The Fall of Iconia

Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

Iconia Prime…

Jack O'Neill entered Merlin's office in Camelot. A few hours before, he and Sam had transported back to Iconia Prime from Jord, via the stargate. Now, Merlin wished to discuss some possibilities for Iconia before they travelled to Earth to confer with Sulu and The Commander..

"Good to see you again, Jack," Merlin said, shaking O'Neill's hand.

"Good to see you too, Sir." He sat down and said, "I hear Bra'tac popped the question to Lwaxana. We had an invitation waiting when we arrived back."

"Yes," Merlin affirmed. "I'm very happy for them, and pleased that Deanna will have such a distinguished and heroic stepfather.

"Sam tells me that a Betazoid wedding is somewhat unusual compared to a human one?" Jack asked.

"Yes," Merlin said, a twinkle in his eye. "It's been awhile since I've attended a Betazoid wedding, but the attire is somewhat minimal."

"Whose attire?"

"Guests and wedding party alike."

Suddenly, he had a sense of foreboding as he remembered Sam's laughter when she suggested that he ask Merlin about the wedding. "How minimal are we talking?"

"Nonexistent," Merlin informed him.

Situation room in the Federation Capitol…

There were seven people around the table. President Sulu, Jack O'Neill, The Commander, Merlin, Teal'c, Bra'tac, Martok, and Spock.

"Gentlemen," Merlin said when the meeting opened and Sulu recognized him, "I recently received a report from John Sheppard on Cardassia Prime. The Emperor has completely aligned with the Dominion. They are setting up facilities on the planet to produce clones of Jem'Hadar and Vorta."

"What about the reports that the Jem'Hadar have a chemical dependency?"

"It is not a simple addiction," Merlin answered. "Apparently, without Ketracel-white, a Jem'Hadar will not survive. They are genetically engineered to lack a certain enzyme that White provides."

"I've got a bad feeling about this," O'Neill commented. "That's what they tried to do with the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. It didn't work out too good for them, and I doubt it will for us."

The door opened as O'Neill was making his comment, and Daniel Jackson and the Romulan commander, Keras, entered the room. "Jurassic Park was a movie," Jackson explained, "based on a novel from the nineteen nineties, back on our Earth. It was about an amusement park where they cloned dinosaurs and used them as the attractions. They genetically engineered the dinosaurs to lack the enzyme lysine, so they couldn't get out of control. One of the scientists in the story insisted that Chaos Theory dictated that things would get out of hand anyway, and they did."

"Fascinating," Spock said, "and remarkably enlightened. Given the relatively backward behavior displayed by some of the political leaders of the time, I'm surprised a movie with such a message would be allowed."

"Thank you, Spock," Daniel said, "you have such an endearing way of putting things, especially as I was the last of the political leaders of the time."

"I did not intend to draw a parallel between you and the politicians of which I spoke, Doctor Jackson."

Daniel held out his hands as if to reassure the Vulcan and said, "That's okay, Mr. Spock. I'm not offended."