SG1 Star Fleet chapter three
20 Feb 01
Both Carters Sam and Jacob were in Vegas visiting Marks family, who were in Vegas on vacation, when Sam gets a call from the SGC stating that the Tok'ra need to talk to Selmac immediately and they were to use the transport rings at Nellis to get back to Cheyenne Mountain.
"Sam why are we going in to the basement of the Nellis Headquarters building and how is this going to get us back to the SGC?"
"It's a surprise dad."
Sam walked up to a black door and punched in a code on a key pad by the door. They entered a room with a guard and another door on the other side with an optic scanner. San and a confused Jacob showed their identification cards to the guard and Sam let the door scam her eye so that the door could open, letting them enter the other room.
"So what do you think dad?"
Jacob looked around the seemingly empty room until he saw the pedestal with a touch screen monitor off to the side and the familiar circle on the floor.
"You have a set of ring transports in Vegas?"
"Yep, one set here, one in the Pentagon, one set at the SGC and four sets at area 51."
At the SGC as the rings settle into the floor Jacob steps over to General Hammond, with a smile.
"You've been keeping secrets from me George, how long have you guys had the rings?"
"You know, need to know Jacob, we got a set of four and the plans for them, about four years ago and have only had them up and running for about two years now."
"Okay I get the picture, so why were we called back?"
"Garshaw called and said that they are moving their base and they need your help and they want Selmac to liaison for them."
Jacob lowered his head and when he raised it again.
"So why did they want the Tau'ri to help?"
'It seems they asked the Asguard, but they are rebuilding after their war with the replicators and mentioned that we do have a couple of long range shuttles that they could borrow if they asked nice so they are asking you to ask nice for they."
Selmac laughed "I see, will you help?"
"Yes I'll send SG1 with you and knowing Jack he'll want to use the Enterprise."
"Is this one of your long range shuttles?"
"No its one of our NX class star ships."
General Hammond and Major Carter were wishing for a camera to capture the shocked face of Selmac.
"Star ship? NX class?"
"It's an Explorer, Heavy Scout ship. We have four of them. It's armored and has weapons and is quit a bit faster than our Interstellar shuttles."
"Where, if I may ask, did you get them?"
"We got them in the same package that the Rings came in and no we don't have a clue, who sent them and he, she or it calls themselves Forge."
Jacob answered because Selmac was in shock.
"Okay I'll let Garshw know that you are sending a ship to help, about when can I say we will arrive."
"Ronson and Jack are ready to go they are just waiting for you, Major?"
"Using the A12 gravity current we can be there in two days sir."
"Two days! It would take a Tel'tak a month to get there and what is a gravity current?"
"Well dad we don't have the technology that you have so we had to look for alternate forms of star travel, you'll see when we are on our way."
As Jacob and Sam stepped off of the ring pad in the transporter room on the Enterprise, they meet the captain of the ship Colonel William Ronson and his XO Major Erin Gant.
"Welcome aboard the Enterprise General Carter I'm Colonel Ronson and this is my Xo Major Gant and welcome back Major."
"Thank you Colonel I feel like I just stepped on to a Star Trek set."
"Yes, Forge the being that gave us this ship based it on the shows and no this ship isn't based on any of the series or movies Enterprise, but on a series that the Paramount is working on now as a series to replace voyager when it ends, you'll get a tour latter, shall we go to the bridge and get on our way."
They made there way to the bridge were the rest of SG1 were, of course Jack was sitting in the "Chair".
"Can I have my seat back Jack?"
"Just keeping warm for you Bill."
"Take us to the back side off the moon Major Gant one quarter power."
"Yes Sir, one quarter power."
Jacob and Selmac were amazed that in a matter of a minutes they were coming to a stop behind the moon.
"Major Gant open a jump point and let's be on our way to Vorash."
"Yes sir engaging the vortex generator."
Jacob and Selmac watched the forward screen as a yellow vortex formed in from of the ship and then they were sucked in to a place of swirling red and black clouds.
"Welcome to hyperspace dad, we should be exiting near Vorash in about 42 hours."
The next two days were informative to Jacob and Selmac as they got to know the little ship that the Tau'ri had. When Sam told him what type of main engine that the ship had he nearly fainted and then he had to laugh he could just see the Tollan's faces when they found out about they ship and the drive it had. The SG1 laughed as well when he told them what the possible effect to the Tollan would be when they found out about the ships that the Tau'ri had and he told them why, all of the star fareing people in that the Tok'ra knew about, including the ancients. It was the fact that the Holy Grail in the area of space drives and it was the gravic drive, the closest that anybody had come so far, was the reactionless drive of the Goa'uld and here the Tau'ri had two versions of this Holy Grail in the main drives on their NX class ships and the thrusters on the shuttle pods and their fighters.
Then the Enterprise exited Hyperspace and enters orbit of the planet Vorash sending out a specific signal to the Tok'ra High Counsel letting them know that they were friends.
In the Tok'ra tunnels, Tanith notices the unusual activity.
"What is happening?"
A woman running the defense sensor answers.
"Defense systems picked up an Alien ship entering orbit."
"We must evacuate immediately."
"We have been expecting it."
O'Neill, Carter, Daniel, Teal'c and Jacob are ringed down to the tunnels. Of course O'Neill had to make a joke out of it, as the rest of them rolled their eyes.
"Hey kids! We're not parked in a red zone are we?"
Latter when Jack, Teal'c and Jacob are walking through a tunnel. Teal'c starts with "Tanith was surprised to see us."
Jacob answers "Uh huh. We didn't want to give him any warning."
O'Neill says "Doesn't he suspect you're on to him?"
"Not that we know of. We'll see soon enough."
Teal'c asks "Of what do you speak?"
Jacob answers "Well, thanks to the Enterprise's Cargo bays that you're so graciously lending us."
"Glad to help" says O'Neill
"Well anyway, we'll be able to move the Stargate to a new planet not currently on the Goa'uld map. We'll finally be able to ensure the security of a more permanent Tok'ra base. As useful as Tanith has been in relaying false information to Apophis, we can't afford to take him with us."
Teal'c asks "What will become of him?"
"We have a little surprise planned. Shall we?"
They walk into a room, were a Woman is waiting for them.
"Colonel O'Neill. Teal'c. Allow me to welcome you and your team back to Vorash. High Counsellor Per'sus sends his greetings."
"Always a pleasure." O'Neill answers.
Tanith asks "I must say Colonel; I was most intrigued by your means of arrival."
"Yeah, it's a sweet ride. Still has the new ship smell."
"How exactly did the Tau'ri come into the possession of such a ship?"
"Well it was a present from an admirer. Calls himself Forge."
"And he is?"
"Don't know, nobody has met him."
" Really? Interesting."
Selmac says "Now that we have access to the Enterprise, we will be able to move our people and our Stargate as well and thereby establish a completely new and secure base."
Tanith comes back "I don't understand. Why have I been excluded from such important information?"
In which Teal'c answers with "The Tok'ra did not wish Apophis to be informed."
Selmac continues "We've been aware of your duplicity from the beginning. You deceived and then murdered the Jaffa Shau'nac. You took the host Hebron and you've been acting as a spy amongst us ever since."
"You have been used to channel disinformation to Apophis. He will most be most displeased when he learns the truth."
Tanith answered with "This is absurd."
He tries to leave but is surrounded by Tok'ra with zats. He looks up at Teal'c and his eyes glow.
"You will never escape. The System Lords will hunt you down to the ends of the galaxy."
He walks off with the guards. As O'Neill says "That guy is a living cliché."
Latter Teal'c walks to a cell containing Tanith guarded by two Tok'ra.
"I wish to speak to the prisoner."
One of the guards lowers the shield.
"I wasn't aware I was allowed guests. How kind of you to come visit me Teal'c."
"My presence here is not motivated by kindness. I am here to deliver your sentence as decreed by the Tok'ra High Council."
"Death I suppose?"
"You are to be extracted from the host Hebron and left behind here on Vorash. If you are fortunate, you will die before Apophis discovers how you have been used by the Tok'ra."
"I am sure you would like to kill me with your bare hands as I did to your beloved Shau'nac. You of all would appreciate how much more satisfying it is to see the fear and pain in the eyes of your victim as they die."
"You took great pleasure in the murder of Shau'nac. But you must understand the price you paid. While Apophis was being diverted by your unwitting deception the Tok'ra were able to move freely through Goa'uld territory untouched. Rescuing stranded agents, freeing captured allies. Hundreds of lives were saved by the false information you spread. The Tok'ra owes you a debt of gratitude Tanith. Were it not for the relative ease with which you allowed yourself to be manipulated, Apophis may have eliminated the Tok'ra."
"All they have done is win a respite. Inevitabley the Tok'ra/ Tau'ri alliance will fall and so many others."
"Not by any action of yours. I will watch you die like all of the other false God's whose demise I have witnessed. Sokar, Seth, Hathor, Heru'er, Chronus."
"I am sure they died with more honour than Shau'nac. She cried out for you like a baby weeps for it's mother as I slowly extinguished her life."
"You are attempting to goad me into killing you, thereby avoiding the extraction process. I understand it to be excruciatingly painful for the symbiote."
"I am far more valuable to you alive than dead."
"The Tok'ra does not believe so and I am inclined to agree."
Teal'c walks out of the cell and the shield goes back up.
On the Enterprise, Jack and Jacob are walking along; Jacob tells a couple of Tok'ra "You'll have to take that to the secondary cargo hold, we need to room for the Stargate."
"Hey! Don't scuff the walls." And to Jacob "I want this ship back the way you found it."
"We know Jack. I still don't think it's really necessary for you to be here, there is plenty of ships security around to keep an eye on us."
"Sorry, but the way you were drooling over the main drive I'm not letting her out of my sight."
"My mission is to oversee the relocation of the Tok'ra base. What's yours again?"
" To protect Earth's first true star ship."
"Then why did you borrow Cronus' ship when he was killed?"
"Don't don't go there Jake."
"That is a vastly more complicated piece of technology.
"Which is exactly why we're studying it, to get our technology up to the same level as the rest of you."
"You know what I mean. You should really let us have the ship."
"Not a chance."
"This is me talking Jack, Jacob not Selmak. You have no idea how dangerous this thing is."
"Hey! We were smart enough to steal it in the first place, which is more than the Tok'ra have been able to do."
"We don't operate that way."
"Well maybe it's time you took a more direct approach. The Tok'ra have been around for what, two thousand years? In all that time how many System Lords have you taken down?"
"Oh yeah, things have certainly gotten better out here since you started killing Goa'ulds one by one. Lets examine the results, in each case more warlike Goa'ulds have stepped in to fill their place, there's more chaos than ever before. With the power Apophis now has we are on the brink of losing any chance of ever defeating the Goa'uld."
"At least we're doing something."
"Well we're doing something as well, maybe our plan is a little more long term but at least we have one."
"What plan?"
"Undermine the Goa'ulds individual power and keep them fighting amongst themselves until we have a way of eliminating them. Once and for all."
"Go on."
"We're working on it Jack."
In Tanith's cell, Tanith is talking to his guard.
"You think you can save my host Hebron by separating him from me? I will not allow you to kill me. Hebron's life is in my hands. If I am to die he will die with me."
He closes his eyes and collapses. The guard speaks into a communication device.
"The prisoner just collapsed."
A Tok'ra woman arrives.
"Lower the shield. Lower the shield! We cannot just stand by and allow him to kill the host."
The guard lowers the shield and goes in. The second guard raises his zat gun. The first guard takes his pulse.
"He's already dead."
A hand then comes up and chokes him.
Meanwhile in the Tok'ra Meeting room, Major Carter is talking to one of the Tok'ra.
"We've finished loading the supplies onto the ship. It's time to start transporting your people up."
"We will begin immediately."
An alarm goes off and Jacob runs in.
"It's Tanith. He's escaped."
On The surface of the planet, Tanith runs over and starts to dig in the dunes. He pulls out a tiny long-range communication device and starts calling his God. Hours latter, Teal'c is surveying the desert looking for Tanith, Jack and a few other Tok'ra are with himTeal'c says "Tanith could not have escaped through the Stargate. It has been heavily guarded the entire time."
"Yeah, what by the same guys who were guarding him in the first place?" turning to the Tok'ra "No offence."
"He is out here somewhere."
"Ahh well he's screwed without water."
"The symbiote will sustain him for a considerable time."
"Big desert."
"I will continue looking."
"Keep in touch."
Jack and two Tok'ra move to go back to the transport rings that take them back into the tunnels.
"So how do you guys know where to stand anyway?"
In the Tok'ra tunnels, Daniel comes to meet them.
"Any sign of him Jack?"
"Nope, Teal'c still looking."
"You guys have been up there for hours already."
"It's a jaffa revenge thing."
Daniel and Jack walk in where Sam and Jacob are seated. Jacob turns to Jack.
"It seems Tanith's been busy. We've received word from one of our operatives that Apophis has been given our location."
"Guess he's trying to make up for the last few months." Says Daniel.
"An attack fleet is being assembled."
"How long will it take him to get here?" Asks Jack
"Less than a day."
"We have to speed up the evacuation." Says Daniel.
"We're gonna send them through the Gate." Answers Sam
Jack asks "I thought we were gonna take 'em on the ship?"
Jacob answers "Sam and I have come up with a new plan."
And Sam tells them. "If it works we may be able to wipe out a significant part of Apophis' fleet in one shot. This is a sun that Vorash is orbiting. It's a regular main sequence star with a core temperature of about 15 million degrees and enough hydrogen to burn for another five billion years."
"Yeah?" Asks Jack
"We wanna blow it up." Answers Jacob
"Wow.." comes from Jack, followed by "that's err.." from Daniel and "Ambitious." from both.
Sam continues "Every star is a delicate balance between the explosive force of the fusion going on in it's core which tends to want to blow it apart and the gravitational force of it's mass which tends to want to crush it into a little ball. Now if we could disrupt that balance by suddenly removing some of the star's mass we could create an artificial supernova. The blast wave would expand at nearly the speed of light. It would destroy everything in this system within a matter of minutes."
"Err.. How are we supposed to remove some of the star's mass?" Asks Daniel
"Well. err. this is going to sound a little crazy but we dial P3W 451, it's the planet where we encountered the black hole."
"Wow. That sounds a little crazy." Quips Jack
"Yeah."
"We take the Stargate in the Enterprise and bring it as close to the sun as we can. Then we dial the black hole, enclose the Gate in a force field and jettison it." Says Jacob
"The suns gravity will pull it in, the force field will disintegrate and stellar matter will be sucked through that wormhole like water through a fire hose. Says Sam
"It's likely the Gate won't last long but we figure it'll be long enough."
"Excuse me, but wasn't the Gate on P3W 451 sucked into the black hole a long time ago?" asks Daniel
"Not necessarily. That planet was probably ripped to pieces but it could take years for that matter to spiral into the event horizon especially given the time distortion." Answers Sam
"Either way we'll know as soon as we try to dial out. If we can't make a connection, we abort the plan and get the hell out of there."
"Well, let me think about this a moment, Jacob."
"You're the one who wanted to take more direct measures Jack. The Council's already approved the plan. But it's your ship, which means it's your call."
"Still thinking."
"Sir, this solar system is completely abandoned and barren. Apophis' fleet is on the way. We may never have an opportunity like this again."
With a sigh Jack says "Okay".
Teal'c is sitting at a table in the conference room when Daniel walks in.
"Hey Teal'c. I've been looking for you. There's been a change in plans."
"I have been informed of Major Carter's plans."
"So you understand then that there's nowhere for Tanith to run? This whole planet is going to be incinerated."
"If all goes according to plan, yes."
"Well you don't think we can pull it off?"
"I have great confidence in both Selmak and Major Carter."
"But?"
"Twice I have had the opportunity to avenge the murder of Shau'nac. Twice I have let Tanith slip through my grasp. I have failed Shau'nac."
"That's not true. You let Tanith live so the Tok'ra could use him and it worked. And now we're about to take down Apophis and the largest Goa'uld fleet ever assembled."
"It will be a great victory."
"That's right."
"And knowing what Apophis did to Sha're would you not trade it all for the opportunity to crush the life from his throat with your bare hands?"
"Well, I'd be lying to you if I said I'd never thought about it but that doesn't mean I'd do it, given a more rational option."
"In the future I will not be capable of such restraint."
Jack, Daniel and Teal'c are in the elevator headed to the Enterprise's bridge. When they exit, Ronson tells them.
"The last of the Tok'ra have been evacuated and the Stargate's been loaded into the Shuttle bay. We're good to go."
"Setting course for the sun. I'm picking up the fleet on long range scanners. At current speed they'll be here in 68 minutes." Says Major Gant.
From the science station Sam tells them "The timing has to be precise. Once we're close enough to the sun we'll slow to 5 percent light speed and release the gate. That should give us more than enough time to get away."
"How much advance warning is Apophis gonna have?" Asks Jack
"They won't be able to detect the Gate on their screens and they won' know Vorash is deserted until they're in orbit. By then it will be too late." says Jacob
Outside the shuttle bay, Jack and Sam go to dial up the Gate. Over the intercom Jacob tells them "we're in position. Slowing to 5 percent light speed."
Sam answers "shuttle bay's gravity is off and the bay is depressurized. Initiating remote dialout sequence."
"Drive field is off, ready when you are."
Turing to Jack Sam says "it worked. The Gate on P3W 451 is still active. Engaging force field." As she sighs.
"Something wrong?" asked Jack
"No. I've just never blown up a star before."
"Well they say the first one's always the hardest," she looks at him, "they say that."
"Opening the cargo bay doors. Releasing the clamps. And the Gate is away."
Jacob is sitting at the science staion, "Gate trajectory on course. Alright time to go. Prepare to open a jump point." Just as a goa'uld ship suddenly decloaks and starts firing. Daniel is sitting at the communication station "what the hell's that?" Just as Jack and Sam exit the elevator.
"What the hell was that?" asked Jack
"We're under attack. Teal'c, weapons." Turning to his chief engineer, "bring the drive online now." Yells Ronson
"It can't be Apophis, it's too soon." Says Jacob
"Armors holding at 80 percent, acquiring target. It is an Al'kesh. A goa'uld mid range bomber." Says Teal'c
"It must have been cloaked."
"Weapons are charged. Returning fire."
"She's too quick. Here she comes again Teal'c."
"Firing."
"They took a direct hit, they might be damaged."
"Hey, whose 'they' anyway, Jacob?"
"I have no idea, Jack."
Teal'c says "O'Neill, the ship appears to be heading for Vorash, We must not allow Tanith to escape."
Ronson tells major Gant "follow that ship."
"Sir, when that Gate reaches the sun."
"It's not gonna make any difference if Tanith escapes and tells the other system lord what we done to day, Carter."
"However we have superior speed and maneuverability." Says Teal'c
"Alright there she is."
"Jacob you are right. The ship appears to have been damaged."
"Let's put her out of misery."
Teal'c targets the Al'kesh with all six pulse cannons and send a barrage into the ship and very body sighs in relief as it turns into a cloud of hot gas.
On board the Enterprise Jack asks Carter how long and she tells them they have less than an hour. Colonel Ronson orders the Enterprise into hyperspace were they move to about a light year from the star and wait for the explosion.
On Vorash Tanith is walking onto the dunes to await the alkesh. When he see the flash of light in the sky when the alkesh he is waiting for blew up.He thinks it's the Tau'ri ship being destroyed.
On Apophis' Mothership, Apophis is talking to Tanith.
"Were are you?"
"I'm still on the planet, my lord."
"Where are the Tok'ra?"
"The attempt to stop them from escaping was thwarted however I have managed to procure a gift which will make the journey seem worthwhile."
"And it is?"
"The death of the SG1 when the Al'kesh you sent blew them up my lord".
"You have done well we will be there in a few minutes."
"I await your arrival."
The sun went nova early
On Apophis' mothership the First Prime yells "My Lord." As Apophis' ships are being wiped out. At Apophis' command they engage the hyper drive. In hyperdrive they are suddenly being thrown out. Apophis yells at his First Prime.
"Report!"
"We must have caught the tail end of the blast wave. It knocked us off course. It may not be possible to return. The navigational computer isn't recognising any of the star patterns. According to these readings we've traveled over 4 million light years."
"Impossible."
"We're not even in our own galaxy anymore, my lord. The explosion must have somehow affected the subspace window created by the hyperdrive. Given our current position, and maximum hyperdrive speed, it's gonna take us 125 years to get back. Long range sensors are picking up another ship."
Apophis was never seen again.
The Enterprise got some interesting Info on how a nova affects hyperspace and that their Armour on the ship could withstand the plasma bombs of an Al'kesh and their cannons could at least take out an Al'kesh. They dropped off Jacob at a near by Star gate and went home.
A month after getting back form Vorash Carter got a Call from Area 51, it seems that Forge had change the inside of the tardis again. So the SG1 went to check it out. The observation room had changed again, the table that had appeared when Forge gave then the EMP rifles was gone and the windows were back. They looked in to the dock area and saw it was twice the size as before and there were some new ships in it and a note on the window in the form of a packing list. Your are now the proud owners of two large freighters, one Cruiser, one Scout/Escort, one Battleship and one Through-Deck Carrier. And like before each was in its own dock.