The Thirteenth Tribe.

AN; DMRD - Hello everyone sorry it took so long. Life had been Life, and as a result, we never had the chance to update. But now I have a new job, and life has given me a break. So here we are. Over the past year+ we decided to rework several things, so we have rewritten parts of the story to make things fit better and get better characters in different positions. We believe that this makes for a better story and makes things more interesting.

Things may be a little slow in being posted. Life is still being life but we will complete this story. We also had to restart the story to make sure the sequel would work properly.

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"General Landry to the control room. Repeat, General Landry to the control room." Sergeant Walter Harriman called out through the SGC intercom. For weeks they had been waiting for the Wraith Superhive to arrive. The Odyssey and Daedalus had both arrived from their missions and Atlantis had also arrived in system and landed in the Pacific. After arriving all the long range sensor systems on Atlantis, Odyssey and Daedalus appeared to the SGC where a team of experts would examine all the data to try and locate the hive ship. Atlantis's sensors had been programmed to scan for Wraith hyperdrive signatures. Since there was only one wraith hyperdrive in the galaxy the plan was much more effective than in Pegasus.

"What is it, Walter?" Landry asked when stepping into the room.

"General, long range sensors have detected the Wraith super hive."

"Where is it currently Walter?"

"It's near Lucia."

"I guess they will be well fed when they get to Earth." He said, "Can we tell what it's doing?" He was looking at the sensor feed from Atlantis which had landed in the Pacific.

"No Sir."

"I guess we need to send a ship." Landry tapped the comm unit in his ear, "General O'Neill."

"Go ahead, General," O'Neill replied. O'Neill had been given operational authority over Atlantis, the SGC, and all fleet units during this time.

"We located the Superhive, and it's at Lucia. I recommend we send Odyssey to Lucia for recon."

"Agreed, I'll contact Odyssey." O'Neill disconnected and cut the orders for Odyssey. Colonel Mitchell, the new commander of Odyssey, read the orders and moments later jumped into hyperspace.

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Odyssey - Lucia

"What do we have?" Colonel Mitchell asked.

"The superhive is on the other side of the planet, Sir. We are only running passive sensors at present. But, I'm detecting numerous thermal blooms on the planet." The screen changed and showed an area several hundred miles in diameter filled with massive biological signs.

"Colonel, those blobs of heat are reading as hive ships. But, I'm also seeing large naquadah reactors. Almost like a hive ship is growing around a Ha'tak."

"Crap." Mitchell said, "get us back to Earth."

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"They are growing a fleet. We detected over 40 hive ships. Each one has several naquadah reactors helping to grow it."

"Great. Rodney, what will those reactors do to the hives?" Shepherd asked

"A lot. With the extra power, they should be able to significantly increase their hull density."

"Why are they waiting?"

"I'm not sure."

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"What chance do we have?" The President asked.

"Slim." General O'Neill replied, "Atlantis is powerful, but it doesn't have enough drones to destroy the superhive plus the 40 hives under construction. Hell even if we had our entire fleet with us we wouldn't be able to destroy that wraith fleet."

"Then what good is it?" The Secretary of State asked.

"Mr. Secretary, our fleet is too young and too small to fight all the enemies we have. In order to succeed, it needs to be bigger. One on one our ships our powerful enough to take on almost any enemy. The only ships in the galaxy that a 304 couldn't fight against and win is the superhive and Atlantis. In order for Earth to be safe, we need a bigger fleet."

"You military types and your guns. There are other ways to solve problems than guns."

"Tell you what. You go talk to the wraith and ask them to leave us alone. Once they eat you, maybe we can get some stuff done and save lives." The President slammed his hand down on the table before the Secretary of State could retort.

"General O'Neill that is enough. Marcus, cool it, you know better than to think that the Wraith could be negotiated with Richard Woolsey and Elizabeth Weir both tried to negotiate with them and failed. General, do you have a recommendation?"

"Yes, we should call the Jaffa and ask them for help. Also, I recommend we start modifying our ground-based nuclear missiles for space flight. Finally, we need to get our pilots training against Darts in the simulators. Call it a skills test against a fictional alien fighter. Also, we should launch a first strike against the Wraith before they get to Earth."

"How so General?"

"We should send a 304 to Lucia with a Horizon platform. Maybe even two."

"I'll consider it."

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Refitted storage room - Pentagon- Washington DC - Earth

Due to the number of people present a true conference room was too small to house everyone in this room. President Hayes stood up and started,"Colonels Caldwell and Shepherd, are here to brief us about the abilities of the Wraith Hive ships. Colonel Caldwell is our foremost expert on ship to ship combat against the Wraith. And Colonel Shepherd has been the leader of the Military arm of the Atlantis expedition since the death of Colonel Sumner." President Hayes said introducing the two to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as the leaders of the USA's most top secret research projects and future weapons.

"Dr. Mckay and Zelenka and Colonel Carter are our foremost experts on alien technology and Colonel Carter is the chief designer of our Daedalus-class Battlecruiser. This meeting is to come up with strategies and tactics to destroy the Wraith ships." The President explained. Everyone in the room had been briefed on the Stargate program, and Mckay and Zelenka explained the known abilities of the Hive ships. They then had a video conference with Todd who explained deeper into the ship's abilities and what he believed the Super Hive could do.

"Colonel Caldwell. It says here that you once caused secondary explosions in the hangar bay of a hive ship using railguns."

"Correct," Caldwell said.

"Can we do something similar and target the weapons ports on the superhive using these drone weapons. Maybe cause an overload on the ship?"

"Mckay?" Caldwell asked.

"No. Well… Maybe, we would need to be able to detect when the cannon is charged and the problem is that we can't detect which port is going to be used. They are all charged using the same power system."

"Colonel Carter, what kind of ammunition do the railguns on the 304s use?"

"The bullet is made of trinium and is a 1.0 caliber round. The bullet is weighted using depleted uranium."

"I see, Colonel how difficult would it be to install one of our Naval Electromagnetic railguns on a 304. We could easily build a football size iron ball that carries a nuclear payload. Maybe even spice it up with some of this naquadah."

"We could remove our minigun style railgun and install this system in it," Carter said looking over the designs. "Or we could just install it on the General Hammond as is. The Hammond is almost complete and based on our time estimates we should be done on time."

"Have it installed." President Hayes said, "And get some of those nuclear bullets built."

"Yes, Sir." Moments later an order was cut to begin installing the railgun on the Hammond. The President signed it, and it was sent the Area 51.

The discussion went on for several hours. They even decided to place nuclear missiles on the ISS as a last ditch effort. They hoped that the surprise of missiles launching from such a primitive station would let them destroy at least one hive.

They also began building naquadah potassium tipped railgun rounds for the ships. They hoped that they would be able to target the dart bays and weapons ports on the hives.

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Lucia orbit

A fleet of three, BC-304s dropped out of hyperspace. The George Hammond immediately fired its EM railgun armed with miniature nukes at the weapons ports of the SuperHive. The payload traveled at Mach 10, and the trinium reinforced railgun and naquadah power supply far exceeding the initial design specs. The bullet slammed into the side of the superhive perfectly hitting a main weapon port. The kinetic energy cracked the superstructure of the hive, and the explosion was massive.

Weapons plasma leaked into the ship causing more damage, which was all quickly healed. The Odyssey swooped in and fired on the hive avoiding its main weapons array as the Daedalus flew at the planet. Its bomb bays opened and two Horizon weapon platforms fired at the planet.

The Daedalus flipped and attacked the superhive firing its weapons.

The Hammond fired another nuke and remote detonated it in the middle of the dart formation. The massive explosion was modified to give off much more X-ray and Gamma rays to poison the biological systems of the darts which is why the F-302s were not launched in this battle.

Both Horizons hit the planet and spread across much of the planet's surface destroying all the landed ships and the still in construction hives. The 304s left Lucia moments later.

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Oval Office - White House - Washington DC - Earth

Something was happening, everyone knew it, 12 hours ago The President had Atlantis take over every broadcasting wave on Earth and announced that in 12 hours he would be giving a speech to the entire world. To really catch everyone's attention he said that he would be declassifying America's most top secret project. Revealing the truth of Area 51 he said.

"My Fellow Americans, Citizens of the World." Everyone froze as they realized that the President wasn't in the White House, He was in LA standing on the Golden Gate Bridge.

"May I present the Lost City of Atlantis." Atlantis decloaked 200 feet over the ocean. Across the world, everyone was silent as they stared at their tv's watching the city fly over the bridge and land on the other side.

"Yes, that is the real city of legend. Atlantis was built over 5 million years ago by a race of beings called The Ancients or Alterran. We found the city five years ago and only recently brought it to Earth.

"You heard me correctly, Atlantis was not on Earth until recently. Atlantis was in another galaxy. Since 1997 the United States has been traveling to other planets using a device known as the Stargate. The tv series Wormhole X-Treme was based on real life events describing the Stargate and its use.

"May I now present the BC-304 and the F-302, Earth's first mass produced Intergalactic craft." The Odyssey decloaked, and a flight of 302s started reentry and started trailing fake smoke allowing the crowds to see them. They then flew over the bridge at Mach 1.5 and hovered over the bridge and took up position over his shoulders and behind the President.

"The BC-304 George Hammond commanded by Colonel Samantha Carter. General George Hammond led Earth into the galaxy and established positive diplomatic relations with hundreds of inhabited worlds and several different races. The General recently passed away, and in his honor, we have named this vessel after him so that his memory will continue to defend Earth." Hayes paused and took a drink allowing the reporters to stare in awe.

"Now, the reason for disclosure. When we went to Pegasus, we discovered an enemy. This enemy is called The Wraith. The Wraith are the basis for all Vampire Myths. Like vampires Wraith feed on humans and are immortal. We have tried to negotiate with the Wraith. However, they see us as food and nothing more.

"Recently the Wraith have discovered the location of Earth and managed to make the journey from the Pegasus galaxy to ours. The Wraith have started to grow a fleet in our galaxy, and we will be launching an attack on that planet. However, we will not be able to destroy the already operational wraith ship. Earth is the most densely populated world in our galaxy making us their largest target for food. The richest feeding ground they could find. Earth is protected. However, we expect an attack from them soon. For that reason, I am declaring martial law within the United States of America and its territories.

"Life with continue as normal. I repeat, life will remain normal. However, rioting and looting with be met with the harshest penalties. Order will remain. We will overcome this threat. I urge you all to remain calm. I stand with the Russian President and the Chinese First Minister who have both had teams travel through the stargate and have built Battlecruisers to defend Earth." Suddenly there was a bright light and the Russian and Chinese leaders appeared beside the President.

"All the power of Russia will stand beside the United States against the Wraith threat. We have worked with the United States exploring the galaxy since 2000, and we will not fail to protect Earth now."

"The People's Republic of China stands beside Russia and America defending Earth. While we have our differences, we will put them aside to protect Earth."

"Thank you all for coming. A website has been setup that will detail the history of the Stargate and our missions off-world. I remind you again, to face this threat we must remain calm. May God Bless Earth."

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Super Hive - Lucia

"What is the status of the fleet?" The commander asked.

"The fleet we were growing here is destroyed, Commander. However, our other planets are still growing on schedule. The fleet will not be as powerful as we hoped this world held our strongest designs."

"Very well. Have we been able to send the new reactors through the stargate back to the Queen?"

"Yes. As well as a Stargate control crystal taken from one of the dialing devices in this galaxy. The queen will be able to dial the stargate on the hive."

"Good. And the cloning facility?"

"I have begun the modifications to the hive ship as ordered. Soon we will be able to clone soldiers on the ship" The commander nodded thinking through his long term plans. "Why do we wait? We can cull Earth as we please."

The Commander looked up at his subordinate, "Culling Earth is no longer my priority. We will still cull the planet. However, the Lantean Fleet is still a threat to us. In order to gain a true foothold in this galaxy, we need the Lanteans trapped. They have a massive civilian population that their military needs to defend. If we cause enough damage, they will need to remain at Earth and defend their people. This galaxy will be our new feeding ground. And I know how to start."

The underlying nodded "It is fortunate that we checked the database Guide (Todd) acquired from the Lantean ship."

The commander nodded before going back to his work. He looked at the report on the Lucian spy on Earth and smiled. He then started working on a few extra plans.

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Colonel Telford was sweating. His mind was tearing itself apart trying to fight against what his body was doing. But the strength of what was done to him was to strong. "I Can't Do This." was echoing through his mind while the other voice was telling him, "We have a duty to the people of this galaxy. We freed them and abandoned them. My target is standing in the way of our duty."

"But he is my superior officer."

"He is in the way."

"In the way of what?"

"Of Duty. Of Destiny."

"Who's?" The voice asked getting weaker. But it was too late. His F-302 blasted past the F-15 fighter interceptors and its stealth and ECM spoofed the missile interception. He armed his cannons and fired directly into his target.

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Presidential Bunker Press Room - Washington DC / Earth

7 Days after Disclosure

Vice President Roger Durling stood behind the podium and looked directly at the cameras. There were no reporters, and only one camera was pointing at him, and it was set up by a very carefully selected member of the Navy. Every station in the USA was being controlled by the military. Much to the displeasure of the Press.

"President Henry Hayes has been assassinated." He began much to the horror of his speech writer. "Unknown to us a member of our military was captured by a group known as the Lucian Alliance, basically pirates with spaceships. They used a technology developed by the goa'uld to brainwash our man. When the wraith gained access to the Lucian Alliance, they were able to gain access to our soldier and gave him new orders."

"As it stands, I have taken the oath of office, and I am now the President of the United States.

"This attack on us came after we successfully destroyed 37 wraith hive ships being built on Lucia. Whatever the Wraith do to us we will rise up stronger than before and strike back. We will weather this storm, and we will win. Thank you. That is all."

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Control Room - Atlantis - Pacific Ocean Earth

In Atlantis General O'Neill looked around the room. Due to its position as the head of Earth's defense force, it was decided that the stargate would be moved to one of the outer piers. Stargate operations remained the duty of the SGC. They also didn't want the Atlantis gate to be the primary gate and anyone in the galaxy dialing right into the city. They couldn't directly disable the gate. Even disconnecting the DHD from the Atlantis gate would leave the Stargate the primary gate since it was a newer model.

So, the gate was buried with a slab of steel on hydraulics. When the gate was needed, they could remove the steel and the gate could be dialed from the control room. The primary reason for this change was due to the number of times that ICS's had been compromised. It was also for this reason that the SGC's control room was moved to another part of the base and a shield was set up around the gate room.

Multiple redundancies was the name of the game. Nothing was overkill. The Atlantis gate was now buried, with its own iris shield inside a sealed room protected by its own shield. And the SGC gate had its iris with an iris shield, and the gateroom was shielded.

"What are we looking at Siler?" General O'Neill asked once he took in the change to the city.

"We are tracking the Superhive. It's in a dead solar system. Apparently, it's avoiding inhabited systems."

"So they know we can track them."

"Yes, Sir."

"So, if I was in their position what would I do?" O'Neill muttered to himself. "Can we tell if they are talking to anyone?"

"Sir?"

"Are they using subspace communications?"

"We can't tell from this range, sir."

"Mckay."

"General?"

"What would the Stargate address of that location be?"

"Huh?"

"The location of the superhive. What would its stargate address be?"

"Why…"

"MCKAY," O'Neill yelled. "I don't want to listen to your whining. Just tell me. What would that address be."

Mckay grumbled and checked, "There is no direct correlation, but I was able to generate a likely address."

"Unbury Atlantis's gate and dial it. Siler, tell the SGC we are going to use our gate."

"Yes, Sir."

Moments later a monitor showed the Atlantis stargate dial. In seconds the gate activated, and a malp was sent through. It materialized for a second. A single frame was sent back. A quick analysis revealed what O'Neill feared. "Shut it down." O'Neill said, "They have a shield on the gate. They must have got it from the Alliance."

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Earth Orbit

"Colonel Ellis, I'm glad to see you made it back safely," O'Neill said as the Colonel sat down on the other side of the desk from the General.

"It was a long trip, Sir. We had to tow the Sun Tzu all the way to the Tria. I'm glad my ship had beamed those parts into the ship's cargo bays for repair later. Without them, we would have been trapped."

"Well, I wasn't going to leave a ship like that drifting for very long. So what was wrong with the Tria anyway?"

"It had a flat tire."

"Excuse me?" O'Neill asked.

"The ship's engine was fine. What happened was the Hyperspace window generator was blown. According to my engineers, the window generator is like the tires on a car. All we had to do was remove the Apollos generator and install it on the Tria, and the ship was ready to go. The Ancients had already modified the ship for intergalactic travel. In fact, those modifications were what blew out the window generator in the first place."

"Huh, well get the Apollo repaired we are going to need her."

"Yes, Sir."

"What about the Sun Tzu?"

"She's in bad shape Sir. She lost life support weeks ago, and we had to take on her crew. We did as many repairs to her as we could including restoring life support to the bridge and engineering compartments. But she is going to need a lot of work."

"I see."

In the end, The Sun Tzu had to be lowered out of orbit by the Tria due to the damage it sustained. Also, some quick jury rigging gave the Tria APBs, aka drilling holes in the hull of the ship and running power conduits through the hallways. But the work significantly increased the combat abilities of the Tria and O'Neill moved his command to the Tria due to his high CIA, Chair Interface Aptitude.

The Apollo was back online in 3 days it was given a mission.

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USS Apollo

Woolsey was sitting in the mess hall of the 304 they were less than an hour away from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Remembering when he was assigned this mission, he wonders what he could do. They were going to have the Apollo appear near Caprica which was the heart of the Colonial government. Woolsey though the plan was a little blunt then again what better way to get the attention of a group of people who felt that they were the only life in the Galaxy.

Woolsey had read up on the team that was currently in the Colonies they had been drop off by the Asgard a couple of years ago. The team was lead by a young Colonel compared to others who held that rank but at the time they felt having such a high-rank officer would help if the team were to be discovered. From what Woolsey read in the report the team had volunteered for the long term mission Simpson had training on the 302s along with being with SGC since it was formed. The rest of the team had different fields of training which would allow them to explore the Colonies in different ways.

O'Neill had told Woosley that the team each had a hidden beacon in object that they could wear in their everyday lives to be beamed out. O'Neill was certain as soon as they learn a 304 had appeared they would turn them on.

As the Apollo came out of Hyperspace, she set off every Alarm the Colonials had around Caprica. Colonel Ellis was amused and a little concern they had barely just come out of hyperspace when the ships around Caprica started to launch a lot of fighters. He had to admit while could not do this at the moment he hopes they would one day to launch that many in such a short time would help them deal with wraith darts in the future.

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Battlestar Pegasus

Admiral Cain was currently assigned to protect Caprica for the next couple of weeks before heading out for a deep patrol on the edge of Colonial space. When an unknown spike of energy appears near Caprica Cain was a little shock but when an unknown ship appears she order the fleet to action stations.

From the reports coming in from the Raptors the ship look similar to a Battlestar only much smaller. So far the ship had not sent any message to anyone. Before she could continue her though a message came in from the unknown. "This is the Earth Ship Apollo. To the Colonial fleet, we apologize for bypassing your borders. We await your representative to speak to our Ambassador."

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Caprica

During the same time, the Apollo had appear Colonel Simpson, and the rest of SG-13 were currently out a local bar having a couple of drinks. They were about to order another round when they all saw the news of the unknown ship. Simpson who had been back to the SGC a few times using the stones knew it was a 304 but unsure which one. Simpson nodded at the others. Earth would have warned them about first contact. That they hadn't been warned meant something unusual was happening. Given the track record unusual meant something bad had happened. Simpson was sure it was Jackson's fault. It always was. SG13 quickly left the bar and found a private place and turn on their beacons. For the team, it was their watches as soon as the Apollo got the single they beam Sg13 aboard.

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Apollo - Caprica Defense Line

On the Apollo Colonel Ellis had Colonel Simpson come up to the bridge to get his thoughts on the Colonial formation. Simpson had taken one look and said "Damn that almost a third of the fleet here. Now you either scare them, or they want to try to frighten you with the bigger ships" Ellis just smirks looking over at the Colonel who was wearing a black SGC uniform sent by O'Neill for the team as he says "Bigger is not always better."

Ellis then asks "Tell me about those fighter."

Simpson smirk "they are call Vipers they are a good design overall three KEW weapons standard with hardpoints for missiles. Overall they could outrun the 302s and out maneuver them they can do a 360 spin with no problems. Of course, i noticed a few changes to the 302s so they might stack up better but I am going by the last time I flew one."

Ellis says "there been some upgrades, but you might still have a point on the Vipers overall. What about the ships?"

Simpson said "There call battlestars depending on which model you fight they are a battleship carrier they can bring massive firepower against one target quickly. Even with their size, they are able to turn at a good rate. But they have nothing on the Apollo for speed or maneuverability. They rely on Armor to protect the ship and crew. The biggest of the battlestars is around the size of O'Neill Class. If you had to attack, i would focus on the main sublight drives of the battlestars.

"Well, things are a little different Colonel. We are armed with Asgard weapons now." Ellis said with a small smile. "Anyway, we aren't here to fight.

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High Council room - Atlantis - Earth

The President of the United States walked through the room looking around at the ancient city. President Roger Durling ran his hand against the wall admiring it. He wondered when Earth could build something like this.

"Mr. President."

"Yes, General?"

"Sir, we got a message from the Apollo. Mr. Woolsey has met with the Colonial President. A video conference has been set up. The Council can talk to him at any time." Jack referred to the council of three. Basically, it was the Chinese, Russian and American Presidents sitting around a table drinking coffee and deciding what to do. The UN hated it, but as the saying goes, He that has the guns makes the rules. And no nation on earth, hell not even the rest of the world could stand up to those three countries working together. And everyone else knew it.

North Korea tried, and in response The Sun Tzu, Daedalus, and Hammond took up position over Pyongyang with shields up. They beamed North Korea's nuclear weapons into high orbit before warning them about annoying their betters. General O'Neill also had a plastic grenade beamed onto the president's desk with an army of plastic army men. The point was made.

Durling was willing to deal with the political shitstorm that would result from strong arming other nations into line. At least they would be around to deal with the storm.

The state department was horrified, but it was too late. Plus relations with North Korea were better than ever. They were being quiet.

"Well General, let's not keep Adar waiting," Durling said walking to a transport booth. Secret Service following him. Roger took the transporters to a modified tower where the council could meet and talk. Unlike the Ancients the three Presidents didn't like the original council room. The three of them sat on one side of a round table, and a screen activated showing Richard Adar.

Adar looks at the people on the screen as he said "I never thought I would speak to the leaders of the 13th tribe. I am Richard Adar the President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. You cause a few problems by having your ship appear so close to our world. Well, mainly you worried the Fleet it been almost 40 years since an unknown fleet appears near this world."

"We apologize President Adar. Were it not for the situation we would have contacted you differently. Allow us to introduce ourselves. I am President Chang Fa of the People's Republic of China."

"President Alexander Nemerov, of the Russian Federation."

"President Roger Durling of the United States of America."

Watching and listen as appear to be three leaders from Earth introduce themselves had Adar a little surprise. "What can we do for our long lost brothers and sisters of Earth?"

Roger explained the history of the Wraith and the ship was about to attack Earth. He also revealed the presence of SG13 and what their purpose was.

"So, this team you inserted into our society. Who are they? I understand why you acted as you did. I would probably have done the same. We will not charge them with anything. We will return them unharmed."

"Thank you, Mr. President." Alexander Nemerov.

"So can I get the names of these people where I can arrange them to be taken to your ship." Looking over to Admiral Nagala who was in the room off camera listening to meeting.

"We have already recovered them. They are aboard the Apollo. However, Colonel Timothy Simpson, Major Joe Harris, Captains Sean Wirges and Captain Jennifer Simmons. They are the members of the team. Despite his attempts to prevent it, I believe that your fleet recruited Colonel Simpson."

Adar was in shock when he said the team was already back on board their ship he looks over at Nagala who face was a little more shock he knew of Simpson he was a Captain in the Colonial Fleet force into the fleet when his skill as a pilot was learn. Adar then asks "How could they be on your ship already no one has gone near your ship."

Durling said,"We have our ways to get our people on and off ships without being noticed, it is a classified how we did it, though."

Adar was about to retort, but President Fa cut in, "Mr. President, due to the battle that will soon take place over Earth. We ask that a number of Earth population be allowed to take refuge in your nation. As you know, starting a new colony takes a fantastic amount of resources and if Earth is lost that colony will most assuredly fail. We have the ability to terraform the planet Pallas."

"If Earth falls to the Wraith, we ask that we be allowed to live there, and you help us establish a colony." Alexander Nemerov said.

"If we win against the Wraith than the planet is yours, and you gain a terraformed planet for nothing." President Chang completed.

"I see. Allow me to discuss that with my advisors. However, in the meantime, I offer our aid in defending Earth from the Wraith."

"Your offer is appreciated Mr. President. Allow us to deliberate. Shall we recess for 1 hour?"

"Of course." The screen shut off and the three took a deep breath. Durling recovered first, "Their fleet will get slaughtered by the wraith."

"I know." Nemerov agreed. But if the wraith sends normal hives they may be able to hold them off. Plus, their vipers will to the same to the darts. Slaughter them in turn."

"I agree, but will their fleet be able to even arrive before the battle begins?"

"I don't know." Durling said, "What if we offer the Stargate and the Colonials send their vipers through that to help deal with the darts."

"That is a good plan. I vote we give the Colonials the location of Earth. They can send their fleet. SG13 believes there is little chance of the colonials trying to take Earth. Plus, with Atlantis, the Outpost, The Tria and our 304s there is no change of the Colonials taking anything from us."

"I agree," Fa said.

"Alright, so we will give them the location of Earth." Durling nodded. "Dr. Mckay." Durling looked to the Scientist sitting in the background, "How long will it take the Colonials to arrive here?"

Mckay knew the president didn't want all the details of how this would work so he ran the numbers right quick using the formula Simpson sent back. He sent the program to the Atlantis mainframe, and in seconds the coordinates were sent back in increments they colonial ships could support. "On their own, they would be looking at years. But if we provide the calculations they would be looking at about 14 days."

"Start work on the calculations."

"It's already done. We can send this to them now."

"Good work."

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President's office - Caprica City - Caprica - Cyrannus

Adar looks over at Admiral Nagala as he said "Simpson and his team, find out what they did while they live in the Colonies. Also how the hell did he pass all the screening that is done for the Colonial Fleet Admiral" Adar sigh taking a breath he was in shock the talks went nothing the way he thought as he said, "Admiral I want a report on that ship and all the details you can find."

Nagala look at Adar as he answer "Yes Sir, I want to know how they can get there people off our world, along with how the hell one of these people was able to pass all our background checks."

Adar leans back in his chair these people were ease to work with so far but it seem at the moment they had no intention of causing the Colonies any trouble he wonder if he should try to bring up making them the 13th colony

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"President Adar." Durling greeted, "We have spoken and decided that we would welcome your aid. However, I must warn you that there is a significant possibility that your ships will all be destroyed."

"We understand that."

Durling nodded, "Very well. Earth is about 5,000 LY from the colonies. It would take you years to get here on your own. However, we have highly accurate sensor scans far faster computers. We have calculated the jump coordinates your ships will need to arrive at Earth."

"Thank you," Adar said.

"Also, we invite you to visit the Apollo."

"The Apollo must be a very interesting ship is it a scout ship for your people is it not?" Adar asks thinking such a small and unarmored ship would not be all that useful in a battle.

Adar saw the three Presidents smile and wondered, "We shall see what you believe once you have seen the abilities of the Apollo. Why don't you allow Apollo to go to one of your asteroid belts and show you her weapons." President Nemerov suggested.

"Alright. We will do that." Adar said.

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Hangar Bay - BC-304 Apollo - Cyrannus

"President Adar, it's a pleasure to meet you again. Welcome aboard the Terran BC-304 Apollo. This is Colonel Ellis, CO of the ship, and this is General Landry.

"Pleasure." Adar greeted.

"Mr. President, Admirals, if you will follow me. I will show you my ship."

"Admiral Lagala, do to the size of the Apollo having such a large group will be a bit of a hazard. Why don't you go with General Landry? The General can introduce you to the Wraith face to face."

"That would be appreciated," Nagala said. A few Colonial SS went with him as Landry led them through the ship.

Landry led Philip Nagala through the ship to the brig. As they walked, Hank explained the Wraith. "We believe that the Ancients spread the tale of the wraith to us when they returned to this galaxy. We think that the tales of the Empusa were based on them. Several months ago they got their hands on a power source built by the Ancients, who you call the Lords," This surprised the colonial officers. "The Wraith use biotech. and the main weakness in Wraith technology is power generation."

"Biotech ships, forgive me for saying, but from what little I've seen of your own beaming technology. Should that not have given you an edge? Why didn't you deploy nukes using that tech?" Nagala asked confused. He could tell already that the Earth military was not incompetent. Colonel Simpson was proof of that.

"In our first battle, we did," Landry explained, "however, they managed to develop a countermeasure to block the technology. As a sign of goodwill, we will show you how to generate the field to block it as well. We know how annoying knowing that you could be beamed up without warning can be." The two officers felt a weight being lifted off their shoulders. The implications of that technology were terrifying but also exhilarating.

"Anyway, with this power source, which we call a ZPM, the Wraith were able to expand their ship to massive sizes. Even our most powerful weapons did nothing and could not penetrate their armor. Without this power source, the Wraith ships are huge, 5,545 meters long. For comparison, a Mercury class Battlestar is 1,652 meters long."

Nagala looked startled at Landry, "A Mercury? Since you know the name of our most current and powerful class of Battlestar, I guess you know more. But to hear that they are so much smaller than these Wraith ships was disconcerting."

"Yes, it is. However, the ship that will be attacking Earth is over 20,000 meters long."

Both Admirals were taken aback. The sheer size was alarming, "That's more than worrying." Adama said. "How do our ships measure up against a hive ship?"

Landry looked up and said, "As they stand, a Battlestar wouldn't last a minute against a standard hive."

When they arrived at the brig, Landry entered a code into the door panel. The door opened, and he saw a light green creature with yellow eyes and white hair. Other than that it looked almost human. "Ahh, General Landry! I was hoping to see you again. What can I do for you?" Todd gushed.

"There's nothing you can do for us," Hank told Todd. "Gentleman, this is a Wraith. We call him Todd."

"And they feed on us?" Adama asked.

"Yes, we do Human," Todd said, He lifted his hand and showed them his feeding organ, "You are our cattle, our prey. We have ruled a Galaxy unhindered for 10,000 years. We fought and defeated your precious lords over a 100-year war. The hive, now that it has completed its upgrades is unstoppable. It will tear through this galaxy, turning it into our new feeding ground." Todd stepped up to the bars and looked at the Admirals. "I can smell your fear, your disgust. I will not have the pleasure of feeding on you, but my kind will. They will know what you did to me, and they will make you suffer."

The colonial officers and General Landry left the brig and walked to a conference room. "What are you asking for General?" Nagala asked once they were seated.

"Sanctuary of Earth falls. There are habitable worlds in our galaxy, but none that can sustain what is left of the Terrans. Earth does not have any large colonies. We have only recently gained access to space flight. The Ancients did not give us any technology like they did for you. Our FTL technology was a gift from the Asgard former Allies of the Lords who recently died out.

"Then how did you get to Earth?" Nagala asked.

"Earth was a former homeworld of the Ancients, like Kobol. Per the records we have discovered, the Ancients settled on Kobol and Earth at the same time. They then left both worlds due to a massive plague and returned millions of years later.

"We don't know exactly what happened, and we believe that the Ancients arrived at Earth to escape the Wraith. They found the primitive descendant of their efforts to reseed human life taking root. Some chose to live among the primitive people, and others chose to ascend. We believe that the rest left to settle on Kobol, taking many of the primitives, your ancestors, with them.

"However, history is not why we're here. We're here because we need help. We can go to other worlds, but we need help to survive. My people need transport off Earth to a new colony we are building."

"I agree with you, General. Now is not the time to worry about history, although that time will come. I need to speak to the President, but I believe that you will be given shelter."

"Thank you, Admiral."

"How far is Earth?" Adama asked, already thinking of what ships they would need for the recovery effort. He knew that every colony would pitch in to help Earth.

"7,000 light years. I understand that your ships have to make very precise navigational calculations, but our computers are very fast." Landry handed Nagala a standard colonial equivalent of an USB drive. "This is everything we know about Wraith ships."

Nagala nodded in thanks, then asked, "I have one very important question that everyone will be asking. What if the Wraith track you here?"

"I was assured by our brightest minds, and that event is unlikely. Wraith sensors work by tracking subspace emissions and radiation in subspace. Your ships do not give off a subspace signal. The only part that does is your jumpdrive, and its energy signature is so small that it's practically invisible. We had to know what to look for even to see it, and even then only our strongest sensors can detect the signature. It seems that the Ancients didn't want anyone to find your worlds when they gave you the jump drive."

"I see. Thank you, General."