Operation Exodus

4:11 New Dawn

30 Minutes After Jump From Avalon

Location: Unknown System, Unknown Distance From Avalon

Battlestar Atlantis, Fore – Breach Point InsideDreadstar

A large jagged hole was torn through on a portion of the front of Atlantis, with a hole made inside leading to the dreadstar manually made.

Hundreds of marines dressed in combat gear stood at positions inside their ship, automatic firearms blasting away at oncoming centurions trying to breach the ship.

Dead bodies with blood dripping across the floor had been pushed to the side or left as the marines had been pushed back inch by inch. On the other side, strewn on the ground the remains of crushed centurion bodies, dozens in visual range...

A centurion fell to the side, bullets fired by a marine crushing its faceplate with its roving eye going dark as its MCP processor was destroyed. A centurion next to it roughly pushed it out of its way as the body was in its way, the centurion raised its arm with a cannon protruding firing at the marines. The kickback of the weapon had no effect on the centurion as it fired again and again.

A grenade thrown by another centurion landed near the barricades at the center of the makeshift formation of marines. The barricade painstakingly put up before the centurions started boarding Atlantis blew up, several large heavy crates smashing nearby marines as they failed to prevent the explosive from detonating in their midst.

Over a dozen centurions ran forward, rushing to fill the breach in the marines' lines, headlong into bullets fired from marines' assault rifles. One centurion spasmed as it fell lifeless to the ground in a heap, others got in the way of centurions moving forward and were roughly pushed aside.

A centurion made it through, a blade on its left arm drawn slashing at a marine behind the shambles of crates, the centurion's right arm still with a gun extended fired on a marine several fight away as he yelled in alarm. Blood spurt in the air, drops fell to the ground from the centurion's blade as it drew back and kept moving forward to another marine a foot away.

A heavyset marine blocked the blade from hitting a wide eyed young marine looking about to piss his pants, his machine gune used a shield. He grunted with effort, pushing back with both arms. The centurion's roving eye locked onto him menacingly as it pushed its arm forward determinedly, its other arm firing to the side as other marines moved to come to their allies' aid.

With a yell, the marine pushed the centurion's blade to the left, pushing the centurion to fall forward at an angle. Bringing up his gun, the marine yelled, 'frak you!' as he clicked the trigger again and again. Bullets riddled the centurion's metal frame, the centurion spasmed, making a loud grinding noise as it tried moving. After a moment it stopped, growing silent as its power core in its chest piece was pierced.

Rallying, several marines in groups of four pushed ahead, firing on the oncoming centurions. Several centurions were downed, leaving a clear vision of dozens of centurions rushing forward from the breach point. Near a dozen grenades lobbed in the other side's direction gave centurions pause, several moving quickly in the opposite direction. Explosions rippled in the confined space, blinding both sides with its intensity, consuming centurions and a few unlucky marines in the line of fire. Fire consumed indiscriminately, burning across the metal plates of the ship leaving large gashes of dented in, blackened metal.

The lead marine yelled at his men, reforming their line as the centurions started rushing forward again after the brief pause in fighting...

Unknown Space

Outside Atlantis/Dreadstar

Looking like buzzing flies to the massive form of the Dreadstar, two dozen Peregrine fightercraft maneuvered around, evading cannon fire.