A/N I wasn't meaning to be gone as long as I have from this story; however, I got caught in the Buffyverve fanfic. I've been focusing all my efforts there. I'm still writing in Buffyverse, but I'll try not to be gone as long with the next chapter. Also the last five Cylons won't be the same as in the series.
In Egypt, all twelve Cylon models were again together and had stepped into a room that was displaying the news broadcast of the ships near Jupiter. Only a few people were in the room.
"Number-Six was the first to spout out, "This isn't good."
"They must be warned that they have been discovered and are being watched," another Cylon said
"I'll go," Number-Eight said.
"We can't do it here," one of the male Cylons said.
"I know where to go; come with me," Number-Three said. The people in the room took note of them as they were leaving the room together.
Minutes later, Number-Eight gasped for breath. Two other Number-Eight's and a Number-Six were in the room.
"Take deep breaths," one of the Number-Eights said.
After Number-Eight got her disposure under control from resurrecting, she said, "The resurrection ship and the Base-Star are being closely watched by the entire population of Earth. The people in the land known as the United States know something of us too."
"There are people in the United States who know everything about us," Number-Six said. "We weren't aware that they could see our ships though."
"They have observatories placed randomly throughout the planet," Number-Eight said. "From what I got from the newscaster; someone from one of those observatories saw the ships about two hours ago."
Aboard the Solar Flare, Kim had been in her bedroom for thirty minutes with a book on page five. She was thinking about what Beth had told her earlier. Her thoughts were then interrupted when Kyra walked in and said, "Get ready for bed." Kim slightly huffed. Kyra was about to ignore her actions, but when she saw so few pages read and noticed that Kim's sketched pad had not been touched, she got curious. "Do you want to talk about what you're heavily thinking about in here?"
Kim gave Kyra a surprise look before questioning, "You haven't been in here, so how do you know I was thinking about something?"
Kyra slightly grinned before saying, "You've been in here for more than thirty minutes and you, a fast reader, only read a couple of pages from your book. Your sketched pad hadn't been touched either and since thinking about things is the only thing left to do while being alone in a room, I went with that." Kim just grinned. "So do you want to talk about it?"
"Until today, I wasn't aware that the human modeled Cylons were very religious," Kim said.
Kyra gave her a curious look before questioning, "What started you thinking about that?"
"Beth appeared to me earlier today," Kim began. "She needed to talk to Cmdr. Adama about something… she wouldn't tell me what it was about though. She went to Dr. Clu-Isic after astral projecting to me, but before she went to him, she told me about how Noah was able to help convince one of the Cylons that the Cylon mission about killing humans was wrong. Cylons are obviously a sapient race, so why don't the people in the fleet try to persuade the Cylons that they are wrong with what they're trying to do?"
Kyra slightly sighed before saying, "I don't know too much of the Cylons' belief, Kim, but I have heard that they only believe in only one true God…"
"Like me, Seth and everyone else from Earth," Kim quickly said.
"That's true," Kyra quickly acknowledged as she sat on the edge of the bed. "But as you well know, the people in the colonies believe in multiple Gods and that is one of the primary problems that are keeping the Cylons from sitting down with us to negotiate a truce."
"So Cmdr. Adama tried to negotiate a truce with the Cylons?" Kim questioned.
"Cmdr. Adama and Pres. Roslin both tried, but as I said, the Cylons won't negotiate with us because of our beliefs," Kyra said. "Since the people of Earth only believe in one true god, then perhaps they'll have better luck at negotiating a truce with the Cylons."
"Perhaps Cmdr. Adama and Pres. Roslin didn't approach the Cylons appropriately for them to take us seriously," Kim pointed out.
"What do you mean?" asked Kyra.
"I see how some people look at me and Seth when they first learn that we only believe in one God," Kim said. "From their facial expression and body language I get the feeling that they're restraining themselves not to send us to some religious Inquisition. And if I feel that way, how do you think that the Cylons feel?"
"I can see it too that your religion bothers some people on this ship, but our religion must bother you too," said Kyra.
"You can worship cows… or even trees as far as I'm concern and most people from the United State would say the same thing," Kim quickly said.
"How is it that the people in the United States don't care as to what religion people practice?" Kyra questioned.
"In the United States, the church is separated from the state," Kim said. "It's even against the law to discriminate against religion. And because of the wide variety of religion in the United States, every day religious rituals… even simple ones are not even allowed in schools."
"So if we would settle in the United State, the people native to the United States wouldn't try to persuade us to give up our religion?" Kyra questioned.
"Well, there has always been religious groups going from door to door while trying persuade people to change religion or even to get religious, but those groups have nothing to do with the government," Kim said. "The government doesn't care what religion you are."
"Kim, perhaps Cmdr. Adama and Pres. Roslin could have approached the Cylons differently, but the Cylons have their preconception about us, so approaching them in any manner to negotiate a truce would've been difficult."
"That just means that they should try that much harder," Kim said.
Kyra grinned before saying, "Maybe it does. In any case, you and I are in no position to advice Cmdr. Adama about how to approach the Cylons so you should worry more about what you can change and you can start by changing into your nightgown."
Kim grinned before asking, "Isn't it early to be going to bed?"
"It is, but by us hardly getting any sleep last night I'm tired and I'm sure you are too," Kyra said. "Now get ready for bed."
"Well, I got to use the facility first," Kim said.
"Hurry," Kyra said as she stood up.
"I will," Kim said as she was getting out of bed. Kim then followed Kyra out of her bedroom.
In New York, the population there was looking into the sky and watching two F-16 fighters escorting an unknown aircraft. Minutes later, the people at the airport watched closely as the three crafts landed. The Raptor landed first while using a helicopter-pad while the two fighters used the runway. The people, who were able to watch, watched as the military met the occupants of the Raptor and they continued to watch until they had left their sight.
In Beth's apartment, Beth and Spence ate dinner in front of the living room TV while watching the president speak out instead of eating at the kitchen table as Beth had originally planned.
The president told the public a vague explanation of the ships near Jupiter and who those ships belong to. He had also told the public about how he was attempting to establish diplomatic talks with them.
After Spence heard what he did, he questioned, "You're going to astral project to the Galactica again, aren't you?"
"Definitely," Beth confirmed. "They need to know what they might be walking into." She then noticed as to how fast Spence had eaten his meal. "So how was the pork roast?"
Spence glanced at the plate before saying, "Great. It was really good. Thanks for making it for me."
Beth gave Spence a pleasant grinned before saying, "You're welcome." She then gave Spence a passionate kiss last a few seconds. She then pleasantly stared into Spence's eyes after the kiss.
Spence pleasantly stared back for a couple of seconds before gesturing towards the kitchen while saying, "I actually want more."
Beth grinned before saying, "Okay." As Spence stood up, Beth turned towards her plate to finish eating. A minute later, Spence returned with only the pork roast on his plate. Beth glanced at his plate as he sat down. "You do like that, don't you?"
"It's good," Spence said. "Where did you learn to cook?"
"My grandma taught me," Beth said.
Spence said while not thinking about it as a compliment, "Your grandma must be an excellent cook for her to teach you to cook like this."
Beth gave him a pleasant smile before saying, "Thanks, honey, for saying that."
Spence had to think about what he had said before grinning and saying, "You're welcome."
Beth gave him an amused smile before saying, "And you weren't even trying to compliment me that time."
"I was just speaking the truth," Spence said.
Without saying a word Beth gave him a quick kiss. They then pleasantly grinned at each other after the kiss before Beth turned back towards her plate to finish eating.
Beth finished her meal a few minutes later and once she was done, she went into her bedroom to meditate.
Aboard the Solar Flare, Kim was standing a few inches from a wall while in the middle of putting on her nightgown when Beth appeared before her. Kim jumped back with a slight gasp and hit her head against the wall once she caught a glimpse of Beth. As Kim rubbed her head, she slightly grumbled, "You didn't visit me this much when you were getting formulas from Dr. Atkins."
"Sorry, but I came to pass on information that Cmdr. Adama needs to know," Beth said as Kim's bedroom door was opening.
When Kim heard the door opening, she turned to look. Kyra stepped in and asked in a concerned manner, "Are you okay?"
Kim slightly smirked and nodded before saying, "Beth is here and she startled me once I saw her." Kyra slightly grinned in an amused manner. "She has more information for Cmdr. Adama, but you came in before she was able to tell me."
"So, Beth, what do you have for us?" Kyra asked.
"Every broadcasting channel is reporting unidentified ships near Jupiter that was discovered by a man in the South Africa Astronomical Observatory," Beth began. Kyra watched as a disturbed expression grew across Kim's face. "At first it was four ships and then two had jumped away. I'm certain that they belong to the Cylons. The president tried to ease people's worries without really giving any details, but he did say that our government is in a middle of diplomatic talks with them."
Once Kim repeated what Beth had said, Kyra slightly cringed before saying, "Kim, go to bed and I'll take care of getting the message to Cmdr. Adama."
Kim facetiously said with a grin, "You're the one who's tired, so Seth and I can go to the Galactica while you go to bed."
Kyra slightly grinned before saying, "No one's going to the Galactica, Kim. I'm going to have my dad pass the information to Cmdr. Adama and it will only take me a few minutes."
"You will entrust someone else with this important message," Kim mischievously asked.
"Kim. Go to bed," Kyra sternly said.
"Don't you usually go to bed later than this?" Beth questioned.
Kyra knew Kim was talking to Beth as she said, "Yes."
"Beth, do you have anything else for us?" Kyra asked.
"I don't," Beth said.
"She doesn't," Kim said.
"Beth, I don't mean to be rude by asking you to leave, but Kim and I had only three hours of sleep last night and I'm slightly irritable," Kyra said.
"That explains why Kyra wants to call it an early night," Beth said. "Sweet dreams."
Kim grinned as she said, "Bye, Sis."
As Beth was fading from Kim's sight, Kyra said, "Bye, Beth."
"She's gone," Kim said.
"Okay, now go to bed," Kyra said.
"Since I'm practically an adult…" Kim was only able to get out.
Kyra knew where Kim was going and quickly interrupted with, "You're not though and I wouldn't have a restful night sleep, if you're not in bed sleeping while I'm sleeping. And I can't believe that you're not tired either."
Kim politely grinned and said, "Okay. Goodnight."
Kyra gave Kim a hug before saying, "Goodnight." She then left the room.
Cmdr. Adama had pulled the Galactica out and had left the fleet alone for three and half hours in order to test the neutralizing compound. Capt. Lockwood had to sit on the information that was given to him by Kyra for thirty-five minutes before the Galactica jumped back into the area. In less than thirty minutes later, Cmdr. Adama was given the message about how the Base-Stars were being watched by the Earth's population.
On Earth around the globe, the hysteria over the spacecrafts near Jupiter was high. In the United States, the national guards were called in for several cities. Other countries had declared martial law and had put in place a curfew.
In New York at the United Nation Building, the Cylons were waiting in a V.I.P. area for a few hours before they were escorted to the General Assembly Hall. When the Cylons walked in, they saw the president of the United States along with several other leaders. More leaders across the globe were en route to New York to attend. The person escorting the Cylons had to recapture their attentions as they were gazing over the room. The Cylons were then led to a row of seats. Once each Cylon was seated, the president introduced their culture and then began naming off which leaders were present for the Cylons to hear along with which leaders who were en route to join the negotiations. Once the introductions were over, the diplomatic talks began.
4:00 A. M., the following morning, Beth and Spence were awaken from a sound sleep as Beth was being paged to the hospital. Once Beth was in her Jeep and the radio began to play she heard the news report as to how certain groups were dealing with the current situation. Religious groups around the globe were gathering in mass numbers to pray while the hard-core survivalists were gathering and preparing for a fight. The part that got Beth's attention though was when the news segment began reporting the number of heart attacks, strokes, suicides and reckless acts that were taking place.
After Beth had reached the hospital, she couldn't believe as to how busy the place was. When she stepped up to the nurse's station, she asked, "How long as it been busy like this?"
"Since before midnight," the nurse said. "We waited as long as we could not to call people in to assist."
"Well, I better get my scrubs on," Beth said.
When the nurse nodded for the response, Beth walked away.
Beth was midway to the locker-room when Dr. Snyder stopped her while saying, "Hurry up with your scrubs and report to OR-3 to assist there."
"Yes, Sir," Beth said. She then quickened her pace.
As the hours slowly passed, Beth and a few other doctors had gone from one surgery to another. Beth's first two surgeries that she assisted with were heart related.
As the hours continued to pass, the average wait for most patients were more than five hours and it wasn't until 9:00 A.M., when the number of patients walking through the E.R. doors was returning to normal.
By 10:00 A.M, things at the hospital were close to normal. Beth found the time to call Lloyd. When Lloyd answered, Beth said, "Lloyd it's Dr. O'Brian. Can you and your sister come to the hospital sometime today?"
"Did you get information on my sister's boyfriend?" Lloyd asked.
"What I want to tell you and your sister, I don't want to say over the phone," Beth said. "You don't have to come in today, but I would like to talk to you two in person and at your convenience."
"Okay, I'll talk to Trina and try to get out there today," Lloyd said.
"Okay, I'll see you later; bye," Beth said. After hanging up the phone, Beth went to do her rounds.
Onboard a Raptor that was leaving the Galactica were Karl (Helo) Agathon, his ECO, Catalina, Dr. Cheywhin, Dr. Clu-Isic, two marines and Pres. Kellogg's representative, Vice Pres. Lindale Krest. Everyone was wearing atmospheric suits. Two more Raptors had also left the Galactic seconds behind the first. Maintenance personnel with atmospheric suits were on one of the two Raptors while their equipment was on the third. Everyone were expecting to find the entrance to the Hominid city of Makee welded shut so among the equipment were cutting tools that was capable of cutting through thick bulkheads and a kit to create an airlock so that any breach they would create would be immediately resealed. Once the pilots had cleared the ships around them, they set a course for Catalina's planet.
The trip to the desire location took twenty minutes. The winds were still somewhat high and barely tolerable. As each pilot touched his or her Raptor on the ground, the pilot pressed a button that allowed spikes to be driven into the ground that anchored the craft in place by three tethering lines. To keep themselves from being blown away by the high winds, they drove anchors into the ground as they walked and tethered themselves to those anchors. Once they reached the entrance to the city of Makee, they found it welded shut just as they expected. They then brought the equipment up to reopen the entrance. Catalina, Dr. Cheywhin, Dr. Clu-Isic, the vice president and the two marines remained in the Raptor as the maintenance crew worked.
The crew took two hours to construct an airlock that created an airtight cap over the original entrance. Once the atmosphere in the airlock was adjusted to Catalina's specifications, they began to cut through the door.
In Beth's hometown, Beth was in Dr. Snyder's office while listening to Dr. Snyder's well thought out and enticing sales pitch of her joining the cardiac ward. Dr. Snyder knew how Beth felt about specializing and as he gave his sales pitch he knew that the only thing keeping Beth in the room was her politeness to hear him out.
Dr. Snyder was almost finished with what he had to say when he saw Beth momentary distracted as she done a quick glance towards her pager. Before he had a chance to question her about it or to continue talking her pager sounded.
Beth looked at her pager before saying, "I'm being paged to the reception desk. Whatever's waiting on me there most likely can wait until we're done, Dr. Snyder."
"Actually, the only thing that is left to say is that you as a surgeon I know for a fact that you can succeed in any field that you put your mind to, but when it comes to cardiac surgery, I and several other doctors have noticed that you have an instinctive talent," Dr. Snyder said. Beth just grinned. "I don't want your answer today, but I would like for you to think about utilizing that talent and go into cardiac surgery."
"I…" Beth was only able to get out.
"Uh-uh," Dr. Snyder quickly said. "Don't say anything; at all." Beth just gave him a curious look. "Just think about it for a couple of days. Now you need to answer you page."
Beth just politely grinned and nodded before standing up and walking out of Dr. Snyder's office.
A short time later, Beth was stepping up to the reception desk. When the nurse saw her stepping up, the nurse said, "Doctor, you have Lloyd and Trina Tanner waiting for you in the waiting area along with an elderly woman with an Irish accent by the name of Rosanna Donavan."
Beth gave the nurse a confused look before asking, "Did Ms. Donavan come in with Lloyd and Trina?"
"No; she came in just seconds after I paged you," the nurse said.
"Did she say why she wanted to see me?" Beth asked.
"I asked, but all she would tell me was that it was a personal matter," the nurse said.
Beth politely grinned before saying, "Thanks."
Beth stepped into the waiting area and before she had a chance to look over the crowded room, Rosanna step up to her while using a cane and said in a frail voice, "You have to be Kimberly Elizabeth O'Brian."
Beth gave her a confused look before saying, "Well, I don't have to be, but I am." Rosanna slightly grinned. "And who are you?"
"I'm Rosanna Donavan," she said. "I realize that you don't know me or even heard of me, but I am your grandmother's sister."
Beth gave Rosanna a surprise and pleasant grinned before saying, "Oh, my God." Beth gave Rosanna a hug. "Who told you about me?"
As they were ending the hug, Rosanna said, "Your Uncle Archer told me about you and your two brothers." Beth noticed Lloyd and Trina slowly approaching. "Once I learn of you three I had to come and visit before I wasn't able to."
Beth gestured to Lloyd to wait a moment as she was saying, "I'm glad you did." Rosanna glanced at Lloyd and Trina. "How long will you be here?"
"I don't have a definite time that I have to leave, but I would like to visit for a couple of days if God allows it," Rosanna said.
Beth gave her a curious look before questioning, "Why would you say, 'if God allows it?'"
"I'm dying; days… possibly even a few weeks are all I have left and I wanted to visit Lizzy's children and grandchildren before I die." Rosanna saw the tears forming in Beth's eyes and continued to say before Beth had a chance to respond, "I'm ninety-two, Beth. I had a wonderful life and I'm not afraid. So please don't be sad for me."
As Beth wiped her eyes she said, "We just met and I have so much to ask."
"And I'm sure I'll be around long enough for you to ask them," Beth just grinned. Rosanna glanced at Lloyd and Trina before she continued to say in a somewhat of a proud manner, "Right now though, I think you have patients to see, Doctor."
Beth smiled before pulling out a pad and pen from her lab coat while saying, "I want to give you my, Brandon's and Keith's numbers…"
"Archer gave me those numbers already," said Rosanna. "Just go and take care of your patients and we'll talk later."
Beth continued to grinned as she said, "Yes, Ma'am." She then focused her attention on Lloyd and Trina. "Lloyd, you and your sister can follow me."
Lloyd just nodded as Trina said, "Yes, Doctor."
As Beth led Lloyd and Trina down the corridor, Rosanna stepped up to the reception desk and requested a taxi to be called.
Beth led Lloyd and Trina into an examination room, and once the door was closed, Lloyd asked, "Did you find out what happened to Trina's boyfriend?"
"His name is Boyle," Trina corrected.
"I know what his name is," Lloyd said.
"Then say it and not Trina's boyfriend," Trina hissed.
"Guys," Beth uttered out. Once they looked at her, Beth continued to say, "Now that I have your two's attentions, you two might want to know that a few people were taken in a similar matter as Boyle had been. Homeland security is behind it and they're doing it because of a suspension of these people being terrorists."
"Boyle couldn't be a terrorist," Trina said.
"Homeland security doesn't act on a whim, so if Boyle was one of the people taken by homeland security then I would say that there is a good chance that he is a terrorist," Beth said. "However, I don't know for definite as to who took him. I'm just going by what I know."
"Is there anything else you know?" Trina asked.
"There's something that I think you should know," Beth said.
"Which is?" Trina asked.
"Before I tell you what it is, I must confess something to Lloyd," Beth was only able to get out.
"Did you do something wrong towards me?" Lloyd quickly questioned.
"No… it's nothing like that," Beth said. "Yesterday I wasn't completely honest with you as to why I froze as I did."
"You don't get memory flashes?" Lloyd questioned.
"I do… but the memory flashes I get aren't mine," Beth said.
"I don't understand," Lloyd said.
"I'm a psychic," Beth began. "When I touched the paper, I was given a vision."
"What kind of vision?" Lloyd asked.
Beth faced Trina before saying, "Trina, I believe that you're pregnant and Boyle is the father."
Trina looked at Beth in a stun manner and blurted out, "What?"
"In my vision, I saw your egg being fertilized by Boyle's sperm," Beth said.
"Are you sure?" Trina questioned.
"I'm a doctor, so I had better be sure of what I saw," Beth said.
"Of course you would know what an egg being fertilized looks like," Trina said. "But could you be wrong with what you saw though?"
"There's always that chance, but I haven't been wrong before… or not that I'm aware of anyway," Beth said. "And if I wasn't sure that you're pregnant, I wouldn't have said anything."
"This is great," Trina sarcastically blurted out. "I'm pregnant and the father might be a terrorist."
"If those space aliens decide to attack that won't matter," Lloyd said.
"Let's just keep our fingers crossed that they won't," Beth said.
Trina blurted out while overlapping Beth's words, "My God; I can't bring a child into a world that might be overrun by space aliens." Beth gave Trina a disturbed look. "If I'm pregnant, I having an abortion."
"That's your right, but before you skip off to an abortion clinic, I would like to paint you a scenario for you… and what I'm about to say is not a prediction nor is it from a vision," Beth said. Trina and Lloyd gave her a curious look. "For this scenario let's say that the space aliens did invade and enslaved us within the next few days. Under circumstances out of your control or by you having a change of heart you don't have an abortion and in twenty years your child becomes the leader of a great uprising who squashes those aliens…"
"You're a pro-lifer, aren't you, Dr. O'Brian?" Trina interrupted with.
Beth grinned before saying, "I've certainly been accused of being a pro-lifer by people, but you will never see me picketing abortion clinics or take up the crusade against abortions…"
"But you will give scenarios of the child doing great things," Lloyd said.
"Yes; I will speak of great possibilities that someone might achieve during his or her lifetime and then say that it will never occur if that someone never gets a fair chance to live because he or she was aborted, but that is as far as I go," Beth said. "Trina, I just want you to think long and hard before having an abortion."
"Well, my income is barely above minimum wage so I can barely care for my own needs let alone a child's needs," Trina said. "And I don't have medical insurance."
"Well, I won't endanger my medical career by treating you outside the hospital or treating you off the record, but I can point you towards the free clinics or help you to get a doctor's referral," Beth said. "I might be able to offer you medical advice if the need arise; however, depending on the severity of the medical need my advice might just be for you to go see a doctor for examination or treatment."
"That's not much incentive for me not to have an abortion," Trina said.
"I realized that, and if I had more to offer, I would," Beth said as she looked at her pager. Trina and Lloyd gave her a curious look just before it went off. "Anyway, that's really all I have so unless you two have something to say or add we're done here."
"You pulled out your pager before it sounded," Trina said.
Beth grinned before saying, "My psychic ability allows me to sense doorbells, phones, pagers and alarms right before they go off. So do either of you have anything to add or say?"
"I don't," Trina said as Lloyd just shook her head.
"Okay, well I'm being paged away, so thanks for coming in to hear me out and I hope you two have a good day," Beth said. "Oh, and Trina, please don't go out to have an abortion without thoroughly thinking it through."
Trina smiled before saying, "It was nice meeting you, Dr. O'Brian. Bye."
"Bye," Beth said. She then followed Lloyd and Trina out of the room.
On Catalina's planet, Helo, Catalina, Dr. Cheywhin, Dr. Clu-Isic, Vice Pres. Krest and several others were entering the city of Makee after an hour of cutting their way in. The breached they had created never sounded the alarms and the people in the city were surprise to see them.
A slight distance from the fleet, Apollo and Starbuck's Raptor jumped into the area. They were given immediate clearance to land. A short time later, Tyrol, Cally and several other deck hands were standing near the Raptor's door as it opened. Starbuck stepped out first and before Apollo was able to hop down onto the deck, Cally asked, "Did you find Earth?"
Col. Tigh was in hearing distance while walking towards the group when Cally had asked her question. Before Starbuck had a chance to answer, Col. Tigh uttered out, "That's restricted information at the moment." Apollo was able to hop down before Col. Tigh continued while addressing him. "You and Starbuck are to follow me to the wardroom."
Apollo saw the slight seriousness in Col. Tigh's eyes before responding, "Yes, Sir."
Starbuck saw the seriousness in Col. Tigh's eyes also and as they were walking away from the deck hands, she asked, "Did anything happen while we were gone?"
"We will discuss it in the wardroom," Col. Tigh said.
Apollo and Starbuck just gave each other an apprehensive glance.
Cmdr. Adama and former Pres. Roslin were in the wardroom while waiting patiently for the others to join them. Apollo and Starbuck gave Cmdr. Adama a confused look when they stepped in and before they had a chance to speak Cmdr. Adama gestured towards the empty seats while saying, "Once you two are seated, we need your report."
Apollo said as he was taking his seat, "We verified the coordinates. We found Earth; however, we also found a resurrection ship near the fifth planet."
"How many Base-Ships?" Laura questioned.
"No Base-Ships; however, we were spotted by the resurrection ship, so there might have been a Base-Ship brought in after we had left," Apollo said.
"Three were brought in; however, two didn't stay," Laura said.
Apollo and Starbuck gave Laura a curious look before Apollo questioned, "How do…"
"Stargazing is a serious hobby on Earth," Cmdr. Adama interrupted with. "I've spoken with Jess about this and she had informed me that there are high-powered observatories scattered around the globe. Someone at one of those observatories had made the sighting of the Base-Ships. The knowledge of the four Cylon ships got out and the news of it have overwhelmed the planet. When Beth told Kim and Kyra about it, she had also told them that her government is attempting to establish diplomatic talks with the Cylons."
"That's a waste of time," Col. Tigh commented.
"Actually, Colonel, along with Beth's message, Kyra had sent us a reminder that humans on Earth and the Cylons share the belief of one true God," Laura said. "So maybe… just maybe, they can succeed at establishing a bridge of communication to where we had failed."
"I just don't see that happening," Col. Tigh said.
"The people on Earth can't go toe to toe with the Cylons, so if the people of Earth can establish diplomatic negotiations even for a week then that will provide us the time to come up with a plan to defend Earth," Cmdr. Adama said.
"The only thing that the Cylons will accept during negotiation is their surrender under the Cylons' rule and I seriously doubt that the Cylons will allow the talks to go more than twenty-four hours without getting that surrender," Tigh said. "Perhaps we should cut our losses and go elsewhere."
"We are too close to Earth to give up now, Colonel," Laura said.
"Cylons beating us to Earth and enslaving her people has always been a possibility," Cmdr. Adama said. "We're not giving up. Lee; Kara, I'm sure you two are tired from your long trip so go get some rest. Return back here in eight hours and we'll go over our strategies to retake Earth then."
"Yes, Sir," Apollo and Starbuck said. Everyone then got up and left the room.