STARGATE ATLANTIS: The Inheritors (Legacy Book 6) by The Inheritors (SGA-21; Legacy Book 6)

Author:The Inheritors (SGA-21; Legacy, Book 6) [Retail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Published: 2020-06-18T13:14:26+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Alabaster’s Gamble

Almost done. Rodney looked around the ZPM room with satisfaction, trying to ignore Ronon leaning against the nearest pillar. Even though he hadn’t been allowed to touch anything, he’d managed to make his ideas clear to Zelenka and the lanky German who was currently working with him, and he thought the systems were about as solid as they could be.

“One more thing. You should set up a phased fallback for if we lose a ZPM, or if there’s a massive drain on the shields. Which there’s likely to be, considering there’s a Wraith fleet waiting out there. The city’s already programmed to narrow the shield and abandon the city perimeter —”

“Yes, I do know that,” Zelenka said.

“But if you set up a phased pullback —” Rodney stopped, the words registering. “Oh. Right, yes, you were there. Anyway, I think if you manage the powerdown so that no one sector has a decrease of more than 18.8 percent, you could avoid triggering that protocol. And that means you can shape the shield to protect more than just the tower.”

Zelenka was nodding. “Yes. Yes, I see what you mean, and perhaps —” He reached for his laptop and began typing in numbers. “Yes, you’re right, and I think with some finessing of the system we could maybe even stand a decrease at around twenty percent.”

“Twenty? I don’t think so.”

“See for yourself.” Zelenka swung the laptop so that he could see the screen, and Rodney frowned at the numbers.

“Oh. Okay, yeah, that would work, but it’s risky.”

“If we have to do this, that will be the smallest risk we take,” Zelenka said.

“True.”

Zelenka spun the laptop away again, and typed a few final commands. “And that, I think, is all we can do now.”

“Then McKay should probably go back to — whoever needs him next,” Ronon said.

“I am not some kind of weird tool,” Rodney began, and realized as Dr. Sommer smirked that he could have chosen his words more carefully.

“There you are,” Sheppard said, from the door. He looked at Zelenka. “I thought you weren’t going to have him work on the ZPM.”

“He is the expert,” Zelenka said, rather shortly. “And we are very nearly out of time.”

“Yeah.” Sheppard bit his lip. “How are you doing, anyway? How close to being done?”

Zelenka shrugged. “Almost there. We are ready to lift the city, at least, and the power is optimized.”

“Yeah.” Sheppard took a deep breath. “In that case — Rodney, I’m going to have to ask you to come with me.”

“Come with you where?” Rodney glared at him. “Is this one of those stupid euphemisms like ‘helping the police with their inquiries,’ because if it is, I’m not going to be nice about it.”

“For God’s sake, McKay!” Sheppard swallowed whatever else he was going to say, and when he did speak, his voice was careful and cold. “Yes, it is like that. General O’Neill wants you locked up for the duration. For your own protection as much as anything.”

“No, it’s not for my protection,” Rodney said.

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