2671.008 Colonial Intersystem forces building Apollo's office: Commander Apollo was on a long range secured channel with Admiral Tolwyn of Confed high command.
"Admiral, I called to update you on the progress of the ship construction, and to ask for a few things."
Tolwyn looked at his monitor, "What sort of things Commander?"
"Well Admiral, I've submitted a list of names to your office, as to who I would like to Command the ships in our fleet."
"Yes, I've been meaning to ask you about that Commander. Why are you mixing Confed officers in your command structure? "
"Admiral, since I will be the overall Commander of the fleet, I've decided that I want Admiral Eison as the new Commander of the Galactica, and General Blair as the CAG of the fleet."
Tolwyn smiled to himself, "Well Commander, I can understand Admiral Eison, but why Blair?"
"Admiral, Chris was the person who came up with the attack plans for our battle with the Cylons, and most of the pilots in both our fleets respect him."
"That's quite true Commander, but there are other officers with more command experience."
"That may be true Admiral, but I've seen the man in action, and under duress. He's the man I want to lead our air group."
Tolwyn looked at Apollo, "Very well Commander, but I warn you, he can be a handful."
Apollo smiled, "At least he's not as bad as my father in law was."
"Admiral, I also wanted to ask you about the other request that I submitted to your office."
"Ah yes, the question of the uniforms."
"Yes Admiral, the uniforms."
"High command has looked over your proposal, and we agree. All of the personnel on the fleet will wear colonial uniforms. That way if any are captured, the knowledge of the Confederation won't be discovered by the Cylons."
"I thought that the high command would see it that way Admiral."
"Commander, I've been going over the specs of your ships, will you have enough troops for your mission?"
"Actually Admiral, I've got someone working on that problem as we speak. He's a very gifted speaker, and I think that he will be able to help arrange for us to have enough troops by the time we launch."
"Very good Commander, so what is the estimate on when your fleet will be ready to launch?"
"With any luck Admiral, we will be ready to launch in just under a year."
"Well let's hope that the Cylons don't decide to launch an attack before then Commander."
Apollo smiled at Tolwyn, "From what I hear Admiral, if the Cylons do start to head for Confed space, we'll have plenty of warning ahead of time."
Now Tolwyn smiled at Apollo, "It pays to be ever vigilante Commander."