Stargate: Revan

by MasterRevan

After his final defeat on Yavin, IV Revan finds himself in a galaxy far far away. Now he has to deal with a group of crazed parasites with illusions of grandeur, help a race that has become a shadow of its former selves, and maybe help bring balance to a galaxy filled with new enemies and allies. (AU!, OP Revan, OOC Revan, I like a story with a happy ending sue me)

3. Chapter 3: A Pegasus Side-trip

Chapter 3: Pegasus Adventures

Revan couldn't help but chuckle at Lya's look of concentration as she reached forward very slowly taking the wooden block between her fingers before slowly pulling it out of the pile only to nudge it at the end causing the little tower of wood to fall.

"Jenga," Revan said with a smirk as Lya gave him the closest thing to a Nox glare which looked more sleepy than anything else. Waving his hand using the force to restack the Jenga tower he stood from the couch he'd picked up when they had been preparing for the trip and took a look at the common area they'd sat up. He stretched feeling his spine pop as he checked with Eresh finding it to be around mid-day on Earth, though that mattered little as they were currently in hyperspace making their way to Atlantis using Hades's star-driven, a trip which they were on the eighth day of the journey.

"Why can't we use the wormhole-drive again?" He asked Eresh who was reading a physical book while laying on her side in one of the recliners he'd added, feet propped up, eyes scanning the page. Looking at the small pile of books around her most of them were romance novels as she said she found the Lanteans to be lacking in that literary genre.

"Because while I can do the calculations to make the wormhole-drive function safely and not scatter us through space I can't control the solar activity in the Pegasus galaxy from the Milky Way, so unless you want to risk being shot through time or for the wormhole-drive to collapse in on itself destroying us on a molecular level at best leaving us trapped millions of light-years in the void between galaxies without it, we have to use the star-drive which even at its peak efficiency will take three weeks for a trip to the Pegasus galaxy," she said turning the page of her book" and we can't gate in as Atlantis is running on fumes and even with a map you'd never make it to the ZPM room and be able to switch the depleted ZPMs out before the shield dropped, you would then be crushed by the literal tons of water it was holding up," she said flipping the page again.

Sighing and hoping the SGC managed to keep itself together while he was away and Earth was remaining when he got back, he connected to the ship's systems having two mugs of boiling water appear before him as well as two little packets of hot chocolate which had Lya by his side before he could even call her over a chuckle escaping his lips as she all but took the cup and powder from him and mixed the drink as the smell of hot chocolate wafting from the mug.

"You know, if I had known how addicted you'd get to that stuff I wouldn't have introduced you to them," he said with a chuckle smiling at the pure joy on her face as she took a sip. "The great Nox addicted to Earth's hot chocolate," he said with a smirk as she gave him the sleepy face again before she headed back to her seat.

"You're the same about those bars of caramel chocolate," she said, taking her cup and sliding back into the chair she had been sitting in during their game, a content sigh escaping her lips. "Humanity may be very young but I still can't believe they managed to make suck a drink while the four great races couldn't," she said taking a bigger drink before sitting her drink down on a table that grew out from the floor looking at the many forms of Earth entertainment they had picked up in preparation for the trip mostly at Eresh's behest.

Picking up a Rubik's cube she gave it a cursory glance examining the mismatched sides for a couple of seconds before sitting it down in her hand a brief look of concentration on her face. Revan watched as she used the force to move it slowly picking up speed till within about thirty seconds she had all sides matching, giving one last glance she sat the cube down near the pile of things and began to look through them again. Though her search was short-lived as Eresh cleared her throat raising her hand with what Revan's knowledge of Earth had to be a VHS a smirk on her face.

"How about we have a movie night?" Eresh asked.

"Another?" Lya asked as they had been spent the last couple nights watching Earth movies to get a feel of what their entertainment was like though she didn't enjoy the more violent and action-packed of Eresh's picks, she did enjoy Jurassic park finding the dinosaurs fascinating as well as the idea of cloning as a way of bringing back long-extinct species of animals and plants. Though after consulting both the Lantean database and her knowledge of such techniques she couldn't think of a safe way to do it with there being some degradation that could be fixed with a few small changes in the species D.N.A. which were making them a whole new species the point becoming kind of moot.

"Yesh I think you'll find it interesting," she said looking at Lya "it involves humans encountering a symbiotic species and how they deal with the situation," she finished looking at them both a smirk on her face.

Looking at one another and realizing they probably didn't have much choice in the matter Revan and Lya stood up both finishing their drinks having them taken to the ship's equivalent of a dishwasher they both gave Eresh a nod, watching a smile form on her face before the couch and chairs were beamed to the wall facing the viewport as it became a holographic screen around the size of the bridge's viewport.

Giving each other a look Revan and Lya took their seats with Eresh all but bouncing in her excitement on her face as the movie started the title Alien appearing on the screen. Though the movie did give a good interpretation of how long pre-lightspeed engines would travel, Lya and Revan found the movie to be a bit over the top though they watched it mostly for Earth's sake as she had shown herself to be a bit of an addict of Earth movies.

After the successful movie night, Lya and Revan found themselves agree to watch the sequel the next night before heading to their respective rooms Lya to tend to her plants while Revan trained with his lightsabers going through all the forms of both the Sith and Jedi till exhaustion finally overcame him and he found himself sinking into his bed the sound of the engines and the force soothing him to sleep.

While they spent time relaxing and enjoying each other's company, getting to know each other better they also made sure to continue with their work. Lya had begun to incorporate the Earth planets into her hydroponics project which was taking shape as she estimated within a few months they would bear fruit and with the Lantean technology and the Nox's way of connecting with nature they would have a constant source of fruit and vegetables of Earth with talks of expanding her area of work to a second room an idea which brought a big smile and an enthusiastic nod.

Revan spent most of his days to come up with new designs for ships based on some of the ones in his home reality that could incorporate Lantean technology, finding himself leaning towards an Interdictor-class cruiser much like his flagship when he'd had when waging war against the Republic. Though his main problem would be lack of manpower and while he could make them fully automated with Eresh he'd rather have her as a backup in case of cyber-warfare. Revan hoped to start production on a shipyard once the stealth satellite production was underway, but that was still months away and he didn't have enough nanites to work on such a large-scale project.

He'd also come to Eresh hoping to create at least one training droid to help keep his skills sharp, but with their low amount of available nanites most of which took care of maintenance on the ship, and we're needed in case of system damage left him without any options so instead, he had Eresh using both his knowledge of Mandalorian steel and her access to the Lantean database to try and come up with a synthetic version they could produce using the construction nanites once the satellite construction was up and running.

With their day of arrival at hand, Revan found himself making his way to the bridge deciding to enjoy the view of some of the plants that Lya had put around the ship giving it a smell of nature that reminded Revan of the plains of Dantooine. He found himself joined by an excited-looking Lya.

"I am looking forward to seeing Atlantis I've heard stories about the beauty of the city," Lya said excitement in her voice "Eresh has also informed me of a seed bank that has many samples of now-extinct planets which I would love to study," a smile spreading across her face before Revan's eyes widened when her eyes glowed gold the smile on her face shrinking but remaining.

"I too am excited to see Atlantis stories of its beauty are merely legend among the Tok'ra," Jolinar said with excitement "I would love to see if they do it justice," the gold faded from her eyes Lya was once again in control as she turned to Revan and giving him a nod of greeting.

"So I see Jolinar has woken up," Revan said as he moved into step next to Lya "how's she doing after her few weeks of beauty sleep?" Revan asked as they neared the bridge.

"I am doing fine Revan, though shocked that I hibernated so long," a tone of shock in her voice, " I've never blended with a host of the Nox….it is new," Jolinar said looking at her hand "and the fact that it was Lya of the Nox has made it even more incredible, " she said with a look of amazement and what the force told Revan endearment.

"Lya is known to all Tok'ra as Egeria's beloved, the second mother ..there are even ballads of the love that changed the heart of a goa-" Jolinar started to say before her eyes lost their golden glow returning Lya's natural color, " I think that's enough on that Jolinar," she said in a low tone her cheeks red as they entered the bridge finding Eresh already there.

"So...Egeria's beloved?" She asked, looking towards Lya who refused to meet her eyes her cheeks became even redder. Moving closer to her she pulled Lya into a hug as she said: "They even sing ballads!" she said with a light chuckle as Lya kept blushing.

Deciding to give Lya a break from Eresh's excitement, Revan drew their attention away from each other by sliding down into the command chair using the ship's sensors and by extension using the stargate network in the Pegasus to gather data. Putting a holographic representation of the Pegasus galaxy on the wall their position was highlighted by a red dot, with Atlantis a blue one, with about two hundred white dots one per a planet with one planet having what looked to be in the hundreds or so, and what appeared to be around a hundred yellow dots scattered throughout the map.

Eyes glowing gold Jolinar turned towards him as Eresh looked at the screen with a look of complete and utter loathing.

"What are those yellow and white dots on the screen?"Jolinar asked, worry in her voice as she looked at the data coming in showing a few of the yellow dots were currently traveling through space in opposite directions of each other.

"Those yellow ones are the Wraith, a species of parasitic life forms originating from this galaxy's Iratus bug that feed off of humans aging them rapidly till death. They systematically cull planets that have large populations with only a few of their hive ships active at a time. They are ruled in factions by queens much similar to bees or ants though they also can spawn their drones in large numbers a process only the Lanteans could speculate on," Eresh said her tone full of anger " they are responsible for the destruction of the Lantean people and the reason Atlantis sits at the bottom of the sea" her eyes narrowed as she watched the holographic display.

Jolinar looked at Eresh with a look of worry before the gold in her eyes faded away showing Lya to be in control as she pulled Eresh into a hug. Giving them a few moments Revan turned back to the screen before continuing where Eresh left off.

"The white symbolizes functioning ZPMs," he said staring at the planet with multiple of them." though I don't remember there being any research facilities or ships that required that many ZPMs,"

Eresh looked up from Lya's embrace staring at the display for a second before sighing and shaking her head, pulling away from Lya giving her a nod in appreciation. Then the ship jumped out of hyperspace and they found themselves staring at a planet covered in a large ocean with a small landmass visible from orbit, letting his companions get a good look at it before he then sat course, to have Hades hover over where Atlantis was sunk.

"Connection to Atlantis established," Eresh said as a holographic display showing the ship's current status popped up showing some damage and flooding contained mostly on the lowest level." Two of Atlantis's ZPMs appear to be depleted with the last having at max one percent," she stated as more and more screens popped up with additional data.

"Can we teleport directly into the ZPM room?" Revan asked watching as Eresh scanned through the data at an increasingly fast pace. Eresh seemed to pause for a second before shaking her head.

"While we can brute force our way in through the shield, at the current energy levels it would cause the shield to drain the last percent of power causing them to drop," she said, still going through the data.

"Well, it's connected to the ground through a sort of connection right?" Revan asked pulling up the display of Atlantis "could we raise the city if we took those out?" He asked looking to Eresh and Lya both of who were studying the display both shaking their heads

"It is protected by the shields we'd have the same problems as if we tried to get to the ZPMs," Eresh said with a huff falling into a chair as it grew from the floor. Revan just kept looking at the display before his eyes widened.

"How long will the shields last?" Revan asked standing up and looking at the display.

"By my calculations? Around six years if the shields the only thing on" Eresh said turning towards him as he paces across the room Lya giving him a look.

"If we had something that could theoretically pull the ship up...what would give first the hull or the ground it's dug into?" Revan asked, watching as Eresh seemed to pause, calculations appearing on the screen before she turned to him.

"If the ship was pulled up from its lower decks, it should theoretically stay together if the force required is applied evenly through the bottom of the ship as to not be torn apart, plus the increase in pressure would put more stress on the shields turning that six years we have into one if we're lucky," Eresh said looking Revan in the eyes as he simply smirked at her.

"There is no such thing as luck," he said, having the ship teleport him, Lya, and Eresh to one of the observation decks facing where the Atlantis was sunk. He walked to the window placing his hand against the window hearing Eresh start to ask a question before Lya simply nudged her softly.

Closing his eyes Revan slowly breathed in and out letting go of all his senses till the only thing he could feel was the force. He could feel it almost rejoice as he reached out for it and like a tidal wave he felt it crash into him filling every inch. He could feel it with every breath and feel it reach down into the cold ocean. He could feel it touch Atlantis's shield passing right through it making its way into the city.

He could feel it touching every inch of every room, he went down every hall, felt everything it touched, the gate room, the vehicle bay, all the many labs, he could feel it touching the last remaining ZPM holding the crushing force of the ocean at bay. Then he knew it was done, he could feel every inch of the ship inside and out he could feel the connections between the city and the ocean bed he could feel the force almost beg to be released for him to let go for him to give it the single command it needed.

But, he knew it could do it on its own it needed a push it needed him..just as much as he needed it. Revan smiled as he finally realized the difference between the force between the realities, back home the force had been used by countless people living, breathing, and dying for it. Those thousands of generations building it from the ground up, teaching it as it taught them growing as members become one with it learning if you will. But here it was still so young not knowing anything reaching out for him eagerly wanting to do as he wished like a child trying to please a parent...and it was learning from him he could feel it growing stronger even now it was both amazing and frightening when he thought of what someone as dark as Vitiate having it listen to his every beck and call then Revan remembered what Bastila had said.

"...so that left only you as an option, as one who has both accepted both the light and dark a true master of balance"

"Bastila," Revan thought with the feeling of loss growing, almost forgetting what he was doing, only for him to let out a laugh as he felt the force's joy and excitement rush through their connection pushing the loss away. "Thanks," he thought, feeling the force almost come alive as he felt nothing but understanding and happiness from it through their bond.

Centering himself once again and feeling the anticipation Revan reached deep into himself past all the memories of loss and death, past the pain of being used as nothing more than a force battery by the Emperor. Revan pushed past all his trauma all his rage, self-hatred, and fears knowing they'd always be a part of him, but he wouldn't let them control him anymore he wouldn't become some galaxy conquering mad man he wouldn't become some all-powerful force user sitting on the sidelines while others suffered..he would be neither Jedi nor Sith..but simply Revan feeling the force from himself reaching out and melding with the force waiting with anticipation he simply gave one command, one-word his eyes snapping open to a curious Lya and Eresh seeing one of his eyes their natural brown the other a deep yellow.

"Move!" and with a loud pop Eresh and Lya's attention turned to the window as it shattered the wind of the planet rushing through the now vacant hole as alarms started going off as a shield of energy forming to close the new hew hole in the ship as nanites moved to patch it up a holographic screen popping up on the wall showing Atlantis now rising steadily out of the ocean a shadow forming under the water before, with a deafening bang and a geyser of water Atlantis shot out of the water. Lya and Eresh could only stare with open as Atlantis floated in the air across from Hades it's shield still powered on, then like a puppet whose strings had been cut Revan fell to his knees Atlantis following his cue and crashing back into the sea the shield holding before flickering for a second then shut off leaving the still in one piece city floating in the water.

"Okay...might have overdone it," Revan said gasping for breath as the yellow faded from his eye, Lya and Eresh moving to his side helping him into a chair.

"Was the hole in the ship a hint, or was it when Atlantis crashed?" Eresh said with her usually snark though he could see that she was worried as she went over his vitals, Lya moving over to the hole and seeing through the shield Atlantis in the water.

"Damage report?" Revan asked as he regained control of his breathing, trying to sit up in the chair only for Eresh to glare at him before pushing him back down.

"Scans indicate damage to Atlantis is minimal, flooding is contained in the lower decks and ZPMs are completely depleted so the city has gone dark. We'll have to replace them if we want to run a more in-depth scan," Eresh said after scanning the screens in front of her.

Nodding his head Revan shakily stood up ignoring Eresh's glare as he stretched feeling his strength returning slowly.

"So who wants to check out Atlantis with me?" Revan asked getting an enthusiastic yes from Lya and a yes with a lot of grumbling for Eresh giving them both a nod and a bag containing three of the ZPMs from storage ported into the room. "I'll port down to the ZPM room and replace the depleted ones then we'll all port to the gate room and start exploration from there"

"I'll integrate with the systems to give us full access," Eresh said, her clothing changing to that of a Lantean military official.

"And I'll check for any usable supplies," Lya said with a smile as her eyes changed to Jolinar's golden glow "Once Lya is done with that I'll take note of how many drones remain," she turned to Eresh "think there are enough nanites on Hades to help repair Atlantis?"

"I think we could spare enough to fix the damage though I recommend getting it flying to let the water out of the flooded areas before we do anything," Jolinar and Revan nodded then with a flash he was in a dark room with the three ZPMs.

Activating his lightsaber and using it as light he found the ZPM casings control ejecting them from their casing he pulled each out and sat them down before picking pulling the three out of his sack one at a time and putting them in their place then lowering them back into their casing.

Revan smirked as the lights turned on then in a flash found himself in the gate room Eresh already making her way to the center of the room a control console rising out of the ground putting her hand on it she closed her eyes many of the consoles on the side of the room came on showing data scrolling across the screen Lya and him waited for Eresh to finish.

Revan had leaned against the and almost asleep when Eresh let out a loud sigh pulling her hand off the console looking at Revan gesturing to the console.

"It required the Lantean gene key to access the restricted files without it I can't access all the systems," she said as Revan walked to the console, putting his hand on it he felt a kind of mental klick before Eresh put her hand beside his and smiled as the consoles in the room started to transition through data.

"Okay all systems are a go," she said as the ship shook and slowly began to rise until it reached the same altitude as Hades as they had a great view out of it through the control tower's window. "Integrating myself into Atlantis" the lights flickered for a second "Integration complete synching to Hades" Revan's eyes widened as the Hades seemed to spit apart from the center and Atlantis rose in altitude. A holographic display appeared over the console showing Atlantis lining up with the Hades."Synching" Eresh said as the ship lowered into Hades stopping with a small tremor "Synch complete"

Revan turned to look at Eresh with disbelief on his face as Eresh simply smirked and as she walked to one of the walls where a compartment popped open and out slid what looked like a datapad scrolling through it she walked over to Lya handing her the pad.

'This should be able to lead you to where the available supplies and the seed vault is," Eresh said with a smile handing it to Lya who took it with a nod and a smile to them both before heading out of the room "I've also marked quarantined areas too dangerous to go to right now!" Eresh shouted out the door.

"So when were you going to tell me the ships could link together?" Revan asked, looking at the display that indicated that nanites had been deployed from Hades and were already fixing some of the hull and flood damage.

"Well, it was made possible so if Hades was damaged during a battle we could use another city-ship as material to fix it," she said as they watched the display showing the current status of Atlantis's repairs "though it can also be used in reverse, using the last of our raw resources in storage we should be able to fully repair Atlantis," the display showed the nanite's programmed route through Atlantis.

"That wasn't in the repository download," Revan said watching as the nanites moved room to room using his mental connection to the ship to have one of the Nox drinks ported to Lya and himself taking a quick drink.

"I came up with it myself," Eresh said looking very proud of herself "Hades is my home, I figured it'd be best to set up a way for it to repair itself when war with the Ori came," she looked out the tower's window at Hades a smile on her face "and with the added power from Atlantis's shields and increasing Hades's limit of thirteen ZPMs to sixteen we should be able to withstand even the strongest firepower available to our known enemies," she said with pride in her voice.

"So did you find anything of interest in Atlantis's databanks?" he asked, finishing off his drink before stretching, finding himself back to full strength.

"I did find something of interest," she said as the holographic picture changed to a gate address "I found a gate address where all references to it have been removed except for the address itself...by the order of the High Counselor at that time," she pulled up what looked to be a report though most of the words were distorted there was one that seemed to be legible.

"Asuran?" Revan asked trying to think of any mention of them in the repository but finding none he looked to Eresh "Do you know anything about them?"

"No I do not," she looked worried as she played with her lekku "I had access to all systems, at least I should have," she said as data scrolling across all monitors in the room "Ishtar set the system so I would be updated on all activities of the Lantean race..unless she set up a separate communication system not able to be picked up by my systems," she said all the screens turning black.

"Do you know if they'd keep a backup of what they did on a redundant system?" Revan asked, scrolling through a map of Atlantis using his mental link to the ship to have some nanites start to explore any part of the ship that seemed suspicious. "I mean they wouldn't just destroy the data, would they? I mean when it comes to advanced civilizations they usually tend to keep a record of their mistakes," Revan said thinking of the Rakata.

"If they did, then it would have to be somewhere off the record," she said as the map Revan was looking at showed more nanites joining in the searching seeping into the walls starting from the lowest deck working their way up. Eresh's eyes widened as the map zoomed in on the lowest level of the tallest tower on the eastern pier "I think I've found something!" sharing a look they both nodded to each other before being teleported to the hallway where the nanites were now gathering.

Eresh looked around as the nanites moved to cover the floor, walls, and ceiling pausing on the walls circling the lights on the wall as Eresh walked towards it waving her hand across it, a sound coming from it.

"I think I've found it," she moved her hand causing the nanites to touch each light at the same time receiving no reaction. She started to try different sequences each with their own tone before the nanites on the furthest wall fell through the wall. Giving Revan a look of satisfaction she headed to the wall pausing "the wall must only be accessible when the right frequency is played," she said before taking a step forward as the tone stopped slamming face forward into it falling onto the floor glaring at the wall.

Letting out a small chuckle he walked up to Eresh and offered her a hand up which she took refusing to look him in the eyes. She turned to the wall, putting her hand against it while having the nanites trigger the lights again, this time holding their positions, her hand slid through the wall before she slid fully into the wall, the nanites following her through.

Still chuckling Revan paused to make sure the frequency was playing before following Eresh through the wall finding himself in a small room with displays on the walls with a few consoles as well as tables with what looked to be Lantean technology though he couldn't find any information on most of them. Though his attention was drawn to Eresh who was staring at a wall as nanites seemed to be eating their way into it.

"I've already accessed the consoles using the nanites, they weren't protected by the genetic key that most of Atlantis's systems are," the nanites stopped moving as Eresh reached her hand into the hole they'd created pulling out what he knew to be a Lantean data storage device which seemed to sink into her hand. "Now let's see what's on here," she said, her eyes closing. Waiting for her to finish going through the information, Revan used his connection with the ship to send a message to Lya's tablet telling her where they were and what they were up to, receiving her reply informing him of both her and Jolinar's progress that they had completed their task and that they were now going through the seed bank. Revan's attention was drawn from his connection to the ship as one of the devices on the tables was teleported out as Eresh let out several Lantean curses.

"I take it you found the information we were looking for?" Revan asked watching Eresh start to pace, feeling Hades teleporting multiple things from Atlantis including more of the items on the tables into the section of the Hades used to store dangerous specimens and artifacts.

"Sadly I did and much more," she said, taking control of one of the consoles to show what appeared to be a nanite then became what appeared to be a Lantean. "These are nanites similar to the ones used on the Hades and me, however, their programming is extremely aggressive and their ability to replicate far surpasses the ability of our own," she said a graph comparing the two nanites appearing on the display. "They were created to combat the Wraith, however, the Lantean government found them to not be the weapon they were looking for so they Aurora-class battleships and bombed them for orbit supposedly wiping them out then had records of them removed," she said looking at the screens.

"Supposedly?" he asked looking at the display showing all the information on the nanites as well as their base code. Eresh brought up a map of the galaxy showing the planet with over forty ZPMs.

"The planet that has multiple ZPMs is the Asuran's homeworld," she said before turning to Revan with a thoughtful look. "Meaning the Lantean government at the time failed to wipe them out..and if I were to guess from their base code it's not something they could just forgive," the screens coming alive with a series of ones and zeroes.

"You don't seem too worried?" he asked, walking to the screen finding himself unable to even attempt to decipher it. Eresh simply smiled as the code started to fill all the displays in the room.

"If I'm right, with the information on the storage device we could gain access to the base code using a back door left by the lead scientist Janus giving us administrative access," she said as one by one the screens shut off and she turned to him "their aggression is embedded into most of their base code leaving the only option to be a complete wipe," she said turning towards him. "If we don't I fear they will eventually find a way to override the failsafe in their systems making it impossible to attack anyone with Lantean D.N.A. and if that were to happen they would surely attack us the first opportunity they get." Revan looked at her before turning towards the exit of the room.

"Let's meet up with Lya and Jolinar first," Revan said, sending a quick message to Lya to meet them in the Atlantis gate room. "I'd like their opinion of the situation first since they're part of the crew," getting a nod from Eresh they both were teleported to the gate room finding Lya waiting for them sitting in one of the console chairs.

After informing Lya and Jolinar of their findings and getting briefed on Atlantis's remaining supplies as well as a list of seeds Lya wanted to try and grow in her lab they found themselves in the ship's cafeteria to discuss the Asuran threat over lunch.

"These Asurans sound like a much more dangerous threat than the system lords, the fact that they have technology as advanced if not more so than Atlantis, and their hatred of anything Lantean could lead to them becoming a major threat to the Tau'ri as well as any human with Lantean D.N.A.," Jolinar said taking a drink from the Nox fruit drink. Her eyes losing their glow looking at Eresh reading another romance novel "Are you sure that we could not come to a peaceful solution?" Lya asked.

Eresh looked up from her book grabbing the datapad she had found in the lab handing it to Lya who started to scroll through it.

"No there isn't, while they may seem to be alive all they're doing is copying how they saw the Lanteans live. It's just an illusion of life, they could never be self-aware their programming makes it impossible," she said sitting her book down and looking towards Revan who gave her a nod. " I am the only self-aware A.I. created by the Lantean people with my creation and the method of it being the best-kept secret under the orders of High Counselor Ishtar with all the technology used in the process destroyed and data stored only on the Hades."

Lya sat the pad down closing her eyes which Revan took for her talking with Jolinar as he finished his food, picking the datapad up and checking on the galaxy map feeling his first clench when seeing that the Wraith ships had left hyperspace arriving at what he guessed to be their destinations to begin a culling.

"There is nothing we can do Revan," Eresh sensing his unease, "If we stop that culling then they'll know we've returned and awakened the rest of the hive," she looked him in the eyes," the Lantean-Wraith war will begin anew and while we have the firepower to take down quite a few of their ships we lack the capability to wage a war," she finished distaste about the situation on her face.

"I know, but still...there has to be something that can be done," Revan said throwing the pad onto the table running his hands through his hair.

"I am Ereshkigal A.I. of the city-battleship Hades if you order it I am more than willing to go to war with you," Eresh said her tone firm and eyes on him with a smile on her face. "Till the end High Counselor Revan."

"High Consoler Revan," said Jolinar coming out of her and Lya's conversation "I and Lya have discussed the Asuran situation and have come to the shared decision that they do not meet the requirements established by both the Nox and Tok'ra, to be alive, therefore, we will leave the decision of their fate to you," she said, Lya then regaining control and giving Revan and Eresh a nod.

Eresh's eyes widened before she reached forward grabbing the datapad and off the table, schematics appearing and disappearing off the screen before stopping on one.

"The Attero device," Eresh said, pulling up Janus's notes on it, handing it to Revan who read it over only for him to suddenly stop looking at Eresh with disbelief.

"It says here that it caused stargates to explode with enough power to render a planet inhospitable," he said disbelief in his voice as Eresh kept smiling at him.

"Yes, because the signal used to disrupt the Wraith's hyperspace capabilities requires a lot of power and needs to be within the vicinity of the Wraith ship. Since thousands of stargates cover most of the galaxy and allow for instantaneous communication they are ideal but, due to devices overriding the stargate's safety protocols the power isn't regulated and it can't disconnect so it just builds up till its power reaches critical levels and explodes." Eresh said bringing up a schematic of an Aurora-class battleship

"However, with the Wraith's low numbers using the stargate system wouldn't be necessary. All that it would require would be an Aurora-class battleship for each Wraith ship, equipped with a redesigned Attero device powered by a ZPM." She said bringing up a holographic image of the Attero device showing each of its components separately. "I should be able to develop a prototype using Janus's notes in about a week,"

"We don't have the resources for a prototype," Revan said looking at the display. "Or a hundred Aurora-class battleships let alone a crew to pilot them ." Eresh simply smirked as the map of the galaxy appeared showing the Asuran's world.

"But, they do," she said with a smile as Revan's eyes widened as he realized what her plan was. "If we wipe their code that will leave the possible trillions of improved nanites as well as the bodies composed of them, just waiting for someone to take control of them," she said, hologram fading. "That will solve our manpower problem and give us more than enough to resupply the ship and allow us to establish more construction sites both in Pegasus and the Milky Way."

"If I'm right, and they kept up construction after they ceased hostilities against the Wraith then they should have a surplus of not just ZPMs ...but, Aurora-class ships as well as city-chip," she said as she faced him. "With control of these improved nanites and a redesigned Attero device, we could neutralize the Wraith's hyperspace capabilities making it possible to pick them off without major losses."

"Orders High Consoler?" she said with a traditional Lantean salute. Revan looked at her then turned to Lya who gave him a nod before leaving the room. Closing his eyes breathing slowly and letting his emotions go through the force he nodded teleporting them to the bridge.

"How long will you need to access the Asuran's network and wipe their code?" He asked sitting down into the command chair setting a course for the Asuran's homeworld making sure that Hades was operating within acceptable parameters now that Atlantis was docked with it. After finding that all systems were fully operational and activating the ship's shields he sent a message to Lya notifying her they'd be jumping to hyperspace as the ship broke through the planet's atmosphere and with a thought commanding the ship to jump being notified it would take thirty minutes to reach their destination.

"With the information from the datapad I should be able to access their system's within seconds after we fall out of hyperspace over their planet," she said, sitting down as a console rose out of the floor going over data. "Uploading a copy of myself into their systems will probably take up to an hour and I will have to leave this body to use my full processing power to make sure there are no errors."

"Is there any possibility of damage to yourself?" Revan asked worriedly.

"No, though if there was an error in the upload it could lead to complications, which could set back the possible construction before we could even start," nodding towards her display as a percentage bar appeared "this will indicate the status of my upload and should any errors occur you will be notified both on this console and through our link."

Giving her a nod of acknowledgment before she returned her attention to the console Revan stood stretching still feeling sore from before he gave the mental command and found himself in the ship's cafeteria before grabbing himself a glass of water.

"How are you doing?" Lya said from behind him causing Revan to jump before he whirled around to face her finding a very un-Nox-like smirk. Letting out a deep breath he moved to sit in one of the available chairs.

"Still a bit sore from pulling Atlantis from the ocean..haven't used the force to that effect for quite some time," Revan finished with a yawn. Lya tilting her head before reaching out with her hands putting them together causing Revan's eyes to widen as he felt the force around her pushing out from her hands and wrapping around him, the soreness fading away slowly before she lowered her arms the connection severed.

Revan's eyes widened as he saw her start to fall before without thought or effort he used the force to catch her gently lowering her to the ground. He rushed to her side helping her into a chair as she took some deep breaths.

"I did not think that would tire me out as so," Lya said as Revan grabbed her a glass of water which she took sips from. "Thank you, Revan,"

"I should be thanking you," he said taking a seat across from her "I feel completely recovered, though I think you should hold off on using your ability to heal me again if it has such an effect on you." looking at Lya with worry.

"I have to agree," she said sitting her cup down looking him in the eyes. "Now I wonder if you plan on restarting the Lantean-Wraith war?"

"I can't let them go around culling worlds using the humans of this galaxy as a food source," he said, resting his chin on his hand looking out of the room's viewport to the stars passing them by. "The Lanteans are responsible for seeding the human race here... they're my responsibility to look after," he turned to face her. "If they ever discovered about the humans in the Milky Way then they would never stop trying to get to them, Earth would be an open buffet."

"Could you not discuss a peaceful way of cohabitation with the Wraith?" Lya asked with concern apparent on her face. "I understand that both of your races have a long history of conflict but, does that mean that you can't find a non-violent way to settle this?"

"If I contact them to negotiate it would allow them to start mass production of drones much as they did before the last war started," Revan said laying his head down on the table looking up to her pausing as he saw the sadness in her eyes before letting out a sigh. "I can't promise to not use the Attero device for the sake of the galaxy I can't let the Wraith do as they please, but I won't be responsible for genocide," he sat up looking Lya in the eyes " If Eresh's plan works and we have a ship with the Attero device on it for every Wraith ship then we can open negotiations."

"You wish to rule the Wraith with fear?"

"No," Revan said with a shake of his head. "I just want to have an even playing field. I would even be willing to help them by developing an alternative food source, I'm sure with the Lantern's study of the Wraith we should have the means to develop one," he smiled at Lya's wide eyes.

"There were a similar species back in my home reality called the Anzat who fed off the people as well though they fed off the brains, and seemed to favor force sensitives. They were very similar to the Wraith, yet they were able to live alongside other races I believe the same for the Wraith."

"And if they refuse your negotiations?"

"Then they'll be stuck unable to reach hyperspace, forced to travel at a speed that would make it impossible to reach other planets in their lifespan, faced with the one thing they fear...starving," Revan said, finishing his water. "Of course with the ships available and Eresh providing the workforce we could drop off food for them so they wouldn't starve," he said standing up as he felt Eresh notify him that they were ten minutes out.

Lya looked to be having a conversation with Jolinar so Revan left them to it having the teleport transport him back to the bridge finding Eresh standing from her seat stretching as she turned to face him.

"I have set the upload to begin as soon as we've wiped the Asurans of their base code so I'll be leaving this body now to get in position if you don't mind?" Eresh asked, looking towards him.

"Yeah you've got the go-ahead," Revan said with a nod before adding. "Be careful Eresh." she simply smiled and gave him a nod.

"Of course I'll be careful, I am one of a kind after all," she said with a smirk, her body melting into nanites leaving Revan alone on the bridge to watch as the ship dropped out of hyperspace revealing a beautiful planet with signs of technology. The bridge's display notified him of ships already heading to intercept him before they stopped completely. Eresh's upload status went to one percent.

Sighing knowing that everything was up to Eresh now he sat back down in the command chair lowering Hades into the planet's atmosphere over what appeared to be the Asuran's capital building. He stared at what appeared to be city-ships the same design as Atlantis with his display indicating numbers in the fifties with what the scans said to be about a hundred and twenty-seven Aurora-class battleships all possessing technology way out of date compared to the shields and weapons on the Hades.

Revan was drawn from his analysis as Lya walked into the bridge looking at the display that was currently showing the Asuran city before turning towards Revan, her eyes glowing.

"Eresh has enacted her plan then?" Jolinar asked sitting in a chair in front of the console with Eresh's current progress showing four percent.

"Yeah, now all that is left is to wait and see if the upload is successful," Revan said crossing his legs and leaning back into the command chair. Jolinar looked at Revan with curiosity on her face before her eyes lost their glow showing Lya back in control who stood and walked up to Revan, her eyes meeting his.

"I have thought about what you said on the subject of the Wraith," she paused looking back out towards the view of the city "do you think the steps you plan to take will be truly necessary?"

"Yes...the Wraith feeds on humans not just for necessity, but for the pleasure of it. Early studies conducted by the Lanteans showed that Wraith didn't have to feed on humans till they died or put them in the husk-like state as they do but rather endo it for the sheer joy of it." Revan said a grim look on his face.

"Then...I will respect your choice however I would like to note my disagreement with it," she said bowing her head. "And I hope that my disagreement of the way you're treating the Wraith will not sour our friendship." Revan let out a chuckle standing up looking at Lya before bowing his head.

"I will always respect your opinion Lya," Revan said with a smile, "I know of the Nox way and I respect it, but I have my way and while I wish I could use the Nox way, for the future of the Lantean race I cannot take the chance of another major conflict with the Wraith...I need to nip them in the bud." Revan gave Lya the customary Nox sign of gratitude "I hope you continue to be my console for many years Lya of the Nox and Jolinar of the Tok'ra."

Lya smiled, her eyes glowing for a second before returning to normal returning the gesture as they both looked to the upload finding it at seven percent. With a thought, Revan and Lya were teleported out of the bridge to the common area with Lya making herself hot chocolate while Revan had the holographic display showing Eresh's upload appear on the wall closest to them so they could keep track of it as they tried more of the Earth's forms of entertainment. Revan quickly found Lya to be frighteningly good at monopoly leading Revan to suffer two swift defeats before moving onto different games.

Time quickly passed by as the upload percentage increased till reaching full completion which was noted by Eresh's form rising out of the floor and giving them both a hug.

"Upload is complete with no problems to report," she said as they were teleported to the observation deck finding the city filled with activity. "All Aurora-class battleships are being loaded with enough raw resources and nanites to build my improved Attero device as well as a cloaking generator on their way to their designated Wraith ship," she said as a display popped up showing each pair with some already on their way off-planet.

"I thought you still had to design the improved device?" Revan asked, watching as more ships started to take off.

"Uploading myself into their network has increased my processing power immensely beyond my calculations," she said as she changed the display to show a sea of blue spreading across the city. "With each body possessing its own individual network my processing power only keeps growing. With this unforeseen increase, I have already started upgrades on the congregation of city-ships" she said with a big smile as a list of the upgrades appeared showing that she was turning the city below them made up of city ships into one giant dreadnaught-class city-ship that would require twenty-four ZPMs that was dockable with Hades and including Atlantis increased the ZPM count to forty, the power output making Revan's jaw drop.

"Why would I require a ship with that size and power capabilities?" Revan asked in obvious disbelief.

"Because with it we won't need to establish multiple construction sites on different worlds, we will be able to construct our projects on the go with limited threats to our operation." A holographic representation of the ship appearing in front of him. "We will also have a secondary power source using ram scoops to gather solar energy directly from the sun in case of emergency."

"How would we gather raw materials?" he asked, stopping to stare as Hades informed him of thousands of gate ships that started to leave through the planet's gate cloaking before entering the gate. "Ah..that's how," Revan said, staring wide-eyed as ships kept going through.

"And the Wraith don't visit planets without a human population so with the cloak they shouldn't even notice a thing on their sensors," she said, still smiling as Revan took a seat. "I estimate within four weeks the ship's construction capabilities will be fully operational."

"How long till the ship will be complete and able to take off from the planet?" Revan asked scrolling through all the information about the ship that Eresh had sent to the console.

"If we fill its storage to its limits with raw material to make upgrades while traveling, I estimate...two days till it can lift off," she said sitting down looking at him with just a huge smirk.

"And the Aurora-class ships should reach their destinations within four days just waiting for your signal to activate the Attero devices," Revan just sank into the command chair staring at the displays showing Eresh's projects.

"Well…. Eresh you've been busy," Lya said walking up to Eresh hugging her before looking at her with worry. "There are no ill effects with your unexpected increase in processing power?"

Eresh simply smiled at her and pulled her into another hug before pulling back shaking her head.

"No ill effects whatsoever I'm operating beyond what was my peak efficiency," she said sliding down into a chair. "With the increased amount of time we're going to spend in this galaxy, we should be able to use the wormhole-drive to go back to the Milky Way," the small smile on her face fell before she turned to Revan.

"Though I have come across some information using the Asuran systems that I think we should act upon," the galaxy map appeared again this time pinging three different locations two one being on and the other near a planet with the last being outside of the galaxy traveling at near lightspeed.

"The ping near that small planet is a damaged Aurora-class vessel that scans show the crew has been put in stasis after sustaining heavy weapons damage," she said pulling up the ship's records as well as a crew manifest. "However, I fear that they are using the old models which only slowed aging not halting it completely like current models meaning.." she trailed off.

"That they're probably aged to the point if we remove them it could kill them," Revan said looking at the design of the stasis pod as Eresh nodded in agreement.

"Yes, but their consciousnesses were uploaded into a virtual reality housed in the ship's systems," she pulled up the crew's medical records showing that each had gone through a full-body scan before entering the stasis pods. "Using these scans as a basis to build new bodies using these improved nanites we could transfer them into the new bodies saving their lives."

Revan stopped to stare at the screens indicating what the process would be, Lya watching them silently before he let out a deep breath coming to a decision.

"We'll give them a choice if they want to move on or stay in the virtual reality we will respect their wishes," he said looking to Eresh, "but if they are willing well upload their consciousness into new bodies then we will gladly accept them," he said receiving a nod from Lya and Eresh before he had the display zoom in on the planet turning to Eresh.

"From Asuran records that planet was a sort of haven for Lantern's who wished to ascend, using a ZPM they created a time dilation field which increased time within the field by a factor of two hundred and fifty," she said as the technology appeared on the display, "However, I believe that the device was to shut off once there were no Lantean life signs, meaning that there could be some Lanteans still in the field." She waved her hand as the display returned to a view of the galaxy.

"And the last one?" he asked as the screen focused on the ship traveling outside the galaxy towards the Milky Way. Eresh waved her hand at the screen filling it with information on the ship.

"It is the Tria, the last recorded communication with it showed them to have suffered damage from a Wraith attack and to be on their way to join the Lanteans though from the looks of it their hyperdrive must have suffered some damage," the screen showed it current speed to traveling at hyperspeed at less than a percent of the speed of light.

"Would they still be alive or aged like those on the Aurora-class?" he asked looking at the last communication logs sent by them, Eresh nodding.

"Yes, by my calculations due to their current speed only a few years since they set off for the milky way should have passed from their perspective," Her calculations appearing on the screen Lya looking through them. "I recommend waiting to pick them up on our way back to the Milky way when the wormhole-drive is available."

Revan nodded not wanting to leave the Pegasus galaxy without dealing with the Wraith problem checking with the command chair on the systems solar activity finding that they had two weeks before they could use the wormhole-drive without any risk.

"So we have two weeks to fix all the problems in the Pegasus galaxy before having to head back to the Milky Way," Revan finished with a big sigh as a list of their current objectives appeared on the screen Eresh giving him a sheepish look.

Revan closed his eyes, surrendering his senses to the force, breathing in and out slowly letting the force calm his mind releasing his emotions into the force. He could feel it soothing him almost as if telling him it would support him in whatever situation he found himself choosing. Opening his eyes now filled with a strong determination which Eresh could feel through their connection, he nodded to her and Lya laying down in the command chair immersing himself fully into his connection with the ship working with Eresh to finalize their schedule and plans now that they had so many options available to them, Lya notifying them she would be working on the seeds from Atlantis and after a nod to Revan and hug to Eresh she was teleported to her lab.

The next four days were filled with nothing but planning and preparing for their encounter with the Wraith reminding Revan of his time during the Mandalorian Wars as he put his full focus into his work. Using his knowledge of warfare and the data gathered by the Lanteans on the Wraiths tactics and behavior he established multiple plans and fail-safes to account for how the Wraith would react to his ultimatum. He watched the Wraith ships leaving the planets after their culling feeling guilt for his inaction using it to push himself further he wouldn't let the Wraith continue with their cullings.

Eresh was also busy finishing her upgrades for all their ships and collecting enough resources for future construction projects. She had Hades land in the center of the newly named Dreadnaught-class city-ship the Surik in honor of his longtime friend Meetra Surik, former Jedi exile. The Surik was manned by copies of Eresh working as the crew conducting maintenance as well as diagnostics on the huge ship. The gateships had returned with the nanites having collected the Surik's limit of natural resources allowing for the completion of the ship's major systems leaving only the section for construction ironically under construction. After removing any trace of the Asurans and nanites on the planet's surface under Revan's orders, she raised Surik's shields and brought them to rest in orbit over the planet, moving her focus to the ships currently heading to the wraith hive ships making sure construction of her Attero devices was on schedule.

Lya wasn't any less busy working on her hydroponics project introducing the seeds from Atlantis's seed bank to her garden using the information from Atlantis to adjust the soil and environment to fit each plant's individual needs. She also made sure that Revan took time to eat and sleep, using the force Revan was able to cut his sleep down to a couple of hours but he still needed it. Lya also took time to explore new areas of the ship, having Eresh teleport more plants through to the new sections giving the ship a more homely feel. She also had Eresh use some nanites to collect fruits and vegetables as well as replenish their water stores, taking the chance to add to her growing seed collection as well.

Four days after diving headfirst into planning and preparations found Revan waking up still in the command chair the bridge's displays informing of their ships, arriving cloaked at their designated Wraith ships. After waiting to make sure that Wraith did not notice them he let out a sigh of relief setting course for the nearest active wraith ship coming out of hyperspace over a planet before messaging Eresh and Lya to come to the bridge. The bridge lit up with the sign of teleportation as Lya and Eresh arrived both giving him a nod of greeting as the ship jumped into hyperspace.

"So we're going to be doing this then?" Eresh asked a look of distaste on her face, Revan and Lya giving her concerned looks.

"Yes, I know you're not happy with it but we're going to negotiate with the Wraith...like I said I won't be responsible for genocide," he said looking her in the eyes seeing a lot of hatred in them before she turned her head.

"I understand High Counselor ...but, I won't be happy about it," she said, giving him a serious look, Revan just nodded to her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"I know Eresh just don't let your hate control you," he said a far off look in his eyes "I've seen where that can lead you..and it's not pretty," he squeezed her shoulder before turning his attention back to the bridge's display showing there to be ten minutes till they were out of hyperspeed.

"So have you managed to create an alternative food source for the Wraith?" Lya asked while reading through data on her plant's growth and potential additions to the lab. Eresh lost some of the anger on her face, gaining a smirk on her face.

"Yes, the Lanteans studied Wraith's biology to an extreme degree with all the data from their most taboo studies in the storage device from Janus's lab. From that, we were able to develop a synthetic version of the enzyme they get when they feed off of humans," she put the genetic makeup of the enzyme on the screen "It's fairly simple to produce, using our nanites we could make enough to feed what I estimate to be the entire population of the Wraith."

"Though," Revan said, looking to Eresh "we have to get them to use it first and they have a pretty strong hatred of Lanteans," he activated the ship's cloak as they exited hyperspace over the planet. The Wraith hive ship came into view with Surik's scanners showing them preparing to cull the planet. Revan closed his eyes connecting to the command chair activating the Attero devices on the Aurora-class ships and steadying his breathing as he let the force flow through him using it to see the shatterpoints in the Wraith ship highlighting them on the ship's display before opening his eyes and activating Surik's comms.

"Attention Wraith Ship! I am High Counselor Revan of the Lantrean people," he said, decloaking Surik and priming the ship's weapons. "I have weapons locked and should you make any aggressive moves on myself or the people on the planet below I will open fire!"

"I request to speak with your species leaders," he said seeing an increase in the Wraith's comms activity and of the ships on the galaxy map, showing them starting to revive, "I will also warn you that should any of your ships enter hyperspace they will be destroyed!" he shouted, watching as ship after ship on the map reawakened. He waited with bated breath for the ship's reply only to let out a groan of frustration as their weapons were primed. With a mental command, Surik fired on their engine's shatterpoint watching as the drone ripped through their shields and engines without pause, their weapons losing power.

"I repeat! I request to speak to your leaders!" Revan watched five hive ships on the map try and jump to hyperspace only to be destroyed within seconds. "I have warned you! Any attempt to enter hyperspace will result in your immediate destruction!" he saw another hive ship attempt to jump and be destroyed. He sighed, waiting for a reply and looking at Lya who had a look of great sadness on her face but, she merely nodded to him before being teleported back to her lab to mourn the loss of life as was the Nox way. Eresh looked to Revan who gave her a nod before activating the teleport to join Lya.

After watching two more ships destroyed due to the Attero devices he was notified of an incoming call from the damaged ship accepting it on the main display being met with the face of what he learned from the repository to be a wraith queen.

"You dare demand my presence Lantean!" she said her voice filled with nothing but disdain for the race he found himself the leader of. Revan looked at her noticing the subtle similarities she shared with humans along with the fear in her eyes.

"Yes, I do," he said standing up from the command chair keeping weapons locked. "Your race has been feeding on humans for centuries, using them as nothing but cattle," his eyes narrowing at them "that stops now." watching as she glared at him showing him her pointed teeth.

"You think we will obey you!?" she snared with rage before smirking with satisfaction "We brought you pathetic race to their knees! And we will do it again!" she said ending with a maniacal laugh. Revan simply stared at her with a small smirk on his face hidden by his mask.

"And with your ability to use hyperspace disabled?" he asked, stepping towards the display watching as her laughter died down "even with a fleet you'd be nothing but slow-moving targets", he said watching their fear become more apparent. "But, I'm not here to wipe out your race," he said, sending data on the enzyme to their ship, watching as she seemed to comprehend just what he sent her. "I'm here to make a deal." her eyes narrowed.

"What? To keep us as pets?! To feed up like animals!" she said glaring at him with rage.

"You do the same thing to humans,' he pointed out

"It is within our right!" she said her fist clenched tightly. "The Wraith are a superior species, humans are nothing but food!" she spat with anger.

"Then how do you compare to the Lanteans?" Revan said enjoying the anger that appeared on her face "I've destroyed your ability to travel at hyperspeed, and possess the power to wipe out your species through the one thing you truly fear...starvation" he said satisfaction in his tone watching as more and more fear appeared in her eyes.

"Now I know you're ruled by a system of hives each controlled by a queen," he said moving back to the command chair. "I would like to set up negotiations with them, I'd be more than willing to provide travel for them," he said as outrage appeared on her face.

"And what guarantee can you give that you won't just kill them?!" she asked with a disbelieving tone.

"I already have you at my mercy," he said leaning back in the chair. "But I want to give you the opportunity, the chance to stop all the needless kills, to maybe grow as a species... and maybe eventually be able to coexist with other races." hope in his voice. "So, please let's end the hostilities."

The queen seemed to stare at him with curiosity at the hope in his voice before closing her eyes which Revan could remember from his information had to be her communicating telepathically with the other queens. Though any hope Revan felt ended as the force almost screamed into his head as the Wraith ship's weapons came back online and started to send out darts towards the planet.

"We will not become your pets this subterfuge will not trick us!" screeched the queen as the galaxy map notified him that most of the Wraith ships were entering hyperspace his eyes widened in horror as the number of ships dropped to five all the others destroyed. The queen's eyes widened feeling the deaths of her fellow queens as all but five of the ships including hers were destroyed.

Closing his eyes trying to gain control of his emotions Revan felt Eresh take swift control of the ship's transporter reaching through the Wraith ship's shields as well as the dart teleporting them all into one of the many cities along the outer edge of the Surik that they'd set to be the ship's prison capable of containing a large number of Wraith in the worst-case scenario...which it had just become as he was notified that the remaining Wraith were teleported onto the ships sent to them and on route to the Surik. Revan sunk into the command chair ripping his mask off and throwing it into a corner of the room as he buried his face in his hands, the force trying to comfort him.

"I'm sorry," he heard Eresh say putting a hand on his shoulder "I know you didn't want it to come to this, but we can't change what happened Revan," she reached her hands down cupping his cheeks and sliding onto her knees making him look her in the eyes. "You can only learn from this," he saw nothing but acceptance in her eyes, a small smile on his face.

Closing his eyes he centered himself in the force feeling a great feeling of sadness from it, but also a feeling of support and determination as it surrounded him. He breathed in and out slowly releasing his emotions into the force. Opening his eyes he gave Eresh a nod of gratitude before turning back towards the display finding the wreckage that was once a Wraith ship.

After checking that none of the Wraith darts had made it to the planet Revan set course for the former Asuran homeworld also having Eresh set it as the destination for their fleet of Aurora-class ships after finding no survivors.

"So what is the plan now?" Eresh asked using the nanites to pick up his mask and handing it back to him receiving a grateful nod. The display changed to show statistics on the former Asuran's homeworld along with a document that was one of the many backup plans they'd come up with.

"We're going to transport the Wraith to the former Asuran homeworld; it should be a suitable planet for their biological needs," the display changed showing five Aurora-class vessels in orbit of the planet. "With the five ships acting as stealth satellites to protect them as well as watch over them, we also use the nanites aboard them to create the substitute food source using the natural resources from the planet."

"So we're exiling them?" she said as she went over all the information on the display using her hand to scroll through the information.

"Yes, before it wasn't that much of an option without having multiple habitable planets in a system would have taken decades to find but, due to their now lesser numbers Asura should work on its own," he said showing her the figures of their now low numbers. Eresh nodded playing with her lekku as she watched the Wraith in the prison as her duplicates distributed the substitute enzymes to them.

"Could you have the nanites build some housing for them on the planet?" he asked as he sent her the schematics of what he had in mind getting a nod in response. Leaning back in the command chair he let out a sigh before using the teleport to go to Lya's lab. Using the time till their arrival to receive some console from Lya who thought it would be beneficial to teach him about some Nox meditation techniques.

After being notified of their arrival, Revan thanked Lya receiving a short hug before teleporting to the bridge to watch as the Wraith were teleported to the planet and after making sure that they had all they needed to survive and leaving five ships cloaked over the planet he teleported the planet's stargate into storage waiting for the other Aurora-class ships to dock in the Surik's hanger before setting course for the Aurora a trip that would take thirty minutes.

Leaving the bridge to Eresh who was now reading another romance novel and from the looks of things on her ears and the rhythmic swaying of her lekku listening to music using the CD player they'd gotten on earth. Stopping to stare for a second, Revan was reminded of Mission before shaking his head and returning to Lya to learn more about the Nox meditation techniques.

Revan's eyes opened wide from the meditation finding Lya across from him as the Eresh used their link to tell him they had arrived at the ship. Standing up and stretching his back pop he gave Lya a nod and teleported to the bridge finding Eresh already going over data on Aurora from the Surik's scanners.

"The ship's ZPM energy levels are in the low twenties," Eresh said, pulling up a display of the ship. "There is some scoring on the hull but my readings show there is no loss of atmosphere and there appear to be satisfactory levels of oxygen, "she said with a nod standing up her clothing becoming that of a Lantean officer. "I'm ready to go when you are."

Revan watched as a duplicate of her rose out of the floor retaking her seat before giving her a nod. "Let's go," and with a nod, they found themselves on the ship surrounded by stasis pods. Eresh looked around finding an access point in the wall, her hand sunk into it as her form shimmered for a second.

"Connection established," she said closing her eyes "I have made contact with the crew, there are currently twenty members of the original sixty." she looked to Revan " the captain has requested to be updated on all that's happened...this could take a while," she said with a sigh.

Giving Eresh a nod he sat down and closed his eyes allowing himself to be completely engulfed in the force letting it flow through him. Breathing in and out filling his heartbeat slow as he mediated in the force, the world around him fading away. All he knew was the force feeling it around him, from the Lanteans in stasis to the ship itself, he could feel his perception expanding as he let go of everything, his emotions, his thoughts, his worries, he just let them all go.

"Let go of all you fear to lose,"

"Emotions are not a weakness their what makes life worth living Rev"

"Savior, conqueror, hero, villain. You are all things, Revan… and yet you are nothing. In the end, you belong to neither the light nor the darkness. You will forever stand alone."

"I don't know your name—but I take up your cause. I will not remove your mask until there is justice—until the Mandalorians have been defeated once and for all. So swears… Revan!"

Revan's eyes shot open, finding many small items floating around the room before falling to the ground with Eresh looking at him with worry.

"You okay Revan?" she asked offering him a hand up "You've been meditating for about two hours, through the floating objects started an hour ago," she pulled him up "not to mention your heart rate lowered to a beat a minute and your mental activity was off the charts,"

Revan moved his body feeling no stiffness or aches before turning his attention back to Eresh.

"So how did the meeting go?" he asked while using his mental connection with the ship to teleport a Nox drink into his hand.

"Of the remaining crew, only three agreed to have their consciousness uploaded into nanite composed bodies with the others wishing for their pods to be disconnected from the ship's power," she said with a sad look towards the pods.

"I take it that you already have bodies ready for the three who wish to join us?" he asked, walking towards what he remembered from the schematics to be the bridge. Eresh just smiled as three duplicates of her were transported to the room along with what he guessed were the crew's replacement bodies which were two men and a woman all dressed in officer uniforms.

"I'll take that as a yes," he said walking into the bridge and taking a seat in its command chair instructing the ship to dock in the Surik's hanger with the others using his connection to Surik to have nanites start repairs and upgrades on it. "How long till their consciousnesses are uploaded from the ship into their new bodies?" he asked Eresh, uploading the ship's logs into Suriks's systems.

"It's already finished," she said, sending their logs to the bridge's view screen Revan giving them a quick look before looking back towards the pod.

"Can the power be safely cut off from the stasis pods?" he asked, pulling up the ship's controls to its power distribution.

"Yes, it can be cut now," she said as Lya teleported into the bridge giving them both nods before looking to Revan.

"Eresh has informed me of the situation," she said with a sad look "I have come to give them their last rites as is customary of the Nox way," she bowed her head moving her hands over her heart whispering the rites under her breath both eyes closed Revan and Eresh sharing a look before joining her in silence.

Once Lya finished their last rites Revan cut power to their pods bowing his head as the bridged notified him of their life signs failing before closing his eyes as it notified him that their life signs had ceased.

After a few minutes of silence Revan, Lya, and Eresh were teleported back to the ship finding themselves being met by their three new crew members with the oldest looking male stepping forward.

"I am Tallos captain of the Aurora," he said with a salute though Revan could see some reservation before stepping back and the lone female stepping forward.

"I am first officer Trebel, " she said, saluting before stepping back to join the captain.

"And I am head security officer Latos," he said saluting before joining Tallos and Trebel all three of them looking a little out of their depth. Revan smiled beneath his mask before saluting and introducing Eresh, Lya, and himself.

After a few minutes of introduction, Revan had Eresh show them the available quarters to choose from as well as giving them a brief tour of their ship and its systems. Lya also offered to help them learn the way around the ship before bidding them farewell and heading back to her lab.

After watching Eresh leave with their new crew members and feeling all the stress from the day taking its toll Revan sent a message to Eresh and Lya telling them he was going to get a full night of sleep after four days of non-stop planning and after receiving acknowledgment from both of them he teleported back to his room onto his bed still wearing his clothes as he passed out.

Though his rest was briefly interrupted by Eresh who used their mental connection to ask if she could handle the situation on the planet with the time dilation which he agreed to, before allowing the sweet embrace of sleep to take him.

Revan jolted into consciousness as the ship alarms started to blare through the room, Eresh notified him that they were under attack. Quickly jumping to his feet he had himself teleported to the bridge finding Lya and Eresh at the controls along with two of their new crew members Tallos and Trebel who appeared to be manning shields and long-range scanners. Checking with the ship he found Latos in the ship's armory with some of Earth's duplicates getting ready in case of boarding.

"Status?" he asked sitting down in the command chair finding the ship's shield holding strong against the assault as long-ranged scanners scanned the ship pulling up their information on the main display. Though his concentration was broken as Eresh let out a loud gasp as they compared the ships' designs to any known previously by the Lanteans.

"Those ships," Eeresh whispered checking and rechecking their findings before turning to Revan a look of disbelief on her face as Lya walked over to Tallos on comms. "They're of Asgard design," his eyes widened as he began trying to hail the ships on all Asgard comm frequencies known to the Lanteans.

The ships stopped firing leaving Revan waiting with bated breath, the bridge was filled with nothing but silence as they looked to the main displays. The silence was broken as they were notified of an incoming communication that he had Tallos bring up on the main display. He heard gasps from those in the room as a small gray alien appeared on the screen though it had shared characteristics of the Asgard from the repository download it didn't match them completely.

"I am Lytir leader of the Vanir," he said, sending a schematic of the original Attero device through their comms. "We request you to surrender this device, to stop the threat of the Wraith. Or we will be forced to board you and take it ourselves,"

"I am Revan High Counselor of the Lantean people," Revan said with a bow before looking at Lytir with a look of curiosity on his face "you do realize that using the device would not only result in the eventual destruction of the gate network in his galaxy but the loss of any life on a planet with a stargate on it."

"We have deemed those to be acceptable losses in the continued preservation of our species," he said in a dull tone, no remorse in his voice. Eresh had a look of disbelief on her face at his blatant disregard for the lives of the people in the Pegasus galaxy.

"Acceptable losses?" Revan questioned, eyes narrowed. "The amount of life that would be lost is in no way acceptable….I thought Asgards had a higher value of life? Not to mention many laws against such actions," he noticed a narrowing of their eyes when he said Asgard.

"We are Vanir," he said as Revan was notified the Vanir ship had moved to orbit the Surik. "long ago we split from our brothers in the Ida galaxy after a disagreement among our people on how we should combat the degradation caused by our accelerated cloning process," he waved his arm "if you're familiar with the appearance of the Asgard before our adoption of cloning as a means of immortality then you can see that we are merely shadows of our former selves,"

"What was the differing opinion that made you choose to leave Ida?" Revan asked, noticing a shift in Lytir's expression. "From Lantean records I know Asgardians to hold great respect for an individual's right to live. Could that be it?"

"Yes, we believed that it was prudent to look into all possible ways of halting and repairing the degradation of our genetic code," he said as he sent a message containing the current Asgardian cellular code. "Even if it violated the taboos established by the Asgardian government,"

Giving Eresh a mental command she analyzed the genetic code finding pieces of it to be very similar to that of humans in the Pegasis galaxy Revan's eyes narrowing at the implications.

"And by that, you mean human experimentation don't you?" he asked, hearing Lya let out a gasp of surprise most likely because a once-promising race of the great four races would stoop to such a thing with Lytir simply nodding his head.

"It was necessary and has allowed us to combat the continued degradation by a small but significant amount," he looked at them with determination. "For the continuation of my species, we are willing to go through with any means necessary."

"You realized that the human race falls under the protection of Lantean people, correct?" Revan asked, having all of the ship's weapons prime up. "I am well within my right to disable your vessel and subdue your crew to face trial for your actions," he said steel in his voice as Lytir merely nodded his head.

"Yes however we know of your long-standing hostilities with the Wraith and currently have access to the Attero device's console only requiring the control device to activate it," he had a touch of smugness in his voice, "if you will not relinquish the control device we will send a signal to all Wraith ships within the vicinity of this ship's communication range of your location."

Revan only stared at the Asgardian while using his mental link to have Eresh check for all Asgard technology in the Pegasus galaxy using the stargates to boost their scanning range finding what appeared to be the Vanir's current outpost on an extremely toxic planet. Giving Eresh instructions to have one of the ships over the Wraith's new home to head there cloaked and teleport anyone there into the ship's containment cells before turning his attention back to his conversation with Lytir.

"So, you find out that a race that you were once great allies with, move to a new galaxy you've never explored before and they seed life there," Revan said standing up from the command chair. "But, then you find out they're at war with a race that while not as advanced as them, can give them a decent fight," he walked towards the display, "so you decided to use the confusion as an opportunity to experiment on humans while they were occupied to save yourselves, only for them to lose and leave you at the mercy of the Wraith," Revna now stood close to the screen anger in his voice.

"Then thousands of years later we come back to this galaxy and the first thing you do is attack our ship in a plot to end the Wraith while sacrificing most of the humans of this galaxy and try to blackmail us when it's obvious you're outgunned...am I right?" he asked seeing the fear in the Vanir's face as Aurora-class battleships started to pour out of Surik's hanger surrounding their ship.

"That is correct," he said, voice full of fear at the number of ships under Revan's control.

"And did you think I'd just let you go after admitting to doing experiments on our legacy to look the other way as you do what you wish!?" Revan said his voice full of outrage

"If you do not the Wrai-" Lytir started to reply but was cut off as Revan sent over the ship's data of the Wraith hive ship's destruction.

"Aren't a threat to anyone anymore...but you are," Revan said as the Vanir on screen gave him a look of utter fear and disbelief while going over the data. There was nothing but silence between them before Lytir broke it.

"What will you do to us?" he asked with defeat in his tone as he seemed to sag down into his chair Revan staring him in the eyes for a few seconds before sighing.

"You will be disarmed and confined to this ship's containment facility, " Revan said as he had the ships return to the hangar, his show of force over. "...where you will stay until I can turn you over to the Asgardian High Council to face punishment for your crimes" he finished letting out a sigh before turning as Lya tapped him on the shoulder giving him a pleading look making him close his eyes and sigh. "Until such time, if you're willing, I would like to devote resources into trying to help cure the Asgardian degradation using all the knowledge and technology available to the Lantean people...your help would be appreciated," he said receiving a shocked look from the Vanir who seemed to gather himself before nodding.

"If you are truly willing to help work on a cure for my race," he started bowing his head "then you will have our complete cooperation and access to all our research into it," giving Revan a look of gratitude.

Revan simply nodded at his thanks before sending them instructions on where to land in the hanger and for them to leave any weapons and shields on the ship and having Latos take some of Earth's duplicates to escort them to their containment cell.

After having the ship he sent to their outpost deliver the remaining Vanir into his custody he had them all moved to a medical facility under the watch of some Eresh duplicates as they weren't too dangerous without weapons. Lya wanting to help the Vanir and by extension, Asgardians spending less time on her plant project only spending the bare minimum of time needed in her lab and the rest of her time with the Vanir supplying the knowledge of the Nox to help them. Revan stopped by every couple of days to help using both the knowledge from his home reality on cloning and the Lantean repository to chip in though he usually had Eresh take his place as he worked on other projects and dismantling the original Attero device. He also checked on all the planets with ZPMs removing them if they had no purpose or if they were being used by humans to cause others harm. This had led him to discover a planet with a semi-functioning city-ship buried in the ground, the leaders of the government using its control chair to rule their people with fear. He'd used Suriks teleport to access the ZPM room and remove them leaving a ship in orbit to watch after its people.

He also got to know the three new Lantean crew members permitting them to start their own projects as Eresh could function as a full crew that functioned twenty-four-seven as he buckled down and focused on his side projects as the days passed till their two weeks stay in Pegasus finally came to an end.