Enter the Emperor's chosen
Chapter 2

Authors notes:-
Oh look technical Questions! But first I'm going to answer "Huh"'s wonderful questions:- The Grey Knights wiping out Xenos? They're not there for that. The Ori as chaos? Sorry but the Ori aren't involved yet, the Grey knights are simply there to kill… Well that's giving the story away isn't it. Just read this chapter to find out what is happening. Oh yes and don't forget my answer to the Eldar is that they are the Asguard after several thousand more years of engineering (more on that next chapter but if you what a detailed background now you find it in The Emperor's Key over in the Buffy crossover section). As for the Blackstone fortress's they could have been built by anyone. I think they are point defence satellites like the ones found in orbiting Atlantis but that's just a thought. The whole Deathwatch requirement isn't required at this point. This takes place as if the events of The Emperor's Key occurred.

Now on to the science. Eldorado Dingbatti (cool name) wanted to know how the Grey Knights gloves materialized before the rest of him. I site artistic licence. If you want a better explanation read this little bit:- They were told that an iris was going to close over the gate so they entered theirs already pushing. They were materialized on the other side pushing it open and bending through the gap they created. Alright it's not probable but it is possible.

Chapter 2

Teal'c watched the gate spinning up and gritted his teeth. The news he was to bring the Tau'ri was not good. In fact he was certain it would be taken in the worst possible light. Hiding a smirk he imagined what O'Neill's words would be; "Oh so a bunch of Jaffa have stopped worshiping the snake heads and they found someone else. Great that's a brilliant idea. And what's this, they wish to wash clean the stain of humanity with rivers of blood in he name of their new god? Oh well that's going to be fun." As the final chevron locked he looked to Bra'tac. 'They will not be pleased.'

'That is true but they must know.' He replied. Teal'c entered his GDO code and they stepped through

The pair were unprepared for what was on the other side of the Stargate. Five large men were guarding the gate, all of them carrying weapons that should have been far too big for any one man to use. Bra'tac gasped out a short curse; 'The Knights!'

Teal'c almost stepped back into the incoming wormhole. The Knights were a legend. Bra'tac was one of the few Jaffa who had witnessed them before and had passed on the stories. No one knew which Goa'uld they served only that they came through the Stargate and destroyed all who opposed them. Their armour was invincible to all but orbital bombardment and their small arms could shoot down death gliders.

'Dev-squad 4 Aim. Intruders surrender and identify yourselves.'

Looking at the arsenal in front of him he knew that a single wrong twitch would obliterate him. Bra'tac had already put down his staff and was removing his Zat from his wrist 'I am Teal'c, free Jaffa and member of SG-1. This is Master Bra'tac.'

'True free Jaffa are granted access. I am Brother-Sergeant William Sunset. Proceed to the bottom of the ramp once you have removed all weapons.' As Teal'c did so he wondered what had happened to the rest of SG-1.

Sam knew her eyes were open but she couldn't see anything. She had woken up in some sort of black room and something was stopping her from moving any more than breathing. Even that was difficult and the air tasted strangely clinical with a hint of rust. She tried to speak but could barely hear herself: 'Where am I?'

'You are awake. That is good. I will activate the external speakers.' Whoever it was they sounded friendly but in command. 'I am Brother-Apothecary Ephesus Iain.'

'What happened?' instantly she sounded normal but her body was still trapped.

'The commander rendered you unconscious to assist in the procedure. Do not try to move.'

'What procedure? Why can't I move?'

'We understand that you will wish to help us in our mission but your weapons will be less than effective. To use ours you need to be augmented. The suit we have put you in will assist you. Now follow my instructions.' he paused for a moment. 'Slowly raise your left arm from your shoulder.'

'I… I can't what have you done?' She started to panic no matter what she did the most she could do was breath.

A new voice answered 'We have placed you and your colleges in the power armour we brought for you. Unfortunately you are too old for the standard interface so we are using an external neural mapping artefact. Please attempt again, slowly.' She did and this time her arm actually moved with what she guessed was a suit of armour. 'and lower. Thank you.'

'What sort of interface and to what?'

'We have encased you in a Sister of Battle pattern of mark eight power armour holy one. Is it your wish that I expand?'

'Just who the hell are you?' this was humiliating and a dim part of her worried about exactly what they had done.

'I am Tech-priest Tiberius Riker. Follower of the Machine God. I believe I must explain; power armour is too heavy for a normal human to move. Even the reducted patten you are wearing. Within are micro-motors that assist with mobility however to do so they must be activated. Most space marines are equipped with a direct interface to their central nervous system however you are not of the required age and we must take the suits with us when we leave. We are using ancient devices that you first built for your control over the suit.'

'That I built?'

'Yes, holy one, we are from what you would call the future.'

Commander Cole frowned as the sound came again. The small office apart from the viewing room had a red device that flashed with the sound. The portal was too small for him at first but he was able to widen it. Pressing the button he realised it was a primitive com-net interface. 'Jack! I've been trying to reach you. What's happening? You ordered a base wide lock down and then nothing.'

'Identify yourself .' Marcus ordered

After a brief pause the man spoke again. 'This is General George Hammond of homeworld security. Who are you?'

'Commander Marcus Cole of the Adeptus Astartes chapter Ordo Malleus.'

'I demand to know what you have done with my people.' General Hammond obviously had no concept of true rank structures. At best he commanded the equivalent of an Imperial Guard garrison. During this mission the only being he answered to was the God–Emperor himself.

'Your demand is insolent. You undoubtedly believe you can retake this base with minimum casualties. I warn you that is not possible, your crude weapons can not penetrate our armour. I must also inform you that whatever extreme measures you could take will be ineffective.'

'I doubt that.'

'Do not. General O'Neill will contact you as soon as he is available.'

Jack clunked around the storage room they had woke up in. He was getting used to the armoured shell he had been sealed in but he still didn't like it. Carter was already awake when he came around and started babbling to him about micro motors and normal interfaces or something like that. Eventually she convinced their guards to let her go to her lab and run some tests on what ever this stuff was made of.

'Jack, your braking the floor. Try not to stomp so much.' Danny was the next up and about for all the good it did. The super-geek was busy trying to read the inscriptions on the oversized shoulder pads. As far as he could tell it a new name written in some form of gothic Ancient. He was "Learned One" and Jack himself was "Warrior Leader".

'Danny, I'm wearing a battleship's worth of armour. Stomping is something I can't help.'

'So am I Jack. I'm not breaking anything.'

'Not since you stopped trying to sit down.' Jack waved at the two broken chairs Danny had demolished with his ass.

There was a sudden buss in his ear, and from the way Daniel's helmet twitched the same happened to him. 'SG-1; I am using the Vox-net. This is Cole. You are required in your briefing room.'

'Charming. This guy has got to be the worst house guest.' Jack muttered before clunking off out of the store room. He was determined not to here Danny's response of '..stolen your crown.'

Carter met up with them outside the lift next to the gate room. 'Any luck?' Asked Daniel. Jack watched Carter shrug. Her armour was decidedly less encompassing than theirs, while the armour was mostly a black corset she had white fabric falling the length of her arms and an ankle length skirt. her legs were encaced in what looked like knee high leather boots but the way she walked in them and the sound her feet made told him that they were metal. the outfit's wide, gold lined, shoulderpads ended in points at the same level as her high collar. To top it off she wore a black/gold helmet. Jack would have shot himself before admiting it but she looked very good in it.

'Nope, well yes and no. I know that the power plant on our backs could charge the base for centuries and that most of the decoration is what it looks like. Wax seals, gold chains and the like but the actual armour is something akin to ceramic concrete…'

'I thought it was metal?' Jack interrupted as they passed the landing half way between floors.

'…made with metallic elements bonded like super tough plastic.' Jack could tell she was smiling but couldn't see her face past the two tone helmet. 'Another thing is that it seams to absorb and reflect directed energy like the Kull warriors armour. Enough force might punch through this stuff but you'll have more luck with a jack hammer.'

'Great.' Jack mutterd as they walked up the steps, looking up he hit his head against the inside of his own helmet. 'This is no good. There has got to be a way to get these helmets off… Oh hi T, master Bra'tac.'

Teal'c looked at the three of them 'O'Neill? What has happened here?'

He pointed at Cole. 'This guy just invaded us, knocked us out and locked us in these suits. You know business as usual. How about you?'

'Their heavy weapons team is guarding the gate. We were captured as we came through.'

'Nice. So big guy what you doing back so early.'

Teal'c opened his mouth but Cole answered for him; 'What brings them is the same reason as to my presence. A Dark Prince of Chaos has used the current unrest to gain a foothold in this dimension. Unless he is stopped today the future of humanity is at stake. The God-Emperor gave me this to show to you what is at stake.' he placed a small box on the table.

'Executing program. Holographic recording initiated. Playing message' he box chirped before a small crystal rose, held by an arm attached to the side of the device. In the empty seat at the head of the table a man dressed in the same type of bulky armour as Cole faded into view, he was looking at the box. Jack saw the Commander kneel towards the image. Glancing around he realised all of the Marines were bowing.

'Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson and Teal'c. So much of the early expansion is thanks to you my old friends.' He stood up and walked to them. 'So much you fought for was lost. So much sacrificed. You have many questions and I have the answers to all of them.'

Jack knew it was nothing more than a recording but for a moment he felt as if the man in front of him could see him, not just what he looked like but through him. Shocked he joked about removing his helmet.

'I know you better than you think Jack. You didn't notice I left a gap for you to make a witty remark.' Turning a way with a smile he addressed the Commander. 'Show the general how to remove his helmet. I'll wait until he is comfortable. Oh and Dr Jackson please don't try to sit down. The seats here won't support your weight any more than the others upstairs.'

'Carter please tell me this is a live transmission. Somehow. Please.'

'Before she answers that, this is a recording. Any more of an explanation would only confuse you, and her for that matter.' The image said as it sat back down on the head chair.

The Commander showed him a hidden button inside his collar that unlocked his helmet. Once he had got it off and had a breath of "base fresh" air he waked behind the image, waving a hand through the head.

'Yes I am a hologram Jack.' It muttered as he walked all the way around to stand at the opposite end. Danny and Carter flanking him with T. and Bra'tac standing with their backs to the stairs.

'Alright we're ready.'

'Sorry Jack couldn't hear you. I'm not there remember.' To his left Carter burst out laughing for a moment what was worse was that Jack could have sworn that Teal'c smiled at that lame joke. 'I believe an explanation is long over due. I am the Emperor of Mankind and have been for at least the last 20 thousand years. The year is, when I'm recording this 42m 375. Or by your calendar 42,375. Just over forty thousand years into the future, or so.

'I used the Earth gate, and a solar flare I created, to send a company of my personal guard to stop the forces of Chaos before they destroy us all. Any questions?'

'Lots but I'll start with how are you doing this?' Jack glared at the hologram.

'Are you familiar with the phase Hok'tar? The advanced human? Over the millennia humanity has evolved to a point where individual lives can last hundreds of years. One of these advancements has lead to psychic powers developing in many but certainly not all humans. Commander Cole is one such endowed human.' He waved at the kneeling mass of metal.

'Right. Advanced humans with mental powers.'

'Sir there is a precedent for such a thing you remember Jonas's ability to see the future and Cassandra's powers while under the effects of the mind fire.' Carter explained.

'There were also the experiments Nirti performed and the ascension of the Ancients.' Teal'c noted.

'Okay so it could happen. Are you one of these "Hok'tar" guys then? Or are you a God' Jack tried to keep his voice even. He needed to know just what sort of person this Emperor was.

He just sat down and stroked his chin. 'As the ant is to the whale you are to me. That does not make me a God or you anything less than a man. My power is great and my word is law for countless trillions of humans through out the galaxy. Do I see myself as a God? No I don't. Can I stride the heavens at will? Smite the dark Gods who deserve the name? Am I solely responsible for the fate of this galaxy and every life in it? Yes I'm afraid I am.'

End Chapter2