[Well every season has one in it where someone wants to blame someone else for their problems. This is no different plus this also gives a recap on what we have and what's to come. Things are going to start happening again real soon so keep on with reading. This one has turned out to be a long one as well. But it has a lot of information.]

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Chapter Nineteen Politics

30 SEP 2015

EARTH, TERRA PRIME

WHITE HOUSE

Seated behind his desk President Kerry was waiting on General Carter to beam in. She was running late but he had just gotten word that her ship had just arrived. That she would be down shortly. Then there it was the blue flash she was wearing her dress blues and carrying her laptop along with some file folders. Setting down the stuff on a nearby table.

"Sorry, Sir." She greeted him. "There was another distress call from one of the outposts we had setup. It seems that the Aschen may be on the move again. That was the second one this month."

"So it would seem. Did we have any casualties?" Kerry asked.

"No Sir all our people are okay. They were able to evacuate to the Raptors. We only lost some equipment this time." Sam replied.

"Raptors?" Ask the man setting in the big armchair in front of the President. Sam had just noticed him as she sat the files she was carrying on the President's desk in front of her.

"Yes, it is what they have started calling the X-320's. So we have now dubbed them R-320 for recon. They are proving to be even better then the helicopters are here. Alex Bolton has even downsized some so that we can transport them through the stargate. We have replaced the rocket busters with the new larger aerospikes making it possible to reduce the wing size. They can fold their wings down to move it through the gate where they can then use it to do whatever is needed to be done. This way our people can hide in them and are even able to make it to another world if needed. They can carry twenty people plus a crew of four. They may not be a puddle jumper but they are close." Sam explained to the man.

"I see. Well, this will be an enlightening meeting. Are we having any luck with defeating the Aschen yet?" He asked Sam not knowing who he was but being here he must be important.

"Yes, I believe we are. We have learned that with enough kinetic energy we can take down there larger drone spires and even the smaller ones. Their ships are impressive and we can take them on as well. Our problem is their numbers. We don't have them they do. One on one we win every time. The Legos as they call them can come together thus increasing their strength. We are working with the Tollan to make a phase-shifting missile to get past their shields. Our drones can do it but it takes a lot more than the ones like the Alterra's uses. I'm sorry but I don't believe we have ever met?" Sam asked the man then looked at the President.

"I'm sorry Sam this is Alan Armstrong. He is the Senator from California and the newly appointed head of the Appropriations Committee now. Senator as you may already guess this is GAF Samantha Carter." Kerry said as they shuck hands.

"It's a pleasure to finely meet you. I have been reading up on your file I must say it is impressive." Armstrong said then sat back down.

"Go ahead and have a set, Sam," Kerry said as he waited for her to sit. "He is here to get the updates for Congress. I asked him to join us on our quarterly meeting. So please continue."

"Thank you, Senator. It's nice to meet you." Taking a seat in the other chair in front of Kerry's desk. "Well as I was saying whenever we have three or four of our 304's. We can hold our own against one or two of their carrier ships even with their battleships. But when they have more than two carriers and battleships we need more our selves. Otherwise, all we can do is pull out or take heavy loses." Sam Grimaced when she saw his face. "Our new ships are almost ready we are in full production now. The R-320's are a great success now being deployed on the mining worlds and used to scout out new worlds for resources that we need."

"Why are we still scouting other worlds for resources when form the reports there is an abundant resources' in the Sol 2 system?" The Senator asked.

"Well for starters we are mostly looking for other resources so we can then lay claim to the world. As with the agreement with the IOA we have to place a marker near the gate so other nations don't claim it. We are keeping small teams there to do surveys. If we ever lose our main resources we will have a fallback." Sam replied.

"Yes, I remember my tour last year. I thought they would be ready by now Sam." The President stated bring them back on topic. "So how many ships do we now have and when are the new ships going to be ready?"

"We now have ten 304's with three that's in production. The last of them will be completed, in three months. That will give us a baker's dozen as my Dad would say. We now have five of the HH-303C's two that are making runs between Earth and Terra Nova. While the others are going between our other worlds. On Terra Miner at the New Angeles shipyard. They are building the R-320's well as the last two 304's the other is being built at the Groom Lake facility here on Earth. They then will start on the medical ship MS-400 and the explorer ship ES-450 though these are not the priority. They have two EC-200's that are 96% complete now. While at our space dock at above New Angeles we have four of the FE-350's in production as well as two CV-750s. The 350s are 75% complete while the 750's are only 50% complete. At the Gama space dock, there are four BC-550's they too are at 50% completion. The yard on the surface we have eight CE-200's with four at 50% while the other four are at 80%. At the space dock over Reach, we are building the troopships. These are the TS-650 and the TT-600."

"What are the Troop ships for when we can use the stargate?" Alan Asked.

"The Troop Transport TT-600 well carry twenty-five hundred men. While the Troop Support ship will carry all their equipment for a forward base. This is for when we need troops on the ground and we do not have access to the Stargate. We are also planning to use them as new cargo ships. With a little resigning the TT-600 could serve as a space liner after the war. They are heavily shielded but only have point defenses weapons. We will cover them with the rest of the fleet when they are deployed."

"I see. So tell me, General, how are we paying for these ships and what is their purpose I haven't read up on them yet so please fill me in." The Senator stated.

"Well, with our mining we have found gold diamonds and other gems. Plus we have leased drilling rights to the five largest oil companies. We have leased out many of the new patents to other manufacturers for the civilians' use. With the use of the Matter Beam installation technology, the manufacturing cost is minimal now. Compared to when we had to do it all with manpower." She paused then continued. "The CV-750 is a Carrier Vessel it will be Commanded by a Major General or high rank. It will serve as a capital ship of a task force. We plan to make six of these for now over the next four years. It will have four main hangers for a hundred and twenty F-302s and thirty-two R-320s. Each hanger will carry forty 302s and eight R-320s. There is a maintenance bay under the main deck. With twelve lifts on each side to lower them up and down. At the back, there are five decks to what some call the station house like a fire station. This is where pilots on stand by can wait with locker rooms, rack room, lounge and a briefing room on the flight deck. The fourth and fifth floor is for the deck control room and control room staff. The ship is just under 750 m long, 560 m wide and 350 m high with the two vertical Asgard hyperdrive power cores. We should get across the Milky Way in a matter few hours to the Pegasus galaxy in less than a day or so once in the void. It's not as fast as the Asgard be close."

"Well that is impressive but if the Asgard gave us their data core with all their knowledge in it. So why not just build one of their ships?" The Senator asked.

"Yes they did but they put in safeguards in so that we have to learn how to do the math before we can take full advantage of it." Seeing the puzzlement on his face. "The Asgard have been around millions of years and have rained over many galaxies their knowledge is vast. It would be like us giving a neanderthal a cell phone we may be able to teach him to use it but he would not be able to make one. The Asgard has placed key portions under lockdown that test us in order to have access it. We can only build two of the five hyperdrives that were on their ships. This was brought to my attention after my task force was taken from me by the Rayn Stevenson. Otherwise, why didn't they just give us their ships."

"I see. So who long do you think it will be before we can make such ships." He asked.

She laughed a bit. "Senator you don't see. We may never be able to build their ships. We can copy them to some degree but it could very well take centuries or longer before we come close to their full abilities."

"Well then. What of these FE-350's and EC-200's. What are they for in the fleet." The President asked changing the subject back whats on hand.

"Well, each of thenCV-750s will have four FE-350 and eight EC-200 as part of there defense screen. The FE is a Frigate Escort it is bigger than the 304 are without the side hanger bays. There is a small bay on the front, that is for four R-320's. It is 350m long 65m wide 45m high. It has the same drives like the 304 but slightly better. It be slower than the CV but will be able to dock under the hangers of the CV-750 and the BC-550 when speed is needed to span the greater distances. While the larger ships can go slower than their escorts. They will not be able to keep up. The F-302's and R-320's will be stored in the maintenance bay clearing the main flight deck so that two EC-200's can land in them. The CV-750 will carry 160 F-302's, 32 R-320's, 8 EC-200's and 4 FE-350's. The biggest thing is that it can build and repair other ships with its own space dock that is built-in on the underside."

"Why would it need to build or repair other ships? Would it be better to do that at one of our shipyards?" The Senator asked in earnest.

"Well, this is a capital ship and while in the Milky Way your right, it would be better for us to use these shipyards. But if we are in another galaxy like when we were in the Pegasus it makes sense to have a forwarded base that can be independent."

"You mentioned BC-550s. Is that like the BC-304s?" He asked.

"Yes, it is. They are Battle Carriers that will have the same duty as the304's. They will be 550 m long 350 m wide 250 m high with the Asgard style hyperdrives. With two of the same type hangers of the CV-750's only 50 meters shorter. These are armed with two drone launchers with two thousand drones. Six powerful Asgard beams turrets, four Tollan improved Ion Cannons twenty low-grade twin Asgard beams turrets, with sixteen missile tubes and forty 75mm rail guns turrets. They will have the same speed as the CV-750's."

"So when are these ships going to be completed and how long will it be before you can take the fight to the Aschen?" The Senator asked.

"It will by the end of next year before the bigger ships are complete. We have the defense satellites around our key world now. So by the middle of next year, we are going on the offensive. They haven't been that active lately. At least they haven't hit us with anything big in awhile. We think that since we retook Langara and Bra'tac took back the worlds the Jaffa lost to them. That they pulled back to rethink their position and rebuild their forces up. They have only been sending the drone Spheres that we have encountered on the other worlds that we were looking to mine. It was like they were doing the same thing."

"You said that your planning to go on the offensive in the middle of next year why wait that long?" Asked the Senator.

"I talked with Lord Bra'tac he is still building his fleet as well and we feel that it would be better to act together and this way we won't leave our homeworlds without ships in case they counter-attack us. We both will have ships to hold in reserve. We will be sending a CE-200 to the Ashen homeworld to see what we are up against there as well to their other worlds. They seem to have ways of detecting cloaked ships. Since Langara, we haven't seen their ships in combat but they were able to see what we could do and I would bet they are trying to find ways to detect our cloaked ships now. So using Merlin's device we have come up with a way to make a ship go out of phase. Though it hasn't been tested yet but with my prior work in the field we are confident it will work."

"Will that's great can we make more of these devices?" Kerry asked.

"Not at the moment, it is something we are trying to do," Sam said.

"Well, why not just put it on a 304 then and go now?" Asked Alan Armstrong.

"For starters, it is too big. When using the device to hide a city like I did when the Ori was about to destroy it wasn't easy. Everything has to stay in the field or it will shut down. With a ship the size of a 304 being in space its constantly in motion and it is too much for the device. With the smaller ship, we feel that it would be easier to keep everything in the field." Sam informed him.

"I see. Well is there any other ships that I need to know about?" Armstrong asked.

"Yes, sir. We are building two BS-700s in the space dock at Terra. They are 85% complete and will be in service in April of next year. Battle Ship these are heavily plated powerful warships that are 700 m long 275 m wide by 300 m high with the Asgard style hyperdrives. There are two two-meter electromagnet projectile weapons at the front. With eight Asgard heavy beam weapons four drone tube platforms, twenty-four low-grade beam tween turrets cannons and ten Tollan improved ion cannons with sixty twin 75mm electromagnet rail guns turrets. By the end of next year, we will have two of the task forces completed. By using them and the 304s to hold our ground. We should be able to end this with the Aschen so we can get back to exploring the galaxy." Sam said with confidence.

"And therein lays the problem. We can't afford to go off exploring as you call it. All you have done is brought us one enemy after another. First the Goa'uld, then the replicators, the Ori, the Wraith, the Aschen, the Lucian Alliance and not to mention even possibly the Jaffa. Where will it end at General?" The Senator was starting to sound more like the last one she had to deal with.

"Senator with all due respect. I would rather face an enemy out there then sit here and wait for them to come here as the Aschen did. If the IOA hadn't stop the production of ships in 2009. We wouldn't be in this problem now. As I have already stated the Stargate program is now founding its self at no expense to the US founds. It is now making money and with corporations investing in off-world endeavors, there is no end to the potential. While I will admit we have found our share of bad guys out there in the past. We have also made some new friends and allies. With the new technology that the program has brought to earth, I feel it was worth it." Sam said. "As for as the Jaffa are concerned they are no longer a threat to us. With all the knowledge we have learned. Our intelligence agency has gathered on them since they went to war with each other."

"How so? What have you learned about them?" Kerry asked.

"They seem to have fallen into a stalemate. They have drawn their lines and seem to be biding time. They both took heavy losses in the first few weeks trying to retake worlds only to lose them again. The FJN only has nine worlds now with maybe twenty Ha'taks left and none of the Goa'uld mother ships. We don't know how many of the Al'kesh or Tel'taks they have left but not many. The other Jaffa has a few more ships but they now hold only six worlds. The rest of the Jaffa have either moved over to Bra'tac or have just scattered. There is one group that has four Ha'taks and eight Al'kesh with ten Tel'tak but they only hold one world and it is the furthest away from the others. They claim just want to be left alone. None of them pose an immediate threat to us at the moment."

"Well, that is one less thing to worry about. What about the Tollan how are they doing now that they have resettled Tollana?" Kerry asked then seen Sam's eyes and the change in her demeanor. "What has happened?"

"We think that they are starting to be divided over Travell's Triad that is coming up next month. Narim asked me if we wanted to be an archon in the Triad for the harm that could have come from her actions. I told him that we would rather not seek any retribution for her actions. He was disappointed but seems to understand. I told him they should break the charges down and do a triad for each point of misconduct. He said he would take it under advisement. The Nox has agreed to be a neutral archon. While Travell has chosen an archon from one of her people to speak on her behalf. The Asgard has agreed to host over the proceeding as mediators. While Narim is still looking for the other archon now. He doesn't feel he can do it himself."

"You were right to turn him down. We don't need to get involved in their internal affairs. It could jeopardize future relations. So what about Pandora how is it doing?" Kerry moving on to the next subject.

"There are close to a million people there now. From servile worlds. We have the food processing plants up and running. They have started growing crops there as well. We have started shipping in food from other worlds to be canned. We should start sending food back here soon as well." Sam informed him.

"You can't be serious. Why would you need to send food back to Earth?" The Senator asked. "As if anyone from here would want to eat it."

"Well, Senator it's not bad food. We have our health inspectors watching over the facility making sure it is prepared properly for our other colonies and bases. It is called trading by the way. There are so many verities fruits and vegetables that are quite tasty that are not found on Earth." Sam said as she looked to Kerry as he snickered. The meeting went on for some time. Afterward, the Senator left to go fill in the committee Sam stayed a bit longer.

"Sorry about that Sam. I know you are doing a great but Congress was wanting an update on the war effort. This is an election year coming and I am behind in the polls. There are some of those that see this war as not going anywhere. They don't want to be fighting a war but would prefer to have us pull back and just protect Earth. Wars are never good during an election year as you may know. If I lose the election you may lose the support you need and that could cost us the war. I know that you were thrown into this by me and you have done a great job so for. But we need to win battles and drive the Aschen back to where they come from." Kerry said resting his hands on the desk.

"I understand Sir. With the bigger ships, it takes longer to make them. We just need more time to complete them. Our training center is doing great but we are going to need more people to man these ships as they are completed." Sam replied.

"Will we have the former President Hayes working on your proposal. He even wants to see you before you leave today." Kerry said then as an afterthought. "How is Colonel O'Neill doing after he was stranded on Pennsylvania?"

"He has cooled down now. He has been working with General Rodgers on some new defense procedures. We have moved in more tanks there plus placing the new ion cannons at the stargates. They seem to be able to take them out the drone spheres with a few shots. General Rodgers has had them build ten new tanks with the Tollan ion cannon on them. So that they are more moveable and easier to get them where they are needed. We have almost complete with the iris factory on Pennsylvania now as well." Sam informed him with a smile.

"Well, that's great news. Sorry, we can't build them any faster here though. How much longer till you start getting them made?" Kerry asked.

"We should be in production by March with one coming out every ten days or so. It's the assembly that takes the longest time. We should have all our worlds covered by June next year at least the ones that have working mines." She informed him.

"That will be good. What about the orbital defenses of those planets?" he asked.

"We have started placing the Asgard satellites in orbit of all our worlds we have an interest in as well as over our allies worlds. If they detect any ships around them we are notified and can dispatch ships to protect them. We have even place some with defensive weapons so they can protect them till more help can get there. Well, other than taking Langara we have been work on the defense of our worlds. While coming up with ways to take action against the Aschen. If we move to fast we may lose more then we gain." Sam said as she looked at her watch.

"Well, Sam this has been one of the most informative meetings we have had. I know you have to meet with Henry so. Thanks for coming here this time instead of as a hologram. Still not used to that yet. But try to get us some more wins if you can please. I hate that it comes down to that to keep me in office. But that is the way things are for now. So tell Henry he still owes me a rematch from when he bet me in golf." With that, they said their fair wells and she beamed back on board the USAF Roosevelt.

01 NOV 2015

EARTH TERRA PRIME

USAF ROOSEVELT

The day after her meeting with the President she was to meet with former President Henry Hayes. He had been a fan of the program he got over the shock of learning about it. He and George Hammond had been friends a long time so it didn't take long to trust that he was doing. Hayes had just beam aboard and was showed his way to Sam's office.

"Ah, General Carter its good to see you again." He said with a big smile as he came into the office.

"Mr. President its good to see you too," Sam said as they shuck hands.

"Please, it's just Henry now Sam. It is ok I call you Sam right?" He asked.

"Yes, you may. How have you been?" She asked as they sat down.

"Been doing great. I haven't had as much free time as I thought I would after not being President thanks to you. But I love staying busy it keeps on my toes." He said opening his briefcase on the desk. "I have good news we have twenty countries signed on with your proposal. They have all agreed to keep it quiet until we are ready to announce it. As you requested I have not talked with the UK, China or France yet are you sure they have been compromised by the Goa'uld?" He asked.

"Sure no. But the Tok'ra said that they have been and until we are sure I don't want to tip our hand too soon. The Chinese have taken control of the IOA with help from both France and the UK why else would they go against us with stealing the stargate. Russia has tried to move against us but I feel they are regretting it now. From what we have learned they no longer use the stargate in the IOA's complex. But use ships as we do. So that leaves us to believe they haven't been compromised and since the last time they were they have put in stricter safeguards to prevent it." Sam replied.

"Well so are we going to move on to the next phase then?" he asked.

"We still have a few more places to put in place for now. So keep working on getting us the support that will be needed to form the new Alliance. Langara and Pangar are wishing to join. While there are are other worlds that wish to fall under its protection. We just need all nations to join before we can move on any farther." She said. They talked on some of the more pressing issues on forming the new Terrain Alliance and Protected Planets Treaty Pact. This would allow other worlds to either to be protected the Alliance or join the Alliance or be Allies with the Alliance. This is to unify Earth under one banner in the galaxy.

{There will be a tech sheet added to the story at the end or I will post it as a new story and add information on all races in the story. If I do that before completion of the story it will be fluid I will have to update it as more stuff is made up. So if any questions just ask. I will answer either in the story or privet message. Thanks for reading more coming.}