EPIC Space Battles | Battle of P3Y 229 | Stargate SG1

The Battle of P3Y-229 was the first direct engagement between the forces of the Milky Way and those of the Ori, marking the beginning of the Ori crusade in the Milky Way with the battle itself taking place in 2006 with the fight itself ultimately ending with the Ori forces winning against the combined forces of the Tau'ri, Asgard, Tok'ra, Jaffa and Lucian Alliance and also marking the beginning of the Ori's attempt to claim the Milky Way Galaxy for themselves and convert all its species to the teachings of Origin.

Four Ori warships were sent through the Supergate, just after the Russian battlecruiser Korolev arrived. The Ori vessels transmitted only one cryptic message, a quotation from the Book of Origin. Dr. Daniel Jackson, on board the Korolev, transmitted a reply, also from the book, but to no apparent effect. The Ori vessels powered their weapons, prompting the allied fleet to open fire.

It became clear very quickly that the allied forces were severely outclassed. The Ori vessels carried a powerful beam weapon that could destroy a fully functional Ha'tak in a single shot, and even Asgard weapons proved ineffective against the Ori shields. Both the Odyssey and Korolev took heavy damage despite the protection of their Asgard shields. In the midst of the fighting, three Lucian Alliance Ha'taks arrived to flank the Ori ships, but fared no better.

Seeing that the engagement was going badly, Colonel Mitchell convinced Colonel Chekov to launch his ship's F-302 fighter-interceptors to provide cover fire. Whether this tactic would have had any success is unknown, as combined fire from two Ori ships overwhelmed the Korolev's defenses just as Mitchell was launching, destroying the ship.

Within minutes, the entire Milky Way fleet was slagged. Only the Odyssey and Netan's Ha'tak survived relatively intact, and both were left crippled and badly damaged for hours afterward; the Asgard vessel's fate is unknown, although it is believed to have been destroyed.

The Ori stopped short of destroying the entire fleet, though they were certainly capable of doing so, presumably so that the survivors might spread the word of the swift and total Ori victory.