AJ's Stories

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 27: Movement

Gunther waited as the Hermes settled into an orbit around the moon near Earth. They figured that it was probably the best spot to watch Earth from. There was a lot that they still had to find out about the Arbus. The aliens had not done much else from what they could tell of Earth. There was still a few faint news programs running but there were more independent operators talking back and forth then anything else.

“Ah, captain Gunther good to see you on the bridge,” a voice said from behind him.

“Captain Scott,” Gunther said to the captain of the Hermes with a slight head nod in the man’s direction.

“Aye, it’s a terrible sight my lad,” the man said. “I never figured that I see the day where my own home world was invaded,” he said shaking his head. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 26: Decisions Made

Troy walked up to the bridge where Nall and the captain of the Hermes were keeping watch over what was going on. Not long ago there had been a message that had arrived. It had sent two of the ships racing out of the system. They did not really know what had happened just yet but they were sure that the news had not been good.

They were still waiting on a report from the planet’s surface to find out what had happened to the base. The last they had heard was Peter and his group had made it down into the shelter. Troy understood that the less he communicated from the surface the less chance they had of being intercepted. That might come in handy later on.

There was still a lot to do along with the fact that the Tiger had headed off in the direction of the signals did not help either. Troy was hoping that they would gain a signal from the Tiger soon. The Hermes supplies were running a bit low so they would have to leave Earth’s space soon. The ship had not been stocked for a long mission like the one it was on right now. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 25: Tiger Attack

Peter quickly headed down the stairs along with the rest of his staff. They were headed to the basement of the building. It was a bomb shelter that had been specially constructed for an invasion by the Cylons. Now they were headed there because of an unknown alien force.

The one thing that made Peter proud of his people was the fact that no one was panicking about what was going on. He was sure that they all had a reason to but was glad that no one was. The next step he had to do when he got down there was inform the governments of what was going on. He had a contact with the North America government and wondered if he would listen to him. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 24: The Enemy Attacks

Troy and Bri landed the shuttle on the hanger of the Hermes quickly disembarking from the shuttle. Nall and Jax were there quickly to find out what they had seen. From the way they had come back it was obvious that the two had encountered something out there. Now all they had to do was figure out what it was.

“I think we’ve got a problem,” Troy said to the two of them before they could say anything.

“We encountered a fleet of unknown alien ships,” Bri said. “At least six ships and a base of operations.” Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 23: Enemy Sighted

Bri rested as the Hermes went through space between Centari One and Earth. She and Troy were finally going to be going on their vacation that they had planned almost two months earlier. Last time they had almost been ready to go when the attack on Centari One had occurred. A lot had happened since then.

The most notable change had been who was controlling the operation. Before the attack Ares had allied himself with one of the more prominent Earth governments. Now everyone involved was questioning that wisdom. It was fairly obvious that there were some in the government who did not what them around for whatever reason. The reason that had been given to those who had actually carried out the attacks was they were here to take over Earth. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 22: Healing

Ares sat behind his desk waiting for Tory to knock on his door. He had heard that the shuttle had landed. There were a lot of questions going on in his mind that only Troy would be able to answer. They were still waiting on a report from Centari One on the casualties that had occurred on the planet’s surface. Ares was certain that there would be casualties from the explosions. The base commander thought it was sabotage which also brought new questions that did not have any immediate answers.

The door chimed indicating that Troy was waiting outside his door. Ares gave permission to enter and a second later Troy walked though the door. Troy sat down while the commander looked the younger man over. Troy appeared to be in good health, but Ares would still insist on Troy visiting the medical lab before leaving just to make sure.

“Troy, come in,” Ares said. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 21: Damage

Mike glanced around as smoke began to cloud his vision. He was a bit pissed about the fact that his so called friends had gone though with their plans without him. It made him really wonder who the real enemies were in this. He was beginning to believe what the aliens had said more than his own people. At least they had so far been honest from what he could tell.

Mike got up and felt a liquid begin to run down his forehead. He reached up and wiped it away. He watched as his hand came away from his face stained red. It did not appear to be too dangerous at the moment and he felt no other pain at the moment. Glancing around he noticed people lying all around with debris littering the floor.

A groan from one of the people made him turn to see who was still alive. It was the blonde that he had seen not that long before the blast. He quickly noticed where she was lying. He could tell that she was hurt and probably hurt badly. He noticed that she looked like she was human. She was bleeding and everything appeared to look like she was human. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 20: Confrontation

The senator sat at his desk waiting for his two men to come into the room. It had been a long six months since he had heard from them. A few short messages had come to him but they had relayed nothing. All his efforts to track down where the messages had originated from ended in failure. Now their time from where ever they had been was over and they were heading back.

“Sir, your appointments are here,” his secretary said over the intercom.

“Great, send them in at once,” the senator said hoping to gain information about what Senator Sam was doing.

Two men walked into the room and took a seat waiting for the senator to say something. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 19: A New Fleet

Troy and Nall looked out from the Argo at what was going on. It had been six Earth months since their arrival at Earth. They were now orbiting Centari One which had rapidly become their main base. Green vegetation could be seen on the planet’s surface indicating that the integration of plants to the planet’s ecosystems was going along just fine. Water was being brought in from local sources rather than earth.

Above the planet’s surface a large space dock was beginning to take shape. So far they had not begun to construct any ships. That would be beginning soon enough though. There was a lot that they still had to do before construction could really take off. Manpower was no longer a problem and with the new food from Earth the spirits of the crew of the Argo had picked up considerably. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 18: Wedding Bells

Troy walked down to find out where Bri was. He wanted to see if she had made up her mind of when to have the wedding. Then there was also the problem of Nall and Rebecca. She had not talked to Nall in quite a while and he had a feeling that he knew why. He wanted to talk to Bri about making sure that she was invited to their wedding. He had a feeling that the action would help both of them out.

Turning the corner he noticed that Rebecca was walking away from the rec room. He could see that she appeared to be a bit upset by something. Turning into the rec room he found Bri and Nall standing there. Bri was on her tip toes staring right into Nall’s eyes. Nall had a mischievous grin on his face that told Troy that they had been up to no good already. Continue reading…