Well, here comes chapter 2 of Battlestar Prometheus, there are still many a mystery left to be revealed, not the least of which is the identity of the 12 Cylons like in the show, but one greater mystery remains.
Who is the Hybrid that the blonde Cylon was referring to? That is one thing that will remain a mystery until the time that I decide to reveal their identity.
Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men or Battlestar Galactica.
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CHAPTER 2:
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"Action stations, action stations, set condition one throughout the ship," Logan says speaking into the phone, people are rushing around across the ship, most of them hadn't even been in combat before, as he sets the phone down he looks at Marie. "Commander, are you sure about this? We're not even completely armed, our last squadron of Vipers are still heading for Caprica."
"We'll have to manage, I don't care if we have to throw rocks at the Cylons, we'll fight them somehow," Marie says. "Lieutenant Forge, I want to know of any space traffic, friendly or otherwise."
"Yes ma'am," Forge says, and starts working.
"Colonel Howlette, start searching for a munitians depot, something that we can use to arm ourselves," Marie continues. "There has to be something left we can use."
"Yes ma'am," Logan says, hesitating for a moment and then he starts to work.
"Commander, it looks like the fleet is massing near Virgon," Forge reports.
"Ensign Grey, transmit a message to Admiral Abernathy, tell him that we'll be in position to meet up with the rest of the fleet as soon as we can get this ship armed," Marie says, getting a nod from Jean who starts inputting commands into her console.
Marie looks up at the DRADIS screen, half expecting to see a contact appear on it at any moment.
Gods, protect your children on this day, she thinks to herself, sending a prayer out to the Gods in the hope that they listen.
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Meanwhile en-route to Caprica, the Viper MK-VII fighters are moving on schedule. Along with them is a Raptor, a recon and transport vessel a little larger than the Vipers. Flying the Raptor is Lieutenant Jubilation Lee, better known as Jubilee, and her ECO Sam "Cannonball" Gunthrie.
"Attention, all colonial forces, Cylon attack under way, keep a look out for Cylon forces," the wireless says, Jubilee glances back at Sam.
"All right, you all heard the message, Jubilee, Cannonball, I want you to keep an eye on DRADIS, let us know if you pick up anything," the CAG says.
"Got it, we'll let you know," Jubilee says. "Cannonball, let me know if anything shows up on DRADIS."
"Not reading anything yet," Sam reports, Jubilee breathes a sigh of relief, then the DRADIS begins flashing. "I'm picking up something... unknown contacts, at least one whole squadron!"
"Captain, we're picking up something," Jubilee says, tapping her wireless. "Squadron of bogeys..."
"Wait, clearing up interference," Sam says. "Now picking up 10 enemy fighters... correction, 8 fighters."
"Raptor 259, hang back while we investigate," the CAG says. "Cannonball, keep an eye on DRADIS, let me know if anything changes."
"Yes sir," Sam says while Jubilee moves the ship off.
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"You wanted to see me, Commander?" Scott says, coming into the CIC.
"Lieutenant, welcome to the CIC," Marie says, looking up from the center console. "Lieutenant, I'm sure by now you're aware of what's going on."
"Yes ma'am, what can I do to help?" Scott asks.
"I need a Viper squadron ready to fly when we enter the fight," Marie says.
"Commander, we don't have any Vipers on board to enter the fight," Logan points out.
"I seem to recall there being a squadron of Vipers on the starboard hangar deck this morning, Colonel," Marie points out. "Tell DaCosta and his deck gang that I want the Vipers refitted and ready for battle."
"Yes ma'am," an officer says, passing the message down to the hangar deck.
"Commander Minerva, latest report in from Fleet Command," Jean says, handing a sheet of paper to Marie.
"By the Gods..." Marie says. "More reports coming in, 30 Battlestars have been confirmed lost in the Cylon attack.."
"That's a quarter of the Battlestars in active service..." Scott says.
"Commander, I'm getting more reports," Jean says. "Its, strange, I'm getting reports of equipment malfunctions all over, the Battlestar Ulysses had a complete shutdown before being destroyed."
"An entire Battlestar?" Marie says, looking at Jean. "Please tell me you're kidding."
"No ma'am," Jean says, shaking her head.
"Gods save us all if the Cylons are that powerful," Marie says.
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"Captain, I've got two confirmed signatures," Jubilee reports, that was odd, the Cylons should be all over the system, why only send two? "Cannonball, can you confirm?"
"Confrimed," Sam says.
"All right Jubilee, stay in position and we'll take care of it," the CAG says as the Viper squadron moves forward towards the two enemy contacts in the distance.
As the Vipers come up on the two ships, they resemble an elongated cockpit with two wings jutting out in front of it. They turn towards the Vipers, but do not start firing yet.
"Weapons free," The CAG says. "Open fire..."
That's when it happens, his Viper suddenly goes dark as he starts to pull the trigger.
"Gods, what now..." he mutters, trying to re-activate his systems, he presses his wireless. "Anyone reading me, my systems are down, repeat, all systems are down..."
There is no response, only static, he looks over at his wingman and realizes that his Viper is in the same condition. Then he see's the two Raiders streaking towards them, he frantically works to try and restart the systems as the two Raiders open fire, their bullets tearing through his Viper as it explodes.
Back on the Raptor, Jubilee and Sam are watching in horror as the squadron is destroyed before their very eyes.
"Lieutenant, they're heading our way, we need to get out of here," Sam says, Jubilee is still in shock.
"All those people..." She says as the DRADIS flashes that the Cylon Raiders are heading towards the Raptor.
"Jubilation, snap out of it!" Sam says, putting an arm on Jubilee's shoulder, she snaps out of it just as the raiders launch missiles.
"Deploying swallows to intercept," Jubilee says, inputting commands and moves the Raptor, deploying the interceptors that collide with the missiles, the explosions however hit the Raptor's drive pod.
"We've taken heavy damage, we're going to have to set her down somewhere," Jubilee says, moving the raptor off quickly. "What's the nearest planet?"
"Caprica, do you think we can make it?" Sam asks.
"We have to try," Jubilee says, pulling the Raptor into close orbit with Caprica. The battle over the planet had already been lost, they could see the wreckage of the Battlestars in defense of Caprica strewn over the system as they pushed their way to the planet to land.
There would be time to mourn later, now they had to get to land.
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"I'm afraid I've got confirmed reports of nuclear strikes against several colonies, and unconfirmed strikes on the others," Xavier says, talking to the other people on board the Elysium, this announcement is met with despair from the other passengers.
"What about Aerilon?" One calls out.
"How much damage was dealt to Caprica?" Another asks, more questions
"People, please, calm down, I don't know anything more than what I've told you," Xavier says, pushing his wheelchair back to try and get away from the mob of questions. "When we hear more, I'll let you know."
"Wait a minute, who put you in charge?" James Maddrox asks, getting a glare from Xavier.
"Mr. Maddrox, I am the senior government official on this vessel, that puts me in charge," Xavier says, James looks at him for a moment angrily.
"Mister Secretary, we've got someone on line for you," the Captain says coming in, breaking the tension, and Xavier nods, wheeling into the cockpit as the captain hands him the communicator.
"This is Charles Xavier," he says.
"Charles? Oh thank the Gods, we where afraid you'd been hit as well," the voice on the other end says, Xavier recognizes it as one of the President's aides.
"Sean, where is the President?" Xavier asks, hoping to get some sort of answer before their conversation was cut off.
"We're still working on that, Caprica City was hit pretty hard when they struck Caprica," Sean says on the other end. "These Cylons are ruthless, the President tried to send a surrender after the attack on Picon, it was ignored."
"Is there any more word on..." Xavier starts to say but is cut off by static, he looks at the Captain who shakes his head. "All right, let me know if..."
"Elysium, I'm picking up a Cylon missile on intercept course for your position!" Alicia's voice is heard over the wireless communicator, the DRADIS in the cockpit confirms the reading from the Viper.
"Confirmed Renegade," The Captain says. "Do you have any way of taking it out?"
"Maybe," Alicia says on the other end.
In her Viper, Alicia pushes forward the throttle, her eyes darting over the DRADIS console as she spots the missile in front of her. She moves the targeting sensors so that she has a clear shot at the missile, and squeezes the trigger, weaving from side to side as the missile does so too before finally hitting it with a lucky shot. However the explosion leaves the Viper damaged and left floating in space, but its pilot still alive.
"Uh, Elysium, I could use a hand over here," Alicia says kind of sheepishly.
Thankfully the Elysium comes to her rescue quickly, and soon she finds herself and her ship in the cargo bay. As she gets out of her Viper, she is approached by James, who is looking very unhappy.
"Lieutenant, I'm glad you're here, at least someone here is going to actually take charge," James says, getting a weird look from Alicia.
"What, is the Captain not doing his job right?" Alicia asks.
"The Captain's not in charge," James says as they start to enter the cabin. "Lieutenant, since you're our military escort, I think that..."
"Ah, Lieutenant, glad to see you made it," Xavier says as they enter the front end of the cabin. "I was thinking, we can't be the only ship out here, so we should start searching for more survivors, find some place to hide."
"Yes Mr. Secretary," Alicia says, and smirks at James as Xavier heads back to the cockpit. "Guess he's in charge."
James just glares at her.
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On Caprica, Sam and Jubilee are getting the Raptor repaired in a field that seems safe, as they start to work a group of civilians are making their way towards the downed Raptor, causing the two to pause in their work. The Civilians stop in front of the Raptor, Jubilee puts a hand on her pistol.
"Please, I'll pay you, get me off this planet, I have cubits!" One of the civilians shouts.
"What about the children?" A woman's voice calls out.
The crowd is getting unruly, several of them start walking forward, trying to force their way on board the Raptor. Jubilee draws her pistol and fires it into the air, which gets them to back off quickly, quieting them down.
"All right, we'll take the children on board," Jubilee says, motioning forward, the crowd parts as several children climb aboard the Raptor.
"We can't just leave these people behind," Sam says, pulling Jubilee off to the side to talk. "How many people do you think we can fit aboard and still make orbit?"
"I'd say, three adults," Jubilee says, Sam nods and grabs a flight manual and a marker.
"All right, we have three spots free, here's how we're going to do this," Sam says. "Everyone is going to get a piece of paper with a number on it, we are going to draw three numbers and whoever has the numbers drawn will get a spot on the Raptor. If anyone tries to rush the Raptor, they will be shot."
There is a murmur among the crowd as Sam starts ripping out pages. Towards the back of the crowd, Robert Kelly is looking around nervously.
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Back on board the Prometheus, the deck crew has put the finishing touches on the old Mark II Vipers. In the CIC, the command crew is still working to find a munitions depot that would have been untouched by either colonial forces or the Cylons.
"Maybe they won't come after us..." Logan says, so far they hadn't been targeted by the Cylons.
"I doubt it," Marie says. "Even if the Prometheus is an older ship, we're still Colonial Fleet, they'll come after us eventually."
"Lieutenant Forge, have you had any progress on locating us something to shoot with?" Marie asks, looking at Forge.
"Still working on it," Forge says. "I'm running locations by reports coming in, so far most depots where either hit in the attack or where emptied."
"Then lets hope we don't need it until then," Marie says, then suddenly the DRADIS begins flashing.
"Picking up DRADIS contacts... Gods its the Cylons!" Jean says as the contacts start to increase in number. "There's an entire squadron out there!"
Marie grabs the phone, nodding to get patched through to the ship. "This is the Commander, prepare for combat, scramble Vipers," she says as the Cylons get closer and closer.
The Vipers that had been rebuilt where being launched one by one from the launch tubes quickly in order to combat the incoming Raiders. However one gets caught in the launch tube, piloted by Scott Summers who is not looking happy.
"What the frak happened?" He says into the wireless.
"I'm sorry Lieutenant, this is still old tech," the technician says with a shrug, Scott slams his fist down on the console.
Meanwhile in space, the Vipers have engaged the enemy Raiders, their older tech kept them from being affected by the same thing that shut down the more modern Vipers, so the Cylons had to face them in combat. Not expecting this level of resistance, the Cylons suffer several casualties before they manage to regroup and fight the Colonial fighters.
As the battle rages, in the CIC Marie watches the DRADIS screen as both Vipers and Raiders flicker off as they are destroyed. The ship shudders slightly as some missiles miss their marks and impact the hull, but the Prometheus had been built to take this kind of punishment and worse.
"We're ready to launch, Lieutenant," the technician's voice is heard over the speakers as another Viper is launched and Scott enters the fight.
"Not bad for some old tech, huh colonel?" Marie says with a smirk, looking at Logan who smirks back.
"Not bad at all," he says.
Back in space, Scott's Viper is chasing after a Raider that was starting to get too close to the Prometheus. Just as he fires on the Raider, it launches three missiles that head for the Prometheus, he turns his Viper quickly, turning his attention to the three missiles as they streak towards the Battlestar.
"Prometheus, I've got three missiles heading for you!" He says into his headset. "Trying to shoot them down."
"Commander, I'm getting a radiation alert," Forge says. "Ma'am, they're nukes."
"Cyclops, focus on the missiles, they are nuclear, repeat, nuclear!" Marie says.
Scott fires on the missiles, taking two of them out as he does, but the third one eludes his targeting.
"Prometheus, there's still one nuke left, I can't stop it!" Scott shouts over the wireless as he continues to try and shoot down the nuke.
"Brace for impact!" Marie says as the nuke strikes the forward flight pod of the Prometheus, resulting in an explosion that sets the hull ablaze.
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A few minutes after the nuclear strike against the Prometheus, Roberto DaCosta is working at the Damage control console with Captain Evan Daniels, the third in command. While the Cylons had been destroyed, the Prometheus had taken heavy damage, and was in a slow uncontrolled spin.
"Colonel, I've got teams working to get the fires under control," Roberto says as Logan comes up behind them. "Just give me another minute and it'll be under control."
"Chief, that fire is heading right for the fuel lines," Logan says, tapping the screen. "If we decompress these areas, the fires will be put out."
"But sir, I've got over 80 workers down there, if you decompress these areas, they'll all die!" Roberto protests, looking towards Marie who is working with another officer. "Colonel, give me one minute, just 60 seconds!"
"Captain, you have your orders, begin the decompression sequence," Logan says, moving off, Roberto and Evan exchange glances briefly and Evan inputs a command, Roberto looks away as the screen indicates a total decompression of the selected sections.
"I hope you're happy, Colonel," Roberto says, walking past Logan, he had to figure out what this meant now.
"Is everything all right, Colonel?" Marie asks, looking up at Logan.
"Everything is fine, Commander," Logan says. "Everything is under control now."
"Make sure it stays that way, Colonel," Marie says. "We cannot afford to make mistakes in this kind of situation."
She only hoped that they'd find some place to go to in time.
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Back in the field on Caprica, two numbers have been drawn and the civilians have joined Sam, Jubilee, and the children on the Raptor. Jubilee draws out the third piece of paper, unfolding it as she reads it out loud.
"Number 34, Number 34," Jubilee says, as the members of the crowd look around, no one comes forward right away.
"Excuse me young man, can you tell me what this says?" An old woman standing next to Robert asks, holding a piece of paper. He looks at it and see's that the piece of paper reads 34, he looks like he's about to say something when Sam notices him.
"Doctor Robert Kelly?" Sam asks, calling over the noise of the crowd.
Kelly starts to panic, afraid that they had realized his unwitting compliance in the Cylon attack, he does the first thing that he can think of. "This woman has number 34!" He shouts out, and starts walking forward with the old woman as Sam steps down to help the woman onto the Raptor, Kelly starts to walk away.
"Dr. Kelly, get on board the Raptor," Sam says, getting a strange look from Jubilee.
"Sam, what are you doing?" Jubilee asks, looking her ECO in the eyes, trying to figure out what he was up to.
"I'm giving up my seat on the Raptor," Sam says.
"WHAT?" Jubilee shouts, not sure what to say to that.
"Look, Jubes, that's Doctor Robert Kelly, if humans, mutants are going to survive, then we'll need people like him more than people like me," Sam says. "Just get them out of here, get them to safety."
"We'll come back for you, Sam, I swear it," Jubilee says as she reluctantly gets into the Raptor's cockpit.
"They can't just go like that!" One of the refugees says as the door closes and the Raptor starts to take off. He tries to climb onto the Raptor as its taking off, only to get shot by Sam, causing him to fall off.
As the Raptor departs, Robert for a brief moment could swear he saw the Cylon Zeta in the crowd.
As they leave orbit, a young girl with grey skin and hair, wearing a more casual outfit joins Jubilee in the cockpit.
"Are you okay, kid?" Jubilee asks, looking at the boy.
"I'm fine, I guess..." the girl says. "My, parents where killed in the attacks..."
"I'm sorry, I lost my parents when I was about your age," Jubilee says, sighing a little. "What's your name?"
"Uh, Olivia, but everyone calls me Spyder," the girl says.
"Well, its nice to meet you Spyder, I'm Jubilee," Jubilee says with a light smile. "Don't worry, we'll all be okay."
"Thank you, Jubilee," Spyder says with a smile.
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"Mister Secretary, I'm getting another message on the same channel," the Captain of the Elysium reports to Xavier as he wheels in, the Captain hands him the printed message.
"Its, an automated message sent in the event of the death of the president," Xavier says. "Transmit my authorization code again on the same channel, it will let them know that I am still alive."
"Yes sir," the Captain says, transmitting the code again as Xavier wheels back into the main cabin, he stops next to Alicia who is looking out the window.
"Lieutenant, is everything all right?" Xavier asks, Alicia looks at him and nods.
"Yeah, sorry Mr. Secretary," Alicia says. "I was just thinking... before all this started, the Commander, my mom, she wanted for us to be a family again. Now, I don't know if we're going to get that chance."
"Lieutenant, I know your mother from before she was the Commander," Xavier says. "I remember, back when it was the Institute on Caprica, she was the one who always managed to get out of the tough situations. She didn't survive two wars to die this easily."
"I know, and I pray to the Gods that you're right," Alicia says. "So, what do you think the odds are that you're next in the line of succession?"
"Honestly, very slim," Xavier says. "Back when we first started all this, it was never about the politics. All of us myself, your mother, the other members of the X-Men, we wanted to make it better for Mutants."
"Yeah, and it took a war with the Cylons to actually make it work," Alicia says.
"And for 25 years, there has been no resurgence of violence between humans and mutants," Xavier says. "Then President Reimus offered me this position in his administration, the first President to have a Mutant as a member of his cabinent in 14 years, and I jumped at the opportunity."
"My mother once told me that you opposed her joining the Colonial Fleet," Alicia says.
"It was a different time," Xavier says with a sigh. "Your mother did it out of loyalty to Libran, even after all the fighting we did against the Colonial Fleet, especially on Sagittaron, a lot of us where afraid that once the Cylons where defeated, things would go back to the way they where before."
"My mother would kill me for telling you this, but she once told me something," Alicia says. "She told me that you where the wisest, kindest man she has ever met. You really did make a difference to her."
"She doesn't show it that often," Xavier says.
"Well, that's my mother for you," Alicia chuckles. "Sometimes, she has a hard time showing her true feelings."
"Well, that's one thing that hasn't changed over the years," Xavier laughs. Then he turns somber as the Captain walks into the cabin, looking at a piece of paper. "Captain, is everything all right?"
"Mr. Secretary..." the Captain says, handing the piece of paper to Xavier, who reads it over.
"We, are going to need a priest," he says, folding up the piece of paper and putting it in his pocket. Alicia nods and goes around, looking to see if there was a priest on board the Elysium.
The search is quick, she finds a female priest named Irene who was part of the government delegation that had been on Prometheus for the ceremony. An older blind woman with short brown hair, wearing the trappings of a member of the clergy. She unrolls a scroll, and places it in front of her where Xavier can reach.
"Raise your right hand," Irene says and Xavier does so, placing his hand on the scroll. "Repeat after me. I, Charles Francis Xavier..."
"I, Charles Francis Xavier," Xavier repeats.
"Do solemnly swear," Irene continues.
"Do solemnly swear," Xavier says.
"To do honor to the office of the President of the 12 Colonies of Kobol," Irene says.
"To do honor to the office of the President of the 12 Colonies of Kobol," Xavier repeats.
"And to uphold the Articles of Colonization," Irene says.
"And to uphold the Articles of Colonization," Xavier says.
"With every fiber of my being," Irene finishes.
"With every fiber of my being," Xavier finishes.
"Congradulations, Mister President," Alicia says as Xavier wheels away, she shakes his hand.
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Back aboard the Prometheus, Marie is working at a console to make sure everything is in order in the event that they had to make a quick escape.
"Commander, the latest casualty reports..." Logan says, handing a sheet to Marie who reads it over, shaking her head.
"Do we have any progress on finding a munitions depot?" Marie asks.
"Uh, yes ma'am, we have confirmation that there should be weapons still on the Ragnar Anchorage," Logan reports. "But that's on the other side of the system."
"Then we have no choice," Marie says. "Prepare for an FTL jump."
"Ma'am, are you sure that is safe?" Jean asks.
"We don't have much of a choice, we've got the Cylon fleet between us and Ragnar," Marie says.
"Well, we have our orders, prepare for the jump," Logan says, backing off as Roberto steps forward to talk to Marie.
"Ma'am, I could have saved those lives, if I just had enough time," Roberto says, Marie doesn't look at him right away. "Commander, those people didn't have to die."
"Chief, there is no guarantee that you could have saved them," Marie says. "I feel for you, losing people under your command is never easy, and it won't get easier. You did all you could to keep them safe."
"With all due respect ma'am, I just needed another minute, I could have saved those lives," Roberto says.
"The Colonel made the right call, Chief," Marie says. "We may not like the result, but we made the right call."
"Excuse me, Commander," Jean says, coming up with another dispatch and handing it to Marie, all the while people are rushing around to get the ship ready for the jump.
"These engines are so old, are we even sure that we can make the jump?" Forge asks, looking at Logan.
"The Prometheus is rated for faster than light travel, she'll hold together," Logan says, then quietly to himself. "I hope."
"Admiral Abernathy is dead," Marie says speaking up, this stops everyone in their tracks. "The Battlestar Avalon was destroyed in battle over Virgon along with most of the remaining fleet, including the Osiris, Hawkeye, and Victory. What this means now is that it is more important than ever to get this ship into the fight, otherwise their sacrifices will be for nothing."
"Commander, who is in Command of the Fleet now?" Logan asks, this gets a pause from Marie.
"Send a message system wide," Marie says. "Message reads, 'This is Commander Minerva on board the Prometheus, I am taking command of the Fleet. All surviving ships rendezvous at Ragnar Anchorage in order to prepare for a counter attack against the Cylons.'"
"Yes ma'am," Jean says, sending the transmission to the surviving ships in the fleet.
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On board Elysium, the ship has begun to gather together civilian vessels that had managed to survive the Cylon assault. Alicia in her exploration of the ship, she finds that there are several of the Prometheus' Electro Pulse generators that had been placed onboard after the decommissioning ceremony. After checking them out, she makes her way back to the main cabin and steps into the cockpit where the Captain hands her a copy of Marie's message.
"Well, she's still alive at least," Alicia chuckles lightly.
"We're coming up on the group of ships, Mr. President," the Captain reports, nodding to Xavier.
"Lets say hello, shall we?" Xavier says with a nod.
"Civilian fleets this is the El..." the Captain starts to say, then smiles a little. "This is Colonial One."
"Colonial One, its good to hear from you," the response comes from one of the vessels. "We've been gathering as many ships as we can just like you said."
"Good," Xavier says as Colonial One moves into place with the other ships.
"Lieutenant Minerva, I'm getting a message over the wireless, its from the Prometheus," the Captain says, handing the communications phone to Alicia.
"This is Lieutenant Minerva," Alicia says into the phone.
"This is Prometheus actual," Marie's voice says on the other end. "Its good to hear your voice again, Alicia."
"Likewise, Commander, mom," Alicia says.
"Can I expect you at Ragnar Station soon?" Marie asks, Alicia shakes her head.
"Negative Prometheus actual, we are currently in the middle of rescue operations," Alicia says.
"Lieutenant, we are in the middle of a war, you need to follow my orders," Marie says on the other end.
"I am following orders, from the President of the 12 Colonies," Alicia says.
"The President? You're taking orders from the Secretary of Mutant Affairs, Lieutenant, not the President," Marie says, she couldn't believe what she was hearing from her own daughter. "I want acknowledgement that you will be at Ragnar."
"Acknowledged, that message was received," Alicia says.
Then suddenly an alarm goes off before Marie can say anything else, the DRADIS shows that a missile is heading right for the fleet.
"I'll have to call you back, Commander," Alicia says, setting down the phone and running out of the cockpit.
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"Commander, we've lost communication with the vessel," Jean reports, then suddenly an alarm goes off. "Ma'am, I'm picking up remote telemetry from that area, Cylon Nuclear warheads!"
"Alicia, please, answer me!" Marie shouts into the communicator as she watches the screen showing the warheads heading for the ships. "Can we make it to them in time?"
"Negative ma'am," Forge reports.
Marie watches in horror as the screen turns white, when its over, the screen is empty. Everyone looks at her, trying to figure out what was the next move.
"Continue jump prep..." Marie says, though the pain is evident in her voice.
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And so ends chapter 2 of Battlestar Prometheus, what happened? Did Colonial One survive? Will the crew make it to Ragnar Anchorage in one piece? What else do the Cylons have planned?
Find out next time as the Prometheus continues its preperations to enter the fight in chapter 3, "Ragnarok."