Adama sat in his quarters reviewing the latest scans from Kobol's surface. He was also reviewing Tigh's and Lee's reports from the explosion. Whoever had set the charges had done so for maximum damage. Three raptor pilots had been in the bay at the time. They were dead. Another fifteen people crew and pilots injured. Three Vipers and several raptors were either damaged beyond repair or would take at least several days to repair.
They had opened the other landing bay, and were in the process of moving operational ships there for now. It would take a while because only one launch tube was operational. At least they had managed to remove the museum from his ship.
To make matters worse the Chief and much of the crew were trapped down on the planet's surface. It had been over a week, and he needed to get his people back. The Cylons could be here any minute. One question he had was why the Cylons hadn't shown up at Kobol yet. They had to know the basestar was gone.
He assumed the fact that another agent had been activated had something to do with it. At first he had absolutely sure Gaeta was an agent. No one had seen him in the area of the landing bay. There had been no record of Lt Gaeta ever issuing a condition one. It was obvious someone had though.
The problem was Gaeta was the one he needed to investigate and he was in the brig in isolation suspected of being a Cylon. There was no way to test him. Dr Baltar or Lt Gaeta both worked on the Cylon detector and both were presently suspect.
He was almost tempted to let Gaeta see what he could find. They had sent a call out to the general fleet and had found a few possible computer engineers. So now he was forced trust and bring civilians on board. Gods what a mess.
The President was harping about gaining access to the Temple of Athena. The scans had shown no structures that would suggest such a temple still existed. She was certain. She told him she had dreams. Previously he'd blamed the dreams and hallucinations on the Kamala.
After seeing Lee fall on the deck having visions about the Arrow. Hell, he didn't know what to think. He couldn't get that from his mind. And try as he might he was having trouble explaining it away as a delusion.
His son wasn't religious nor was he ill as far as he knew. He hadn't told the President that. He had ordered Lee to keep it quiet for now. The last thing he needed was for Tigh or the President to know he was even considering the possibility that something "prophetic" might be happening here.
"Gods. I need my head examined." He thought if he was even entertaining this rubbish. Adama lay back on his bed and picked up the phone. "Get me Elosha please." Adama requested of Dee.
Dee seemed surprised but complied. The phone rang again in a few minutes.
"Commander, you needed to speak with me?" The priestess on the other end sounded almost as surprised as Dee had been. Adama was not one who usually called on her services.
"Yes, Madam Elosha. I'm sorry to disturb you. I know this is usually your meditation time. I have a few urgent questions that require your expertise of scripture. I apologize but I am unable to come to you, so I was hoping I could impose on you to come to me." Adama requested.
He hesitated to order her because of her unique position as a spiritual leader among military personnel.
"Of course, Commander. When did you want to meet?" She asked.
"Are you on Colonial One the Galactica?" Adama asked her.
"I'm on Colonial One, Commander."
"In about an hour then, I'll send a shuttle for you. Could you please bring your copy of Pythian prophecy and any scripture relevant to the arrow and the Tomb of Athena as well?"
"Certainly Commander." Elosha sounded very confused. "Commander…do you want to include the President in this meeting?"
Adama considered this for a moment. If Lee was having visions as he suspected, he wanted Elosha to verify it first. He must be crazy. Why was he even thinking this way. This wasn't like him. They said near death experiences changed a man, but still this "Gods, old man you are really losing it." He thought silently.
"No, I have some private matters I need to discuss with you. For now please keep this confidential." Adama ordered gently.
"Of course, Commander. Is there anything else you need?"
"No thank you Madam Priestess that was all."
Adama went back to figuring out how he was going to find enough raptor and Viper pilots to support the mission to Kobol. They could barely had enough pilots to fill CAP rotations since the explosion. Mounting a mission was going to leave them seriously shorthanded.
He might have to jump the Galactica into Kobol's orbit. The idea did not appeal to him. He had to decide what to do with the fleet's safety. That would require talking with the President.
Adama sighed in frustration and decided to rest for an hour. Maybe things would be clearer if he closed his eyes for a minute.
