General Hammond sat at the briefing table with the members of SG-1 saying, "Okay, so you're telling me that you were able to destroy this facility is that right Major Carter?"

The blond haired woman nodded and said, "That's correct sir and Tok'ra intelligence indicates that another facility was also destroyed by the Tria. Unfortunately we can't be sure how many of the facilities Anubis has."

Hammond took the information in and said, "I'll tell the other SG teams to keep their ears open, but I want to know more about this Tria. I thought they were still helping the rebel Jaffa against Moloc and his forces."

Carter looked at him directly and said, "Apparently they drew his ship into a large battle and destroyed it while four other ships in the fleet were infiltrated by their operatives who killed the commanding officers and asked if the Jaffa wanted to be free. Seeing their god destroyed and having the odds turned against them convinced the rest of Moloc's fleet to surrender."

"When did this happen?" Hammond looked as if it was entirely new to him.

"According to the Tok'ra it happened about a week ago and the attack on Anubis' other facility was apparently planed due to information they gained from Jaffa who had been serving Moloc as agents of Anubis."

Hammond looked concerned and said, "So that gives them eight ships then?"

Teal'c spoke softly saying, "Twenty-five ships. Other system lords have had entire ships defect from their fleet and join in the cause of the Tria. Some Jaffa even whisper that they are the only true goddesses come to break our chains and bring us freedom."

Jack butted in saying, "Wait, so are they setting themselves up as system lords now? Maybe we should have stopped them from taking that ship when we could."

Daniel looked at Jack and said, "We weren't exactly negotiating from a position of strength Jack. All we had given them was the space suits. All we could have done is not helped get the ship up and running…"

Carter shook her head and said, "No, they had more than enough expertise to get that thing running. The only choice we had was to make them an enemy and attempt to fight them on the bridge of that ship or leave peacefully."

Teal'c frowned and said, "I do not think we would have succeeded in an attempt to take the bridge."

Hammond spoke with authority saying, "No use going over the past. We need to focus on the present. The most important question is whether or not they are a threat to Earth."

Hammond looked to Teal'c and the man said, "I do not believe they are a threat to Earth, but perhaps we should speak with them again."

The General looked to Carter and said, "What do you have on their location?"

The blond haired woman said, "Well if we go by the location that I figured out based on the Star Gate symbols they should have an outpost on Pluto sir, but the gate address that we have on record seems to go offline entirely and we're not sure why." She stated without realizing that the reason the gate went offline with the address they had was due to the fact that it was moved into the Deimos every time the ship took off.

"The fact that they have a base here in our solar system causes me some concern. I want you to work on figuring out when a mission can begin. I'll have more orders for you as soon as you tell me when we can go."

Carter assented to his orders and the team was dismissed. Later in the 'Gate room everyone was prepping to go. Jack finished a few details and called out, "Does everyone have some C4?"

Answers were affirmative, so he said, "Alright it's pretty simple here. We are going to attempt to deactivate their protective shield after we come in, then we are going to talk and if it seems like they want to take over the galaxy we call for back up, blow up the facility and head home. Got it?"

Daniel spoke saying, "Jack are you sure we should do this? I mean, just by deactivating the shield alone we could be declaring that we aren't friendly. Do we really want to add another enemy along with Anubis?"

"Stay here if you don't like it Daniel these orders come from the top." Jack tossed back.

Daniel looked upset and said nothing else as the Star Gate finished dialing and opened. The group started to walk through the gate and he said softly, "This is a bad idea."

On the other side of the Star Gate the group was met for a second time, by a green haired hologram as well as a room filled with half finished devices and strange technology much different from that of the Goa'uld. The hologram spoke to them saying, "The guardians are currently in the ship yard, please follow me."

Jack looked to Samantha and she gave him a thumbs up. The group followed after the hologram as Sam stayed a moment to examine the room and controls.

A short while later Sam met up with the rest of SG-1. She shook her head to Jack and then the entire group walked along until they were at an obviously refurbished section of the castle. The hologram spoke saying, "The Guardians have just recently been able to acquire parts and materials that would allow them to open up these yards. Please mind your step as the holo units are not functioning in that area and I will be unable to warn you of the areas that have structural damage."

The members of SG-1 nodded and walked through the door. Inside was a gigantic facility holding the entirety of the Deimos. A group of female Jaffa were apparently working on welding the ship's hull while Ranma and his friends were standing at the very top of the hull near the bridge having a discussion.

SG-1 walked along the cat walks taking care to avoid holes and approaching a young girl whose task was apparently to fix those holes. The girl stood up as they came close and said, "The rest of the walk should be safe. If you need to speak to the Tria I suggest taking the fourth ladder. That will get you closest."

They thanked the girl and walked on as she returned to her work. Soon they arrived and heard part of a conversation, "…so the shield is one directional and that way we won't have to depend on our Senshi powers and holding our breath to keep us alive."

"That's right Ranma, but it will not…" The pink haired woman broke off and said, "Ah hello Colonel O'Neill, Dr. Carter, Dr. Jackson, and Teal'c. We apologize for not being able to meet you in our Gate Room, but we are quite busy with some modifications and repairs right now."

"Right…" Jack said realizing that the additional reason just might be to put them at a disadvantage since there was a large number of female and male Jaffa working out there.

Carter looked at the girls who were obviously waiting for more and said, "We heard some rumors that some rebel Jaffa were calling you goddesses. We just thought we would stop by and see if it was true."

Ranma answered, "Yeah, some of 'em were saying that, but we told them ta stop. We ain't goddesses or anything like that. Don't need an army of Kunos anyway." A somewhat sick look passed over the red head's face.

Daniel decided to speak and said, "Well now that you've defeated Moloc what are your plans?"

Ranma pointed to the ship and said, "We're planning on takin' the rest of the Goa'uld out of business. I'd tell you who was first on our list, but we aren't exactly high on trust. That Anubis guy is a bit out of our league right now, but we figure that with a few more system lords out of our way and some more ships we can get closer to a fight that we want. You interested in joinin' in or somethin'?"

"We're doing our part." Carter said.

"Yeah and does that part include comin' to our facility with a buncha C4 and tryin' ta turn off our defensive sheilds?" The red head said as she pointed to their bags. "''Cause I'm thinkin' that's not exactly what an ally in the fight against the Goa'uld would do."

Teal'c spoke first saying, "We are not fighting against the Goa'uld just to establish new gods in their place."

"Neither are we," Hotaru said with a serious tone, "but, we also do not trust your government to understand that. They see threats where none exist and so I suggest that you depart this facility before you injure our alliance beyond repair."

Later Jack was speaking to the others in his office at the SGC saying, "Well that went well." Sarcasm was clearly evidenced in his voice.

Daniel spoke saying, "Well, they seem to have somewhat forgiven us for the slight and aren't threatening to destroy the planet. In fact they let us go telling us that if we were in real need of help against the Goa'uld they would be there."

Teal'c nodded saying, "Indeed, they were most gracious despite our error."

"I also figured out why their 'Gate keeps going offline." Jack looked at her with a questioning gaze and she continued by saying, "The 'Gate room we arrived in had a recently cut hatch in its ceiling and Deimos has been modified quite a bit since we last saw it, but one of the most telling changes was in the back section it was pretty obvious that they must be bringing their 'Gate with them."

Jack nodded and said, "Alright I'll report our findings to General Hammond."

Neith sat in the command chair of the Deimos looking at the view screen as a female stood in front of it saying, "I am the goddess Nekhbet and you are surrounded. Your ships drive has been disabled and you will be destroyed unless you bow to me and declare that I am your goddess."

The brown haired woman spoke saying, "As a representative of all free Jaffa and the Tria who guides us I cannot comply. We recognize no god or goddess."

Nekhbet raised a hand and spoke saying, "So be urk…" a powerful kick sent her sprawling to the floor and moments later stone spears rose from the ground to crush the Jaffa on the bridge. The broadcast suddenly went out to every ship in Nekhbet's fleet and a sailor suited red haired woman was literally dragging Nekhbet to the screen.

Sailor Sol spoke saying, "This is not a goddess. This is just a person; she has no power over you if you do not want her too. Join us and be free!"

Earth spoke from behind her saying, "Weapons powering up and aiming for the Deimos."

Sol grabbed Nekhbet's neck and closed her own eyes as she twisted roughly and killed the goddess. After that she spoke with a serious tone saying, "Your goddess is dead. Surrender or be destroyed!"

"Weapons firing at this ship and the Deimos!"

Sol nodded and said, "Neith you know what to do."

Neith nodded and said, "Saturn, time to go up."

Sailor Saturn stood in a cylinder with her glaive ready. The door closed and it rose up from the bridge. She stood staring out into space and noted the ships that were starting to fire. She targeted one and moments it was annihilated by the Silence.

The Deimos powered up its own shields and fired on the other ships as well. The combination of the two powers was easily able to remove any threats. A few ships fled, but the rest had either surrendered or been destroyed. The battle was over, but the cost had been high once again.

In a private room on the Deimos Ranma sat as a male with his allies next to him. He stared at a view screen that was giving him readout from the last battle. He swore as he looked at it and said, "More than two thousand lives and they call us saviors?" he swore again and then said, "But, we can't just let these Goa'uld rule like gods can we? If we leave we're leaving them to that fate with children killed on fires and slaves to the ambition of these creatures."

Beryl spoke to him softly saying, "Ranma what is the martial artists code?"

He looked at her and said, "Protect the weak, but we ain't just martial artists. We kill now and not just machines. We killed Moloc and many of his Jaffa and heck; it almost felt good to kill Nekhbet like that."

Hotaru had an insight and said, "It isn't the killing you worry about. You realize that what we do must be done, what you worry about is your reaction to it, yes?" She touched his shoulder gently. "You worry that you will grow to enjoy it and become what we fight."

Ranma simply nodded and Beryl touched the shoulder saying, "That worry is what makes you better. It is what has changed in me since joining with you. As long as we continue to worry about our actions and ensure that we have done the best we could have done we will be fine."

Ranma nods and says softly, "You're right and besides I still have that damn motto in my head Solis Custodes Omnis."

Hotaru smiled at him and came even closer to snuggle saying, "You'd do it anyway Ranma."

Beryl came closer as well and he felt her bare skin against his own. He wondered momentarily how she had removed her shirt as he said, "Yeah, you're right I would."

After that the only other words coming from the room were squeals of delight and cries of passion.

"Warning! Fluctuation in time space noted! New black hole created and temporal device located!" The voice practically shouted in Ranma and the others heads waking them up from their slumber.

They quickly dressed, Ranma changed gender, and they all gathered at the location of Time Gate within the Deimos. "Alright, what is going on 'Gate?" The red haired girl spoke with obvious annoyance.

"I have fully integrated myself into this timeline and have noted that there has been a severe anomaly created in the Continuum. Specifically a black hole has been created and though it escaped my detectors previously when scanning the area near the black hole I have detected some other type of time dilation device."

Ranma looked to the others and Beryl spoke to the device saying, "Where are they?"

The 'Gate responded saying, "They are not within the area of space designated as belonging to the Goa'uld."

Hotaru spoke saying, "Could it be another being sent by Baba Yaga? We are still under her curse."

The gate spoke saying, "I am not sure mistress Saturn, but the functions of time in this reality are in danger as representatives of Pluto and Senshi of time it is your responsibility."

Ranma said, "We'd best go check it out then." The others nodded and she used the intercom saying, "Neith prepare for a course change."

The female Jaffa responded by saying, "It will be done." A message light beeped on her console and she added, "Milady, we have an incoming transmission from master Bra'tac."

Moments later Ranma was on the bridge speaking to Bra'tac, "You're telling me that Anubis is about to attack the Earth right now?" She shot a look at the other two of her Tria that conveyed a new seriousness.

The elderly Jaffa spoke saying, "Indeed the danger is grave. Teal'c and I are seeking ships and help to defend the planet."

Ranma looked to Beryl and said, "How many ships do we have that aren't busy gathering up what is left of Amaterasu and helping the Jaffa in those systems to realize their new status?"

Beryl, who was sitting at a station, pulled up the information and said, "We have six that could be prepared to assist Earth and seven if you count the Deimos. We also have some Alkesh and pilots available."

Ranma muddled it through her head. If the reading from the Time Gate wasn't important she and her allies could potentially fight Anubis at least well enough to get a cease fire and possibly more with the powers of Sol, Saturn, and Terra brought to bear. On the other hand if she ignored the warning and this was another dark god sent by their curse then they could be making things worse. Giving a mental sigh she looked to the screen and said, "We'll send the six ships and the nearest Alkesh to your position is one piloted by a Jaffa called Ronan."

"You have my thanks Ranma." Bra'tac said very sincerely and added, "Your Tria is a great help in the cause of freedom for all Jaffa."

Ranma nodded and said, "You are welcome Bra'tac and I hope to see you soon for another sparring session."

The older Jaffa smiled and said, "As do I." Those were his last words before ending the transmission.

Soon after the Deimos was on its way to investigate the oddity in space leaving SG-1 to handle the threat of Anubis with a little more help than they might have had previously.

The Deimos exited hyperspace far enough from the black hole so as to avoid being pulled in. Beryl, who was seated at the sensor controls, said, "It's hard to filter out the gravimetric effect of the Black Hole to get a good read on any other time dilation field."

The gate itself concurred with Beryl's statement when Beryl called out, "I'm detecting another ship nearby."

"See if you can contact them Hotaru. Neith, make sure our weapons are ready, but wait for my signal." Ranma finished speaking and everyone rushed to comply with his orders.

The screen lit up and a grey alien appeared on it stating, "Greetings, I am Thor the Supreme Commander of Asgard forces please state your purpose in this area of space."

Ranma looked at him and said, "I'm Ranma Taya captain of the Deimos and we detected a disruption in this area of space that could potentially harm the uh Time continuum and looking at that new Black Hole tells me we were right."

"I see," The gray alien blinked, looked at something on its sensors, and then continued, "We apologize for the necessity, but in order to destroy the Replicators once and for all we had to turn this star into a black hole. If we had known that some Ancients had not ascended we would have requested your assistance."

"Replicators…" Ranma looked puzzled a moment and Hotaru said, "The block like creatures we fought when we first arrived."

The red haired girl nodded and looked to Thor saying, "I thought that the android Reese we stopped was going to be used to help out?"

Thor nodded slightly and said, "We did receive the android and found within it a base command that allowed us to summon all replicators to the planet Halla. With the assistance of SG-1 we trapped them there with a time dilation device, but the time dilation field was only a temporary measure. We knew the time it would take for the Replicator humans to reach the machine would translate to less than two years outside the field. Therefore a more permanent solution was devised."

Beryl spoke saying, "In order to do that you collapsed the sun?"

The Asgard nodded again saying, "By artificially increasing its gravitational field, yes."

Ranma nodded and said, "Well I suppose the device will be destroyed soon and the continuum will be safe. Do you mind if we stick around and make sure?"

"That is acceptable. If you look at your sensors you will be able to see that the planet itself has already broken apart. However, a large number of Replicators have managed to come together in a coherent mass that has yet to pass the event horizon."

Everyone looked to the view screen, which was now split in half; with one side showing Thor and the other the event horizon and the replicator mass. Thor spoke saying, "Interesting. "

Beryl nodded and said, "We are detecting it too that mass is moving away from the event horizon."

Ranma looked at her and said, "Wait, I though Black Holes were like giant suction things. How can they be moving away from it like that?"

The Asgard spoke saying, "They do have the time dilation device. I do not know exactly how, but my instruments suggest that they seem to have used it to counteract the gravitational effects that should be pulling them in."

Ranma looked at the screen and said, "Hotaru you're with me we're going up. Beryl you stay here and monitor the situation and be ready to come up. Neith stay on the weapons I want them to be able to fire on my command."

Ranma and Hotaru quickly went up and into space transforming fully as they did so. On the bridge Thor spoke to Neith saying, "The blocks are picking up speed. Scans indicate the blocks have formed together into a ship."

Sailor Sol and Saturn stared at the Replicator ship that was headed their direction. Back on the bridge Thor is saying, "It is doubtful my ship's weapons will be effective against that ship."

Sol called into her communicator saying, "Well try anyway. Neith open fire!" even after speaking she and Saturn sent their own blasts of power at the approaching Replicator ship.

Thor's ship and the Deimos had little effect and the power of Sol's Supernova seemed to just ablate against the shields as well. However, the Silence seemed to have a better effect cutting into the ship, but it was not enough as the ship quickly reformed.

Ranma was already down and looking at the screen when the Replicator ship fired projectiles at the Deimos and Thor's ship. "Evasive now!"

The Deimos moved with high speed and avoided the projectile blasting it apart as it did so, but Thor's ship was not nearly as lucky. The gray being called, "My hull has been breached, but damage is minimal. It is likely that the projectile was composed of Replicators. They are not visible to my ship's scanners. This is how they have boarded Asgard ships in the past."

Ranma quickly moved to the teleport pad on her ship and said, "Send me over there. Beryl go up and help Hotaru I want her to try the Death Reborn on those things!"

Even as she said it the orders were being followed. Sailor Sol vanished from the Deimos and appeared on Thor's ship where she began looking for the Replicators. Meanwhile Beryl went up to Hotaru and held onto the other girl ready to give her a portion of her life force while the Senshi of destruction pointed her Glaive at the Replicator ship and shouted, "Death Reborn Revolution!"

The power thrust Hotaru into Beryl, who cradled her gently and watched as the awesome power of the Silence reached out into space and ripped into the Replicator ship removing it from existence entirely. Beryl held the other girl in her arms and used her own powers as Terra to keep her alive as the two descended back onto the bridge.

Once on the bridge Beryl carried Hotaru to the infirmirary and then had herself transported over to Thor's ship where Sailor Terra met up with Sailor Sol there the two rounded up and destroyed the creatures that were attempting to replicate and take over the ship.

On a Jaffa ship loyal to the Tria a young officer is reporting to the commander, "Sir, thirty-plus ships just appeared in orbit, taking station around the planet.

The commander nods and says, "I see them An'nika what is the news from the Tauri?"

The young Jaffa looks back and says, "The situation is not good they have only one ship called the Prometheus. They wish us to wait longer and not to engage unless we are attacked. I believe they are awaiting news from the group called SG-1."

The older commander nods and speaks, "I see, please attempt to get in touch with the Tria and apprise them of our situation."

The ships avoided conflict as Anbuis' fleet focused on systematically taking out power grids and broadcast terminals around the globe. Soon afterward the Prometheus launches and General Hammond calls to the few ships, "This is General Hammond from Earth we request your assistance now."

The commander of the Jaffa ship nods and says, "This is Fer'dir commander of the Tria's Light. You have our assistance commander we will engage the enemy." He turns to the rest of the crew and says, "We will now be engaging the forces of Anubis the false god. We will destroy him or we will die free!"

The battle quickly becomes desperate for the six ships and then an Alkesh comes out of hyperspace and plunges into the atmosphere. An'nika looks to her commander and says, "Sir Fer'dir a scout ship has exited hyperspace and is heading for the planet's southern pole."

The commander notes it and says, "That must be the Tauri vessel order all ships to move into position and assist as required."

The scout ship flies low over the ice and a round hole opens in the bottom of the ship, but instead of the transporter rings coming from it, a beam of light shoots down onto the surface and starts to burn a hole down into the ice.

Swarms of Hatak approach the scout ship and it comes under fire from the ships approaching from the front -- a huge squadron of F-302s swoops in and engages the Goa'uld ships along with a number of other Hatak beside them. The Prometheus and the Tria's Light are behind them.

An'nika calls to Fer'dir and says, "Sir, General Hammond requests that we defend the scout ship at all costs. The Prometheus is hovering in position over them."

The commander nods and says, "Set a course for Anubis command ship we will engage him directly." The pilot of the ship quickly responds and the ship heads out to engage

A few moments later the scout ships flies away from underneath Prometheus and the large ship joins the Tria's Light in an assault on Anubis' ship, but the two ships are obviously overmatched by the larger ship and take a great deal of damage. Soon enough it is obvious that they will be destroyed, but before that can happen a column of bright light surges up through the ice and out into the sky. Bits of it break off to blow up any remaining Goa'uld ships but the bulk of it heads straight up into the sky and into Anubis' ship. Prometheus is in the way but the beam diverts harmlessly around it and reaches the mothership. The beam seems to almost wrap itself around the ship, burning its way into various parts of the ship.

"Weapons fire coming from the surface, sir."

Fer'dir nods to his subordinate and says, "Break off course. Get us clear."

Prometheus is already moving and the Tria's Light follows as the bright energy continues to burn its way into and around Anubis' mothership. Moments later the ship blows apart. In fact the entirety of Anubis' fleet is being cut to shreds by the strange light sources.

Fer'dir looks to An'nika and says, "Contact the other ships and determine status. We will land on the Tauri planet and effect repairs."

An'nika nods and, another Jaffa, who is obviously the pilot of the ship, says, "Where should we touch down sir?"

The commander looks at him and says, "Put us down near one of the larger cities they should have the materials we require."

Ranma stared at Beryl and sighed saying, "Okay, let me get this straight. Anubis attacked the Earth and SG-1 powered up some sort of device using a Zero Point Module that Colonel O'Neill found on another planet, but during the battle one of our ships named Tria's Light," Ranma grimaced at the name, then continued.

"This ship suffered enough damage that it had to set down on Earth and they did so not too far from New York City causing massive panic and a need for the world's governments to come clean about us and the Goa'uld. So now they want a Tok'ra, an Asgard, and one of us to come and speak to the U.N."

Beryl nodded and then said, "Don't forget that Amaterasu, Camulus and Lord Yu have requested to speak with the Tauri and ourselves now."

Ranma frowned and said, "What's to talk about? They are despotic tyrants pretending to be Gods and we're out to destroy everything they stand for. Seems to me that it's probably a trap."

Hotaru added, "That's true, but they did offer to meet on Earth at the Star Gate Command complex."

Ranma sighed again and then said, "Alright let's figure out what we're gonna say to the U.N. and then we have to figure out which of the Jaffa can be put in place as an ambassador to Earth. I'm thinkin' that Bra'tac guy would be best and most willing ta do it."

The other two agreed and then the three prepared for their meeting with an assembly of the United Nations after which would follow a press conference. The prospects of both those things made Ranma nearly wish for the days when it was just the three of them trying to defeat Skynet.

A day or so later the three had finished their meeting with the U.N. had a very expensive dinner afterwards with U.N. representatives, spoken with vast numbers of heads of state, and finished a few Press Conferences. They were resting in the Deimos and scheduled to teleport into the S.G.C. later.

In the meantime Daniel Jackson and Elizabeth Wier were speaking while the rest of SG-1 had taken Colonel O'Neill to the Asgard who were helping him with his problem.

Inside Dr. Wier's office Daniel is giving her an update, "I was just going over some research material on the delegates the Goa'uld are sending. Camulus is the one who sent the original message. Then there's Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess; and the last one is Lord Yu."

Weir looks surprised and says, "Yu?!"

Daniel looks at her with a look that says he's about to roll his eyes, "Don't. Every joke, every pun, done to death, seriously."

Weir spoke defensively, "I just thought I remembered reading he was not himself, or something. Of course, for a Goa'uld, what that means exactly, I'm not sure. Please, continue.

Daniel nods and says, "Well, he no longer has the ability to take on a new host and it seems the regenerative powers of the sarcophagus are losing its effectiveness for him. Basically, he's suffering from old age."

The commander of the base nods and says, "So he's getting senile. Why did they choose him as a representative?"

"Well, his underlings may be doing a good job of covering for him and he has one of the larger fleets."

"Ah, I see." Elizabeth said with a knowing glance adding, "The other System Lords don't know."

"The interesting thing is Lord Yu is the one System Lord who opposed Anubis' desire to be reinstated to the Council after his banishment." Elizabeth looks at him and he looks back and shrugs saying, "Long story. The point is that he fell out of favor when the other System Lords accepted Anubis back and he used his power to become an effective leader."

"So now that Anubis has gone, you think the balance of power shifted back to Yu, but what about this Tria?"

Daniel sighs and looks at her, "We think they might be a group of ancients who didn't ascend. They have been busy helping the Free Jaffa and taking out a number of Goa'uld in the process. They have a number of ships loyal to their banner, a powerful ship of Ancient design, and some serious powers of their own."

"What sort of powers?" She gave him a questioning glance.

"Believe it or not we have seen them open a Star Gate without the dialing program, throw plasma bolts, move extremely fast, and destroy replicators with odd techniques." Weir looked at him as if he might be joking.

"Okaay" it was drawn out as if she didn't believe, but Daniel just nodded and she continued, "So what sort of power does their ship have?"

"According to some reports the Deimos on its own has taken on three Goa'uld craft sustaining only minor damage. With the Tria on board we have heard that they and the ship together have defeated six, again with only minor damage."

Weir looked serious and said, "So we don't want to get them angry either."

"Right and they hate the Goa'uld with a clear passion, and they have a ship parked outside Washington D.C., but on the bright side, out of all the Goa'uld, Lord Yu has been the most co-operative with us in the past."

"I don't know Dr. Jackson, it seems that if we're seen as too cooperative this Tria might not be happy and I thought you said Goa'uld could not be trusted."

Daniel nods and says, "Oh, they can't, especially not a ... crazy one."

Wier sighed and said, "I'm not seeing much of a bright side."

"Well who knows maybe we can have a closer talk with this Tria now that the new president says to trust them. They might be our ace in the hole especially since they helped us with Anubis and have spoken to the U.N. suggesting that they want to help us."

Weir looks at him and says, "Let's hope they were telling the truth then."

Sometime later Weir is waiting nervously at the bottom of the ramp as the Gate dials. Daniel walks in and she says, "I thought you were going to stand me up."

He shakes his head and says, "No I was just getting the Tria set up. I figured we could have them meet the System Lords in the meeting room," he looks at her with concern, "Heard anything from Teal'c and Sam?"

"Colonel O'Neill is making a good recovery and they should all be back in a few days."

Daniel smiles and the Gate whooshes from the control room a voice says, "Receiving a signal, ma'am. SG-7 reports that we have a green light."

Weir nods and says, "Open the iris." The iris opens and Amaterasu, Camulus and Yu step through, accompanied by Oshu, Yu's First Prime. SG-7 follow behind.

Weir heads towards them and says, "Welcome to Earth. Allow me to introduce ..."

She is cut off by Camulus who speaks with contempt, "We are not interested in your name."

Weir looks at him and replies with sarcasm, "Really? I generally find it helps so much."

Amaterasu frowns and wrinkles her nose as if something smells bad, "We prefer to present our offer, so we can spend as brief a time as possible on this planet." Elizabeth looks at Daniel, who smiles ruefully.

"All right then, follow me." She gestures with her hand and escorts the group to the meeting room.

Soon afterwards Camulus and Yu are seated on one side of the table, Daniel and Amaterasu on the other and Weir at the head while the Ranma, Beryl, and Hotaru sit opposite Weir. Oshu stands behind Yu.

Camulus speaks, "Your unexpected defeat of Anubis has created an unstable situation among the System Lords. In order to avoid open war, we came to an agreement to divide his territories and his armies evenly."

Ranma says, "Without even askin' the populace I'm sure."

Camulus speaks with disdain, "We are their gods they should be happy to worship us and live under our rule. Unfortunately, one of those among us has broken the agreement."

Daniel smiles slightly and says, "Oh, no, no, no, don't tell me, let me guess, it's, um ..." He pauses dramatically.

Amaterasu gets tired of waiting and says, "Ba'al" at the same time that Daniel does.

Camulus says, "He was able to learn the location of the planet where Anubis was creating his Kull warriors."

Ranma frowns and says, "Another one. I thought we destroyed 'em all."

Beryl adds, "Apparently not. I assume that Ba'al got to this facility first and reprogrammed the soldiers for his own purposes."

Amaterasu looks annoyed and says, "With the unspeakable at his command, Ba'al has tipped the balance of power in his favor."

Camulus speaks saying, "In battle, the Kull are far superior to the Jaffa. Already many among us have begun to speak of capitulation, much as they did with Anubis. If that happens, Baal will indeed be unstoppable."

Hotaru looks at him and says, "These Kull are far from unstoppable. Why are you really here?"

Weir nods and adds, "I agree this is all very interesting, but I fail to see what it has to do with us."

Yu beckons Oshu forward. Oshu leans down and Yu whispers into his ear. Oshu straightens up and speaks, "My master wishes to say it is well known the Tau'ri possess a powerful new weapon, something far beyond their current level of technology."

Daniel looks at him and says, "Yes, we used it to kill Anubis and destroy his fleet."

Oshu responds saying, "By means of this weapon, Baal can be prevented from conquering the galaxy."

Camulus nods and looks to Weir saying, "Yes, you must see that if Baal defeats us, how long do you think it will be before he turns his attention to you?"

The threat was obvious in her voice as she said, "If he does, he'll suffer the same fate as Anubis."

Amaterasu spoke saying, "Perhaps, but there are other worlds in this galaxy without the luxury of such advanced defenses."

Ranma looked at her and said, "Nice threat there lady, but you're forgetting us."

"You present little threat to him Tria and we could not help but notice that the Asgard did not come to your aid when Anubis threatened Earth. In fact, we've heard nothing from the Asgard for quite some time now."

Beryl spoke saying, "That situation will soon be rectified. Even now the Asgard are prepared to take up their position as protectors at our side."

Weir nodded and said, "The Asgard didn't come to help us with Anubis because they knew it wasn't necessary."

"Ba'al believes otherwise." Contempt was still obvious in Amaterasu's voice, "He is convinced that the Asgard can no longer exercise power in this galaxy. He intends to take the planets protected under the Goa'uld/Asgard treaty for himself."

Camulus added, "If you do not help us stop him, millions of humans will die, and millions more will be enslaved."

The meeting breaks up for a time and the Tria sit with Wier and Jackson in her office she says, "How many planets are protected under this treaty?"

Daniel replies, "Um, twenty-six. Twenty-seven if you include Earth."

She looks concerned and says, "Are the Asgard actually available to protect anything?"

Hotaru replies, "They have sustained losses in their war with the Replicators and have other issues as well. So they may not be as able as they once were."

Jackson nods and adds, "Right and recently we've been trading on the threat, kind of a big bluff."

Weir nods and says, "Well, Baal is about to call the bluff." She looks to Ranma and her allies saying, "How many ships can you field?"

Ranma is about to speak and then thinks better of it saying, "Sorry, but you guys still aren't up there in my list of people I trust."

Daniel says, "Well at least Earth is safe so long as the Goa'uld think we can defend ourselves."

Weir looks at the Tria each in turn and says, "But that's a bluff too."

Jackson notes her look and says, "Yeah, more or less."

Beryl frowns and says, "Am I to understand that you can no longer use the device that Fer'dir described to us? The one that destroyed Anubis and his armada?"

Weir replied simply, "No, it requires a vast quantity of energy and the module we have has no more power."

Beryl nods and says, "A Zero Point Energy module. It is possible that we can help you with that."

"Then if anyone calls our bluff…" She speaks

Daniel adds "They will find out that it wasn't a bluff at all."

Beryl nods and says, "It can be arranged, but first let us continue speaking with these system lords."

All of the people re-assemble at the table and Weir speaks first saying, "We appreciate you bringing us this information, but it doesn't change the fact that we can't get involved in any internal Goa'uld dispute, and if Ba'al tries to attack any of the protected planets, he'll suffer the consequences."

"No," Camulus looks annoyed, "We do not share your faith in the Asgard. We must stop Baal before it comes to that."

Weir looks at him and says, "Well you'll have to forgive my bluntness, but that's not our problem." Yu slams his hand down on the table angrily.

Practically shouting the man says, "Enough! With each passing moment, Anubis grows more powerful!" Everyone at the table looks slightly uncomfortable.

Ranma says, "I think ya mean Ba'al right?"

Oshu is about to suggest a break, but Yu pushes him back saying, "Yes, Ba'al and you Tria have assisted him by destroying many who could have stood against him."

Camulus adds, "That is true and we know you Earth has a formidable new defensive weapon, but with it you must wait for your enemies to come to you, and that can be dangerous. What if an enemy were to devise a means of defeating this weapon?"

Weir responds, "What exactly are you offering?"

"Hyperdrive engines" Ranma scoffs at Camulus' statement and says, "That's not even an offer. I mean come on!"

Amaterasu says, "But, we know that these people of Earth have none."

"Yeah, but we have 'em. How are you going ta interest us?"

Amaterasu looks at the red haired woman and says, "You will fight Ba'al anyway. We are just asking that you fight him first and leave us be. The engines are for the people of Earth."

Weir shakes her head and says, "No, we're not about to fight your battles for you in exchange for a couple of hyperdrive engines that may or may not do us any good in the long run, and especially since we already have that technology at our disposal."

The system lords look at the Tria and realize that she's quite correct. Amaterasu's voice gains a sweet tone, "This Ancient weapon: such an advanced piece of technology. The power requirements must be enormous. Even simple maintenance must be extremely difficult, given your limited capabilities."

Weir shrugs, "We manage."

Still in a very sweet voice Amaterasu says, "Still, I wonder what Baal would think if he were to receive intelligence that the weapon was temporarily out of commission."

Camulus says, "He would come to this world to claim it for himself. The Tau'ri would be forced to destroy him."

"Very true Camulus and we would have to give neither, the Earth people nor, the Tria a thing in return."

Daniel says, "Oh, come on! Baal would never fall for that. He knows how desperate you are. I think he might find this information a little bit convenient ..."

Hotaru looks at them angrily, "You are asking us to cease any activities against you and concentrate on Ba'al, yet you offer nothing at all in return."

The room becomes quiet as Hotaru continued saying, "Here is what I offer in return. You will tell all of your worshippers that you are not gods and that they may freely choose to leave your systems. Those who wish to leave will be sent to worlds that we now control and those of Ba'al that we will be taking from him once he is destroyed."

Camulus spoke first saying, "That is unacceptable! Besides the Tauri would never allow you to rule over such a vast area."

Ranma shrugged and said, "We ain't ruling buddy we're letting the Jaffa do that in a democratic system of their own choosing."

Weir added, "We would gladly support the Tria in their efforts to engender freedom in the galaxy."

Camulus looks annoyed and says, "We must send a message to the other System Lords to advise them of the current situation."

Weir looks at him and says, "Go right ahead." She stands and leaves the room and Daniel follows her. Ranma, Beryl and Hotaru walk out moments later.

Sometime later in the S.G.C control room The Gate is dialing out. Daniel comes in and goes over to Walter, a technician, and says, "I need to see the most recent message they received." Walter calls up the information.

Ranma, Beryl and Hotaru are standing back while Weir is speaking with the System Lords saying, "It's unfortunate you're being recalled. I thought we were making such good progress."

Camulus shakes his head saying, "Your demands were ridiculous. We had no choice but to terminate negotiations."

She shrugs and says, "Well, give my regards to Baal." Then she walks away from him. Camulus smiles smugly as the Gate whooshes.

Moments later the gate shuts down and Wier looks up at the control room as Amaterasu says, "What is the meaning of this?!"

Daniel comes into the Gate room and Weir turns to face him. "The second message. They've been recalled because the System Lords have decided to test our defenses. They're sending twelve ships to attack Earth. Those will be here within the hour."

Ranma looks to Beryl and Hotaru and says, "Let's go!" The three use their own powers to teleport aboard the Deimos surprising Amaterasu, Yu, Camulus, and everyone else who was watching.

Weir tries to shrug off her shock as she says, "Sending ships here to attack us is an act of war, and a foolish one at that, given what our defenses are capable of."

Oshu says, "My lord did not order such action."

"Then undo it. Tell the System Lords to call the ship back they will assuredly be destroyed." Daniel says worried for the people in the ships.

Amaterasu says, "The decision they have made is one of desperation, forced upon them by your unwillingness to help. Persuading them to change course can only be done in person."

Oshu adds, "With a full Council vote."

A voice calls from the comm., "Ma'am sensors detect that the Tria's Light has just powered up and is leaving the planet."

"Where is it headed?" Weir calls back.

"Captain Fer'dir says they are joining the Deimos and will help defend the planet."

Weir looks to the Goa'uld and says, "Even if I did believe you, all good faith is out the window at this point. You're our prisoners. Take them away!" Guards come and escort them out of the Gate room.

Not much later Weir is talking with the System Lords, "I have just received word that the Asgard have arrived. They want to witness the demonstration of our new Ancient defense technology that you have forced us into. There's still time to call off the attack."

Amaterasu says, "We would also like to witness the demonstration."

Daniel comes up from the Control Room and looks to Amaterasu, "Your ship isn't coming. It was destroyed en route by Baal. The collective forces of the System Lords are bowing, and you're losing the war."

Oshu looks at him and says, "You have to free us. Anubis was over-confident, and he still needed the bulk of his armada to keep the System Lords at bay. The fleet he used to attack Earth was small compared to that which Baal will command should he defeat the System Lords. He will rule the galaxy. No weapons will be powerful enough to stop him."

Weir replies, "What would you have me do?"

"Free us to fight, or -- if we must -- die with honor." Amaterasu nods and says, "We will speak with the Tria and see if there can be some other compromise."

Weir nods and says, "I'll speak with my superiors."

Not much later she walks back into the room and says, "I've discussed the situation with my superiors -- we've decided to let you all go."

The System Lords depart, but Camulus stays behind saying, "Dr. Weir a moment of your time."

She stays and when they are alone he says, "I wish to request asylum. My fleet was destroyed before I came here -- of the many, among the first to fall. I have nothing left with which to fight. The only thing waiting for me through the Star Gate is shame and torture. So it is not true that I would be more useful to you out there. Perhaps I could be of some use to you here."

Weir nods and leaves him in the room shutting the door behind her. Soon enough she is in the Gate Room and the Star Gate is open. Doctor Weir stands at the foot of the ramp as Yu, Oshu and Amaterasu come in and walk up the ramp. Oshu turns his head and nods slightly to Weir in acknowledgement. She returns the nod. Amaterasu turns near the top of the ramp and walks back a few steps. Her voice is angry as she says, "Make sure Camulus knows he will forever be branded a traitor and a coward." Then she turns and follows Yu and Oshu through the Gate.

The Deimos and the Tria's Light were in space facing a group of twelve ships. On the bridge the screen was split between Lord Yu and Amaterasu. The lady goddess was saying, "We cannot agree to your terms, but if you do not join forces with us you will be unable to face Ba'al."

Ranma stood up from her spot in the captain's chair and moments later appeared next to Amaterasu her ship. The red haired girl was in her full Sailor Sol guise and she said, "You don't get it. You aren't the goddess of the sun at all."

The Jaffa on Amaterasu's ship gasped and the woman's first prime leveled his staff weapon at Sailor Sol. Sol just smirked at him and said, "You won't be able to fire it fast enough and then she will be dead."

Even as Sol spoke a large ball of plasma blasted out from her hand and destroyed the Jaffa's weapon. She stared at Amaterasu and said, "I'm giving you a chance because my people once revered you. Show me that you can be that person and I won't destroy you."

Amaterasu's survival instinct kicked in and she said, "You are right. I am not a goddess. I agree to your terms."

Moments later Ranma was back on her own ship looking at Lord Yu with Oshu behind him and she said, "Yu what do you say?"

The old man looked at Oshu and then back at the screen, then he said, "I agree to your terms."

Ranma grinned at the screen and said, "Then let's take down Ba'al."

Ba'al looked at his view screen with annoyance. He had twice as many ships as the Tria, Yu, and Amaterasu and yet the battle was not faring in his direction despite the Ancient advances he had gained from Anubis. His ship was rocked by a powerful blast from the Tria's Light and another of his ships was destroyed with a single shot from the Deimos vessel.

Many of his forces were retreating and some had changed sides in the middle of the battle. To make matters worse other System Lords had already contacted him to inform him that they would not serve him.

Looking at his screen Ba'al saw the Deimos turn towards his vessel and he frowned saying, "Call to all ships have them disengage and head towards Dakara. We have one chance to salvage this situation and it is there that we will find the weapon we require."

Moments after speaking his ship entered hyperspace and went towards that planet.

Ranma looked at the view screen and heard Beryl saying, "Ba'al's flagship has retreated from battle."

The red haired woman nodded and said, "I see it. Hotaru plot us a course and follow him. With the agreements we have from Yu and Amaterasu he's the last link here once he's gone the hold of these Goa'uld will be broken."

Hotaru looked back and said, "I'll see what I can do."

Ba'al was looking at the strange device on Dakara he knew that it was some form of weapon created by the ancients, but he was not clear on its workings. He sat looking at the screen and pressing blocks as he attempted to figure out the pattern he might need. As he did so he heard a voice whispering in the back of his head it was grating and obviously that of an old female.

Each time Ba'al listened to the voice he saw the lines change to something new, something more powerful than the last. He worked harder, knowing that the Tria was not far behind him. His hands started to flow over the blocks and the voice guided him again and again. With each block he pressed he could hear it louder telling him exactly what he needed to know.

Suddenly he stopped and looked around the room saying, "Who are you?"

The voice in his head laughed and said, "You wouldn't know me little Goa'uld bone. I am ancient beyond your understanding. I am a witch of great power known to many as Baba Yaga."

He frowned and said, "What do you want with me old woman?"

"I want the same thing you want. I want to destroy the creatures you call the Tria. If you follow my guidance this weapon will destroy them and you will reign undisputed in this galaxy."

Ba'al nodded and started to follow Baba Yaga's advice once again. The blocks went down and the chart on the wall changed, each time getting closer and closer to a pattern that would destroy the Tria.

The Deimos came out of Hyperspace and a communication came immediately from a Jaffa loyal to their cause, "Tria, you must hurry. Ba'al is in the Temple of Dakara we have heard that he has found an ancient device capable of destroying or creating life. You must act quickly."

Ranma acknowledged the communication and said, "Beryl see if you can pinpoint an energy signature or something."

The pink haired woman quickly complied and said, "There's a large one on the planet surface I'll put the coordinates into the transport device."

Ranma moved to the transport area with Hotaru behind him, moments later Beryl was on the pad as well and he grinned saying to Neith, "You have command. Send us down and target any hostiles at your discretion."

The dark haired Jaffa nodded and sent the group down to the planet's surface. As they arrived Ba'al looked up from his device and said, "Too late Tria. I have your energy signature and you will die."

His hand moved towards a last block and a phrase came to each of them as they each held up their hands and shouted, "Time Slow!"

The power of time was theirs and Ba'al's hand moved with incredible slowness whereas each of them had been trained to move at extraordinarily fast speeds. Even had time been functioning normally they might have made it, but with time slowed for them they were more than able to move fast enough to destroy Ba'al where he stood with their powers.

Time reasserted itself and the three swore they could hear Baba Yaga screaming with fury as Ba'al's component atoms were scattered about the room.

In a distant Galaxy the city of Celestis was entirely dark and quiet. The flames had gone out and the Ori were gone. The man called Wiseman moved to the darkened altar where he heard the voice of Master Pharaoh 90, "I hunger…the ones who followed the thing called Origin are no longer. Their prayers are silent and their worlds are dead. I require more sustenance more of their light."

Wiseman bowed obsequiously and said, "I have the answer my lord. Another galaxy far from here where the Moon Kingdom once reigned and where others like the Ori must be."

"How have you found out this information my servant?"

He groveled and his eyes glowed with insanity as Wiseman said, "I found the Truth an Ark of Truth that was hidden here. It has shown me what I needed to know. All we need is one of the ships. If you were to put yourself into the heart of the ship and give me just a small amount of power we can go there."

"It is done." The power of Pharaoh 90 washed over Wiseman and transformed him into something new, something nearly as powerful as Baba Yaga herself. The insane man then went to a ship and started it up using his new powers. Once the ship was in space Pharaoh 90 placed itself into its heart changing the pure white ship into a dark malignant ring.

That malignancy was now headed directly towards Earth…

Author's notes and responses:

Another chapter done and some interesting happenings now first off I'd like to say that yes Ranma and company are indeed quite powerful I make no apologies for that. It is inherent in the powers they have gained and in the foes they will have to face. The biggest of which is currently Pharaoh 90, but ultimately these people (if they survive) are going to have to face down one of the most powerful witches in existence. They will need everything they can get.

Q: Whatever happened to Ryoga?

A: He's still with the Sailor Senshi helping them out. If I ever have a chance I am intending to write something along the lines of "A Neriman Jedi in Neo Queen Serenity's Court"

Q: Why is Ranma calling himself Ranma Taya now?

A: Due to the final merger between himself and the personality of the girl who used to be Sailor Sol he ended up keeping both names and so he calls him/her self Ranma Taya. As for the Hibiki name they are indeed still part of that family if they ever get back.

Q: Why did SG-1 get all high and mighty trying say they had salvage rights to the space ship and were thinking of denying Ranma's group having it?

A: Unfortunately this is a theme in the Star Gate Series. The same goes for the attempted sabotage of the Tria. SG-1 follows orders from the U.S. government and many times those orders are not very friendly to the aliens. Daniel is always the voice of reason, but is often ignored.

Q: Why couldn't Ranma and his allies just make a space suit?

A: I thought about it, but in the end making those things would require fabrication capabilities which were not active on Pluto. Once they have the Deimos in hand and Jaffa ships and allies they wouldn't need the suits. Besides I needed it for the plot.

Q: How powerful is the Deimos?

A: Very! I figured it was on par with other ancient ships we've seen in the series and those could pretty much take on an Ori vessel in a one on one fight. Not to mention the added bonus of three Sailor Senshi who can pop up on deck and use their powers.

Q: What's going to happen next?

A: You'll just have to wait and see. Honestly I don't know half the time these things write themselves sometimes.