Chapter 6
Hyperion
The people on the bridge of the Hyperion watched as the Colonial fleet disappeared, one ship at a time. The technology was unlike any known to Earth or Atlantis, and could prove useful in the future if a deal was struck with the Colonials.
Admiral Adama's voice once again filled the room. "General, it's done. The fleet's gone. So, are you going to tell me what we're up against?"
Jack was about to reply when he saw a hyperspace window forming outside in space. The only thought running through his mind at that point was a hope that this was the Daedalus…
Galactica's CIC
Felix Gaeta looked on in shock as the information came through. "Sir… we're picking up six new ships on DRADIS… The General's ship is moving to intercept. Those ships… They're huge sir."
Adama became incredibly anxious. He prayed to god the Hyperion was up to the challenge. "I want us battle ready now. Bring the nukes online and target those new ships. Launch all Vipers."
"Admiral, what the hells going on?" Laura Roslin walked into Galactica's CIC, desperate to know what was happening after being interrupted from yet another treatment.
"We're fighting again madam President."
Hyperion
"Beam weapons online, target the closest Hive and take it out! Launch all F-302s to intercept those Darts!" Cameron Mitchell shouted out orders on the bridge of his ship as they neared the Wraith fleet. "Don't let them take out the Galactica!"
"Sir, the Galactica is launching it's own fighters and brining it's nukes online, but the Wraith are ignoring them for now."
"Thanks Major, good to know." Cameron said as he watched the beam weapons take out the first Hive, before moving onto one of the cruisers that had accompanied the enemy fleet."
"Shields down to seventy-five percent!"
Crew members ran around the bridge doing there jobs to the best of their ability as the ship was rocked by the sheer amount of weapons fire that was being taken by the ship. "Sir, the Wraith Hives are launching some new type of ship… there's dozens sir, all heading for the Galactica!"
Cameron could see this from the window at the front of the bridge; he didn't know what the hell they were. "Fire missiles, take them out!"
Outside, the 16 F-302s carried by the Hyperion shot towards the swarm of darts while a number of missiles from the ship behind them impacted with the new Wraith ships just before they could reach Galactica. The Vipers approached the swarm from the other side and began slicing the organic fighters with their forward cannons and missiles.
"Colonel, we took out all of the unknown ships, but detected some strange readings coming from them before we did. Shields at 47."
"OK Major, good work. Target the next Hive."
Galactica's CIC
"Sir, the Hyperion managed to destroy those ships before they could reach us; they've taken out two of the smaller cruisers and one of the capital ships." Felix fed the information through to the Admiral as soon as he got it.
"Good, lets see if we can give them a little more help. Target one of the big ships and launch nukes."
"Yes sir."
With that order, the Galactic launched all of the nukes it had left, but before they could reach their target many were intercepted by enemy fighters. Three warheads managed to get past the wall, obliterating another one of the Hive ships.
Hyperion
Major Ross looked worried as he looked at the console in front of him. "Shields down to 16 sir, we've lost beam weapons. We can't take much more of this!"
Cameron turned from the brilliant flash of light in front of him as another Hive was destroyed. "I agree, tell the Galactica to prepare to leave and recall our fighter…" Before the Colonel could finish, another hyperspace window opened and the Daedalus came into the fray.
"Colonel Mitchell this is Colonel Caldwell, I have Colonel's Carter and Sheppard here with me."
Mitchell relaxed into his chair. "Thank god. It's good to see you, but what the hell took you so long?"
Onboard the Daedalus Caldwell, Carter and Sheppard smirked as Mitchell expressed his gratitude in his own way. "Don't worry Cam, we're here now and ready to save your ass." Sam's words almost made Steven laugh but he decided to show a bit more restraint.
"Launch F-302s and target the Hive ships with the beam weapons, target the others with nukes and missiles. Bring the rail guns online and lets do some damage to those cruisers."
The team on the bridge of the Hyperion watched as the Daedalus came into the battle, all guns blazing and taking out another one of the Hives as well as damaging another, the rail guns and missiles causing a considerable amount of carnage while the blue beam weapons streaked across space and tore the Wraith ships apart. F-302s and Vipers battled the Wraith darts together, their teamwork allowing them to keep the kill rate high and their losses low.
Galactica's CIC
Laura looked on as the CIC buzzed with activity, so far the Galactica hadn't taken any hits which was good considering the armour was virtually non-existent. She stood in the loud, busy room thinking only of what was going on outside.
"Admiral, another ship just jumped into the battle!" Gaeta called out to both the Admiral and the room.
"What?"
"It's attacking the enemy fleet sir, and launching fighters." A smile grew on both Adama and Roslin's faces at the good news. "It's just taken out two more of the capital ships!"
Before the CIC could begin celebrating a marine ran into the large room. "Sir… We have a big problem."
Daedalus
The new nuclear missiles from both the Daedalus and the Hyperion swerved and dodged Wraith Darts as they travelled towards the hull of their target Hive. A number got through, detonating on impact and destroying the massive ship in a flash of white light.
"It's a hit! The Hive's gone sir, one left. The Hyperion shields are almost down, ours are at 80." Major Marks worked away at his console while he gave Colonel Caldwell an update.
"Put us between the Hyperion and the last Hive, their stuck with rail guns so lets give them a hand." Earth's original BC-304 flew into the line of fire sparing the shields of its sister ship and giving the Wraith Hive everything it had.
Hyperion
"The Daedalus has taken out the last Hive Ship sir. And we're receiving a transmission from the Galactica." Mitchell breathed a sigh of relief and watched as the Daedalus focussed its efforts on the cruisers.
"Thanks Major, put it through."
The crew waited until Admiral Adama began speaking. "Hyperion this is Galactica. We have a problem over here, I don't know how but their soldiers managed to board our ship."
A look of shock washed over the faces of those on the bridge. General O'Neill took over from Mitchell. "Admiral, may we have permission to transport a team over to the Galactica to help?"
"Be my guest."
O'Neill turned to the three figures at the back of the bridge. "Tea'lc, Teyla, Ronon… You're with me."
Galactica's CIC
In a flash of light, O'Neill and his band of warriors beamed onto the bridge of the Battlestar Galactica, appearing opposite Adama and Roslin. Straight away O'Neill walked up to Admiral Adama, only to find Colonial weapons pointed at him, causing the three who came with him to draw their own weapons. He extended his hand to Adama, and after some hesitation the Admiral took. "There. That wasn't so bad. Now, where are the Wraith?"
Daedalus
"Sir, we just picked up a transmission between the Hyperion and the Galactica… The Galactica has been boarded by Wraith soldiers."
"What?" Carter turned, staring out at the Battlestar and imagining what their soldiers must have been going through.
Caldwell turned to Major Ross. "How the hell did that happen?"
"We're receiving information from the Hyperion…" the Major paused for a moment as he looked over the information. "Colonel Mitchell says that the General beamed over to the Galactica with Tea'lc, Teyla and Ronon."
Sheppard smiled and spoke up for the first time in a while. "Well, that's that problem sorted. I certainly wouldn't want to be up against that team."
Carter agreed. "Steven, can you beam me, Sheppard and McKay over to the Hyperion? Once it's safe to go, I'm taking a team to the Galactica."
Battlestar Galactica
Tea'lc, Teyla and Apollo formed team 1 while Ronon, Starbuck and Athena formed team 2. The Colonials knew the ship well where as Ronon and Teyla knew the Wraith well, as did Teal'c to a lesser extent. Because of their mixed experience, they made for strong groups.
Each one of them walked through the corridors of the colonial ship not knowing what to expect. Tea'lc, Teyla and Ronon had never encountered these people before, where as Starbuck, Apollo and Athena had never laid eyes on a Wraith. The only real enemy they had known was the Cylons, and they had come to believe that they were the only threat out there.
Team 1 strode through the corridors of the ship, Apollo and Teyla checking every room as they walked with Tea'lc constantly looking to make sure there were no enemies in front or behind. They had been searching for about ten minutes but hadn't yet encountered any enemies. They were just about to come around a corner when a bolt of blue energy came flying past them, hitting the wall to their side and dissipating. Straight away the three took aim at the Wraith and began firing; Apollo noted that the soldier took about the same amount of hits as a Centurion before it went down. The creature was big and muscular, it wore a masking covering its entire face and its skin was a rather surprising colour… He'd never seen anything like this before. The team ran out to where the Wraith had been and aimed around another corner noticing a group of the soldiers, before aiming their guns and firing round after round into the enemies.
Meanwhile in another part of the Galactica, a larger group of Wraith led by their commander walked the corridors, stunning everyone they came across. Galactica's marines were shocked by the amount of bullets the aliens could take before they were defeated, and the number of Galactica's men and women falling was considerably higher than that of the enemy. It wasn't until Ronon Dex and his own team found them that they really began taking losses. Ronon shot multiple rounds from his energy weapon as Athena and Starbuck backed him up, showering the enemies with bullets. The commander stood behind his forces so as not to be hit, and it worked. Although his soldiers were being taken out, they had soon stunned one of their adversaries. Red bolts of energy, blue bolts of energy and bullets streaked through the corridor, and one of the Wraith blasts finally hit its target.
"Kara!" Athena cried out as her friend was hit and fell into the line of fire. Athena wanted desperately to leave cover and help her friend, but she was grabbed and pulled back by Ronon.
"She's fine!" He began firing at the Wraith again. There weren't many left now. "She's just stunned! Keep firing!" Athena wasn't sure what to do at first, but she soon found strength and took aim at the ruthless soldiers.
Galactica's CIC
"What the hell are those things?" Roslin wanted to know what had managed to board the ship, the Galactica was the fleet's primary line of defence and if these aliens managed to overrun it then it would be the end of the Colonials.
O'Neill looked her dead in the eye. "Believe me, when this is over, I'll fill you in, but right now…"
"No." Roslin wasn't willing to wait, not now. "I want to know what these things are, General. And I want to know how the frak they got on this ship."
Battlestar Galactica
"That's the last one." Apollo stood over the large soldier, looking at its mask. He knelt down to get a closer look at it, before moving his hand towards the cover protecting the alien soldier's face.
"I would not do that if I were you." Teyla Emmagan walked up behind the Colonial, watching over his shoulder. "You may not like what you see."
Apollo smirked. "Don't worry; I'm sure I can handle it." He grasped the sides of the mask and gently pulled it away, revealing horrifically disfigured features. The creature had no eyes, and it looked like its nose had been ripped off leaving only two holes in the middle of its face. Lee fell backwards, shocked by what was in front of him. "What… what the hell is that?"
Galactica's CIC
"That's impossible. How can something feed on human life-force?" Roslin didn't believe a word the man was telling her, it sounded too farfetched for her liking.
O'Neill was getting tired of explaining. "Listen lady, I've got no reason to lie to you, so you can either
The silence was interrupted by the General's radio "General O'Neill?"
O'Neill pressed the button on the side of the radio and moved his head closer to it. "What is it Teal'c?"
"We have met up with Ronon Dex and the other Colonials; we believe we have eliminated the threat. One of the Colonials was stunned, but she is coming around as we speak."
O'Neill smiled at Adama and Roslin. "Good work Teal'c. You should all get back here as soon as possible." He walked closer to the leaders of this new race. "Pretty good, huh? You can't say we don't get the job done."
Adama was the one to reply. "That was impressive General. Thank you to both you and your people for your assistance."
"Ah, no problem. Any time. But now, you could do me a favour…" Adama looked at him, waiting for his request. "Put me through to the Hyperion. I've got some people over there who are going to want to make a visit…"
