It was said by the Catachan II that the first mistake the Xeno's made was to declare themselves as their masters, but their far more deadly mistake was for them to let them dig in on the terrain they had spent their lives fighting in, dense hot jungles, and their final mistake was attempting to march straight toward them.
The moment the Jaffa stepped foot into the jungle they were in a hell of the Catachan II's design, the first sign of danger for them came without warning, the vanguard they had sent ahead suddenly went quiet,with the dull thud of explosives heard ahead, and when the main bulk of the army caught up they saw why. Strewn across the jungle were body parts and exploded Jaffa flung around by hidden mines and timed explosives.
The force of Jaffa proceeded much slower after this revelation, and as any Catachan trooper will tell you the point of booby traps is to do exactly that, they watched the grounds about them with extreme caution so when the next attack came they were not ready. From the tree's dropped bouquets of grenades that scattered many of the Jaffa into the jungle as they attempted to run from the dropped death, right into the waiting arms of hidden Catachan Devils who eagerly slit their throats and then faded back into the foliage.
With a third of their force gone the Jaffa commanders forced their troops on further into the Jungles at a crawling pace as the terrified Jaffa whipped their heads about at every noise in the jungle. They marched right into the final trap of the Catachan, where the sun shone through the jungle, right by a waterfall the Jaffa stopped to take their rest and take water from the gently babbling waterfall. Right as they had begun to take water to quench themselves from the thick hot jungle air the thudding ring of bolter fire tore through the jungle at the surrounded Jaffa. Heavy bolters had been set up in the perfect positions to tear through the unaware Jaffa and soon Lascarbines joined in picking off Jaffa with deadly proficiency.
When the bolter fire had faded and the Lascarbines had silenced the Catachan begun the grisly duty of finishing off those unfortunate enough to have survived their ambush. With barely half of what the Jaffa had originally brought into the jungle they had decimated the ill equipped and ill experienced troops with deadly ease.
When word reached Lord Zeus of what had befallen his troops he became incensed with rage, he ordered the jungle to be cleansed in the fires of his Al'Kesh bombers. Soon the Jungle blazed as they descended into the neutral zones, admittedly this came as a surprise to the Catachan who had very little time to hunker down in their fox holes as plasma mines were scattered about the jungles, as they tried to come closer to the crash site of Justice's Claws and her Operating Area the Al'Kesh found themselves in danger from swift Aircraft that tore through them as they had not brought an escort with them.
On the ground The catachan Whooped and cheered for the Thunderbolts that tore through the air at their foes the skies now erupting into a battle over the no mans land of the jungles. As the Goa'Uld sent gliders to support their Al'Kesh Lightning attack craft arrived to counter the swift maneuverable gliders and Valkyries swooped in to collect the Catachan troops who could not walk back to the ship. What the Goa'Uld lacked in technical superiority and knowledge of their foe they certainly made up for in their numbers. For every Thunderbolt in the air the Goa'Uld could field ten Al'Kesh, for each Lightning twenty gliders swooped through the air. The Valkyries had to rely on the aim of their heavy bolt gunners to keep many of the attacking craft off their tails and as soon as they were back in the safety of the Hydra batteries the surviving aircraft retreated back as well.
The Goa'Uld had learned a very valuable lesson that day. The men and women of the imperium were ready and willing to fight hard and they had the upper hand in the jungles of the took Zues' First Prime to calm him down, to plead for a more tactical approach to the filthy Tau'ri that infested the jungle, and fortunately His God agreed.
The war for the planet was truly joined that day and The Imperium was just getting started.
Greetings Readers!
This new fan-fiction i am writing is partially something i have been wanting to do for a while but it is also an invitation to all writers who become inspired by this. I intend to write large events within this crossover and if you wish to write smaller parts about various squads, soldiers perhaps even various views upon the events then i encourage you to do so! All you need to do is message me about it and i will be happy to assist in any way i can whether its just going over it or giving further information about the characters.