[Welcome back for another chapter. My last one touched back in time a little bit which is something that has always made me wonder about. Sorry about the delays but my muse has gone on strike so I'm having to dig deep to pull these out now.]

[Hope you enjoy it.]

Chapter 27 New Plans

Dakara

JAN 04 2017

Lord Bra'tac had been in his war room for the past few days. Overseeing his ships taking on the Aschen occupied worlds. The battles had been going well until a massive fleet had appeared in the Dakara system. There were thousands of elementals along with control ships with numerous of Aschen battleships and troop transport vessels. He only had three of his H'tels in orbit even with their combined power would not be enough to resist this amount of ships. He had recalled all of his other fleets but it would take time for them to return. He ordered his people into the cities that were protected by powerful shields to weather this storm that was to come.

The Aschen had attacked his defensive satellites destroying them at great losses of their ships. But many more were still dropping out of hyperspace. They had been able to land servile transport platforms on the surface out of reach of his ground canons and he wasn't ready to use his limited number of pesquas. While it would take weeks for an army to cross the uncharted landmass of Dakara it would give Bra'tac time to mount his defenses around his mighty cities that had been constructed in recent years. So when a call came in from Springfield it didn't take him long to respond.

The hologram image of Bra'tac appears "What can I do for you, General Carter?" He asked with a calm demeanor. "I am a bit busy now so please be quick."

"Yes Bra'tac, I am contacting you now to warn of a new weapon that the Aschen has used on us at Earth. It has the same effect that the one that Sokar and Anubis used on us before. It overheated our iris and causes the gate to explode. This one seems to be more powerful than theirs was it took less than an hour for the overload." Sam told him, not to waste any time.

"I see, this is indeed most disturbing news. I will check to see if there is a way to defend against such a weapon. But it would seem that the Aschen has amassed an attack on Dakara now. We have already lost our orbital defenses and they have begun sending ground forces to invade our cities. While blockading the planet with thousands of ships. I have recalled my fleets but they were not able to complete their task before doing so." Bra'tac said dropping a hint to Sam.

"Is there anything we can do? I have two fleets that are ready now. We could be there in a day." Sam asked.

"Yes, there is something you could send you fleets to finish what mine started. They had cleared the orbital forces but had yet to clear the ground forces." He offered.

"We can do that. Send me what you have on these worlds. In the meantime, we will be locking our gates by placing an iris to block incoming wormholes. Till we either find a way to defend against it or destroy the weapon." Sam said.

"That sounds like a prestigious plan. The information you need has been transmitted. Be quick before they can recover." Bra'tac said.

"Will do. Good luck. If you require any assistance please ask." Sam replied.

"I will and thanks. Till we meet again." He said and the coms went dark.

She returned to her office signaling Walter to follow. "Walter I need Generals Mitchel, Caldwell, Ellis, Reynolds, Rodgers, and Johnson either in my conference room or by hologram in twenty minutes," she ordered as she sat down pulling up the data file that was just sent by Bra'tac.

While she studied the files time flew by as Walter knocked on the door. "They have arrived General."

"Thank you, Walter, I'll be right there." She said closing the laptop.

"Thank you gentleman for coming on such short notice. I now have new orders for your fleets. Bra'tac has just informed me that Dakara is under siege by a massive fleet of Aschen ships along with thousands of ground forces. He has recalled all his ships to return to aid in his defense however, they were unable to complete their task before being recalled. Therefore he has asked if we could do so in their stead. I want you to redeploy the 304s to our most venerable worlds while we launch these attacks. Our troop-support ships are both fully loaded. So now all we need is to load the troops. I have already sent orders to begin loading them now. The Jaffa have cleared the orbital defense so we should only have a little resistance there. They also did a massive bombardment on the two planets but at least one was still producing Kenobis. We need to get there before they have time to recover their losses." Sam said still standing as she looked over the room.

"Wow, so what is the plan?" Cam asked.

"Glad you asked, General Mitchel," Sam said. "General Caldwell you well take word P9J-333. we have been there before back when the Ori sent out their priors. While General Ellis you are to take M4X-386 this world was on our list but we haven't ever been there before. You are to take out any planet defenses and use air support to cover our landing parties. Generals Reynolds and Johnson you are to land your troops set up your base camps and move to take out their defenses making your way to the stargates mostly to keep them from being reinforced. We need to clear these worlds of all the Aschen. General Rodgers you will need to have your troops ready to reinforce our other troops on these worlds once the Stargates are secured. I know this is short notice but it will take eighteen hours for Ellis to reach his M4X-386

and twenty-two hours for Caldwell reach P9J-333. From what I suspect it will be General Johnson's troops that will have the hardest time. Each of you has been given all the information that has Bra'tac sent to us. "

"So what am I to do?" Cam asked.

"I know you want to be on the front line. But you are to be securing our stargates from another attack. There is also another matter that we need to take care of after we get this underway." Sam said. "I also need you to help me watch out for any other surprises that they might throw at us. The other mission is for SG1 that you will need to oversee."

"It's about time we begin taking the fight to them," Ellis said. "So what are the rules of this engagement? Are we allowed to use nukes?"

"While that is not off the table. I would prefer not to unless there is no other choice. Have the f-302's use the transport storage beams to remove the civilians place them in detention centers so they can be identified. Bomb any production plants that we can find. The Jaffa have marked what they thought were high profile targets. So follow their plans unless you can determine a better strategy. In Teal'c's report, his men encountered mines that were hard for them to detect." Sam said. "They did manage to identify a particular that is unique to the mines. We can program our sensors to detect it. So you have your orders to make your plans in flight to these worlds. Find a landing sight fifty to a hundred miles from the target site. Have the fleet to begin bombardment and aerial attacks to secure the landing site. I will trust that you know your jobs so let us get to it. Mitchel, have SG1 report here in six hours along with Colonel Yong and his command staff, now dismissed everyone."

"Yes, Ma'am." Came from all as they got up to leave. It took four more hours before the fleet was ready to depart. When they were all underway the long waiting began. For the next few days, Sam wouldn't be getting much sleep.

Terra Nova

Springfield

JAN 04 2017

Sam came out of her office into the conference room where SG-1, Colonel Young, and his command staff stud up as she walked in. "Please be seated. Where is Mitchel?"

"He said he was going to be late. That he was in contact with the fleets going over the plans for the attack." Colonel Young reported.

"Very well then, shall we get started." Sam said "I was told by Kasta that on one of the worlds they fled from they found what looked to be an ancient city. They were unable to determined weather are not if it was of an Alterran design. I want you to go there too and dig into it."

"You want us to go dig in the dirt while our men are about to invade two enemy worlds. Why are we not taken part in that? " JJ O'Neill asked with a hint of disrespect.

"Colonel, first off, your unit isn't a combat unit you are an explorer unit. Though I will admit that there is sometimes the need to use your combat skills while exploring. Second, the Aschen followed the Tok'ra to this world. They may still be there if so, we don't want any finding anything that the ancients may have left behind. You know that we can't let them get any stronger then they are now. So I'm sending the Explorer along with two FE-350s as a backup. They will only be manned by skeleton crews that are still new but will serve as a defense of the Explorer. It will take you five hours to get there through hyperspace. You're to drop behind the sun then move in under cloak to scan the planet. If no Aschen is there then make your way to the ruins to determine their origins. Colonel Young has teams to help in this as well as any equipment that will be needed. If the Aschen is there try to go undetected for as long as possible. Watch them, to see what they are doing only engage them if indeed this is an Alterran city. Is that understood, Colonels?"

"Yes General." They answered in unison.

"Nyan you are to oversee the dig. While JJ, you and the rest of your team will keep it secure. Colonel Young, you will scan every inch of the planet with our sensors and remember that it has been millions of years since their time, So look deep."Sam told them.

"What if we find another city or outpost and it is without power?" Captain Bennett asked.

"We have one ZPM that I will be sending and the PPMs there is also an Asgard power plant on the Explorer that is for another project that's down the road so us it if needed. Now one other thing the Tok'ra have asked if they may join with us. I told them that they are welcome to join along. So make them welcome." Sam said looking at JJ.

5 Hours later

The Explorer

The Explorer drops out of hyperspace on the far side of the sun. Engaging the cloak as they moved in on the planet in question. It looked to have three landmasses with massive oceans. There was no detectable life signs to be detected nor any sign of the activity on the surface.

"We have found what seems to be six city ruins, two are underwater. There is no detectable sign of any technology from here." the coms officer said.

"Deploy the recon teams. Have the other ships spread out and continue scanning the surface." Young ordered.

It had taken hours to get set up at the largest city. Teams had begun to spread out to discover its secrets. "What have you found out?" JJ asked as he walked up on Nyan.

"From what I have seen so for it looks to be. These writings are very, very old they look to be even older than the ones found on Dakara. There is still much to be unearthed. This is going to take a lot of time Colonel, I did see a passage that talks about a city in the seas. It was their capital it was also where the stargate was. There was a large comet that struck the sun and caused it to admit solar storms causing radiation to kill all life on this planet." Nyan said while still running his hands over the stone obelisk.

"Next time lead with that," JJ told him. "Are we in any danger now?"

"No, we're safe now. That was millions of years. This passage states that the atmosphere was all but stripped from the planet. They had to evacuate the planet but there wasn't time to get them all away and millions died. They did come back after a century to recover the dead. But there wasn't any no sign of them being here. They searched the planet to find out what had happened. I'll know more once we have a chance to finish translating." Nyan said.

"Very well carry on," O'Neill said. "Capt. Bennett, Lt. Spencer grab your gear. I fill like taking a little flight."

"So where to now Colonel?" Allie asked after taken her seat in the raptor.

"I don't know but there is little we can do here. So let's see what we can from the air." JJ said.

"Wouldn't the censors be able to detect if there was anything worth our time here?" Andy asked after taking his seat.

"They should but I still prefer to see with my own eyes. Besides I'm bored and there nothing else do around here. We might get lucky and see something the censors can't." JJ said as the raptor takes off to begin an aerial servery. He flew around the site three times before heading toward the low mountain range that laid between the other sites. Spotting a hole on the side of the cliff. "This looks interesting lets set down to have a closer look. Raptor 01 to the Explorer."

"Go ahead Raptor 01." came the reply

"We spotted a cave entrance about 30 clicks from the alpha site that we are going to have a closer look at," JJ informed.

"Rodger that raptor 01. Please note that all teams are on the ground now. So don't get lost down there cause it will take time to a team to find you." Colonel Young said.

"We won't be too long but keep a lock on our signal just in case," JJ said as the raptor landed in a clearing not far from the entrance. "We'll keep you posted O'Neill out."

The entrance of the cave was not much bigger than a car garage door. As they entered the dark cave the floor was smooth as it slopped downward into the darkness. After two hundred feet it opened up to a vast cavern with tunnels going off in many directions. Staying on the smooth path as it headed into another tunnel. Allie was dropping glow sticks at each turn as they descended further into the caverns. As they winded around a curve there was a small hatchway. As O'Neill tried to open it only to find it locked.

"C-4 anyone?" JJ asked

"Sir you sure that would be safe? We are deep underground it could bring the whole cave down on top of us." Andy

"I agree, Colonel C-4 probably not the best way to get in. We do have a whole ship full of toys at our disposal." Allie reminded the Colonel.

"Yes, your probably right let's look around a bit more. Then head back to the surface and someone to crack this thing open. I don't fill much like being buried alive again." JJ said then opening coms to the Explorer. "SG-1 to Explorer." nothing but static. "SG-1 to Explorer."

"We're too deep in the cave. Our coms can't get out." Allie offered.

"Yep, your right lets make our way back to the surface. We can set up signal relays to make our way back down here. Let's move out." JJ ordered.

Ten hours later there was two dozen scientist at the entrance in the cave. It took them a while to finely get in. Suited in environmental suits they entered the doorway. It was a long dark hallway with smooth walls and floor. After a hundred feet they came to a door. It had to be pried open to find an old control room none of the consoles would power up. So they continued to hunt for the power room.

"Can we remove these suits now?" JJ asked.

"No Colonel, the air is to thin in here, and there seem to be low levels of toxins that our sensors can't identify. So I wouldn't recommend it. Once we get power and life support on then we will see." The technician said.

Another team that had continued the search radioed back. "Colonel O'Neill we found the power room. But it would seem that there was a cave in sometimes age and has damaged it. We are going to try to bypass it to connect our power unit up. This will take a bit more time sir." Came Allie's voice.

"Very well keep me posted," O'Neill said.

Two hours later the power to the control room came on. As the consoles came to life. The technician began to type in some commands to pull up the last logs. An image of an older man with gray hair appeared. "I'm Larranus commander of what is left of this outpost. This will be my last report. We lost six more people today the radiation has penetrated our water and food stores. We are down to a few rations now that will not last a week. This site was never meant to hold so many. We took on way more people in hope that help would return. I have sent my men the surface to find anything that could help us. Our power module is nearly depleted the ones that have been found were worthless. The surface is completely uninhabitable now. We have been trying to make contact with the others but the radiation in the atmosphere is blocking our signal. No one has returned in seventy-five years my guess is they felt none had survived. In some ways, I wished that we hadn't. These last few years have been the hardest on us all as we lost hope of ever being rescued. There are only twelve of us left and we are in bad shape. I to was exposed to what is a lethal dose of radiation today. I only have a few days before succumbing to my fate. As with the others. So if this ever found please note that we held out as long as we could. I have unlocked all security protocols in the complex we the hope our story will be told." then the screen went blank.

"Did you get all of that?" JJ asked the technician the whole thang was spoken in Ancient and he could make heads or tails of anything he heard.

"Yes Sir, I believe that I got the most of it. I will give you a full report or just a brief one now," he said.

"Just a brief one, for now, will work," JJ said.

So the tech gives him a brief report. "So that is about it. I will need more time to get through all the files. But I fear we will not find much around here."

"Very well I'll keep me posted. I'll have another look around anyways there may be something that we can use." JJ said.

After a few more hours going through the site from top to bottom. Finding nothing but some old environmental suits. Some cargo sleds that looked to go through the stargate.

"Sir, I have established a data transfer from the data banks here to the Explorer it will take six more hours to complete. I did find something that may be of some use though. I found the coordinates to where the others went to and it is not in our data banks." the tech informed the colonel as he walked back into the control room.

"Very good I'll inform Colonel Young." JJ said as he keyed his radio "Bennett, Spenser meet me in the control room we're moving out."

"We're on our way be there in five," Bennett reported.

"So where to now Colonel?" Lt Spenser asked when they got to the control room.

"Were heading to the surface, then to the Explorer. I don't know about you but I could use a shower and a good meal about now. I also want to check on the other fleets. They should be engaging the Aschen by now."

"Sounds good to me," Andy said.

"I'll second that." Allie agreed with Andy.

Once on the surface, they had the Explorer beam them up. The other teams had already shut down for the day. The only team left was the ones in the underground bunker. And they were wrapping up as well. They planed to stay one more day and maybe even leave a small contingent behind to continue the dig. Once onboard Colonel young insisted that they showered before the debriefing. After their shower, they grabbed a quick meal. Then JJ went and told Young about the address that was found but as it would turn out there were three other words that weren't on the list of worlds with stargates.

"So what are our plans now?" JJ asked Young.

"Well for now I'm going to leave a ship here along with the men needed to continue their work here. While we go to the next world to see if anything was left there. We only have a six stargates lift that is leftover from the galactic gate bridge project. The Tollan are trying to build some new ones but they had help from the Nox when they built theirs on Tollona. After this war with the Aschen we may be able to talk the Alterra into building us some but who knows when that will be." Young said. "But we have to find that weapon that the Aschen used to take out the gate on Earth before they destroy any more."

"I agree with that. What about our other fleets?" JJ asked. "Have you heard any news from them yet?"

"General Ellis has begun his attack an hour ago. Haven't heard anything else yet. I'll keep you posted if anything comes in about them. For now, you and your team need to get some rest. Once this data transfer is completed we will be off and it will take six hours to get there I'm told." Young said getting up to head back to the bridge.

"Will do Sir. Call if you need anything." JJ said as he got up to leave as well.

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