"Cotopaxi"

"Cotopaxi" is short story in the "Free Worlds" Anthology. 
Cotopaxi takes place in the time period between Book 09 and Book 10. Pegasus has been severely damaged in battle in the Gethsemane system and is searching for resources to repair its battered systems. It encounters an enormous, pyramid-shaped vessel.
The crew hopes to acquire repair parts from the ancient ship. However, the ship contains an alien consciousness that defends itself against the crew by emasculating them and then attempts to take over Pegasus before being outsmarted by Hardcandy Banks. 
"Cotopaxi" is, in part, a parody of the TV series Stargate SG-1, with Commander Bill Keeler paralleling Col. Jack O'Neill, Hardcandy Banks acting like Samantha Carter, General Kitaen as a Teal'c like figure, and a new character, Jackson Levant, in a role parallel to Daniel Jackson. Like SG-1, the villain is a glam-alien who takes over and controls the bodies of its victims.
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