AJ's Stories

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 47: Offensive

Ares sat on the bridge of the Argo waiting to hear back from Renee. He really was not sure how long it would take before they heard anything from the Fire Ant.  Then he also had to figure out what he was going to do when they finally received the information.  The biggest part of making a decision would be how far away the find was.

“Commander,” Rebecca said gaining Ares’ attention. “The Fire Ant is reporting in,” she said to him.

“Put it up here,” Ares replied. He only had to wait a second before the screen came to life showing Renee’s face.  “Did you find anything captain?”

“We found an Arbus base in sector eight,” Renee said. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 45: Revelations

Doctor Weaver worked at his computer while a few other technicians also were working at their computers. They were on board the Atlantian ship that had been found. He turned to the other workers to see if they were ready.

“How are the preparations coming,” Weaver asked the group.

“Just uploading the last of the data now doctor,” one of the aides said.

“Everything should be ready, now,” the other tech said.

“Good,” Weaver said turning to his computer. They had been working on the symbols in the computer and had finally integrated everything into the computer from both ancient Earth, at least the know symbols that could be deciphered and the Kobal symbols that the Colonials knew.

The computer took a few seconds before finally it began to display its data. Weaver stood there in shock then let out a yell of excitement. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 44: Battlestar Daedalus

Ares walked across the bridge of the Argo. The completion of the Daedalus was rapidly approaching completion. He would feel a bit more relieved when the second battlestar was commissioned. It would mean that the Argo would be able to rest a bit.  The last Arbus attack had been a couple of months ago. To Ares the attack seemed to be more of a scouting attempt to see how strong the Earth defenses were.

The Tiger’s sister ship had been completed and was waiting for the Daedalus to be completed. Gunther had left just about a month ago now to head to the Colonies. He hoped that the mission when well.   The latest from the Colonies was that the Pegasus and the Fifth fleet were heading to help out the Delphian race against the Cylons. For Ares that meant that Commander Cain would not be there to report to.  Ares could only hope the latest news would not have much of an effect on Gunther’s mission.

Ares knew that Commander Backus was still in command of the Pacifica. He would know what to do and how to help out Gunther and the crew of the Colonial Bound. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 43: Preparations

Gunther walked along the decks of the complete Colonial Bound. Very few people would know the true mission that they were going on.  He knew that the official word would be that they were going on a deep space exploration to see if they could find the homeworld of the Arbus. He passed a few people who were starting to make their way aboard the ship.  Soon he and others would be heading back to the Colonies.

“Hello laddie,” the unmistakable voice of Scott was heard causing Gunther to look over. He could see the man walking towards him.

“Captain Scott,” Gunther said. “How are you doing today.”

“Not bad, ah gots my stuff all settled ah do,” Scott said.

“Well, I think most of the crew is starting to come aboard and settle down. I just hope that we don’t have any problems,” Gunther said. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 41: Marriage Ceremony

Troy walked down the hallway. So far there had not been much lately in the war against the Arbus. It seemed like they were waiting, or rebuilding their forces.  Everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before they returned.  Troy knew for a fact that they had not heard the last of the Arbus. There was still much to learn about their attackers.  That and the vision of the future he had still have not come to pass.

Sometime in the future the Arbus and the humans would sit down to talk. He had a feeling that it would be for peace talks between the two sides.  He had to wonder how long this battle was going to go on for and how many others they were going to lose as a result of the war.  It was a bit of a sobering thought as he sat there.  He might even lose people that he was friends with.  They had lost Martin early in the voyage to Earth and now others would lose their lives fighting another enemy that they did not know.

He turned the corner and saw Rebecca and Nall standing there. He knew that their wedding was coming up real soon. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 40: Time

Ares walked on board the Skartian ship that was now orbiting Earth. The Skartians were typically larger than a human was but with skin that had a bit of a reptilian look to it.

“Welcome Commander Ares,” the Skartian said.

“Thank you,” Ares said. He was waiting until the pilot said that he was ready for the flight down to Earth.  Keela was to meet with the council to see what the next step was. Perhaps his story would make the council see that there was a larger threat to their race by the Arbus than what the council thought.

“Sir, we’re ready to head on down to the surface,” Troy said walking up to him.

“Thanks Troy,” Ares said. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 38: New Attack

Ares sat back at his desk going over what had been uncovered by the Skartians. They appeared to be a normal race much like they were.  The Arbus had appeared and worked with them for a short while then had attacked them. It was slightly different than what the Arbus had done against them. The Arbus had not even tried to announce their arrival before attacking.

The one thing that was similar was the way the Arbus attacked. They had used clones that were loyal to them to cause disruption in the way the military was able to defend against them.  Once the military was gone then that was something that Ares was not sure about.  He would have to talk with Keela as to what the Arbus did to their world.

Ares had a feeling from what he had learned on Earth that the Arbus were trying to wipe all evidence of civilization on Earth for some reason. What that reason was he did not know and hoped to find out soon.

“Commander,” Ares heard Reliy’s voice say as he walked up to the commander. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 38: New Encounter

Ares sat at the desk with General Pakrov across from him. Since the first meeting with the General their working relationship had gotten easier.  With the election of President Harvey to the Earth government the military was enjoying the freedom that it required to fight this war.  Right now they were going over the results of what had been discovered in the debris of the Arbus base.

“In short there was not much left commander,” Pakrov said. Ares could hear the disappointment in the man’s voice.

“Well that was to be expected with the force of the explosion. I was hoping that we might be able to discover something about our attackers,” Ares said to him.

“You and me both,” Pakrov said. “I hear that the newest ship is about to be completed.” Continue reading…