At the SGC on Earth, Col Swanson has been hard at work contacting as many worlds as she can and asking their allies to round up as many ships as they can and meet at the alpha site. Swanson received word from their allies that ships have been dispatched and are on there way, and as word spreads she hopes more will join.
With most of Earth's allies contacted and nothing more she can do at the SGC, Swanson decides to return to the Alliance and join them at the alpha site, she transports aboard and takes her seat in the captains chair, she opens communications with Atlantis.
"Mr Woolsey, our allies are gathering at the alpha site. We should meet them there." says Swanson.
"Is it wise to leave Earth right now?" asks Woolsey.
"The Daedalus and Odyssey have been recalled to Earth, they will remain here upon their return." replies Swanson.
"I see, then we'll proceed to the alpha site." replies Woolsey.
"See you there." says Swanson, and she gives the order to go.
Woolsey opens Atlantis' com system, "Dr McKay, what's the status on the Jumper hyperdrives?" he asks.
"Almost done, give us a few more hours." replies McKay.
"That's good to hear. Keep working." says Woolsey.
Woolsey then gives the order to bring Atlantis' stardrive online and head for the alpha site.
Unknown to the crew of the Alliance and Atlantis, a Verdain ship has been sitting close by and scanning them. As Atlantis glides passed them on it's way to the alpha site, the Verdain ship detects the presence of the Novum and informs the Commander.
"Commander, the Novum have been located." says the pilot of the Verdain ship.
"Where?" asks the Commander.
"They're still on board the Alteran vessel." says the pilot.
The Commander is now standing on the bridge of his great battle ship, the bridge is a large open room, in front is a large window and in front of that is a semi circle shaped row of consoles with several Verdain sitting at them. The Commanders chair is situated behind them, and at both sides of the bridge are more consoles with large viewing screens with 3 Verdain at each side manning them, one of the screens shows Medrona and several other planets that the Verdain have already destroyed with the Fade.
The Commander goes over to the left side of the bridge and stands at a console, as he interacts with the interface it brings up a display of the scans collected by the Verdain ship he is communicating with.
"These scans only show the presence of two Novum, where is the other?" asks the Commander.
"We do not know Commander. The Alteran vessel is leaving the system, should we stop them?" replies the pilot.
"No. Follow them...let's see what they're up to." replies the Commander.
"Understood." says the pilot and he follows Atlantis.
Meanwhile three Ha'tak vessels under the control of the free Jaffa are passing through a system close to Lemea on their way to the alpha site. They detect a strange energy signature ahead of them so drop out of hyperspace to investigate, as they exit hyperspace and slow down they see a Verdain ship firing a circular device surrounded by energy at a nearby planet.
The Ha'tak ship at the center of the group fires two shots at the device in an attempt to destroy it, but their actions do nothing, only nudging the device very slightly off it's course it continues hurtling towards the planet.
They attempt to communicate with the Verdain ship, "Stop what you're doing or we will destroy you." says Kahpa, commander of the lead Ha'tak vessel.
Suddenly the Ha'tak vessels are attacked from behind, two more Verdain ships went undetected when the Jaffa exited hyperspace and they're now firing on the Ha'tak.
"Fire, fire." shouts Kahpa as his ship shakes from the impact of the Verdain weapons.
The Verdain ship in front of them turns in situ towards the Ha'tak vessels and then comes at them head on really fast while firing it's weapons, Kahpa and his men on the bridge watch as it gets really close and then it flies over them our of view..and they all disappear from sensors.
All three Ha'tak vessels were badly damaged in the attack and are unable to enter hyperspace, they sense it isn't over yet and so manoeuvre their ships in to a tight defensive formation.
Then their sensors start bleeping as they detect the Verdain ships approaching once again, each Verdain ship is approaching from a different angle towards the Ha'tak in a type of pincer movement. Each Ha'tak vessel opens fire on an approaching Verdain ship but their armour just absorbs the blasts and the Verdain keep moving forward.
As the Verdain get closer they open fire on the Ha'tak and then break away and begin circling them like vultures and unleashing punishing amounts of fire sideways at the Ha'tak vessels.
On Sehabo on the bridge of the great Verdain battle ship, the Commander is informed of the battle between the Ha'tak and Verdain ships.
"Commander, three of our ships are engaged in battle." says a Verdain sitting at the main bridge controls.
"Show me." orders the Commander as he stands up from his chair and the battle is displayed on the main display at the front of the battle ship.
The battle is displayed on screen in front of him and he sees the Ha'tak vessels bunched together firing back at the Verdain ships that are circling them, the whole battle looks like a catherine wheel firework with all the weapons fire being exchanged.
"Hahaha...yes...destroy them." says the Commander, clearly enjoying what he sees.
The Jaffa are quickly losing this fight and they know it. As the fight goes on, all three Ha'tak vessels sustain heavy damage and one by one they lose their weapons systems and are rendered defenceless, but the Verdain don't care and mercilessly continue firing at them.
Kahpa sends a communication to the alpha site and then opens communications with the other Ha'tak vessels, Mardel and Hep'mar the commanders of the other Ha'tak vessels appear on the communication screen.
"My brothers, the fight is lost." says Kahpa
"We die with honour." says Hep'mar.
"With honour." says Mardel.
As they all give a show of respect, the Verdain unleash one last attack on their ships and within seconds all three Ha'tak starts exploding from within. Kahpa's ship is the first to explode and the resulting explosion causes a chain reaction with causes the others to explode.
Unfortunately for the attacking Verdain their over confidence would prove fatal, as the Ha'tak vessels explode the Verdain don't have enough time to get clear of the explosion and as a result, two of them are caught in the blast wave and instantly destroyed, the other one is skimmed by the blast wave which doesn't destroy it but is powerful enough to send it hurtling uncontrollably through space.
"No." screams the Commander, who was hoping for an easy victory.
The Commander sits back down angrily in his chair holding his head in his hand, on the viewer we see footage being transmitted from the font of the Verdain ship that was sent hurtling through space and it's heading towards a planet, it plummets through the planets atmosphere like a fire ball and hits the surface, it scrapes along the surface for several miles leaving a large crater in its wake and then comes to a stop.
"Shall we recover the ship, Commander?" asks a Verdain sat at the bridge controls.
"No...Leave it. Turn it off." replies the Commander, indicating to the display.
The Commander glances at the display for a split second and then leaps from his chair.
"Wait!" shouts the Commander, "What is that?" he asks.
He notices something in the background of the display, "Zoom in on that" he orders. The image zooms in and displayed before him he sees a stone column and another Verdain ship a few meters away on the surface.
"Lemea." says the Commander in a low tone of voice.
He turns and sits back in his chair, "Send every ship we have in that area to that planet now." he orders.