Message to the AIF "Tok'ra Tau'ri, kree! Goa'uld Ra! Kree!" Bridge of Ra's flagship Ra's eyes flashed as he watched the fleet. He had not respected such resistance, such insolence such... Pathetic mortals! He turned to his first prime and barked some orders, and the First Prime nodded in response, tapping a few commands. The weapons hitb the flagships and the Ha'taks, but the shields held firm on all but one, where they died but the Ha'tak remained operational and continued firing. Then the missiles came forwards and stopped... And reversed. Quite literally REVERSED towards their firers as though someone had swatted them away with an invisible hand. Something shimmered behind the flagship as this happened, behind vanishing back into black. On the edge of the system appeared four more Ha'taks, bringing to total up to eight, and they moved forwards, firing their deadly cannons at the human fleet. Without a care in the world the Forces of Ra continued. Then the Chappa'ai activated again, and two Triarii came through... They did not engage the Jaffa, and the two began to converse semi-peacefully, though there was a clear hint of agitation between the two factions. After less than a minute, one of the Triarii turned back to the gate and watched as four Phase Tanks passed through, a Saeva Simius riding each one, and dispersed across the planet. The two began to converse with the Jaffa again as the Chappa'ai closed behind them. This was clearly not an invasion nor liberation force, and given the Collectives retreat into their space, their objectives in the Milky Way Galaxy might not be clear. In reality, they were here to do something they doubted anyone in the milky way had seen before, all for the resources which lay within this planet which the Asari had not known the value of. Ra had struck a quick deal for this, and the Collective tried to keep their presence as low key as possible. They had lowered their contact for a reason, and didn't want to be seen doing this of all things...