The Time Lord Empire.

The Trial and the Seed of the Federation.

The Time Lord High Council and the representatives of their allies, the Asgar, the Tollana, and the Goa'uld, amongst others, but there were dozens of other alien representatives, some of whom had been fighting the Hegemony for centuries, others had been enslaved for so long that freedom was an obscure concept for their minds. One thing for sure, the president could tell that each one wasn't expecting the trial.

The trial had been on the agenda of the Time Lords for a very long time. It had been established for years, the trial was to show the galaxy at large the Time lords were not conquerors whom would just return to their home system at the end of a war. The trial was to begin a new era, without the fear of the Hegemony looming over their forms, but one of peace and prosperity. The President had already arranged for the new era to begin, for warp technology to become circulated amongst the aliens that had been outside the notice of the Hegemony warlords.

The president had to admit, for empire builders the Hegemony had been too complacent, and the Hegemony survivors were presently in this room, just 10 of them, their Inner circle and one of their military commanders. The rest were residing in the universe cube in front of her. She eyed them, all of them were clicking their pincers, but they were apprehensive and after seeing first hand how powerful and strong the Time Lords were, it was highly unlikely they were confident of them getting off.

Inside of the cube was the mass of their home worlds, melded together to form one mass. That was to become their home for the rest of time, and the cube would be placed inside a special vault, never to be opened again by any decree.

The President sent a telepathic message to the man sitting next to her, the adjutant, who rang the bell three times to get the attention of everyone in the court.

" The trial is assembled, to prove the guilt of the Hegemony. The charges read as follows," the president read the list on a padd, delighted privately that the digital computer was able to house more information than one long mere piece of paper. " Genocide - 9000 counts, inciting galactic war on no less than 5 dozen occasions, slavery and enslaving of various races without provocation or mercy. Strip mining worlds already inhabited. Willful assault on various aliens, desecration of alien worlds, and use of biogenic weapons on species. Attacks on Time lord planets, observatories, and starships and stargate locations." And so the list went on and on, and for ten minutes the president recited the charges, and when she had finished she looked up, her eyes shining with contempt.

" You have heard the charges. Do you have anything to say in your defence?" When none of the Hegemony spoke up, and their pincer clicked, the president lost some of her patience. " You must speak." When none of them spoke, the president merely said, " Very well." She mentally activated the agoniser field built into the dias they were standing on, and the Hegemony shrieked in sudden angry as they felt little red hot needles suddenly burn their way through their bodies. The president and the other Time lords watched on, unimpressed but aware of what was happening. The other aliens wondered what trickery the Time lords were using. In spite of their help, many of the aliens were understandably wary of the Time lords and the power they wielded, and understandably they were afraid the Time lords were going to take up where the Hegemony left off.

The Hegemony had been the oldest race in the galaxy, and the most powerful and the most dangerous, but they were nothing compared to how dangerous the Time Lords were. The Time lords possessed the power to manipulate space/time and travel through and monitor time, if they could do that then they were capable of anything.

Finally, the Queen of the Hegemony shrieked in her high pitched voice, " Yes, we'll speak! Stop the pain!" Her voice cried, starting to draw itself out. The agony field stopped, but the Time lords didn't force the aliens to speak straightaway; the agony field could badly damage the nerves in a body, and the field had been set quite high for the Hegemony. After the warlike past of their ancestors, the Time lords had decided to keep their ways of enforcing the truth through force, but they decided to ensure it was painless. The agony field was the answer; a field that manipulated the nerve clusters of the body, keeping the subject in a constant state of agony. The Time lords only reserved the field for prisoners. The more agony the inmates were in, the less chance they would have of escape, if they tried to escape with the implant still inside their bodies.

The Queen recovered fast, using her superior control of her mind and body to bring herself under control. Holding her head haughtily, like she was a barbarian queen, she announced. " I shall speak." After her declaration, all her arrogance came out. " We do not see the authority of the court. We, the eldest and most powerful race in this galaxy, have the right to decide what will happen with each race, whether they should even live or die, or live as a slave. Who will not delight in being enslaved by a god!" The Queen and her cohorts screamed in their grating tongue, throwing back themselves until they stood on their hind legs.

The President's voice, cold and hard rang out, and she laced her words with her empathic power. " You are not gods, nor are you special."

The retort from the Time lady, amplified by her telepathic power, shut the spiderlike beings up and made them cringe. They were not the only ones, the Goa'uld, Tollana and Asgar representatives also cowered at the sound of her voice.

" You have heard the charges, and you have been found guilty by the people of the Time Lord empire." The President carried on, the cube lighting up with light. " You and your people will be locked away for the rest of eternity."

The Hegemony disappeared in a flash of light, the Queen shrieking obsenities at the Time Lords. The sound of the queen faded when the box stopped glowing. The President picked up the cube and passed it to one of her aides. " You know what to do with that." The aide nodded and took the cube out of the room. The Goa'uld ambassador asked, " What will happen to them?"

" The Hegemony species, or what remains of them, are now inside a pocket universe bound by a time loop, forcing time to move much faster and through the same point in time. Nothing can get inside and nothing can leave. The cube will be placed in a temporal pocket, undetectable by any race's sensors. Now, gentlemen, shall we not talk about the future?"

One of the Tollana delegation stood up shakily, fear written across her face. " How do we know we won't be next?"

The president gave a small smile, showing she wasn't a threat. When she started speaking, the other representatives couldn't believe their ears. For three hours, the president and other members of the Time Lord council worked to persuade them on the benefits of the proposition. One by one, each of them became excited at the possibilities, even the races that had been destroyed systematically by the Hegemony.

It was the start of the future.