Author's Note: With this chapter we have reached where the first iteration of this story stopped.
Side Note: I won't reveal what happens to Kinsey. But I will reveal I had two ways it was going to go. The way that isn't in this story was Buffy taking one of the Blackbirds, the experimental fighters that were discussed when the Scoobies were discussing how to return to Earth, and straffing Kinsey's house a couple times. Then when she saw him come out of his house she dropped an object out of the Blackbird to land at Kinsey's feet. The object was to have a note that threatened him not to try anything again or else. In a way I wish I had kept that in. But I went with the other way from the cancelled story Stargate: A New Hope.
Chapter 10: Alliance
Sunnydale High Library – 2:00 pm
SG-1 returned to the library and found everyone was there waiting.
"So," Xander said.
"So," Jack echoed. "General Hammond wants to talk to all of you in person."
"Would it be possible to to …" Daniel said.
"Beam there?" Giles said, "yes."
Twenty minutes later after beaming straight to the entrance of Cheyenne Mountain, SG-1 was leading everyone through the mountain that housed Stargate Command. As they passed checkpoints, the guards wanted to confiscate Dawn and Tara's lightsabers. They refused to hand them over.
"Good afternoon," Hammond said as they walked into the briefing room on sub-level twenty eight. "I am Major General George Hammond. Before we go too deep into everything. I need you all to sign non-disclosure agreements."
"Why?" Marie asked.
"What we do here is classified. Only the folks who work inside this mountain know about what you all faced Halloween night."
"That is not really going to be possible for all of us," Marie said. "I'm not from your reality. And Giles isn't even American, he's British."
"Also we could have gone public at any time, General, that we wanted," Buffy said. "Shoot once we regained our memories we could have moved the ships back in orbit. News media is already talking about the Enterprise and the Valkyrie as they are large enough to be seen from the ground by civilian telescopes, especially the Valkyrie. This is not something you can sweep under a rug by signing an NDA. We won't be signing them, especially when some of us are officially underage."
"Then you can leave."
They turned and saw Senator Kinsey standing at the door to the briefing room. "The NDA's are non-negotiable," Kinsey said.
"Senator," Hammond said, "what brings you here?"
"They do," Kinsey said. "I also came because I believe the Senate of the United States has some jurisdictional claim to those spaceships. Since they did appear in space over the continental United States. It would give the Senate some claim over the Valkyrie, Basestar, Enterprise and the capture Goa'uld vessel, and everything aboard them, and as a member of the United States Senate, I hereby order you people," he looked at the Sunnydale group, "to surrender the ships and your claims to them to us, as the prevailing governmental authority on site. And since you all, with the exception of Mr. Giles, are American citizens I highly suggest you do that."
"I beg your pardon, Senator," challenged Joyce as she let her true identity of Kitana out, "we don't answer to you or the U.S. Senate …"
"I beg your pardon."
"I am Princess Kitana Raiden, heir to the throne of the Edenian Empire in the galaxy of Andromeda," Joyce said. "First off those ships have sentient beings on them. Those people will of course have first claim to the ships. Second my daughters, their friends, Rupert and Jenny waged a battle in space against the Goa'uld, capturing a great many of their warriors and one of their ships in the process. They also were able to retrieve SG-1 and Master Bra'tac."
"Do not presume to imply that you can force your authority upon us," Jenny added. "We may be Americans, with the exception of Giles, but that does not give you carte blanche to bully us into handing over the ships. On an added note we will use all three ships in defense of Earth, and have the training on them to do so, and we will not pledge ourselves to the allegiance of any one particular nation."
"To that end, we are prepared to discuss terms with the U.S. government," Buffy said, "which I hope we can accept on a mutual basis. This will involve an exchange of information and technology in good faith on both our parts, yours as well as ours. We can help you bolster your military capability against the Goa'uld and other races that may pose a potential threat to the safety of Earth and humanity in general. They are not American spaceships, nor British, nor Japanese or Chinese; they are Starfleet vessels spaceships. The crews of the ships all agreed to join Starfleet and the newly formed Galactic Republic. And that the Galactic Republic is going to be recognized as a separate, sovereign entity, equal to and independent of any one nation's or organization's control."
Kinsey frowned. He had no intention of leaving the ships in anyone elses hands but his own.
"Princess Summers," Hammond said as he paid specific attention to the fact that Buffy being Joyce's daughter would also be nobility. "You mentioned something about an exchange of technology and information. What sorts of information and technology are you offering?"
"Medical technology and equipment, first and foremost," Buffy said, "or at least the means to produce it, shall be given freely and openly to any nation that asks for it. With time we would give you weapons technology and the schematics to build fighter craft. The end goal here is free and open trade with the nations of Earth to the limits of our ability, and to that end we are willing to go before the United Nations and petition the representatives of the leading nations for the independent sovereignity. Since you're here, Senator, I suppose I could start by asking you to take our request to negotiate a formal alliance to the President."
"Just a minute," Kinsey started, "The President does not have the authority to approve an alliance with a foreign power. That authority lies with the Senate."
"Technically you are correct," Jenny said. "He needs two-thirds of the Senate to approve. But that doesn't mean he can't enter negotiations beforehand. Now if you won't do it, General Hammond can convey our request to the President."
Hammond nodded. "The President himself has briefed me on everything that happens in Sunnydale and he asked that I pursue negotiations for a treaty."
Kinsey frowned. He would have to get those ships some other way. And then he smiled. He looked at the group and nodded. Buffy Summers was instrumental to Sunnydale's protection. If she disappeared … He turned and left the briefing room.
"If you intend to go to the United Nations and be recognized as a sovereign entity," Hammond said. "It might be a good idea to wait for any formal relations between us. But that is up to you."
"Why don't you tell those of us who don't know what is going on?" Joyce suggested.
"If I may ask first," Hammond said. "You are from the galaxy of Andromeda, right?" Joyce nodded. "I assume since you have been to our galaxy before now. You have."
"Yes the Empire has encountered the Goa'uld," Joyce said.
"Very well. As I told Princess Summers, Captain Giles and Ms. Chase on Halloween night. The beings you all faced in orbit are the Goa'uld and their Jaffa warriors. During one of our first trips through the Stargate …" Hammond said as he motioned toward the window.
Giles along with those who hadn't been there, when he Buffy and Cordelia had talked with Hammond, went to the window and looked down at the Stargate. At the time Kirk had been in control of his body, Kirk hadn't had access to his memories. But now that he was back in control he had a nagging feeling he had seen or read about the Stargate before.
"That is the Stargate," Sam said. "With it we are able to travel to other worlds through an artificially created wormhole."
"Two years ago Jack and I were part of the initial team that managed with my help to open the Stargate," Daniel said.
"Where was it found?" Giles asked.
"Giza," Joyce said. "Where it had been buried for five thousands of years."
Giles looked at Joyce with surprise as as he remembered what he had read. "The Chappa'ai?" he asked.
"The Chappa'ai," Joyce answered with a nod.
"How do you two know that word?" Jack asked.
"I was on Earth when the Chappa'ai was buried," Joyce said as SG-1 and Hammond looked at her. "I may look like I am in my thirties, but I am actually about twenty thousand years old."
"And I know about it because it is what this Stargate is referred to in the Watcher's Diaries," Giles said.
"If it's in …" Buffy said. "That mean's …"
"Yes," Giles said. "The Slayer likely fought the Goa'uld before. There is record of some kind of parasitic demon about five thousand years ago."
"The Goa'uld are parasitic," Sam said. "They need a host to survive. They burrow in and take control of the host and set themselves up as Gods."
"It is likely these Goa'uld are the demons that the Slayer faced back then," Giles said. "Then there was a war and the parasitic demons were driven out of our dimension. And now they've returned because they unburied the Chappa'ai. And nearly destroyed us the other night. Maybe we should stop this now ..."
"Giles," Buffy said. "We're not backing away from this. Halloween night set us on this path, and we all agree that there is a reason for those particular ships. The Republic is going to be created for the defense of Earth just as the Slayer defends against the forces of darkness."
"That said we will not leave Sunnydale unguarded," Joyce added as she looked at Hammond.
"I have been authorized to offer what assistance you need in Sunnydale," Hammond said.
Giles thought it over and then nodded in agreement. He could see their point. Besides if the U.S. government was willing to offer its assistance in Sunnydale with a group specially trained … Even the Watcher's Council had specially trained groups that dealt with supernatural threats in other parts of the world.
They all agreed to help each other out. The SGC would set up a small base in Sunnydale, where the Sunnydale group could go for weapons and medical attention as needed. And in return they would help fight the Goa'uld.
After the meeting the majority of the Sunnydale group returned to Sunnydale. Buffy, Giles, Cordelia and Joyce beamed themselves, SG-1 and Hammond to the Enterprise and began showing them around the ships.
"How do you enter hyperspace?" Sam wondered.
"Faster than light travel is not done by what your scientists call hyperspace," came a voice from down the corridor. They turned and saw Spock approaching them. "Captain."
"Spock," Giles said. "I would like you to meet General Hammond, Colonel O'Neill, Captain Carter, Doctor Jackson and Teal'c."
"The Spock?" Daniel asked, he was surprised to see the Vulcan.
"Yes, I am he," Spock replied. "And I know that in this reality I am a work of fiction so I understand your surprise at seeing me."
"So what faster than light travel do you use?" Sam asked.
"The same that your fiction says we use," Spock said.
"Warp drive?" Sam asked as Spock nodded.
"That is of course the Enterprise," Buffy said. "The Valkyrie and Basestar both use a jump drive which folds space."
After they finished with the Enterprise they moved on to the Valkyrie. When they got to the flight desk of the Valkyrie they stopped in front of a Viper. "Viper's?" Jack asked. "They look similar to the ones seen in Battlestar Galactica."
"That's right," Buffy said. "Valkyrie has a full compliment of Viper's."
"That is by far not the only fightercraft we have," Cordelia said. "The Basestar has Cylon Raiders. But our Raiders will look nothing like what was seen on that old television show."
"As evidenced by the Centurians that accompanied you when you rescued us," Daniel said.
"Exactly," Cordelia said.
When they got to the brig of the Valkyrie they were shown the captive Jaffa. Teal'c approached them but most of the Jaffa refused to join the Republic, a few did, about twenty in all. The remaining Jaffa would be taken to Chulak. They knew that releasing them meant they would see those Jaffa again. But till they had a prison built they could not house them indefinitely on the any of the ships.