Chapter 5: Through the looking glass
Location Milky Way Galaxy
Earth, Colorado U.S, Cheyenne Mountain Complex, SGC.
O'Neal sat in the conference room as he heard the reports that the rebel Jaffa leader Brai'Tac had supplied to Teal'c.
Teal'c continued disclosing Brai'Tac's report "It seems that the Ashen federation is taking advantage of the weakened state of the Systems Lords & remaining Goa'uld. as they have taken over worlds that were previously Goa'uld colonies. They have used their bio-weapon in more than one occasion in order to rid themselves of whatever native population is present.
O'Neal grunted at that, he remembered well the weird incident of a letter getting through the StarGate from himself in the future no less. And he also recalled how true that letter turned out to be when after first contact with the Ashen & finding out their true agenda they attempted to launch just that weapon through the StarGate and given the fact they somehow gained control of the Iris, it had indeed been a hair raising moment, but thankfully SG-1 got to disable the weapon before it was launched.
"What about the Tokra & the Serrakin-Hebradan alliance are they doing anything about it?"
"So far the Tokra have done little if anything about it & the Serrakin alliance, other than taking in refugees have done nothing."
"Well that just dandy, if that's what they are doing with all & their capabilities. What are we supposed to do about it, given our own limited capabilities to deal with this. We have to contact them both and try to get them in a more proactive role. Otherwise on our own all that we can do is tighten up our collective asses and hope that Hammond's little fleet can withhold an attack by the Ashen."
"The Ashen prefer to strike primitive worlds with no defenses of any kind, so Earth would probably be last in their conquest bid."
"Maybe but I rather try to workout a deal with the Tokra and the Serrakin Err Hebridans whatever to work together with the rebel Jaffa and us. To counter the Ashen's plans. Than to wait for them to strike."
Major Samantha Carter interjected " We can go on an away mission to Hebridan in order to start talks with their government about this issue, we'll be ready in about 2 hours."
"You are cleared to go Major with my blessings. Daniel & Teal'c will accompany you as always."
Teal'c, Major Carter and Dr Jackson got up from the table to prep for the away mission as Major Carter is about to leave she says a final though to O'Neal
"We'll get through this Cmdr. We always do."
"I know Carter. I know. Oh! And by the way that's supposed to be my line Mayor.
"Yes sir!"
As she left, Cmdr Jack O'Neal almost felt sorry that he had been such a pain in the ass to Hammond when he was commanding the SGC. It's definitely not the same when you're on the receiving end.
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Planet SGD: PXZ-698
About 25000 light years from Earth
The Stargate roared to life on the desolate world and from the artificial wormhole newcomers from a galaxy far, far away began to come out.
For most of them the trip through the wormhole had been disorienting and nauseating and had to take time to recover. But Tenel Ka leaped out of the StarGate like a panther and a fiery smile showed on her face
"Wheehoo, let's do that again!"
Everybody looked on; the warrior woman from Dathomir rarely had ever cracked a smile in her life.
The Devaronian began reading his handheld instruments "Mistress according to our chronometers we are not only 6 million light years from our own galaxy, but 6 million years in the future!"
"What! Check the instruments again it has to be a malfunction."
"I already have mistress its no malfunction the equipment is working fine, we are indeed 6 million years in the future!"
"Phew! Now that's something you don't do every day."
Tenel Ka had experienced encounters with strange beasts and had fought so many battles that she had lost count, but experiencing something like traveling millions of years into the future was decidedly not one of them. It was puzzling to think that everybody that she knew in her home galaxy was at the timeline she was now in, way long gone. "Dial back now!"
"Yes mistress!"
The Mon-Calamari researcher interjected " Milady the Device back at our timeline had been plugged to a power generator. According to my readings the built in power unit of this device does not even come close to supply the kind of power we supplied the device back home."
"So what, we are stranded? No! I need options, now!"
"May I suggest using the probe's power unit to boost the power level in this device."
"Do it, immediately!
"Aye, were on it!"
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Serrakin-Hebridan Alliance
Hebridan SGD: P4X-131
The Reunion with the council of the Serrakin-Hebridan alliance had yielded little if any results, Major Carter had sure had better days, given the council's intransigence on the subject Teal'c had gone to Chulak to talk to Brai'Tac about deploying more warriors and ships to defend the once Goa'uld colonies from further attacks by the Ashen. But she knew that already the rebel Jaffa were at their limit. She and Dr Jackson had to convince the Serrakin council that they needed to act and that time was not on their side. As she pondered the day's events on her chamber. The door buzzer sounded "Who is it?"
"Its Warrick, may I come in mayor?"
"Sure Enter"
"I want you to know mayor, that me and my colleagues are doing everything we can to get the council to approve your proposal and will continue to do so. We understand the seriousness of the situation but as you know there is still plenty of division and mistrust specially between the humans and our species in Hebridan."
Warrick and Carter had become very good friends after participating in the Hebridan space race and it was there that she and the rest of SG-1 learned first hand of the deep divisions between the humans and serrakin living in Hebridan, as they were the main cause for a major clandestine sabotage operation during the race.
"I understand Warrick and thanks. But they have to understand that this is a threat that cannot be ignored for long. Time is running out Warrick. For all of us!"
"I know major and we will do whatever is necessary to get the approval as soon as possible."
"And call me Sam or Samantha Warrick, we have been friends for quite a while now."
"Understood and I'd prefer to call you Samantha, Sam sounds like a man's name."
"Then by all means call me Samantha. My dad has usually calls me Sam, but that's probably in part because he always wanted a boy."
"Have you heard from him?"
"Not for a while, the communications with the Tokra have been sketchy at best."
"You must miss him..."
"Yeah... I do..."
Warrick tenderly reached for Carter's hand. At that moment the door buzzer sounds once again
"Yes!"
"Sam its Daniel may I come in."
"Of course, enter"
As Daniel enters the room he sees both Warrick and Samantha holding hands "Am I interrupting something?"
"No... You're not
Major Carter quickly released Warrick's hand. Warrick also adds on "Not at all..."
"Ok... They just told me that the council is going to meet again in about 4 hours in an emergency meeting."
"What happened?"
"Apparently the Ashen got brazen enough to attack an alliance outpost."
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Planet SGD: PXZ-698
Hurriedly the engineers of the team began to adapt the power module of the probe into the power source of the device "Were done milady, we can try to dial out now."
"Do it!"
The Devaronian dialed in the control panel the address of their home galaxy as in the device back home all 9 locking mechanisms activated before the artificial wormhole roared once again to life.
Tenel Ka ordered to send a transmission immediately.
"Are we getting anything?"
All of a sudden the holocommunicator received an incoming signal.
"Yavin 4 station here we copy, are you all right milady."
"We are indeed and so very happy to hear you!"
Everybody cheered when they saw the hologram of Yavin 4's Dig site. Tenel Ka went on "We need you to dial back in and send a good power module like the one at your end."
"Milady?"
"We have not only gone to another galaxy, we have also gone to the future, 16 million years in the future to be exact!"
"That's... That is remarkable milady!"
"Tell me about it! And do it ASAP we don't know how long the probe's power module is going to hold and we don't want to become stranded so far away and in the future no less!"
"Understood, we are on it."
Location Milky Way Galaxy
Earth, Colorado U.S, Cheyenne Mountain Complex, SGC.
O'Neal sat in the conference room as he heard the reports that the rebel Jaffa leader Brai'Tac had supplied to Teal'c.
Teal'c continued disclosing Brai'Tac's report "It seems that the Ashen federation is taking advantage of the weakened state of the Systems Lords & remaining Goa'uld. as they have taken over worlds that were previously Goa'uld colonies. They have used their bio-weapon in more than one occasion in order to rid themselves of whatever native population is present.
O'Neal grunted at that, he remembered well the weird incident of a letter getting through the StarGate from himself in the future no less. And he also recalled how true that letter turned out to be when after first contact with the Ashen & finding out their true agenda they attempted to launch just that weapon through the StarGate and given the fact they somehow gained control of the Iris, it had indeed been a hair raising moment, but thankfully SG-1 got to disable the weapon before it was launched.
"What about the Tokra & the Serrakin-Hebradan alliance are they doing anything about it?"
"So far the Tokra have done little if anything about it & the Serrakin alliance, other than taking in refugees have done nothing."
"Well that just dandy, if that's what they are doing with all & their capabilities. What are we supposed to do about it, given our own limited capabilities to deal with this. We have to contact them both and try to get them in a more proactive role. Otherwise on our own all that we can do is tighten up our collective asses and hope that Hammond's little fleet can withhold an attack by the Ashen."
"The Ashen prefer to strike primitive worlds with no defenses of any kind, so Earth would probably be last in their conquest bid."
"Maybe but I rather try to workout a deal with the Tokra and the Serrakin Err Hebridans whatever to work together with the rebel Jaffa and us. To counter the Ashen's plans. Than to wait for them to strike."
Major Samantha Carter interjected " We can go on an away mission to Hebridan in order to start talks with their government about this issue, we'll be ready in about 2 hours."
"You are cleared to go Major with my blessings. Daniel & Teal'c will accompany you as always."
Teal'c, Major Carter and Dr Jackson got up from the table to prep for the away mission as Major Carter is about to leave she says a final though to O'Neal
"We'll get through this Cmdr. We always do."
"I know Carter. I know. Oh! And by the way that's supposed to be my line Mayor.
"Yes sir!"
As she left, Cmdr Jack O'Neal almost felt sorry that he had been such a pain in the ass to Hammond when he was commanding the SGC. It's definitely not the same when you're on the receiving end.
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Planet SGD: PXZ-698
About 25000 light years from Earth
The Stargate roared to life on the desolate world and from the artificial wormhole newcomers from a galaxy far, far away began to come out.
For most of them the trip through the wormhole had been disorienting and nauseating and had to take time to recover. But Tenel Ka leaped out of the StarGate like a panther and a fiery smile showed on her face
"Wheehoo, let's do that again!"
Everybody looked on; the warrior woman from Dathomir rarely had ever cracked a smile in her life.
The Devaronian began reading his handheld instruments "Mistress according to our chronometers we are not only 6 million light years from our own galaxy, but 6 million years in the future!"
"What! Check the instruments again it has to be a malfunction."
"I already have mistress its no malfunction the equipment is working fine, we are indeed 6 million years in the future!"
"Phew! Now that's something you don't do every day."
Tenel Ka had experienced encounters with strange beasts and had fought so many battles that she had lost count, but experiencing something like traveling millions of years into the future was decidedly not one of them. It was puzzling to think that everybody that she knew in her home galaxy was at the timeline she was now in, way long gone. "Dial back now!"
"Yes mistress!"
The Mon-Calamari researcher interjected " Milady the Device back at our timeline had been plugged to a power generator. According to my readings the built in power unit of this device does not even come close to supply the kind of power we supplied the device back home."
"So what, we are stranded? No! I need options, now!"
"May I suggest using the probe's power unit to boost the power level in this device."
"Do it, immediately!
"Aye, were on it!"
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Serrakin-Hebridan Alliance
Hebridan SGD: P4X-131
The Reunion with the council of the Serrakin-Hebridan alliance had yielded little if any results, Major Carter had sure had better days, given the council's intransigence on the subject Teal'c had gone to Chulak to talk to Brai'Tac about deploying more warriors and ships to defend the once Goa'uld colonies from further attacks by the Ashen. But she knew that already the rebel Jaffa were at their limit. She and Dr Jackson had to convince the Serrakin council that they needed to act and that time was not on their side. As she pondered the day's events on her chamber. The door buzzer sounded "Who is it?"
"Its Warrick, may I come in mayor?"
"Sure Enter"
"I want you to know mayor, that me and my colleagues are doing everything we can to get the council to approve your proposal and will continue to do so. We understand the seriousness of the situation but as you know there is still plenty of division and mistrust specially between the humans and our species in Hebridan."
Warrick and Carter had become very good friends after participating in the Hebridan space race and it was there that she and the rest of SG-1 learned first hand of the deep divisions between the humans and serrakin living in Hebridan, as they were the main cause for a major clandestine sabotage operation during the race.
"I understand Warrick and thanks. But they have to understand that this is a threat that cannot be ignored for long. Time is running out Warrick. For all of us!"
"I know major and we will do whatever is necessary to get the approval as soon as possible."
"And call me Sam or Samantha Warrick, we have been friends for quite a while now."
"Understood and I'd prefer to call you Samantha, Sam sounds like a man's name."
"Then by all means call me Samantha. My dad has usually calls me Sam, but that's probably in part because he always wanted a boy."
"Have you heard from him?"
"Not for a while, the communications with the Tokra have been sketchy at best."
"You must miss him..."
"Yeah... I do..."
Warrick tenderly reached for Carter's hand. At that moment the door buzzer sounds once again
"Yes!"
"Sam its Daniel may I come in."
"Of course, enter"
As Daniel enters the room he sees both Warrick and Samantha holding hands "Am I interrupting something?"
"No... You're not
Major Carter quickly released Warrick's hand. Warrick also adds on "Not at all..."
"Ok... They just told me that the council is going to meet again in about 4 hours in an emergency meeting."
"What happened?"
"Apparently the Ashen got brazen enough to attack an alliance outpost."
Location: Milky Way Galaxy
Planet SGD: PXZ-698
Hurriedly the engineers of the team began to adapt the power module of the probe into the power source of the device "Were done milady, we can try to dial out now."
"Do it!"
The Devaronian dialed in the control panel the address of their home galaxy as in the device back home all 9 locking mechanisms activated before the artificial wormhole roared once again to life.
Tenel Ka ordered to send a transmission immediately.
"Are we getting anything?"
All of a sudden the holocommunicator received an incoming signal.
"Yavin 4 station here we copy, are you all right milady."
"We are indeed and so very happy to hear you!"
Everybody cheered when they saw the hologram of Yavin 4's Dig site. Tenel Ka went on "We need you to dial back in and send a good power module like the one at your end."
"Milady?"
"We have not only gone to another galaxy, we have also gone to the future, 16 million years in the future to be exact!"
"That's... That is remarkable milady!"
"Tell me about it! And do it ASAP we don't know how long the probe's power module is going to hold and we don't want to become stranded so far away and in the future no less!"
"Understood, we are on it."