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Chapter 12 – Asgard vs. Replicators part 1
The Mjollnir, Thor's flagship, dropped out of hyperspace in the Ida galaxy, on the edge of replicator territory. Everybody on the bridge of the Mjollnir looked expectantly to the front view screen on the bridge. Thor opened it up, and everybody on board was awed.
In front of them was the bulk of the Asgard fleet, the most advanced fleet in two galaxies. The Asgard were a race not built for war, but for science. It was only a few years ago, when they had encountered the replicators, that they needed to build ships of war. And they had done a remarkable job at that.
The Mjollnir was an O'Neill class warship specifically designed to fight against the replicators. In front of them was an whole fleet of O'Neill class-ships. There were at least ten O'Neill class ships and there were numerous others as well. About fifteen ships of the older Bilskirnir class, double that amount of cruisers and about ten Asgard chariots.
Behind the main fleet of the Asgard was another league of ships. Bombers, supply ships and a medical ship.
"And I see that you've finally built a reasonable fleet of warships." Minos said.
"That is correct. It was a necessity because of the war with the Replicators." Thor answered.
They were hailed. Thor moved one of the rocks on the control panel, and suddenly the face of another Asgard appeared on the view screen.
"Greetings, Freyr." Thor said.
"Greetings, Thor. You have returned ahead of schedule. I take it that you have found someone with sufficient talents to control the ancient chair?" asked Freyr.
"I have indeed." Thor Answered.
"Hello Freyr. It has been a long time since we last met."
"Minos!" Freyr exclaimed in amazement. "It has indeed been a long time. Perhaps too long. The Asgard are a dying race. The replicators have destroyed most of our might. We have only one planet and the fleet you see here contains all the Asgard ships we could muster."
"I know." Minos answered. "I know more than you might guess."
"Like what?" asked O'Neill.
"Like that it would be very wise to run a long distance scan in the direction of the control chair. You might find something very interesting and disturbing."
"I will run a long range scan immediately." Said Freyr.
"How many more old friends of yours are we gonna meet today?" asked O'Neill to Minos.
"I'm guessing none. Well, not today at least. I think we will have plenty of things to keep all of us busy for a long while."
"Like what?"
"The replicators." Freyr answered. "The long range scan has indeed picked up something interesting. A large replicator fleet is heading this way. They will arrive in this system in several minutes. I will warn the fleet immediately."
"How come we did not know this?" asked Thor.
"We did not run a long distance scan in the direction of the Chair. It was presumed that if any attack was to be brought from the replicators to us, it would be brought by a fleet closer to us." Answered Freyr.
"So it seems that the replicators are sending their reserve fleet into battle, whilst keeping all the other fleets in defensive positions." Said Minos.
"Yes. The fleet that is heading for us is large. They outnumber us with at least four to one, and more are joining. We must prepare for battle." Said Freyr.
"I can help." Said Minos. "I have seen how the Asgard pilot ships. Perfect for scientific research, but disastrous for warfare."
"What would you suggest?" asked Thor.
"Let me pilot one of the ships, and others that have experience in flying warships too."
"I can fly one of those." Said O'Neill.
"I am also able to fly a warship." Said Teal'c.
"Daniel and I could fly a warship too, I think." Said Carter
"Very well," said Freyr. "You shall each be transported to one O'Neill class vessel. There you will lie down in a control pod, from which you can control the ship with your mind. You can just visualize the ships movements and the ship will follow."
"Good luck." Said Minos as SG-1 were transported to the other ships.
"We must prepare." Said Thor.
"Can I control the ship from here?" asked Minos.
"How do you want to control the ship with your mind from bridge?" asked Thor.
"By sitting down and telling the ship what to do." Said Minos.
"I you are able to do that, than yes." Said Thor.
"Thanks." Said Minos as he sat down where he was standing, and closed his eyes.
"I have now full control over the ship." Said a metallic voice from the speakers, which sounded a lot like Minos.
"The replicators will be in this system in one minute." A message from Freyr came in.
"Everybody prepare!" said Minos as he waited for the replicators to arrive.
Then the replicators arrived. A large fleet of hideous replicator ships dropped out of hyperspace in front of the Asgard fleet. They outnumbered the Asgard fleet 5 to 1, as they had been joined by other replicator ships on the way.
In the exact middle of the fleet was a huge replicator mother ship. It was far bigger than the other ships, and could easily house a hundred O'Neill class ships with room to spare. There were also replicator ships that rivalled the O'Neill class ships in size, and there were slightly smaller ships that were about the size of the Beliskirnir-class vessels.
"CHARGE!" Minos screamed, and every ship of the Asgard fleet got the message.
The Mjollnir shot forward towards the Replicator ships.
"Let's learn them why you'd never mess with the Asgard or the Ancients." Minos said.
The Mjollnir aimed right for the hole between two larger replicator ships and started firing the Asgard beam weapons. Large beams of white, superheated energy impacted the shields of both replicator ships. They returned fire with their board-cannons, but they missed. The momentum and speed of the Mjollnir helped the ship evade the weapons fire.
When the Mjollnir had passed both Replicator ships she had severely weakened the shields of both. But instead of turning around she kept going, being controlled by Minos from the bridge. The Mjollnir flew over one of the smaller replicator ships. She fired all her beam weapons, and the replicator ship exploded.
"One down, one hundred and thirty to go." Minos said.
When the Mjollnir had plunged forward, disappearing between the replicator ships, the rest of the Asgard fleet hadn't been sitting still either. Three O'Neill class vessels charged the replicator fleet head-on, followed by five Bilskirnir-class ships. The advance beam weapons of the O'Neill class vessels took care of one of the larger ships, while the less advanced cannons of the Bilskirnirs took care of two smaller ships.
Then the replicators, who had been surprised by the furious initial attack of the Asgard, regained their senses. The mother ship moved forward, to the bulk of the Asgard fleet.
Freyr's O'Neill class ship was waiting there, together with the rest of the Asgard fleet. Inspired by the rage the Humans and Minos showed in their piloting, Freyr's ship shot forward, launching all his beam weapons. He was immediately followed by the rest of the fleet that was under his command.
The large O'Neill class vessels were impacted by the hundreds of board cannons the replicator mothership housed. Their shields held, but the orders were given to disperse around the mothership and to evade their cannons.
The Mjollnir had, of course, continued her charge into the replicator ranks. Three more smaller ships had fallen to her advanced beaming weapons, while two larger ships had sustained heavy damage. All that caused with minimal damage to the Mjollnir itself, thanks to Minos's piloting skills and his unorthodox methods.
A brave captain of an Asgard cruiser had followed the Mjollnir in her charge, and together with several other cruisers and Bilskirnirs they were destroying the larger ships that were heavily damaged by the Mjollnir.
But the replicators started fighting back. Five larger ships surrounded the cruisers and Bilskirnirs that had followed the Mjollnir. The weapons flared on both sides, but the Asgard could not match the superior firepower of the replicator ships. Just when they were about to be destroyed, the Mjollnir appeared out of nowhere.
She flew almost against the larger replicator ships, but she missed them just by a few metres. Beam weapons flared from the Mjollnir, causing enormous damage to two replicator ships. A sustained burst from the Bilskirnirs finished the job, and within seconds both replicator ships were burning balls of flame.
The explosions that were caused by the replicator ships damaged the other replicator ships too. Their shield caught the bulk of the explosive force, and the Asgard cruisers kept firing at them to weaken their shields.
The Mjollnir did another fly-by, this time she took out the remaining three replicator ships.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, the three human captained ships were doing their very best to evade the blows of the twenty larger Replicator vessels that were chasing them. They just managed to do that, and after a large beam that had only barely missed the shields of O'Neill's ship, all three flew upwards in a perfect looping and they reigned destruction on their attackers. Beam weapons impacted the replicator shields, and the combined force of three O'Neill class ships quickly turned five replicator ships into exploding piles of dust and flames.
All three the ships made a left turn, and returned to do another fly-by on the replicator ships. Their quick fire destroyed another four ships, but the replicators had had enough time to regain their senses and fire back. All three the ships were impacted heavily by the sustained cannon-fire from the Replicator ships, but their shields held.
They used their momentum to keep going forward, instead of doing another flyby on the replicator ships. The replicators did not expect that, and the larger ships held their ground, waiting for the attack that would not come.
Instead, the three human-piloted O'Neills flew forward into the middle of a bunch of smaller replicator ships that had not taken part in the battle yet. Those ships were surprised and they were quickly overpowered by the O'Neills. The sustained bursts of supercharged energy kept impacting the shields of the replicators, and the explosions from the destroyed ships did the rest. Soon there was little left but a field of debris from the twenty replicator ships that had previously been there.
In the middle of the battlefield, where the replicator mothership had charged the Asgard, things were not going so favourably for the Asgard. Freyr's O'Neill class ship had managed to evade most of the blows from the replicator mothership, and the other O'Neills had sustained little damage either. But the older, less agile Bilskirnir class-ships were not as lucky. Two had already been destroyed, their crew of one being beamed back to the remaining ships.
But the Asgard had managed to do only very small amounts of damage to the mothership. Their continued firing of the beam weapons had had little effect on the shields of the mothership. The giant shield of the juggernaut of a ship were just too powerful for the Asgard to handle. Suddenly, five large replicator vessels appeared in front of Freyr's vessel.
Freyr managed to evade most of their weapons, but a lucky shot from one of the replicator ships had severely damaged his engines. Saved by his momentum, the O'Neill class vessel flew away from the large replicator ships, returning fire and destroying one of them. But no engines meant no possible means to escape the cannons of the mothership. The juggernaut ship fired a lot of cannons at the O'Neill class vessel which was Freyr's flagship, depleting his shields. Another burst of those weapons would mean his end, he realised.