February 2023

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