P3X-475
Dr. Frank Bartkowski was eating a corned beef sandwich and drinking a nice bottle of iced tea when all the scanners on the jumper went nuts. There were over 50 contacts and two of those were the size of a battleship and were registering as heavily armed. "Major Hailey!" screamed Bartkowski, "We have a problem. Over 50 ships just appeared in orbit and two of those are warships of the battleship class." "Scan those warships, see what their capabilities are. I'm on my way" replied Hailey. Major Hailey then commanded, "everyone back to the jumper, we have incoming unknowns."
Bartkowski called out, "unknown ships have a large number of chemically propelled guns and several larger rail guns. No shields detected. Sensors show they have a very primitive form of a wormhole drive for their FTL. I'm reading some 47,000 human life forms and a small number of human life forms that have a synthetic signature. Kind of similar to that of the Asgard, but definitely human." Hailey walked into the jumper followed shortly by the rest of SG-2 and the scientific team. "Get me the Hammond, we need backup on this one. She should be able to handle the warships if this ends up as a shooting first contact and engage the cloak. I don't want to be detected by these guys" stated Hailey.
The face of Colonel Samantha Carter soon appeared on the Jumper's communication screen. "Jennifer, what can I do for you?" asked Carter. "Colonel, we have a fleet of unknowns that just jumped into orbit using a primitive wormhole drive. I'm getting some interesting readings from some of the passengers of those ships" replied Hailey. Hailey and Carter were two of a very few outside of the Asgard research team that were aware that although the Asgard had blown up their home world in the Ida Galaxy, they had downloaded their conscientiousness to an ultra secret facility on the Nox home world. The Asgard research team consisted of over 5,000 of the top scientific minds on Earth, researching a way to build new Asgard clones that would enable them to return and re-build their civilization. Some of the readings on these synthetic humans showed some promise. "We are on our way, ETA about an hour" responded Carter. "Stay cloaked in your Jumper and avoid contact with the unknowns."
Civilian Raptor, Unknown world
Lieutenant Margaret "racetrack" Edmondson was flying the civilian escort down to this unknown world that had been nicknamed "New Caprica" due to its similarity to the original Caprica. Alongside her was was Pegasus XO Major Kendra Shaw, they were being rewarded with some downtime to enjoy this lush and green world. Technically, they were escorting 6 orphan children ages 8 - 12 as well as Dr. Baltar and his wife, Caprica six. However, there was little on this world that could be considered a true threat to them, so this duty would be easy and relaxing.
The raptor exited the low hanging clouds to reveal a lush green landscape. Their target was a collection of ruins located near the planet's equator on the smaller eastern continent. Racetrack could make out an group of trees near the ruins that appeared to be apple trees! Her stomach growled with anticipation as her mouth began to water. About 5 meters from the surface an alarm rang out loud. There was a problem with the fracking engine! As the raptor touched down, there was a loud bang. "Fracking piece of junk civilian ship!" exclaimed racetrack. "The engine blew out. We're going to need a repair team if we are going to get this heap back into orbit." Major Shaw then relayed their situation to the Galactica. "Understood, a repair team will be sent your way in about 90 minutes. Galactica out." replied Petty Officer Dualla. "Ok, everyone out" commanded Major Shaw. "Don't wander too far away. The survey team reported that the apples on those nearby trees were perfectly edible, so enjoy!" stated Shaw.
The children, 4 girls and 2 boys, as well as racetrack and Shaw made straight for the apple trees while Baltar and Caprica walked over to the ruins. Margaret Edmondson took an apple from the tree and bit into it. It was unbelievably sweet and delicious. She was in heaven.
Battlestar Galactica, in orbit of Unknown world
Lieutenant Felix Gaeta called out "Dradis contact! One ship just appeared 12,000 kilometers from the edge of the fleet. It's almost identical in size to a Valkyrie class battlestar."
"Any Colonial transponder from that ship" asked Admiral Adama. "Negative sir. Also, the energy signal is completely different from any Colonial ship I have ever seen. Also completely different from any Cylon ship I've ever seen. That ship is putting out a tremendous amount of power. I've never seen anything like it" came the reply from Gaeta.
William Adama was stunned. As he looked at Lieutenant Gaeta's dradis station, he could tell that this vessel was generating a massive amount of power, at least 10 times the power generated by the Pegasus. "Dee" shouted Adama, "send hostile challenge on all wireless frequencies."
USAF George Hammond in orbit P3X-475
"Attention unknown vessel, this is the Battlestar Galactica, identify yourself or we will fire on you." Colonel Samantha Carter looked at the information gleaned by the Asgard sensors. These ships were no threat to the Hammond. Any one of the Hammond's weapons systems would tear these battleships to pieces. However, Sam couldn't help but notice that many of the ships, including the Galactica, were in desperate need of repair. "My god, this is a refugee fleet" she thought silently to herself. "Put me on speaker, Captain Franks and tell Hailey that she can de-cloak" commanded Carter. "Yes Ma'am!" was the quick reply from Franks.
"Galactica, this Colonel Samantha Carter commanding the United States Air Force vessel George Hammond. We are responding to a call from one of our teams investigating the ruins near the stargate on the planet below. We desire peaceful contact."