The Alliance Wars

by vliegenvanger

this is a general continuation of BSG 16, Under Siege and TFS Ticonderoga. I have changed several other things. although this story is categorized as crossover, it will mainly deal with the SG side and a bit of BSG. now includes the Ori

8. Chapter 8

AN: for this chapter I have something different planned. I will introduce some events that I want to skip and address them in excerpts from biographies of some of those involved in them. I actually wanted to have this part up by Christmas, but needless to say that didn't happen. Anyways I wish all of you a belated happy new year and I hope you've all had a great time with the holidays.

From the biography of General Jack O'Neill: 'For Crying out loud!'.

At space command we were surprised to say the least. One single Aschen warship exited hyperspace over Caprica saying that the Aschen confederacy wanted to surrender. At first we didn't believe it. But after some interrogation of the crew and its officers we understood. Not much later the Sol contacted us and told us that the Aschen had surrendered and had given our officers the ability to inspect and destroy the biological weapons. That same day a cease fire was convened. Combat ceased that night and Aschen soldiers were interned into POW camps. A week later I was aboard the Sol when she arrived at Aschea prime to sign the formal surrender.

From the biography of General Samantha Carter-O'Neill: 'Astrophysics & Deep space telemetry'.

The surrender was surreal. It reminded me of the Japanese surrender on one of our battleships in the bay of Tokyo. The terms we imposed on them were harsh. Their military was to be disbanded, a war crimes tribunal would be convened to trial all those who had wronged. Furthermore all territories captured by allied forces were turned over to those who captured them. Planets that were annexed by the Aschen were released and those that still had a indigenous population were given support with rebuilding. All other planets that were annexed after a to be determined date would also be evacuated and turned over to alliance control. The rest of the Aschen domain would be placed under alliance supervision, the government disbanded and an alliance appointed council would govern the planet. In the end I think that we could just have taken out the terms we gave the Japanese and just change Japan into Aschen.

After the war I was transferred to R&D again. It was great working with the Alterans, I also did a lot of work with Rodney, it was nice working with him again. He had changed a lot since he was assigned to work with Janus. We made several very important discoveries and created new possibilities not previously thought of. We finally improved the Arcturus project, we perfected the jumpgate system the Odyssey had designed during its time in the Ori galaxy and we created a new and better stargate. One of the most revolutionary changes that was incorporated in this stargate was the creation of a new designation system. The first part was still the same, six points in space with a seventh for the place of origin, but now it was possible to number or name a gate so that a specific gate on a planet could be dialed. Also important was that more than one gate could be active on the same planet. This interested the army, now they could bring in massive amounts of troops by gate within a reasonable timeframe. The fact that the gates were larger also allowed for the heavier vehicles to be transported by gate.

The jumpgates were scarce; the things were powered by ZPM's since the Arcturus generator was dangerous. We made the arcturus generator work, but it was not very stable and could not be deployed on most warships. Instead they were used to power the four new ZPM facilities. The name: ZPM facility is misleading, they were used to create more then ZPM's, also drones and other ancient equipment was created there.

Throughout that period we were constantly preparing for a new war. The Alliance-Dominion war was sure to come and we would need some serious firepower if we wanted to survive it. As a precaution an expedition was sent far away in order to preserve the human race. Fifty thousand people left Earth to an unknown location. All we knew was that it was far away and not in the path of the Dominion destruction. Another project involved sending twelve new exploration cruisers to the neighboring galaxies in the local group. Two ships were sent to the Andromeda galaxy since it was one of the two large galaxies in the local cluster. Their mission was to find potential allies, not to find enemies.

Secrecy was our biggest enemy. The military budget in percentage was the biggest ever since world war two but even so we had restrictions on what we could do. Our forces were still expanding massively and so were our colonies. The fact that a lot of more primitive people wanted to come to our worlds only for our luxury and protection this caused our population to grow a lot. The plus side of this was that we could justify the massive military spending on increasing our defenses and fleet. Remember that when the Wraith first attacked Earth we only had a handful operational battle cruisers and we depended on our allies and a bluff to survive. Fortunately our economy had a lot of room to expand. New markets were found in the Free Jaffa nation and the twelve colonies, a conservative guess estimated that nearly eighty billion new potential consumers came on the market. Back home there was a lot to do as well. The destruction caused by the Wraith had to be repaired and new technologies were released to the public, creating several completely new markets.

After nearly 5000 years the galaxy finally seemed to be at peace. But soon the Lucien alliance became more active, they were not just a pirate group anymore, they managed to get themselves established as a galactic power. Fortunately they dropped most of their pirate activities. The Free Jaffa struggled with the peace and freedom they had. The Traditionalists party stirred up a lot of trouble. They advocated the old ways and tried to reestablish a system lord type rule. Teal'c and Bra'tac were the leaders of the Free Jaffa and the Progressive party. They already managed to reform the military and economy. They mostly tried to go the same route Earth had taken over a hundred years ago.

Free Jaffa Council Chambers

Some years after the Aschen war's end

Yat'Yir, the leader of the Jaffa's Traditionalists party was on a rant again, one he had held every week for over half a year already. He talked about the old ways and how the new ways and in particular the Tau'ri had poisoned their minds. Especially that of their young's, instead of training for their duty in the Free Jaffa Army they were playing video games or watching movies. The girls, who would have to stay at home to keep the house clean, now went to school to get an education, and not one in housekeeping. They now competed with men for the same jobs; one of the few places still off limits to females was the military.

"And to use one of their phrases, the bottom line is, that the Tau'ri are responsible for everything. All that has happened to us can be traced back to them. The Wraith, the Aschen and now these Dominions about whom we only to take the word of the Tau'ri. All these reforms, you Teal'c of Chulak pushed through this council with false and empty promises are all from the Tau'ri. You are their lapdog, and they want you to submit the Jaffa Nation to them, to make us a puppet."

Teal'c stood up from his seat to make his appeal to the members. He calmly strolled to the center of the chambers, his hand behind his back. "My fellow Jaffa. I understand that progress is scary, I myself was too before I lived with the Tau'ri for a number of years. I have never made it a secret that I admire the Tau'ri way of doing things and I honestly feel that their methods are much, much better than those of the Goa'uld. It is because of their methods and courage that we are free today." Now his voice grew louder." But do not for a moment think that I sell out our nation to them. My first and foremost priority, as well as my loyalty lies with the Free Jaffa. When Yat'Yir speaks of the Tau'ri he talks about their failures and all the misery they have caused, but he says nothing on how the Tau'ri saved the galaxy countless times. They defeated the replicators several times; they annihilated the Wraith and forced the Aschen into submission basically preventing them from becoming a threat again."

"These new ways Yat'Yir talks about have done nothing but good things for us. Our economy has grown tremendously allowing for an increased military. Our armies are stronger than ever, our fleets are the most numerous in the galaxy making up for their technological inferiority, something the Tau'ri are helping us with as well. This planet as well as many others is protected by defenses the Goa'uld could only dream off. Together with our alliance allies we have set up a galaxy wide surveillance system capable of detecting any and all ship movements. This has helped us track down numerous Lucian Alliance strike groups and destroy them, now they are a more peaceful power actually trying to participate in galactic politics."

"The Dominion are a threat to us all. We may not have noticed it just yet but they are. All intelligence we have on them suggests they will not negotiate, only destroy. You have all seen the information the Odyssey has provided to the alliance. The enemy is coming and they have a set plan and fear no casualties to complete that same plan. As far as we know their numbers are so large, they might as well have been infinite. Over the last years the Tau'ri as well as the Colonials and Asgard have allowed our best and brightest to study at their academies giving us great insight in new technologies. The overall power of a standard Ha'tak has tripled since the end of the Goa'uld reign. The Tau'ri have put plans into motion to ensure the survival of all, to defeat the Dominion seems impossible, and for the moment it is. All we can do is hold them off, create enough defenses to make sure no planet is lost and hope that in the meantime someone can find a way to rid ourselves of the Dominion."

"Even now, the Tau'ri are preparing to send out two of their battleships squadrons, that is ten BB-305's to the Ori galaxy, in an attempt to hold the line there. In a year their force will be ready and they have asked us to participate. Now I hear you thinking, why us and not the other great powers? It's simple, according to the plans the Colonials will be among the first to be hit. And the Asgard will have to deal with their own Dominion fleet. We are so spread out that it is nearly impossible for the Dominion to destroy us quickly; our war capacity is protected and is transferred to safer planets as we speak."

"Yat'Yir, what do you say? Do you not wish to protect the free Jaffa with all your might, or do you merely wish to protect your power in the political domain?"

With that Teal'c sat down as a red faced Yat'Yir stood up. "Teal'c, if you and your friends wish to send some ships to the Tau'ri I suggest you send your own ships."

"Is that your consent to send part of the Free Jaffa Fleet with the Tau'ri's fleet to the Ori galaxy?"

"As long as you make sure those ships are from your faction, yes." Yat'Yir replied. It showed just how divided the Jaffa leadership was. One could almost say each party was trying to get as many credits they could spend on whatever they thought to be good.

With that the meeting was over and everyone left for their personal chambers. Teal'c however stayed behind with Ishta, Rak'nor and Ba'tac to discuss several pressing matters. The problem was that, as long as the Jaffa were winning nobody would complain, but the moment the Jaffa suffered a defeat, the progressives were blamed.

From the biography of General Hank Landry: 'four stars with the weight of a Galaxy on my shoulders.'

Preparing all Tau'ri Milky Way forces for a galaxy wide incursion by a foe like the Dominion is not easy. Having to coordinate with the Alliance is making it hell. When Jack first came with the plan to send two of my three battleship squadrons to the Ori galaxy I was surprised and against it. There was a big chance those ten ships would never return again and if that were to happen I would have nothing to hold the line with. But as Jack explained the plan to me in more detail it started to make sense. We figured that as long as the Dominion were fighting in the Ori galaxy they would not invade our galactic cluster. So sending ships to help the Ori would actually increase the time we'd have to prepare for their inevitable incursion.

That time would be used to its full advantage; the colonials needed time to upgrade their home world defenses and our shipyards were finally getting up to speed. Nearly a dozen produced all kinds of ships in ever increasing numbers. Sheppard of PEGCOM also needed time to prepare his defenses there for the Dominion fleet that would invade the Pegasus galaxy. The joint chiefs decided that, if they could clear the Pegasus galaxy of Dominion force, more resources could be concentrated on the Milky Way galaxy. High command also predicted that after several years of fighting they could bring the Dominion assault to a standstill, though that standstill would mean a loss of about a third of the galaxy, including the Colonies, the Cau system and the Aschen territories.

Losing the colonies or the Aschen territories was unacceptable. The Cau system was actually preferred to be left behind enemy lines. The defenses Janus had put up there would also protect the system against any Dominion attack. The entrance was heavily fortified and a small shipyard was built to produce a special kind of ship. These were ships equipped with the most advanced stealth systems known to man, including the phase shifting tech. They were supposed to conduct a kind of submarine warfare behind the Dominion lines. The ship was classified as a Littoral Combat ship (LCS-306). It had the ability to gather intel, drop of special forces and patrol border regions. In addition to that they could work in wolf packs, using their three Asgard beam weapons to raid supply lines.

At MW-COM we had no idea how to defend the Aschen territories or the Colonies. The Aschen territories were to spread out to defend properly and while the colonies lay close to each other the colonials do not have enough firepower to really hold back a Dominion fleet. The best thing would be if we could use Asgard tech to defend the system, but because of the original treaty we had with them we couldn't. So we found a way to circumvent it. The treaty does not prevent us from defending our outposts, wherever they might be. So we made another treaty with the Colonials to create an auxiliary fleet base at the colonies. Such a base would need all the appropriate defenses meaning Asgard defense satellites and the like. We even managed to find an unused ancient chair and installed a couple of drone launchers on Caprica.

When I asked General Carter if she could find a way to increase our defenses she quickly came to the conclusion such a thing was impossible.

From the biography of General Samantha Carter-O'Neill: 'Astrophysics & Deep space telemetry'.

When General Landry wanted a way to increase our defenses I couldn't give him a satisfactory answer. But he got me thinking. Basically what we needed was a 305, without all the extra bells and whistles. So I got together with some of the designers of the 305 and we started stripping away all non essential systems. We redesigned the power grid to work on four mark 4 naquadah generators. What we ended up with was a sort of platform; a satellite packed with turrets for CILS's and of course Asgard plasma energy weapons. It was equipped with a shield about as strong as that of the Sol, only a sub light engine for course corrections and position changes. A crew of about eighty officers and enlisted personnel would operate the system. The Multiple Batteries Defense Platform (MBDP-307) had a cost of about a fifth of a Sol class ship and a construction time of ninety days with a potential firepower of about three quarters of what the Sol carried. Remarkable was that it carried no railguns nor had any missile launchers. It did have a transporter array and a small armory filled with mark ten tactical nuclear warheads.

A few months before the Ori expedition I received my third star and got command of all military research projects. It gave me an enormous pile of paperwork despite the fact that we designed an electronic notepad as thin as a sheet of paper and capable of a lot more than normal paper. I managed to get someone to do all the paperwork for me giving me some time to work on some projects. They usually involved Janus or McKay, or both. Our scientific knowledge had really grown since disclosure of the stargate. A whole new way of thinking allowed for inventions not previously thought off. Now that everyone knew of the possibilities and the technology we had the civilians wanted it too, so we had to rework the technology to make it safe for the normal user. It was quite a task and now I realize how difficult it was for the Asgard to lend us technology such as the transporter systems. The potential for abuse was huge. Eventually we took the old securities the Asgard had put in place and added a whole lot more and released it under semi-governmental control.

From the biography of General Jack O'Neill: 'For Crying out loud!'.

June 12th, 2021 marked the day the fleet left for the Ori galaxy. We used a jump gate near the center of the galaxy to meet the required power demands for a jump that far. Ten 305's, half the fleet made up the group, also twelve 304s and three LCS's. Also two of the largest transport ships came along carrying supplies, repair materials, four new stargate, two jump gates and four MBDP's. This all was sent to a location known to be watched by the Ori followers. Despite Teal'c's best tries he only could get four hak'tyl freed from the Jaffa fleet. These four ships also joined the fleet.

I put my only commander with the right rank and experience to lead the group. Lieutenant-General Emerson led the first expeditionary fleet to the Ori galaxy from the flag bridge on the Sol. The president had already wished them luck and I was there to do the same aboard another 305. It was hard to send so many so far away into harm's way with no way to support them. Three days earlier the alliance leadership had revealed the coming war and the expedition. Hectic followed and people were mad, fortunately the leadership of all political parties were already told way in advance. Few people opposed the plans for an expended military once they were told what happened in a galaxy far, far away, but was coming closer every day. A reminder to the way the IOA operated helped smooth things over. Nobody wanted another attack on earth because politicians stood in the way to get some votes in the short run.

Near the center of the Galaxy

The jumpgate was located near one of the larger black holes the center counted. All ships had their shields at full power to protect themselves from the effects of the black hole. All 31 ships were ready and awaiting the final order from the president back at Earth. Aboard the Mars, the fourth 305 built General O'Neill was awaiting the confirmation from the president. He stared out of a window that showed the entire fleet, deeply in thought. A Sergeant approached him.

"General O'Neill, the message has come; the president gives it a go."

"Alright, thank you Walter. I'll be up on the bridge in a minute."

"Yes sir." Walter Harriman replied before he turned around to return to the bridge. Walter was the personal aid to General O'Neill. General Landry couldn't really complain about it because he got Amelia Banks from the Atlantis expedition.

A minute later he returned to the bridge. A somewhat distorted holographic field showed the fleet's positions. "Put me through to the Sol."

"General Emerson, you know I don't take long to finish my speeches so all I want to say is good luck and kick some ass."

"Yes sir, thank you sir. We won't let you down." Emerson replied.

General Emerson stood tall in the Flag Bridge of the Sol. He was proud of everyone under his command, from the Battleship squadron commanders down to the lowest cook and technician. For the last year they had trained intensely to operate on their own and in his opinion it had paid off.

"Set condition one throughout the fleet, prepare for immediate battle the moment we finish the jump." He wasn't going to take any chances, it wouldn't be the first time he'd been ambushed the moment he exited a jump, either FTL or hyperdrive.

A single warning sound alerted the crew to general quarters. A minute later all ships had reported ready.

"All ships report ready sir."

"Very well. Instruct all ships to get into formation for the FTL jump, activate the jumpgate, punch in the coordinates and power the jumpgate."

A few minutes later the Sol moved into position and with a bright light it disappeared. The Jupiter was second and the rest of the fleet followed soon. Within five minutes all ships had disappeared, the Mars, the only remaining ship turned around to clear the interference of the black hole and eventually set course for Caprica, where it was stationed.

Entry point, Ori galaxy

"General, all ships present and accounted for."

"Great. Scan for the probe that was left behind by Tomin."

"Yes sir." The man used his scanners to find the probe. "Sir, I have found the probe, but you're not gonna like it. It's destroyed."

"Damn. Okay, we know where the Ori had their strongholds before we left, have the 306's scout those planets and see if there is anything left. Tell them not to engage but instead report back to us."

His orders were immediately carried out.

Six hours later the first of three LCS's reported in. it was nothing good. The planet that once housed a quarter of a billion souls was destroyed, not a single man women or child was left alive. There was an enormous amount of destroyed ships in orbit. This and all the weapons radiation flying around was a testament to the intense battle the Ori had put up for this planet. Over two thousand Dominion ships were counted as being destroyed, from corvettes to battleships, all one big mess. On the other hand over a hundred Ori warships were found destroyed; at least that they could count.

The second LCS reported the same, the planet was wiped out and a great battle had taken place in orbit. This time they also found signs of land combat suggesting that the planet wasn't simply bombarded into oblivion but that the Dominion had to fight for it. Perhaps it was because of city or planetary shields preventing the orbital extermination or perhaps for some other reason.

A few hours later the third reported in and had better news, albeit not much better. The same planet as where the Odyssey spent its time during the time they were in the Ori galaxy was under attack by a sizable force of Dominion battle groups. The Ori forces were holding on but barely. Each time a group of Dominion ships would advance and either be destroyed or forced to retreat. The Ori were barely holding out against the waves of warships. The once so many shipyards in orbit of the planet were mostly destroyed by previous attacks. In fact, most of the planet was bombarded and only a few million people remained to live on the planet, the rest was either dead or evacuated, mostly the former. Most of the cities on the planet were burning.

"Colonel Cadman, put the fleet on alert, we're going in as fast as we can." Emerson said to the marine colonel. "Tell the two LCS's to get back here ASAP and protect the cargo ships, we may need them later. The other LCS is to remain there and observe the situation and attempt to contact the defenders and inform them of our existence in the galaxy and tell them we'll be arriving quickly. Have the Hak'tyl remain behind; they'll only slow us down."

"Yes sir, estimated time of arrival forty eight minutes." Cadman replied.

"Very well have the fleet leave the moment their all ready."

Less than a minute later the fleet was in hyperspace en route to the first real battle between the Tau'ri and the Dominion.

"Sir we're five minutes away. The latest telemetry shows that the Ori lines are nearly broken, it won't take much to break them."

"Can they hold out until we arrive?" Emerson asked.

"Perhaps, another wave is advancing and will reach the Ori lines before we do."

"I want a slight change in hyperspace vectors; I want to exit hyperspace behind the Ori attack wave. I want the battleships spread out evenly along the line and the 304's to fill in the gaps. I also want a coordinated hyperspace exit; I want it timed within the seconds."

"Yes sir."

A little over five minutes later the fleet exited hyperspace. Only a dozen or so Ori warships were left defending the planet. The Dominion maintained a proper single line formation. Not expecting an attack from the rear, power was diverted from the aft shields to the forward shields to meet the demands there. So when the Tau'ri ships exited hyperspace behind them they were caught with their pants down. Two Dominion battle cruisers, the heaviest ship that was normally fielded by the Dominion on regular attacks were destroyed. Also four other cruisers were destroyed as well as a dozen or so destroyers and frigates. The Tau'ri ships pushed on towards the Ori lines cutting through the Dominion lines like a knife through butter. Once they were done no Dominion ship was left.

The fleet lined up with the Ori ships in wait for the next Dominion assault wave. This time fighters and F-302B's (Bomber Variant) were launched.

"This is Lieutenant General Emerson aboard the Tau'ri Federation ship Sol to the Ori command, please come in."

They waited a minute and finally something came back. The line was bad and constantly crackled. "Emerson… is Tomin… thank… evacuating… sending… coordinates…"

"Can someone clear that up?" Emerson asked.

"Sir, we're receiving an encoded transmission from a man called Tomin. It has coordinates to another planet nearby, and information about an evacuation fleet that will leave momentarily from the planet. He asks us to cover that fleet and then join him on the other planet." Cadman said.

"Does it give actual course the evac fleet is going to take?"

"Yes, it gives an approximate course depending on danger of course."

"Take measures to ensure the safety of that course." Emerson ordered. This only meant that some 304's got repositioned, anything more would attract too much attention.

About five minutes later a new wave came in. this one had nearly forty capital ships and about fifty to sixty escorts. Though a large and mighty fleet it was by no means a rare occurrence in Dominion warfare. On occasion the Dominion would send tens of thousands warships into a single battle. For the dominion numbers were no problem, and they were usually on their side.

Though the size of the fleet no Tau'ri ship should be lost, some ships would sustain damage but it would be more then possible to end this fight without any losses and only damage. It was a long standing rule that when a ship was almost lost it would be pulled back, it was easier to repair a ship then to build an entire new ship and train a new crew. They would retreat to fight another day.

At Emerson's command the fighters and bombers engaged their Dominion counterparts. The fighters launched two missile volleys before clashing into the Dominion formations engaging them in dogfights. The bombers stayed behind the fighters so they could clear a path for them. Once they got through the fighter warzone they acquired their targets. In return the Dominion warships fired their anti aircraft weapons. The first few bombers were shot down, but they regrouped. Once they had determined the responses the Dominion crews would make they were able to make their way through the storm of plasma that was supposed to destroy them. All in all half a dozen ships were destroyed, mostly smaller ships and a dozen other ships were damaged to a degree.

As soon as the capital ships got in range of each other a whole new slaughter started. The Tau'ri ships were the first to fire. A pair of cruisers, half a dozen destroyers and other ships and even a battle cruiser were destroyed in the first salvo. Two destroyers were destroyed in one shot, the first was gutted, and the beam was so powerful that the ship behind it was also hit head on, its shields failed and the ship was also destroyed.

The return fire hit hard, for the 305's it meant a drop of shield strength of a few percent, but for the 304's a drop of about ten to twenty percent was registered. Especially those ships targeted by Dominion battle cruisers took some damage. Within half a minute the first 304 had to withdraw, having been the focus point of a battle cruiser and four destroyers its shields were quickly depleted. Fortunately the fleet was able to maintain a defensive line. Soon the evacuation ships started ascending into a proper orbit from where they could enter hyperspace.

For the next fifteen minutes hundreds of ships evacuated the planet taking all the remaining people with them. In the end three entire waves were taken out, however only three 304's remained, and most 305's were under 40 percent shield strength.

Only minutes into the first wave Emerson had told the Ori warships to get out. Their fighters would land on the Tau'ri ships. The moment the last ship had left the planet, Emerson recalled all fighters and bombers. The Dominion immediately picked up on it; they sent an extra wave towards them. Somewhere in between the 406th and the 407th kill the last fighter got back aboard. Immediately all ships turned around and entered hyperspace.

Although the death toll was immense on the Dominion side, a total of 410 ships versus 0 Tau'ri ships, the Dominion would not lose a minute sleep over the losses sustained that day. In their logs the Dominion simply noted that they lost a certain number of ships, destroyed a number and some Intel on the Tau'ri ships involved in the battle.

On the Tau'ri side the commanders wrote up reports on their casualties, the hostile tactics, their own tactics and a minute by minute report of all their actions starting five minutes before they exited hyperspace and ending about an hour after they arrived at another Ori stronghold. Those reports, along with automatically gathered logs from the ship's systems were all gathered and eventually sent to Earth.

In total they lost 98 crewmembers. Eighty were pilots and the other eighteen were lost when a particularly strong power relay overloaded in engineering.

From the private memoires of General Paul Emerson.

Eventually we managed to get a stable means of communication going. Tomin was the most senior Ori commander left in the Galaxy. All other military districts were already destroyed. Most of the ships Tomin had left were remote controlled; they were already built before the other districts fell to the Dominion. His entire fleet consisted of about twelve hundred mother ships with the required fighters and bombers. There were only a limited amount of ships they could use in battle since they had a limited number of priors, and only they could remote control another warship.

Whatever remained of the Ori civilization was concentrated around a dozen star systems. A mere fifteen to twenty million souls were left alive after multiple attacks and bombardments. Most of the industry was gone. The people lived in about anything underground, basements, shelters, metro tunnels, even the sewers. They had little worries for food, their reserve food supplies were designed for a much larger population.

They had nowhere to go, all their planets were destroyed, only twelve remaining and even those were on the verge of being lost. Already during the first meeting we had with Tomin we decided to contact Earth and see if we could do something for them. Evacuating twenty million was difficult and relocating them somewhere was even worse. Earth did not have enough room for twenty million. Besides, it was not like the Ori would want to go up into the Tau'ri society.

So once we got a stargate running we had a teleconference with Earth, more specifically the president. Tomin acted as the Ori leader since he was the only one of real power left. It was decided that for the moment a part would be evacuated through the stargate and resettled at one of Earth's new colonies for temporary settlement. A brigade of Engineers would establish an emergency settlement on an un-colonized planet near Heliopolis. Meanwhile the Tau'ri forces in the Ori galaxy would hold the Dominion off as long as possible as was the original plan.

The group of scientists that had elected to stay behind and help out after the first encounter were all confirmed dead. They were killed in a bombardment by the Dominion.

In order to maximize the defensive possibilities all people were brought together at the best defended planet and both MBDP's were deployed as well. In the following weeks we sent about twenty thousand people to Earth, most of them were construction workers whom would help with building the new settlement. They had already settled on a name for the planet, Novus Celestis.

From the biography of General Jack O'Neill: 'For Crying out loud!'.

Whether the Ori would remain a nation of their own or blend into the Tau'ri Federation was still undecided, both options were still open. The fact that The Ori and Ancients were once brothers was helpful, but then again their differences and the ultimate conflict created fear for each other. This didn't decrease when new elections saw a right wing senator from New England, USA winning the elections by only a tenth of a percent. The problem with this specific person was that he was still upset by the loss of many close friends in the destruction of the IOA HQ, for which he blamed the military instead of the IOA itself. He tended to be quite xenophobic, and planned on reducing corporation with non-human allies like the Jaffa and Lucian Alliance. He also wanted to limit the freedom of the military while creating more freedom for multi-planetary corporations, big business.

Fortunately the senate and congress was divided, president Ed Kealty only managed to get a majority by two votes, meaning that anything could ruin his plans. The military would sustain its expansion, though all their assets were confined to bases. Every ship movement had to be approved by the president's office and so were the movement of units above company size. From the five 305's assigned to Caprica Anchorage four were pulled back to the Titan Jump Gate base on the likewise named moon of Saturn in the Sol system. The fifth 305 got very strict orders of engagement. Kealty was all about bringing the power of the military back to his office, doing things his way, not the way the military wanted it done.

In addition to limiting the military's effectiveness he also overturned several tax bills, health plans and educational and social legislation enacted by previous presidents. He wanted the Tau'ri federation to be exactly like during the bush administration, sans the wars of course. The other two presidents that had served before him, President Hayes and President Durling had taken to the more European type of laws, for American standards perhaps quite social or perhaps communist, but for the West-European countries quite acceptable and sometimes even liberal. Most of all he reintroduced one of the most comprehensive tax legislatures, making it nearly impossible for the regular citizen to fill out his or her IRS forms properly.

For us commanders it wasn't easy, all the way from colonels to the chiefs of staff we were walking on eggshells, one wrong thing could find your career down the drain and transferred to some distant monitoring station on an uninhabited planet. Those that had been at the SGC from the start were hated to the extreme by Kealty, fortunately they were loved by the people and unofficial heroes. Carter almost lost her command when she corrected one of the Presidential 'scientific' advisers, on worldwide television no less.

Sheppard was lucky, his command was located in another galaxy, far away from the prying eyes of presidential aides and any important political issues. Nevertheless he managed to get most of the hate from Kealty, mostly due to illegal ship movements in order to keep the Genii in control. Eventually Kealty decided to take some of the ships away from Sheppard's command. This however was in direct violation with the plans that were made by the Joint Chiefs for the war against the Dominion.

All the while in the Ori galaxy Emerson was holding strong. Having lost one 305, two Hak'tyl, three 304's and a 306 he was nearly ready for a total evacuation of all humans remaining in the Ori galaxy. By this time they had been in the Ori galaxy for nearly 22 months. Over time nearly four million civilians had been transferred through the stargate to Novus Celestis. About half of the 600 remaining Ori warships were converted into transport ships, while the rest was housed in newly built transport ships.

From the private memoires of General Paul Emerson.

April 9th, 2023 was the final day in the Ori galaxy. Both jumpgates were set up near a black hole so to speed up the evacuation of all the ships. All Tau'ri made stargates were loaded into the 305's and the same was for the MBDP's, that kind of technology could not fall into enemy hands.

All the warships would be positioned in a half circle around the jumpgates with their back to the black hole. Meanwhile one 305, with some extra ZPM's would extend its shields around the two jumpgates to protect them. Eventually when all transports had evacuated, the Jaffa and Ori warships would retreat, followed by the 306's and 304's. eventually each 305 would evacuate and the last one, the same that protected the jumpgates would destroy each gate with a mark X nuke and then return home by hyperdrive. Despite all the ZPM's and advanced tech the 305 sported it would still take eight months for her to return to the MW Local cluster.

TFS SOL

"General, we're nearly done with the evacuation we should make the jump to the black hole soon." Cadman said.

"Very well. Has the Saturn confirmed the operational status of the jumpgates?" Emerson asked.

"Yes sir, they have started the evacuation, Atlantis had dialed in once and reported successful jumps so far."

"Good, have the main force relocate to the jumpsite. Tell General Chenkov he has operational command of the last part of the evacuation here and to join us the moment he is done."

The ship was quickly in hyperspace and ten minutes later arrived at the jumpsite. The scene was monumental. Several hundred warships formed a protective cordon around the jumpgates while all transport ships were lined up waiting for their turn.

After an hour Chenkov's group arrived. They reported having been attacked by a massive Dominion fleet. The group lost nearly a dozen Ori warships and also two 304's.

It took another two hours before the first Dominion scout forces located them. The first group, just two frigates were dispatched off before they could even positively identify the fleet. Unfortunately another patrol found them only half an hour later. This group was not dispatched off in time and sent out an alarm message to all nearby Dominion forces.

Not twenty minutes later the first responders arrived. Instead of waiting on the perimeter and gathering information while waiting for reinforcements these ships engaged. Within minutes and without any losses these ten ships were destroyed. But by the time the first unit was destroyed four times their number had arrived. These too engaged the defenders. With still over two hours to go they all settled in for one of the longest fights they'd been in. fighters and bombers were launched and Asgard transportation systems were activated in case they could get a nuke through some shields.

For every ship they destroyed, four or five would join the battle, on the wrong side. Because maneuvering was limited due to the defensive position and the black hole a lot of Ori ships bought it, they were destroyed by overwhelming numbers.

Once they entered what would have been the final hour of the evacuation the military ships could finally start retreating. The time required for the entire fleet was reduced to merely twenty minutes, three more 304's were destroyed, as well as another Hak'tyl, a 306 and even four 305's. The casualties among the Ori were huge, nearly two hundred ships were already destroyed while another twenty were suffering damage on their hull.

"General! We've got two, I repeat two Dominion mother ships heading for us. ETA eight minutes." Cadman reported.

"How long until the evac. is done?" Emerson asked.

"Four minutes."

"Get me on a line with the jumpgate supervisor aboard the Mercury." Emerson ordered. A few seconds later he talked to the young Major that was in charge of jumpgate activities. "Major, I need you to dial up the power output to outside safety limits, then I want you to remove all safeties and set the detonator for two minutes after you've left the system. My hope is that the subsequent detonation will take out those Dominion mother ships."

"Sir, that explosion could very well destroy several nearby systems, we might not make it out in time." The Major said.

"I know, and I'm sorry that I have to ask this of you guys, but every mother ship we take down is an enormous boost. We'd lose twenty 305's to destroy those two mother ships the conventional way."

"Yes sir."

The next minutes the major was busy preparing the jumpgates for detonation. The remaining ships, mostly Tau'ri one by one jumped back home. Eventually all ships were gone and all that remained was an awful amount of debris. The Mercury quickly entered hyperspace, braking nearly all safeties trying to get as far away as they could.

Minutes later the Mercury felt the shockwave, it wasn't much, but it was noticeable.

Back in the system the two jumpgates exploded simultaneously, the two mother ships, as well as anything else within a light-year was destroyed. The explosion was as strong as a super nova. Nothing remained to leave a trace of what had happened there.

Jump point two, N45-RA Nebula

April 9 2023

1534 hours

The Sol was the last ship to arrive. Meanwhile the other Ori ships were assigned to convoys and shipped to Tau'ri planets and Novus Celestis. Though engineers had done a lot of work at Novus Celestis it was by no means ready to support over fifteen million people. Right now only about five million people could be housed. The rest would be located at nearby Tau'ri colonies.

Aboard the Mars a man stood looking out a porthole watching the Sol return.

"Sir, the Sol has arrived."

"Good, beam me over, I need to have a chat with Emerson before the President's goons get to him." The man said.

A minute later the man was transferred. Aboard the Sol he waited in Emerson's private quarters. As Emerson entered they greeted each other.

"Paul."

"Jack."

"Officially we are speaking about casualties etcetera, but I have to give you a warning." Jack O'Neill said.

"Go ahead."

"The president has it in for you. I don't think he ever expected you to bring everyone back and now he's pissed. He just wanted to get his hands on some of the tech from the Ori instead of getting an entirely new civilization he has to care for as well, besides, if the Ori join the Federation his majority might be lost. But what really matters is that he want to prosecute you for the losses you sustained. It is very likely a ship is already underway with a special detachment to take you into custody for gross incompetence." Jack said.

"But that's absurd. My orders were to evacuate the Ori galaxy." Emerson said. "Before we started this mission we knew we might lose all ships, it was a risk we all accepted."

"I know, but those parts of your orders were classified. Now Kealty got one of his judge friends to deny a trial behind closed doors so those orders can't be brought in for your defense."

"So that's it? I get nailed to the cross for doing my job?" Emerson asked.

"Well, we're not sitting still. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs has already resigned his commission out of protest, as have several other generals across the branches. Admiral Jackson, the new chairman spent a letter asking all military commanders to stay at their post despite their feelings about this injustice, and all I can say is that he is planning something, don't ask me what but he has something going on."

The intercom activated. "General, a ship just dropped out of hyperspace, they say they've got a federal warrant with your name on it. They are requesting a beam over. You want me to delay them?" his XO asked.

"Negative, beam them over to the bridge, I'll be there in a minute." He turned to Jack. "You have any advice?"

Jack produced a small tube from his pocket. "Take this." He said as he uncapped it and handed it over.

Emerson swallowed the contents of the tube. "What is it?"

"Nanites, they'll transmit your location and vital signs to my office, we've got a little group going that'll help you out the moment Kealty hearts you. In addition to that they'll keep you healthy and prevent Kealty from using some serum against you to control your mind or something."

"Thank you Jack."

"You're welcome. I've got to go, Kealty might draw some conclusions when he hears I was here before his goons were."

They shook hands and Jack was beamed out back to the Mars, which in turn headed back towards Terra Nuevo.

TBC

So this is kind of part of a two parter, the next chapter will feature Emersons trial, more problems created by Kealty and probably much more Dominion related stuff.

what did you guys think of the biography parts? Were they useful? Annoying? Too much? It's my first time doing them so let me know what you feel about them and if I should use them again for the following chapters.