PROLOGUE

You look ahead, your field of view narrowed by the black abyss surrounding you. All you can see is the floor ahead, cold and concrete. It looks like you're in a warehouse of some sort. Before you is a table with a single lamp providing the only light in the room. Beside the desk was an office chair.

A man walks into that circle of light, picking up a bottle of alcohol on the table and pouring himself a glass. You can't tell anything about the man. He is tall but his figure was hidden by a black long coat and hood. He wore black gloves over his hands so you can tell absolutely nothing about him. He turned around, but his face was hidden beneath a white porcelain theater mask.

"Ah, you're awake," he said, setting down the glass on the table. "You're probably wondering what's happening. What's been going on for the last few years. Well, allow me to catch you up."

The man's expression may have been hidden behind the mask, but his gestures were large and dramatic. Even the way he spoke was very dramatic, like an actor chewing the scene he was in. But there was something about the way he presented himself that disturbed you, like there was more to this man than he was letting on.

The man walked over and sat down in the chair, letting himself get comfortable.

"Well you see, while exploring the Atlantis database, they found references to a city built by all four races in the Alliance of Four Great Races," he said. "They called it Millennium. And because governments lack originality, they decided to send in international expedition on a one-way mission. Sound familiar?" The man let out a laugh and swatted the air.

"Anyways, the Millennium Expedition is headed by a General William Mercer, a man who is…more than he seems. But he's not the focus of our tale. Our focus is on Wolf Pack, one of the many teams in the expedition. The team is led by Major Terra Nova. Joining her is Doctor Steven Chen and Flight Lieutenant Charles Martin. Her resident alien on the team is a Professor Corin Nevec. Though, they would be getting several more aliens along the way. They have feirri terrorist, Soren Stavig, joining them. And they have Sir Samanya Arcturus, Knight of Aurox."

You look off into the darkness. You can't see anything, but you would swear there was something in the shadows.

"Now, Wolf Pack has been working pretty closely with some other members of the Expedition too. From the team the Dusk Riders, they've been working with Major Jennifer Hailey, a familiar face for you I'm sure. There's also Doctor Kara Osborn chief medical officer. Over the past four years, our band of 'heroes' have been on quite a few adventures. They've encountered the Ror'char, the generic evil empire. They've encountered an all-male race called the fierri. They've encountered the first Fifth Race, the Quinterans. They've met the ocean Nox and have even finally met the Furlings."

The masked man was about to speak more but a figure emerged from the darkness behind him. The masked man paused as the newcomer bent over and whispered in his ear.

"I fear I have to cut our discussion short," the masked man said. "But that's the short version. A new band of heroes exploring a new galaxy. As for me? I decided to tell your planet about the stargate program."

You look around, more figures emerging from the darkness around you. They are all dressed in black, some in long coats, others in military gear. Some wear gas masks. Some have hoods.

"You see, our story did take a bit of a change," the masked man said, standing up. "As it turns out, those in charge of the Millennium Expedition are not all that they seem. And Major Nova has bitten off more than she can chew. And now with the FF-305 Typhon, it seems some new plans are set into motion."

You watch as the masked man picks up the bottle of alcohol on the table, opening it and holding it sideways. It is only then you notice something moving inside the bottle. You feel your stomach lurch as a long snake slowly slithers out. But it wasn't a snake. It was a black worm.

No.

It wasn't a worm either.

It had four glowing red eyes, three sets of webbed barbs, and four fanged mandibles. It coiled around the man's hand, screeching pitifully. The man held his hand up, the worm raising its head like a snake coiled to strike.

"The stage is set," he said darkly, slowly walking toward you. "The curtain rises. It is time for the show to begin."

The man releases his grip on the worm. Its coiled body unfurls at impossible speeds and it shoots at you like a bullet. You open your mouth to scream and it dives inside. You feel it force its way down your throat, gagging as it suddenly burrows into the skin. But before your world fades you black, you look at the masked man one last time, watching his eyes glow.

-.-

A/N: Hey Y'all. So after I had first started this series, I did get a few ppl asking me about the decision to make it a series of 3 chapter stories instead of a single large one. I did it to keep in line with the episodic nature of the TV series. And also, back then I tried to do a one chapter a week schedule, a weekly adventure essentially. But I could not keep up the schedule. It turned to one every two weeks. Then one every month. Now one every two months. Also, I couldn't exactly just change the style at the drop of a hat. I had to wait until a major turning point in the plot. Well, a major turning point just happened. So, I'm switching gears. On the plus side, I can now explore some world-building ideas I couldn't work into 3 chapter stories since they wouldn't really fit in with those plots.

I've also started a bit of a handguide. It's for me to keep all my info in one place so I can avoid retcons, so put down things I couldn't really find a place for in the chapters, and so that other ppl who haven't read SGM can get an idea of what's going on.

Also, SCE. I do intend to bring in more alien and even familiar alien technology back into the fold. I don't really have plans for the Ancients. I actually wanted to distance myself from the Ancients since I felt they were overused and were demystified as a result and instead focus on the other races in the Alliance. And I do intend to bring back the Ori. There will be an attempt at an alliance with the Quinterans. And there is already a plan to ally with the Ror'char. Whether or not the alliance goes through it gonna depend on them and their belief systems. And at the moment I dont' really have any plans for destiny. Though, that might change in the future.