Day 381 after the fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admiral Lawson was in a temporary\noffice in the fleet HQ. Normally she kept her office hours on the\nBattlestar mercury. However for the past week and a half to ship a\nbeen in for repairs and she was forced to use this small office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The office had a window in through that\nwindow she could see her command, the Battlestar. There were some\nderricks and construction on the flight pods other parts of the\nships. The exterior armor was being replaced, along with months of\nbattle damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The war with the Cylons had gone cold.\nThe enemy has not made an appearance in 31 days. Apparently the\npromise made by the model number one was going to be kept. The Cylons\nhad left the Colonies and gone off to pursue a new destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After her capture, Admiral Lawson did not believe that the machines that destroyed humanity would ever give up and destroy what little was left of them. She knew in her heart that they had heart and whatever they called their souls. They were constructed by hateful machines it would not give up until their mission was accomplished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The armistice line set between the\ngovernment of Cory Brooks and the enemy excluded the 12 colonies from\nthe new colonial territory. This line extended right up to the old\ncolonies. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new colonial fleet often violated\nthis line in order to forage for supplies. In the 31 days in the past\nsince the last and a base is mission, no life survivors in about any\nof the 12 colonies. There were however store houses of industrial\nequipment and parts that were necessary to keep the fleet going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every week the civilian in charge of\nthe economy presented Admiral Lawson with a list of what he wanted. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each week list was more extensive, and\nmore dangerous to obtain. Every week however the admiral ordered at\nthe list be obtained. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scientists occasionally asked to go on\nthe mission to take readings. They’ve also percent of the military\nwith reports. These reports or pessimistic. Radiation levels were so\nhigh that in some number of years all life would be extinct and\neveryone of the 12 colonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be perfectly honest with herself, Admiral Lawson to authorize the missions for political reasons. With the threat from the enemy seeming to have a fallen, the military needed to justify itself, to remain relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First priority was always given to the\nmilitaries list of requirements. By fulfilling the requirements of\nthe civilian economy, pressure to make cuts in the size of the\nmilitary were kept at bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admiral Lawson had nearly 25,000 souls\nunder her command. They were four main fleets, each led by a mercury\nclass Battlestar. It was expensive, and represented nearly 10% of the\nentire remaining number of humanity. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThey were nearly 495,000 humans left\nlive in the new colonies. Conditions were harsh and the economy was\ndifficult. Civilians were already calling on people to be released\nfrom the military to do jobs that were more economically relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With 25,000 people in the military and\n20,000 involved in vital support shop such as shipbuilding and\nmanufacturing of ammunition, the situation was probably\nunsustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were 18 different outposts forming a new colonies. Some of them barely habitable by humans. Life was difficult, and the planets that they were inhabiting would never be as easy to live on as Caprica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The overall goal of the shipping\nprogram was not just to build military vessels, it was also the\nbuilding of transport to take nearly half 1 million colonists off on\na space adventure to find a new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admiral Lawson had advocated picking up\nthe entire number of humanity and heading into the stars. Her premise\nwas to go as far away from the cylon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was known that that with 50,000\npeople, President Laura Roslyn and Admiral Adama had done this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hack that was used to eavesdrop on cylon communications brought back a very important piece of intelligence. The enemy had not found the other colonial fleet led by Galactica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThere was a special mission on the\nway. Based hours were being sent in all directions, searching for the\nescape to fleet. Massive amounts of fuel and ammunition will be\nexpected to sand forces in all directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was because of this that admiral Eva\nLawson had wanted to go off in a different direction. The only way\nshe believed that humanity would be safer to be far far away from the\nmachines they had created. Distance was the only hope of survival in\nher opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The galaxy was a big place, and it should be possible to find a place that was more hospitable and difficult to find. The newly reconstituted news media had openly mocked her testimony in front of the peoples council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The admirals response I’ve been\ncaustic, even toxic. She did not back down in the civilian government\npromised to consider our request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander Maria Ramirez was due for an appointment in a few minutes. Finding manners where she thought they were none, Admiral Lawson ordered a tray of coffee and refreshments be delivered for the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coffee was her fuel, for Lawson was not\nable to sleep well. Her dreams were plagued with images from her\ncaptivity. She had initiated, or rather tried to initiate relations\nwith a number of civilians and failed to complete a goal so simple. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before the war, it had been a hobby. It was something she had done for fun. Now she was so messed up that she could not do it at all. The door chimed. She admitted Commander Ramirez, sho quickly grabbed a doughnut and poured herself a cup of coffee. She put a storage device on the desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Colonel Simmons completed the\nmission to Caprica. He was ambushed by large fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colonel Simmons have been appointed to\nbe the commander of the captured Battlestar Athena. His promotion to \nCommander I’ve been held up by the peoples counsel. They were\nconcerned about costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He wasn’t killed was he?”\nAsked Lawson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Oh no they got through it OK.\nThey were casualties I think they lost a adamant class ship. They\nwere victorious but they did take a hell of a beating. They jumped to\nScorpia to grab some supplies and do some emergency repairs. We have\na few cargo containers hidden in the shipyard ruins. It enables us to\nmake quick repairs for these kind of circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I did not see that on your last report Commander Ramirez,” Lawson spoken a false accusing tone. She smiled warmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’ll be on the monthly report,”\npromised Ramirez. “You got some great footage do you want to see\nthe battle Admiral?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course I do. Lets watch it in the\nsimulator theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This room was a large movie theater\nwith a massive video screen. It had been built into the shipyards\nalong with simulators similar to those found other mercury class\nbattle stars. It was an enjoyable way to watch the war for footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whenever possible all battles were\nrecorded so the winner lose the military could learn from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n