Chapter 8: Putting It All Together
Setting: Earth's orbit aboard The Daniel Jackson, three days after Chapter 6
"Jack, we need to go to K'Tau again." An impatient Daniel Jackson paced O'Neill's office while Mitchell, Teal'c, and O'Neill watched. "It has been three days since we contacted the Asgard. Freyr said he would send Thor right away. We need to go back!"
"Daniel, calm down. I'm sure Thor will be soon. He's a busy little…guy? I mean, he can't be at our beck and call every minute just because we saved his cute, little, gray…" A blinding flash of light filled the room and all four men found themselves aboard an Asgard ship in Earth's orbit. "…butts."
"Greetings O'Neill, Doctor Jackson, Teal'c, and…" Thor, the Supreme Commander of the Asgard fleet looked at Colonel Mitchell with a questioning look.
"Oh, I'm Colonel Cameron Mitchell. new commander of SG-1."
"I am Supreme Commander Thor of the Asgard Fleet. It is a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to The Daniel Jackson. Is Colonel Carter not with you?"
"She has other business to take care of. She is currently with Doctor Frasier's daughter." Thor bowed his head and began talking. "Freyr relayed your message to me about one day ago. I am sorry for my delayed response. The Supreme Council has looked into the information you gave them and we have some new things to add.
"After the Cylons chose to revolt against the Kobolians, they began to experiment with creating Cylons which mimicked human appearance and behavior. They created a prototype of this "human-form Cylon." It seems you have come across their experiment."
Daniel looked up suddenly and smacked his forehead with his hand. "Reese. The race that created Reese was the Cylons."
"Reese? You mean that robot thing we found that created the Replicators? The one I had to shoot?" O'Neill questioned Daniel.
"Yes. Don't you see? You were right!"
"I was what?" O'Neill's brow rose higher than it ever had before.
"You said before that the Cylons sounded like the Replicators. That's because the Cylons led to the creation of the Replicators. The Cylons created Reese who created the Replicators."
"Wow. Kinda a strange turn of events, huh?"
"Commander Thor, how did you come to possess this knowledge of the 12 Colonies?" Teal'c didn't say much, but when he did, it was the right thing to say.
"Well, thanks to Atlantis, we have been able to extract information from the Repositories of Ancient Knowledge in our possession. We have learned much about the Ancients from this. Some of the information tells us that the Ancient cities and Repositories were connected via an Ancient Network that updated itself when information was added to any city database."
O'Neill perked up at this. He had heard of this before. "Like the Tok'ra internet Jacob showed us? They must have gotten the idea from the Ancients."
Thor nodded his head. "It would seem logical. The Repositories were updated when the 12 Original Ancients returned to their cities and put the information into the database. That is why the information given to you from the Atlantis database seems repetitive at times. It has been inputted from many sources."
Daniel nodded. "That would explain how we got the information from Atlantis when the council knew nothing of the Colonies. Information must have also been placed in the Outpost upon their arrival back to Earth."
"That is correct, Doctor Jackson."
"So Doctor Jackson, how does all this information tie together we've gotten the past few weeks." Mitchell had finally spoken for the first time other than to introduce himself to Thor.
"Well, I'll start from the beginning. The Ancients came to the Milky Way Galaxy and chose Earth to be their new home. Devoid of life, it seemed like a place for their race to settle down. The five cities were built and Stargates were spread all over the galaxy. They prospered and met the Asgard, Nox, and Furlings. The Great Alliance was set up as the Goa'uld in Unas bodies developed. They found certain planets to create life, such as the Tollan and the Aschen.
"The Ancients prospered on Earth, which was once covered in Naquadah and Trinium. Then the 12 Ancients left Earth and set up Kobol. The Great Exodus happened on Kobol and the 12 Colonies were formed. The 13th Tribe left bound for Earth. As the 12 Ancients watched the development of their planets and the creation of the Cylons, they received word that the plague had hit Earth and was destroying their race. The 12 Ancients chose to return to their original cities.
"The Ancients decided to then move some of their cities to different galaxies in order to save their race. Choosing to leave the Milky Way void of life, they just picked up and left.
"After the Ancients left, the 13th Tribe arrive on Earth and prospered. Their numbers grew exponentially over hundred of years before Ra arrived. He then transplanted the 13th Tribe humans all over the galaxy and then the rest of the Goa'uld civilization picked up.
"The Ancients returned to Earth following their loss to the Wraith to find it under Ra's control and realized the 13th Tribe had arrived. Many of the Ancients chose to leave Earth and join up with other cities, but some chose to stay on Earth and mix among the humans. That is why we have the gene even now. The Ancients who left ascended and the ones who stayed died.
"Meanwhile on the 12 Colonies, they had prospered and the Cylons had not yet waged war with them. With the return of the Ancients to the Milky Way, they began their conquest on the galaxy and most likely destroyed the 12 Colonies. Hopefully we can find the remainder of their civilization and study it."
Thor raised that one finger he likes the raise. "Actually Doctor Jackson, after learning about the 12 Colonies, a ship was sent out to the area where the Colonies should be. We found the Cylons did indeed destroy the Colonies, but we found a fleet of ships on the run from the Cylon. We do not know their destination nor situation, but we presume they are looking for Earth."