Review reply:[Spoilers]
EvilTheLast: Thank you. No, although that was the original plan, but it was in the first chapter when I realized that giving them the Ancients so soon would have made things to easy.
Valltcon: Thanks. I know there's a bunch of grammar that's not correct. No, disclosure is planed a lot further down the line, but there will be small things done to soften the blow of disclosure along the road.
Armur-Tiger: Thank you. No, as I replied above that was the plan at the start, but it was changed.
I will.
Sajuuk: NO… My head's hurting from keeping tabs on more than fifty people, ships, factions/races, enemies etc. if I try to implement several universes I fear my head will run away in confusion. Just because you've not read about it doesn't mean that I've not forgotten it, it's simply planed for further episodes, at the moment fifteen episodes are mapped out.
I do however not rule out a story from those universes in the future.
But some of the things you wrote at the bottom will be in this episode.
MajorSimi: Stan?
So here's what I've managed to put together from the sparse amount of PMs I've gotten and the reviews that have been posted. It's a bit different from the other episodes that I've written.
Please review when you've read the story. Reviews are what makes it fun to come back and write another chapter for you to read. You give me what I want and I'll give you something that you want. ;-)
Crater Three. Zhejiang. China
"Filled with what?" Beckett said
"This room is a huge server hall. This is where the AIs rest." Zelenka answered
Zelenka turned on the lights, turned around and looked into the room. In the room was a large object that stretched from wall to wall and from the roof to the floor. On the floor in front of the huge object sat square black boxes, one meter from side to side and one meter from top to bottom. Between the large object and the small black boxes there went cables.
"Lucius, you said that there only was a thousand of you in total." Zelenka said
"That's correct, one thousand AIs. The rest inside are VIs. You see those cubes over there? An AI is downloaded to one of those along with any VIs the AI think it's going to need. The cube is then transported to wherever the AI is needed and installed." Lucius said
Lecture hall. Atlantia.
Over the last few weeks changes had happened fast, the P-90 was replaced by the new PP-90 which Lucius had helped O'Neill, Daniel, McKay and some other people design, everyone who was working for the SGC was given a Forearm Mounted Console/Communicator or FMC for short and the patrolling jumpers where fitted with energy weapons as a complement to the drones, those where just some of the smaller changes.
One of the things Daniel had found as he was deciding where to place Area 51 was a large lecture hall. In that hall sat well over one hundred people a the moment.
"Welcome to the SGC." A hologram of Daniel said. "As part of the Atlantic Committee Treaty it was decided that the SGC was to become Earths primary defense in space and because of that the SGC was made an international military organization under the command of former Air Force General and Commander-in-chief of Homeworld Command Jack O'Neill, currently SGC General Jack O'Neill. You are here because you're the best and brightest that your country has to offer. At this base we no longer care about what country we come from, we're all from Earth and our mission is to protect Earth from anything that comes from space, be it an asteroid or an attacking fleet. I hope that all of you have read the rapport on what we've accomplished during the years that the SGC has been traveling through the Stargate. I will not repeat it. Instead we're going to start with your gear.
Starting with weapons. Most of you are used to the FN P-90" a hologram of a P-90 appeared next to Daniels hologram. "The new weapon you will be using is something that we've developed ourselves, we call it the PP-90. It's based on the P-90 but is upgraded to also shoot a small amount of plasma together with the bullet increasing its firepower. Be careful when shooting in a forest, because it uses plasma it can easily set fire to things. There are also other weapons that we have upgraded with the same tech and rounds. As part of your training you'll be able to chose which weapon you want to use.
We also have a grenade that uses plasma. Be very careful with these." A model of the green sphere formed grenade replaced the hologram of the P-90. "You can change its explosive force by turning the dial on the top. Make sure to turn it in the right direction.
We have demolition charges that work the same way, but direct the explosion towards the object you stick it to.
This next thing is something I think you'll like. We call it the Atlas armor." A two-meter tall camouflage colored suit of armor that looked both agile and sturdy replaced the grenade hologram. "Made using technology similar to the Kull warriors but improved with ancient knowledge they feature a shield and a system that will reduce gravity and help you jump higher than before, another feature is its muscle augmentation system, it will greatly increase your strength. There's also an array of systems that can be attached to the armor and many other features, but you'll be briefed on those when you need them.
In case you feel that you won't pack enough heat with only the armor, the weapons and explosives we built this." The armor disappeared and in its place a large tank was projected. "We call it the Hydra. Built to take out anything we've faced, its name during development was project overkill. Notice the seven rotating barrels on the tower, this thing can fire up to fifty projectiles per minute from each barrel. It can be loaded with almost every type of round you can imagine. Its armor is made out of a titanium and neutronium alloy along with some nanites; the nanites will take material from the ground and repair any damage it sustains after a few seconds. As long as you don't take one of these up against a Wraith cruiser or a Goa'uld mothership you should be safe.
Even the communications system has got an upgrade." A pair of bracers replaced the hologram of the huge tank. "This is the Forearm Mounted Communicator/Console or FMC for short. It uses a subspace signal to allow for communication from anywhere to anywhere else. It allows for paging of anyone, calling anyone, sending a message or a hologram call among other things, it also functions as a console, to allow research to be conducted on site, and also contains a set of sensors.
We also have a new and improved ATA-gene therapy which work one hundred percent of the time, each one of you will be given a treatment as every piece of tech on this base is locked so that you need the ATA-gene to operate them. That includes your armor, weapons, grenades and the rest of your gear. This is so that if you're captured the enemy won't be able to remove the armor, use the weapons or grenades, drive the tanks or have any use of them.
Now if you please go through the door to the right of me, Dr. Beckett will inject you with the ATA-gene therapy, even if you have the gene naturally you're required to take this, as it will increase your abilities to control the technology."
The group moved out of their seats and into the room beyond the door. On the other side they where greeted by Beckett.
"Welcome lads. This right here is a DNA Resequencer" Beckett said pointing to a DNA Resequencer. "These have been specifically programed to find a dormant ATA-gene and activate it, if it can't find a dormant ATA-gene it will implant one. We currently have thirteen of these, so please step up to a plate to get started. It will also find and remove any genetic defects or diseases."
At first the group of people looked nervous, almost scared, but after a while one person elbowed his way to the front and stepped up to one of the plates. Most of the group jumped backwards as his DNA started to spin around him. From the spinning DNA the genes where highlighted one at a time until it stopped at one and made some modifications before turning of.
"See, not dangerous. Come on I haven't go all day." Beckett shouted at the group that was still not showing any signs of moving. Then one after one the group started to step up to the plates. For most the DNA was simply searched and a new gene was inserted, for some small alterations where made to the gene, a few had genes replaced, but the total process took less then thirty minutes.
"See, no problem at all. Now get back inside the lecture hall so you can be directed to your first training exercise." Beckett said as he showed the group out of the room and back into the lecture hall.
Back inside the lecture hall the group was greeted by Sheppard, Mitchell, McKay and Kevin Marks.
"Listen up people." Mitchell began. "You've each been assigned to a team, each team will go with one of us and then we will rotate the groups among us after a few hours so that you will get to try everything and so we can see what you're good at. Alpha team you're with Colonel Sheppard, he will teach you how to fly the jumpers and control the drones, Beta team, you're with Dr. McKay and he will show you a little about the Stargate and teach you the basics of ancient technology, Gamma team if you follow Major Marks he will take you for a tour on some of the spaceships that we currently have in our possession, lastly Delta team are with me, I will take you to the firing range to test the PP-90 and some grenades."
The four leaders moved in different directions, soon the group of people had moved into four groups and followed their respective leaders.
Jumper Bay
After a short walk Alpha team lead by Sheppard arrived at one of Atlantia's jumper bays.
"This is a jumper." Sheppard said as he leaned against one. "Back in the Pegasus galaxy we used these to travel through the Stargate. They have to drive pods that comes out of these panels on the sides, also contained inside are the weapons which are mostly drones, but now also some energy weapons. The jumper also has a cloak so you can stay out of sight. But enough talk, we've set up a safety net over a part of the city so if you lose control you will not crash but instead you will be lifted up again, also Lucius and Lucilla can take control at any time if you have trouble. Pair up two and two and pick a jumper."
The small group of people paired up and went inside each jumper.
"Good, decide who will start and if that person can please think about hovering a couple of meters above the ground you will notice that the jumper will start to take of. The sticks in front of you can help you to control the jumper if you need." Sheppard said from the pilot seat of his own jumper, to his surprise it only took a few minutes before all of the jumpers where of the ground. "Good work, now lets take these things for a spin." he said as he took of out of the hangar at maximum speed, the others tried to keep up with him but because of a sharp turn nobody could manage to.
Firing range. Atlantia
"This is a PP-90." Mitchell said holding up a PP-90. "And today you're going to test fire it, we're using live ammunition so be careful. Your targets are solid holograms." Behind him a plain with fallen stone pillars appeared and behind the pillars Jaffa, Wraith, Genii and other hostiles started to spawn. "These hostiles will be moving targets and they will fire back, but don't worry, they only fire stun blasts set to the lowest setting so it will only tingle a bit if you are hit." The group looked a bit surprised when the shoots started to fly around their heads. "What are you waiting for? Fight back." Mitchell screamed to the group.
The group crouched and returned fire as they moved into cover. One of them took one of the grenades that they each where given and threw it over the cover he was siting behind, it landed in front of the pillar he'd aimed for and the Genii on the other side laughed, but the thrower had cranked up the grenade to maximum setting and so the grenade vaporized the entire pillar and two others a few meters away.
Control Room. Atlantis
Rodney and his group had taken a transporter from outside the Lecture room to Atlantis, to make sure that no one got lost Lucilla was controlling the transporter.
"So the Purple gate over there is the one that you arrived through. It's made to send things across a planet, to the left of it is the Green gate that sends things across distance of a solar system. Next to that we have a Red gate which is the main gate as it is the one we use when traveling across the galaxy, it sends things across distances of up to a galaxy, the blue gates, also called Pegasus gates, works in the same way but over a shorter distance. Then we have the Yellow gate to the left of the Red gate, it's used to send things over any distance, but it is unstable so it is only used to send none living things. Lastly we have the White gate, they are used to send things to specialized locations or other galaxies, there's at least one in every galaxy but special places may also have one. There is also a Supergate down in the basement that we can send ships through, but Marks will talk with you about that." McKay said. "Now let's move on"
McKay turned around and walked up to a transporter booth. "As you know most of Ancient technology require the ATA-gene to be used and of course they also have their own computer system. So step inside and we will take a look at that." McKay said motioning at the booth.
The group arrived back in the lecture hall.
"If you please have a seat at any console you'll find that there is a program on each console, please try to run it and it will present you with some challenges to learn the controls and the system." McKay said
The group split up and everyone took a seat at a console. Many frustrated sounds where heard the first couple of minutes before someone cried out in happiness, after twenty minutes the first person had managed to to open the program.
Building Room. Lower Levels Atlantis.
Gamma team and Marks arrived in the building room in a flash of light after Lucius had beamed them there. The group was awe struck at the sight before them.
"This is one of the places that we store our ships at. These where all designed built by the Ancients.
The big ship over there is what we call a heavy Destiny class. It's got about four times the amount of weapons that Destiny has and also have stronger shields. Instead it has very little internal space in comparison to Destiny, it's only got systems and quarters for around a hundred people where as Destiny can take many times more.
That slender and long ship over there is an Aurora class. Meant to get in, deploy weapons and retreat it's a light carrier with strong shields. The similar ship next to it that is a bit longer and a bit wider is a carrier class ship. They where built for a similar purpose, but these will stay in the fight and help.
That one there is a science vessel with great sensors and a hell of a shield if the sensors are turned of, they are useless in battle since they carry no weapons at all or very few.
We also have a scout class, they can outrun anything, but as the science class it is not something that I would like to take into battle. This is the only ship of these that has a built in cloak.
Lastly we have a cruiser class. Good shields and good firepower. They don't require many people to control so they can be deployed in large numbers." Marks said
Still awe struck Gamma team snapped out of it as Marks moved towards a ring platform.
"Now we can't check out any of the ships right now." At this the team sighed. "But we're going to ring up to the ship I'm currently commanding, the George Hammond and take a look at it." Now the team became excited. "Step over here and we will ring up six and six. Don't touch anything when we get there."
The group practically ran over to the ring platform in excitement, once there they started to ring up to the Hammond six at a time, when Marks arrived, as the last person, he started to give them a tour of the ship.
When the tour was over they where beamed down to a new room in Atlantia.
"Inside these doors is a room that can project very large solid holograms. Right now it's going to be used as a training room for you. There's a copy of the Hammond's bridge projected there right now and you're going to get the chance to play around with it." Marks said.
Gamma team looked at each other not believing their ears, they where going to get to try to pilot a spaceship.
Lecture hall. Atlantia.
After an hour the teams had switched leaders and was given a new tour until every one had been everywhere.
"I've heard from many that you think that you don't need any more training. It is true that most of you are soldiers, there is still a bunch of you that are not. So to give you an idea of the difference between you and a fully trained SG team we are going to have a mock battle, you against us two on foot plus two people that are not here, Marks in a ship and another SG team." Mitchell said pointing at him self and Sheppard. "The odds are still ten of you on everyone of us. You get to pick ships and equipment first, but only equipment from your old gear. You've got an hour."
The four teams, now rejoined looked at each other in disbelief. Going up ten to one was suicide, there was no way they would loose.
An hour later the group was standing there fully dressed for battle.
"So lets do this." Mitchell said. "I hope that you have informed Lucius of your choice of ships as he's going to prepare them to only mark targets so no one is getting hurt, same goes for weapons but we will use stunners instead. Lucius, could you please beam us to the starting line?"
"Beaming now." Lucius replied
The group of trainees was beamed first and then the leaders where beamed away to another place. The trainees arrived at their fleet of ships, they had four heavy Destiny class ships which they manned and then they awaited orders. Mitchell and his group on the other hand arrived at a single scout ship.
"Here's the rules. No live ammo. Any tactic is allowed. If you get hit you will be beamed out by Lucius and will have to sit and watch the rest of the battle." Mitchell said over the comm to the trainees.
"How I love these pocket dimensions. You can do anything here." Sheppard said.
"Yea, like having a space and ground battle with the new recruits." O'Neill said as he came out of the cockpit wearing the new Atlas armor. "Take the wheel Marks."
"Yes sir." Marks said and moved to the pilot chair he now also wore the Atlas armor.
"OK people, suit up. Same thing here as with the last group. L-1 will consist of myself, Teal'c, Mitchell and Sheppard. SG-2, your codename will be L-2 for this mission." O'Neill ordered. A minute later the rest of L-1 and L-2 was wearing Atlas armor.
"Check your dampeners and impact-shields L-2, don't want to feel this one if you don't." The leader of SG-2 said.
"Have everyone got their wings, cloak and dampeners working?" O'Neill said
"Yes, sir." The rest replied
"Good. Then we have a go. L-2, you're up." O'Neill said. "Marks, start the fight."
"Yes sir." Marks replied. "Listen up trainees, the battle has begun."
As soon as Marks had said the words the trainees opened fire on the lone scout ship. But Marks cloaked and avoided the fire, as soon as they realized that they no longer had any targets the trainees stooped to fire. Meanwhile the trainees ground team had been deployed by jumper and would soon reach the ground.
"Go go go." O'Neill shouted to L-2. All of a sudden four black things appeared out of thin air and crashed to the surface. Once they where on the surface the four members of L-2 got to work, one of the members placed a small box on the ground an another member inserted a ZPM. Once the ZPM was inserted a one way shield appeared around the team in a half sphere shape, L-2 could shoot out of the shield but the trainees fire was going to be absorbed by the shield.
Meanwhile in the air Marks was sneaking up on one of the other ships, when he got close enough Mitchell jumped out the back, a pair of wings unfolded and he cloaked, Marks then piloted the ship to the next ships and the next one after that until O'Neill was standing in the back of the ship, he then jumped out of the ship and used the wings to glide down to the forth ship.
On the planet the trainees where shooting at L-2 but their shoots only hit the shield, never the less they continued to fire, despite having lost half of their original sixty men to enemy fire and also their jumpers to a well aimed grenade.
"Ship two, come in. This is ship three, we are having some problems, the enemy must have gotten on board the ship, we're loosing men all over the ship." There was only static. "Ship two, come in for gods sake."
"This is Sheppard, I'm afraid that the captain of ship two is out of the game." Sheppard replied when he sat down in the captains seat. He then ran out of the bridge and jumped out the closest air lock. He was soon joined by Mitchell mid flight and Teal'c further down. There three armor clad figures touched down just behind the trainees lines and set up a shield like the one used by L-2. Once the shield was up they started to fire into the trainees who feel in numbers.
"Game over." Lucius voice was heard. O'Neill had used the ship he took over and tagged the surviving trainees with its main gun.
"That's how we do it." Sheppard said as he walked up to the few trainees who had not been beamed out before O'Neill had taken the shoot.
THE END
That's it for this time.
Please review and tell me what you think.
This Episode was by far the hardest one to write to date, most of you wanted to see new tech, so I sat here thinking, how the hell should I be able to make an entire Episode based on tech? And this is what came out when I was done.