"Sir, we are dropping out of hyperspace.". An aide said to general O'Neill, commander of the fleet being sent to relieve Atlantis.
"Thank you Lt., open a channel to the city.", the channel was opened and Jack was met with the now familiar face of Dr. Elizabeth Weir, one time commander of Stargate Command. "Hello Elizabeth, may I present your salvation!", he said with a flourish.
"Glad you could make it Jack, we have two scientists down here who are very eager to meet your guests, shall I send them up?" she replied with a grin.
"Of course, I'm sure Daniel wet himself when you said we had finally arrived." Jack was going to add more but he was cut off.
"Damn it Jack I did not wet myself!" Daniel yelled indignantly, earning a chuckle from Sam and a rare smile from Teal'c.
"Whoa! Easy there champ, I'll beam you guys right up.". Jack made a motion to one of the men on the bridge and in a flash of white light Daniel, Sam and Teal'c were on the bridge, just in time to watch the Wraith fleet drop out of hyperspace. "Battle stations, stand by to engage enemy fleet.". Jack was immediately back into soldier mode, Apollo and Starbuck were escorted to the bridge as promised to witness what would hopefully be a victory for the UEA. "Unidentified Wraith fleet, this is General O'Neill of the United Earth Alliance Vessel United States, this is your first and only warning, turn back or we will open fire." Jack said, more confidently than he felt, this was his first time fighting the Wraith and he did not know what to expect.
"Humans of Atlantis," the wraith started "your resistance is futile, soon we will feast on your bodies, unless you give us Atlantis. I await your answer.".
"That was a little overdramatic, and you will never take this city while our men defend it," Jack replied. The face of the Wraith disappeared from the screen and darts began to pour out of the hiveships. "Launch fighters," Jack said, "bring shields online and arm weapons, all ships, fire at will.". Hundreds of F-302+ fighters joined the fifty or so puddle jumpers and engaged the wraith darts, leaving the capital ships to the rest of the fleet. The United States was the first to fire, her forward batteries erupting as 100 Mark-VIII missiles launched towards the wraith fleet, the energy cannons developed by area-51 scientists opened fire as well, pouring death onto the first wraith cruiser, obliterating it in a mere thirty seconds. The Washington had engaged two more wraith cruisers and was slowly chipping away at them, luckily, so far the wraith weapons were unable to pierce the shields on the larger earth ships. The first wraith hiveship to be destroyed had been caught in a crossfire between three Prometheus 2 class ships, rocket impacts blossomed on the hull of the huge ship before the entire thing was engulfed in flames. The Churchill was launching her third wave of missiles at another hiveship that was already partially destroyed. Apollo and Starbuck watched, mouths agape as the shields in front of the bridge absorbed the explosion from a kamikazi attack by a dart. Three more wraith ships had been completely destroyed before the first alliance vessel exploded, the Prometheus 2 class vessel Warspite was overwhelmed shortly after her shields failed, only a few of her crew managed to beam down to the city before her destruction. Jack ordered the United States into the thick of the wraith formation, they were launching missiles as fast as possible and had destroyed two of the enemy hiveships before the rest jumped into hyperspace. "Report!" Jack barked at one of the men watching a monitor.
"Sir, we have 20 confirmed capital ship kills, it looks like 7 hiveships and 13 cruisers, our pilots are also reporting that they destroyed the majority of the enemy fighters.". The man replied.
"What are our losses?", Jack asked.
"We lost the Warspite, the Crossbow, the Nottingham Prize and the Ranger. The Phoenix sustained heavy damage and will have to be repaired planet side, the Churchill and the Washington also need extensive repairs, all other ships only suffered minor, if any damage. We also lost 12 of the Falcons, along with three more that need spare parts, and that's it sir.". the man stated.
"Very well, order the parts we need sent through the gate, and begin the funeral operations for the fallen soldiers.". Turning Jack was met with the faces of Apollo and Starbuck, both looked shocked, chuckling he said, "I bet your ships can't do any of that, can they?". Both pilots shook their heads dumbly in response. "Well, I have stuff to do and I can see that Daniel and Carter are dying to have a chat with you so, why don't you all go to their quarters while I have a chat with Thor.". Sam, Daniel and the two colonial pilots turned and walked off the bridge while Jack sent a message to Thor, asking him to stop by Atlantis as soon as possible. Sighing, as a result of the blank pages that the UEA military used to write reports sitting in front of him, he began to write about the coarse of the battle.
Earth:
General George Hammond sat in his office looking over the report of the battle that Jack had just sent over. "I can't believe we only lost four ships." he thought to himself, still there were a lot of good men and women on those ships in the first place, it was a shame that another enemy had to show itself so soon after the last war. Hammond was pleased to note that there were minimal casualties among the civilians, those who had been killed dies as a result of wreckage from the Wraith fleet falling towards the surface. Getting to his feet he prepared to walk the hundred yards or so to the president's office to present the results of the battle.
Onboard the Victory:
Cameron Mitchell sat in the captain's chair contemplating how to initiate contact with the phantom fleet. The entire thing had appeared shortly after the two scout ships arrived, the two military ships at the fleets center seemed to be on high alert, judging by the amount of energy they were putting into their sensors. Mitchell was about to try and communicate with them when two more large ships appeared in much the same way as the previous fleet had. These newcomers didn't look the same as the original fleet, and judging by the missiles that they launched at the fleet they weren't friends either.
A/N: Sorry about the cliffhanger (no I'm not), haha guess you will all just have to wait and see what happens next, but I want some more reviews first...please. Questions and opinions are welcome.