Part 10
"Kirk pressed one of his chair intercom buttons. "Bridge to Engineering," He then called.
"Scott here, Captain."
"Scotty, The Cylons are about to attack the Colonies. We'll need high Warp speeds to get back in time to intervene."
"Aye Captain, we're ready." Scotty replied.
"Mr. DePaul, set course for Caprica," Kirk ordered.
"Course plotted and laid in ,sir," he replied a few seconds later having anticipated his new orders.
" , Ahead Warp factor eight."
"ETA, Mr. DePaul,"Kirk asked.
"Twenty Six minutes,"DePaul reported.
Kirk called Engineering again." Scotty, can we make Warp nine?"
"Aye, but just for a little bit," Scotty replied.
At that the whining of the Warp drive increased incrementally as Scotty increased power to the Engines.
"Revised ETA, Mr. DePaul," Kirk asked.
"Now less than twenty minutes, Captain, it depends on how long we can maintain Warp nine."
"Scotty, how are we doing down there? "She's holding together for now, but I'm giving you all she's got."
"Mr. Scott, one of the Engineering crewmen called while alarms began sounding in the Engine room.," The Antimatter injectors are redlining and the inter-coolers are overheating."
"Back down to Warp eight," Scott ordered. The intense moaning of the warp drive softened slightly.
"Bridge," Scotty called a moment later. "We did what we could, I hope it was enough. We'll have to make a few repairs later, I'll send you a report after we evaluate the new damage to the engines."
"We're on final approach to Carica." Sulu announced. "we got here before the Colonial Fleet."
Spock stood up over his scanners. I'm detecting three Cylon baseships over Caprica." he announced.
"I'm getting a message from one of these baseships," Uhura announced. "Its in the clear; no encryption or jamming."
"On speaker," Kirk ordered. "The final annihilation of the life form known as Man," an accented male voice began. "Let the attack begin."
"Source identified,"Spock announced. "It's the easternmost baseship. It just began launching fighters."
"Mr. Sulu, lock phasers on that baseship and fire to disable it, Kirk ordered. "It sounds like the Cylon Emperor is on board it."
"By your command," a Cylon reported to the Imperious Leader."
"Speak,"
"Scanners show that the Enterprise has just entered orbit around Caprica."
"Divert all of our Raiders to attack the Enterprise," the Imperious Leader ordered. "They will not be allowed to interfere with the destruction of the Colonies. Baseships two and Three are to continue their attack on all programmed targets."
"By your command," the Cylon soldier replied before withdrawing to forward the orders.
Jut then the Enterprise's phasers struck the baseship. Sulu targeted the baseship's upper hull's launch bay doors. Immediately destroying them. Preventing further Raider launches. Sulu then swept the phasers across the rest of the baseship's upper hull. Penetrating the un-shielded, but armored, ship at multiple locations, particularly over its Central Core. The Imperious Leader noticed the impact of the phaser strike, then debris began raining down on its throne damaging the Cylon's external, cosmetic structure and immobilizing it. Then debris blocked the throne room's exits preventing any immediate rescue by other Cylons.
Those Raiders that were already launched by baseship one then turned their weapons onto the Enterprise and were immediately surprised at their ineffectiveness against the Enterprise 's shields. Thwarted, they began to make suicide runs against the Enterprise.
"Raiders on intercept courses," Spock reported from his scanners.
"Lets not be a pin cushion,"Kirk replied just as one Raider impacted the Enterprise's Starboard Shield.
"Shield number 2, damaged, but holding at eighty percent," Spock reported after the shaking from the impact ended.
"Give us some breathing room, Mr Sulu, one half Impulse. And put us into firing position on the other two baseships."
"Aye,aye, Captain," Sulu replied.
The Enterprise's Impulse Drive moaned for a moment as Sulu worked his helm Controls.
"Wer're in position, Sir," He reported a moment later.
"Mr. DePaul," Kirk began, "Arm Photon torpedoes and target the other two baseships two torpedoes each."
"Torpedoes armed and locked on targets," DePaul reported a moment later.
"Fire torpedoes," Kirk ordered with a rising voice.
Baseship two was the first to be struck. The antimatter warhead explosion breached the baseship's upper hull, igniting the Raider Tylium fuel bunkers and shredding the interior of the baseship's upper second torpedo impacted the baseship on its Central Core at the juncture of the upper and lower hulls. The explosion obliterated the Baseship's structural integrity and separated the remains of the upper hull from the now burning lower hull. A moment later the remains of the baseship exploded.
Basehip three then suffered the same fate as baseship two.
"Good shooting Mr. DePaul," Kirk praised.
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"Preparations continue through the night here at the Caprica Presidium." Serena Reported.
"We can see at the moment it is somewhat deserted."
"But with the new dawn," she continued, "It will be full of Capricans coming here, eagerly, and joyfully, to usher in a new era , the era of peace."
"So far, details of the armistice meeting, going on at this very moment on the Star Kobol space station, are not coming in as we had hoped for."
'It seems that this is due to unusual electrical interferences, which are blocking out all interstellar communications."
"However, as soon as they are available, we will be showing you the first pictures of something described as the most significant event in history., besides our recent reunion with the Thirteenth tribe." Out of the corner of her eye Serena saw two bright flashes high in the sky followed by a much larger flash.
"Lords of kobol! It?s a tremendous explosion! High up in the atmosphere, possibly in orbit. Are we getting this on camera? "The triple light flash then repeated high above her in the Caprica sky.
More explosions began to occur in and around Caprica City as the Raiders of Baseship's two and three made their presence known.. Ladies and gentlemen, this is terrible."
"Cylon fighters are bombing the city. People are running everywhere."
"Boxey! No! Boxey!" Serena warned.
"Miss, the building's going to topple!" A bystander announced. "Everybody, run for cover! Run! Run! Hurry, find cover! Get out of here! Stay down here! No! No!"
"My daggit!" Boxey cried. "Where is he?" - "He's fine." the bystander lied after seeing the animal crushed by falling debris.
"It?s going to be all right," Serena said as she then heard the familiar sound of Vipers launching at full Turbo from the nearby Caprica military airfield.
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"Omega," Adama began as the Galactica sped back to the Colonies at lightspeed, "Contact Caprica Defense Headquarters and warn them of the coming Cylon attack."
"Yes, Commander." Omega tried to make the call but did not receive a reply."
"No response, Commander," He reported a moment later. "Call the defense squadrons directly," Adama ordered.
Omega first tried to call Blue Bird Squadron's Command post.
"Blue Bird Squadron." Captain Achilles replied. "Why the direct call?"
"This is Commander Adama. We've been unable to contact Caprica Defense Headquarters. The Cylons are about to attack all the Inner Colonies simultaneously. You are to inform Red Bird Squadron, Black Bird Squadron,and Brown Bird Squadrons to Launch immediately to defensive positions. If you can, also access the defense platforms, and activate them for automatic defensive operations. Finally send a Warrior detail to Caprica Defense Headquarters to find out what is going on there."
"We'll do so immediately," Achilles replied before signing off.
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"Omega, now call Sagitara Defense Headquarters," Adama then ordered. Again, Omega made the call and again received no response.
"Call the the Sagitara Defense Squadrons directly," Adama ordered. A moment later, Adama repeated his instructions to the Sagitara Defense Viper Squadrons. Adama then repeated his calls to the Vigon defense squadrons.
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"Captain, Spock began from his science/scanner station," I'm getting new readings planet side. Cylon fighters have begun bombing or straifing various targets on the surface. Four squadrons of Vipers are also launching from their bases around Caprica City. The orbital defense platforms have begun firing at the attacking Cylon fighters. "
"Why the delay," Kirk asked rhetorically at the apparent slow response of the Colonial defense forces.
"Mr. Sulu," Kirk began, "Use the phasers to take down as many Raiders as can be targeted. Without causing more damage on the surface. Use all batteries if necessary. Don't limit our fire to be just from the forward phasers."
"Firing phasers," Sulu announced while trying to sweep the forward, port, Starboard, and Aft, beam weapons across any concentrations of Cylon fighters his targeting scanners could identify.
Serena looked up again as another light show began high above her in the Caprican sky. Her camera operator pointed his camera in the same direction. From a single white point of light bright red lines began to stretch out in all directions. Small flashes began showing at the ends of the red lines. With the recent launch of the garrison squadrons and now the obvious weapon's fire from a ship in orbit a sense of hope began to form within her.
"All is not lost, she continued with her report," Our garrison squadrons have just launched and now a ship is firing on the Cylons from orbit."
Under Sulu's accurate fire and the actions of the garrison squadrons and the defense platforms, the six hundred attacking Raiders from baseships two and three were quickly reduced to a few dozen within minutes.
Enterprise,"this is Blue Bird one, "thank you for your assistance. We'll take care of the rest here, please know that the other Inner Colonies are under attack, they could use your help. I monitored your strike on the two baseships. Good shooting and wow! Also know that Caprica defense headquarters suffered sabotage and an attack by forces unknown."
Kirk pressed a button on the arm of his chair, "This is Captain Kirk, this was the least we could do under the circumstances. The Cylons also tried to ambush your fleet at the peace conference."
"Mr. DePaul," Kirk continued, "Set course for Sagitara."
"Course plotted and laid in , sir," DePaul replied a few seconds later again having anticipated his new orders.
"Mr. Sulu, Ahead Warp three," Kirk ordered.
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Two minutes later the Enterprise arrived at the next Inner Colony under Cylon attack.
"Captain," Spock began, "Scanners show massive Cylon assault on the planet. I'm detecting garrison squadron Vipers in pitched battle with the Cylon fighters. Defensive platforms are also engaging the Cylon fighters."
"Photon torpedoes, Mr. DePaul," Kirk began, "take down those baseships."
"Firing," DePaul replied while targeting four torpedoes at two baseships to ensure their destruction.
Torpedoes locked on targets," DePaul reported a second later.
"Fire,"Kirk ordered. The two targeted baseships suffered the same fate as the ones that received similar attention over Caprica.
"Mr. Sulu," Kirk began. "Target the third baseship with the main phasers."
"Phasers locked on target," Sulu reported a second later.
"Fire," Kirk ordered.
The Enterprise's main phasers reached out and gutted the third baseship and left it a flaming wreck which soon exploded as its tylium bunker fires overwhelmed it.
"Sulu, now use all phaser banks to give the garrison squadrons cover as best we can."
"Firing all phaser batteries." Sulu announced.
"Colonial battlestar on approach," Spock announced.
"Signal them, Lt. Uhura," Kirk ordered.
"Enterprise this is the battlestar Pacifica, Commander Agamemnon speaking we're on final approach to Sagitara, We monitored your arrival and how you took down those baseships, good job, and good shooting."The Pacifica then began launching Vipers to assist the garrison Squadrons.
"Captain," Spock began, "Sensors are now showing the arrival of the Colonial Fleet at all the Inner Colonies."
They also show the departure of the three baseships over Virgon. Nine other baseships arrived in system near the Outer Colonies and immediately reversed course to exit the system."
"Very good, Mr. Spock," Kirk commented," Perhaps this attack is now winding down. Let's return to Caprica, so When the Galactica returns to their home port I can talk to Adama and present our gift to him and give him a short update.