Catherine was glad to hear the pilot was OK, although he will probably be shaken quite a bit. She'll be stopping by the medbay later to talk with him. But for now, she had other things to do. "Sensors, sitrep!" she asked. "Gliders are not responding to our presence so far. The Ha'Tak's shields are up but barely operational." the officer reported. "Lifesigns?" Cap asked, wondering if she would have to put her plan into motion. "Minimal. Life support appears to be down in most areas. Captain, we have a visual." The holoscreen flickered to life, displaying one of the gliders. "What the?" Catherine asked, seeing the glider looked like it's good days were far in the past. "Other ships including the Ha'Tak in various states of disrepair." the sensors officer reported. "Tolia's home defense force?" she wondered out loud.

It would make sense for them to confiscate former Goa'Uld craft once the rebellion succeeded. That however didn't give them any right to fire on a ship that displayed no hostile intentions. "Comms, open a channel." Kat asked, waiting for the affirmative, "This is captain Black of the Earth ship Catherine Langford to unknown ships: Break off your attack. Firing on any of our vessels is an act of war against Earth and we will respond in kind." The pilot was alive, so she was willing to let the destruction of the 302 slide if they could come to their senses. She was kind of hoping their origin would put them at ease. After all Earth was quite known for fighting against the Goa'Uld, despite what captain thought about it.

"Weapons, prepare tubes one through four. If the Ha'Tak does anything than sit there, I want it out of my sky. Alpha wing, proceed to launch and assume escort formation. Beta wing, hot standby. Reset railguns for fighter interception. Fighters, you're outnumbered there, stay close to the ship so the gunners can help you out. Keep the beam weapons as a last resort, no need to let them know we're up to specs in case they know who we are." Black set up the plan, awaiting response form the planet's forces. "Let's hope they calm down." She was wondering when Mr. Williams would start criticizing her decisions, but she took his silence as agreement. The realist in her told her that she was under surveillance - it would be just the IOA's style to bug the bridge.