{"id":11035,"date":"2026-07-01T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:11:56","slug":"book4chapter-31-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=11035","title":{"rendered":"Book4:Chapter 31 &#8220;Rescue?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11035\" class=\"elementor elementor-11035\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f03ccf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f03ccf0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ab92e6\" data-id=\"4ab92e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-3bd88ba elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3bd88ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-015ea47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"015ea47\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5607fb\" data-id=\"e5607fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-eac3796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eac3796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">See bottum for video link<\/span><\/p><p><iframe title=\"B4 Chapter 31 &#039;The Rescue?&#039;    4K\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tZ8mJFaGeTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">XO: Major Stanley Jacobs accepted the tablet computer and signed the report with a finger print.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThat is the end of alpha shift, day four in this spider hole, waiting for a fleet big enough to ambush. The Air wing is at nearly 90% of the available birds. Commander Air Group is asking us to reduce training time in the simulators to 9 hours a day for the lucky 75 percent who are not flying Combat Air Patrol.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Admiral: \u201cGot an actual message from HG this morning. He says to stand by for the pineapple network version two, coming very soon. What the frack does he even mean by that?\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Deck Officer: \u201cEncrypted coms. Military.\u00a0 Head Geek!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cContact! Two raptors, one assault, one recon!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">A familiar voice came over the speakers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cHG to Mercury Actual. I have the position of Saturn. She is damaged, barely operational. Cylon forces in the immediate area, not very strong or well organized. Saturn\u2019s air wing is fighting the toasters off..\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThis is Mercury Actual. Land the cap. Set condition 1 in the fleet for an immediate combat jump. All available birds in the tubes.&#8221;<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">XO:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cAll right. FTL information echo. Fleet ready for a combat jump in 30 seconds. Two jumps to the target.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Deck Officer: \u201cAll ships in the fleet ready for fast turnover jump.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cActual, this is Head Geek. The Saturn has taken a beating. If she is to survive, we will have to be very precise with our inbound jump.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Admiral:\u00a0 \u201cOperation Protection Jump?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Wireless static.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cAye Admiral.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Admiral.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cI have never been eager to test that scenario outside of the VR simulator.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">More wireless static.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cNo problem. We will have 20 very long seconds to avoid a collision if we hit the mark. Easy peasy. I took the software updates from fleet comm New Helios. They have been burning\u00a0 in for the entire few weeks I have been gone. Wait 15 seconds, the pilot says we need to do a combat landing.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">There was a good reason for Admiral Lawson\u2019s concern. In VR, the dangerous, protective jump worked safely about half the time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Admiral Lawson grinned, waiting for the first FTL jump. With that the fleet was ready to jump straight into combat.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Deck Officer: \u201cJump 1 complete. Safety bypass. All FTL systems report ready for precision jump, fast turn around.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">XO: \u201cCombat Jump!!!! Launch systems ready, guns on manual.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Deck Officer: \u201cSaturn is right where we expect it. Helm is braking us as Mercury and Solaria slide in front to offer protection. Toasters are where they are expected.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cAngel to air wing exit starboard defense zone, we have two heavies coming in. Mercury Actual. It\u2019s about time. Did you stop for breakfast before the jump?\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Admiral: \u201cLaunch all birds. Deck gangs turn over those cap birds and get them out and into the fight. Saturn birds have priority for landing and replenishment. Get those raptors out with the DC and rescue crews!!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThis is Solaria Actual Two exterior network devices have been hacked. All guns switch to salvo mode. Target kilo is primary!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cMercury Actual to Saturn. Do we have a status on Commander Ramirez and Major Langer. Who the frack is in command over there.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">XO:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cReport is unavailable and receiving medical care. Admiral, so long as the Battlestar Saturn continues to fly in formation with us and shoot, we might not want to distract whoever is flying and shooting with a lot of questions.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Deck Officer:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cRadiological alarm. Nukes fired from point blank range.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OPS:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDetonated\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">XO: \u201cMissile salvo inbound. Hitting fire control hard!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Deck Officer:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">\u201cThe enemy fleet is breaking. They have lost command and control.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">XO: \u201cRepair estimate on Solaria FTL six hours.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">Admiral: \u201cEvacuate Saturn.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #ffffff;\">XO: \u201cRecon has reinforcement jumps 60 minutes travel at the Cylon slower than light speeds. 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