Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 52 “Forge strike 3”(5/14/2024)-Admiral Eva Lawson was groggy as she was helped from the floor of C I C by her new XO Major Stanley “Wheelchair” Jacobs. He had a cut over his right eye, the blood was smudged. “What the frak happened?” she asked as she gripped the table. The combat information center was mostly dark, having […]
Chapter 51: The Fearless(5/14/2024)-Battlestar Fearless Commander Charles Emerson stood in the CIC preparing for a combat jump. His mission was quite simple. The Fearless and one other Artemis class battlestar were tasked to jump to the known location of a Cylon resurrection ship. Hot recon showed 3 of this class of ship. The strategic plan was to drop […]
Battlestar Mercury Book3 “Logistics” Chapter 50 “Second Strike”(5/18/2024)-“Commanders log, Battlestar Athena. We are in the final jumps prior to an assault on a trapped Cylon fleet. We have a huge nuclear party planned for them. This is one of the final stages of Admiral Lawson’s “Operation Magic Trick.” This is part of the massive battle that is to occur prior to the […]
Chapter 48 “Threat Board”(3/31/2024)-“This is the executive officer. Launch all vipers and Raptors. Standard patrol. Keep your heads on a swivel and don’t like the lack of Cylon contact make you lazy or sloppy.”” “Day 37 of our long range patrol. Three ships alone, looking for toasters and finding nothing. It is day 1115 of the second Cylon […]
Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 47 “Homecoming”(4/2/2024)-This youtube video covers the entire chapter. It icncludes all diaglog except for built inn game chatter. It autoplays and loops, evenn non mobile browsers. Bandwidth budget beware and warned.
Chapter 47 : Homecoming(4/2/2024)-“This is rescue convoy three. All birds launch to provide air defense. I’ll ships show spooling up for jump. All lights are green. Please confirm jump coordinates in the encrypted battle channel.” “Roger that Commander, we’re launching our birds and staying in formation, watching for missiles. There appears to be very little Cylon activity out […]
Chapter 46 Flashback: “The mobile shipyard”(4/2/2024)-On most browsers, this video will repeat EGD loop on most browsers it will also play on mobile with the same characteristics. This can use a substantial amount of mobile data.
Chapter 46: Flashback: The mobile shipyard(3/8/2024)-Soon after the fall of “The settlement” CIC Mercury Book flashback. “Last turn coming up, Admiral.” Captain Stanley “Wheelchair” Jacobs reported. HE had been pulled out of his viper cockpit, kicking and screaming for this temporary duty as the XO. “This is the admiral,” admiral, Lawson, said into her headset microphone. “Marine commander, standby for […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 45: “Operation Magic Trick: The odd Aquarian”(4/2/2024)-Combat information Center Battlestar Mercury: “Well Major Jacobs, this is the last jump. No sign of the Battlestar Fearless. Can you predict what we will find?” “Five seconds on the jump clock, we will find out soon, enough” the medically grounded pilot answered. “Contact! Five ships. Transponder indicates colonial signatures. The encryption codes are years […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 44: “Operation Magic Trick Where is Mercury?”(2/19/2024)-Day 985 of the second Cylon War Admiral Eva “Yevka” Lawson woke up in her bed, eyes wide open. She was covered in perspiration, her sleeveless, brown military tee shirt was soaked. Her hair was soaked and matted. “Shepard,” the voice of Admiral Samuel Mueller grabbed her attention. She clutched her chest. “Or shall I […]
Chapter 43 “The understudy”(4/2/2024)-Full chapter video: This video auto plays on most browsers, including mobile browsers. This can use a lot of data band with. Please be forewarned. Thank you for visiting this website and reading this bookhis video plays on most browsers, including mobile browsers. This can use, if you can never get them out of band […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 43: “Operation Magic Trick: The Understudy”(3/8/2024)-“Commanders Log, Maria Ramirez reporting. With the Battlestar Mercury and Admiral Eva Lawson missing, intelligence has located a Cylon staging ground. As per my orders, I have assembled and will lead a strike force.” CIC Saturn: “Jump complete. 10 contacts on DRADIS. 4 large ships base stars, several smaller ships launching raiders. Air wing is […]
Battlestar Mercury book 3 Chapter 42: “Smoke & Mirrors”(2/6/2024)-Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 42: “Smoke & Mirrors” Commander Indira Modi walked into Athena’s CIC. “Who is the task force commander?” “You are Sir. Commander Evan’s wife went critical.” The Executive officer, the LSO (Landing Signals Officer) handed over a printed command orders. “This is the list of ships and tactical orders. Flip […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 41: “Operation Magic Trick TF-Solaria”(2/6/2024)-Day 901 of the second Cylon War 0:21 CIC Solaria “Jump complete sir, the threat board is clear. All ships are reporting in. Squadrons are launching. Profile is set to defensive.” Major David King reported. “Contact! Transport. Way forward. FTL Navigation issue.” “This is Solaria actual. Air wing move forward and guide in that transport.” […]
Chapter 38 full vlog post(3/6/2024)-This video will play on mobilke and loop(repeat) on most browsers.
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 40: “Operation Magic Trick Part 1”(3/3/2024)-Day 901 of the second Cylon War Stanley Jacobs, call sign “Wheelchair” swallowed a snore as Red Squadron commander, Hillary “Kitty” Simpson poked him in the ribs repeatedly. “Wake up Wheelchair,” Simpson urged. “Briefing at 0600 hours.” “I’m up,” Jacobs pushed her hands away. Jacobs curled up, hiding his shaking right hand. He rolled out […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 39: “Operation Flashback Part 3”(1/1/2024)-Jump 8 00:20 “It seems to me, though there is no signals intelligence to prove it, that we are being tracked by the Cylons. This short repair break may have to do with the unique features of this jump point.” Commander Emerson gestured at the monitor which had a picture of a pulsar on it. […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 38: “Operation Flashback Part 2”(3/7/2024)-Jump 5 “Contacts, launching raiders, they do not have target lock on us Sir.” “They don’t need a target lock, they practically beat us to this location,” Commander Emerson replied, in a sarcastic tone. Technical officer: “Checking signals intelligence, perhaps this Cylon FTL gear is giving away our position.” “Air wing is up at defensive […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 37: “Operation Flashback Part 1”(1/1/2024)-After three computer simulations seemed to prove conclusively that to Valkyrie had sufficient firepower but lacked a large enough flak field to defend the reconnaissance missions supply ships, the Artemis class battlestar, Fearless was given the tactical plans and orders to catch up with the task force and assume command. The Fearless had been stolen […]
Chapter 36. “Supply Costs” Day 868 of the second Cylon war.(12/20/2023)-Commanders Log: Battlestar Saturn. “Commander Maria Ramirez recording. My orders are to take out the largest and most powerful task force to,,, jump out of fleet HQ in 90 days. The mission is to capture a supposedly lightly defended Cylon arms depot. The facility is large enough to store several hundred nuclear weapons and thousands […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 35 “Winning the arms race.”(12/19/2023)-Day 867 of the second Cylon War Commander Maria Ramirez had been fighting the war against the bureaucracy for weeks now. The battlestar Saturn had been badly damaged and spent 70 days in the fleets only shipyard. Every fighter squadron in the active fleet had tried to raid her squadrons. The priority repair on the […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 34 “The return of the Solaria”(12/10/2023)-Task Force 77 log. Day 851 of the second Cylon War Battlestar Athena: Commander Steven Evans recording. “Commander, Steven Evans, recording. A reconnaissance raptor just jumped in with an emergency. Three colonial transport ships have been ambushed while carrying essential shipbuilding ores to the shipyard from our various mining locations. Task Force 77 is on […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 33 “Pain & Loss”(12/8/2023)-Day 837 of the second Cylon war. Commanders Log, Battlestar Solaria. Steven Evans recording. “After ten days of very low activity, my task force has been assigned a mission to seize a shipment of nuclear weapons that became known to us via a hack of the Cylons network. I had wanted the Solaria, but she […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 32 “Discipline & Experience”(11/30/2023)-Day 827 of the second Cylon war. Commanders Log, Battlestar Solaria. Indira Modi recording. “It is Day 827 of the second Cylon war.” Once again we prepare for battle. To conserve resources, Admiral Lawson has reduced our operational tempo. For a few weeks at least, we will reduce the number of attacks we make against […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 31 “Sloppy.”(11/25/2023)-Day 812 of the second Cylon war. “Commander Modi,” Admiral Lawson spoke to her subordinate at the other end of a video conference. “Congratulations on your victory over the Cylon task force. Your after action report was quite detailed. Your deployment recommendations were interesting. You believe that the Artemis class and the Valkyrie class should […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 30: “Revenge”(11/23/2023)-Commanders log: Battlestar Solaria. Indira Modi recording. “This Battlestar, a 50 year old relic, is heading to task force conducting the counterstrike to the loss of task force 87. It is hardly the same ship.” “Most of the internal structures have been replaced and reinforced. Landing and launch systems have been replaced in our mobile […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 29 “Overpowered”(11/22/2023)-“Commanders log, day 807 of the second Cylon war. Commander Baker recording for task force 87. “After five days down time for flight training and minor repairs, we are ready for another combat jump. Recon photos shows the same fleet we faced last time. One modern base star, one Guardian class base star. The jump […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 28: “Smaller skirmish #2”(11/20/2023)-Commander: Task Force 87. 3 Valkyrie class support battlestars. Commander Charles “Beans” Baker recording from the Battlestar Avenger. “Today is day 800 of the second Cylon war. It is not a momentous day. It’s just another day at the office for the colonial forces as we try to disrupt Cylon supply lines, and enable our […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 27 “Skirmish”(11/19/2023)-Task Force 87 Avenger & Zeus Valkyrie Class Commanders log book: Battlestar Avenger. Class Valkyrie. Commander Charles “Beans” Baker recording. “Before the war, I was a flight instructor at the fleet academy. After being rescued and discovered by the new Colonial fleet, my service as a bridge officer on a Valkyrie class battlestar a decade […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 26: “Halted”(11/7/2023)-Day 789 of the Second Cylon war The situation on the Mercury felt like the early days after the annihilation of the Colonies. Lawson was working with Ramirez. They were finishing each others sentences. They seemed to be working with an unseen telepathic network. Times were more desperate than they had been 780 or so […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 25 “The distraction offensive Part 4”(10/18/2023)-Just as suddenly as it had begun, the roar stopped. After a few halting attempts, the power came back on. There was an acrid smell in the CIC of Saturn. Control systems and computers booted back up. Finally DRADIS came on, flickering, showing the tactical situation. Commander Ramirez continued to keep the port side of […]
Battlestar Mercury: Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 24 “The Distraction Offensive part 3”(10/18/2023)-Day 749 of the second Cylon war Charlotte Gordon, call sign “Queen” was known as the CAG from hell. Her pilots swore she was twice as mean as Saul Tigh. She kept a black leather horse whip, visible in her locker and had been rumored to use it in her private life. She sat on […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 23: “The Distraction Offensive part 2”(11/7/2023)-Day 748 of the second Cylon war. After a quick status check with Maria Ramirez on the Saturn, Evans assumed command of the task force. The commanders case of the sun spot virus was relatively severe. She was coughing, frequently, and in sick bay isolation. Her doctors reported that her blood oxygenation level was in […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 22: “The distraction offensive part 1”(10/18/2023)-Day 747 of the second Cylon war. Admiral Eva Lawson was driven by her objective to contribute to the upcoming assault to liberate New Caprica. She was constantly planning, demanding resources to train their forces,and repair the fleet. Right now the Mercury was undergoing a frantic one week overhaul in the mobile shipyard. The shipyard […]
Chapter 21 video only(10/18/2023)-Configured to play on mobile and auto play and Loop.
Battlestar Mercury, Book 3 Chapter 21 “Leaving New Caprica”(10/18/2023)-The colonial warriors, who staffed the air, wings of the battlestars, Mercury, Pegasus, and Galactica were confused by the silence from command. The ranks of the pilots of the later two battlestars have been thinned greatly by the settlements on new Caprica. It had seemed like a gift from the gods, when the Mercury had […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 20 “The Meeting”(10/15/2023)-Day 710 of the second Cylon war. “Admiral’s log. Today the Mercury is going to test an FTL upgrade based on technology we took from the Cylons. Our IT people have looked over the technology to insure there are no hardware or software hacks have been built in. We should be able to increase the […]
Battlestar Mercury “Logistics” Chapter 19 “Battle of the supply chain.”(10/5/2023)-It was two jumps between the battle with the first Cylon fleet and the supply depot. The crews had trained so intensively that the turnaround time was reduced to all of five minutes. Damage control parties did what they could in a short period of time. All vipers and raptors were in the launch tubes […]
Battlestar Mercury, Book#3 “Logistics”: chapter 18 “tit-for-tat”(9/29/2023)-“This is the XO pre jump check list is running.” “All launch bays have birds and are ready for combat jump.” “All FTL lights are green. The board shows jump keys are inserted. FTL spooled and ready. Double check FTL jump destinations.” CIC: “Valkyrie wing reporting ready for combat jump. “Minotaur’s reporting ready for combat […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Book 3 Chapter 17 “Escape”(9/21/2023)-Cavil on a base star, speaking to another model #1 Cavil. “I am tired of Admiral Lawson, stealing supplies, and hitting us with the death of 1000 cuts. I want to launch a raid on every colonial base, attacking every colonial fleet formation. I don’t wanna hear any more excuses!” “We have recent Intel on […]
Battlestar Mercury “Logistics” Chapter 16 “High Pressure!”(9/14/2023)-CIC: “We are staged and ready to jump. All ships report green. All birds in the tubes. Ready to launch on the other side.” CIC: “Jump complete. Holding vipers as per battle plan. Scanning for targets. There is heavy jamming.” CIC: “Recon is up. Attempting to clear the jamming.” Mercury Actual: “All guns are free […]
Chapter 15 Video(9/7/2023)-n Configured to loop and play on Mobile nhttps://youtu.be/XmvZxdqczsk
Battlestar Mercury “Logistics” Chapter 15 “Escalation”(9/7/2023)-TF-7: “Six contacts. 5 forward. Launching raiders.” TF-7: “We have weapons lock. Nuclear ordinance has been released.” TF-7: “Yeah! we are smoking them!” TF-7: “Targets destroyed. Resurrection ship is history.” After action report Day 681 of the second Cylon war. Admiral Eva Lawson sat at her desk, going over the reports from task force seven. […]
Chapter 14 “Retribution.”(9/1/2023)-The three commanders meeting it was called. The meeting between the commanders of the battle stars, Mercury, Saturn, and Athena. Admiral, Lawson, commanders Ramirez, and Evans sat together in a room in an abandoned section of the Athena. Construction noises were in the background as the battlestar was under urgent repairs. The meeting was held […]
Book 3 Chapter 14 video only(9/1/2023)-Scheduled release date: Thursday, August 31, 2023 Notes: auto plays, loops, plays on mobile. https://youtu.be/CqMdi9UiTTU
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 52 “Forge strike 3”(5/14/2024)-Admiral Eva Lawson was groggy as she was helped from the floor of C I C by her new XO Major Stanley “Wheelchair” Jacobs. He had a cut over his right eye, the blood was smudged. “What the frak happened?” she asked as she gripped the table. The combat information center was mostly dark, having […]
Chapter 51: The Fearless(5/14/2024)-Battlestar Fearless Commander Charles Emerson stood in the CIC preparing for a combat jump. His mission was quite simple. The Fearless and one other Artemis class battlestar were tasked to jump to the known location of a Cylon resurrection ship. Hot recon showed 3 of this class of ship. The strategic plan was to drop […]
Battlestar Mercury Book3 “Logistics” Chapter 50 “Second Strike”(5/18/2024)-“Commanders log, Battlestar Athena. We are in the final jumps prior to an assault on a trapped Cylon fleet. We have a huge nuclear party planned for them. This is one of the final stages of Admiral Lawson’s “Operation Magic Trick.” This is part of the massive battle that is to occur prior to the […]
Chapter 48 “Threat Board”(3/31/2024)-“This is the executive officer. Launch all vipers and Raptors. Standard patrol. Keep your heads on a swivel and don’t like the lack of Cylon contact make you lazy or sloppy.”” “Day 37 of our long range patrol. Three ships alone, looking for toasters and finding nothing. It is day 1115 of the second Cylon […]
Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 47 “Homecoming”(4/2/2024)-This youtube video covers the entire chapter. It icncludes all diaglog except for built inn game chatter. It autoplays and loops, evenn non mobile browsers. Bandwidth budget beware and warned.
Chapter 47 : Homecoming(4/2/2024)-“This is rescue convoy three. All birds launch to provide air defense. I’ll ships show spooling up for jump. All lights are green. Please confirm jump coordinates in the encrypted battle channel.” “Roger that Commander, we’re launching our birds and staying in formation, watching for missiles. There appears to be very little Cylon activity out […]
Chapter 46 Flashback: “The mobile shipyard”(4/2/2024)-On most browsers, this video will repeat EGD loop on most browsers it will also play on mobile with the same characteristics. This can use a substantial amount of mobile data.
Chapter 46: Flashback: The mobile shipyard(3/8/2024)-Soon after the fall of “The settlement” CIC Mercury Book flashback. “Last turn coming up, Admiral.” Captain Stanley “Wheelchair” Jacobs reported. HE had been pulled out of his viper cockpit, kicking and screaming for this temporary duty as the XO. “This is the admiral,” admiral, Lawson, said into her headset microphone. “Marine commander, standby for […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 45: “Operation Magic Trick: The odd Aquarian”(4/2/2024)-Combat information Center Battlestar Mercury: “Well Major Jacobs, this is the last jump. No sign of the Battlestar Fearless. Can you predict what we will find?” “Five seconds on the jump clock, we will find out soon, enough” the medically grounded pilot answered. “Contact! Five ships. Transponder indicates colonial signatures. The encryption codes are years […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 44: “Operation Magic Trick Where is Mercury?”(2/19/2024)-Day 985 of the second Cylon War Admiral Eva “Yevka” Lawson woke up in her bed, eyes wide open. She was covered in perspiration, her sleeveless, brown military tee shirt was soaked. Her hair was soaked and matted. “Shepard,” the voice of Admiral Samuel Mueller grabbed her attention. She clutched her chest. “Or shall I […]
Chapter 43 “The understudy”(4/2/2024)-Full chapter video: This video auto plays on most browsers, including mobile browsers. This can use a lot of data band with. Please be forewarned. Thank you for visiting this website and reading this bookhis video plays on most browsers, including mobile browsers. This can use, if you can never get them out of band […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 43: “Operation Magic Trick: The Understudy”(3/8/2024)-“Commanders Log, Maria Ramirez reporting. With the Battlestar Mercury and Admiral Eva Lawson missing, intelligence has located a Cylon staging ground. As per my orders, I have assembled and will lead a strike force.” CIC Saturn: “Jump complete. 10 contacts on DRADIS. 4 large ships base stars, several smaller ships launching raiders. Air wing is […]
Battlestar Mercury book 3 Chapter 42: “Smoke & Mirrors”(2/6/2024)-Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 42: “Smoke & Mirrors” Commander Indira Modi walked into Athena’s CIC. “Who is the task force commander?” “You are Sir. Commander Evan’s wife went critical.” The Executive officer, the LSO (Landing Signals Officer) handed over a printed command orders. “This is the list of ships and tactical orders. Flip […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 41: “Operation Magic Trick TF-Solaria”(2/6/2024)-Day 901 of the second Cylon War 0:21 CIC Solaria “Jump complete sir, the threat board is clear. All ships are reporting in. Squadrons are launching. Profile is set to defensive.” Major David King reported. “Contact! Transport. Way forward. FTL Navigation issue.” “This is Solaria actual. Air wing move forward and guide in that transport.” […]
Chapter 38 full vlog post(3/6/2024)-This video will play on mobilke and loop(repeat) on most browsers.
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 40: “Operation Magic Trick Part 1”(3/3/2024)-Day 901 of the second Cylon War Stanley Jacobs, call sign “Wheelchair” swallowed a snore as Red Squadron commander, Hillary “Kitty” Simpson poked him in the ribs repeatedly. “Wake up Wheelchair,” Simpson urged. “Briefing at 0600 hours.” “I’m up,” Jacobs pushed her hands away. Jacobs curled up, hiding his shaking right hand. He rolled out […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 39: “Operation Flashback Part 3”(1/1/2024)-Jump 8 00:20 “It seems to me, though there is no signals intelligence to prove it, that we are being tracked by the Cylons. This short repair break may have to do with the unique features of this jump point.” Commander Emerson gestured at the monitor which had a picture of a pulsar on it. […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 38: “Operation Flashback Part 2”(3/7/2024)-Jump 5 “Contacts, launching raiders, they do not have target lock on us Sir.” “They don’t need a target lock, they practically beat us to this location,” Commander Emerson replied, in a sarcastic tone. Technical officer: “Checking signals intelligence, perhaps this Cylon FTL gear is giving away our position.” “Air wing is up at defensive […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 37: “Operation Flashback Part 1”(1/1/2024)-After three computer simulations seemed to prove conclusively that to Valkyrie had sufficient firepower but lacked a large enough flak field to defend the reconnaissance missions supply ships, the Artemis class battlestar, Fearless was given the tactical plans and orders to catch up with the task force and assume command. The Fearless had been stolen […]
Chapter 36. “Supply Costs” Day 868 of the second Cylon war.(12/20/2023)-Commanders Log: Battlestar Saturn. “Commander Maria Ramirez recording. My orders are to take out the largest and most powerful task force to,,, jump out of fleet HQ in 90 days. The mission is to capture a supposedly lightly defended Cylon arms depot. The facility is large enough to store several hundred nuclear weapons and thousands […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 35 “Winning the arms race.”(12/19/2023)-Day 867 of the second Cylon War Commander Maria Ramirez had been fighting the war against the bureaucracy for weeks now. The battlestar Saturn had been badly damaged and spent 70 days in the fleets only shipyard. Every fighter squadron in the active fleet had tried to raid her squadrons. The priority repair on the […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 34 “The return of the Solaria”(12/10/2023)-Task Force 77 log. Day 851 of the second Cylon War Battlestar Athena: Commander Steven Evans recording. “Commander, Steven Evans, recording. A reconnaissance raptor just jumped in with an emergency. Three colonial transport ships have been ambushed while carrying essential shipbuilding ores to the shipyard from our various mining locations. Task Force 77 is on […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 33 “Pain & Loss”(12/8/2023)-Day 837 of the second Cylon war. Commanders Log, Battlestar Solaria. Steven Evans recording. “After ten days of very low activity, my task force has been assigned a mission to seize a shipment of nuclear weapons that became known to us via a hack of the Cylons network. I had wanted the Solaria, but she […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 32 “Discipline & Experience”(11/30/2023)-Day 827 of the second Cylon war. Commanders Log, Battlestar Solaria. Indira Modi recording. “It is Day 827 of the second Cylon war.” Once again we prepare for battle. To conserve resources, Admiral Lawson has reduced our operational tempo. For a few weeks at least, we will reduce the number of attacks we make against […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3: “Logistics” Chapter 31 “Sloppy.”(11/25/2023)-Day 812 of the second Cylon war. “Commander Modi,” Admiral Lawson spoke to her subordinate at the other end of a video conference. “Congratulations on your victory over the Cylon task force. Your after action report was quite detailed. Your deployment recommendations were interesting. You believe that the Artemis class and the Valkyrie class should […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 30: “Revenge”(11/23/2023)-Commanders log: Battlestar Solaria. Indira Modi recording. “This Battlestar, a 50 year old relic, is heading to task force conducting the counterstrike to the loss of task force 87. It is hardly the same ship.” “Most of the internal structures have been replaced and reinforced. Landing and launch systems have been replaced in our mobile […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 29 “Overpowered”(11/22/2023)-“Commanders log, day 807 of the second Cylon war. Commander Baker recording for task force 87. “After five days down time for flight training and minor repairs, we are ready for another combat jump. Recon photos shows the same fleet we faced last time. One modern base star, one Guardian class base star. The jump […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 28: “Smaller skirmish #2”(11/20/2023)-Commander: Task Force 87. 3 Valkyrie class support battlestars. Commander Charles “Beans” Baker recording from the Battlestar Avenger. “Today is day 800 of the second Cylon war. It is not a momentous day. It’s just another day at the office for the colonial forces as we try to disrupt Cylon supply lines, and enable our […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 27 “Skirmish”(11/19/2023)-Task Force 87 Avenger & Zeus Valkyrie Class Commanders log book: Battlestar Avenger. Class Valkyrie. Commander Charles “Beans” Baker recording. “Before the war, I was a flight instructor at the fleet academy. After being rescued and discovered by the new Colonial fleet, my service as a bridge officer on a Valkyrie class battlestar a decade […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 26: “Halted”(11/7/2023)-Day 789 of the Second Cylon war The situation on the Mercury felt like the early days after the annihilation of the Colonies. Lawson was working with Ramirez. They were finishing each others sentences. They seemed to be working with an unseen telepathic network. Times were more desperate than they had been 780 or so […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 25 “The distraction offensive Part 4”(10/18/2023)-Just as suddenly as it had begun, the roar stopped. After a few halting attempts, the power came back on. There was an acrid smell in the CIC of Saturn. Control systems and computers booted back up. Finally DRADIS came on, flickering, showing the tactical situation. Commander Ramirez continued to keep the port side of […]
Battlestar Mercury: Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 24 “The Distraction Offensive part 3”(10/18/2023)-Day 749 of the second Cylon war Charlotte Gordon, call sign “Queen” was known as the CAG from hell. Her pilots swore she was twice as mean as Saul Tigh. She kept a black leather horse whip, visible in her locker and had been rumored to use it in her private life. She sat on […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 23: “The Distraction Offensive part 2”(11/7/2023)-Day 748 of the second Cylon war. After a quick status check with Maria Ramirez on the Saturn, Evans assumed command of the task force. The commanders case of the sun spot virus was relatively severe. She was coughing, frequently, and in sick bay isolation. Her doctors reported that her blood oxygenation level was in […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 22: “The distraction offensive part 1”(10/18/2023)-Day 747 of the second Cylon war. Admiral Eva Lawson was driven by her objective to contribute to the upcoming assault to liberate New Caprica. She was constantly planning, demanding resources to train their forces,and repair the fleet. Right now the Mercury was undergoing a frantic one week overhaul in the mobile shipyard. The shipyard […]
Chapter 21 video only(10/18/2023)-Configured to play on mobile and auto play and Loop.
Battlestar Mercury, Book 3 Chapter 21 “Leaving New Caprica”(10/18/2023)-The colonial warriors, who staffed the air, wings of the battlestars, Mercury, Pegasus, and Galactica were confused by the silence from command. The ranks of the pilots of the later two battlestars have been thinned greatly by the settlements on new Caprica. It had seemed like a gift from the gods, when the Mercury had […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Chapter 20 “The Meeting”(10/15/2023)-Day 710 of the second Cylon war. “Admiral’s log. Today the Mercury is going to test an FTL upgrade based on technology we took from the Cylons. Our IT people have looked over the technology to insure there are no hardware or software hacks have been built in. We should be able to increase the […]
Battlestar Mercury “Logistics” Chapter 19 “Battle of the supply chain.”(10/5/2023)-It was two jumps between the battle with the first Cylon fleet and the supply depot. The crews had trained so intensively that the turnaround time was reduced to all of five minutes. Damage control parties did what they could in a short period of time. All vipers and raptors were in the launch tubes […]
Battlestar Mercury, Book#3 “Logistics”: chapter 18 “tit-for-tat”(9/29/2023)-“This is the XO pre jump check list is running.” “All launch bays have birds and are ready for combat jump.” “All FTL lights are green. The board shows jump keys are inserted. FTL spooled and ready. Double check FTL jump destinations.” CIC: “Valkyrie wing reporting ready for combat jump. “Minotaur’s reporting ready for combat […]
Battlestar Mercury Book 3 “Logistics” Book 3 Chapter 17 “Escape”(9/21/2023)-Cavil on a base star, speaking to another model #1 Cavil. “I am tired of Admiral Lawson, stealing supplies, and hitting us with the death of 1000 cuts. I want to launch a raid on every colonial base, attacking every colonial fleet formation. I don’t wanna hear any more excuses!” “We have recent Intel on […]
Battlestar Mercury “Logistics” Chapter 16 “High Pressure!”(9/14/2023)-CIC: “We are staged and ready to jump. All ships report green. All birds in the tubes. Ready to launch on the other side.” CIC: “Jump complete. Holding vipers as per battle plan. Scanning for targets. There is heavy jamming.” CIC: “Recon is up. Attempting to clear the jamming.” Mercury Actual: “All guns are free […]
Chapter 15 Video(9/7/2023)-n Configured to loop and play on Mobile nhttps://youtu.be/XmvZxdqczsk
Battlestar Mercury “Logistics” Chapter 15 “Escalation”(9/7/2023)-TF-7: “Six contacts. 5 forward. Launching raiders.” TF-7: “We have weapons lock. Nuclear ordinance has been released.” TF-7: “Yeah! we are smoking them!” TF-7: “Targets destroyed. Resurrection ship is history.” After action report Day 681 of the second Cylon war. Admiral Eva Lawson sat at her desk, going over the reports from task force seven. […]
Chapter 14 “Retribution.”(9/1/2023)-The three commanders meeting it was called. The meeting between the commanders of the battle stars, Mercury, Saturn, and Athena. Admiral, Lawson, commanders Ramirez, and Evans sat together in a room in an abandoned section of the Athena. Construction noises were in the background as the battlestar was under urgent repairs. The meeting was held […]
Book 3 Chapter 14 video only(9/1/2023)-Scheduled release date: Thursday, August 31, 2023 Notes: auto plays, loops, plays on mobile. https://youtu.be/CqMdi9UiTTU