Disclaimer- I don't own Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis or Star Trek.
I would like to point out that this Fan Fiction is not meant to reflect the actual characters from the shows. Its my own spin on things with my own spin on the classic characters. Their reactions may not be the same or what you would expect. Now to answer some reviews and questions I've been asked.
Trife concerning Prologue
While you are correct about the procedure dictates they use Thrusters to leave space dock, many time in both the TV series and Movies they've used impulse to leave to dock.
Your also correct about the time and distance. I'm honestly not that good at calculating time or distance…..so I guess mostly.
Trife concerning Chapter 1
The Rhode Island isn't a combat vessel. It's a scientific and research vessel. The minimal crew consists of the best scientists the fleet has with them. The Rhode Island is only meant to study the area and try to develop a way home. As for the short numbers of the crew, on many TV Episodes ships have been piloted and manned by two or three people E.G. Star Trek: Enterprise (Phlox pilots the NX-01 through a nebula.
While you're correct that they can't construct a ship the size of the Enterprise without a dock, they can construct small vessels with relative ease. The Mining ships being build by the Endeavour are two man ships with large cargo holds. They can use the Endeavours hanger (One ship at a time) or a clearing on the planet to build these small vessel. E.G. Voyager constructed the Delta Flyer in their hanger bay in a month or so. The plan is they use the replicators (Energy-Matter converters) to build hull plating, parts ect. And then construct it in the hanger or on the planet.
Also, the last time I saw ST ground forces was in DS9. Plus they didn't fire first. It will be clear in this chapter that the Lucian Alliance attacked the Federation ground crew.
You are correct about its unlike a Federation Captain. But Phillips isn't like any other Captain. You'll find out later why he's so brutal. While the Asgard have picked up the gradual increase in power to the ships weapons, that will be addressed in this chapter.
It wasn't at all cold in its presentation. It was very well structured and I welcome any advise/criticism any one can provide. While you are correct on many tings, I hope I have answered your concerns and questions. But I will say that the reason Picard seems so…different is because there are many things yet to be revealed and its not like the Federation set up a 'Trapped in an Alternate reality' guide or protocol. You have to remember that Picard is somewhat making it up as he goes.
Metal Panda - Wait and find out, I'm sure that it will add to this story.
Path keeper - No, in this story, Earth has no Star Trek shows. That means they know nothing about them.
Dreameralways - Well, several Fan Fics have that sort of start in them. Many begin with this sort of situation and end the chapter with no hope of returning.
Dreameralways - This is a FanFic. The Characters reactions are not the same as the Tv shows ect. It was unexplored, think of the system as newly discovered or something. Also, you don't know it was the Ancients that were manipulating his dreams or gave him the amulet. I didn't say that they were Ascended Ancients at all. THIS is my FIRST ever FanFic and I still have to improve my writing. I am being creative and this is my own spin on the characters and their reactions.
As always, I'm looking for a BETA…Anyone interested? PM me if you want the amazing job. Always great to get Reviews and advise.
Thanks for the support - Spearhead.
Chapter 2: Forming bonds of friendship
P4X-942 orbit, Endeavour brig
3rd January 2004
07:00 hours
Daniel opens his eyes. A slight headache causes the archaeologist to sit up slowly. He rubs his head and looks around the small grey room. Teal'c was sat against a wall most likely meditating or still unconscious.
Jackson stands slowly using the wall to keep himself up. It felt like he had been hit by a Zat several times. After a few seconds the headaches seemed to calm down and he looks around his 'room'. The three grey metal walls that surrounded him looked like they were impenetrable. No air ducts or ventilation shafts for them to climb out of.
After examining the three walls, he turns around to see Sam across the hall in another room.
"Sam." Daniel says as he walks towards her. As he reaches the end of his room, a force field shocks him. The white glass looking panels that line entrance to his cell where a constant white as energy was pumped through them to create the shock barrier.
"There is a barrier preventing our escape Daniel Jackson." Teal'c says still meditating.
"Thanks Teal'c." Daniel says rubbing his nose. 'That's classic Teal'c.' Daniel thinks to himself while looking at the Jaffa.
"There is no way to escape." A strange voice says with a strong Australian accent from the main room. In the main room, that the cells entrances led into, there was a single workstation with consoles and a man stood working on them. The top of his uniform was red while the rest was black. It somewhat resembled the flight suit's the Prometheus crew wore.
"Yer, I figured that." Daniel says looking at the average height man with brunette coloured hair.
"I have some questions for you. I would appreciate your cooperation. You are our prisoners because several of your men fired their weapons at our team on the surface and killed one of my crew members." The man says outraged.
FLASHBACK begins
Ensign Levi Pierre is stood on the edge of a large field near the tree line. His short black hair and brown eyes didn't distinguish him much from any other crew member in the fleet. If anything, he was always more of a background player. He worked hard and hoped one day he would be in command of his own ship.
This clearing was where the Endeavour would begin construction of the Mining Freighters. It was a large field with plenty of room to build three of the Freighters easily. But first an engineering team was checking that the ground was stable enough to take the weight of the ships. A Shuttle flew overhead and landed in the centre of the clearing. It was no doubt bringing in more equipment. Even though they could use the transporters, it took up less energy to fly a Shuttle to the planet than it did to use the Transporter system.
The Ensign had his geological scanner out running deep scans of the ground beneath him. Two other engineers were working close by doing much the same thing. The large scanners that were as long as his legs continued their scans as he walks over the ground.
A rustling in bushes catches the Ensigns attention. He stops his scanning and sets the large piece of equipment down onto the ground. The Ensign slowly pulls his phaser and approaches closer to the tree line. His heart beating faster and faster as he reached the bush in question.
He stretches out a hand to move the bush out of his way. Suddenly, a large cat-like animal jumps out of the bush and runs off deeper into the woods. The Ensign is given a big enough shock to have a heart attack. As he sighs a breath of relief, he holsters his phaser and turns back towards the field. Two men appear to be blocking his way back to the field. The light wasn't bright enough in the strangely thick foliage to make out any features. All he could see was their grey uniforms and the small amount of light that showed they both had sandy blonde hair.
"Is this some kind of joke?" Levi asks his heart still calming down from his scare.
"Who are you?" One of the men asks. Levi plays along.
"Ensign Levi Pierre assigned to the USS Endeavour." Levi straightens up.
"Why are you on a Lucian Alliance claimed world?" The other male asks.
"Lucian Alliance? Who are they?" Pierre asks somewhat confused. It was common in these sort of pranks that the guys would make up organisations or races, but normally they were from some Earth myth.
"The Lucian Alliance owns this world and we are the most powerful Alliance in the galaxy!" The same man replies angered.
"Sorry, never heard of you. But if you wish, I can contact my CO." Levi says looking at the two men.
"What world are you from?" The other man asks talking a step forward.
"Earth, why?" Levi says and immediately regrets it.
"Earth scum!" The already angered man shouts in anger. A shot from some sort of old fashion pistol rings out. The Ensign drops to his knees and reveals that another Lucian soldier was stood behind him.
"We must reclaim our world from the Tau'ri." The female who shot the Ensign says looking at her two escorts.
Before they can move off to kill the other Tau'ri, several yellow beams fly past them and hit the trees un-affecting them. The three Lucian soldiers turn around to see several new Tau'ri in yellow topped uniforms firing small pistol sized weapons at them from behind the cover of the trees.
"Return fire!" The female commander orders as she ducks behind a tree. Her two escorts do the same and fire their automatic rifles at the Tau'ri position.
Several bullets impact the leg of a Tau'ri soldier and he drops to the floor. While still protected by the tree, he was no longer a concern.
"Retreat! We must warn the Alliance!" The commander orders as she runs off into the woods. Her two escorts lay down suppression fire and follow their commander. More Federation security arrive from the field and chase after them. A medic runs over checks the two downed men.
"Endeavour, three to beam directly to sickbay." The female ensign says through her Com badge. The Ensign including the injured security officer and the dead Ensign Pierre disappear as the transporter activates.
FLASHBACK ends
"Wait, we're not with the Lucian Alliance. We're from a planet called Earth." Daniel protests unsure if these people executed their prisoners and not really willing to find out first hand.
"What is this Lucian Alliance?" Captain Lawson asks.
"It's a group of smugglers, pirates, thieves and traders that banded together to try and create a new galactic super power." Daniel says answering truthfully.
"What are you talking about? Galactic super power? It's impossible with Warp drives!" Lawson says angered.
"I don't know what Warp drives are, we use Hyper drives to travel in Sub-Space that means we can cross the galaxy in days." Daniel says confused. He had never heard of Warp drives before.
"What's name? All your names." David asks calmer than a second ago.
"I'm Doctor Daniel Jackson. I'm an archaeologist and linguist. That's Colonel Samantha Carter. She's one of the smartest people on Earth. That's Teal'c. He's a Jaffa." Daniel indicates to each team member.
"Alright, tell me Dr. Jackson, would you agree to a Vulcan mind probe? I promise nothing invasive, it'll help us determine if you are who you say you are and if you're telling the truth or not." David asks wanting to believe him. This wasn't normal Starfleet procedure, but then again, Starfleet didn't have a 'Trapped in an Alternate Reality' guide.
"I'll do it." Daniel nods. 'This could help us become allies and this would a great opportunity to build trust.' Daniel thinks to himself.
"Alright, I'll arrange it." Lawson nods. The Captain turns away and begins to leave the brig.
"Wait!" Daniel shouts to get his attention.
"Yes?" Lawson asks as he turns on his heels to face the archaeologist.
"I didn't catch your name." Daniel says putting his face as close as possible to the invisible shock barrier.
"I'm Captain David Lawson, Commander of the Federation ship Endeavour." David says before turning around and continuing out of the brig.
Unknown planet orbit.
3rd January 2004
09:00 hours
Natan was sat in his throne room or office reading several paper reports from his Commanders that handled the Lucian Alliance smuggling ring. They had reported several setbacks recently. As the Jaffa Nation and the Tau'ri extended their spheres of influence, the Lucian Alliance was quickly falling out of customers.
"Natan, Scout Lira is here to see you." A guard says appearing in his doorway.
"Let her in." Natan nods while setting down one report and picking up another.
"Natan." Lira bows in false respect.
"What have you to tell me?" Natan says as he finishes the short report and looks at her.
"The Tau'ri have claimed Luxor as their own." Lira says somewhat shy. Natan didn't like failure and she had failed to reclaim the world.
"Is that so?" Natan asks. His anger increasing by the second.
"Yes Natan. They had strange weapons and overpowered my squad." Lira says stood in the middle of the room not moving an inch.
"Are you sure it was them?" Natan asks standing up.
"I'm sure. The human we interrogated admitted he was from the Tau'ri home world of Earth." Lira says raising her head and lowering it immediately.
"Very well, the loss of a possible farming world is not something that will affect the Alliance. Leave." Natan says looking at Lira. When the truth was that this was a huge blow to the Alliance. They couldn't afford to lose another farm world or possible mine.
The Lucian Alliance had a large store of resources that they were using to buy their weapons and pay their mercenaries. This plus the weekly raids/destruction of their Kassa shipments was almost crippling the Alliance. The loss of goods and sometimes ships was killing the Alliance bit by bit.
The worst blow so far was the disappearance of his top scientists. He was one of their best scientists and with his disappearance they had lost vital information that would secure the survival of the Alliance. This scientist called Re Haradian. He's the only scientist that was capable of hacking a Gou'ld data crystal and disappeared before he could present his findings to Natan.
FLASHBACK begins
Natan is stood on the bridge of his Ha'tak. The hyperspace tunnel in front of the ship shifts back to normal space showing stars and a debris field orbiting one of the Alliances mining worlds. The debris was obviously from a Ha'tak. Natan assumed it was the remains of Haradians personal Mother ship. Haradian had completely changed his Ha'tak from a vessel of intimidation and power to a vessel of science and discovery.
"Natan, the sensors don't detect any life signs. It is possible that no one survived the ships destruction." One of the bridge crew reports while moving the Ha'tak closer to the debris.
"Scan the debris field. I need that crystal!" Natan orders in anger.
"Send out Tel'tak cargo ships and Gliders to comb the wreckage." The ships XO says as he begins to scan the area.
Several hours later
Natan is sat on the bridge still looking out at the floating wreckage. His XO walks over from his console.
"Natan, the Gliders and Tel'tak report that they have not found the crystal. It was likely destroyed in the explosion.
"Very well, have the Tel'tak continue the search. We must return to Cimmeria." Natan says watching at the ships buzzing around the space junk.
FLASHBACK ends
Natan continued to think of that day for the next few hours.
Earth, SGC
3rd January 2004
11:00 hours
O'Neill is sat in his office looking over some paper work. It just never seemed to end. Requests for this and approval for that. Not to mention the mission reports. He wanted someone who could do all of this for him, but that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Jack laughed every time he remembered that Hammond never seemed to have this much paper work.
A knock on the door causes O'Neill to look up.
"Walter." Jack says looking at the gate technician.
"Sir, SG-1 are now an hour overdue for their twenty-four hour check in." Harriman says looking at the base CO.
"You tried to radio them?" Jack asks remembering that time flew by on exciting off world adventures.
"Yes sir, there was no reply." Walter says looking a little upset.
"What teams do we have on base?" Jack asks signing something and putting it into the OUT pile.
"SG-3 are on standby. They're awaiting your approval to go." Walter informs Jack.
"Alright, they have a go." Jack nods getting up out of his chair and heading in the direction of the control room.
P4X-942 orbit, Endeavour brig
3rd January 2004
11:20 hours
"My mind, to your mind." The female Vulcan says as she positions her hands. Daniel sits perfectly calm and still. They were still in the Brig, but Daniel had been moved into a different cell.
"My thoughts to your thoughts." She continues as she moves her fingers around.
"We are now one mind." The Vulcan says with her hands fixed in position.
"Do you mean us harm?" David asks looking at the two of them.
"No." The two of them answer together.
"Where are you from?" Captain Lawson asks.
"Earth." The pair of them answer.
"What is your name? What are the names of your two companions?" Lawson asks still looking at the pair.
"My name is Daniel Jackson. My friends are called Samantha Carter and Teal'c." They again answer together.
"Why did you come to our world?" David asks folding his arms.
"We didn't know. We're explorers. We travel the galaxy in search of allies and friends." Both of them answer.
"Are you part of the Lucian Alliance? What is the Lucian Alliance?" Lawson asks. This was not something he did on a day to day basis, and was finding it somewhat boring.
"We aren't part of the Lucian Alliance. We fight them. We stop their supply shipments and cripple their resources. They're Pirates, Smugglers and cut throats that banded together under a single leader to try and control the galaxy. They rose to power after we defeated the Gou'ld System Lords." Daniel and the Vulcan answer.
"What are the Gou'ld System Lords?" David asks getting more interested.
"They're a parasitic race that takes control of the hosts body and rules over planets in their domain. The System Lords were a council consisting of the most powerful Gou'ld." Daniel and the Vulcan officer reply.
"And you defeated them?" David asks.
"Yes." The pair answer.
"How?" Lawson asks quickly.
"It wasn't easy. We used small strike teams to infiltrate their ships and strongholds. We tried to kill as many as possible but weren't always successful. Eventually, after years of fighting, we managed to turn their armies against them." The Vulcan and Daniel reply. The 'interrogation' would no doubt continue for hours.
P4X-942 orbit, Endeavour brig
3rd January 2004
18:00 hours
The large doors that were no doubt the only entrance into the brig, open. David Lawson and a bolding man enter the room. Lawson approaches the workstation and deactivates the shock barriers keeping SG-1 in their separate cells. Sam and Teal'c slowly leave their cells with their guards up, while Daniel almost runs out to greet the two men.
"Doctor Jackson, this is Admiral Jean Luc Picard." Lawson introduced the bolding man.
"A pleasure." Jean Luc nods.
"So, are you letting us go or something?" Samantha asks as she and Teal'c keep their distance.
"Something like that. We're taking you back to Earth. We wish to form an Alliance with your people." Lawson smiles. It had taken some convincing, but he had finally managed to persuade Picard to agree to it.
Point of Enterprise Fleet entry
3rd January 2004
18:33 hours
The bridge of the Rhode Island was quite busy. Even though they had the assistance of an Alien race that seemed friendly, Captain Phillips didn't trust them. So because of this, the Rhode Island crew was working on a way to return home.
"Captain, the Asgard vessel is hailing us again." the Tactical officer on duty informs the waiting Captain.
"About time. Put them on." Stewart nods. The screen at the front of the bridge changed to an image of Thor.
"Captain Phillips." Thor nods his head.
"Commander. What have you determined?" Stewart asks. His own crew had come up with nothing. They had all agreed with Lieutenant B4 from the Enterprise that there was no way of returning home.
"I am afraid that there is no way, that the Asgard know of, to get you back to your reality. I am sorry, but it would appear that you are stuck here indefinitely. However, I can reassure you that the Asgard will continue to analyze the data and try to produce a means for you to return." Thor says looking at the Captain.
"I'm grateful that you will continue to try. We must return to our colony to report what we have found. If you would join us. I'm sure my superiors will want to form alliances to help improve our position here." Stewart says looking to the disappointed crew. He himself was disappointed and a little angry.
"We will of course join you. It is the hopes of the Asgard High Council that we will become great allies and friends." Thor nods.
"We'll see you back at the colony." Phillips nods. It looked like even if there was a way home, they wouldn't learn about it for a while so they might as well get comfortable. The channel closes.
"Sir, the Asgard ship has entered a layer of Sub-Space. It appears to be their form of FTL." A duty pilot says reading the results.
"Lets worry about things like that later. Get us back to the colony." Stewart orders obviously upset. Any other Captain would have jumped about at the possibility of Sub-Space FTL. But Phillips wasn't in the mood. He had just learned that he wouldn't be returning to his wife and kids for a very long time.
P4X-942 orbit, Enterprise bridge
3rd January 2004
19:00 hours
Space above the non existent colony was calm. The Enterprise and Endeavour were busy using their replicator technology to assemble necessary equipment to help build the colony and mine resources for it. A few hundred meters away from the Enterprise, a distorted energy window opens and spits out the Daniel Jackson science vessel. As the Enterprise and Endeavour moved into a defensive formation, the Rhode Island dropped out of Warp beside the Daniel Jackson and hailed the Enterprise.
"This is Captain Phillips of the Rhode Island to Enterprise." Stewart says over the now open com channel.
"Captain, report." Admiral Picard says as he sits in his chair. He had been in his ready room for the past hour or so talking to SG-1.
"Admiral, we've finished our scans and our data backs up Lieutenant B4. There is no why our science will be able to get us home. But the most interesting part of the mission was that when we arrived we encountered a race called the Asgard. They tried to help us and have pledged their continuing support in the search for a way home. I don't trust them Admiral, but we need allies." Phillips says as he relays his small report over the channel.
"Very well, but I do not like the fact that you bought them here. We've had enough guests this week." Admiral Picard says as SG-1 and Worf exits his ready room.
"Admiral, who are they?" Stewart asks obviously referring to SG-1.
"They Captain, are from Earth. We're heading their now to try and build trust with possibility of become allies." Jean Luc says. This was all new and strange to him. He had of course made first contact, but never on a state level.
"Well, perhaps the Asgard would become allied with Earth." Stewart says not really paying attention. He got the fact that the strange people aboard the Enterprise were from Earth, but he had forgotten that around this time Earth was gearing up for World War 3.
"The Asgard? How are they here?" Daniel asks looking to Picard.
"That's a good question." Jean Luc says looking to Stewart.
"They somehow detected our arrival." Phillips says still sat in his chair looking at the view screen.
"Figures." Sam mumbles.
"I take it you know the Asgard." Jean Luc says looking to Colonel Carter.
"Yes, they've been our allies for several years now. Its because of them that our new class of ship is capable of travelling to another galaxy. They provided us with an Intergalactic hyperdrive to travel to different galaxies." Sam says simplifying it. That was the same thing she had said to O'Neill when he asked about them. More or less.
"Alright, but how shall we proceed to Earth? It's a five hour journey using our FTL systems, but I'd rather not go aboard an Alien ship." Jean Luc says as he looks to the Team.
"We could always use the Stargate." Daniel says smiling. A look of confusion shoots across Picard's face.
Earth, SGC
3rd January 2004
19:20 hours
SG-1 were now a few hours away from being two days overdue. SG-3 had returned from their mission to try and locate SG-1 an hour ago with no sign of them. O'Neill was hoping that Carter or Daniel had found something interesting and lost track of time. But once they were officially two days overdue, he had to lock out their IDC's and move on. Even he wasn't above protocol.
The base Klaxons scream to life and snap the General out of his thought. He jumps to his feet and jogs to the control room.
"What's up Walter?" Jack asks as he reaches the bottom of the stairs.
"Unscheduled off world activation sir. I'm getting SG-1's IDC." Walter Harriman says as he opens the Iris.
"Open the Iris." Jack says knowing Walter was already doing it.
Jack enters the gate room and watches as the on duty defence team standby with their weapons raised at the gate. There was still a chance that SG-1 had been compromised and that it was Ba'al or some other enemy.
The wormhole ripples as Thor and SG-1 come through the gate followed by two men. One was bold and looked old while the other was younger and had ridges on his forehead.
"Greetings O'Neill." Thor bows his head.
"Thor buddy, we've been over this. If you want to the kids you have to call first." Jack says in all seriousness that made the joke a little funnier.
"I am sorry. However it was not the Asgard that had SG-1." Thor motions towards the two men.
"Hi, I'm General Jack O'Neill. Their legal guardian." O'Neill points to SG-1.
"Hello, I'm Admiral Jean Luc Picard of the United Federation of Planets." Picard says holding out a hand for Jack to shake.
"Welcome to Earth." Jack nods and shakes his hand.
"This is my first officer, Commander Worf." Picard gestures to the tall Klingon.
"Welcome." Jack smiles.
"So, what are you all doing here?" Jack asks looking for an explanation.
"O'Neill. These people are from an Alternate reality. We can not send them back. The Asgard High Council has ordered me to form an alliance with this Federation. They believe that the Federation will be key in things to come." Thor says looking up at the General.
"Why didn't you say so? Briefing room." Jack nods as they all leave the gate room.
Suddenly, as the group reaches the door, everyone freezes. They all stop in their tracks. All except Jean Luc. He looks around confused. Everyone seems to have frozen in time.
"Well, well, if it isn't my favourite Starfleet captain. Or should I say Admiral." A familiar voice says from behind Jean Luc. The Admiral turns around to see Q stood in the same old red and black uniform he was always wearing when they met.
"Q, what are you doing here?" Jean Luc asks somewhat angered.
"Well Admiral, I'm here because you are here. You see, I was dragged here with you." Q says not aged one bit since the last time they saw each other.
"How did that happen?" Picard asks confused.
"Well, its quite simple. I was just in your neck of the universe and thought I'd pop in. while I was aboard your ship, we were pulled here and now we're both trapped." Q says disappointed or excited, Picard couldn't tell which.
"So why reveal yourself now?" Jean Luc asks.
"Because I've been watching. You haven't been acting like yourself. You haven't approached the situation with the same Picardness that I've come to expect from you." Q says a little angered.
"Well I am facing a rather unique situation!" Picard defends.
"That's simply not a good enough. I know what might help." Q smiles as Picard is blinded by a flash of white light. The admiral rubs his eyes and is now stood in his quarters aboard the Enterprise. From the looks of things it was night time as the ships orbit had put the planet between them and the star. Jean Luc looks around the dimly lit room to see Q sat in one of the chairs looking out at the stars.
TBC
Still looking for a Beta. If you want the job PM me. I hope this chapter is better and helps answer a few questions. I'm going to try and work on my writing by starting up a new fic. Don't worry I'll still be working on Trek through the Stargate, but I might not update it until the end of the month or not even until next month.
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Thanks for all the support - Spearhead