Hello Everyone!
Here is the next chapter in this story of mine, I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter Twenty-Three: Attack of the Asurans!
Date: April 28, 2007. Time: 1100 Hours. Location: Replicator Homeworld.
Fran was smiling and feeling very happy, for the very first of their new breed of warships was finally completed and ready to be launched.
The warship was laid down before her, a large light grey vessel with flecks of blueish-green here and there. The frame is of a thin, angular build with a pointed bow and with two mass engine pods on either side of lower hull with two small engines pods of the upper hall with five massive engines nozzles at the back of the ship. The bridge is nothing more then a small elongated dome at the back of the ship just before the engines begin. This makes the bridge a much harder target to hit.
This is the Replicators first spaceship made of their own imagination. She is the RSF-X45-Retribution class Dreadnought, the Forward Unto Dawn.
At a length of 5,450 meters long, she is almost the same size as the SDF class the ADF use, however she much less mass as she is not as thickly built as the SDF class vessels are. Even so, she has very powerful shields and a very tough hull that is composed of densely compacted nanites. This type of hull allows the Retribution to take direct hits from capital class warships and not take a lot of damage and she is also able to completely repair any damage she does take almost instantly. Basically this is blend of the ADF hull plating and the Wraith Hive plating, immense damage resistance with the benefit incredible hull repair. The hull is a bit weaker then ADF vessels of similar size, like the Olympus or the SDF class vessels, but the Retribution is still very hard to damage.
The Retribution has two large Atlantis class Reflex Furnaces with three smaller ones spread throughout the frame. This allows the Retribution a massive amount of raw power.
Her shields are on par with the latest Macross class warships, which are now three times as tough as the Macross after she had her upgrades from Liberty.
She has a cloaking method similar, but different then the cloaking of a Puddle Jumper. It is slightly longer lasting and makes you harder to detect, but all weapons are deactivated and so are shield and it places a strain on the hull, meaning the cloak can only be operated for a limited time before structure stability is compromised beyond repair.
Her senors are also very advanced and can detect almost anything with ease, save for vessels using Shadow Technology or using Alterran cloaking devices if their warships are sufficiently advanced to use them.
The Retribution class has a plethora of new weapon types developed by the Replicators for their warships. She has 120 of the new Terminator CIWS turrets. A Terminator CIWS turret is a large turret with two main barrels with three smaller barrels inside the large barrels. When the weapon is activated, the two large barrels will activate and energy blasts will come from the smaller barrels. The barrels will each fire in sequences, allowing the barrels to cool down before permanent damage is done to them. These energy blasts are slightly weaker, but fire faster then the 30 mm CIWS turrets that the ADF use extensively.
Also, the Retribution class is loaded with 60 of the Javelin Medium Cannons. A Javelin turret is a three barreled cannon that fire's streams of energy. The cannons were developed from the Asgard Beam weapons and the Positron cannons. The energy builds up at the tip of the cannons and is then released with a massive "bulge" at the front of the beams that do a lot of damage quickly with the rest of the beams cutting through armor plating. These cannons are in-between the 72 mm and the 100 mm cannons that the ADF use.
There is then the 12 of the new Entropy Heavy cannons. These large cannons have a single barrel, but they unleash attacks much harder hitting then the Javelin Cannons do. A Entropy cannons unleashes a stream of dark matter that when they hit the hull of enemy warships, they instantly destroy anything in-front of the beam regardless of how tough the material is. The downside is that these cannons take a lot of energy and can overheat very quickly if they are used too many times in a row. These cannons are much stronger then the 100 mm cannons, but weaker then the Asgard Beam weapons, however they can be used to cut warships apart if they are unshielded.
The Retribution also has 8 emitters for the new Energy torpedoes the Replicators designed. These emitters fire large spherical energy bolts that can be directed through means that only the Replicators know. The spheres are very fast and are almost impossible to intercept before they reach their target. Each sphere has a explosive output only slightly less then the latest Naquada/Protoculture Reflex Torpedoes which are around two and half times stronger then the original torpedoes. They can also be set to rapid fire mode where each emitter can fire up to 20 inside of 10 seconds, but then they are only around two times stronger then a Stargazer in terms of power.
Finally, one either side of the inner portion of the tip of the bow, there are the two emitters for the new Tesla Anti-Warship weapons. The emitters fire to release twin simultaneous beams of purple energy that are stronger then Positron cannons, but weaker then Synchro cannons. They are very quick to recharge after firing and have a very long range to them.
Her own Hyperdrive is very fast and can keep pace with the Macross and Olympus class vessels.
All in all, the Retribution class is strong enough to stand toe-to-toe with all, but the most powerful of warships.
So far, the Replicators only have the Forward Unto Dawn in their navy, with over 30 other vessels of various classifications and sizes only partially completed.
Just as Fran as think these things, five large Hyperspace windows opened above the planet and disgorged out five Aurora Class vessels.
Since she is a Replicator, Fran has a wireless link to the computer system and immediately knew that unknown warships have entered orbit over their home world. She then sent out a call for the the Forwards Unto Dawn to launch quickly and to get ready for combat. She then ordered the few energy torpedo emitters scattered around the city to be activated and to lock onto the unknown warships.
Her orders were acknowledged and quickly the moorings holding the Forwards Unto Dawn were detached the and the massive warship quickly activated her crystal white shields as she quickly ascended through the atmosphere and into orbit to face the incoming Aurora class ships.
Fran was on the bridge of the Forwards Unto Dawn and said, "Open communications with those ships. Keep weapons on stand-by mode. If things go wrong, I want those vessels destroyed before they can fire on the capitol."
Just as the communication channel was sent out, a Replicator yelled out, "Ma'am weapons are hot on those warships! They're targeting the capitol!"
"Activate all weapons! Get rid of those warships!" Fran yelled out.
The Forward Unto Dawn activated her weapons fired off a series purple twisting energy bolts from her Javelin cannons at three of the Aurora, the purple bolts striking their golden shields and casing the vessel being fired upon to shake.
While her Javelins are firing at those three Aurora, the energy torpedoes fired off, eight streaking, twisting orbs of golden light that stuck struck two Aurora's and soon eight massive eruptions of light quickly followed as the torpedoes exploded.
As soon as the torpedoes struck the Auroras, the Auroras returned fire, sending forth golden energy blasts from their energy turrets as well as the ever familiar golden squid shaped Alterran designed drones.
Thankfully the shields of the Forwards Unto Dawn are designed to resist Improved Drone weapon strikes and these are none Improved versions of that weapon type, so the golden squid weapons struck the shields and simply caused the Forwards Unto Dawn's shields to flare up crystal white.
In retaliation, another eight torpedoes flew forth and struck the three Aurora's the Forward Unto Dawn has been engaging with her Javelin cannons, causing their shields to fail catastrophically and now having finally lost their shields, the Forward Unto Dawn let loose with another of her weapons.
Three of her Entropy began to charge up and when they were ready to fire, the cannons launched a long stream of dark matter energy that is dark purple with black bolts of energy crackling around the beams.
The three beams flew underneath the Aurora's and where then brought up and when then met the hulls of the Aurora's, theses beams instantly obliterated anything in their path, allowing the beams to easily cut through the warships until the Aurora's were cut into two and a few seconds later three of the Aurora's were destroyed in massive explosions.
The two remaining Auroras switched tactics and instead of attacking the Forward Unto Dawn, the Aurora's turned their weapons on the planet below them.
Streams of golden drones streaked from the Aurora and flew towards the capitol, more specifically the Reflex Reactors. If those reactors goes critical, they will cause a chain reaction that will obliterate anything in their path until the planet itself is nothing more then a barren wasteland. It will kill the Replicators on the planet below.
"NO!" Fran yelled out in panic as the Drones struck the capitol and destroyed the main building in a flash of light,
Thankfully, the Reflex Reactors managed to survive the attack, but are now offline and the few torpedo emitters in the capitol that were being brought online are now going to remain offline.
"Quickly, pore all available energy into weapons and take those warships down now!" Fran yelled out in fury, trying not to think of all her friends that died when those Drones struck. Replicators maybe made of nanites and can survive things regular humans cannot, but even they cannot take a drone strike to the face and live. If their nanites are fried, they are gone permanently, just like a regular human and most definitely, Replicators died in that strike.
The weapons of the Forward Unto Dawn intensified their attacks against the Auroras, their shields straining against the increased firepower.
One of the Aurora's was destroyed by a combination of energy torpedoes and Javelin energy cannon fire, her hull being blown apart until it was nothing more then a collection of small twisted, melted remains of a once powerful warship.
The final Aurora was blasting away at the capitol city, massive explosions erupting as the Drones tried to pierce the reactor and destroy the Replicators once and for all.
"Weapons, activate the Tesla cannons, we need to end this now!" Fran ordered as the weapons officer activated the weapon.
The armor plating on the front of the bow moved out of the way, as two barrel came out of the bow and locked into firing position.
The barrels started glowing dark purple as giant bolts of energy cracked wildly and started increasing in intensity until finally, the cannons fired out two beams racing forwards until it struck the shields of the final Aurora which strained to try and stop the immense energy attack, but ultimately the Aurora's shields failed and the beams cut clean through the Aurora and destroyed it in a massive explosion.
Fran then quickly said, "Contact the nearest ADF vessel and let them now we have been attacked by unknown forces using Aurora class warships! Let them now they might be attacked soon as well."
Her communication officer nodded and quickly sent out the signal and a few seconds later he said, "Ma'am, the ADF's First Fleet is responding and will be here in twenty minutes. Asgard and Furling warships are also responding and will be here around the same time. ADF facilities have moved into code red and all civilian populations are being told an attack might happen, so the bunkers are open and ready in case of an attack. Also, I am getting word from the capitol that the Reflex Reactors are in the green zone and the possibility of an catastrophic failure is none existent, but due to the amount of damage done, power will be sporadic at best for the new few weeks. Also, the shipyards were struck and all thirty of our unfinished warships have been destroyed. Causalities are high, at least 10,000 confirmed deceased so far with more coming in."
Fran tried to choke back the wave of sadness that struck her hard in the gut when she heard those words and said, "I understand. Get all emergence repairs done to the reactors, we need those now. The Forward Unto Dawn is to remain in orbit until the ADF arrive. I want no more surprises."
"Understood." The comm officer said as he got back to work.
Fran then looked down at the ruined capitol and silently swore whoever was dumb enough to launch an attack against her and her people would pay. Tenfold.
Time: 1300 Hours. Location: Replicator Homeworld. Forward Unto Dawn.
Fran was looking at the holographic screen as McKay was currently finding out where the attackers came from using residual hyperspace radiation to backtrack to their point of origin.
"Aright, I have found the planet. M7R-227. Small planet in the middle of the Pegasus galaxy. Not a lot is told in the database about this planet. However, I can say with reasonable amount of certainty that this is where those Aurora's came from." McKay said.
Gloval then said, "Alright. The Dying Ember shall head t the planet and get some recon done and then report back. Once they have that information, we will then make a plan then. Agreed?" Gloval said.
All agreed and so Gloval clicked his comm, causing Galadriel to appear and Gloval said, "Contact the Dying Ember and tell her to make all haste to these coordinates. They are too go quiet and to get as much sensor data as they can. This mission is of the utmost importance and let them know that they are not to be caught under any circumstance."
Galadriel disappeared and then sent the message to the Dying ember, the Horizon Mk. II class warship quickly pealing away from the First Fleet and making her way into hyperspace as she made her way towards the planet where the unknown foe resides.
"Alright. Now until they return, I hereby offer ADF support in getting the Replicator capitol rebuilt." Weir said.
"The Asgard will also offer their aid in repairing your city." Heimdall said to Fran.
"The Furlings likewise also offer our help." A Furling by the name of Arcpoth said.
"The Nox shall lend you our aid if you ask of it. We may not be able to heal your injured or help with the rebuilding of your city, but we can heal your world from the wounds that have been inflicted upon it." Lya said.
"The Replicators gratefully accept any and all aid we can get right now. It is a mess. The capitol has been nearly destroyed, our warships are nothing more then a pile of rubble and the Reflex Reactors are offline. We with your aid, it shall still take a little over a week before the damage is repaired. This attack has greatly hurt my people's morale. They want justice and they want it now." Fran explained.
"Do not worry Fran. Those that committed the attack will be punished severely. If they are just a race that found a few Aurora's and somehow managed to get them to work, we will confiscate any advanced technology from them just like we did with the Genii. If they are a small pocket of Ancients that have declared war against your people, we will let them know any further attacks against you and your people will not be allowed. And if after that they still do not stop, we shall force them to." Gloval assured her.
"Thank you. Thank you all." Fran said with true gratitude and a smile on her face that she and her people have such great allies.
"No need to thank us. We are merely doing what allies should do when one of us is attacked. Now, let's how the Dying Ember can find out more about who these people are." Gloval said as the conversation continued onwards, awaiting the return of the Dying Ember.
Time: 1500 hours. Location: Unknown Planet.
The Dying Ember came out of hyperspace beyond the edge of the solar system and quickly activated her power cloak and then moved forwards slowly, alert for any signs she has been found.
After a few hours of moving through the solar system, the Dying Ember was now approaching the second planet of the solar system.
On the bridge of the small vessel, the Captain of the Dying Ember, David Howlett, a large native american man with a thick brown mustache said, "Jenkins, what do we have?"
"Large energy readings from the second planet, but something is interfering with detailed scans. We need to get closer. I am also getting a few other signals from the planet, possible warships." Jenkins said from the sensor panel.
"Alright, all stations prepare for emergency jump to Hyperspace in case they even show a single sign that they have found us. Helm, move us in." Howlett ordered as the Dying Ember moved towards the second planet.
Ten minutes later, the Dying Ember finally got a detailed scan of the planet and what they saw shocked them.
There was massive amounts of Ancient technology below them, the planet was basically covered in towers that looked exactly like the Alexandria and Atlantis while numerous Aurora's were being built across the planet.
"Jenkins, what is done there?" Howlett asked as he looked at the holographic screen containing images of the planet below.
"Well sure, according to the readings, there are around 50 Aurora class warships all ready for combat. I am also detecting no less then 20 different Drone launchers like the one in Antarctica. From the energy readings, there must be at least 100 ZPM's down on the planet, with the possibility of another hundred. I have also confirmed there at least seven city ship class vessels on the planet as well." Jenkins said in awe of the amount of Ancient technology below them.
"Alright, record all the data and then compress it into a comm buoy and launch it back to the Replicators homeworld. We'll stay here and transmit all new data as it comes in. This place is going to be incredibly difficult to assault in case we need to attack it. Jenkins, any obvious weak points our fleets can exploit?" Howlett asked.
"None sir. The ZPM's are in heavy fortified locations and in the event of a battle, they will no doubt have shields protecting them. If we do have to attack, I would suggest using Horizon Mk. II class ships to attack suddenly and to aim for these sections. Taking them out would reduce the amount of energy the Drone Launchers have available. If we can also launch blitzkrieg attacks on the Aurora before they can launch that would also greatly increase our chances of victory." Jenkins said as he then grew a confused look on his race and ran the scan a second time.
"Jenkins? Did you find something?" Howlett asked.
"Possibly. The sensors are detecting a large amount of Neutronium, as well as what looks like active machines that are basically less advanced Replicator building machines, and I have found large amounts of active nanites. Sir, I think we just found the remains of the First Generation of Replicators created by the Ancients.' Jenkins said as the sensor readings were show to Howlett.
"This changes everything. Get that information back to command immediately." Howlett said as the information was transferred to two information buoys that were then launched out of the Dying Ember and sent back towards the Replicator homeworld.
The Dying Ember would remain over the planet for another seven hours and gather a large amount of data before she eventually left the planet and flew back towards the Replicator Homeworld.
Date: April 29, 2007. Time: 1200 hours. Location: Replicator Homeworld.
The leaders of the alliance were staring at the sensor data gathered by the Dying Ember with calculative eyes.
"So, the First Generation of Ancient Designed Replicators were not destroyed as we thought they were." Sheppard said.
"it appears so. Based off of the Sensor data, there are at least 3 billion First Gen. Human form Replicators on this planet which is being called Asuras for now. These Asurans have done a lot of work since the Ancients tried to wipe them out." McKay commented.
"I would say. Do you se he energy readings? Hundreds of confirmed ZPM's with many more unconfirmed. We all could really use that many ZPM's." Sheppard said back.
"Agreed. Having that many ZPM's would allow use to outfit a majority of our warships with at least a single ZPM which would greatly increasing their fighting capabilities. Without upcoming major offensive with the Wraith approaching, we need our warships as powerful as they can possibility become." Gloval added.
"Now that we know with whom we are dealing with, what are we going to do?" Weir asked.
"I say we simply have the Jotun reconstruct the plant wide Anti-Replicator Weapon, drive up to Asuras and simply blast them into extinction and then take all their tech. They have proven that they are hostile to to our allies and we cannot allow them to attack worlds that are less well protected then us. We have no idea why the Asurans launched an attack against the Replicators, but I say we cannot let them take another shot." Sheppard said.
"I agree. These Replicators are not like the Second Gen. Replicators. They are violent and attacked without warning. We have no way to predict their next action and so we must assume the worst and take action accordingly." Gloval said.
"I agree that these Asurans must be destroyed. They have shown they are aggressive and violent. Who is to say they will not start attacking human worlds, where the casualties will be much higher?" Heimdall said.
"I also agree military action must be taken. We must stop these Asurans before a three way war begins between us and these Asurans. A quick, decisive military strike and another galactic threat shall be gone." Arcpoth said.
"Although I do not agree with the entire eradication of a race, I do say that action must be taken to prevent other disasters like this." Lya said.
"It appears that this council has made a decision. But I ask that I be allowed to at least to try and talk to the Asurans to see if we can negotiate for peace before you destroy them all." Weir said.
"Quick negotiations. If they even so much as a make a single move that is possibly hostile, we will wipe them out for the good of the universe." Sheppard said.
"Alright. The First Fleet of the ADF shall head to Asuras under cloak, with the Furling and Asgard fleet proving back up. The Jotun shall have the planet wide Anti-Replication Weapon and if we declare them to hostile, she shall move in and destroy all the Replicators with our warships providing cover. Try not to do too much damage to their warships and their planet, they have a lot of technology that can be instrumental in our war against the Wraith." Gloval said.
The other all agreed to this plan and Weir then said, "I think the Forward Unto Dawn along with a few other warships should remain here to protect this planet. The Asurans have already attacked here once and they have fifty Aurora's to send here again to finish the job."
Gloval nodded his head and said, "The Archangel, the Dominion and the Infinity battle group shall remain here. After all, the Infinity just finished construction and the Second Fleet is almost ready to head back to Earth, a few days over here to make sure that the planet is safe and the Asurans will do no harm to it."
Fran nodded and said, "Thank you. I would commit the Forward Unto Dawn to this assault, but since she is made of nanite cells, the Anti-Replicator weapon would destroy her as well and her crew on top of that if she is anywhere close to the wave front when it fires off. Besides, I wish to keep my home safe and my people would also feel safest if our only vessel is protecting us."
"Don't worry Fran, the Asurans will get their due. They will not touch you or you people ever again. I assure you. Now everyone, the attack will take place tomorrow at 1300 hours. All warships are to ready themselves for combat. Dismissed." Gloval said as the meeting drew to a close as everyone walked out of the meeting room and went to prepare themselves for the massive assault against the Asurans.
For the sin of hurting the allies and dear friends of the ADF, the Asurans shall pay for it with their lives if they do not surrender.
April 30, 2007. Time: 1300 hours. Location: Asuras.
Gloval stood on the bridge of the Macross as she and the rest of the First Fleet of the Tau'ri were in orbit around Asuras.
"All warships, prepare to power up weapons and target all areas which the Dying Ember highlighted as areas of interest! Should the Jotun fail to destroy the Replicators in one blow, we shall be forced into a drawn out siege attack so make sure that in our opening salvo we can take out all their defensive and offensive placements. Vanessa, an sign that we have been seen?" Gloval asked his sensor officer as he closed the comm ink he had opened to all warships to give them their orders.
"No sir. Activity around Asuras has remained the same since we arrived. No weapons are powered up and their shields are down. If they are attempting to draw us into a trap, I can't see how." Vanessa said.
"Alright. Dr. Weir, you have the comm. You have five minutes to try and get the Asurans to end their aggressive actions before we take them out." Gloval said as he turned to Weir who was on the bridge.
"I understand." Weir said as she stepped forwards and sent a comm channel to the Asurans.
"To the inhabitants of this world, I am Dr. Elizabeth Weir of the Atlantis Defensive Forces. I wish to open a dialogue with you. I repeat, to the inhabitants of this world, I wish to open a dialogue with you." Weir said and then waited for a response.
She didn't have to wait long before a image of a angry looking older man with a short white beard appeared and said, "Dr. Weir, we know of you. I am Oberoth, leader of the Asurans. Why have you come to Asuras?"
"I have come to try and find a way for you and the Second Gen. Replicators to coexist." Weir said before Oberoth cut her off.
"Those things are not Replicators, they are abominations that our creators mistakenly made and we shall purge them from the universe. And then we shall go and kill our creators and then you and your people. We know of the location of Earth and of all your colonies. The prisoner we captured has been most helpful." Oberoth said as a ADF member was brought in.
He was Lt. Bakerman, a ADF member that went missing a few months ago, assumed KIA after his transmitter stopped working during a Wraith attack on a trading planet.
"We shall destroy you, your abominations and claim our rightful place after we ascend." Oberoth said as he then stuck his hand into Bakerman, causing Bakerman to scream for a few seconds before he fell over dead.
Weir then said, "You will pay for that."
Weir cut the link and said, "Wipe them out."
Gloval nodded as he stared at the planet below with unrivaled fury. These beings attacked the Replicators and also killed an ADF personal after torturing him for months. They shall pay dearly.
"This is Heimdall on the Jotun. We saw everything. We have begun to charge up the Anti-Replicator weapon, but we need a at least a minute more before we can fire it." Heimdall said.
"Alright, all force close in and open fire with all your weapons. Also, form a shield around the Jotun until she has finished charging the weapon." Gloval said as he sat down in his chair.
The fleet responded immediately, the ADF vessels moving forwards and acting like a shield to prevent the Jotun from being destroy while the seven massive Furling warships flew alongside them.
The Furling warships are massive, easily being 11,000 meters in length. Having a large silver hull plating, their warships are shaped like giant birds of prey, with two large wing mounts on either side of the ship with a long neck portion is in the middle. These warships look like the Grace ship Carter and the Prometheus faced back during the Prometheus year long trip back to Earth. That warship was a early Furling warship that had a AI that went mad from the long years away from it's creators and so become very aggressive towards anyone or thing that came near it. After it left the Prometheus, the ship went around the Milky Way galaxy until the day the Furlings returned to the Milky Way galaxy, causing the ship to go and try to find them. Once it did, the ship was taken back to the Furling homeworld where she was repaired and the AI sent to get some repairs.
Back to the present, the allied fleet deactivated their cloaks and raised their shields while also powering up their Shadow Fields, making it much harder for the Replicators to target the allied fleet.
In response, fifty Aurora class vessels arose from the planet swiftly as their shields activated just as the first valley of particle blasts from the ADF warships struck.
Lances of white-blue supercharged particles impacted the tough hulls of the Aurora's, the particles melting into the metals and causing explosions as the particles struck power lines. In the opening volley, three Aurora's became too badly damaged to fly anymore while another seven had large amounts of damage inflicted upon them. The other Aurora's got off better, either receiving little damage or having raised their shields before the ADF could launch their volley.
As the particle blasts continued to rain down upon the Aurora's, the Improved Alterran Drones flew down from their launchers on-board the ADF vessels as they raced to meet the cloud of regular Drone weapons rising from the planet like a golden phoenix.
The Improved Drones smashed into the regular Drones, creating a massive series of explosions that completely covered the sky in a plethora of golden explosions.
The ADF vessels were then joined by the Furling warships who activated their own weapons. Giant batteries came out of the warships nose, it's wings and it's back. The cannons then unleashed a massive torrential downpour of silver elongated energy blasts that went and quickly struck the Aurora's, causing their shields to quickly shatter as the ultra powerful silver energy blasts destroyed their shields in seconds, leaving the warships vulnerable to the ADF firepower which quickly tore apart their weapons and engines.
As the Aurora's fell back down to the planet, the Replicators then unleashed another salvo of golden Drones which flew towards the allied fleet.
However, the allies simply let the Drones smash into their shields where they were destroyed, their shields managing to take the Drone's with relative ease.
It was at this point that Heimdall said, "The weapon is ready. The Jotun is moving into position, cover us."
The Jotun the broke formation and began to fly towards the surface of the planet, her shields glowing as they absorbed a number of Drone weapons that struck her shields.
The bottom of the Jotun was glowing brightly as a large energy sphere was visible, signally the Anti-Replicator weapon was ready to fire.
Once only a few hundred feet above the surface of Asuras, the Jotun hovered in mid air while the weapon finished preparing itself to fire.
A number of Drone launchers were now nothing more the smoking holes due to precise Asgard Beam shots.
These ultra powerful weapons were proving their worth as the thin white-blue lances of energy lashed out and struck the Drone launchers, turning them into slag and destroy the Replicators ability to fight back.
The Jotun the finally fired off the Anti-Replicator weapon, a massive wave of energy crossing all over the planet and turning all the Replicators on said planet into dust as the bonds between the nanites was permanently interrupted.
The remaining Drone Launchers fell silent as as the Aurora's all fell to the planet, crashing into buildings and a few even exploding as they smashed into the ground.
"All Replicators have been destroyed. Threat has been eliminated." Heimdall said.
Gloval then said, "Begin beaming down ADF teams to take all the ZPM's they can find, while also retrieving Forge's and see if we can get those remaining 23 Aurora's back into working condition. And also, get teams down and prepare those city ship's ready to launch."
Claudia and Lisa nodded and began to replay the orders to fleet as the several hundred ADF teams brought along set off to begin taking all the Advanced technology left on Asuras.
The Furlings and Asgard also began to lend their aid, their beaming technology even better then the ADF's and so were a great aid in quickly retrieving the vast amount of resources from the planet.
One of the teams sent down, AR-15 lead by Ford quickly went to the command center and got Bakerman's body for proper burial when Ford saw one the screens flashing with a series of symbols counting down.
"Sir, I think Oberoth tripped a kind of booby trap. My Ancient isn't all that good, but I think it says that there is 11 hours until something happens." Ford said as he contacted the Macross.
"We'll send Rodney down to confirm. Stand by." Gloval said.
A few moment later and Rodney was down in the command room checking the screens over.
"Okay, it appears that as the battle progressed further and further away from how the Replicators wanted it, Oberoth decided to take all of us with him and sent a command for the ZPM's to send energy into the core of Asuras. We managed to stop him from completing the process, but the damage is done. Scans from the command room show that the core of the world is becoming unstable. We have approximately 11 hours before the planet explodes. We need to get all the Forge's, all the Drones, all the ZPM's and put them onto the city ships and then take the city ships with us." Rodney said.
"I'll inform all the the teams they have a time limit now and have to move fast. We'll coordinate things from up here. Move quickly." Gloval said as he went to try and sped up the recovery process.
Date: April 30, 2007. Time: 0000 hours. Location: Asuras.
McKay ran across the boards as he prepared the final city ship for departure. The six other city ships have already launched and left with all their cargo in their holds while the 23 Aurora class ships that remained intact have been towed into orbit and then taken to Space Station Liberty for repairs and upgrades.
All that remains is this city ship. She has over 89 ZPM's inside of her, as well has 35 Forge's and thousands of Drones weapons in every area her crew can fit them into.
Over the last few hours the planet has been growing increasingly unstable as earthquakes have begun to shake the planet as well other disasters, signalling the core is about to go critical.
The ADF fleet save for the Macross was sent back to the Replicator homeworld while the Furling and Asgard vessels remained behind to make sure the last city ship safely makes its way off of the planet. All ADF members on the planet all left on the Aurora's or the other city ships, leaving only McKay, AR-15 and a few other ADF members with this city ship.
McKay then sat down in the command chair which reclined itself as it activated. McKay then willed the city ship to detach the moorings and activate the Star Drives.
The city opened McKay, the mooring detaching quickly as the Star Drive's activated, gently lifting the city ship off of the ground while the clear shield of the city ship activated as well.
McKay drove the city ship higher and higher until the city ship got free of the planet's orbit and then McKay activated the Star Drives and set course for the Replicator homeworld.
The city ship vanished into her hyperspace window and the other remaining alliance warships also activated their own hyperdrives and quickly left the planet with the Macross being the final warship to leave.
A few minutes later, the planet's crust cracked and glowed until at long last, it exploded violently, sending forth molten magma in all directions as massive pieces of the planet bigger then even the Furling warships flew outwards.
With a massive bang, Asuras was no more and so ended the tale of the Asurans, once dreamed of being a tool to bring peace, all they brought was pain and suffering for all.
Date: April 31, 2007. Time: 1300 hours. Location: Replicator Homeworld.
Fran was currently staring out at the form of the ruined capitol, watching on as thousands of Replicators working tirelessly to fix the damage done to their home as ADF construction drones and ADF personal, along with Furling and Asgard personal aided the replicators in repairing their home.
The Replicators were given 15 ZPM's to power their capital until such a time as when the Reflex Furnaces would be working once more.
The Replicators have also begun to vastly increase their numbers, using the newly upgraded Replicator creation machines found on Asuras. The machines have been rebuilt and reprogrammed to create Second Gen. Replicators and this has greatly aided in reclaiming the numbers they once have.
More effort is also being put into getting their own fleet's up and running, with a large number of Replicators working on getting the shipyards back up and running once more. Never again shall the Replicators allow such an attack to happen to them.
The ADF and the other members of the Alliance have really given a lot of help and aid to the Replicators to help them rebuild their society back up once more and for that, they shall forever be grateful to the Alliance.
Fran has also decided on a name for this planet, one that she feels is appropriate for what the planet represents.
Bastion Prime, the last fortress and stronghold for the Replicators. It is where they shall live and die and it is where they shall construct their civilization once more from the ground up.
Time: 1400 hours. Location: Space Station Liberty.
Alpha watched on as the Asuran Aurora class vessels were being dismantled and upgraded into Aurora Borealis class vessels, while the city ship class vessels all waited around for their turn to be upgraded to be on par with Alexandria and soon Atlantis.
The numerous ZPM's were quickly dispersed around the fleets and facilities in Tau'ri control, while the Forge's are being upgraded to create Improved Alterran Drone weaponry, and the existing Drone's are being upgraded into Improved Drone weapons.
The Tau'ri handed the situation quickly and decisively, putting an end t the menace of the Asurans once and for all. Who knows the kind of horrors those homicidal maniacs would unleash?
Alpha shook his head as he thought about the many mistakes that were made when creating the Asurans. The Asurans were made to have an aggression and hatred greater then even the Wraith and with all their abilities like self replication and self modification, it was just a recipe for disaster, especially after the Lanteans then tried to wipe them all out.
The Lanteans really should have tried to handle the situation in a better manner then bringing in a bunch of warships to obliterate the planet. For one, since the Replicators were programmed to obey the Lanteans and could not harm them, the Lanteans could have simply ordered the Asurans to simply kill themselves and that would have been the end of that problem, but no. The Lanteans just had to bring in a fleet of warships to try and destroy a race that rebuild itself from just a few nanites. Real smart. They should have at least tried to find a way to break the bonds between nanites and then used a planet wide version to ensure the Asurans were destroyed.
Alpha simply sighed and went back to completing the Third Tau'ri Battle fleet as well as completing the upgrades for the many Aurora's the ADF found themselves in possession of.
Time: Unknown. Location: Ascended Realm.
Janus was widely smiling as he watched the repair efforts of the Tau'ri. They have come so far and changed so much in such a short amount of time.
It is like holding your kid for the first time and then you blink and suddenly they are in college and getting a job. Time just seems to fly by so fast that you just don't seem to notice they are growing up.
Morgan was right beside him in the movie theater and said, "So, the Asurans are gone now. With all the technology they have taken from the Asurans as well as having the Furlings to guide them, the Tau'ri are fast becoming a superpower in the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies."
"Yes. They are definitely going to shape the future of those two galaxies and however many more later on. I cannot wait to be able to interact with them directly." Janus said with a childish smile on his face as he thought of all the inventions and devices he could create with the Tau'ri to aid him.
Morgan instantly grew a stern look and flicked Janus's forehead, getting a cry of surprise from the man. The flick didn't hurt him, as he is now pure energy, but it did surprise him.
"No doomsday devices, cloning hi-jinks, timeline alterations, or creating hybrid abominations beyond the mind's ability to understand." Morgan said sternly.
Janus pouted and said, "Take all the fun out of interacting with the lower realms why don't you?"
Morgan simply rolled her eyes and went back to watching the Tau'ri helping the Replicators rebuild Bastion Prime.
"I am curious as to see what the Replicators do and become after this event. Certainly they will focus more on building up their military and they shall definitely take a more proactive role in defending themselves in the future." Morgan said.
Janus nodded and said, "Agreed. They might also start increasing their numbers to a large degree in order to give themselves more manpower in order to allow themselves to face the Wraith and other threats. I think they shall also be a good ally to the Tau'ri in the oncoming war."
"With their ability to replicate and build warships at a rate only surpassed by Liberty, they shall most definitely have a large amount of warships to draw upon when the Masters and their enemies arrive." Morgan commented.
"The Haydonites will prove to be a great counter to the Replicators. True they are only on the level of the Asgard before the dilation effect, but they still have a large amount of power and forces. Out of all the oncoming races, they pose the greatest threat behind the Zentraedi. Their sheer ruthlessness, combined with their technological prowess makes them one of the most dangerous races the Tau'ri will encounter from that universe. The Zentraedi have greater number, but are less technologically advanced and have a severe weakness to culture. The Robotech Masters are advanced, but they lack the available fuel to power their technology and so are a much less deadly threat. The Invid are fueled by rage and hatred alone, give them a Protoculture Matrix and they might cease all hostilities. They are a crafty and cunning race. They will know that they cannot win against the power of the Replicators, the Furlings, the Asgard, the Tau'ri and the Nox all at once. Against the Jaffa or the Tok'ra, they posses are much better chance of victory." Janus said as a few images of said races ships appeared on the big screen.
"Indeed, but the Replicators poss anti-AI software far in advance of anything the Haydonites have come across. Trying to fight the Replicators by replacing the Replicators minds with their own shall only result in the Haydonites destruction. I do not think the Haydonites are going to be capable of taking over the Replicators. Even with the Awareness on their side, it is only a very advanced AI, at least on par with some of our greatest AI's we had before we Ascended to this realm. However, the Second generation of Replicators surpass those by a far margin." Morgan said.
"Hm. Thoughts to ponder." Janus said as he turned his attention back to the screen as Morgan did the same.
With the destruction of the Asurans, the universe now breathes a sigh of relief as a major threat is now destroyed once and for all.
The Alliance of Great Races repairs the damage done to Replicators as they used the spoils of war to further their efforts to destroy the Wraith as well.
The bonds between races grow stronger as they aid each other in healing the damage committed against one of the their own.
Time is moving further along as the defenders of light grow stronger, unaware of the forces of darkness that gather to extinguish their light.
And that is that!
Not much to say for this chapter, it was fun to type and it is nice to be able to simply get rid of the Asurans once and for all with a simple battle.
I always though the Replicators kind of got old by the time Stargate Atlantis came around. it was like, "Oh no! The ever familiar race of self replicating robots that never seems to die is once again back and this time they are back and stronger then ever!" Lost the sense of fear and dread I got whenever I heard that familiar wiring of Replicators as they skittered towards the protagonists back in SG-1.
And yes, there are now NINE city class ships, however only Alexandria is getting the upgrades right now, with Atlantis after her and then the other city ships going to get their own upgrades after that point.
And yes, I did remember to do the codex entry. Here it is:
ADF Files. Authorized Personal Only.
Designation: ADF-MVF-102 Morgan class Hover-Tank.
Dimensions:
Tank Mode:
Height: 6.00 m
Width: 2.7 m
Length: 2.25 m
Guardian Mode:
Length: 7.75 m
Width: 2.25 m
Height: 4.5 m
Battleoid Mode:
Height: 6.2 m
Depth: 2.0 m
Breadth: 4.4 m
Armaments:
1 x 72 mm Particle Cannon in tank mode
2 x 36 mm auto cannons located in wrists when in Guardian or in Battleoid forms.
12 x Improved Alterran Drones
2 x Twin 24 mm laser cannons on either side of chest
2 x 4 missile tubes on hips while in Battleoid Mode
1 x GU-221 Gun Pod
1 x Large Energy Shield Projected located on either forearm.
Crew:
1: Pilot.
Power Plant:
First Models: 2 x Protoculture/Naquada Reflex Reactors.
Later Models: 2 x Protoculture/Naquada/Omega Particle Reflex Reactors.
Shields:
5 x Shield Emitters
5 x Fold Shield Boosters
Hull:
9 inches thick. Composed of Naquada/Trinium with Robotech Alloys added in for extra strength.
Thrust:
2 x Anti-Gravitronic engines on underside of Tank Mode, located on bottom of feet in Battleoid Mode.
2 x Smaller Anti-Gravitronic Thrusters on back of Battleoid Mode.
Max Speed: 40 MPH in Tank Mode
Auxiliary Features:
-Alterran Designed Puddle Jumper Cloak
-Puddle Jumper level Sensors
-Shadow Field as back up Cloak
-Mental Interface System
Description:
The need for a heavy firepower unit that could travel through the Stargate has been noticed all throughout the SGC's history, with many times a SG Team in need of heavy firepower and thus by using Variable Fighter technology along with Stargate and Improved Robotechnology, the Morgan class Hover-Tank was born.
This unit first saw combat at the Battle of Taranis, where a number of them aided in destroyed any Darts attacking the planet while also lending their firepower to destroying the attacking Hives and Cruisers.
These units have seen mass production and are usually posted on every Tau'ri facility in groups of at minimum 12.
End of Report.
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