The commander glowered at the man, his eyes narrowed to slits as he fiddled with the controls. "If we can get close enough to those ships..." he said absently to himself as they drifted closer to the stargate. He looked up and glared at Protheus again. "Your acting like an uneducated pleb!" he groused annoyed and irritated. Infuriated that he would have to be stuck in a pod with a man who wanted to kill him. Who'd come aboard his ship, "bloody aliens" he groused under his breath and finished fiddling.<br/><br/>The pod lurched from it's current path as the thrusters activated and was caught up in the stream of fighters being brought inside the large star class civilian ships. There were too many fighters to fit. Their pod was brought into the holding bay which soon filled up and sealed itself. "Well looks like were on one of yours. Care to introduce me to the locals or are you going to keep trying to get us both killed?<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>The last three remaining civilian ships were quickly filled up of fighters, but that left at least a dozen more fighters without a larger ship to take them on hovering around the civilian ships as they slowly entered the stargate.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Eduian blinked at Mystique. "I'm fine, we don't have time for me to be hurt," he said blinking again trying to clear the clouds from his gaze. He saw the panel alight with a few warning and frowned just as they hit the event horizon. "Damnation we have unknowns inboard, in the air duct," he said frowning again. "I don't know if they are friendlies or not."<br/><br/>Eduian refocused his gaze from the panel to Mystique, "I am sorry you are loossing everything.  I'm sorry everyone is loosing everything. I just wished..." his words trailed away as they exited the stargate and alarms began to blare. They were in unknown space and their navigational charts were going crazy. Flashing warnings and everything, "What in heaven's name?" he said rising unsteadily to his feet and swaying slightly feeling light headed, "Were not in known space...." he said and sat back down heavily.<br/><br/>"move us out of the way, other ships are coming," he said to the stunned pilots. Then to Mystique, "It's a good thing you brought those books we might be here a while." he looked at the archaic stargate and frowned heavily, "no one's going to be able to get that old thing to work..."<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Zir was busy fiddling with his console when they entered his room. He always thought of the mechanical engine room as his. It was his wasn't it? He had made some adaptations to the room over the years. Now he had it just perfect. Just the way he liked it. He looked over mid way through something.<br/><br/>"Be careful. The smaller bomb is more volatile then usual. So don't drop it or you'll be the first one obliterated and I'll go kick your ass in hell," he said frowning. He pushed the link, "Dare they have the bomb, get ready." And with that he turned away. He was never one for small talk. Or anything of the kind under fire. Unless they were drinking he wasn't speaking to anyone for long about anything that wasn't absolutely relevant to the mission.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Skar looked at his monitors as a man spoke in Aridiannian to him<span style="font-style: italic">"The fighters can't withstand the forces my lord they need to land,"</span>Skar nodded. His nod saying it for him. Do it and quickly. The man barked out orders and the fighters withdrew into the two large docking bays that made up the Aridian fighter transports behind him. The transport flanked him. Shields were on max and Skar glowered at the female.<br/><br/>"I certainly hope so, because if that gate goes bad it'll take the planet and the rest of the system with it. That will destabilize this sector of space for nigh on a billion years or more. Now disable your gravitational well so we can get out of this mess you put us in!" Skar's words were sharp and angry. There was no way he was staying here and being sucked into a black hole of a stargate because she didn't want anyone escaping. He was the crowned prince of aridia! Damnation he was royalty! He was a fierce warrior. He wasn't a traitor! To be treated this way.<br/><br/>Nervous energy always made Skar angry and contemptuous. Right now he was being purposefully verbose about his feelings.