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| SFM Nugget Realname: Satnam Join Date: May 2006
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Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0 | The Asgard Conundrum The prior had been chanting, for nigh on 12 hours. The robes kept him warm, and he longed to return home, to be amongst his people. But the gods called him to duty, and he would ensure that these unbelievers would either convert, or be put to the sword. Evil could not be allowed to exist, no matter... |
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| Rya’c was fighting a rear guard action against the Ori, having been called to the planets aid. His ship shot down whilst providing cover for evacuees, he managed to get out alive from his crashed vessel. He made his way towards the outlying village, where he knew Matthew’s family were. Scores of Ori tried to bring him down, but he prevailed. Hand to hand combat ensued, whilst Rya’c continued to push to the village. As he killed the last of the Ori advance guard, he came upon what was left of the village. The bodies of Jaffa and their children were everywhere, intermingled with bodies of Ori soldiers. He found the small hut where Matthew’s family were, and as he reluctantly stepped inside, he found the charred bodies of a woman, and a small child. Rya'c collapsed in tears on the ground in front of the bodies, as his own wife was friends with her. Teal'c had come to him personally, on the day that Matthew’s had just been given permission and full clearance to bring T’lan, his Jaffa wife, to earth. He came to give the paperwork to General Landry, who had that look on his face. Matthews knew that something was wrong, but he didn’t know what. Landry told him that Teal'c wanted to speak to him in his quarters, so off he went. He could never know that the news that was to be relayed to him would almost kill him and break his heart. Teal'c told him everything; the attack on the planet, Rya'c providing cover and fighting a rear guard action. His ship having been shot down and how he fought his way to the village, through many Ori soldiers. He remembered just listening and not feeling anything. The pain in his chest greater, and his throat, so dry. Teal'c told him how Rya'c had finally fought his way to the village, where he found all the bodies of the Jaffa, and their children. How he found the small hut T'lan and R'vas called home, and then found the charred remains of their bodies. Matthew remembered being silent, before speaking about finally getting permission to bring his wife and child home, to earth. How he tore the paper, and then prepared to walk out of the room, until Teal'c stopped him. With minutes of that meeting, he was walking through the gate, where he buried the bodies of his loved ones. He snapped back to the present. Bring it on he whispered in his mind. His resolve strengthened, he stood up, and took aim at the incoming fighters. He pushed the power of the weapon to maximum, and fired a five second burst at the lead fighter, before doing the same in quick succession for the others. As they came into range eight seconds later, the first fighter went down in flames, and the others tried to veer away, but it was too late. The rounds fired from the weapon struck the fighters at mach seventeen, penetrating their armour and hull plating. A small percentage struck the craft with vast amounts of kinetic energy, disrupting systems upon impact. Some went straight through the craft, leaving holes. The majority went straight through the pilots, killing them instantly. The sergeant clicked his neck, watching the fighters go down. There was plenty more where that came from. He switched back to the gate, and saw that the teams needed a hand, so he obliged. |
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08-09-2008, 12:33 AM
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| “Get down!” yelled carter, as she fired at another Ori trooper, but this time at close range. She couldn’t keep this up for long. A small number of the teams had switched to hand weapons, as they had run out of ammunition. She estimated at least five, maybe even ten minutes before the position was completely overrun. As she turned to look back at the mountain, she checked her ammo clip. Three quarters left, and it was her last one. She hadn’t noticed any covering fire from the mountain area. Perhaps Matthew had been taken out? She couldn’t be sure. She thought about trying to call him, but decided against it. A shout from behind her caught her off guard, and before she could turn round, she was hit from behind. As she fell down, she rolled, her weapon moving away from her hand. She turned to face the Ori soldier, who was preparing to fire. It was at that point that she noticed a hole where his eye used to be. The soldier froze, and then collapsed. “Colonel carter?” “I’m here sergeant” “Sorry about the delay. Some Ori fighters tried to take me out, and almost succeeded. I’m sure that more are on the way, but for the moment, I can’t detect any. How goes the defence of the gate area?” “Bad. Most of us don’t have any ammunition left, and have since switched to hand to hand using our combat blades. For the moment, were holding. But it won’t be for long.” “My glasses are picking up large numbers of troops heading your way. It looks like reinforcements for the other side are beginning to take hold. You’ve got less than two minutes.” Carter looked behind her, and saw the uplift of dust in the air, from what appeared to be hundreds, possibly thousands of Ori soldiers. She began to call for the rest of the SGC personnel. “I am unable to detect the human soldier on the cliff. The fighters that we have despatched have been shot down. We are unable to scale the mountain in time, prior.” The commander looked at the hooded figure. “It does not matter. Despatch another squadron of fighters, and tell them to be careful. Separate them from each other, present as large an area of targets as possible, and to begin firing immediately from a distance. I want that lone soldier.” He looked towards the commander, who nodded his head, and relayed the orders. Matthews looked around. The glasses identified an increasingly large number of Ori life signs, heading towards the gate area. A number of Ori fighters also headed towards his location, but this time they were dispersed across and area, and not heading towards him at high speed. They would reach him first, before the reinforcements would reach the gate area. He swapped magazines, and thought about the self destruct. An indicator appeared in the left side of the screen, and he set a timer of ten seconds. He indicated that he wanted it to activate with a voice command. When the system asked for the voice command, he spoke out loud “Die, Ori scum”. Carter had spoken to the remaining personnel. Two more were wounded, and the injured were given the last weapons, and put in the middle of the area. The others would defend them until the end. She had twenty rounds left in her P90, a standard issue USAF handgun and a combat blade. Not much to go on, but she wouldn’t go down without a fight. Carter, along with the rest of the SGC personnel, made ready for the last rush. It seemed that the Ori were holding off rushing the gate area, until the rest of their reinforcements arrived. The rest of the team nodded, knowing full well that this would more than likely be their last battle. The wait was the worst. Steadily, the clamour of many feet marching hit a higher note. It would soon be time. Energy blasts hit the mountainside above Matthew's position, and he returned fire, taking out another Ori fighter. More fire his way caused him to roll to his left, and whilst the blasts missed him, he could feel the heat as they passed by. They were getting closer. He immediately forced himself into another role towards his right, but near the cliff edge. More blasts missed him. He aimed the weapon up, and looked straight at an Ori fighter. He held the trigger down for what seemed like an eternity, before letting go and dropping down to a ledge, just beneath him. He hit the ground, hard. The fighter took the full brunt of the weapons fire, and crashed straight into the cliff above where Matthews had been standing just a few moments ago. The thunderous explosion decimated what was left of the fighter, and flames engulfed the area. The explosion was loud enough to distract the SGC personnel in the gate area. Carter knew that Matthews was in big trouble, but was powerless to do anything to help him. Time was running out fast. Matthews was dizzy, and could just about move his head around. He felt immense pain from his lower extremities, and it felt as though his back was on fire. He limited his movement, and concentrated, before losing consciousness. Carters mini tablet went off. As she took it out of her vest, she could read the text message on the screen. sentry mode. She immediately shouted out to the team to withdraw and form a circle around the injured personnel. Within moments, they had all assembled. And it was just in time, for the sounds of the approaching Ori troops got louder, and she could make out the helmets and staff weapons. She pressed a few buttons on the tablet, as the Ori soldiers rushed their position from all sides. Carter took a deep breath, and everything seemed to slow down after she pressed the button. The probes decloaked, and she activated the sentry mode. A deep, vibrating hum appeared to emanate from the probes. They were three metres in height, but hovered off the ground. Most had semi-automatic weaponry installed, others energy weapons, and the rest had heavy weaponry. Two had a cache of mini missiles and medical equipment, and they stayed near the group. As soon as the Ori soldiers could see them, they opened fire on the devices. Surprise number one; they were equipped with shields. Surprise number two; they had been silently mapping the entire terrain as the SGC teams had been ambushed, and had been calculating the best avenue of attack. This information was relayed to Forseti, who used the information to calculate troop movements throughout the engagement. Surprise number three; from the suggestions of Matthews and the other marines aboard the Asgard ship, Forseti had been beaming C4 charges into the ground area around the gate area, where the highest concentrations of Ori troops were predicted to be from the data provided earlier. Surprise number four; fragmentation grenades, incendiary grenades and others, had been beamed into the atmosphere of the planet, so they would fall to the ground on top of the reinforcements. Final surprise: the troops didn’t know what hit them. Assailed on all sides from what appeared to be enemy reinforcements, they were cut down by weapons fire, booby traps, grenades and C4 charges. The incendiary grenades detonated close to the ground above a number of Ori soldiers in many areas, setting them on fire. Mini missiles targeted the deeper pockets of Ori troops, causing mayhem. A missile detonated near the prior, who was still powerless. The commander looked at him. “Order all fighters to converge on the gate area, and to take out the probe devices now.” The commander nodded, relaying the orders to several fighters, who were circling the mountainside looking for the body of the lone soldier. They headed straight for the probes, firing into their shielding, to try and take them out. The SGC personnel were using the distractions generated by the probes to re-arm, give medical assistance for the wounded, and to make plans. “We need to dial the gate to a site out of the way!” “I know where we can go colonel! We’ll have to dial back to the alpha site, but then we’ll be safe!” “Go now and dial while we have the time! The rest of you, lets take out as many as we can!” carter shouted as she lifted her now fully loaded P90 and began firing everywhere she could see the Ori. The drones themselves were increasing their rate of fire, and they began moving, increasing the defence perimeter around the gate area, some working in tandem to clear the Ori troops from the area, as a few SGC personnel ran to the gate, and began dialling a gate address. The Ori saw what was happening, and they responded by opening fire on the DHD, peppering the personnel. The drones responded with a combination of rapid gun fire from two drones, eliminating them. An Ori fighter from overhead went for the kill, attempting to nullify the drones with a concentrated burst of fire. The shielding was peppered with a series of well placed shots, but they failed to take down the shield. Instead, the drones retaliated with a series of machine gun fire, from three positions, catching the craft in a deadly crossfire. The bullets simply ricocheted off the armour, not being of a heavy enough calibre to penetrate the armour. The pilot thought little of the drones, and attempted to move away, but literally detonated above the gate area, inundating the Ori soldiers directly underneath with the wreckage of the craft, killing them with a hail of heavy metal and plasma fire. A mini missile had taken it out. The watchful eyes of the commander took in everything that was happening. He turned to the prior. They were both watching the battle from a small distance away from the engagement. “We are losing this simple bait and trap plan of yours prior”. It was clear that he did not enjoy watching the troops under his command die. “You would do well not to question the will of the Ori, who speak through the priors commander.” He looked away from the commander, pretending to focus on something else. He was still unable to use and focus his powers. “Perhaps now would be a good time to use the power of the Ori to win this battle.” “The plans of the Ori cannot be second guessed. When they tell me what to do, then I will do so commander. And not before then. This is a battle that we must win, without their assistance. Do what you need to do. I will communicate with them, and ask what they will do.” He turned towards a small area, and knelt down, placing the staff on the floor. He began to pray. The commander knew something was wrong, but he didn’t know what. They had to win this battle, and quickly. He removed his communication device and began ordering the troops around the battle. He had an idea. The probes had been doing a great job so far, but they had a limited lifespan, especially taking into account the fact that most of them relied on projectile weaponry. A fact that the Ori commander was about to exploit. Matthews woke up. He could feel a very large amount of pain throughout his body, as he regained consciousness. A piece of the Ori fighter had landed on top of him. He struggled to move it, as his body was racked by an immense amount of pain. He lay on his stomach, and coughed a large amount of blood into ledge under him. He turned his head, and could see his weapon nearby. He tried to move his arm towards his weapon, but it didn’t seem to move. He concentrated, trying to block the pain out, but it didn’t seem to work. He tried to move his legs, and whilst they seemed to obey simple commands, they wouldn’t do much else. He turned his head, and could make out a large metallic object, resting on his back. It seemed to be joined to his body, and was most likely the cause of the back burning sensation. It appeared to be from the Ori craft that he had destroyed. He turned his head back round, and looked on the ground in front of him. The glasses were in front and he managed to use his right arm to pick them up, and placed them back on his nose. He tapped the side, and it came back to life. He concentrated on connecting to Forseti, but nothing happened. It seemed there was a problem. |
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08-09-2008, 12:35 AM
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| And that should keep you busy for about a week, before the next update, same time next week.. please do enjoy.. i'm off to sleep..good night.. satnam |
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08-15-2008, 11:15 PM
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| good evening.. I try to keep my word..and this time i've beeen successful...here is another update... please enjoy satnam |
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08-15-2008, 11:23 PM
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| Back on the Asgard ship “I am unable to connect to sergeant Matthews. It seems his life signs have disappeared.” Forseti attempted a deeper scan, but came up empty. He could only see the residual heat radiating from the wreckage that was now occupying the ledge where Matthews had jumped. The marines looked around, uncertain as to what they should say. Carter had a bad feeling. It all seemed to go quiet. She could feel butterflies in her stomach. “Everybody take cover!” she shouted as she threw herself down to cover the injured. At that moment, it seemed as though hundreds of Ori soldiers fired at once, all of them at the nearest drone. A number of Ori fighters also joined in, firing simultaneously. The commander’s strategy worked, as the combined firepower of the Ori and the fighters, overwhelmed the shielding systems of the sentry drone, and it collapsed in spectacular fashion. Small explosions rippled throughout its alloyed body, as it hit the ground, nullified. Carter ordered the SGC personnel to move the injured through the gate now, whilst providing cover fire. They obeyed, returning fire at whatever was nearby. The drones with the heavy weaponry laid down a barrage of mini missile fire above the heads of the Ori soldiers, causing copious amounts of rock to fall on top of them. The other probes moved nearer the SGC personnel, covering them as they retreated. It wouldn’t be long, however, before they would be safe. Back on the Asgard ship The sensors bleeped. Forseti moved a stone, and the display changed to show a ship, travelling through hyperspace towards them. Its power signature matched that of an Ori mothership. With that, he moved two stones, and the lighting on the ship changed, to a darker tone. A hum emanated from the corridors, causing the marines to turn in their direction, though nothing appeared to them. Various other noises also caught their attention. One of the marines plucked up the courage to ask. “Umm, Forseti, is everything okay?” “No. I have detected an Ori mothership on what is most definitely an intercept course to our location. They will be here within thirty seconds. The ship is now at full battle readiness. All ships defences have been activated. Power generation is at maximum, shields have been engaged. Weapons have been charged to full power. The device is charged and ready to phase.” “Are we going to be okay? From what I hear, the Ori motherships pack this weapon that can penetrate shields in a single shot.” “The Asgard have since made advances to nullify their one shot advantage. Our shields will hold for quite some time.” His mind flicked back to Thor’s bold plan to engage an Ori vessel, to test its capabilities and more than that, to find a way to improve their defences against their primary weapon, just in case the Ori decided to pay them a visit. The engagement took place in an outlying sector of the Milky Way galaxy, and half the Asgard fleet had been called in for this event. Six ships, including two science vessels. The warships were unmanned, as there were no Asgard available to crew them. The degeneration from cloning had caused great damage, not to mention the Great War against the replicators, which had brought down their civilisation. “The Ori ship is now approaching. Power up all ships with the primary shield frequency modulation. We will change it whenever the Ori vessel fires until we discover the link between the firing of their primary weapon and the fluctuation of their shielding.” Thor was in his chair, and speaking to Forseti, who was on the other ship. “Very well Thor. But to risk half of our fleet? Is this wise?” “We no longer have Asgard to crew them. Until we find a way to repair the damage to our genetic structure, we may as well rid ourselves of the vessels. We need to fire our weapons to pressurise their shielding systems. They will allow us the opportunity to discover the weak points in their vessel.” A sensor beeped. “The vessel is jumping into normal space. All craft prepare to fire. Forseti, commence full spectral scanning on all sub space frequencies. Prepare to modulate shielding and fire on the Ori vessel.” “Understood.” He deactivated the main display, and set the first Asgard warship to begin firing at the Ori mothership, at full power. The Ori mothership retaliated, firing directly into the first Asgard vessel. It did so eleven times, and still the Asgard vessel stood. The prior on the vessel activated the secondary weapons as well as launching fighters. The display showed Forseti the readings that were being taken. The shields of the Ori ship were definitely fluctuating, and the coincidence of that happening with the firing of their primary weapon indicated to him that the power conduits between the shields and their main weapon were shared. Quite possibly their secondary weapons even. It seemed the Ori, in their haste, had not fully tested the vessels. Rather, they wanted vessels that could just destroy everything as quickly as possible. He relayed the information to Thor, who dispatched two more Asgard vessels. The first one had just been destroyed after twenty shots of the Ori primary weapon. These Asgard vessels had differing plasma based weaponry, and the modulation of their shield harmonics had been changed to take into account the fact that the Ori main weapon was designed from the outset to be shield penetrating. Though they could not penetrate multi-layer bubble type shielding. The next Asgard vessels made strafing runs at the Ori vessel, firing plasma bursts in an attempt to cause the shields to fluctuate. The Ori vessel had difficulty in tracking the two ships, which were just as manoeuvrable as the Ori mothership. The screen in front of Forseti beeped again. The shields of the Ori vessel were draining. Interesting, thought Forseti. As they continued firing, they seemed to dip for a few seconds, before jumping back up. He relayed this information to Thor, who called off the two vessels, and sent the last one in. It was equipped with tightly knit, multi layer, bubble type deflective shielding, a more recent advance in the area of shielding, based on information that Hermiod had provided from scans of Atlantis. And of course, plasma based beam weapons. As it drew nearer the Ori vessel, and the other two disengaged, the Ori mothership fired straight at it, and began moving closer. The information that Forseti received was intriguing. As the Asgard vessel fired its beam weapons at the Ori vessel, their shielding effectively dimpled. A weakness. As the Asgard vessel fired again, the shielding dropped in harmonic resonance and strength. The Ori mothership retaliated, firing its primary and secondary weapons. This did not affect the Asgard vessel as much. Forseti could see that it’s shield strength dropped only by a few percent per shot. Very acceptable. Suddenly, the Ori mothership lost its shields, and the Asgard vessel stopped firing. Forseti used this moment to perform a full scan of the vessel, from the inside out, on all frequencies. Thor was happy. Though you could not tell. He was glad the beam weapons had proven themselves. Many Asgard had died in their genesis. The Ori mothership had a most curious power generation system. As the shields dropped, he wanted to take a closer look. He initiated a full ship wide beam out, effectively emptying the vessel of all its occupants. He did not dispose of them; rather he delayed beaming them back into existence. He moved a stone on his console, and Forseti was on the screen. “Do you have the information necessary?” “Yes Thor, though I am still scanning the entire ship. I believe it would be prudent to do so, just in case.” “Please continue. I have initiated a full beam out of its occupants. I will take a closer look at their primary power generation systems.” “Please be careful Thor. I know Jack would miss you terribly if you did not return.” Thor beamed himself to the Ori ship, after conversing with Forseti, near the core. There were no life signs on the ship, but he still took precautions. He activated the chair’s shielding systems, and entered the core. The readout on his console showed massive gravity waves, but nothing else. Readings showed a tremendous force field, and as he got nearer, he soon discovered why. He detected a micro singularity, most likely the remains of a planet crushed by a force field.. This generated the immense amounts of power that the ship needed. He took further detailed scans, networked the console to the ships systems and cut through the security, like a hot knife through butter. He downloaded the details of the entire vessel, before beaming back to his ship. As he reappeared, he refilled the vessel with its inhabitants, who had no idea what had happened. Instead, they redirected power from the core to raise the shields back up. The Ori vessel fired at anything nearby, and Thor relayed a message to Forseti, to take the last Asgard warship back to their homeworld, where it would be dismantled. Its weapons would be taken apart and final versions produced for the time that would come very soon. As he watched Forseti and the Asgard warship jump into hyperspace, he focused on the real problem in front of him. If they were left alive, they would report back, and he was sure that they would somehow find a way to reach the Asgard, even though they were in another galaxy. If he destroyed them, he would be tried for murder. He watched until the Ori mothership shields were back to maximum, and then set a course for a ram for the Asgard warships in the vicinity, and deactivated their shields. He moved his vessel away at high sub light speed, and watched on the screen as the Asgard warships rammed the Ori mothership, generating a massive explosion. Even though he was far away, his ship was still hit by the pulse wave. The Ori ship was still intact, but barely. Its shields were minimal, and they had lost their engines. He jumped into hyperspace, back home. The Ori would take care of themselves. |
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| I can definitly say I'm in awe. You truely never cease to amaze with your writing. I look forward to when you have the time to write more. |
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08-17-2008, 09:32 PM
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| good evening.. glad to see this update has you tickled.. wilson359: what happened? you know i can't tell you...yet anyhow.. ronmcd1076: i'm glad you like it..are you still pondering on the part that i mentioned was for yourself? xicq: another update is on the way.. next scheduled update will be next week..and i'm currently beavering away on increasing the amount that i type in a single sitting.. also have been doing some very nifty 3d modelling...will make appropriate renderings available.. early morning start tomorrow..just enough time to knock out perhaps a few thousand more words..hopefully.. goodnight..thanks for reading.. satnam |
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Freakin awesome update, definetly worth the wait 
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