Onboard a Cylon Basestar orbiting a planet number 6 stared at the report she had just received from number 5 with growing horror.
The report said that the Alliance of light had struck at the Cylon homeworld and wiped it out. The only survivors to get away from the system were 5 basestars non of which had escaped damage added to that the Alliance had wiped out the Cylon fleet that had penetrated into their space.
With the loss of the shipyards over Cylon Prime and the Shipyards over the former colonies the total count was 25 Basestars left with only 2 resurrection ships to supplement them.
The rest had been wiped out. "send out a report to all surviving ships they are to come to these coordinates with all possible speed once we have brought our fleet together we will repair what damage we can to the damaged basestars then attempt to find a new homeworld for our people."
Number 5 nodded "and what of the colonials?" she asked "they will have to be tracked down and destroyed fast. I will not allow the Cylon race to be wiped out. If we are to die i want to take the colonials with us that way we can appease God and show the alliance that we wont go down easily."
Number 5 nodded again "understood the messages have been sent and the remaining basestars are to arrive within one week." With that Number 5 walked out of the room leaving number 6 to her thoughts.
On the Alliance ship Requiems the Supreme Commander was in a very good mood. "sir after we destroyed the Cylon homeworld we tracked down as many remaining Cylon forces left but unfortunately some got away" The Supreme commander nodded and then motioned for the lackey to continue.
"2 of the refugee fleets have combined and are traveling together the third refugee fleet is catching up fast and is expected to catch up with them in approximately 4 months. The remaining cylon forces are regrouping somewhere along the projected path of the refugee fleets.
We have concluded that they plan to wipe out the remaining Colonial forces. Signals have been detected close to the federation border which leads us to conclude that one or more federation starships is heading out to investigate the colonials as per your plan to get the refugee fleets to safety and then force them to hand over the FTL technology to us.
The last colonial resistance group in the former colonies has been brought in and sent in the general direction of the federation. we are keeping them supplied and pointed in the right direction. With our help we can shave that travel distance to 2 and a half years if we give them the maps that supply their path for them.
if the colonial fleets continue unmolested they will reach federation space in 3 months." the Supreme Commander nodded once more. "Assign a fleet to watch the Cylon fleet but they are not to engage unless the Colonials are threatened with destruction." once he was finished speaking the two beings worked on other stuff and eventual plans for the future.
Onboard the USS Scorpion Captain McCaffrey was in the middle of discussing their orders with the captains of the fleet.
"Once we arrive at the projected coordinates of the unknown fleet we will make first contact and ascertain their purposes. If they turn out to be Colonial our orders are to assist them as well as escort the fleet to New Caprica to rejoin their people.
Now if they are not colonial but Cylons as some of the council are saying they might be we are to make contact. If they attack we will defend ourselves that goes along with the colonials if they attack the fleet while we are there we have been given permission to destroy as much of the cylon forces before withdrawing but not before the civilian ships are away."
McCaffrey finished. "sir if they are not colonial or cylon what are our orders?" the captain of the Hood asked. "if it is a first contact with a new species we are to stick to normal procedures for that one then move on.
We are not to remain for to long we are to follow the projected path of the colonials and escort them to safety as I said earlier." as the discussion progressed the fleet cruised along at Warp 7 heading for their destination.
From another plain of existence Q laughed sardonically as he pulled string after string in an attempt correct a great wrong. Q2 flashed in. "Q what are you doing?" he asked. Q smiled "thats the trouble with you. You don't appreciate the subtle irony of it all. When the Colonials, the Federation, The Cylons and the Alliance of light show up in the same area it will be grand"
He laughed some more "look at them the alliance considers themselves the guardians of the universe and have wiped out almost all of the cylons for destroying the colonies. And yet they don't understand the implications of their actions.
The colonials are stretched out over tens of hundreds of lightyears all heading in one direction and that direction is not earth. The Humans on Earth speak of Manifest Destiny well if they knew what was coming and the role the Colonials would play in their future i am sure that the Federation would treat them better than they are already treating them.
The last colonial group will arrive near the beginning of the greatest conflict the Alpha and Beta Quadrants will ever know." Q2 shook his head at Q "what your planning is as the humans say nuts!" he exclaimed. Q grinned "you say that now but you know as well as I do what will happen
but the question remains will the Colonials as the earthlings say step up to the plate? that remains to be seen" with a flash Q was gone leaving Q2 to his thoughts. Q appeared in another part of the plain and watched the events unfolding.
The 4 groups racing toward each other had no idea what was to come 4 fleets would arrive only 3 would leave the question was would the destroyed fleet be the Colonials or the Cylons that remained to be seen.
When the federation fleet arrived at the projected coordinates of the fleets location they found nothing so they started send out probes in all directions. One of the probes picked up a trail and the fleet immediately warped in the general direction of the trail.
The alliance of light ships had been tracking the Cylons for the past month and they were getting antsy they wanted revenge for what the Cylons had done to their homes back in Alliance territory. As for the third colonial fleet they had at last found the Galactica as well as the intrepid and there trail and now all they had to do was catch up and reinforce them.
Of course it came as a surprise when the signs they found suggested that the Intrepid and its fleet had merged with the Galactica's fleet. In the 3 months since the fleet had left federation space they had gone about their duties registering comets, planets, Nebula formations for later studies by the science vessels when they progressed this far out.
So when the colonials trial was picked up the fleet went from scientific studies to being ready for a fight at a moments notice. When the Federation fleet found the Colonials it was readily apparent to the colonials didn't know what was going on as the Colonial representative that had been onboard the Hood was suffice it to say very surprised to hear the colonials hadn't been aware of what the Alliance of light was nor had they even know what they had been up to.
The fleet celebrated after the news that Earth was within reach and hope soared. After some negotiations the fleet combined with the federation vessels acting as escort. It was the Merrimac that spotted the third colonial fleet.
This news took the colonial fleet by surprise and the Merrimac was sent to bring the other fleet in. After the Helios and Calicos arrived the two fleets merged yet again but that wasn't the only surprise for one of the ships in the third fleet was another Mobile Shipyard
this was seen as a true miracle and some of the more religious people among the colonials started to wonder if there was a divine plan in store for the colonials. Amid the celebrations going on the fleet moved on heading to the coordinates provided by the scorpion. They were all going to New Caprica
which had a population of 629 million 57 thousand civilians residing on it this was a major shock for the colonial government that the Alliance had been able to save so many of their people and send them to the federation.
Since the People on New Caprica had been in the federation for awhile this meant that instead of having to negotiate for a planet the grand fleet automatically had one and didn't have to go looking for supplies for themselves.
The Colonials in the New Caprica system had already started to build up their world and were eagerly waiting for the fleet to arrive as this meant more people to help populate their world and because of the multiple warships present they didn't have to worry about defending themselves from the Cylons or Pirate raids.
The Federation had negotiated the rights for a Major starbase to be built in orbit of New Caprica. In short things were looking great for the colonials. They had at last found the 13th colony and and were now protected by them.
Before they could start on there journey home the cylons and Alliance fleets arrived.