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This story is based on the conditions: Pres. Laura Roslin had found a cure for her cancer and had won her election; Baltar being manipulated by the Cylons was never discovered; The colonies are speaking a form of English; Three thousands years before the destruction of the colonies doctors had successfully found a way to convert sixty percent of the dead zone of the brain into a more useful brain mass; Psychic ability among the twelve colonies never emerged.
THE GENETIC DUPLICATE – DAY ONE Part 1
Five years after the destruction of the colonies a fourteen-year-old girl lay unconscious in sick bay on board the Battlestar Galactica. The girl had long red hair and freckles. Cassandra Holton was assisting Dr. Conner Salik while he was checking the girl's vitals. Cmdr. Adama walked in before he was done.
"So this is our new member of the fleet," said Cmdr. Adama. "How is she doing?"
"She is only sleeping right now," said Dr. Salik. "Should I wake her?'
"Yes," said Cmdr. Adama. "We need to find out all we can about her."
"I still can't believe she survived being in stases aboard a crippled ship for lord knows how many years," said Cassandra.
Dr. Salik gave the girl an injection.
Within a minute the girl was moving around. She then opened her eyes. With a timid expression on her face she looked around.
"Hi, my name is Dr. Salik," he said. "The man beside me is Cmdr. Adama. The woman next to me is my assistant, Cassandra. Can you tell me what your name is?"
"I'm Kimberly Elizabeth O'Brian," said the girl.
"Kimberly, you may sit up if you would like," said Dr. Salik. Kim noticed what she was wearing as she was sitting up. "Can you tell us the last thing you remember?"
"I remember sneaking out of the house to meet my friend, Brian, at mid-night," said Kim. "I was supposed to have met him at the Crawford's field. There were several UFO sightings these past few weeks and Crawford's field was an excellent spot to see one."
"What is an UFO?" asked Cmdr. Adama. .
Kim looked at Cmdr. Adama in a curious manner and said in a sarcastic manner. "Unidentified flying object also known as space aliens or visitors from another planet."
"What happened when you snuck out of the house?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"I went into the garage and got my bike and my guitar," said Kim. She noticed that the expression on their faces was as if she was speaking a foreign language.
"What happen when you got those two items?' asked Cmdr. Adama.
"I strapped my guitar to my back and got on my bike and pedaled to Crawford's field," said Kim. "I beat Brian there so I just found a spot and played my guitar. I was playing a song that my brother taught me."
"What happen after that?" asked Cmdr. Adama. Kim was quiet for a moment. "Kimberly, can you tell me what happen next?"
"Other than my mom that calls me Kimberly most people calls me Kim… except for my grandma on my mom's side. She calls me Beth,"
"Kim, what happen after you got to Crawford's field?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
Kim thought for another second before she spoke.
"Oh my god, I think I was taken. The last thing I remember was a bright light," said Kim.
"What do you mean you were taken?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"Okay, you probably going to think that I'm a little nuts," said Kim. Cmdr Adama had a perplex expression on his face, "but I believe I was abducted by space aliens."
"Why would space aliens abduct you?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"Well, why would they abduct other people?" asked Kim. "Hundreds of people claim to be abducted each year and then released. I guess I'm among those people now."
"Kim, why do you think that these aliens are abducting people?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"They are curious about us maybe," said Kim. "They want to know everything they can about us. Most people can't remember their experience of being abducted, but the ones that do say that they were put through an intensive medical exam." Kim noticed and unusual expression on their faces." You all don't believe me, do you?"
"I do believe you," said Cmdr. Adama. "Kim, I'm not sure if there is an easier way to tell you this, but you were found in stases on board a severely crippled ship."
"What?" asked Kim.
"Kim, we found you and six more people in stases on board a crippled ship" said Cmdr. Adama.
"A space ship crashed while I was on board?" asked Kim.
"Kim, the ship we found you on was drifting in space," said Cmdr. Adama. "We brought you aboard our ship, the Battlestar Galactica."
"Please say smile you are on candid camera," said Kim.
"What is candid camera?" asked Cmdr. Adama as Kim noticed that all three of them had a confused expression on their faces.
"How come I suddenly got the feeling that we are literally from different worlds?" asked Kim.
"Kim, the people aboard this ship and the other ships in our fleet are from the twelve colonies of the colonies of Kobol," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Kobol? Is that the planet you came from?" asked Kim.
"Kobol is where our people originated from before the formation of the twelve colonies," said Cmdr. Adama. "Kobol is now uninhabitable and it has been for thousands of years."
"You three look human," said Kim. "Are you? I mean you are not appearing human for my benefit?"
"We are human," said Cmdr. Adama. "Kim, when our ancestors left Kobol there was a thirteenth colony. There is a possibility that you are from that colony. Our thirteenth colony was supposed to settle on the planet called Earth. Kim, have you ever heard of the planet Earth."
"Earth is the name of my planet," said Kim. "I don't know how we can be one of your colonies though."
"Is there anything in your history about the origin of your people?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"According to our bible… our religious book, god created the heaven and the Earth. He then created man and woman in his image. However, our scientists claim we had evolved from apes… oh in case you don't know apes are lower class primates and they are the closes animal on Earth that resembles human."
"Kim, how advance are the people on Earth?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"We are able to travel anywhere on Earth by aircraft, but other than NASA sending a small crew into space for short times we don't have the ability to travel through space," said Kim.
"Have your people always traveled by aircrafts?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
Kim shook her head and said "No. In fact just a hundred years ago my ancestors were riding on horsebacks for transportation. A horse is a large four-legged animal. To cross the oceans we had large ocean-traveling ships. A thousand years ago people of Earth didn't even have the ability of ocean travel without keeping land in sight and further back in time, the more primitive the people of Earth were."
"Kim, has there been anytime in your history that your ancestors were more advance than what they are now?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
Kim thought for a second. She then shook her head and said, "Unless the city of Atlantis counts."
"What about the city of Atlantis?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"The city of Atlantis is one of our oldest myths," said Kim. "The city was thought to be as advanced as we are now if not more advanced before the city sank to the bottom of the ocean. Most people believe that Atlantis is a fictional story that got handed down through the generations."
"Kim, according to Dr. Salik you are too healthy to remain in sick bay so how would you like to see the recreation room until we can find you a more suitable place for you?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"How soon can you return me to Earth?" asked Kim.
"Kim, we don't know where Earth is at," said Cmdr. Adama. "We have been searching for Earth for five years now so we can reunite the colonies. We weren't even sure if we were going in the right direction. In fact finding you is the first clue in a long time that Earth even exists."
"The last time I saw my parents we had a huge argument," said Kim. "They must believe that I ran away from home. I should have never snuck out of the house to see the UFO's."
"Kim, we are trying to recover the data from the ship we found you in," said Cmdr. Adama. "There is a chance that we might learn where Earth is at from that data, but until then you need to consider us as your family. Cassandra will take you to the recreation room until we can find a place for you."
Cassandra walked over and picked up a pair of shoes from a table.
Kim stood up and said, "Thank you for your help."
Cassandra walked up and held out the shoes for Kim to take.
"After you put these shoes on I will show you to the recreation room," said Cassandra.
"Okay," said Kim as she took the shoes. She put the shoes on. "Hey these are nice and comfortable"
"I'm glad you like them," said Cassandra. "Now follow me and I will take you to the recreation room."
Kim followed Cassandra out of the room.
"Cmdr. Adama, you didn't tell her," said Dr. Salik.
"No I didn't and I'm not going to either," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Don't you think she has the right to know?" asked Dr. Salik.
"And what am I suppose to tell her?" asked Cmdr. Adama. "Should I tell her she has been in stases for lord only knows how long? Or should I tell her the fact that she is a genetic duplicate? She believes that she is the Kim that was born on Earth and I'm not going to take that away from her."
"There is a chance that she will find out on her own," said Dr. Salik.
"We will deal with that situation when it comes," said Cmdr. Adama.
A few minutes later Cassandra and Kim were walking into the recreation room. Eight people were in the room playing a game.
"So do you want to try your luck at Oppal?" asked Cassandra.
"Sure, I will try," said Kim.
Kim caught on to Oppal rather quickly. She lost the first game, but won the next two games.
"Cassandra where do I go to take care of personal business," said Kim. Cassandra had a confused expression on her face. "I need to urinate."
"Oh," said Cassandra. "Come with me and I show you." Cassandra and Kim then walked out of the recreation room. After a short walked they came to a door. "The women's facility is through that door."
"Thank you," said Kim.
"Just return to the recreation room when you are done," said Cassandra.
"I will," said Kim.
As she was using the facility she saw something about her left leg that wasn't like it should be.
"Okay, what is going on?" asked Kim in a normal tone.
After getting done urinating she checked other areas of her body. She also uncovered her back to look at it in the mirror. "My god what is going on?" After leaving the facility fully dressed she walked back to the recreation room and walked straight up to Cassandra. When she walked up she had a concern look on her face.
"Kim, what's wrong?" asked Cassandra.
"I need to talk to Cmdr. Adama," said Kim.
"What is it?" asked Cassandra.
"I need to talk to Cmdr. Adama, please," said Kim.
"Okay, I will take you," said Cassandra.
A few minutes later Cassandra and Kim were walking into Cmdr. Adama's quarters.
Apollo was going over some of the data that they recovered from the disabled ship. Apollo paused when Kim and Cassandra walked in.
"I'm sorry for the intrusion, Commander, but Kim was very insistent about seeing you," said Cassandra.
"Kim, what can I do for you?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"I've been changed," said Kim.
"I don't understand what you mean," said Cmdr. Adama.
"My scars are gone, my freckles are not were they should be, my ears are no longer pierced and a tattoo of a butterfly I got about a year ago is gone," said Kim.
"Your parents allowed you to get a tattoo?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"Are you kidding, I have never seen my parents so mad at me before," said Kim. Apollo and Cassandra just looked at one another. "I was grounded for six months. I couldn't go anywhere by myself during that time or do anything fun, but the fact is that I had it and now it is gone." Kim then had a thought. "Oh god, I'm not Kimberly O'Brian am I? I'm Kimberly's clone. That is why I don't have scars or a tattoo."
"Kim, your thinking is correct," said Cmdr. Adama. "However, you are not a clone, but you are a genetic duplicate."
"Is there a difference," asked Kim.
"A clone has flaws within the DNA," said Cmdr. Adama. "You, however, have no flaws from being duplicated. You are Kimberly as much as the other Kimberly."
"Did you do this to me?" asked Kim.
"Kim, everything we told you earlier was true," said Cmdr. Adama. "We found you in stasis aboard a crippled ship. Kim, this is my son Lee; however on this ship you might hear people referring to him as Capt. Apollo. Lee was going over some of the data from that ship."
"So does the data tell you anything about what happen to the real Kimberly," asked Kim.
"Kim, you are Kimberly as much as the other Kimberly," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Does the data say anything of what happen to the other Kimberly," asked Kim.
"No, it doesn't," said Apollo.
"Kim, perhaps the other Kim was released after they took what they needed to create you," said Cmdr. Adama.
"So she is back home and probably unaware of what happen," said Kim.
"That would be my guess," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Cool," said Kim.
"Are you feeling uncomfortably cold?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
Kim grinned and said, "When I said cool, I mean that what happened to the other Kim was good. I am happy that she was able to go home. My parents will know that I or she didn't run away from home. Cmdr. Adama, how long was I in stasis?"
"We are unable to determine that," said Cmdr. Adama. "You could have been in stasis for a year or a hundred years. We don't know."
"Where are the other six people you found in stasis?" asked Kim.
"The other six people are still in stasis and we are having problem reviving them," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Why?" asked Kim.
"Kim, the others are also genetic duplicates of other people, however, they were not fully developed when the ship was disabled. We are doing all we can to complete the process. You were the only one that the process was completed with."
"They are alive though?" asked Kim.
"Very much so," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Kim, we have been going over the data from the ship, however we are not sure if the data we are looking at belongs to Earth or to the aliens," said Apollo. "How would you like to assist me in identifying where the data is from?"
"I would like that," said Kim.
"Good," said Apollo. "You can follow me."
Apollo and Kim walked into the corridor.
"Did you find a six string musical instrument on board the crippled ship by any chance?" asked Kim.
"Everything we found is in a cargo hold," said Apollo. "Once we get there you will see what we found."
A few minutes later Apollo and Kim were walking in the cargo hold. Starbuck was looking over and cataloging the items.
"Kim, meet Lt. Kara Thrace," said Apollo. "She prefers to be called Starbuck though. Starbuck meet Kim. Kim is going to point out what is from her planet."
"Hi," said Kim as she saw a comic book on a table. She went over and picked it up. She then flipped through the pages. "I see there is a Spiderman comic book."
"I was looking at that earlier," said Starbuck. "Since you know what that is can you explain it?"
"Kim can explain the book to you later. We have to figure out what is what," said Apollo. "Kim, do you recognize anything else?"
"I see a baseball glove and a cell phone," said Kim as she pointed to the two items. Kim then saw a police badge not too far from a gun. She then walked over to the badge and picked it up.
"Kim, do you know what that is?" asked Starbuck.
"It's a police badge from my hometown," said Kim. Kim then pointed to the gun. "More than likely that was his pistol."
"Do you see anything else from your planet?" asked Apollo.
Kim slowing looked over the room and saw some money. She then went over to it, picked it up and counted it.
"This eighty-two dollars and seventy-one cents is from Earth," said Kim. "With this amount I can buy sixteen cheap meals or one extremely expensive one at a fancy restaurant." After putting the money down she saw a small orb. She went over and picked it up. "This looks neat. What does this button do?"
Kim was pressing the button when Apollo exclaimed, "Don't press it."
A three-dimensional hologram image of eight solar systems and their planets filled the room.
"This is awesome," said Kim. "Why didn't you want me to press the button?"
With a relieved expression on her face Starbuck looked at Apollo and said, "We didn't know what would happen by pressing the button."
Kim noticed one of the solar systems that were displaying looked similar to the Earth's solar system. She then went to touch the star of that solar system.
"This looks like my solar system," said Kim. When Kim touched the star the hologram suddenly shifted to a blow image of that system. She then put her fingers on her temple. "Okay, that was a head rush."
"Kim, if you don't know what the item is, please don't touch it," said Apollo.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do any harm," said Kim. "Good news though. This is Earth's solar system. The third planet is Earth."
"Kim, let's see if what you did will work on planets as it did on the solar system," said Apollo. He then touched the image of Earth. The image of Earth grew to the height of the room. A United States monument was able to be seen.
"That is Mount Rushmore," said Kim without pointing to it. Kim's stomach made a loud rumbling noise.
"Kim, are you hungry or was that a sound effect from the image?" asked Starbuck.
"That was my stomach," said Kim. "I think I'm hungrier then what I realize."
"We can shut this down for now and get you some food before you starve," said Apollo. He then pressed the button on the sphere again. The hologram was shut off.
A short time later they were sitting down with their food in the cafeteria.
After sitting down Kim took a bite of her food. She then had an unpleasant expression on her face.
"You don't like it?" asked Starbuck.
"No offence for the food you eat, but this doesn't have much of a taste," said Kim. "It tasted as though it barely have any spices."
"Spices are hard to come by these days," said Apollo.
"Why is that?" asked Kim.
"Our fruits and vegetation are limited," said Apollo. "Using what we do have for spices is a low priority."
"This ship doesn't receive supplies from your home planet from time to time?" asked Kim.
"Kim, the people in the fleet are refugees," said Apollo.
"The people in the fleet are fleeing from a powerful colony?" asked Kim.
"The colonies weren't fighting among themselves," said Starbuck. "A robotic race known as the Cylons had destroyed the twelve colonies. The ship we are on is the only surviving battlestar among our military fleet. The rest of the ships in the fleet are civilian ships."
"How many ships are in the fleet?" asked Kim.
"About sixty," said Starbuck.
"What happen to the rest of the people?" asked Kim.
"The Cylons want every human in existence annihilated," said Apollo.
"So the people on these ships are the only people left from the twelve colonies," said Kim.
Pres. Laura Roslin walked in.
"That is correct," said Apollo.
"What happened to me sounds trivial to what happened to the twelve colonies," said Kim.
Pres. Roslin walked up to the table. Apollo and Starbuck stood up. Kim remained seated with a curious expression on her face.
"Sit," said Pres. Roslin. Apollo and Starbuck sat back down. "Capt. Apollo, is this young lady, the young lady that is from Earth?"
Kim looked at Pres. Roslin in a curious and somewhat of a distasteful manner.
"That's correct, Madam President," said Apollo.
"My name is Kimberly and I'm capable of speaking for myself," said Kim.
"Kim," exclaimed Apollo. Apollo was shaking his head when Kim looked at him.
"Captain, Kimberly is quite correct," said Pres. Roslin "Kimberly, I didn't mean any disrespect towards you." Kim just made a forced grin to acknowledge the statement. "Kimberly, my name is Pres. Laura Roslin. When I heard the news about you I wanted to meet you."
Kim looked at Pres. Roslin and said in a slightly sarcastic tone, "So I'm so lucky to meet a president of a culture that I never knew existed until a couple of hours ago."
Pres. Roslin caught the sarcastic tone in Kim's voice. Starbuck caught the tone too and gave Apollo an uneasy look.
"Kimberly, I disrespected you by accident," said Pres. Roslin.
"Why would a president want to meet me?" asked Kim.
"Kimberly, don't you have an apology for your rudeness towards me?" asked Pres. Roslin.
"Okay, I'm sorry," Kim said in an insincere manner. "So why would a president want to meet me?"
Pres. Roslin sat down and said, "I prefer to talk about this dislike you are showing towards me."
"I just don't want anything to do with politicians," said Kim.
"Is there a reason why?" asked Pres. Roslin.
"Everyone I have ever met cares more about his or her polish image rather doing the right thing," said Kim. "They are also two face and criminals."
"You have some strong feelings," said Pres. Roslin. "Is there a particular reason you have those feelings?"
"My dad is…or was a governor's aide," said Kim. "When I was nine years old I witnessed the governor praising his workers one second and then the very next second he was telling my dad to fire them. I have no proof to confirm this, but I know the jerk that my dad is working for is also skimming money."
"Kimberly, political corruption is always a problem in any society," said Pres. Roslin. "And when a young person like yourself witness such action, that gives all us a bad reputation. However I assure you that I'm not a corrupt politician. If you give me a chance I can prove that to you. Will you give me that chance?"
Kim took a deep breath. She then crossed her arms and said, "All right, Pres. Roslin. Until I see something that would make me believe that you are one of those politicians that I can't stand to be around, I will wipe my slate clean for you."
"While we are making clean slates with either other, I would like to talk to you," said Pres. Roslin.
"Do you have a subject in mind or do you just want to talk?" asked Kim.
"The subject I want to talk about is Earth," said Pres. Roslin. "I would like to know all you can tell me about Earth."
Kim described Earth in detail.
An hour later Pres. Roslin and Kim were walking into Cmdr. Adama's quarters. A thirty-year-old woman was talking to Cmdr Adama as they were walking in.
The woman had shoulder length light brown hair. She had brown eyes. She stood five feet and seven inches tall and had a slender physique.
"Kim, come over here so I can introduce you to someone," said Cmdr. Adama. Kim looked at the woman as she was walking towards Cmdr. Adama. "Kim, this is Kyra Lockwood. Kyra, this is Kimberly O'Brian, the young girl I was telling you about."
"Kim, it is nice to meet you," said Kyra.
"Hi… Kyra Lockwood," said Kim as she waved.
"Kim, Kyra is from the luxury liner the Solar Flare…" said Cmdr. Adama.
"That's an interesting name for a ship," said Kim.
"Yes, well anyway, Kyra and I were discussing your living arrangements and she agreed to allow you to stay with her," Cmdr. Adama.
"You will have to follow certain rules though," said Kyra.
"What kind of rules?" asked Kim.
"You are not to sneak out or sneak to places that you are not allowed being," said Kyra. "You are not to get any tattoos. I am also to know where you are at all times and what you are doing when you are not with me."
"I learn my lesson about sneaking out," said Kim.
"So should I assume that you are agreeing to the rules?" asked Kyra.
"Is temporary tattoos included in not getting tattoos?" asked Kim.
"I will consider temporary tattoos, but I have better not see a permanent one," said Kyra.
"I would agree to your rules even if you wouldn't consider temporary tattoos," said Kim. "So I promise I will follow your rules."
"Good," said Kyra. "So Cmdr. Adama if there is nothing else, Kim and I will get going."
"I have nothing further," said Cmdr. Adama. "Bye."
"Bye Kim," said Pres. Roslin. "It was nice talking to you."
"I enjoyed our talk also," said Kim. "Bye."
Kyra and Kim walked out.
Kim was sitting next to the window during the shuttle flight from the Galactica. As she was gazing out the window she saw three vipers leaving the Galactica.
"Oh cool," said Kim.
As Kyra looked out the vipers flew out of view from the shuttle. Kyra was only able to see the trailing viper.
"Those are our fighters," said Kyra.
"That was neat looking," said Kim.
Kyra just grinned.
Minutes later Kyra was opening her door to her quarters. Kim stood beside her.
"After you," said Kyra.
Kim walked in followed by Kyra. Kyra's quarter was a room partitioned in three sections; two bedrooms and a common area. The partitions were made of some kind of fire resistant plastic. Both bedrooms barely had enough space for the cot to fold down from the main wall. Four drawers for clothing were designed within the plastic wall. The common area had a couch that could seat three and a type of coffee table. The couch sat between the two doors of the bedrooms. A few decorations were also spread out in the room. Kim stopped in the middle of the common area and looked around. Kyra walked pass Kim and opened a door on the left side of the couch.
"Kim, this will be your room," said Kyra. She then walked into the room followed by Kim.
Kim saw several books in the floor. Kim picked one up and as she was flipping through it Kyra pulled a bed out from the wall.
"Kim, as you saw this is how the bed works," said Kyra.
"I'm sorry, I was looking at the book," said Kim. She closed the book. "How do I get to the bed again?"
"Like this," said Kyra. She showed Kim again.
"Have you read all of these books?" asked Kim.
"I read most of them, but these books are what I use when I want to get a reference on something," said Kyra. "I teach kids of all age aboard this ship."
"You're a school teacher?" asked Kim.
"I am," said Kyra.
"I guess I won't be able to play hooking or pretend to be sick so I can get out of class," said Kim. "I'm not saying that I would even think about doing that."
"I'm guessing playing hooking is skipping class and if I catch you doing it you will be in serious trouble," said Kyra.
"Noted," said Kim.
"Kim, when I get time I will get these books out of your way," said Kyra.
"Was this room your office?" asked Kim.
"I had been using this area to prepare for class for the past few months," said Kyra.
"You're giving up your room for me," said Kim. "I don't know what to say."
"Kim, I can prepare for my class just as easy in the common area," said Kyra.
"I feel as if I'm invading your space," said Kim.
"Hey, you moving in here was my idea," said Kyra. "You are not invading my space."
"Cmdr. Adama didn't ask if I can stay with you?" asked Kim.
"Cmdr. Adama was making enquiries about where you might be able to stay," said Kyra. "Since my roommate got married and moved out I had a room for you so I suggested that you stay with me. You moving in with me was my idea."
"Thank you for allowing me to stay with you," said Kim.
Kyra smiled and said, "You're welcome. Oh Kim, come with me for a second so I can show you where the public facilities close to here are."
"Okay," said Kim.
Kyra and Kim left the quarters.
Aboard the Galactica Apollo was walking into Cmdr. Adama's quarters. Cmdr. Adama was looking at some records when Apollo walked in.
"I have positive information on the whereabouts of Earth," said Apollo.
Cmdr. Adama stared at the screen of his computer and said, "That's good news."
"Is there anything wrong?" asked Apollo.
"Did you know that three thousand years ago the planet Gemini was struck by a huge comet," said Adama. "The Oceans were shifted as a result. Harsh weather followed for many years afterwards."
"Apparently the colony survived the disaster," said Apollo.
"Yes, they survived with the help from the other colonies," said Adama. "What would have happen if the other colonies weren't there to provide aid?"
"I'm sorry, but what is this about?" asked Apollo.
"According to Kim, Earth evolved from an extremely primitive state," said Adama. "Kim stated that the scientists on Earth believe that they even evolve from a lower class animal that closely resembles human."
"So Kim had never heard of the colonies of Kobol, before waking up in sick bay," said Apollo.
"No," said Adama.
"Could it be possible that the planet that Kim came from is not the planet to where the thirteenth tribe settled?" asked Apollo.
"It is possible, however I don't believe that," said Adama. "That is why I was looking over the records of the disaster to the planet Gemini. According to our scientists, if the other colonies weren't there to provide aid the entire population would have been destroyed. What if our scientists were wrong and a small percentage of the population would have survived without the aid of the other colonies? How would they be living today?"
"I'm confused to why you are even thinking about that," said Apollo.
"Kim told me that one of the Earth's oldest myths is an advanced civilization that was destroyed when it sunk to the bottom of the ocean," said Adama. "I'm thinking that a disaster struck Earth in a similar way as the planet Gemini."
"So instead of the disaster destroying the population of Earth, the disaster thrown them into a more primitive state of existence," said Apollo.
"That is what I'm thinking," said Adama. "Did you find anything that might support my theory?"
"That orb we found is a three dimensional informational device," said Apollo. "While viewing it Starbuck and I saw pyramids on Earth similar to what was found on Kobol."
"Those pyramids might have the records we need to prove my theory," said Adama. "Were you able to determine where Earth is?"
"We were able to get a partial star chart from that orb," said Apollo. "Starbuck is working with Dr. Atkins to correlate the Earth's star chart to the stars that are in this region of space."
"Soon as you get the results let me know," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Yes, Father," said Apollo.
"Apollo, were you able to determine what cause the disaster to the alien ship?" asked Cmdr. Adama.
"With Kim's help with identifying Earth items, we determined that the human remains that we found were from a policeman," said Apollo. "We are speculating that the policeman got loose after being abducted and tried all he could to overcome his captives. In the process of doing this he disable a few vital systems."
"Thank you. That will be all," said Cmdr. Adama.
"Yes, father," said Apollo."
Apollo then left the room.