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NA3: También he publicado el original en español, ya pueden leerlo.
Stargate O'Neill 11
One day, Jack was relaxing playing on his PlayStation 1 when the alarm sounded throughout the base and General Hammond called him into his briefing room with the team. When he arrived, Daniel looked at him euphorically, showing him some pictures with ancient writing on them. Jack's eyes went wide.
-Where? -said Jack, unable to contain his excitement.
-These are pictures of the probe's most recent exploration, it was supposed to be our next mission," said Daniel showing him more pictures, but Jack only saw an empty room with a circle in the middle.
-No ruins? -Jack asked disappointed. As he remembered, the ancient knowledge repository was in ruins. His disappointment rubbed off on the faces of the others.
-Isn't that what you're looking for? -asked Daniel. Everyone already knew that what he was looking for was related to those writings, which were the same as the ones on the tablet.
-I don't know, I was expecting some ruins," confessed Jack. Anyway, let's check it out.
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Crossing the portal, everything looked just like the scout's photos and video. Jack grimaced, but shrugged his shoulders and stood on a white circle in the middle of the dark room, hoping it was a ring platform that would take him somewhere.
To his surprise, the circle glowed, and a face-hugger, an ancient device, appeared on the far wall, causing his heart to beat rapidly and his eyes to light up.
-Yes!" Daniel shouted as he saw her reaction.
-Is this what you were looking for, O'Neill? -Teal'c asked hopefully. Jack took a deep breath to calm himself.
-Yes, this is what I was looking for," Jack approached.
-Sir, what is this? -Carter asked.
-Ultramegacosmic knowledge," said Jack.
-Sir? -Carter asked hesitantly.
-Carter, I'm not playing games. This device will fill my head with enormous amounts of knowledge that we can use. But don't worry, I'm not going to keep it all to myself," he added. Carter lowered his head, I could tell that's what he was thinking.
-Carter, I know what you're thinking, but to use this device, you need to possess the genes of these people. You've seen it before, Teal'c and Daniel already stepped in the circle and nothing happened. But don't worry, I will share all the knowledge I can with you and other scientists, I have everything ready. I just hope I don't die trying," said Jack sincerely.
-Die? -asked Daniel.
-O'Neill, is this object dangerous? -Teal'c asked. Jack shook his head.
-It is not. It's just a repository of knowledge. The problem is, it's not meant for humans. I can use this technology because I have its genes, but that's about it.
"My brain will overload with this information and then it will collapse hopelessly. But don't worry, I plan to make the most of this before I have to give it up. I'm not going to overdo it," Jack said walking towards the facehugger device. Teal'c stopped him.
-O'Neill, this doesn't sound like a good idea," Teal'c said.
-Easy, Teal'c. I know how this works, and I also know how to avoid dying from it," Jack pushed Teal'c's hand away and approached the face-hugging device that activated the moment he put his head near it. Then he was caught by a pair of claws and Jack felt as if he had eaten too much ice cream and got brain freeze.
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Jack woke up in the infirmary, realizing he was wrong. The second face-hugging device was in some ruins, the first was in that room….
-Colonel O'Neill, are you all right? -General Hammond asked.
-I'll die in a few days, but I'm wonderful now," said Jack. Now let's stop asking questions, we must make the most of this or we'll regret it for the rest of our lives," Jack warned. Now was not the time to worry about nonsense.
-The nanite controller device, and the nanites, now! -Jack urged his team, who were watching him intently, trying to see at what point a second head would pop out.
-Bring the artifact," General Hammond ordered. Dr. Fraiser, we need those nanites now.
-Sir, we still can't get them to follow orders, this is very dangerous," Fraiser warned.
-Doctor, the knowledge I have in my head belonged to the race that created the nanite technology," Jack said and looked at the general. General Hammond, activate the Omega plan, which is on file in my computer. I want all those scientists ready and warn them at once not to ask questions, because my brain is a collapsing computer, I have no idea what I'm doing.
"This will work as I deem necessary, and the rest is automatic. Since I already have an idea of what we need, asking questions will only waste my time," Jack explained and looked at Carter. Carter, I don't know how the transfer will work, but I hope your brain holds out. If not, you and the others will end up in the sarcophagus and we'll lose a major breakthrough," said Jack with a grimace.
-Sir, do you plan to copy your knowledge on me? -Carter asked, understanding his plan.
-Only that which would be useful to us. There are many things we can omit. I want to get alloys for ships, engines, cannons, power sources, and most importantly," Jack pointed to his head and then to Carter's. "How to do this between us. How to do this between us. I plan to use the nanites to mimic the artifact that did this to me, but unlike that artifact, I will only pass on a small part of this knowledge to them, preventing their brains from collapsing," Jack explained. He knew the device was killing him because it was changing his brain, but he didn't explain. Carter looked excited and anxious.
-That's an excellent plan, sir," Carter praised as they brought the device to control the nanites. Jack held it in his hands thinking about what he wanted, but nothing was happening. Jack sighed.
-It's not starting yet, but we can do something else. Daniel, the tablet and everything you have in their language, quickly," said Jack. Daniel nodded and ran off to return a few minutes later.
Jack saw the tablet and smiled as he recognized a few words. He began to say them and Daniel began to write them down. They spent the whole afternoon like this, and by the time they were done, Daniel had a complete alphabet and Jack could read anything in ancient. But as he tried to translate one last line, his hands moved to the nanite-controlling artifact, grabbed it, and ran off.
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Jack stopped in Carter's lab, plugged the device into a computer and began typing frantically.
-Sir? -Carter asked.
-Carter, what did I tell you before? This is automatic, I have no idea what I'm doing. But if you ask me, I'm creating an interface so I can share knowledge with you and the others using the nanites as a transfer medium, because that's what I planned to do all along," Jack explained, and those following him frowned at him.
-What? -Jack asked.
-You've changed half the words, we can barely understand you," said Daniel. Jack nodded.
-It doesn't matter, there's no point in my talking anyway," said Jack and continued working.
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Ten minutes later, Dr. Fraiser brought the nanites, which were still a frozen fruitcake. Jack swallowed it all as he continued writing, and twenty minutes later he was done, or so he thought because he didn't know what he had done.
-I need a syringe, quick," said Jack, and since he knew he was speaking in old English, he pointed to his arm and signaled to draw blood. At that point, he had a bunch of doctors around him and getting a syringe was a matter of seconds, they even drew blood for him.
-Take a drink," he said to Carter, who grimaced, but understood it was a nanite transfusion. After Carter took the blood, everyone waited ten minutes, until Jack's frown indicated that he didn't know what was coming next.
…
Ten minutes later, he ran back out, taking Carter by the hand and leading her to the armory. He put her back to him and in full view of everyone, began to disassemble a cane in a minute.
Then he turned Carter around and handed her a cane in her hand, but seeing her wide eyes, Jack grinned from ear to ear, because that meant she already knew how to do it too. Without any surprise, Carter took the cane apart, even did it in twenty seconds and without any hesitation. Jack smiled even wider.
-Muna, now," said Jack pointing upward to indicate to everyone where he wanted to go.
-Moon now," Carter repeated after him, but in ancient and then in English, looking astonished. Jack was also astonished.
-We must go to the Moon with the other scientists," said Jack to prove something complicated. The same thing happened, Carter repeated in ancient and then in English. Everyone realized that she was also learning the language and clapped.
-Stop clapping, we have to hurry," Jack chided.
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Half an hour later, a bomber took twenty people to the moon, and while Jack was hacking into the ship's computer, or so he thought he was because it was part of his original plan, doctors were giving injections of his blood to fifty other scientists, without heeding any medical precautions.
-Sir, this is incredible, he has completely decrypted the ship's system and is creating a graphic design interface…" Carter was narrating everything he was doing, and he sounded like a horse racing narrator because of the excitement.
…
Half an hour later, all the guest scientists were plugged in and learning everything he was doing.
-He is creating and programming nanites, updating the design and improving their efficiency as they multiply.
-He is now replicating the programming so that they link to the neural network and transmit information by copying it to a similar network.
…
-It is a subspace power source, a thousand times greater than that used by the Goa'uld.
….
-It is a superior shield to that used by the Goa'uld. By comparison, what the Goa'uld use is paper.
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-They are hyperspace engines.
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-Sensors.
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-It's an alteration of the shield to make the ship invisible.
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-It is a redesign for the plasma cannons.
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Jack kept churning technologies out of his head non-stop. He was just making designs and models in a 3D graphical interface, but the scientists he was connected to could understand everything and received the knowledge without any problem.
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-They are personal shields and a personal concealment system.
…
-A lie detector! -said a scientist and the others looked at him funny, because he looked very alarmed. The guards saw him and General Hamon sent two of them to stand by his side.
Jack was not going to allow anyone to trade in this technology and had already taken precautions.
…
-These are electromagnetic weapon designs.
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-Aerospace fighter with shielding, stealth capability.
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-A shield generator for Stargate Command.
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-A small subspace generator for secondary bases.
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-A portable marker for Stargates.
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-A control and calculation system for the Earth Stargate that lets you know the direction from which they have dialed.
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-A sphere explorer of worlds.
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-A satellite…
…..
Jack felt dizzy and a dozen guards grabbed him before he fell to the ground.
-The nanite artifact," Jack said and plugged it into the ship's computer.
-No!" said Carter.
-What is it, Major? -General Hamon asked.
-Sir, he's programming the nanites to forcibly reset his brain. But the nanites are not advanced enough technology to do that, it may give him more time, but it may still leave him paraplegic or worse….
-We have the sarcophagus," Carter said with wide eyes.
-It won't work, because he hasn't prepared anything to get that information out of his head yet," CCarter warned.
Jack gritted his teeth and turned away from the console reluctantly, shifting his priorities to going with the Asgard. He could be ambitious and carry on, leaving everything ready for them to send him, even if he was half dead, to the Ida galaxy and he knew the Asgard would still heal him, but if he did that, he'd be an ungrateful piece of shit.
Jack finished his new orders to the nanites and his dizziness vanished.
-Back to the SGC, time's up," said Jack. And they all applauded, because in one day, they had advanced thousands of years in technology.
…
Upon returning to the SGC, Jack began working on a mini power source with the help of Carter and five other scientists.
-What are you doing," General Hamon asked.
-Sir, we're just creating a small subspace source, no big deal. It will serve to mark the Asgard galaxy," explained Carter as if it were not important.
-Thank goodness it's just a silly thing," said Daniel, rolling his eyes.
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When the fountain was ready, the gate connected and Jack stepped through it, emerging into an Asgard-designed tunnel with dozens of gray dwarves.
-I need to talk to Thor right now! And don't even think of lobotomizing me yet, if you don't want to regret it later," Jack warned as he saw a small gray dwarf reach out his hand towards him, but he stopped on the spot at his warning.
Jack saw a flash and the next thing he knew he was in front of Thor, on the bridge of his ship, watching him sitting on his Asgard throne.
-Quickly, connect my mind to your ship's computer….
A medical capsule appeared in front of him, and contained his body.
-Well, you've already done that," Jack said with a smile and felt his mind working on something.
-What are you doing? -Thor asked as he checked his work. Jack shrugged his shoulders.
I have no idea, but I know they need an anti-replicator weapon. Replicators are old technology, it's easy for me to create a weapon to use against them. I guarantee it will be effective," Jack said, and Thor squinted at him.
-Are you tired? -Jack asked.
-I'm expressing doubts," explained Thor.
-I'm sorry, I don't like to explain much about things I don't understand," said Jack.
-There are nanites all over your body," said Thor.
-And you'll leave them there," said Jack.
-They're dangerous technology to have on you in a galaxy full of them," Thor explained.
-Soon they'll be gone," said Jack.
-The weapon is not yet created and what you have done with your brain is very dangerous. There's a chance you could lose some of your memory if something goes wrong," Thor explained.
-I know. It's worth the risk and everything will be fine," said Jack.
-You're too optimistic," said Thor and raised his hand to do something with the capsule. I'm not contradicting your wishes, I've just extracted the nanites and I'm using our medical technology to replace them. The improvement isn't much, but you won't run the risk of being manipulated by a replicator signal and it will lessen the chance that you'll end up forgetting things," explained Thor.
-That's good," said Jack.
-The Asgard Council appreciates your stubbornness, no matter how much your efforts fail," said Thor.
-You seem sure of that," said Jack with a smile.
-Given what you've said about your intentions, I can infer some things from the model you're creating. We've tried to do something like this in the past, but failed," Thor explained.
-I will not fail, I told you before, the ancients are the creators of replicator technology," insisted Jack.
-You're opening up another workspace," said Thor.
-Ah, yeah? -Great. I was wondering if I could work on two projects at once.
-What do you want to work on? -Thor asked, but he immediately understood. It's a genetic archive of the ancients," Thor said.
-Yes, I figured there was one out there. It's a pity, it seems they didn't keep one of their own, but I hope this will give them some hope for the future and that they won't do anything crazy. I promise I'll get the rest later," Jack warned.
-Your current knowledge is not enough," Thor explained, understanding what he meant.
-I know where to find them," Jack explained.
-And you won't tell us," said Thor.
-No," said Jack and smiled at Thor's uncertainty. You don't know how to get them, and you'll only get into trouble. I don't want to disturb things," Jack concluded.
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The weapon was finished in two hours. Thor created a replicator model and also synthesized the weapon, which had the same bizarre design as the original. Jack fired without any hesitation and the replicator imitation was instantly destroyed. Thor opened his eyes wide.
-It worked," Thor said in disbelief. Jack smiled.
-I saw it," said Jack.
-O'Neill, this…" Jack raised his hand.
-You must be very busy. I know. Get this knowledge out of my head and then send me through the portal," Jack said, and after a flash, the Jack in the pod disappeared and he touched his body.
-That's efficiency," said Jack.
-O'Neill, the Asgard Council is willing to grant payment for the technology and the contribution you have made to the Asgard. What do you need? -Thor asked.
-Well, we are short of all kinds of rare materials. Especially tridium and naquadah, but I think studying neutronium wouldn't hurt, so a small sample, a few kilos, of that wouldn't hurt," explained Jack.
-You're thinking of using neutronium to enhance the nanites," Thor accused. Jack shrugged as he was caught red-handed. O'Neill, nanite technology is extremely dangerous and unsafe. If you encounter a replicator army, you and yours will be disabled," Thor warned.
-We will take security measures in this regard," said Jack. If you were to encounter replicators, you could simply turn off the nanites in your bodies. It would be a disgrace and a loss of performance, but it was preferable to becoming puppets. Thor seemed to sigh.
-Will you put nanites back into your body? -Thor asked. Jack nodded and Thor sighed again. The Asgard were already repulsed by anything to do with replicators.
-Hey, I'm not young anymore, my hips are starting to ache and I'm sleeping less than usual. Look at my hair, it's more gray than brown, I can't be acting brave, because at any moment I'll fall over as a cold corpse," said Jack. Thor shook his head at his exaggerations.
-O'Neill, you are in perfect health compared to other members of your species, you still have dozens of years ahead of you," Thor said helplessly. It's okay, I guess you'll do it by yourself, we can help you add the nanites, we have a greater knowledge in this technology. We will also give you the neutronium.
"As for the other materials, we will start gathering them from our warehouses, you will be able to communicate through the portal in three days to start receiving shipments," said Thor.
-Just like that? -asked Jack. He thought they would raise many objections, but now they were even offering to upgrade the nanites for him.
-Jack, we don't think your people are ready for this step, but they have already obtained these technologies and we can only help them," said Thor regretfully. Do they need anything else? -asked Thor. This time it was Jack who was surprised.
-More?" he asked in a daze, not daring to let his imagination run wild. Thor nodded magnanimously.
Well, that matter-to-energy storage technology would be great. I was thinking of getting it in a year or so, but if we get a sneak preview, that would be great," said Jack.
-You know a lot of technologies," Thor accused. Jack nodded, "Aren't you going to tell us about them? -Thor asked.
-No, the Asgard are too young in this technology plundering thing, they could cause a disaster. But I'll be sure to pass them a copy as soon as we get our hands on them," O'Neill promised condescendingly and superiorly. Thor made a small grimace with his mouth.
-Aha! You smiled," said Jack, before a flash left him in front of the Asgard portal. There were twice as many gray dwarves there now, and they had a huge packing crate that would barely fit through the portal.
-Colonel Jack O'Neill, inside is the neutronium you requested, and data on Asgard storage technology," said an Asgard approaching him and offering him a small white polished rock.
-This is a communication device, it will send your messages to a satellite in your galaxy and relay them back to us. Use it in case you need our help these days," said the asgard.
-Thank you, we'll be fine for now, although we'd feel safer with you around. Not that we plan on blowing up the planet, but you know how it is, we have a lot of freaks and sometimes we don't get to hit them over the head before they make a mess," said Jack.
-We'll keep an eye on you," said the asgard and activated the portal with a wave of his hand.
Jack nodded and watched as the box lifted off the ground and moved on its own towards the portal. Jack passed behind it. Upon arrival, he was greeted by the usual unidentified contact committee. General Hammond arrived in a military vehicle to greet him a minute later.
-Did the Asgard manage to heal him? -General Hammond asked. Jack nodded and noticed that the general, who when he left looked tired and with dark circles under his eyes from going more than a day without sleep, now looked as fresh as a daisy.
-General Hammond, have you taken anything? -Jack asked with concern.
-Colonel O'Neill! -General Hammond replied. Jack saluted.
-Sir, I'm just expressing my concern," Jack said sincerely. The old man was no longer in the mood for strange moves, at any moment he could have a heart attack and they would be orphans.
-Dr. Frasier has used a dose of nanites to rest my body while I work, I can't take time off at a time like this," explained General Hammond. Jack nodded, sighing with relief. That meant he was already insured.
-Colonel O'Neill, Dr. Frasier is waiting for you in the infirmary," General Hammond ordered and looked at the box.
-This material is more efficient for nanites and is undetectable to common advanced technologies. I have also obtained matter storage technology from the Asgard and some more resources that will arrive later," said Jack handing him the white rock. This is an intergalactic cell phone. If someone accidentally sets something off, we can call for help and the Asgard will come running to make sure we don't kill ourselves," Jack explained.
-That will be more useful than they think," said General Hammond with a sigh of relief. He, too, was frightened by the new technologies.
-It would be good to ask them questions and have them do a review before we do anything new," said Jack. He already knew that the Asgard would not refuse to review their work to warn them if they made mistakes or if they could go ahead.
-I will report back," said General Hammond as they climbed into the military vehicle to go through the tunnel that led to the portal.
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-Sir, I have more to report. It's not technology, but it's better than that: a weapon we can use to defend the planet, left by the ancients," Jack reported, as Dr. Frasier drew blood and ran tests.
-Where is he? -General Hammond asked.
-I'm afraid she's in international lands, near where we found the portal. The ancients had an outpost there and there should be tens of thousands of highly advanced missiles," said Jack. If we protect the place with a good shield, we could protect the whole Earth with that," Jack explained, looking at Carter and the other scientists sleeping next to him.
-The nanites would rest their bodies while they're active, but we don't want to risk it, because these people are now the hope of the whole planet," said General Hammond. Jack nodded, putting so many excited geeks to sleep must have been a very difficult task.
-Dr. Hammond, you have nanites, don't you? -asked Jack, and Dr. Frasier nodded.
-Sam has shared them with me and all the knowledge contained in his own nanites. We no longer need to do anything to transfer them," Dr. Frasier explained. It was an unselecting method, but it was useful if you didn't have or didn't want to leak information.
….
-Colonel O'Neill, these nanites? -Dr. Frasier asked, looking at her test results an hour later.
-Asgard enhancements. They are made of neutronium, a more stable material than naquadah. They have also included an integrated controller device, which allows me to control them, but I will need the knowledge I gave them to program them to my liking, especially the knowledge in genetics and human biology that was with the original nanites," said Jack. Dr. Frasier nodded.
-I'll download the data while he sleeps," said the doctor, pointing to a gurney. It looked like she wanted to put him to sleep with the rest.
-Wake me up in a week," Jack nodded. Dr. Frasier smiled.
-You have five hours rest, Colonel O'Neill," General Hammond reported, looking at him seriously. Jack grimaced. He hadn't slept for almost two days now.
-Sir, I'm thinking of early retirement," Jack threatened. General Hammond smiled and walked away. He had a whole executive team with tablets with him to take notes on the orders they received and then transfer them.
-I'm serious, I'm a senior citizen, I need at least eighteen hours of sleep a day and no less than six hours of recreation time," Jack complained, but General Hammond was already gone. Dr. Frasier sighed and instructed him to lie down.
-He'll wake up with the others, it looks like they'll have a lot of work ahead of them," said Dr. Frasier.