Hello everyone
I have to say I was shocked to see so many people read my story, nearly a thousand viewers, I am humbled.
I also realized I made a slight mistake earlier, the Terrans encountered Naquadriah not Naquadah, but they still don't use any of those power source, except that the Ion Neutrino reactor is powered by small bits of Naquadriah. I read in Stargate wiki that those reactors do use Naquadah but here its a bit different. The Terrans call Naquadriah Metatron, check the timeline you'll see.
The battle continues for Sheppard, McKay, Ryac, O'Neill and the Shocktroopers as they attempt to escape Apophis ship.
Onboard the Hammer of Intent
Ivanova had to repress herself from unleashing a litany of curses as she witness Apophis flagship enter hyperspace from the vid screen.
"Can we track it on sensors?" she asks to the sensor officer, the man nodded "Yes m'aam but the ship is going fast; faster than any ships I have seen. At this rate we will lose it in about an hour."
Ivanova was now caught in a dilemma. While she wanted to go after them, she had a responsibility to the fleet first and for all she knew following the enemy could lead to a larger nest of enemies or worse an ambush if they had the ability to detect vessels in hyperspace as well.
"Launch a sniffer after it" she then turned to the communication officer. "Contact the nearest Echo base, send them the subspace signature and energy emission of the enemy ship and have them track it down."
Sniffers were special probes design to latch onto specific subspace signatures. A marvel of technology once exiting hyperspace, they would then send a strong tachyon pulse that could be detected hundreds of light years away.
"Yes m'aam" She turned now to Elland who was reading a string of data concerning their fleet.
"How much did we lose?" she already had an idea on how much but she needed him to confirm. It was never easy losing people.
"Ten Destroyers from at least four groups have been destroyed and three frigates, we have a few escape pods and rescue teams are on the move already. Two of our cruisers, the Agamemnon and the Themis have sustained critical damage, light casualties and hyperdrive is offline but they are confident about repairs. We also lost eighty seven fighters and thirty one bombers." reported Elland grimly. He was a veteran too and had seen brutal battles in space. Compare to the casualties they had suffered during the Chaos War, this was light but it didn't help that many of those casualties were people he knew, some personally.
"What about the enemy fleet?"
"So far we have taken down twenty eight enemy cruisers analogue, the remaining four have sustained critical damages and are dead in space. Sensors show there are still life signs onboard. We also have reports that some of their gunships are stranded in space but the remaining ones and all of their fighters have been destroyed as well."
Ivanova nodded as she examined the holomap displaying the situation. A part of her was tempted to blast the remaining bastards as retribution for all the lives lost by their kamikaze attempts. Fortunately for them she needed answers about this Apophis guy and his people. For all they knew this could be an isolated incident with an alien rogue from his government.
"Call the nearest star base for reinforcements. Dispatch Marine teams onboard each of those enemy ships. I want their crew and vessels secure and prep for transport back to Picus Anchorage. Tell the marines that the Geneva Conventions still applies here and they are to provide them with medical attention if needed but I want no risk taken with them."
"Yes m'aam" replied communication "Commander you have a high priority communication from High Command, Code Gold"
"Send it to my quarters along with the data from the battle, Colonel Elland you have the bridge" she said before saluting and leaving the bridge.
"Yes m'aam"
...
Onboard Apophis flagship
Within the corridors of the Goauld ship a series of vicious firefights had erupted between the Jaffa and the Terran Shocktroopers. Despite their large numbers, the Jaffas however were easily cut down by the tactics and weaponry of the Titans. Advancing in two groups of four, the first group of Shocktroopers would unleash a rain of plasma fire on the Jaffa while the second group would advance stealthily using their adaptive camouflage and the walls to hide their bodies then arriving at a close distance would open fire and finish them off while the first group would pass them and repeat the procedure. With a clear map of the ship and integrated life sign sensors on their HUDs, the Titans advance was unchallenged. Sheppard, Lisa and Ryac guarded the rear while watching in awe the super soldiers make mince meat of the warriors which had been terrorizing the galaxy for millennia's.
However Apophis was a resourceful one despite his arrogance. Realizing the threat those boarders paused, along with Ryac's knowledge of the ship's systems, the System Lord ordered the shutdown of life support and gravity in the areas where resided the infidels. His orders were carried instantly by the Jaffa manning the bridge, aware that their brothers fighting the intruders would perish as well, but their god had given them an order they had to carry it unquestionably.
"Sons of the bitches" yells Major Lorne, the resident tech specialist of the group and second in command of the squad as he was monitoring the ship's systems which he linked to his helmet onboard computer. "Sir they are sealing off the area and shutting down life support!"
"Travis, McCoy get our guests suit up on the double" ordered O'Neil to respectively the medic and the engineer on his team. McCoy carried on his back a nano backpack, one of the latest high tech invention developed by the Strategic Naval Research Institute, the rectangular backpack while looking like any supply bag used by the military has a larger internal capacity than it looked. Using a subspace energy compression field, the nanites inside the bag would wrap themselves around any item and store it in the form of a thirty centimeter shape square cube call nano-cubes, even organic matter would be freshly preserve and withstand any form of damage short of a nuclear weapon.
McCoy opened the bag and fished out two blue colored cubes, he looked at the Jaffa defector "Can you withstand vacuum in that armor of yours?" he asked. Ryac pressed a gem on the upper chest of his armor, instantly the metal began to unfold from his armor's arms, legs and neck joints to finally cover his entire body, the face was protected by a faceplate with two blue glowing eyes.
"It is a special feature made by the Jaffa Rebellion, not even Apophis have this." spoke the former First Prime.
"Good to know", McCoy handed a box to Travis who quickly pressed a button at the center and the cube began to unfold across a meter like a rectangular carpet, revealing a grey body armor suit, complete with helmet, gauntlets and boots. The Titan medic looked at Lisa, his eyes hidden by his golden visor. "I need you to undress quickly and wear this m'aam" he spoke without missing a bit and fully ready to convince the woman of forgetting she was surrounded by men in a middle of a firefight. To his and the others silent amazement, Lisa just shrugged and undressed herself, taking out the body suit she had been wearing since before capture. She was wearing a black bra and underwear, barely hiding a well tone body that would make any model green with envy. One deep red scar marred the back of her body, but Lisa did not seem uncomfortable. Sheppard would have taken a deeper look but he was also busy undressing and dressing in the same armor model as Lisa. The armor was the Gecko Mk4, design for off world explorations and deep space environments with full life support for six hundred hours. It had a few military features such as an integrated combat HUD, thermal sights, night-vision and life sign detectors. The armor did not feature an energy shield but the external plates were polarized to withstand plasma blasts and large weapon calibers. The interior had special nano-tubes design to absorb and redirect blood into the body, preventing blood loss or hemorrhages and medigel would also seal any wounds inflicted during sorties.
It took only two minutes for the two Terrans to dress in their new clothes, then McCoy handed a M9 Heavy Pistol for Lisa. The weapon was design to take out armored targets, thus it had 200 hundred rounds per clip and could be fired from single round to full auto if needed. He intended to give her a crash course but seeing the woman load a bullet in the chamber and activate the wireless targeting link system of the weapon to her armor told him otherwise. Sheppard was given an M9 and an AR76 Assault Rifle also called the Lancer, designed for urban combat and mid range fighting, it had two special features, one was incendiary rounds, useful against armored targets or to scare unprotected foes and a grenade launcher underneath the barrel, capable of firing smoke or explosive rounds. Lisa was given a dozen clips she stored in a compartment inside the armor's thighs. Sheppard was given some ammo as well for his weapons and an ammo belt for his grenades. Now the two of them were equipped to handle anything.
Just as they finished preparations, gravity and life support shutdown, at a distance, the Terrans could see Jaffa dying left and right or their lifeless bodies drift aimlessly. Ryac approached the dead body of a young Jaffa whose open eyes translated to confusion and horror. With a sigh of sadness and regret, Ryac closed his eyes and gave him a quick prayer. While he may never believe in the gods, he could not help but pray for the souls of his brothers and wish they will rest in a better place. He turned around and began following his new companions, as he regained formation in the group, he caught O'Neil's gaze. While both the Terran and the Jaffa could not see each other faces, both somehow were able to read each other's body language which told them quite a lot. For Ryac he could see a deadly and powerful warrior who had seen countless death and caused ample more. He reminded him of Bratac, rest his soul and his father Teal'c. Somehow Ryac knew the man was testing him.
For O'Neil he wondered why such a young man took such a heavy burden. He hadn't got the full story but the quick bits from Sheppard and McKay was enough to tell him there was a deep division among the ranks of the Jaffa serving this Apophis fellow. Ryac as he called himself was an accomplish warrior, level minded and extremely skilled, more so than his former comrades. Unlike them he didn't have the fanatical glee O'Neil had recognize in the eyes of the Jaffa he had killed so far. He had seen the same eyes in those of Seth cultists, but Ryac showed none of it but something different. The boy had hope, determination and more importantly sadness. Not for the act of his betrayal but for the deaths of his compatriots.
The Titan approached the Jaffa, despite all of his military training telling him otherwise, O'Neil always trusting his guts felt he could trust the boy, for now. "They've sealed off the access to the hangars. Even then we can't leave the ship in middle of hyperspace, any ideas?"
Ryac felt a bit surprise the man would ask him his opinion despite the slight feeling of distrust he felt they had for him. "I can disable the hyperdrive from a computer terminal not far from here, but taking a ship out of here is not an option, they will shoot us down as soon as we exit the hangar bay."
"Can you disable the weapons, even momentarily?" asks Lorne
"No, the full control of them is linked directly to Apophis and he knows the access code to retake them in case someone disables them."
"So how do we get out of here?" Lisa asks, visibly angry and tired of being trapped inside a vessel full of murderous aliens.
"We can use the Chappai but only if we disable the hyperdrive, luckily it is located a deck below us via ring transports." answers Ryac as he reloaded his plasma shotgun.
"What's a Chappai?" asks O'Neil after looking at everyone to see they didn't understand the Jaffa's words.
"The Ring of the Ancients", again he got quizzical looks "You do not know of the Stargate?", again he got the same stares. It was Ryac turned to be shocked, how did their civilization progress without a Stargate. Granted it wasn't uncommon but very rare, practically all space faring civilizations had knowledge of the Stargate. How else did the Goauld or the Ancient seed human life?
"I have never heard of a Stargate" says Lisa "I don't think anyone has."
Ryac tapped the gem on his gauntlet, a blue holographic image of a ring shape device appeared in front of them
"The Stargate is a ring like device which enables interplanetary travel from one planet to another via the ring. It was created by the Ancients millions of years ago before the Goauld and other races used it for themselves. All space faring civilizations have based their technologies and empire through its use." declares Ryac, his words getting flabbergasted looks.
"That is impossible!" replies Sheppard. Granted he had seen many strange things, but a ring capable of transporting people from planet to planet was ludicrous.
"Only one way to find out" says O'Neil "show us the way son" he gestured to Ryac
"Indeed" replies the Jaffa.
...
Apophis was seething with unadulterated rage. In less than an hour he had lost sixty ships, thousands of fighters, a potential unexplored rich solar system against an upstart human race and worse of all he had been betrayed once more by his First Prime who ironically was the son of his former First Prime Teal'c who had also betrayed him, a century ago. He had been fully confident that the son of the Sho'va would be utterly loyal to him when he took the boy under his personal care at a very young age and used multiple brainwashing techniques, shortly after Teal'c defection. Never did Ryac once show an ounce of treachery, Apophis had made sure of it by placing key spies among Ryac circle. Little did the System Lord know that those same spies had been double agents working directly for the Jaffa rebels and the Tokra.
'Why aren't they dead?' thought the Goauld as he looked at the main view screen showing eleven life signs in depressurized area of the ship. He had expected the borders to still be alive due to the description of their armors but not the two prisoners and the shova.
Unless, there were more intruders
He did not know nor did he care. What he wanted was to get rid of those pests, obtain information on those blasted Terrans and make them pay horribly. However despite believing his own propaganda, Apophis was not an idiot. He had been inflicted a terrible blow in that battle and while he had more ships; he could not afford to fight a new enemy while he had others already breathing down on his neck. (Particularly Sokaar, Baal and Chronus in that order) The four Goaulds had become the most powerful of System Lords following the devastating war against Anubis which saw the death of Ra, Herur, Yu and Moloch. Apophis had managed to survive not because of his cunning or because of deals but because his empire at the time had become the most isolated throughout the conflict and by the time anyone would take notice, the war had reached its climax. Seeing an opportunity, Apophis had swallowed his pride and made a deal with his mortal enemy Chronus and his nephew Herur to fight against Anubis. Later on Baal had approached them, along with the majority of the system lords and propose or rather forced them to work all together including Sokaar in order to defeat the near ascended Goauld. It had been a war of epic proportions which saw the destruction of hundreds of worlds and six solar systems. Dozens of Goauld had perished, including the old and powerful Yu who saw his empire being split apart by Baal, Bathtet and Amateratsu. But the greatest blow was the Great Jaffa Rebellion, not seen since the Sodan rebellion eight hundred years ago on Dakara. Led by none other than Teal'c and Bratac his former First Primes, the Jaffa rebels had seized a large quantity of ships and troops and then disappeared, not before crippling vital infrastructures and place of worships, causing further chaos in the System Lords territories. Since then the rebels had never been seen and the Goauld were busy rebuilding and getting back to their old tricks. Apophis while still holding a large territory was one of the weakest among the System Lord, his prestige and fear had lessen due to the betrayal of his Jaffa. He had absorbed most of Herur's empire and was now fighting a series of skirmishes against Sokaar. Chronus had yet to make a move but Apophis knew he was waiting for an opportunity like any of his kind.
"My Lord!" cried a Jaffa, cutting the Goauld from his train of thoughts, Apophis barely heard him when he saw on the window of the bridge, the ship decelerating and exiting hyperspace. In front of him stood a small moon orbiting a green gas giant.
"What happened?" He barked to his servants
"Malfunction in the hyperdrive, milord" replies the Jaffa "It may be sabotage"
Of course it was and Apophis had an idea as he stared back at the view screen, he remembered there was a vital terminal in the depressurized section the intruders were.
"Lock all access to Terminal 15 on deck 6" he ordered
"We can't my lord, it's not responding"
"My Lord, the intruders have restored partial power to deck 6 and have used the rings to access deck 8" says another Jaffa "They are heading for the Chappai"
"Order all Jaffa to intercept them, call the security teams guarding the Chappai tell them to defend it with their lives!"
Apophis rose from his throne and headed to his chambers, gesturing his guards to follow him. As soon as he entered, the Goauld activated a button on his wrist hand held device, a panel opened next to his bed and from it four men clad in black battle armor and strange helmets appeared, their eyes flashing like those of a Goauld.
"Head to the Chappai and deal with the intruders kill them all" ordered the System Lord maniacally, while his Jaffa guard were suddenly feeling pale. These black armored men were none other than the Kull Warriors, abominations created by Anubis himself to slay any Jaffa that opposed him.
Apophis greened evilly as he saw his Kull warriors take the transport rings to execute his orders. He had been very lucky when he managed to acquire the few remaining Kull warriors not in the control of Anubis and later on Baal. It had been a stroke of luck and it had cost him years and many Goauld scientists to find a way to reprogram the deadly soldiers. Now he only used them for dire situations such as these.
...
"Incoming!"
At the word, the Shocktroopers went to the floor or shielded their bodies by balling on themselves as a Jaffa grenade landed among them. There was a brilliant flash of light but that was it. Upon seeing there was no effect on them, the Shocktroopers opened fire on the shocked Jaffa guarding the entrance to their objective.
"O'Neil" calls Ryac "There is a heavy plasma canon guarding the entrance" The Jaffa defector was hidden behind one of the columns near the entrance to the gate room as he called it.
"I am on it" replied the Titan leader who then turned to his men "Cover me", immediately O'Neil sprinted straight toward the door, while his men were unleashing precise plasma bolts on the Jaffa who were now setting their sights on the foolish human dashing at them. O'Neil held the heavy energy rifle on left hand while he drew out his pistol on the other. With incredible speed and agility, the Titan began to dance a deadly ballet of fire; dodging and sprinting, killing every enemy in his sights, those he missed were taken down by his comrades. O'Neil saw with his ocular implants a bullet flying slow motion and impact a heavily armored Jaffa who suddenly burst into flames.
Sheppard reloaded his rifle with another incendiary round while staring with awe at the Titan. He had heard of them, who hadn't of course. He had heard of what they were capable of and while he did acknowledge their existence he had never thought the rumors about them were true...until today. He watched as this one man tearing apart the legions of enemy blocking their only avenue of escape.
"Let's go people" shouted Lorne "Kelly, Patrick, watch our back" Without breaking their fire or concentration, the Titans began to move while surrounding their quarry. Ryac was godly impressed by the discipline and skills of the Terran soldiers, particularly O'Neil as he saw him defeat with utter ease a cadre of Jaffa and heavy weapon that would make even his father think twice before assaulting it. This display of strength told him right away that he had found a powerful ally for his people and a deadly foe for the Goauld.
Sheppard and Lisa stood still for a moment as they gazed at the large ring structure in front of them. Never had they seen something this breath taking. Even the Titans who focus on the enemy now coming from behind took a moment to admire the ring.
"Alright...I think I am sold" spoke Sheppard slowly before turning to Ryac and nod in apology "How do we make it work?" asks Lisa, visibly stunned by the device, her mind working frenetically fast to comprehend it. She recognizes immediately the symbols. They were similar to the one used in recovered Alterans navigational charts, another piece of the puzzle.
"The ring requires six symbols for destination coordinates and a seventh one as the point of origin, hence the reason why we needed to disable the hyperdrive." spoke Ryac as he approached a round circular device fixed on a small pedestal. "We can dial the proper coordinates through this."
"Cool, it's like one of those old phones thingy" spoke Sheppard, as he recall the old communication devices used on Earth a long time ago.
"That takes me back" spoke O'Neil, amazed that such device existed "Where are we going to go? It's not like we have a Stargate back on Terra"
Ryac suddenly paused as he heard the name somehow familiar, then he stared at O'Neil. "Did you just said Terra?", the super soldier nodded "It's the name of our homeworld and the birthplace of our race" O'Neil wondered why he said that but his instinct told him there was more to Ryac's question than met the eye.
Ryac took a moment to regain himself from the shock, it all made sense now, why these humans were more powerful than they seemed.
"You have to..." Ryac was unable to continue when suddenly the sound of a transport ring was heard and suddenly four black armored men Ryac had thought to never see again appeared right in the middle of the room.
"Kulls!" he screamed and aimed his plasma blaster at the zombie soldiers just as they were about to do the same.
In an instant the entire room was filled with blue and yellow bolts of plasma. Sheppard had quickly grabbed Lisa and rushed her behind a column while the Titans spread out and opened fire with all of their weapons. To their amazement, the plasma bolts of their rifles barely scratched the black warriors' armors who responded in kind with their wrist mounted plasma canons. However the Titans had their Ion shields but soon it would run out. Sensing the deadlock, O'Neil unsheathed his combat knife which began to glow in plasma energy then rushed at the closest target. Before the Kull warrior could react, O'Neil had plunged his knife into its helmet and transformed the inside of its brain in deep fried variety. Lorne and two others repeated the same thing, this time the other Kull reacted by swinging at the Terrans, but the Titans incredible reflexes, armor and experience took the upper hand and in an instant, the Kull warriors were all dead.
"Medic!" yelled McCoy as he rushed at Kelly, the sole female member and sniper of the team. Her Ion shield had collapsed due to two enemies concentrating their fire at her. Despite the armor thickness, the concentration of fire was too much and she had been hit in the stomach.
Travis the Titan medic immediately attended to her.
"We got more company!" yells Sheppard as he opened fire from the side entrance, firing an explosive grenade at the incoming Jaffa. O'Neil, Lorne and McKay joined in the fray and opened fire with their weapons.
"Ryac hurry and take us out of here now!" yelled O'Neil as he took position at the door
The young Jaffa immediately executed himself and rushed at the dialing device, he immediately tapped on the corresponding buttons, as if responding, the Stargate began to wheel on itself, each chevron glowing one by one under the attentive eyes of Lisa.
"Stay back!" he called her, she was standing right in front of the gate. "The event horizon will swallow you if you stay too close!"
Immediately Lisa jumped away, just in time to avoid a massive whoosh cloud of blue water or something similar before the event horizon stabilized itself.
"This...is...incredible" she mumbled in awe
Ryac took an oval device from his supply pouch and pressed it "The gate on the other side is protected by allies I have sent a signal so that we may arrive unharmed." Lisa nodded before turning to her friends
"We have to go now!" she yells while Ryac stepped into the gate
On cue O'Neil gestured Sheppard to go away, not before the pilot sent another grenade blowing a group of rushing Jaffa, then McCoy left, followed by Lorne. Travis and Patrick grabbed Kelly under her arms and rushed at the gates, the other Titans doing the same. O'Neil was now the sole occupant in the room and he was flailing Jaffa after Jaffa with his rifle, until a loud beep announced him that his weapon was empty. O'Neil took out a grenade on his hip and threw it at the Jaffa then rushed at the gate, just before stepping into the event horizon he drew his plasma pistol and fired at the dialing device, blowing it away, then he jumped into the gate. Explosions and sparks flew all around the room as the Titan disappeared into the event horizon.
The Titan felt like he was running across a high speed tunnel of light amidst the stars then suddenly he was ejected into the ground. His armor onboard sensors registered no damage or any anomalies. Everything was green. He slowly got up and adjusted to his surroundings. In his head it was slow but to the outside it took a second. He immediately spotted friendly faces but their stares were not on him but the people standing in front of him. At first glance they looked like the same Jaffa they had been fighting but a more careful look would see that some were dressed like Ryac and armed with the same weapons; others were branding some very big and nasty handheld canons. O'Neil knew instantly that these weapons were not only fast but powerful enough to turn his armor into scraps.
"Lower your weapons!" called Ryac as he stood in front of O'Neil and the others as if shielding them from the Jaffa. "They are not enemies" continue the young warrior, his helmet unfolded, revealing his face.
One of the warriors dress in black armor but heavier than Ryac took a step forward and unfolded his helmet, revealing an aged dark skinned man with a large scar travelling his left eye. "Ryac! What are you doing here?" asks the man in a gruff voice, his weapon slightly lowered but aimed perfectly at the new arrivals.
"Apophis has made a new enemy, the people of the Tau'ri!" spoke the former First Prime; O'Neil detected pride in the voice of the young man.
"Impossible!" growled the scarred man "The Tau'ri are nothing more than a myth, they were destroyed long ago!"
"I speak the truth Aziz!" replied Ryac firmly, and then he took several steps forward, until he was face to face with the man who was quite tall, even for a Titan. "Do you think I would compromise this sanctuary for a fool's dream?" asked Ryac, his tone challenging. Aziz gazed deeply in his eyes, his stare was icy and unflinching. For a moment the situation seemed tense and O'Neil silently gestured to his men to get ready for a firefight. However he didn't like the odds. Most of the Titans including him had low shields due to the Kull surprise attack; Their Pulse rifles were also low on energy. McCoy had the tools to resupply them as well as the heavy weapons but it would take some time, time that would not be enough against the horde of weapons facing them.
Aziz ended his stare and lowered completely his weapon then turned his head to gesture with a nod his men to do the same. O'Neil and the others released a breath they didn't was being held all this time.
Aziz then approached O'Neil who had unfastened his helmet, revealing a low white hair cut and a few scars on his face.
"Colonel Steven O'Neil, Terran Alliance Shocktrooper" He saluted then extended his arm as a sign of friendship. Aziz bowed then took his hand "Aziz Ultra Major of the Free Jaffa Republic".
'Free Jaffa', now O'Neil was sure they had joined the good guys and perhaps would soon obtain a lot of answers to who they were facing.
"My men and I have fought a long battle. I ask your hospitality until we are rested and find a way home." asks the Titan politely.
Aziz nodded "I understand, however you must meet with our Warmaster before he decide what to do with you. It is a good thing Ryac is here with you otherwise it would have been quite difficult."
O'Neil didn't need to read between the lines to understand that Ryac had taken a great risk to bring them here and that there would have been a bloodbath had they come without him.
"Lead the way"
The group escorted by the Free Jaffa made their way out of the large gate room, after a few hallways they exited outside to see the sun glowing high in the sky and miles upon miles of desert surrounding them.
"Welcome to Abydos" spoke Ryac as he gestured at the desert landscape
This was the most heavy action pack scene I have ever written. I hope everyone liked the encounter between Shocktroopers and the Kulls, of course four Kull Warriors against eight Shocktroopers is like trying to kill a crocodile with a needle. It wasn't a fair fight but it wanted to give the Shocktroopers some challenge.
The Free Jaffa in this story will be drastically different from the ones seen in the series. They are basically an army of their own with a chain of command and they also have their own technology as seen with Ryac Plasma Blaster. Their armor and technology will be inspired from the Covenant in Halo and bits from the Protoss of Starcraft.
One more thing, most of the Jaffa in later chapters serving the Goaulds won't be your run of mil grunt getting slayed like cattles, Apophis and few other Goauld forces are the exception because they are too paranoid. Others like Sokaar, Baal and some more will have a professional army of dedicated Jaffa, with ground vehicles, support units and advance tactics that will give the Terran forces some hard challenges. The reason why is because it wouldn't make sense that the Goauld would stagnate after such a long conflict against Anubis and with the death of Ra they are bound to be less restricted in technology.
Now before some people try to flame me about Apophis having Kull Warriors I need to clarify that this is because Anubis has been defeated, Baal and the other system lords simply rushed to seize anything he left of value, including Kull Warriors. Beside Apophis isn't entirely stupid, granted he is crazy (lol) he was smart enough in the series to fool Sokaar and then managed to seize his empire.
StargateFFWriter: to answer your question, yes the Replicator-Asgard war is still raging, I won't reveal anything yet and yes I have also read Stargate New Frontier, it is quite an awesome read.
I have two more chapters I will upload perhaps this weekend or the next since I am busy with work. Hope you will stay in tune.
