Disclaimer: I never have and never will own the characters, Ideas or anything else based on these 2 shows. The TV studios that produced them, do. This story is also free as it is a pet project. Enjoy.

"Talking"

"Thinking"

"Wireless/communication"

"Speaking in a different language"

Chapter 14: The new reality

Deep space, unknown sector, Colonial refugee fleet, Battlestar Pegasus, 4 days later

Admiral Adama was making himself at home in Cain's old quarters on the Pegasus. The shift to a non Pegasus commander was not without its problems as the crew held closed ranks to outsiders for reasons of past crimes... as well as pride. The admiral made sure that he would keep Pegasus's honor intact. But Cain's policy was out the window. 3 strikes in a row was a blow to the ships morale. Cain's near death and then death not long ago, their former XO turning out to be a sell out to the black market and Garner being a sub-par commander who was better off in engineering than the CIC.

The Pegasus, like all the Battlestars, suffered damage during the last engagement. But they were fixable. The new armor helped allot, but it was becoming clearer every day that both Cylons and Colonials were a small fish in a ever growing pond. If and when they find the real Earth... who knows what these parasites will be able to throw at them? That is what worried him. He wanted to fulfill Erian's dream, but at the moment, he did not know how. They lost 533 people in the evacuation and battle over the planet. Not counting the Cylon losses. He began remembering what Laura said. They needed that number to go up again. And for humans, there was only one way to do that. And to be able to do that, they needed a safe heaven.

He was sitting behind Cain's desk, looking over the information, report's and pictures from that 'Helix' planet. It was a paradise planet, much like Kobol or Caprica before the fall. The city the ring was located in, was build for millions, so their current 288511 survivors would barely begin filling the cities capacity. Add the Cylon's 38221 human form Cylons on top of that, and large parts of the city would still remain a ghost town for years to come. Not counting the centurions, yet. But the good news was that once they arrived, there would not be any space shortage in the city and since that planet had a great climate, if they would choose to, some people could migrate to the wilderness and begin anew.

Laura wanted to prevent that happening, but to a degree it would become unavoidable. The food storage was down to 40% and the harvest on the Kobol was barely scratching the surface of their needs. In the city on the Helix planet, there were many hydroponic domes, many as large as a kilometer in diameter. But most were overgrown and in need of repair, so they could not be used for months, if not years. The solution was a harsh but realistic one. The city was surrounded by mountains and hills on 3 sides and the ocean on the fourth side, but there were transport connections out of the city via canyons. One of these lead to an open plateau stretching for dozens of kilometers. It was fertile land with a river dividing it. Perfect for cultivation. But it was 22 kilometers outside the city, so a constant transport link was needed as well as security, vehicles and tools.

The expedition found some sort of hover crafts meant for transport of goods, but using them and fixing them would take time. The military would be needed for security, both in the city and the connection to the farming fields. Parts of the city were overrun by wild animals, so until the city was cleared of them, a curfew was in place. The equipment and vehicles needed for farming and other needs were unfortunately too big for the ring, so they would need to wait until the fleet arrived at the planet with them.

Those were the bad news. There were good news as well. The city was on the part of the planet where spring just began. Perfect for farming. The other outpostship that was connected to the city and landed in the ocean next to the city, was in good shape, much like the Kobol. It was here the expedition forces set up shop, since they had experiences with the Kobol. The outpostship was also at full power, with 3 crystals powering it. It was also capable of sharing that power with the rest of the city. The city itself got its main power from multiple sources. A power plant was build inside the mountain on the east side, where large naquadah reactors were meant to provide the primary power. The problem was that they were dry, but the Colonials brought some refined naquadah they mined from the moon with them. Not much, but sufficient for now. The other source was on another continent, connected to the city via power lines and ring transporters. A geothermal power plant, feeding off a dormant volcano.

Adama stood up and took the files off the table, putting them in a folder he took with himself as he exited his new quarters. Se saluted the guards outside and began walking to the hangar where the shuttle with the transporter was located. As he moved thru the corridors, he looked every now and then at the people moving passed him and working on making repairs, nodding at them as he passed. God's, he wished that Saul was out of sickbay already. He needed him to get this crew back into shape. Chewing people's heads off was the XO's job and Saul did it better than most.

As he reached his destination he remembered that hours ago the remnants of the Cylon rebels arrived and joined the fleet. Truly a strange site, considering where they were less than a year ago.

Minutes later, he arrived on the Kobol and entered the president's office. He was the last one. Laura, Baltar, Caprica, D'Anna, Tory, Nash and Ellen were all already present.

"Hello admiral. Nice of you to join us." Roslin smiled as she greeted him. He took the last free seat.

"Sorry for being late, but I had these reports to go thru."

"We understand." D'Anna acknowledged his excuse. "We have many things to discuss here. So, shall we?"

"Yes, fist agenda. Which ships will we need to leave behind? Dr. Baltar?" Roslin looked at the doctor.

"Well, madam president." He took several notes from his files. "According to my calculations, we either leave several civilian ships, several Battlestars, or several Basestars. Or a combination."

"Well, we can't force the Cylons to take the entire burden, can we?" the president replied. Then she looked at D'Anna. "One Basestar? Is that acceptable?"

"Huuh." D'Anna looked at the other 2 Cylons. They noded. "I guess it is acceptable."

"Good, but we need more. Either a Mercury Battlestar, or a civilian ship of equal size. Since we don't have those, it will have to be 2 of them."

"I hate to give up on any more military hardware, madam president." The admiral said.

"OK, civilians it is then. Doctor, what can we do there?"

"In all honesty, Cloud 9 is the bare minimum, but another would be needed. The Astral queen maybe?"

Laura rubbed her forehead." Cloud 9, eh? I feared as much. But I can sell that now that we have a planet to go to and we have space on the Kobol. But another one? What about an industrial ship?"

"Not the mining and refining ships. We still need those." Adama pointed out.

"Agreed. But the prisoner ship? That has outlived its purpose. I don't think Zarek will make much fuss about it?"

As everyone nodded, Laura concluded. "OK, first agenda agreed upon. Besides doctor, if you are right, we might send the Kobol back to get them, if needed, right?"

"Yes, if needed."

"Very well. Second agenda. The centurions." She then looked at the Cylons again. "Free from those talent inhibitors or not, they need to understand the rules and laws, if this society will function. For that we need to communicate with them."

"We have already begun to look into the possibility to install voice boxes into them. On top of that we have removed the weapons from all of them, as the admiral demanded." D'Anna answered.

"Good. But in the future, if we have a unified security force, you will need to find a way to reattach them." Adama made a compromise. "But only for those on the security forces. If we humans can be disarmed, they should be too. Also, have you asked them, if they even want to come?"

D'Anna nodded. "They do. They said it is their best chance to one day free those still under the Cavils control. They also, for now, do not need a representative. We will represent them on the Quorum."

"Very well. Moving on. Agenda three. The trip." Laura looked at Baltar again. "How long will this trip take if we depart as soon as we are ready?"

"Well, calculating the power needs, the distance, added mass and weight... as well as the damaged hyperdrive,... 2 months, if nothing goes wrong. Without the added weight and damage, the interstellar one would get us there in under 9 days, but the extra mass... well you get the idea."

Everyone sighed. "2 months on these ships? We should send everyone thru the ring that will not be needed for this trip before we go." The admiral suggested. "That goes for the Cylons as well."

"We should also transfer everything that the people on that planet already need for farming and other necessities that are too big for the ring to the Discovery. Without dragging anything with her, she should get there faster, right Doctor?" Laura asked.

"A good idea, madam president."

Laura then looked at her notes again. "Well, agenda four. This Helix star system. The information we have received and are still receiving, is impressive, to say the least. Dr. Baltar, if you please?"

Baltar seeing his time to explain has come, stood up and activated the screen behind him. "The city seems to have a small wall that separate the city limits from the so called 'wilderness'. We found out that this wall is meant to represent the shield perimeter if they would be activated. There are small and large passages that enable entrance even if the barrier is up. But as you can see, allot of time has passed since anyone was in this city. Wild animals have made themselves at home and plants are covering allot of the city. This will take time to get rid of. The biggest problem are the carnivores roaming the city." He switched to a new picture. "This bear like creature in particular seems to not be scared of us. Ironically, the centurions have shown to be the best answer to them, as these creatures don't know what to do when faced with them, so they just flee."

"Great, reduced to pest control." D'Anna smiled as she mocked the situation.

"Yes, well... let's continue. The military has established order, but for the moment, the other outpostship docked and integrated into the city is the best bet for our people. Also, once we arrive, we can land the Kobol right next to her sister ship, as you can see." Baltar pointed to the landing spot in the water shown in the picture. "It will fit perfectly in there and attach itself to the city as well."

The admiral looked at the food report and asked. "What about the fields that were found outside the city? Will they be sufficient for our needs?"

"That might be a problem, but one we can solve." Baltar began to explain. "The ocean the city borders on is filled with life. First test have shown that the fish are eatable. It also appears that the builders had similar ideas, as several naval craft that also have the ability to hover are meant for fishing. The issue is, as always, maintenance and repairs. But once we get them going, we should be able to take advantage of the waters there. In addition, once we get that valley secured, we can begin moving workers and goods from and to the fields. The problem will be the daily migration, since there are no buildings near those fields. But there might be a solution there as well. " Baltar once again changed the picture on the display.

"Ring transporters?" The admiral asked. "So, what of them?"

"We found a storage area in the city, filled with equipment, spare parts and similar stuff. Including many unused ring transporters, by my best guess, industrial ones, five time bigger in diameter than the regular ones. Big enough to accept vehicles and other equipment too big for the regular ones. If we deploy one at the end of that valley and the beginning of the fields..."

"We can have a link directly for migrant workers to move back and forth!" the president concluded Baltars thought.

"Yes, and if, let's say the Sagittarians want to settle there afterwards, we can move building materials fast as well. We also found already installed industrial transporters in the industrial sector. They lead to other parts of said sector, to mining sites on the planet as well as the orbital installations. The shipyards, to be precise."

"Anything else useful on the planet before we go to the orbital facilities?" the admiral asked.

"Yes, 2 things, admiral. A planeside shipbuilding facility."

"On the planet? Why... how would that even work?" Laura demanded to know.

"We know that these ships have some form of reaction less drive. With it they can operate in an atmosphere of a planet without issues. It would make sense then. Building a ship without the need of space suits makes things go faster. Guess the orbital ones are for maintenance and the finishing touches. But the shipbuilding site has a large landing area, several square kilometers large to be precise. Our smaller civilian fleet can land there."

"How far away is it from the city?"

"Around 7 kilometers, but that site already has ring transporter connection with the city, so mobility is not an issue there. Otherwise a narrow path thru the mountains leads from the city to that site. As for the 2nd issue. It's this." Baltar changed the picture on the display again.

"What are we looking at?" D'Anna wanted to know.

"The mountain north of the city. At the plateau below it is a military base, partially built into the mountain." That got the admirals attention. "As you can see, there are landing strips, defensive turrets, hangars built into the mountain... the works, basically. The military has already surveyed the base and wants to set up shop there."

"I can't blame them." The admiral admitted. "If they want to, they should, as long as it is connected as well?" he looked at Baltar, who just nodded.

"Very well. Let's finish with the orbit then." Laura suggested.

"Right." Baltar again changed the picture on the display. "The orbit has several large space stations, directly linked with the shipyards. They both serve as a defense perimeter and logistical centers for the shipyards. On top of that, these habitation dome are present in orbit." A picture of a snowflake like space structure was shown. "The central part connecting all the extremities is where the power and life support exist, but the extremities are the habitation zones. They resemble the Could 9's interior design, but much more advanced and bigger, with environmental simulations. With around 4 kilometers in length, depth and width, they are massive and can hold up to a million people. My best guess is they are meant for the orbital workforce. As always, they are connected to other stations and the surface via ring transporters. The problem as always, maintenance and need of repairs. The last part is the moon. As you can see here, a large lunar base is clearly visible, and we assume it is meant as a ship service area, mining operation and military outpost. As for the other habitable planets... we have no idea. We still have no ships there to scout that or the other two systems."

"Thank you doctor." The president thanked him. " So more living space than we will need for centuries and much more. We could use the 2 rings the Cylons still have and deploy them on those 2 planets, once we get there and scout them, right?"

"Good idea. We will have no use for them after that anyway." D'Anna agreed.

"One last thing before we conclude this meeting. The Quorum is demanding that we rename that planet." She began caressing her forehead. "Sometimes I wish I wasn't the president. That is what the Quorum is worrying about... Fraking morons. So, any suggestions that I can throw to them?"

"My idea is straight forward, New Kobol. Since Colonials and Cylons will be living together, we can't use any of the colonies for a name." The admiral suggested it.

"Hm, I have nothing against that." D'Anna replied.

"Neither do I." The president smiled. "I'll suggest it to them. Also, who will stay on the Kobol for this 2 months long trip?"

"If I may, madam president. You and the Quorum are needed there, as is the Cylon leadership. Baltar's expertise in technology as well... I volunteer. As well as the crew of 2 Battlestars and some Cylon members." the Admiral replied.

"Bill, 2 months..."

"I can manage it. Nash can take over for me for the time being." then he turned to D'Anna. "You need to appoint someone as well."

"Hm, best one of the Sixes, they are the most reliable. Maybe Natalie? I will ask her."

"Well then, if nothing else is on the agenda, I don't have to remind you of the burial service held this afternoon for the dead. Both human and Cylon. I expect all of you there." the president ended the discussion.

The Wraith, hyperspace, en route, same time

The Wraith was traveling to the location where Simmons believed that the so called Clava tesara infinitas was located. There was a gate address, but no connection could be established, so it had to be investigated the old fashioned way. Colonel Fisher was given command for this mission, until her commanding officer would arrive, but requested major Carter and her android copy to assist him in his mission. The Wraith's sister ship, the Banshee had left with the Pegasus taskforce for Atlantis days ago. Since the Wraith was the first, she was being tested when the Asgard gave the Terran alliance their upgrades. The lack of intergalactic hyperdrives and the name of the ship made the choice, which one would stay behind, a simple matter.

Colonel Fisher was having a drink in the mess hall with said Carters and some of his team members.

"So, colonel, mind if I ask you something?" major Carter began the conversation.

"Not at all. Getting some down time is a good thing. Just don't expect an answer to all the questions. Some are still classified."

"You worked for something called Third Echelon?"

"Yeah, a top-secret initiative within the NSA. Later even Fourth Echelon."

"Guess you can't talk much about the things you did?"

"Can you about yours?" he asked her back and smirked.

"Point taken. By the way, there is a major Fisher who is part of the Atlantis expedition. Are you..."

"Not related. Besides, the SG program planted this colonel rank on me. I was a lieutenant commander as a SEAL before I began my line of work for the spooks."

"As I understand, in the new space forces, special forces get military ranks."

Then his wristband began blinking. It was the new communication device on board ships.

"This is Fisher, go ahead."

"Sir, we are approaching the coordinates."

"Understood." he stood up and so did everyone else. "Let's go."

As the Wraith exited hyperspace, she cloaked immediately. They arrived in a planetary system, so much was visible. But the system was in a nebula, remnants of a supernova. A good hiding place.

The group arrived on the bridge. "Sitrep?" Fisher asked.

"We are cloaked and scanning the system actively. There are faint EM emissions from the 2nd planet in the system." the tactical officer responded.

"Hm. Major?"

"Sir, we should begin there. Might be worth a look."

"Agreed. Helm, get us there."

17 minutes later the Wraith had arrived into visual range of the planet, since the nebula made it much more difficult than usual.

"Well, this was once a habitable planet anyway." Carter remarked as she looked over the data. "This nebula formed several millennia ago when the nova happened. The nebula lowered the temperature as the sunlight dimmed. Guess the planet just froze."

"Anything that has an Ancient weapon written all over it?" one of Fishers agents asked.

"Don't think the Ancients would label their stuff like that, Psycho." the 2nd in command of the group, major Laurence "Prophet" Barnes said.

"But I think that qualifies as a jackpot." Nomad pointed to an area in the orbit of the planet.

As everyone looked at that area, both Carters realized what they found. "Damn, if the data from Atlantis is correct, that is..." android Carter began the sentence.

"An Aurora class battleship." major Carter ended the sentence.

The special forces team all went to the tactical console. "So, how and why is a ship like this here? Were they not all in the Pegasus galaxy?" Psycho asked.

"Only one way to find out. We board it. What is the ships status?" Fisher began to formulate a plan.

"No atmosphere, sir. Life support must be down. Multiple hull breaches, no power... this thing is a mess." the tactical officer reported.

Fisher turned to his team. "Good thing we got the fresh out of the lab mark 2 nano-suits. Helmets and life support system included. So let's go and suit up boys. Major Carter, you two stay here and monitor us. The suits can send our visual data so that you can guide us."

Carter nodded. "Will do sir."

"The bridge is yours then."

As they left, the team began talking. "Now we get to go into these monkey suits again!" Psycho protested.

"You signed the form when you joined the special forces. That means the monkey suit wears you!" Nomad mocked him. "Now stop whining."

"Look at it like this, Psycho. Think of all the ass kicking you'll do once they get out of the testing phase. Allot of dead snakes." Aztec tried to cheer him up.

Earth, news conference room, news broadcast stations debate, same time

Media talking heads were having a field day for the past days. Everything that was declassified was debated upon. And everyone knew that not even 10% of everything was declassified. There were many more secrets, but the governments were not talking. And people did not like that, throwing their right to know at the government as an argument. As if that ever worked.

"Good day fellow... well, humans I should say at this point." he laughs. "I'm Larry King and welcome to this special get together of news media representatives. Today with me are Anderson Cooper from CNN, Matthew Amroliwala from BBC News, Ed Schultz from RT America and Dareen Abu Ghaida from Al Jazeera who will discuss with me the past few days and the storm that has happened. So, let's begin everyone." They all greeted the cameras and nodded. "Well, it's finally out. We are not alone in the universe. In fact, aliens have been to Earth in the past and humans are scattered across the galaxy. What a bomb shell indeed."

"Yes indeed, this was a shocking revelation. And let's not forget, it was unintentional. Only because of a traitor by the name of Frank Simmons, former NID agent, do we even know of this." Anderson Cooper smiled.

"And let's not forget that this traitor was American. What if he wanted to sell us out to these parasites we heard about?" Dareen Abu Ghaida accused her American opposite.

"I think we can agree that while it is tragic, it could have happened to any nation. Traitors are not an American innovation." Matthew Amroliwala came to the defense of the USA.

"Yes, and he is currently at an unknown location. But we also known that former senator Kinsey was also part of this conspiracy!" Ed Schultz pointed out.

"Yes, and while it is unfortunate of what they did, we can be sure that sooner or later, we will find out the complete truth." Larry tried to calm things down. "But this is truly a game changer. World markets remain closed. Makes sense. All the tech giants are basically outdated. Who wants an Apple Mac or a Nokia phone if you can get one of these new Pads that are already being used by the SG personnel. Small, compact, energy efficient and fast as hell. How could the tech giants compete? And let's not even go to car or plane manufacturers. Fossil fuel cars are going to be a dying breed. These naquadah fuel cells and batteries never lose their capacity, have an insane long charge and recharge in minutes. Also the new propulsion methods, like that reaction less drive. Can you say hover car?"

"Not just them. Gold is at an all time low. Naquadah and trinium are the new elements on demand, but the military is hogging all of it." Dareen Abu Ghaida added.

"There were hints that the markets will remain closed for now, but will reopen at some point. Things will not change on the spot. These changes will take time. A new economic system will be implemented at some point. This will also happen on all human worlds on the other planets, that are part of this 'Alliance'." Matthew Amroliwala said.

"And what? Create a single currency?" Larry asked.

"We don't know yet, but it would be logical. All worlds would have a single currency. We on Earth would be the most problematic, since the other worlds are mostly united. The most fractured world has only 3 nations... I mean compare this to our mess of a landscape!" Matthew Amroliwala explained.

"But if all markets one day stop working as they do now..."

"No more stocks, no more gambling with demand and surplus. In one word, the stock exchange will be dead the way it is now! Wow, I never thought that Wall Street would die like that. In other words, money will no longer be printed with nothing but hot air backing it. Something with actual value, like gold will be needed to back more money printing. If money like that will still exist. And with no more stock the way it is now, no single person will be able to create artificial demand to enrich themselves." Ed Schultz laughed. "But there will still be a market. One under control and oversight of the Alliance council. They intend to set up multiple oversights to control the markets, military, religion... basically, rights and freedoms will remain, but they will not be absolute anymore. Like in nature, we will have limitation. As for equality, everyone will be both equal as well as accountable. None of that BS we see in western countries today, where some groups demand freedoms and equalities, but refuse to be accountable as well. That equality is by that definition not really equal if you cherry pick the things you want, but refuse the things you would have to do."

"Really? That sounds interesting. I think all those social justice people and their policies are dead now, since this new policy will not tolerate them and their whining anymore. The new policies will not put the needs or demands... cough 'whining' cough... of individuals or groups over that of the entire population of a country. As well as putting a mirror in front of them. Like saying: Clean up your own act first before you whine about anything else. Let he who is without sin throw the first stone. Have you heard anything else on that topic?" Larry inquired.

"Apparently, they want a completely new system for politics and economy. The more enlighten worlds of the council looked at Earth and only saw inequality, greed and corruption. I mean democracy will remain, but changed so that politicians work for the people and not their own pockets anymore. The Tollans pointed out that in the most developed countries on Earth, there is no democracy, but plutonomy, and I have to agree."

"Has this new system a name yet?"

Ed Schultz sighed. "No idea. A work in progress. And even when it begins implementation, it will take years to reform everything. There will also be a resistance, mostly by the those in power that will lose the most. No wonder Kinsey did what he did. Anyway, I digress. There is no going back. The countries can either get in line, or be left behind."

"Yes, the Earth member countries will reform their entire economic structure. The new goal of humanity will be to improve our civilization. Both fair, equal and efficient. A single person will still be able to make a fortune, but there will be an upper cap. Billionaires are also an extinct phrase. No single person can amass unlimited wealth anymore. So a cross between socialism and capitalism. You can get rich, but within limits. Simpler said than done if you ask me." Anderson Cooper remarked. "I mean it sounds more and more like another social experiment."

"With the new fields of robotics, gene therapy, mobility and so on, we can fix the issues of population aging, genetic diseases, inequality... I mean even a population control program is being debated. That above everything else will anger people." Dareen Abu Ghaid wanted to point out.

"Why? There are too many of us. Simple as that!" Matthew Amroliwala pointed out. "And if you go with the 'we now have other worlds we can access and resettle there', I say so what!? That would be only a temporary solution. If population is not controlled to a logical point, then sooner or later those worlds will be overpopulated as well and we are back to square one."

"The biggest reason for that is still inequality. And that will take generations to solve here. It's not like we can dump all of this tech here and presto change, problems solved. In our history, technology was never the problem, it was always the people." Dareen Abu Ghaid argued back.

"I agree and in the end it will be up to the people to do the good things with it. And that might not happen, if our history is any indication. The one thing that will not change completely is, as pointed out, the political system. Democracy stays. It's just getting a tweak, as they say. Every public servant will have his or her income publicly displayed. If you are living over that, explain where you got it from and then both jail time and loose all of your assets. It makes sense. If you get paid by the people, the people have a right to know what you earn. Also no more one sided decisions, if the people disagree with you." Larry interrupted her. "And let's not forget the most important issue here. We are at war with these Goa'uld or whatever they are called! And war is the only exception, where the military can and will make fast decisions, but will remain accountable to the people. Let's just hope we don't get the Julius Cesar scenario." Larry laughs. "Earth has a good defense as far as we know as well as being under protection of another alien race, but things can change. Let us not forget that."

"For your first remark, the people of Tollana can be a great example of what humans can achieve, if they get their heads out of their asses and forget their own agendas and greed." Ed Schultz replied. "As for your second remark, I agree completely. I even heard that while Earth is a founding member, the Alliance council gave Earth's representative an ear full. To quote: 'Earth needs to get its act together and stop acting like a child!' End quote."

"Yes indeed. And this brings us to the next topic. Religion. What a mess it is today. We learned that the Asgard are the Norse gods, many American Indian gods are from different species, these Ancients are in every monotheistic religion in the form of angels and the Goa'uld are all over the place. Greek, Hindu, Japanese, Chinese, Egyptian... the works! Your thoughts?" Larry looked at his guests.

"I mean, the Church had problems before, but now... The people now see how many if not all religions, while having good intentions at the beginning, were later abused for the gains of the few. The Church included." Dareen Abu Ghaid began with this new topic.

"Or the Muslims. They are swarming into Mecca at the moment. As for the Jews, who knows who that burning bush was? Another alien?" Anderson Cooper asked.

"In the end it is enough to say that the religious issue will need time to be resolved." Ed Schultz added his thought. "The nations where religion is not in 3nd place after the law and common sense, will not be permitted into the member states."

"Something we can all agree upon." Larry nodded. "I think the best solution would be to get a planet for every religion and separate them that way." After the laughter died down, he continued. "Now to the next matter at hand. Technology. As said, out former tech giants are in a crisis. They have all petitioned to get access to the new tech, but the council is having none of that. Every new project that will be implemented, will be overseen by either the council or a representative. In short, they have the industry by the balls here. Any thoughts?"

"I heard that a network of cold fusion reactors is being planned to make Earth self sufficient. As well as large planetary and space side solar collector arrays. With this naquadah stuff, their solar efficiency is 100%. A massive improvement if you ask me." Anderson Cooper explained.

"With solar farms like that, the Arabic states could easily become a new energy power house, just not with oil anymore." Larry concluded.

"Another tech that will be introduced is radiation scrubber technology. Russia and Ukraine are petitioning for it. I think that Chernobyl might finally be cleaned up." Ed Schultz said.

"Yes, and atmospheric cleaners as well. You might be able to see more than five meters in front of you in Beijing." Dareen Abu Ghaid added. "Recycling technology will also go thru the roof. We will be able to regain almost 100% of resources that were put into the goods we make and then throw away."

"Since this is a fast recap of everything and we could talk for days, let's move on. The next topic is space colonization of our own solar system." Larry opened the next topic.

"Well, the asteroid field will be a big target for all the minerals and metals there. Mining will be lucrative again." Ed Schultz said.

"And turning Mars or Venus into a habitable planet again?" Dareen Abu Ghaid asked.

"You mean terraforming? I don't know if I saw that technology on the list?" Matthew Amroliwala asked back.

"No, it wasn't. But it does not mean they don't have it." Anderson Cooper said. "But we are thinking too far ahead. Until this war is over, we can't plan for these things, yet."

"Yes. And so, let's wrap this first getting together with the final topic of today. The SGC program. Who are they? Can we interview them one day? And the now world famous dr. Daniel Jackson, who is the face of the SGC. Your thoughts?" Larry asked again.

"Doctor Jackson is the modern take on the nerd that was laughed at, because of his ideas, but became the guy everyone wants to be friends with now. What a 180 if you ask me." Matthew Amroliwala grinned.

"Well, having the idea that the pyramids were landing platforms is really a weird idea. And now we know that he was on the money. His grandfather too, who is apparently with these aliens right now." Anderson Cooper gave his opinion. "On top of that, no one knows where Jackson is?"

"I heard he now lives on New Terra, the capitol of this Alliance." Dareen Abu Ghaid answered. "Good luck getting an interview there. But one of his ideas has hit gold. The language of the Ancients, our so called parents, being implemented as Alliance standard. So no more need for translators in the future."

"So for the moment our only source of information on the SGC is the report from Inside access." Larry pointed out.

"Yes, Julia Donovan hit the jack pot with that. From a no one to world famous reporter..."

Washington Navy Yard, NCIS HQ, same time

"Yes indeed. Well, this concludes our show for now. We will be back in 2 hours for another round of talks. I'm your host, Larry King, and..." The TV was shut down.

"Can't listen to this anymore. Everyone is milking this day in and out!" Director Leon Vance said with an annoyed expression. He had just received an order from Washington, regarding a case Gibbs and his team were working on. Figures that they would step into something connected to Simmons. He called his assistant. "Get Gibbs and his team to report to my office in 5 minutes. Do the same with dr. Mallard and miss Sciuto."

"Yes, director."

5 minutes later, the team was waiting outside the director's office.

"Any idea, what this is about, boss?" DiNozzo asked in his typical annoying way.

"Has to do with our case, Tony. Or lack there off. We are at a dead end." Ziva guessed.

Gibbs had enough and just entered the office. Inside, he saw the director who was talking with 2 military officers he did not recognize.

"Gibbs. How many times do I need to remind you not to do that!?"

"You called us and I don't want to wait. I guess we are here because of your company?"

Vance nodded. "Close the doors."

"OK, so we are here. What is this about?" Gibbs demanded.

"Let me introduce colonel O'Neill and major Mitchell. They are here to take all the materials of the case with the 12 stiffs we found in a navy warehouse."

"So now some military agency is taking over? This is our case and jurisdiction, sir!"

"Not when it comes to this." Vance hands Gibbs a letter. "From the president himself. As for these 2 gentlemen. They are from the SGC program. And the people in dr. Mallard's morgue were killed by Simmons guys."

"The SGC? Where have I heard that before..." DiNozzo asks himself.

"You idiot. It's like all over the news!" Ziva gets annoyed again. "The alien organization! You know..." She never got any further.

"Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!" Abbey began squeaking. "Like real aliens! Can I shake your hands!? Have you seen real aliens!? What are they like? Is their technology really as awesome as they say it is!? Can..."

"Miss Sciuto!" Vance screamed. "Get your act together! This is not a school field trip! Try to at least act professionally."

"Oh, it's all right, director. Her enthusiasm is... predictable. At least she is not scared or paranoid." O'Neill smiled.

"Yeah, we have her for the paranoid part." DiNozzo pointed at Ziva.

Gibbs stepped toward O'Neill and eyed him. "Special forces?"

"Air force."

"Any combat experiences?"

"Plenty. Gulf war included, like you, gunny."

"Hunting lodge?"

"Fishing hut."

"Dog?"

"Not yet, but planed."

"Married?"

"Not anymore."

"Hm..."

"What is this? Gibbs, you were ordered to cooperate, not question him!" Vance got annoyed again.

"It's all right, director. Just 2 old war dogs having a chat." O'Neill defended Gibbs.

Gibbs turned to Vance. "OK, now what? We just hand over our case files..."

"Not entirely, gunny. Your case is part of the cross we want to nail Simmons and Kinsey to." O'Neill explained. "For that, you will need access to other areas. Including the outpostship we just landed in a hidden part of an ocean. But first, you and your team will accompany me." Then he looked at Ziva. "Don't worry, your father is already informed, since Israel is already on board with the Earth council stuff."

"Sweet! We get to see cool alien stuff...!" Abby went off again.

"Did you have to make her start again? She'll be insufferable for months." Vance asked.

"Well, then she will love this." O'Neill took a strange looking communication device from his pocket. "O'Neill to Odyssey, and I've always wanted to say this, me, Mitchell and 6 people in front of me are ready. Beam us up." They disappeared in a flash of light.

"I don't think I will ever get used to that!" Vance said as he went back to work.

SGC, minutes later

The NCIS team was walking down a wide corridor, being escorted by armed marines as well as O'Neill and Mitchell.

"Hell and all. This beaming can't be good for you!" DiNozzo whined.

"Worried that you'll have gloving kids?" Ziva teased him.

"Yeah, I mean, has this been tested yet?"

"The Asgard have been using this tech for millennia, so don't worry." O'Neill tried to calm him down.

"Oh, the good aliens? What are they like?" Abby wanted to know.

As they walked toward the conference room, O'Neill responded. "Sorry, but until you sign the agreement to keep quiet on everything you'll see here, I can't go into details."

"Um, but why? The world now knows..." Abby asked again.

"Em, Abby." McGee stopped her questioning. "This is still a military program. Secrecy is the name of the game here."

"Oh, I guess you're right, McGee."

"Yeah, sorry, miss Sciuto, but not one of the people working here is doing so to get rich or famous. That is how it works." Mitchell explained with a grin on his face.

"Besides, we already picked up 3 other people before you." O'Neill smiled. "They should still be there, since we all go to New Terra together."

As they reached the conference room, after making sure Abby would not wander off after seeing so many fascinating things, Gibbs stopped as he saw who one of the 3 mentioned people was.

"Commander Rabb." He smirked and approached him. "Been a couple of years."

Rabb smirked back. "Yes, it has, gunny. But it's captain now."

"Been falsely accused again during all this time?"

"Not lately." He joked. "You, got any false confessions?" He jabbed back at him.

"So, why did they drag you and..." He noticed a man and woman in civilian clothing. "Are you not the former head of Jag?"

Chegwidden smiled at that. "Well, at least I'm not completely forgotten. Yes, gunny, I was and now, I'm putting my civilian life on hold. Seems that someone in this new and expanded reality wants me to be the new Jag on New Terra." Then he looks at Rabb. "Guess they are here for the same thing."

"I understand why Harm is here, but I'm a civilian now too, since we could not get married and be in the military together." Sarah remarked.

"Because I asked for you people." General Landry answered as he and general Hammond entered the conference room from the generals private office. All the military personnel saluted them, including the ex-militaries. After the formalities done, Hammond introduced his counterpart.

"Everyone, welcome. This is general Landry. He will be taking over the SG program on New Terra. And he requested all of you here."

"Yes, since New Terra is now a real populated planet and not just a military world, we need experienced people in other fields as well. This includes crime prevention, crime solving and military order and discipline." Then he looks at Rabb. "As I hear it, you are both chaos and order, captain?"

Chegwidden smirked. "You would not believe it. A good officer, if not a bit overenthusiastic from time to time. And not knowing when to let something go."

"Ah, yes." Landry took a file from the table and looked at it. "Fired a real weapon in court, disobeyed orders from the admiral, went into Russia and almost caused an international incident... and that is just the tip of the iceberg." Landry then eyed Rabb. "I don't know if I should be impressed or terrified." Then he looked at Gibbs as he took another file. "Continuously smacks his own agents, disregards simple protocols, was a suspect in the murder of a Mexican drug lord... Oh yes, I know how to pick them. But I picked all of you based on your performances at what you do, not your character flaws. So..." He looked at Rabb again. "No shooting in any courtroom or causing an incident." He turned to Gibbs. "No dead drug lords. That is my job!" He smirked at the last sentence. Then he handed them the contracts. "Sign these so that we can proceed."

"Is there one for me too, or do I not need one?" Mayburne asked as he joined the group. He was still bandaged up, but mobile.

"Harry. Nice to see you on your legs again." O'Neill smirked. "This is Harold Maybourne, former and soon to be again colonel, but not of the USA, but directly under the Terran Alliance. He was also the one who warned us about Simmons, so, Rabb is it? He is your first witness, I guess."

"Really, Jack? Now you throw me to the feet of lawyers? Do you really hate me so much?"

"Oh no, Harry. This guy has a tendency to cause incidents, just like you. And with the Russians as well." O'Neill smirked as he annoyed his somewhat friend.

"Besides, gentlemen and ladies." Hammond intervened. "Simmons will be tried by a military court-martial. He did hold the rank of colonel in the NID. But he will not be tried on Earth, but New Terra. They want to implement the combined court system and see how it works. So sorry to all lawyers here, but there will be many new books of law waiting for you to catch up."

"Uhhh, guess it can't be helped. And here I was hoping to fly some of those space fighters you people have." Harm said with a disappointed look as he began to read the file on Simmons.

"Oh, don't worry, navy boy. I'll arrange something. Just don't crash this one, will you." O'Neill said as they began to leave the conference room after everyone signed the contracts.

"Sir, not that I'm not thankful, but of what use can I be?" Sara Rabb asked Landry.

"Well, general Aron, the dean of the military academy needs more instructors. You are a marine, right? They can always use more of those. If you agree, you'll be reinstated with the rank of colonel. And since you and the captain will not be serving in the same military wing, there will not be any problems. Think it over."

"What about Kinsey?" Chegwidden asked the two generals. "I doubt we can prosecute him as well, he is a civilian."

"No, he'll be prosecuted on Earth. The Earth council just made a concession to the Alliance council for Simmons. They want to send a message. Don't mess with us." Hammond responded. "The new state attorney, Jack McCoy is already rubbing his hands."

"As I understand it, he was always for prosecuting the corrupt and greedy public servants, so he should have a field day with Kinsey." Landry smirked.

They reached the ring room, where several military people were already waiting for their departure. Among them was a young blonde girl with a backpack swung over her shoulder.

"Hey, cadet Mary Stone." O'Neill greeted her. "How have you been?"

"Oh, sorry sir. Did not see you there. All right, considering everything that happened."

O'Neill put his hand on her shoulder. "Hey, this is life, shit happens. All that is important now is to move on. OK?"

She nodded.

"What was that about?" Gibbs asked O'Neill after he returned to the group.

"She was with the cadets having a formation training exercise over Mars, when shit hit the fan. They were forced to engage Simmons ship. Some cadets did not make it."

"Damn. That is really..." Rabb cursed. "One more reason for me to nail that guy. I think I should add her to my witness list then."

During all of that, Gibbs took Tony to the side and warned him. "Act professionally. No skirt chasing DiNozzo! Get it!?"

"Really, boss? She is like a kid. I would..." SMACK.

"Do you get it!?"

Rubbing the back of his head, he nodded.

That moment, the gate activated.

"Oh my, oh my... Look at that!" Abby almost jumped from the excitement. "I read about it, but to see it for real. An artificial event horizon of a wormhole. Think of what is..."

Gibbs stopped her rambling. "Abs, you promised to keep it together. If you do, extra Caf-Pow for a week. Deal?"

"Deal."

As the military people began moving thru the gate, those without any experience hesitated. DiNozzo more than the others. "I really don't like this."

"Oh, you scared, Tony?" Ziva teased him. "The big bad NCIS agent having second thoughts?"

SMACK. "Quit it, both of you and let's go!" Gibbs said after smacking both of them. He, without hesitation, moved thru the gate.

"One day, I'll get a brain tumor from all of this smacking, then he'll see." Tony grumbled.

New Terra, seconds later

The military newcomers had already dispersed but the Jag and NCIS newcomers were still admiring their surroundings. Well, all of them but Gibbs, who just wanted to get on with it. Abby was more than happy to admire for the both of them. And then some.

"I think it would be best if we start at the military HQ. Fleet admiral Yao is waiting for us." Landry suggested.

As they began to move to a transporter booth, Rabb had to ask. "Who is admiral Yao?"

"She is the current overall military commander. Also, she is from Hebridan, so not an Earther. Better get used to such things, many people here are not from Earth."

"Wow, this is so awesome!" Abby admired her surroundings as they reached the booth.

As they appeared in another booth, they exited it only to see that they were in a small building that was only meant for transportation. It was filled with booths.

"So, we now go by foot, or change booths to get to our location...?" Landry asked.

"Walk." Gibbs said in one word as he walked out of the small dome shaped building. Outside he could see that he was in a small park with multiple roads leading out of it. It was a beautiful sight. Surrounding the park were buildings in all directions, some close, some far away.

"Walk it is. I guess we could stretch our legs." Landry grumbled. "Since we are walking, I can just tell you what each of these buildings are there for. We repurposed them after we found this place." As they began to walk, Landry began explaining. "On your left, the large 600 meters tall tower with the 2 small towers attached to it with sky bridges is the main military R & D center. The guy in charge at the moment is Narim, a civilian from Tollana."

Abby went off again. "Ohhh, the smart humans! The no dark age planet... not that I would mind the dark ages, it sounded kind of cool, if you disregard the deaths and plagues..."

"As I was saying..." Landry tried to continue. "On your right are 2 pyramid shaped buildings, both 300 meters tall and 350 wide. The one closer to us is the soon to be Jag headquarters. The one behind it will be the MCIS building."

Gibbs caught on. "MCIS, like Military criminal investigative service?"

"On the money, gunny. You find them, then Jag prosecutes them." Hammons smiled. The gunny caught on fast.

"So, this is like a military complex?" Rabb wanted to know. "Since all of these military agencies have their main structures here..."

"Also on the money." Landry responded. "Now, behind us are several military buildings. The large dome like structure is the new military intelligence HQ."

"That's where you go, Harry." O'Neill smirked.

"The others are military barracks as well as military police buildings." Landry continued. "As for the one in front of us. Military HQ."

In front of them was another tall building, as tall as the science center mentioned before, but this one had 5 smaller towers attached to it via sky bridges.

"Each of the smaller towers is the HQ for a division of the military, navy, marines, special forces, fighter forces and regular planet army. The tall main one is where all of that comes together. Now, let's go."

Minutes later and another booth and several security checks later, they reached their destination. As they walked down a corridor towards a large door, Landry said. "Also, the admiral is a no BS kind of person, so please, behave yourself."

Chegwidden smirked. "Sounds like my kind of CO."

As they opened the door, a female Serrakin was sitting behind a desk. She greeted them. "Hello, the admiral is waiting for you." She pointed to the door on their left.

"Thank you." Landry gestured his group to follow him. Several members of that group had different expressions on their faces after seeing their first live alien.

"So, finally a woman you would not jump on first sight, Tony?" Ziva teased him.

"Shut up. You don't make jokes about that."

Abby on the other hand was hard to keep under control so McGee held his hands on her shoulders to keep her from going science geek.

As they opened the door, they saw a rather large room filled with desks and screens in front of them. The admiral's desk was empty, as she was at her conference table with several other people looking at holographic displays.

Besides fleet admiral Yao were general Aron, admiral Vix, Narim, Jacob Carter, a male Serrakin, and a male human.

"Ah, generals, welcome. I apologies, but I went ahead with the daily meeting ahead of schedule. This way I can kill 2 birds with one throw. Is that how it is said on Earth?" Yao said as she shook the 2 generals hands.

"Something like that, mam." O'Neill responded.

"Ah, colonel O'Neill." Yao turned her attention to the people she did not have met yet. "I heard you can be a smart ass. Here is one suggestion. Keep on being like that, just not in my presence. Get it?" O'Neill just nodded. "Good. Now then, as I can see, the new head of Jag is here." She went to shake his hand. "Heard you are a no BS commander. I like that. If you ask me, your talent is wasted on this judicial stuff, but we can't be picky at the moment."

"Heard you are the same, admiral." Chegwidden smirked as the 2 made an non-verbal acknowledgment of each other. "If I may be so bold to ask, how did you get this position?"

"Straight to the point. Good. The planet Hebridan has fleets of its own and has colonized other planets, but we were stuck at sub light for most of the time. So we had some pirate problems as well as other security problems. That said, we have experience. That is where I have the experience. I was the space force commander of all Hebridan forces. After the Pack, we have the 2nd most experienced space forces. And as you can see, 2 Pack leaders are at the table behind me." She moved on and shook hands with several other people. As she reached Gibbs, she spoke again. "Heard good things about you too. Another no BS person. Too bad you never went into politics or an officer career. You could have been the MCIS director here."

"I don't like politicians much and I don't want a pencil pusher post, admiral."

She smirked. "I think I like you already. Let me introduce you to your soon to be boss, once our MCIS HQ is finished." She gestured to one of the 2 men sitting at the end of the conference table. "Director David Steelix."

Said man stood up and went to greet Gibbs team. "Nice to meet all of you. There are other teams from other worlds that will be incorporated into our organization at the same time. In the future, more and more people, including from Earth, will be added to MCIS. Mostly from military law enforcement organizations."

Abby could not hold herself anymore. "So, we will work here? Meet cool aliens? Use cool tech...?"

Gibbs stopped her again. "I apologize, director. As you can see, some members of my team are a bit too enthusiastic."

Director David just smiled. "Then let me inform you now, before we go any further. I am not a human."

Gibbs team stopped and looked at him with intensity. Abby got out of Gibbs's grip. "Oh, do you have one of those symbiotic life forms in you?"

Director David chuckled. "No, that would be Jacob Carter over there. He is our Tok'ra contact. As for me, I'm from Altair. I was once a human. But for the past thousands of years, I have been an android."

Abby squealed. "Oh my god! That is so freaking cool!" Gibbs once again held her to stop her.

"I do hope that will not be a problem for any of you?"

Gibbs just shook his head. "I don't give a... you know what. As long as we get to do our job. But I will ask the same thing that admiral Chegwidden asked. What qualifies you for this?"

"After we left our home world, we established a colony. I was the main security officer for thousands of years. Is that a good reason?"

"Good enough for me."

O'Neill bumped in. "I want to ask. Do you do the same...?"

"Comtraya thing? No and I have been asked several times. Our colony gave that up years ago. Just glad we were discovered and reestablished contact with Harlan. Also, sorry that he made android copies of you without asking."

"No problem. I got used to it." O'Neill responded. As he saw how Gibbs and several others looked at him after that info got out, he added. "Don't ask. Will explain later."

Maybourne coughed. "This is nice and all, but where will I go when I get reinstated?"

"With me." The Serrakin at the table responded. "General Issor. Head of military intelligence." He stood up and went to shake Maybourne. "Just don't try anything like that Russia thing under my watch, or you will regret it. Got it?"

General Aron then spoke. "Samantha Rabb?"

"Em, yes sir?"

He stood up and eyed her. "Good. You look like a competent officer. Want to be one again. Rank of colonel. I can always use more instructors. Including marines."

"Ehh, yes sir. But what would I be teaching?"

"You would not believe how many young people have no clue when it comes to military conduct, law and such. If you need to hammer it into them, feel free to do so. So what say you?"

She looked at her husband. He just nodded. "I guess I'm in."

"Excellent. Since you're a marine, Payne will not bitch about you, like he does with other instructors."

Chegwidden interrupted him at that. "Payne? The gunny from hell? He's here?!"

"Oh yes. He is my head drill sergeant."

Chegwidden smirked again. The poor cadets.

Yao sat down again. "I think we can continue our daily briefing after we get our guests up to speed."

After several minutes, the group was briefed on how things will proceed. Their first order was to deal with Simmons and his actions. That meant gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses... the works.

Gibbs's team would get access to every site on Earth that Simmons and his goons were at during his operation. After that, Jag would prosecute him. As for Kinsey, McCoy was already asking for a joint investigation with the SG program, so they would be helping there too. But until their HQ was finished, they would continue using their old one on Earth.

General Landry was the new commander of New Terra SG program. The entire SG program was now running from New Terra. But for security reasons, the missions themselves would be started from the Alpha site. If the address ever fell into enemy hands, all they would have is a planet that can be evacuated quickly. Hammond was now assigned to Earth defense command. His experience was needed. While he liked the promotion, the fact that his new office was on the moon, irked him somewhat.

As the briefing was concluded and Yao was about to dismiss her guests to continue her talk with the other flag officers and directors, she got a comm request.

"This is Yao. What is it?"

"Mam, comm request from the Wraith. Major Carter on the line with a report."

She looked at her guests. "Best you leave. This is a need to know only transmission. And you don't need to know. Besides, we are finished with the briefing." As her civilian guests nodded and left the room, she continued. "Put her thru."

On the holo display build into the table, Carter appeared. She saluted the admiral. "Admiral, colonel Fisher and I have a report for you."

"Let's have it. Was the trip worth it?"

"In a way. This planet is dead. A nebula created by a nearby supernova blacked out most of the heat sources here, so the planet and the gate on it froze. But it was an Ancient world. Colonel Fishers special team has found a military base there. We now know from the logs that the Ancients were becoming desperate in their war with the Wraiths. They began to send the few intergalactic ships they still had to old and abandoned weapons and tech depots. The bad news, they were thorough with the one on this planet. No Clava tesara infinitas or even a hint at it or any useful supplies. The good news. We unfroze the gate and it should be useful again. This base, if powered up, can be a good hiding place inside this nebula in the middle of nowhere. The other good news is this." The image changed to show the ship they found.

"Is that an Aurora class?" Yao asked.

"Yes. The Velocity. It was used for the transport of equipment too big for the gate. We looked at the logs. It was meant to make another 'pick up' but was ambushed by a Wraith task force and crippled as she made her escape. The ship made it here in an attempt for the crew to survive, but life support failed and with all the hull breaches, the hyperspace radiation killed them. The ship is in bad shape, but not beyond repair. Her engines are still intact, we just need power. I request a ZPM to be delivered thru the gate. Once we get it installed, the Wraith can dock with her and guide her back to New Terra under her own power."

Yao caressed her chin. "An Aurora, no matter how messed up it may be, would be a great asset. Any bodies?"

"A few Ancients and Wraith, but no survivors. We found few in stasis pods, but they failed millennia ago with the power loss. The ship made it to this planet under autopilot."

O'Neill stepped to the table. "Carter, you said the ship was diverted there. That means it was meant somewhere else?"

"Yes sir. We have no idea where that is. We only have a name. Helix star system."

O'Neill looked at Jacob. Selmak spoke. "I never heard of a location like that. Perhaps the Asgard could help?"

"Very well. Major, you'll get that ZPM ASAP. Secure the ship. We will sent some people to see the potential of that base. New Terra out." As the link went dead, Yao turned to Landry. "Well, your first mission is now clear. Get teams ready. And arctic gear. We discussed everything else. Dismissed. Got it?"

As Mitchell, O'Neill, Landry and Hammond left her office, they rejoined their guests. As they left military HQ, Landry asked. "So, I'm going to get those teams ready. You can all either get and see your future working space that is still being prepared, or..."

"Can I have a look at the science HQ?" Abby interrupted him and pleaded.

Landry grunted with annoyance. "Fine. But only with escort."

"I can take the geeks there, sir." Mitchell said.

"Hey, since the generals are going to the gate base, why don't we kill some time. We all go there and drop the 2 nerds off, then go to the academy." O'Neill suggested.

"Good idea. I want to say hi to the gunny." Chegwidden approved.

Minutes later they reached Carters new workplace outside the SG missions. The main laboratory in the science HQ building.

"Oh, wow! Look at all of this cool stuff!" Abby beamed as she took it all in. McGee was right beside her.

"Oh yeah. Optic computers, holo displays,... Oh wow, is that some kind of neural interface I heard about..." He pointed to a chair.

"Um, yes, they are." Eli said as he noticed the new arrivals. "Do you people have permission to be here?"

Abby went to him and introduced herself. Eli just shook her hand, barely capable to keep up with her rant.

"Emm, hello, miss Sciuto, nice to meet you... still, you haven't answered the question."

"Hey, boy wonder, they have my permission." O'Neill answered.

"Yes, and don't call me miss Sciuto or miss anything. Do I look like a miss to you!?"

McGee went to calm her down and shake Eli's hand as well. "You have to excuse her. She gets easily excided. And has allot of caffeine in her system."

"I noticed."

"So another McGeek here. Nice." Tony said sarcastically. "Boy wonder? Based on what? Not on your womanizing skills, I bet." SMACK. "Ow, boss, really! I'll get bald back there!"

"You would deserve it DiNozzo!"

During all of this, Hailey returned to the lab where everyone was. "OK, is the circus in town. Or are we the attraction?"

Gibbs grabbed Tony. "Don't. Even. Think. About. It."

"Hello cadet." O'Neill greeted her and saluted. She did the same. "No, we have some new friends that will be in the law enforcement of our growing civilization."

"Oh, that's nice. As to why Eli is called boy wonder, he cracked the Aschen computer core in record time, where Rush and McKay were failing hard."

Mitchell added. "To put everything into context, Rush and McKay, 2 geniuses and complete assholes. Aschen computer core is that glowing large thing with all the cables attached to it and contains the entire database of the Aschen civilization that made us on Earth before the SG program look like monkeys in comparison. And this college kid cracked it with a snap. We all loved it, when the 2 loudmouths were outdone by him. And cadet Hailey is major Carter's pupil and also works here part time since she is still at the academy here. And Carter is one of our top military scientists."

During all of this, Tony looked thru the glass door into another part of the main laboratory. There a beautiful blonde woman was working with several scientists on some sort of coffin looking device. But it was her outfit that made Tony look at her really hard. Not a scientist outfit, but it fit her nicely.

"Question! Who is this blonde goddess there!"

O'Neill looked and smirked. "Forget it boy. She is out of your league. Besides, she kind of likes me, the snake likes Daniel."

"Snake?" Tony asked.

"Freya is a human with a Tok'ra symbiote named Anise. So, still interested?" O'Neill smirked as he knew what would follow.

"She... has... one of those... snakes in her?"

"Yep."

"Just my luck!" DiNozzo cursed. "A woman like that and then..." SMACK.

"I am beginning to have doubts if taking you with us was a smart idea, DiNozzo!" Gibbs looked at him with a look that said 'control yourself or there will be an ass kicking'.

"Aww, and I was hoping to hear where this was going." Was the response from a woman that entered the laboratory. Seconds later, Daniel rushed from behind her and grabbed her by her arm.

"Vala! So help me god! I don't know what is worse. You when you were still possessed by Qetesh or you being you now that you are freed!"

"Sorry, darling, but the discussion here was far more interesting than my 20th debriefing after you guys freed me! Sex and ass kicking sounds fun. Not necessarily in that order." She smirked with an evil grin.

"Daniel. I see our new guest is up and about." O'Neill teased him.

Vala moved to Tony. "So, you were saying?" She had a playful smile on her face.

"Ehhh, I would continue, but that ass kicking is meant for me if I continue."

Vala sighed. "Another disappointment. Men. Useless when you need them." Then she looked at Mitchell. "Right, Shaft?"

Everyone but Gibbs snickered. "Shaft?"

"My call sign. Cam Shaft."

"And here I thought that Hammer was a self centered call sign." Rabb remarked.

"Yes, another disappointment, I'm sure." Vala continued, then looked at Sarah. "Will not judge your man, only you can do that, darling."

"Wait a moment. You were freed? From what?" Ziva wanted to know.

"I was possessed by the Goa'uld Qetesh for years. She and Athena were always plotting things."

Ziva looked back thru the glass door at Freya. "Like her?"

Vala shook her head. "You people really don't know squat, do you? Goa'uld bad parasites. Tok'ra good symbiotes."

"Anyway, I want to continue. Want to see the gunny." Chegwidden reminded everyone.

"Yes, your right. Have fun, nerds. We are going to the academy. Cadet, have them escorted to the ring room, when they depart back. OK?" O'Neill said. Hailey just nodded and saluted.

Daniel dragged Vala into the other direction. She just waved goodbye. Ziva smirked. "Too bad. I kind of liked her. Her style, that is. Wait a minute! Did she say Athena!?"

"You remember that now?" Mitchell snickered.

New Terra, military academy, minutes later

The academy was on the other side of the city, so they could not walk there. As they entered the complex, they saw the many groups of cadets running outside, being led by drill instructors.

Chegwidden smiled. "This brings back memories."

As they entered the main hall, they saw a ceremony in progress.

"Today we mourn for our fallen comrades. They gave their lives doing their duty. We will not forget their courage and sacrifice. But what this also teaches us that we must be forever vigilant. Threats can also come from within, not just from the outside." Colonel Owen ended his speech.

At that moment, gunnery Sgt. Payne stepped forward. "All honored cadet's, step forward!"

7 cadets, including Mary Stone, stepped forward. Colonel Owen stepped to the first one and pinned a medal on him, then saluted him and moved on.

"To be so young and to have to see something like that already." Chegwidden cursed. "Rabb, we have to really make sure that we nail that SOB."

"Yes sir."

After the ceremony ended a few minutes later and the cadets were dismissed, the group approached colonel Owen.

"Nice ceremony, colonel." O'Neill remarked after saluting him. "Don't worry, we'll get Simmons for this."

"Hope you do, Jack." He then looked at the people with O'Neill. "Are these the people that will help accomplish that?"

"That's the plan, colonel." Chegwidden said as he stepped forward. Payne, who had joined them, saluted him.

"Sir, has been a while."

Chegwidden saluted him back. "Yes it has, gunny. Nice to see you haven't lost your touch."

"Never happening. Hope that you being here means you are putting the civilian nonsense behind you."

"Indeed I am. Seems they need a new Jag director. So I am being reinstated at with my old rank."

Payne nodded. "If you ever get bored with that pencil pusher job, we could always use more SEAL's here." Then he looked at Sarah. "And I guess you are the new instructor?"

"Yes sir. Marine core. Getting my old rank back as well."

Payne smirked. "Marine, eh? Not bad."

Colonel Owen added. "Good to have you with us then. We need all the instructors we can get at the moment." Then he looked at Gibbs. "And I think I remember you too, gunny. Desert storm?"

"Yes sir. Nice to see you again, colonel."

Owen smiled. "Well, I guess the law enforcers will have competent people with you on the job."

During all of this, Tony had noticed something that was eating at him. "Ehm, sorry if this might sound stupid to anyone who works or lives here..."

"So nothing new then." Ziva mocked him.

"But what were you people talking about during that ceremony? It was not English, right?" He ended his question.

Payne looked at Gibbs. "Either you people did not get the memo, or he is not the sharpest tool in the shed, gunny?"

"Not when it comes to things like that." Gibbs then turned to Tony. "Did you forget the part where this other language is going to become the new standard?" Then he turned to Payne again. "You were all using that, right?"

"Ancient, the language of the gate builders. In a way, they are our parents, so makes sense to do that instead of having the whole mess of 20 languages and hundreds of accents like that EU mess they have." Owen explained. "Don't worry, the neural-interface chairs are also used for fast learning, that way we can cut down training of a cadet to less than 2 years. At least mentally. Physically is another matter. When you all become full members of New Terra, you'll have to get the language downloaded into your heads. I know, sounds weird, but beats having to learn it the old fashioned way."

"Really?" Tony perked up. "So you just sit for a few hours and... you know that stuff? Man I wish this was around during my high school years."

Ziva smirked. "You'd still suck. I doubt they can cure stupid. Or a horn dog."

"I hate you sometimes."

"Well, it's been nice seeing you again, Admiral." Payne saluted again. "But I have maggots to brake in. Once I'm off duty, we should grab a clod one, sir."

He saluted back. "Will do, gunny."

As Payne left the group, Owen said. "I think we should go to see where you'll instruct, Colonel."

As he said that, several F-202's flew by the window of the hall. Rabb just smiled. "And when do we see those up close."

Owen looked back as the group began moving to the exit. "Wanting to break another one fast are we?"

"Oh, I think I am not the greenhorn I used to be, sir."

New terra, science HQ, same time

McGee and Abby were in geek heaven. While Abby way admiring the many toys and devices either being analyzed or brought for testing, McGee was spending time with Eli as they were doing advanced math equations and computer coding.

"No, no." Eli said as he deleted a piece of code. "Sounds good in theory, but will not work here. Not anymore."

"I know that I am an amateur when compared with most here, but why will this not work?"

"It would on a super laptop. Here we have crystal based, optical, quantum computers. Binary code is what analog is to digital in this case."

McGee just blinked. "Did you just say crystal, optical, quantum computers?"

"Yes, insane isn't it." Eli smiled. "To think that a few months ago I was thinking the PC I had at home was based on the best tech we had." He smiles some more.

"Yes it would. Like comparing an abacus to a super computer, right." McGee agreed. "What things did you do on your PC at home?"

"Oh, you know, writing computer codes to see what worked, trolled the SJW's, changed the Wikipedia pages. And played WOW allot."

"Oh, what was your character name?"

"Uber Math Mage."

McGee stopped looking at the holo display and looked at Eli. "The Uber Math Mage? Really?" McGee began laughing. "I'm Elven King."

Now Eli stopped working and looked back. "No, really? Dude, we were like adversaries all the time."

"I know! You drove me up the walls sometimes."

"Ehmm." Was a voice behind them. As they turned around, they saw Abby and Hailey were behind them, looking a bit annoyed.

Abby began. "Really, Timothy!? We are in the Mecca of technology and you talk about a stupid video game!? Let's see what Gibbs will say, Elven King."

"Same goes for you, Eli. Really, here I think you might have grown out of this and you relapse. I guess if you add another game junkie, this happens." Hailey added.

Trying to distract them, McGee changed the subject. "Hey, emm, Abby. Found anything interesting?"

"Really? You joking? A so called nano-suit for the testing, an alien personal cloaking device, a holographic masking device, portable scanners, portable next gen naquadah generator... I mean where to start! I'm going to request a transfer here. Really, this is great."

Hailey tapped her on the shoulder. "You do realize that he just used the oldest male trick in the book to get an angry woman off his back. He distracted you with the 'oh, look, a pony' trick."

Abby realized that Hailey was right. She looked at McGee again, even more annoyed.

At that moment, Anise entered thru the door from the other part of the laboratory. "Please refrain to do anything you might regret later. Also, this is a laboratory, not a human social study between male and female social interactions."

As they all looked at her, Abby, again, went off the rails. "OMG. Tim, did you hear. A real life alien." She went to greet her. "Hello, emm, miss Anise. I'm Abby Sciuto and I can't say how exited I am to see all of this and to meet a real life alien. Oh, sorry, I'm rambling again, aren't I."

"It's quite all right. This is indeed interesting to me, since most humans would be shocked at the thought of a symbiotic life form inside my host."

"Are you kidding me. This is awesome! But yes, some would react like that. A co-worker of ours, Tony, almost tripped on his own tongue when he saw you, but changed his mind when,... you know."

"Not surprising. Besides. I'm more interested in intelligent men." Then she closed her eyes and Freya took over. "I on the other hand like those with great potential. No joke intended." She moved to Eli's station. "How far have you gotten with the new coding, Eli?"

"Almost finished. This part is giving me a headache."

Freya looked at it. "I see. Yes, That would be problematic. Let me get a copy and help you with that."

She did as she said and went to her work station.

"Em, what coding are you working on anyway?" McGee asked.

"The machine code for a naquadria reactor. Believe me, getting a stable chain reaction from the most unstable stuff I have ever seen is no picnic. And having Rush and McKay on my back is not helping. You boss may smack you, but at least he is not an ass hole."

McGee listened and nodded his head. "And this reactor... is important? I mean everything you guys are doing here is, but...?"

"Well, a reactor based on this stuff would only need to be one sixth the size to reach the same output our current naquadah reactors can. So miniaturization, for one thing. But the military wants it for the Aegis and Damocles projects. And no, even I have no idea what those are, nor would I be at liberty to say it. The only good thing here is that the crystal with all the notes from the Goa'uld that first found this stuff, has been found on Langara. That was a great help."

New Terra, military academy, same time

O'Neill and Rabb went to the academy hangar where he could admire the first atmospheric and space capable fighter he ever saw in his life. Meanwhile the others went to inspect an empty academy class room. The difference when compared to the classical ones on Earth were staggering. Holo displays everywhere, everything was networked. As they left that room, they heard a noise of battle. This caught the attention of those with military training.

"Ah, must be combat training in the Gym." Mitchell said. "If you guys want to have a look...?" Gibbs had already moved to that direction. As the others followed, Mitchell asked Tony and Ziva. "Your boss is not much for small talk, is he?"

"Not really."

"Yeah, and he likes to smack people." Tony added while scratching the back of his head.

"I noticed. Would love to see him try it on today's guest combat trainer."

Inside the Gym, the combat training session was in full swing. Young new recruits were sitting in a half circle around a padded training area. Inside it, Teal'c just flattened a young male cadet almost as big as him. He also held a Bashaak in his hand, the cadet had lost his in the engagement.

"And that is how not to engage a Jaffa in battle. Every semi competent Jaffa will disarm you like this and kill you next. Of course, we will not proceed to that part." Teal'c smiled, using his typical sense of humor.

"Hey, T! How's it going." Mitchell shouted to him.

"Major Mitchell. It is good to see you again. We did not have a mission for weeks, so I decided to teach some of the young cadets in Jaffa combat tactics."

"Oh, yeah, nice T! But no Ancient speak please, our guests can't do it yet, OK?"

Teal'c nodded. "Now, cadets, repeat the steps 1 to 4 we trained. I will be back."

Mitchell made the introduction. "It is an honor to meet more Tau'ri that will help us in this great endeavor."

"So you are a Jaffa?" Chegwidden asked while looking him over. "Nothing personal son, but you look pretty young in my book."

"Agreed." Gibbs nodded.

Teal'c just smiled. "As a Jaffa I possess longevity. In fact, I am 102 years old."

Silence followed, except for Mitchell, who just laughed. "T, best ice breaker every!"

Ziva just shook her head and got out of shock first. "OK, moving on. This is an interesting combat form? Are you teaching the kids how Jaffa fight?"

"Indeed. Since most foes will be Jaffa still loyal to the false gods, we have no choice in this."

Ziva moved to the training weapons and picked up a Bashaak. "Can I try?"

"Emmm, listen, I know you Mosad agents are bad ass, but this is a bad idea." Mitchell pleaded.

"Oh, don't worry, fly boy. I will go easy on him."

Teal'c just smirked. "Very well. Cadets, clear the training area." They moved in to the center of the room. Teal'c kept his neutral facial expression and his Bashaak in just one hand. "When you are ready."

Ziva did not do anything at first, just began moving in a circle around Teal'c, studying him. "He's double my size, triple my weight, a frontal attack is suicide. Can't let him grab me or I'm done. He can out muscle me easy. But I'm smaller and faster. Better use those strengths to my advantage. Hit his legs, then try to immobilize him."

Ziva feinted a frontal attack with her Bashaak. But as she began to swing her Bashaak she changed her target to his legs and ducked as low as possible. Teal'c was caught off guard as he prepared to deflect an attack aimed at his torso. Ziva's ruse was successful. She managed to hit Tealc's leg with the Bashaak. As he fell to the ground, she prepared to attack him from above, but realized too late that he had already countered her. With the hand holding his Bashaak, he returned the favor and knocked her on her back as she was trying to regain her balance by targeting and hitting her legs. As she fell down, he kicked up from the ground and was standing again. Before she managed to react again, he grabbed one of her hands and yanked to him. Seconds later, he put his Bashaak to her nect, signaling that it was over.

"Not bad indeed. You used your strengths and exploited my weaknesses in battle. Well done." He removed the Bashaak from her neck and helped up again.

"All the good it did." She responded. "Never saw anyone your size react that fast or to use my attack against me."

"Use your enemy's attack against him. Make your opponent work in your favor. Typical Goa'uld tactics. And we Jaffa have mastered them. However, you fared better than any of these students. Not one of them managed to even hit me, let alone floor me, as they say." He then lowered his head in recognition of her accomplishment.

"Wow." Tony whispered during all of this. "Remind me to never piss either of them off, boss."

"You only figured that out only now?"

Delmak, same time

Anubis realized that the next step of his new plan was beginning. War. An all out war. And he had plenty of targets to choose from. The Humans and their fledgling but growing civilization. Earth in particular. Soon, they would learn their place in this galaxy.

The Jaffa rebels. Traitors on one hand but Anubis had to laugh at the thought that some of them finally realized the truth. There are no gods. Took them long enough. Now they will die for that.

The Tok'ra. A pain in the ass of the Goa'uld for the last 2000 years. He did not know where they were, how many there were or how to flush them out. Somehow they were prepared for his mind probe technology. No matter. Time is on his side.

The other System Lords. From all the remaining ones, only Ba'al and Yu were a danger. Ba'al because he had imagination and was not completely consumed by his ego. Yu because he could unite the otherwise fractured System Lords. So divide and conquer was not an option. Superior fire power and force however was. The only problem was that he was no longer in the shadows. Someone, probably the Tok'ra, let the System Lords know of his existence. They are only delaying the inevitable.

The Asgard, Furlings and Nox. Their old Alliance was being reestablished. They need to know when to stay down. The Nox were only elusive, not a real danger. The Furlings were evenly matched with him, but his numbers will grow faster. The Asgard are the only real long term threat, from what he has seen.

As he was in thought, Her'ak, Thoth and Khalek entered his throne room and knelled down before him.

"You wished to see us, lord Anibis." Her'ak asked.

"Yes. Her'ak. You will take the 2nd fleet to the planet Lucia."

"Father, why waste time on those low life pirates?" Kahlek asked.

"Yes, they are only a nuisance at the moment. But when the war starts, they might get bolder. That is what pirated usually do. Eliminating their base of power will cripple them. And they might provide some target practice for my troops. Get to it, Her'ak!"

Her'ak bowed again and left the throne room.

"You, my son. I have a much more important target for you. Take the 3rd fleet and attack Athena and Ares. They are just minor Lords but closest to my territory. They will mark the first step in the 2nd phase of my plan. Also, no prisoners."

Khalek just smiled at that and left. Just how he likes to fight.

Anubis then stood up. As he began to move out of the throne room, Thoth followed him. "Progress report, Thoth."

"As you ordered, the production is at full capacity. The first legion is ready for your inspection."

"Good. You please me, Thoth. You will be rewarded."

As they reached a large assembly area, Anubis entered it on an elevated platform. Before him were thousands of warriors in black armor. Thousands of Kull warriors.

"ALL HAIL LORD ANUBIS!" Was the unified war cry they shouted as they kneeled before him.

During all of this, Anubis felt a presence.

Between planes of existence, same time

A fat man entered an empty restaurant. Or at least it looked like one.

"Hm, no one home?" The fat man remarked. He went back into the kitchen. As he returned, he had a coffee mug in his hands. "Hate it when I have to get it myself."

As he sat down and took the newspaper into his hands to read it, another person entered the restaurant. He was a giant, with red hair and red eyes. The fat man just turned around. "Well, haven't seen someone like you before."

The large man walked up next to him and sat down. "You seem to be amused at my presence here, halfling."

"Halfling, eh? Interesting way to call me."

"You are only half ascended, stuck in between. I guess the others are blocking you."

"And I guess you are not one of the others. Not Ori too, the Ancients would never allow one of them here."

The large man smirked. "You are not as stupid as I thought."

"I guess you are here to get answers. You cannot see on the lower planes. If you tried, the others would notice you and destroy you. I on the other hand am stuck down there and cannot get all the way up. You want me to tell you the status of this galaxy."

"You are somewhat competent. Yes, I want to remain undetected. My people, or should I call them servants are interested in this part of space, or at least near it. I want info on this galaxy."

"To what end?"

"Heh, wouldn't you like to know. Only a fool reveals his goal in advance."

"Well then, we have a problem, Surtr."

The large man, now known as Surtr, stared at the fat man. "So you figured it out, Anubis. All I want is revenge on the Asgard and Furlings. If a few million or billion humans die during that, so much the better."

"You are all talk and no action. You can't do anything without the others destroying you, so you come to me like an old woman, weeping for information."

Surtur began to glow in red flame. "You dare!" He then transformed into his ascended form. But before he could do anything, he looked around. "You bastard. By enraging me on purpose, the others detected me. This is not over, you halfling!" He disappeared in flames.

Anubis smirked. "Almost too easy."

Delmak, same time

"My lord?" Thoth asked for the 4th time. His lord was just standing there.

"Do not worry, Thoth, I just got some new information. Disturbing ones at that. It may come to a another war I did not plan for. We must be prepared.

Unknown system, the Velocity, 20 minutes later

Fisher and his team had secured the Velocity, but as reported the ship was in bad shape. Only the navigation and engines were mostly OK, the rest not so much. Minutes ago, a team of scientists, engineers and military personnel arrived at the planet below to begin securing the base and see if it would be worth the trouble.

"Really wish we get off this ghost ship soon." Aztec whined. "I really don't like staying here longer than needed." They were in the engine room with their nano-suits and helmets still on, as power was not restored and they were in a vacuumed.

"Cut the chatter, the package will be here any moment." Fisher ordered. Just then, Psycho was beamed in, holding a case.

"Anyone ordered a ZPM?"

"Right here, wise guy." Prophet pointed at the power grid access point meant for a ZPM.

As they pushed the crystal in to the opening, the ship lights activated.

"Colonel, we register a ship wide activation. Artificial gravity and life support. Even the hull breaches are being sealed with force fields." Carter reported from the Wraith.

"Good. Then dock at the dorsal docking access port. Once done, we test the systems and set course to New Terra. Nomad, how's it looking at the bridge?"

"Well, many systems read as critical, as we suspected. But I have one good news, sir. This ship has over 90% of its entire drone capacity still on board. We are talking over 2100 drones."

Fisher just smiled. "Good news indeed. OK, major, once we are done here, you and the other you beam down to the planet to help with the continued search for useful stuff there. They brought extra arctic gear for the both of you. Would be nice if we knew where this Helix system is. Or any clue on the Clava tesara infinitas."

"Understood sir. Will see you in a few days."

"OK, let's get to the bridge." Fisher ordered.

Minutes later they arrived at the bridge. It took longer because they did not want risking using the transporter booths because of the extensive damage the ship had suffered.

"Nomad, report. The simulations holding?"

"Yes sir. We can get to New Terra easily. Even more so, this ships engines are on steroids once we fix it up."

Fisher moved to the navigational console where Nomad currently was. "Meaning."

"I saw the capabilities of these engines. At full speed, we can reach Pegasus in 4 days, not 2 weeks. Either the Ancient hyper drives are even better than the Asgard ones, or..."

"The Asgard are holding out on us. Since they still refuse to share their offensive tech, I think it is the latter." Fisher thought out loudly. "Still, the one they gave us enabled us to get there in 2 weeks, not years. But getting this engine analyzed would be another improvement. Is this with or without a ZPM?"

"Without a ZPM. With one and fully charged reactors, this ship can reach Pegasus in less than 27 hours!"

"Heh, I like this ship already. Has a lead foot if I ever saw one." Psycho joked.

"What about gas mileage?" Azteck asked. "At such speeds, it isn't good, I think."

"A problem for the eggheads, not us." Prophet said. "How long until the simulations are done?"

"22 more minutes. Then the Wraith just has to confirm the numbers, then we are ready to go."

Unknown system, unknown arctic planet, 30 minutes later

The Wraith and Velocity disappeared into hyperspace 2 minutes ago, so now the planeside team was on its own.

"Wow, really cold down here. "Carter said as she rubbed her hands together.

"Well, another advantage of being an android." Her AI counterpart smirked. She did not wear her arctic equipment. She did not need to.

"Anyway, let's get to work. The refined naquadah we brought here should be enough to power the generators up and get us warm."

New Terra, 2 hours later, gate room

The 'briefing' of the Jag and NCIS personnel was over, but they were just the first of many to follow in the future, from all the worlds. It was only because of the Simmons issue that they were the first to be 'recruited' for the New terra security forces.

Maybourne remained in the Intelligence HQ for further debriefing, the rest were preparing to go home for today. The Jag personnel would begin immediately, so they would go thru the neural download process ASAP. The NCIS team still had time for that since their HQ was not finished yet and they had a job to do on Earth. For that reason, they got access to all locations Simmons visited as well as to SG personnel for back up. The only question that remained for either teams was if they would one day move to New Terra or have daily commutes. DiNozzo already made a joke if they would get commute coverage from their bosses, since thousands of Ly everyday has to accumulate to allot of money. That earned him another smack over the head.

As the gate activated again, O'Neill turned to Gibbs. "Want to get a cold one before you go home, gunny?"

"Why not. Today has been full of surprises. And thanks to that neat trick you people have, I can be home in no time."

"Good. We can talk more about dogs, boats and fish."

Colonial and Cylon refugee fleet, deep space, 5 days later

Commander Lee Adama was preparing for his departure on the Discovery. The fleet had reached another star system for some rest. Here they decided to leave the Cloud 9, the prison ship, a transport ship and a Cylon Basestar behind, in orbit of a moon. Perhaps one day they would return to pick them up again.

His wife had already gone thru the gate, as well as most of the civilians, military personnel and Cylons. Only about 5000 Clolnial military personnel and around 1000 Cylons remained in the fleet, which was not all docked with the Kobol. All the equipment from the ships that would be left behind, was salvaged. All that could fit thru the ring, was already sent. Now only the Discovery and the mess of ships the Kobol now was, remained.

Lee reached the bridge. Shaw was waiting for him there. Her injuries were healed, mostly, but it was her stubbornness that kept her here. She saluted him. "Commander."

"Sitrep."

"Power supply at 98%, engines are all green, personnel ready and our storage areas are filled to capacity, including the hangars."

"Good. Hail the Kobol."

"You're on, sir." The comm officer responded. Admiral Adama appeared on the view screen.

"Sir, we are ready to go."

"Good. See you on the other side, son. We will jump to the edge of this galaxy. Only then will we make the long jump. I expect all the systems explored when we arrive." The elder Adama smiled after making a light joke.

"To the last asteroid, sir." He saluted and got one back in return.

"Helm, engage hyper drive." With the order given, the Discovery entered hyperspace, leaving the Kobol behind.

Unknown system, now renamed jokingly the Hoth system by Earth personnel, same time

Carter was looking thru the database of the Ancient database. All the times the Ancients came here either thru the gate or with a ship was recorded. What they took was recorded. The bases original inventory was recorded. But what was not recorded, was any indication of the Clava tesara infinitas.

"Why did Quetesh think this gate address would lead to it?" Carter asked herself out loudly.

She left the main computer room for the base. The base itself was mostly unfrozen now and life was returning to it. The planet, however, would remain a frozen ice rock until the nebula dissipates. And that will take millennia.

Since the base was mostly either under the ground or under ice as well as well hidden, the council began thinking of using this as a permanent base. For what was not yet known. If nothing else, as a staging area for its troops or fleet.

She reached the command center, where many military personnel were repairing the consoles, screens, panels or other equipment. Her android 'sister' was sitting on a chair, eyes closed. She one again initiated a neural connection with the computer systems.

As she was to go to her to ask for an update, Daniel bumped into her from behind. "Oh sorry, Sam. Been busy coming this place for clues." He apologizes. He was reading and walking in the corridors, as he usually does. Not seeing where he is going.

"It's OK, Daniel. Found anything of interest?"

"That depends how you define interest." Vala groaned behind Daniel as she followed him to the command center.

"Tell me again, why you are even here?" Daniel asked, annoyed of having to tolerate her here.

"Your interrogators thought that me being here might trigger some info Quetesh had that I don't remember yet. But the only thing It's triggering is boredom, darling." She replies while chewing a bubble gum and playing with her hair.

Daniel looked at Carter with a sarcastic look. "And the council wonders why I am taking so long."

At that moment, android Sam stood up and broke the connection with the base computers. She began walking past them into the corridor.

"Em, Sam? The other Sam?" Daniel tried to stop her. "What is going on?"

Carter herself did not know what to think. She grabbed her communicator. "This is major Carter. My android copy is not responding anymore and has left the command center. To all personnel, try to detain her." She then looks at the others and the 2 marines in the center. "Come on. We need to follow her!"

Meanwhile, in the corridors, android Carter has disarmed and knocked out several guards. She had no expressions on her face. As if no one was home. She finally reached her goal. A dead end corridor.

A minute later, Daniel, Carter and several marines reached the same corridor. They had just followed her path of unconscious personnel.

"OK, this looks like a hidden door type of corridor. We detected no transporter signals, so she had to go thru here." Daniel analyzed the situation.

"So my kind of situation." Vala smiled and moved to the dead end. "Stand aside, darlings, I was a professional before the whole Quetesh thing."

As she went on her knees to inspect the floor for any signs, Daniel asked her. "Do we want to know, what exactly you were a professional at?"

She just grinned. "Now a lady never reveals all her secrets at the first date, Daniel."

After several minutes she found 4 pressure plates hidden in the wall. After several minutes more, she figured out the combination. As the hidden door opened up, the marines got ready, their weapons raised. They entered a completely dark room. In the middle was a glowing cylinder shaped device with consoles attached to it. On one side was a large console, on the other were several sleeping pods. 3 were closed and empty, but one was open, also empty. There was also another exit, leading to the outside of the base.

Carter went to the consoles to take a look. "A secret stasis chamber and laboratory. It has an independent power source, so this place was still powered even as the rest of the base lost power." She then looked at the empty chamber. "That chamber, according to this, it was activated... over 10000 years ago."

Everyone looked at her. "So an Ancient could have survived in here for all that time?"

She shook her head. "Unlikely. After all that time, they would be an old person."

At that moment, one of the guards began to hold his head. "What is this pain! Dam. Make it stop!"

The other marines went to look at him. "Hey what is going on?"

Before they got an answer, he looked at them with an empty expression. He raised his weapon and opened fire.

"Shit, Jack, what the hell!" Was the response from the other marines as they were being gunned down. Sam, Daniel and Vala took cover behind the console.

The guard then stood up and went to close the door to the room and point his weapon at the trio.

"Well done, my pet." Was a sentence heard from the other exit as the doors opened up. Carter and Daniel realized they were in trouble as they saw the person who said that. A Wraith queen.

"I have been starving for a long time." Behind the queen, android Carter followed her back from the frozen outside into the base.

The queen leaned down to observe Daniel, Carter and Vala. "You will be my main course, but first." She moved to the injured solders and began feeding on one of them. The solder she controlled, lost conciseness. The queen was too weak to control him any longer. "I should thank you. When your android friend tried to hack the system, she got infected with the virus I planted there. So she awoke me from the long sleep I was forced to endure when the Lantean ship I boarded stopped here. I barely survived the trip here anyway. It took me days to get off that dead ship and months to explore the entire base. With the gate already disabled I had no choice but to go to sleep. Now I have all of you here. And you will help me get off this frozen rock!"

"Wow, you need to get laid even more than me, darling." Vala responded as she pulled a hidden Zat from her jacket and shot android Sam. She immediately aimed it at the queen. Vala doesn't hesitate and shoots her twice in a row. The queen falls dead onto the floor. As more marines and medical personnel arrived after Carter alerted them to the situation, they began helping the injured marines as well as removing the dead ones.

Carter moved to her android copy. "Damn, that bitch must have really messed her up. Best we get her and the queen corpse to New Terra fast. Thank god Janus had archived the Wraith capabilities in his recordings in Atlantis. That Wraith queen telepathic domination is scary. But now we can learn Wraith biology right here. And hopefully, undo the damage she did to her." Then she realizes. "Damn. We'll have to check the entire database for more viruses and in the worst case scenario, erase the entire database, just in case she left any other surprises!"

"This will make our search more difficult. But this laboratory seems untouched with the expectation of the stasis pods. Maybe she did not tamper with the computers here?"

"Perhaps. We will have to be careful."

"Speaking of damage, how in the hell did you get a ZAT in here!? Or how you even got a ZAT?" Daniel demanded to know while looking a Vala.

She just smirked sheepishly. "I told you, darling. I am a professional, didn't I. And a girl needs to protect herself."

After 20 minutes, Carter went back to work on the console in the hidden laboratory. Another 20 minutes later and she was done searching the hidden database. "Well, this trip was not a complete waste. I found no viruses here, yet. But I did find this. Daniel, come and look at this."

Daniel comes to her and begins reading the text on the main display. "Well, it is not the Clava tesara infinitas, but it may be a clue. A journal from Moros. One of several pieces he send to hidden bases all around the galaxy. To better hide the location of the Clava tesara infinitas, he split up the clues. This Wraith queen was already here, when this laboratory received the transmission."

"So is this useful?"

"We will have to see once we analyze it. But not without the other pieces. We are not at square one again, but not at the finish line as well. Damn."

"This Clava tesara infinitas you all speak of? Is it valuable?" Vala asked.

Colonial and Cylon refugee fleet, edge of the Large Magellanic Could galaxy, 2 days later

On the Pegasus in the admirals quarters, admiral Adama and Saul Tight were having a long talk and several drinks.

Saul chugs another content of his glass down his throat. "Ahhh, this is good stuff. The chief is getting better at this. Another one?"

"Don't mind if I do."

Saul poured another round in their glasses. "You sure you don't want me here holding the fort during this flight?"

"I am. Go with your five, Saul. You know how cranky and hard to manage she is without you around. Also I need someone who can keep the Cylons and Colonials from shooting each other, if something should happen."

"Heh, yes, because me being a colonel in the Colonial military and a Final Five will be really useful in that task."

"And I don't want you to bore yourself to death for the next 2 months. I can manage. Don't worry."

Once again they emptied their glasses. "This is your last chance, Saul. If you in 15 minutes are not in the ring room, you stay here, and I tell you, GO! We will have another drink in 2 months."

Saul stood up, having some balance problem. "I guess I had one too much. I guess you are right."

Adama stood up as well and patted him on the shoulder. "Let's go."

Several minutes later, Adama and Saul arrived in the ring room. The last few hundred people yet to leave were waiting there. Including Ellen Tigh.

"So?" She asked her husband.

"I'm coming with you." He smiled at her, knowing she would like that.

The ring activated and the people began walking thru it. As one of the last, Saul turned around and saluted his old friend. "In 2 months, Bill!"

The admiral saluted him back. "2 months, old friend."

2 hours later, the Kobol and mess of docked ships were aligned with their trajectory. Adama activated the comm system.

"This is the admiral. We now begin our long journey. For the next 2 months, we have to endure, mostly boredom, to ensure we and our cargo arrive at our new home. For Colonials and Cylons alike. So say we all!"

All around the ships, the people all said the same.

Adama turned to his nav officer. "Engage hyperdrive."

On the edge of the galaxy, the Kobol jumped into hyperspace, it's inhabitants leaving this galaxy behind, for now.

Helix star system, high orbit, 7 days later

The Discovery exited hyperspace, entering orbit of their promised land.

"Sitrep."

"We are entering standard orbit." Shaw reported. "As reported, the orbit is cluttered with allot of artificial satellites, stations, ... the work, basically. Also... Sir! We are being hailed, but not from the surface. A ship is approaching!"

"Let's see it."

On the main view screen a ship was seen approaching them. And they recognized the design immediately. Lee just smiled. "Another Discovery!"

"Discovery. This is the Pathfinder. Glad you could make it!" Was the voice that greeted them over wireless.

"Kara, you crazy bi... What in Hades!" Lee just laughed.

"We found several of these docked at the moon installation. We needed days go figure out what to activate to get up there and even then, we needed to do a minimal repair on them. You would not believe in what bad shape these are. I guess these came home before the Discovery, but got beat up just as bad. The universe really is not as empty as we thought. Baltar just won't shut up. His new hobby is to unlock the database on this Pathfinder project the Discovery was part of."

"I see, but doesn't he have other priorities?"

"You know how Baltar is. The more you tell him not to do something, the more he wants it. He mostly wants to know what the predecessor of the Pathfinder project is."

"And that is?"

"Something called the Destiny initiative. Anyway, let us escort you to the station we use as our orbital HQ. We can talk more there."

High Orbit of planet Lantea, 1 day later

Space ripped open, as 9 ships exited hyperspace over the planet Lantea.

"Report!" Captain Ellis ordered as he stood up from his chair.

"We are entering standard orbit. Multiple satellites detected. I have Atlantis on sensors." The tactical officer reported.

"Hail them."

They got a response. "Glad to see you, Apollo task force. Welcome to the Pegasus galaxy and by extension, Atlantis." Dr. Weir greeted them over wireless.

"Glad to be here. We have a long journey behind us and our cargo bays are full. I would like to begin the unloading process ASAP."

"Good. Colonel Marshall is also eager to begin to, as he puts it, 'bulk up' the defenses."

Atlantis, planet Lantea, 2 days later

Sheppard was getting eager to get out there. "Come on, Meredith. Get a move on!"

"Coming, coming! What is your hurry anyway. I have my hands full with the tech alone, we really don't need to go out there."

"Yes, we do. And since our fleet is here now, Marshall and the council have green light the mission to Sateda and Athos."

"OK, so where first?"

"Hey, we get a squad of marines and Weir is going with us. My money is on Sateda.

Lucia star system, same time

The Wraith exited hyperspace at the edge of the system and cloaked on the spot.

"OK, talk to me." Fisher ordered.

"Sir, there is a large radiation signature at Lucia 3, the only habitable planet in the system. Looks like weapons fire. Allot of it." The tactical officer reported.

"Hmm, OK. Set condition 2 and get us into high orbit of Lucia 3. Full scan of the system."

2 hours later, the Wraith was approaching her destination. Since they would not dare to de-cloak, they had to reach their destination at sub light speeds and to keep their energy signature low, even their sub light engines were not at maximum acceleration.

As they entered visual range, they saw the reason for the radiation signature.

"My god." Was the common reaction.

"A god damn graveyard!" Psycho reacted.

What they saw was a ship graveyard, mostly made up of Ha'tak husks and parts of death gliders. By the size of the debris field, it was a massive battle. The Lucians probably lost over 40 Ha'tak's. And their remains were cluttered in orbit of their, now devastated planet.

"Time to suit up, boys." Fisher looked at his team. "Prophet, you take team 2, I'll take team 1. You check the planet, I'll check these ships, or what is left of them. This is a reconnaissance mission only. Avoid enemy contact at all cost. We need to find out what the hell happened here!"

"Not to sound like a wise guy, but it's bloody obvious what happened here. Anubis wasted them! Or another snake head." Psycho argued and most nodded.

"Perhaps, but we need proof, not guess work. And anything we learn here might help us in the future. What bothers me mostly is this: Why do this now. The Lucians were a minor pirate group, so the Goa'uld ignored them for centuries. And the Lucians were not stupid to piss off the Goa'uld and get on their radar. Why now and why this brutal? That is what we need to know! Now, let's go!"

Washington Navy Yard, NCIS HQ, same time

"Ohh, I can't stand this anymore!" Toy whined as he rubbed his eyed behind his desk. "I miss the good old days when we were just shooting human bad guys with normal weapons. Only McGeek and Abby are excited about our new reality."

"Oh stop your whining, Tony. You are just mad because we got ambushed by Simmons supporters in hiding at that depot they had. We held our own and the SG people did the rest." Zva replied, looking at him with a smirk.

"Well, I hope you are ready for more." Gibbs said as he came from the director's office. "A joint OPS. SG people will be coming with us in civilian clothing."

Tony, Ziva and Tim began grabbing their gear. "Where to, boss?"

"A town called Steveston. Another clue on Simon's old activities."

Director David Steelix - Michael Fassbender

Fleet admiral Yao - Jean Yoon (Yes, from The Eapanse.)

Many of you may have noticed that I am from now on ignoring my own rule about time consistency. Well, to a point. Yes, I know, WOW, RT and some other things that were mentioned here did not exist in late 2001, but I am adding them because I think it makes the story better and they are not curtail to the plot.

The same rule applies to the side cross-over's. Jag, NCIS and the small Law & Order nod are just side stories. The main one remains unchanged. I just thought that adding these shows makes sense in a way without disturbing the main plot. Jag here is years after the final season, while NCIS is around season 6.

I also added the characters from videogames, like Splinter Cell and Crysis, but incorporated them in a way that I think works.

Also, I love The Expanse, so I used one of the characters here as well.