Chapter 1

Captain Brian Tregare of the Battlestar Galactica was suiting up for his next mission. He had just finished strapping on his side arm when Col. Adama came in.

"So you're ready to for this mission?"

"Yes sir. And so are my men as well." Capt. Tregare told him.

"Good. Just make sure that the Cylons don't set up that satellite outside of Earth's solar system. Take it down immediately."

"Will do sir."

"And Brian."

"Yes."

"When are you marrying your girlfriend?"

"When I go on furlough. And she doesn't know that I'm going to propose to her yet." He told Lee with a smile.

"Just make sure that she doesn't try to kill you when you pop the question to her." Lee said with a smile on his face as well.

Brian grabbed the rest of his gear, and both he and Lee Adama headed towards the launch bay. Brian met the rest of his squadron before they headed for their Vipers.

"Alright guys. Listen up. We have to make sure that the Cylons don't set up that satellite. We have to take it out now. Any questions?" Col. Adama wanted to know.

"Can I be excused from this mission? I have a toothache." One of the pilots said. The other pilots laughed like crazy over this.

"Only if you spend it in the brig for that. Now get to your Vipers and take out that satellite." Col. Adama said and then headed to CIC where his father, Adm. Adama was.

All of the pilots got into their Vipers, and waited for the order to launch.

"This is Launch Control. You have clearance to launch." The voice over the Comm. Line told them.

"Acknowledge Launch Control. Alright pilots, let's take that thing out, and head back here for out furloughs." Brian told them.

They launched their Vipers, and headed for the coordinates that were supplied to them.

CIC

Both Adm. and Col. Adama listen to the pilots over the Comm. Lines as they launched their Vipers.

"I hope that they can pull this off." Adm. Adama said.

"If any group of Viper pilots can, it's this group. After all, with what they managed to do when the fleet first shown up here over Earth not too long ago against the Cylons in their fighter craft, they earned the right to be Viper pilots." Col. Adama said.

"I know, just with Kara being injured, I'm just hoping that they can do this. After all, she did train them herself."

"And that's why they can do this. They are just as crazy as she is." He told his father with a smile.

William Adama started to chuckle a bit at this. He knew his son was right about these pilots; after all they earned the nickname 'Eight Ball Squadron'. They took a lot of risks for the safety of both Earth and the fleet. They watched the Vipers launch, and head for their destination.

Deep Space

The Vipers had just past Pluto, and were nearing the Cylon satellite. They saw their target, and headed towards it. They landed their Vipers in the satellite, and went to place the explosive charges that they had. They planted the explosives where they could do the most damage, and hopefully take out the satellite with their Vipers. They noticed that there were no Cylons about, and it made them nervous.

They just finished with the planting of their explosives, when a group of humanoid and Robotic Cylons made their appearance. They started to shoot at the Viper pilots as they headed towards their ships. They managed to launch back into space, but were greet by a squadron of Cylon Raiders.

"Crazy Eights! Break and attack!" Brian told them.

The squadron broke formation, and started to attack the Raiders. The Vipers and Raiders were taking each other down, and it was not looking good for the Viper pilots. They were using their cannons, decoys, and every other trip in the book that they could think of. Brian and one other pilot were flying towards the Galactica, when Brian's top engine was hit.

"Sunspot, head back to the Galactica without me. I'm going to try the FTL drive to get back."

"Nova, that new system hasn't been tried yet. Are you sure that you want to do that?"

"Just get back. It looks like the Galactica has launched more Vipers out here. Now go, and I'll be there in no time with the FTL." Brian told him.

"I'm not leaving…"

"I'm making this an order then. Now head back." Brian ordered Sunspot.

"I'll have the drinks ready at the Officers Club ready then." Sunspot said before leaving.

As he saw Sunspot leave, Brian started to get the FTL drive ready to get him to the Galactica. As he engaged the FTL, his ship was hit again, and disappeared. Lt. Col. Kara Thrace couldn't believe her eyes as she saw Brian's ship disappeared. She contacted the Galactica to see if he made it back there. It was a negative on that. His ship never reappeared. Her squadron took out the remaining Raiders, and took out the satellite as well. They then reconned the area several times to see if his ship made it back, but it did not. She was going to hate to be the one to tell his family that Brian died in the line of duty. Plus his fiancée the news as well. She hated this part of the job. She just hoped that Maren will be alright once she tells her the news.