Day 837 of the second Cylon war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commanders Log, Battlestar Solaria. Steven Evans recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter ten days of very low activity, my task force has been assigned a mission to seize a shipment of nuclear weapons that became known to us via a hack of the Cylons network. I had wanted the Solaria, but she is not ready. As Athena does not have a permanent XO ,,,I have Commander Indira Modi on loan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDue to the lack of bunk space, Commander Modi is bunking with our pilots. The combat jump is scheduled for 15 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Commander Modi was disoriented when she woke up in a pilot bunk on the Battlestar Athena. It had been a short time as a Battlestar commander. Modi was surprised how used to her privacy she had become. She felt uncomfortable as she stripped and showered with the Viper pilots who are on their best behavior in front of a commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She quipped to herself about lines in the shower, being for a lower class person. It was easy to get into a bad frame of thought. She sternly reminded herself to never let that happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10 minutes later, she was up in CIC are uniform pressed and everything shiny and perfect, as usual, standing in the much smaller, combat information center of the Battlestar Athena. She was self conscious as she had no time to take care of her hair. It was wet, hanging limply to shoulder length behind her back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am not used to these displays,\u201d Modi reported, \u201chowever it seems that the board is green on all task force members. Task force 77 is ready for a combat jump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLets hope every ship in this task force comes home,\u201d Commander Evans said in a whisper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n