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Chapter 25: Gathering of Guardians.
Date: June 29, 2007. Time: 0900 Hours. Location: Orilla.
Thor stood on the bridge of the Aria, eyes glued to the sensor screen before him.
Today is the day the Asgard species leaves their Time Dilation fields and re-enter the universe once more. The exact moment the fields are supposed to drop is currently counting down on a small timer in clear eyes of Thor.
As the seconds counted down, the tension on-board the Aria grew and grew until at last, the a massive shimmering energy field appeared as Orilla finally re-entered into the regular time stream, allowing the Asgard race to interact with the universe once more.
As soon as Orilla was back in view, dozens of massive warships appeared as well, each one bearing the Asgardian style of ship construction, but they are much different from the Aria.
For one thing, these warships are much larger then the Aria. The Aria is 3,750 meters long, and yet the vessels in front of him are 7,750 meters long, more then double the size of the Aria. Another difference is the fact that those vessels are jet black with dark blue energy panels on the curved bow with a long dark blue energy line going along the middle part of the vessels.
"Supreme Commander Thor, we are being hailed." One of the crew members said.
"Put it through." Thor said.
A screen appeared before Thor, showing him the face of an Asgard officer.
"Greetings Supreme Commander Thor. I am Magni, commander of the First Asgard Fleet you see before you. I welcome you and the other Asgard to Orilla." Magni said.
"Hello Magni. May I have permission to go meet with the High Council? We have much to discuss." Thor said.
"Indeed. They are expecting you already. Sending you coordinates now." Magni replied.
Thor got the coordinates and said, "Thank you Magni. I hope to meet with you again soon."
"I hope so as well Supreme Commander. Until we meet again." Magni said as the communication window disappeared.
Thor then activated the Transport Beams and disappeared in a flash of light from the bridge.
Inside the High Council Hall...
Thor appeared in a flash of a light in the middle of a grand vast hall that looked a lot different from the last time he was here. Old Asgard architecture was silver-white color, but now there were dark blue circuit lines visible in-between the armor panels, for what purpose Thor didn't have the faintest idea.
However, that wasn't the only change. Last time he was here serving on the High Council, there was only seven Asgard on the Council, and yet now there are at least a hundred Asgard here in this chamber.
"Greetings Thor. We are glad to see you are safe." Odin, Master of the High Council said.
"Greetings Odin. I am glad to see you are still here with us. Orilla has changed vastly since last I was here." Thor commented.
"We spent these last 5,000 years devoting all of our resources to increasing our technological level. We have advanced very far in our time here. The fleets you saw above our world is just one of many we have built. You will be told all about what we have done in your absence soon. But before that, we wish to be informed of what has happened in the universe since we went into th time dilation field." Odin said.
Thor nodded and then spoke of all that has happened, from the return of the Furlings to the attack on the Replicators by the Asurans and everything in between, nothing was left out. Several hours passed before Thor finally finished his report.
Odin nodded and then said, "Thank you Thor for giving us this report. Now, there is much to do. We shall send the call for all our brothers to return. We shall show you we have built."
Odin moved one of the opaque rocks on his console as a series of runes appeared before him. Odin's eyes suddenly started glowing light blue as the runes changed and altered before they disappeared.
"What was that?" Thor asked, shocked at the sight of Odin's new abilities.
"Apparently Protoculture is even more power then anything Zor ever dreamed. The raw Protoculture in our cells have accelerated our evolution farther and faster then we could possibly fathom. Several Asgard have even Ascended through natural progression of our species, however we have managed to halt that. If an Asgard wishes to Ascend, they shall have to work for it. However, through this we have been able to develop new technologies and even abilities beyond that of the Alterrans before their Ascension." Odin explained to Thor.
Thor was astonished by this little tidbit of information. He knew of what the Ancients were capable of before their Ascension, beings being capable of lifting objects weighing thousands of pounds with nothing but their minds, able to heal the most grievous of wounds with motes of light and so much more. It was slightly terrifying to Thor when he thought about all the things his people might be capable of doing now that they had access to such abilities and powers.
"We shall give each and every single one of your personal new bodies with these enhancements and then send you all off for training to learn how to use your powers. But for now, let us celebrate the return of our brothers and sisters as we move to show the universe that the Asgard have returned!" Odin bellowed all, everyone in the council hall hearing the thunderous roar escaping his lips.
Each and every Asgard added to the cacophony of noise as they let loose their own roars of agreement, the massive plethora of advanced alien beings all joining together to let the universe understand that the Asgard have returned, better then ever and more then willing to destroy anyone who attacks threatens the tenuous peace that has been created through countless amounts of blood shed.
Time: 1100 hours. Location: Snake Nebula.
Inside the winding, darkened S shaped nebula, there exists a massive space station that has 12 massive docks in a circular fashion while large pyramid shapes are created to either end of the station. This station size is enormous, easily over 85 kilometers in diameter, while being 15 kilometers in height and 19 kilometers in breadth.
Dozens of Ha'tak class warships surround the station while even more are coming and going from the station in a massive swarm of activity. This stations name, when translated into regular English means "Fortress One." It is the largest and more important of all of Ba'al's space stations as it does the resupplying, rebuilding and repairing of over 21% of all of his ships, due to the lack of a large portion of the Goa'uld remaining shipyards. The Tau'ri, Asgard, Furlings, Tok'ra and Jaffa have really started to make large efforts to destroy or capture as many shipyards as possible from Ba'al. Despite the many fleets in his possession, Ba'al has been unable to stop the Alliance from taking these actions as their technology and unpredictability makes it nearly impossible to stop them.
And that is not going to be any more apparent then today, as suddenly seven Third Generation Daedalus class warships with two Shimakaze class warships as well as a single Olympus class supercarrier while two Furling dreadnoughts flew right alongside them.
Furling dreadnoughts are massive constructions, each one being well over 19 kilometers in length, 7 kilometers in width and 2.1 kilometers in height. The general shape of these goliath sized warships is very different from the Grace ship since these are modern Furling warships. These ships are much more streamlined in comparison to the Grace ship, with the hull also being a varying of shades, some parts being dark royal purple with other parts being light blue and still others are a etherial shade of white as the hull changes between these shades very quickly. The front of the ship is rounded and is shaped similar to a teardrop with the back portion shaped like a slightly more flattened teardrop. There is two ethereal white glowing sections, one on the front half of the ship and the other directly behind the bridge. There is a single rectangular ethereal white engine at the back of the ship.
The Olympus supercarrier immediately acted, the large bow of the ship opening up in four sections as the metal making up the bow folded in on itself as the metals moved out of the way. Four massive flight decks came into view, each one on a differing edge of the frame.
As soon as the bow opened up, squadrons of Super Pendragon's came flying out like lighting as they rushed towards the Goa'uld forces.
To buy time for the Olympus Supercarrier, one of the Shimakaze class Destroyers quickly oriented itself towards a Ha'tak and unleashed it's strongest weapon.
Giant spheres of blue light coalesced inside the open bow while giant bolts of energy crackled while the charge built higher and higher until eventually the energy was released.
A massive cone of unimaginable power was birthed, the utterly blinding light searing the eyes of anyone who wasn't protected. The beam flew forth at near light speed, the heavily charged particles smashing and then obliterating the shields of the Ha'tak class warship in a millisecond. The hull of the ship fared even worse, metals flash melting while bodies disappeared in attoseconds, unable to feel the pain before they vaporized as the beam with the fury of a thousand star cleaved through the ship.
The Ha'tak warship simply vanished, nearly the entire ship simply ceasing to exist with only the farthest edges remaining behind to tell of the existence of that ship and her crew.
However, the beam was so powerful it struck and destroyed another two Ha'tak's that couldn't get out of the way in time before they were slain.
Such is the unfathomable destructive power of the Synchro cannon, the strongest weapon in the Tau'ri arsenal.
Before the Goa'uld could react to the loss of three of their comrades, the Daedalus class warships lashed out, bright ruby red balls of energy collecting at the tip of their bows, more specifically towards the double large barrels that have extended out of their bows.
The Position cannons of the Daedalus class warships unleashed their energy, the twin cannons launching double ruby balls of death that should not exist and yet due. These contradictions of reality smashed into the shields of another seven Ha'taks and erupted as giant explosions of ruby energy smashed into the shields of the Ha'taks and ripped them apart in a flash.
Lacking energy shields now, the Ha'taks quickly ceased to exist as giant lances of blue-white energy ripped from specially created emitters on the Daedalus class warships, their Asgard Beam weapon punching holes through the Ha'taks hull as well as their Naquada energy cores, the energy releasing and causing the seven Ha'tak warships to be destroyed in massive fiery explosions.
The remaining fifteen Ha'tak's finally reacted and turned all their weapons onto the Olympus Supercarrier, their staff cannons launching massive salvos of superheated plasma bolts at the large lumbering warship.
However, one of the Furling Dreadnoughts moved into the stream of plasma bolts, letting the plasma strike their shields. Even though the Goa'uld forces are launching enough firepower to turn a planet's surface into glass, the Furling warship simply sat in place and almost dispassionately watched on as the Goa'uld tired in vain to damage the insanely advanced warship.
The other Furling Dreadnought on the other hand retaliated by launching fourteen silver arrow shaped energy charges that flew at the Ha'taks with the same speed as the Tau'ri weaponry.
The silver arrow bolts didn't even strike the shields, they simply struck the hulls of the Goa'uld Ha'taks as if there wasn't powerful energy shields protecting those vessels.
A second after the arrow bolts struck the Ha'tak hull, the hulls seamed to contort and shape as small silver balls of energy emerged in the center of the Ha'taks. The Ha'taks tore apart and compacted into the silver spheres and a moment after that, the silver balls exploded into small eruptions of light that left fourteen swirling sections of light were the Ha'taks died.
The last Ha'tak tried desperately to escape, but before it could, four Super Pendragons attacked. These Super Pendragons have been outfitted with four anti-warship grade torpedoes like those found on Tau'ri warships. The Pendragons let their payloads fly, allowing the sixteen torpedoes to surge forth towards the doomed Hatak.
The Ha'tak's shields flared as torpedo after torpedo exploded against the energy barrier, however despite the shield's best efforts, the energy being released from sixteen torpedoes was far too great and so the gold barrier crashed spectacular and allowed the remaining torpedoes to strike the vulnerable hull.
The Ha'tak died in giant balls of rolling nuclear hell fire that left on scant pieces of charred and worthless hull plating no larger then an apple remaining.
After the last Ha'tak was destroyed, the allied fleet turned their attention to the defenceless Goa'uld space station. Ba'al used compartmentalization as well as secrecy to keep this station safe from the Alliance, and that is why the Alliance has had such an easy time destroying the defence fleet and thus leaving the station an easy target.
The Daedalus warships as well as the Shimakaze class warships fired their 100 mm and 72 mm particle cannons along with their Asgard Beams as they gave the Pendragons covering fire.
The immense firepower of the Tau'ri warships blasted clean through the shields of the space station, the particle beams as well as the Asgard Beams of superheated plasma gouging massive holes into the stations armor and destroying a large amount of the stations anti-aircraft cannons within seconds.
The 60 other Pendragons that the Olympus class Supercarrier launched finally attacked now that the large plethora of anti-aircraft cannons were no longer a threat and so, the Pendragons all launched their anti-warship torpedoes as one, creating a massive field of torpedoes that flew forth quickly and struck the defenceless space station as one.
Sixty massive flashes of light followed quickly after, the large explosions tearing apart the station with unrivaled fury. After the last explosions finally cleared up, there was only a tiny few fragments of the station remaining and that is it.
Once the space station was finally destroyed, the Pendragons quickly flew back to the Olympus Supercarrier and once the Pendragons were back on their carrier, the Alliance fleet quickly turned around and disappeared as they engaged their drive, the Tau'ri vessels becoming encased in large golden spheres and then ripping open tears of which they then flew into while the Furlings simply tore open cracks in space and then flew in.
After that, the area that was once Ba'al's most important space station became silent as the nebula continued to move onwards despite the destruction it just bore witness too.
Time: 1200 Hours. Location: Earth. White House.
"And that concludes our report about the raid on Fortress One. Ba'al will be feeling that one for a long time." Captain Alexander Travis said to President Hayes.
"Good job Travis. No casualties with maximum damage inflicted. Keep this up, you'll be an Admiral in no time." Hayes said.
"Thank you sir. We are going to be approaching Moon Base Granada soon sir, so we are going to have to cut this transmission." Travis said.
"Understood. You are dismissed Captain." Hayes responded.
"Sir." Travis said as he gave a salute as the life sized hologram of him disappeared.
"Well, that will definitely ruin old snake head's weekend." O'Neill said from the couch he is sitting on.
"Agreed. Just how important did our intel place that station?" Hayes asked.
"Very. Ba'al just lost his primary resupply, repair and rebuilding facility. Without it, he will have a harder time repairing, rebuilding and resupplying his ships until he can build himself another of those station or he upgrades a few of his other stations. This will also make Ba'al a lot more paranoid about follow up attacks and so he will increase security around his other facilities until he is positive he can keep them safe from us." O'Neill said to Hayes.
"Huh, feels good to take that arrogant snake down a few pegs. What's our next order of business?" Hayes asked.
"Just got to iron out the global military transition plan you will be trying to get the other leaders to sign off on." Jack replied.
"Ah yes. That. I have a good feeling about this one." Hayes said with a smile.
The global remilitarization act will be the first policy that Hayes and the other world leaders will pass when Disclosure finally happens. The militaries of the world will unite together and be upgraded using technologies gathered from the Tau'ri's efforts and tribulations in outer space. It is estimated it will only take a few years to get all military personal armed with the new equipment thanks to Space Station Liberty insane construction speed.
"Anything else?" Hayes asked.
"Space Stations Anchorhead, Amsterdam, Equinox and Quazar are finally operational." O'Neill replied as he used the holographic table in front of him to bring up holograms of four new space stations.
These space stations are medium in size, being around the size of a at least 7 Third Generation Daedalus class warships in length and height. They are shaped exactly like Starbase 74 from Star Trek, having a mushroom like shape to it with a large curved top portion with a thinner cylindrical bottom portion.
"Remind me against what these bases do. With all the things we have been building in the last few years, I have lost track of them all." Hayes said as he eyes the odd looking space stations.
"These four space stations are the first of a new breed of space station. They actually have Space Fold Generators that allow them to Fold directly into a planet's atmosphere. They can't leave the atmosphere using Fold until they get out of the gravity well, but these stations will allow us to take large amounts of ground forces and instantly deploy them on a target planet while also having large battle stations to aid in the assault. These stations are armed to the teeth and will make planet invasions all the easier since they can get Black Op teams directly were they need to do. They can also take a massive pounding and keep on fighting, Carter herself the frames should be able to suffer 93% structural failure and the stations should still be able to work. They are meant to aid us when we finally start going after Ba'al." O'Neill replied as the stations weapons, shields and hull were all highlighted on the hologram.
According to the files, these Orbital Rapid Deployment Battle Stations or O.R.D.B.S. have hulls 10 feet thick made of Trinium, Naqada and Robotech Alloys. The power generation is three Atlantis class Protoculture/Naquada/Omega particle generators buried in the frame with at 10 smaller Protoculture/Naquada/Omega particle generators spread around the station in the event of an emergency. For shields, these stations have energy shields a bit stronger then a Shimakaze class Destroyer. As for weapons, there is 4 x Positron cannons, 8 x Asgard Beam weapons, 30 x torpedo tubes, 6 x Improved Asgard Drone Weapon launchers with around 12,000 Improved Asgard Drones in the stations magazines, with 16 x 100 mm particle cannons, 32 x 72 mm particle cannons as well 200 x 30 mm CIWS turrets with 100 x ten tube Stargazer missile pods. The station also carry no less then ten Super Pendragon squadrons at a time with around 3,000 armed Marines using Cyclone armor to round out the offensive options of these stations. The Hyperspace Fold generators allow the stations to go at speeds around that of a Plato class Frigate.
Hayes nodded as he looked over the specs for the O.R.D.B.S. and then said, "Looks good. What about the satellite defense grid?"
O'Neill opened a new holographic window and said, "The satellite defense grid has finally been finished. We now have around 5,000 defense satellites covering every angle of Earth from attack. These satellites might be small, but they pack a big punch. Should anyone be dumb enough to attack Earth, they are going to find themselves facing massive amounts of firepower aimed at them in seconds."
Hayes smiled and said, "That's great news. This is will really help calm the masses down when we finally unveil the Stargate and everything we have been doing for the past decade or so."
"Yep. Also, Asgard have been recalled back to Orilla to met with their people and get caught back up to speed. Hopefully their replacements will come in soon. We have really grown accustomed to having Asgard personal on our stations and some people are going to have to put in extra hours to cover for their absence." O'Neill responded.
"We made it work before we knew of the Asgard and we will make it work now. If that's everything, I have to get ready for my meeting with the Russians. They are coming in to talk about their newest battleships they'll be getting." Hayes said.
O'Neill nodded and turned off the hologram and then nodded to Hayes and walked out of the room.
Hayes went behind his desk and started preparing for the arrival of one of the biggest members of the Stargate program.
Time: 1300 hours. Location: Gaia.
Lya, eldest, wisest and most respected of the Nox, smiled as she walked through the massive meadow completely filled with mature specimens of the Flowers of Life.
The TDF had been kind enough to give them the Nox their own Protoculture Matrix as well as lend them their knowledge about the flowers and how to take care of them, however the Nox quickly grew beyond even the Tau'ri with protoculture due to their link with nature.
The Nox talked to the Flower of Life and so took the Flowers and spread them all throughout Gaia. The Flowers instantly took hold and thrived on Gaia since the planet was almost identical to Optera in almost every way.
The Flowers of Life were a welcome addition to the ecosystem of Gaia, the planet almost seemed to rejoice as their presence has caused the song that Gaia has sung since then has been more harmonious and pleasant then ever before.
The Nox loved to study and try to understand the Flower of Life. They are unlike anything else that has ever been discovered by the Nox and so they are endlessly curious about the Flowers.
Lya bent down a little and gently ran her index and middle fingers against the petals of a just blooming Flower of Life.
The Flower sang to her, releasing a spray of pollen into the air as Lya gave out a melodious laugh as the pollen flew into the air.
Lya then turned and left the meadow, heading back towards the village where she was staying at.
Lya thought on all that has happened to the universe since the Tau'ri have appeared on the galactic stage. So much has changed from that fateful day when SG-1 came upon this world.
"Huh. To think they would rise to such a position so soon. Perhaps, they are indeed the Fifth Race. Only time will tell if Thor and Fafnir were right." Lya as she walked into her village.
Time: 1400 Hours. Location: Pegasus Galaxy. Desolate star system.
Fourteen Wraith Cruisers as well as a seven Wraith Hive ship cruised through the lifeless and barren star system that is home to five planets filled with nothing but poisonous gases.
However, what they didn't know is that they are being stalked by a pack of predators.
Hidden by it's incredibly powerful cloaking device, the massive form of the Aurora Borealis class warship Retribution slowly and silently floated after the 21 Wraith warships, the cloaked forms of her support fleet surrounding her as they moved in for the ambush.
ADF command found this small fleet and since the Third Fleet was nearby, they decided to simply get rid of them and so planned this ambush.
On the bridge of her ship, Larrin watched on as her forces moved in for the kill. With the Wraith unaware of their presence, the Third Fleet should be able to destroy this fleet with ease. However, something is wrong. Something about this whole situation just doesn't sit right with Larrin.
"Web's, contact the SDF-3 and get me Admiral Yamoshi." Larrin ordered.
"Yes Ma'am. Admiral Yamoshi is responding." Webs replied as a hologram appeared before Larrin.
He was a short man, being a whole head and half smaller then Larrin. He has light skin with dark royal blue eyes and short raven black hair that has a few streaks of pepper gray going around the edges.
"Commander Larrin, what is wrong?" Yaoshi asked.
"Sir, I think this is a trap. My gut is telling me something is wrong with this whole situation." Larrin said, getting straight to the pint.
"Yes, I have been feeling that something isn't right with this whole ambush. However, we cannot just let a whole Wraith fleet just pass by in front of us and let them go. If this is a trap, we will just have to spring the trap. Good luck." Yamoshi said before he disappeared from the Retribution.
"Ma'am. Pioneer is ordering us along with the Fist of Solomon to move below the Wraith fleet and get ready to attack." Webs told her.
Larrin sighed as she sat down in her chair and said, "Guess that's it. Move us below the enemy fleet and prepare to drop cloak. Charge weapons and prepare to raise shields."
Her crew nodded and worked swiftly as the large form of the Retribution moved below the Wraith warships with the equally large form of the Fist of Solomon right behind her.
Meanwhile, the forms of the Plato frigates, Daedalus battlecruisers, Shimakaze class Destroyers, Olympus Supercarriers with the singular Super Dimensional Fortress class warships all maneuvered into position.
"Third Fleet! Drop cloaks, raise shields and charge weapons!" Yamoshi ordered out once everyone was in position.
At once, the 33 warships of the Third Fleet of the Tau'ri dropped their cloaks and raised their shields as their weapons charged up and fired.
From the Plato's, each warship fired their Positron cannons along with their two Asgard Beam weapons, the large ruby red beams of light striking the organic hulls of the Wraith Cruisers. The red energy burnt into the thick organic armor and then exploded in massive eruptions of red light that vaporized massive chunks of the Wraith cruisers in milliseconds. The damaged Wraith Cruisers erupted into balls of light as the amount of damage done to them via a single strike of the Positron cannons were too much for their frames to handle. In the span of only ten seconds, the fourteen Wraith Cruisers were nothing more then space debris.
The Retribution on the other hand fired a salvo of Improved Alterran Drone weaponry that flew up and pierced into the hull of a Wraith Hive ship, the Fist of Solomon doing the exact same thing. Strong as these Hive ships are, their hull's were no match of the incredible power of the Improved Alterran Drones which tore through the Wraith warships with absolute immunity until they finally exploded.
The Pioneer herself angled herself towards a Wraith Hive ship as her twin booms charged up, giant spheres of light coalescing into giant, blindingly bright balls of energy inside the hexagonical shaped booms. Once the Synchro cannons finished charging, the Pioneer fired.
The two beams of energy carved through the battlefield, obliterating half a Hive ship that was just unfortunate enough to cross into the beams and then striking the backend of the target Hive ship, which was simply vaporized until there was nothing left.
The last three Hive ships were destroyed after the Shimakaze class Destroyers fired their own Synchro cannons and blew apart two of them while three Daedalus class Battlecruisers fired their Positron cannons into the starboard side of the remaining Hive ship, blowing away nearly all of the starboard side of the Hive and causing massive amounts of secondary explosions to ripple across the Hive ship until it's reactor went critical and finally, the remaining Wraith Hive ship exploded in a massive flash of light.
Larrin sighed as she saw the final Wraith Cruiser explode. She still felt that uneasy feeling in her gut, stronger then ever and she just couldn't get rid of it.
"Ma'am! Massive unknown contacts behind us thirty-eight degrees to our port side and 45 degrees off the horizontal axis!" Lt. Amelia shouted out.
"Turn us around and get me a visual of the unknowns!" Larrin shouted as a screen appeared and the sight made her insides turn to ice.
Around 1,300,500 miles away from the Tau'ri was five massive Wraith warships, but these were unlike any other Wraith warships that Larrin has ever seen.
For one thing, there are much larger then any Hive ship. A Hive ship is around 5,545 meters in length, however these behemoths are around 9,453 meters in length, almost double the size of a Wraith warship. Another thing that differentiates these ships from regular Wraith ships is the fact that their hull is completely filled, there is no large gaping area like in a Hive. The hulls of these ships are also much smoother then a regular Hive and is also black and crimson instead of sickly purple. The last difference is there are six wings on the side of the ships instead of two like with Hives.
"Ma'am, those ships are putting out six times the energy a regular Hive ships does. Also, I can't get any good readings off of them. Something is interfering with the scans." Amelia said from her station.
"Ma'am, Pioneer is order all ships to turn weapons of the last remain Wraith ships, full spread." Webs said.
"Understood. Get the Positron cannons online and target one of the Wraith ships. Follow up with Asgard Beams." Larrin ordered.
Larrin watched on as the rest of the fleet maneuvered to face the incoming Wraith ships.
"Ma'am, Wraith warships have been designated as Wraith Dreadnoughts One through Five." Webs reported.
Larrin nodded as she filed the designation away for later and watched on as The Wraith Dreadnoughts came into range of the Positron cannons, but just as they did something terrifying happened.
Shape seemed to shift as suddenly another twelve Wraith ships appeared, however these too are unlike any other Wraith ships Larrin has encountered.
They are small, very small for Wraith ships. They are around the same size as the second version of Daedalus and they have black and silver hulls. The also have two large looking cannons on the upper parts of their deck as well as on their ventral hull as well. They are shaped a lot like oversized Darts, having very pointed tips with four sharp looking wings as well as numerous large rounded bumps in their hull.
These are stealth ships, the first of their kind, for how could they not be? They are using cloaks, a technology long since thought to be impossible for the Wraith to create. What other horrible secrets do these ships contain?
Immediately after they decloaked, these Wraith Scout ships launched forwards, their small size allowing them to accelerate to incredible speeds as they move ahead of their slower Dreadnought cousins.
"Open fire on those Scout ships! We can save the Dreadnoughts for later!" Larrin said, just as these Scout ships revealed another surprise.
The cannons on the deck portion of one of the scout ships turned towards a Plato class frigate and unleashed a weapon never before seen from the Wraith. The cannon's fired a pair of pure white beams that struck the shields of the Plato class hard.
The other Scout ships followed suite and fired their own beam turrets, the white lances of energy flying forth and striking the shields of all the Plato class frigates who took the beams, but all reported their shields dropping by as much as 31% in a single blast.
In retaliation, the ADF fired off their Positron cannons, but once again the Wraith Scout ships proved themselves to be dangerous opponents as they ignited many engines nozzles along the length of their frames and simple blew themselves out of the way of the ruby red beams of death.
The Scout ships then fired their Particle cannons, the small cannons firing large ovular balls of concentrated particles at the ADF which desperately tried to take down the Scout ships using their 100 mm and 72 mm particle cannons as well as their Stargazers. Apparently the best way to hit Wraith Scout ships is with ballistic missiles or other weapons that can track and alter their path.
The Devastator, a Plato class Frigate fired off her torpedoes, the large missiles flying forth and managing to lock onto the Scout ships, however the Scout ships unveiled yet another improvement over the regular Wraith forces.
Dozens of small organic looking turret along the Scout ships hull turned themselves towards the torpedoes and fired off hundreds of blasts at the torpedoes. However, the AI's of the torpedoes are much better then the computers of the Scout ship and they were able to dodge most of the cannon while only losing three torpedoes and thus two Scout ships were struck by the torpedoes, the massively powerful ballistic missiles causing the Scout ships to be flung off their intended course.
The Devastator and the Sentry both angled themselves and quickly fired off their Positron cannons, the ruby red beams of death carving into the bows of the Scout ships and melting deep into the ships before the beamed exploded, causing the Scout ships to erupt into large balls of expanding gas and hull fragments.
The other eight Scout ships were faring little better, the massive amount of CIWS turrets along with Stargazer missiles managing to cause tremendous damage due to the shear amount of them being fired. The Retribution herself managed to nail two of the Scout ships with another volley of Improved Alterran drone weapons that quickly tore into and then destroyed two of the Scout ships.
One of the remaining six Wraith Scout ships was destroyed then the Fist of Solomon managed to nail it with all of her 100 mm particle cannons, the large cannons tearing through the thin armor of the Scout ships and causing the ship to explode quite violently.
Two more Scout ships were hit by a Synchro cannon blast from the Shimakaze class Destroyer Raging Giant while another Scout ship was simply destroyed when the Normandy simply rammed the smaller vessel and the shield of the Normandy easily cracked apart the hull of the unfortunate Wraith warship and the last two Scout ships were destroyed via Asgard Beam weapon blasts to their energy core from the other Shimakaze class Destroyer the Shining Star.
Meanwhile, the Pioneer opened fire against the five Wraith Dreadnoughts, her 100 mm and 72 mm particle cannons letting loose streams of heavily super charged particles into the hulls of the Dreadnoughts, but to the shock of the ADF members the Dreadnoughts managed to walk away with only a few large holes blown into their hulls.
In response, the Dreadnoughts all turned their attention to the Pioneer. The five massive Wraith warships then all fired their rapid fire particle cannons as well as four white beams each at the Pioneer. The massive SDF class vessel took the twenty beam attacks as well as the hundreds of ovular particle blasts head on and came out the other side intact, however her shields did fall down to 62% thanks to that massive volley.
"Fire one of our Synchro cannons at one of these Dreadnoughts and then fire our other Synchro cannon at another Dreadnought! We need to put these things down fast!" Yamoshi ordered out.
The large booms of the SDF-3 were aglow once more as the fearsome Synchro cannons began to charge up rapidly as the shields of the mighty vessel were relentlessly pummeled by the Wraith Dreadnoughts, causing the shields to lose power very quickly.
However, the Pioneer struck back as one of her Synchro cannons fired of, the massive blindly bright beam smashing into one of the Wraith Dreadnoughts and easily tearing the large vessel apart until the beam struck and vaporized one of the energy cores of the mighty vessel, causing the Wraith Dreadnought to explode.
After that, the Pioneer used her starboard engine nozzles and quickly moved herself towards another Wraith Dreadnought and fired her other Synchro cannon at another Wraith Dreadnought. Once again, another Wraith warship fell victim to the firepower of the SDF-3.
After that, the Pioneer sent forth two streams of Improved Alterran Drones that burrowed into the hull of the Dreadnought. However, the Drones found it much harder to burrow through and destroy this Wraith ship as it's hull is much more resistant to energy fields like the kind the Drones use then regular Wraith warships. The Drones still managed to destroy the Dreadnought, however it took a lot more effort.
The last remaining Wraith Dreadnought simply opened a hyperspace portal and fled before the ADF forces could destroy it.
Yamoshi sighed in relief, the shields of the Pioneer fell down to 31% and would have fallen completely if there had been another two Dreadnoughts in that fight.
The fact that the Wraith are starting to adapt their technologies and strategies really worried Yamoshi. If the Wraith are finally starting to innovate, then this war just got a lot more complicated.
Yamoshi sighed as he saw the battered forms of the Third fleet join up around the Pioneer. It was lucky that they didn't lose a single warship, however some of ships here came close to loosing their shields and a few of them even suffered blown crystals and internal damage. A return trip to Liberty is now in order.
Yamoshi ordered his forces to return to Liberty, all the time wondering where those improved Wraith warships came from.
Time: 1700 hours. Location: Unknown planet.
The Wraith Dreadnought reappeared above a large, lush planet and in orbit around said planet is twenty other such Dreadnoughts, along with Hive ship, Cruisers and Scout ships that all look different from regular Wraith forces.
The Hives and Cruisers looked exactly like the Dreadnoughts, save for the fact all the Hives have silver and light blue hulls and the Cruisers have black and dark green hulls.
Finally, there is also a massive organic looking space station, it looks like a six sided star with a large circular middle portion.
The Dreadnought approached and then docked with the space station, the space station having enough room to dock ten Dreadnoughts per arm.
Once docked, the commander of the Dreadnought left his ship and went into the station, He didn't speak nor did he stop at all until he arrived at the center of the space station and then opened the door.
Inside was a massive laboratory where schematics of Wraith ship were appearing on while others had schematics for Wraith drones as well. The commander ignored this all and went straight for the singular Wraith at the center of the room.
The Wraith was large, being around Ronon's height before the augmentation. He had white pale white hair and a N shape tattoo on his face.
"Master, I have returned." The commander said as he bowed to the Wraith before him.
The other Wraith didn't say anything nor did he react as his underling spoke.
"Me and my forces fought a fleet of human warships. Even with the improvements, we did not have the strength to take down a single human warships." The commander continued on reporting to his master.
The other Wraith finally stopped and turned to face his subordinate.
"I knew you did not have the strength to face the "Tau'ri". They are far too powerful for simple upgrades like that to beat them. It would take something of a much higher caliber to defeat them. However, your attack did serve its purpose. I now have data regarding exactly how powerful the tau'ri warships are and now I can account for that as I develop the next generation of warship upgrades. Well done, you have served me well. As of now, you are in command of the newest warships I am designing. Wield them well in my name and you shall be rewarded. Fail me and you shall regret the day you were born." The leader said as he turned back to his work.
"By your word Master." The commander said as he quickly left the room, glad he lived.
The master Wraith took the data he downloaded from the Dreadnought and began to study it, already seeing designs for better and stronger improvements to his forces.
"No matter how great I make my ships, I will still fall by the Tau'ri's hand. Perhaps, an arrangement can be struck between them and me. Thoughts for another day." The master said as he got back to working, unaware he is being watched by beings beyond his imagination.
Time: Unknown. Location: Ascended Realm.
Janus and Morgan looked upon the form of the Wraith that finally started to innovate and create newer and better technology for the Wraith.
"So, he is the one." Morgan said.
"Yes. I have seen his work and although it is primitive, he is a very special Wraith. I think that just perhaps, through him a peace can be struck between the Tau'ri and the Wraith." Janus said, analyzing the Wraith critically.
"Is such a thing possible?" Morgan asked, doubt filling her voice. Peace with the Wraith is something she and most other Lanteans thought to be impossible. The Wraith never agreed to peace negotiations and just killed wherever they went.
"His heart is different from other Wraith. He isn't sadistic like other members of his species are. He simply wishes to lead his people into a better tomorrow. He doesn't like killing and feeding on humans, there is just no other way for him to live. If given the chance, I am sure he would choose another method of sustaining his existence then by feeding. I have never seen a Wraith like him before. It is very intriguing." Janus said.
"Hm. Well, whether or not he is the key to peace between the two is a question for another day. We have to talk about the Robotech Masters." Morgan said, turning her attention back towards Janus.
"They are getting close. They are almost ready to come here and try to take the Matrix for themselves. The Haydonites and the Invid are also preparing themselves. We are running out of time." Morgan continued on.
"I know. I have managed to convince a few more of our brothers and sisters to join our cause, yet we are still too closely matched. Attacking right now will only doom us to eternal struggle. We need just a few more and then we will be capable of beating the others. I even managed to get Olma free." janus said, causing Morgan to smile.
"Excellent. With Olma by our side we have another who will aid us in our battle. Where is she?" Morgan asked.
"I have hidden her somewhere where the others will never be able to find her until the time is right for us to move. Remember, we must be cautious and careful about what we do. One wrong move and we might be locked away for all eternity. If we are to help the lower realms, we must have access to our Ascended powers" Janus told her as he leaned in and whispered into her ear.
"Understood. Janus, what shall we do with the others when we beat them?" Morgan asked.
"I have thought long and hard about that and I have decided that it would be best to descend them. By descending them, they will lose access to all of their powers and knowledge and therefore no longer be a threat, allowing us to have free rein over our actions. Also, it might help them with their attitude if they are forced to live like mortals once more and feel the pain and agony we forced the rest of the universe to endure." Janus said to her.
Morgan nodded and said, "I think that is for the best. Now, I think we best leave each other. I think the others are starting to get suspicious about our actions and why we are spending so much time together."
"Agreed. I will see you around?" Janus said.
"Of course you will. Who else would spend so much time with you willingly?" Morgan said back before she disappeared.
Janus just shook his head and said, "What a women."
Janus himself then disappeared as well as he moved to a different part of the Ascended Realm.
With their numbers almost ready, the Ascended Beings have found themselves in two camps. Those that favor their non-interference policy and those that want to help those on the lower realms. Soon, there shall come a moment when these conflicting ideologies will cause the Ascended Realm to erupt into conflict.
It is unknown who shall win that engagement, bit one thing is known: It shall be the conflict that decides the fate of the universe.
And that is that!
I am so sorry this chapter took so long to get out. I have just had such a hard time finding the motivation to type anything recently. Also, I just had finals for college and that took a large portion of my energy and mental capacity. But I am back and ready to type! I will get Humanity's Resurgence, Story Ideas and also my Fairy Tail and DxD crossover all updated as soon as I can. Thanks for sticking around with me.
As for the new Wraith warships, I wanted to make the Wraith seem like a threat once more and also I was getting sick of dealing with the exact same Hives and Cruisers all the time, it was just aggravating. So I wanted to spice things up once more and created some new Wraith warship types. hope you enjoyed that.
The O.R.D.B.S look exactly like Starbase 74. I thought the station looked cool and wanted to incorporate that.
Also, to find out what the Furling Dreadnoughts look like, simply type in Star Citizen c438 and it is the first ship on the left. I thought it looked cool as heck and so wanted it in my story.
Okay, here is the datafile entry for this chapter.
ADF Files. Authorized Personnel Only.
Designation: ADF-MDF-115 Monster Mk.3 Destroid
Dimensions:
Battleoid Mode:
Height: 22.5 m
Depth: 41.1 m
Breadth: 24 m
Armaments:
4 x 400 mm Particle cannons on back
2 x 3 barrel missile tubes on each arm
4 x 50 mm energy cannons on front of Destroid
Crew:
3: Pilot/Gunner/Commander
Power Plant:
First Models:
7 x Protoculture/Naquada Reflex Furnaces
Later Models:
7 x Protoculture/Naquada/Omega Particle Reflex Furnaces
Shields:
12 x Shield Emitters
12 x Fold Shield Boosters
Hull:
4 feet thick. Composed of Naquada/Trinium with Robotech Alloys added in for extra strength.
Thrust:
Unit has no flight capabilities
Auxiliary Features:
-Alterran Designed Puddle Jumper Cloak
-Puddle Jumper level Sensors
-Shadow Field as back up Cloak
-Mental Interface System
Description:
Unit was with the Macross when she jumped dimensions. They saw massive upgrades after the Siege of Atlantis and really saw their first taste of large scale conflict during the Battle of Taranis where they were instrumental to the destruction of the invading Wraith Fleet.
These units serve as long range heavy artillery pieces. Units has largest amount of firepower and shields of amy Destroid.
Units have seen smaller amounts of deployment over most Tau'ri facilities since units are not needed that often.
End of Report.
Designation: ADF-MDV-235 Ex-Monster Destroid
Dimensions:
Battleoid Mode:
Height: 22.5 m
Depth: 41.1 m
Breadth: 24 m
Armaments:
4 x 800 mm Micro Synchro Cannons
2 x 3 barrel missile tubes on each arm
4 x 50 mm energy cannons on front of Destroid
Crew:
3: Pilot/Gunner/Commander
Power Plant:
First Models:
7 x Protoculture/Naquada Reflex Furnaces
Later Models:
7 x Protoculture/Naquada/Omega Particle Reflex Furnaces
Shields:
12 x Shield Emitters
12 x Fold Shield Boosters
Hull:
4 feet thick. Composed of Naquada/Trinium with Robotech Alloys added in for extra strength.
Thrust:
Unit has no flight capabilities
Auxiliary Features:
-Alterran Designed Puddle Jumper Cloak
-Puddle Jumper level Sensors
-Shadow Field as back up Cloak
-Mental Interface System
Description:
The Ex-Monster Destroid was developed to see if Synchro cannon technology was possible of even practical for ground units to use. The Synchro cannons the ex-Monster Destroid uses are much stronger then those on the Super Pendragon, being capable of taking down a Anubis upgraded Ha'tak in a single volley. However the massive power of the Synchro cannons makes the Ex-Monster Destroid almost unusable after only three volleys. Further refinement of these power units are required. Units have seen limited amounts of deployment on only the most critical Tau'ri installations.
Designation: ADF-MDV-116 Gawain Transport Destroid
Dimensions:
Battleoid Mode:
Height: 5.1 m
Depth: 2.0 m
Breadth: 4.1m
Hover Jeep Mode:
Height: 3.1 m
Depth: 1.5 m
Breadth: 2.2 m
Armaments:
2 x 12 missile tubes in shoulders
2 x twin 25 mm medium chain cannons in wrists
2 x 50 mm light laser cannons in chest
1 x GU-221 Gun Pod
Crew:
1: Pilot.
Power Plant:
First Models:
3 x Protoculture/Naquada Reflex Furnaces
Later Models:
3 x Protoculture/Naquada/Omega Particle Reflex Furnaces
Shields:
4 x Shield Emitters
4 x Fold Shield Boosters
Hull:
4 and a half inches thick, composed of Naquada/Trinium with Robotech Alloys for additional reinforcement
Thrust:
1 x large Anti-Gravitronic Thrusters on back
2 x Anti-Gravitronic Thrusters on legs
Auxiliary Features:
-Alterran Designed Puddle Jumper Cloak
-Puddle Jumper level Sensors
-Shadow Field as back up Cloak
-Mental Interface System
Description:
A Destroid that is designed to go over any terrain in order to get troops to where they need to go. This unit is fast and is not meant to get into gun fights with enemy forces and therefore has a lower amount of shields emitters as well as thinner hull plating.
Unit first saw active combat at the Battle of Taranis, with units aiding in the destruction of Darts as well as help damage the Cruisers and Hives.
Unit has seen widespread deployment across all major Tau'ri facilities.
End of Report.
And that is the last of the Destroid data files, next time we start moving onto Tau'ri warships.
And with that done, if you have any comments, criticisms or concerns, leave a review or send me a P.M., always appreciated.
Until next time, this is StrikeFreedom10, signing off.
Farewell for now!
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