[There was a lot of changes here not overly so. But this was pieced together from my early notes. I sorry if it seems a little repetitive I did get lost some here my self. Overall it is not to bad there is work to be done here. This is still a work in progress until set in stone or hard print. Hope it is a good read please let me know.]

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Chapter Four New Lessons

18 March 2014

Sol 1 Earth, USA

Over the last eighteen months, the war with Aschen had been mostly uneventful with only minor engagements. They lost nine startup locations and three that were well established with all personal lost. The hundred twenty-eight lives was a costly price to pay for the lessons learned and learned she did. They now have developed defensive satellites with the early-warning sensors. With the 302's being the most abundant ships they would first put in an airstrip near the base camp. With only a team of eight to ten men, would set up a small mining site. If the enemy shows up they would evacuate in the 302s till a rescue ship could be sent. Carter had even captured six Al'kesh from the Lucian Alliance and after some minor repairs, they were used to evacuate the larger sites until the next line of ships comes out.

After a year in office, President Kerry had announced the Stargate program in his State of the Union address the nation. Once the cat was out of the bag. He was able then to throw the United States into high gear. Giving Sam the much-needed manpower and supplies. With four modified 303 type cargo ships making runs to Reach which was one of the three most protected planets under her command. It was the new training site for all personal and the supply hub. With slower hyperdrives, it would take ten days to make the trip from Earth to Reach. But those days weren't wasted the training classes and PT was a daily activity.

The weeks after the disclosure of the Stargate program there was chaos. Fear, anger, rage was just a few things. The recruiting stations were flooding with people wanting to join Carter's forces. There were a few riots but there were a lot of protests. The civil upset soon changed after the new reality set in. They were given power stations to eliminate the cost of electricity. This would take some time to get put in place though but this was one way to bring the people on board. With the disclosure, there were many other advance technologies to be offered.

President Kerry had dropped this massive bombshell on the world. Otherworld powers were fuming not to mention the IOA for it shined a light on all their miss deeds. When it was disclosed the truth came out about everything. There was even the threat of charges being brought about. Teams of investigators were now going though mission files on the NID, IOA, and others that were part of these criminal activities.

Kerry had also put a freeze on the dollar and prices. A steady flow of volunteers had signed up from laborers, construction workers, scientists, doctors, and engineers. The whole country was getting on board factories began forging the components for the parts need to make the new warships. The universities made all online classes available to those who wanted them. Everyone was working as one even though there were a few protests but that even stopped. Carter had five colony worlds and one hundred eighty out post-mining sights most with less than twenty men. But she now had three shipyards not counting the ones on earth.

19 March 2014

Sol 2 Terra, Springfield

USAF HQ

Now that ten cities were going up around Springfield people started calling the planet Earth-Two but Carter was wanting something else. She and Kerry had discussed the naming issue and came up with Terra Prime for Earth and Terra for Springfield and Terra Minor for New Angeles with Reach being Terra Nova. With the idea of calling themselves Terrains. Tau'ri never felt right to Sam as it was a name from the Goa'uld and Earthling sounds so dumb. It was time to give Earth a fitting name.

With the now eight 304's she was starting two build a fleet but knowing that three wasn't even able to defend Earth in May of 2012. When Earth lost one ship and the other two were severely crippled. If not for Sheppard and Bra'tac coming to commandeer more Earth personal for Atlantis. Things would have to be very different now. With only their help was the attack disrupted. She was going to need ships and a lot more of them before being able to take the fight to them. She also needed information on the enemy. So for all she knew was that they had fast ships and used drone fighters. Did they field an army? How many ships did they have? How many worlds did they have? These were things she had to find out. She sent a request to speak with Lord Bra'tac to see about getting any information he may have from the attack on Earth. SG-2 had returned and reported that they talked with Teal'c the now First Prime of Bra'tac had said he was off-world and would send a data burst to set a time for a meeting. In the meantime, there was work to be done.

She would need mining sites the more the better. The SGC had many working sites before the IOA had taken the stargate. They had also taken over most of them before the US could get the word out to hold them. There were formal complaints filled be without starting WW III there was nothing to be done. But there were still three working sites but they were only Naquadah mines. With the mines at the Springfield system and Tollana was the most productive. The Gama base was sending teams out to get soil samples and do aerial surveys with some new UAV's. It would take weeks to complete a planet but they would not be able to search the entire system. Unable to send out ships for all the exploration there nothing else she could do.

A month had passed since the disclosure when Walter walked into her office. "Excuse me, General Carter?" He asked getting her attention. He knew she was reading the latest incident reports which had seemed to become more often now as it would seem that the Aschen was now on the move.

"Yes! Walter, what can help you with?" Carter said looking up from the morning's reports. They lost another site that night to the Aschen. Lucky for them that the USAF Revere was in orbit when two Aschen carriers had dropped out of hyperspace and began to deploy its Elementals drone fighters. At the same time as three large drone Spheres came floating out of the stargate. Each of the drones leasing twenty anti-personal killing Kenobis. The captain ordered a retreat and beamed all the teams on board then launched the nukes at the site. Initiating the scorch earth directive leaves nothing behind.

"We have received a message from Teal'c 'Lord Bra'tac will receive our emissary at med morning on Dakara in three days.' Shall I send a reply?" Walter asked. "That will be in two days at 0200 hrs for us here General." He adds seeing the look she was making to come up with the time. Using Earth standard time the days on Springfield there were 32hrs long and it would take near three years to orbit its sun.

"Yes thank you, Chief. Tell them that is acceptable to me. That I'll see them then." Carter said. "Make my arrangements for me please Chief and send word for Mitchell to come to see me ASAP."

"Are you sure you need to go, General?" The Chief asked not liking the thought of her going on the fact-finding mission.

"Yes Walter I need to go we need information and I know he will give it to me if I ask." She told him. "I can not let just anyone go at this time. Time is short and if we communicate through a mediator it will be a waste of time. Just clear my schedule."

"Yes, Sir. I'll see if I can find General Mitchell for you." He replied he would get him to stop her.

Three hours later Cam came it to her office. "Morning Sam. I'm guessing you heard that we lost another one," he said as she gestured for him to have a set. "This makes three this month. Just when we are about to start up they show up" Sounding even more down than usual.

"Yes, I've read the reports on it earlier. But that's not why called for you. I received a message from Teal'c. That Bra'tac well meet we me in two days. I will need an escort detail prepared. You will be going to Reach to form a task force to send to retake Langara. Since the attack, we haven't been able to contact Jonas or anyone else from there. I've sent word to Earth and have request help from the other nations. Russia was the only one that has replied to my request. They well send the Chekov and Vaselov to aid us. I'm sending you to take command and you are to take the Hammond as your flagship while taking the Icarus, Kawalsky, Langford, Revere, and Glenn. Leaving the Phoenix at Earth and the Washington at Reach. We have the Tollan ion cannons here and we are far from any of their current activities. We can not let them keep Langara if they learn to control the instability of Naquadria it could be very bad for us." Sam told him.

"Haven't thought of that." Making a thoughtful expression on his face. "But are you sure we can send so many?" Cam asked not liking that at all but he was wanting to start taking the fight back to the Aschen as much as Sam was. This constantly retreating wasn't how he was.

"If we had more I would send them in to. I plan to see if Bra'tac can help as well. But we cannot count on it. The Aschen are ahead of us in a lot of ways. Langara has been hit hard with in the past. They have been there for near a month now. There is no telling what has happened to all the Langarans, in that amount of time. After the Ori, they were having a hard time to even feed their people. We were sending aid before the attack now its time for us to act. If there is any hope of saving any of them."

19 March 2013

Sol 3 Terra Nova, Reach

USAF Training Center

Corporations in the US was wanting access to the new opportunities that were being offered. They were bidding on jobs that the President had offered, of which Carter was reluctant to let them go off-world to most of the mining sites. During this time of war but it was needed to boost the manpower. So they made agreements that she was in charge and anyone they sent could only go to her worlds and they would be granted contracts for after the war. She knew that there was no way she could pay them for their services so they would deal in credits like war bonds. Based on the US money one dollar equals one credit. Off-world for those that were in the military would get all they needed but for the few things that weren't needed they would use their credits.

The groups of civilians businessmen from agricultural to weapons designers. They were greeted by Alec Colson, Major JJ O'Neill and a squad of marines. They would be touring some of the sites for future endeavors. JJ as he was called to not be confused with his progenitor. Was given the rank of Major do to his physical age but was being fast-tracked up the ranks after jumping through the hopes so to speak. Each of the new arrivals had signed a none disclosure agreement even though the stargate wasn't a secret anymore but there were still things the other nations didn't need to know. As with any military bass of a nation.

New Angeles and the Gamma site was off-limits. They would spend a day on each of the other four worlds then end at Springfield where Carter would give out her goals for the future. Then they would head back to Earth to work out the plans.

Earth now had five new systems to protect there was Springfield, Reach, Tollana and Pennsylvania which was one of their oldest mining sites. It is also being planned to be the next colony world as well. The groundwork was just taking off. With an airfield and a new 302 production plant. There was also a small farming town being built to house the civilian workers that were to come. Tollana had three new cities being built with each planed by the Tollan people.

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