AJ's Stories

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 17: A Commitment Together

Troy sat down next to Bri at the cafeteria where a lot of the crew was eating new food from Earth. Most of it tasted quite good. The meat was something they had not had in a while, at least fresh meat. It was something called beef, and he had been told it came from an animal called a cow. There was also meat from a chicken, or bird. He was told that birds fly, but chickens did not. He wondered why call an animal something when it did not do something that the others did. There was a lot to learn about Earth.

“This isn’t bad,” Bri said biting into the sandwich that had been made. The Earthers called it a hamburger. Bri offered a bit to Troy who found out he liked it as well. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks 

Part 15: Political Allies

Robert sat as his desk watching the dust particles float though the sunbeam that was near his computer. He had listened to Nall and Becca talk while they were waiting for this mysterious message. Robert was not sure if anything would come or not. Robert kind of liked this young man and really hoped that what he said was true. Another part of him thought the guy was loony.

A sudden beeping sound from his computer caught his attention. He quickly got ride of the screen saver that had been on the screen replacing it with the program which he quickly scanned. His eyebrows would have gone to his hairline if he had had one.

“What is it,” Rebecca asked from where she was getting up from her computer to see what was going on. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 13: Arrival

The battlestar Argo had gone by several star systems without finding the planet Earth. None even had the remains of a civilization on them. Now they were arriving near another system. Each time they came closer to a new system the signals they were receiving grew stronger. The latest craze on board the Argo was a betting game on what they would find at each system.

On the bridge of the battlestar Ares and his crew waited as the latest patrol was about to be launched to the next system. This one had been a while to get to from the last one. This system seemed to be a bit more remotely isolated then the other systems they had encountered. Continue reading…

Battlestar Galactica

by AJ Marks

Part 11: Down Time

Ares looked around the bridge for about the millionth time since he had come up there a short while ago. In the last half yehren there had been nothing for anyone to do. They had no encounters or anything else to keep the crew occupied besides their jobs and the reports from home.

“Commander, we’re within range of the next solar system,” Pratt said from where he was sitting as well.

“Have Captain Gunther and his wingman report for the patrol,” Ares said as Pratt got up and walked out to carry out his orders. This would be the first system they had encountered since their encounter with the advanced race that John and Able were a part of. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 10: Legends and Demons

Ares walked up on the bridge noting that Renee was at her station but there was one person who was not. He sighed a bit and called the rec room knowing that he would be there. He was with Able in what appeared to be a growing cult on board the ship. Renee seemed to still be part of the group that was with Able but seemed to be less than likely to get involved or stray from her job.

A voice replied on the communicator and he asked for the man who should be on duty to report to the bridge. There was some grumbling but at last came an acknowledgement for his orders. Placing the communicator down Ares sighed again as he realized things were getting worse with the Able. He still had not seen the man work on his ship once since he had arrived. The man finally arrived on the bridge of the Argo and Ares took him to the side of the bridge. Continue reading…

Battlestar Argo

by AJ Marks

Part 8: The Gods

Bri and Troy walked along the corridor as they headed to the briefing room. It was red squads turn to take the next planet but he liked to know what was going on. He would be present to red squads briefing much like Gunther was at green squad’s briefing. He had gained a bit of respect for the other captain as he was a hard worker and willing to put his life on the line for someone else.

There was the normal rivalry between the two squads but each held the other in mutual respect, at least outside the Tri-ade court that was. There were several teams on board the ship to help with the down time. That and another transmission from the colonies had been received. So far everything had been normal just like normal. Continue reading…