that they would have to land the ship to carry out the repairs on the Warp drive, and to repair two warp coils in the starboard nacelle damaged in the Wraith attack. As for the hull breaches, the Wraith carriers would be pulled out on the surface, and the resulting breaches covered with the structural integrity shield before being repaired at space dock over Earth.
"Captain," said Ensign Kim after his console beeped, "the Vantage is hailing us."
"Put them through," said the Captain as she leaned back on her seat.
"Captain Janeway," said Jon, "we'll be coming out of hyperspace in ten seconds."
"Understood," said Janeway before she heard Jon counting down to the hyperspace window before looking at Paris who had just turned around again. The Captain then looked up at the view screen and watched as they exited hyperspace into real space.
"Captain," said Jon, "releasing tractor beam, see you on the surface."
"Tha.. thank you," said Janeway as the Vantage moved away to the starboard side of the ship.
"This can't be right," mumbled Kim as he looked at his console before asking Paris to confirm what he was seeing.
"Ensign? Lieutenant?" asked Janeway, "what is it?"
"We're searching for known astronomical markers, Captain," said Kim with his eyebrows furrowed, "but there's nothing that corresponds to the star charts in our database."
"Tom?" asked the Captain and frowned when the Conn officer turned and shook his head while B'Ellana was saying that she ran tests on the repaired sensor packets.
"But I'm running another diagnostic," said B'Ellana when Tuvok said that they were detecting three other ships, and then gave the Captain their coordinates. Janeway asked for them to be shown on screen, and the woman stood up upon seeing a station with various weapons ports along her hull and the Vantage beginning docking procedures.
"We're being hailed, Captain," said Kim. Janeway nodded her head before listening to Colonel Blair Collins who introduced herself as t eh commander of the Prometheus Station, and then told Janeway that she was being sent landing coordinates to the Tau'ri base. Paris looked at the coordinates and the telemetry information they were being sent from the Prometheus Station leading to the middle of the ocean in the northern hemisphere of the planet.
"Welcome to Lantea, Captain," said the Colonel as she looked at Voyager fly past them through the large bridge windows.
"Captain," said Paris as he zoomed in on their target destination after Janeway thanked the Colonel, who told the Starfleet officer that everything would be revealed to them by General Rosenberg. The view screen now showed a city of tall spires sitting in the middle of the ocean with smaller ships flying in and away from the station to one of the five continents, "I'm reading two point three million life signs, Captain."
'It's a city," said the Captain before taking a seat, and then asking Paris to take them in as the view-screen zoomed out before Tuvok had everyone in the ship get to their Blue Alert stations. Janeway had Paris follow the proper procedure for planetary entry and flowed the flight path down through the clouds. Once they had broken through Chakotay and Janeway stood up and watched the setting sun hit the spires on the city, the light creating a rainbow effect as Voyager flew towards the South Pier. The crew, at least those who were near view ports, watched as Voyager banked and flew past the city, and over four parked Daedalus class ships on the Eastern pier.
It was a little later that Voyager extended her landing struts, and then gently landed on the pier.
"Disengage engines," said the Captain as Paris pressed a few buttons, "and secure thrusters exhaust."
"Aye," said Paris before nodding at Janeway.
"We're being hailed from the city, Captain," said Kim.
Janeway nodded her head before listening to a woman's voice come though.
"This is Major General Willow Rosenberg, I am the commander of this base, and the Commander of all Tau'ri forces in this galaxy."
"General, I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager. I have so many questions. Where are we? Our sensors aren't able to make out any astronomical markers in this quadrant of space."
"Captain," said Willow, "permission to come aboard your ship?"
"Granted," said Janeway when there was a sudden whining sound, followed by a flash of three lights that deposited Neelix, Willow, and Cordelia on the Voyager bridge. Janeway stood up with Chakotay while Paris got up from his seat and walked around the newcomers, patting Neelix on the shoulder. The man then looked up at Paris and nodded his head, saying that they were among friends.
"Captain Janeway, I presume," said Willow taking a step forward as Janeway nodded her head. Willow looked at everyone else on the bridge, and then back to Janeway.
"General," said the Captain nodding her head.
"I'd like to introduce you to President Cordelia Chase of the Tau'ri," said Willow as Cordelia shook Janeway's hand before moving onto Chakotay and shaking his hand.
"I'd like to welcome all of you to the Pegasus galaxy," said Cordelia much to the surprise of Janeway and Chakotay who looked at Neelix nodding his head excitedly. Paris and B'Ellana said it wasn't possible while Kim was checking his readings. Tuvok however, sensed looked at Willow who was glancing at him with a smile before looking away, and it was then he realized that it was true. Before he could say anything else, Cordelia stunned the bridge by welcoming them to Atlantis.
TBC.