Chapter 51 (1/2)

Lord Protector Planet

With a thought Rodney began adding power to the sub-light engines. Around the city dust and dirt flew through the air as the great city slowly inched itself free of its earthy tomb. From the many fields of wheat in the distance and the newly constructed city people watched in awe as the city-ship rose from the surface. Continuing to add power to the sub light engines the city began to accelerate upwards. Massive amounts of dust bellowed from the ground below.

”That's quite a sight” whispered Eckhart.

Climbing higher into the atmosphere the city ship continued to rise. In moments they would pass through the upper atmosphere of the planet and transition into the cold void of space.

”Athena, we have achieved atmospheric exit. All systems in the green” stated Lee.

”Borealis, this is Athena. Copy last. Can you give an approximation on where you intend to enter hyperspace” asked Eckhart.

”Athena, we will enter Hyperspace beyond the outer moon in forty five seconds” responded Lee.

”Godspeed Borealis” answered Eckhart.

Gracefully slipping past Athena and breaking free of the gravitational pull of the planet and moons Borealis brought the star drive online for the first time in ten thousand years. With a massive flare of blue light from the Stardrive below Borealis jumped into the opening window of hyperspace and vanished.

Hermes

Having once before visited the system containing the planet of Tuat Colonel Mitchell knew to exit hyperspace outside of the solar system. Under cover of cloak the Hermes quickly entered the system at full sub light. Her long range Asgard sensors scanned the depths before them.

”Sensors, what have you got” asked Mitchell.

”Sensors are detecting massive amounts of residual radiation that was not present before” answered the sensor operator.

””And what of our Jaffa friends” asked Cam.

”Nothing yet sir. It's possible we won't be able to detect them until we're closer to Tuat” replied the sensor operator.

Continuing her path towards the planet Hermes stealthily stalked ahead. The power of her sub light engines made it a short trip before her sensors began registering new findings.

”Sensors are detecting energy signatures in diamond shaped formation all around us. Looks like possibly a mine field based on the deployment patters at work. We're also detecting large amounts of wreckage, looks to be Ha'tak, glider, and Al'kesh sir” stated the sensor operator.

”Give me a visual on the wreckage. Keep us clear of the mines” ordered Cam.

The holographic display appeared on the control bridge of Hermes. The video feed showed the remains of a great battle here. In all directions shredded remains of Ha'tak class vessels were adrift. This had been a very nasty fight indeed.

”Sensors are detecting multiple contacts in orbit” said the sensor operator.

”Give me a visual” answered Cam.

On the screen could be seen countless numbers of Ha'tak vessels. In the center of this mass of sh.i.p.s sat a mothership of massive proportions. The Jaffa had no such ship it was widely known.

”That isn't Jaffa at all. Give me detailed scans of the mothership, I want to know everything we can on it. It looks like our friends didn't do so well here at all. The moment scans are complete get us out of this solar system so we can transmit our data to Earth. The Jaffa need to know what happened here” said an angry Cam.

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