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What if a smaller Colonial survived the Fall of the Colonies? Follow the Centaur Class Chiron

Chapter 3

Ofis B Culepla Asteroid Belt

Chiron CIC

LT Commander Jasper walked onto the bridge of the Chiron. "Major, what's the situation?" she asked.

Major Marton responded "about 2 minutes ago the Atlis jumped into the system. Their Captain sent an emergency message that Cylon fighters have attacked Ofis A and New Hadrian. They are claiming that nuclear weapons have been used on the planet. Maxon has messaged us and we have given them a spot outside the solar system for them to jump to. The 2 Raptors off the ship are about 2 minutes from landing. What are your orders sir?"

Jasper thought for a second. There is no way the Cylons would only attack a minor territory, and certainly, Ofis B would be hit next. But with Maxon jumping their ships out soon this solar system would be empty. Hoping that the situation in Ofis A was salvageable or that some civilians could be rescued jumping to Ofis A was the only choice. "LT Stevenson let Maxon know we are jumping to A in 2 minutes. If we don't make the rendezvous they are then to proceed with caution back to Colonial Space. Major have the 2 Raptors on board ready to launch along with the ones landing when we get in Ofis A. They are to scout out the mining zones and look for any other Colonial ships."

Jasper then grabbed the microphone and hit the ship broadcast button. "Attention all crew. This is the Commander. We have been informed of an attack on New Hadrian by the Cylons. We do not know what we are jumping into but I know you will all perform admirably."

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Maxon Mining ship Maxon's Respite

Jessi Maxon was trying to keep her calm and project leadership for the people on the bridge. Since the Atlis had jumped in and said that the Cylons had attacked Ofis A her ships had been ordered to jump to the coordinates sent by the Chiron. Biggest issue was the around 100 of her people were mining and off ship. She knew what she should do but she did not want to abandon any of her people.

"Boss the Chrysos is on the line. Carl wants to talk to you" said her communications officer. Maxon signaled to send to her headset for a private conversation.

"Gods Damn it Mom you have to jump your ships out of here. I will stay behind and pick up the stragglers. Take the two ore ships along with the Iridio and the Sidero. The Blue Boys are going to leave in about 90 seconds and you need to take care of everyone and get my frakking kids out of here" said Carl Maxon.

Jessi knew that he was right. The remaining mining and cargo ships had around 200 people The others had over 2300 including the almost 100 children in the fleet. "Alright Carl but no heroic BS if you get a sniff of any Toaster ship jump out. Do you understand?"

"Yes mom" said Carl. "Now get the frak out of here."

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Maxon Mining Ship Chrysos

"Alright people we need to send shuttles to get those people off the rock. Tell them to leave everything" said Carl. Currently there was one shuttle next to the work site that could carry about 20 miners and another doing a survey of a new potential mining site. Having sent off the Iridio that was almost full and slow at the best of times and Captain Tourikia of the Sidero who was asking more questions than everyone else and seemed to be losing it was a risk as this might cause a delay when they had to land the shuttles but probably better to remove them from danger.

Carl could tell people were getting nervous especially when the Chiron left the system. Seeing the other MM (Maxon Mining) ships leave with their families was a relief, but it also made them feel more abandoned. "Everyone else be ready to jump on my command or as soon as the shuttles land."

The shuttle from the mining site had landed and the survey shuttle was about to land. "Asimi and Chalkos jump out as soon as the shuttles are down. Ermis you and I will get the rest." Carl hoped that Captain Kristis, being formerly Colonial Navy, would be the best choice. "OK people get ready to pack in and get really chummy with your friends here because I don't think we will have time to send another shuttle." The mining shuttles were designed to carry 8 in "comfort" and 16 in an emergency. 47 in 2 shuttles would be tight. Looking at the clock it was about 3 more minutes to get the shuttles back to the ships.

The next few minutes were the longest of Carl's life but both shuttles were landing. The last two ships jumped out just over a minute before the Cylons arrived in the system.

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Ofis A in southern polar orbit of New Hadrian

Chiron CIC

"Sitrep," said Commander Jasper. The Raptors were already ordered as soon as we reached the system to jump to the asteroid belt and other known Colonial locations. Jasper had decided to take a somewhat cautious approach. She had the Chiron jump to a few minutes travel to the planet on a "polar" heading.

Anders took a few seconds to combine all the information on her screens together. "Sir I am reading 12 Cylon vessels that appear to be similar to their old Heavy Raiders. I am picking up signs of nuclear weapons used on Asp City. Sir, the Cylons have noticed us and are now heading towards us. ETA 2 minutes."

There was some quiet talk between Captain Anders and LT Drakos to turn the ship to face the Cylons. The Chiron had the standard Colonial design of top heavy point defense and armor and with forward facing weapon systems. Which worked fine when ships worked in groups but could be a weakness when being by itself.

"Guns let me know if you pick up any radiologicals coming from the Toasters" said Jasper.

"Yes, sir," said Anders, somewhat surprised to be called by the informal tactical officer title. "Sir, we have 24 missiles inbound, and 2 of the Cylon Raiders just jumped out. The others appear to be on a collision course! The missiles enter our firing solution in 20 seconds and will hit in 60."

"Fire missiles at the incoming Cylon Raiders" said Jasper. She had been hoping to avoid using her missiles as they would take minutes to reload but the Cylons were trying to ram or board her ship. All hit destroying four Heavy Raiders.

The Chiron was able to bring almost 40 of its point defense systems towards the incoming Cylon missiles along with 6 of its 8 heavy guns. The counter show the incoming missiles counted down very slowly Anders thought. 24,16,7, 3 shit. "Brace for impact" as 2 missiles hit the Chiron.

"Sir damage appears to be minor. We still have 7 Cylon Raiders inbound." The Cylons were getting more spread out with 3 of the Cylon vessels appearing to have taken damage. With the heavy guns now able to concentrate on the Cylon Raiders, they were able to destroy them before they reached the Chiron.

"Status report" said Marton.

"Sir we are getting reports of minor damage and a few minor injuries" said Anders. "No Cylons on Dradis."

"Sir no communication yet from Juno or any of the Raptors" said LT Stevenson. This information was not a surprise as they were 10 light minutes away and they had only been in the system for just over 5. Still good to know.

"Those 2 Cylons didn't jump out because they were avoiding combat. They have friends somewhere. Let's stay focused everyone" said Jasper.

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Ofis A Asteroid Belt

"Anything on the sensors Big Top" asked LT Tonis "Juno". She had her 4 Raptors loaded for combat. The refueling station and several Colonial ships had been destroyed, and there was nothing yet on her active Dradis system. Tonis loved her Raptors and had stayed with them rather than the flashier and more prestigious Vipers but now she really wished she was in a Mk. VII right around now.

"Juno, I am picking up four Cylons chasing after three Colonial ships," said "Wombat." Looking at the screen, it looks like the cargo ship was doing everything in its limited power to protect the ore processing ship and that the mining ship was headed in the opposite direction. The Cylons were working in pairs, going after each Colonial group.

"Let's go take out those frakking toasters" said LT. Tonis (Juno). "Matchbox and Scooter you go and save the ore ship. Pancake you protect the mining ship and I am going for the cargo ship." The ore ship probably had the most people on it so sending all but herself to protect it and the cargo ship was the critical priority.

Looking at the Heavy Raider it was a big bastard at about twice the size of a Raptor. Not quick or nimble but appears tough for a vessel that size. Juno fired taking out the first one. The second Heavy Raider flipped over to turn to face her. "Big mistake Toaster" said Juno as she fired another missile taking out the second Cylon ship. Matchbox reported that they had destroyed their Cylon ships as well with no damage.

"Colonial ships report status and any information regarding Cylons or any Colonial ships you are aware of" said Juno. It took less time than expected to get the Rollin's Mining ships under control. Their Captain reported that sadly the information they had was basically they were unaware of any surviving Colonials ships. Luckily they did not have any damage and could jump to the rendezvous location.

"Scooter, head back to the Chiron and tell the Commander what we have found. Everyone else keep an eye out for Cylons and see if there are any more Colonials we can help out" said LT Tonis.

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Ofis A New Hadrian Orbit

Chiron CIC

"Sir we have Scooter on coms" said Lt. Stevenson.

"Chiron actual. What did you find" said Jasper.

"Sir the main refueling and mining locations in the belt have been destroyed. We were able to rescue three ships, but we are not yet aware of any more survivors," said Lt. Sanders "Scooter." "We destroyed 4 Cylon Raiders, and Juno is currently doing SAR."

"Scooter report back to Juno and tell her to take the Raptors and the Rollins Mining ships to the rendezvous point. We will keep looking for survivors here" said Commander Jasper.

"Yes sir" said "Scooter" before her Raptor jumped away.

Looking at the destruction of Asp Island, it was unlikely that there would be any survivors here. Why would the Cylons use a 5-megaton bomb on a small island with only 90000 people? From the records, Anders suggested that there might be some fishing ships north of Asp Island at this time of year. A few dozen more survivors isn't much, but at least it's something.

"We will keep looking for 10 minutes before we rendezvous with the civilian ships" said Jasper. Leaving 22 ships with only 4 Raptors to protect them was suboptimal.

"Sir we just had a Cylon Baseship jump in!" said Captain Anders. "They have launched approximately 200 Raiders headed our way. Frak, the Dradis system just crashed."

"Jump us out of here NOW" said Jasper.

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