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Saga of a Viper Pilot.
Authors note. Why a crossover between Victorious and the original BSG? Easy answer. It's all in good fun so why in the hell not.
Chapter 1 – A party to end them all.
"There are those who believe, that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. They may have been the Architects of the pyramids, or the lost civilization of Lemuria or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive far, far away, amongst the stars.
The opening narration from the Original Battlestar Galactica Television movie.
NO ONE'S POV
After a thousand years of war with the robotic Cylon's, the humans of the 12 colonies were much surprised when the Cylon's asked for peace. They communicated their bid for peace through a member of the colonies, ruling council of 12 named Baltar.
President Adar, head of the council was much welcome to the end of a thousand tiresome years of war. Now To finalize and sign the peace treaty, the colonial war fleet flew towards a rendezvous with the Cylon's. Onboard the fleet was not only Baltar, but also President Adar and the council of 12. The fleet itself consisted of 7 Battlestars. Each battlestar was a huge war ship, with over 1100 crew, that not only carried offensive and defensive weapons, but each had a compliment of 250 fighters called Vipers.
On one of the assembled battlestars, which was named Acropolis, sat a young female viper pilot named Jade. She was actually the very first female to make it to viper pilot and had worked extremely hard to get there. While many in the fleet were looking forward to the end of the long war, Jade carried deep suspicions of this supposed peace treaty. She felt the President and the council of 12 were being too reckless in all too quickly embracing this bid for peace. But being a lowly viper pilot, could do nothing about it. All she could do was sit on her ship and wait, something that Jade hated in general.
A group of colonial warrior's, another name for pilot, who were playing the card game known as pyramid looked over at Jade . They could see that fleet's only female warrior was sitting in the corner, drinking quietly and had a rather displeased look in her face. Ever since the announcement of the peace treaty with the Cylon's, Jade's already dark mood got even darker. She had worked extremely hard to prove herself, qualify as a viper pilot and be accepted by her male peers. None of them took her seriously at first, but through sheer determination and willpower she made it.
Assigned to Green squadron on the Battlestar Acropolis, Jade had excelled and earned the respect of her fellow squadron mates.
But in order to excel, Jade had to form a very hardened shell around her. Not let anyone, any insult, or put down let through. While her squadron mates, were very friendly with another Jade was a brooding loner. She would spend time in the corner either writing or reading, almost always with a flagon of ambrosia in her hand. Many times she had been invited to join a game of pyramid or even Triad, but she always politely declined. The other members of green squadron, including her wingman Robbie, knew to leave her alone. She had proven to have a very volatile temper if provoked.
But for all her issues of personality, they all knew she could be completely depended on in combat. Already an ace many times over, she went after the Cylon's with a ruthless almost machine like precision. She had admitted that her parents had been killed some years ago, when the Cylon's raided her home planet of Gemenon. That being one of the 12 colonies and home to many millions of humans. All she wanted to do was exterminate them, destroy them all. At one point or another in the last year, she had saved the life of nearly all of her squadron mates. But many were puzzled by her ever darkening mood.
"Hey Jade, please tell us. Why aren't you happy? The war is over. You can go home. I want to be an entertainer on my colony of Aquaria. Make people laugh. Don't you want to do something other than be a viper pilot?" Robbie called from across the room where he was playing pyramid.
Jade looked up from her flagon of ambrosia with a harsh look. "I worked too hard to just be retired or left to flying nothing patrols. " Jade suddenly stood up looking even more agitated. "I don't like this, here we are flying to rendezvous with the Cylon's and just be friends. I worked too hard to get where I was." Jade pointed out in the direction that the fleet was headed. "The Cylon's fought too hard to get where they are. I don't give up and I find it hard to believe those Cylon's would either. But all of you, just sit and drink and be merry, acting as if we're on a Joyride from Aries to Caprica. None of this is right, I know it."
Jade, disgusted of her squadron mate's blind acceptance of what she remained deeply suspicious, drained her flagon and stormed off.
"What a head case." Said Heran, a fellow green squadron pilot.
"Shut up Heran. She saved your life at least twice and she's a dam good pilot. Don't you forget it. " Robbie barked at his squadron mate.
A few minutes later, Jade was standing on the bridge. In the last year, there was only one person whom she had let become close. His name was Beck and he was a gunnery officer whose station bridge. He was her on again off again boyfriend, and handled her moods and outbursts with infinite patience. Just seeing her walk across the bridge in agitated fashion, he immediately knew she was in a very foul mood.
"What's Wrong Babe?" Said Beck, as Jade walked up to his station.
"I don't like this. Here we are meeting the Cylon's and half my squadron is tanked."
"Sounds like you've had a few as well."
Jade shot him a rather nasty look then relaxed slightly. "Just a couple to try and relax me. But I can't relax. Everything feels wrong and I seem to be the only one. Has everyone taken leave of their senses."
Though it may get him in trouble, Beck took Jade's hand. "Look. Lots of us are weary. You just seem to be taking this personally. Don't. We do what were told. Baltar has arranged a peace. Look at the positive side. Maybe you and I can spend more time together. I know you want that. It's not an affront to you or your skills as a pilot." Though he hadn't told her he wanted to buy a place on his home colony of Virgon and settle down with the volatile but wonderful woman. There she could write or even act as she had occasionally expressed interest in. He just wanted her to be happy, even if he wasn't sure how exactly to do it.
Beck always seemed to have the right words to calm Jade down. Before she pulled her hand away, he could see some of the tension leave her body.
"Baltar's a snake. I was a cadet on his battlestar. He's totally corrupt, I know he is. I've heard lots of rumors. The president should know better than trust him. He's been blinded by his weariness of war. That crook Baltar has the president wrapped around his finger"
"That's it Jade you're basing your suspicion on rumors. The thing is, that you don't have any proof that Baltar's corrupt or of any other malfeasance he may have committed."
"Who's side are you on?" Jade snapped, becoming more agitated once again.
"Look, I'm sorry. I get off in 2 hours how about I…"
Beck never got to finish his sentence, as Jade suddenly looked at one of his monitor screens. "What in the Frack is that?"
Beck spun around to see an image of the fleet of Battlestars as it cruised through space. But coming from their right flank was the radar image of over a thousand small ships. In front of the main group of ships, were two other small ships. One was far ahead of the main group and one just head of the main group. Just seeing it made Jade's blood run cold.
"What kind of ships are those?" Jade said in an urgent tone.
Beck immediately started to scan. "The closest 2 ship's reads as colonial vipers. They look to be headed towards the Battlestar Galactica. They had a patrol out in that direction. They're probably just returning. Look Jade. It's nothing, don't worry."
"Why are those two ships so far apart? The lead viper, why his wingman so far behind him? That's not right. You don't leave your wingman. And what are those ships behind the group? It looks to me, like those two vipers are trying to outrun that wall of ships."
Before Beck could answer, an announcement suddenly came over the loudspeaker. "Attention all hands, his is Comander Ledlie, Comander of Battlestar Acropolis. You will see on your scanners a large group of ships approaching the fleet. President Adar, aboard the Battlestar Atlantia, has been informed by Baltar that they are a Cylon welcoming committee. They will be escorting us to the final peace treaty signing. Worried about the potential for an incident, Presidant Adar has ordered no launch of any additional vipers. We are to stay on normal ready status. Normal Patrols however, are permitted.
"See Babe, Nothing to worry about. You worry too much. You need to calm down and just relax." Beck said calmly.
"You're just as bad as the others." Jade huffed, as she stormed off toward Commander Ledlie's station on the bridge.
Jade walked up to the commander and could see he was busy reading a report. Not caring about protocol at the moment, Jade just spoke. "What do you mean we can't launch? The Cylon's fly a thousand fighters at us and were just going to sit here, defenseless."
The Commander looked less than pleased at this interruption by a mere Lieutenant. "You heard the announcement Lieutenant Jade. You've proven yourself to be a top notch pilot, but your skills other areas are sorely lacking. We do not launch, we do not go to alert. Those are our orders. Now get out of my sight, before I have you put on report."
Jade gave the commander a look of scorn and headed off. As she headed off the bridge, she passed Beck's station.
"You shouldn't have done that Jade. You're lucky you're not on report." Beck said as he put his hand on her arm in a vain attempt to calm her down.
Jade fumed and quickly brushed Beck's hand off her arm. "If I had done what I should have done, I'd be a teacher on Gemenon, like my Twin sister Amber. You're understanding Beck and I do appreciate that. But for once in your life take a stand. You always play it safe, cautious, play by the rules. Sometimes you make me sick."
Jade opened her mouth to speak again, but a second glance at the wall of Cylon ships coming ever closer spurred her to leave the bridge.
"Jade!" He heard Beck call out from behind her. Angry and frustrated, Jade just walked away.
"Frack them." Jade hissed, as she headed back to green squadron's barracks. Coming though the barracks, the whole squadron seemed to be in even more Joyous spirits, as an impromptu party seemed to have broken out.
"Jade join the party." Said squadron leader Dewan, as he took a drink.
"No thanks, I think I'll just retire to my room. I don't feel much like celebrating."
That said, the rest of the group went back to their party and ignored her. Only Robbie who was her wingman, paid attention to the antisocial Jade as she moved through the room. It was he and he alone that noticed what happened next. Jade instead of going into her room, grabbed her flight helmet off the shelf and left in the direction of the launch bay. Being the closest thing to a friend in the squadron immediately began to worry.
"No…don't do it." Robbie said quickly to himself.
Hoping to stop her, before she did something stupid, he took off after her. But in an act of pure habit, grabbed his flight helmet as well. No one else from green squadron noticed. They were too busy drinking and having a good time.
Jade made it down to the flight deck in record time. A sickening feeling formed in her stomach to think of all these fueled Vipers and her squadron too drunk to fly them.
"I'm Sorry Lieutenant, the flight deck is restricted until further notice. Commander's orders." said one of the two black uniformed Security officers that stood in front of her. Jade smirked and pulled her laser on the two. Their faces a mixture of shock and surprise, the security men quickly ran off.
"Sorry Fellas, I've got a viper to Catch." Jade said with her trademark smirk.
With them out of the way, Jade quickly ran past them toward her viper. She knew this was a court-martial offense, but no longer cared. Every bone her body told her, that those fighters approaching the ship were hostile and peace talks with the Cylon's was a trap. "If I'm going to die, I'll die doing what I do best." Jade mumbled to herself.
"Jade what are you doing?" Called out Robbie, who came running up behind her.
Jade spun around as she was about to get in her viper. She could see Robbie looked very worried. "Masturbating, what does it look like I'm doing?"
"They'll toss you in the brig. You're throwing your career away. You've worked so hard to get this far."
"Better than throwing my life away!" Jade barked in frustration. "I don't care what you, The Commander or Beck tells me, we're about to be attacked and I'll be damned if I just sit here." With that Jade jumped in her viper, put on her helmet and began start procedure.
"STOP HER!" Shouted a voice from across the flight deck. Robbie turned and could see at least 15 armed security guards running across the flight deck.
In the next instant, Robbie considered his possible actions. Should he stop Jade or join her? He quickly considered how Jade never left him in combat. She unfailingly stuck with her wingman and had saved his life more times than he could count. She seemed to have an instinct in the cockpit that never seemed to fail her.
That's why Robbie pulled his laser and fired several shots, both in front of and above the security men. Scaring them off was his only intention and it worked. Not used to armed resistance, they quickly scattered and took up defensive positions.
"I'm going to regret this. But as my instructor once said. Never leave your wingman." Robbie said, as he hopped into his viper and fired up the engines.
A moment later, just as the security men gathered enough courage to move forward, Jade and Robbie took off. With a roar, their vipers flew out of the Battlestar Acropolis and into space.
Up on the bridge, the commander's angry voice could be heard clear across the bridge. "WHO IN THE HELL TOOK OFF AGAINST ORDERS. I WANT THEM ARRESTED AND COURT-MARTIALLED AS SOON AS THEY LAND. SEND SOMEONE AFTER THEM, RIGHT NOW."
But while the Commander was distracted by the two rogue vipers that had just lunched, Beck kept his eyes on his scanner. A minute later the colonial viper which was just ahead the wall of fighters was suddenly fired on and destroyed by the Cylon's just behind him. What happened next, struck him with terror.
The massive wall of fighters began to break up and form into small tight groups of 15. Beck being an experienced gunnery officer, recognized the formations immediately. "They were Cylon Attack formations."
The worst part of it all, was not only the realization they Cylons were moving into attack formation, was the fact they had just come into firing range.
Beck turned to Comamander Ledlie, who was still preoccupied with the two rogue pilots, in an attempt to warn him, when the ship immediately shuddered with a jolt. Beck instinctively knew, that was a direct hit somewhere on the ship.
The ship's alarm Klaxons immediately began to blare.
"WHAT'S GOING ON? GIVE ME A DAMAGE REPORT!" Shouted Commander Ledlie.
"One of our two launch bays was just hit, by a suicide rammer. Reports are coming in of fires raging all across the flight deck. It looks to be completely out of commission." Called out a member of the bridge crew.
With a sickening feeling, Beck suspected that there would probably be a similar report form the other landing bay in only moments. With the Flight decks ablaze and the pilots still in their barracks, there was almost nothing they could do. Had they launched when they first saw the ships, they could have defended themselves. They did have defensive lasers and Beck immediately put his in action, but Beck did so knowing it wouldn't be enough.
When the two vipers took off, Beck knew it was Jade. He cursed himself for not listening to her. All else Beck could do, was lower his head and say softly. "Jade, I'm sorry I doubted you. Please forgive me."
He hoped to be able to say those words in person, along with a whole lot of other words. But seeing the fires that were already raging on the flight deck. He feared he never would.
As I said, this is set in the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series. I do hope you all enjoy it. One more thing. The events that are happening in this particular story ,are based on the original tv movie "Saga of a star world." However you will see a lot of them from a different perspective. So, in all fairness I must say that partial story credit must go to the original writer. Glen A Larson.
The 12 Colonies that they refer to are 12 planets in a binary star system. They are the home to mankind.
In brief, the Cylons are a race of machines. Once created to serve by a race of Lizards, they destroyed their creators and now have been waging a war to destroy the humans for the last 1000 years. They see themselves as superior to all other beings.
Pyramid – a game of cards similar to poker played in the colonies.
In the original show they used different words for hour and minute such as secton an sectare. For simplicity's sake I used the normal, minute, hour year, etc.
I'd like to than lushcoltrane, invader johnny and 27milestogo for giving this an advance read for me.