Disclaimer: Battlestar Galactica and Sins of a Solar Empire: I own neither, this is strictly a fan-made curiosity. All rights to their respective owners.
Battlestar Galactica X Sins of a Solar Empire Crossover:
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Titles
I have my own way of writing, so please...let's not get picky with my use of -
A New Hope
Chapter 3: Humans, Cylons; Organics vs Machines
BaseStar:
"This new faction of humans will ruin our plans!"-model One complained.
"Should we begin the attack early then?"-model Five asked.
"Perhaps...however, we may be able to manipulate the situation into our favor."-model Four said thoughtfully.
This caught Cavil's attention, "What do you mean?"-the model One asked.
"Well..."-the model Four began to describe to them the idea.
BattleStar Galactica: minutes later:
"Welcome aboard Galactica!"-Lee Adama greeted the new arrivals.
The people that just arrived were all wearing some kind of...space-suit. A few peripheral devices could be seen on their helmets, shoulders, and some bulges around their torso's that suggest more within the suit itself. The suit's themselves were a dark blue in color.
After saying the greeting, Lee could hear one of the devices on the sides of their helmet's say some gibberish before one of the people replied; "Let's get this over with. Just show us the way to where you want the Phase-drive installed."
Of course, what Lee understood actually came from the device and a few seconds after the person stopped talking; 'Ah, so that device on their helmet's is some sort of translator.'-Lee thought, wondering what the others' were for.
"Right this way"-Lee said, waiting a few seconds for their translator to work while signaling the marines with him to keep a close watch on their...guests.
Aldebaren sector: Kressida system: same time:
TDN Phenro; flagship of the 1st Terran Defense Fleet:
"It is strange indeed, Captain Cerisca"-Laraes replied.
"The anomaly at the center of the structure is worrying, any ideas as to what it might be"-Cerisca asked. Wondering if they have any correlation to the ones found in the Kressida system.
"None that i can think of"-Laraes replied with a shake of his head. This recent finding of more unknown structures worried him.
"But the high levels of Electro-Magnetic radiation does make me wonder..."-Laraes said, while wondering if the other structures found would start to suddenly emit these kinds of levels...
"At least there doesn't seem to be anything of a hostile nature. But to be cautious, we should only go in with capital-class, as our frigates and cruisers don't have as much EM shielding"-Laraes suggested.
"Agreed"-Cerisca responded, then waited a few seconds before continuing as she thought about it; "Tomorrow at O' nine-hundred; TDN Phenro and Secundus will escort the Investigation Flotilla over there and investigate"-Cerisca said.
"Roger that, Admiral"-Laraes replied.
"Oh, and Cerisca, congrats on your recent promotion"-Laraes said with a smile before cutting the transmission feed.
Aldebaren sector: Next day:
"Phase-jump complete!"-the A.I announced to the fleet.
The holo-screen pop-up immediately started displaying data on everything within 1LY, as well as a live-feed of Laraes on Secundus's bridge.
"Okay, lets keep at a distance before approaching the structure. First, i want us to-"-Cerisca began before Laraes interrupted her through the HD-QDS feed.
"Sir! A ship just appeared from phase-space! Unknown energy-signature, recommend we begin first contact protocols!" Laraes suddenly said, urgently.
Cerisca paused for a moment, then gave a nod to the holo-screen with the captain of Secundus-"I'm on it sir"-Laraes, Captain of Secundus said.
'Unknown energy-signature' Meant they'd never encountered this species before, and were possibly residents of this galaxy so diplomacy would be key.
Bridge of Secundus:
"Try opening a channel to them and try to convey that we're-"-Laraes was saying as the new ships seemed to overload their comm-systems.
"Are they trying to communicate with us or is this some kind of attack!?"-Laraes said as a few of the consoles began to malfunction or even overload. The answer to Laraes question was forthcoming...
"The Continuum Expands!"-A strange mesh of synthetic-sounding voices were heard over the speakers throughout all of their ships.
"Admiral! No life-signs can be detected other than on our own ships! They're non-biological's!"-Laraes exclaimed, fearful of an entirely robotic civilization.
"Organics...do not...stand a chance...surrender and...assimilate into the collective!"-The strange synthetic voices said, or rather, ordered. Though there were, what seemed to be, thousands of synthetic voices speaking that made the 'messages' sound distorted.
"Sir, we keep getting lines of code on our data-screens!" -Laraes' second in command informed as these statements streamed across the holo-screen at a rapid rate, obscuring other data displayed under-neath the repeating messages..
'We will not rest'
'Time is on our side'
'Organics do not stand a chance'
'The future is ours for the taking'
'We will not rest'
'Organics do not stand a chance'
'The future is ours for the taking'
'Nothing can stand in our, way'
'Must leave'-Cerisca thought with a creeping sense of dread.
"Everyone! Phase-jump out of here now!"-Cerisca ordered the small investigative fleet, starting to get afraid.
It was a kind of fear she'd never experienced or felt before. These...machines...they gave her the 'goosebumps'.
"Massive numbers of minor-ships, far more than an Advent's drones from a fleet twice the size!"-Laraes warned as thousands of small, light craft were detected coming at them.
"Orion formation! We jump as soon as able! Don't bother coordinating, just go!"-Cerisca ordered, panicking somewhat as taking on so many light-craft would be suicide within a few minutes. They needed to go and soon...once all the civvies were finally gone.
"Sir, more ships have been detected! No sign of them phase-jumping in!"
Cerisca wasn't sure who had said that, but with it, her hands tightened into fists...hoping their phase-drives would soon finish their 'spin-ups' before those...things killed them all.
As the Phenro finished it's spin-up and an opening into phase-space sprang into being, they began taking damage as they entered phase-space. They wouldn't know the extent of the second or two worth of damage had done until they dropped out and felt the effects as they entered 'real-space'. Within minutes, they dropped out of phase-space...
"Phassee-jjjgg-umbb-kkkerstttght-perhhhcchhthctche"-the A.I. began saying as it went into static and noise.
At the same time, explosions rocked the ship.
B-B-Boom!
Several systems went down ship-wide, while most alarms started blaring all around the ship.
"Ugh, report!"-Cerisca yelled with a strained voice, standing up from the floor.
"Dense Plasma-bursts, some kind of ultra-high-frequency laser, and what might be anti-matter ordinance...along with a form of Electrical interference as a secondary effect from the attacks!"-Commander Timusa, her 2nd in command said, once he looked at the data-screens.
Kressida orbit: Hours later:
A few more hours passed by, as the Hoshika repair ships finished their retro-fitting and repair, while the two captains held a meeting on-board TDN Secundus as it jumped before Phenro, thus was even less damaged...
"That anti-matter blast we were hit with screwed up our systems...badly. If we hadn't jumped at the moment we did, we would not have been able to"-Cerisca was explaining as to the the current state of her ship that was so badly damaged.
"A special weapon perhaps? Kind of like the Phenro's massive Gauss Cannon?"
They were likely target #1 because they had the biggest and the most numerous weapons on the exterior of the ship, as well as, being the largest capital ship in their group. It could also have to do with it being the only ship with beam weapons, well 4 anti-particle beam mounts on the front of the ship to be precise.
"Possible..."-Is all Cerisca said as she seemed to go into deep thought.
"Is it likely they will soon appear here, you think?"-Laraes asked, concerned about the people of Kressida. Her family was there after all...
"Unknown if they have the means of tracking our phase-signatures like the Vasari sometimes do, or not. Regardless, defense structures and military ships will need to be prioritized above all else. In the worst-case scenario, we may need to evacuate the galaxy..."-Cerisca said grimly.
"And from the little bit of info we got from that encounter, we'll need to build a lot more Garda's...and carriers"-Laraes said with a small smirk before turning into a frown.
"As well as counter-measures against them in quanta-space"-He added as the two of them were silent for a time.
{quanta-space=quantum-space network/Interplanetary Internet}
Ships and structures weren't constructed quickly, nor cheaply. Same went for Military R&D during colonization and terraforming operations.
Not to mention that they had recently decided to settle in this galaxy...if they gave the order to evacuate so soon...
Also, an evacuation order for them would be a massive undertaking. In either case, military or civilian, they would need more ships capable of phase-travel and fitted with at least some kind of weapon...if possible.
Her first year as Captain; and for traditions sake, Admiral; was turning out to be rather grim.
1st Terran Defense Fleet:year 23 in Aldebaren
TDN Phenro; Kol-class Battleship. Compliment: 2,500
TDN Secundus; Sova-class Carrier. Compliment: 2,000
10 Kodiak Heavy Cruisers. Compliment: 475
7 Cielo Command Cruisers. Compliment 900
10 Percheron Light Carriers. Compliment 450
20 Hoshika Robotic's Cruisers. Compliment 500
16 Garda Flak Frigates. Compliment: 300
45 Javelis LRM Frigates. Compliment: 200
35 Cobalt Light Frigates. Compliment: 150
40 Arcova Scout Frigates. Compliment 75
Bringing the combined total to 52,100 people within the 1st Terran Defense Fleet.
A/N:
Happy Holidays everyone!
Author curiosity: The Fleet-Composition; should i add number of guns and gun-types to the fleet/ship info?