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Richard Allen had been among the officers that had problems with Admiral Lawson’s strategic plan. Before the sudden fall of the settlement, the colonial fleet had reached nearly 100 ships. Strategic meetings, many argued against defensive strategies. Yeah, it could not be ignored that the settlement came into danger during an offensive operation conceived by

Mercury CIC: “Jump Complete.” Admiral Lawson stood in her CIC, nervously awaiting the arrival of the main task force. She remaining silent as the air wing was recalled and all birds landed safely in their pods. There was a lot of crosstalk on the speaker. “Kitty, red, squadron” squadron leader, said. “We have some badly

The alarm klaxons went off. It shook all three of the commanders the unmistakable sound of condition One shook the entire ship. “Action stations, action station set condition one throughout the fleet, cylon fleet has jumped in action stations action stations condition, one this is not a drill” Combat: “DRADIS Contact. Action stations. Action stations

The commanders summit was a monthly meeting that had included the 4 Mercury Class commanders. After the loss of the Acropolis, it was reduced to three. Some months it was done by video conference. None of the remaining three trusted the security of computer managed communications. So under heavy security it began to take place

Day 480 of the second Cylon war “Jump, repair, recon, repeat” For the next few days, the fleet fell into a routine. Like the famous saying: rinse, wash, repeat. After an emergency evacuation, each ship was stuffed beyond, full. Sometimes far beyond full. Sanitation systems were at the breaking point. Clean water became a very

Commander Richard Allen was actually the XO on the Battlestar Vulture before the Cylon war. He had been a Major, fifty years old and satisfied with his rank. This Battlestar had suffered a complete computer systems failure, three weeks before the Cylon assault. They had been out in this Valkyrie class ship looking for new

Combat: “Air wing is refueled and re-armed.” Lawson: “Hold them in the tubes. Cylons wont make us wait too long.” Combat: “Saturn reports FTL drive is repaired.” XO Mercury: “This is Whiskey Saturns orders are to hang back. Jump if pressured.” Saturn Combat: “This is XO Saturn. Orders acknowledged.” DRADIS: “Contacts, cylon air fleet. Launching

Mercury Pilot briefing theatre Admiral Lawson was standing at the podium in front of the big monitor. On the monitor was the targeted tylium refinery. It was not the closest, some six jumps away. It was deep in Cylon space. Recon had indicated that due to the distance, it had lighter defenses. The Commanders of