Hello everyone!
Here we are with the next chapter, I hope you enjoy it.
Sorry for not posting for a while. School has been occupying me, what with finals approaching us and all. However I am back and with a whole new chapter to enjoy.
Let's begin!
Chapter Thirteen: Return of Ancients.
Time: June 15, 2006. 1200 Hours. Location: Moon Base ALUCE.
Today was a very important day for the ADF, because today was the day that the Lanteans from the Aurora would be able to leave their pods and rejoin the rest of the universe.
This event had raised the morale of all ADF members a considerable amount, everyone had looked forwards to this day for such a long time and they were all excited for what was about to happen.
On the three O'Neill class vessels, there was a series of cloning chambers which were in use. Inside each of the tubes was a floating human, but make no mistake, these humans are the pinnacle of human evolution, the ultimate state humanity can reach before Ascension.
Heimdall and a number of other Asgardians moved around, checking and double checking their scanners and terminals to make sure everything was ready for the release of the Lanteans.
Beckett, Keller and a number of other doctors were here as well to make sure the patients were completely healthy.
Heimdall moved an Asgard control pad to another section of the console and immediately, the top portions of the tubes glowed bright blue and the eyes of the Lanteans snapped opened, their eyes going across the room in panic.
The Asgard then activated a machine that sent a wave of energy that stimulated the Lanteans brains in such a way they began to calm down. Once the Lanteans were calmed down, Heimdall had the tubes drained of fluid.
It took only a few seconds to have the tubes drained and once they were, the tubes opened up and allowed the Lanteans to be freed.
The ADF medical personal immediately went over and after assuring the Lanteans they were not going to be hurt, the ADF medics began to check them over.
After half an hour, the Lanteans were pronounced perfectly healthy by the ADF personal and the Asgardians.
Once pronounced healthy, the Lanteans were given clothes and food.
The Captain of the Aurora, a man named Galos Markath, was truly confused. The last thing he could remember was going and making sure the Aurora's classified information was secured and then running to his stasis pod. Now he was waking up in an advanced Asgard warship with primitive humans checking them out and making sure they were healthy.
A Asgard approached him and said, "I am Heimdall, commander of the O'Neill class vessel the Jotun. You are safe. You are currently above the planet Lantea, more specifically, you are on the Atlantis Defensive Force Moon Base ALUCE."
"Could you tell me what happened? I am very confused." Galos asked.
"About a month and half ago, the ADF found the location of the Aurora and dispatched the SDF-1 Macross, their strongest warship to go investigate. While there, they found you and your crew in stasis. They quickly made preparations to get the Aurora back here, but were attacked by a fleet of Wraith. The ADF forces fought back and managed to save the Aurora. Once saved, the Macross towed the Aurora back here to Moon Base ALUCE. We transferred your minds from your stasis pods and then took your bodies out of stasis so we might be capable of cloning new bodies for you. It appears all went well." Heimdall explained.
"Oh. So, these ADF force saved me and my crew from the Wraith?" Galos asked.
"Indeed. The ADF has done much in the nearly two years they have been occupying Atlantis. They have fought the Wraith on a number of occasions and won on every occasion, although the second Siege of Atlantis nearly saw their defeat, but through a combination of luck and deceit, they managed to trick the Wraith into believing they blew themselves and Atlantis up. They are a young race, but they have proven themselves capable of becoming the Fifth of the Great Races." Heimdall said.
Galos went deep into thought when he heard those words. Not only had these humans saved the lives of himself and his crew, but they had also saved Atlantis and had beaten the Wraith every time they fought. Only he and his people had been capable of standing up to the Wraith and even then they had lost. Granted it took 100 years, but the fact remains the Wraith were the only race that has ever beaten the Ancients. Even the Ori had been destroyed by the Ancients during that terrible war that destroyed all worlds capable of holding life in the Alterrans home galaxy.
To hear that another race, especially one as young as these humans, had challenged the might of the Wraith and had not only survived, but had achieved victory time and time again was slightly shocking and very interesting.
"Come. We are going to be headed to Atlantis." Heimdall said, knocking Galos out of his quiet contemplation.
Heimdall led Galos and the crew of the Aurora through Moon Base ALUCE, the large group getting looks of awe and reverence from the ADF members surrounding them.
Heimdall led the group to room where he then used Asgard transport beams to send himself and the massive group to Atlantis, the home they have been away from for over 10,000 years.
Location: Atlantis Main Hall.
With a bright flash of light and a musical chime that could be heard clearly all throughout the hall, the five hundred Lanteans of the Aurora plus Heimdall appeared in the giant hall that housed Atlantis's Stargate.
The crew of the Aurora looked around in complete joy and happiness as they finally stood in their home for the first time in so long.
A woman was standing awaiting for the group, alongside a number of other people and she said, "I am Dr. Weir and I am the commander of the ADF. Beside me is Colonel Sheppard, Captain Gloval, Dr. McKay, Zor, Dr. Lang, Teyla, and Ronon."
Galos nodded and said, "I am Galos Markath, Captain of the Aurora. You have my eternal gratitude for saving myself and my crew."
"It was no trouble Galos. We are happy to help. Now, I am sure you are curious as to what we have changes we have made to the city since you where last here, so we have organized several people to guide groups of you and your crew around the city to try and show you just what has changed. Shall we?" Weir asked.
Galos nodded and soon he and his crew were dispersed throughout the city, looking at all the changes the ADF made with curious eyes.
Currently Galos, Weir, Sheppard and Gloval were by the Destroid hangers, showing Galos some of the Destroids.
Galos looked in awe at the rows of giant humanoid mechanized battle suits. His people never dreams of making such creations, they only relied on their hand held guns for personal to use when facing ground invasions. Perhaps this is why they suffered so many casualties when facing the Wraith on the ground.
Each Destroid was like one of the titans of old, giant and unmovable as their giant weapons shinned in the sun, their promise of a painful death clear.
Galos was currently looking at one of the red and black Phoenix class Destroids. The colors, combined with the sheer hulking mass of steel and fury made for an incredible sight.
"Nice right? The Phoenix class Destroids are pretty impressive aren't they?" Sheppard asked as stood next to Galos.
"Indeed. My people never considered creating such giant exoskeleton suits of armor. Too impractical. Can't go through the Gate." Galos said.
"Yeah, that's why we have those." Sheppard said as he pointed towards the far side of the hanger.
Following the finger, Galos saw a row of Morgan Hovertanks against the wall. Each Morgan had a paint job consisting of dark grey, black with a few white and gold patches here and there.
"We call those Morgan Hovertanks. Each one is capable of transforming into a battleoid mode, but they still have the ability to go through the Stargate along with the Gawain Hoverjeeps." Sheppard explained as he also pointed towards the large group of Gawains here in the hanger.
Each Gawain was covered in black armor with a few dark royal blue armor plating in a few places here and there.
Galos nodded as he considered Sheppard's words. Truly, the ADF had a impressive compliment of units for ground combat, a place he and his people really lacked in.
"Shall we continue on?" Weir asked.
Galos nodded and was showed much more of the changes the ADF had done to the city.
He was showed one of the Forges, one of the AI creation labs, one of the large Protoculture Reflex Furnaces that power Atlantis, he also saw a number of the different defensive batteries that the city now had, and he even got too see some of the Pendragons doing practice drills. All in all, Galos was extremely impressed by how much the ADF has achieved in the short amount of time they have been on the city.
He, Sheppard, Weir and Gloval were all now at the end of their tour as they showed Galos the room they had prepared for him. It had been a long day and it was now 0800 Hours.
"This is your personal room. If you need anything, there is a communicator on the desk." Weir explained.
"Thank you for the tour. It has been enlightening." Galos said with a slight bow.
Weir nodded and the three left Galos alone in his room.
Galos moved over to the bed and sat down, thinking long and hard about what he has seen.
The ADF was technologically advanced, not to the level of the Asgard or the Lanteans, but they would continue to advance as time marches on. Already they have unlocked the mental interface system the Jumpers and the control chairs use and have included it into their newest generational mechanized units. They are also much better prepared for ground combat then he and his people were. Their space ship technology isn't too bad either, they use Improved Alterran designed Drones, powerful ballistic warheads, particle beam turrets, advanced form of CIWS and the Reflex cannon just has ungodly levels of strength.
The thing that surprised and impressed him the most however, was the Protoculture Matrix and the Flowers of Life. He had been shown a few holographic photos of them and he had seen some scientific notes about both the Matrix and the Flowers. He was no scientist, but even he could understand the impossibility of a organic means of ZPE and yet, here was the proof. It just boggled his mind that such a thing could actually exist. If they had found such a thing during the war with the Wraith, they might have been able to win.
The ADF also showed him the final message left behind by his people when the abandoned the city. He was shocked they had abandoned the city, but after seeing what they had been up against, he could not blame them. They had been under siege for years and for every Hive destroyed, more appeared to keep the pressure on Atlantis. There had been no hope for victory on that battlefield.
It was just so much information to take in at one time. He needed time to process what he had been shown and told.
He then heard his door chime, telling him someone was asking permission to enter.
Galos said, "It's unlocked. Come in."
The door opened and in came his second in command. She had long blonde hair, startling blue eyes and flawless skin.
"Sir, I wish to talk to you about the ADF." She said.
"Speak your mind Lamenta." Galos said.
"Sir, I do not believe the humans should be allowed to keep control of Atlantis." She said.
"Oh? And why is that?" Galos asked.
"For one, they are too young a species to be allowed such advanced technology. From the records I have been allowed to read about them, they hadn't even gotten past their moon of their own accord before they discovered the Stargate. Just eight years ago, they all thought they were the only sentient life in the universe and now they have access to not only the outpost back on Terra, but now they have access to Atlantis herself. They cannot be allowed to have such power." Lamenta explained.
"Yes they are a young species, but look at all they have accomplished. They had no spaceships, no energy weapons, no shields of any kind and yet they choose to stand up against a galactic superpower. They took on these Goa'uld without a chance of victory, and yet they achieved the impossible time and time again and eventually broke the choke-hold the Goa'uld had on their home galaxy. They then went on to defeat the Replicators, a threat even beyond the capabilities of the Asgard. And then after that, they came here to Pegasus and challenged the Wraith and have won time after time against them. True they have made some mistakes, but they past record speaks for itself. They have proven themselves worthy inheritors of the power Atlantis wields. Look at all they have done for Atlantis since they came here. They have done things we never thought to do." Galos countered.
"True. However, they also made many mistakes along the way, such as awakening the Wraith before their time. They entered into an unknown situation and through their actions the Wraith are awake once more. They unleashed the scourge of the Wraith upon this galaxy before it had recovered from the last time. They made a horrible mistake and now thousands are paying the price. They are wielding a power they do not understand and have not earned. We should take control of the city and force them to leave." Lamenta said.
Galos went silent for a little bit before he said, "Tomorrow, I shall do what I must."
Lamenta nodded and said, "That is the correct choice."
She then left Galos's room, leaving Galos alone with his thoughts about what he was going to do tomorrow.
June 16, 2006. 0900 hours. Location: Atlantis Gate Room.
Galos and Lamenta were currently walking into the gate room, a sense of purpose in their strides.
The two Lanteans walked out into the open gate room, drawing the attention of those in the room at the time.
Weir saw the two walking into the middle of the room and was very confused, so she left her office and came walking down towards the two Lanteans.
Suddenly a pedestal started rising out of the floor of the gate room and stopped when it reached up to Galos's waist.
Galos moved his over and then placed it atop of the pedestal, causing the entire thing to start humming.
Suddenly, all over the city the terminals went dark and became unresponsive. The teleporter booths disengaged and the doors locked.
"What are you doing? Weir asked as she came charging down the stairs to reached the two Lanteans.
"What must be done." Galos said as he continued to have his eyes closed as he did whatever he was doing with the pedestal.
Weir was about to ask what he meant when suddenly the terminals reengaged, the transporter booths started working again and the doors unlocked themselves.
"Galos, what are doing? You are supposed to be locking the humans out of Atlantis." Lamenta asked him.
"At what point did I ever say I would take the city away from the humans? I merely said I would do what I must. And I have." Galos said as the pedestal returned back into the depths of the floor.
"Ma'am, you need to come see this." A ADF member said as he stared at his screen in confusion and slight awe.
"Follow me." Weir said, her town booking no arguments as two guards stood nearby to enforce that order.
Weir went up the stairs, quickly followed by the two Lanteans and went over to the technician.
"What happened?" Weir asked.
"The system temporarily went down, but we now have full control over the system once more. However, a number of new systems have appeared as well. But that's not the biggest thing. Take a look here." The technician said as she showed the group the Ancient database, but it was much different now.
For one thing, it was much larger now. Thousands upon thousands of yottabytes worth of new data was now available to the Tau'ri to see and explore. The Ancient database was now suddenly several hundred times greater in size then before.
However, the changes didn't end there. The entire structure of the Ancient Database was different, with files being in completely different areas and locations. It would be some time before the location of certain files will be known.
"What did you do?" Weir asked Galos as she turned to face the man.
"I simply used the authority I have as the highest ranking full-blooded Lantean to unlock as many of Atlantis's secrets as I can. Numerous systems that you would have never been able to unlock beforehand are now available to you. Also, I unlocked a significant portion of the Ancient database. You see, the Ancient database is built into several Tiers. Tier One being what you have been researching since you have arrived her on Atlantis. It deals with more simplistic sciences and technologies that my people unlocked. Tier Two unlocks more advanced equations, technological schematics and other such things. Tier Three is only accessible if it has been unlocked by a High Council member. Tier Three is the location of the absolute greatest achievements of my race. It has the notes on how to construct ZPM's or recharge them as well as all of our most advanced technologies." Galos explained to those assembled.
"Sir, this is a mistake. These humans are not ready for Tier One, let alone Tier Two. Granting them access to that much knowledge is a mistake." Lamenta said, before she was cut off by Galos.
"We stand here, on the great city of Atlantis, our home because of these humans. If it were not for them we would be still be trapped on the Aurora right now, or perhaps even dead due to the Wraith. We owe these humans everything. I think they more then have earned the right to this knowledge for not only saving our lives, but also saving Atlantis at the cost of their own lives. They have earned their right to stay on this city. This is their home just as much as it is ours and as long as I am the highest ranking Lantean on this city, Atlantis will remain in their control. Our time and come and gone Lamenta. It is time for our dependents to take the reigns. The best thing we can do now, is merely guide them on their path to greatness." Galos said with a firm voice full of unwavering determination.
Lamenta stared at Galos not backing down and neither did he until Lamenta then said, "This is a mistake."
She then turned and left the room, headed elsewhere in the city.
"Do not worry. Although Lamenta does have access to most of the city, she does not have the authority to take away any of the gifts I have given you. She cannot alter anything. All she can do is stand there in anger." Galos said to Weir.
"Thank you Galos, for giving this to us. It means a lot that yo are placing this much faith in us. I swear that me and my people shall prove ourselves worthy of what you have given us." Weir said with a small smile of gratitude.
"Your welcome. If it does not overstretch my bounds, might I inquire what has come of the Aurora?" Galos asked.
"Here, let me show you." Weir said as she started walking over to the communication officer, Galos following her.
"Have myself and Galos beam over to Moon Base ALUCE." Weir ordered.
A few buttons pressed and the two disappeared in large flashes of light that left a musical chime resounding through the air.
Location:Moon Base ALUCE.
A flash of light and Weir accompanied by Galos now stood in Moon Base ALUCE.
Weir then began to walk down one of the many hallways that make up Moon Base ALUCE, Galos following quickly behind.
Eventually they came to a large viewing area and when Galos saw what was in the area before him, he stood immediately.
In the hanger that lay beyond the viewing area was the Aurora, but she was vastly different from the last time he saw her.
For one thing, the entire frontal portion of the Aurora has been repaired completely, the familiar sight of the rounded bow of a Aurora class vessel completed.
However, the hull of the Aurora had been vastly altered. For one thing, it was completely smooth, much like the hulls of the Macross or the Plato class warships, and now she had a black color scheme with several strands of dark silver mixed in as well. Along her hull was the shapes of numerous 30 mm CIWS turrets, 72 mm and 100 mm particle cannons in varying states of completion. A third of her entire frame in the back of the warship's hull has been stripped away, exposing the inner workings of the warship.
"We are giving the Aurora a complete overhaul. A mixture of Naquada, Trinium and Robotech Alloys mixed in with the original hull is going to make the Aurora a much tougher warship. We are also completely redoing the Aurora's weapons. She will now have a no less then 12,000 of the Improved Drone weapons inside of six Drone launchers, as well as having 180 x 30 mm duel barreled rotary CIWS turrets, 40 x 72 mm and 12 x 100 mm particle cannons, as well as having 18 Reflex torpedo tubes and 90 ten-tube Stargazer missile launchers." Rodney said as he walked over, showing several holograms to Galos who looked them over with a critical eye.
"Five Macross class Reflex furnaces have been planned to be built as well to give the Aurora more available power, while her shields have been boosted as well. A Intergalactic Fold Generator has been built as well. All-in-all, the Aurora is a much stronger and deadlier beast." Rodney said with a smirk as Galos went over the technical designs.
Galos maybe a military Captain, but at one point in his life he had been a technician and he has personally help build a number of Aurora class vessels, so he knows the plans for such a vessel by heart. Those lessons and skills have degraded after years of being a military Captain, but they were still there. Looking at the plans for the Aurora , he could confirm everything McKay was saying.
"Very impressive that you were not only capable of find and understanding the plans of the Aurora, but able to improve upon them and begin construction as well in such a short time period." Galos commented.
"Ah. We simply found the technical notes inside the computers of the Aurora when we were going through them." Rodney said back.
Galos nodded and after a few more seconds said, "I am very impressed. This massive system wide upgrade to the Aurora shall make her a much deadlier beast. However I have a question."
"Okay?" McKay said, wondering what Galos was about to ask him.
"Did you or your people find a special computer room inside the Aurora containing special data?" Galos asked.
"Yeah, we found the computer core containing data about this special particle." McKay said as he showed Galos the data from the room he and Sheppard found.
Galos was stunned and said, "How did you get into that room? The door was locked and the console itself needed a special password?"
McKay looked to Weir, who nodded her head and McKay said, "Well, Sheppard fell asleep on the control chair on the Aurora and had a vision of sorts of the Aurora last fight. In the vision he saw you enter in the code for the door and the console itself and simply did the same thing."
Galos was completely flabbergasted by McKay's answer and said, "He received a vision from the control chair? But that's impossible, the control chair doesn't transfer memories to someone. A special device has to be created for that and the control chair does not have those capabilities."
McKay nodded and said, "We know. We have run numerous medical scans over Sheppard to see if something was going on with his Ancient gene that might have caused this, but nope. Nothing. The control chair is functioning normally, Sheppard is perfectly fine. There is nothing on the Aurora or in John that might have caused him to see the things he did. One of the mysteries of this ship."
"What do you mean?" Galos asked.
"When we were towing the Aurora to Atlantis, the shields emitters were used to keep the harmful radiation from effecting those on-board. However, I originally theorized the emitters would burn themselves out just as we left the Fold Sphere. However when we left the Fold Sphere, the emitters were still god. Strained, but not close to burning out. I then double and triple checked the math and still, it just doesn't add up." McKay explained to Galos as he showed Galos several holographic screens filled with data about the incident.
Galos went over he information presented to him and said, "I don't understand, the math is correct. What happened?"
"I know. I have used every single method available to me to try and understand what happened that kept those emitter online after they should have burn out, yet nothing came back. It's just doesn't make any logical sense." McKay said with a sigh.
"Very unusual. Control chair that gives a vision, emitters that are perfectly fine when they should have burnt out. Something happened on the Aurora. Something interfered. But what?" Galos asked.
"Whatever the case, it really doesn't matter. The Aurora is safe, the crew is alive and well and everything turned out alright. There are just some things in the universe we will never understand." Weir said as she got the attention of the two men.
"True. Very true." Galos said as he nodded in agreement.
"We also gave the Aurora a new name." McKay said with a smile as he showed the official classification to Galos.
"The Aurora Borealis class Dreadnought? Not a bad name." Galos said as he turned his gaze back towards his warship that has so faithfully served him throughout these many long years.
"The Aurora Borealis will be completed inside of two months. She was badly damaged when we found her and a lot of her systems have to be completely rebuilt from the ground up for them to work once again.' Rodney said.
"Thank you. For everything." Galos said, completely grateful for what the ADF has done for not only him, but his crew as well.
"Your welcome." Weir said as she turned and left, headed back to Atlantis to get back to her duties.
Rodney soon left as well, headed back to his lab to continue working on a few of his newest projects.
Galos stood in the observation area for a while, looking at the form of the Aurora Borealis as the memories of all the times he shared with that warship went through his mind. One day soon, the Aurora Borealis will fly through space once more.
Time: 1300 hours. Location: Dr. Lang's and Zor's Laboratory on Atlantis.
Lang sighed softly as he sat down in his chair, the stress of the long hours he has been working finally catching up to him.
Behind him was a large cannon looking device. It had a large rectangular barrel while a large spinning circular device was at the back of the cannon.
This was the prototype of the newest weapon type for the ADF. A more powerful and focused version of the Reflex cannon. The official name is the Synchro cannon.
The Ancient satellite, nicknamed the Devastator for it's awesome firepower had been completely repaired a little over 4 months ago and since then, Lang has been working tirelessly to apply the technology towards the creation of the Synchro cannon. When Zor returned from Orilla along with a number of Asgardian scientists, it really sped up the process of developing the Synchro cannon.
Just a few weeks ago they finally completed the prototype and had begun testing the cannon.
When they first fired the cannon, a massive blue beam of energy rippling with raw focused power far beyond that of even the Reflex cannon tore out and blew through the energy shield they were firing against and blue a hole through the wall and the fifty others beyond that until the beam ran out of power a mile away.
Even the most optimistic views about the weapon fell far short of the real deal. The damage had been repaired and testing had continued afterwords until today. They had finally finished making alterations to the device and now the Synchro cannon had been approved for being placed on-board warships.
The first warship to get this deadly weapon type was of course the Macross. Her two large booms that made up her Reflex cannon were going to be replaced and rebuilt into two massive Synchro cannons. The Macross was due for an upgrade anyway. Her Reflex Furnaces were to be upgraded as well as numerous other systems that needed to be updated.
After all those all-nighters Lang found himself desperately needing some rest, however there was too much to do. Especially since the discovery of the Omega Particle.
Lang clicked a button and a screen showing the data found by McKay and Sheppard on that strange particle carried by the Aurora appeared before him.
The discovery of this strange particle had sent the scientists of the ADF into a frenzy and almost all of them had developed a almost obsession with discovering the power of the Omega Particle. The Asgardians here on the city were also very intrigued about the particle and had joined in on trying to find out ore about it.
They had found a few things about the particle. For one, it was insanely hard to synthesize for experiments. For 100 individual particles, it takes almost a whole month to synthesize them. However, it was also discovered that under the right circumstances these particles help increase energy output. How much the energy is increased is determined by how well the particle is used. Right now, the Reflex Furnaces only experience a 15% increase in energy output with the same life expectancy. However, given time the particle will prove to be a godsend.
However, there is a catch. If the particles go out of control, they explode quite violently. They had taken a single particle out to the asteroid field in the Lantea system and once there, managed to make it explode to see how violently the particles explode. The resulting explosion was twice the size of a Reflex Torpedo. Everyone was stunned and frightened by this level of power from a single exploding particle. One particle caused all that destruction. It was at that point they had a terrifying thought.
"How much power would a Reflex Torpedo loaded with Omega Particles have?"
Weir had then banned the usage of Omega Particles in their weapons. They were not ready to properly use this power as a weapon.
The Asgard had agreed that they too were hesitant to use such a power as a weapon. The only way the Omega Particle was going to be used is as a power source, nothing more.
Lang still had worries about using the Omega Particle, but recently, he felt calmer when thinking about it, as if something is preventing it from going horribly wrong.
He just shook his head and closed his eyes, feeling tired and soon he fell asleep while Zor looked over in amusement as he went to fetch Lang a blanket.
Things were looking good for the Tau'ri, they had managed to achieve an understanding with the Lanteans of whom they have saved. There are those who do not like the Tau'ri, but they are being forced to at least work with them for the time being. Hopefully, there shall come a time when both groups can work together with no conflict.
However, there is something happening far away from Atlantis, in a deep and forgotten part of Pegasus. In a place known to only one being, a construction ten-thousand years in the making shall soon arise for the first time.
Time: Unknown. Location: Unknown.
The absolute darkness of space was clearly visible all in directions as a single massive object of unknown size was held permanently still in the eternal void.
The hull of this object was in the exact same shading and coloring as Atlantis was, but the object was much, much bigger.
Inside the massive construction, a soft flash of light erupted outwards and revealed Janus was now in here. The lack of breathable air in here did not bother him in the least, as he had shed his corporeal form centuries ago and no longer needed such a trivial thing as air to sustain his existence.
Janus turned and look all around him, seemingly eyeing the walls and the construction itself with a critical eye.
The walls had blue glowing power lines as the walls were also fashioned in the same manor as Atlantis, but this place just seemed to radiate more power.
Nodding his head, Janus began to walk through the halls of this place.
He soon entered into a massive open area where giant cradles capable of holding craft much larger then Aurora's went on farther then the eye could see. There must have been at least several hundred different bays at least in this area alone.
Janus stared for a few seconds and then turned and left, apparently seeing what he wanted to see.
He continued his inspection f the facility as he entered into another massive area, much smaller then the one he had just been at. In this area there was large conveyor belts with large circular devices at the very beginning of them. What purpose they served was unknown to all but Janus.
Eyeing the assembled examples of advanced technologies, Janus nodded and moved one once more.
He continued his path to a large computer room where a massive computer easily fifteen feet in head stood in the center. The computer had large light blue glowing computer circuits lines going from the central module all the way to the ceiling.
Janus did as he had done this entire time, look at the device, find it satisfactory and then leave the room.
Eventually he came to a large area that was designed much like the command bridge of the Aurora, only much larger, with several dozen terminals spread all throughout the room.
Janus walked to the central terminal and turned it one, willing the terminal to have the power to function.
Once the terminal was operational, Janus clicked a few button.
Nothing apparently happened, but on the screen a diagram of a energy wave was being displayed. And judging by Janus's look of joy, it must be important.
Janus then turned off the terminal and left the bridge.
With but a thought, Janus vanished and then reappeared outside of the station.
Janus looked at this monolith construction and felt a sense of peace and hope in his heart. This construction was the center piece for his plan to rid the universe of the Wraith once and for all. All he needed know was for the Tau'ri to find and lay claim to the station. He had already taken steps to ensure they will find this place. He can only imagine what they will do once they realize what this place truly is.
With a smile of complete ease on his face, Janus left this plane of existence for a higher one, leaving behind the construction for the ADF to hopefully find quickly.
This is just one part of Janus's larger goal of undoing the mistakes of his people. He is currently doing the next step right now.
Whatever the construction is, it shall serve a great importance in the future.
Time: Unknown. Location: Unknown.
Janus reappeared on the Ascended realm with a flash of light and moved on to the location of his plan.
With but a thought, energy beyond that of black holes moved and moved faster then light into the place Janus has envisioned.
Giant walls that appeared to be made of the blackness of outer space itself take form, growing larger and larger as the energy moves according to Janus's will.
Within a fraction of a millisecond, the construction was completed and Janus was beaming with a smile.
A giant movie theater had been constructed. A literal sea of seats had been formed as well as a giant projection screen.
Janus then took his seat and waited, forming a bowl of popcorn as the movie started, a large stream of light shooting out and forming the images Janus wanted to see.
It wasn't long before others of his kind came to investigate just what Janus had done this time.
The first to appear was Janus's good friend, Morgan Le Fay. A fellow Ascended being who only wanted to undo the mistakes their kind have created through their arrogance and stupidity. She has been the cooler and more logical of the two of them, piking and choosing better times to engage, while Janus preferred to just face the problems head on.
"Janus? What is this?" Morgan asked as she walked into the movie theater.
"Our descendants call this a movie theater. They come here to watch movies, which are stories told through pictures and images." Janus replied as the movie started.
Morgan turned to see the screen showing the time Rick and the other members of Skull Squadron boarded a Wraith Hive to get the information they required.
She watched as Rick risked his life to save a member of Skull Squadron, facing down several groups of Wraith Drones with nothing but his laser pistol and friends to help him.
She was impressed by his courage. Normally, when faced with such terrible odds the lower beings tend to prioritize their own lives above others. However, this one didn't. He faced terrible odds and risked his own life to save another beings life, at great personal risk.
"That one has bravery." Morgan commented as she moved to sit down next to Janus.
"Yes he does. He is actually one of the ADF better military commanders. That was actually the first time he has faced Wraith face-to-face." Janus said as he popped some more popcorn into his mouth.
"Truly?" Morgan asked. She distinctly recalls the first time she ever faced a Wraith in the flesh. She had been terrified and unable to move, let alone save someone else. For this lower being to not be able to move without fear, but also save someone else at the same time was something special.
"Indeed." Janus said as he offered her some popcorn, which she took.
Soon, the two Ascended Beings were joined by many others, each one coming to see the source of the power, only to find a large theater displaying the struggles of the ADF against the Wraith.
Very quickly there was a mass of Ascended Beings here, each one interested and eventually becoming captivated by the sights being displayed to them.
The five Ascended Beings who stood above all the others themselves came to the theater, only to see well over half of all Ascended Beings assembled here in this theater.
"Janus? What is this?" One of the five said.
"This is my creation. A little place where we can watch our descendants do what we could not and put an end to the Wraith." Janus said as he took a sip of the drink he had created. Even though he was an Ascended Being and therefore didn't require sustenance for continued survival, but he enjoyed the taste of what the Tau'ri had created.
The five didn't want to let the theater to exist just because Janus built it and there was probably an ulterior motive behind its existence. But there is nothing they can do. The theater is not interfering with the lower realms, it is merely showing past events and so ultimately, they must accept it's existence.
The five left the theater as those that remained continued on watching, unaware they were playing right into Janus's hand.
His master plan is coming along without a hitch. If this keeps up, the plan might just work.
Janus's machinations are in play now. The future of the Ascended Beings is unknown as Janus's plans slowly move forward.
The future is being written by Janus, for better or for worse.
Time: 1800 hours. Location: Neo-Macross.
Rick nervously looked at his watch as he waited for his date to arrive.
Rick was dressed in a very relaxed attire, but he was anything but relaxed. His nervous looking at his watch, combined with the sweat forming on his brow only showed that he was not calm.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." A familiar voice said.
Rick turned and couldn't help but stare at the person talking to him.
It was Lisa, but she was dressed in a very beautiful looking snow white knee length dress.
She wore a smug look on her face as she said, "I know you like to admire me Rick, but do you think you could tear your eye off of me for one second?"
Rick snapped out of his daze and with an embarrassed look on his face, "Sorry. You just look really beautiful."
"Thank you. You don't look to bad yourself. Shall we?" Lisa asked as she extended her left arm out Rick.
Rick took her hand and led her onwards through the streets of night time Neo-Macross.
The two went to a darkened park and sat down near a tree and stared up at the stars above, content with looking up at the stars. Even though the two of them have journeyed across the stars, there was still something special with just peacefully looking up at those glittering specks of distant light in awe and wonder.
The two of them sat in silence, enjoying the sense of peace and calm that was washing over them. Lisa learned gently against Ricks left shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her.
The two of them didn't know how long they sat their staring up at the stars, but in the end, they didn't care. All that mattered was that they were here together in this moment.
For Lisa, she wasn't sure how she felt of the younger raven haired man next to her. After almost two years of fighting together against a alien threat time and time again she had seen him change so much and she would be lying if she said she didn't feel some attraction to the young man. However, she wasn't completely sure if she was ready to open her heart open once more.
After the death of Karl Riber, her fiance back on Sara Base back on Mars in her home reality, she never thought she would find love again. She had thrown herself into her studies and joined the RDF in a bid to get the Sara Base and find out what happened to Karl. She knew what people had thought about her. The Ice Queen they called her. They said she loved the Macross more then humans. And perhaps they hadn't been wrong. She never opened herself up to people. Only Claudia had managed to get beyond the iron walls she had formed around her heart. And that had taken years on hard work to get to her closed-off heart.
With Rick, however, she felt as if maybe there was a chance for her to once again find love.
Their first meeting had not gone well, with Lisa telling Rick to go fly into the attacking Zentraedi forces when he was nothing more then a civilian. Their next conversation had not gone any better, as Rick had called her an old sourpuss.
However, their third meeting went much better and they had set aside all animosity and had learned a little about each other. Time passed and slowly but surly, they continued to learn from each other and their feeling slowly grew stronger and stronger until they finally decided to try and see where their feeling would lead them, which led to the present.
However, she still just did not know if she was ready to let Rick truly see her for who she was. She had done that with Riber and he had died Rick's job was even more dangerous, with the constant threat of death hanging over his head since he was a fighter pilot. There was likely going to be a day when he goes out into a fight and just doesn't come home. She didn't know if she was willing to risk facing that kind of heart ache again.
With Rick, he too was unsure of what their relationship was. For him, this was the first time he had actually tried to have a long lasting relationship with. He was only 21 years old now and had never tried to build a deep relationship with someone before. He had no idea hat he was supposed to be doing or what his feeling meant. All he knew was this, that when he is with Lisa, it felt right. He felt calm, at peace. He also felt warm and flustered while around her. She was a beautiful woman to be sure, but when you get to know Lisa you get to realize that her personality is her greatest attribute.
Despite her cold exterior, Lisa is a very caring and kind woman who has been hurt before and tires to put up barriers to keep others from getting close in an attempt to shield herself from the pain of losing those she cares about.
Rick understands that mentality. After the death of his mother and father, he knows all to well the pain of lose. How much it hurts when those you love are no longer there with you.
So, Rick is being patient with Lisa. He will wait as long as necessary for her to be ready. This is something is not willing to lose. What he and Lisa have is special and he wants to see what they can become.
Eventually, the two of them feeling the coming of fatigue and so decide to call the night. Standing up, Rick offers Lisa his right hand, which she takes. The two then leave the dimply lit park and head towards the port.
Once there, they quickly board a Puddle Jumper and head back to Atlantis, their home. All the while holding hands while having calm smiles on their faces.
Once back on Atlantis, the two bid each other a good night and then head off to their rooms, the memories of this knight replaying in their heads.
What is a small ember will one day become a roaring fire as the emotions and bonds between two people grow stronger and stronger.
The universe continues to turn on as the day is ended. The Lanteans find themselves in a new world and although they are confused, the Tau'ri will be there to help them. As new technologies are developed, Janus is moving the Ascended Beings towards the point in which he wants them to be while two souls start coming closer and closer together.
While the future is unknown, these people are relishing in the present.
What is coming is going to shake the universe.
And that is it for this chapter!
Sorry for the long wait, finals from my college have had my attention recently. I still have a final for Public Speaking and Student Success, but those will be easy.
And yes, the Lanteans did try to take Atlantis from the ADF, but Galos, being the nice guy he is didn't want that so he made it impossible for anyone of a long rank then him to lock the ADF out of Atlantis. I felt this was something the Lanteans would do, as they are arrogant and sometimes ungrateful as shown with the Trea, however the Captain of the Aurora seemed different to me. He seemed more caring then most other Lanteans. He showed great compassion and kindness for Sheppard and his crew and so I tried to show that here. He respects the ADF for what they did for him and his crew, so he is trying to show how grateful he is for what they did.
The Lanteans are not going to be happy, but eventually they are going to learn that Atlantis is the ADF's not theirs anymore.
Also we get to see an upgrade to the Reflex cannon at last. I almost completely forgot about it. But here it is, a Ancient tech upgraded Synchro cannon. It's going to be so awesome when they finally fire the real thing from the Macross.
We also get to see a little bit more of Janus finally taking some actions to ensure that the actions of his race are mitigated and repaired.
The giant construction that we see Janus in is going to be a major part of the ADF's effort to get rid of the Wraith.
We also see Janus showing the other members of his race the personal efforts of the ADF. While the Ascended Beings are powerful, they are not Omniscient, so they have not seen who the ADF really are or what their actions have really done to harm the universe, so Janus is going to show them and force them to realize the consequences of their actions. It's going to be a wake-up call to the Ascended Beings.
What comes after that is going to be huge.
Finally we got to see some more of Rick and Lisa's growing relationship. I hope I portrayed their inner thoughts well. For me, I personally think that Lisa would not be completely sure whether or not she loves Rick at this point in time just yet, Remember she hasn't had closure like she did back in the original show since she hasn't gone to Sara base and found Riber's old room. So she still has some of the baggage on her shoulders.
Rick is a different guy here then he is in the show. Here he has been forced to grow up and isn't around Minmei so now he isn't chasing her around and instead is noticing Lisa's feelings for him and is returning them as well. However he's just going by his feelings since he is still young at this point and doesn't know how to make a long lasting relationship yet.
I hope this has cleaned anything I might have messed up with and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
If you have any comments, criticisms or concerns, please send me a P.M. or leave a review, always appreciated.
Until next time, this is StrikeFreedom10, signing off.
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