BATTLESTAR HYPERION – DEBRIS FIELD (DAY 227 – 1452 HRS)

"Jump complete! Checking our position." McKnight reported.

"Multiple dradis contacts to port! Heading inbound!" Dyson bellowed from his station.

"Receiving multiple I.F.F., checking Colonial Recognition Codes!" McCall began, "All codes match our fleet!"

"Jody, get my brother on the line. Patch it in to this station." Admiral Tillman ordered.

"PROTEUS Actual on priority fleet channel one." Ensign McCall relayed.

"Braylen, sit-rep." Jason asked.

"We've started recovery operations. We've collected six raptors and eight Mark VI vipers. I have three teams processing them now. Early indications are that they're clean. I have three teams onboard CHIRON and one heading to ANDANIA. We're starting to get a little tight over here. We could use some space." Braylen reported.

"Why CHIRON and ANDANIA?" Jason inquired.

"They're the ones with the least amount of structural damage to their main hull. We've already started cleaning out the magazines, ammo lockers, sickbay, food storages and whatever else we can find. Most of that stuff is heading directly to ADELPHIA. Her cargo bay and hallways are filling up quickly." Braylen responded.

"Coordinate recovery efforts with Kester Rhodes onboard TESTRA. He brought three damage control teams with him. I would like them to take the overflow. Once that's done, send my raptor teams back. I'm going to need Raptors 5401 and 5402 for a mission." Jason ordered.

Jason turned to his XO and ordered him make sure ADELPHIA jumped back to the fleet within twelve hours and he would be sending a coded message to relay to Cmdr Jones. Jason felt uneasy about leaving JUNO and PROTEUS alone to protect the fleet.

BATTLECRUISER JUNO – (1545 HRS)

Commander Matt Jones was looking over the data sent to them by Admiral before he left to join TERTIUS. As he read over the damage report and securities' initial findings to GEMINON 1586 and he came to the same conclusions as Tillman. This was an assassination attempt on Blythe. With HYPERION gone, there was a great burden placed on JUNO and him. He needed to find out what was going on while protecting the fleet. Instantly he had decided that his XO should run the investigation. Before Jones left CIC he asked Brice to join him in his quarters at the end of his shift. It wasn't long before Jones made his way to sickbay to check on Blythe and the rest of the injured.

"Status?" Jones asked his CMO (Chief Medical Officer).

"We just finished patching up Pvt. McCord. He took a lot of shrapnel but he'll make it." Doctor Flood said as she started to remove her surgical garments.

"Keep me informed of any changes." Jones said as he exited sickbay.

As Jones made his way towards his quarters Colonel Brice joined him. The two talked about the fleet status as they entered the Commanders quarters. Matt reached above his desk and pulled out a half emptied bottle of liquor and two glasses. Brice recognized the bottle as it belonged to JUNO'S former commander who was killed in action almost eight months ago during the escape over Picon.

"I think I remember you telling me that you come from a family that was in Law Enforcement. Is that true?" Jones asked

"Yeah, My grandfather was an inspector for the Global Defense Department before the First Cylon War and my father for the internal investigation division in the fleet. Why?" Brice asked as he finished his drink.

"I'm hoping you inherited some of those investigation abilities. I need you to examine the explosion on GEMINON 1586. I want to know what exactly happened." Matt said as he tucked the bottle back on the shelf. "The explosion happened in a supposedly secured corridor. The Admiral and I want to know how it got there. Take whoever you need."

"Yes sir, I'll head over immediately. I'll only need Sgt. Ginnis." Brice said as he stood and prepared to exit.

Brice headed to his quarters where he opened an old footlocker and grabbed a few old grandfathers journals and then place a call to CIC. He told them to prep a raptor have Sgt. Ginnis meet him there. Brice and Ginnis left shortly after for GEMINON 1586.

PAN GALACTIC 0993 "HAVEN" – (DAY 227 – 1930 HRS)

Lankaster Jorden was beginning to make a scene in the ship's hanger port. Since the explosion on GL1586 all civilian traffic between ships were grounded.

"It's been four hours since the military halted civilian traffic. I have import business onboard AULUS!" he stated.

"I don't know what to tell you! When we get the go ahead you'll be the first one on the shuttle!" the port officer began. "This is my last warning, if you continue, I'll call security to have you removed from the waiting area."

Jorden backed off and went back to his seat near the hatch. He wondered if this could be related to his attempt to gain power within the civilian council

BATTLESTAR HYPERION – "GRAVEYARD" (DAY 227 – 2110 HRS)

Tillman was still at the podium in the Pilots Ready Room he had just finished a briefing Lieutenants Addison and Brock and their ECO's Timmons and Beck on their next mission. They are to jump ahead to the massive planetary debris fields where Tillman and Roberts are hoping POLYCAON is hiding and search for her.

"Why the stealth raptors?" Brock asked.

"These raptors will get you there in two jumps instead of three. Don't forget no colonial ship has jump into this area since before the first war. We have no idea about cylon defenses behind the armistice line." Tillman answered.

"What do we know about the debris field?" Addison inquired.

"Really not much at all. It was located well over fifty years ago by a mining ship commanded by my father. Theory was that thousands of years ago, there was a shift in the gravity field of one of the planets that caused one of the moons to lose orbit and crash into the planet. Initial surveys found high amounts of tylium." Roberts replied.

"What if we find the POLYCAON?" asked Timmons.

"Jump back immediately and HYPERION will make first contact. We don't know what shape they're in. They might just start shooting at an unidentified dradis contact." Tillman answered.

"What if we find the cylons? What are our orders?" Brock asked.

"Recon only, Understood?" Roberts responded.

"Yes, sir!" The four responded in unison.

"Go get something to eat. Skids up in one hour." Tillman ordered as the crews left the room.

BATTLECRUISER JUNO – (DAY 227 – 2145 HRS)

"Jones, go ahead." The commander said as he placed the receiver to his ear.

"Sir, I have Colonel Brice on a secured line from GL1586." Said the communications specialist.

"Commander, My initial findings confirm the Admirals' suspicions. We've inspected the damage, and to me, it looks like it was a controlled explosion. Ginnis found what he thinks is part of the detonator. He said that it looks like the type geologists use. It looks like it was placed behind one of the lighting panels. We're still checking out some leads." Brice reported.

"Alright, Keep me informed of your progress and watch out. The more information you gather, the bigger target you become." Matt reminded his XO.

Matt knew he had to open the civilian traffic between the fleet to calm the nerves of the civilian populace. He ordered that GL1583 be quarantined and kept separated from the rest of the fleet.

AULUS – (DAY 228 – 0045 HRS)

Lankaster Jorden headed to the Colony Lounge looking for Sylvan. He had just disembarked the shuttle from HAVEN (Pan Galactic 0993), after a few minutes he reached the lounge and ordered a drink. While he waited he slowly browsed the half empty bar and spotted Sylvan who was playing a game of triad with four other people. Sylvan saw Jorden at the bar and after a moment folded his hand and excused himself from the game. Jorden waited as Sylvan ordered a drink and then wanted to know what has going on with the investigation.

"From what I'm told, two officers from JUNO already figured out that the explosion was deliberate. They're asking questions." Sylvan said before taking another belt.

"Can they link the bombing to us?" Jorden asked as he signaled the bartender for another glassful."

"They wont. They'll be pointed in a different direction. My contact is going to make it seem that it was the act of a despondent refugee that committed suicide after the fail attempt on a council member" He replied.

"They better or else we'll be air locked!" Jorden said as he placed his glass on the bar and left.

BATTLECRUISER JUNO – Wardroom (DAY 230 – 0845 HRS)

Brice and Ginnis were sitting as Jones finished reading the report. They came to the conclusion that it was an assassination attempt on a sitting council member and it was most likely a conspiracy.

"What makes you think it was a conspiracy?" Jones asked.

"Too many variables. How does a maintenance worker know how to make a detonator and get a hold of explosives?" Ginnis replied.

"We then find our suspect who just happens to commit suicide with a Ha'la'tha dagger?" Brice finished.

"It doesn't make any sense, someone is not what they seem. I'm sure the Admiral will want to investigate this further when they return. " Jones said as he finished the report and dismissed Ginnis.

"What's the latest with HYPERION?" Brice asked after Ginnis departed.

"As of 0300 hours: They were still at the scene of the battle. They reported that TERTIUS and TESTRA have recovered and processed eight Raptors, twelve Vipers, and two tanker-birds. They've been working non-stop since jumping."

"They must be starting to get cramped." Brice remarked.

"They are. Admiral Tillman requested two Military Freighters be cleared of civilian refugees and sent to aid them in the process. They've also recovered a large amount of heavy ordnance and enough medical supplies to last the fleet for years." Jones said as he poured both of them a drink of water.

"Any sign of the two missing battlestars and any word on when the fleet will rendezvous with them?" Brice asked reached for the glass.

"None yet. But, they've only searched about ten percent of the planetary field. Admiral thinks that for the time being its safer and besides… it's not a pretty sight." Matt finished.