A/N; Compbrain - Thank you to all our reviewers. Whatever you say it is nice to see that our story is being read. I was overwhelmed with the response. Sorry about the huge delay, real life got in the way of my and my beta readers. Now, responses for reviews.
Sable Cold; you have a good point and we will have to take a look at that. However in a situation like this, overkill is the name of the game.
AlbertG; Your review was nice to see. I'm a fan of your stories and I always look forward to seeing an update from you. You made several very good points and have hit on all the major points that we will be hitting on. You will see later on, but the Colonials will be getting some of the more advanced technology later on. If you paid attention to cannon then you will remember that Earth did not have the ability to construct Asgard shield or hyperdrives until very late in the series. The Colonies have a massive industrial base, but they lack the ability to construct Asgard and Ancient technology. Even if they had everything Earth has, they will not have the ability to build it. And the Terrans know this. And they will point that out many times. A few clever lies on the part of the Terrans, and the Colonials will be entirely dependant on the Terrans for very advanced technology.
Cylons, well just wait and see.
Chronus1326; About your review. My parents are going over the story as Beta. Already made a lot of corrections and rewording. However real life has gotten in the way. Sorry.
Already took care of the crater in water. I meant it was a huge depression into the water where you could look down and see the bottom of the ocean.
Atlantis took several hours to make it to Earth from Pegasus. The Beliskner took only a few minutes to travel from Ida to Avalon in season 1.
500 or 100 it don't really matter in the long run. The Terrans have Atlantis and the Asgard Legacy.
Yep, it just wasn't finished on time. The X-305 will be described more later.
People are being moved to the Hangar's but they are very small hangars. Still a place to keep people.
In an emergency the Civilian ships don't need shields. They can live without shields.
If i remember right I said that everything from the SGC was beamed up to the Arctic Sea.
They will take the seed banks with them.
No they don't configure it. The warheads are replaceable. So the new blank rounds for the SGC have nuclear warheads installed on them
Senrab Nomis; Where else could they go? All of their allies are still rebuilding after a major Ori occupation. And the protected planets are out of the question thanks to their limited technology. Look at Jonas's people, an advanced race can't go back to pre-industrial conditions without severe consequences. Death by starvation, disease, exposure. But as I'm sure someone will say later, involving the second colony earth sets up; it had support from the CoK. Why couldn't that planet support the surviving Terrans? Well, it would defeat the purpose of the plot if it could. And starting over from scratch on a planet like that would have resulted in death by starvation for a lot of people. Even with the fishing ships from Earth being moved to a colony they wouldn't be able to catch enough fish for everyone. Plus they have to find the fish.
As for the tech, It's simple. They can accept the Terrans in and slowly get the technology. Or, they can demand everything now and risk the Terrans going somewhere else and not get anything. And really, in the long run everything the Terrans know will eventually be in the CoK's hands. 1 or 2 generations and the Terrans will be so submerged in CoK culture that they will be Colonials.
Finally, if you watch the Miniseries, the Colonials were not super religious. Yes, Kara prayed to Artemis but that was for Lee and after the destruction of her entire society. In a disaster people turn to religion. The holocaust of her race counts as that. In most of the stories where the Colonies attack Earth, their religion is stirred up, and most play off the Colonials ego's to raise military recruitment. In Ideals of Life, I had the Cylons play off the Colonials religion. But even Bill and Laura weren't very religions in the Miniseries. Religion came in later. This story takes place 4 years before the planned Cylon Attack.
ShadowXV - It is our hope that the twist that we have in this story will keep people guessing to what all sides are up to so just stick around to see what we do next in the story.
Compbrain - You don't have to worry about Earth being taken advantage of. They are more than able to protect themselves physically and politically. They have the Colonials over a barrel just like the CoK do for Earth. The thing is, they CoK know that they are on a time crunch to keep the advantage. We would love to keep talking to people about this. Send either of us a PM.
ShadowXV - While it true Earth not in the strongest position to deal with the Colonies you are forgetting that Earth is very good in Stargate Cannon at getting out of tight spots, even if some of the times it was nothing but lucky that save them.
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5 weeks / ED - Pre battle, survivors, and fleet"Colonel Ellis, it's good to see you back." Woolsey said, shaking his hand.
"Good to be back, Sir. What can we do? My crew is ready for an assignment." His crew had been devastated when word reached them about Earth.
"That's good to hear. General Landry and Ambassador Wray need to be taken to these coordinates," Woolsey said, handing the Colonel a tablet with the coordinates already showing. "How long until the Apollo's hyperdrive is repaired?"
"It's ready now. We never actually disabled the drive. We were able to take all the needed parts from the Sun Tzu. Granted, I want to get a few systems back online, but I don't think we have the parts. The Sun Tzu is fried, sir. Her systems are completely shot.
"Good, I'm sorry to hear about the Sun Tzu, we could have used him." After a moment Woolsey continued, "We hope that these coordinates will have the location of our new home. I'm sending the necessary files to the Apollo now."
"Yes Sir." the colonel turned and headed back to the jumper bay.
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Back in his office, President Woolsey looked over everything Earth had in its corner.
The Arctic Sea was filled with everything they could get their hands on. He was glad that they had it. It was a cargo ship as well as a fully functional mining ship and refinery, thanks to the Asgard transporters. Right now, however, the ship was filled with food, weapons, clothing, electronics, and everything from both Area 51 and the SGC. Overall, not a bad cargo hauler. Everything was stored in traditional shipping containers so unloading it would be easy. Already it had moved hundreds of cargo containers to the Alpha Site filled with nonperishable food supplies, electronics, vehicles, tanks, military supplies, and more. Over an acre of land was filled with cargo containers already.
He sighed as he pulled up another screen showing the full fleet and each vessels status. The Odyssey with its ZPM, the Hammond, Apollo, and Daedalus were all operational. However, since the Sun Tzu was completely dead, a team of scientists were stripping it of all salvageable equipment. They converted the ship into a vault for the most dangerous of their technology, such as the tampered ZPM. Once they were done the Odyssey, would to tow it into the galactic void. A sophisticated Virtual Intelligence was being installed to monitor the vault and the space around it. In the event of an approaching ship, a phase mantel would activate and send a signal to Atlantis. The Tria and Atlantis were in reasonable shape. The Tria was being refitted with the Asgard beams from the Sun Tzu and would soon be ready to aid in their defense, and the Sun Tzu's rebuilt reactors were being installed on Atlantis to take over the day to day power needs for the city. Taking taking strain off the ZPM's.
The X-305, christened the Sol Revenge was about two months from completion. When finished it would be a welcome addition to the fleet. Most weapons were goa'uld based. However with Asgard Neutrino Ion generators powering them, the staff cannons would easily break through most ships in the galaxy.
The three captured Ha'taks; Dauntless, Hood and Menagerie were all nearly fully repaired and modified by Rodney, Sam and Radek to serve in their fleet. Asgard inspired modifications to the shields, weapons, hyperdrives and reactors made the ships far more deadly without requiring major changes to the hardware.
Over 330,000 people were calling the ships of the fleet home for now. Most were on Atlantis and the Ha'tak.
On the five hundred ocean going yachts, converted cargo ships, military vessels, ocean liners, and cruise ships; protected by a scavenged Ha'tak shield, were 1,610,725 survivors. Across the planet were the rest of the 3,000,000 people. Unfortunately, the number was dropping daily as the acid rain, starvation, radiation, and extreme temperatures claimed victims. Many were being ferried to the Alpha Site by the Stargate but many more were refusing to leave. And supplies were too scarce for those who didn't want to receive help.
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Flashback - Caprica, 4 years agoSG13 looked around the field they had been beamed down to by the Gungnir. After they checked their perimeter, Simpson looked at his team and said, "Ok, you know the orders, we spilt up for the first couple of months then we meet up in the Caprica City hotel. If you are captured, hit the hidden signal to warn everyone else."
Captain Joe Harris looked around, "This is a bad idea. A black ops mission for five years? It's asking us to be caught or go native."
Captains Sean Wirges and Jennifer Sims looked at Simpson and Harris, than Sean responded, "True, but weren't we asked and volunteered for this mission? So we have nothing to lose. Besides our orders are simple, get data on their shipyards. And possibly later on, if the new IOA agrees, the Colonial Fleet shipyards."
Jennifer rolled her eyes and said, "We will get caught trying to borrow those designs."
The next year, things had changed little for the team. They had been ordered not to borrow or steal any Colonial military tech. Namely, to keep that as a chip to use when the day came they could talk to the colonials face to face. Still, the biggest changes occurred when Major Simpson met the Adama Family six months into their mission. Tim landed a nearly crippled ship with the Adamas onboard. After they informed their superiors of his skill, Tim was politely asked to join the Fleet. When he refused, they blacklisted him so that only the Military would hire him.
The start of the third year, was becoming routine, almost boring. While the mission was important, it was minor compared to other things going on. The biggest thing that happened was the Adama family being all put on the same ship along with Major Simpson, who, thanks to Starbuck ended up getting drunk with Sarah and woke up married to her.
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Six Weeks/ED - Meeting with the Adama'sBack in the Colonies, Colonel Simpson was currently on leave, having to deal with a recruitment drive. It had driven him crazy having already been a part of the American Airforce when his, at the time, girlfriend, got him signed up by blackmailing him into the fleet. Then his sudden marriage to Sarah Adama, and, well, life was a pain when the media got ahold of that information.
As he reached out and touched the stone his mind switched places with who ever holding the other stone. As he looked around to see where he was since it not the Pentagon where this meeting normally took place or SGC on the rare chance. Instead, he was sitting in a room on one of the battlecruisers. "Hello?" Tim said.
"Colonel Simpson?" the on duty sergeant asked.
"Yes," he said, looking around confusedly at the bizarre surroundings. He had been in the Colonial military and a part of the SGC long enough to recognize that he was on a ship. But he had no idea why he would be on a battlecruiser.
"One moment, I'll get Colonel Ellis and Ambassador Wray." Simpson could feel the exhaustion in this body and see the signs of it on the sergeant. A few minutes later, he saw Colonel Ellis and whom he assumed was Ambassador Wray walk into the room carrying large cups of coffee. Tim could see fatigue etched into their faces as he stood. The confusion he was feeling turned into the beginnings of fear and dread.
"Colonel Simpson. I'm Ambassador Camile Wray. It's good to see you."
"Ambassador, Colonel." Tim said saluting.
"At ease, Colonel. We have a lot to talk about. Have a seat." Camille said taking a seat along with them.
He looked around the room and asked, "What happened?"
"The Wraith." Camile Wray began. "Three months ago, we received word that the Wraith, Todd, had begun work on integrating a Zero Point Module into a hive ship. The scientist that was working on that project refused to hand over the hive after figuring it out. We sent the Daedalusafter the hive first. After the first salvo, the Daedaluswas at the hive's mercy. We then sent the Apollo and Sun Tzu. They also lost. The hive had made it to Earth in less than a week. However thanks to the data stolen from the Daedalus by Todd, the hive's commander knew of the Lucian Alliance. The Wraith converted the Alliance into Wraith worshipers, gaining their fleet and resources for their own. They then attacked Earth... and won." Wray looked exhausted as she paused to take a gulp of coffee and collect her nerves.
Colonel Ellis took over, "Atlantis and the fleet were able to fight off the first attack, but the second waved was a losing battle for us. With a whole galaxy at their disposal, Earth was not worth the trouble anymore, so the Wraith destroyed us. The superhive and three al'kesh killed Earth by towing three asteroids into the planet. Earth is a dead world, the survivors are living on a dying planet."
Colonel Simpson's eyes widened as he heard the story,"Dammit to Hell." He sighed and asked, "Where is Todd now? And what's going to happen now?"
General Landry stepped into the room. Colonel Simpson started to stand but Landry stopped him "At ease son. I'm going to sit down as well. Todd is currently in the brig. A hologram was used to fake his death to the surviving population. We plan to use him to prove to the Colonials that the Wraith are real. Then he will be killed."
"Yes, Sir. I'm glad to hear that the Wraith will be killed soon. At least we're getting one more use from him."
"That's what we all feel."
Camile then took over with questions for a time, "Colonel, in your latest reports, you said that you had formed a friendship with a well respected Colonial Commander named William Adama. We were hoping for an introduction."
"It's a bit more than that now, but yes, I know him. He is my father in law." The news shocked the three interviewers, however Simpson continued before they could question him. "You intend on settling in the Colonies?" He asked, surprised, remembering what General Landry said about using Todd as proof. His mind went through dozens of possibilities and realised that it might work.
Landry nodded, "Yes. According to their beliefs, we are this so called 13th tribe. We know that their gods are actually Ancients. We were hoping they'll accept us. We do have some contingencies if they refuse. But our alternatives are less than ideal."
Tim speculated and said, "I've read Dr. Jacksons theory. From what I been able to learn so far, he's right. The only thing we don't know is if a group from Kobol helped free us from Ra or got lost out there somewhere. As for them accepting us, that will depend on what you offer them. With so few of us, they will most likely offer us places to live in all the colonies. The Colonials are a bit arrogant in their own strength but no different then we were."
"Will you introduce us to Adama?" Wray asked.
"I can arrange it, but it will blow my cover. I know that's a minor detail at this point, still I would imagine him being upset at me for not telling him the truth about myself." Simpson said, then added, "Adama is now a rear Admiral, the fleet is beginning a buildup and modernization. The Adamas were chosen as the picture perfect military family. So they had his family on the Galactica along with me as the current CAG, thats Commander Air Group."
"Fine. Your cover is unnecessary now. We're on the Apollo. Can you tell us where Adama is?"
"At the moment, he at his family home. If you want a smaller meeting at first, you will need to wait two weeks till the Galactica is on border patrol."
"We need to get this done. We're are running out of supplies and the temperature drop on Earth will soon be lethal. The asteroids shattered the tectonic plates. There's earthquakes happening on Earth every few minutes."
"Do you have a cloak?"
"Yes, all the ships have one. Dr. Zelenka managed to duplicate the jumper's cloaking control crystal."
Simpson nodded, "There's a family dinner at my place tonight. Most of my team is out with the Adamas, keeping them away while I am here. The person I traded with is being watched by Captain Sims or Wirges, depending on what you think of their marriage.
"Alright, the Apollo will enter orbit of Caprica in 15 minutes." Ellis clicked the comm on his headset, "Bridge, take us to Caprica."
"I need to head back to warn my team." After receiving a nod of confirmation, Colonel Simpson switched back to his own body.
Once back on Caprica, he looked at Jen and said, "It's bad, get ready for everything to go to hell." She looked at him, but before she could ask, the doors opened and the rest of SG13 came in along with the Adama family.
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When the they arrived in the Cyrannus system of Helios Alpha behind the Eberus asteroid belt, the Apollo was cloaked. Sam and Rodney had worked out a way to cloak the ship while in hyperspace by reducing their speed before dropping out to free up more power. After traveling at sublight speeds to Caprica, Landry and Wray rested and prepared for their conversation with Adama.
An hour later, Ellis was woken up by a chirping from his radio, "Colonel Ellis, we have arrived in orbit of Caprica," his XO, Major Marks said.
"Alright Captain I'll be right there." Ellis replied, and changed into a fresh uniform before making his way to the bridge. On the way, he saw technicians making repairs and cleaning up from the battles.
"Sitrep?" Colonel Ellis said when he arrived on the bridge.
"We're in polar orbit of Caprica. Sensors detect 30 battlestars and hundreds of defense satellites in orbit of the planet. And another 30 battlestars in orbit of Gemenon," Captain Meyers reported.
"About what we expected," Ellis said. Out of curiosity he asked, "What is the total vessel count?"
"We detect 175 battlestars of various types and sizes and over 10,000 civilian ships. We also detect 113 military space stations and 300 civilian stations."
"Damn." A lieutenant said in awe.
"Alright people, back to work! Pat, do you have Colonel Simpson's location?"
"Yes, and I have him on the comm."
"Colonel Simpson this is Colonel Ellis."
"Colonel Simpson speaking."
"Colonel are you ready for us?"
"Yes, we're ready."
"Good, General Landry and Ambassador Wrey will be coming down in a jumper."
Down on Caprica, Colonel Simpson leaned against the wall, putting his communicator into his pocket. Looking up to the dark sky, he reflected that this was going to be a lot of trouble. He looked at the table and watched as Sarah walked over to him and asked, "What's wrong? You and your friends look like you got some bad news but no one will say anything"
Simpson just smiled and said, "I promise, by the end of the night, you will understand."
The backyard fun for the Adamas was ended when they were startled out of their fun by the sound of an engine. They looked around and saw a bizarre looking ship, none of them recognized, lower from the air and set down on the lawn. Bill, Zak, Kara, and Lee quickly went inside over to the wall and grabbed the rifles. Lee tried to hand Tim one, but paused when he saw Tim, watching the ship sadly. He clearly recognized the ship.
When the jumper landed, Ambassador Wray, General Landry, and SG2 stepped out. "Admiral Adama my name is Ambassador Camille Wray. I am from Earth. With me are General Landry and SG2. " All the Colonials stopped and stared in shock. "Im here because of Colonel Timothy Simpson and his team SG13. They are a deep cover reconnaissance team from Earth. Normally, we would not have contacted you for several more months. However circumstances have changed."
"What has changed?" Adama asked. He pushed aside his amazement and anger to focus on his job.
"Six weeks ago, Earth was attacked and destroyed." Tim said, to the surprise and horror of the Colonials. "I was reporting in tonight and was briefed on the situation. A very powerful enemy jumped three asteroids inside Earth's gravity well. The asteroids were each large enough to kill Earth. There are only 3,000,000 survivors on Earth and there is nowhere for them to go."
"Why were you performing recon on us? And what kind of enemy?" Lee asked. He had been focusing on his sister, worried about her reaction to learning that her husband was from Earth. But at the mention of an enemy, he had to ask about it.
"We were performing recon because we wanted to contact you." General Landry explained. "Earth has had too many first contact situations turn into wars. The people you call the Lords of Kobol. They have spread human life all over the galaxy. Some humans are friendly, some are not. Some want to be friends, some want nothing more than to kill us."
"Aliens?" Kara said, incredulously.
"Yes, Kara," Tim said, "The aliens that destroyed Earth are the basis for the Empusa myths."
"You're joking?" All of the Colonials had to stare at Tim. Even Sarah, who up till now had stared quietly, wishing and praying that this was a bad dream.
"I wish I was."
"Wait. The myths say that the Empusa drove the Lords from their great city," Carol Adama said.
Landry spoke up, "We had a version of that myth as well as myths of Empusa on Earth, though we called them vampires. We also had myths about a great city, Atlantis, although there was no connection on Earth between these myths. But yes, the wraith did drive the Ancients off their city. Anyway, we were watching the Colonies so that we could avoid any hurdles that could have started a war. We have fought enough in the last decade," Landry replied.
"You would have done the same, Admiral." Tim said to his father in law.
"I know I would have." Bill said. He pondered the predicament that these fellow humans faced. He drew the parallels between their situation and what could have happened to the Colonies during the Cylon war and how the situation Earth found themselves in could have been the Colonies."What are you asking?"
"Sanctuary," Wray answered. "We have 3,000,000 people that need a place to stay while we find a permanent place to live. Earth is a dead world. The earthquakes and acid rain are constant and lethal. We also need help getting people off Earth. We don't have enough ships to get all our survivors off the planet."
"I'll talk to my superiors. Where is your mothership? I take it you used something other than that ship to get here?" He nodded at the jumper appraisingly.
"Yes, our battlecruiser is in orbit, cloaked."
Seeing the officer's surprise, Tim interrupted, "A battlecruiser is only 225 meters long." This silenced the officers, who thought that nothing that small could be a threat. For final proof, Landry had the Apollo beam the Adamas and SG13 to the bridge. The Adamas walked to the window and saw the Atlantia less than 400 meters away.
Twenty minutes later, Admiral Nagala was in a raptor heading to the Galactica. When he arrived, Bill took Nagala to a conference room and the door was locked. Moments later, Admirals Adama and Nagala were on the Apollo.
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Lovers spat"Tim, what's going on?" Sarah asked worriedly. She and Tim were on the Apollo in temporary quarters that Tim borrowed for this conversation.
"I am an Earth officer, Sarah. I was sent to the Colonies to study and learn so that we could make peaceful first contact. I never intended to get married or establish lasting relationships here on Caprica. Not that I regret dating you or getting married, but it wasn't a part of my game plan."
"Were you married on Earth? Is that why you were so resistant?"
"No, I was not married or even dating. My team and I were chosen because we had no one to leave behind on Earth."
"How much was a lie?"
"Only the lies of omission. Most of what I told you, was just taken out of context."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I was trying to request permission to bring you to Earth with our communication equipment. But I never got permission."
"Bring me to Earth?"
"We have an artifact from the Lanteans, the Lords. Two people use the device on different ends and control the other's body. You would have temporarily switched bodies with woman on Earth."
"Ohh." she said, somewhat appeased, "But what were you all afraid of?"
Tim sighed and motioned for her to sit, "When Earth first discovered the Stargate, we were thrown into a galaxy dominated by the Goa'uld."
"Goa'uld?" She thought about her mythology, a class she had loathed in school. But the word was similar. "You mean the Guld."
"I think so. I think that the Ancients were setting the Colonies up to fight the Goa'uld. We were thrown into a galaxy that wanted nothing but to destroy and enslave our race. Almost every first contact with advanced races were negative. We have been at war with some space faring race for the last 15 years. The Goa'uld, the Wraith, the Replicators. We didn't want a misunderstanding to cause a war. Sure, there would be some anger for us spying on you, but we would rather bruised feelings and peace than bruised feelings and war."
"No, bu... "
"But it doesn't make you feel better."
"No."
"I've been trying to think of a way to explain this to you since we got married, but nothing ever came to mind."
Sarah looked at him and said, "I get it. I wouldn't know how to break the news if I was on Earth in your position." They sat in silence for a few minutes, then sarah said. "Given your from Earth, there is a small chance the brass might try to give you a ship as a sign of our people joining together."
"I need to work for the earth Fleet Sarah. They are going to need everyone. My world is gone, over 7 billion people are dead." He stood up and paced. Even though his voice was not raised, Sarah could hear the rage that was boiling under the surface. She finally understood why he had be so hard to get close to, but she had never seen such a dark side to him, and it scared her.
Sarah asked gently, "You know that since you are part of both fleets, odds are they will pick you to be the Liaison between the two fleets, right?" She was taken back when she saw in his eyes just how much he hated the idea.
Tim sighed and said "I know that Sarah, I'm trapped. I want to burn the Alliance and Wraith for what they did to my home." He opened the door and addressed one of the guards that was escorting the Colonials onboard, "Take the captain back to the rest of the Colonial group, please."
The guard look a little surprised, knowing the women was his wife, "Yes, Sir, Colonel."
With that, Simpson disappeared down the hall.
Sarah had tried to call him back, but the guard touched her shoulder and said, "Give him time, Ma'am, the colonel and his team are going to be angry for a while."
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A General and two Admirals"Admiral Nagala, allow me to introduce General Hank Landry of Earth." Bill said.
"Bill, what?"
"Admiral," General Landry spoke up, "it's true. We are from Earth. We contacted Admiral Adama first because Colonel Timothy Simpson is an Earth recon operative. He and his team were learning about the colonies so that first contact would go as smoothly as possible. We have learned that arriving in a system or a plant and announcing ourselves for all to see is a bad idea. We wanted to avoid that with our brothers and sisters."
Admiral Philip Nagala pondered this momentarily then extended his hand. "Fleet Admiral Philip Nagala, Commander of the Colonial Fleet." Under his calm demeanor, he was filing away the news of Earth officers among the colonies and memorizing everything he could see around him..
General Landry took the Admirals hand and said, "I apologize for snatching you up. But we were not aware how you wanted to proceed. We wanted to allow you to keep a lid on things if you so desired."
"I appreciate that."
"Admiral, time is of the essence. As I told Admiral Adama, we did not intend to contact you for a few more months, but things have changed. Earth has been attacked and destroyed."
"Who destroyed your world?" asked Nagala.
"The facts behind the legend of the Empusa," Landry said. "If you will come with me I'll show you."
Landry led Philip and Bill through the ship to the brig. As they walked, Hank explained how Earth was destroyed. "The Empusa called themselves the Wraith. Several months ago they got their hands on a power source build by the Ancients, who you call the Lords," This surprised the colonial officers. "The Wraith use bio tech. and the main weakness in Wraith technology is power generation."
"Biotech ships, forgive me for saying, but from what little I've seen of your own beaming technology. Should that not have given you an edge? Why didnt you deploy nukes using that tech?" Nagala asked confused. He could tell already that the Earth military was not incompetent. Colonel Simpson was proof of that.
"In our first battle, we did," Landry explained, "however, they managed to develop a countermeasure to block the technology. As a sign of goodwill, we will show you how to generate the field to block it as well. We know how annoying knowing that you could be beamed up without warning can be." The two officers felt a weight being lifted off their shoulders. The implications of that technology was terrifying but also exhilarating.
"Anyway, with this powersource, which we call a ZPM, the Wraith were able to expand their ship to massive sizes. Even our most powerful weapons did nothing and could not penetrate their armor. Without this power source the Wraith ships are massive, 5,545 meters long. For comparison, a Mercury class battlestar is 1,652 meters long."
Nagala looked startled at Landry, "A Mercury? Since you know the name of our most current and powerful class of battlestar, I'm guessing you know more. But to hear that they are so much smaller than these Wraith ships was disconcerting."
"Yes, it is. However, the ship that destroyed Earth was 20,000 meters long."
Both Admirals were taken aback. The sheer size was alarming, "Thats more than worrying." Adama said . "How did they destroy Earth? And how do our ships measure up against a hive ship?"
"They used their version of a jump drive and crashed three asteroids into our world. One into each of our main land masses and one into an ocean. Earth had a population of 7,000,000,000 before their attack. Now we have at last count 2,987,652 left." Landry looked up and said, "As they stand, a battlestar wouldn't last a minute against a standard hive."
When they arrived at the brig, Landry entered a code into the door panel. The door opened and he saw a light green creature with yellow eyes and white hair. Other than that it looked almost human. "Ahh, General Landry! I was hoping to see you again. What can I do for you?" Todd Gushed
"There's nothing you can do for us," Hank told Todd. "Gentleman, this is a Wraith. We faked his death among our people so that we could show him to you and to allow you to ask him some questions. Right now he is contained by a forcefield and these bars. However," Landry pulled out a nine mill and shot Todd through the arm, "we can still shoot him." Todd was bleeding black blood, proving to the Colonials that he was not human.
"And they feed on us?" Adama asked.
"Yes, we do Human," Todd said, panting as his arm slowly healed. He lifted his hand and showed them his feeding organ, "You are our cattle, our prey. We have ruled a galaxy unhindered for 10,000 years. We fought and defeated your precious lords over a 100 year war. The hive, now that it has completed its upgrades, is unstoppable. It will tear through this galaxy, turning it into our new feeding ground." Todd stepped up to the bars and looked at the admirals. "I can smell your fear, your disgust. I will not have the pleasure of feeding from you, but my kind will. They will know what you did to me, and they will make you suffer."
The colonial officers and General Landry left the brig and walked to a conference room. "What are you asking for General?" Nagala asked once they were seated.
"Sanctuary. There are habitable worlds in our galaxy, but none that can sustain what is left of the Terrans. Earth does not have any large colonies. We have only recently gained access to space flight. The Ancients did not give us any technology like they did for you. Our FTL technology was a gift from the Asgard. former Allies of the Lords who recently died out.
"Then how did you get to Earth?" Nagala asked.
"Earth was a former homeworld of the Ancients, like Kobol. According to the records we have discovered, the Ancients settled on Kobol and Earth at the same time. They then left both worlds due to massive plagues, and returned millions of years later.
"We don't know exactly what happened, we believe that the Ancients arrived at Earth to escape the Wraith. They found the primitive descendant of their efforts to reseed human life taking root. Some chose to live among the primitive humans, others chose to ascend. We believe that the rest left to settle on Kobol, taking many of the primitives, your ancestors, with them.
"However, history is not why we're here. We're here because we need help. We can go to other worlds, but we would rather seek shelter here."
"I agree with you, General. Now is not the time to worry about history, although that time will come. I need to speak to the President, but I believe that you will be given shelter."
"Thank you, Admiral."
"What else do your people need?"
"Transportation, food, medicine, clothing, My people are dealing with constant acid rain, earthquakes, tsunamis, and the close quarters in wet and cold refugee camps is causing illness. We only have two ships like this one, three ships we captured from our attackers, and two others we recovered from space. We can't get everyone to the Cyrannus system even if we were given shelter here."
"How far is Earth?" Adama asked, already thinking of what ships they would need for the recovery effort. He knew that every colony would pitch in to help Earth.
"7,000 lightyears. I understand that your ships have to make very precise navigational calculations, but our computers are very fast." Landry handed Nagala a standard colonial equivalent of a usb drive. "Here is the location of Earth and a series of jumps to get there."
Nagala's eyes rose and met Landry's, "This is quite the show of trust?"
Landry replied seriously, "We want to entrust our future to you by asking for refuge. If you accept, the future of my people will already be in your hands."
Nagala nodded, then asked, "I have one very important question that everyone will be asking. What if the Wraith track you here?"
"I was assured by our brightest minds, that event is unlikely. Wraith sensors work by tracking subspace emissions and radiation in subspace. Your ships do not give off a subspace signal. The only part that does is your jumpdrive, and its energy signature is so small that it's practically invisible. We had to know what to look for to even see it, and even then only Atlantis can detect the signature. It seems that the Ancients didn't want anyone to find your worlds when they gave you the jumpdrive. And if they did, we would assist as best we can. It's unlikely that they would wipe you out like they did to us."
"I see. Thank-you, General."
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The Higher Planes"You go too far," one of the infamous Others said to twelve of their most famous and oldest.
"No, you go too far. What you have done to Oma is beyond cruel. We will have no part of it anymore." The twelve's leader replied.
"That was the ruling of the council."
"Then perhaps the council needs to be changed."
"You don't have that power."
"We do now. My daughters have killed Adria. Most of our number are on our side. You have overstepped the bounds that we place upon ourselves. We will not longer allow you to flaunt our rules just so you are certain of your own power," the matriarch of the twelve spoke.
"Use your enlightenment and look to the future." one of the Daughters said mockingly, "The Terrans are looking deeper into Atlantis. Soon they will find our history. They will know everything."
"Whatever they find is their concern. None will interfere."
"You are a fool! They are our children, all of them. I will not standby and watch what will happen," another daughter said.
"You have no choice."
"Do not threaten my child." The leader said, "Back down Titus." Zeus said to the Others leader, "You will not interfere. You cant stop me. If you try, I will accept the worship of the Colonies of Kobol and you will not have the power. You know what is coming. You may not look at the lower planes but I do. The Unnamed Ones are still alive." Across the ascended plane every ascended in three Galaxies focused their attention on Zeus. "They will return to this galaxy. If they get Atlantis we will all be at risk."
"You are a fool. They are gone." Titus snapped.
"Then look there Titus. Look closely." Zeus pointed to a section of space far beyond the Local Group.
Titus looked closely and paled. "That is impossible." He yelled in terror. Refusing to believe his eyes.
"It's worse, you fool. Abomination is intact and alive."
"No, he died. I saw it. You saw it. You were the one to destroy his ship."
"I failed. Abomination has their knowledge, It fooled us. You know what is at risk. If Abomination gets Atlantis then we, the ascended, will be at risk. I will do whatever is necessary to stop Abomination, and his kind, once and for all. I know we can't attack directly, but I will not stand by and watch as the last of our legacy is destroyed."
For the first time in over a million years, Titus felt true fear. Even the Ori were not as bad as the Unnamed. And Abomination, he was another matter altogether. He had ascended out of fear of that monster. "I will allow you to pave the way for the Terrans to settle in the Colonies of Kobol. But I will not allow you to aid them any more."
"I will accept that, for now." Zeus agreed before he and his family left.
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President Adar / ZeusIn his office on Caprica, Richard Adar, President of the Colonies of Kobol sat contemplating his next act. Two weeks ago, he was contacted by an ascended being, Zeus himself, and told of Earth's destruction. Zeus explained how 10,000 years ago, his people had run from a species called the Wraith and returned to their former home world, Earth. Adar was about to interrupt but was cut off.
"When my people arrived on Earth, we found it inhabited by primitive versions of ourselves. We had a tendency to seed primitive versions of our species on many worlds in order to spread life across the universe.
"On Earth, some of my people married and had children with the natives we found while others traveled to an outpost our ancestors had left on Earth. We soon discovered that the galaxy was dominated and ruled by a parasitic species called the Goa'uld.
"In response, we took some of the young humans from Earth and brought them to Kobol. We knew our time was coming to a close, we hoped that your people would mature and overthrow the Goa'uld in the future. We knew that the Kobol system did not have any planets of interest to the Goa'uld, so we hoped you would be safe.
"When the 13th tribe left Kobol and returned to Earth, they took the lessons we had taught to them to Earth. Those travelers started what was called the Greek Empire. Earth's survivors are still influenced by the Greeks; everything from language, government and architecture. Kobol is the architect of Earth's development for the past 4,000 years.
"So I ask you, will you accept your brothers and sisters and give them a home when they ask?"
"Lord Zeus, this is a lot to take in. Everything we believe will need to be rewritten."
Zeus shook his head. "No, it will not. We have simply hidden part of your history from you. You believe that Life here began out there. That is true. My people are not even native to this galaxy. We began far from here. So not even Earth is the homeworld of humanity. Anyway, I have proof. The box given to your people, the Box of Pandora. In three weeks, it will unlock."
"Lord Zeus?" Adar asked somewhat fearfully. The Box of Pandora was a repository of their history. A message written by the gods themselves. It had denied all entry ever since it was given to the tribes of man by the goddess Athena herself.
"You are ready for it. But I warn you, if you misuse what we are giving you; if you try and take what the Terrans have earned, I and my family will step in. Earth has corrected many of my people's mistakes and has paid too high a price."
"What have they done?"
Zeus told Adar the history of the stargate program and what they accomplished in Atlantis. Adar stared, amazed at what they did. Zeus then explained how the Wraith were still loose in the galaxy and how they would have found a way to this galaxy regardless of the actions of the Terrans. And how had the Terrans not found Atlantis when they did, the Wraith would have had access to the technology within the Great City. He also gave Adar the location of Kobol. "So I ask again, will you take them in when they ask?"
"Yes, I will. I don't know how the rest of my people will accept this history, but I will take them in."
(End Flashback)
Nagala sat down in the presidents's office watching the recording of Adar's conversation with Zeus. Nagala was shocked as the news Zeus brought sunk in.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner, Mr. President?"
"I didn't know if I was crazy or not. Until you came in and told me that Earth had a battlecruiser in orbit, I didn't know what to believe."
"What about what Zeus said? The Box of Pandora? Has it unlocked yet?"
"Yes, just yesterday. The Priests and Priestesses are still working on unlocking the data."
"Mr. President, the news that Kobol is not our true homeworld though. The ramifications?"
"Are not as large as you would expect. We really don't know where the Lords came from. We only guessed that they came from Kobol. The scrolls don't say that, we assumed. If the Box says otherwise then we must accept it. And if Kobol has evidence backing up what Zeus and the Box say, then we must incorporate it into our knowledge of history."
"You're right, Mr. President."
"Philip, you and I have had our disagreements, but this is going to be a turbulent time. We need to be united. Everything we know will be tested, and truths that we never wanted to know will be brought to light.
"These Wraith brought down the Lords. I am increasing the military budget, I want you to begin the construction of the Olympus class. You get that ship built and upgrade the other ships. I'll deal with the politics. We know that the Terrans can travel between galaxies and that they have access to Atlantis. Zeus said that Atlantis is theirs. Thats fine, but hopefully they will share some of the technology in it."
Nagala was speechless for a moment, but after building up his resolve, he said, "Sir you should know that I and fifteen others have been working on a plan to set up a colony away from Cyrannus in the event of a Cylon incursion. My core group has the support of 12 admirals and hundreds of companies through the Colonies. We have built five of the phase two mercuries and an entire colony fleet. In light of these Wraith, I feel that we should get that colony set up, quickly."
"I know," Adar said, giving Nagala a knowing smile, "I have been covering for you, hiding tracks from those in the government who do not want a large military. I agree that the Cylons are still a threat and need to be dealt with. I have also made your entire operation completely legal. And I agree with you, despite General Landry's assurances, we should have another colony set up. No doubt the Terrans will also set up a distant colony."
"I don't know what to say."
"I know, I played my part as a loyal member of the Peace Party quite well. But it needed to be done." Adar opened a safe in his wall, removed a folder, and showed it to Nagala.
"This is the order that makes the Exodus fleet legal. And," he pulled another file from the safe, signed the pre written order, and handed it to Nagala, "this authorizes the construction of the Olympus Class Warstar. Earth has done enough, now its our turn." He rubbed his chin, "That should be the catchphrase for the media."
"Ever a media shark?"
"I have to be. Especially after all the riots. Someone has to deal with that."
"Yes, Sir."
"You know that some of our people will want everything that the Terrans have under our direct control." Adar mentioned thinking of all the complains that would cover his desk.
"I know. I can think of a few admirals that will demand it. And some that will try to steal it."
"Yes, but In the long run though it won't matter." Nagala looked at him curiously. "They will be living among our people watching our media, reading our news, eating our food, living in our homes. Even if they have miricle technology to kobolform a planet they will be immersed in our culture. Within a few generations the Terrans will be Colonials and we will have it all anyway."
"You plan to run a campaign to convert them."
"Yes. I have to. For the stability of our nation. They are coming to us because a race as advanced as they are can't start over from industrial to Agrarian without massive deaths by starvation and lack of medical facilities. We could not even do that. If they are anything like us, they will not accept being under our control and us having them over a barrel. They will probably give us a few generations old technology to appease us. Thats fine. But in the end it won't matter. Lord Zeus is a wise man, he knows that in the end we will have everything the Terrans have."
"I see what you mean." Nagala said nodding, "It happened with Tauron in our own history. They were the strongest military power and the most advanced, but they fell and had to rely on other colonies for aid. Soon after, they lost all of their tech to the rest of the Colonies."
"Exactly."
Three hours later, President Adar met with Camile Wray, and the people of Earth with given a place to stay in the Colonies.
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