Sequel to 7 Points
By Chaoseternus
Chapter 4: Cylons And False Gods
Adama entered the darkened room quietly; noting the grim collection of people gathered there, the images of Cylon craft and models tacked to the walls.
This was about the Cylons then, he hoped they had something new to impart because he didn't, and he recognised a lot of this group from other meetings.
"People, we have a problem" a grim faced Kalinda said, striding up to the front of the room as everyone swiftly found seats, "We now know exactly who ordered the destruction of the twelve colonies"
She paused, grimly glancing around the room, "The analysis of the data acquired during the hack of the Cylon baseship is mostly complete and what we have discovered is pretty disturbing.
First off, at least one Goa'uld knew of the twelve colonies"
Adama stiffened, almost thrown off his seat in shock and horror.
"Not only that but this Goa'uld, believed to be Count Iblis was, according to encrypted files buried within the Cylon mainframe, responsible for the Cylon rebellion, as he modified the original cylons programming in order to trigger the Cylon/Human war. His reasoning is not known, but his image was in several of the baseships computers related to their 'God' and it matched an image acquired by RSG-4 of a Goa'uld in service to Anubis"
"Oh shit" a moan sounded throughout the room and Kalinda looked at the speaker with sympathy in her eyes.
"Exactly, and with what little Intel we have suggesting Anubis just shifted a lot of resources to refitting of an unknown fleet of vessels after he was known to take a trip past Earth down the spiral arm, well we can assume not only are the Cylons receiving upgrades from Anubis but that they now know where to find us.
And for those of you who don't know, Anubis is the most advanced technologically of the Goa'ulds, surpassing even Maktenos"
Kalinda paused, "To make sure everyone is seeing the implications here, Anubis quite possibly just gained himself an entire fleet of warships, upgrading them will take time but not as much as usual as the machines doing the upgrading can work pretty much 24-7, they will not tire, will not need caffeine breaks and sure as hell don't have a union.
Not only that, but his new vessels will have the reaction times of computers and he will be able to mass-produce them in vast quantities as he will no longer have to wait for more Jaffa to be trained, join his cause or for more supersoldiers to be produced.
This will give Anubis sufficient forces to overpower Maktenos, the only force currently keeping him in check and allow him to move directly onto Earth with overwhelming numbers
I now give the floor to General Hammond, former Commander of the SGC"
Hammond strode wearily up to the podium, his step lacking the spring he had gained since retiring Command of the SGC to General Carter/ Celmac, "Gentlemen, this is the worst crisis to face us in recent years. Uptil now, the Goa'uld have always been a significant threat but there has always been a counter, the other systems lords, the Asgard, and Maktenos has acted as a counter to Anubis for a year now.
Anubis has in his grasp, the ability to forcibly seize complete control of this galaxy virtually unchallenged and once again it falls to us to stop him.
The question is, how?"
"Fleet action against the Cylons before the upgrades are completed?" Adama turned, looking for the voice that had uttered the suggestion.
Hammond shook his head, "Anubis left with five Motherships, came back with one. That means he left four ships we have no hope of killing to defend the cylons and oversee the upgrades"
Adama started, "Can't we separate the Cylons from Anubis?"
Hammond looked at him interested, "How?"
Adama glanced around, noting he had everyone's attention, "Well, the Cylons have been ordered to destroy Humanity and the Jaffa are human, broadly speaking"
Hammond thought about it, then shook his head, "The Jaffa can be passed off as a human based race, much as the humanoid models of the Cylons themselves"
"False gods! Of course" Kalinda shouted, then glanced around flushing as she realized she had grabbed everyone's attention, "Uhmm, we have a pretty good idea that the Cylons god is a false god right?
What if we let the Cylons know somehow? I mean, they think they received their orders from God but if it is proven that they didn't wouldn't they be pretty mad at the one who pretended to be 'God', as in Holy War type mad?"
Adam sank back stunned in his seat, for a civilian science specialist Kalinda sure knew how to chuck out risky plans every now and again, the cylon hack and now this?
Hammond commented, "Risky, very very risky"
Adama nodded, agreeing, "It will slow the Human/Cylon war down a lot, give us more time"
"Wouldn't it stop the human/cylon war? I mean they have no reason to destroy humanity if their orders are false?"
Adama rolled his eyes at the naivety of the young officer in the SGC uniform, "They cannot afford to, they knew that if any of the colonials survive eventually we will come for them, we will enact our vengeance and we will retake our worlds. They started this, now they are committed whether they like it or not"
"Its an extremely risky plan" Hammond commented again.
"Yes it is" Adama replied.
"So what do we do?" Kalinda spoke into the silence that filled the room.