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A/N :Telepathy thoughts in Italics
2007/3/26
Lost Tribes
Part 52 (News) PG
The flight of vipers landed in the clearing. The warriors all dismounted quickly and drew their weapons. Just because they did not scan cylons did not mean they were not around. Yearns of hit and run tactics were hard to ignore. They watched as several warriors entered the clearing. They to were clearly wary. Adrianna wanted to smile at this. It seemed that they all had similar experiences. A starting point then. She moved forward and called out.
"I am Commander Adrianna of the Night Hawk. Who is in charge please."
An older man came forward he was leaning on a crutch and limping rather slowly. He was a big man though the yearns of hardship had clearly taken their toll. However his bearing was that of a seasoned veteran.
"I am in charge Commander of the Scorpion defense forces in this sector Commander." He stood as tall and straight as he could.
Adrianna moved forward and took the offered hand. "It is good to see you Colonel."
"Commander I could not believe my ears when this young scamp said a flight of vipers was landing. You said that you are from the Night Hawk? Was that not a Caprican ship?"
"Yes colonel it is. We were on long range deep patrol when the destruction hit. We got back to late to help and we were only able to rescue a few ships. From them we learned of the Galactica and her fleet escaping. We went into hiding and have been trying to slip back in to the colonies for yearns. Recently we ran into an escaping cylon ship. It was crewed by humans who told us of the cylons pulling out. We had to see if anyone was left alive."
"Well commander we are still here. Alive and kicking. The cylons appear to have left this area at least. We have no idea about the rest of the planet. We have contact with around 2000 survivors scattered in a 400 Kiltar area. Most are civilians. We recently found several ships both cylon and human that we are trying to repair. But… it is slow going." Colonel Devin replied
"Well we can help. We managed to get to Caprica and amazingly we found people alive there as well. They are almost done repairing an older gunstar, and we have 4 full squadrons of Scorpions and vipers ready to launch."
"We been savaging as well. We got a flight of vipers and lots of spares. What we need is arms and fuel. Our refineries were hit and the tin heads left little behind."
Adrianna nodded. "We can get the fuel here. Arms however may be a problem for the moment. We don't have transport for the munitions. Let us do some more scans. We can see if any place outside your range is intact."
"Do you have medical supplies and food?" The colonel asked.
Adrianna nodded. "Zan get the packs. We have some emergency rations. It is not a lot but we can bring more soon. I thought it best to bring them as they are compact and easier to carry."
Colonel Devin nodded any food would be welcome. "I would have done the same. Come let us go meet the others."
Adrianna followed him as he motioned several warriors to go help Major Zan with the supplies.
"Any news about the cylons?" Devin asked. His eyes showed concern.
"Yes but it is older news. Good news. It seems that the Galactica and her fleet have lead the cylons on a merry chase."
"So they are alive then?" His voice held contempt.
Adrianna sighed knowing that many were bitter. "Yes, They are alive and they found the Pegasus."
Devin almost stumbled upon hearing that name. "Cain is alive?"
"As to that I Am uncertain. However it seems that Commander Adama made the right choice in leaving."
"He ran like a coward." Devin said
"He took a tactical retreat and drew off cylon forces." Adrianna said "For the record Colonel I would have done the same in my brother's place."
He spun around and looked at her. His eyes narrowed. "Ok then tell me why he did the right thing and why we should not call him a coward and a traitor!"
"Because he has found other humans. He and the Pegasus are returning with a war fleet of human ships."
Devin was stunned the shock of this news almost made him fall. "A fleet of human warship? Who, and how?"
"That is still unclear but a captured cylons ship gave us that intelligence. It is why they pulled out. They hope to stop them from coming back to the colonies or striking at the cylon's home worlds. What I plan to do if possible is to set up a defensive perimeter to keep the tin heads from trying to return to the colonies. I am hoping we can find and repair old warships and perhaps have a few squadrons of fighters up for each world."
"A good plan if we can find the ships and pilots. It is worth a try."
Adrianna nodded. She could understand his concerns but they had little choice. "We have agro ships and seedlings. If you have clean soil and farmers we can send down what you need. Then you may be able to begin to feed yourselves once more."
"Aye that be good. We been living wild and savaging." Devin said "A hot meal be welcome. Come sit and tell me of your plan. Maybe we can make it work. If nothing else you bring us hope and that is a valuable thing. We never thought to see an other not from our world."
Adrianna smiled. "Sometimes it is the only thing Colonel. So far we scouted Scorpia and Caprica. I have patrols heading to Gemon and Aquarious even as we are speaking. "
"I hope they survived as well."
Adrianna smiled. "Geomon's are as stubborn as your people so I would be wiling to bet they are there and Aquarians had under water cities. They maybe the best off of all of us. For I do not think the cylons knew this."
"We can hope." Colonel Devon said "We can hope. My wife is Aquarian and I am certain she be pleased if some of her people survived."
"So would we all." Adrianna said
TBC….