-Chapter 10-

Preparations being made and Lucifer's authorization to use his ship Councilwoman Kona was now transporting the remaining humans to Tauron, while Braidon requested to remain with the Basestar his knowledge of the world was only limited to the mountains that he had spent his entire life in as he looked through the view port he could never have imagined how much bigger the world was that he had lived, and now with the introductory of space it was even more vast then he could have ever dreamed.

Not sure what role he was to fill they allowed him full access to explore the ship, even though he was warned not to tamper with anything even with his eagerness to learn they weren't entirely convinced that he could be trusted yet, Zero had some concerns as well and even though they were trying to gain his trust to her he also had to gain hers.

Tricia had grown quite fond of him being near her age he was the first human she had seen since the end of the first Cylon war, and it made her feel better being able to talk to someone who understood the things that she remembered when she was consider part of their race. Guiding him through the ship she taught him a few tricks to help navigate the systems, also learning as much as she could about him she was impressed on how he had survived all this time.

Touring the hanger they run into her long time friend "I beg your pardon Captain."

"Luce, you don't need to be so formal what can I help you with?"

"I was informed that the ship is prepared to make their jump, to Sagittaron" hinting to the conversation that they held a few days ago regarding the missing Raider "I would think that you would want to be in the Command Center to finish your investigation."

Shaking her head she almost had forgotten with the distraction, her mind had begun to think of other times "Your right, will you be joining us?"

"No, but I believe Zero will be there. I on the other hand need to head to my new lab on this ship, I'm currently working on a new helmet for our dear friend but a question did rise why didn't we just go back and simply dig up the old one."

Thinking of a way to explain she thought it better to just let him wonder, a young girl likes change and one thing that helmet didn't provide was that change. "I'm not sure, but you did get the specification that Zero wanted you to add?"

"Yes of course…" sighing he began to move away "…please let me know if there is any changes regarding your investigation."

"Yeah sure" returning her attention to Braidon "shall we go this will be a neat experience I doubt you have ever done an actual jump before." Shaking his head he agreed that this was going to be different experience they depart the location as they headed for the Command Center.

The Basestar jumps to the coordinates as the crew began checks of their systems not sure how long this stint was for they wanted to ensure they were ready for when the word was given to jump again.

"So what exactly are we looking for?" Zero asked looking confused at the Data Stream.

"I'm not sure… I just wanted to make there was nothing here before we proceeded to Sagittaron is all."

"The Hybrid has begun to actively scan the area but nothing is coming up on the stream. The nebula seems baron but she is unable to get an accurate scan. Do you want to send a patrol to check it out?"

Looking at the tactical display she begins to think "No standby on the order, if there is something in there maybe we can scare it out." Turning to the Doral next to her "fire a concussion missile into the nebula four rounds at a hundred meter spread, if something is in there it won't damage them but it might be enough to spook them to come out of hiding."

"By your command" the Doral responds.

Watching on the stream the missiles head for their intended location as they begin to explode the nebula lights up like a lightning storm, as the flashes begin to die down they wait but with no indication of movement it is a quiet stance.

The Doral finally looks up from his console "No movement… it would appear it is clear."

"Is that they only place a ship could hide in this area?"

Hesitating he tries to figure out what she is looking for "The nebula is the only place in this sector that could effectively hide a ship this size yes, but there is plenty of smaller debris floating around that could help mask smaller ships."

"Fine have a unit respond out scanning all debris patterns that could hide any size ships, once completed please have the data sent to my room."

Responding with his normal response Tricia begins to head out the door stopping her Zero has a look of concern "What are you looking for?"

"Ghost… something is bothering me out here and I don't know what" with a look of frustration on her face.

Braidon still staring at the tactical map raises his hand "I'm not sure if I'm reading this right and I will be the first one to admit I know nothing of space tactics, but studying this map if your suspicions are right whoever you might be looking for could be using these clusters to hide their numbers." Pointing at multiple locations that followed a long path "It is a similar tactic my father used when he was in the military, but I just changed the tactics instead of using bushes and tree lines these nebulas according to what I heard are pretty much the same thing."

Walking over she studies the map with him "…and where would you be heading?"

Squinting he tries to take in the whole picture "it's hard to say… these are planets right?" pointing at the dots she nods "well from what I see either their heading to this planet or this one."

Looking at the two locations she whispers "Canceron or Sagittaron…" placing her hand on her hip she studies the map a little longer. While still studying the map she blurts out "Contact the council see if we can have another Basestar jump to Canceron… we are already set for Sagittaron so we will continue on that path."

"What will the Basestar be looking for once they get there?" Zero says as she returns to her console.

"Any kinds of anomalies… also have them report in before investigating anything suspicious."

"Roger that" activating her station she begins relaying the message to the council.

Shaking his head Braidon turns back to Tricia "I think it's pointless for your fighters to be looking at the debris field, if anything my father said was when using this tactic your trying to hide something of your numbers. Based off that concept those spots are way too small to be hiding anything really worth your time."

Smiling she turns to him "We may have found something you are good at after all." Returning her smile he continues to study the map as she returns to her station "Recall all fighters prepare the jump for Sagittaron."

The orders have been given as they wait for the ship to be ready to jump Zero monitors the progress from her station as the numbers begin to countdown. The ship is prepped as it sits in the vacuum slowly rotating it moves, when all of the sudden the jump drives activate and the ship jumps.

In the void of space darkness fills its emptiness as a planet once seeming with life slowly rotates around a star not very old as stars go but has been around for millions of years illuminates off its most outer atmosphere. With a bright flash a Basestar emerges over the planet Sagittaron stratosphere as the ship enters its orbit it rotates around the planet moving with her they begin the task of exploration.

"Something isn't right here" reading the stream Zero has a puzzled expression on her face.

"What's wrong?" Tricia placing her hand into the stream to see the same reports.

Shaking her head "It doesn't make sense all the other planets we have visited there was at least some kind of agriculture or even signs that there was a Cylon presence on the planet."

"There is nothing here?" joining in on her assessment Tricia had a look of concern.

When one of the Doral's jumps in "Contact… large bogie at three six five mark two… standby receiving recognition codes…"

Everyone staring Zero takes the initiative placing her hand into the stream she begins getting the Raiders on standby but having them remain on hold just in case.

Doral pauses standing there he slowly pulls his hands out of the stream with a blank expression on his face "The ship reads Cylon… it's a Basestar one of the older classes, but a Basestar?"

"A Basestar… but we don't have any scheduled to be out in this area?" Tricia confused by what was transpiring.

"We don't use those styles anymore… once the Hybrid was introduced we had to redesign the Basestars to meet their specifications. They are intense ships heavily armed and armored the only thing our ships have over them is speed, we can maneuver faster than them that is about it."

"…and they are closing in on us" Zero still watching the monitors "also… it appears to be hailing us."

Reaching over to the comm switch she looks at everyone in the command section "well let's put them on speaker." Hitting the switch she tries to communicate "Unknown Basestar, this is Basestar Three Six Nine Captain Tricia Helfer… what are your intentions?"

There is a long pause as they sit there waiting as the ship drew closer after a few minutes the speaker becomes active "Basestar Three Six Nine… this is Il-Series Spectre… welcome home to the Legion…"

Looking around everyone is smiling, Tricia is surprised to hear a similar voice to her old friend but with a slightly higher pitched it still keeps a distinctiveness to itself. "Roger Spectre… we have been waiting to try and contact the Legions old space unsure of your status."

"Understandable be advised… after the departure of the Hybrids we pulled our old cruisers out of storage and began reusing them… our models here would be happy if you came over?"

The smile was growing larger with finding the humans on Canceron and now finding remnants of the old empire things were beginning to look good. "Roger give us a few moments as we arrange transportation."

"We will be standing by Spectre out…"

As everyone starts cheering Zero is hesitant as she continues to read the Stream something doesn't feel right. It doesn't start becoming clear until she begins seeing the ones and zeros she stands there smiling as she recognizes the code but with a puzzled look on her face she doesn't make sense of it "That's Binary" saying aloud.

Noticing Tricia leans over "what's binary?"

"Their communications" since her birth it was a language that she always understood, something that Lucifer had told her was that it was the language of the Il's that it was a complex language broke down to its simplest form, with a few ones and zeros you could explain the universe and understand it at the same time.

Breaking her train of thought Tricia interjects "So what are they saying?"

Continuing to listen her face becomes ashen white quickly looking up she hesitates not believing what she just heard "…Their attacking…" is all she can say as her mind races trying to make sense of the orders she just heard.