Chapter 211

Ida Galaxy

The planet was a world of abundant plant and animal life. Thick forests, fertile valleys of dark and rich soil, and rivers teaming with aquatic life graced the lone supercontinent. Deep oceans also full of life down to their staggering depths surrounded the single large land mass. Twenty miles inland from this ocean, scattered in neighboring valleys, a collection of two hundred person camps sat.

Resembling the mountain towns that dotted the Pacific Northwest of the United States during the 1800's, each of these settlements was a collection of orderly aligned wooden cabins. Each cabin came with its own small garden for the tenants use to provide fruit and vegetables. To supplement these, small game and fishing provided everything the Jaffa might need. Directly outside of each camps perimeter, small orchards of apple, pear, and orange trees sat.

Upon arrival on this world, Bra'tac had gathered the surviving Traditionalist Jaffa so that he might address them at one time. Before he could begin his address, the rescued Traditionalist Jaffa began to demand their freedom. Their only wish was to continue their war against the Progressive sect of their race, along with their now lost war with the Tauri. Bra'tac had explained that on this world the Traditionalist were free, but that freedom came at a price.

That price was the end of their fight against the races of the Milky Way. Simply put, their wars were over. The fact that they were in a galaxy foreign to them was made clear. When demands were made for their return to regions of space familiar to them, Bra'tac made clear the point that their wishes would not be granted. Were he to return them to the Milky Way, and if they resumed their war as they clearly wised to do, he explained that no one would intercede on their behalf. To put a finer point on it, the Tauri would bring about the death of all Traditionalist Jaffa and their supporters. This last point was one the Jaffa found themselves having no trouble in believing.

With their movement a failure, a new way was needed for these surviving members of the Traditionalist movement. Bra'tac, ascended Ancient's, and members of the Furling would guide them towards a new path and a new way of living. Putting aside their past as warriors to false gods, the Traditionalist's would instead be steered towards a future built upon a foundation of peace. Turning their swords into plowshares, the relocated Jaffa would in time focus on hunting, agriculture, and the pursuit of purity of mind.

Mimicking the ascension cloister once stumbled upon in the Pegasus galaxy, guidance towards the clarity of mind that someday might lead towards ascension would be made available. The hours of meditation each would put forth every day in coming years could also rid these fighting men of the malice each held so close in his or her heart. While it was not a perfect plan, it was a plan.

Andromeda Galaxy

Two hundred and seventy light years from the planet where Videum made its new home, sat the most destructive force in the universe. This black hole had formed millions of years before. Tracing its origins to a collapsed O class blue giant, this black hole had forever altered space around it. Upon formation, the black hole had slowly torn apart a nearby star and its surrounding planets. Several million years later, a second solar system met its end when the gravitational pull of the black hole had seized hold of the celestial bodies.

Whereas this singularity had once brought destruction to the space surrounding it, a new purpose would now be served. Taking shape nearby was a super gate. The ninety individual modules that made up the gate, once networked together, would draw power from the singularity. A second gate was also nearing completion in the Pegasus galaxy. Making use of the gate once complete would allow for fleet support of Videum from Tauri assets in both Pegasus and the Milky Way. Asgard fleet units would also be able to make use of the gate. The growing network of super gates would do for vessels what the stargate networks had done for the many races that made use of them.

Joining the already complete and functional network of three super gates, these would bring the total to five. This would allow both the Tauri and Asgard to explore corners of the universe that were previously too distant to merit exploratory missions. In coming years, the network would be further expanded to other galaxies within the local cl.u.s.ter. While Pegasus Dwarf was home to Atlantis and its own super gate nearing completion, Pegasus Spherical, Canis Major, Sagittarius Dwarf, Ursa Minor, and Draco Dwarf would one day have examples of their own. Each of these galaxies would one day also have dedicated city sh.i.p.s and exploratory missions of their own.

Lacking planetary gate networks, these galaxies would someday soon have them. A planned second construction phase of seed sh.i.p.s would ensure that. Humankind and their Asgard allies would soon expand their horizons by several orders of magnitude.

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