Notes: Sorry for the delay. Had it uploaded to doc manager on and forgot to actually post it live and so never posted it on TTH.

-Words in Italics are a different language, mostly Ancient.

-The first chapter had a few small changes and if I ever finish this, it will likely be re-edited and posted on AO3.

"We still haven't received a response?" Major General Hammond asked.

"No, but we do have the message on repeat every 5 minutes and if the ship is still there, we hope they'll respond, Sir." MSgt. Harriman informed Hammond.

"That is if they can even receive our type of communication or have a way to understand and communicate in our language." Captain Carter added as the rest of SG-1 were standing in the control room.

Major General Hammond nodded, "True. All we can do now is wait and I'm taking it as good news that they haven't taken any offensive actions against us, as far as we know."

"What about the streak in the sky that originated from Earth?" Colonel O'Neill asked.

"The pictures we received showed nothing more than that and so far, nothing has shown what it was. We can't confirm that it was an alien ship and the satellite that was monitoring the large ship, during the short time it was visible, showed nothing approaching it. Admittedly, it could have been cloaked before it left the ground and no radar was able to pick anything up." MSgt. Harriman told those in the control room.

"Still no reports from the public about sightings of the ship, Walter?" Daniel Jackson asked.

"No, Sir. There hasn't been a single reported sighting of the ship from the almost half-hour it was visible."

"While that seems unlikely, even with it in high orbit, what I want to know is why it took so long for us to get the report of the ship. Have you found anything out, Sir?" Colonel O'Neill asked the general.

"From what I've gathered it was a case of someone not being at their post as they should have been, monitoring the satellite feed, and then believing the images were a hoax. When they finally reported the images to their superior, they believed it to possibly be a hoax as well and investigated it before sending the images to us. I've impressed upon them that in the future they won't delay in relaying information to us, even if they believe it to be a hoax, and the one who wasn't at their post will be reprimanded and rotated out of NORAD." Major General Hammond informed the group.

The group shook their heads at the incompetence and disbelief that had delayed vital information so long; if the ship had been overtly hostile, they would have been completely without warning.

"If the measurements that have been reported are true, that ship is far larger than a Ha'tak or any Goa'uld vessel that I have witnessed and looks nothing like the Jaffa legends of Asgard ships," Teal'c told his companions.

MSgt. Harriman interrupted the group before they could continue their discussion. "Sir, we've just received reports of atmospheric entry, obviously controlled due to the angle of descent. Radar and satellites picked nothing up beforehand and still have no visual of a ship."

"Can a possible landing site be determined from the angle of descent?" Captain Carter asked as they read the reports.

"Southern California, somewhere in the Los Padres National Forest, if the course isn't changed once it reentered the atmosphere."

"We'll have SG-3 and 5 sent to Edwards, since that's close by, and have a squadron of fighters fly over the area." Major General Hammond commanded before leaving the control room for his own office, leaving SG-1 to look over the information that had been sent to MSgt. Harriman.

Xander stretched as he slowly woke up before giving himself a few minutes to think about what had happened last night. He had been fundamentally changed by a spell and now had the complete memories of another person; his life was forever changed and he wasn't sure if it would be a blessing or a curse. There must be a reason for Janus to interfere so obviously because while a rare few of the Lanteans had chosen a path of worship, the majority stuck to a no-interference policy if they were able to ascend.

The newly made Lantean could only wonder at what threats must be facing Terra, or the whole of Avalon, as that was the most likely reason Janus had interfered; though this was assuming that the god Janus was an Ascended and not some other being. It made him worry about the coming of an apocalypse or possibly the Wraith finding Terra; neither were thoughts Xander wanted to dwell on and left dread sitting hard and cold in his stomach.

When he finally rolled out of bed, he moved to settle himself into a wide slightly-crouching stance in the middle of the spacious room before beginning a type of constant motion meditation that Evander had practiced. Xander hoped it would bring a measure of peacefulness to his mind. He slowly moved through the motions that Evander had known so well, while breathing deeply and evenly. Xander used the movements that took more concentration than he expected, likely due to lack of muscle memory, to clear his chaotic mind and better assimilate the two sets of memories that he had.

Xander continued his moving meditation for over half-an-hour until he finally felt more mentally balanced and settled into his body. When he finished, he stood still and naturally let his breathing go back to normal. Then, he headed towards the shower because as he had plenty he wanted to do today and he needed to get a start on it.

There were the reports from the deep scan he had Curatrix run waiting for him and the knowledge repository had information from beyond Evander's memories that he and Willow would need to read. He only had the weekend before he would need to head back to Sunnydale and school, though he saw little point in high school with all the knowledge packed into his brain now; something he would have to think about later.

The warm water from the shower further relaxed him and he wasted little time getting clean. The room Xander was in was the Commander's quarters and were rather spacious; they contained an eclectic assortment of artifacts that Evander had collected and looked very lived in. The suite of rooms consisted of an office that was just down a hallway from the main bridge, a war room with a large holographic table, a sitting room, and a bedroom with closet and bathroom.

It was eerie how the ship looked so pristine and like just days before it had housed nearly a hundred Lanteans; to Evander's memories, it had. Xander could only hope that all the Lanteans that had come back to Terra, escaping the Wraith, found peace and for those that sought it, ascension.

Xander settled into the control chair after a short breakfast and talk with Willow, who was just as eager to dive into the reports from the deep scan and information from the knowledge repository. He connected with Curatrix and let the scan reports filter into his mind and allowed the information to integrate with what he already knew. There were few Alteran relay satellites left in this galaxy that were responding, possibly due to many being destroyed or powerless. The lack of relays hampered the amount of information his scans had returned about the multitude of ships in Avalon and the further from Terra's system, the less information he received. The satellite at the edge of Terra's system was nearly fully powered still and reported all activity in the solar system since the power source was replaced after the Lantean's return; there was limited activity over the past couple thousand years.

The scans of Terra showed the location of both Astria Porta, the original and one that had been added in the millions of years between the Lanteans leaving originally and coming back to Terra. When the Lantean Council had decided on returning to Terra, over continuing the war with the Wraith, the first exploratory team had come through a second gate into what would become Egypt and encountered a parasitic race that pretended to be gods. Evander, along with every still active ship, had gotten the report from the exploratory team along with orders to evacuate to Avalon from the Council, as returning to Atlantis was impossible due to the Wraith blockade. Though Evander hadn't left without a final attack against the Wraith, one that the Council wouldn't have likely approved due to the purposeful loss of a ship and damage to nearly half of a solar system.

There was a weak signal pinging Curatrix from Wyoming, south-east of Yellowstone Lake, that Xander would need to check out as soon as possible. Scans showed a massive underground structure of some sort that was likely run off geothermal energy since it was so close to a super volcano. The repository provided a basic layout of the multilevel underground structure that showed a massive space that was large enough to house a warship. Xander wondered if there really was another ship from his small fleet that could possibly be in working order or if it had been cannibalized for the material; Evander had made it to Terra with 3 warships after all, including his own-Curatrix.

There was also a repeated communication from Terra, something Curatrix had informed him of before he went to sleep, that he wasn't sure what to do with but decided to ignore for now; he would discuss a course of action with Willow later. It wasn't particularly important or urgent as Xander didn't believe Terra was even close to being able to act as a threat to them and he meant them no harm. Though there had been fighter jets in a search pattern over Los Padres that the gate ship's sensors had picked up when he and Willow had left after debriefing Giles; it was likely the military saw the exit and entry of the gate ship because while it was cloaked, the disturbance of the atmosphere was unavoidable. He would need to make sure his re-entry angle didn't lead to Sunnydale.

The most interesting thing about the communication was that it originated from the same area in Colorado as where the second gate was now located, though its Vocatus device was in Russia. Something he would investigate later but wasn't a pressing issue, as long as they weren't trying to use the gate without the device; as that could be incredibly dangerous.

There was evidence of a small lab in the Los Padres National Forest, which was North and East of Sunnydale; though there was no power signature coming from the lab. The lab was about 12 miles outside of city-limits and was nestled inside one of the many mountains in the area with the only access through a transporter ring. The information in the ship's repository dated the lab at nearly 20 million years and came with the information it had been tracking before it had lost power. The lab had monitored the thinness between dimensions in Sunnydale, along with any evidence of something crossing over, but its main function had been actually helping keep the dimensional 'fabric' from being ripped open and reducing the unique energy signature that the area produced that drew demons to it. Increased activity from over a thousand years before had drained the power source of the lab and no new information was available since then. It was something that Xander needed to look into as soon as possible, especially if they could re-power the lab because it would help keep the Hellmouth from being opened.

Another thing that he would need to investigate further was the small cloaked ship that was in orbit of the moon and another that was made from a similar alloy in Egypt; it wasn't the only thing on Terra with the same alloy either. They had all been discovered due to the scan parameters searching for anything with naquadah in it, as it was an element that was present in nearly all Lantean structures. The odd, and illogical, alloy of naquadah and gold was rather distinctive and from information in the repository from after Evander's memories, it came from a species called Goa'uld; the disturbing parasitic race that the displaced Lanteans had encountered after they came back to Terra and were in occasional dispute with. It was possible that some of the ships that Curatrix's sensors found in the galaxy belonged to these Goa'uld but Xander wouldn't know till he investigated further; hopefully researching the energy signature of the cloaked ship would yield enough to be able determine if any of these Goa'uld still existed by comparing energy signatures, if it hadn't changed significantly.

The knowledge repository had plenty of information about the Goa'uld; a parasitic species that had begun to use humans as host and presented themselves as gods to the primitive humans that the Lanteans had encountered when they had returned to Terra. There was an unproven theory that the Goa'uld were the offspring of some extra-dimensional being due to the incredibly unusual evolution of the species that didn't match with their planet of origin. The repository also held detailed reports of the space ships the species had utilized but it was likely, if the species was still around, that they had advanced over the past several thousand years. There was hard evidence that their technology was influenced by Alteran technology, which had likely been left in Avalon when most Alterans had left the galaxy; unfortunately, more technology had been left when the last Lanteans died or ascended. Xander was disappointed to find that the Lanteans had only opposed the Goa'uld a minimum amount and had left the beings mostly in control of regions of not just Terra but the galaxy; even as he reluctantly understood that they had been a group that just fled from a century-long war and wouldn't have wanted to be fully involved in another. Not that Xander (or Evander) agreed with the Lantean Council's decision that left the Wraith to continue to feed upon those left in the Pegasus galaxy with little to no opposition. If there hadn't been so many on Evander's own ship or the other 2 in his fleet that wished to return to Terra, then he would have stayed against orders but he hadn't been willing to split up his fleet with so few willing to stay behind.

The repository also showed information of three advanced races that the Lanteans had made an alliance with, only partially to oppose the Goa'uld; though the displaced Lanteans had contributed more to the research of Goa'uld and their ships and less to any actual offensive actions. Admittedly, most of the Lantean warships had been lost in the fight to the Wraith but not all; as Curatrix was evidence. Xander was incredibly interested in finding evidence of advanced allies that could possibly still be around and would need to thoroughly investigate more into the Asgard, Furlings, and Nox. Each race had been capable of space flight, though not all still used it, and much more beyond that; their alliance had resulted in shared technologies and philosophies that were beneficial to each race. None of the three races had originated in the Avalon galaxy but all had explored the galaxy to some extent before either settling or moving on; just the same as the Alterans had explored most of the local galaxies.

Xander found the Nox were the closest in age to the Alteran race and those that had settled in the Avalon galaxy, on a planet they named Gaia, had come from a galaxy nearly as far away as the Alteran's home galaxy, Altera. The Nox, same as the Lanteans, could live for many centuries, even without the help of advanced technology; which some Lanteans used to extend their lifespan even more. The Nox practiced a philosophy of absolute pacifism and non-violence, so strict that they wouldn't defend themselves, choosing to hide instead if they felt it necessary. They had a symbiotic relationship with nature and were able to manipulate metaphysical energies far beyond the capabilities of the displaced Lanteans; so much so, that they could bring their dead back to life. Their technology was just as advanced, if not more so in certain areas, as the Lanteans but the Nox did not have the same dependence on it. They also chose an isolationist stance and once settled they had rarely ventured forth from their planet. In regards to the Goa'uld, they had provided a few passive defenses and safe havens but had refused to take any action that would cause harm to any, even the Goa'uld. The most important contribution to the Lanteans had been the help to ascend for those that chose such a path and had been unable to do so without assistance; the Nox were equally capable of shedding their physical forms but had no desire to do so till they reached their true death and rejoined their energies with the universe.

The Furlings were not nearly as old as the Lanteans or Nox but a large group had settled in the Andromeda galaxy, which they had named Furlo, nearly half-a-million years before after leaving their home galaxy; which was around 10 million light years away. They had chosen the Andromeda galaxy due to the presence of certain naturally occurring elements that were more abundant there than any other local galaxy, which was necessary for their technology. The Furlings were a fairly peaceful race that had gained a non-violence philosophy from previous encounters with the Nox; though they were far less strict about it. The Furlings had naturally evolved much differently than the Lanteans, Nox, or even the Asgard; something that had interested some Lantean scientists. The small group of Furlings that had been in the Avalon galaxy had created hidden spaces for themselves and humans that were mostly safe from the Goa'uld but like the Nox hadn't taken any offensive actions, though they had defended themselves if they were ever directly attacked. Xander found information that they had taken some humans back to the Andromeda galaxy and he wondered if they were still there.

The Asgard had been by far the youngest of the advanced races, having only achieved spaceflight around 30,000 years before and had a recorded history of a little over 100,000 years. Of the four races in the alliance they had taken the most proactive stance against the Goa'uld and had been doing so for thousands of years before the Lanteans had returned to Avalon. The displaced Lanteans had eventually given the Asgard access to one of their knowledge repositories to help the race continue to act as protectors of the Avalon galaxy. Though there was information that the race had used extensive cloning technology to extend their lifespans, which was naturally much shorter than either the Lantean or Nox, and the Lanteans had pointed out significant problems with their process of cloning that could eventually cause irreversible damage to their genome; another reason for gifting them a repository was to help them reverse the damage done.

Of the three races, Xander hoped the Asgard still had a presence in the Avalon galaxy or their home galaxy, Ida. He was also interested in their ship designs and wondered how they had advanced over the past 10,000 years.

Xander would begin looking for signs that any of these advanced races were still in Avalon and hopefully be able to make peaceful contact if the Lanteans had once had an alliance with them. It was one of many things Xander made plans to do in the near future, a list that seemed to be growing exponentially. He would soon need to have a long conversation with Willow, along with Buffy and Giles.

He found that over the thousand years directly following the return to Terra from Atlantis, the amount of knowledge added to the repository decreased significantly till it was a tiny trickle that eventually stopped a few thousand years before; except for the rare automatic updates from labs that still had power, of which there were few. Many of the Lanteans that came from Atlantis sought ascension, several left Terra and possibly Avalon all together, and others joined the Nox or primitive societies of humans that were on Terra. The humans that had been found on Terra after leaving Atlantis were far less advanced than those who had lived before the plague that had spread and wiped out many of the Terrans and Alterans; which had caused them to leave Avalon in the first place several million years before.

The first generation of sentient life that the Alterans seeded in their image on Terra, therefore named Terrans, had been guided along by them, which helped the Terrans evolve and advance much more quickly than they would have done on their own. Over the many millions of years that Alterans had made Terra and all of Avalon their home, before the plague that had devastated the population, some of the Terrans advanced enough to became near equals and slowly started to interbreed with the Alterans.

The plague that wiped out much of the population started on a planet the Alterans had named Vis Uban, that was meant to be a crown jewel of their technological advancements that was even greater than the city-ships, and quickly spread to the other planets they occupied. Many Alterans and Terrans tried and succeeded in achieving ascension, as a way to escape the plague. All those that had still been on Terra, and in Avalon, and free of the plague had eventually evacuated in city-ships, such as Atlantis; which had been the last to leave Terra. The plague over many years almost wiped out the population that hadn't ascended before evacuating Avalon.

Before they left, many contaminated cities and labs on Terra and throughout Avalon were completely destroyed if they couldn't be sterilized and from the start all bodies had been incinerated. Both actions left little evidence of the Alterans presence from before their return to Terra, 10,000 years previously, except a few well-hidden labs and Terra's original Astria Porta. A cure wasn't discovered till several years after arriving in Pegasus but few wished to return to Terra so soon.

The second generation of sentient life that was seeded on Terra was created by the very last group of Alterans that left Avalon, hoping that the new Terrans would survive and thrive due to extreme measures of sterilization that had been used beforehand to eradicate any remnants of the plague. That generation didn't have the guidance from the Alterans and were unable to evolve and advance so quickly. The Lanteans that chose to join Terra's primitive societies after returning from Pegasus began to guide some of the groups and tribes and in some circumstances interbreed with them. They protected the societies they joined from interference from the Goa'uld; revealing them as false gods and protecting them from being used as a host.

It was several hours before Xander finally sat up and disengaged from the control chair, feeling like he should have a headache from all the knowledge he had gained while connected with the chair but his new advanced state had no problems processing massive amounts of data. It was almost unsettling to have so much knowledge from Evander that was crystal clear and he knew the Lantean's memories and life experiences had changed him. Plus, he could now recall all his own memories with perfect clarity as far back as a toddler; which made the abuse from his parents all the clearer, though he felt more detached from it.

Xander was interrupted from his train of thought by Willow, who called him to his office for a meeting; seemed she had picked up Buffy and Giles at some point and brought them to the ship.

The group was settled around a conference table in Xander's office and eating food brought by Willow when she had gone done to pick up Buffy and Giles. "Willow, we need to check out the transport ring in a cave system by Kingman's Bluff and if the cave system is still in good shape, we should use that from now on. We'll leave a cloaked gate ship in or near the cave system and find another place closer to the school to park it as well."

Willow nodded, poking at a tablet, while she ate absentmindedly. "Sure, we already gained some attention from the entry and exit tail that the gate ship leaves."

"Attention?" Giles asked worriedly.

Xander nodded before explaining. "There were fighter jets over Los Padres last night when we left after telling you what happened, they were in an obvious search pattern. There is also a repeated communication from an Air Force general that originated from Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado, also known as NORAD. So far, we haven't responded because we have the ship cloaked and they can't be sure we are here. They have an Astria Porta at the same location but not a Vocatus device, so it is unlikely they are using it. That's something we need to decide on how to handle, among other things."

"What exactly is an Astria Porta because the translation "Gate of the Stars" makes it seem like perhaps it relates to travel?" Xander knew that Giles would have plenty of questions, the man had even brought a note pad that had some already written down and he couldn't help but be slightly amused.

Willow messed with her tablet for a couple of moments before laying it down on the table and a hologram of an Astria Porta and it's Vocatus device appeared in the air and then showed an animation of opening a wormhole to another before beginning to explain.

"Exactly, it opens a stable artificial wormhole between two Astria Porta and allows one-way nearly instantaneous travel between two distant points. The original idea was created by an Alteran named Amelius, though his first designs weren't capable of connection across an entire galaxy and could only connect across a few local systems; mostly due to lack of power and a design that didn't contain enough naquadah. There are two on Terra, one that is the original that was placed by the Alterans, when a final design that allowed travel across an entire galaxy was achieved, which is over 50 million years old and another that is not nearly as old." Willow explained; knowing about the two gates from the reports that Xander had sent her while he was connected to the chair.

Giles and Buffy were both obviously surprised by this information.

"Over 50 million years?" Buffy asked stunned.

"Yes, the Alterans discovered Terra and the Avalon galaxy over 50 million years ago and many settled on Terra to begin with; though another settlement was simultaneously created on Praclarush, named Taonas. Terra is a Nexus point to other dimensions, realities, and universes and has very high concentrations of certain metaphysical energies; some of which people call magic. These metaphysical energies are woven in the 'fabric' of the universe and are incredibly important because they're required to a certain degree to sustain life of any kind; especially sentient and sapient life. Not all galaxies have a Nexus and those that do usually only have a single one but a rare few have 2 or 3; such as Avalon. The presence of a Nexus also influences the strength of 'magic', on the planet and the galaxy as a whole; an example would be that on Earth it is much easier to perform any kind of 'magic' but would be more difficult the further from a Nexus point and nearly impossible in a galaxy that didn't contain one." Willow continued to explain, obviously enjoying sharing her (and Salix's) knowledge.

"Nexus point?" Giles asked as he was quickly writing down what he was being told.

"Yes, think of the ley lines within Terra. These are mostly natural flows of metaphysical energy and they also exist in space and span across the entire universe, where on occasion multiple lines pass through a planet creating a Nexus point. A true Nexus point is the intersection of 3 or more lines of energy and the more lines, the more powerful the Nexus. This point is overflowing with certain energies that allow passage between various universes, realities, and dimensions; an example is the 'Hellmouth', which is a connection that has been forged to what you call a hell dimension. It is actually a reality that is so divergent from ours that it is unrecognizable and is unlikely to have even a single point of similarity with us. What you call pure demons or old ones are more likely to try to tear the 'fabric' of the universe and push through if they are capable; these extra-dimensional malevolent beings had a strong foothold on Terra when the Alterans found it. They worked to kill or push these 'pure demons' back into their own reality and began to...", Willow paused and tilted her head, trying to come up with an easily understood explanation, "repair the damage done to the 'fabric'. Though some demons held out much longer and infected several humans that the Alterans eventually seeded Terra with and when they eventually left Avalon due to a plague, some of their less pure offspring and tainted humans were able to regain a small foothold. And like you told us; the first Slayer killed the last pure demon."

"So, it was the Alterans that were the ones to truly break the hold that the old ones had on Earth? Much of the mythos that the Council holds says it was powerful mages, though I suppose sufficiently advance science could be seen as magic. Though they do have some rather vague mentions of a species called 'Gate Builders' but they were suspected to be some kind of benevolent beings that had powerful magic that allowed them to travel between dimensions and the gates they built helped with this."

"Interesting, I wonder what they might know or if they have any Alteran or Lantean artifacts?" Willow asked. "Maybe you can ask without drawing too much attention? Xander and I would prefer that you didn't tell the Council about us, at least for now." Xander hadn't been a part of that decision but he could see the intelligence of it, as the Watcher's Council hadn't exactly been a great help to Buffy; even though that was supposed to be their purpose.

Giles looked conflicted but gave a nod, "That might be the best path for now. Do you have a plan for how to deal with being contacted by the military?"

"Not really but for now it isn't a big deal. As I said, they can't be sure we are still here and as long as they aren't using the Astria Porta without it's Vocatus, then there is no urgent need to make contact. It is likely they don't even know what it is or how to get it to work." Xander explained.

"Using the Astria Porta without the Vocatus thing is a bad idea?" Buffy asked, using her finger to play with the hologram that was still projecting from Willow's tablet. She was turning the diagram of the inner workings of the Vocatus device around to view it from all angles.

Willow nodded, "Without it or a similar device there could be numerous incidents that could occur and some that could be so devastating as to destroy the entire planet, especially if they encounter a species that they make an enemy of that is more familiar with the Astria Porta and what it is capable of."

"So, definitely of the bad. Would they even be able to find a way to make it work without one?"

Willow nodded, "It's possible but not recommended because it is very unlikely with Terra's level of technology that they would be able to recreate every safety protocol from the Vocatus device that is in Russia; if they are even aware of it."

"Then let us hope they haven't, though you will still need to come up with an idea of how you plan to get in contact and present yourself to them if it becomes necessary."

Willow and Xander looked at each other, fingers touching gently under the table, before nodding. "We will and may ask you to be involved as well, depending."

Giles and Buffy agreed before Giles asked another question. "I would like to have a primer of the language you use if you could make one?"

Willow bounced in her seat, "Actually if you are willing, you won't need one. You and Buffy both have certain proteins and enzymes present that the scanner in the gate ship discovered. that means you have the activation gene that we do. Though both of yours is much less present and not entirely complete but still there and Buffy's is stronger. It means that you will be able to use a repository and learn the language that way, the information will be...downloaded into your brain and then slowly start to unravel."

Giles looked incredibly uncomfortable with that information but Buffy looked curious. "Does this mean that we have some of you guys in our ancestry?"

"Yes, and even closer for you Buffy. It's likely that both your parents carry the gene either active or dormant. Alterans had a gene that naturally developed as our race did, that was eventually strengthened artificially to increase our mental capabilities. The artificial strength was passed down naturally to offspring and became something we used as a 'genetic key' so that only we could operate our technology."

"So, we can use the stuff on the ship?" Buffy asked.

"Yes, though Giles will likely only be able to open doors, use the control panels in personal quarters, and certain other technology. He won't be able to fly one of the gate ships like you could, unless he wanted us to complete the gene. Which we could do for you as well, which is nearly complete as it is." Willow told Buffy, who looked intrigued at the idea. Xander wondered if the mental feel he had gotten from Buffy was due to that alone or if the change to Spock had changed her brain in some way; though he had only felt it when they touched.

It took some convincing but eventually, Giles agreed to the idea of using the repository to learn the language, most likely because he wanted to be able to read the History of their people himself.

Post Note: Kept adding and removing stuff from this chapter, waffling about how much information I wanted to add in this chapter. Some of the removed content has been moved to chapters 3 or 4. I have a few ideas on how I want this to diverge from both canons and have been playing with each way to see which I like best, as I don't want a powerful ally to 'fix' all of SG-1's problems but they might fix a few and create more.