by Chaoseternus Eighteen
Excelsior
Well.
Talk about a hit from the left field.
Humans from Earth aboard Galactica, and from the Tempest too, a craft that according to our sources well, a patch on several of their backbone satellites to be honest, disappeared a full year ago.
I didn't mention how many rules and regulations specifically designed to deal with this version of humanity Adama had broken, in the here and now, with the loss of the Colonies, it really didn't matter that much any more. Doubly so when you consider the latest reports from in-system, and by that, I mean Earth and the Colonies.
Still, Adama needed to asses the situation for himself and he is Senior Commander, so that's what we will do, despite this strong urge I have to run to the civilian fleet, check that they are all right.
Civilian survivors In all my dreams since confirmation arrived with the Fleet Courier that the Colonies had fallen, I had hoped and dreamed that more Colonials had survived then the meagre few warriors aboard the very few ships that knew to come here, it helped that they dragged a few comrades with them but Adama's fleet would literally double the size of the population. s
That alone was reason enough to pamper to Adama's wishes, even if it did mean leaving the Civilians without the cover of a Battlestar unless Adama was holding out on him of course. But then, he couldn't say much if Adama was holding out, after all, he hadn't mentioned the full strength of the Colonial Forces in the area himself, just confirmed that Excelsior was the primary defence the Colonials had for the Sol system. Didn't mention that that Excelsior was only the primary outer defence and warning platform.
Sol system was being fortified, even if the Earth humans didn't know it. Though, judging by the sudden burst of activity at the various space centres and greatly increased levels of cooperation between the major governments, he suspected that they suspected.
Suspected that they suspected . Gahhgh! He hated working with spotty intelligence, but it wasn't as if they had enough people to check everything that was placed on the Earther's internet, even by the Governments themselves, not to mention all the other possible Intel sources.
Anyway, exactly how close a look would Adama want? I mean, it wasn't as if he wanted to land and see the surface the people for himself? Oh, Lords of Kobol preserve him, surely not.
xxx
"This is a bad idea"
"Shut up and let Kara drive" Adama ordered, then winced as the Raptor rocked under the impact of another wave on the underside of the hull, "are you sure we need to be this low to get under their Radar?"
"Yes, unfortunately I am! I would much rather be high enough that waves aren't bouncing off the bottom of the Raptor , or failing that, come back when the weather has calmed down a little, but yes I am frakking sure!"
Okay, note to self, need to get the slight note of hysteria under control. It's not as if we were trying to land on an island, albeit a large one, in the dark, during a storm that's blinding us with alternate flashes of lightning and rain and whilst staying low enough that waves are hitting the bottom of the Raptor . Oh yes, and the cliffs in this area of town are known to be higher then we're flying. Not to forget the trigger happy nature of the locals. Silly me.
Oh wait, we are. I think I'll have the hysteria back thank you...