Here's the next chapter for you all, questions will be answered and others will be asked. Note: Sergeant Major Richards is the property of DaniWilder, so thanks for letting me borrow him.

I intend to look at all reviews and try to clear up any questions you may have, so if you have any stick them in your reviews and i will try to answer them without giving the game away at the start of each new chapter.

As some of you may have guessed there will eventually be new ships being built. The tricky part is coming up with appropriate names which is very important, so if you have any suggestions send them in and the best will become the names for the new BC - 305 class ships.

Review Responses

Shadows-of-Realms: Eventually you will get to see the Pegasus-class in action, eventually. As for firepower, well lets face it ambushing the wraith before they get a chance to launch darts is always a good way to stack the odds in your favour. As for Ladon, can you blame him? The Genii did try to secretly push for a lock out against them, and now it turns out that not only did they get off scott free but they have become the military might of the Coalition. Even worse is the fact that they have demonstrated weapons of phenominal power and beaming technology. Oh and to cap it all off they know exactly where they live and all about the underground city that has been the sole reason they weren't completely destroyed by the wraith a long time ago.

DaniWilder: Thanks for the kind words. Now Shiana. Lets face it she still bears some resentment over what happened, and who can blame her, and i will never ignore that fact, simply sweep it under the rug or even magic it away. However she does at this point acknowledge that they are at least honest people and do admit to their actions, that was one thing that was shown during the episode you all know i am talking about. Now since she knows they were honest she can then accept that they have taken down quite a few wraith in their time and have been trying to make a difference. However i am not magically changing her current state of mind but she will be a little more open to consideration, in other words she won't immediately see them as guilty no matter what as she did during the trial but she may come to that conclusion. By the way to anyone reading this response and thinking i am going on a bit let me just say that my first thought was that it would take nothing short of a detailed psychiatric report to properly describe Shiana and at this point it seems i was right the first time so i'll stop now.

Sheppard was taking a moment to relax in his quarters while the ship was hurtling through hyperspace when someone knocked on his door. Sighing he rose from the couch he was resting on and went to the door. When he opened it he was surprised to find himself facing Todd, who was flanked by his two marine guards.

"Todd what do you want?" asked Sheppard. Although he had a sneaking suspicion exactly what.

The Wraiths voice was as low and as predatory as before. "I wish to speak with you."

"Come in." He turned to the marines. "You two wait outside." Not like he's going to eat me, he thought.

When the door was closed Sheppard finally asked the question, "So Todd, what do you want to talk about?"

The Wraith went pokerfaced. "I understand you recently engaged some cruisers in battle."

"Go on."

"I also understand that you destroyed them quite easily. In fact you destroyed them the moment they realised you were even there."

"Oh really and how did you know that?"

Todd smiled, "Oh I think you and I both know that Sheppard."

"Don't tell me, your Wraith telepathy." Even as he said it Sheppard knew he was right, it made perfect sense.

"Exactly."

"So now we've got that out in the open I think we can admit you know exactly what happened in the battle."

"I do," the Wraith admitted.

"Why not run it by me, just so we're clear."

"The cruisers exited hyperspace completely unaware of your presence. Since the Wraith onboard were surprised by the fact that your battle cruiser suddenly appeared out of no where I can only presume that the ship has a cloaking device. The battle cruiser then immediately engaged the cruisers and destroyed them before they even had the chance to fire a shot or launch a single dart." The Wraiths face had been completely neutral as he said this, not giving away any signs of approval or anger.

"Ok so you have all the facts. Now what did you want to say to me?"

"I want to know why, why did you feel the need to destroy those cruisers?"

Sheppard tapped his earwig. "ISIS."

The ships holographic interface immediately appeared in the corner of the room.

"Yes Commander," she said.

"Access known telemetry for the 5 Wraith cruisers we just encountered," Sheppard ordered.

On the wall mounted monitor a star map appeared with the wraith cruisers on it. It was an exact duplicate of the sensor readings taken from the sensor relays placed to watch the planet Kolumnar. On the screen the cruisers were clearly noted by the five glowing red dots. The predicted trajectory put the cruisers going through the system they had just come through and several other systems, all of which were known to contain small civilisations.

"Take a look at the screen Todd," said Sheppard. "Those cruisers were headed for a number of habited systems, no doubt looking for the next meal."

"Why not offer them the same treatment that you gave me then?" Todd was still keeping his expression neutral, although Sheppard suspected that he was going to get angry if he didn't get a good answer.

"You really think they would have accepted it?" Todd remained silent. "I thought not. Look if we are going to offer the rest of the Wraith a cure then it can't be from us it has to be from you. Good cop, bad cop. You saw how easily we destroyed them so you know we have the firepower to take them out. That's where you come in. We offer them the stick and you offer them the carrot."

"Do you really think that will work?" Todd's tone had gone from emotionless, well as emotionless as a Wraiths voice can seem, to hopeful.

"Remember Todd you're still the de facto leader of the alliance of hives, they are supposed to listen to you. Besides any Wraith that does take the cure will become our allies, we'll help you set up your own farms, establish trade relations. Then of course there is your carrot."

"Oh and what might the carrot be?" Todd was intrigued. They clearly they had some kind of plan worked out, something which would capture his interest.

"You'll be the leader of these converted Wraith, they'll have no choice in the matter. Just imagine any Wraith who ever questioned you having to bow down to you. You'll be the one who saved them all from extinction. Because believe me, the old Wraith will go extinct as no human in this galaxy or any other will ever become a food source again." The last part was almost shouted. It didn't quite reach that level of volume but it certainly wasn't said in a calm voice.

Todd chuckled. "I was wrong Sheppard, you do understand Wraith."

"I'm not kidding Todd," said Sheppard, his tone deadly serious. "Any Wraith that doesn't take the cure is looking at death, no exceptions."

"I understand," he said, his expression neutral once again.

Kolumna – Control Room

In a white flash of light three people appeared in the centre of the control room before the gate. The guards stationed around the room immediately reacted to the sudden arrival but quickly calmed once they recognised them as guests. Appearing almost out of nowhere the three were suddenly faced by Captain Tovar. Greeting each of them in turn he welcomed them back to the city.

"Colonel Sheppard, Doctor McKay, Mr Woolsey," he said. "I take it you are here to see Minister Petra."

"Indeed we are," said Woolsey. "Provided, of course, that she is available to see us."

"Oh I think she will be very happy to see you," he smiled. "We just received word from a Coalition envoy that we have been accepted into the fold. Follow me."

He led the way to Petra's office, where the Minister was waiting for them. As she rose from her seat she spoke.

"Gentlemen, I have been expecting you," she said.

Woolsey spoke, "Tovar tells me you have heard the good news already. Might I be amongst the first to say welcome to the Coalition."

"Thank you," she replied. "I am sure you had a part in our success. I also take it that you are here to collect on our trade agreement."

"We are," replied Woolsey.

"I trust you have what we asked for in exchange for the chair."

"We have all the medical supplies you asked for boxed and ready to beam down," said Sheppard. The medical supplies were coming from the Weir's own stores so as the commander he had to over see there transfer.

"Then allow me to show you to where we have relocated the chair to."

McKay jumped in at this point. "I trust you kept it safe, somewhere dry, out of the way. You were careful when moving it right?"

Petra laughed, even she knew of Rodney's love for technology, especially ancient technology.

"Do not worry Doctor McKay, it is perfectly safe," she said. "In fact it is in a room that is hardly ever used by us."

Interestingly she led them into the jumper bay and over to the large object covered by a dust sheet which they had seen several days ago when they had first visited. Tovar, who had joined the party as they left the office, pulled the sheet off. Underneath was the gleaming shape of an ancient control chair in pristine condition. McKay stared at his prize in awe. Moving closer to better examine it he saw the chair was in perfect condition, having been well cared for over the years by the servants tasked with keeping it clean.

"You know I can't believe we walked by the thing and didn't even realise it was there," said Sheppard in bewilderment.

"I believe it is one of your expressions that goes that if you want to hide something hide it in plain sight," said Petra smiling at the Colonel's surprise. "Of course if it is something this big it helps to also put it under a large dust sheet."

"Hmm, so McKay what's the verdict?"

"Well it seems to be in perfect condition and appears to be an exact replica to the others we've encountered. And…" he trailed off as he pushed a button on the base and an octagonal panel rose up revealing an empty slot. "…there is a place for a ZPM to go."

"I take it then that it is to your satisfaction," said Petra.

As his response Sheppard tapped his earwig, "Weir beam down the supplies."

In one off the alcoves next to them, in a flash of white light, three supply crates appeared. Sheppard walked over to the chair and fixed a magnetic locator beacon to the side while Tovar confirmed the contents of the crates.

"The crates contain all the medical supplies we promised you," said Sheppard. "So if that's all we'd like to take the chair now."

Petra nodded. "Of course Colonel, the chair is yours. Can I assume you won't need any help moving it?"

Sheppard grinned.

"Rodney stand back." He tapped his earwig again. "Weir beam up the chair."

With the familiar Asgard beaming the control chair vanished from the room.

"Well now that that's been taken care of I think we'll be going," said Sheppard. Speaking into his earwig he said, "Weir, prepare to beam us up."

Petra decided to ask the question that had been on her mind throughout this technological display. "Colonel what stopped you from simply taking the chair? You clearly had the capability."

Sheppard was still smiling after he heard this and his reply was one word before he vanished.

"Honour."

Weir – Onboard Gate Room

The gate room on the ship was actually a fairly simple set up as it was originally been designated as a cargo bay. On one side of the room was a DHD, harvested from a broken puddle jumper found in the cities underwater bay that had been scrapped for parts, and now contained the dialling crystal taken from Atlantis. It was set into the wall next to a computer console that contained the gate address database. On the other side were a number of large and wide flat bed cargo carriers, one which was now carrying the weight of the control chair which had been strapped to its back. In a connecting bay, opposite from the stargate, and lining two of the long walls were Atlantis's entire compliment of puddle jumpers. However before all of these and set so they were covering the stargate were four armoured gun nests, each of which contained a swivel mounted X-699. These versions came with a very low powered mode which was the equivalent of a stun setting, unlike the ones mounted on the transport shuttles which only had a maximum power setting as standard.

The entire time the ship had been in Pegasus the gate had been inactive and unused yet despite this was guarded the entire time. But now the gate was about to be used, the inner ring light spinning as the chevrons locked one by one as the gate address for Earth was dialled. As the eighth and final chevron locked into place power from the ships generators flowed through conduits and into the stargate, creating the familiar kawhoosh as the event horizon formed and a connection to Earth was established. Once the IDC was sent through the waiting crewmen sprang into action and Atlantis's command crew watched as, with a nod to his comrades, Doctor Radek Zelenka stepped into the event horizon of the wormhole followed by the cargo carrier which was being controlled remotely. As the wormhole closed the event horizon dissipated and the stargate shut down to a silent room.

After a few moments Sheppard broke the silence, his voice heard across the entire ship as Isis transmitted his words over the intercom.

"Lets get moving people; we rendezvous with Atlantis in an hour."

Radek rematerialized in the SGC gate room followed shortly by the control chair. At the bottom of the ramp was General Hank Landry.

"Welcome back to Earth Doctor," he said. "I see you brought a gift with you."

"Thank you General," said Radek before taking a data crystal out of his pocket. "I have the correct calculations for the wormhole drive on this. I intend to take Atlantis back in an hour. Is everything ready here?"

"General O'Neill's instructions have been carried out to the letter. All the personnel you need have already been relocated to Atlantis and all the storage rooms have been fully stocked. They are just awaiting your arrival and that data crystal."

Argus Shipyards – 9 days ago

After going through a promotion ceremony back at the Alpha Site Colonel Sheppard was about to get his mission briefing from General O'Neill.

"Sir," asked Sheppard "Not that I don't love the idea of having a ship like the Weir to call my own, but why can't we just take Atlantis back with us? I know she isn't fully repaired tech wise but at least all the leaks have been taken care of."

General O'Neill sighed, "Son I know that Atlantis is home to you folks but at the moment this is the way things are. However your former commander and I have seen to it that it's not the way things will always be, so just sit quietly for a few minutes and listen to the facts of the situation. Oh and remember all the wonderful things that happened in the Pegasus galaxy because you never know when past experiences will lead to solutions in the future."

SGC - Present

"Are the ZPM's in place?" asked Doctor Zelenka.

"Yes. You'll be happy to know that we finally unearthed the remains of Area 51, and that the container for the ZPM was intact. So Atlantis will be going back with her full compliment, well two full and one on recharge anyway, and we won't have to take the one from the Odyssey. The new chair will still use the first's ZPM as it is still at near full capacity."

"Rodney will be pleased to hear that." He remembered the case Rodney had made a few years ago that Atlantis should be allowed to keep more than one ZPM. "How are the IOA going to take this do you think? I don't imagine they are simply going to allow us to take the city back to Pegasus.

"Don't worry about that," said Landry with a smile on his face. "That particular problem has been dealt with a while ago. I just hope someone has a camera ready when it hits them."

Atlantis Control Room – Less than an hour later

Radek was inputting the final calculations before activating the wormhole drive. Beside him, working at their individual stations were Chuck and Amelia.

"I have finished inputting the calculations," said Radek as he finished typing. "What is the cities status?"

"All personnel report they are ready for the jump," said Chuck.

"Generators are online and power is ready to be routed to the drive. Minimal ZPM power is being utilised," Amelia, smiling at the thought that she would be seeing Ronon soon, as she had known she would for over a week now.

When Atlantis was undergoing repairs it was fitted with four neutrino ion generators which could provide power to the city in the majority of times. However the ZPM's would still be necessary as they provided volumes of power in a single moment that could not hope to be matched by the generators alone, as the ZPM's acted like super batteries, power which was usually necessary to have available. To compensate for this fact the science team decided to use an idea that had been considered a while ago by Rodney, recharging the ZPM's. Although they could not actually make the ZPM itself provided it was, at the very least, partially powered the quantum foam inside would still be active. This meant that if they could direct enough energy into it at a time they could in fact, slowly but steadily, recharge it. It was only now with the addition of the neutrino ion generators that they had the power necessary to charge it.

"I'm bringing the drive online," said Radek. "Initiating power flow."

"Power flow is stable, drive reaching maximum capacity," said Amelia.

"Initiating jump," said Radek. And with the click of a button the city was enveloped in a ball of water-like energy and vanished.

IOA Meeting Room

James Coolidge and Shen Xaioyi, two of the IOA's foremost representatives given Woolsey's absence, were sitting at one end of the long meeting table and discussing a few things before the official IOA meeting began in a few minutes time. In the middle of a conversation they were interrupted by a knock at the door which surprised them as any member of the IOA would not have to knock to enter their own meeting and they realized it must be someone else.

"Enter," said Coolidge.

The door opened to reveal newly promoted Lt Colonel Paul Davis, whom Coolidge recognised instantly having dealt with him on numerous occasions, standing in the now open doorway with a small file in hand.

"Ah Colonel Davis what can we do for you?" he asked.

"I have come to inform of a few recent occurrences before the meeting officially begins. We at Homeworld Command felt it would be prudent to inform you about these matters especially given your situation," he replied while walking over to them.

Although they didn't show it outwardly both IOA members got an ego boost at those words. What they didn't realise was that those words actually meant their egos were about to be severely deflated.

"Do not keep us waiting then, the meeting will be starting shortly," said Xaioyi.

"Of course, exactly," he paused briefly to check his watch, "two minutes ago, Atlantis returned to the Pegasus galaxy using the wormhole drive. At the time she was fully supplied for the needs of the Atlantis Expedition, and was carrying all assigned security personnel and technical staff. She was also fitted with two active ZPM's and one at minimal activity."

The look on the representatives faces were priceless, Davis silently agreed with General O'Neill's earlier advice and wished he had actually brought a camera.

"Exactly what makes General O'Neill think he has the right to take Atlantis away from Earth and be allowed to get away with it," asked Coolidge in a raised voice while managing to keep his anger in check.

"General O'Neill instructed me to present you with the following upon receiving such a question," said Davis. He handed over a sheet of paper from the folder he was carrying before adding, "Sir."

Coolidge looked at the piece of paper he was holding which was stamped with the word copy at the top. It was a copy of the agreement signed by himself, Xaioyi, Woolsey and General O'Neill stating the reason that Atlantis could not return to the Pegasus Galaxy and had to remain on Earth.

The same meeting room – One month ago

On one side of the table sat Coolidge and Xaioyi, while on the other sat Woolsey and General O'Neill. The latter of who were currently trying to swing it that Atlantis would be allowed to return to the Pegasus Galaxy while the former were arguing that Atlantis needed to remain on Earth. It probably helped that Woolsey was currently in the rest of the IOA's 'hall of fame' after he had managed to save their collective asses by bringing Atlantis back to Earth in time to engage the hive ship in orbit. But, even though Shen was still in the dark regarding the incident with the AI that had tricked her into giving Woolsey a good review, she still opposed the friendship he had developed with General O'Neill and the rest of Atlantis's command team. As a result the decision could swing either way but the IOA didn't seem to be budging an inch.

Eventually General O'Neill apparently got sick of the constant stream of banter and decided to issue an ultimatum.

"Look I think we can all agree on one thing," he said. "And that is that Atlantis is at this point the only way to control the arsenal of drones stored on Earth. Can we at least say that for the foreseeable future as long as Earth has no other means of utilising those defensive weapons that Atlantis needs to remain on Earth?"

Coolidge and Xaioyi shared a looked before Coolidge spoke.

"I believe we can agree to that."

Woolsey sighed, "I hate to say it but you do have a point General. I agree."

"Right," said O'Neill to the IOA representatives, "You two are the official IOA representatives for this matter right?"

"We are," said Shen.

"Then would you mind signing this, on the behalf on the IOA, along with Woolsey, the current administrator of Atlantis, and me." He handed Shen a piece of paper and motioned for her to read it.

"This is to officially certify," she read, "that so long as Atlantis remains the only means of controlling the weapons needed to defend Earth the city must remain on the planet and as such cannot return to the Pegasus galaxy."

"If you have no objections would you all sign it so that we can put an end to this matter and go home, please?"

All three members of the IOA signed the document, followed by General O'Neill.

"Thank you," he said, with a smile.

And to think, the two representatives thought he was smiling because he could finally call it a day.

IOA Meeting Room – Present

Shen snatched away the piece of paper, took one look at it and then slammed it on the desk.

"All this shows is that he is in violation of the agreement that we made," she said, scowling.

Calmly, and more importantly while keeping a straight face, Davis took the other item of out the folder and placed it on the table. It was a photograph.

"In response to that General O'Neill told me to give you this photograph of the control chair sent back to Earth by Colonel Sheppard."

And with a small smile he turned and left, leaving behind two IOA representatives who suddenly realised they had been played for fools.

Pegasus Galaxy – New Lantea (M35 117)

On the tranquil calm ocean surface a ball of water-like energy appeared and then vanished, leaving behind the city of Atlantis, shining in the afternoon sun. Watching from a few thousand feet above the ocean, as the Weir descended to land on one the piers, John smiled. After what had seemed like forever the city had finally returned home.