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Chapter Twenty: Tales from Earth.
Date: January 23, 2007. Time: 1200 hours. Location: Earth.
President Hayes sighed the last paper on his desk, his hand throbbing after hours of signing orders in regards to the workings of America.
Hayes stopped his work and looked outside towards Washington D.C., the capital of the United States of America lively as always, dozens of cars driving right past the White House as they went on with their daily lives.
"These people are lucky", Hayes thought. "Unaware of the monsters that exist out in the universe."
Some days, after hearing about the latest Wraith attack on a planet or hear of a local Goa'uld overlord committing yet another atrocity, Hayes just wished he could go back to the days before he knew about the Stargate, about the days before he knew that the stars above Earth held not only infinite possibility, but also horrors beyond his mind's ability to comprehend.
Sighing deeply, Hayes thought back to the latest report he has gotten about Bael, last of the System Lords.
In the last few years following the destruction of the other System Lords thanks to the Replicators, Bael has been meticulously destroying all remnants of the Goa'uld and absorbing them into his own forces. As of right now, the number of minor Goa'uld that exist in the Milky Way galaxy number exactly four, all the other dozens of smaller System Lords have been wiped out of existence.
Ba'al has a territory that covers approximately 25% of the Milky Way galaxy, with the Jaffa having 37% under their control, the Tok'ra now laying claim to 15% of the galaxy and the rest being divided up into hundreds of other sectors belonging to different governments like the Hebridanians and other various groups. The Tau'ri control a little over 2% of the Milky Way, all of the worlds under their control having no sentient life and mostly just outposts or mining facilities.
Even with the ADF help by giving the SGC various advancements in technology, Earth is still vastly outnumbered and with the fall of the final minor system lords, Ba'al now is the greatest threat to the Tau'ri. The Lucian Alliance is a major concern though, even with the massive raid against many of the Lucian Alliance outposts just a few days ago.
The Second Fleet split themselves up as each one of them went into Hyperspace and headed for different worlds that the Lucian Alliance has taken control of. Once over the planets, the Tau'ri vessels all launched their torpedoes, Stargazers, Alterran Drone weapons alone with their particle cannons, easily tearing apart the Ha'tak class vessels in orbit and then destroying the shipyards and mining facilities on the planets below.
All in all, over 14 different worlds under Lucian control have had their facilities obliterated with their defenses destroyed and massive casualties wrought upon that group of pirates.
Estimates say that a grand total of 69 Ha'tak class warships were destroyed, along with hundreds of Death Gliders, as well as dozens Tel'taks and other such vessels out of commission as well. The SGC estimates that the Lucian alliance lost 14.49% of their total fighting strength in just one day, however that still leaves the Lucian alliance with 931 Ha'tak class motherships of which they can use. And Lucian Alliance Ha'taks are much better than Tok'ra or Jaffa Ha'tak's since Lucian Alliance Ha'taks have Anubis upgrades built into them.
See, a few years back, the Lucian Alliance stumbled across a backup supply of Anubis's Ha'taks that he left in reserve in case the attack on Earth went badly. However, only he knew the location of those Ha'taks. Now having the most advanced examples of Goa'uld technology, the Lucian Alliance took those Ha'taks and quickly began to mass produce them using the several million slaves they took from the System Lords. It wasn't until the raid a few days ago that the Tau'ri learned this after stealing the data from the core of a Ha'tak class vessel. The Lucian Alliance just when from minor annoyance to actual threat.
The Jaffa and Tok'ra have tried replicating the technology Anubis employed, however the number of their warships that can take on Lucian Alliance Ha'taks are only in the fifties to sixties for each race.
Ba'al has an even greater force of 2,500 Anubis level Ha'tak's as well as five of Anubis's mothership in his fleet. He hasn't attacked Earth yet since none of his warships cannot withstand a barrage of Ancient Drone weaponry and Earth has the greatest supply of Drone weapons in the Milky Way galaxy, plus the fourteen warships in the Tau'ri fleet stationed above Earth are much stronger than his warships, both in terms of speed, shields and firepower. Even his five motherships cannot hope to go toe-to-toe with even a Plato class as they have Drone weapons as well.
The Tau'ri may have the smallest fleet but each one of their warships punches well above their weight class. A single Plato class can take down numerous Ha'taks and after their planned upgrades, the Plato's will be even more dangerous.
Ba'al has wisely chosen to not engage the Tau'ri, if he does his fleet would be torn to pieces before his warships can fire back.
This has let Hayes sleep a little bit better at night, knowing that Earth has the largest stick in the Milky Way galaxy to keep her safe. However, eventually the Lucian Alliance or Bael or another alien threat will eventually come to Earth and even with the Ancient Outpost here will not be enough to destroy ever single threat that may come Earth's way.
The Tau'ri need to increase their space forces if they wish to have a chance at a continued existence. There are just so many enemies that wish their destruction and they don't have the forces to take them on right now.
He and the other leaders of Homeworld Command have ordered the creation of a satellite based defense network around Earth and one has been ordered to be built for Lantea and all the other planet's under Tau'ri control. The satellite defense stations are based off of the one they found in the Lantea system. However, redesigns and upgrades have been added onto the original defense satellite designs.
Each satellite is massive, easily 1,750 meters long, nearly in the same shape of the Ancient version of the satellite. However, there are eight Drone launchers, each one linked to a individual magazine holding 1,000 Improved Alterran Drone weapons for a grand total of 8,000 Improved Alterran Drones, each station also has 12 Asgard Beam emitters built in, four Positron cannons and a singular massive Synchro Cannon as the main weapon system. The station has tougher shields then a Daedalus class but weaker then a Shimakaze class warship. It doesn't even need a crew to operate the station, all the satellites will be operated from the Ancient Outpost and if that is destroyed, a back up control chair has been created underneath Chaynee Mountain.
So far, only ten of these massive defense platforms have been built, but the system is going to be completed in four months. The boys and gals back in Area 51 did an amazing job of working with the ADF and the Asgard to get these defense platforms designed and built.
The Homeworld Council has visited Venus and Mars, both worlds fully habitable now and kept out of the public eye due to millions of nanites creating the world's largest holographic screen, making it appear as if Mars and Venus are exactly the same as before they were terraformed.
With two new worlds capable of being inhabitable by humans now, the governments that make up Homeworld Command have laid out detailed plans for Disclosure to try and solve the overpopulation problem facing Earth. The original plan was in seven years, humanities technology will have grown to the point that the governments would fully announce the Stargate program.
However, due to NASA being given the plans for the Horizon class Deep Space Explorer, their time table has moved up considerably, since NASA will soon be able to simply fly over to Mars and discover that the entire planet now has a breathable atmosphere, water and also several thousand growing trees and vegetation, along with numerous animal species that have been brought over to try and increase their numbers, such as the Marine Otter, Eurasian Otter, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, North Atlantic Right Whale and over two dozen other species. These animals are all tracked and monitored by several hundred Second-Gen Replicators which have been specifically designed and programed to care and look after these animals as they live out their lives.
A vast majority of Mars has been designated as an animal sanctuary, over 78% of Mars is not allowed to have human civilization in those areas. This may seem like overkill, but considering how large Mars is, even with only 22% of Mars available to be colonized, that is still a lot of room and the Tau'ri have Venus and Earth as their own.
Hayes has personally been to Mars and that was one of the best trips of his life, Mars is a gorgeous planet and he wouldn't mind living there after his time as President is over.
Back to the matter of Disclosure, the plan has been accelerated, with the hundreds of shell companies being formed and showing the world with dozens of new inventions, dramatically increasing Earth's technological level in a short amount of time.
Already crystalline based computers have outpaced both Apple and Macintosh in only a matter of months, with thousands of of the super fast and advanced computers now being used all around the world, from laptops to desktops and computers at the workplace in every field that uses computers in any way, the computers of the SGC's shell company, Crystalex, are now the number one brand from computers in any way shape and form. Already the company has made hundreds of millions in only a few weeks and everyone from Apple or Macintosh who left for Crystalex are welcomed with open arms, due to the massive need for personal due to the massive amounts of orders, thus creating hundreds of jobs.
Another field that has had a massive growth spurt is medical. Due to the dozens of new medicines discovered via the Stargate, many diseases are being completely eradicated completely for good.
Dozens of construction projects have begun, most of them rewiring the power networks of the world to run off of the new super massive Naquada/Protoculture reactors that have been built five miles below the surface of the world to hide them from the public and any alien spies. The reactors will soon provide limitless power to the entire world, thus ending the energy crisis.
Also, all gasoline based cars have been recalled, with newer cars with the latest in technology available to Earth, like crystalline computers and brand new energy based power cells, allowing for a year's worth of usage before a recharge is required. The shell company, Excelsior, has made it free to trade in old cars for the brand new ones. The old cars are then melted down and used to create new cars or are sent to be made into metal for the new space ships.
These programs have had massive impacts on the world as a whole, creating a vast demand for these products that if Icarus and Nova base didn't have the production facilities, would not be able to be met.
Hayes and the other leaders of Homeworld Command have decided that Disclosure shall commence in two years. That should allow the dozens of newly formed shell companies time to prep the world for disclosure.
Also, a major shake down of the IOA was just finished two weeks ago. Hayes had had enough of those useless men and woman standing in the way of progress, so he and other leaders of the world dissolved the IOA and formed the Tau'ri Overview Division. The division is to monitor all Tau'ri activity, from the military to the civilian and try to make sure that the economies are working properly, reports are getting to the heads of government, etc.
The new men and women of the TOD are all handpicked by Hayes and his fellow world leaders, each one has to have had at least a decade of experience within their respective governments in places of great importance. This is to put the very best possible people to allow for smooth transitions of information and control between the ADF and Earth.
Speaking of the ADF, after the IOA was dissolved apparently they all threw a small party. Since then, the last few conversations between the ADF and the SGC have been going much better. Hayes thinks that relationships between the ADF and the Earth governments shall only increase now that the IOA is out of the way.
Looking at one of the reports from the TOD, Hayes can see that the Alexandria is now about halfway complete through her initial repairs and then she will leave the planet she has laid on for years and then head to Liberty for upgrades and more in-depth repairs. Once those are complete, a new crew and commander shall be selected for the second city ship found.
Samantha Carter and Daniel Jackson are both top contenders for the position of commander of Alexandria, although it looks like Carter is going to get the job. However, if they find a third city ship, Jackson is definitely get command of that one. If he doesn't get transferred to Atlantis or Alexandria first. The man has been sending as many transfer requests as he possibly can, trying so desperately to go and finally be on Atlantis. However, Homeworld Command has denied each and every single one of them, as the SGC needs Daniel here on Earth for right now. If the situation changes, then Daniel will be allowed to go, but for right now, the man is staying put here in the Milky Way galaxy.
More and more military personnel have been told of the Stargate and sent to Atlantis for training and eventual assignments. A fifth, six, seventh, eighth and ninth fleet has been ordered already, the personal for those warships have all been selected and already planned to be told of the Gate and then shipped off to their new assignments.
These five new fleets have all been planned to be completed by September of this year. With those new warships created and put to their new assignments, Hayes hopes that the war with the Wraith can be ended by sometime next year. Perhaps that is just him being too optimistic, but with the Asgard coming out of their time dilation field before that point and all the new warships being activated, there will be a much greater amount of friendly units in the Pegasus, allowing them to attack the Wraith with greater ferocity then before.
They have been planning these newest offensive actions ever since the second Siege of Atlantis ended. And soon, they will finally be able to push the Wraith back.
With the Wraith hopefully soon to be defeated, finally the Tau'ri should be free to take care of the threat that Ba'al represents. After that, they will then turn their attention towards the Lucian Alliance. Although the Lucian Alliance is not as big of a threat as the Wraith or Ba'al, they still have a significant fighting force that they can deploy and have vast amounts of resources the Tau'ri don't have.
"Hopefully someday, I won't have to worry about these kind of threats anymore. Maybe one day, I can look back to stars and not see an endless wave of enemies for us to fight against for a very way of life or our continued existence itself." Hayes thought bitterly as he turned his attention back to the reports on his desk.
"The job of the President is never complete." Hayes thought to himself as he got back to work, the thoughts about what is happening in the greater universe still running though his head.
Time: 1300 Hours. Location: Moon Base Granada. Area 51 Research Facility.
Samantha Carter was excited. There was a host of new technologies that she could play around with and so little time to do so.
Currently, she are her research team where working on a upgraded version of the Cyclone armor. The current Cyclones have proven themselves invaluable assets, time and time again showing they are the armor of choice for the SGC and the ADF militries, however there is always room for improvement.
The prototype for the Second Generation of Cyclone armor are bigger and bulkier, a regular sized man in the armor stand now 9 feet tall while wearing the armor. The added layers of armor allow for much greater protection, and along with the enhancements made into the suit, full flexibility and mobility, even while in the suit is still allowed.
This is achieved by the system of micro thrusters, each designed after a Puddle Jumper's main engines and then placed all throughout the suit, allowing for quick and rapid movements thanks to the thrusters activating via thought. This also allows the suit to function in outer space as well, however it is to a limited degree.
There are six of the Ancient designed personal shield emitters that Rondey nearly killed himself with back during the early days of the first year of the Atlantis Program. These six emitters are located all throughout the suit, one on each of the elbows, one on each of the kneecaps, one in the middle of the chest and one in the middle of the back, allowing for maximum protection from any angle. With the upgrades given to the original design by the SGC, the shields of this Second Generational Cyclone are an astonishing three times as strong as the original Cyclones.
Improved servo motors and enhanced mental interface allowed for quicker reflex and reaction time, and it also allowed for improved physical abilities, such as lifting strength and running speed.
The hull is a first generational blend that includes technology that has been reverse engineered from the Kull Warrior armor. It is nowhere as good as those armors, but it does allow the Cyclone armor to absorb at least ten to twelve Staff blasts before the armor cannot absorb any more attacks and then the armor starts to fail as the blasts continue. The hull is a tougher, denser and more resilient blend that the Asgard helped them develop using Naquada/Trinium, Carbon and Robotech Alloys.
The newest generation of Miniaturized Protoculture/Naquada/Omega Particle Reflex Furnaces allow for twice the available power generation as compared to previous versions of the Cyclone.
The armor also boasts improved sensors, having longer range and more sensitive sensors, allowing the armor to detect things much easier.
The armor also has the latest in Shadow Technology built right into the suit, allowing the armor to remain invisible from sensors itself for long periods of time, as well as a cloak developed from the Puddle Jumpers as a different stealth option. Heat sinks built into the suit allow the armor to remain cloaked in either stealth option for longer periods of time.
And now onto weapons. The suit has a plethora of ways to kill enemies, from the X-25 Magnum, a Hybrid of the Particle Magnum from the Travelers and the X-23 Magnum the ADF developed, the X-25 is faster, has longer reach, is more accurate, has more condensed and stronger blasts and has more ammo the the X-23 or the Particle Magnum.
The A-57 is also an upgraded version of the A-55, boasting longer reach, faster rate of fire, harder hitting energy blasts, more fire time without risk of overheating, and the A-57 is the first weapon the Tau'ri have made that has an alternate means of fire. The A-57 can alter it's fire mode so that instead of firing hundreds of energy blasts, instead it can launch massive spheres of energy that hit much harder. Firing these spheres however run the risk of causes the entire gun to explode if more then ten are shot in rapid succession, so there is that risk. Users of the weapon must take special care not to fire so many times in a row.
The P-93 likewise is also an upgraded form of the P-91, with higher rate of fire, longer range, harder hitting energy blasts, and also a secondary fire mode that can stun a single target or multiple at the same time, however the secondary fire draws more energy and places a large amount of heat build up inside the gun, running the risk of destruction.
The Z-78 Particle Repeaters are designed after the Plasma Repeaters taken from the Kull Warrior armor. These wrist mounted weapons fire only 200 Particle blasts per minute, however each blast can travel over 400 yards and are really powerful in exchange for fire rate. The Repeaters can also narrow their fire into lances that can shatter Death Gliders or be used as cutting tools if needed. They have a really low amount of heat build up, allowing them to be used for long periods of time before they cannot be used anymore.
The chest missile pods now can carry 24 Inferno missile, due to the pocket dimension tech that the SGC has finally been able to figure out and has started to use to allow for more supplies to be placed in the same area. It is still a work in progress, so only double the amount of missiles for now.
Also, the Prototype has two Asgard Beam Weapons mounted onto the back to replace the Particle cannon and the Rail Gun. With these two beam weapons, ammo count is no longer a problem, and the beam weapons have stronger attacking power, longer reach and recharge faster then the Particle cannons can, making them the obvious choice for a replacement Heavy Weapons system.
The final two weapons are the internal wrist mounted Plasma Edge Vibroswords. These swords are designed for close combat in mind, with the swords vibrating so quick that they can cut through almost any metal already, and with the plasma edge that just makes all the easier to cut through metal, armor and enemies.
So far the prototype has far exceeded all expectations in terms of performance. No one expected it to perform as well as it has. The design is all but guaranteed to be approved for mass production and thanks to Liberty's production facilities, the ADF and the SGC should have all members with their own Cyclone in only about seven weeks or so.
Carter is very proud of the armor, it has been a nice experience designing such a complex and amazing piece of technology. Zor, Lang and even Rodney took a look at the armor and each one of them gave her a thumbs up for the design.
Carter gave a soft smile as she thought about how much has changed since that first trip through the Stargate all those years ago. They went from not have a single spaceship at all to having a small fleet of some of the most advanced warships to ever grace the stars in less than a decade. Makes her wonder where they'll be in ten more years.
Carter just shook her head as she continued her work, the thoughts about the future running through her head.
Time: 1400 Hours. Location: Icarus Base.
Colonel Matt Ravik walked along the corridors of Icarus Base, wondering why the military, if they have spaceships that can reach other galaxies, cannot seem to make a base that does not have the boring same shade of gunmetal gray everywhere.
Every Single ship and base he has been on in service for the SGC seems to be made of the same damn shade and it gets very boring quickly, however he will keep such complaints to himself.
Walking into the main chamber where rows upon rows of the Flowers of Life stood on their pedestals, the glorious looking plants happily soaking up nutrients.
Matt still couldn't believe that such innocent looking plants sparked several wars and were the secret to perhaps the greatest source of energy in the universe. However, numbers can't lie and the numbers do indeed say, that these plants are producing vast amounts of energy.
It was shocking and slightly humbling to think about, such small plants being the source of the SGC and the ADF's ability to fight and protect their homes.
Baldor, an older Asgard walked out and said, "Colonel Matt, good day to you."
Matt smiled to Baldor and said, "Hello Baldor, I see the Flowers of Life are doing well."
"Indeed Colonel. There are no abnormalities within the Flowers and they are all producing the same amount of spores and pollen. Protoculture production is exactly where we expected it to be." Baldor answered Matt.
"That's good. What about the Production of the Ex-Monster Destroids?" Matt asked.
"The Ex-Monster Destroids are coming along right on schedule, with fifty already constructed and their crews being trained." Baldor answered as he handed Matt a holographic screen.
Matt took the screen and looked it over. Sure enough the Ex-Monster Destroids were being produced right on schedule.
The Ex-Monster Destroids were a experiment to see if miniaturized Synchro cannons can be used by Destroids and if they effective.
The first of the Ex-Monster Destroids was taken to an abandoned planet and once their, the Destroid fired her four Synchro cannons at a shielded Ha'tak class mothership.
The four blue fiery lances of raw, focused super-charged particles smashed into the shields with unbelievable force and tore through the golden shields with ease, punching clean through the Ha'tak class mothership and causing the entire thing to explode.
To be fair, the Ha'tak was already badly damaged and her shields were only at 40% charge when the experiment began, but even so, it was still slightly incredible to see a ground unit take down a Goa'uld mothership, especially since it was Anubis level upgraded vessel and those ships were notoriously hard to destroy.
After that, the Ex-Monster Destroids were quickly ordered into production and they are now being assigned to every outpost in the Milky Way and Pegasus Galaxies. Even if there are better alternatives as defenses go, it is still a good idea to have such monstrously powerful mecha to draw upon.
A Ex-Monster Destroid is virtually the same as a regular Monster Destroid, except for the fact is has slightly more powerful reactors and four Synchro cannons instead of the particle cannons as it's primary armament.
The four Synchro cannons give the Ex-Monster Destroid a much greater amount of firepower to bring to a fight, as each on of the beams are at least four times more powerful than a regular particle blast given by a Monster Destroid.
However, the Synchro cannons are so powerful that they drain all the power out of the Ex-Monster Destroids in only three shots, meaning afterwards they are sitting ducks. So, the pilots have to be very careful when engaging enemies using the main cannons.
The Ex-Monster Destroids however are definitely going to be a welcome addition to the growing list of armaments available to the Tau'ri.
"Alright. Anything else to report?" Matt asked.
"Nothing of importance. The production facilities are right in schedule, we are not behind and nothing of importance has happened recently." Baldor said.
"Understood. Thank you Baldor." Matt said as he left the area, feeling quite good knowing everything was working smoothly.
Time: 1600 hours. Location: Cheyenne Mountain Complex, AKA: Stargate Command.
The ever familiar rumble of the Stargate was heard throughout the control room as the old Alterna device rumbled while the ring itself spun, the ancient gears wiring as the seven chevrons were locked in and activated, creating a water like explosions of energy rushing form from the arch of the gate, only to recede back in and then stabilize as a water looking portal.
From the Stargate came Colonel Cameron Mitchell, the new leader of SG-1, the main offworld exploration team. Alongside with him is Vala Van Droma, a thief who tried to steal important technology, but then was bribed to work for the SGC as a expert in the mindset of the Lucian Alliance. She has proven to be a invaluable asset, helping SG-1 launch numerous gorilla warfare tactics against the Lucian Alliance, such as destroying Ha'taks, sabotaging mining equipment, etc. She did have a bit of trouble working inside the strict rules of the SGC, however she has acclimated to the atmosphere and is generally a likeable person, if she doesn't steal your wallet that is. Old habits die hard and all that.
Alongside the two of them is a Tok'ra agent by the name of V'lek, an almost always angry woman with a large amount of anger issues. She is the teams berserker, if things go bad she just lets loose and attacks the problem with gratuitous amounts of violence and firepower, courtesy of her customized Heavy Duty Staff Cannon she pulled for a Death Glider and then upgraded herself to be more power and fire faster. Carter looked at the thing and called it, "A complete abomination to all that is good and holy within science." Carter said the cannon should have blown up and killed V'lek years ago, but for some reason the thing is still working and V'lek will not tell anyone how she managed to do so, much to Carter's irritation.
And also along with them is a Jaffa by the name of Sizack. He is a proud Jaffa warrior who unlike most of his people actually likes the Tau'ri and does not shy away from using their equipment or tactics, which earns him some scorn from his brothers, but he doesn't care. He loves the easy to use and versatile weapons the Tau'ri employ, but he personally wants to drive a Ascalon Destroid one day. He hasn't been allowed to yet, but someday soon hopefully. He is also a major weapons enthusiast and tries to take a sample of every new weapon type he comes across, which has landed him in trouble many times before.
Cameron has made a name for himself as the guy that can keep these people under control and not blow everything up, a slight miracle because each one of them was basically forced to join SG-1 as a way to "Promote cooperation among the members of the alliance" but in reality, no one wants to work with any of them. V'lek is a loose cannon that just blows up everything in sight and never asks questions, Vala gets herself into loads of trouble by trying to swindle everyone and everything she sees in anyway possible and Sizack is more likely to try and get the enemies weapons then actually shoot back at them. Mitchell has personally wondered what he has done to earn him this personal hell, but it has gotten better and he has gradually grown attached to his weird, dysfunctional family that he has built up.
Originally, Mitchell was assigned to led SG-1 after O'Neill became a general, however at that point Teal'c had become a leader of the free Jaffa Nation, Carter had become one of the head scientists at Area 51 and Jackson was really busy going to every single alien ruin found by the SGC. SG-1 had gone their sperpate ways and Mitchell was very sad to learn he wouldn't be working with the legendary people that had not only saved Earth, but all life on the Milky Way galaxy numerous times. However, that is when he met Vala. She had tried to steal Tau'ri technology and Mitchell managed to convince General Landry to transfer her under his control. Landry agreed and soon Mitchell and Vala were working together, sometimes as Vala was always trying to sneak off, only to get shocked by the wrist shocker Mitchell put on her.
The two then met V'lek when the two were captured heading to a diplomatic mission. She was near their cell, captured when she tried to blow up an entire building using a Naquadria bomb in an effort to kill the Lucian Alliance personal. Using his quick wits and good diplomacy skills, Mitchell got V'lek on their side and together the three got out of the cells and returned to the SGC, where the Tok'ra council assigned V'lek to Mitchell's team.
Sizack joined the team when they were on Dakara and he tried to take their weapons to study them. Mitchell asked Teal'c for Sizack to join the team, seeing the guy had a number of good skills that could be put to good use. Teal'c agreed, finally glad Sizack was out of his hair.
And that is how the new SG-1 team was born. Not the most conventional means of putting together a team, but hey, they get the job done.
Mitchel is personally responsible for finding three Ancient Outposts here in the Milky Way galaxy, stumbling on them by accident all the the exact same way: he fell through a broken floor. Vala told Mitchell never to join her in a casino, because he has awful luck, with both Sizack and V'lak agreeing with Vala.
The facilities are broken down and only have a few working pieces of technology, but there have been a few cool new toys to play around with from the finds.
Mitchell feels pretty proud of those achievements, even if they did cause his pain at the time.
SG-1 left the Stargate and went down the ramp, the ever familiar silver plated metal ramp not being changed after the major renovations done by the SGC after the ADF gave them new technology.
However, the Stargate being 100 feet away from the control room is new, along with the opening hanger doors on either side of the massive area where Morgan tanks and other Destroids can come on out. Attacking the SGC via the Starate is a really bad idea, considering they have tanks, turrets and force fields they can use, as well as the four Cyclone fire teams station throughout the bay that holds the Stargate.
The team of four were then scanned for any diseases, listen devices or anything that would say they are not the real SG-1 and once it was confirmed they are not clones, alternate timeline doppelgangers or alien spies, they were let through to head to the control room and more specifically, the briefing room.
"I had a lot of fun on that planet." Vala said, a wide beaming smile on her face.
"Why? because they were nice people, had tasty food and good wine? Or because of the fact you managed to take three jewels without them finding out?" Mitchell asked, holding out his left hand to Vala, who reluctantly gave the three sapphires to Mitchell.
"Vala, you shouldn't take from people that let you eat their food." Mitchell said with a disappointed tone in his voice.
"Wll if they didn't want them to be taken, they shouldn't have left them so unguarded. I mean, it was almost too easy to steal the sapphires. There were no guards, barely any defenses. I simply walked up and put them into my pouch." Vala tried to defend herself.
Mitchell just shot her a tired look and said, "Just please don't do that again. I don't want to be banned from a planet. Again for the seventh time."
"Okay I will admit perhaps I shouldn't have tried to steal some of those things, but you have to admit, the Adraxians had it coming to them." Vala said as the team went into the locker room and had their armors taken off of them.
"I have to agree with Vala there. The Adraxians where assholes." Sizack said.
"See? Even Sizack agrees with me." Vala continued on as the team left the lockers and went to the briefing room.
"I am just saying, don't get all of us banned from a seventh planet alright. If you really want to make some money, I'll take you to a casino in Vegas." Mitchell said as they all sat down in their chairs.
"You can't. I got banned from all the casinos in the Vegas." Vala said.
"How did you get banned from VEGAS?!" Mitchell asked, slightly impressed.
"I kept winning, They thought I was cheating. Which I was, but they can't prove that." Vala said, a little miffed she had gotten banned. Vegas was her kind of town and now all she can do is go to the restaurants now, they're one of the few places she hasn't been banned from in Vegas.
Mitchell just put his head onto the table and let out a pitiful moan of pain. Some days he loves Vala and other days he wishes he had simply let Landry do away with her.
"Keep that moaning to yourself Colonel. You wanted her on your team, now deal with it." Landry said with a smile as he watched Mitchell suffer with a slight sadistic amount of joy.
"Please sir, can I trade her out?" Mitchell asked, ignoring the cry of shock from Vala.
"Nope. You wanted her, now your stuck with her. For good." Landry said, wishing he had a camera so he could replay the exact moment when all hope died from Mitchells eyes. It was so wonderful to see the Colonel who was so cheery in the morning finally succumb to pain and misery like the rest of humanity. Landry personally hates mornings and he hates morning people ever more, so watching Mitchell suffer gives Hank great amounts of joy.
"Yes sir." Mitchell said, already giving up any hope of getting rid of Vala. Maybe he could just accidentally leave her on a planet she stole from and let the locals take care of her.
"With that out of the way, give me the report on PX2-889." Landry said.
"Well sir, the locals are very nice and very friendly, the planet is very Earth like and has a large amount of Trinium on one of the smaller continents. Maybe we could negotiate for mining rights of the Trinium. A way to detect Lucian or Goa'uld warships would be something they probably wouldn't say no to." Mitchell said.
"Also, they have really bad security for their valuables." Vala said, Hank and Mitchell shooting her dirty looks.
"Did you get banned from another planet?" Hank asked.
"No sir, thankfully not, but Vala did steal these." Mitchell said as he gave Hank the sapphires.
"I'll tell SG-7 to go and return these to their owner." Hank said as he put the sapphires onto the table near him.
"Thank you sir." Mitchell said.
"Is that all to report?" Hank asked.
"Other than they have some of the best meat I have ever tasted, no nothing else to report sir." Mitchell said.
"Always good to know the locals have good eats. Alright, SG-1, you are dismissed. You have the rest of the day off and Vala, no more stealing the airman's money. They have started to complain." Hank said, shooting her a look.
"I have no idea what you are talking about Sir." Vala said as she tried to act dumb.
Hank just shot her a darker look and said, "I mean it Vala."
Vala nodded and then Hank went back to his office.
Mitchell then got out of his chair and went towards the mess hall, really hungry and in the need for something to take care of the headache he was getting from Vala, who was now pestering him.
Sizack and V'lak both followed after them and soon the group of four was sitting down in the mess hall, all eating peacefully.
Even with his pounding headache from Vala, Mitchell couldn't help but smile as he thought about his team. They may not be the giants of legend like the original SG-1, but they were his team and he wouldn't trade them for anyone else, no matter how many headaches they give him nor however many times he asks for replacements.
They are a team, a family and they will stick together until the end.
Time: 1800 Hours. Location: Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Daniel Jackson's Workshop.
The man who cracked the code to work the Stargate, the man who has been one of the most important and influential members of SG-1 snored loudly as the stress of staying up for the past three days has finally taken its toll on the man.
He was suddenly shaken awake by another, older man who said, "Wake up Danny boy!"
Daniel nearly jumped out of his skin at the rude awakening, but then calmed down when he saw the face of who woke him up.
"Jack, what are you doing here?" Daniel asked one of his best friends.
General Jack O'Neill, former leader of SG-1 and former leader of Stargate Command and now leader of Homeworld Security smiled at Daniel and said, "I was in the neighborhood and decided to come and see how much the place has changed. You are still the same. Staying up late hours studying ancient thingamajigs."
"I will have you know that this is one of the earliest written texts made by the Ancients after they came to the Milky Way Galaxy. It is easily over 35 million years old. It describes how the Milky Way was like before they seeded it with life." Daniel said as Jack let out a yawn.
"Yeah, that's really interesting Jackson. I didn't come here to talk about tablets, I came to talk with you. C'mon." O'Neill said as he dragged Daniel out of his workshop, the bispeckled man trying to tell Jack not to, but eventually just gave up.
Eventually the two went to the mess hall and where now sitting down and enjoying their food while talking about what has been happening since the two last saw each other.
"Alexandria is coming along nicely. Should be all done with her initial repairs and then she'll be sent to Liberty for full repairs." Jack said as Daniel nodded.
"You know who is going to command her?" Daniel asked.
"It is either going to be you or Carter, but I think it is safe to say by the way all the higher ups are talking, that Carter basically is guaranteed to be placed in command of Alexandria." Jack replied.
"Now, about my transfer to Atlantis?" Daniel asked, as Jack then sighed.
"Daniel, you are too important to be going all the way to another galaxy. However, due to the fact this program would most likely not exist at all without your aid, I have been talking to the other higher ups and we have all agreed that if a third city-ship is found you will be given command if it. Or, in two years if we don't find another city ship by that point, we'll approve of your transfer to Atlantis or Alexandria." Jack said to Daniel.
"Well, I would like to visit a city ship inside of two years, but if that is how long I have to wait before I can go there, then so be it. I have waited my whole life to go to the Lost City, I can wait two more years." Daniel said, slightly upset that he cannot go to Atlantis or Alexandria just yet.
"Sorry Danny boy, but I just can't get the other leaders of Homeworld Command to agree to your transfer any sooner. They know what you have done for the and that is why they want you to stay here on Earth. They feel better knowing that the guy who has been apart of saving the planet dozens of times is still here." Jack said.
"That's absurd, you and Carter are still here on Earth and you guys were there for many of those victories, why aren't they keeping you or Sam trapped here on Earth?" Daniel asked.
"Well, for one I am a general and can't really leave Earth anyways nowadays. As for Carter, they figure having one of our rightest scientists in command of a city ship is a better idea then keeping her in Area 51. Carter has done good work in Area 51, don't get me wrong. But can you imagine the miracles she can create if she has access to the knowledge of the Ancients? That is why they are allowing Carter to take control of Alexandria." O'Neill explained.
"I guess I can't argue with that logic." Daniel begrudgingly admitted.
"Hey don't worry Daniel. You'll get command of your own city ship soon enough or you'll be transferred to Atlantis soon. Just be patient. You now as they say: Good things come to those that wait." Jack said as he continued to eat his hamburger.
"That's rich coming from you Jack. That reminds me of all the time you got us into trouble with your headstrong attitude." Daniel countered.
"Oh really? How many times did you get us captured by the Goa'uld Daniel or how many times we had to save your butt?" Jack asked.
"About the same as the number of times we had to save you." Daniel said back.
"Touche." Jack admitted as the two fell into comfortable silence as they ate together, remembering all the adventures they shared with Teal'c and Carter when they were SG-1.
As the two friends talked to each other, important events beyond the solar system were taking place as the second eldest race of the Four Great Races prepared themselves to reveal themselves to the Tau'ri.
Time: 2100 hours. Location: Unknown Galaxy.
A massive silver warship that had two wings on the side shaped like a U with a short 'neck' in the middle of the U came blazing out of Hyperspace and flew over a large world that had thick forests, green plains and large oceans. It was a garden world in every sense of the phrase.
In a certain section of the warship, there was nine beings cloaked in silver robes that covered every part of their body, leaving only a tiny hole for the faces.
"So, the children of Earth have finally risen to claim their birthright." A slightly feminine voice said as the figure turned towards 'her' companions.
"Indeed Sister. They have risen greatly in a short amount of time. It is slightly troubling that they have risen so fast, but that is partially thanks to the Asgard who gave them advanced technology as thanks for defeating the Replicators." A slightly masculine voice said as the shirt figure turned towards the taller first one.
"The Tau'ri earned their technology, having faced challenges before they were ready to face them and yet they achieved victory time and time again. They are indeed the children of the Alterrans." A third voice said, a slightly deeper masculine voice coming from the figure.
"But how shall we reveal ourselves? What would be the best way to show the Tau'ri who we are?" The fourth figure said, a slightly higher feminine voice coming from the robes.
"Perhaps we should reveal ourselves to the Asgard first. Thor himself is leading some of the most advanced Asgardian vessels near the middle of Avalon. We could easily go and show Thor we have returned and he can bring the Tau'ri to us. They trust him and will follow him should he ask." The fifth figure said as he waved his hand and a holographic screen appeared in front of the group.
"That is a brilliant idea brother. Thor can easily bring the Tau'ri to us. I believe this to be the best course of action we can take. What of the Nox? Shall we reveal our return to them as well?" The six figure asked in a slightly older, lower masculine voice, implying this to be an older male of the species.
"I think we should reveal ourselves to the Nox as well. They have been some of our best allies we have ever had and showing them that we have returned will probably be in our best interests if we wish to reforge our old alliances." A seventh voice said, the speaker a younger female from the sound of it.
"What do you think brother? You have the deciding voice?" The eighth figure asked the ninth, the elder female voice clearly heard through the robes.
The ninth was silent for a few moments before he spoke in a elderly tone, "We shall reveal ourselves to the Nox and to the Asgard first, and then ask them to bring the Tau'ri to us. This way we do not have to risk a battle with the Tau'ri by simply flying over their planet and taking their leaders. Allow their leaders to come to us. Activate the Grendel, tell her to prepare for flight. We shall use a vessel the Asgard and the Nox would never mistake for anyone else."
The other members of the group nodded and sent a signal to the planet below.
A few minutes later, a much smaller version of the vessel they were currently on came into view, the shape and design of the vessel having been seen before by the Tau'ri, during a certain trip in the Prometheus when her Hyperdrive was destroyed and she had to use an Alkesh's Hyperdrive.
The nine suddenly disappeared in a flash of light similar, yet different to Asgard Transport Beams.
The smaller vessel, know known as the Grendel, flew away from planet and the larger vessel and then activated her Hyperdrive and disappeared as she flew into Hyperspace.
The Furlings have returned.
And that is it for this chapter!
Not much, just showing a chapter mainly focused on Earth and the SGC.
Also we finally got see Cameron and the new SG-1. A few familiar faces with a few new ones, but still the same old crap that SG-1 finds itself into.
New Cyclone armor, new Monster Destroid, and the Furlings are beginning to act to show the universe the second eldest of the Four Great races have returned after millenia.
Also, five new fleets have been ordered and will be done by the time Season 3 ends.
Also, since the links to the Achilles and the Olympus ships aren't working, go to google and type in "Stargate U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Tauri Flagship" and "Stargate Leviathan and the two inspirations should appear. For the Achilles, it is the first image to the left, the black, sleek warship that if you click the link, will take you to "Stargate: Apocalypse Wiki."
For the Olympus class, google Stargate Leviathan and then look for the image of the white warship that leads you to "Galactic Stargate Authority." That is the Olympus, except the Olympus is sleeker, a bit wider, and has a black hull.
And that is it, so until next time, if you have any comments, criticisms or concerns, leave a Review or send me a PM, always appreciated.
Until next time, this is StrikeFreedom10, signing off.
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