Captain Gloval sighed as he sat down into his command chair. It had been a rough few weeks. Figuring out the 'Colonial's' language and then negotiating for the needed repairs so that he could attempt to get him and his people home.
But the refugees from Macross were settled into their temporary housing. Even those two kids that had been lost in the SDF-1s superstructure. And the replacement fold engines would soon be emplaced. The Colonial government had been happy to help for the price of looking around on the SDF-1. Something that he would have avoided, if possible.
Dr. Lang now had a much better idea of how the fold engines actually worked. And more importantly, how they were supposed to work and how to operate them safely. Retracing their path still seemed to be something only remotely possible, but it no longer seemed totally impossible.
Dr. Grentwe seemed quite pleased about some of the new possibilities in dimensional theory this whole fiasco had uncovered. The Colonial scientist seemed ecstatic and not the least bit military-minded, to Gloval's own mind.
Lisa Hayes turned towards the captain from her station. "Sir? I am getting a radio transmission from Caprica."
"Oh? What did it translate to?" the captain asked.
"Cylon attack on all twelve colonies. Then it starts to list all lost Battlestars. Dozens of ships, Sir!" Lisa adjusted her headsets. "It seems the Cylons are... just turning off the Colonial battleships and fighters."
"Battlestar Pegasus is launching fighters. Sir! I'm detecting a single ship at long range," Sammy suddenly shouted.
"Sound Battle Stations!" Captain Gloval shouted.
Deep in space, the Cylon fighter swooped like a bird of prey towards the Battlestar in front of it as it appeared in a flash of red. A glowing light appeared on its 'face', to devastating effect.
Mark VII Vipers just shut down, only moments after they launched. They coasted in zero-gravity, helpless. Behind them, the Pegasus seemed to list as it lost control of its maneuvering thrusters after only barely turning them on.
The Cylon launched four missiles. That should be enough to handle the humans it was sent to kill.
"Those are nukes!" Lisa shouted. "All gunners portside, shoot down those missiles and get that fighter! Launch all veritechs!"
The SDF-1 suddenly lit up like a firework as railguns and missiles belched forth. The Cylon Raider noted the unaffected enemy ship of unusual design. It warped out just before the first missiles could get to it, but long enough to see that its own missiles were blasted out of existence.
It had been thwarted. For now.
"Commander Folker! We are going to need to assist the Pegasus in recovering their fighters. You are authorized to reveal Battleoid Mode," the captain said. "Get me Dr. Lang! We need to get the SDF-1 buttoned up as quickly as possible."
"Aye, aye! You heard the old man! Switch to Battleoid and let's get these ships back home!" Roy Folker said over the Veritech communicator.
In moments, his Veritech was gently pushing the Viper in front of him back towards the listing Pegasus.
Captain Artemis calmed back down as she realized that the giant white robots where not Cylons, but the humans from the SDF-1. With a grimace, she started the manual sequence to reboot her computers entirely. Within five minutes, she finally got her system restarted, just as they neared the closed landing bays of the Pegasus.
"Pegasus, this is Captain Artemis. What happened?" she asked when she finally got her system cleared.
Commander Cain picked up his radio handset. "The same thing that happened to you. It looks like the Cylons managed to plant some sort of virus in our navigation array. I'll see what we can do to get you home." With a shake of his head, Cain shook off his thoughts. If he hadn't been assigned here to the SDF-1, he and his command would most likely be dead already."
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"This is the situation, Captain Gloval. As far as we can tell, there are two operational Battlestars. The Cylons are bombing our worlds and I am needed home!" Cain said loudly into his radio.
"Until you can track down that virus, your ship is totally vulnerable if you leave now. It is suicide! Here, the SDF-1 can provide a measure of safety while you fix your computers. Dr. Lang assures that he can make the SDF-1 battle ready within an hour and limited FTL capability in the same time." Captain Gloval stated into his radio. He waited impatiently for the computer to translate, so he started to pace.
"Those are our people out there! They are dying!" Cain shouted.
"And throwing yourself to die with them will not save the people that are alive now! Battlestar Galactica is now meeting with all surviving ships. Once the SDF-1 is ready, I suggest that we proceed there. The repair ships that have been working on us may be invaluable." Captain Gloval sat down heavily. "My ship will support you and help protect your people, Commander! Let us help you in your time of need!"
Cain closed his eyes. "I- Thank you, Captain. This is not your war and the Cylons are not your enemy-"
"Sir! I've tracked down the code. It looks like if we use the older version of the navigation code, we should be safe," Major Drumm shouted from across the bridge.
"How long to install the program?" Cain said with an almost fervent intensity.
"A couple of hours to get it into the Pegasus and all fighter craft."
"You have two hours. Captain Gloval? Did you copy that? The Battlestar Pegasus will move out in two hours. You are free to join us. The Unicorn and Sea Wraith will be accompanying us at that time."
"I copy, Commander. The SDF-1 will be ready." Something else!
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