{"id":4596,"date":"2023-02-05T14:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T14:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2023-02-20T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:35:05","slug":"chapter-13-fuel-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4596","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 13: &#8211; Fuel Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;Air wing is refueled and re-armed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lawson: &#8220;Hold them in the tubes. Cylons wont make us wait too long.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;Saturn reports FTL drive is repaired.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">XO Mercury: &#8220;This is Whiskey Saturns orders are to hang back. Jump if pressured.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4qgWuQt13t4?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Saturn Combat: &#8220;This is XO Saturn. Orders acknowledged.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8hT3zbBE9Kw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DRADIS: &#8220;Contacts, cylon air fleet. Launching Raiders. Lots of jamming.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">XO Mercury: &#8220;All air wings launch. Standby all weps defensive and offensive.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MtcGgKkve94?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Pilot: &#8220;Half of these guys are jamming wardrivers. Upgraded first war tech.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">CAG: &#8220;Request electronic warfare help us clear our scopes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NGHvtEOLGrg?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">XO Mercury: &#8220;Negative CAG. ECM are on different mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">CAG: &#8220;What the frak!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 5\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQaTL6FIr3U?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Pilot: &#8220;These jammers are all over us. Where are the ECM birds?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WDpneoNU7zk?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;Cylons are hacking our network!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lawson: &#8220;This is Mercury actual. Initiate Cyber defense.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 7\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zsv-VrucvO0?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mercury Actual: &#8220;Next pilot that gripes about ECM will NOT like their next assignment. CAG try and draw the raiders into our engagement zone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cLQlYK_XRY0?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;Venus is under heavy fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">XO: Mercury: &#8220;This is Whiskey, Venus is authorized for emergency jump. Commanders discretion.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NP39qMmY6d0?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;This is Venus actual. FTL offline. Attempting to disengage.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 10\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JotNGATQN00?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;Base star is making a move on the refinery.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lawson: &#8220;Of course they are.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 11\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zbTc4yheJs8?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Venus Actual: &#8220;We are in a crossfire. Taking heavy damage.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rvl-7WcFvw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;We lost the Venus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rvl-7WcFvw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;Argos down!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rvl-7WcFvw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Combat: &#8220;Base stars are on collision course withthe refinery.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lawson in CIC: &#8220;They will jumping after the refineries go up. Marines and fuel ships<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jump to waypoint Zeus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rvl-7WcFvw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;This is whiskey. All batteries take out the Cylon carriers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rvl-7WcFvw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chapter 13 story video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Exodus Chapter 13 seg 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rvl-7WcFvw?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Major Samuel Jones looked like he needed a glass filled with his call sign \u201cWhiskey\u201d which he had picked up as a nugget fresh out of flight school. He walked into the office adjoined to the commanders quarters, where Admiral Lawson had very few of her meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Without permission, he sat down at the Admiral&#8217;s table. She was out of her blue uniform jacket, in the standard issue fleet tee-shirt, which was sleeveless. She had a serious look on her face, but also flashed a bemused expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cMajor,\u201d she said. \u201cYou wanted a meeting you have your meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWell the fuel mission failed. We need to plan another attack as soon as possible. My in box is full of requests for fuel. The commanders are hoarding it so they can&#8217;t be left behind. I can hold them off for a while, but only if we plan another raid. Quickly. I think I know where we went wrong Sir. I wrote up a tactical plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>\u201cMajor Jones, would you like a drink? I&#8217;d suggest cold water, but I have hooch somewhere in these quarters as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cSir,\u201d he sputtered, \u201cI think I need a clear head to plan a raid.\u201d He pushed a usb flash drive on the desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWhat&#8217;s that?\u201d Lawson was smiling slightly unable to keep a grave look on her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The door chime buzzed. Major Jones turned his head with surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cCome in Commander,\u201d Lawson looked from her seat at the door. Commander Ramirez, looking smart in her newly tailor uniform, gave a nod to Major Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jones looked flustered. He gestured at his USB drive. \u201cShould I have submitted my refinery attack plan to Commander Ramirez for her review.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe&#8217;re attacking another refinery?\u201d Ramirez looked confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Major Jones spoke up again. \u201cThe raid failed,\u201d he said, \u201cwe have to plan another raid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe need more fuel?\u201d Commander Ramirez asked. \u201cWhat happened to the fuel we took during the battle?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWhat fuel?\u201d Jones asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAll right,\u201d Lawson smiled. \u201cNews flash. If you remember the raid that we ran before the Cylon invasion was a fuel grab. Its easy for the Cylons to blow up a refinery. Their reaction to our assault was expected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWhy?\u201d Major Jones asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cBecause my hackers leaked the raid to the Cylons, We needed them to think we were coming and send out tankers.\u201d Commander Ramirez smiled, proud of her hacker team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cSo when the Cylons discovered our attack plans, they emptied out the refinery. We knew that, We cut the size of the task force and diverted resources to the actual attack plan.\u201d Admiral Lawson was smiling slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI wasn&#8217;t told,\u201d Jones replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe needed you to sell the attack plan. We hijacked every tanker that left the refinery. That is forty ships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe outsmarted the Cylons?\u201d Major Jones asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe outsmarted the Cylons.\u201d Admiral Lawson agreed. \u201cTo be perfectly accurate, Commander Ramirez outsmarted them. When I asked for a better attack plan, I rejected all the ones we had tried before. I wanted an out of the box plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jones reached across the table and took back his USB drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI will be needing to plan on a 250 jump sprint to get as far away from the Cylons as we can, as fast as we can. I routinely limit the information in my attack plans to keep the Cylons from finding out. As you know, I was frakking one of the humanoid models before we knew they had humanoid models.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cForty fuel ships, that is quite a bit of fuel.\u201d Commander Ramirez said. \u201cToasters are going to be kind of angry when they figure thing out. We are going to convert the first 15 fuel carriers to hold passengers after we get their fuel unloaded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAdmiral,\u201d Major Jones said, rising from his seat and offering a crisp military salute. \u201cPlease forgive me Sir for doubting your plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Lawson stood up and returned the salute. \u201cNothing to forgive. You acted inn good faith on the information you received. It is my trust issues that I need to address.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cSo Admiral,\u201d Maria Ramirez who had not sat down, looked directly into her commanding officers eyes. \u201cWhere will we go?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWell. We have taken copies of everything useful on the Cylon network?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cYes Sir. There is a copy of the database on each of the three Mercury Class ships. It is air gapped. We can only do research in the labs that have workstations. It will take some time to verify the data. The Cylons conducted a lot of exploration of the galaxy, mostly in search of the resources they needed to destroy us.\u201d Commander Ramirez stood straight, anticipating the next question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cSo we can safely cut our physical encroachment of the Cylon communications network?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe already have,\u201d Ramirez confirmed. \u201cMy hacking teams left behind quite a lot of clever malware, but we receive our data dumps from indirect sources. A bit of encrypted data on certain raiders. Our salvage teams are combing the refinery site for some more nuggets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWell done Commander Ramirez. How long will it take the Cylons to remove all of this what did you call it malware?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAdmiral Lawson,\u201d she grinned. \u201cRight now the Cylons have a choice. They can stop all military operations and clean up their systems with backups made prior to our hack. We estimate that would give us a three to six month head start.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOr they can pursue us, knowing that we are reading their email!\u201d Major Jones added with his own grin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cHow did we beat the Cylons at computer software?\u201d Admiral Lawson, a pilot at her core asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe created the Cylons, we just wrote our own upgrade in.\u201d Ramirez concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOkay,\u201d Lawson began the brainstorming meeting. \u201cWe head for parts unknown, into parts of the Galaxy the Cylons have not explored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cRight,\u201d Ramirez walked to the computer terminal and brought up a map of the galaxy. \u201cIt will make resource acquisition harder, most important would be our tylium and metals supplies. But in the long run, it makes it equally hard for the Cylons will have to develop their own resources along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe can make it harder on the Cylons by hitting their fuel depots and refineries on the way through their territories,\u201d Major Jones suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In unison, the two women present said, \u201cright.\u201d Then they talked over each other, trying to outline some technical plans. Lawson finally took the floor. \u201cWe also want to rescue some more of those we left behind in the so called \u201cnew\u201d Colonies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe can send in some more arms for the resistance.\u201d Ramirez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOkay,\u201d Lawson guided. \u201cLets make a list of priorities and see what we can get done. Priority one is the repair of our damaged battlestars while we continue to sprint for safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThen route exploration, aid to the resistance,\u201d Jones added. \u201cDon&#8217;t forget to blow up the Cylon fuel dumps.\u201d The trio laughed together and almost missed the door chime, a private offering them some badly needed coffee. For a few hours optimism ruled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4592\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; Chapter 12<\/a>        <a href=\"https:\/\/battlestarmercury.com\/wordpress\/?p=4618\">Chapter 14 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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