Hey, surprise! I'm back. It has been a stressful few months and limited internet, which takes away the will and motivation to write. With any luck the next 10 chapters (including this one) will come through somewhat faster than the last few have to finish the series. I am not making any promises after that, but I had always intended to do series 5. Thanks to everyone who have been reading so far, and I'll try my best to keep them coming.
PS, I still have no clue as to how this series will end...
SGU s04e11
Family
In their quarters, Amanda gave Nick a passionate embrace as she said, "I'll be back as soon as I can."
Nick was anxious but knew he had to trust her. "I still think this is a very bad idea..." he said.
Mandy rested her hand gently against his face. "Destiny and I can communicate over great distances... I will be fine Nick..."
Nick didn't want to lose her ever again. "Promise me that you'll stay safe," he said with a tear in his eye.
Amanda hugged him deeply. "It's a promise...the first sign of trouble I'll let Destiny know... I love you Baby."
Nick smiled, but his mixed feelings inside were obvious. "I love you too Mandy..."
There was a knock on the door as they heard Everett's voice.
"Dr Perry, it's time..."
The door opened and Amanda stepped out to see Everett and Matt both standing there. Nick followed her out and looked straight at Matt.
"Do I need to tell you?" he said with a concerned look.
Matt nodded back saying, "I'll protect her with my life Rush, you know I will..."
Eli held Ginn close to him as they sat together looking out of the observation deck window.
Ginn was feeling uncomfortable and a little insecure about the current state of her body...finally she asked the question that was welling up inside her. "Eli, what is she like?"
Eli was awkward in his answer. "Um... yeah, she seems smart..." he tried not to overstate his comment.
Ginn squeezed his leg with her hand saying, "Eli... you know what I'm asking. You may be spending some time with this woman, and I want to know..." she cut her question short.
Eli took a deep breath and turned to her, placing her hands in his. "I love you, I want you, and no one else will ever come close to taking that from us. You are the most sexy, intelligent, loving, and my everything... there is not another person in the universe that even comes close to what you mean to me..." Eli was stopped by Ginn's soft finger on his lips.
"Honey, just answer my question...well I guess you just did. She is beautiful isn't she?" said Ginn calmly with a slightly nervous grin.
Eli just nodded as Ginn's finger was still gently pressed against his lips. He spoke with her finger still in place, making him sound a little off. "Yeah... I won't lie to you, she is. But you are the person I love and that is that. She will not change any of that..."
Ginn's eyes smiled at what Eli had said, but she was still feeling very insecure. They had been through a testing time of recent, with Ginn's disclosure of her past, and she was scared of losing him. She knew he was still upset from the morning meeting, hearing that name again must have brought certain feelings back for Eli too. She calmed herself and took heed of the encounter with Lady Destiny they both shared after that tragic day.
"It's okay Eli... I trust you. I know you wouldn't do anything to hurt me, the same as I would not hurt you. She may be pretty Honey, but she can't make you feel like this..." she said with a simple slide of her hand upon his across her belly.
Ginn reminded Eli of the life they created between them, as Eli's heart swelled with love and joy feeling their daughter moving. They had a family on the way and there wasn't anything that would get between them...
Just off the bow of Destiny, Archmal's ship Infinite Voyage was abuzz with excitement. It had been so long since an encounter with "similar minded" humans had occurred, and the possibility of a mating gave promise of new life. Malisa was with two other women who were assisting her to look desirable. She had dressed in more seductive attire, with low cuts and accentuated curves, which were bound to get any man's attention. In amongst all the fuss, the lady at the centre of attention was feeling uneasy about her "assignment". In the short time she had spoken to Eli, her feelings were not that of desire, but more of excited anticipation to be in contact with a person of similar age and understanding. She had realised quickly that Eli was very intelligent and gifted, and being able to communicate with him about the universe and their place in it was also very alluring.
"Is everything to your liking Madam Malisa?" asked one of her aides.
Interrupting her thoughts, she kindly replied, "Yes, thank-you."
The lady placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder, watching her faraway thoughts in the mirror. "I am sure Dr Wallace will treat you with respect and kindness, Madam. There is nothing to be afraid of."
Malisa smiled back in the mirror. "I'm sure he will, and I'm not afraid. Now, please leave me alone for a short span."
Her aides back away respectfully with a simple "Yes Madam", and left her alone.
Malisa watched a tear roll from the corner of her eye, and quickly dabbed it with her finger. She knew why, and that this was expected of her, but in her heart something did not sit well with her deception. What if Eli was already in love with someone? How would she find a way to mate with him if his heart was already taken? Yes, she could see how she looked, and that most men would have been attracted to her without hesitation, but she had to persuade Eli regardless of her own heart's feelings or his! Malisa closed her eyes and meditated for a few moments to clear her head. She had a mission to progress her own species, and no way back to where they had came from. All of her reflections were cut short as her father entered the room.
"My goodness, don't you look stunning my dearest daughter. Are you ready?" he asked.
"Yes father", she said with a gentle smile, hiding her true feelings.
Her father continued, "I don't need to remind you of the importance this assignment. We have no way back to our home world, and you my Dear, are the only fertile woman aboard our ship." He rubbed her shoulders as he watched her comprehend the gravity of their situation. "I know I am asking too much of you with this, and Mr Wallace for that matter, but I cannot see any other way for us to survive this journey", he said solemnly.
Malisa did understand, but she knew there had to be another way. Unbeknown to them was Destiny's ability to dial other galaxies, including their own home world. She stood and turned to her father, outstretching her arms and embracing him.
Archmal grinned as he felt his only child's affection and warmth, saying softly "You are in my heart too Malisa". They both turned, walking out of Malisa's suite and going to meet the arrival party at the ships vortex gate.
Amanda stepped through the event horizon and down the steps to feel the planet's soft grassy blanket beneath her. It had been a while since she had stood on any planet, as she savoured the smells of fresh air and forest. Matt followed closely behind her quickly scanning for any threats, as Everett joined him.
"All clear Sir, just us" said Matt, who was travelling light with only his pistol, radio, and a life sign scanner. "I still feel naked without my rifle, Sir", he commented.
Everett smiled "Relax Captain, this is supposed to be a peaceful mission. Besides, they would probably insist on relieving you of it anyway... Look at it this way, treat it as you would an embassy, and consider that you are on someone's sovereign soil and them on ours. Do not engage in any act of aggression, and just play nice... with any luck, we might learn something useful." Everett's next line was stopped as the gate came to life, and three people stepped out.
"Greetings General Young, are we all ready?" asked Archmal.
"Greetings Commander Havoy, yes we are", he replied with a smile.
Archmal looked at their faces and asked solemnly, "This will only happen if everyone here is sure about it, so before we continue, are there any concerns? As you know we agreed on a time of three cycles (72 hours) until return...is everyone here agreed?"
Amanda was the first to answer with a smile, "Yes I am sure..."
The rest of them agreed with her as Comm. Havoy began the dialling sequence to his ship. "I hope you don't mind us leaving first General Young" he said.
Everett smiled back, "Someone has to go first", and turned to shake Archmal's hand saying, "See you in three cycles", using Archmal's terminology.
"Don't worry General Young, I will treat them as though they were my own children, and I trust you will do the same with my daughter and Topin" replied Archmal sincerely, and then stepped through the gate.
As Everett, Malisa and Topin entered into the gate room on Destiny, he gave his new guests a few moments to take in their surroundings before turning to them and saying,
"Welcome to the Ancient Starship Destiny, I hope you will feel at home. Before we start our tour of the ship, I must openly inform you that you will notice sentry guards in various positions this is for everyone's protection, both yours and ours. If you need assistance, they have been instructed to give you directions and access to the ship's com system. If our ship is attacked by known or unknown forces, you also will be required to follow their instructions. They will protect you, but as you would understand, their priority is to the crew and ship. I would expect nothing less of Commander Havoy to enforce the same detail to our people. We have an understanding of never leaving our people behind, and while you are our guests aboard Destiny, this will also apply to you. Apart from the more scientific ones, are there any questions?" Everett tried to make them as comfortable as possible, but he knew giving almost free run of the ship was a calculated risk. Any new information that Amanda and Matt could collect and pass on was worth the risk if it saved lives.
Eli stepped into the gate room and stared at Malisa for a long moment and then remembered his place and nervously greeted them. Malisa smiled at him coyly and inwardly knowing she had made the impression they were seeking.
"Hello again, Dr Wallace", almost hypnotizing Eli with her words as she spoke.
Eli stuttered slightly, "Um... Hello Malisa, welcome aboard Destiny", he said as his eyes took in her every curve.
Everett coached Eli into more with a slight touch of his hand on Eli's elbow. "Um, it is Topin isn't it? Nice to have you aboard too" he managed to say awkwardly as he reached out his hand to Topin.
Topin, being aware of their plan, smiled and accepted Eli's hand shake. "A pleasure to be here Dr Wallace, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your ship." He wasn't concerned that Eli's attention was more directed at Malisa.
Everett got a call on his radio, "General, this is Dr Rush. You're assistance is required on the bridge please. Rush out."
He made his apologies and left them in Eli's company saying, "Dr Wallace will escort you to your living quarters for the next few days, please excuse me", and with that Everett left.
Eli smiled and shook his head in a vain attempt to clear his thoughts before saying, "Okay, um follow me and I'll help you get settled in" he led them from the gate room towards their rooms.
As Everett arrived on the bridge he asked in a mildly annoyed tone, "Okay Rush, what's so urgent?"
Nick ignored his tone and drew his attention to the CI screen he was standing at. "I know that Amanda has a connection to Destiny that is difficult to explain, but I was not expecting this..." Rush's voice trailed off as he tapped on the screen.
Everett looked but couldn't make sense of what he saw. "Alright, what am I looking at?" he asked.
"Amanda, well at least her neuro activity and vitals anyway", replied Nick with a tinge of excitement. "We can't hear her or what she hears but...we can see her reactions to situations that arise in real-time. Destiny must have far greater connection with her than even she realized." Nick scrolled through some more screens.
Everett put his hand on his chin and felt the slight stubble of his yesterday's shaven beard saying, "This is impressive Rush, and good for...?" he led Nick for an answer.
"Well for one, her safety. If anything was to present a critical situation we would immediately see her mind react to it." Nick continued to look at the screen.
Everett looked over to Franklin who had turned around to listen in. He shrugged his shoulders at Ev outside of Nick's gaze. "Is there anything else that would be useful from this information?" he asked quietly.
"Probably, but I am still going through the data being sent back", said Nick as he continued to read through.
Franklin got Ev's attention. "Col. Mitchell sent a transmission. He said they will be here in the next couple of hours, and that Telford was also not too far away either. Maybe we should inform our guests so they don't start shooting or something when they drop out of hyperspace." His smile hid some genuine concern about two Enterprise class war ships suddenly appearing.
"Good idea, I'll let Commander Havoy know right now. Patch me through please Chloe", asked Everett.
The conversation was greeted with some surprise from Archmal, as Everett partly explained the purpose of the meeting. Unfortunately, the explanation only led to more questions from the astute Commander, and did nothing to ease his real concerns for Malisa and Topin. Everett understood his apprehension and made the offer to shuttle his guest back to their ship, but the Commander knew he needed to give Malisa the time to make their plan work. Archmal politely but cautiously allowed things to continue, giving Malisa the time she needed.
Eli showed Topin to his quarters and gave him a crash course in how to work things like the ship's com and bathroom items. Malisa giggled as Eli did his best to politely explain what the particular facilities were and how to use them. Topin laughed and nodded explaining to Eli that some things for humans are very similar indeed. Eli and Malisa left him in his room and continued to hear his laughter as walked through the doorway.
Malisa had a big grin on her face but knew Eli was feeling a bit foolish about his attempted explanation of Destiny's "facilities".
"It's okay Dr Wallace", she said between chuckles, "we all need to use them now and then..." she placed her hand over her mouth to hide her laugh.
Eli gave in and began to laugh at his own awkwardness and said after a moment, "Eli, call me Eli. Dr Wallace sounds like someone else." He stopped at the door two rooms down from Topin's saying, "Well, here we are", and opened the door allowing Malisa in first.
She turned to him, "Are you coming in to show me around...Eli?" and turned back away from him walking into the room.
Eli focused his mind on his love for Ginn and walked in allowing the door to close behind him saying, "The room is the same as Topin's so everything works the same way. Is there anything that you would like me to explain again?"
Malisa thought about her plan for a moment with Eli's unintentionally leading question, but then asked a different question instead. "Tell me where you come from Eli, what is your world like?" she motioned him to sit on the bed, and then sat beside him...closely.
Eli could feel her closeness but remained focused on her question. "Um well, where do I start? It has changed so much since I left..." he pondered over the changes that Earth had gone through since disclosure.
Malisa interrupted his thoughts with another question, "How long has it been since you left?"
Eli answered quickly "Oh, a while now but I go back every few months to see friends and family. We have a scheduled contact twice a month so people can go home, see family and friends. A lot of the time I just stay here, as there is always something happening on Destiny."
Malisa's interest picked up noticeably as she asked "How far away is your world Eli?"
Eli did a quick approximation in his head "Several hundred million light years I think, but our stargate can dial across galaxies so it doesn't really matter." He didn't realise the gravity of the information he had just given Malisa.
Malisa just stared at Eli in disbelief at his more than casual statement about Destiny's stargate. Eli noticed her look of amazement and asked, "Does your ships gate have that ability, I'm guessing not...yeah?"
Somewhat stunned, Malisa lost her sensual composure for a moment, opting instead for a more probing and scientific mood. "Eli... do you mean to tell me you can dial almost anywhere across galaxies?"
Eli's mind knew something had just changed in Malisa, and he was beginning to suspect a bigger motive other than just learning about each other's race and technology.
"Well we have never dialled other places out of this galaxy, apart from Earth...so I don't know for sure. We can dial our world because that is where the ship originated from, but as for other worlds in other galaxies I'm not sure. I guess we haven't had the need to and well... never tried" Eli's words sunk in slowly to Malisa, as her mind began to plot a different approach to their problem.
She placed a hand on his leg subconsciously and turned her face toward his, slowly moving closer. Eli began to move towards her but then stopped and put up his hands.
"Whoa! Um...that's not going to happen. I'm in love with someone and I can't do this to her", Eli stood up and walked to the door. "Look, you're awesomely sexy and incredibly hot, but... I can't, I'm sorry... I gotta go." Eli hit the door button and left feeling like he had just betrayed his love for Ginn.
Greer was just walking through and spotted an upset Eli heading toward him. "Hey, Eli, what's up man? Looks like someone just took a shot at ya..." he walked in front of Eli and grabbed his shoulders to stop him, then looked straight into his eyes. "Eli, what is it?"
Eli stammered, "I...I... can we keep moving?"
Greer turned to face the same direction leaving a hand on Eli's shoulder, "Sure brother..." and gently guided him down the corridor toward the directional elevator.
Malisa knocked on Topin's door and rushed in as soon as he opened it. "Have I got news for you?!" she said excitedly. Topin placed his arms around her and passionately kissed her first, before letting her continue. "They can dial out of the galaxy and across galaxies! Do you know what this means for us... we could go home?!" she hugged him and dragged him over to the bed, pushing him down.
Topin was stunned by the news but had trouble focusing as he watched Malisa quickly loose her clothing and help Topin out of his. "How did you find this out Miz, did he just come out and tell you?" he asked as she settled herself semi naked on top of him.
Malisa moaned softly and continued. "Yes, he did...he just came out and told me as though it was nothing to them! He also said they use it twice a month, whatever time frame that is, I'm guessing fifteen cycles..." she sat up straight and lifted her hair, holding it up as she rocked herself forcefully against Topin. "Ohh Topy," she growled, "I'm so glad we are finally on our own again, away from the gaze of my father's spies!"
Topin was now concentrating on the beautiful younger woman who was atop of him, and not really interested in stargates at the moment. It had been so long since they had been able to make love recklessly, without prying eyes reporting their every touch to her father.
Eli found himself once again in the dome, sitting with Ronald staring at the unfamiliar star patterns.
Ron spoke first, "Okay, what happened?"
Eli kept facing forward and didn't make eye contact with him, blurting out the truth. "I nearly kissed her, and I don't know why..." he trailed off his sentence by shaking his head in disbelief.
Ron smiled and allowed his head to nod agreeing with Eli's predicament and gave a slight laughing sigh. "Yeah...I get that, she is pretty fine hey! But how'd that come about, by you or her man?"
Eli stopped staring and looked directly at Ron. "Her I think!" he heard himself say, somewhat surprised.
Ron was quick with a response, "Hey listen, from what we know, she is about twenty or thirty years younger that everyone else on that crew. Even the guy she came over with looks old enough to be her father."
Eli kept his attention on Ron, "So?"
Ron laughed, "So you're probably the youngest guy she has seen in ages, and well, someone new and exciting... and not old!" He paused for a moment allowing it to sink in. "Look man, she's a hot looking young woman and you had a slight moment of weakness, that doesn't mean you where unfaithful to Ginn... you didn't do anything, and you walked out upset. It only proves one thing."
Eli asked the obvious, "What, that I'm a fool?"
Ron shook his head dramatically, "No you goose, that you love Ginn! Otherwise, you'd still be in there if you know what I mean..." Ron grabbed Eli in a headlock and playfully knuckled his head, messing up his hair saying, "Come on little brother, let this one go...it will only lead to unwanted heartache if you don't. There are only four people that know, you, her, me, and Destiny...tell Ginn if it helps you feel better, but be prepared for how she may react. You could always get Destiny to play the recording, then she would see how you reacted and that nothing happened."
Eli flattened his hair out again with a slight revelation, "Hang on a minute, play the tape back?"
Ron looked confused, "Eli? What are you thinking?"
Eli focused on the conversation he had with Malisa. "She was all flirty when she came aboard, but when I mentioned about our stargates ability to dial Earth, her whole demeanour changed." Eli's mind was ticking over.
Ron asked quickly sensing something was up, "In what way?"
Eli looked down trying to remember, "Um, she got all scientific in her questioning, and then moved really close to me..."
Ron finished his sentence. "Like she was trying to get something more from you, scientifically?" he said with a cautious tone.
Eli's look gave Ron the answer he needed as he said. "Let's go pay my boss a visit and enlighten him as to our new guest and their possible hidden agenda..."
On the bridge of Destiny, everybody's plans and scheming was about to be shaken to its core, as Chloe announced what they thought was a friend, became enemy.
"General there is a wormhole opening up 10,000 kilometres to our port-side." She said in a happy tone expecting Colonel Mitchell in the Apollo 2011.
Everett didn't really raise an eyebrow as they watch the blue/green glow of the wormhole opening the distance until,
"IT'S ORI!"
Immediately Destiny was struck by the first Ori Warship blast, as her shields rose to full power. Alarms and noise came over the peacefulness of the bridge as Franklin brought Destiny's Valeyian weapons online.
Franklin said in a factual tone, "General, the anti Ori weapon is online and targeted to their ship..."
Everett hesitated, "Hold fire, we don't know if he is on that ship!"
Chloe interrupted, "General, two more wormholes are opening, one below one above us!" There was more panic than calm in Chloe's voice this time.
Nick threw another curve ball into the mix. "Everett, what about Havoy's ship, if he fires they will turn and attack him..."
Chloe's voice sounded fearful this time as she yelled clearly, "They're both Ori!"
Everett and his crew were now faced with the toughest decision. Destroy the Ori ships and possibly Castell in the process, or protect Havoy's ship which would surely be under threat within moments.
"Rush, can we extend Destiny's shields to protect his ship?" asked Everett quickly.
He answered in part, "Working on it, Chloe jump us directly above his ship on my mark."
Chloe quickly logged the coordinates in her mind to Destiny and waited for Nick's call.
Franklin called out, "Havoy's firing on the Ori! One is breaking off to engage!"
"Chloe now!" yelled Rush.
Destiny lurched forward at full sublight speed, arriving above Havoy's ship as the Ori's first beam weapon fired. Chloe pitched Destiny forward across the bow of Infinite Voyage just in time to absorb the blast as Nick worked frantically to expand the shields. He powered up the expansion within seconds, but not before another blast from the Ori cracked through Infinite's shields, and penetrated her hull. Everett called out to hail Havoy as Eli and Greer stepped through the door into the chaos around them. The Ori ships continued to fire at will to no avail, as the mood on Destiny's bridge settled down under the life saving Valeyian shield technology.
Havoy answered on screen, showing the damage of the blast in the background. "What in Spirit's name!" he tried to focus and calm himself before continuing, "Are they the Ori we have heard so much about? I take it they are not who you were expecting!" his harsh tone apparent for the concern of his crew.
Everett ignored the comment replying swiftly, "We have expanded our shields around you so don't try to move. Yes they are the Ori, and I don't have time to explain. They have a friend of ours captive, so although we can destroy their ships, we don't know if he is on one of them. The other issue is blast radius...our shields cannot protect us from the magnitude of the explosion at close range."
As Everett continued to explain things to Havoy, Nick and Eli watched Destiny's power consumption slowly draining under the extra draw of the expanded shield.
Eli said, "We don't have the time to wait for the other ships to get here. At this rate, in an hour or so we won't have enough shields left for ourselves, let alone them" he stated factually.
Everett had finished talking to Havoy as Nick grabbed his attention. "Ev, you need to work out which ship he isn't on and take it out...if we don't increase or odds, in an hour there will be nothing left to save!"
Everett sat down and closed his eyes, focusing on Castell. After a moment or so he opened them and shook his head in frustration saying, "I can't make heads or tails of it, the Prior must have some kind of hold on his mind." He looked up and said abruptly to everyone on the bridge, "Suggestions?"
Greer spoke first. "Sir, what about sending out the 302's to slow them down? We know several fighters can destroy their shields and do some serious damage to the ship."
Everett thought this through for a moment then replied, "They will counter that with their own fighters, making it difficult for ours to stay on target. If I were them, I'd send out swarms of em'..."
Rush made a point, backed up by Eli. "Ev, if we fire on the Ori, I can't say that our shield will hold out from the epic energy wave created by the blast. And in our current position protecting Havoy's ship, we can't jump to FTL either..."
Everett looked at both Eli and Nick as they backed each other's findings.
Chloe spoke up, "There must be something we can do to fight back. We have all this technology and power, how can we not have a way to use it without destroying ourselves or the other ship?" a simple statement with far reaching consequences.
Eli snapped his fingers in excitement of the idea that fluttered in his head. "I got it! We move both ships simultaneously into FTL on the one set of co-ordinance. All we need to do is get Destiny connected to Infinite Voyage's systems, command her from here, and tag along with our jump. Simple!" his excitement was short lived.
Nick put forward what Everett was thinking. "Eli, there is only one catch if it works...you have to ask Commander Havoy for complete control over his ship's flight systems. How would you feel if that was asked of us?" there was good reason in his question.
Everett listened and added, "If this was to work, what if we asked Havoy to be on the bridge here, and have some control over his own ship? Would that be possible?" He waited for the answer that never came.
Nick looked around the bridge to everyone, "Well? Any other issues?" he asked.
Chloe could feel Destiny "thinking" about the same issue as she said, "We need to lock the ships together in order to jump. Destiny has sensed that the FTL drive on Havoy's ship was damaged in the blast. We need to contact him again and work this out!" she began to set the jump distance in Destiny's navigation system, and contacted Havoy. "We will only be able to make a small jump, one or two parsecs at most, patching you through General."
Eli added to that, "The power drain will be tremendous to Destiny, but there is a star about 8 light years away we can refuel on" he went back to his CI screen.
Everett watched the screen as Havoy's face took centre. "Commander, what's your flight situation?"
Archmal's concerned looks said it all, "We are down to two backup generators, our FTL drive is off-line and a bunch of other critical systems are ineffective. Your shields are the only thing keeping us alive, but I have to ask, why won't you fire back? Surely you can do some damage without destroying them completely?"
Everett could see his frustration and understood. "The only effective weapon we have would destroy both of us too, other than that we are just wasting what power we have left. We have a solution if you'll hear me out..."
Havoy just looked annoyed. "Well we've got nowhere else to be!"
Everett got Eli to explain. "Commander, we can connect the ships and jump to FTL for a short distance, where at least the Ori won't be able to track us. But I have to ask your permission for Destiny to take over control of your navigation systems so we jump as if it was one ship. I know that is a lot to ask of you, but we can't see any other way out of this!" Eli was very genuine in his question and Archmal could see it.
Commander Havoy looked over to his number one who nodded in agreeance, and after a moment to think he replied, "Very well Dr Wallace, what do you need from us?"
Eli looked at Nick who nodded his okay, before saying, "I'm sending you a data file to upload into your navigation system. If you need help ask Dr Perry to assist you, as she will understand our side of it."
Archmal shook his head saying, "She is assisting with our injured, helping medical personal treat them. Some of your medical technology is far advanced on ours, so please, guide my navigator through it..." he handed the com to his flight navigator.
Nick smiled inwardly hearing what Mandy was doing, that's my girl, he thought and knew she would do her best to save them regardless of her own situation.
It wasn't long before Eli and Nick explained their way through the connection, as Chloe confirmed Destiny's integration with the alien ship. Nick had also launched Destiny's magnetic grappling system to hold onto Infinite Voyage for the initial jump and hoped that the shields would also act as a type of tractor beam to hold the two ship together while in FTL.
Everett asked the final question with Archmal still on screen. "Are we go, people?"
The word filtered through from everyone there, with Eli finally stating, "All systems online General."
Everett looked at Archmal on the screen who nodded his okay, before he said the final word...
"Chloe, make the jump!"