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    • Chapter 69: The standoff

      Chapter 69: The standoff

      December 8, 2021
      Chapter 69: Stand off. “Get raptors out to task force Saturn,” Admiral Lawson barked. “Figure out how we are going to fill in the gaps the Cylons just tore in this task force. “We have an encrypted communication from Cory … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 68: The Shipyard

      Chapter 68: The Shipyard

      December 7, 2021
      The mutiny story was a suggestion of Mullroy234 from the BSG Deadlock discord. Solaria:Commanders Quarters Lockheart, Ward, Wilson and the representatives of six other ships all agreed that Zack “Sniper” Anthony should be their leader. His record with the Colonial … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 67: The Cylons have a plan

      Chapter 67: The Cylons have a plan

      December 4, 2021
      Chapter 67: Fleet Headquarters Battelestar Solaria Ready Room Herman Wilson’s grandfather had commanded a battlestar in the first Cylon war. He had fought under the command of Eva Lawson’s grandmother, also Eva Lawson. Also an Admiral by the end of … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 66: Economy of War

      Chapter 66: Economy of War

      November 30, 2021
      Chapter 66: After the attempted ambush of the Mercury the Cylons pulled all their forces away from the human colonies. It was obvious to them that Admiral Lawson was taking a confrontational approach hoping that a major battle would wake … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 65: Quiet interrupted.

      Chapter 65: Quiet interrupted.

      November 7, 2021
      Day 463 after the fall Admiral Lawson had been having trouble sleeping for many months now. She knew today was the 463 days since the fall of the colonies. She is just re-qualified on the mark seven viper. Finding time … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 64: Rolling the hard six

      Chapter 64: Rolling the hard six

      October 13, 2021
      Previous Chapter Next Chapter Day 402 after the fall. As a Major and then a Commander, Eva Lawson did not like morning meetings. No amount of coffee could get the fog out of her mind before 9 am. As an … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 63: Skirmish

      Chapter 63: Skirmish

      October 10, 2021
      Day 381 after the fall Admiral Lawson was in a temporary office in the fleet HQ. Normally she kept her office hours on the Battlestar mercury. However for the past week and a half to ship a been in for … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 62: The last Anabasis run.

      Chapter 62: The last Anabasis run.

      September 12, 2021
      Chapter 62: Lawsons Anabasis run Day 1 Day 341 after the fall. Admiral Lawson vlog. “I hate these new digital logs,” Lawson said. “I have to have my hair done just to record the musings of my fraked up mind … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 61: Hell or Anabasis mission 2. 10 more jumps.

      Chapter 61: Hell or Anabasis mission 2. 10 more jumps.

      September 9, 2021
      Chapter 61 They got ten days “off” between missions. Admiral Lawson led a huge fleet to make the next run to the old colonies as they were now often referred to as. It took seven days for Rose Carey’s team … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 60: 10 jumps through hell

      Chapter 60: 10 jumps through hell

      September 5, 2021
      Chapter 60: The Cylon “Peace” The day after she was promoted to Admiral Commander Lawson, rather Admiral Lawson was greeted with a wireless call in her office on the Mercury. The buzzing was annoying so she answered it immediately.It was … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 59: The battlestars

      Chapter 59: The battlestars

      August 31, 2021
      Heracles in the videos a gift from Joker of the BSG Deadlock discord, Commander Maria Ramirez was looking positively thin in her blue day uniform. She was immaculate. Every button was polished, All her uniforms have been altered to her … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 58 Resume the war

      Chapter 58 Resume the war

      August 30, 2021
      Chapter 58 It had not pleased anyone in the chain of command that Commander Lawson had ordered the ship yard moved. The location was picked to be convenient to the resources that were required to build ships. The :big three” … Continue reading →
    • Chaper 57: Cease fire? Ends?

      Chaper 57: Cease fire? Ends?

      August 27, 2021
      Chapter 57: Cease fire? The admiral argued against it, Commander Ramirez argue against it. Nothing could stop Cory Brooks in her desire to go forward with the cease fire. Truth be told the colonial fleet, disorganized and undermanned needed some … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 56: Decisive battle?

      Chapter 56: Decisive battle?

      August 25, 2021
      Chapter 56 The meeting gave new relevance to the word clandestine. Admiral Cobb had to take two raptors in order to get to the meeting Place and a dark wind swept plain on a forgotten world that no one had … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 55: Saturn Trials

      Chapter 55: Saturn Trials

      August 23, 2021
      Admiral Andrew Cobb sat in his office staring at the report of the recent battle. He did not know what to do about the situation. Cory Brooks had pressured him into launching the attack before he was ready. The intelligence … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 54: PTSD

      Chapter 54: PTSD

      August 23, 2021
      Chapter 54: PTSD Secure communications: From: Colonial Fleet Headquarters. Admiral Andrew Cobb To: Commander Maria Ramirez. Commander Battlestar Saturn Re: Status Commander Eva Lawson We are in receipt of the debriefing of the Commando force. We have received nothing on … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 53: Come on home.

      Chapter 53: Come on home.

      August 22, 2021
      Major Maria Ramirez looked totally different that she had the day of the attacks on the colonies. She had lost a lot of weight and had finally had a new uniform issued to her. She looked good in the immaculately … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 52: A better rescue plan

      Chapter 52: A better rescue plan

      August 22, 2021
      Chapter 52: Operation misdirect. Admiral Cobb sat in a chair at a rectangular table with six of his “senior” commanders. Though Major Maria Ramirez did not feel senior, she was there because se was he XO and temporary commander of … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 51: The simulation

      Chapter 51: The simulation

      August 18, 2021
      Andrew Cobb was an older man, the years had taken their toll on him. He was tall, with an athletic build. What little hair he had on the sides of h is head were white. He stood up when Major … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 50: Rescue attempt

      Chapter 50: Rescue attempt

      August 17, 2021
      “We are at the communications hub Major,” the technician who was a glorified geek that used to work for her when she was head of IT. “Break in,” she ordered. The man, in his early twenties with a non-regulation earring … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 49: The prisoner

      Chapter 49: The prisoner

      August 15, 2021
      Chapter 49 Commander Eva Lawson as a little disoriented when she awoke in the bedroom section of the commanders quarters. Her left hand reached to the other side of the bed, which she had shared with Cavil the Cylon. This … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 48: Hope in the ashes of victory.

      Chapter 48: Hope in the ashes of victory.

      June 13, 2021
      Chapter 48: Hope in the ashes of victory. Cory Brooks, Executive of the Peoples Council sat in Major Martin’s office on the largest of the shipbuilding platforms. It was a giant office with a humongous wide window overlooking half the … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 47: The M stands for mobile

      Chapter 47: The M stands for mobile

      October 26, 2020
      Video credit: BSG Deadlock player Lochdanon – he helped shoot a lot of the footage. Commander Eva Lawson was on a tour of the secret shipbuilding facility with Major Martin. Since the Mercury was still not considered clean from the … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 46: Recon

      Chapter 46: Recon

      October 21, 2020
      Cavil was probably clinically depressed if not psychotic. His military campaign against the colonies was going poorly. The Galactica was leading a government taking 47,000 civilians into an exile, pursued by thousands of Cylon forces. The fleet of 1000 ships … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 45: Data Transfer

      Chapter 45: Data Transfer

      October 20, 2020
      Lieutenant Arthur Garner was the first appointment for Major Ramirez and Major Martin, the commander it turned out of Battlestar Group 34. They were quite short of bodies if they could not find a combat commander. Garner was tasked to … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 44: Brother John the Cylon

      Chapter 44: Brother John the Cylon

      October 20, 2020
      It was bizarre the way Brother John the Cylon was taken into custody. After weeks of quarantine Commander Lawson had bent the rules to have him in her quarters supposedly for a booty call. Instead of that thirty minutes after … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 43: Meets and Planning

      Chapter 43: Meets and Planning

      October 18, 2020
      43 Major Rick Martin was on a secure video link with Commander (acting) Eva Lawson. She had a curious look on her face as she went through the thick paper file she was delivered from decontamination. “We have to get … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 42: Jump 7

      Chapter 42: Jump 7

      October 16, 2020
      The Solaria was barely keeping up. The outbreak was much less contained there and the population was mostly civilian. Gun crews infected or not isolated themselves by living in their stations. It had taken six jumps to get where they … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 41: Trail gets hot!

      Chapter 41: Trail gets hot!

      October 14, 2020
      A conference call was set up with the department heads who were involved in the search for the second force, the remnants of Battlestar Group 34. CIC was represented by Major Maria Ramirez Lieutenant Arthur Garner a thin, soft-spoken 29-year-old … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 40: The hunt for the second force.

      Chapter 40: The hunt for the second force.

      October 13, 2020
      “Major Ramirez,” commander Lawson asked, “what have we got off the Valkyrie class Battlestar’s computer.” “Well they made an effort to keep the toasters from doing what I have tried to do,” Ramirez answered. “I’m having to correlate some video … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 39: Command Training

      Chapter 39: Command Training

      October 12, 2020
      Chapter 39: Command Training It took quite a lot of preparation midst of a virus outbreak to make the scenario of training happen. The virtual reality suites at themselves with disinfectant and irradiated to make sure nothing could live. The … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 38: The fight goes on!

      Chapter 38: The fight goes on!

      October 7, 2020
      Chapter 38: Alternate title. Recovery and Discovery Plano and Jaybird were together again, both infected with the Sunspot virus, both asymptomatic. It was a pleasure to get out of isolation and back into space flying. The mission was extremely dangerous. … Continue reading →
    • Pre-story Chapter 1

      Pre-story Chapter 1

      September 30, 2020
      Colonial fleet headquarters after a computer simulated exercise. Admiral Taylor was a short, hunched man with a bald head. He was 80 years old and was a young commander of the viper wing and then a Battlestar in the first … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 37

      Chapter 37

      September 30, 2020
      Major Ramirez was on a video screen from her quarters. The virus outbreak had reached every corner of the Battlestar. The small, cramped but well protected CIC did not allow for the social distancing necessary to prevent the spread of … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 36: Pandemic Outbreak

      Chapter 36: Pandemic Outbreak

      September 30, 2020
      Karla “Blondie” Knox had the sniffles. She knew exactly where she had gotten them. Five days ago she had volunteered to co-pilot a raptor sortie because she thought the pilot was hot and she had wanted to have a chance … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 35: Viral Spread(Pandemic)

      Chapter 35: Viral Spread(Pandemic)

      July 5, 2020
      The Benson Family had survived the attack on the colonies because they were on a vacation trip from their home on Scorpia to Caprica. Their transportation had been damaged by a cylon raider before meeting up with seven other ships … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 34: Evidence

      Chapter 34: Evidence

      June 8, 2020
      Lieutenant Joe “Squirrel” Davis  was 40 years old and still a lieutenant. This was not due to a lack of skill as a Viper pilot, it was due to misbehavior off duty. He was in fact an exceptional pilot who held … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 33: Overload!

      Chapter 33: Overload!

      April 12, 2020
      Commander Eva Lawson walked into CIC more relaxed than she ever remembered. All her career she had been fracking up due to her strong sex drive when she could have just had a civilian relationship. This was so much easier … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 32: Damage

      Chapter 32: Damage

      April 12, 2020
      Complete battle video; Eva Lawson and Maria Ramirez were sitting together in the pilots ready room, some papers strewn on a portable table. Battle damage had shattered glass in the commander’s quarters and office so Commander Lawson was temporarily homeless. … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 31: Jump!

      Chapter 31: Jump!

      February 28, 2020
      The Mercury CIC was on edge, having attempted to jump directly into a firing position that provided a targeting solution for the main guns. The current thinking on tactics was the Mercury’s forward facing guns were so devastating the preferred tactic was to charge targets at high speed and aim at the enemy ships enter …
    • Chapter 30: Solaria

      Chapter 30: Solaria

      February 28, 2020
      Captain Brad “Reptile” Adkins settled in to the commanders office on the Solaria with a frown on his face. The desk nameplate from the previous occupant, Commander Jesse Green was still on the desk. None of the crew had survived and that meant there would be ghosts on this ship.’’ Continue reading →
    • Chapter 29: Waiting

      Chapter 29: Waiting

      February 28, 2020
      James “Jaybird” Thompson had been given secondary missions ever since the fall, which was only a month ago. Today he was on primary with a mission to do a micro jump and take out the refinery. His new electronic warfare officer, “Plano” was strapped in because they were in a raptor launch tube. He looked …
    • Chapter 28: 20 minutes later …

      Chapter 28: 20 minutes later …

      December 26, 2019
      Twenty minutes later Commander Eva Lawson strode in to the command ready room. She was showered and her uniform was perfectly pressed straight from the cleaners. There was a spring to her step and she was ready for the first … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 27: Commanders quarters (warning explicit)

      Chapter 27: Commanders quarters (warning explicit)

      December 26, 2019
      The Cavil pinned her arms above her head as he thrusted in to her. She felt a familiar feeling in her lower parts as a wonderful feeling built up toward climax. He was a skilled lover as he grunted and … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 26

      Chapter 26

      December 26, 2019
      Cylon mobile command center A Cavil and a six stood in a room with a three-dimensional map of the twelve colonies and several surrounding systems. There were dozens of red dots scattered around the system some near asteroids or space … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 25: A new phase

      Chapter 25: A new phase

      December 17, 2019
      The hiding place where they had discovered the Battlestar Solaria Museum turned out to be a good one. It seemed to be well off the Cylon patrol routes. Raptor recon showed that activity of the enemy forces was much reduced. … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 24: Aftermath

      Chapter 24: Aftermath

      December 9, 2019
      Commander Eva Lawson was sitting in her quarters with the lights turned down. A battle plan designed to be grand and deprive the cylon fleet of fuel had done massive damage, but the price had been high. The former viper … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 23: From Mercury CIC

      Chapter 23: From Mercury CIC

      December 8, 2019
      Lawson’s eyes bugged out for a brief moment. “Another three hundred civilians?” Ramirez nodded in the affirmative. “We have no place to put them,” the commander noted. “Our marine quarters are full.” “One hundred twenty percent,” the XO replied. “We’ll … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 22: Port flight pod

      Chapter 22: Port flight pod

      December 6, 2019
      The mission of the squadron was to keep cylon raiders off the raptor force assigned to hit a large cylon military base. Hector “Cookie” Fishman was fresh out of viper school, having done nothing other than fly CAP since his … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 21: Striking Back raptor force foxtrot

      Chapter 21: Striking Back raptor force foxtrot

      December 6, 2019
      Heather “Runner” Osinas checked her coordinates for the fifth time sinch launch from the Mercury. Her right seater was new and the pair had only flown together for two sorties supporting the CAP(Combat Air Patrol). She didn’t trust Sam “Jaybird” … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 20: Pre-strike

      Chapter 20: Pre-strike

      December 3, 2019
      Commander Eva Lawson paced outside the pilots ready room, awaiting her invitation to speak. She was vary familiar with this room, but not her role. She could not overstep boundaries and act like the CAG. She had a CAG, though … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 19: Planning

      Chapter 19: Planning

      December 3, 2019
      The new senior staff of the Battlestar mercury were assembled around a map of table. On the table was a small model of the Battlestar itself, several vipers and raptors representing the squadrons that were now able to fight. Commander … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 18: Deadline

      Chapter 18: Deadline

      December 2, 2019
      Joint task force base gamma was one of a dozen bases built in astroids around the solar system containing the 12 colonies. The point of these bases was the act as a tripwire in case of a cylon invasion. They … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 17: Recon

      Chapter 17: Recon

      December 2, 2019
      Being the best bus driver Lieutenant Olivia ‘falcon’ Volker Was always a bus driver during her career in the colonial fleet. She never had any interest in flying vipers. She preferred the company of a weapons officer and the size, … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 16: Commanders log

      Chapter 16: Commanders log

      December 1, 2019
      Battlestar Commanders log: day four of the second cylon war. Commander Jesse green recording. We have picked up over 400 souls as we stealthily move about the battle wreckage Of what was once the colonial fleet. Where there was once … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 15: Command

      Chapter 15: Command

      November 29, 2019
      Burden of command As she leaned back in a chair that was much too big for her, acting commander Eva Lawson ponder her fate. She was in command of a powerful warship. She did not think of herself as a … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 14: The End

      Chapter 14: The End

      November 29, 2019
      Command is passed The rescue crews wore breathing gear due to the hull breach. Automatic doors had shut when the nuke hit. Automated systems had closed blast doors to try and minimize the loss of life. The weapon had been … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 13

      Chapter 13

      November 15, 2019
      CIC: Battlestar Mercury Eva Lawson looked around the combat information center look of disbelief on her face. This scenario was something that every officer trained for. Normally it was a mere theoretical exercise. It took place in a classroom with … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 12: On the run.

      Chapter 12: On the run.

      November 10, 2019
      Commander Green    Commander Jesse Green felt the deck shutter slightly as somehow shockwave came through.   He walked over to the long-range strategic map.  Half the time display was dark, showing no information at all.  He looked at the planet Picon,   It was a … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 11: Action Stations!

      Chapter 11: Action Stations!

      November 5, 2019
      CIC Battlestar Mercury The CAG stood near the center of CIC. She was on the phone barking orders at her air wing. She still near the center, the normal place of the Battlestar commander. She was oblivious to anything other … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 10: Cylon Base Star near the armistice line.

      Chapter 10: Cylon Base Star near the armistice line.

      October 31, 2019
      The Cylon hybrid stood up a little straighter and it’s tub. Water splashed. It looked a little more alert, a little more lucid than usual. Most of the time and spoke gibberish and none of the humanoid Cylons paid it … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 9: Exploring inner cyberspace

      Chapter 9: Exploring inner cyberspace

      October 31, 2019
      Weaponized: Life of a network router Chaoter 8 seems to be MIA! Read on I will find it if its important. The computer program ran very few cycles per hour. However it managed to remotely wake up every network device … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 7: Lighting the flame!

      Chapter 7: Lighting the flame!

      October 23, 2019
      9 hours before the attack. Eva “Yevka” Lawson, call sign Joker was used to picking fights with LSO’s and winning. Pilots look down I’m these important officers. If they were real officers they will be flying not directing traffic. This … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 6: Checking the box

      Chapter 6: Checking the box

      October 23, 2019
      12 hours before the attacks Peter Finch was an enlisted man from Aerilon. Not highly educated, he had joined the fleet to escape poverty and a possible criminal conviction. He was a mechanic. He followed instructions. Sometimes they were complex … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 5:  14:32 before the attacks.

      Chapter 5: 14:32 before the attacks.

      October 20, 2019
      On patrol 100 km from the Cylon frontier. Lieutenant Maria Ramirez was an IT specialist assigned to the Mercury. She was about 80 kilos, medium height with straight black hair, streaked with splashes of white. She stood up straight outside … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 4:Attention on Deck

      Chapter 4:Attention on Deck

      October 20, 2019
      “Attention on deck,” said the pilot at the podium.” Over three hundred viper and raptor pilots dressed in flight suits stood up in theater seating. “Commander Air Group on deck.” Eva Lawson was dressed in a perfectly pressed blue uniform. … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 3: Eva Lawson

      Chapter 3: Eva Lawson

      October 20, 2019
      Eva “Yevka” Lawson was piloting a raptor, something she deemed a necessary evil. A 41 year old viper pilot she had done this one job all of her career. She had been removed as Commander Air Group of the Atlantia … Continue reading →
    • Chapter 2: Solaria Museum

      Chapter 2: Solaria Museum

      October 15, 2019
      In a Mk.7 Viper “Viper niner one niner you are cleared to land on the port pod. Manual landing, call the ball.” Of course the Admiral remembered that they were no auto landings on the Battlestar Solaria museum. In spite … Continue reading →
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