[Here is my next chapter this was the first one that I ever wrote. I have gone through many rewrites keeping it in line with all my other chapters. This should be where ROTA 2.5 begins. This is just one of the ways I felt it could have gone.]

[I hope you enjoy.]

Chapter Twenty Eight The Battle for Dakara

06 January 2017

ORBIT OF DAKARA

CAPITAL WORLD OF BRA'TAC

Teal'c had his orders now to battle. "Deploy the Alkets have them attack the smaller Elementals then withdraw then resume again. We need for them to reconfigure them numerous times to figure out how to intercept and jam their signals."

Rac'nor relaid the orders to the ships required for the task. After a moment he received acknowledgment "They are leaving the hanger bays now."

Twenty Alkets flew from the H'tels like a swarm of bees. Pairing off as they moved in on the smaller Elementals. There were very few single elementals patrolling the outer edges of the blockade they were the first to be destroyed with ease. The elementals that were in clusters of five were the next to be targeted. The heavier clusters then moved to attack the Alkets but they were much slower and were only able to get in a few shots off at the Alkets making their shields flash. While the Alkets reacquire their targets firing beam after beam after beam wearing down the shields only to move around to continue again until the broke apart into singles Elementals after ten such attacks the Elementals began to reconfigure into larger clusters. It was then that the Alkets were ordered to fall back to the H'tels.

On the Aschen command ship, Ballic watched as the jaffa started their attacks and had begun to reconfigure the Elementals as needed. "The Jafa has begun to attack the outer edge of our Elementals numerous have been disabled. I've started to move larger ones to intervene."

"The Jaffa are so predictable. What do they hope to accomplish?" Degon smugly stated. "There is little hope for them now. We have them outnumbered a thousand to one."

Ish'ta's ship was the first to move in on the new clusters with her two other H'tels following. They were firing their strongest beam weapons and plasma canons taking out several clusters. Teal'c's H'tels was wright behind hers as they destroyed five more clusters at once. It was then that even larger Elemental clusters moved in on Ishta's H'tel, it took several direct hits to her shields as they went down by 25%.

Teal'c brought his ships under the approaching Aschen battleship it fired three beams at the other H'tels. It hit some critical areas nearly depleting the shields. Then Teal'c's ship targeted it with his main beams. His other two ships did the same as the shields on the Ashen ship failed. With a final volley, the ship burst into a fireball in space. More Elementals clusters moved to attack the jaffa ships.

"Their larger ships have begun to move now. We also have just lost a battleship. What are your recommendations?"Ballic said.

"Increase the Elementals fivefold. It is time for them to learn to give up." Stated Degon. The clusters reassemble into clusters of twenty strong.

Ka'lel brought her H'tac into position taking the heat off Ish'ta's ship. While firing on the Elementals taking out a few more of the Elementals. As the fighting was getting more intense the clusters once again began to reassemble. As even more moved from the blockade of the planet to engage the H'tels. Starting to wear down their shields as more shots were hitting their marks. Teal'c's shields were now running blow 40% he knew they couldn't last much longer at this rate.

Bra'tac and Paul watch as Teal'c's forces moved. He was impressed at the speed and efficiency but expected nothing less. Bra'tac's Jaffa had been training with simulators but for many, this was their first time on the new Alket in battle. The Alket's computers relayed the data to the other H'tel to keep in coordination. Their attack was graceful and effective.

"We have what we need. How long till they arrive?" Paul inquired. "I'll be ready to send in five minutes. Once we start the jamming there is no way to know how long it will last before they can overwrite the code."

"We shall wait till all the pieces are at hand. We just needing to be prudent a bit longer." Bra'tac opens the com to Teal'c's ship "Teal'c have your forces fall back and make ready for our final attack. Make what repairs are needed."

"As you wish, My Lord." Teal'c closed coms and turned to Rac'nor "Do as he ordered. Make sure we are the last to pull back and that there is no one left behind."

Thirty minutes had past when Jack O'Neill's hologram appeared next to Bra'tac with John Sheppard's ten seconds later. "Bra'tac how nice of you to throw me a party," Jack said as he looked over the battlefield. "I hope you have got enough cake?"

"Yes, it appears you do have some unwanted guests." Came John.

"Aw! Yes! I'm glad you could make it." Bra'tac replied. "What of our other guests when are they to be ex-specked?"

"They're tied up for the moment but said that they wouldn't miss it." Claimed John. "We will be there in three minutes. Start bringing your other ships up now."

Bra'tac turned to his jaffa. "Launch all the H'tel now." He then opened a com to Teal'c "How goes the repairs?" For he knew they had received damage from there first assault before withdrawing to a safe distance.

"We have finished the repairs here. Ish'ta said she is ready but one my escorts is still critical the other is 90% ready. My Lord" Teal'c told Bra'tac.

"Have your escorts stay back to finish repairs while the other stands watch flea if they must. Ready your H'tels to resume your attacks. It is about to begin our friends are almost here." Bra'tac Smiled "Be ready my old friend." Teal'c acknowledges with a nod ending the com.

Ish'ta steps over to Teal'c "I shall return to my ship now. See you on Dakara, be safe."

"You as well." With a bow of his head and a smile never taking his eyes off her and in a flash she was beamed back to her ship. He then turned to Rac'nor "Relay Lord Bra'tac's orders and make ready. We shall bring these Aschen down to there knees this day."

Six H'tels could be seen lifting off the ground from the cities that were spread out around the stargate. They opened up hyperspace windows in the upper atmosphere. Only to reappear on the outside of the blockade near Teal'c other ships. Giving him twelve H'tels now along with their Alkets.

"Done Master Teal'c. May our victory be swift." Rac'nor smiled.

"Indeed. Open communications to all our ships." Teal'c said as he sat back in his command chair an activated his video screen. Getting a nod from Rac'nor. "Jaffa, From up in groups of three and prepare for battle. Do not let these Ashen get between your units. Watch your shields move as one by letting anther take lead as needed. We can not afford to lose any ships this day."

On the Aschen command ship, Ballic's censors flash as they began to detect ships coming into there limited range capability "We are detecting ships coming in they are moving faster than any we have seen before."

"How many are you seeing? Who are they?" Degon asks for the first time he sounding concerned. The Aschen do not like surprises they had been very methodical when planning the siege of Dakara they had not seen them getting any outside help. All there data said the Jaffa were too proud to ask for any help. That they would prefer death over the disgrace. But it would seem there was some bad information in their data. "Contact the high command request council." Degon was unaware that communications was being disrupted.

Hyperspace windows began to open on the far side of Dakara six of the Altarran Columnars each with 36 escorts of witch were automated with direct control for their Columnars. Rayn had sent twelve of there twenty-four new ships to the Furling's home galaxy along with twelve of the Asgard new O'Neill class warships to aid with their defense. While four other Columnars were sent to Dracona. While the other two were in Pegasus undergoing repairs from the last battle with the Wraith.

Ballic's eyes went wide when his computers identified the six larger vessels. "It's the Alterra! The six large vassals are of the same type as the one we encountered at earth. The others are unknown to us but seem to be of a similar constitution and they are unmanned. There are 216 of them weapons are unknown. The Jafa ships on Dakara are taking off now as well."

Knowing that he still had the advantage with eight thousand Elementals and three command ships and thousands of drones "We need to reconfigure the Elementals. Have the drones to began the bombardment of the cities on Dakara this must end now."

Ballic began to enter the commands as instructed when he realizes that something was wrong. They were being jammed somehow. "We are unable to relay the orders there seems to be something inter fearing with our signals. There is a dampening field forming around the planet as well."

"You must find a way to get around this interference." Degon starting to panic. "We most able to communicate with our forces."

On O'Neill's ship The Homer. A hologram of Homer Simpson throws a bottle of strawberry jam at the Aschen fleet then took his hand wiping a finger across the screen then bringing it to his mouth to taste with his finger. "They're now being jammed. It's strawberry."

"That better not have been my last jar," Jack said looking at Homer with a stern stare. Getting some laughs from the former humans from Earth. Then turned to John. "Shall we began." the screen then cleared up then all got serious and down to busyness.

"That we shall," John said on board the Skywalker where a hologram of Luke Skywalker stood dress in black Jedi robes pulling up tactical data and high lighting the larger targets. "We should beak in three groups focus on the larger cluster while Bra'tac takes on the smaller ones. The Jaffa will start to eliminate their ground forces with reinforcements from Yavin."

O'Neill looks to homer. "Keep score." An old school chalkboard appears with names of the six Alterran battle commanders John, Mike, Steve, Kyle, Bret, and O'Neill.

On all six of the ships was four lox generators began to power up as the four pods came up as well for the ninety-nine plasma canons. The two pesquata holes opened and released two streams of Pesqua. As the first Elementals came in range their shields didn't stand a chance the Pesqua cut throw them like butter. The lighting from the lox canons jump forth and shredding the larger clusters after four or five shots. The Skywalker was first to get a firing solution on one of the largest cluster with the primary weapon as a lance beam came from the front lasting five seconds. Pierced right through it causing it to break into small segments which were then turned to dust by the plasma canons.

O'Neill was next to get his main beam firing an eight-second blast that pierced through it as well a second one that was behind it. The enemy ship's shields were not efficient to stop the Altarran. Though they had data on the Columnar it was dated and incomplete. The commander of the Aschen knew then that it was a lost campaign an that they needed to withdraw.

"Commander we are detecting twelve more windows opening up now," Ballic said. "Sir they are Asgard. What shall we do?"

"Set a coarse away from here, this is lost," Degon commanded almost in a panic as he watched the Elementals be destroyed with such ease. Ballic tried to do as ordered but could not activate a hyperspace window.

"I do not know what is wrong. But we can not get a lock." fear now struck through the Aschen.

The twelve Asgard O'Neill class ships spread out over the battlefield. Firing on the Aschen Elementals clusters as they blew up one after another. Thor's ship spots the twenty clusters that were headed to the Alterran ship Homer. Taking his wing he led them to aid his friend. The Homer's shields were down to 20% with damage to one of its lox weapon ports and twenty of the beam cannons. Thor knew it wasn't in any trouble and would be able to make repairs in time.

"O'Neill there are twenty clusters on an intercept course. I will be there in thirty-four microns." Thor informed him.

"Thor buddy, glad you made it. Thanks for the heads up we lost the sensors on that section of the ship. We are blind so to speak." Rolling the Homer to where it could pick up the enemy ships. He saw Thor's ships coming up behind them. Using the three other Lox weapons he fired. Lightning leaped out across the void hitting three of the clusters and jumping out into the other that were nearby.

The beams from the three Asgard ships hit the elementals from behind blowing them up. "There seem to be more Ashen ships here then we thought they had," Thor said to O'Neill.

"Yes, it would seem they have amassed a great many ships. How did you do on your last mission?" O'Neill asked as his ship fired off another volley of the Lox canons.

"We did quite well three more of our worlds are once again free of the Aschen. We still have seventy-two prisoners in stasis. We are going tired of releasing them only recapturing them on another word. They seem to not learn from their mistakes. We have other matters that are needed to be accomplished if they were not human we would be handling them differently." Thor informed him as he targeted more ships.

"Yes, Ryan does appreciate your prudence in this matter. But even he is growing weary of their tenacity. He wants these matters resolved quickly as well. I will inform you of the details after we finish here. This isn't the time for such matters."O'Neill told Thor.

"I'll agree we shall talk again after we finished here," Thor said and end the communications. The Ashen clusters were beginning to lose their numbers. To the combined forces.

Three more hyperspace windows opened on the outskirts of the battlefield. These ships were even bigger than the Atlantis city ships. There was a shield dome that went all around them. As they moved closer to the battlefield the Ashen Elementals moved to engage them firing at the new ships. It was then that a wave went from the new ships that targeted them. As the wave meets the Elementals it was like they lost all power and began to just vanish.

On the Aschen command ship, Ballic's eyes grew wide when the other ships arrived. He had never imagined anything so large could fly through hyperspace. "Commander we have three more contacts. They appear to be flying cities of some sort. I've never seen such a mass in space." it was then that he saw the Elementals go dark and then just vanish from their sensors. "Our assets have just gone offline and vanished. These new ships must be even more powerful than the Alterra."

"Do not be so foolish. This is simply a new adversary that was unseen. We will have to get word of them out to the Kleesons. I am beginning to believe that this war has grown out of our reach. Victory for the Ashen is no longer an option." Degon said feeling the losses that they have had.

Dakara

Stargate

The Stargate on Dakara activated, then Ronon Dex came though followed by five-hundred of his Atlantian men each one had a backpack and were carrying a mini drone launcher along with a heavy blaster rifle. They began to deploy out as Bra'tac had in instructed. In their packs, each had five blocks that transformed into a human form replicator carrying a handheld disrupters. Making up a standing army of twenty-five-hundred replicators and five-hundred flesh and blood soldiers. To go along with the thousands of Jaffa some of which were manning the Chor'teks.

As the Aschen drones came closer they began to fire at the cities shields in hopes of them felling. They were followed by the Aschen tanks that were floating or hovering a meter off the ground. There were even thousands of men that followed on foot carrying a beam raffle that wasn't much more powerful than the older staff weapons.

Ronon's men grabbed up their drone launchers firing the mini drones at the larger Kenobis which tore through them. The large round Kenobis shield was taken out with ease. The replicators were the first to engage the smaller kenobis as they came into range. Followed by the Jafa with there new battle cats started firing bolts of plasma at shield-less drones fell to the ground in a molten blob.

The Aschen drones kelp coming wave after wave never stopping. After twelve long hours, they began to slow as the Aschen tanks came into range. Firing over the drones hitting the shields that surrounded the Jaffa cities. The shields flashed as the hits came in it was a pretty sight with the flashes. Lok'na'tes flew overhead swarming like bees dive-bombing the Aschen tanks. The first tanks shields began to flash and weaken. They were to slow to target the Lok'na'tes in the air. The men the followed them fired their disrupters as some were able to get through their shields hitting the hulls causing damage. Four were forced to break away to head for the hangers. One wasn't so lucky as it crashed in afield twenty kilometers from the city.

The jaffa moved out from the under the city shields to engage the remaining Aschen forces. Firing their new staff weapons on the overkill function with two to three hits per Kenobi. It didn't take mini hits for the Kenobi's shields failed and they blew to pieces. Once the Aschen troops came into range they switched to the stun settings. Even though the troops were firing to kill. This would be have been on heard of in the old system of the Goa'uld.

Once the fighting had subsided the captured Aschen was rounded up and placed in holding camps that popped up around Dakara. They were each possessed and given provisions. The quarters were little more than tents left over from the old ways. They would be held until the end of the war. Which was coming fast then any would think. The war had already been raging for five years since the first attack on Earth.

Not one of Ronon's men was lost and only fifty replicators were destroyed. The Jaffa were not so lucky of the ten thousand that fought over a hundred perished. Ronon and his men went back to Yavin for some much need rest. The Jafa would clean up and start to repair. None of the drones got in the cities.

Shepard was taking out the last of the Aschen command ships after beaming the survivors to holding cells. O'Neill had gotten one while Kyle got the other. Though they lost over half there escorts over the last three days the Columnars only sustained minor damage. It was Shepard who got the most kills in but only by ten with O'Neill being second. They had lost most of their escort vessels with many of the others who had damage inflicted.

They turned off the hyperspace disruption field and all of the other Alterran ships headed back to the Dracona Galaxy after the space above Dakara. Shepard and O'Neill which beamed down to Dakara to Bra'tac' s council chambers. Two other figures who also just appeared next to the Alterra. To O'Neill's surprise, it was his old friends Lya and Ohper of the Nox.

"It is nice to see you again," O'Neill said as he bowed his head slightly.

"Indeed, it is to see you as well. You have grown since we last meet." Ohper said returning the gesture.

"I thought that you didn't fight in wars?" O'Neill asked.

"All we did was protect our friends. We didn't harm anyone we just used our powers to remove their weapons. While we do not normally involve our selves with maters of others. We can not set by while so many are suffering. Now that the Alterra has rejoined the Galaxy. We have now left our homeworld after so long. Our days of isolation are over we are going to begin to help teach the lesser races as we once did." Lya said. "We have you to thank for this. You have taught us that there is still hope for the galaxy."

"Well glad to be of service," O'Neill said with a grin.

"It was your people that made it possible for the return of the Alterra," Ohper said.

Thor beamed down into the council chambers to join the others. Looked to the Nox. "I'm pleased to meet with you once again it has been far too long. Your assistance was much appreciated in these matters."

"It is nice to have honored our alliance once again," Ohper said. "What is to become of these that were captured?"

"They will be released in due time. Till that time comes they will be well cared for. We have taken great length to keep them from harm." Bra'tac said as he walked in.

After the assembly took their places the Aschen Commander Degon was brought before them. His arms were bound in front of him with a jaffa on either side of him. He looked around the room seeing the strangers that sat around tables. His head was still held high but the fear could be seen in his eyes.

"You stand here now accused of the being the leader of a hostile race of humans who have attack servile human and Jafa worlds unsolicited. For what reason have you done so?" Bra'tac asked having already known the answer.

"It was the Earthers that attacked us first. We only moved to avenge the ones we lost." Degon stated.

"Even so, what right have you got to attack the many helpless worlds that you have done," Bra'tac said.

"We only sought out worlds to aid ours against the Earthers. These worlds are now part of our confederation." Degon stated.

"After you invaded them forcing them to submit to your rule. Committing genocide to the worlds you concord. It was my team that learned of what you did to the Volians. You came claiming you had good intentions offering them a vaccine to extend their lives to only make them sterile. Killing them off in just a few generations." O'Neill said getting a little upset. "You are wolves in sheep's clothing."

Degon looked on as if his whole world was fall in around him. He was about to respond when Thor spoke up. "Your People invaded Einherja it was one of the oldest Asgard-protected worlds in the galaxy, second only to that of Earth in population. Your people killed off two-thirds of the world's population. While on two other worlds you killed the entire population."

"Yes, they will answer for these acts as well many others. For now, we have a few questions that need answering at the moment. We have been informed that an attack was carried out against the Earth's stargate. It overloaded the capacitors causing the gate to overload and explode. We have seen such attacks twice already and have stopped them. We need to know from which planet is the origin of these attacks?" Lord Bra'tac asked.

Degon stood in front of them trying not to think of the weapon that was built just before he left on his mission. But the harder he tried to hide his thoughts the more they became to mind. The Alterra was able to pull the information from his mind with ease. Bra'tac pulled up an image that was in Degon's mind. Tapping on his console he had the jaffa at the stargate to dial the address of the world in question. Once the connection was made he pulled up the images around the gate. He could see a large device that sat twenty meters in front of it. There was no one detected to be around. There were twelve stone pillars with three black orbs on each one. Expanding the censors he could see three carriers four battleships and a command ship.

Bra'tac looked to Shepard as an idea came to mind. Shepard had himself beamed to the stargate as it shut down. Going to the dialing device he dialed the gate hub entering the code as all the buttons lit up. Once the gate opened he walked through the yellow gate. He walked to the control room pulling up the stargates in Avalona. Selecting all the gates that he had pulled from Degon's mind that was on the confederations world.

"This should slow them down," John said out loud to himself. he was smiling as he got up to head back to Dakara. Once there he returned to the council chambers. He looked to the others and said "It is done."

Degon heard these words wondering what they meant. As he still stood there in the middle of the room. It was Lord Bra'tac that answered the quest that he never asked. "We have disabled all the stargates on your worlds. You will now have to use ships to move your men and supplies."

"But how can you do such a thing you are just Jaffa?" Degon asked.

"As I have already informed you I am Alterra and we are the gate builders. We kelp the piece in this galaxy plus twenty-six others for millions of years. We have now retunded to do so again. We are the ones that made the humans of this galaxy and seven others. These galaxies have fallen into chaos since our departure." Bra'tac told Degon.

"The profit showed the Alterra was in another galaxy," Degon said.

"How is this profit that you speak of?" Bra'tac asked.

"Jonas Quin!" O'Neill said. "How is this possible?" He was still new at this whole telepathy thing but this was once his friend and he wanted to know about him. So he dug deeper into Degon's mind pulling out the world he was on and where he was being held. He learned about others that were there, how they were being treated. After he had gotten all he could he released his hold on the man's mind as he was began to weaken nearly falling to his knees. Looking to the Jaffa "Take him away." They grabbed his arms and carried him off.

"They have Jonas Quin and some Tok'ra that they captured. They are treating them very poorly. They have killed many that they had no farther use for." O'Neill quietly almost to himself. "We need to rescue them as soon as possible."

"We will but first, we need to destroy this new weapon of theirs," Sheppard said once the room was cleared.

"Agreed, but we are going to need to focus on rebuilding the worlds we liberated. They have been turned into agricultural worlds for the Aschen. Their development and beliefs have been disrupted it will take generations to get back on track. My only concern is that many have been given this vaccine and they are now sterile." Thor informed the group.

"We may be able to help with this," Lya said. "Give us a sample of this drug and any scans of the people and will work to help return them to their previous state."

"As for their beliefs, you have been posing as gods tell them the truth. Let them learn you are to be trusted, they are our children, after all, they can handle it." O'Neill said.

"You may be right, we have reviled our selves to others with a mix of results. Humans tend to be unpredictable and sometimes dangerous." Thor cautioned.

"Well, Thor, Ryan wants to advance the humans at a faster rate. As you well know the Lovakora system is overpopulated and is about to burst. Even with our combined forces, we could not hope to turn them back." Sheppard reminded him.

"Let us put these matters aside for now," Bra'tac said. "I will send my ships to take out this weapon as soon as repairs are completed. What we need to discuss now are the Aschen homeworld and core systems."

"Let's get Carter involved, she will want to be part of any rescue mission," O'Neill said. All the Alterra agreed as did the Nox and Asgard.

{Thanks for reading}

{Some may not agree with the way I have portrayed the Nox. They are a peaceful race that cares for all life. However they are more then able to defend them selves and those they fill need defending. They were isolated for many centuries but now they have begun to retake their place as teachers and protectors of the younger races. I will try to keep them as they seem to be in the show but fill that they do have teeth when needed. This has been a hard chapter, I just hope I did it with justice.}