Stargate Atlantis
Season 6
Episode 12
Queen Death isn't happy with the news she received. She has lost ships to the Lantians not to mention warriors. However, two more queens have joined her alliance. She has no intentions of joining the empress these Hives and support ships are loyal to her. She will use the ships to destroy the Lantian threat and then focus her attention on the planets the Wraith Empire protects and doesn't allow to be culled. "We must find a way to gain an advantage over the Lantians."
"What do you suggest my queen?" The Old One asks.
"We need a way to defeat them."
"How are we going to do that my queen?"
"Summon Guide; he might know the Lantians weakness."
"As you wish my queen." The Old One dispatches a cruiser to find Guide/Todd's Hive and bring him before the queen. All of a sudden twelve Wraith ships exit from hyperspace also supported by a dozen support ships. The support ships consist of cruisers and destroyers. The Old One reports to Queen Death to inform her that the empress wants to see her. She wasn't happy especially with the Super Hive which arrives which serves as the empress flagship. She is summoned to the Super Hive; the Old One accompanies her along with a dozen Wraith soldiers and two officers.
They arrive onboard the empress flagship. Her escorts are told to wait on her ship but the Old One is allow to accompany her. Once at the empress chambers the Old One is told to wait outside. Death isn't happy about this because she will be at the mercy of the empress without any help. The 19 mask Wraith soldiers stand aside to allow Queen Death entrance. She enters the empress chambers followed by six masked Wraith soldiers and two Wraith officers. The door closes behind them. "Death, I have heard troublesome news. My grandson is still alive and has access to even greater Lantian technology." The Empress says.
"My empress, we haven't been able to capture him, he has remain on their new base. When he does he has been able to have an advantage over queens and hives."
"I don't want excuses I want results. Capture him and bring him too me or kill him and bring me his head."
"How do I do that?" Death asks.
"Find someone or something he cares about the most and use them as leverage." The empress says in her dark cold voice. "Keep failing me and if you should betray me I'll have your head." Death looks around and sees heads of queens, commander, kings, and generals. The empress dismisses her. She returns to her shuttle and then returns to her ship. A Wraith general appears.
"My empress you know she plans to betray you."
"Yes I know she want survive her encounter with the Lantians anyway she just a pawn to begin the Second Lantian-Wraith War." The empress replies. The Super Hive and her vanguard entered hyperspace.
Meanwhile at the new Alpha Site Brigadier General Horton is at the Lantian Structure looking at the new drones the Lantians were developing on the planet. "So these new drones can destroy a Super Hive with only three. What about regular Hives, cruisers, and destroyers? Rodney didn't have the answers.
"You will have to talk with the creator of the weapons," Internal Spring says.
"Internal Spring, most of Lantians that inhabited this galaxy ten thousand years ago have ascended. All of sudden someone appears. Several Lantians and Army Rangers turn their weapons on the figure. "Who are you?"
"I'm the creator of the advance drones," the figure answers.
"How have you stayed alive after all this time?" Major Rhodes asks.
"I've been in stasis waiting for the arrival of the Lantian children Doctor Elizabeth Weir told my father who reclaim Atlantis 10,000 years later."
"You're father would be Janis," Rodney says.
"Yes, I'm Jarvis," he answers. He looks at each of them. The Lantians he recognized, but doesn't recognize the others. His eyes fix on Heath's eyes. He sees the little glimpse of a Wraith eye. He knows he's the son of Merenwen. Jarvis use telepathy to find out their names by reading their minds but Heath's he couldn't read his mind but he learn his name from the others. "I will speak with you General Horton." They go to a conference room in the Lantian outpost. "My father told me you would return. You're becoming more powerful than the other could've foreseen.
"Why didn't you return to Earth with the others? What was your position among the other Lantians?"
"The same reason Captain Dave and the others didn't return. I wanted to be here when the heir to the Lantian and Wraith thrones return. My duties among the other Lantians are to try to fix their mistakes and build new weapons to help fight the Wraith. I fixed the Arcturus Heavy Batteries, the Artificial Intelligence, and the robot troops the AIs commanded. I've been working on fixing the problem with the Asurans but you already destroyed them," he says looking at a screen. "The new drones are effective but the still require two or more to destroy a Super Hive. I need to get them where it will only take one. I only have 3 dozes left but I can still update them.
"What would it take to finish them?"
"I will need a Super Hive not occupied by Wraith to finish them," he tells him.
"Do you have the crystal that will allow Aquarius to dial Earth?" I shake my head.
"Yes, I was given on by your mother," he says. "Atlantis must've return to Earth but Aquarius is much like Atlantis but is a better base then Atlantis ever was. Aquarius was built to fight the Wraith. Janis and I build Aquarius using the design of Atlantis but we made it bigger and underground for better protection against any enemy can throw at us. The shields are even more powerful than Atlantis and even or most powerful warship however they weren't finish so Wraith can still enter the shields on foot but they'll lose many if they try to take this base. I'm sure you're aware Lantian Technology can still exit and enter even with the shields are up." I nod.
"Why did you design Aquarius?"
"We made it for you to use against the Wraith and hope end the war and bring peace back to the galaxy," he answers. "The Lantian satellites in orbit can destroy a Wraith fleet or any ships that are a threat once fully charged. They even have other offensive and defensive armaments including shields to protect them while they're recharging."
"Cool," Heath answers.
"Please follow me," he says. Heath follows him to an underground hanger and once the lights come on he sees three Aurora-class battleships, a dozen Jumpers, and a ship he never seen before.
"What ship is that?" he asks pointing to the other ship.
"That's a Lantian Destroyer built after the Wraith introduces their own destroyers and frigates. It's more powerful than Six Aurora-class battleships. I see you notice it's not that big but it makes up with maneuverability and firepower. The energy weapons are even more powerful than the Arcturus Heavy Batteries and they fire six blasts before needing to recharge and of course they have drones as well." He shows Heath the ship's specifications:
Manufacture: Lantians
Type: Destroyer
Role: Ship-to ship fighting
FTL: yes faster than Aurora-class
Sublight: Faster than Aurora-Class
Shield: twice as powerful as Atlantis shields.
Powerplant: unknown power source but equal to 6 ZPMS.
Crew: 38, Bridge Crew 12, Lantian Security forces/marines: 26
Passengers: 21
Cargo, 5,000 tons
Primary Armament: 8 Super Heavy Energy Weapons
Secondary Armament: 4 drone launchers (8,000 in each launcher)
Tertiary Armament: 31 Quad PPG Turrets
Complement: 30 Unman Interceptors, 8 Jumpers.
"How effective is this ship against the Wraith?"
"She hasn't been field tested yet."
"Where are the crew for ship?"
"They're in stasis/cryo waiting to be revived."
"Want they be really old?"
"No, remember the ones you encountered on the Hammer and mind I perfected them they are the same age as they were when they went in," Jarvis says.
"How long will it take to revive them?"
"24 hours," he answers. "I can begin the reviving process if you would like." Heath nods. Jarvis goes over to a console and tap a few commands. "It's done," he says. They return to the others. Jarvis hands Rodney the gate crystal.
"What's that for?" Tristan asks. He knows it's a gate crystal.
"It's a gate crystal to allow Aquarius to dial Earth." Jarvis explains. A smile appeared on Rodney's face. Heath returns to Aquarius with John, Rodney, Teyla, and Ronon. Major Rhodes, Lieutenant Jack and a team are left behind along with a small science team under Dr Zen. Jarvis activates the long range sensors on the outpost which in turn gives Aquarius a better coverage of the galaxy.
Meanwhile the Daedalus arrives in orbit over Earth. Colonel Caldwell has decided to tell the IOA and General O'Neil about how advance General Horton's Lantian powers are becoming. He doesn't know a data burst from Aquarius has arrive already with mission updates etc. he enters the SGC and heads to the conference room. General O'Neil, Richard Woolsey, General Landry, and a few others. "Sirs, I believe General Horton should be relive of command." He tells them.
"Colonel Caldwell, we've read the report we already knew General Horton is a hybrid between a Lantian and a Wraith. His actions now and before have saved lives. General Horton is new to being like Mr. Woolsey, Colonel Carter, or even Doctor Weir but we believe he's doing a good job." General O'Neil says. Colonel Caldwell looks at them. "How did you receive reports from Aquarius?"
"They found a way to dial Earth," General Landry replies. "They're also sending us a ZPM on their next scheduled dial in."
"Don't worry colonel you will still be going to Pegasus despite them have Lantian ships they still need all the help they can get especially with Queen Death and not to mention the Wraith Empire." Mr. Woolsey says.
"Has the Hammond left for Pegasus yet?"
"Yes," Woolsey replies.
"Colonel Caldwell, you will be leaving with Atlantis. The Lantian/Ancients have decided to take the city to an uninhabited world outside of the Milky Way which will allow us to use another gate bridge this time more secure then the Midway Space Station." General O'Neil tells him. Colonel Caldwell looks at them.
"Who shall command Atlantis?"
"A Lantian commander named Trina and Colonel Cam Mitchel will share joint command of Atlantis." Jack tells him. "Atlantis is on its way to the planet now. You will be taking supplies and personal."
"What about SG-1?"
"For right now SG-1 is assign to Atlantis except for Colonel Carter who's in command of the George Hammond." General Landry replies. Jenny Horton arrives at the SGC accompany by four Lantian bodyguards. Sixteen US Army soldiers are also with her they are replacements for Aquarius. Colonel Caldwell leaves the conference room and Jenny enters.
"Richard, Jack it's good to see you again," she says.
"How are you?"
"I'm doing well except for being pregnant."
"Does Heath know you're pregnant?"
"No, it's going to surprise him when I tell him."
"Heath, has asks for us to send additional personal to Pegasus and mining equipment. The Daedalus will transport the mining equipment to the site.
"Why did he request new personal?" She asks.
"The Wraith are getting ready for the Second Lantian Wraith War," General O'Neill replies.
"The IOA is scare of this so they want him to be the frontline in the war. The President believes if they somehow find Earth again we want stand a chance so he gave the order to send more troops to Pegasus and to Atlantis." She says goodbye to them and heads to the gateroom where teams are assembling to go through the gate. They will first dial Atlantis than Atlantis will dial Aquarius. Captain Bowen and his men arrive at the SGC. He was handpicked by General O'Neill.
The SGC dials Atlantis on their new home of PSX-8391. They enter the gate and exit on the other side. MALPs exit carrying supplies for Aquarius and Atlantis. The gate technicians dial Aquarius and send their IDC through. Jenny enters the gate and is on her way to her new home. The rest follow after her. Jenny looks around the gateroom and sees the similarity to Atlantis. Doctor Zelenka comes up to her and welcomes her and the new personal to Aquarius. He gives her a hug. "Where's Heath?"
"He's down in the Unman Fighter Bay with John they're in simulators," Zelenka tells her. She thinks Zelenka and heads to the hanger bay even though she doesn't know the way. She asks a young marine who's patrolling one of the corridors. He gives her directions and she thinks him. She enters a room and fined Rodney and someone she doesn't recognized in the room looking at monitors and talking.
"Rodney, how are you?" he turns around and sees her he puts his tablet down and hugs her and she kisses him on the cheek. The other person stands up and introduce himself as Dr. Panikia who's an engineer who's there to help with the repairs to the Hammer and anything else Heath made need to be done. He tells her they're also repairing the towers above ground. "What's the simulation?" She asks Rodney.
"Defense of a Lantian Battleship and attacking a Wraith world," Rodney replies.
"How's the simulation going?"
"The Unman Fighters use the same telepathy as the Puddle Jumpers but it's going well." She watches and the simulation ends with the Lantians being victorious. John and Heath step out of the simulators. Rodney, Jenny, and Panikia enter. Heath sees his wife he kisses her and they hug one while they're kissing. "I see you met Dr. Panikia." Heath says to her. "He has study Lantian Technology plus he's a very good engineer that help build the Daedalus and the other Earth ships." She says hello to John. John leaves and goes to find Teyla who's with Torren. Jenny and Heath enter their quarters. He is glad to see her. He tells her he's glad to have her on Aquarius.
"I'm glad to be here with you?" She tells me.
"You look different," he says to her.
"Heath, I'm pregnant," she tells him. He goes over to her and kiss her on the lips. They kiss passionately while the remove each other clothes. They had sex.
The next morning Jenny wakes up and find her husband is not in bed with her. She takes a hot shower and gets dress. A Lantian soldier is outside of their quarters. "Where's Heath?"
"He's in a lab talking with Jarvis and then he's got a meeting with a HR team going off world to do a survey on the planet we're planning on mining?"
"Where is the conference room," she asks. He gives her directions. She heads in the direction of the conference room and runs into Teyla. They do the Athosians greeting ritual.
"Jenny, when did you get back?" Teyla asks her.
"Yesterday," she answers. "How's Torren?"
"He's good, look at you pregnant with your first child congratulations."
"Yes Heath took the news quite well, I think he's really excited about being a father" she replies.
"Where are you heading?"
"The conference room," Jenny replies.
"So am I, I'll show you around while we head in that direction." They set off. "This base as a lot of similarities to Atlantis but you can get lost in parts of the base because it's a lot bigger than Atlantis. Serena and Deja will be happy to help you find you way since they can move around this whole base without any problems."
"Who's Deja," Jenny asks.
"Another AI," Teyla says. "The layout that you're use to in Atlantis is the exact same here so you want get lost unless you go to the other levels which haven't fully been explored." They reach the conference room. Jenny sees Doctor Jennifer Keller present they exchange hugs and Doctor Keller offers her congratulations. Rodney enters and sits down. Her husband finally shows up with Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard. They sit down. Jenny didn't recognize the third female present.
"Captain Anderson, is you're team ready to disembark for BX142?" Colonel Sheppard asks her.
"Yes sir, we're ready to go as soon as the new version of the Railguns are loaded onto the MALPS," she replies.
"Captain, an Aurora-Class Battleship will also be present just in case the Wraith discover you but don't give them a reason too. I expect a portion of the base to be finish by the time Colonel Sheppard's team arrives in 7 days. I'm also changing HR Teams (Hammer Reconnaissance Team) to AR teams (Aquarius Reconnaissance Team) with Sheppard's team being AR-1." They leave the conference room except for Jenny. "Jenny is there something wrong?"
"Did you notice how Captain Anderson looks at you?" he approaches his wife.
"You think I've been cheating on you while you remain on Earth with Captain Ellie Anderson of the United States Air Force. No I haven't cheated on you I knew her a long time ago when we were both in school together. Yes we dated for a short time but she never got over me dumping her." She hugs him and kiss him on the lips she leaves with a smile on her face. Captain Ellie Anderson enters the gateroom with her team they're ready to leave. Chuck dials the gate and they enter the wormhole.
Upon arriving on BX142 Captain Anderson has her second in command start building the base camp. She looks around and sees they're in a dense forest. She wanted to build the base camp near the Stargate but not real close so they can control who comes through the gate. They place the 2 Railguns on a hill which overlooks the gate. A .50 caliber machinegun is place on a tripod to watch the gate with sandbags surrounding it. They pitch tents. The Aurora-class Battleship arrive and beam down the rest of their supplies. Anderson knows the Lantian ship will remain cloak. Three Jumpers land and they're cover in camouflage. She places guards around the camp and two watching the gate everyone else she tells to get some sleep. She and Lieutenant Andros Anderson her brother are talking he just arrived from Earth through the Stargate but he's in the USMC. "How many Lantian ships does Aquarius have?"
"Well not counting the Puddle Jumpers she has 8. They are 5 Aurora-Class Battleships two being like the Orion and the rest like the Aurora. The other two are the Hammer and the Noah."
"We need to get to name the other ships?" They talk for a while then they go to their tents. The next day they begin some mining of Naquadah-[]. A team is left at the camp and another team continues to watch the gate. They don't have the necessary tools to operate the mine just to get started they're waiting for the Daedalus to arrive. Captain Ellie Anderson is looking over survey reports and the scans from the Lantian ship in orbit. They are detail scans the Naquadah on the planet is quite large including a large amount of the same material the Daedalus and Odyssey are made of. They're going to have a lot of work to do. Captain Ellie is happy with the results and hopes General Horton would be too.
Back on Aquarius Jenny is watching Ronon spare with a group of marines which arrive with her from Earth. She knows Ronon's a good at hand-to-hand combat and it didn't take Ronon long to finish taking out the marines. After Ronon was finish she walks up to him. "Ronon, I would like to asks you a question." She says to him.
"Jenny, glad to have you back," he says to her. "Congratulations on your pregnancy."
"Thank you Ronon. I was wandering if you can accompany off world."
"Sure, but I'm sure your husband will want us to take some marines or Army Rangers with us," he replies. She smiles because that is his way of saying yes. He leaves the gym and goes and gets ready, she heads to the gateroom to talk with John. John is talking with Dr. Zelenka.
"Sorry to interrupt," she says to them. "John, can I have a word with you?" he nods.
"What can I do for you?" He asks.
"I would like to go off-world but I don't want Heath to know about it." She tells him.
"Where do you want to go?"
"P135, it was attack by the Wraith and we're sending medical help to them I would like to go with the medical team." John nods his head he knows Heath will kill him when he finds out.
"You have my permission to join the medical team." Ronon arrives with additional marines. "I see you already asks Ronon to join you." The gate is dialed by Amelia and they go through. Jenny hopes Heath wouldn't miss her until later.
Upon arriving on P135, they have no idea they're being watch by a Wraith worshipper loyal to Queen Death. Jenny got a degree as a nurse practitioner while she was on Earth. Ronon stays with her while the marines secure the perimeter of the village. The medical team get to work. John also sent a Puddle Jumper with them just in case of trouble and it remain cloak near the gate. Jenny is looking at a young girl who was injure in the Culling/attack. She bandages her leg. She has many patients to see. She felt sorry for the people of the town.
Onboard Queen Death's Hive the Wraith worshipper arrives and bows to the queen. "You have news for me?"
"Yes your majesty," he says. "The Lantians are on the planet which you just attack my queen. The Lantian prince wife is with them and they're treating the people." Queen Death smiles.
"Send a hive and two cruisers and you shall return to the planet to make sure they don't leave until our arrival. My brother and 3 dozen of our soldiers will return with you. They will help you keep them there until the ships arrive." He bows to the queen. A Wraith officer and two drones escort him to the Wraith Shuttle. The shuttle takes them down to the planet Stargate where the queen's brother and his soldiers are waiting. They gate is dialed for the planet. They go through. Queen Death dispatches one of her hives and two cruisers. They open up a hyperspace window and enter. They are on their way to the planet.