"The view isn't that great" Mokar said as he walked up to the DHD and dialled the processing facility. "Like this world the facility on the other side of the gate is only accessible through the gate if an Alterran is using the DHD, it's sort of like a biometric lock."
"Lets see what we have to work with then" O'Neill replied as they stepped through the gate.
"Come here O'Neill" Mokar urged.
"This place looks like it could be inside Atlantis" O'Neill said as looked around while walked to joined him at the window looking out over the machinery of the facility. "Let me rephrase that, it looks like you could lose Atlantis inside this place."
"It is a processing facility, one of our largest. We created it to erect our greatest city, Vis Uban. Luckily for us the facility can create things which are more advanced than building materials. For example create a modified version of the Naquadah generators I received from you now that the facility once again has power."
"So you only needed them to power this facility?"
"Yes, plus the lab and another facility which hopefully will be operational by now."
"What else can it create?"
"Many things, I will show you what can be found in storage at the moment." He stepped over to the storage console and begun to sort through the list.
"That's chinese to me. I know that I'm suppose to be some kind descendant of the Ancients, but I've never bothered to learn their language" O'Neill said as he looked over his shoulder.
"It's actually Alterran, not chinese, but you're of little use to me if you do not understand" Mokar said and put a finger onto O'Neill's temple while he continued to scroll through the list of things.
"What's that good for?" Suddenly O'Neill had a headache.
"I have given you a basic knowledge of the language, the rest you'll have to learn or earn yourself."
"I hate it when people mess around in my head." O'Neill said as he steadied himself against the console.
"It can not be helped, I do not have the time or patience to teach you the language any other way." Mokar said as he moved over so O'Neill could look at the screen. Outside the window pointing to the gate a large door opened to the storage area for the hover sleighs and the one assigned to the potentia factory slid out. Then it headed down the tunnel to the storage vaults. "I know a place where we may obtain a ship. You will need some gear as it is in Goa'uld territory, I believe they are known as Tel'taks."
"Am I reading this right? Carter would be thrilled to study all these things."
"All in due time. It'll be a few minutes until it returns with your equipment and there is another facility we should visit." He said and motioned for the gate.
"What is it?" O'Neill asked before Mokar dialled the gate and they stepped through.
"It's a potentia factory, the only as of the moment." Mokar said as he walked up to the dormant building equipment and removed the vials, which were now half empty, from the rack before putting them back into the black box. Then he removed the two generators and put them in the bag along with the black box. "It was completed between the time you was shoot and the time we traveled to the processing facility."
"Brand new huh?"
"Work on the factory begun many millions of years ago, but sometime later the facility creating the building materials was destroyed and work stopped. Luckily for me it only lacked some core systems."
"So not brand new then. When will the first ZPM be ready then?"
"It depends really. I knew of the factory but since it was not done I do not know its specifications. It was suppose to create a potentia every sixth month, but the star we are using to gather the energy needed could have changed in many ways so I can not tell. The crystals used should be grown in a matter of days though."
"That's a long time to wait for a single unit."
"It's a high yield facility which collects all the energy given off by the star. A geothermal factory could take many years to produce one. Most factories we used where located in deep space with one small solar satellite around hundreds of stars to power it, those would take at least a year to create one. You must remember that a potentia is extremely powerful, to my knowledge there is nothing which can be compared to it. But we did use hundreds of factories at the height of our power to keep up with demand."
"I guess we'll just have wait then, or we could raid the Odyssey for the one they have before they turn it against us."
"These generators will give us enough power for now." Mokar said and held up one of the generators. "They will fit into a potentia socket and in truth few of our creations require the power given off by a potentia. Three of these generators could power the shield of Atlantis for a while."
"So two can dial the gate to another galaxy then?"
"In theory yes, but I can only connect one potentia to each DHD. Though it's possible we could either use the processing facility's gate, it's connected to the power grid of the whole facility, which is hooked up to four generators, or we might be able to plug the DHD of this gate into the internal capacitors of the factory." Mokar said as he hurried over to the control room situated in the far end of the room with O'Neill close behind.
"So we could dial Atlantis and report what's happened on Earth?"
"Yes, we should be able to do so." He begun to power up every console to check the status of the factory and the sun. "It seems the capacitors were installed before construction was finished, they've been filled up for many years now."
"Which means what?"
"It means once the potentias have been grown, we'll have fifty six potentias charged and ready to go." Mokar said.
"That's a lot of ZPMs, we can dial the gate to Atlantis many times with those." O'Neill said slightly shocked.
"We can do much more than to just dial the gate, we can restore Atlantis to full working order with those and plenty of time." Mokar ran between consoles and rerouted power into the DHD. "You should however know that the galaxy Atlantis is in and any changes made to Atlantis since she left Avalon is not included in my knowledge. The only knowledge I have of that galaxy comes from the time my creator spent in the city before ascending."
"There's an enemy in that galaxy, the Wraith, they drove the Ancients from the galaxy and they've been harvesting humans for food ever since."
"Of that I am aware, but things such as planets, gates and other things are not known to me." He strode out of the control room and up to the gate. "But it is a small galaxy and we should be able to scout it in a few hundred years. A good a place as any to start rebuilding."
"We humans don't have a few hundred years. I might live for another thirty years, if I'm lucky." He said as Mokar handed him the earpiece.
"We'll make an attempt at reaching Atlantis." Mokar said as he begun to dial. "This hasn't been done before like this, so it might be slightly unstable. Make it fast."
"Will do." O'Neill said as he tapped the earpiece a few times and begun to talk into it.
As O'Neill was trying to make contact Mokar looked through the DHD. In Atlantis thirty nine armed men were standing in front of the gate with their weapons aimed it it. But the control room was deserted and he did not detect a single life sign except from the soldiers within the range of the sensor pack. Still large areas were being jammed, so it was possible that there were more people there.
"No one's responding." O'Neill said after a minute.
"I think I know why. The men who chased you are guarding the gate, thirty nine of them. I can't detect anyone else through the DHD. But it seems something's jamming the sensors a few floors below the gate." Mokar said as he closed down the gate.
"There's no way for them to have taken the city that quickly, our ships are fast but it still takes a couple of weeks to travel between Pegasus and the Milky Way" he replied as Mokar dialled the gate again. "Unless they've captured the Odyssey and are using it's ZPM. Then they could make the trip in four days."
"We will retake the city soon O'Neill. That I promise you. But first we'll deal with Terra and the small problem you seem to have with your leader." Mokar said as he dragged O'Neill with him through the gate. Leaning towards the wall to the control room was a bag identical to Mokar's. "There's your equipment, I suggest you suit up."
"What is this stuff?" O'Neill said as he held up the shield and the stunner which was in the bag. "I understand this is some kind of weapon, but what's this green thing?"
"It's a stunner, anyone you hit will be knocked out for a few hours, the more shoots the longer they'll stay down, and the other is a shield, put it beneath the shirt to hide it from sight, it will stop anything which may try to harm you. You can calibrate the shield by thinking about what properties you want it to have" he said as he placed his bag against the wall. "We won't need the bags for this."
"Just let me test this out" O'Neill said and fired a few shoots at the wall. "This really shoots where you aim it."
"Yes, we've used them as our sidearms since before our fall" he said while dialling the gate.
"I hope you have something with a little more kick, otherwise all you victims will be walking away after a while" O'Neill said as he headed for the gate only to be stopped by Mokar. "What now?"
"There's eight Jaffa on the other side of the gate with their staffs aimed at the gate" Mokar said as he begun to fire into the gate. "I will clear the way."
"We have shields, remember?" O'Neill said as he pressed himself by Mokar and headed through the gate followed by Mokar.
When they came through the gate the remaining three Jaffa fired into their shields before they knocked them out.
"The shields can only take so much before they fail, so we need to be careful" he said as he relieved the Jaffa of their arms.
"Something the Jaffa should think about maybe?" O'Neill said as he looked out over the village.
The village Mokar had left behind not long ago was not the same, the houses lied in ruins and not even the once holy temple had been left unharmed. Large chunks of the pyramid was missing and they could see inside it in several places.
"It looks like the Jaffa have risen up against the Goa'uld" O'Neill said as he begun to take shots at the Jaffa who charged out of the temple at them.
"I think it's rather because I shoot Arinna with a staff weapon when I fled the planet" Mokar said as they mowed down the charging Jaffa. "The ship we're after should be close to the pyramid or inside it."
"You killed a Goa'uld with a staff weapon?" O'Neill asked in disbelief as they rushed down to the temple without facing any more resistance.
"I was a Jaffa, not long ago, and I killed my goddess when she was yelling at me one morning" he said as they walked into the pyramid and booth shoot a lone Jaffa who tried to ambush them from behind a column.
"This seems to be a rather small temple, shouldn't be too hard to find the ship." O'Neill said as he walked away into a side passage.
"Already found it" Mokar shouted from behind the large golden throne. "Or at least I think so, there's a hidden door here. We just need to find the way through it."
"They always keep their buttons right here" O'Neill replied from the front of the throne just as the door swung open.
"We'll it's a ship. Not the one I was hoping for but it should do the trick." Mokar said as he stepped into the hidden room.
"That's better than an Tel'tak. It's an Ak'kesh, it's faster and more powerful" he said as they walked over to the ring platform sitting just outside the ship.
"I'm not familiar with this kind of ship" Mokar said as they transported inside.
"Lucky you, I've stolen a few of them over the years" he said as he left the cargo bay they'd been transported into. "I'll get her off the ground, you just need to give me a destination."
"We'll go back to Jobos, I want to bring some things with us"
"Where is Jobos?" O'Neill asked as he drove the ship through the roof. The look on Mokar's face was ice cold. "Sorry, couldn't find the door opener."
"It's the planet with the lab" he said as he walked up to the galaxy map and searched for the planet. "There it is."
"I'll set a course there as soon as we get out of the atmosphere."
"Good. I'll try to see what we're working with."
When they returned to normal space Mokar returned to the cockpit with a displeased expression. "We'll need to change a few things before I'm taking this anywhere near inhabited space."
"We're in no hurry, better do it well than to get blown out of the sky" O'Neill replied as they begun their descent through the atmosphere.
"I'll meet you on the surface, I'll get the things I need." Mokar said as he used the rings to get down to the surface. Sitting just outside the gate was a neat pile of equipment delivered from the processing facility. Who ever had planned on creating a small fleet had given him a blessing. The hover sleigh had brought a hyperdrive, a cloak, a couple of generators and some weapons, both for them and for the ship. Of course it had brought the tools which would be needed too.
Above him he could see the ship coming down. It was not something he would have prefer to ride in, but for now it would do. When the ship begun to come a few hundred meters from the ground he used the rings to get the first load onboard the ship. The ship would need to be on the ground in case he cut power to something important but he could still get everything onboard.
By the time the ship had landed everything was loaded onto the ship and Mokar had already begun to secure the new hyperdrive to the superstructure of the ship.
"You need a hand with anything?" O'Neill asked as he came out of the cockpit.
"Well, you can chose how you want to kill the man. I left a few weapons and a bomb on the ground, try them out and see what you like" Mokar said as he connected the hyperdrive to the console he had brought onboard to control the Alterran equipment. "Just don't test the bomb, it'll evaporate the ship and us."
"I heard you" O'Neill said as he used the rings to leave the ship.