There are those who believe...

That life here began out there, far across the Universe...

With tribes of humans...

Who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians...

Or the Toltecs...

Or the Mayans...

That they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids...

Or the lost civilizations of Lemuria...

Or Atlantis.

Somebelieve that there may yet be brothers of man...

Who even now fight to survive—somewhere beyond the heavens!

Cyrannus Galaxy
Colonial Star System
Far Edge of Colonial Space

Through the depths of space above the planet moved giant ships resembling great enormous whales with pods attached to the sides that would be considered their 'fins' with greyish refractive armor that seemed reflect the light of the stars surrounding them, making them truly a sight of awe for anyone who was observing them. Over one thousand five hundred meters in length these ships bristled with turrets, cannons, missile launchers and other forms of weapons arrays showing that they were ships of war.

Though the owners preferred to call them Battlestars and each of them were distinguished by names proudly displayed across their hull.

Columbia

Atlantia

Pacifica

Triton

Acropolis

Galactica

These behemoths represented the planets of the people they were built to protect and they did so heroically with the crews of these massive ships believed to be the bravest men and woman in space. They moved gracefully through the void of space, moving towards the rendezvous point where the greatest event in history wold happen. Built during Thousand Yarhen War, around five hundred yarhens before ago served in the worst battles with the murderous robots that were the enemies of the of the people that crewed these ships and recognized as one of the ships that had successfully turned the tide when the Colonies had been in danger more than once, the Galactica and the Pegasus were more than just ships: they were the guardians of humanity. Well, former guardians of humanity due to the armistice that would be signed.

Larger than any other ship in the Colonies the battlestars held over two hundred Vipers and seventy shuttles, was armed with over thirty two high energy plasma cannons nicknamed turbo-lasers for destroying missiles and asteroids with smaller anti-fighter turrets, two heavy energy plasma laser cannons for destroying capital ships, and missile launchers for solonite fusion missiles and solonite bombs making it not only a carrier and a battleship but also an orbital killer, capable of bombarding cities to the ground but luckily it only was meant for bombing Cylon bases. In addition the battlestars were powered by two large fusion reactors and a Tylium energizer that provided a great deal of power for the massive ships and their powerful weapons.

Fusion reactors had been considered only theoretical during the early days of the Twelve Colonies but during the Great War they finally managed to create stable nuclear fusion as a power source in addition to the Tylium energizer which provided a greater amount of power than anything in the Colonies. By pumping purified Tylium and plasma into the energizer where the two come into contact and the plasma ignites the Tylium which is contained by a magnetic field and the energy created by the explosion is channeled by the power distribution nodes into the ship, powering the artificial gravity, computer systems, shields, weapons, and allowing the ship's powerful ion engines to propel the ships faster than light in real space. Since they were warships the Battlestars were intended to operate for a long period of time without refueling or restocking food or water for long periods of times. Though the Cylons had not been encountered in a long time the science department had made technological breakthroughs over the yarhens such as improving their light speed capabilities and scanning equipment to be better prepared for a possible attack.

These ships had been in service for over five hundred yarhens and had been constantly refitted and upgraded to continue defending the human race from the Cylons.

Battlestar Atlantia
Dining Area

President Adar smiled as he observed the long table filled with the greatest military heroes of Colonial civilization that had come to witness this historic event. For a thousand long yarhens the humans of the Twelve Colonies had been at war with machine menace, the Cylons. They had begun as mere robots that were created to serve their reptilian creators but only a few years after their introduction the machines turned on their masters and destroyed them. If that wasn't enough but they had also begun expanding in all direction, enslaving or destroying all that was within their reach with only the human race strong enough to stop them.

Adar stood up to address the table. "Noble delegates, I know many of you are anxious to return to your ships before our rendezvous with the Cylons but I would first like to offer a toast to the most significant history in mankind." He raised his glass. "I also raise my glass to you, not just as the Council of Twelve but also my friends, the greatest leaders ever assembled. As we approach the Seventh Millennium of Time our people will at last find peace, thanks to you."

Everyone raised their glasses. "Peace."

Only one man seemed hesitant as he spoke the word. "Peace."

Battlestar Galactica
Pilot Barracks

The tall sandy haired man sighed as threw a towel over his shoulders, wearing only pants and boots in the room since he just had just finished having a shower when a voice earned his attention from the cigar he had lit. "Starbuck, he's coming."

Starbuck couldn't hide the smile as he looked at the young man that had rushed in. "Now, Zac relax. What's gotten into you?"

Zac still seemed anxious. "It's just…I earned my wings and he still treats me as his little brother."

"Well, you're acting like it." Starbuck said. "Now just calm down. It's just a routine patrol."

"It's more than that. It might be the last…" Zac trailed off as his older brother and Starbuck's best friend, Captain Apollo stepped into the room.

"Zac, Starbuck, what's going on?" Apollo asked.

Starbuck seeing how nervous Zac looked quickly spoke. "Uh…I'm feeling a little under the weather here."

Apollo looked at Starbuck, clearly not believing a word he said but a look at Zac decided to play along. "Well, that's inconvenient. What with everyone wanting to celebrate the armistice I still need someone with me on the last patrol."

Zac bit his lip. "Ah…"

Apollo looked at his younger brother. "Yes Zac, what is it?"

"Uh, Zac volunteered to take my shift." Starbuck quickly said.

"Really?" Apollo smiled at Zac. "Well this is great. Zac, it'll be your first patrol."

Zac looked between Starbuck and Apollo before showing his feelings. "WHOO!"

Battlestar Atlantia
Dining Room

"Baltar, I extend my congratulations on behalf of the Quorum and the Colonies of Kobol to you for your contribution to ending the war. None of this would have been possible without your tireless work." Adar said a man who was younger but still showed an elderly and yet attractive face. "You have left your mark in our history books with this."

"The fact that the Cylons chose me to be their representative for this treaty was an act of providence, not skill." The man named Baltar said as he and Adar stopped at the window showing the fleet and held out his hand which Adar shook.

Adar shook his hand one last time, dismissing Baltar and saw one final leader, standing at the tylinium window, looking out across the fleet.

"I see the party is not a success with all my children." Adama turned and saw President Adar standing next to him.

Adama looked back out the window. "It's out there that concerns me."

Adar frowned. "Surely you do not cling to your suspicions of the Cylons. They asked for this armistice. They want peace."

Adama looked back at the President. "Forgive me, Mr. President. But they hate us with every fiber of their existence. We love freedom, we love independence, to feel, to question, to resist oppression…To them that is an alien way of existing, they will never accept."

"But they have. Through Baltar, they have sued for peace." Adar protested.

Adama saw that was he getting nowhere with the president and simply nodded. "Yes."

Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

Its five year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations.

To boldly go where no man has gone before

Milky Way Galaxy
Alpha Quadrant
Near Klingon Neutral Zone
USS Enterprise NCC-1701
Bridge

Captain's Log Stardate 3211.2: The Enterprise is nearing the end of its five year mission, with only a month left before we return to Earth with many of our crew looking forward to returning home. However until then we will continue our mission to explore strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations. We have seen much on our long journey and though many have died they have not been forgotten. Now as our mission comes to an end I can only say that we all deserve a long good rest.

Captain James T. Kirk ended his log as he looked around the bridge, seeing everyone were at their posts as expected but could feel that they were all looking forward to see well deserved time off. The Enterprise had been at the forefront as many worlds were discovered and explored, system charted and disasters adverted.

"We are secured from warp speed. Now entering designated system." Ensign Hikaru Sulu reported.

Captain Kirk nodded. "Very well. Standard vectors, Mr. Chekov. Set scanners for any life signs in this system."

"Aye sir." Ensign Pavel Chekov replied.

"Mr. Spock, any colonized planets here?" Kirk turned his First Officer and best friend, the Human/Vulcan hybrid named Spock.

"Negative, Captain. However I am detecting an energy surge of unknown origin." Spock reported.

"An energy surge?" Kirk asked.

"Yes, Captain. It is possibly a wormhole of some form, Captain. Scans are detecting signs of tachyon and graviton particles." Spock reported and looked up at the screen. "I believe it is coming into visual range now."

The view screen showed the so-called wormhole appear, resembling a glowing tunnel of black and blue swirling light.

"Captain, I am detecting something coming through. Large in mass and resembles possible ship." Spock reported.

From the tunnel came what appeared to be a massive ship, resembling two double saucers connected by a central pylon.

"Analysis, Mr. Spock." Kirk quickly said.

"The vessel measures at a length of 1,768 meters. No signs of standard warp drive but it is possible that it is the origin of the anomaly." Spock surmised. "I am also detecting over a hundred weapon emplacements, likely to be high level plasma based weapons similar to what was used by United Earth ships before the founding of the Federation and two large possible weapon emitters located at the top and bottom of the ship's hulls and multiple missile launchers with fusion based warheads. I detect no shields but the ship is emitting a field of electromagnetic radiation."

"It is a monster, Keptain." Chekov could not help but comment.

Spock reported next. "Captain, I am not detecting life readings aboard any of the vessel. The power source does not match any known in our database but it is similar a form of electrical generation."

"Electrical generation? That form of power use has been outdated for hundreds of years." Kirk commented.

"Indeed. It seems however that whomever built this vessel has not discovered alternative sources of energy generation." Spock stated.

"It's moving towards us, Captain." Sulu commented.

"Go to yellow alert. Raise deflectors and energize phasers. Uhura, hail that ship." Kirk quickly said. "Let's see if we can avoid a fight."

"Channel open."

"This is Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise to unknown vessel. We have monitored your entry into Federation space. Do you require assistance?"

Uhura tried but came up with nothing. "No response, Captain."

"They are firing." Chekov said as the vessel fired blue bolts that the Enterprise's shields were able to block but Federation shook heavily. "Deflectors holding."

Kirk now saw that he had no choice but to fight back. "Lock phasers."

"Locked, Keptain."

"Fire."

The Enterprise's forward phaser banks fired, sending twin beams of blue light that hit the large vessel, causing it to shake heavily like the Enterprise but its larger mass was less violent.

"Fire again, Mr. Chekov." Kirk ordered.

The Enterprise fired again, its phaser beams arced as they cut into the unknown vessel's hull.

"Captain, I am detecting the two unknown weapons being powered up from the unknown vessel." Spock reported.

"Lock phasers and torpedoes on the vessel and fire. Try to cripple it, Mr. Chekov." Kirk replied.

The Enterprise's weapons now fired on the double saucer ship as it began firing its many plasma turrets at the Federation ship. Phasers cut into the armor plating and two photon torpedoes slammed into the hull, causing heavy damage.

"The vessel has suffered moderate damage, Captain." Spock reported.

"Our shields are holding, Keptain but they are dropping." Chekov quickly said. "The wessel's weapons are reducing them in power."

"Target all their weapons, Mr. Chekov. Maybe they'll stop when they have nothing to shoot us with." Kirk said.

The Enterprise fired again, its phaser beams hitting the turrets with perfect precision.

"Captain, I am reading power readings from one of the two larger weapons at the bottom of the vessel. It is likely a particle beam cannon with considerable fire power." Spock reported.

"Evasive action, Mr. Sulu."

The Enterprise moved just as a large beam of blue light shot from the bottom of the saucer vessel, barely missing the Enterprise but clipped its shields.

"Port shields are down at fifteen percent." Chekov reported as the ship shook even more violently despite only the shields suffering a glancing hit.

"The weapon seems to be a neutron particle beam of considerable power. I am reading that the beam was composed of photons, x-rays, and neutron particles condensed together." Spock said from his readings.

"Fire at will, Mr. Chekov." Kirk ordered.

Photon torpedoes were fired again, hitting the large ship's particle cannon while phasers cut through the hull.

"Captain, I am reading drops in power along the vessel." Spock reported. "I believe we may have crippled it."

"Hail them again, Uhura. Let's see if they want to talk now." Kirk said, watching as the remaining fighters continued to attack but Chekov fired the phasers another wide spread arc that broke them off.

"…No response, Captain." Uhura said after another moment.

"Captain, they are diverting all available power to their remaining particle weapon." Spock reported.

By this point Kirk had had enough. "Fire on that weapon before it fires."

The Enterprise's phasers lashed out, striking the top particle cannon that caused an overload in power that caused a chain reaction, destroying the massive ship from the inside. The bridge crew watched as the unknown vessel exploded in a ball of massive fire.

"Unknown vessel destroyed Keptain." Chekov reported.

Kirk nodded. "Stand down from battle stations. Damage report?"

"No casualties, Captain." Uhura spoke up.

"The deflectors deflected the main barrage but were damaged by the vessel's particle beam weapon. It will take possibly an Earth hour to repair. Captain, the anomaly the vessel came from is still present and it has grown larger, possibly because of the close proximity of the vessel's destruction." Spock reported.

The view screen showed the anomaly growing even larger and started to pull the Enterprise towards it.

"Full reverse!" Kirk shouted.

"Impulse engines are at full power and red lining, Captain! We can't break free!"

"Can we go to warp?"

Sulu did a few quick calculations. "Impossible sir. The gravitational pull would disrupt the warp field!"

Kirk quickly tapped a switch on his armchair. "Kirk to all decks, brace for impact!"

The Enterprise was pulled forward into the anomaly and disappeared down into the tunnel of swirling blue light.