The Asgard Conundrum - Page 4

12-02-2006, 08:20 AM
satnamboll SFM Nugget Realname: Satnam Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 123 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... Click here to read the entire article

#30 (permalink)

By satnamboll on 05-23-2007, 06:06 PM

Major Davies was a by the book officer. He wasn’t scared to make any threats to get the job done. He was thinking that whatever could make the Asgard raise their shields and disappear from sensors, was enough to be concerned about. He found the doors to the mess hall, and as he was about to walk through, General O’Neill pushed open the doors.
“Sir. We have a problem.”
“Hello Davies. I guessed you might be behind this. So what’s up?”
Davies could see Sam behind the general, along with Daniel. It seemed Teal’c was still sitting at the table. “Sir, the Asgard vessels seem to have engaged their cloaks and raised their shields. I have no idea why. But if they have taken this action, it can’t be good.”
Jack chewed thoughtfully. “Carter. Go talk to Thor. See what’s going on. Take extra backup with you. Their orders are to ensure the safety of Thor and the other Asgard.”
“Yes sir.” Carter edged out of the doorway, and ran towards the control room.
“Davies, I assume you’ve enacted lockdown protocol?”
“Yes sir. TER stations are on, and TER units are combing the base. Just in case.”
“Good. Use zat’s if you can. If not, shoot to immobilise. If you can’t do that, then think of something else. But only if absolutely necessary. Got it?”
“Yes sir. I’ve ordered more units to come by and stand guard at the mess hall to ensure your safety.”
“Nonsense. I’ll be fine. I have Daniel with me. Besides, if it really hits the fan, I know I can always rely on Teal’c to have some fun.”
“Sir, protocol states-”
“Dismissed Davies. Keep me informed on your progress. And make sure there are plenty of troops to go around on the Asgard ships. I don’t want to take any risks. And stop stressing. We’ve been through worse than this.”
“Yes sir.” Davies watched General O’Neill go back into the mess hall. Daniel smiled. Davies walked back round towards the control room. As he turned the corner, he saw a unit of troops coming forwards. “Guard the mess hall and protect General O’Neill at all costs. If there is an intruder, they won’t be around for long.” A collective nod from the troops affirmed their obedience. He knew he would get into trouble for that, but he was only following orders after all. Davies carried on walking towards the control room. He met other personnel along the way, and also bumped into a TER unit combing the base.
As he walked into the control room, he saw Sam, and moved towards her.
“Colonel. Everything okay?” He combed the room again.
“I’m not sure. I assume the Asgard detected some kind of threat, which is why they’ve raised their shields and activated their Asgard cloaks. But I have absolutely no idea. I can’t pick up any kind of anomalous reading whatsoever. Nothing.” She tapped the keys again, and still the screen showed nothing. No blips, no curious shapes. Nothing. She looked at Davies.
“You might have triggered an alert for no reason Davies.” She was smiling.
“I might get reminded of the boy who cried wolf, but when it happened, it just seemed like the right thing to do.” He shook his head, and was about to speak when an energy blast whizzed past his head, missing him by mere millimetres. He jumped to the ground, as did the rest of the personnel. Another blast shot past him as his body fell. Sam jumped for another console, and in doing so missed an energy blast that had been in the space her body was occupying mere moments ago. Another blast took out the machine that she was working on. Several more erupted into the controls and monitors. Whilst all this was going on, she managed to access a single button, under glass. She smashed through the glass with her elbow, and hit it. The lights dimmed for a few moments, before going out completely. A number of white flashes took centre stage, before the lights came back on. The room was empty.

“Thanks Thor. I wasn’t sure if you had gotten the message.” Part of her clothing had been visibly singed. “Did you manage to beam everybody out?”
“I was able to beam everybody in your vicinity out. Are you wounded Samantha Carter?”
“No, I’m good. I’m guessing Retu rebels. They have the ability to cloak themselves in such a way, that all their light is also reflected away from us. We use something called Transphasic Eradication Rifles. The Tok’ra gave them to us some years ago.” She looked around, and saw the other personnel.
“If I could have one for study, that would be most beneficial.” He looked towards Sam, who went into the crowd of personnel. Luckily, one of them had a TER. She brought it back to Thor, who worked a little faster than normal with his console. A small cylinder came out of the floor, and Sam placed the TER onto it. Almost instantly, a number of scanning beams grazed the object, in green. The display in front of Thor changed, showing the data from the scans.
“I believe the systems have learned about how the weapon works, and how it detects these cloaked troops.”
“You do? That was pretty quick.”
“It would appear that these devices emit a low level scanning beam, which reveals such cloaked objects or personnel. The sensor arrays on the ship are currently being reconfigured for this new scanning range. It will take a few minutes for the systems to adjust.” He looked back at Sam.
“The emergency button I pressed has setup force shields all across the facility. Corridors, rooms, even the mess hall are all protected. I just hope they hold long enough to catch the people behind this.”
“Soon, I shall be able to detect them from the confines of the ship. This TER technology shall become part of our standard sensor technology.” Thor moved his head to the screen. A progress bar was visible, and it was roughly twenty percent full already. It wouldn’t be long now. Sam just hoped it was in time. She was worried about the general.

Jack, Daniel and Teal’c were sitting in the mess hall, eating and talking when the lights went off. They all looked at each other, and Jack got up and looked around. He told the others to stay calm, and to await further instructions. He sat back down, and realised that Teal’c had eaten his strawberry pie.
“Teal’c! That was mine!” he exclaimed.
“I saw the opportunity O’Neill and I took it. Besides, Samantha Carter informed me you were on a diet, and have to watch your sugar levels.” He smiled widely.
Jack was stunned. “I’m gonna have to talk to Carter.”
“Jack, you never told me you were on a diet. In fact, Sam never told me either. Why are you on a diet?”
Jack wasn’t amused. “I didn’t come here to be lectured on my diet. For your information, I am quite fit and healthy for my age.”
“For a human.” Teal’c was still grinning.
“Yeah okay, young, old guy whatever.” Jack put his head in his hands.
Daniel and Teal’c both smiled.
Suddenly, they heard weapons fire. As they looked towards the door, they could see force shielding activate.
“That isn’t good” Daniel spoke out.
“It never is.” Jack and Teal’c got up, and moved towards the door. They tried to listen. They didn’t hear anything, and as they moved away from the door, it suddenly exploded, and they both jumped out of the way. The shield was being peppered by energy blasts from some unknown assailant. It appeared the shield extended across the door opening itself, as the doorway on the other side of the mess hall also exploded and energy blasts hit the shield on that side.
“What do you think Teal’c?” Jack spoke out over the noise.
“These are not Goa'uld weapons. They are Retu.” He looked at Jack, who was surprised.
“Again? What did we do this time?”
“I don’t know, but whatever it is, they seem to be very angry.” Daniel spoke up and looked towards the other end. The blasts increased.
The personnel inside the mess hall weren’t hysterical, but they were very agitated.
Jack wasn’t sure what would happen. There were no weapons anywhere in the vicinity, and not many options. He looked towards Teal’c.
“I have no ideas O’Neill.” He looked back at Jack, who shrugged his shoulders, and sat back down.
“Jack, what are you doing?” Daniel seemed nervous as he asked that question.
“Well, we have no weapons, no clear way of getting out of this. We can’t see them, which also rules out hand to hand. So, I’m going to enjoy what little time I have, and wait for it.”
Daniel looked at Teal’c, who merely raised his eyebrow, and also sat down. Daniel seemed to be lost for words, as he watched Teal’c and Jack tuck into the food on the table. Moments later, he realised that there was no point in arguing, so he also sat down, and continued drinking his coffee, and carried on reading the paper, on his small tablet. Everybody else in the room just looked at each other, and sat down.
The weapons fire intensified. The shielding was being hit with more energy blasts, and it had almost reached its saturation point.

Back on Thor’s Asgard warship.
“It is almost complete.” Thor looked back at the screen. The distance between the bar and the end was virtually nonexistent. It reached the end, and the console beeped.
“It’s about time.” Sam looked at the console.
“The sensors are now able to detect the Retu.” He moved the stone, and the display changed, showing many dots. Most of them were blue, and some were red.
“The red indicates the Retu. I am detecting fourteen Retu life signs. The blue indicates human personnel on the facility. The Retu seem to be trapped in four different spaces. It would appear that your teams have the situation mostly under control.”
“What about the general? He was in the mess hall along with Teal’c and Daniel.”
The display rotated and changed, focusing on what seemed to be the mess hall. There were six red dots, around both entrances to the mess hall. About ten blue indicated humans in the mess hall.
“The shielding on the doorways is reaching saturation point. They will collapse in thirty seconds.”
“We have to get them out of there. Can you beam them here?”
“Yes. Please bear with me.” The stones moved faster, and a number of white flashes lit up the room. Sam looked behind her, but couldn’t see Jack, Teal’c or Daniel. She glanced back at the display. The blue dots on the facility were disappearing quite quickly.
“Are you beaming more people off the facility?”
“No. The other Asgard are assisting.” The display changed back to show the mess hall.
“The shielding has reached saturation point. They are failing.”
Sam looked up at the display. The Retu were entering the mess hall.

In the mess hall, the shielding collapsed spectacularly. Everybody in the room suddenly stood still. The table with Jack, Teal’c and Daniel was the first to get hit. They scattered before the blasts could hit the table, but the exploding table still managed to hit them. Jack looked towards the doorway, and he thought he was going to die. Everything seemed to slow down, and there was a white flash. He was no longer in the mess hall, and as he turned around, he could see other personnel, looking at him. He got up, and looked around, recognising the Asgard vessel, and recognised Carter, waving at him. He also saw Teal’c and Daniel, getting up off the floor. They saw him and walked with him towards Carter. As he got nearer, he saw Thor.
“Thanks buddy. For a second there I thought I was gone for good.”
“I am glad you are well O’Neill. The facility has been completely cleared of all human personnel. The Retu are the only ones left.” He turned towards the display, which showed red dots. There were twelve.
“Okay. Teal’c, I’m gonna need you on my six. I think it’s time we cleaned house.”
“Excellent idea O’Neill. I will bring the vacuum cleaner and the trash bags.” He smiled.
Jack just looked at him. “Sometimes you scare me.” He turned towards Carter. “Have the rebels been detected anywhere else? Like on the Asgard ships?”
“I don’t think so.” She turned to Thor, who had already brought up the display of the ship. There was a single red dot, heading straight for the main room that they were occupying. Thor acted with speed, and shields went up around the dot, and it suddenly stopped. Weapons fire could be heard, distracting the throng of personnel. Jack, Teal’c, Carter and Daniel went to look, leaving Thor on his own. As they moved towards the doorway, a single airman ran towards Thor, and attempted to grab him. He was immediately thrown back against the wall, and held in mid air by some unseen force. The eyes of the airman glowed for a second.
Jack and the others ran back. “Thor, you okay buddy? Are you hurt?” Jack was looking Thor up and down.
“I am well O’Neill. It would appear my suspicions were correct.”
“What suspicions? A possible assassination attempt?” Daniel was very concerned. He put his hands to his head. This was not good.
“Forseti detected odd sub space frequencies. He did not know where they were going to, or what they might have entailed. As a precaution, we activated all our sensor cloaks and raised our shields. All Asgard chairs and consoles have defences built in. Just in case.”
Jack went to look at the airman, who was still being held against the wall. He wasn’t happy. The din from all the personnel in the room was starting to tick him off. He definitely wasn’t happy, and he was even more unhappy that somebody had tried to kill his friend. He turned around, and at the top of his voice shouted “That’s enough!” and the room went silent, with everybody looking at him. “Teal’c, Daniel, Carter with me. Everybody else shut up and let me concentrate on this. Stay alert and more than anything, go to the other side of the room, and await further instructions.” The room moved as one, quickly and efficiently. Jack never really shouted, and so this was a sign that he was pissed. SG1 didn’t really say anything.
“Teal’c, once all of this is cleared up, I want you to get whatever you can out of this guy. Use whatever you have to, do whatever it takes. I want to know who, what, when, where and why.”
Teal’c nodded his head.
“Carter. Figure out how the hell they managed to sneak in, and do it fast. I want to know where they got in, how they got in, and how we plug the gaps. Understood?”
“Yes sir.” Carter felt really bad, as she moved to Thor. “Can you interface with the facility for me please Thor?”
Thor moved the stones, and the display changed, showing streams of data. Carter and Thor began sifting through the data.
“Daniel, I want you to help Teal’c. Do whatever it is that you do, but make it quick. I don’t want to spend anymore time on understanding the finer points. Clear?”
“Crystal.” Daniel hadn’t seen Jack like this for a while. He knew Jack was very angry.
Jack moved to the other side of the room, and began speaking to the other personnel. “Okay everybody let me make one thing clear. I will not tolerate assassination attempts. We, the SGC, are like a family. One of our own just tried to kill my buddy Thor. I want reports, submissions, anything, from the day this guy started to right now. And I want it yesterday. Got it?”
The group nodded and said yes sir. Jack turned back round, and moved to the column where the TER was still sitting. He picked it up, and walked with purpose towards the corridor.
“Jack, where are you going?”
“I’m finishing this. I’ve had enough of the cloaked assassins, people we can’t see, and all the trouble that goes with it. It’s time we took a stand.” He carried on walking towards the corridor, where the Retu was being held.
Daniel looked towards Carter and Thor. The display changed, showing a blue dot, which represented Jack, and a red dot, which was the Retu. The shield that separated both was still visible. The red dot became agitated, and began moving backwards and forwards. The shield went down, and Jack moved forwards and began moving erratically. It was obvious he was dodging the energy blasts. A moment later, the red dot disappeared. The Retu was gone.
They looked amongst themselves. This wasn’t normal behaviour from Jack. They carried on with their respective tasks.
Sam and Thor nailed down the data which indicated that the Retu had somehow gained access through an airlock, and bypassed the security systems. From there, the data indicated that several doors were opened for about thirty seconds, and then closed behind them so as not to arouse suspicion. They also looked into the sensor logs, which showed a sub space signal had in fact been detected. They system didn’t recognise it as a communication and so did not alert the facility. They believed this was the signal for the Retu to begin their attack. This meant that they would have to send a signal back.
As Jack walked in, he moved to the chair and console. Thor and Sam filled him in on all the details. Jack had an idea.
“Can we beam the Retu to a holding area on the other side of the facility? I know it’s shielded. We could pen them in, and perhaps interrogate them.”
“With what O’Neill? I must confess I do not know of any methods to interrogate the Retu. How do you plan on interrogating them?”
Jack waved the TER. Teal’c nodded.
“We need to take back the facility. Thor buddy, could you?”
“Of course O’Neill.” A flash of white light and Jack had disappeared. So had Sam and Teal’c. Daniel was left. “Thor, why do I always get left behind?”
“I believe it is because you talk too much Daniel Jackson.”
Daniel laughed and shook his head. Thor had a very wry sense of humour.

2 hours later

Jack was waving the TER. It felt so heavy now, that it almost dropped. He was tired, and not happy with the way things had not gone to plan. The facility had been retaken, quite quickly, with the Retu locked up in the shielded part of the facility. They had no weapons, thanks to Thor, and were standing quite helpless.
Carter had managed to sort out the computer problems, and the teams had sifted through the facility, with zero encounters. The airlocks were now under permanent guard, and temporary hand scanners had been installed. On both sides of the door. Unfortunately, the Baal’s that were holed up were unscathed, much to the chagrin of Teal’c and Jack. Teal’c took the pain stick, and carried on torturing Baal, who revealed much more information. Something about a woman that he had met, who wanted to do very bad things to him, and how he had regretted not taking her up on her offer when he had the opportunity. Useless information.
Meanwhile, Jack had offered to interrogate the Retu, who just stood there. He knew they could understand him, but half an hour of nothing just made him tired.
“Look guys, I know you can understand what I say and my actions. Just tell me who sent you, and we won’t have to kill you. We can let you go, unharmed. Why can’t you just tell me? You know we don’t want to kill you. Help us help you.”
Silence. They said silence was golden, but this was ridiculous. Jack just shook his head, and turned around, his back to the Retu. What would he do now? He called the control room, ordering them to lower the shield for about five seconds. As he turned around, he saw the field visibly lower, and he aimed the TER and killed two of the Retu. The shield went up, and he sat back down, TER aimed at the last one.
“Do you want to die for nothing? Tell me everything.” The TER was aimed at the Retu who moved back and forth, and then Jack remembered. He had no idea what language they spoke, and needed a translator. He put his head in his hands. This was going to be a long day.

#31 (permalink)

By satnamboll on 06-09-2007, 08:57 PM

Hello everybody!!

I'm surprised the count has stopped at 3290. I'm guessing that not many people like this segment of the story?
if not, please do give me your thoughts. the story is progressing, and this segment leads on to the person who has been taken control of, so to speak.

i will keep you posted.

satnam

#32 (permalink)

By <ORI> on 06-10-2007, 11:46 AM

so far i love it, earth has played nice fo far too long and all enemies left to it are mortal ones, so go jack n teal'c for gettin the job done! and i cant wait to see a few asguard pimped terran battleships role out of them fleet yards and whoop some ori butt!!

#33 (permalink)

By satnamboll on 06-10-2007, 02:57 PM

glad to know you love. earth has been through a whole lot, and definitely been too nice about things. humans are very good at one thing- warfare, and it's time all that experience and know how was put to good use. and its time we started fighting almost everybody that hates us!!
at the moment, i'm modelling the mothership class hive vessel. i'm crap at organic forms, and am trying to polygon my way out of it. very hard, but i will produce an outline later, if it comes together.
the story will reach a high point when the goauld spy is discovered, and it will be a shocker (i hope) when it happens..
the asgard enhanced earth ships will begin making an appearance after the battle against the ori forces for that neutronium laden planet..i am currently after volunteers to help with this and other aspects of the war ahead..anybody interested?

time to go..more modelling to do, more writing to check, and more ice cream to eat!!

thanks!

satnam

#34 (permalink)

By ronmcd1076 on 06-14-2007, 08:10 PM

I think it's just people waiting for more, I know I check back every now and again in hopes of seeing more of the story. Keep up the good work bud, and thanks for writing such a good story.

#35 (permalink)

By <ORI> on 06-15-2007, 11:26 AM

when it comes to warfare i can have quite an imagination, if u wanna pm me wiv ur current idead ill see what i can come up wiv

#36 (permalink)

By satnamboll on 06-15-2007, 12:54 PM

Hello everybody!

Glad to know you still like the story, and check back often. This carpal tunnel is a killer, but I'm getting around it slowly. Hence, the slow typing.
Here I was, thinking I had written a crap segment, and it was all thread counter issues!! phew!!
anyhow, thanks for the compliments..I will try to make this exciting..Am doing some artwork to go with this and will put something up soon with a range of pictures..am trying to figure out how to do do a movie...in the middle of looking after my son, work (I should be going back soon hopefully) and my university course..am already a week behind..
anyhow, to answer your question Ori..Sg1 battles the ori at that neutronium laden planet..all sg1, kull warriors, some jaffa..lots of ori crusaders..ori mothership..another harbinger device..possible boarding of the ori vessel as well..generally, lots of action..lots of ambushes..and the ori getting a taste of real human skills in warfare..ship to ship battles..ori fighter take on the new earth fighters..the human version of the alkesh (called the rhino) coming into existence as a result of this battle..and lots of other stuff..

#37 (permalink)

By satnamboll on 06-15-2007, 12:54 PM

Also, I have an update!!! Enjoy everybody..
thanks for reading!!

satnam

Daniel walked quickly. Well, actually, he ran. Jack wanted him to come to his position really quickly. He was out of breath by the time he got there. He pulled his glasses off, and wiped his forehead. That quick run made him sweat.
“Jack? Are you okay? What’s the matter?” Daniel asked as he put his glassed back on.
“I have no idea what they, I mean this Retu, is saying. If he or she is saying anything at all.” He looked back at Daniel.
Daniel looked perplexed. “That’s it? You want me to translate? You made me run all this way just for this?” he threw his hands up in the air, before placing them in his pockets. “Didn’t it occur to you that I might not understand what they were saying? I have to have a frame of reference, something that I can use to communicate with them. I haven’t even seen their written language, hell I don’t even know if they have a written language!” Daniel just shook his head.
“Okay. But can you do something anyway? I’m getting kinda tired here. I had to shoot two of them, and I’m sure this last one is talking, I just can’t hear him. Or her.”
Daniel didn’t know what to do. “Perhaps it requires higher brain functions to be able to hear them?”
Jack gave Daniel a lazy look. “Another moronic comment about me not being so smart? I would have thought you would be more subtle Daniel. Now you’ve hurt my feelings.”
“Actually Jack, I wasn’t making fun of you not being so smart. I was talking about Thor, and the other Asgard. They are a hell of a lot smarter than pretty much everybody put together. We should talk to them.”
Jack made a face. “Not a bad idea. I knew you’d come up with something.”

Zero Hour

The control room on the facility beeped. There was a message from the SGC. Major Davis was there, communiqué fresh in his hand. He read it, and frowned. He went to the live map on the side, which showed all SGC personnel on the facility by virtue of their locators. He saw General O’Neill was still in the corridor, in the shielded part of the facility. He made his way there as fast as he could.
Jack was sitting comfortably, watching Thor while he moved around some things on his console. He was very busy, and the display (which was linked to said console) was showing many different things. Jack had no idea what they were, and leaned on his hand.
“I believe I have deciphered their language O’Neill.” The display lit up, showed blue everywhere.
Jack turned towards the Retu that he knew was there, but couldn’t see. “Can you hear me?”
The display registered Jack speaking, and also registered a reply.
“I believe the Retu is saying yes O’Neill.” Thor turned back towards the display.
“Excellent. Start speaking about everything. Who hired you, what you were promised etc. The usual thing.” Jack motioned with his hand, and as he turned to see the display, it was registering something. It appeared the Retu was actually talking. Although what was being said, was another question.
Daniel was looking at the screen. He recognised some symbols, but that was about it. He turned towards Jack and shrugged his shoulders. Jack just made a face, and looked at the floor. It actually looked interesting.
“According to the translator, the Retu is talking about somebody paying a great sum to the Retu rebels, who in turn had agreed to send operatives to destroy this facility and you in particular O’Neill.”
Jack looked up. “Really?”
“They do not know who, but a number of Jaffa came to them, giving them the great sum of Naquadah. They communicated that they needed a job done, and the rebel leaders agreed to it. The Jaffa passed on the details, and left. This Retu was one of many. They were given the coordinates for the facility by an unknown informant.”
“We’ve got another leak.” Jack wasn’t surprised.
“The Retu were transported by their own vessel. They received the coordinates by secured sub space communication. The ship attached itself to the airlock, from where they managed to enter the facility. They were given these codes by the informant, who also told them that you were on the facility.” Thor turned around to Jack.
“What can I say? So many people love me and some really hate me. I have no idea who would send the Retu to kill me. Honest.”
Thor carried on reading. “The informant also communicated with them as they entered the facility. However, as they began to carry out their plan, the facility suddenly entered lock down, trapping them. Believing themselves to have been discovered, they hastily acted to complete their mission. However, they did not count on the Asgard being involved. Now that they know, they will endeavour to attack us at any opportunity.” Thor looked round to Jack, whose head turned up at that one.
“That can’t be allowed. Once we get the info we need, perhaps we should kill this one?” he motioned with his gun towards the area where the Retu was.
“In all honesty O’Neill, I believe this should have been done already. However, we may yet extract more information from this rebel.” He turned back towards the console, and the display changed. It seemed he was sending something to the Retu.
Jack pointed the TER to the Retu, who seemed to be moving about a little less than before, and then stopped completely.
Daniel spoke up. “Thor, what did you say?”
“I merely reminded the Retu rebel that their life cannot be guaranteed at this moment in time, as they have threatened to attack any and all Asgard.”
Jack perked up. “And what did he/she say?”
“The Retu remarked that it had no wish to die, and that it would cooperate with us.”
Daniel looked worried. “Really? I’m not so sure.”
“What is it now Daniel?” Jack stood up and spoke.
“Well, you see, when rebels on earth are in situations like these, with a high ranking military leader or two in the vicinity, they sometimes tend to explode, taking said leader or leaders with them.” He then looked at Thor.
Thor turned to look at Jack, who shrugged his shoulders. Thor moved a stone on the console, and a flash of white light momentarily enveloped the small area. “I have beamed the Retu outside the facility.”
Moments later, the facility moved. Thor looked at the display. “Daniel Jackson, it would appear that you were correct. Moments later after being beamed into space, the Retu exploded. Had the explosion occurred inside, the facility would have been seriously damaged, even with the shielding present where the Retu were being held.

Back on one of the Asgard warships.

Forseti was busy working. He was busy scanning, looking for something. Anything. The ships sensors could not detect anything out of the ordinary. But he still felt the pangs in what used to be his stomach. Intuition the humans called it. He just couldn’t shake the feeling that he was missing something. He moved the stone over the console, and connected to the SGC mainframes. He downloaded the entire accumulation of data that they had accrued through almost a decade of gate exploration. He was quite surprised himself. He filtered through the information, focusing on the sodan cloaking devices. Interesting technology he thought. He moved another stone on the console, and moments later, he was back in earth orbit, where there was a flash of light, and a sodan cloak appeared on the synthesiser. He ran it through the ships systems, which scanned the device from the bottom up. A beep on the console told him that the scan had been completed, and a flash of light indicated that the device had been beamed back to where it had come from. Moments later the ship was back in orbit of the asteroid facility. He was busy testing out some theories about the device. He also looked up the information that the SGC had about the sodan. The planet they were on used an ancient planet based transporter network. Forseti stopped. Still intact according to the data. The only one that the Asgard had been able to check out was one that was partially intact. The network had seemingly fallen apart. He decided to talk to carter, about a little project that he had in mind. The stone moved again, and there was a flash of light.
Sam wasn’t surprised at being abducted by grey aliens. In fact, she thought it was a welcome break from the daily, monotonous routine of work that she did. “Hey Forseti. Let me guess, you have an idea?”
“Hello Samantha Carter. How did you guess?”
“Well, when it comes to ideas, the simplest, dumbest ideas are the ones that work best.”
Forseti merely looked at her.
“Never mind. What you got?”
The display lit up, and showed a planet.
“I have been analysing the data from the SGC that you have accumulated throughout your time of gate travel.”
“That’s a lot of data. What piqued your interest?”
“I have been interested in the sodan cloaking technology. I went to earth, beamed up one of the devices for study, and once I completed my investigation, I beamed it back, came here, and decided to share something with you.” He looked at carter.
“Okay. What’s the plan? What is this planet?”
“This is the planet where the sodan were based, before they were mostly killed, leaving Lord Haikon as the only survivor. There is a fully functional, and intact, ancient planetary transportation network. I wish to study the network and come back. To ensure this is done safely, I would need your assistance, and also need many SGC troops. Just in case.”
“We’ve never really been able understand the technology. Besides, SGC intelligence has shown Ori activity in the area. Even Asgard ships would be hard pressed if it came to fighting the Ori motherships.”
“Hands up if you are a member of a highly advanced race.” Forseti looked around before he put his hand up.
Sam bit her lip. Forseti was being flippant. But he was right.
“Please do not be piqued. The Asgard have only ever come across one such planetary transportation network, and that was partially intact. This is an opportunity. However, you do raise a valid point concerning the Ori motherships that may or may not be in the vicinity. To that end, I have since replicated the device used by Merlin and applied the enhancement to the ship. We will be fully protected against anything that they might throw at us.”
Sam couldn’t argue with that one. “Were going to need troops, some fighters, and lots of insurance.”
“Does somebody wish to make a claim for some reason?”
Sam smiled.

Back at the SGC.
“He wants to do what? Is he crazy?”
There was a flash of light. “No general. I am not crazy. I assure you that my faculties are intact.”
Forseti was standing there in front of general Landry. He was told about the odd sense of humour that Forseti had.
“Very well Forseti. If you are sure about this, then I have no objections.”
“Would I not need to speak to the IOA?” Forseti moved towards the desk.
Landry laughed. “Hell no. The IOA is scared of displeasing the Asgard, and will do pretty much anything that you ask. I and many others would wish that you came by more frequently. It scares the hell out of them.”
“Excellent. I do not anticipate the operation taking more than five to ten hours. However, I will need many personnel.”
“Sure. We have plenty of personnel just standing around doing nothing. Take how many you like. Of course, please make sure to take along the arms and body armour that they might need. Just in case.”
“Very well general.” Forseti disappeared in a flash of light.
General Landry put down the phone. He got up, and walked to the control room. As he walked through the corridors, he noticed personnel being beamed away. Nice. At least Forseti asked before doing anything. Well sometimes at any rate.
He finally managed to get to the control room, and saw Harriman. “Chief, what’s going on?”
“Sir, we’ve had sensors confirm that almost all our SGC troops have disappeared sir. I was about to raise the alarm.”
“Don’t bother. Forseti is going on a mission and taking some personnel with him just in case.”
Landry looked ahead. The gate had already been beamed away to the Antarctic base. The SGC was to be relocated as soon as possible. “Lets carry on with our move. I want us to be ready as soon as possible. I have a feeling that this will be a temporary relocation.”
“Temporary sir? I thought it was permanent.”
“Well chief, it is cold in the Antarctic. I don’t see us all staying there for very long to be honest. Besides, if it is only a temporary post, then it would be best if we searched for an alternative. I want possible locations scouted in our database. When the time comes, we need to be able to present the IOA with the data and everything else. Lets make it happen.”
“Yes sir.”
Landry turned around and decided to walk back to the office. Along the way, he looked at all the corridors, every tunnel section, even the piping. He had only been here for a couple of years, and things had changed so much in that time. He liked snow, but the idea of working in the cold all that time wasn’t very appealing. As he walked to his office, he decided to put together a list, which he would run by his daughter, as he needed another excuse to distract her. He smiled. She would see through it of course. He got to work.

#38 (permalink)

By satnamboll on 06-15-2007, 12:55 PM

And another one!!!

Antarctic base. South Pole area.

The gate had been beamed into position, not too long ago. The professor was overseeing the integration of the systems. The IOA had asked for him specifically for this operation, despite his objections about being the wrong person for the job.
The gate was being connected to the already existing ancient systems. Not that they had to really do anything. The ancients were the builders of roads. Everything that they had slotted together very nicely, but the Stargate was an exception. Once the system had detected that the gate had been integrated, whole new sub systems suddenly appeared. The gate could be dialled from the console, without any extra systems integration. Fantastic. The professor was a hard man to please however, and so he was unfazed by the systems. The other personnel, however, were constantly surprised by the ancient technology. The professor made a mental note to send an email to everybody, reminding them that the ancients lived for more than several millions years, and in that time, they were bound to come up with technology that bordered on the mystical. As such, their technology was bound to fit together very nicely. As if by magic.
He walked over to the console, which reported that the system was ready. He checked out the logs, which showed that all testing had been completed. He had been using the ancient crystals, rather than human tech. Some of the personnel were surprised. He threw a look in their direction saying “It comes with having an IQ over 250.” He turned and went back to what he was doing. He smiled a little whilst pressing the keys. Satisfied, he stopped.
As he looked up at the screen, the display showed that all systems were within normal parameters. He smiled, and walked back to the area where he kept his equipment for study. It was devoid of other personnel. It was no secret that the professor wasn’t very popular. He did have a tendency to be arrogant at times and often refused to explain things, being rather stubborn. But he was definitely a workaholic, and most times he could be seen working into the late hours, despite other people being asleep. He did have a very strong constitution, which helped. Aside from that, he was also very unhappy when personnel were injured, insisting that he was there to make sure they were okay. It was in moments like these that he revealed his compassion for others. Despite his other faults.
He stood for a few moments, gathering his thoughts. The ship. Where is the ship?
“Professor?”
The voice drew him from his thoughts.
“Oh, hello Mary. Is everything okay?”
“Yes professor. As you requested, I’m here to update you.”
“Okay. Fire away.”
“We are green across the board. All systems are within parameters, power generation is stable, with several generators in reserve. The spare zero point module is ready, and standing by, in case of emergency. And we are four days ahead of schedule. The IOA would like to be present during initial dialling.”
“I hate those idiots. We’ve all worked our fingers to the bone, and still they want to make sure that we aren’t lying about it. You haven’t sent them anything about the completion of the installation I take it?”
“No professor. I had a feeling that you would want to make that decision.”
The professor stood for a moment, thinking. It was no secret that he hated authority. The reason he had got anywhere was because he did the job. Not because of his social skills. And he hated the constant interference of the IOA. They wanted to hear about anything and everything. If it was to do with the program, they wanted to know about it. Of course, this generated endless amounts of paperwork, despite the constant quest for cutting down the paper. The ancients had finally cracked this secret. It was most likely buried somewhere within the database.
Yeah right. Humans would always want something on paper. Electronic documentation was far too susceptible to being tampered with. He therefore made sure that he only ever used a tablet machine, and ensured that he never used any paper documentation. He knew this pissed the IOA off, and liked it. His own rebellion, in his own little way.
“Thank you Mary. I’ll send them another email. On top of the two hundred already for today’s operations.” He smiled and laughed. Mary smiled too. He looked up at her.
Dark hair, light brown eyes, smooth skin. Slender frame, good cleavage. This alone enamoured her to the male personnel on the base, who would always try to get her out on a date. She, however, had a policy of not dating anybody she worked with. Much to the chagrin of the men. She was, however, highly intelligent, with specialties in subspace and hyperspace technology. A number of improvements to the subspace communications array and hyperspace stabilisers could be attributed to her. Which made her very sought after.
“Mary, I’m going to be busy. And that also means that you will be. When I leave, you will be in charge in my absence. Everything has been done, and you only need to keep an eye on things until I return. Is that okay with yourself?”
She smiled. He liked it when she smiled. The smile reminded him of somebody close to his heart, but lost to him for many years. The emptiness in his heart suddenly opened, and expanded, but he managed to control it this time.
“Sure professor. No problem. Anything else?”
“Nope. I think that will be all. Just be careful with the lads while I’m gone okay?”
“I can handle them.”
“Sure. If you need anything, remember, just send me a message.”
“Not a problem professor. If you don’t mind me asking, where will you be going?”
The professor took off his glasses. “I will be going to India. In particular to the Punjab. I would like to visit my grandmother. She is over a hundred you know. I just want to see her.”
“That’s nice. I hope your family are all good professor.”
“Thank you Mary. I will be beaming out onto the odyssey, and make preparations for the initial dialling up of the gate. When the IOA gets here, everything will be ready. Okay, time for lunch my dear. This operation is now your responsibility.”
“Thank you professor. I’ll try not to disappoint you.” She smiled and walked away.
At that, the professor picked up his tablet machine, and began writing out an email. He wrote that Mary was in charge during his absence, and that he would be back in a few days. Until then, testing would continue constantly, and that he wanted full results when he came back. He finished what he was doing, and turned the machine off. He took a look around. It had been quite long since he had been here. He could still remember the first time he arrived through the gate. Of course, it was all different then. So many people had died, so many more had needlessly suffered. He had a job to do, and it was his intention to complete his mission.
He sighed, closed his eyes and he took a deep breath. Those were good days. When he could just walk around, and research whatever he liked. He wasn’t the only child in his family. He had a twin sister, who was just as intelligent and ferocious as he was, if not more. He wondered if she was still alive, after all these years. Finding the ship would bring it all back. He was sure of it. All of his calculations had been proven correct thus far. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could keep up this charade. It was getting tiresome. He pulled something from his pocket, and pressed the button. He disappeared in a flash of light.

#39 (permalink)

By Wilson359 on 06-15-2007, 01:39 PM

Outstanding job so far

. I really love Forseti he's like an Asgard version of Jack.

On a side note, will you be working in the Beam weapons the asgard developed (ashuming you've seen the last episode). If you so, you could say the Asgard were working on the weapon but stopped when the Ori approached them. But Kvasir (who was one of the lead researchers) got his hands on all the data & with the help of Forseti & the others completed the weapon. Just a thought I had.

Article Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

New To Site?	Need Help?
Register to Participate View Forum Leaders Search Contact Us	Frequently Asked Questions Did you forget your password? Mark Forums Read

Currently Active Users Viewing This Article: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)