Day 477 Since the Fall
9 Assaultstars, 6 colossus heavy military transports, 80 large civilian transports, 50 heavy transports, 3 cradle mobile docks, and 100 supply and heavy cargo ships of the rescue fleet arrived a jump away from the colonies. The military escort fleet began jumping in formation around the evacuation ships in sequence; 15 Battlestars, Warstar Argona, Combatcruiser Audacious, 12 Titan class Gunstars, 10 Defender class Gunstars, 10 Heavy Cruisers, 8 Battlecruisers, 7 Lightcruisers, 7 Strikestars, and 5 Berzerk class Escortstars.
Nike class Battlestar Galactica C.I.C.
"Admiral, all ships are reporting in. We're now approximately one jump away from the colonies hidden inside an asteroid field," the communications officer said.
"Very good. Has Chief Tyrol reported in on any more engineering problems throughout the fleet?" Admiral Adama asked.
"No sir. No more problems with engines throughout the fleet have been reported in the last few jumps. All the lighter support ships are functioning at 100% after only making one jump following undocking from the larger ships in the fleet so they could get here with as little trouble as possible, given that their jump ranges are still shorter than our larger ships, even given their recent upgrades with the fleet. The rest of the fleet's ships appear fine after the repairs made last week when some engines started overheating from constant jumping. Chief Tyrol is suggesting he and his team give the fleet an overall checkup in person just in case though," the communications officer replied.
"Tell the chief he has the go ahead then, and to be brief," Admiral Adama said.
"Yes sir," the communications officer said.
"Shall we start the recon operation as planned?" Commander Tigh asked impatiently.
"Yes, we need to move quickly now that we've arrived. Send in the stealth raptors across the colonies and Cylon space, and have the fleet setup a CAP," Admiral Adama said.
"Good idea," Commander Tigh replied, picking up the communications relay to send out the raptors and orders for the CAP to setup across the evacuation fleet.
Athena disconnected herself from the Heavy Raider's brain and got up to stretch after having sat still for so long maintaining the coordination of jumps for the fleet.
"Admiral, permission to join the recon mission?" Athena asked.
"Granted. Take note of any new Cylon formations, and try to see if you can figure out some ideas for what they're doing and where we can hit them hardest," Admiral Adama said.
"Yes sir," Athena said with a salute, and walked out of C.I.C. to join the recon stealth raptors before they left. Helo followed her out.
The fleet's stealth raptors left to scout out various areas across both Colonial and Cylon space. A couple of raptors went to land on Picon to give General O'Reilly the fleet's current plans and the specs for the evacuation mission so he could begin getting things ready for the fleet's arrival. The Picon defense grid was in place with dozens of vipers on patrol, just as they had been when the fleet left for Avalon – though several defense platforms showed burn marks and other signs of fighting.
Day 478 Since the Fall, 0900 Hours
Galactica War Room
"The recon mission reveals that the Cylons have quite a few first war baseships on patrol across the colonies, along with very few of their new baseships. Approximately 3 first war baseships are stationed at each of the colonies except Picon, with several standard baseships and patrolstars patrolling across colonial space. There is also over a dozen standard baseships spread over the expanse of space we know to be Cylon territory from the stealthstar Banshee's time in Cylon space," Starbuck said.
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Operation Exodus
FanficA few years before the fall of the Colonies a plan was put in motion in case the Cylons returned and destroyed everything; in order to ensure the survival of humanity. Operation Exodus starts a year and a half before the fall of the twelve colonies...
