Re: Change of Fate, a SW/SG crossover
Posted: 2012-05-01 02:07pm
AN: Well, it has been almost a month since the last post. Sorry about that, but I got swamped working on my other fics, in addition to getting past some serious writers block. In any case, we move on to the next chapter. Not much more to say here, though there will be a fairly decent length AN at the bottom.
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Milky Way Galaxy
Orion Arm
Sol System
United Earth Republic
Earth
July 16th 2004
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A flash of purple light announced the arrival of several vessels in the orbit of planet Earth. First in the formation was the massive and elegant Redemption. Following close behind it was the amphibian looking Bifrost, the pyramid shaped Liberator and the deadly looking Daedalus. The last vessel still bore slight scorch marks from its battle with the Aschen.
Since that battle, more and more Jaffa worlds fell to the powerful Aschen. And it wasn’t just the Jaffa…Ba’al and the System Lords were just as easy of targets. Anubis’s successor refused any aid, and attacked anyone who got near his systems. The System Lords had made numerous calls for aid from both the UER and the Alteran/Furling Remnant. But they weren’t going to help the Goa’uld unless they turned over power to the Tok’ra and Jaffa.
Of course, that didn’t mean that Earth and the Remnant hadn’t fought the Aschen…the Free Jaffa Nation was still their allies after all. But it wasn’t an easy task to undertake, as the three nations combined only had about twenty ships…twenty ships to the Aschen’s hundreds. But that was where Luke’s new friends from Corusca came in. They were currently standing guard over Chulak, the Jaffa Capital, allowing the ships currently in Earth orbit to move onto other missions.
“Message from Olympus sir…they want confirmation of our IFFs,” a Furling communications officer called out on the Redemption’s bridge.
From his position at the Captains chair, Luke nodded his head, “Of course, send them the IFF codes.”
The Furling nodded herself, and set about the job. Soon enough, a flash of light announced the arrival of the second ship in the Daedalus class, the Odyssey. It had even more improvements to the original design that the Daedalus herself, and it showed. Large weapons emplacements marked the first Earth built turbolaser turrets, and despite the IFF all of them were trained on the Redemption.
Hmm…I have to applaud their security measures, Luke thought, slightly impressed by how well the UER was adapting to being a major space power.
“This is the UERS Odyssey, is that you Redemption?” a voice came over the radio.
“This is the FES Redemption, we read you loud and clear Odyssey,” a Republic crewmember answered.
“You think they would have noticed the Daedalus…”an inexperienced crew member muttered.
“Quiet over there, they have to be careful to make sure we aren’t Aschen,” an older crewmember said.
While the crew continued to talk amongst themselves, Luke got another message in for the Odyssey. It did seem odd that they were so cautious, considering what the small battle group was made up of. So he sent a query and waited for a reply. He got it quickly enough too…
“We are being so cautious because the SGC is on lock down. Somehow Anubis survived and has infiltrated the base. We can’t let anyone too close to Earth, there is too much risk of him taking over one of our ships,” came the reply.
Luke frowned at that answer, and cast out feelers in the Force. But he couldn’t get a reading from more than the outlying ships in his group. For some reason, Luke couldn’t connect to the Force like he used to. And it had been that way ever since he had arrived in the Milky Way. But even with that, it was still possible to feel the dark center of power that represented Anubis. It was that much power…Luke hadn’t felt anything like it since Palpatine and his own father. And he knew it wasn’t his power that allowed him to feel Anubis…it was the Goa’uld Dark Lord attempting to draw him in. And Luke wasn’t one to back down from a challenge like this…not when people he considered friends were in danger.
“I appreciate the concern for our safety, but I must get to the SGC. I am the only one in this galaxy who can confront Anubis,” Luke said, before the Redemption shot forward towards Earth.
The smaller BC-304A quickly moved out of the way. Luke had more authority than they did, so they couldn’t keep him from heading for Earth. All they could do was keep the Bifrost, Liberator, and Daedalus back. For his part, Luke was trying his hardest to get a better connection to the Force. But it seemed like every time he was able to tap into his power, it would slip away. He felt no stronger than he did when he was first learning from old Ben…and it was not a good thing.
But Luke was a Jedi…and he would do everything in his power to help his allies in the UER. It helped that he had friends in the SGC in the form of Daniel, Jack, and Teal’c. So taking a deep breath and grabbing his lightsaber from its place in his chair, Luke stood up and vanished in a flash of green light.
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SGC
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As the flash from the Furling transporter died down, Luke found himself in a dimly lit room. It seemed that he had ended up in one of the areas of the SGC that had been sealed up. Luke carefully lit up his lightsaber, the green light illuminating the room. Judging from the amount of machines around him he had ended up in the ‘MALP Room’ as Jack had called it. If Luke remembered the maps of the SGC correctly, then the gate room was nearby. So he started moving towards that room…feeling the dark presence of Anubis heading in the same direction.
As Luke entered the hallways connecting the various parts of the SGC, he saw several people lying on the ground. A cursory glance with his Force senses showed them to be alive, just un-conscious. So Luke continued on, hoping to stop Anubis before he could reach the gate room. As the Jedi walked along, he noticed more and more signs of Anubis passing by. There was a dark aura suffusing everything, and it was almost a cloying feeling. Luke could feel the Dark Lord’s power seeping into his own Force aura, and it was powerful…entirely too powerful. It reminded him far too much of the Emperor…but with a long sigh, Luke moved forward again, using the shining light of his own power to clear the darkness.
The Jedi continued to walk down the halls of the SGC, homing in on Anubis. Soon enough, Luke reached the gate room, and he saw SG-1 gathered in the large room, surrounding the active Stargate. But standing near the gate was Jack O’Neill, and he was holding a gun on the rest of SG-1, in addition to them targeting him. At first Luke wondered why they were targeting their commander, but then Jack turned towards him…and Luke got a deep feeling of darkness from his friend. The feeling was the same as the traces Anubis had left all over the SGC…and the Jedi’s suspicions were confirmed when ‘Jack’ started to speak.
“Ah…the ‘Jedi’. I have read O’Neill’s memories of you…and you will make a far more suitable body!” ‘Jack’ said in the typical Goa’uld voice.
Luke’s eyes widened at that…Anubis had possessed his friend! But before he could do anything about it, a black mass of power left Jack’s body, and started to shoot towards Luke. The Jedi brought his brilliant green lightsaber up to block Anubis, and the dark cloud of energy recoiled slightly, seemingly burnt by the lightsaber. But it would take more than that to stop Anubis, and he moved forward again. Luke’s lightsaber continued to burn the half-Ascended Goa’uld, but the black mist forced its way slowly past the green blade.
Luke felt the first tendrils of Anubis’ dark power start to infect his body, and he was hard pressed to resist the Goa’uld. He pushed his connection to the Force…trying to get more power to counter Anubis. But the Force remained tantalizingly out of reach. Luke felt more and more of his soul being overtaken by Anubis’ power…until a flash of light made the Goa’uld flinch back. Standing between Luke and Anubis was a tall woman with dark hair.
Of the group in the gate room, only Daniel recognized her, and that was from his repressed Ascended memories.
“Oma Desala…how are you here now?” the archeologist asked in shock.
Oma ignored him however, and looked over her shoulder at Luke. The Jedi was almost blinded by the Force power coming off this woman…it was every bit as bright as Ben and Yoda had been, but much more powerful.
“Jedi Luke Skywalker…I am here to help you fight Anubis. My fellow Ancients will never allow me to fight him myself, but I can help your connection to our power,” Oma said calmly.
Luke felt a sudden surge in his powers. He could feel the Force in all its glory again…the bright power enveloping him in a warm feeling. Luke turned back to Anubis, the specter of the Goa’uld Lord flinching away from the bright light encompassing both Luke and Oma.
The Jedi Knight stepped past the Ancient woman, raising his hands to Anubis. As he did so, he gave himself completely over to the Force. And as Luke felt the Force flowing through his body, bolts of green lightning shot out from his fingers. Despite how similar the attack was to what Palpatine had used over Endor…Luke felt no Dark Side taint. The attack he was using was the pure power of the Light Side personified, and as the green bolts engulfed Anubis, the specter let out a horrendous shriek. The dark mist was being vaporized by the cleansing power of Luke’s lightning, until nothing was left. Anubis was dead…a feat that even Oma would have been unable to do on her own.
Luke sunk to his knees, absolutely drained from drawing more power from the Force than he ever had before. Oma smiled at the young Jedi, before fading from view, her job complete. SG-1 ran up to Luke, all of them in shock of what they had just witnessed. Even Jack was able to muster the strength to get up to Luke, despite his own possession by Anubis.
“Are you okay Luke?” Daniel asked, helping Luke to his feet.
The Jedi nodded tiredly, “Yes I am…I don’t know how, but I was more in touch with the Force than I have ever been before…Anubis won’t be troubling you again.”
Jack clapped Luke on the back, “Great job kid! It’s about time someone put that freak in his place.”
“Thank you Jack…now, I need to get back to the Redemption. Naverra is going to kill me…” Luke said, with a wan smile on his face.
The collected members of SG-1 got a good laugh at that, it relieved the lingering tension in the gate room. Of course Teal’c didn’t laugh, but that’s just how the stoic Jaffa acted. All of them helped Luke out of the room though, the Jedi wasn’t joking when he said he was exhausted.
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Ida Galaxy
Asgard Empire
Orilla
July 16th 2004
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Meanwhile, in the Ida Galaxy, a decidedly more positive event was going on. Well, more positive than Anubis’ attack, not the demise of the Goa’uld Lord. But the Asgard didn’t know what was happening on Earth, aside from Heimdal on the Bifrost anyway. But the majority of the Asgard people were watching the revival of some of their old allies…the crew of the Aurora.
“We are ready to begin the mind transfer Supreme Commander,” an Asgard scientist said.
Thor nodded his head slightly and gave a hand signal to start the process. As the group of Asgard looked on, the main computer of the Aurora flashed with brilliant white light. Slowly but surely, it was separating the minds of the crewmembers, and transferring them into new bodies. It had taken serious work on the Asgard’s part to build the bodies, but it was worth it, as the first of the clones opened his eyes.
“Where am I?” the man asked in Alteran…with a distinct Lantean accent(1).
“You are on Orilla, the Capital of the Asgard Empire,” Thor answered, using a translator to allow him to communicate with the man.
The Lantean man turned his head to look at Thor, his eyes widening slightly, “The Asgard…you were such a young race though, how could you have found the Aurora?”
“You have been in stasis for over ten thousand years. In that time my people have grown in power and technology,” Thor answered patiently, as other Lanteans started to wake up.
The man turned his head again and slowly pushed himself up, not used to the new body. Shock was still written across his face though, as he saw the Aurora’s computer continuing to glow.
"How am I alive then? Our stasis pods are incapable of sustaining our lives for that long. Is this just a simulation?”
“No it is not a simulation. You’re bodies would have indeed died if we had attempted to awaken them. Thus, we have used our cloning technology to transfer you and your crews minds to new bodies.”
“Clone bodies? And you transferred our minds from the Aurora’s computers? Amazing…”
If Thor were human he would be wearing a grin at the awe in the Lantean’s voice. After all, the Alterans/Lanteans/Ancients were the pinnacle of technology in the known galaxies. But considering that he was an Asgard, a blink of his large eyes sufficed for Thor.
“Are you able to stand? We need to run tests to ensure the bodies are stable,” Thor said.
The Lantean nodded and slowly got to his feet. He seemed somewhat unstable, which was to be expected considering he hadn’t used a real body in millennia. But as the man slowly got used to his body, he was able to move around freely. It was both younger and fitter than his old one, and it showed. Soon enough the man was able to jog in place, and after getting used to that he walked over to Thor.
“This body is amazing. I must thank you for saving my crew and I from a fate worse than death,” the man said, bowing slightly.
Thor nodded slightly, “It is not I you should be thanking. It was the Furlings and some of your own people who revived Atlantis and found the Aurora. All my people have done is help secure your ship and transfer your crew to the new bodies.”
“Ah…the Furlings. They were always good friends and allies. Whom of my people found Atlantis?” the Lantean man asked, still a little out of it from the mind transfer. He didn’t even question Atlantis being abandoned in the first place.
Thor picked up on that, but didn’t say anything about it. He had bigger problems to worry about than explaining everything to the man in front of him. He would figure it out eventually, and that would be when another Asgard would explain things. So Thor jumped into other things to explain.
“You would not know of them, as they left Pegasus to explore Corusca. They left after your warship was attacked, and have only recently returned,” the Asgard answered.
“Why would we send an expedition to Corusca when the Wraith were winning the war? We couldn’t afford to lose any of our ships at such a crucial juncture,” the Lantean said softly.
“It was a Furling vessel. The Redemption was sent to gather aid from the renegade group in Corusca,” Thor replied.
The Lantean nodded slightly, “The mission failed didn’t it?”
“It did, all that was left of the Furlings in Corusca were legends of a ‘Celestial Empire’,” Thor said.
“Thank you for answering my questions Supreme Commander. I request to be allowed back on board my ship,” the man said.
“You can return to the Aurora as soon as your crew is revived. I wish you luck Captain Sarli,” Thor replied.
Captain Sarli nodded and walked over to his crew. Soon enough they would head back to the newly repaired Aurora and head back to Pegasus. They had been unable to stop the Wraith the first time…and they were determined to make up for that failure this time.
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AN: And there was the chapter. Now on to explanations...some of you are probably going to be wondering why Luke couldn't get as much power from the Force, or how Oma showing up allowed him to get more power. That is the way I am viewing the Force in this universe. It is, to put it simply, the collected power of the Galaxy's (MW, Corusca, Pegasus, it doesn't matter) Ascended Beings.
The midichlorian count is a measure of how well they can tap into that power, thus Force 'sensitivity'. But they could have blood made up of nothing but MC's, it wouldn't matter if the Ascended Beings refused to let their power be used. For example, in Corusca, the Furlings/Celestials jump started the Jedi/Sith and let them use their power more or less freely. But in Pegasus or the MW, the Ancients would be far more leery of people using their accumulated power. Luke can still access the power (as could any Jedi/Sith), but he can't use much of it. Thus he isn't at full strength. It would be even worse in the Ori Galaxy, where even if a Jedi could use the power, they would only get Dark Side effects from it (tying into how the Priors look like KOTOR versions of Sith).
As for the green lightning, that was a result of the shear amount of power Luke was channeling. It manifested in the form of that attack, and Luke's inherent power (how he can use the Force even with the Ancients actively holding back most of their power (not all, most)) mixing with an unrestrained tap into the Ancients. Thus he was able to fry Anubis, as opposed to him just being in eternal battle with Oma.
And one final note on the Force front...you can look at the MC as the middle-men. They help connect the physical plane with the Ascended planes, allowing a Force Sensitive being to use the Ascended's power.
And finally, that (1) was related to the Lantean accent. I figure that the Lanteans wouldn't have invented a whole new language, so they just have a noticeable accent compared to Alterans.
That is all.
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Milky Way Galaxy
Orion Arm
Sol System
United Earth Republic
Earth
July 16th 2004
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A flash of purple light announced the arrival of several vessels in the orbit of planet Earth. First in the formation was the massive and elegant Redemption. Following close behind it was the amphibian looking Bifrost, the pyramid shaped Liberator and the deadly looking Daedalus. The last vessel still bore slight scorch marks from its battle with the Aschen.
Since that battle, more and more Jaffa worlds fell to the powerful Aschen. And it wasn’t just the Jaffa…Ba’al and the System Lords were just as easy of targets. Anubis’s successor refused any aid, and attacked anyone who got near his systems. The System Lords had made numerous calls for aid from both the UER and the Alteran/Furling Remnant. But they weren’t going to help the Goa’uld unless they turned over power to the Tok’ra and Jaffa.
Of course, that didn’t mean that Earth and the Remnant hadn’t fought the Aschen…the Free Jaffa Nation was still their allies after all. But it wasn’t an easy task to undertake, as the three nations combined only had about twenty ships…twenty ships to the Aschen’s hundreds. But that was where Luke’s new friends from Corusca came in. They were currently standing guard over Chulak, the Jaffa Capital, allowing the ships currently in Earth orbit to move onto other missions.
“Message from Olympus sir…they want confirmation of our IFFs,” a Furling communications officer called out on the Redemption’s bridge.
From his position at the Captains chair, Luke nodded his head, “Of course, send them the IFF codes.”
The Furling nodded herself, and set about the job. Soon enough, a flash of light announced the arrival of the second ship in the Daedalus class, the Odyssey. It had even more improvements to the original design that the Daedalus herself, and it showed. Large weapons emplacements marked the first Earth built turbolaser turrets, and despite the IFF all of them were trained on the Redemption.
Hmm…I have to applaud their security measures, Luke thought, slightly impressed by how well the UER was adapting to being a major space power.
“This is the UERS Odyssey, is that you Redemption?” a voice came over the radio.
“This is the FES Redemption, we read you loud and clear Odyssey,” a Republic crewmember answered.
“You think they would have noticed the Daedalus…”an inexperienced crew member muttered.
“Quiet over there, they have to be careful to make sure we aren’t Aschen,” an older crewmember said.
While the crew continued to talk amongst themselves, Luke got another message in for the Odyssey. It did seem odd that they were so cautious, considering what the small battle group was made up of. So he sent a query and waited for a reply. He got it quickly enough too…
“We are being so cautious because the SGC is on lock down. Somehow Anubis survived and has infiltrated the base. We can’t let anyone too close to Earth, there is too much risk of him taking over one of our ships,” came the reply.
Luke frowned at that answer, and cast out feelers in the Force. But he couldn’t get a reading from more than the outlying ships in his group. For some reason, Luke couldn’t connect to the Force like he used to. And it had been that way ever since he had arrived in the Milky Way. But even with that, it was still possible to feel the dark center of power that represented Anubis. It was that much power…Luke hadn’t felt anything like it since Palpatine and his own father. And he knew it wasn’t his power that allowed him to feel Anubis…it was the Goa’uld Dark Lord attempting to draw him in. And Luke wasn’t one to back down from a challenge like this…not when people he considered friends were in danger.
“I appreciate the concern for our safety, but I must get to the SGC. I am the only one in this galaxy who can confront Anubis,” Luke said, before the Redemption shot forward towards Earth.
The smaller BC-304A quickly moved out of the way. Luke had more authority than they did, so they couldn’t keep him from heading for Earth. All they could do was keep the Bifrost, Liberator, and Daedalus back. For his part, Luke was trying his hardest to get a better connection to the Force. But it seemed like every time he was able to tap into his power, it would slip away. He felt no stronger than he did when he was first learning from old Ben…and it was not a good thing.
But Luke was a Jedi…and he would do everything in his power to help his allies in the UER. It helped that he had friends in the SGC in the form of Daniel, Jack, and Teal’c. So taking a deep breath and grabbing his lightsaber from its place in his chair, Luke stood up and vanished in a flash of green light.
*****
SGC
*****
As the flash from the Furling transporter died down, Luke found himself in a dimly lit room. It seemed that he had ended up in one of the areas of the SGC that had been sealed up. Luke carefully lit up his lightsaber, the green light illuminating the room. Judging from the amount of machines around him he had ended up in the ‘MALP Room’ as Jack had called it. If Luke remembered the maps of the SGC correctly, then the gate room was nearby. So he started moving towards that room…feeling the dark presence of Anubis heading in the same direction.
As Luke entered the hallways connecting the various parts of the SGC, he saw several people lying on the ground. A cursory glance with his Force senses showed them to be alive, just un-conscious. So Luke continued on, hoping to stop Anubis before he could reach the gate room. As the Jedi walked along, he noticed more and more signs of Anubis passing by. There was a dark aura suffusing everything, and it was almost a cloying feeling. Luke could feel the Dark Lord’s power seeping into his own Force aura, and it was powerful…entirely too powerful. It reminded him far too much of the Emperor…but with a long sigh, Luke moved forward again, using the shining light of his own power to clear the darkness.
The Jedi continued to walk down the halls of the SGC, homing in on Anubis. Soon enough, Luke reached the gate room, and he saw SG-1 gathered in the large room, surrounding the active Stargate. But standing near the gate was Jack O’Neill, and he was holding a gun on the rest of SG-1, in addition to them targeting him. At first Luke wondered why they were targeting their commander, but then Jack turned towards him…and Luke got a deep feeling of darkness from his friend. The feeling was the same as the traces Anubis had left all over the SGC…and the Jedi’s suspicions were confirmed when ‘Jack’ started to speak.
“Ah…the ‘Jedi’. I have read O’Neill’s memories of you…and you will make a far more suitable body!” ‘Jack’ said in the typical Goa’uld voice.
Luke’s eyes widened at that…Anubis had possessed his friend! But before he could do anything about it, a black mass of power left Jack’s body, and started to shoot towards Luke. The Jedi brought his brilliant green lightsaber up to block Anubis, and the dark cloud of energy recoiled slightly, seemingly burnt by the lightsaber. But it would take more than that to stop Anubis, and he moved forward again. Luke’s lightsaber continued to burn the half-Ascended Goa’uld, but the black mist forced its way slowly past the green blade.
Luke felt the first tendrils of Anubis’ dark power start to infect his body, and he was hard pressed to resist the Goa’uld. He pushed his connection to the Force…trying to get more power to counter Anubis. But the Force remained tantalizingly out of reach. Luke felt more and more of his soul being overtaken by Anubis’ power…until a flash of light made the Goa’uld flinch back. Standing between Luke and Anubis was a tall woman with dark hair.
Of the group in the gate room, only Daniel recognized her, and that was from his repressed Ascended memories.
“Oma Desala…how are you here now?” the archeologist asked in shock.
Oma ignored him however, and looked over her shoulder at Luke. The Jedi was almost blinded by the Force power coming off this woman…it was every bit as bright as Ben and Yoda had been, but much more powerful.
“Jedi Luke Skywalker…I am here to help you fight Anubis. My fellow Ancients will never allow me to fight him myself, but I can help your connection to our power,” Oma said calmly.
Luke felt a sudden surge in his powers. He could feel the Force in all its glory again…the bright power enveloping him in a warm feeling. Luke turned back to Anubis, the specter of the Goa’uld Lord flinching away from the bright light encompassing both Luke and Oma.
The Jedi Knight stepped past the Ancient woman, raising his hands to Anubis. As he did so, he gave himself completely over to the Force. And as Luke felt the Force flowing through his body, bolts of green lightning shot out from his fingers. Despite how similar the attack was to what Palpatine had used over Endor…Luke felt no Dark Side taint. The attack he was using was the pure power of the Light Side personified, and as the green bolts engulfed Anubis, the specter let out a horrendous shriek. The dark mist was being vaporized by the cleansing power of Luke’s lightning, until nothing was left. Anubis was dead…a feat that even Oma would have been unable to do on her own.
Luke sunk to his knees, absolutely drained from drawing more power from the Force than he ever had before. Oma smiled at the young Jedi, before fading from view, her job complete. SG-1 ran up to Luke, all of them in shock of what they had just witnessed. Even Jack was able to muster the strength to get up to Luke, despite his own possession by Anubis.
“Are you okay Luke?” Daniel asked, helping Luke to his feet.
The Jedi nodded tiredly, “Yes I am…I don’t know how, but I was more in touch with the Force than I have ever been before…Anubis won’t be troubling you again.”
Jack clapped Luke on the back, “Great job kid! It’s about time someone put that freak in his place.”
“Thank you Jack…now, I need to get back to the Redemption. Naverra is going to kill me…” Luke said, with a wan smile on his face.
The collected members of SG-1 got a good laugh at that, it relieved the lingering tension in the gate room. Of course Teal’c didn’t laugh, but that’s just how the stoic Jaffa acted. All of them helped Luke out of the room though, the Jedi wasn’t joking when he said he was exhausted.
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Ida Galaxy
Asgard Empire
Orilla
July 16th 2004
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Meanwhile, in the Ida Galaxy, a decidedly more positive event was going on. Well, more positive than Anubis’ attack, not the demise of the Goa’uld Lord. But the Asgard didn’t know what was happening on Earth, aside from Heimdal on the Bifrost anyway. But the majority of the Asgard people were watching the revival of some of their old allies…the crew of the Aurora.
“We are ready to begin the mind transfer Supreme Commander,” an Asgard scientist said.
Thor nodded his head slightly and gave a hand signal to start the process. As the group of Asgard looked on, the main computer of the Aurora flashed with brilliant white light. Slowly but surely, it was separating the minds of the crewmembers, and transferring them into new bodies. It had taken serious work on the Asgard’s part to build the bodies, but it was worth it, as the first of the clones opened his eyes.
“Where am I?” the man asked in Alteran…with a distinct Lantean accent(1).
“You are on Orilla, the Capital of the Asgard Empire,” Thor answered, using a translator to allow him to communicate with the man.
The Lantean man turned his head to look at Thor, his eyes widening slightly, “The Asgard…you were such a young race though, how could you have found the Aurora?”
“You have been in stasis for over ten thousand years. In that time my people have grown in power and technology,” Thor answered patiently, as other Lanteans started to wake up.
The man turned his head again and slowly pushed himself up, not used to the new body. Shock was still written across his face though, as he saw the Aurora’s computer continuing to glow.
"How am I alive then? Our stasis pods are incapable of sustaining our lives for that long. Is this just a simulation?”
“No it is not a simulation. You’re bodies would have indeed died if we had attempted to awaken them. Thus, we have used our cloning technology to transfer you and your crews minds to new bodies.”
“Clone bodies? And you transferred our minds from the Aurora’s computers? Amazing…”
If Thor were human he would be wearing a grin at the awe in the Lantean’s voice. After all, the Alterans/Lanteans/Ancients were the pinnacle of technology in the known galaxies. But considering that he was an Asgard, a blink of his large eyes sufficed for Thor.
“Are you able to stand? We need to run tests to ensure the bodies are stable,” Thor said.
The Lantean nodded and slowly got to his feet. He seemed somewhat unstable, which was to be expected considering he hadn’t used a real body in millennia. But as the man slowly got used to his body, he was able to move around freely. It was both younger and fitter than his old one, and it showed. Soon enough the man was able to jog in place, and after getting used to that he walked over to Thor.
“This body is amazing. I must thank you for saving my crew and I from a fate worse than death,” the man said, bowing slightly.
Thor nodded slightly, “It is not I you should be thanking. It was the Furlings and some of your own people who revived Atlantis and found the Aurora. All my people have done is help secure your ship and transfer your crew to the new bodies.”
“Ah…the Furlings. They were always good friends and allies. Whom of my people found Atlantis?” the Lantean man asked, still a little out of it from the mind transfer. He didn’t even question Atlantis being abandoned in the first place.
Thor picked up on that, but didn’t say anything about it. He had bigger problems to worry about than explaining everything to the man in front of him. He would figure it out eventually, and that would be when another Asgard would explain things. So Thor jumped into other things to explain.
“You would not know of them, as they left Pegasus to explore Corusca. They left after your warship was attacked, and have only recently returned,” the Asgard answered.
“Why would we send an expedition to Corusca when the Wraith were winning the war? We couldn’t afford to lose any of our ships at such a crucial juncture,” the Lantean said softly.
“It was a Furling vessel. The Redemption was sent to gather aid from the renegade group in Corusca,” Thor replied.
The Lantean nodded slightly, “The mission failed didn’t it?”
“It did, all that was left of the Furlings in Corusca were legends of a ‘Celestial Empire’,” Thor said.
“Thank you for answering my questions Supreme Commander. I request to be allowed back on board my ship,” the man said.
“You can return to the Aurora as soon as your crew is revived. I wish you luck Captain Sarli,” Thor replied.
Captain Sarli nodded and walked over to his crew. Soon enough they would head back to the newly repaired Aurora and head back to Pegasus. They had been unable to stop the Wraith the first time…and they were determined to make up for that failure this time.
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AN: And there was the chapter. Now on to explanations...some of you are probably going to be wondering why Luke couldn't get as much power from the Force, or how Oma showing up allowed him to get more power. That is the way I am viewing the Force in this universe. It is, to put it simply, the collected power of the Galaxy's (MW, Corusca, Pegasus, it doesn't matter) Ascended Beings.
The midichlorian count is a measure of how well they can tap into that power, thus Force 'sensitivity'. But they could have blood made up of nothing but MC's, it wouldn't matter if the Ascended Beings refused to let their power be used. For example, in Corusca, the Furlings/Celestials jump started the Jedi/Sith and let them use their power more or less freely. But in Pegasus or the MW, the Ancients would be far more leery of people using their accumulated power. Luke can still access the power (as could any Jedi/Sith), but he can't use much of it. Thus he isn't at full strength. It would be even worse in the Ori Galaxy, where even if a Jedi could use the power, they would only get Dark Side effects from it (tying into how the Priors look like KOTOR versions of Sith).
As for the green lightning, that was a result of the shear amount of power Luke was channeling. It manifested in the form of that attack, and Luke's inherent power (how he can use the Force even with the Ancients actively holding back most of their power (not all, most)) mixing with an unrestrained tap into the Ancients. Thus he was able to fry Anubis, as opposed to him just being in eternal battle with Oma.
And one final note on the Force front...you can look at the MC as the middle-men. They help connect the physical plane with the Ascended planes, allowing a Force Sensitive being to use the Ascended's power.
And finally, that (1) was related to the Lantean accent. I figure that the Lanteans wouldn't have invented a whole new language, so they just have a noticeable accent compared to Alterans.
That is all.