i've been thinking... and i've figured it out...
since Atlantis started on earth (both the show and the city) it is only fitting that it end on earth... (plus it would tie atlantis back in with the SG1 series as well it should)
plus i mean, whats the point of all the "atlantis is the only gate that can dial earth and the asurans and the wraith and probably the genii on some level want to get to earth" if none of them ever do?
in our (SGC / Earth) arrogance after the defeat of the Asurans, we triple our presence in pegasus by sending a second atlantis-sized expedition whose mission is to establish a base of operations and research on a planet in a quadrant considered both safe from the wraith, and close to atlantis... due to our increased civilian population in pegasus, we triple our military presence as well as send through 6 asgard enhanced ships, and any anti-asuran weaponry we may develop this season...
the increased presence, and off world missions both scientifically and recon... pisses off both the wraith and genii... the wraith unify, and the genii ally with them (like japan and germany did in ww2)and the wraith unleash the full fury of their race upon the tau'ri in pegasus, first by sniping our off world teams, until we stop sending them, then going after our allies (via information they gathered from the genii, those b4st4rds )... due to this now full scale war in pegasus, a Navy SEAL team is sent to pegasus with 1 ission: to acquire as 7 fully functional ZPMs... 3 for Atlantis, plus 3 backups, and an extra for earth... at any cost... which, bc they're SEALs, they do...
so because the wraith are picking off our allies now, we go back out in a larger force, taking the fight to them, and while we're doing that (us vs a small fraction of them), they swoop around the backside of the galaxy and attack Atlantis with the full remainder of their race
meanwhile, they've managed to get a spy into atlantis who finds the location of earth, once this info is uploaded to every single ship in the galaxy, they stop the war and leave immediately for earth... we figure this out, power up atlantis with 3 full zpms, and a full stock of drones which the SEALs were nice enough to go back out and get... and set off for earth...
the stardrive manages to get atlantis to earth a mere few hours before everyone else... and they land... on earth... in antarctica... right where it belongs... needless to say, there was no hiding this from the public... especially not when the rest of the wraith from pegasus drop out of hyperspace close enough to earth to create a massively spectacular light show... our fleet of MW based ships intercept them right away, and give them a run for their money... until everyone else drops in... its a simlpe war of numbers, and we are not Spartans... even with the asgard improvements and a portion of the jaffa fleet, their numbers are simlpy too much...
until...
atlantis, complete with full zpm's and connected to the rest of the base (which we've discovered is massive compared to atlantis), opens fire...
our ships and the jaffa cloak and retreat to the Ort Cloud and begin herding the enemy's fleet towards Earth... its only a matter of time before they're taken out by atlantis's massive firepower which, in addition to the drones, includes several larger scale weapons activated only by the presence of the city-ship, and 2 Aurora class ships activated by atlantis too... (one of which is commanded by O'Neill)...
after several days of fighting, we eventually win... though with obvious casualties on our side... including the planet Mars... and the inability to hide what happened from the residents of earth...
it ends with earth being declared the main base of operations for Atlantis, which is now the new home of the SGC... and the closing scene is 5-star General O'Neill (being promoted to commander of all earth forces during the war) standing with SG-1 to his right, and the main Atlantis crew to his left, addressing the world from Atlantis...
since Atlantis started on earth (both the show and the city) it is only fitting that it end on earth... (plus it would tie atlantis back in with the SG1 series as well it should)
plus i mean, whats the point of all the "atlantis is the only gate that can dial earth and the asurans and the wraith and probably the genii on some level want to get to earth" if none of them ever do?
in our (SGC / Earth) arrogance after the defeat of the Asurans, we triple our presence in pegasus by sending a second atlantis-sized expedition whose mission is to establish a base of operations and research on a planet in a quadrant considered both safe from the wraith, and close to atlantis... due to our increased civilian population in pegasus, we triple our military presence as well as send through 6 asgard enhanced ships, and any anti-asuran weaponry we may develop this season...
the increased presence, and off world missions both scientifically and recon... pisses off both the wraith and genii... the wraith unify, and the genii ally with them (like japan and germany did in ww2)and the wraith unleash the full fury of their race upon the tau'ri in pegasus, first by sniping our off world teams, until we stop sending them, then going after our allies (via information they gathered from the genii, those b4st4rds )... due to this now full scale war in pegasus, a Navy SEAL team is sent to pegasus with 1 ission: to acquire as 7 fully functional ZPMs... 3 for Atlantis, plus 3 backups, and an extra for earth... at any cost... which, bc they're SEALs, they do...
so because the wraith are picking off our allies now, we go back out in a larger force, taking the fight to them, and while we're doing that (us vs a small fraction of them), they swoop around the backside of the galaxy and attack Atlantis with the full remainder of their race
meanwhile, they've managed to get a spy into atlantis who finds the location of earth, once this info is uploaded to every single ship in the galaxy, they stop the war and leave immediately for earth... we figure this out, power up atlantis with 3 full zpms, and a full stock of drones which the SEALs were nice enough to go back out and get... and set off for earth...
the stardrive manages to get atlantis to earth a mere few hours before everyone else... and they land... on earth... in antarctica... right where it belongs... needless to say, there was no hiding this from the public... especially not when the rest of the wraith from pegasus drop out of hyperspace close enough to earth to create a massively spectacular light show... our fleet of MW based ships intercept them right away, and give them a run for their money... until everyone else drops in... its a simlpe war of numbers, and we are not Spartans... even with the asgard improvements and a portion of the jaffa fleet, their numbers are simlpy too much...
until...
atlantis, complete with full zpm's and connected to the rest of the base (which we've discovered is massive compared to atlantis), opens fire...
our ships and the jaffa cloak and retreat to the Ort Cloud and begin herding the enemy's fleet towards Earth... its only a matter of time before they're taken out by atlantis's massive firepower which, in addition to the drones, includes several larger scale weapons activated only by the presence of the city-ship, and 2 Aurora class ships activated by atlantis too... (one of which is commanded by O'Neill)...
after several days of fighting, we eventually win... though with obvious casualties on our side... including the planet Mars... and the inability to hide what happened from the residents of earth...
it ends with earth being declared the main base of operations for Atlantis, which is now the new home of the SGC... and the closing scene is 5-star General O'Neill (being promoted to commander of all earth forces during the war) standing with SG-1 to his right, and the main Atlantis crew to his left, addressing the world from Atlantis...
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