Just to let you all know, I wrote this fic over a year ago and I'm only just releasing it now. This is the last pre-written chapter, so from now on it's all fresh. This chapter will explore the origins of the Tok'ra and the history of Lingbao. I hope you all enjoy and REVIEW! -Spearhead.
Chapter 5
Orillia, Pegasus Galaxy
January 13th 2012
12:40 EST.
Hel of the Asgard remnant in Pegasus is stood in his lab onboard his vessel the Helheim. He was one of the best genetic scientists the Asgard had left. He had several months ago created the Einherjar soldiers from Wraith, Human and Asgard DNA. But until recently the Asgard didn't have the resources to arm their soldiers that would fight the Wraith. They had been working with the Lantean Janus to rebuild the Asgard race.
Janus had bought them to Orillia and given them access to all of the Ancient Technology and knowledge on the planet. The shipyards, weapon factories and mines were working non stop to build ships, create weapons and dig up raw materials for their war effort.
Hel was soon going to escort the second Battle Group to begin fighting the Wraith. The first fleet was engaging several Wraith cruisers and a Wraith Hive on the other side of the Galaxy. Hel was going to try and claim a Wraith outpost that was suppose to be researching shield technology. This was dangerous for the Asgard as that was their only advantage until their bigger ships were finished with the Lantean weapons.
P2X-3R8, Pegasus Galaxy
January 13th 2012
13:30 EST.
Hel is stood on the bridge of the Helheim. The Asgard are in their full battle armour. The Asgard Frigate and two Einherjar frigates are in hyperspace. The three ships exit hyperspace in orbit of a desert world. A single Wraith Cruiser is in orbit.
"Order the Einherjar to launch fighters and begin invading the planet. We will deal with the Wraith." Hel orders to one of his officers. Small fighters launch from the elongated arrow shaped vessels and head for the Wraith cruiser. The two Einherjar frigates head towards the planet as fast as their twin engine design would allow.
The Helheim fires its long range plasma cannons at the Wraith cruiser. Deadly accurate golden bolts slam into the forward sections of the Wraith cruiser. The Wraith ship returns the favour firing six blue bolts at the Asgard frigate. All but two miss and even they slam into the golden shields. Suddenly, the Einherjar fighters are within range and begin firing their green 'machine' guns in quick-succession. Hundreds of green dots impact against the Wraith organic hull causing little damage.
The Wraith cruiser launches its Darts to intercept the unknown fighters. The Darts are unfortunately less manoeuvrable than the Einherjar fighters and are quickly overpowered. But the Helheim is now firing at the Wraith cruiser with all of its weapons. Golden bolts smack into the Wraith cruiser with tremendous force causing explosions at their points of impact. Within minutes the Wraith cruiser is nothing more than a debris field.
The two Einherjar Arrow-class frigates are now orbiting the planet directly above the Wraith outpost. Two large ships launch from the Einherjar frigates lower hanger bays and head for the planet. The two transports enter the planets atmosphere with the remaining fighters. Several of the fighters move off to intercept an incoming Wraith dart squadron. The other half of fighters increase their speed to begin bombarding the Wraith facility.
The two transports lower themselves and land next to the planets stargate. Einherjar fighters dominating the sky above while firing their weapons into the upper levels of the Wraith facility. The gate activates so that no Wraith could escape the planet. The transports release their several hundred soldiers to attack of the wraith facility.
The hundreds of Einherjar soldiers pour into the Wraith research facility like a tide of death. With no external guards or defence platforms, the Einherjar soldiers have no problem with entering the massive outpost. The upper levels of the facility are open and easy to move through, but it would get harder as they got deeper.
Hel is stood in his battle armour at the front of the force. They had only taken the first level, now it would get trickier.
"Commander, gather you group and follow me." Hel says to the green skinned soldier.
"Yes sir." The Einherjar commander nods. Hel leads them to one of the internal transporters and presses one of the lower levels. Each Asgard General had an objective mostly to capture the large sections of the facility. Hel himself had to try and locate the labs where the shield research was underway.
The doors to the transporter opens and Wraith soldiers and a single commander have barricaded the hallway.
"Attack, clear the way." Hel orders through his battle suit. The Asgard General draws his plasma pistol and fires the golden rounds at the Wraith. The Einherjar take cover behind pillars and fire their green bolts at the Wraith position while Wraith stun weapons have no affect on the genetically modified Einherjar.
The white haired Wraith commander begins to retreat leaving the three surviving Wraith soldiers to hold back the powerful enemy. The blue energy slams into the Asgard battle suit with no affect. Hel uses his targeting system and fires three golden energy bolts that slam into the forehead of each Wraith soldier. The force causes the now limp bodies to fall backwards leaving the path clear.
Hel leads the way to the first lab. No surprise that the organic bulkhead was sealed shut.
"Commander, set a charge." Hel says to the Einherjar with the three red bars on his uniform. He doesn't say a word, he just pulls out a circular object and places it at the top of the door. The Einherjar commander activates the charge after taking several steps back.
The circular object begins to heat up and melt the door. After a few seconds a gapping hole is now where the door used to be. Hel enters the abandoned laboratory and tries to locate the research crystals.
Typical of Wraith design, a single main console surrounded by two others with a large open area in the middle of the lab. Hel walks over to the main console and activates it. It had been wiped completely. This meant that the Wraith must have taken it.
"Commander, move out." Hel orders as he heads for the door. This was going to be a long mission.
Olympus, Milky Way Galaxy
January 13th 2012
15:20 EST.
Lingbao is stood in the centre of a large room. The Spartan design is somewhat masked by the flags hanging above representatives tables. Five tables arranged in a circle around the outside of the room. One of the tables had yet to receive their representatives as they were busy overseeing the construction of ships in their assigned shipyards on Olympus.
Anise of the Tok'ra enters the room with her face buried in a status report. She is so busy she passes Lingbao without noticing him and sits at the table of the Tok'ra Protectorate. She sets the pad on the table and looks up. Her eyes meet with Lingbao and immediately something clicks within her.
"I offer the council greetings on behalf of the Jaffa Federation. I have called the council together today because this Gou'ld claims to be Lingbao Prime of the Tok'ra." Teal'c says looking at all of the representatives.
"He speaks the truth Master Teal'c." Anise says her eyes fixed on Lingbao in wonder.
"And how can you prove this?" Mr Woolsey asks writing down notes on his paper pad.
"The Tok'ra carry Genetic memory from our Great Mother Egeria. We know our Father when we sense him." Anise says still locked on Lingbao.
"I have no doubt. But I would like to know, How you are still alive." Richard says not forming it as a questions but as a statement.
"Then I will tell you. Over 2,000 years ago, when Ra was supreme system lord and Anubis had just been exiled, myself and by brothers saw that the time was right for our attempt to over throw the Gou'ld. My brothers Yuanshi Tianzun and Daode Tianzun had amassed a great force with which to fight the Gou'ld. Yuanshi had a greater number of ships at his disposal and Daode had the greater amount of troops. I on the other hand only had my flagship, my queen and a few loyal Jaffa. I went in search for a planet to build up my forces on and urged my brothers to wait until I had sufficient forces with which to aid them. But they feared that Ra would overcome his weakness from defeating Anubis. They attacked. The battles raged for over a year, but in the end Ra used his system lord pawns to crush my brothers. Before they could be captured, they joined me in deep space." Lingbao says remembering the events.
"Then what happened?" Narim of the Tollan asks.
"We continued on our journey. We were being pursued by the Gou'ld so I left my queen Egeria on a world with my Jaffa. They escaped through the Stargate before the Gou'ld arrived. Three Ha'tak against a system lord fleet composed of fifteen vessels. We had no chance of survival. But before the battle began, we were somehow transported to another galaxy. Our three vessels were nothing compared to the size of a Furling destroyer." Lingbao explains.
"Wait, you've met the Furlings?" Woolsey asks intrigued.
"Yes, in fact we have a treaty with them. In exchange for our continued effort against the Gou'ld, the Furling provided us with technology that would further our goal. They also gave us a world each that had Ancient and Furling factories. But they wanted us to wait for 2,000 years as they predicted that the Gou'ld would be weakened and vulnerable." Lingbao says looking around the room. The red and gold in his armour making the light dance around him.
"Well, the Gou'ld have been defeated and we now face a greater threat. We have enemies in another galaxy that we have only recently began to combat properly and the Pravus are a coming threat." Woolsey says looking at the other representatives.
"The Pravus?" Lingbao asks and exclaims at the same time.
"You've heard of them?" Anise asks her father.
"The Furlings predicted their return." Lingbao nods.
"Can the Furlings help us?" Teal'c asks.
"No, 2,000 years ago they were in the midst of a war. If they could help they would have defeated the Gou'ld long ago. I must find my brothers and my queen. Only then can we truly begin war preparations." Lingbao says looking at all the representatives.
"I am of Egeria and of the Tok'ra" Anise blurts out.
"You are of my Kin?" Lingbao asks shocked.
"We are many but growing few. We lack hosts and our queen is dead. You are our Holy Father." Anise says looking at the man.
"Then I am not alone and I have more resources than I thought. I will bring Egeria back from the grave and we shall fight the Pravus with these allies." Lingbao says to his daughter.
'Sneak Peek' Chapter
Olympus, Great Alliance Territory, Milk Way Galaxy
January 15th 2012
12:30 EST.
Janus had been through the gate more in the past fifteen days that he had ever been since the beginning of the Wraith war. He had been to all of the Alliance worlds giving their top scientists neural downloads to help speed up their learning so they could start building the technology they needed. The Tok'ra had been the hardest to give the neural downloads to. The only solution Janus could come up with, was providing the host with the download while the symbiote was dormant otherwise it would have been dangerous. But now it was all taken care of and they had begun their work.
He soon had to go to Terra and have them begin their work on gaining new allies. The Asgard in Pegasus were busy fighting the Wraith so the Terran space fleet would be available elsewhere. This worked out great for Janus as he was going to unlock a long lost secret of his people and he would need a Terran ship.
Well there you have it. I hope you all enjoyed that little Sneak Peek. It's not the biggest, but it leads to great things. Please Review. -Spearhead.