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Chapter Two: Ghost of Zor!
Date: September 5, 2004. Location: Lantea.
It has been two days since the SDF-1 has docked with Atlantis. Since then, over 80% of the scientific staff had gone to work on the SDF-1, their eagerness to learn more about the giant warship driving their actions.
Currently, Dr. Rodney McKay is currently going through the ship with his team, AR-1 to head to the engine to start their planned upgrade process to turn them into more powerful sublight engines.
"All I am saying is that having a powerful cannon that obliterates a few ships, but has a really long recharge time is worse then having a lower powered weapon with a near instantaneous recharge time." Shepherd said to McKay, who he was having an argument with.
"And all I am saying is that if your first shot is powerful enough to destroy all your enemies at once, who cares if the recharge time is ungodly. They can't fight back if their all flotsam in outer space." McKay shot back in his usual tone of voice.
"What if you can't get rid of them all in one shot? Then you are open to a counter attack that can get you killed. You need to keep pressure on your opponents to keep them from counterattacking you." John said, giving his counter argument to the Canadian man.
"Very true. But the thing with a lower powered weapon is that if the armor is tough enough, then for all the shots you fire, all they are going to do is scratch the paint job. With a much stronger blast, you can punch through tougher defenses with little effort." McKay said back to Shepherd.
"A good point. I think the best option is to have a collection of high powered weapons coupled together with a larger amount of lower powered weapons to supplement the heavier weapons." Shepherd said, offering a compromise with McKay.
"That is the logical solution. However, even that has it's flaws. Without a sufficiently high enough source of energy, your weapons will not be able to output their maximum potential, so you have to supplement that problem by building multiple sources of energy, which can take time and create weakness future enemy infiltration teams can exploit." McKay said back to Shepherd, pointing out the flaws in the that idea.
Teyla and Ford sighed, although McKay and Shepherd could work well together, there was sometimes where they acted like children.
A sudden beeping from McKay's breast pocket took their attention. McKay took out a life signs detector from his breast pocket.
McKay studied the sensor and said, "Shepherd, the life signs detector has found a strange energy source about one hundred meters to our left."
Shepherd frowned and said, "The Reflex furnaces that power the SDF-1 are several decks above us and about 100 feet behind us, right?"
"Yeah, this energy source can't be the Reflex furnaces. So the question is, what is this power source?' McKay asked as he looked at the life signs detector, curiosity permeating his being.
"Well team, who's up for checking out the mysterious energy source?" Shepherd asked.
"Sir, shouldn't we call the bridge and ask for permission before we go gallivanting off throughout the ship to check on a mysterious energy source?" Ford asked, not really willing to get into trouble with the RDF, knowing how important the alliance with them was, so breaking their warship was probably not the brightest thing to do.
"Fine. SDF-1 bridge control, this is Major John Shepherd. Come in." Shepherd said as he clicked his earpiece on.
"This is Kim Young. Go ahead Major." Kim said.
"Dr. McKay has just found a strange energy source near the engines of the SDF-1. We are requesting a security come with us to investigate the source of the energy and determine if it is a danger to the SDF-1 and Atlantis. Over." Shepherd said.
"Understood Major. I will tell the Captain immediately. Stand by for further instructions." Kim said as she cut the line.
The minutes slowly passed by until after 15 minutes of waiting Gloval's voice came over the line and said, "Major Shepherd. Please explain the situation for me."
"Sir, me and my team were going to the engines to check on them for their planned upgrade when we came across a strange energy reading on our Ancient life signs detector. We passed the Reflex furnace awhile ago, so it can't be that. We are requesting a security come down and help us determine the exact nature of the energy source." Shepherd explained to the older man.
After a few seconds Gloval said, "Alright. I am sending Colonel Rodriguez and his security to aid you in locating and ascertaining the threat level to the SDF-1 that this mysterious energy source has. If it has no threat level, Dr. Lang will join your shortly." Gloval said.
"Understood sir. Me and my team will wait." Shepherd acknowledged.
"Good. Gloval out." Gloval said before the line was disconnected.
"And now we wait." Teyla said as the team started waiting for Colonel Rodriguez and his security team to join them.
After twenty minutes, Colonel and his ten man security team came into view and walked over to AR-1.
"I am Colonel Rodriguez. I heard you have a unidentified energy source for us?" The Mexican Colonel asked.
"Yes sir. Rodney, lead the way." Shepherd said.
"On it. The energy source is this way." Rodney said as he started to lead the group to the left and towards the energy source.
As they grew closer, Shepherd then asked a question.
"Hey Rodney. The sensors on Atlantis are a lot more powerful then the life sign detector, so why didn't we find this energy source until now?" Shepherd asked.
"It's for a number of reasons. The main one is that the hull of the SDF-1 is made of several unknown materials and these materials make it hard to do in depth scans of the inner workings of the ship. This normally wouldn't be a problem for Atlantis, but since Atlantis is operating at far below optimal operating efficiency, her sensors are, but a tiny fractions of what their range and power was designed to be. If we had a single Zed-PM, even one with barely a charge in it, we would have found this energy source long before now. However, due to lack of power and the composition of the hull, we could't find it." Rodney said back in reply.
"So, how big of an energy are we talking about here Doc?" Ford asked.
"Again, due to the hull and frame composition, an in depth reading of the energy source while I am not in close proximity to said energy source is impossible. The life sign detector just doesn't have the power to break through the interference that the hull puts out. We are lucky we are even detecting the energy source as it is." McKay said back irritably.
The team walked in silence after that until they upon a dead end.
"Doc?" Rodriguez asked, confused why McKay led them to a dead end.
"The energy source is directly ahead. I am also seeing a series of power lines running through that wall. It probably opens up. Hold on." McKay said as he walked over to the wall.
McKay then used his knife to tear open a metal plate, exposing delicate compute circuits, which he then plugged into using his tablet.
"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa." McKay said as he saw the lines of code he was connected into.
"What is it McKay?" Shepherd asked.
"The door needs a specialized code to open and the code must be in the same language the RDF showed the original crew of the SDF-1 used. It will be difficult trick the door into opening, but I can do it. Give me some time." McKay said as he began typing.
After over an hour of McKay muttering incoherent sentences to himself and typing furiously on his tablet, a section of the hall way behind McKay suddenly opened up.
The security jumped to their feet, along with Shepherd, Ford and Teyla.
"McKay?" Shepherd asked, unsure if it was McKay who opened it.
"I finally managed to trick the door into believing I entered in the correct pass code and then forcibly disabled the door so people can come in and out without problems. Just another miracle from yours truly." McKay said, sounding so smug with his victory and if that smirk on his face was any indicator, he was going to hang onto this success for a while.
"Good job Rodney." Shepherd said to the arrogant Canadian man.
"Okay. Shepherd, you and your team will take point. You have more experience with dealing with incredibly advanced technology then we do. We will follow behind and cover your back side." Rodriguez said
Shepherd nodded and then he started to go down the hall way, followed closely by McKay, Ford and Teyla, with Rodriguez and his men following closely behind.
They walked for twenty feet before they entered into a large room with a size of around 150 feet long, 130 feet wide and 25 feet tall, where they found a large number of pedestals with what appeared to be flowers of some sort. The flowers were inside nutrient rich baths and every once in a while, the flowers released a large amount of golden glittering pollen, which was sucked up by tubes that were connected to each pedestal and then ran upwards towards the ceiling, where they ran off to a room that was behind this one.
"Rodney, am I high or are those flowers of all things?" Shepherd asked, completely confused by what he saw.
"You're not high, I am seeing them too. I am getting really weird energy readings from the flowers. I am going to get a better scan. Also, call Dr. Lang here and any other scientists he can round up as quickly as he can. This place looks important." Rodney said as he walked over to one of the pedestals and began to start taking scans.
Shepherd nodded and then clicked his earpiece and said, "Kim, this is Shepherd come in."
"This is Kim. Go ahead Major Shepherd." Kim replied.
"Tell the Captain we found what appears to be an alien green house. There are flowers in here with some sort of collection tubes that collect the flowers pollen and spores. It doesn't appear harmful and Rodney hasn't said anything is harmful, so can you please send Dr. Lang and any scientists he can round up down here? I think this place is important." Shepherd said into his earpiece.
"Roger. I will tell Captain Gloval and then see if Dr. Lang can get to your location. Stand by." Kim said as she disconnected the line.
Shepherd saw the security team starting to walk around and take closer looks at the flowers, which were pink and had three pedals and were in bunches of three. The flowers were beautiful, but something about them made them seem so much more powerful then they first appeared.
Meanwhile Rodney was taking his scans of the energy, which was very interesting.
The flowers spores and pollen were unusual, they seemed to be radiating a large amount of energy that had a energy signature that was eerily similar to something, McKay just couldn't remember what.
Then his search came back. He had taken a energy scan and had sent it to be compared to other energy signatures in his tablets database and the results were back.
McKay opened the result tab and froze.
He stared and stared at the screen for a few seconds until he could't hold it in any longer and let out a surprised, "WHAT!"
Shepherd ran over and said, "McKay, what's the matter?"
McKay just stared at the screen for a few more seconds until Shepherd psychically shook him and shouted, "McKay!"
McKay turned to Shepherd with the most dumbfounded look Shepherd had ever seen on him and McKay then said, 'Shepherd, I just found out what the energy source is composed of."
"Yeah, so?" Shepherd asked, unsure where McKay was going with this.
"I sent the energy signature to be compared to a record of previous energy signatures we have found and seen through the SGC's history and I just got the result. It shouldn't be possible, but I have run the test twice more, it can't be false. But it can't be true either, that's impossible." McKay said, going back to staring at his tablet.
"Spill it Rodney, what energy are the plants producing?" Shepherd asked, his patience running thin.
"It's ZPE. Zero-Point energy. These plants are basically organic versions of Zed-PMs." McKay said, awe and astonishment in his voice.
Shepherd, Ford and Teyla all had their mouths open in complete astonishment of what McKay had just said.
"What? They can generate ZPE? But I thought it was impossible for an organic means of ZPE." Ford said, his mind trying to comprehend what he had just been told.
"Yes, in our universe it is basically impossible for an organic means of ZPE, but remember this ship is from another reality. Different rules, I guess somewhere along the lines, these planets evolved in such a way they can trap minute amounts of ZPE in their cellular structure. I can't even begin to even theorize how they can tap into the space-time continuum in such a way." Rodney said as he stared up at the team in complete awe as his mind was still trying to comprehend what he just found out.
"So, do you think if we found a way to hook up these plants to the ZPM's we could recharge them?" Shepherd asked, hoping that a way to recharge the ever precious ZPM's could be found.
"It's possible. We would have to find a way to refine the raw spores and pollen produced by the plants and then build a recharge station where the ZPE is pumped into the ZPM's, but I guess. It will take time tho." Rodney replied, unsure if it was possible to recharge the ZPM's with this newly found source of ZPE.
"Sirs, I found another passage way!" A soldier shouted from across the room.
Shepherd and the team quickly got up and moved over to the security officer, where Rodriguez ad the rest of the security team was waiting for them.
Sure enough, on the far side of the room they had come from, was another hallway.
"Well, we just found a organic means of ZPE. Let's see what other secrets this ship holds." Shepherd said as the small group slowly made their way down the hallway.
After walking for thirty feet, they eventually came out of the hallway and found themselves in a control room of some sort.
The room was smaller then the one they came from, only being 50 feet long, 40 feet wide and 13 feet tall. There was three clusters of three workstations with what looked like a desk off to the side. The desk had a large number of advanced looking equipment and technology on it. And finally, there was a glass door that led onto a viewing deck.
Shepherd and the team cautiously approached the door and stepped out onto the viewing deck and they all stopped when they saw what laid beyond.
There was a large silo-like space and in the middle was a incredibly complex and advanced looking piece of alien technology. The pipes that had carried the golden spores and pollen from before all connected to the top of a sphere at the top of the machine that was surrounded by conduits that glowed every color of the rainbow. Descending from the bottom of the sphere was a column of pure, unrivaled power that glowed a fierce, brilliant color. The column connected to a device that looked remarkably like a child's spinning top toy. The device in question was glowing and humming, but in such a way that it put all of it's onlookers on edge.
A pipe thick as an adult man ran from the bottom of the second device, carrying in it a thick, green syrup-like substance that ran down to the bottom of the silo space, where it connected to another device. That device had a network of smaller pipes that sent the substance out of sight.
After staring at the amazing sight for a few minutes, Shepherd then asked, "Rodney, what is that device and what is it doing?"
"I have no idea." Rodney said, amazement and shock clear in his voice.
Rodney then took out his life sign detector and began to scan the unknown device.
Several new readings came onto the screen, which shocked Rodney as to what the device was currently doing.
"Shepherd, this is some sort of refinery. Those pollen and spores we saw earlier are pumped into the top device and are then made into a more refined version and are then pumped into the second device and are refined even further, where they are then sent down into a network of other pipes and tubes that lead elsewhere on the ship. I don't know how it does this, this science is way beyond me." Rodney said as he continued to look at the readings.
"Well this is a first. Rodney admitting he is out of his depth. Let's go call this in. Our local scientists would love a chance to study both the flowers and this device." Shepherd said as he walked out of the observation room.
As he stepped out of the room, he noticed a strange glowing portion on the desk he passed on his way in.
He made his way over to the desk and saw the glowing portion was a foot-by-foot section of the desk that was glowing light greenish-blue.
Shepherd placed his left hand down onto the glowing section and suddenly, the desk molded slightly, as a hand cuff appeared and encased John's hand. The cuff then glowed a brighter shade of light green-blue.
John was so shocked by the cuff's sudden appearance he couldn't do anything to retrieve his hand before the cuff appeared and now that it had, he could't remove his hand.
John suddenly felt something tingling at the back of his head, somewhat similar to how he felt when he sat down in the control chair back in Antarctica.
"Guys!" John called out as he tried to get his hand out of the cuff, but to no avail.
The security team and the rest of AR-1 came out of the observation deck and saw what happened to Shepherd and ran over.
"Shepherd, what did you do?" Rodney asked as he started studying the cuff.
"I don't know. There was a glowing section of the desk, so I walked over and pressed my hand onto it." Shepherd said, somewhat embarrassed he had done such a stupid thing.
"You saw that the section of the desk was glowing, and you pressed it." Teyla asked, sounding a bit unsure of what John had just done.
"Yeah. It looked harmless." John said, wanting to just get out of the cuff and for this nightmare to be over.
The cuff then suddenly released John's hand and retreated back into the desk. The glowing blue area on the desk was no longer glowing now as well.
"So, what did that do?" John asked, confused at what the incident was about.
"It was translation matrix. By scanning your brain, I learned all the languages you know." A voice said from behind the group.
The security team and AR-1 all wiped around to see a unknown man standing in the middle of the room.
He was tall, being around 6 feet tall. He had stunning dark blue eyes and strangely purple hair that ran to his mid lower back and he had a slight tan to his skin. He wore a skin tight suit that was black on upper forearms and ran up to his shoulders and then over to pectorals, where a T shaped made of red was. The red went from his neck, over to just before his shoulders, then down below his lower waist. Around his waist he wore a large light gold belt with a large brown angular rectangle. He had black skin tight pants and red boots that went halfway up his lower legs, while he also had red skin tight clothing on his lower forearms as well.
He sent a calm smile towards the team and said, "Welcome, inheritors. I am Zor, the creator of Protoculture."
"What the hell is Protoculture?" Shepherd asked, his gun pointed at Zor.
Zor turned his face towards the viewing deck and more specifically, the giant alien machine that laid beyond the viewing deck.
"Protoculture is my greatest creation. It is my greatest success and my greatest failure. Protoculture is the refined version of the spores, pollen and oils collected from the Flowers of Life." Zor explained as he turned back to the humans before him.
"The Flowers of Life? You mean those flowers we saw when we entered into the first chamber?" McKay asked, his scientific curiosity peaked.
"Indeed. Those are the Flowers from a world called Optera. I once journeyed to that world and once there, I was contacted telepathically by the Regess, the ruler of a primitive species called the Invid. Once the Regess and I concluded our dialogues, I returned to my homeworld of Tirol with several Flowers of Life. Once there, I was forced to show my findings to the Senate by a corrupt senator by the name of Nimuul. I was then forced to use my discovery to create Protoculture, the ultimate energy source created by the oils, spores and pollen of the Flowers of Life. Nimuul forced me to work for him by taking my father hostage." Zor started to explain to the humans before him, regret and pain flashing in his eyes.
"With me under his control, I was forced to use Protoculture and create Robotechnology, the guiding science of Tirol. With Robotechnology, Nimuul used cloning to create an army under his control, which he used to take control of Tirol and form the Robotech Masters and they then began to conquer the surrounding areas of space to create the Tirolian Empire. I created genetically engineered pollinators to encourage the growth and happiness of the Flowers of Life, as they do not grow that well out of Optera. My experiments were an unfortunate success and only furthered the Robotech Master's control." Zor continued on, even more painful memories coming to his mind.
"Using my discoveries, a race of slaves called the Zentraedi were cloned and created to mine Fantoma of it's mineral wealth. It was around this time that civil unrest was spreading all over Tirol and my lover, Aria tired to recruit me to join the resistance, but I couldn't for fear of my father. And thus I saw the Zentraedi transform from miners into warriors as the Robotech Masters attempted to reconstitute their power after a failed attempt by the Resistance to liberate my father Zol. The Robotech Masters then ordered me to defoliate Optera of the Flowers of Life to try and elevate their power. I can still here the Regess's rage over my betrayal of her and her trust. After I got back to Tirol, I found that my father had died while I had been gone. So, I joined the resistance." Zor said, the pain of losing his father still fresh in his mind.
"I helped Aria by moving the Protoculture Matrix to this warship under the pretense I was going to conquer more worlds and seed them with the Flowers of Life for the Robotech Masters. However, as I was doing so, my former best friend, Vard opened fire on myself and Aria and killed her, so I shot him back in a fit of rage. After that, I left Tirol with my Zentraedi escorts under false orders and never looked back. I journeyed to Karbarra, Garuda, Spheris, Peryton, Praxis and Haydon IV and successfully seeded all of them with a mutated version of the Flowers of Life. While on one planet, my crew and I were attacked by the Invid and I was killed. Before I died, I sent this warship into a Hyperspace Fold and I sent it to a small blue and green planet in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy." Zor said, as even more painful memories crossed his mind as he finished his tale.
The group was stunned by the sheer amount of information they had just been told about the Flowers and the device they had just found today.
"So, let me get this straight. You found some super plants, a corrupted senator forced you to make a power source out of them and then a force of super dictators called the Robotech Masters used said power source to start conquering worlds with a race of warriors they cloned. Then after your father died, you joined the resistance to end the reign of the Robotech Masters. However, your lover got killed and so you left without her. You then started planting the super flowers on a number of planets until you got blind sided and killed, whereupon you sent the SDF-1 to Earth. Is that about it?" Shepherd asked.
"Yes that is the condensed version of the events." Zor said nodding.
"Okay, next question. Who are you? You claim to be Zor, but you just said you died." Shepherd asked, pointing out the glaring issue.
Zor simply took his left hand and then plunged it into his left side, where a glowing effect happened and a wave shimmering similar to the jumper when it is beginning to cloak appeared.
"I am Zor, just without my body. As I was dying, I copied all my memories, personality and knowledge into the computer core of this warship and then my physical body died. I remained dormant, the rushed execution of my transfer into the computer core forcing me into sleep mode until the files I had transferred could be opened and then reformed into the proper order to ensure it was me, the Zor who died that came back. The fact that this vessel was completely remodeled didn't help me get back either. When you placed you hand onto the console, it triggered my reactivation sequence plus it scanned your brain for languages, which is how I am able to communicate with you. I am just a ghost in the machine, as you say on Earth." Zor explained to the team.
The team was quiet for a few moments, trying to get a grasp on what they had been told by the alien scientist.
"Now, I am here to offer my services to the RDF and the Atlantis Expedition. I would be a most valuable asset as my knowledge of Protoculture and Robotechnology is unparalleled. I can also help you start translating the Ancient Database on Atlantis. However, I can't help you get access to Atlantis's most well kept secrets, those are buried beneath layers of coding and security I could never get through." Zor offered.
That caused those assembled to think. Right here was the creator of a device whose technological level was perhaps beyond the level of that of the Asgard and he was offering them access to new and incredible technologies that they desperately needed to fight the Wraith.
"What exactly are you offering?" Rodney asked, completely intrigued to what the ghost of Zor was offering them
"I will help you develop reactors that utilize Protoculture as the main ignition source instead of uranium and Naquada like your current power sources do. By utilizing Protoculture and Naquada as a power source, the energy gained from the reactor is several leagues above what you current reactors can output. In time and with the notes and technology that can be found on-board Atlantis, it is even possible that one day, a reactor using this method would even surpass a ZPM through sheer energy output. I can also give you notes on a type of construction drone the Robotech Masters use that turn matter from one state to another. This would allow you to completely reconfigure the hull of the SDF-1 into a much tougher hull that what it is currently, along with the hulls of the Prometheus and Daedalus. Other technological advantages include: increased weapon range and accuracy, detailed schematics on previous Robotech Master warships and much more." Zor said as several thin holographic screens appeared around his hands, showing schematics for advanced technologies on them, along with detailed instructions on how to build them.
The number of positive aspects for allowing Zor to help them was incalculable, considering the number of advanced technologies he had in data files was immense.
"Okay." Shepherd said, lowering his weapon.
"Thank you. I shall now begin the process to bring the Protoculture Matrix back to full activation mode. I shall return shortly." Zor said before he disappeared in a flash.
"Okay. Dr. McKay, you, and Teyla will stay here with me and my men to start documenting the advanced technologies in this room. Shepherd, you and Ford get Captain Gloval and Dr. Weir down here as quickly as you can, they are going to want to see this." Rodriguez said.
"Got it." Shepherd said as he contacted Gloval and Ford called Weir.
"SDF-1 bridge come in. This is Shepherd again." Shepherd said into his earpiece.
"This is Sammy, what can I do for you Major?" Sammy said as she clicked a few buttons to get a better reception with Shepherd.
"Can you call Captain Gloval and tell him we have found a source of incredibly advanced alien technology inside the SDF-1 that is not a threat to the crew and that he must come down here to see? It's very important." Shepherd said.
"Understood, I will get the Captain right away." Sammy said as she disconnected the line.
A few minutes later, the familiar voice of Henry Gloval came onto the line.
"This is Captain Gloval. What did you find major?" Gloval asked.
"Well sir, we followed the energy signature and came upon a dead end. Rodney discovered the dead end had a number of power cable and circuit lines inside of it, leading us to believe the wall was actually a door. After connecting into the circuits, it took him over an hour to trick the door into believe the correct code was entered and then he made it so the door will never close. After that we went down the newly discovered hallway and came upon a massive chamber full of flower on pedestals. The flowers were having their spores and pollen collected by metal tubes that ran up to the ceiling and out of sight. Rodney took a scan of the energy the flowers were emitting and he discovered the plants can trap minute amounts of Zero Point Energy in their cells." Shepherd started explained to the older Russian officer.
"Incredible.' Gloval said in awe of what he was hearing.
"After that, we discovered another hallway which led to a control room of sorts and there, we found an observation deck that showed a highly advanced refinery for the spores and pollen we saw earlier. It was being refined into a much more powerful and potent energy source and then sent out of sight. I went to go call you when I saw a glowing portion on one of the consoles, so I went and pressed my hand onto it, causing a hand cuff to appear and lock itself onto my wrist. After a minute or so passed, the cuff let go. Then we heard a voice." Shepherd continued on.
"A voice?" Gloval asked, unsure if he had heard that right.
"Yes sir. The voice belonged to an alien scientist named Zor, the original creator of the SDF-1 herself. He then went on to explain that the flowers are called the Flowers of Life and are the main component in the creation of Protoculture." Shepherd said.
"Protoculture?" Gloval asked.
"Yes sir, Protoculture. Protoculture is the ultimate energy source from where Zor comes from, it is also the secret power source behind Robotechnology. Zor is the founder and creator of Robotechnology. And he has offered his help to the RDF and Atlantis Expedition by offering us advanced technologies." Shepherd said.
"What kinds of advanced technologies?" Gloval asked, his interest piqued already.
"Increased accuracy and range on our weapons, more powerful reactors, construction drones so we can give the SDF-1, the Prometheus and the Daedalus much stronger hulls. And much more. I think he is telling the truth sir. I mean, the guy has nothing to lose and everything to gain from working with us." Shepherd said to Gloval.
"Very well, I shall be there as quickly as I can. Also, Dr. lang just called me a few minutes before you did and told me he and his team of scientists are going to be there in 10 minute. I shall be there as soon as I can." Gloval said.
"Understood sir. See you soon." Shepherd said to the Captain.
"Gloval Out." Gloval said as he hung up and then started heading towards Shepherd's location as quickly as he could.
Shepherd removed his finger from his earpiece and then walked over to Ford and said, "What did Weir say?"
"She said she and Dr. Zelenka shall be here soon, maybe 20 minutes or so." Ford replied to his squad leader.
"Good. Gloval said he would be here in soon, so probably around the same time. he also said Lang would be here in 10 minutes." Shepherd said.
"Nice. I like Lang. He's a lot easier to work with then Rodney at any rate." Ford said with a smile.
"Yeah, well that's not exactly the hardest thing to do." Shepherd said back as the two walked to the area holding the Flowers of Life.
"Hard to believe these little flowers have so much energy locked away within them." Ford said as he walked over to one of the pedestals.
"Yeah. I would have never guessed the ultimate energy source in another reality would be a bio-fuel. But, I guess anything can happen in the massive expanse of the multiverse." Shepherd agreed as he too walked over to one of the Pedestals and looked at the beautiful flower.
After a bit of waiting, Dr. Lang, Dr. Zelenka, Captain Gloval and Dr. Weir were all gathered in the chamber holding the Flowers of Life.
"Remarkable." Dr. Lang said as he stared at the Flowers of Life in awe, his sentiments echoed by everyone else in the room.
"Yeah, it was quite the shock to find a room full of flowers on an advanced alien warship. But just wait until you guys see the Protoculture Matrix." Shepherd said with a smile.
"Very well, led the way Major." Weir said as she turned to her subordinate.
John nodded and then led them down the second hallway to the observation deck where they all gasped and stared in shock of the magnificent machine before them.
"Incredible." Lang whispered out, unable to tear his eyes away from the Protoculture Matrix.
"Yep. You should have seen Rodney's face when he first saw the Matrix, it was awesome." John said with a smirk on his face as he remembered that particle scene, which he would remember for a long time.
"Do you know where Zor is?" Gloval asked, finally looking away from the Matrix and turning to Shepherd.
"No sir. He said he would begin the process of bringing the Matrix back to full activation mode." Shepherd said, just as Zor reappeared behind him.
"I have finished the process of bringing the Matrix to full activation mode. All systems are in the green, the Matrix is ready." Zor said, startling Shepherd.
"Don't do that! You nearly gave me a heart attack." Shepherd said as he tried to calm down his heart.
"Sorry. I shall try and make my presence more noticeable from now on." Zor replied to Shepherd, a charming smile on his face.
"Greetings, I am Elizabeth Weir, leader of the Atlantis Expedition. This is Dr. Zelenka, one of my best scientist. Next to me is Captain Gloval, commander of the SDF-1 and Dr. Lang, one of the best scientists ever." Weir introduced herself and Zelenka to Zor.
"It is an honor. From what I have seen of John's memories, you are a good leader. I must say, in this reality, humanity is full of potential. I never imagined a race as young as humanity managing to beat a galactic empire such as the Goa'uld and then defeat a threat as big as the Replicators when you haven't been on the galactic playing field for a decade. Your species has made almost impossibly massive strides in the short span of only 8 years. I cannot imagine how far you'll rise given time. It's part of the reason I decided to give you access to all the Tirolian knowledge I posses. Time and time again you have proven yourselves a inventive, imaginative and resourceful species that will not allow others to suffer while you can do something to help. You have stumbled, made mistakes, but you have learned and you shall rise. I will enjoy helping you take your rightful place as protector of the innocent and weak." Zor said, his words dripping and oozing of passion and determination as he told Weir and Zelenka of what he thought about Earth's accomplishments.
"That is not to make light of what your forces have accomplished Captain Gloval. Outnumbered, outgunned and despite it all, the RDF stood tall and fought with all it had against the Zentraedi forces that attacked Earth. Even when the odds were a thousand to one, you and the other RDF personal fought to keep Earth and everyone on her safe, regardless if cost you your lives. You have a lot less experience on the interstellar playing grounds then the Atlantis Expedition and the SGC, but you can learn and you shall. I cannot wait to start working with you." Zor said, once again stunning those around with his kind and heartfelt words.
Eventually, Gloval and the others recovered and Gloval said, "Thank you for your kind words Zor. Now, what exactly are you going to give us? I am quite curious."
Zor gave a smirk and then clapped his hands and opened them to show dozens of holographic screens full of highly advanced technological schematics or equations written down on them.
"These are the files on the Robotech Master's most advanced technologies, from high power particle cannons to construction drones with matter-to-matter beams that would allow you to significantly increase the toughness of the SDF-1, Prometheus and Daedalus. I have a plethora of technologies I can share with you that will greatly aid you in your future endeavors. I am also a highly intelligent alien scientist and so can help you develop new technologies and upgrade previous ones as well." Zor said as the holographic screens began to swirl around him like the rings of Saturn.
Rodney clicked on one of the screens and it expanded, showing him a lot more about the subject he had just selected.
"These are plans for extremely advanced Particle cannons. If we could integrate these designs into the cannons on the SDF-1, the range and power of the cannons would increase by over 250% and the recharge time between shots would be reduced from the incredibly long 30 seconds to a minor 7 seconds." Rodney said as he stared at the technological marvel before him.
"And this is just the beginning Captain Gloval. With these new technologies at your disposal, the SDF-1 will go from a relatively powerful warship to one any opposing commander would be weary of engaging in combat with." Zor said as new screens appeared, showing even more technologies that were desperately needed by the RDF and the Atlantis Expedition.
"How soon can we have these construction drones created? We need to get the Prometheus and Daedalus rebuilt with newer, more space worthy hulls." Gloval asked the Tirolian scientist.
Zor created a new holographic screen to appear and started to do rapid fire calculations.
"Taking the time it takes for the construction drones to be built and programmed, getting the raw materials, adding the factor the both ships need to reconstructed from the deck to the underside and a few other factors, I estimate that the soonest the Daedalus and Prometheus can be rebuilt is...one month, 6 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes and 11 seconds. The max time it will probably take is...3 months, 4 days and 1 hour." Zor said as the calculations were completed.
Gloval nodded and said, "Please start producing the construction drones. We need those desperately to repair both the SDF-1 and Atlantis, plus getting the Prometheus and Daedalus ready for space combat."
Zor nodded and then sent a command through the main computer of the SDF-1 to the construction facilities on-board the SDF-1.
The construction equipment whirled to life, the human made equipment now at the control of a much more powerful being.
Uploading the schematics to the computer, Zor ordered the construction facilities to begin construction of the construction drones with an order of 1,200 drones to be made and if they needed more, then more would be made.
The first few drones would be finished in only a few days, at which point they would immediately go and begin their important task of getting the SDF-1 and her two aircraft carriers up to snuff so that they can take on any threat to Atlantis.
Zor turned back to Gloval and said, "An order of 1,200 construction drones has been placed. The first batch will be done in a day or so and they will begin rebuilding the Prometheus and the Daedalus."
Gloval nodded and then said, "How soon can we get these Protoculture/Naquada reflex Reactors you talked about built?"
Zor once again did some rapid fire calculations and said, "The first prototype reactor can be built and start being tested on in about three weeks. That's the soonest we can spare some construction drones to begin construction. Once we have a few construction drones, it will take only about 5 days to build the reactor. Testing and improving upon the reactor will take longer. The soonest a fully functional and safe Protoculture/Naquada enhanced Reflex Reactor can be used is about 3 months. I wish for an extended experimentation stage so we can improve the power output and the safety of such a reactor."
Gloval nodded, not entirely happy that it will take so long to get one of those reactors, but understanding this was science light years ahead of anything his Earth could have done. To build such a reactor without Zor would probably take years and even then, it probably wouldn't be as good as this reactor. As the old saying goes, "Good things come to those that wait." He just had to be patient and soon he would have several ultra power power generators to make his warship even greater.
"Any additional upgrades to the SDF-1 or to Atlantis will have to wait until we have a sufficient supply of construction drones to process all the upgrades I have planned for both the SDF-1 and Atlantis." Zor warned both Weir and Gloval.
'What upgrades?" Weir asked, slightly intrigued by what the alien scientist had planned for the ancient city.
Zor created a large holographic screen and showed it to everyone in the room.
On the right was a large schematic of Atlantis. Atlantis was planned to get a total of 15 Protoculture/Naquada Reflex Reactors, which would give the city energy equal to a single ZPM. Additionally, the city was to be given two large hanger's per pier, for a total of twelve hangers full of Destroids and Veritechs. Also, a massive number of anti-aircraft pulse laser turrets and missile launchers were to added to improve the defenses of the city, while several large triple barrel particle cannons were to be built to take on orbiting capital warships. Atlantis's shields were so powerful, no upgrades were planned because they could't be upgraded. Also, no drones could be constructed because the process to build said drones was unknown. As soon as this knowledge was found, a Lantean Drone construction facility would be built, while a facility for the Tirolian Construction Drones was also planned.
On the left was the SDF-1. She was slatted to be given new sensors, a better hull, improved sublight engines, a better communication suite, along with new science labs to begin experimenting with new technologies. Also, a powerful set of shield emitters was planned, allowing the ship to take much more firepower then before. Better, stronger and longer reaching particle and laser cannons were planned to replace their current set, while their anti-aircraft defenses were planned to also get better versions of their current models. And finally, three Protoculture/Naquada generators were to be built to replace the singel Reflex Fusion Reactor she was currently using as well as new Hyperspace Fold generators were planned to be built.
"Amazing. Could the new SDF-1 get to Earth from here?" Weir asked, hoping and praying it could.
"Indeed it can. However, it will take almost an entire year for the SDF-1's upgrades to be complete." Zor said, causing their newly arisen hopes to be dashed.
"A whole year?" Rodney asked, stunned it would take so long for all these upgrades to be completed.
"Yes. The reason for such a long is that the SDF-1 is basically being rebuilt from the ground up to accommodate and use all these new technologies and upgrades to their fullest potential. As she is right now, she wouldn't be able to use them to even a 20th of their max capabilities. She simply doesn't have the energy or the computer power to make full use of the technologies planned for her. She needs to be completely rebuilt, with these technologies in mind before she can use them." Zor explained to the humans before him.
"Well, it's only a year. It could be a lot worse." Shepherd said, causing those assembled to nod their heads. It was true, it had taken over ten years for the SDF-1 to be built and now it would only take a year to get her upgraded beyond their wildest dreams. It was a better deal.
"Well, looks like we have a long way to go before we can get home." Gloval said as he took out his smoking pipe and lit it, the familiar tang of tobacco filling his nostrils as he took a long drag from the pipe.
"Yes, indeed we do. But, we shall get home. That is a promise." Weir said.
All those assemble agreed with Weir. It may take them a long time to get home, but the Atlantis Expedition and the RDF shall do it. They shall find a way to get back to Earth, no matter how long it takes, nor what foes they have to go through to get home.
They will see their familiar ball of blue and green before their eyes, even if they have to go through the depths of hell to do so.
They were a determined bunch and together, the Wraith shall learn to fear the name of the children of Earth.
The Wraith shall learn to fear the Tau'ri.
And that is it!
The second chapter of my newest story all done.
I am really enjoying this story, hope you all are too.
Bet you guys didn't expect to see Zor in this story. But then again, only those who watch the Robotech Masters cartoon or read the books or the comics would even know who Zor is.
Zor will play a big role in helping the RDF and the Atlantis Expedition fight the Wraith.
New technologies never before seen in either series will be coming into play and I will be taking designs from Macross universe as well, just because I think some of the Macross designs are better then some of the Robotech designs.
And that is all, so if you have comments, criticisms or concerns, leave a review or P.M. me and I will try to get back to you.
Until next time, this is StrikeFreedom10, signing off.