A new start

by Davis Elrick

The idea for this story comes from several writers including Monbade, Novaray, and wes Imlay. I am sure there might be others but I do not remember them. We all know that many stories have been written about surviving battlestars but what would happen if there was more then just refugees. What if the entire colonial society survived in a smaller form of course.

3. Chapter 3

Battlestar Galactica Story

AN: Please note that this story is set just before Adar takes office. Since we do not know how long after he takes office that the cylons return I am guessing it will be less then 5 years. After all we all know how much damage politicians can do in a very short period of time. This chapter is basicly more background to give an idea of the sheer size and scope of this mission

Main idea:
The 56th battlestar fleet was tasked with a multi pronged mission that will keep it away from the colonies for a period of 5 years before the fall of the colonies.

Their mission:
To establish a new colony out beyond the red line someplace where if things went south for humanity they would have a fallback place. To this end they had 12 colony ships as well as several resource mining ships. The civilian fleet would consist of between 15 and 20 ships. The 56th fleet is charged with protecting the new colony as well as establishing a fleet base and orbital defenses for the colonies . The biggest thing is that all of these would have the older programming so as to not be open to the cylon attack.

Fleet makeup

Command N Control ship
Colonial class battlestar: Yellowstone

23rd battlestar Squadron
Sodak Class command battlestar: Nordak
Jupiter Class Battlestar: Hera, Apollo
Mercury Class Battlestar: Kingstown, Hawthorn
Triton Class battlestar: Aquarious, Monitar
Titan Class gunstars: Hermes, Zodiac, Helena, Hood, ganges

18th Battlestar squadron
Sodak Class command battlestar: Sodak
Jupiter Class Battlestar: Aries, Athena
Mercury Class Battlestar: Georgetown, Voltron
Triton Class battlestar: Merimack, Aberams
Titan class gunstars: Bismark, Princeton, Scorpio, Victorious, saratoga

34th Heavy Cruiser Squadron
Juno Class heavy cruiser: Juno, venus, Hades, freeman, Hawkins, Kobal, King, Ricards

65th Destroyer Squadron
Ticon Class Destroyer: Ticon, Coronado , La Salle, Enterprise , Arleigh Burke, Oliver Hazard, Perry, Littoral, Constitution, Tarawa

21st destroyer Squadron
Bates Class Destroyer: Wasp, Seahawk, Knighthawk, Falcon, Goshawk, Predator, Saber, Lancer, Strato, Ozprey

8th support Squadron
Tillium refinery
Tillium Tankers
Mobil ship yard
Auxilary supply ships
Weapons fabrication Ship
Hospital ship
Electronics survaliance ship

Civilian ships
DS colony class: 12 ships 20000 colonists each
Manufacturing ships: 5
Argo ships: 6
Supply ships: 9

Command structure
Admiral James Williston Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Carl White 23rd battlestar squadron Commander
Vice Admiral William Ryco 18th battlestar squadron Commander
Rear Admiral Sarah James 34th Heavy Cruiser Squadron Commander
Commander John Adar 65th Destroyer Squadron Commander
Commander Daniel Bank 21st destroyer Squadron Commander

Background:

The 56th fleet under command of admiral Williston and it's support ships plus the civilian ships Leave caprica to much fanfair on a 5 year mission of colonization and exploration. The mission had the approval of the president and the quarium at that time. The reason for this was that the sitting president at the time knew he was on the way out and that Adar would likely be the next president of the 12 colonies, however if he could get this fleet out and on their mission before the election there would be nothing that the stuckup paperpusher could do about it. He had given orders for the fleet to disregard all orders from colonial command and to carry on with their mission regardless of what happened. They were not to lay message bouys nor leave any possible way that they or their direction could be tracked after they left colonial space.

It was true that this was not the normal method of operating but he wanted this mission to go off without a hitch. You see unlike Adar whom he was sure would replace him as president in the next month or so he was a former soldier and one who believed that the cylons would return. He had no idea when or how or even where but he was certain that they would return and when they did he hoped to have an ace in the hole.

Now that the fleet was away he sat about erasing the fleet and all of her ships from the records of the active fleet. He had already sworn the admirals to secrecy as well as the quarium members using an executive order to do so. He leaned back in his chair and looked over the skyline of Caprica City, not for the first time hoping that he was dead wrong but knowing in his heart that he was all to correct.