No Good Deed Goes Unrewarded
Admiral William Adama sat in his ready room going over reports.
His life had been difficult since the Pegasus incident.
He was just about to call it a night when he was summoned to CIC at the request of one of the long range patrols.
When Adama reaches the CIC he says, 'Colonel Tigh report!"
Tigh replies, "Sir, raptor 27 under the command of Racetrack and Sculls has reported an unidentified vessel adrift in space.
They claim it does not appear to be of colonial or cylon origin."
Adama thinks, great just what we need a first contact situation but then it occurs to him that this might be the first evidence of the thirteenth tribe.
Adama then says, "Colonel, inform Lee that the Galactica is jumping to investigate this contact and that he has command of the fleet until we return."
Two hours later William Adama was staring at the vessel now safely cocooned in the in the starboard flight pod of the Galactica.
Admiral Adama turns to Lt Gaeta and chief Tyrol and asks, "Well what can you tell me about this vessel?'
Gaeta and Tyrol look at each other and then Lt Gaeta replies, "Sir from what we have determined to date the vessel is constructed of a material unknown to either Colonial or Cylon science and it doesn't appear to have a jump drive.
We believe that we have discovered an entry hatch and have been slowly supplying power to an external socket in the hope of being able to activate it.
Our other attempts to gain entry using plasma torches were a failure.
The material is incredibly tough and heat resistant and could probably withstand a nuke and be unharmed."
Admiral Adama ponders this and then says, "We'll be jumping back to the fleet now.
I want to be present with Dr Cottle when we open it."
Upon its return to the fleet Colonial One immediately landed and President Laura Roslin went to find Admiral Adama to find out what is going on.
William Adama had been expecting this and had prepared a briefing for the president.
Once president Roslin was seated in his ready room Adama began his explanation.
"Madam President, last evening a raptor patrol reported a derelict vessel adrift in space.
When the report first came in I came to the conclusion that there were two possibilities firstly that it was a cylon trap or secondly it was a first contact situation with either the 13th tribe or an alien race.
Not wanting to risk the fleet in the case it was a trap I took the Galactica to investigate.
What we discovered is baffling.
The vessel is unlike any we have ever seen and is constructed of a material unknown to Colonial or Cylon science.
Even the use of plasma torches could not breach the hull of the alien vessel's hull.
At present Lt Gaeta and Chief Tyrol have connected an emergency generator to what they believe is some kind of external support socket in an attempt to gain entry to the alien vessel.
All we know at present is the alien vessel seems virtually indestructible and that it is drinking up all the energy the generator is supplying.
Now until we gain access or get other definite results it is now just a matter of waiting for our next discovery."
President Roslin is stunned by the information but realises that releasing any information at present would only raise the hopes of the fleet to no avail.
After several minutes of silent thought she says to Admiral Adama, "Very well but keep me informed of any developments.
Loki is returning from one of his frequent illegal trips to the human home world of Earth for specimens in his experiments when his Beliskner class Asgard mothership detects a beacon form an Asgard vessel.
Interrogating the computer Loki realises that the beacon is from an Asgard vessel that was lost 30,000 years ago before the Asgard began the large scale tampering with their genome.
Loki scans for the vessel only to discover that the beacon is coming from a region of space that the Furlings had insisted be left alone by the other members of the four great races.
Loki decides to go and retrieve the vessel after all he is already breaking Asgard law by carrying out unauthorised experiments on humans so what is another slight breach of a treaty with the Furlings.
After all if they catch him he could always claim he was only there in the first place to recover something that belongs to the Asgard anyhow.
With his decision made Loki's ship enters hyper speed and heads towards the location of the beacon.
When Loki arrived at the co-ordinates of the beacon he was stunned to discover that the Asgard vessel had been taken aboard a large military vessel that used primitive versions of Furling jump drives and artificial gravity.
What really intrigued Loki was the presence of certain individuals that had been created using Furling bio-engineering techniques.
Loki's scans also indicated the Asgard vessel contained the remains of their genetic ancestors.
The humans on board the primitive warship were trying to gain access to the Asgard vessel and this was something that Loki could not allow and he beamed the ancient Asgard vessel into one of his ships storage bays.
Lt Felix Gaeta, Chief Galen Tyrol and the recently arrived Dr Gaius Baltar are stunned when the alien vessel suddenly disappears in a bright flash of white light.
Gaius Baltar just knew that they had witnessed a form of matter transmission.
He also knew that such severe technology was far beyond the realm of current known technology.
Lt Gaeta was already reporting the disappearance of the vessel to Admiral Adama when Baltar decided he had better join the Admiral and the president as it was most likely that there was another alien ship somewhere nearby.
The discussion had been going on for an hour.
Admiral Adama was adamant that no general transmission be made as it would act as a beacon to the cylons.
In truth Gaius Baltar agreed but his scientific curiosity made him try and support the president's position as he just had to know who had that kind of technology.
To end the argument president Roslin ordered Admiral Adama to make the powerful open transmission in the hope that whoever retrieved the alien vessel might talk and assist them in their time of need.
Loki listened to the transmission in interest.
He already had what he had come for but those bio-engineered humans intrigued him.
Strangely these Colonials plight kind of matched that of the Asgard.
These humans had lost a war to mechanoids that they had created while his people were fighting a war against a mechanical menace that showed no sign of ending.
For the first time in millennia Loki felt pity for others and decided that he would make contact with and help the Colonials.
His scanners indicated that there was an unoccupied planetary body that would suit these Colonials nearby that they could settle on.
As a by-product it gave him the ability to have an experimental base far from the Asgard High council's observation.
Satisfied with his decision Loki found out where the transmission was originating from and proceeded to establish contact with these Colonials via holographic projection.
In the Battlestar Galactica's CIC President Roslin and Gaius Baltar had nearly given up any hope of contact when an apparition of a small grey hairless large eyed alien suddenly appeared before them.
Loki looked at the humans blinked and said, "Greetings, I am Loki of the Asgard.
I have retrieved what belonged to my people.
When I heard your transmission I was of two minds whether to respond or just leave as I had retrieved the lost vessel of my people.
However after hearing your plight I decided to grant you an audience.
How may I be of service?"
President Roslin was flabbergasted she was speaking to an advanced hologram of an alien.
Quickly gaining her bearing Roslin asks, "Could we meet face to face to discuss our problems and what assistance you could provide as my remaining people are in dire straits."
Loki replies, "No that will not be possible. Your people are a young and aggressive species with access to technology beyond your understanding.
We will either continue to communicate by real time holographic projection or I will simply leave.
I will however provide you with a word of advice.
This area of space you reside in has been protected by an ancient powerful race that has kept your people safe.
The course you are proceeding on will take you out of this area of protection into space controlled by a parasitic species that sees your kind as nothing more than soldiers, slaves and hosts.
Leave this region of space at your peril."
Roslin gasps, 'there are more humans out there, the descendants of the Thirteenth tribe?"
Loki replies, "I do not understand this reference to the Thirteenth Tribe?"
Roslin replies, "Originally there were thirteen tribes of humans on Kobol but after a war twelve went to colonise twelve worlds in the Cyrannus cluster while the other the thirteenth left to colonise a distant world called Earth.
We are following a map left in the temple of Athena on Kobol that shows the way to the Earth."
Loki is quite for a few moments as he digests the information and replies, "Your information is incorrect.
Earth is the homeworld of humanity.
My people the Asgard as well as the other three great races have been monitoring their development for many tens of thousands of your years.
Even the language you speak is derived from one spoken on Earth many thousands of years ago.
I even suspect that I know who your Lords of Kobol were but that is not for me to tell.
It is theirs; they should never have let you worship them as Gods."
Laura Roslin slumped into the nearest seat.
All that she had believed since she was a small child was all a lie if this Asgard creature were to be believed.
Yet why would it lie, it stood to gain nothing by this explosive revelation.
She looked over at the unblinking hologram of the Asgard alien and whispered, "Will you still assist us?"
Loki responded, "Yes, as long as you remain in this region of space.
In fact there is a world suitable for your species not far from here in a nebula.
Besides I find the bio-engineered humans you have amongst your fleet population intriguing."
Laura Roslin bounds from her seat and shouts, "There are still human form cylons amongst the fleet?"
Loki surprised by the reaction responds, "Yes, Do you wish them removed?"
Laura responds. "Frak yes!"
Loki not knowing the vernacular used moves a crystal on his control panel and merely replies, "Done!"
Admiral Adama alone with all in the CIC is stunned when Colonel Tigh disappears in a flash of white light.
Adama speaks to the Asgard and says, I thing you have made a mistake."
Loki replies, "On the contrary Admiral I assure you that all those removed from the fleet have been constructed using the same bio-engineering techniques.
I will keep them isolated on my ship for the time being so that I can study them.
Now that this issue is resolved I suggest you head to the co-ordinated I just sent you so that your people can start anew.'
With this said the hologram disappears leaving only the co-ordinates to the new world and stunned people when they discover that people they knew were cylons.
Those taken were Saul and Ellen Tigh, Galen Tyrol, Tory Foster and Samuel Anders along with Sharon Agathon, D'Anna Biers, Gina and several other notable cylon infiltrators.
At New Caprica the Colonials are going about rebuilding their society.
When the news broke of what Loki had told president Roslin riots broke out between the fundamentalists and the less rigidly religious.
Some even claim the fact were all lies.
Loki shakes his head he will never in a million years understand religion and the humans desires to follow them.
Still it is not his problem.
He has far more important thing to do like analyse these bio- humans or as the colonials call them Human form cylons.
Some of the human form cylons had been very helpful especially the number eight model designated Sharon Agathon.
Loki's research into a cure for the Asgard's genetic degradation had taken a new course.
He finally realised that their old bodies simply were beyond repair but the bio-cylons physiology and especially the newly born human bio-cylon hybrid had taken his research in a new direction.
Loki believed that he could create a bio-cylon ancient Asgard hybrid that could retain the Asgard's vast intellects it was now just a matter of trial and error.
He just needed specimens and the Colonial remnant should do nicely to attract those specimens.
Once thing that really intrigued Loki was this resurrection technology the cylons possessed.
Loki needed examples of the technology to analyse but Loki was sure that once the Cylons discovered New Caprica he could track the dead cylons back to the resurrection ship and perhaps to the hub itself.
If he can gain possession of them then the universe is his oyster.