[Here is another chapter that had to be reworked in there may be some repeats of earlier chapters. I have tried to make this fit back into the story by not messing up the time flow. Here we are tying into ROTA some more. I am almost to where I want it to be, so.]

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Chapter Twenty Three Old Enemies part one

24 SEP 2016

Sol 2 Terra, Springfield

USAF HQ

It has been two-and-a-half years after the President had announced the existence of the Stargate Program and the war with the Aschen. It has been going on now for nearly four years. There were few conflicts for the first few years and there was no communication of why they had attacked. After Langara, they had learned that the high Kleeson their ruling body of government had blamed them for the deaths of millions. After given them a gate address to a black hole. The destruction had nearly destroyed their planet. They were able to gain some information and were able to shut the gate down before the whole planet was sucked through it.

While 2013 was a year that Sam and Mitchel used to start the building of off-world bases for the training of new personnel. There was little action on their end. There were numerous attacks from the Aschen on many worlds. Many of Earths other countries had lost planets to them even Sam had lost some. The Free Jaffa Nation was hit the hardest causing many Jaffa to flock to Bra'tac the first of the new order of System Lords that would all be Alterra. He too was busy building his forces so that he could bring peace for all Jaffa and the galaxy as a whole.

In 2014 the Aschen had captured Langara after learning of Naquadria. Sam had sent Mitchel with all available ships to free the planet. Afterward, they learned that Sam's long-time friend Jonas Quin was missing and presumed dead. For he was last seen running to the stargate but he never made it through. The building the gate was in was bombed to keep it out of the enemy's hands, burying it under the rubble. The Aschen had seemed to do a withdrawal and were only seen on a few of the mining worlds.

While for the most of 2015 things had been quiet as well, with only a few fights here and there like on P7T-882 known as Pennsylvania a little over a year ago since the Aschen's attack that had trapped JJ O'Neill there for awhile. With only seven other outposts that were hit two of which were lost with all hands. Cam had been on the Revere when two other worlds of the Free Jaffa Nation fell under attack. With the limited number of 304's, they had at that time. They had been patrolling the Allied sectors while also searching for fresh worlds that were off the gate network.

They had constructed an iris factory on Pennsylvania, that was now up and running with a new one every three weeks. The first was for the colony worlds and major mining sites. Then the other outposts if they deemed them viable. She was even able to sale some to the other countries for their colonies. Those that were not so lucky as her it seemed were still taking big losses for the Aschen. Things were starting to come together nicely she and Cam were waiting for the other shoe to drop. But with the first three of her new fleets completed, she was hopeful.

While 2016 was another story with many attacks across the galaxy. Like the ones on the UK colonies Yorkshire and Sussex, plus the attack on Earth. Many of the other counties taken hits as well with China and France being the hardest ones hit. Even with the new fleets of ships, the Aschen were ahead of the game they had been slowly moving their pieces in place for years before they first moved against Earth in 2012. With the fall of the Goa'uld and the disappearance of the Asgard. The emergence of the Ori had the SGC and IOA had been busy, that no one had noticed them becoming a threat. Even Bra'tac was unaware of any buildup until he had encountered them at Earth in 2012. Though the Tok'ra had learned that a race of humans was expanding their influence. They had only just learned how big of a threat, that they truly were.

The Ashen had taken new planets into their Confederation by offering them new technologies along with drugs that could expand a human's life by double. From these worlds, some were able to flee not wishing to serve another overlord of any form. They would sometimes find their way to Pandora where they would tell their stories. All those that had came to Pandora had a medical screening and were also screened with the Zatarc Detector in an attempt from letting in a spy. This was also done to all of their belongings.

By this time all the Goa'uld had been removed from the ones that were captured on Earth. They had gotten all the information that they could from them. The people were still being held off-world for security reasons. They were even able to verify some of the information that had been obtained from the Goa'uld. They had learned it was the Chinese or rather the Goa'uld that was behind the bombings of the Aschen worlds. Sam didn't like that at all. The loss of life was too high for they killed all in the area and not just the combatants. The US has always tried to reduce civilian casualties though sometimes it was a necessary evil in war. But Sam and her command believed that time hadn't come yet.

The tides of the war was slowly turning in the favor of Earth and the other colonies. Bra'tac and his Jaffa were the biggest threat to the Aschen they were hitting the most industrialized worlds that had joined with them. This action had the Aschen focused on them more so than Earth.

09 DEC 2016

Sol 2 Terra Minor

New Angeles Shipyard

General Cameron Mitchel, her second in command was out doing a little 'show and tail' for the other brass back on Earth. Cam was escorting General Thomson around to see the new shipyards. He was to take one of the EC-200s back to Earth later this week the TA/SS Baileys for her maiden journey. Of which should only take two days witch bets the ten days on the larger 303 cargo haulers.

"So what do think about the new ships?" Cam asked General Thomson while walking through one of the new CE-200s. "This is just one of the many that are to come off the line. We have has already been deploying the Raptors to all our outposts, with a fresh shipment being sent to Reach this week."

"Yes! Cam, I agree with you there these are some impressive ships. It is a lot more roomer then I had imagined. They looked smaller on paper when they were brought to me a year ago or so I believe it was. When will this one be ready for its preflight shakedown?"General Thomson asks.

"She should be ready in the next few days. Maybe in time for you to take her back to Earth with you. We are starting to have more ships than crews. Reach is training as many as we can get. But we're coming a little short on manpower predictions." Cam stated. "We will need more soon. The CV-750's will need crews of around 600 to be able to operate at full compacity. The two that we now have half that the same story with the rest of the fleet. Not to mention it, but the other ships that are coming online within the next few months. We're going to need more Marines too." Cam explained as they toured the new ship.

"We are recruiting as fast as we can, all of our bases are full, on Earth and Reach has about all it can support for now. We will have to get more support structures up to accommodate more people off-world. Now that we have the troop transport ships we can bring out more people from Earth." General Thomson replied to Cam. Then pat on the back. "You and Sam have done a great job so for. With what you had to start with is for more than I could imagine. We now have five shipyards and three colonies worlds and who knows how many mining sites. We will get you more people in time. Where are we with the Ashen?"

"We have taken six worlds from them in the last few months. They have hit two of the mining sites last week but we were able to repel them. They seem to be pulling back some. The Jaffa seem to have their attention at the moment, they have lost three more worlds in the last few months. With what's left of the FJN it is just a matter of time before they will be run over. While Bra'tac is taking in all that wish to pledge their loyalty to him and more of them go every day. But even he is having issues with housing and the other types of infrastructure. The Aschen have been battling with him on many worlds now. Teal'c told me that they would clear a world just for it to be reoccupied by them again. We haven't seen this for our selves yet but they must have a lot more people then we had figured. " Cam drifted off in thought. Then they heard the speakers crackle.

09 DEC 2016

Sol 3 Terra Nova, Reach

USAF SCTC

Planet Reach was ten days away from earth in hyperspace with the 303 cargo ships, with the BC-304s, EC-200s, FE-350s can make the trips in a few days. The larger ships with the vertical Asgard hyperdrives can do it in under an hour. It was the closest known planet with a stargate that was not inhabited and was not known by the Goa'uld. For there were many worlds that were closer but most were formerly Goa'uld worlds. It was now populated with over a five-hundred-thousand men and women. From the armed services and civilians. It is the third most populated planet under Carter's Command.

BC-304 the USAF Washington was one of four that was being used to train the recruits at the planet Reach. The crews were being rotated out every four weeks, then awaiting for their new assignments. Some were going to be sent to outpost, while others were going to flight school. Everyone does turn on the 304's to inshore their safety on board the battle carriers.

On the bridge of the USAF Hammond, Colonel Anna Shaw sat going over some of the latest reports on the Ashen. The Hammond had just been put back into service since the battle of Yorkshire. They were in orbit over the planet Reach. Where they've been on patrol training the recruits. When an alert sounded at the com. "What is it Major Johnson?" she asks.

"A window is opening off the port bow. IFF reads its the HMSS Acheron of the United Kingdom. Ma'am." Johnson replied.

"Shields up! Open a channel" Anna ordered.

"Open Ma'am," replied Major Johnson.

"This is Colonel Anna Shaw, Captain on the USAF Hammond. Please state your intentions" Anna ordered firmly.

The HMSS Acheron came out of hyperspace over US planet Reach it had been a week since the explosion that killed the British Secretary Allard and they found that he was a Goa'uld. "I'm Captain Blair of the British Battleship Acheron. I have a problem that we need your help with. May I beam over?"

"What kind of problem are we talking about?" Anna came back with a half-smile "Your government has not been very communicative with us here of late."

"We found a Goa'uld symbiote in our Offworld Secretory when he was killed in an explosion a week ago. The explosion was from an overload in some of our last upgrades. We do not know how far up the Goa'uld have infuriated our Government or who we can trust anymore." Blair reported "I have never seen one till then. This is still a shock to me and my crew. Our Dr. Has check me and the crew But we don't have the experiences with this kind of thing."

"Well, this is disturbing news. You may beam over but you will have to be checked out by our Doctor then well talk. I'll contact General Mitchel, to get him involved. see what he thinks. Shaw out" Then Anna gave the cut sing to end communication. "Contact HQ."

"Yes, Ma'am," acknowledge Major Johnson.

09 December 2016

Sol 2 Terra, Springfield

USAF HQ

Two hours later Capt. Blair and Cdr Beckham beamed down to Reach from the USAF Washington while the rest of the crew was being checked for any sing a symbiote. Then a short trip through the stargate and they were on in at the USAFHQ (United States Air Force Headquarters).

In the briefing room sat General Carter, General Mitchel, General Oberdine and General Thomson.

Carter started with "Welcome to Springfield. I hope your trip here was alright? If you would please have a set, and we shall begin." After a moment of introductions, she started. "So I hear you had some troubles with you ship an discovered a Goa'uld symbiote inside your Offworld Secretary after he was killed in an explosion?"

"Yes Ma'am, there was a faulty relay from our last upgrade. This was our first trip out since then." Captain Blair answered. "We were to bring him to our new colony, then to someplace where he was going to tell me after we were underway. I found the coordinates in his belongings, it is far off the gate network supposed to be a new base. I have never heard anything about it before."

"Was anyone else hurt?" Mitchel asked.

"Yes, Sir. He had two aides with him they where both killed also." The captain informed them. "There was no sign of a Goa'uld in either of them though. His guards were there as well but only minor injuries. We have them in a holding cell for now until we know where this is going and how much they may know."

"Good. If you would like we can interrogate them. We have the means to tell if they are lying, it is something we have gotten from our allies the Tok'ra." Carter informed him looking to the others as they nodded in agreement. "We can also send a cloaked ship to the coordinates and have a little look-see. It may be nothing."

"Are it could be the Goa'uld stronghold that we have been looking for." General Thomson chimed in, he was in charge of intelligence but the Goa'uld had just been put higher on the to-do list. "The FJN has been hit harder than us by the Ashen, so they have not been looking for them either. As for as we have heard the Tok'ra have gone back in hiding after their new homeworld was destroyed last month. They still haven't responded to our last inquiry two weeks ago."

"These dammed Aschen just keep hitting so randomly. That we don't even know where to set up our defines." General Oberdine said shaking his head. "We need to be going after them more aggressively."

"We have been General, we just were not ready for this kind of foe. We had just barely got rid of the Ori, when the then Lucian Alliance came for us and now the Aschen not to mention the IOA at home and after the gate was stolen."Carter stated.

"What do you mean that the stargate was stolen?" Commander Beckham asked shocked by what she was hearing.

"Well, that's a long story," Cam said looking at Sam then the others.

"We have lone believed that the Goa'uld are now running the IOA. It goes back to our first years in the SGC when Senator McKenzie tried to shut down the program. Later we find a faction of businessmen were behind it they called themselves The Trust. At first, they just wanted to control the new tech that was coming from the program. After Apophis's failed attack on Earth. They switched gears and went to looking for tech to defined Earth by any means. We shut them down a few times. We had believed they were shut down for good then later they launch an attack on Goa'uld Worlds with symbiote poison after stilling the stargate, by beaming it onboard Osiris's ship that they had found. They managed to escape but not till after we got the gate back."pausing for a moment to let it sink in. "Later we find out that they had been captured and that the Goa'uld had in planted them with a symbiote. Only to return to Earth and place symbiotes within the other members of the Trust, with attempts to start a war between the US and Russia." Carter continued.

After several hours into the briefing, Captain Blair, had found the whole thing bewildering. "That was quite a bit different from the reports in the IOA orientation. They're claiming that it was due to the United States negligence that they had the gate moved Egypt."

"More like they have changed the mission logs that showed them in a bad light in it!" Cam exclaimed. "We were Offworld being held prisoner by the Chinese at one of there bases. Where they had two members of my team killed, Vala Mal Doran and Major Jennifer Halley. They tried to kill me and Sam as well. If not for Teal'c we wouldn't be here. For more than two years we believed our friends gone and their bodies buried from the bast of the self-destruct. We have only just found that the Goa'uld in charge of the bass had taken Vala to be a hoist and a Tok'ra spy was able to save Jennifer by using her as a hoist. It had taken that time in order for them both to survive after the blending." He and Carter looked at one another remembering that time when they had believed their friends to be dead.

"We now know that the Goa'uld has taken over key offices in the Chinese government as well as parts of the IOA. Though we have suspected that they had infiltrated the UK and French governments as well." Carter stopped as another thought came to her. "We've been so focused on the Ashen that we hadn't thought about the Goa'uld. As you have seen, we scan all personal coming in our facilitates with numerous devices to help keep this from happening. But short of going to war with the Chinese I'm not sure what we can do in the interim but try to uncover how far this goes."

"I will be leaving tomorrow for Earth on our new escort the TA/SS Baileys. It is her maiden voyage. It shall be nice to see how she performs. When I get back to Earth I'll inform the President and the rest of the joint chiefs of the situation at hand." Lieutenant General Richard Thomson Head of Offworld Intelligence who had come to Reach to get an update form Carter and to inspect some of the outpost mining sites.

"What should we do in the interim" Asked Captain Blair

"We will give you some ex-ray scanners that can be easily concealed. Place one at your ring room, at least then you will be able to detect if someone is a Goa'uld. After we hear back from Earth, well know more on what to do then." Carter stated, "We will tell your command office that we intersected a mayday and are rendering assistance so as they don't start to miss you. We just don't need to tip our hand too soon. War on two fronts would not go well for us at this point."

"Sounds good. We will continue our repairs and wait for orders." Blair said.

"I'll get a team up to speed to go check out those coordinates." General Oberdine said as he was getting ready to leave. "I'll send SG-1 and SG-6 as back up. Which 304 will be free just in case it gets hot?" He asked looking to Mitchel.

"With the new EC-200's we can send the TA/SS Lantree, have them drop out of hyperspace and send in their Raptors. To get a good scan of the system. To see what we are going to be getting into here. No need to send in the big guns just yet." Cam said looking to Carter her shaking her head in agreement.

"Alright, everyone we have work to do now. So let us get to it" She replied getting up. "So if that's all?" everyone nodded. "Then dismissed."

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