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Chapter Twenty One Tremarste
20 JAN 2016
TERRA, SPRINGFIELD
The Phoenix dropped out of hyperspace in orbit of Terra. Colonel Ronson had been standing as a century over Earth for the past four years. He had taken a few trips to Reach in the early years but hasn't left earth in two years. With all the defense satellites in place now Earth was protected. There were still ships on patrol from all the countries. So when a mission came up he was more than eager to take it on. Even if it was only as a tour bus. Senator Armstrong was sending his daughter to out to set up his offices on Springfield. He was going to be keeping an eye on things a little closer.
"Welcome to Springfield Miss Armstrong. I hope your trip out here was a pleasant one. We have arranged quarters for you and your staff in our new complex. There are office spaces on the first two floors and apartments on the other three floors. We have also a singed a security detail for you. Lt Scott is in command of the detail with Sargent Greer as his second. They will be here shortly." Walter informed her. "I am CMSgt Walter Harriman personal aid to General Carter. She asked me to greet you this morning cause she was detained by other matters. General Carter will see you after you get settled in."
"Thank you, CMSgt Harriman, I'm looking forward to working you as well. It was a good trip my first time to travel in a spaceship. My father will be here in two weeks he had other matters that took precedent. So where is this Lt. Scott?" Chloe Armstrong.
"I am right here. Sorry I was at the new complex making sure everything is prepared. Sgt Greer is there now along with the rest of the security team. We will take you there now if you are ready." Matthew Scott said as he gestured in the direction of the complex.
"Yes thank you we have had a long trip. So why is there all the security?" Chloe asked.
"Well Miss Armstrong we are at war and this is a forward base. There are still some places that are going to be off-limits. We are to show you around and protect you if we come under attack. Until you and your staff get familiar with your surroundings you will need to be escorted." Lt Scott informed her.
"Well, that will be fine as long as it is you that will be my personal escort." She gave him a wink as they started walking.
"Those are my orders, Miss Armstrong. So if you don't mind follow me." Scott said with a wave of the hand.
22 JAN 2016
Tremarste
TA/SS ADAMS
The TA/SS Adams was the first CE-200 to be completed but was the third hull that was laid. The CE-200 was a hundred seventy-five meters and forty-six meters wide and twenty-eight meters tall. With interstellar hyperdrives armed with five double rail guns and six single with four Asgard powerful beams and six low-grade point defense beams. Two drone tubes with five hundred drones each. Asgard shields and cloak. There is a set of transport rings and Asgard transport beams. A small hanger with two Raptors. The CE-200 can have a crew of seventy-five and carry up to a hundred fifty people max before taxing the life support systems.
It is commanded by LCDR Michael Moore from the US Navy. He was on a destroyer until he got transferred. The time he was on the USAF Washington for six months. Now on this smaller ship with only twenty-five crewmen, things were a lot quieter and not a lot to do. They had been in hyperspace for twelve hours now with two more to go. The plan was to inter real space well outside of the solar system. Then slowly move in toward Tremarste. From the information that had been gathered from the prisoners, there was a satellite detection system that was in place around the orbit of the fifth planet. The Asgard had a star chart of the system be that it was a few thousand years old but the computer was able to extrapolate the best place to exit. It would then take three days to get to the Aschen homeworld. The mission was planned for ten days and there was on backup. If they were detected they were to leave as fast as they could and not to engage the enemy.
Walking on to his bridge LCDR Moore asked. "How long till we drop out of hyperspace?"
"Three minutes and twenty seconds." Came a disembodied voice. Then the hologram of Alice appeared standing next to the Commander.
"Very well then. Ok, Major Horn, I want the cloak up as quickly as possible. Chief Nelson, we will use passive sensors only. Keep an eye out to see if we were spotted after we exit hyperspace." He commanded as he took his seat.
"Eye eye sir." Came the responses
"Dr. Stone is this phase-shifting device ready?" He asked looking to where she was seated. He still hadn't got used to all the new stuff at his disposal. They had done many drills in the last three weeks.
"Yes, Commander the device is ready." Dr. Stone replied. She had worked with Carter on the Merlin device for the past few years.
After they dropped out of hyperspace on the far side of the solar system. Engaging the cloak as they did. They started with passive scans as they slowly approached the planet. They watched as six to eight transport ships per day came and went. There was very little communication between them. The space around the planet was full of elementals in clusters of five and ten. There were three other battleships on patrol.
After two days they saw that there were twelve massive space stations around the planet. Each one had six shipyard space docks with new ships being built each one. Some were the carriers and the battleships that had been seen. Four other ships were new. There was a massive station that was spitting out the Elementals at a rate of four per hour. In orbit were fifteen carriers and eight of their battleships six of their crew transport ships that looked to be ready to be deployed. With the others not to for behind.
"Alice is there any sing of be detected?" Moore asked.
"There does seem to be an increase of scans around the planet. It only started in the last half hour. It would be wise to not stay any longer then we have to." Alice said as her image came to life on a nearby monitor.
"There is a battleship coming straight at us." Major Horn reported.
"Doctor Stone I think now would be a good time to activate the device." Came Commander Moore.
"It is now activated, Commander." Dr. Stone informed him.
The battleship kelp coming till it was nearly right on top of them. It came to a stop and continued to scan the area. Then it turned and went on in a different direction. The Adam had stopped all its scans and was drifting on its last inertia headed toward the planet.
"It seems that they may have a way to detect us. Any other ships moving toward this location?" Moore asked.
"No other ships are coming this way. This could just be a routine patrol route. It is also possible that we may have been detected when we dropped out of hyperspace." Alice said.
"That was two days ago. Why would it take so long to start looking for us if that's the case?" The Commander asked more to himself than anyone in particular.
"It is only a thought but they may have only detected our echo when we dropped out of hyperspace and it could have taken them this long to figure out what it was. Our cloaks may not be detectable we may have just dropped out to close to the system." Major Horn said.
"That is a sound theory it will need to be tested," Alice stated.
"That will have to wait for another mission. What is it with that whole on the planet?" Commander Moore asked.
"It would appear that is the hole that was opened up to the black hole planet. My records show that is why the Aschen have attacked Earth and it's colonies. According to the information we have obtained from the prisoners on Cerberus. Some of them have been quite talkative lately about their homeworld and history. The latest update was just before we embarked on this mission." Alice replied.
"Yes, and they do not possess the ability to track ships in hyperspace as we do. The disruption of a hyperspace window is detectable. However, they shouldn't have been able to detect us from that for out. I've have read the reports as well, Alice." The Commander stated.
"Of coarse Commander." Alice committed.
On the surface, they could see there was a hole that was forty kilometers in diameter and hundreds of kilometers deep. There was a steady stream of ships dumping in material in the hole. There were only a few billion people on the planet though it looked like it should be over twelve billion. The whole planet was covered with buildings some looked as if they had fallen. There was sings that earthquakes had occurred recently.
After making five orbits around the planet they watched as two ships dropped out of hyperspace. They were cargo ships that moved into the atmosphere over the hole. They opened up their holds dumping in more material. These were the same type of ships that were captured at Langara. LCDR Moore had seen enough and ordered to pull away they still had three other worlds to check out.
"Major I believe we have seen all we need to. Plot our course out of here. We will continue to watch them until we will be able to make our jump. Doctor, turn the device off and we will test if they can spot us or not." Moore ordered.
"Are you sure Commander? We can test it at a later time." Dr. Stone asked.
"Yes, Dr. Stone I'm sure. We need to know if the cloaks have been computerized. If they come our way we will know and in gauge it again. Alice, keep an eye on their ships and communications. If any signs of them knowing where we are here let us know right away." Commander Moore said.
"Yes, Commander," Alice confirmed the order.
There was nothing noticeable from any of the Aschen that they were noticed. Two days later they entered hyperspace and sent their report to Springfield. They had two more planets to check out before they could go home. They were too fine out the strength of the Ashen and how many planets they had with a population on it.
24 JAN 2016
Tremarste
Aschen Space Station
"Commander Neela our long-range sensors detected a brief anomaly at the outer edge of our space. It was not reported immediately by the duty officer. I found that it was only noted in the daily logs. We are still analyzing it even now. From what I can tell it was a hyperspace window. There was no ship that we could tell. The probe has been replaced and we are going through it looking for any malfunctions." Jarro reported as she walked into his lab.
"You believe there was a cloaked ship?" She asked looking over the screens.
"It is a likely conclusion. There are many other items to rule out as well, however. We know that the Goa'uld's cloaks can be detected however, we were unable to detect the Earthers ships when they attacked took Langara. We have not yet been able to determine this new power source that they now have." Said Jarro in a flat unmoving tone.
"So you think that it was the Earthers? If that is the case then there could be a ship in orbit as we speak. We will have to expedite matters now. We have nearly completed the fleet. We have to double our effort to complete them. Our source has identified more of their worlds. We now know where two of their more populated colony worlds are. I will go talk to the Kleeson to inform them of our findings. It will take them some time to form a decision. We shall get our revenge on the Earthers for what they have caused us." Nella concluded.
"We have a sufficient amount of elementals and carriers. The battlecruisers are what we're needing the most. With the new destroyers, we will have ships to match that of the Earthers. We have increased their firepower fivefold and with the new shields. We should be able to stand up to them better in battle as well." Jarro said pulling up the schematics.
"Yes but we now have more enemies then we first planed for. The Earthers have made many allies since we first encountered them. With our failed attempt on the Earther's homeworld. We have put our selves in a bad way. We have been isolated for too long." Nella said.
24 FEB 2016
Tremarste
After weeks of debates, the Kleeson decided to move forward on the attacks. They had two planets known to belong to the Earthers it would take weeks to reach them.
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