Independence was on her third jump out of the 5 needed to take her to Za'ha'dum and on the bridge Captain Richard Hurst was voicing his concerns to the woman his ship of the line as acting like a glorified taxi for. The legendary diplomat ambassador Kim Putt.

"but Kim we don't know anything about this species other than they are called the "Ancient Enemy" by the Vorlons. If the Vorlons have not been able to defeat them then what chance do we have if they turn on us?"

Jumping in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Jump

"You are forgetting Richard that the adaptations of Colonial, Earth, and Vrolon tech have put us only slightly below the first ones and more advanced than even the Mimbari at their height. This "Ancient Enemy" has fought the Vorlons for thousands of years and will be more concerned with destroying them than turning on us. Even if they do turn on us after we have destroyed the Cylons and Vorlons the research of the database will be complete and the Earth Empire will be the most powerful race in the known universe be combining all of the best aspects and none of the weaknesses. This will work and we will defeat the Cylons and we will destroy their "gods" and then we will rebuild and if it means we have to gamble on an unknown factor then so be it. Nothing worth doing is easy."

"I still don't like it"

"Then it's a good job your not in charge."

Jumping to Za,Ha,Dum in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, jumping

The unknown regions

The void, dark and infinite, so large that even fleets could remain undiscovered for centuries, the Cylon model 9 was contemplating this as his Basestar approached the Katana Fleet. Soon they would have the technology required to level the playing field with the new Earth Empire, before him 20 Warlock class destroyers floated silently gentle and serene within the silence of the void. Wait….. 20? there were 21! "Centurion, jump!"

deep within he floating derelicts yellow balls of light formed around what would be the missile batteries on a regular Warlock, they grew larger and larger before shooting out as beams of light that rivalled a sun flying down the port and starboard sides to connect just in front of the bow of the Warlock where they became one large bright beam of sunlight that flew thought space and struck the Cylon baseship. The centurion never had the chance to respond as the basestar blew apart in a massive fireball with armour and Cylons spewing out in all directions even as they disintegrated into smaller peaces.

The Defiance cruised towards the Katana fleet and the Void was silent once more.