To Hell and Back
Chapter 18: A Scorched Earth Policy
Cylon Baseships from the first war now orbited the PLANTs, just out of visual range.
How Ron was able to take control of these vessels was a mystery, much like the man himself.
Ron smirked as he took control of both the Earth Alliance and other nations.
'Orb...Out of respect of Cagalli, I won't touch it...yet.'
Ron checked his S&W M500.
The most powerful weapon that could be put in the hands of a solider and Ron held it in his hand.
"I'm going to the moon."
"I'll get your shuttle ready, Mr. Chairman."
"I'll use the Mobile Suit in Docking Bay 2. I used to be an Earth Alliance Colonel before moving to the PLANTs, and a damn good MS pilot."
"Yes, Mr. Lenin."
"Colonel will do, miss?"
"Maria, sir; Maria Stalin."
"No relation to Joseph Stalin, I hope?"
"None, sir, like you share no relation to Vladimir Lenin."
Ron got to his Morgan and climbed in.
"Soon..."
Battlestar Galactica: CIC
They had just jumped into Earth's orbit, but Kira knew something was wrong. There was no debris belt.
While CIC was cheering for safety and a new home, Kira and the others knew better.
"Admiral, we're still not home."
Adama nodded.
"I think this is the other Earth, but that means we're close to your home, Kira."
Roslin hugged the Admiral, but his face remained grim.
Pinkerton was an evil bastard for leading them there, and he was planning something for the Fleet.
A war between Earth and the Fleet would be a bad thing, even though with the FTL drives and the new Mobile Suits it would an even fight.
Daedalus lunar base
Ron smirked. Requiem, one of the most powerful weapons created by the Earth Alliance, was now his to control.
And Ron planned to fire it at the PLANTs. (AN: You can now compare him to Hamilton of Ace Combat 5)
Terror would get both sides to work together and when Cavil's Cylons jumped in; both would work with the Colonials.
"Target Aprilius One. Blow that hourglass to hell."
"Yes, sir. Target Aprilius One!"
They armed the WMD and targeted Aprilius One.
Ron looked at the trigger and opened the casing.
"SEMPER FI, BITCH!"
He fired the superweapon.
Requiem ripped through not only Aprilius One, but the remains destroyed Januarius Three, Four and Five, Februarius Seven and Nine, Aprilius Ten, Maius One, Two and Three, and finally the neighbors of Junius Seven: Junius Six and Eight.
All in all, at least 20 million people were killed.
He smirked, then chuckled like a madman.
Soon Earth and the Colonies would be his to rule!
With the Fleet
Kira walked on the surface of the Colonial Earth.
It was nuked 2000 years before he was born, and it felt weird to be here.
Tigh and the other Final Five Cylons walked around on the surface with him.
Adama had explained that there were two Earths: the Colonial one and the one Kira and the others were from.
Roslin knew that, in a way.
Humans evolved on two different worlds: Earth and Kobol.
The odds were against it, but it happened. (AN: That explains this crossover: they aren't from either planet alone; they're from both Kobol and Earth)
Kira looked at the remains and found a head.
A metal one.
Athrun walked over and saw it as well.
It was the head of a Cylon Centurion, but it was different then the ones created by the Colonials.
"Well, that's not good."
Shinn walked over a piece of what looked like an M92F handgun.
He picked it up.
"It's missing a slide."
The Inox weapon was still in good condition despite the age.
Then he found the slide and a magazine.
He put the three items together, making a complete M92F.
His thoughts turned to the last user of the weapon.
Was it a man or a woman?
Did they have a family?
Kira looked at the Centurion head.
It looked like a Samurai kabuto, or helmet.
That wasn't good.
The Colonials wouldn't be happy about finding Cylons on their 13th Colony.
Back on the PLANTs
Ron stood near a platform and spoke to the population with a (falsely) pissed off tone.
"Why? LOGOS does not understand the meaning of peace, do they?"
The angry populace yelled in agreement.
"But can you blame them? They only understand war! They must be taught peace if we are to live! If not, they must die."
They agreed with Ron, but it took Meer Campbell to calm them down.
Ron had plans for the Lacus-copycat.
He sighed.
Battlestar Galactica
A week and a half had pasted since the discovery of the Colonial Earth.
Gaeta and several others, unknown to the rest of the Fleet, were preparing to perform mutiny and kill the crews of the Coordinator ships, along with the Cylon Baseship.
'For the preservation of our blue and pure worlds', as Gaeta once said. (AN: Gaeta would be a very good Blue Cosmos member, no?)
The mutineers were ready when the captains of the Coordinator ships were on board Galactica, and when the Cylons began to upgrade the Fleet's FTL drives.
Zarek was on board the Sparta, to get rid of Kira Yamato's wife, Lacus Cline.
Gaeta would get rid of Athrun and his girlfriend, Cagalli Yula Athha.
This mutiny would be Fleet-wide, and the only ship that had little to no anti-Coordinator people was the Legacy, widely known by most of the Fleet as the Hellfire.
As the second most powerful ship in the Fleet, the refit Galactica with her Gottfried and Lohengrin-style cannons being the first, she could destroy any vessel in the Fleet. Galactica's Phase Shift Armor could protect her long enough to get a Lohengrin shot off, but even then, it would take heavy damage.
He began arming the mutineers in secret.
Then something beeped.
'A contact?'
With said contact
The unknown contact was a Mobile Suit equipped with Mirage Colloid.
It disappeared from DRADIS after 10 seconds on it.
It was, in fact, the now-nuclear powered, Colonial-built ADF-X01 Morgan, equipped with the new Blitz Striker pack. (AN: I'm giving the Morgan the abilities of the first 5 Gundam-type Mobile Suits, and the other Gundams like the Providence and Destiny, starting with the stealthy Blitz, and a nuclear reactor. Why? Well, as you know by now, Ron's a wily son of a bitch. He wouldn't let the others get purely nuclear powered suits and he doesn't! Even the bad guys get Gundams!)
Ron smirked at the stupidity of Gaeta.
Ron wanted to upgrade the Galactica's DRADIS to detect Mirage Colloid (it's hard as hell, not impossible; shooting down an F-117 with a 1960's era SAM proves that) but
Gaeta vetoed that idea.
Ron landed and exited the cloaked Morgan.
The hanger elevator was open and he entered the ship via the hanger.
Medical Battlestar Sparta
Commander Nova Avalonia, Vice-Admiral Zeus Avalonia's grand-daughter, sighed.
The Sparta, the last purely medical Battlestar left, was getting swamped with sick and dying people.
Thankfully, there were a large number of civilians requesting medical training.
But why now?
Her training under former Colonel Ronald Pinkerton in the Colonial Corp of Engineers told her something was wrong, and she, Lacus and other people were being targeted.
She picked up a phone.
"This is the Commander: get the Marine Sergeant down here now. We may have a problem with the civilians."
The pregnant woman pulled out one of her CCE standard issue S&W M29 .44 magnum revolvers.
She wasn't going down easy.
Then she heard gunfire.
She cocked the powerful weapon and aimed it at the hatch.
Updated 09/12/10
And Gaeta's Mutiny has begun!
I know what you're thinking: Gaeta hasn't lost his leg; why's he mutinying? Easy answer: the Cylons, and working with both mortal enemies and Coordinators, who are different. Gaeta doesn't like having his ass kicked by people who have the advantage, i.e. Coordinators, like most people. I, at least, don't care about being upstaged, because I know it will happen in the end.
And a note about the skits: remember the end of Battlestar Galactica's episodes? There were always two idiots coming up with ideas, but Idea guy always got hurt. I got the idea of those skits from them. R&D TV: making ideas and getting hurt: it's what we do.
No skit this time around. Next time on To Hell and Back: Gaeta's 9-hour Mutiny, and Kira says everyone's favorite line: "THIS IS SPARTA!"
Ja Ne!