Disclaimer: I don't own Battlestar Galactica (TOS) nor do I own Battlestar Galactica (RDM), nor do I own anything else that may or may not be spontaneously referenced, assuming this continues.
This is just a little idea that popped into my head since one of the Commander Adamas had a daughter and one did not... so what would happen, if 'There must be some way out of here' for the one known as Athena... Keep in mind I am ignoring a few things that would logically be a problem (lasers), and attributing them to the Anomaly.
Takes place sometime during season one or the first half of two of RDM, I never really made up my mind. For the TOS, this might just be the reason she disappeared...
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"Apollo! Starbuck! Do you copy?"
"I copy, Athena. Hang on! We're coming!"
"It's pulling me in... theres no way out..."
"Hold on just a little bit longer. Try to stay pointed away from the anomaly."
"I can't, Apollo, there's too much confusion."
"I know, I know, there's no relief, Athena, but keep trying! Do it for the dad!"
"No reason to get exited, Apollo, we'll get her out in time."
"You and I have been through this a lot more often than her, Starbuck."
"Yea, this wouldn't be our fate..."
"My Engines are cutting out!"
"Athena!"
"Hold on a little longer, Athena!"
"We're almost there!"
"Apollo... Tell dad I love him, no matter what."
"Athena!"
"NO!"
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"5... 4... 3... 2... 1..."
"Jump." There was a quick but long stretching sensation that everyone had by far gotten used to by now. Inventory the ships, assess any losses or damages taken...
"DRADIS contact; it's not one of ours, Commander," Dee reported in. The 'Voice of the Galactica' handled most of the incoming and outgoing chatter between the Galactica and the fleet, the Viper squadrons. "It's... It's a Viper, sir, Mk I. It's just sitting there, sir"
"Launch the alert Vipers and a couple Raptors; bring the thing in if you can." Commander Adama hadn't even seen a real Mk I in his live, they were all destroyed. All that was left were the models of them, a few non-working replicas, and the blueprints from which the Mk II's were made. He was no dummy when it came to the 'First' Cylon War, but he didn't know much about it's earlier portion; only the end did he take part in. The serious man looked to his XO for an opinion.
"It smells like a trap, Bill." Tigh was not the best XO in the fleet, or at least didn't use to be. Now he was, considering he was the only one left. "None of those things supposedly survived as intact as that thing is."
"I can understand them arriving after us and trying to pull a fast one on us, but waiting for us at our next jump destination, Saul? It smells like something else to me," the Commander said back, waiting from the reports from his pilots. He picked up the wireless. "This is Galactica, Actual. What's it look like out there?"
"Looks about as intact as our own Vipers, sir. Equally banged up, too." Lee 'Apollo' Adama was the CAG aboard Galactica, as well as the Commander's son. There was something that sounded off in his voice, however, as he reported in.
"Looks like there's someone still in there, sir." Starbuck added, "They might be dead, or possibly unconscious. "Request permission for the Raptors to bring it in."
"Granted. Bring the body down to Coddle in Sickbay. If it's alive, find out."
"Over and out." Commander Adama and Tigh just looked at one another, unable to figure any reality to such a strange happening, and the probability of it being a Cylon ploy.
"Take command, Tigh, I'll be in sickbay if you need me."
"Yes, sir."
To Be Continued...
