Part 6 Battlestar Galactica: Back To The Colonies,: War On The Mountain

Chapter 29

There is some explicit sexual content in this chapter. You've been warned.

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XXIX

Caprica City Command Center, 2200

As she walked away from her Raptor, toward the Command Center, Admiral Kara Thrace-Bond wondered if this was a good idea. She wouldn't dream of disobeying Lee. Thirty years ago, yeah, she probably would have, but not now, not in the position she was currently in.

She was going to be an adviser to a General with no real combat experience, and help her navigate through a front line that had been a meat-grinder up to this point. And it pointed straight to where her former lover was trying to kill her colleagues.

She shook her head. How did this get so fucked up, Starbuck?

She was saluted at the front of the tent, then headed in. Admiral Tyrol, General Grayson, and General Beaumont were already in earnest conversation about the events.

Grayson turned and saw Kara approach. "Admiral Thrace-Bond", he said with a small smile. "It's good to see you." He turned to the others. "Since we're all here, I suggest we head to my quarters to talk?" The other three Officers nodded and followed the General.

He handed them each a bottle of water, then dove in. "Admiral Thrace-Bond, thanks for joining us. I've been discussing the latest with Admiral Tyrol and General Beaumont. General Beaumont has agreed to take Command of North Pole, and with the approval of both Governor Kwok and Admiral Adama, you and Galen will accompany her to the front, taking provisional ranks of Commander in the Marines. An unusual situation for unusual circumstances. General Beaumont?"

General Catherine Beaumont was fifty-one years old. She was a rising star in UED when they departed, the youngest General in the service. She was a first-rate organizer and had been the key figure in calculating food, water, and other necessities to be carried with The Fleet and aboard each individual ship.

In her early twenties when the Earth-Cylon broke out, she had been in the British Army, flying Apache AH64 Attack Helicopters, which rung up an impressive record around the globe during the war with The Toasters. Five days before the war ended, her aircraft had been severely damaged from a direct hit from a Raider. Suffering two broken arms, a concussion, and damage to her right eye, she somehow landed her helo, but her flying career was over, the damage to the eye too severe to let her fly again.

After the war, she went into logistics, first for the British Army, then for the entire British Military, and finally, in 2035, signed up with UED. She rose through the ranks quickly, having found an acumen for keeping a military on the move and making sure it was properly supported. By 2042, she had reached the rank of General and put in charge of Logistics for the First Fleet to go to The Colonies. She had done her job well.

Despite her war injury, she had also gone to command school and had trained with ground forces. Her eye kept her from flying, but not from performing groundwork. As a Commander in the British Army, she had passed combat infantry command school. It was at that point she joined UED. She had field time, this was true, but she had been more versed in the theoretic side of fighting a war.

But she wouldn't shirk her responsibility. She was confident enough in her training and believed she would handle North Pole Command with efficiency.

"Admiral Tyrol; Admiral Thrace-Bond, thank you for being here as well. I know General Grayson's concerns, and I have been given a brief on your ground combat records as well. Galen, while yours was more unstructured, so to speak, you have always performed with courage and skill. Kara, you went through formal Marine Combat training, even led covert ops. I am happy to have you assisting and advising me." She smiled at them both. "I don't know if I will get used to calling both of you Commander, but I'll do my best."