Chapter 4

Flight Training

Everything that Brian had learned in Viper training was totally different from the training he had received on his Galactica. The controls were different from the ones that he knew. Especially the reverse thrusters and no turn around capabilities. There were no decoys to launch as well. Granted the Laser's were a nice touch, but he still preferred his Viper to the Flight Simulator that he was flying now.

He was being surrounded by the Cylon fighter craft that was old to the ones that he knew, but they held their own. He was flying in patterns that none of the Warriors that were watching him had seen. He was finally putting the Simulator in a loop to come up behind the last of the Raiders, and finished it off. He then shut off the Simulator, and climbed out.

"Where did you learn to perform those patterns from?" Apollo asked him.

"Well, With the Cylons that we face, you have to think outside of the box to get the upper hand on them. Plus, if you let me take my Viper out, I can show you some of the other things that my Viper can do that yours can't do." Brian replied.

"I just might let you do that later today, and run a practice drill on you just to see what you can do in space." Apollo told him.

They then headed back to the computer console to see Brian's score on how many he had hit. Starbuck was just finishing reading the test results.

"Apollo, wait till you see his score. It's higher than what you had done at the Academy on Caprica."

Apollo saw the readout and was shocked! It was higher than his, and then some. It appeared that Brian's flying skills had saved his life several times during the course. He was nearly hit a few time, but managed to escape before being hit.

"This is the highest score that I've seen in a long time. It would appear that your skills are what saved you during your Simulation."

"Like I said, we were told to think outside of the box when it came to fighting the Cylons. And it's saved a lot of lives so far by doing that." Brian told them.

"How about we make a bet on that? Say, 200 cubits." Starbuck said to Brian.

"Ready to lose some more of your money now Starbuck? I'm up to a challenge anytime with you." Brian said with a smile on his face.

Apollo knew this was going to be 'Who Can out Shine Who' contest between the two of them.

"Look, this has to stop between the two of you before anything serious happens here." Apollo told them.

They both said 'Yes Sir' before leaving. They then continued the conversation outside as they were heading towards the Officers Club.

On Brian's Galactica

Things were running as normally as before, but with Brian either missing or dead, it seemed that his squadron was not up to their usual antics. There were no practical jokes being pulled on anyone on the bridge, or a card game in the Officers Club as well.

Kara Thrace tried to get some of the pilots into a card game, but they didn't feel like it. She was getting frustrated by this, and nearly hit one of them.

"Listen! This is ridiculous! Everyone needs to get over this and start acting like they were before Brian disappeared! Is that understood?!" She yelled at them.

The pilots in there started to sit at the card table to play a few hands of cards. It was the same as when Brian was there, but they started to get into the game. As the game progressed, some of the pilots started to get drunk and were about to start a fight when some of the other pilots broke it up before anyone got hurt.

"Alright, that's enough! Get these guys down to the brig for a while until they sober up." Kara told them.

They dragged out the drunken pilots, and took them to the brig. Kara was now ticked off with this development. She was hoping that maybe they would get out of this moodiness and start acting like they should before this incident happened. Everyone was in for a long haul now. She was hoping thath Brian's girlfriend was doing better than this. Kara was thinking of going to see her just to make sure that Maren was alright.