Borealis

"Doctor McKay, I have detected eleven vessels in hyperspace a considerable distance from our location. Based on their current speed I estimate they will arrive at our location in four hours" stated Borealis.

"Put that data on screen please" replied McKay.

From his seat in stargate operations Rodney looked over the holographic display that appeared before him. Standing to his left Daniel Jackson looked over the same information.

"Is it Wraith" asked Jackson.

"Moving far too fast to be Wraith. That distance would take them weeks to cover. This has to be Asgard" replied McKay.

"That would be our new guest's equipment. Borealis please contact the vessels and if they are Asgard allow them through the defensive screen once in our system" instructed Jackson.

"Of course Doctor Jackson" replied Borealis before vanishing.

"Rodney, on the off chance this isn't our friends I would rather be safe than sorry. Go ahead and get subspace capacitors online and bring the generators online. I want full power available" stated Jackson.

"Are you serious? Look at how fast their moving. It's got to be Asgard. The only other things that fast are Athena's, Atlantis, the ship your standing on, or an Ori mothership and I highly doubt it's them" countered McKay.

"Rodney, not now ok" asked Jackson.

"Fine fine, full power will be available in ten minutes, calm down" replied McKay.

Watching the exchange from the stairs Teal'c stepped into stargate operations. Seeing the nervous Canadian eyeing him from the corner of his eye Teal'c approached him.

"Rodney McKay do you not think it wise to power all systems" asked Teal'c.

"I really don't see the need" replied McKay sheepishly.

"When Atlantis came under siege your first year there did you feel the need for full power? Do you remember the Wraith who came aboard the city and sought to drain the life from your body" pressed Teal'c.

Remembering the fear he had felt Rodney dropped his sandwich on his workstation. Somehow he managed to swallow and not choke on the bite in his mouth.

"Do we really have to talk about this right now" asked McKay.

"Indeed" replied Teal'c with a chuckle.

Four hours later the nine O'Neill class vessels dropped out of hyperspace, along with the two vessels they had under tow. Standing between them and the planet was the Ajax and Yorktown. Identifying the newly arrived vessels as allies the two Tauri warsh.i.p.s slipped out of the approaching vessels path. Quickly the newly arrived fleet established stable orbit. Moments later Thor beamed down to Borealis's command center.

"Greetings" said Thor.

"Good to see you Thor" replied Jackson.

"It is good to see you once more" added Teal'c.

"The vessels containing the needed military equipment are in stable orbit. With your permission I would like to share the patrol patterns that require our coverage with my other ship commanders" asked Thor.

"Colonel Young aboard Ajax has that taken care of. So, how's the home world" asked Jackson making chit chat.

"My people are preparing for the establishment of several outposts in our new galaxy. Each will rival Hala before its untimely destruction" stated Thor.

"I look forward to seeing them someday" replied Jackson.

"I look forward to that as well. I have come with a request from the High Council. They have asked if you will provide the location of a planet within this galaxy rich in neutronium that we may establish an outpost upon" stated Thor.

"Sure, no problem. Rodney can dig through the database and come up with one for you. Thor, I hate to cut this short but I have a few matters to attend to" replied Jackson.

Genii Home World

Within subterranean bunker the Genii called home life carried on as if it were another day. In a restricted area of the city sat the Genii military council. Having returned to his home world minutes before Davos had convened the council to seek information regarding recent events.

"You told me they were nothing but simple farmers" hissed Davos.

"They are nothing but farmers" countered Thanas, Genii intelligence chief.

"Then explain to me how they destroyed communications equipment with explosives powerful enough to collapse a bunker" demanded Davos.

"The Daganian's posses no such technology, what you say is impossible" retorted Thanas.

"Impossible? Tell that to the men that died" Davos yelled.

"The answer is obvious" interjected Radel, the second highest ranking Genii compared to Davos.

"Then please Radel do share with us this obvious answer" sneered Thanas.

"It's the Lantean's. If they dropped explosives from one of their invisible sh.i.p.s this effect could be achieved. We all know they do everything they can to sabotage our rightful place in this galaxy" answered Radel.

"The Daganian's resisted the Lantean's in the past. The chances of them assisting these people are low. Even if it is the Lantean's they do not have the manpower we have at our disposal. It would be foolish of them to trigger a conflict between our two peoples" stated Thanas.

"Was the last conflict between our two peoples foolish as well Thanas" asked Radel.

"Stop this idiocy this moment! I want answers and I want them now. Thanas get me the answers I seek or I will replace you. Do you understand" asked Davos.

"Perfectly" replied Thanas.

Moments later Davos stormed out of the room towards the surface and the gate that would return him to Dagan. Confirming that he had left the planet Radel dialed the gate for a destination of his own.

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