Shmuel Bogomolny - Battlestar Mercury

March 6, 2025

Prophecy

Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 9 Aftermath

Major Evans took command of the Athena. She got a new wireless call and raise…

February 28, 2025

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Book 4 Phrophecy Chapter 8: Passing the Torch.

CIC Athena. “Major Evans, all of the main line search party fleet have jumped in.…

February 21, 2025

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Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 7 The Visitor

Commanders Quarters: Battlestar Athena Day 5 past return date. Major Amelia “Tool” Evans Had rarely…

February 13, 2025

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Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 6 The Search

“Jump Complete. Threat board is quiet. There may be a few long range targets hiding…

February 7, 2025

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Book 4 Propecy: Chapter 5 Task Force Valkyrie 2

“All birds on the flight deck! FTL is spooled for jumped number 27. All boards…

January 31, 2025

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Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 4 Task Force Valkyrie

“This is CIC Slinger. Satellite deployment is complete. All vipers recall. All raptors jump to…

January 24, 2025

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Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 3 Task Force Demeter

Jump 7 “Jump complete. All birds launched successfully. The raptors are on the scope. Two…

January 17, 2025

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Book 4 Prophecy Chapter 2: The Search

Air wing is away. Fleet is reporting ready in 25 seconds for a fast spool…

January 10, 2025

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Book 4: Prophecy Chapter 1 “Task Force Mercury: 12 hours overdue.”

Commander Steven Evans had never felt more alone in his life. He was tucked away…

May 24, 2024

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Chapter 52 Third Strike

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Book 4: Chapter 28 “Fire Storm” (2/17/2026)
Book 4: Chapter 27 “Big Game-Defender” (2/16/2026) - “Commander, since the opposing fleet is larger and contains at least 4 fast Cerastes class gunships our orders are to hang back and with air wing assistance protect our supply ship.” “XO jump board is green? The squadron and the repair bays ready?” “Aye Commander, everything is ready and the depot we took has us […]
Book 4:Chapter 26 “Big Game-Solaria” (2/16/2026) - CO: “All right Major Welsh. Sit rep.” “As best as we can, all the nav computers are running. We have information Sierra from the flag ship. We are way behind with armor patching. The pilots and deck gangs are either whining about having nothing to do when we halt flight ops for major repairs. […]
Book 4: Chapter 25 “Big Game-Mercury” (2/16/2026) - Now that the secret was about Eva Lawson she felt everyone was staring at her. In her mind she heard the crew speculating about when the baby bump would start to show. A pilot who had failed as a squadron leader she had actually heard her tactics questioned. The malcontent, who had been busted […]
Book 4: Chapter 24 “The Spider” (2/16/2026) - “Admiral Lawson recording. We have spent 4 days hidden like a spider. We have listened to signals intelligence. We have been able to track 40 different Cylon ships that have passed through this part of the rock field we have spent so much time in.” “The number of ships we are getting soft pings on […]
Book 4 Chapter 23 “Buzzing Bees” (2/16/2026) - Admiral’s Quarters Lawson climbed back into bed with Major Jacobs. The XO was groggy, but not able to sleep with his partner restless, returning from another trip to the bathroom. “You okay?” “Whoever the frak named this symptom morning sickness needs to buy a frakking clock.” “Sorry about that. I would like to sue the […]
Book 4: Chapter 22 “Gun Fight” (2/15/2026) - “Now that I know why I’m sick in the morning, the FTL jump makes me even more sick!!” Admiral Lawson stood ramrod straight in CIC, fighting nature. She tried to force her hands to her side. Deck officer: “Heavy jamming. Pretty thick.” XO: “Increase power to the DRADIS array.” Deck officer: “4 […]
Book 4: Chapter 21 “Devine Povidence” (2/15/2026) - Make the combat jump now!” The FTL jumps always made her dizzy and sick. Whatever was going on in her gut made them ten times worse. The DRADIS contact chirping, which she expected immediately after the jump, did not happen. “Jump complete. DRADIS is clear.” “Is this the right jump point?” Lawson […]
Book 4 Chapter 20 “Run Saturn Run part 3” (2/15/2026) - “DRADIS has lost the gun ships. There are a few clumps of raiders searching for us.” “Lets take an evasive course. Maybe we can set an ambush.” “Make the turn. Have the fighters come in tight in case we find a way to jump out of here.” The private who had been sent to the […]
Chapter 19 “Run Saturn Run” Part 2 (2/15/2026) - Major Langer pressed a button on his blue tooth headset. “All right people. Prepare for a combat jump. Land the Combat Air Patrol!” “Contacts! DRADIS! 4 gunships, 1 is on CBDR collision course. They found us. Continuing jump sequence.” “Air wing!” “The enemy is launching raiders!” “All undamaged tubes have […]
Book 4: Chapter 18 “Run Saturn Run” (2/15/2026) - “Chapter 18 explanation & dialogue. Two days later in Commander Ramirez office attached to her residence on the Battlestar Saturn. Commander Maria Ramirez looked annoyed and amused at the same time. She sat in front of a meal that did not appeal to her. It looked like some kind of pasta with vegetables […]
Chapter 17: Tracking the Battlestar Saturn. (4/13/2025) - “A Battlestar is a very large ship. Do you agree commander Modi?” Admiral Lawson pointed to the small box,. It was about two thirds full. Full it would hold a cubic meter of debris. This included some pieces of electronics, some bits of hull. “We at least agree that a cubic meter of debris, picked […]
Chapter 16 – Splintered “Battlestar Saturn” (5/4/2025) - “Our SITREP has gotten worse. Saturn is missing. We will have to add more raptor jumps to investigate the alternate jump points. About ten jumps down the road, we should be able to connect with the Saturn.” Major Jacobs pointed to the star chart. “FTL drive is spooled up and ready. Still waiting on Solaria […]
Book 4 Chapter 15 “Highway to Helios” (5/4/2025) - New chapter format…. “Commander,” the officer of the deck reported. “We have verified the jump coordinates with the flagship. We have been ordered to sync our systems and jump.”“All birds in the tubes. Prepare for a combat jump. We will launch on the other side.”“We are synced commander. Countdown is in six seconds.”——-“What the frak […]
Book 4 Chapter 14: “The Rest Stop” (3/28/2025) - Admiral Eva Lawson walked into CIC feeling satisfied. They had disrupted a large Cylon task force and destroyed most of the ships. These that were not destroyed incurred heavy damage. Standing in CIC, she stood with a pencil between two of the fingers of her right hand. She twirled the pencil several times before speaking. […]
Book 4:Chapter 13: “Disrupt Toasters” (3/28/2025) - Admiral Eva Larson summoned Commander Modi, her XO, Commander air groups and department heads to her office. “Thank you for coming. We will launch a new strategy in one hour. Instead of trying to avoid the Cylon’s we are going to try to disrupt them instead. We will pick smaller, more difficult jump points. That […]
Book 4 Chapter 12 “Resistance” (3/28/2025) - It was very uncomfortable in her office. Admiral Lawson was dizzy, her stomach was doing backflips. The room was too hot, and the wait for the video conference to sync up seemed to be lasting for days. . It was supposed to be a three way meeting between the Admiral and the two commanders. The most recent jump to avoid the Cylons had overloaded the power supply to the short range communications array.
Book 4:Chapter 11 “Ghost Recon raid” (4/3/2025) - A young man with blond hair and a scruffy beard stood in the pilot’s ready room on the Saturn. The room was laid out like a theater with monitors flashing images and footage on the walls. “Okay. I am Captain Phil Langer, call sign Tiger. I am running this operation. “We seem to have […]
Book 4 Chapter 10: “Survival/Lost time” (4/3/2025) - This is going to be an engine assisted emergency turn. All ships report ready for an emergency turn!” “This is the admiral. Execute emergency turn now!” The engine and thruster roar made verbal communication impossible. Those that had headsets covering their ears, felt it less, but the only sound was that of roaring engines. The […]
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 9 Aftermath (1/25/2025) - Major Evans took command of the Athena. She got a new wireless call and raise Commander James Morganstern. “I called inform you, you are the task force commander now what are your orders, sir?” The commander replied, his voice distorted slightly by interference. “Aye Ma'am I have the conn. Have the task force follow helios protocol.”
Book 4 Phrophecy Chapter 8: Passing the Torch. (9/27/2024) - CIC Athena. “Major Evans, all of the main line search party fleet have jumped in. All air wings are launched and defensive stations. We are missing a set a few of the smaller ships. The Celestra class is missing along with the supply freighter.”
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 7 The Visitor (9/27/2024) - Commanders Quarters: Battlestar Athena Day 5 past return date. Major Amelia “Tool” Evans Had rarely seen her husband, the commander of the Battlestar Athena in his current state. He was constantly glued to his Bluetooth headset while in the CIC.
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 6 The Search (2/11/2025) - “Jump Complete. Threat board is quiet. There may be a few long range targets hiding in the astroid field.”
Book 4 Propecy: Chapter 5 Task Force Valkyrie 2 (9/27/2024) - “All birds on the flight deck! FTL is spooled for jumped number 27. All boards are green we are ready to jump.”
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 4 Task Force Valkyrie (9/27/2024) - “This is CIC Slinger. Satellite deployment is complete. All vipers recall. All raptors jump to next system. Send your data dumps before the jump. Combat landings are authorized. Repeat combat landings are authorized!”
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 3 Task Force Demeter (9/27/2024) - Jump 7 “Jump complete. All birds launched successfully. The raptors are on the scope. Two minutes to complete network set up. Scanning for the Mercury is negative.”
Book 4 Prophecy Chapter 2: The Search (9/27/2024) - Air wing is away. Fleet is reporting ready in 25 seconds for a fast spool quick jump,” Major Evans reported from DRADIS.
Book 4: Prophecy Chapter 1 “Task Force Mercury: 12 hours overdue.” (1/11/2025) - Commander Steven Evans had never felt more alone in his life. He was tucked away in a tiny office on the mobile shipyard, which had before the exodus been Ragnar anchorage, and before that Daedalus.

Book 4: Chapter 28 “Fire Storm” (2/17/2026)
Book 4: Chapter 27 “Big Game-Defender” (2/16/2026) - “Commander, since the opposing fleet is larger and contains at least 4 fast Cerastes class gunships our orders are to hang back and with air wing assistance protect our supply ship.” “XO jump board is green? The squadron and the repair bays ready?” “Aye Commander, everything is ready and the depot we took has us […]
Book 4:Chapter 26 “Big Game-Solaria” (2/16/2026) - CO: “All right Major Welsh. Sit rep.” “As best as we can, all the nav computers are running. We have information Sierra from the flag ship. We are way behind with armor patching. The pilots and deck gangs are either whining about having nothing to do when we halt flight ops for major repairs. […]
Book 4: Chapter 25 “Big Game-Mercury” (2/16/2026) - Now that the secret was about Eva Lawson she felt everyone was staring at her. In her mind she heard the crew speculating about when the baby bump would start to show. A pilot who had failed as a squadron leader she had actually heard her tactics questioned. The malcontent, who had been busted […]
Book 4: Chapter 24 “The Spider” (2/16/2026) - “Admiral Lawson recording. We have spent 4 days hidden like a spider. We have listened to signals intelligence. We have been able to track 40 different Cylon ships that have passed through this part of the rock field we have spent so much time in.” “The number of ships we are getting soft pings on […]
Book 4 Chapter 23 “Buzzing Bees” (2/16/2026) - Admiral’s Quarters Lawson climbed back into bed with Major Jacobs. The XO was groggy, but not able to sleep with his partner restless, returning from another trip to the bathroom. “You okay?” “Whoever the frak named this symptom morning sickness needs to buy a frakking clock.” “Sorry about that. I would like to sue the […]
Book 4: Chapter 22 “Gun Fight” (2/15/2026) - “Now that I know why I’m sick in the morning, the FTL jump makes me even more sick!!” Admiral Lawson stood ramrod straight in CIC, fighting nature. She tried to force her hands to her side. Deck officer: “Heavy jamming. Pretty thick.” XO: “Increase power to the DRADIS array.” Deck officer: “4 […]
Book 4: Chapter 21 “Devine Povidence” (2/15/2026) - Make the combat jump now!” The FTL jumps always made her dizzy and sick. Whatever was going on in her gut made them ten times worse. The DRADIS contact chirping, which she expected immediately after the jump, did not happen. “Jump complete. DRADIS is clear.” “Is this the right jump point?” Lawson […]
Book 4 Chapter 20 “Run Saturn Run part 3” (2/15/2026) - “DRADIS has lost the gun ships. There are a few clumps of raiders searching for us.” “Lets take an evasive course. Maybe we can set an ambush.” “Make the turn. Have the fighters come in tight in case we find a way to jump out of here.” The private who had been sent to the […]
Chapter 19 “Run Saturn Run” Part 2 (2/15/2026) - Major Langer pressed a button on his blue tooth headset. “All right people. Prepare for a combat jump. Land the Combat Air Patrol!” “Contacts! DRADIS! 4 gunships, 1 is on CBDR collision course. They found us. Continuing jump sequence.” “Air wing!” “The enemy is launching raiders!” “All undamaged tubes have […]
Book 4: Chapter 18 “Run Saturn Run” (2/15/2026) - “Chapter 18 explanation & dialogue. Two days later in Commander Ramirez office attached to her residence on the Battlestar Saturn. Commander Maria Ramirez looked annoyed and amused at the same time. She sat in front of a meal that did not appeal to her. It looked like some kind of pasta with vegetables […]
Chapter 17: Tracking the Battlestar Saturn. (4/13/2025) - “A Battlestar is a very large ship. Do you agree commander Modi?” Admiral Lawson pointed to the small box,. It was about two thirds full. Full it would hold a cubic meter of debris. This included some pieces of electronics, some bits of hull. “We at least agree that a cubic meter of debris, picked […]
Chapter 16 – Splintered “Battlestar Saturn” (5/4/2025) - “Our SITREP has gotten worse. Saturn is missing. We will have to add more raptor jumps to investigate the alternate jump points. About ten jumps down the road, we should be able to connect with the Saturn.” Major Jacobs pointed to the star chart. “FTL drive is spooled up and ready. Still waiting on Solaria […]
Book 4 Chapter 15 “Highway to Helios” (5/4/2025) - New chapter format…. “Commander,” the officer of the deck reported. “We have verified the jump coordinates with the flagship. We have been ordered to sync our systems and jump.”“All birds in the tubes. Prepare for a combat jump. We will launch on the other side.”“We are synced commander. Countdown is in six seconds.”——-“What the frak […]
Book 4 Chapter 14: “The Rest Stop” (3/28/2025) - Admiral Eva Lawson walked into CIC feeling satisfied. They had disrupted a large Cylon task force and destroyed most of the ships. These that were not destroyed incurred heavy damage. Standing in CIC, she stood with a pencil between two of the fingers of her right hand. She twirled the pencil several times before speaking. […]
Book 4:Chapter 13: “Disrupt Toasters” (3/28/2025) - Admiral Eva Larson summoned Commander Modi, her XO, Commander air groups and department heads to her office. “Thank you for coming. We will launch a new strategy in one hour. Instead of trying to avoid the Cylon’s we are going to try to disrupt them instead. We will pick smaller, more difficult jump points. That […]
Book 4 Chapter 12 “Resistance” (3/28/2025) - It was very uncomfortable in her office. Admiral Lawson was dizzy, her stomach was doing backflips. The room was too hot, and the wait for the video conference to sync up seemed to be lasting for days. . It was supposed to be a three way meeting between the Admiral and the two commanders. The most recent jump to avoid the Cylons had overloaded the power supply to the short range communications array.
Book 4:Chapter 11 “Ghost Recon raid” (4/3/2025) - A young man with blond hair and a scruffy beard stood in the pilot’s ready room on the Saturn. The room was laid out like a theater with monitors flashing images and footage on the walls. “Okay. I am Captain Phil Langer, call sign Tiger. I am running this operation. “We seem to have […]
Book 4 Chapter 10: “Survival/Lost time” (4/3/2025) - This is going to be an engine assisted emergency turn. All ships report ready for an emergency turn!” “This is the admiral. Execute emergency turn now!” The engine and thruster roar made verbal communication impossible. Those that had headsets covering their ears, felt it less, but the only sound was that of roaring engines. The […]
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 9 Aftermath (1/25/2025) - Major Evans took command of the Athena. She got a new wireless call and raise Commander James Morganstern. “I called inform you, you are the task force commander now what are your orders, sir?” The commander replied, his voice distorted slightly by interference. “Aye Ma'am I have the conn. Have the task force follow helios protocol.”
Book 4 Phrophecy Chapter 8: Passing the Torch. (9/27/2024) - CIC Athena. “Major Evans, all of the main line search party fleet have jumped in. All air wings are launched and defensive stations. We are missing a set a few of the smaller ships. The Celestra class is missing along with the supply freighter.”
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 7 The Visitor (9/27/2024) - Commanders Quarters: Battlestar Athena Day 5 past return date. Major Amelia “Tool” Evans Had rarely seen her husband, the commander of the Battlestar Athena in his current state. He was constantly glued to his Bluetooth headset while in the CIC.
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 6 The Search (2/11/2025) - “Jump Complete. Threat board is quiet. There may be a few long range targets hiding in the astroid field.”
Book 4 Propecy: Chapter 5 Task Force Valkyrie 2 (9/27/2024) - “All birds on the flight deck! FTL is spooled for jumped number 27. All boards are green we are ready to jump.”
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 4 Task Force Valkyrie (9/27/2024) - “This is CIC Slinger. Satellite deployment is complete. All vipers recall. All raptors jump to next system. Send your data dumps before the jump. Combat landings are authorized. Repeat combat landings are authorized!”
Book 4 Prophecy: Chapter 3 Task Force Demeter (9/27/2024) - Jump 7 “Jump complete. All birds launched successfully. The raptors are on the scope. Two minutes to complete network set up. Scanning for the Mercury is negative.”
Book 4 Prophecy Chapter 2: The Search (9/27/2024) - Air wing is away. Fleet is reporting ready in 25 seconds for a fast spool quick jump,” Major Evans reported from DRADIS.
Book 4: Prophecy Chapter 1 “Task Force Mercury: 12 hours overdue.” (1/11/2025) - Commander Steven Evans had never felt more alone in his life. He was tucked away in a tiny office on the mobile shipyard, which had before the exodus been Ragnar anchorage, and before that Daedalus.