Onboard Voyager, a few minutes earlier

"Mr. Tuvok, I want you to be discreet but I want you to get as much information about these people as you can."

"You too feel that something is off about the Hammond, Captain? I will admit that I was going to do what you ordered already."

"That's good to know."

With that Janeway faced the transporter pad. Their guests were due any minute. With her and Tuvok was Commander Chakotay. Chakotay got a good feeling about these people and couldn't wait to meet them.

With a sudden bright Flash of light SG-1 arrived on Voyager. They were on some type of pad with circles on it. Standing just off the pad was a woman who was obviously Captain Janeway, a dark skinned man with pointy ears, and another man who looked like he had some Native American in his ancestry; he also had a tribal looking tattoo on the side of his face. To the crew of the Voyager, it appeared to them that they were facing a race of … they didn't know what.

Captain Janeway stepped forward and started off the introductions. "Welcome to Voyager. I am Captain Janeway," she then motioned to Chakotay. "This is Commander Chakotay, my second in command, and this is Lieutenant Commander Tuvok, my Tactical Officer."

Mitchell stepped forward and replied in English. "Thank you for having us. I apologize for our armor but it is part of our regulations that in any new contact that the contact team wear armor for their protection. As you can see from the name plate on the armor, I am Colonel Mitchell, Commander of this team; this is Colonel Cater, resident genius extraordinaire." Sam blushed at Cam's praise. Mitchell continued on, "This is Dr. Jackson, our Cultural and Linguistic expert. And this fella is Teal'c." Teal'c did one of his customary head nods, albeit hampered by the armor. "He is our tactical and combat expert. Vala Mal Doran is a 'special' addition to our team, which is called SG-1."

With everyone introduced Janeway once again took the lead. "Well why don't we do the tour then we can get to know each other. How about that?" What she didn't say was how most of SG-1 ones names and titles sounded like they originated from Earth. This just made her want to know what was really going on even more and with a subtle glance to Tuvok, Janeway started the tour.

Janeway showed SG-1 parts of the ship that wouldn't compromise their security or technology. They met several of Voyager most noteworthy crewmen, Neelix, Tom Paris, and Harry Kim to name a few. Janeway didn't show them engineering or the bridge and she was leading them to the holodeck to round out the tour. By the time they reached their destination, SG-1 knew mostly all the basics about Voyager, except where this ship called home. They walked into a room that was completely black with a bright orange grid covering everything from ceiling to the floor. In the middle of the room was a woman waiting for them. She was light skinned and had several ridges on her forehead. Janeway did the introduction for them and introduced the woman as Lieutenant Torres, Chief Engineer. "The program's ready Captain." she told the captain.

"Thank you Lieutenant; computer, run program."

The grid disappeared and in its place was a giant picture of the Milky Way galaxy and it was cut into quadrants that were labeled. Two places were highlighted, what looked like a territory outline in mostly the Alpha Quadrant and Voyager's current location in the delta quadrant. Janeway took a step forward and still looking at the galaxy started talking. "The United Federation of Planets is where we call home and that is this blue territory here," Janeway pointed to the territory that was outlined in blue. "It consists of over 150 worlds with over 1,000 semi-autonomous colonies that spans across 8,000 light years."

Janeway looked back over her shoulder a bit and made sure that she had SG-1's attention and continued on. "We were dragged to the opposite side of the galaxy against our will and have been on our way back ever since. At maximum warp it will take us about 75 years to get home. Now you may be asking yourself why I am telling you all of this, well that's pretty simple." She turned around and looked each member of SG-1, who met her eyes with questioning glances. "While I believe that there is something very strange at work here when it comes to you and I don't know what it is, I believe that you can help us."

Janeway waited for a response and she didn't have to wait long. Colonel Mitchell stepped forward to talk for the Odyssey. "What's so strange about us ma'am?"

"There are several small things that really don't add up. Your mastery over English being one of them, I checked the universal translators on Voyager and according to its logs, it wasn't used at all during our conversations. Add in the name of your ship and your ranking system, all of these things point to a thorough knowledge of Earth: An Earth from the past. And yet you have impressive technology that suggests you are more advanced than us."

As Captain Janeway was listing these small details, SG-1 traded small glances at each other; Daniel decided to speak up here. "We are the Tau'ri. We ended up here by a complete accident just as your selves and as far as we know we have no way home. We know nothing of your Federation so we can't really explain any similarities. As far as helping you, it is a good bet that we can help you get home."

The Voyager crew picked up on the aversion of the Captain's main points but decided that answers would could come at a later date in light of possibly finding a way home here and now. Chakotay had to know though, "How could you help us and what will it cost us."

"It would cost you the same thing that the people from Rakosa V gave us for helping them, a map of the galaxy as you know it and your cultural history, we would like to learn about you and possibly become friends. As for the how we would take you there, we would tow you. First to the rest of our fleet, then back to Earth." Colonel Mitchell looked at the Voyager crew as he spoke; in their eyes he seen hope and a little suspicion.

Lieutenant Torres was intrigued. "How long would it take to get us there by 'tow'?"

Naturally, SG-1 turned to Sam to figure out and explain this question. "Given the size of Voyager I would estimate a travel time of three days. One day or less to the fleet, and then two days to Earth."

The Voyager crew was speechless. "How is that possible? The speed required would be astronomical not to mention you towing a vessel." B'Elanna couldn't believe what she just heard. If these people were capable of making the trip in that short of an amount of time, how fast could they go without towing them?

Sam was non-pulsed when she answered. "I don't know what your method of FTL travel, Warp, is exactly, but ours allows us to transverse galaxies in days instead of decades. We travel in what we call hyperspace. All we would do is extend our hyperspace field around your vessel and together make the trip to your Federation."

To cross the galaxy in days was unheard of for anyone on Voyager. "We'll hold a staff meeting and discuss your proposal. While we discuss this, feel free to stay here and have a good time." Janeway started to leave while SG-1 was looking around was wondering exactly what Janeway meant by having a good time by standing here looking at a picture of a galaxy. With the rest of the Voyager crew following their Captain, she stopped and ordered a command to the computer. "Computer load program Paris 3."

All around SG-1 there environment changed. Instead of standing in the void of space, they were now standing in what appeared to be a pub. "Be careful, the table leans a little to the left." With that Janeway and the crew left SG-1 and exits the holodeck. They look around to see what table Janeway was referring to when they all seen a pool table through the crowd of observers watching a game being played.

Teal'c raised an eyebrow in surprise. He reached out and poked a random person that was walking by. "Hey buddy, what was that for!" Teal'c was impressed with the realism and the fact that these holograms felt as real as they looked.

"My apologies" SG-1 gathered into a corner of the pub to try and figure it out.

"Ok Sam, what the hell is going on here?" Mitchell wanted answers. Activating her scanner stone, Sam sank into the information that was being presented to her. After about a minute she became aware of her surrounds again with an excited tone relayed her findings to her team. "This room is nothing more than a room made to present holograms. Nothing really new here except in the creating of an artificial environment instead of just images. With me so far?"

When her team told her yes, she continued on. "Well what makes them feel so real are force fields that let them and us interact with each other. With these fields they can do anything we can do but they have to be by a holo projector which also controls the force fields."

Daniel looked really excited now. "Sam couldn't this technology be used as a stop gap for the Asgard minds stored in their core? They wouldn't have living bodies but they would be fully aware and have the ability to interact with us and a ship." While Sam and Daniel were discussing the possibilities, the rest of the team spread out to check the place out. Vala went to the pool table, Teal'c went to get some food and Mitchell went to chat up the bartender.

"Daniel, first we would need to create a portable holo-emitter so that they could go anywhere and not be restricted. Then we would need to create a failsafe…"

It took the command staff of Voyager about forty minutes to decide on whether or not they wanted to take the Hammond up on their offer. Some were excited at the prospect of getting home and said that the gain outweighed the risks, and some thought that they couldn't trust this strange new ship yet. With her command crew split it was Janeway's decision to accept the trade but with some precautions. Arriving them at the holodeck she ended the program and had SG-1 follow her to the bridge. When they got there she outlined her proposal to them.

"We accept your offer but as insurance that you are keeping your word, your team will stay here onboard with us and once we are on our way to your 'fleet' you will at least take your helmets off. It's a security precaution that I feel is a must and is intended to protect my crew. Do we have a deal?"

"I have to check with [Latin translation 'general'] O'Neill but I think he will be ok with it. Sam will have to return to the Hammond because she is the best person we have to make the tow work. Let me talk to the [Latin translation 'general'] and I will tell you what he has to say."

"Agreed."

With that Mitchell walked away from everyone and activated his communicator to the Hammond. After a conversation which lasted a couple of minutes, Mitchell returned with his answer. "The [Latin translation 'general'] agrees and he also understands your caution. We will stay and Sam will return to make the necessary arrangements."

Nodding her head in affirmation, Janeway turns to the Ops station. "Ensign Kim, set up the link and transmit the agreed upon data."

"Aye Captain."

"Alright people let's get ready to go home." Janeway sat in her command chair as everyone went about the preparations for their trip with SG-1 observing off to the side, after Sam was transported back to the Hammond.

Sam was sitting in front of the main console of the Asgard core room manipulating the controls to allow the Hammond to tow Voyager into hyperspace with itself. The calculations had to be perfect since there was little margin of error with two ships entering the same hyperspace window. Behind her stood the holographic form of Thor, making sure that Sam's calculations were indeed correct. With a few more movements of the Asgard control stones on the panel, the settings for the trip were finalized and they were ready to get underway.

Sam contacted General O'Neill on the bridge to tell him of their status. "General, we are ready to get underway. Get Voyager in position and we will take care of the rest down here sir."

Taking all of that in and nodding his head in confirmation, General Landry responds. "Roger that Colonel. We will contact Voyager and get in position; the rest will be up to you. Landry out."

With the connection cut, Sam sat back as she waited for the Odyssey to form up with the larger Voyager. Thinking of her trip to Voyager, Sam turns to talk to Thor. "Thor, did you have a chance to review the data on the Voyagers holographic technology that I managed to get from my scans while I was over there?"

Shaking his head Thor answers her. "At the current time I have not. Do you feel that it will be of assistance to us?"

"I think that it will be a major help to you and your people whose minds are stored in the core. They have a way of making holograms that can interact with their environment using photons and force fields. Using their tech as it is would require us to build holographic projectors and you will only be able to be in that room but if can make them mobile, then you and your people could go anywhere and do anything."

After she says this, she noticed that the Hammond was moving into position with Voyager, preparing for their trip into hyperspace. Once the two ships were close enough together, Sam slowly added more power to the hyperspace engines as she simultaneously expanded their hyperspace field to encompass both ships. Once both ships were surrounded by the field, a massive hyperspace window formed in front of them and both ships went from a slow steady pace to being virtually sucked into the blue/purple hyperspace window.

Since Sam had completed her task and after ensuring that everything was done correctly, Thor resumed their conversation. "While you were completing your task, I reviewed the data you gathered from Voyager and I must say that I am impressed. While we would not be alive in the literal sense, it will greatly assist us as a people. I must thank you Colonel Carter; this just may be what saves our civilization."

"Let's save the thanks until we create a portable version and bring back everyone that we can, ok? Besides, the way that I see it is that we still owe you for all that you have done for us."

Thor dipped his head into a quick bow in thanks. "Come Colonel, let us begin."