O'Neill shouted, "Samantha!" As the Hammond disappeared from the hologram, followed quickly by the Nemesis.
"What just happened?" demanded O'Neill.
"I am reviewing the data, O'Neill," replied Thor.
"Who did that? How could they penetrate the shields so easily?" demanded O'Neill, who did not like having to wait for an answer.
Thor turned to O'Neill, "We built a safety protocol into the Asgard Core on all of the ships, in the event of a catastrophic failure. If the Asgard Core detected the ship would become unstable it would transport everyone to the nearest environment, that could support life."
"You mean they are alive?" asked O'Neill.
"I do not know O'Neill, it is possible. It is also possible that some may not have made it. We need to get there as soon as possible," replied Thor.
"I will have the Daedelus and Odyssey ready within the hour to head to Pegasus," replied O'Neill.
"I am afraid that is not fast enough O'Neill," replied Thor.
"Then we can take the remaining two Puddle Jumpers here, and use the galactic bridge," replied O'Neill.
"O'Neill, I need you to think clearly. Whoever is in control of those ships are far superior to anything we have. If you arrive even with another BC-306 you won't last a minute," replied Thor.
"Sam is out there! What am I supposed to do?" asked O'Neill.
"I have a contingency plan in place. I need thirty of your minutes and command of Pacifica and Atlantis for a short time," replied Thor.
"Contingency Plan?" asked O'Neill.
"I do not have time to explain every second here counts. Do you trust me O'Neill?" asked Thor.
"Avidan grant Thor command clearance for Pacifica and Atlantis now until I revoke it," ordered O'Neill.
"Granted," replied Avidan.
"Avidan relay to Sol, Execute Contingency Plan," ordered Thor.
"Completed," replied Avidan.
"Avidan execute Thor Contingency Plan 41A," ordered Thor.
"Executing," replied Avidan.
Thor and O'Neill found themselves beamed to the gateroom. Standing next to them was Gen. Landry.
"What's going? I was on my way to you. Our ships have been destroyed," asked Landry.
"Yes, I know. We are executing a Contingency Plan Thor has in place for this circumstance," replied O'Neill. O'Neill looked around as the room was filling quickly with Asgards and a large device sitting in front of the gate.
"Thor, what is going on?" asked O'Neill, as the gate dialed and connected to a remote gate. The large device moved through the gate and the gate shut down immediately after it was through.
"That device is on its way to P4R-169, by the time I have completed this explanation the new Asgard Homeworld of Othalla will be complete, all the surviving Asgard will be relocating there, we are going to build the SD-312 and return. Be ready in 22 of your Earth minutes. You need to have personnel ready to board immediately," replied Thor. With that, the gate activated and the Asgard began to move through at a fast pace. All four hundred seventy-six Asgard were gone through the gate within two minutes.
Dr. Keller came running into the gateroom, "I want on any rescue mission!"
"Dr. Keller, get Dr. Beckett and rest of the Medical Staff, tell them to be here in the Gateroom in fifteen minutes ready for transport to Pegasus, make sure they have what supplies they need. Walter, get me Larrin, Varro, and Ginn, I want them both here as well as part of this mission," ordered O'Niell.
Woosley came running in, "I just heard, what is going on?"
"The Asgard have left Earth for P4R-169 to build us an SD-312, they are expected back here in twenty-one minutes with it. We are launching immediately for Pegasus, to rescue our teams," informed Landry.
"How can they build an SD-312 in twenty minutes?" asked Woosley.
"Time Dilation," replied Landry, "Sir I request to be on this mission."
"Granted! Get battle-ready in ten minutes. Do we have any SG teams still here?" asked O'Niell.
"No sir, they are all in Pegasus, with all Puddle Jumper Teams as well," replied Walter.
"Woosley you're in charge of Pacifica and Atlantis, till I or Gen. Landry returns," ordered O'Niell.
"I'll take good care of them!" replied Woosley.
"Twenty minutes sir!" informed Walter.
Meanwhile, on New Othalla (P4R-169) the Asgard emerge out on the newly constructed city.
Sol spoke first, "Impressive design Thor. Shall I set the time dilation field to two hundred fifty to one?"
"No Sol, we need to set it to one billion five hundred seventy-seven million to one," informed Thor.
"That high?" asked Sol.
"Yes, the SD-312 will not last any longer than the BC-306 or BC-304s against the ships that arrived. We are going to have to create an entirely new ship, power source, weapons and shields. We have to do this in under ten minutes of time on Earth," informed Thor.
Sol activated the Time Dilation Field, to encompass the entire planet.
"Get everyone settled we meet in the conference hall in twelve hours," ordered Thor.
Thor went to his office, above the gate room, the city was similar to Pacifica and Atlantis it was also modified to be Asgard in nature. He sat down in his office. There on a display was a picture of Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c. He would not let his friends down. It didn't matter to him if he had to create entire new sciences and mathematics to build a ship that could rescue his friends, he would not fail. Twelve hours later he found himself standing in front of the conference hall, with all the Asgard assembled. The hall could handle ten thousand Asgard at a time, but that would be in time. He wondered how full this might be before they accomplish their goal.
"Fellow Asgard, our friends of Earth are in trouble. They have come to our aid countless times in the past, now it is our turn to come to theirs. Our friends, my friends, are in the Pegasus Galaxy may be dying as we speak. We have to create a craft that can withstand the attacks from the unknown ships that entered in the defense of the Wraith. We need to create new power sources that are far more powerful than anything we have designed. We have to understand how the shields were penetrated so easily, we need to create medical tools as we may have over five hundred humans in various stages of trauma. We must improve the wormhole drive. Then we must build this ship," shouted Thor.
Loki, Sol, and Manni approached Thor on the platform.
Manni spoke first, "Most of us are Vanir, and have not been saved by humans as you have Thor. However, they found a cure for our genetic mutation and saved our race. When they did this, they asked for nothing in return but friendship. Instead of ridicule or hatred, which we expected for our actions as Vanir, we found friendship. We found our way home again, with a new cause and a new beginning. We will do all in our power to complete the task that you have set before us, and we will do this in the name of friendship."
Cheering and shouting erupted from the gathered Asgard. Thor was taken back, he had not expected such a reaction as this. In fact, he was prepared to argue, now he found himself among nearly five hundred of the best minds in the galaxy with an enormous task to do.
Year: 0 Population 476
Loki would head up a medical division to work on advanced technology for healing, and treating the wounded. The system needed to be as automated as possible, and with no humans here to test on, it would make this task even more difficult. Sol would head up a team to optimize construction techniques and materials, the new ship would be required to be stronger and lighter than anything they had produced before. Manni was going to lead the investigation on power supplies. The city would have to upgrade it's power supplies far beyond the ten trillion kilojoules the cities current power supply could produce, plus the ship would need it as well. Thor would look into new shield technology, including how the shields were penetrated so easily.
Days turned into weeks, and weeks quickly turned into months as the Asgard worked for a common goal. Ten months along, and Freyja was delivering the first Asgard child in ten thousand years. They named her Carson, after their savior Carson Beckett.
Sol was the first to have success, having created a modified nanites that were more advanced than the current version, that used Asgard Beaming technology to move atoms one at a time. They were able to coordinate independently from a central core controlling them.
Manni was beginning to look at forms of power generation. To scale the neutrino-ion generator would require building larger ships. This really wasn't practical. As he studied the design of the SD-312 he realized the design left the ship vulnerable if the shields were compromised. He must find a way to shrink the size of the power generator and scale up the power output at the same time. ZPM's were ideal but couldn't contain enough power, they were simply batteries.
Year: 1 Population: 482
Thor was completely agitated, having spent the last year trying to determine how the shields were penetrated so easily. The energy burst from the foreign ship would have to fire on the precise frequency of the shield to a trillionth of a degree and each shield emitter worked on its own unique frequency. However, each of the Tau'ri ships had multiple layers of shields each on a different frequency. Asgard nor Ancient scanners were able to identify the frequency of the shields to that level of accuracy. Also, how could you change the frequency of an energy stream once it penetrated a shield, to bypass the next shield?
"Everything we know, says this should not be possible. How can an energy stream change frequency mid-stream?" asked Thor.
Manni responded, "I do not know. That is why you are investigating it. I do not believe we have anyone better suited to investigate this than you."
"We have been here a year and I am no further along than when we arrived," replied Thor.
Manni had been investigating new forms of power generation. However, he had not been successful in finding a way to scale down the size of the neutrino-ion generators while scaling up power output.
"I too, have had very little success. I'm studying everything in the Repository of Knowledge for any ideas, as I have failed to come up with any new ideas myself," replied Manni.
Sol was continuing to advance his new forms of nanites. He was having the most success of everyone. He was working to incorporate a matter to energy conversion. Allowing him to take any matter, convert it to energy, then reform it into matter in a new pattern. His issue was finding a way to store the energy during the conversion process, in something as small as a nanite.
Year: 5 Population: 502
Loki was studying healing devices in the Repository of Knowledge, specifically the Ancient Healing device that was used by the Goa'uld Telchak to create the sarcophagus. He was investigating the cause of the negative effects of the device on humans.
"Freyja, how is Carson?" asked Loki.
"He is well. He is studying currently at the school," replied Freyja.
"If I can solve the problem with this healing device, he may never have to worry about growing old, we may never have to worry about growing old," replied Loki.
"Yes I know you have told me this nearly every night since we have been here," replied Freyja.
Manni sat in Sol's laboratory.
"The Ancients never investigated higher forms of power generation until their war with the Wraith. Millions of years and they sat idle on that study," spoke Manni.
"It is strange, they became stagnant in some areas until it was too late," replied Sol.
Manni nodding, "I believe they became stagnant in many areas, not just research. They had no talent for war. Tactically the Tau'ri are far superior to them in the science of war."
"I believe the Tau'ri are far superior to most races when it comes to war. I read many of their history books, and tactical books on combat while on Pacifica. They analyze every detail of their fighting," replied Sol.
"I wonder if they had spent that time on peace if they would have had so many wars on their own planet?" asked Manni.
Sol laughed, "If they hadn't would they have defeated the Goa'uld? Replicators? Ori? Would we even be here if they were not masters of war?"
Manni was shaken, "I had not thought of it in those terms. That is interesting. A race, masters of war, bringing peace to so many."
Year: 10 Population: 532
Thor asked, "How is Carson doing in his studies?"
"His instructor says he is progressing nicely, at the expected pace," replied Freyja.
"He is very curious about the Tau'ri," informed Loki.
"I hope he is soon able to meet them," replied Thor. He knew that was not a possibility. He had not solved the issue with the shields, or determine how the foreign ship was able to change the frequency in mid-stream.
"I have made progress in the healing device. I understand why some exposure can cause mental stability issues in humans. It could also effect Asgard as well. The Goa'uld sarcophagus has the same effect but on a lower scale. Over time exposure to the device, slowly regresses those parts of the brain that controls behavior and critical thinking to a more juvenile state. Given enough exposure, you lose control of your behavior which has regressed to a point you will be acting in a primitive state," informed Loki.
Thor asked, "Do you have a solution for this?"
"Not at this time. I am investigating the Ancient Brain Scanner to determine if I could use this to detect the amount of exposure and current stability of the brain," replied Loki.
Year: 50 Population: 589
Manni was sitting in the Laboratory of Sol, which he found himself doing so often these days.
"I believe the Ancients were on the correct track with Project Arcturus, to siphon energy from space-time. The Tau'ri managed to create an Interdimensional Energy Collector, however it attached to a populated parallel space-time. They had to shut it down, and didn't further investigate the work," replied Manni.
"You think they were on the right track?" asked Sol.
"No I think they had it right, however, they needed a way to pinpoint an empty parallel space-time," replied Manni.
"You are saying they solved an issue in their ten years of using the stargate that the ancients couldn't and that you have spent the last fifty years trying to solve?" asked Sol.
"No I'm saying a woman using a child's paints, solved this in twelve hours on Earth, without knowing anything else on the subject," replied Manni.
"I do not understand my friend," spoke Sol.
"The Tau'ri have a report on it. Dr. Jeannie Miller, who was conducting no research of any kind, had an idea, and worked it out using finger paints from a child's art supply to solve what the Ancients and I could not," replied Manni.
Sol quizzically, "The Tau'ri continue to surprise me. It is no wonder Thor considers them the fifth race."
"I would agree with him," replied Manni.
Year: 104 Population: 743
"One hundred and four years have passed, our population has grown by two hundred sixty-seven. Our young are advancing well," remarked Freyja.
"Yes you correct, but 104 years have passed, while only a fraction of a second has passed on Earth. I can not help but think of our friends in Pegasus galaxy that may be in trouble," replied Thor, "Freyja, I believe I must call upon you to oversee the education of our young Asgard. As new members of our society we must work to mentor them into the fields they shall grow in. I believe you are one who is best suited to this."
"Thor it would be my honor to oversee them and guide them. I will endeavor to make you proud," replied Freyja.
"You have tamed Loki, our youth should be simple in comparison. You already have made me proud," replied Thor.
Manni busted into the room, "I have built an Interdimensional Energy Collector, with an empty parallel space-time!"
"This is excellent news, Manni, please further details," replied Thor.
"The humans had everything solved, however, they could not select a parallel space-time without risking attaching to one populated. I have created a device that is able to direct the connection to a space-time. After years of studying these parallel space-times, I have discovered the optimal ones, are where matter has not formed, with no matter no life," replied Manni.
"What kind of power output are you seeing?" asked Thor.
"One hundred trillion kilojoules, further research I believe I can increase further than that," replied Manni.
Year: 178 Population: 1,021
Sitting in an Asgard Council Meeting, current status is being discussed.
"At my request, Manni has extended the time dilation field to encompass this entire system. Allowing for me to try out the new ship designs and construction techniques," informed Sol.
"Yes I have been able to extend the field to one light year from the star," replied Manni.
"How are your designs holding up in the simulators?" asked Thor.
"The Ancients Destiny design appear superior to designs we have used prior. I have been able to make a few enhancements," replied Sol.
"Yes I have worked with Sol, we have managed to upgrade the Ancients Control Chair significantly allowing for greater control of a ship by a single individual," informed Loki.
"The new Interdimensional Energy Collector have been installed on the ships," replied Manni.
"My research does not improve. The only method I have found to bypass the shields would account for a single shield be penetrated, however, three separate shields were penetrated with ease," replied Thor.
"Give it time Thor, you will figure this out," replied Sol.
"Our friends are counting on us to deliver, and I fear I can not solve this issue," replied Thor.
"Thor you have taken on the monumental task that we have, you will not solve it easily. With no data to act upon you must use your best judgment," spoke Freyja.
"Our numbers grow, we have a city of wonders we are building. Not even fifteen Earth minutes have passed since the attack, we will have this all solved before sixteen have passed," replied Sol. "Also you have
Freyja responded "Also you have a child on the way, you need to celebrate. We will solve each issue we must, it will take time."
Year: 301 Population: 1,731
Loki was excited, "I have completed the new medical bays."
"How did you faðir?" asked Carson.
"I see you have been learning the old language my son I am excited to see hear this," replied Loki, "To answer your inquiry. I am using a stasis chamber that immediately places the individual into stasis. Once in stasis, scanners review their body and identifies any wounds or illnesses. Wounds are healed by nanites that Sol created. Which use energy to matter conversion to repair the damaged tissue. Illnesses are a different story, I use the Ancient healing device, however, I direct the healing energy away from the areas of the brain normally. however if there is brain damage, only then, and it's carefully monitored by the brain scanner to prevent the cells from being regenerated too much."
"If required they can be kept in stasis till they can be cured?" asked Carson.
"Yes son, but my experience with humans many would rather not be sustained in this manner and would accept death," replied Loki.
"I can't wait to meet the humans, I have learned much about them. They seem like they are a primitive race, yet they have accomplished so much," replied Carson.
"I imagine it is hard for one so young to be confined to such a small space, and not understand why," replied Loki.
"No father, we are taught about the great friendship that the humans have for the Asgard. We understand they saved our race, and we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. We just look forward to meeting them," replied Carson.
Year: 522 Population: 4,470
"Dóttir I feel I am failing my friends. I do not know how to solve this problem," replied Thor.
Thrud answered, "Maybe you are looking at the problem the wrong way."
"How should I look at this problem?" asked Thor.
"You are trying to solve the entire problem at one time, instead approach it as an onion. It has layers, solve one layer at a time," replied Thrud.
"Where did you learn this philosophy?" asked Thor.
"A video in the collection of human movies we have for Human studies. An ogre said that," replied Thrud.
"I will take that under advisement, now off to your studies," replied Thor.
Thrud left for her studies. Thor sat there thinking of his daughter, maybe she was right he was trying to solve the entire problem at one time. Layers, that word struck him then, it gave him an idea.
Year: 846 Population: 17,951
Sol and Manni had been called to Thor's lab. They had not been here in some time, they found it uncharacteristically a mess. They feared for their friend, that the stress of not solving the shield issue was affecting him.
"Sol and Manni, it's good to see you!" exclaimed Thor.
"Thor we are concerned about you," replied Sol, glancing around the mess in the lab.
"Maybe you need to turn the investigation over to someone else to solve this shield issue and take some time to relax. I know Thrud is worried about you," spoke up Manni.
"Let me assure I am fine, in fact, I have determined how the shields are bypassed. I have been able to duplicate it passing as many as twenty shields," replied Thor.
"Please explain my friend," replied Sol.
"It was Thrud's words that gave me the idea, but it has taken years to create the technologies that are required to do it," informed Thor, "You see the beam firing on the shield is layered. A central beam that is a scanner that is capable of detecting the frequency of the shield. It is communicated back to the ship, which adjusts the outside layer of the energy beam to that frequency, that allows it pass the first shield. This is repeated with the next inner layer adjusting to the next shield encountered. This is done until they are able to penetrate all the shields."
"Interesting, I assume you have built a prototype and successfully did this?" asked Manni.
"Yes in my high energy chamber it is setup. Please come watch," replied Thor. Leading them over he showed them a series of shield generators and then an energy plasma beam. Turning on the device they could see on the sensors the energy beam pass through all of the shields.
"That is interesting, how do we defend against this?" asked Sol.
"That is the next step I must solve, but now understanding how it happens will allow me to build a defense easier." replied Thor.
"Now what is up with this mess of a lab?" asked Manni.
"That would be my daughters doing. She seems not to be the tidiest. She came down to distract me earlier. I have only been able to clean up partially," replied Thor.
"Partially?" asked Sol.
"I had to beam her out of here. I have spent the last four hours cleaning," replied a frustrated Thor.
"We will help you clean up otherwise you may be here another hundred years cleaning this mess up," replied Manni.
Year:991 Population: 33,442
Thor found himself once again standing in the conference room, only this time it was completely filled, with it being broadcast out to several other conference rooms around the city.
Sol addressed the Asgard first, "Today we find ourselves nearly ready to complete our goal. Nine hundred ninety-one years ago we entered the time dilation field to find a solution to help our friends the Tau'ri. We were four hundred seventy-six strong that day. Today we are gathered here at thirty-three thousand four hundred forty-two. Our race stand on firm ground once again, we have the most advanced city ever in Othalla now. We now are at the final phase of our mission. Supreme Commander Thor will outline our next steps."
"We will begin production of three new ships for the Tau'ri. They will be designated as Dreadnought, in Earth history, this is the class of ship that is capable of dealing tremendous damage while absorbing a tremendous amount of damage. We will build a new shipyard to accommodate the size and design of these ships, on the third moon. Using the nanite technology and new composite metals that Sol has perfected the ship will be stronger than anything we have designed or developed. Powered by the Interdimensional Energy Collector that Manni has created the ships will have virtually unlimited power. Loki has developed the new emergency medical bays to ensure our friends receive the best emergency treatment possible when we find them. The ship will be protected by new multi-ionic phase induced shields that will prevent the detection of the shield frequency. Manni has designed new plasma energy beams for far greater energy output. We will include enhancements that many of you have made as well," spoke Thor.
The gathered Asgard stood cheering their Supreme Commander.
Manni then stood, "My fellow Asgard today we celebrate tomorrow we begin building!"
Once again the Asgard began cheering. Manni signaling them to quiet down.
"We have much work to do, this will not be a task we complete quickly. These ships must be designed to perfection, with no flaw. We must ensure these ships are the most advanced ships in the Universe. We go against not only the enemies we know about but enemies that we have not faced. We must stand with our friends the Tau'ri!" shouted Sol.
Work was to begin the next day. Every advanced feature that the Asgard had would be analyzed for inclusion into the ship design. While Loki, Manni, Sol and Thor had led the primary efforts numerous other Asgard had worked on significant other areas for improvements over the years. Carson had made considerable improvements in the Control Chair, integrating it with the AI of the Repository of Knowledge. Thrud had made considerable improvements in the control interfaces, combining traditional Asgard and Tau'ri systems. Many different Asgard had made tremendous improvements in the AI system that was Avidan. Life support systems were greatly enhanced with the use of the nanite technology water, food, and oxygen production was greatly enhanced. This would be first
Year: 1103 Population: 54,076
Thor stood on the bridge of the shipyard, looking out over the three ships completed. In honor of the ones destroyed, they were named Nemesis II, Hades II, and Ares II. These ships would be the foundation of the Tau'ri and Asgard moving forward.
Thor asked, "What are the final specifications on these ships?"
Sol responded, "DN-1103's are one thousand two hundred meters in length, four hundred meters in width. It is crafted from an alloy of Trinium and Neutronium. With a nanite shell, to perform repairs. It is powered by an Interdimensional Energy Collector, that can pull energy from multiple space-times to generate power as needed. Featuring multi-ionic phase induced shields and standard shields, featuring one hundred Shield Penetrating Plasma Cannons at 1 trillion kilojoules each. Combined with the new Hyperspace Phased Induced Shield Penetrating Drones with a Naquadah enhanced explosive device. Each ship is capable of supporting nine hundred fifty personnel, requiring only fifty to operate in battle conditions. Engines allow for travel at ninety-nine percent the speed of light, Hyperdrive engines capable of five hundred light years per second, and Wormhole drive capable of one billion light years, with a ninety-four-second recharge rate."
"I believe the ships are ready. How are the crews?" asked Thor.
"Ten thousand Asgard volunteered for the mission, but as you ordered, only one hundred fifty were selected. Fifty to each ship, with Sol commanding the Hades, Manni commanding the Ares, and yourself commanding the Nemesis," replied Loki, "I will be on board the Nemesis to oversee medical."
"Tell the crews they have two days to rest, we board the ships in 48 hours, then we will bring down time dilation field," ordered Thor.