Now that they have the Leviathan and the Ark of the Covenant in the same place, maybe the playing field will be leveled, or maybe one of the two armies will also be leveled.
Stargate Atlantis: Ark of the Apocalypse
CH 7 - The Calm of Battle
The Daedalus dropped out of hyper space.
Assuming orbit over M35-117 Colonel Caldwell noticed a small fleet over the planet as well, then remembered a message he had received.
"Contact Atlantis, and get clearance to beam." Caldwell said.
Atlantis Gate room.
The gate room filled with a solar white light as Colonel Caldwell beamed in. He was met by Richard Woolsey.
"Colonel, I thought you'd like to know. Colonel Carter and Colonel Sheppard found the ship." Woolsey said.
"I hope that ship is what Colonel Carter claims it is." Caldwell contended.
"You too?" Woolsey asked, his rhetorical question seemed to foretell the dire situation of the upcoming battle.
"I just came down to tell you know that the Odyssey is dropping off Dr. Jackson." Caldwell informed.
"You could have told me that over the radio." Woolsey stated, he knew Caldwell had another reason for coming all that way.
"The truth is. The Apollo." Caldwell began.
"What about it?" Woolsey asked curiously.
"They went to the Ori home galaxy."
Odyssey
Daniel sat in a shipboard lab, examining the Ark of the Covenant. Colonel Mitchell walked in.
"Dr. Jackson, thought you'd like to know, we're almost there." Mitchell said.
"I'm almost done here." Daniel replied.
"So, how does it work?" Mitchell asked.
"Well inside is said to be the original stone tablets containing the Ten Commandment, and the Rod of Aaron." Daniel began. "Now, it was believed that any righteous army that bore this at its head, would be invincible."
That didn't answer his question, so he deflected.
"Well that's great. We'll beam you down once we have the coordinates." Mitchell said.
Lantea
The Odyssey dropped out of hyper space, and assumes orbit.
"I'm picking up Colonel Carters beacon." One of the crew announced.
"Are you ready Jackson." Mitchell asked over an open comm link.
Daniel was standing ready next to the Ark of the Covenant, and in a flash of light he was gone.
"Plot a course for Atlantis. Engage the hyper drive when ready." Mitchell said.
"Aye, sir."
The Odyssey zipped away into hyper space.
Leviathan - Bridge
Daniel Jackson appeared in a flash of light.
Sheppard noticed the Ark next to Daniel.
"Is that the Ark of the Covenant?" Sheppard asked.
"No, he won the door prize!" McKay snapped.
Sheppard awkwardly moved toward the Ark, fearing he would touch it and be killed.
"Near as I can tell, the Ark is a piece of Ancient Technology, and would respond to the A.T.A. gene." Daniel explained.
Comforted Sheppard knelt down to open the Ark, then stopped and looked up.
"Are you sure?" Sheppard asked.
"Just open it!" McKay pleaded, then reached down to do what Sheppard feared doing.
"Rodney!" Carter fearfully shouted as Rodney's hand touched the Ark.
When nothing happened everybody breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you crazy, you could have been killed." Carter chided.
"I could have, yes." McKay admitted.
"But the thought of wasting this opportunity for honor and glory, was too much for McKay." Sheppard teased.
With the Ark of the Covenant open Daniel reached in and pulled out a crystalline staff about 4 feet long.
"I wonder where that goes." Sheppard curiously said.
"There was a cylindrical recess that would fit this." Rodney said.
"Where?" Daniel demanded.
"On the bridge." Rodney responded.
Atlantis - Stargate Ops
"Mr. Woolsey, the Odyssey just dropped out of hyper space." Chuck announced.
"Excellent timing." Richard said in a sigh of relief.
"Major Lorne, is the weapons platform ready?" Woolsey asked over an open channel.
"For what good it'll do." Major Lorne replied, awaiting the order to fire from his seat in the control chair.
Chuck interrupted in a voice of panic.
"Mr. Woolsey, I'm detecting several hyper space windows opening."
Chuck looked up at Woolsey. "It's the Wraith fleet." Chuck sounded confused.
"What's wrong?" Woolsey asked.
"I only detect fifty ships. Most of which are Wraith, but there is a Goa'uld Command ship." Chuck explained.
"Anubis is probably holding back his main force until he can deliver his ultimatum. It's what he did six years ago when he attacked Earth." Woolsey concluded. "Tell Colonel Mitchell and Colonel Caldwell not to attack unless fired on."
A figure appeared in the gate room as chuck finished sending the order.
"Inhabitants of Atlantis, the knowledge, and technology of the Ancients will be mine, surrender, and you will serve me. Resist, and your deaths will be most excruciating." Anubis threatened.
Chuck turned to Woolsey, a thought on his mind. Woolsey seemed to read Chuck's mind, and approached the hologram. Woolsey knew he had to buy Sheppard and his team a little time.
According to the Odyssey's report, they had already found the ship, and the key to it's operation, and they had McKay and Carter working to solve the problem. He didn't have to buy much time.
"Anubis, it's been a long time." Woolsey began.
"Are you here to surrender?" Anubis demanded.
"I have a few questions first. According to our reports, you were trapped battling the Ascended Oma Desala. Obviously you escaped. What happened?" Woolsey asked.
Anubis thought for a long moment, then submitted to his ego-narcissism.
"Three years ago, when your people attacked to Ori, Oma Desala was momentarily distracted. I used that opportunity to escape." Anubis arrogantly confessed.
It seemed odd that a Goa'uld was sharing this information so blithely.
"And how is it you managed to build such a fleet in such a short amount of time?" Woolsey asked. "That would have taken thousands of years."
Anubis just chuckled devilishly.
Then it hit him.
"You have an Asgard time dilation device." Woolsey concluded.
Anubis began to laugh maniacally.
Leviathan Bridge
Daniel Jackson inserted the crystalline staff into the recess.
Nothing happened.
"Ok, not what I was expecting." Daniel said.
Rodney noticed something wrong. There were markings on two parts of the recess. So Rodney reached out and grabbed the staff.
"What are you doing?" Sheppard asked as Ronon, Teyla, and Zelenka walked in the door.
"Turning the key in the ignition." Rodney said, then turned the staff. The ship seemed to come alive.
"What is going on?" Teyla asked.
"Rodney got lucky!" Sheppard replied.
"What, again?" Radek asked.
Rodney glared at the Czech scientist.
"Atlantis needs our help!" Sheppard said, manning the control chair positioned in the middle of the bridge.
Lantea - Ocean surface
The ocean surface was calm and pristine, yet the dark water was unnerving and murky.
The surface began to get choppy and violent, until it began to churn, and swirl into a giant whirlpool as the giant ship fleet rose from the depths of its watery shrine.
Onboard Sheppard was reclined in the control chair, he seemed to be focusing on something, then a hyper space window opened up, and the ship was off.
Atlantis - Stargate Ops
Woolsey was interrupted in the middle of another in a long series of questions.
"ENOUGH!" Anubis shouted. "You are stalling. Surrender and serve me, or fight and die."
Woolsey turned stern. For many years his unwavering words would be remembered.
"Like Abydos? You didn't keep your word then." Woolsey reminded the half-ascended being. "If you fight, then it is you who will lose. Like every other time."
"Mr. Woolsey, I'm detecting hundreds of hyper space windows forming." Chuck said.
Woolsey turned to Chuck. "Contact the fleet, launch all jumpers. Fire at will."
Orbit over Atlantis
Two Daedalus class battle cruisers, two dozen traveler ships, and four Wraith Hive ships began to open fire.
From the surface Atlantis began to fire massive amounts of drones. All the while all puddle jumpers and F-302's were launched.
Atlantis - Stargate Ops
"How are we going to survive this?" Chuck asked.
"I don't know." Woolsey admitted.
"We've got gliders and Darts inbound." Chuck announced
Then a subtle beep that would otherwise barely be noticed seemed to stand out.
"Forty-two more ships just dropped out of hyper space." Chuck warned.
Any guesses who the 42 other ships are? Do we care? Or am I just a loony old-ish man? Sacred White Phoenix, don't say it! J/K