{"id":6602,"date":"2023-06-02T10:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T10:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=6602"},"modified":"2023-06-02T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T11:25:57","slug":"battlestar-mercury-book-2-exodus-base","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=6602","title":{"rendered":"Book 2 \u201cExodus\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6602\" class=\"elementor elementor-6602\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-273b5f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"273b5f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fc6ccf\" data-id=\"5fc6ccf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07bb856\" data-id=\"07bb856\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ef2a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36ef2a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Battlestar Mercury \u201cExodus\u201d<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f2210e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f2210e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-976a399\" data-id=\"976a399\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad02451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"ad02451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4812\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Pegasus_flight_pod_turret-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4812\">Chapter 19: &#8220;The Culling&#8221; Part 2<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Richard Allen had been among the officers that had problems with Admiral Lawson&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4742\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pegasus3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4742\">Chapter 18: &#8220;The Culling&#8221; part 1<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mercury CIC: &#8220;Jump Complete.&#8221; 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. &#8220;Kitty, red, squadron&#8221; squadron leader, said. &#8220;We have some badly [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4680\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/212b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4680\">Chapter 17: &#8220;Ambush&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The alarm klaxons went off. It shook all three of the commanders the unmistakable sound of condition One shook the entire ship. &#8220;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\u201d Combat: &#8220;DRADIS Contact. Action stations. Action stations [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Modeling_BNA1963-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4700\">Chapter 16: &#8211; &#8220;Road trip&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/screenie1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4658\">Chapter 15: &#8211; &#8220;Wash, rinse, repeat.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Day 480 of the second Cylon war \u201cJump, repair, recon, repeat\u201d 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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4618\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/78613585_82c2d24d36_o-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4618\">Chapter 14:  Battlestar Mercury: Exodus &#8220;Don&#8217;t Follow us!&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4596\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/217b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4596\">Chapter 13: &#8211; Fuel Part 2<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Combat: &#8220;Air wing is refueled and re-armed.&#8221; Lawson: &#8220;Hold them in the tubes. Cylons wont make us wait too long.&#8221; Combat: &#8220;Saturn reports FTL drive is repaired.&#8221; XO Mercury: &#8220;This is Whiskey Saturns orders are to hang back. Jump if pressured.&#8221; Saturn Combat: &#8220;This is XO Saturn. Orders acknowledged.&#8221; DRADIS: &#8220;Contacts, cylon air fleet. Launching [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4592\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pegasus3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4592\">Chapter 12:   Fuel Part 1<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/The_Week_of_Hell-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4580\">Chapter 10:   The Space Station<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Commander Maria Ramirez had never been a patient woman. This applied to her pre-war career as an IT specialist on the Battlestar Mercury. It applied even more today, with the burden of a command and so many lives depending on her.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4588\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/217b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4588\">Chapter 11:  The Decision<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Aboard Colonial Liner (Same class as Colonial 1). Maria Ramirez took the stand at her hearing after swearing an oath on a book of prophecy which she had not read since her teenage years. Admiral Lawson , who was still officially on leave with the sun spot virus was remotely watching the hearing, but was [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4062\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ScorpionFleetShipyards-Close-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4062\">Chapter 9: Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Hearing &#038; Recall&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">James Wilson, what&#8217;s of average height and average build. About 50 in middle age he did not striking memorable impression. He had never served in the colonial military. Dressed in a suit and a tie, civilian clothing, he was sworn in as a witness in the tribunal. His skin was olive, and his hair was [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/battlestarpegasus1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4059\">Chapter 8: The hearing &#038; recall<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; Chapter 7 Chapter 9 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; The military lawyer was one of the few that survived the attack on the twelve colonies. Viper pilots were needed. The Colonial military knew what to do with them. Lawyers were not really in demand. Bernard Roscoe, was sixty one years old, stood nearly 1.9 meters tall. He was [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BSG303_A-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4047\">Chapter 7 : Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;The Chain of command part 2&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Saturn XO: &#8220;New Scorpia space port reports that armed groups have taken Control. We have been told to expect their demands. They are holding several of our pilots.&#8221; &#8220;DRADIS, contacts, several Cylon ships just jumped into the fleet staging area.&#8221; Commander Ramirez: &#8220;Fire at them as we jump!&#8221; &#8220;DRADIS, contacts, 5 large ships Three smaller.All [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=3951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pegasus-03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=3951\">Chapter 6 Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Chain of command.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Admiral Lawson straightened her uniform after 30 minutes of intense planning in the office portion of her quarters. She was in overdrive, having received the news that the Cylons had jumped forces into all 14 outposts that formed the new colonies. Though the decision to colonize now seemed reckless, it was done with coordination with [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-482068-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4014\">Chapter 4: Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Task Force Athena&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Steven Evans was a recently retired captain who had been a CAG when he left the service at age 42 two years before the second Cylon war. He stood in the small but efficient CIC of the Mercury Class Battlestar Athena. He was average height, slender build with a sprinkle of white in his dark [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=2022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/217b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=2022\">Chapter 5:  Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Task Force Acropolis&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Commander Julia Dash, was a 31 year old Viper pilot on the Battlestar Mercury when the second war started, nearly two years ago. The grand daughter of the famous first commander of the Battlestar Galactica. She was slightly shorter than average, of slender build. When her light brown hair was down it was straight and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1490\">Chapter 3: Battlestar Mercury &#8211;  Exodus &#8220;The Heist&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Call sign Bouncer was the pilot of raptor 677 from the Battlestar Saturn. He has been trained on the Mercury while she was alone battle star in the fleet. He was of athletic build and had a handsome face and a commanding presence. He had never wanted to fly vipers and was happy with his [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1484\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pegasus3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1484\">Chapter 2: Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;The Briefing&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Commander Maria Ramirez stood up straight as she walked into the pilots briefing room. Her ill fitting uniform was pressed and every crease was where it needed to be. Accustomed to working with a slide show, she walked up to the podium and was saluted by Roger Bishop, her CAG. After a few seconds, she [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/scorpion-shipyards-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1478\">Chapter 1 : Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Long term plans&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Chapter 1: Between the two Cylon Wars: A meeting a few months after the armistice. Aboard the Battlestar Galactica in Admiral Silas Nash meeting with his XO a year after the end of the first Cylon war. \u201cWell Colonel,\u201d Nash leaned back in his office chair. \u201cWhat do you hear?\u201d Colonel Washington, a dark skinned, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5601c21\" data-id=\"5601c21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f1171 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f8f1171\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4812\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Pegasus_flight_pod_turret-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4812\">Chapter 19: &#8220;The Culling&#8221; Part 2<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Richard Allen had been among the officers that had problems with Admiral Lawson&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4742\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pegasus3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4742\">Chapter 18: &#8220;The Culling&#8221; part 1<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mercury CIC: &#8220;Jump Complete.&#8221; 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. &#8220;Kitty, red, squadron&#8221; squadron leader, said. &#8220;We have some badly [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4680\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/212b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4680\">Chapter 17: &#8220;Ambush&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The alarm klaxons went off. It shook all three of the commanders the unmistakable sound of condition One shook the entire ship. &#8220;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\u201d Combat: &#8220;DRADIS Contact. Action stations. Action stations [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Modeling_BNA1963-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4700\">Chapter 16: &#8211; &#8220;Road trip&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/screenie1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4658\">Chapter 15: &#8211; &#8220;Wash, rinse, repeat.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Day 480 of the second Cylon war \u201cJump, repair, recon, repeat\u201d 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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4618\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/78613585_82c2d24d36_o-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4618\">Chapter 14:  Battlestar Mercury: Exodus &#8220;Don&#8217;t Follow us!&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4596\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/217b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4596\">Chapter 13: &#8211; Fuel Part 2<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Combat: &#8220;Air wing is refueled and re-armed.&#8221; Lawson: &#8220;Hold them in the tubes. Cylons wont make us wait too long.&#8221; Combat: &#8220;Saturn reports FTL drive is repaired.&#8221; XO Mercury: &#8220;This is Whiskey Saturns orders are to hang back. Jump if pressured.&#8221; Saturn Combat: &#8220;This is XO Saturn. Orders acknowledged.&#8221; DRADIS: &#8220;Contacts, cylon air fleet. Launching [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4592\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pegasus3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4592\">Chapter 12:   Fuel Part 1<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/The_Week_of_Hell-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4580\">Chapter 10:   The Space Station<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Commander Maria Ramirez had never been a patient woman. This applied to her pre-war career as an IT specialist on the Battlestar Mercury. It applied even more today, with the burden of a command and so many lives depending on her.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4588\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/217b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4588\">Chapter 11:  The Decision<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Aboard Colonial Liner (Same class as Colonial 1). Maria Ramirez took the stand at her hearing after swearing an oath on a book of prophecy which she had not read since her teenage years. Admiral Lawson , who was still officially on leave with the sun spot virus was remotely watching the hearing, but was [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4062\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ScorpionFleetShipyards-Close-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4062\">Chapter 9: Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Hearing &#038; Recall&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">James Wilson, what&#8217;s of average height and average build. About 50 in middle age he did not striking memorable impression. He had never served in the colonial military. Dressed in a suit and a tie, civilian clothing, he was sworn in as a witness in the tribunal. His skin was olive, and his hair was [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/battlestarpegasus1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4059\">Chapter 8: The hearing &#038; recall<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; Chapter 7 Chapter 9 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; The military lawyer was one of the few that survived the attack on the twelve colonies. Viper pilots were needed. The Colonial military knew what to do with them. Lawyers were not really in demand. Bernard Roscoe, was sixty one years old, stood nearly 1.9 meters tall. He was [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BSG303_A-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4047\">Chapter 7 : Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;The Chain of command part 2&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Saturn XO: &#8220;New Scorpia space port reports that armed groups have taken Control. We have been told to expect their demands. They are holding several of our pilots.&#8221; &#8220;DRADIS, contacts, several Cylon ships just jumped into the fleet staging area.&#8221; Commander Ramirez: &#8220;Fire at them as we jump!&#8221; &#8220;DRADIS, contacts, 5 large ships Three smaller.All [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=3951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pegasus-03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=3951\">Chapter 6 Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Chain of command.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Admiral Lawson straightened her uniform after 30 minutes of intense planning in the office portion of her quarters. She was in overdrive, having received the news that the Cylons had jumped forces into all 14 outposts that formed the new colonies. Though the decision to colonize now seemed reckless, it was done with coordination with [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vlcsnap-482068-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4014\">Chapter 4: Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Task Force Athena&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Steven Evans was a recently retired captain who had been a CAG when he left the service at age 42 two years before the second Cylon war. He stood in the small but efficient CIC of the Mercury Class Battlestar Athena. He was average height, slender build with a sprinkle of white in his dark [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=2022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/217b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=2022\">Chapter 5:  Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Task Force Acropolis&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Commander Julia Dash, was a 31 year old Viper pilot on the Battlestar Mercury when the second war started, nearly two years ago. The grand daughter of the famous first commander of the Battlestar Galactica. She was slightly shorter than average, of slender build. When her light brown hair was down it was straight and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/6-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1490\">Chapter 3: Battlestar Mercury &#8211;  Exodus &#8220;The Heist&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Call sign Bouncer was the pilot of raptor 677 from the Battlestar Saturn. He has been trained on the Mercury while she was alone battle star in the fleet. He was of athletic build and had a handsome face and a commanding presence. He had never wanted to fly vipers and was happy with his [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1484\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pegasus3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1484\">Chapter 2: Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;The Briefing&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Commander Maria Ramirez stood up straight as she walked into the pilots briefing room. Her ill fitting uniform was pressed and every crease was where it needed to be. Accustomed to working with a slide show, she walked up to the podium and was saluted by Roger Bishop, her CAG. After a few seconds, she [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/scorpion-shipyards-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=1478\">Chapter 1 : Battlestar Mercury &#8211; Exodus &#8220;Long term plans&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(2\/20\/2023)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Chapter 1: Between the two Cylon Wars: A meeting a few months after the armistice. Aboard the Battlestar Galactica in Admiral Silas Nash meeting with his XO a year after the end of the first Cylon war. \u201cWell Colonel,\u201d Nash leaned back in his office chair. \u201cWhat do you hear?\u201d Colonel Washington, a dark skinned, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book 3 \u201cLogistics\u201d Book 2 \u201cExodus\u201d Book 1 \u201cSecond War\u201d Battlestar Mercury Videos Battlestar Mercury \u201cExodus\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001880,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001880"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6602"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6731,"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6602\/revisions\/6731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}