{"id":451,"date":"2015-07-17T12:38:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T12:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2015-07-18T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T14:44:06","slug":"the-milsian-princess-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajscifistories.com\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"The Milsian Princess – Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Milsian Princess<\/span><\/h2>\n

by AJ Marks<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 3<\/span><\/p>\n

Adama walked to the shuttle along with Admiral Jurez. So far there had been some headway with the talks. The greatest problem seemed to be the war with the Alliance. It could be a major stumbling block that Adama did not see any way around.<\/p>\n

Beside him Apollo and Starbuck, the pilots of the shuttle, Boomer piloted the viper escort they had insisted Adama take. Now Adama had to head back to the council with this latest information and figure out what to do next. It appeared they had found Earth, or at least the civilization it had spawned.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo commander, what will you do next?\u201d Jurez asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure,\u201d Adama answered honestly. \u201cI will need to talk to the council and see what they recommend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do not strike me as one who bows to anyone,\u201d Jurez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI respect the wish of the council most times. I have learned from experience that sometimes patience is required, and rushing into some things can be very disastrous,\u201d Adama said, thinking back to the peace treaty with the Cylons. Baltar had rushed that through very quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo they respect you back?\u201d Jurez replied. \u201cI\u2019ve got an emperor who respects power commander, we cannot afford to have a weak ally in this war. The Alliance will attack if you show any sign of weakness. It\u2019s how we have survived for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adama did not say much about that. \u201cThen the Alliance and the Cylons have something in common then.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the Cylons will find an enemy they do not wish to tangle with commander,\u201d Jurez stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I had your confidence, but if they come, they will not show you any mercy,\u201d Adama said, stopping in front of the shuttle. Apollo and Starbuck went on inside to prepare the shuttle for launch. \u201cI will contact you after I have talked with the council.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I look forward to seeing you again commander,\u201d Jurez said.<\/p>\n

Adama walked onto the shuttle a bit glad to be heading back to the Galactica. The Kitakkim\u2019s crew seemed very tense to him. He wondered exactly what else was going on.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Tony glanced at the incoming reports from all the military commands. He smiled knowing almost everything appeared to be in place. The biggest problem now had been the unexpected arrival of a strange group of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cSire, you wanted this report,\u201d one of his aides said, handing Tony the paper.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Tony said, reading through the report. He sent a long-range patrol in the direction of where the unknown group came from. Now he frowned at what he read, a large fleet of ships slowly heading straight for the home planet of the Milsian Empire.<\/p>\n

He read further along where the ships were not recognized as anything the Alliance used. There also appeared to be one very large ship, possibly a warship near the center of the fleet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave this sent to intelligence to analysis at once,\u201d he ordered.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt once sire,\u201d the aide said, quickly racing off to carry out the order.<\/p>\n

He paused alone in the room looking at the situation. This unknown fleet could still be an Alliance fleet. It could house hundreds of thousands of soldiers for an invasion of the empire. He needed more information about that fleet.<\/p>\n

\u201cProblems,\u201d a child\u2019s voice said drifting over to where he stood. He turned to see his daughter emerge from the shadows.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, nothing that concerns you,\u201d Tony replied. \u201cGo back to your playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right,\u201d she said, disappearing again. He would have to talk with security to make sure she did not overhear any more important discussions. Her habit of being able to appear and disappear was getting on his nerves. When he made her he should have modified her slightly. She might look seven years old, but had his mind. And he knew that he was not much older when he began planning his path to the throne. He could only imagine she would be doing the same thing.<\/p>\n

A slight smile came to his lips at that. At least she really would be like him, cunning to the end, but he was just as cunning as she was, after all she was a child. He returned his attention back to the reports knowing that soon he would have a new position in the universe, complete emperor of the human race.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Mark walked onto the bridge as alarms sounded all over the ship. He glanced right at Kim wondering what had happened in the short time he had gone to bed.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, unknown ship approaching,\u201d Kim said to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDamn,\u201d Mark swore. He had hoped nothing else would happen. \u201cA Milsian fleet, great! How many and of what type?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just it, it doesn\u2019t register as a Milsian warship, or any other type of ship captain,\u201d Kim replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, incoming transmission from HQ,\u201d Hans said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPut it though up here,\u201d Mark said, not surprised at all when Admiral Pappas\u2019 face appeared.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, I take it your aware of the situation unfolding right now,\u201d Corey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAware of it yes, know what to do, no,\u2019 Mark replied to the admiral.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the Nevada out and meet the unknown ship as far away from Pacifica as possible,\u201d Corey said. \u201cI want you to treat this as both first contact and a Milsian trap.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat,\u201d Mark replied, rubbing the bridge of his nose. He felt the two orders were completely opposite of each other and had no real idea exactly how to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep the line open in case anything happens,\u201d Cory said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will,\u201d Mark said, turning to the crew. \u201cAll right, set an intercept course and engage and maintain yellow alert. I want all fighters manned ready to launch in a seconds notice,\u201d Mark told them.<\/p>\n

He watched the group race around and pushed the intercom button waiting for John to answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s up skip,\u201d John\u2019s voice said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an unusual situation here, an unknown ship heading towards Pacifica,\u201d Mark said to him. \u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry, we\u2019ll be ready to go if there\u2019s a problem,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood,\u201d Mark said. \u201cI knew I can count on you.\u201d<\/p>\n

He heard the Nevada\u2019s engines power up moving the giant ship towards the unknown ship. Minutes passed as the two ships closed in on each other. Mark felt the tense atmosphere of the bridge and wished he could do something to ease the tension but had to admit he had no idea what was going happen either.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, incoming transmission,\u201d Hans said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPut it though,\u201d Mark said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreetings, I am Commander Baltar, of the Cylon Empire.\u201d<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Baltar walked out of his raider onto the deck of the hangar of the Nevada. A strange name he thought but it made no difference. It became obvious to him that whoever he was talking to had not spoken to Adama or he would know who the Cylons were. He hid a smile as he walked over to who he assumed the commander of the ship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am Commander Baltar,\u201d he said, introducing himself allowing the smile to come out<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Captain Mark Cave,\u201d the man replied. The man seemed a bit young to be in charge, all the better Baltar thought to himself. \u201cI greet you in behalf of the Alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

That caught Baltar off guard for a second. \u201cThe Alliance?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, yes,\u201d Mark replied. \u201cHave you heard of us before?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not any relation to the Eastern Alliance?\u201d Baltar asked, looking closer at the uniforms. The uniforms they wore were very different than anything he had seen from his former allies. He also knew by judging the look he got they had not heard of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, no, allies of yours?\u201d Mark asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey helped me out in a few sticky spots,\u201d Baltar replied. \u201cI take it your surprised to see a human.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, something like that,\u201d Mark replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it\u2019s a bit of a long story, and one full of tragedy,\u201d Baltar stated to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen can I show you to our meeting room,\u201d Mark said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be most pleasant,\u201d Baltar replied, as the group left the hanger heading deeper into the ship.<\/p>\n

\u201cImpressive ship captain,\u201d Baltar said, as they were in the elevator.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you, yours is impressive as well commander,\u201d Mark replied. \u201cI take it it\u2019s a warship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baltar heard the statement was not a question, but a comment indicating they at least had good scanners. \u201cYes, unfortunately the Cylon Empire has several enemies which they are at war with right now, including a group of renegade humans,\u201d Baltar replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cRenegade?\u201d Mark asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, they fear change, will tell you any story, even to the point that we have destroyed humanity, which of course if entirely untrue,\u201d Baltar said. \u201cThey will state that the Cylon Empire broke promises and treaties, which is a way for them to gain your confidence, and to hide behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo what do they want?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo start a new war,\u201d Baltar said. They think that only they are smart enough to rule humanity, and will do anything to reach that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baltar smiled to himself watching the people in front of him think that over for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you are chasing them?\u201d Mark asked finally.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are dangerous. We\u2019ve encountered other human tribes that are at full war because they came by. One is the Eastern Alliance. If it wasn\u2019t for some intervention they would have been destroyed in a mutual nuclear exchange,\u201d Baltar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Alarms cut of any reply that Mark would have made. Baltar glanced over wondering exactly what was going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cBridge, what\u2019s going on?\u201d Mark asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Milsian warfleet approaching captain,\u201d a voice replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I would like to continue this, but you might want to leave before things get messy,\u201d Mark said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think so,\u201d Baltar said, actually eager to leave. He would rather watch the upcoming encounter on board the Cylon basestar than this ship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll let Victor here escort you down, if you\u2019ll excuse me I\u2019m needed on the bridge,\u201d Mark said, quickly leaving heading down the corridor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ll follow me sir,\u201d Victor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d Baltar said, walking along with the man. \u201cSo, the Milsians, who are they?\u201d<\/p>\n

Baltar watched Victor look back at him with shock on his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho are they? You live out in the boon-docks or something, only a group that\u2019s been trying to take over the Alliance for the past three hundred years,\u201d Victor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see,\u201d Baltar replied. He filed that away for later. \u201cI haven\u2019t been around, we left some time ago and well things are complicated where I come from already.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you say so,\u201d Victor said as they reached the hanger. Baltar quickly climbed up into the raider with the two waiting Centurions who waited for his orders.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaunch and head back to the basestar,\u201d Baltar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy your command,\u201d one centurion replied.<\/p>\n

Baltar reached over pushing the communications button waiting for Lucifer to reply.<\/p>\n

\u201cLucifer, what\u2019s going on?\u201dBaltar asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cA fleet of ten ships came into the system very quickly, faster than anything we\u2019ve ever seen Baltar. They decreased speed a short time ago and are now approaching the planet at speeds under light speed. Our scanners do show the ships to be warships, with two as large as a battlestar,\u201d Lucifer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep an eye on everything that happens, I want a detailed report when I get back,\u201d Baltar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy your command,\u201d Lucifer replied.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Mark ran onto the bridge where everything appeared calm, if one could call it that. He quickly looked over at Kim waiting to hear what the full problem was.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo Milsian battle-cruisers and eight supporting ships heading towards Pacifica,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, I have Admiral Pappas on the line,\u201d Hans said.<\/p>\n

Mark nodded motioning for the communications to be transferred to his console. Corey\u2019s face appeared on the screen right away.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, I take it you are aware of the current situation,\u201d Corey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes admiral, we\u2019re about to enter weapons range,\u201d Mark said, his ship being the furthest out would enter combat quicker, if that\u2019s what they were there for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting a lot of political pressure from the senate to communicate with them,\u201d Corey said. \u201cNow I do have a few people working on that, but if you are attacked you have full permission to retaliate. For now retreat back to the planet, you are outnumbered far too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFighter launch,\u201d Kim\u2019s voice said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDamn,\u201d Mark replied. \u201cIn combat and short on pilots.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all are, the training was slashed last budget cuts,\u201d Corey said.<\/p>\n

Mark rocked slightly as the Nevada was struck. \u201cDamage report?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStopped by armor and shields captain,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdmiral, I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m going to have to end this conversation, I\u2019ll talk with you later, I hope,\u201d Mark finally said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnderstood, good luck, and I\u2019m putting you in overall charge of the fleet in orbit,\u201d Corey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat,\u201d Mark said, then ended the call. \u201cLaunch fighters,\u201d he ordered taking a look at the scanners for the overall situation. The Ark Royal and Musashi were already making their way to their position. He glanced briefly over at the Cylon ship seeing that it appeared to be backing away slightly away from the battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cFighters launched,\u201d Kim replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ark Royal and Musashi have launched fighters as well,\u201d Hans said.<\/p>\n

Mark nodded taking a hard look at where the fighters would do the most good. He heard Kim\u2019s voice even as he watched a flood of fighters leave a third ship.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, I think we have a carrier in the Milsian fleet,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means bombers,\u201d Mark said frowning. It could prove a critical weapon in the battle. He needed to have some of his fighters engage those bombers, quickly.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Crystal blinked her eyes open at the rocking of the ship. She no longer felt dizzy, but still had a lot of conflicting dreams and memories. The most conflicting regarding her mother. Several conversations blurred together and in many cases she remembered two different versions.<\/p>\n

She finally glanced around looking at the med lab. She noticed the doctor seemed to be involved in a serious discussion with an aide. She glanced around noticing the fact the ship appeared to be on alert. If the ship was under attack they would need her to defend the ship, she was after all one of the pilots. She climbed out of bed disconnecting the medical hook-ups sending alarms to the doctor\u2019s desk who looked over.<\/p>\n

Crystal watched him approach her. He had an interesting look on his face and Crystal hoped he dismissed her quickly so she could get into her fighter and help out.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh, I see our patient has recovered enough,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat is the last thing you remember?\u201d<\/p>\n

Crystal thought about that before recalling the attack on the Alliance battle-cruiser. \u201cWe were attacking the Alliance battle-cruiser. What happened?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIs that the last thing you remember, you were awake before this,\u201d the doctor replied.<\/p>\n

Crystal frowned trying to remember but nothing came to her. Instead a memory of when she was four came to her mind. Her mother arguing with a man at the door. Neither seemed to realize that Crystal could hear what they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve told others who your daughter is,\u201d a male voice said.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 whether you like it or not, she is Boris\u2019 daughter. But risk her life, no, I wouldn\u2019t tell anyone that secret,\u201d her mother replied quietly.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t lie to me you scum. You were never worth Boris\u2019 attentions,\u201d the man said, almost yelled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019ll be telling everyone if you keep that up,\u201d her mother replied in a much softer tone.<\/p>\n

\u201cMakes no difference, and you know it,\u201d the man said.<\/p>\n

Crystal saw her mother\u2019s shoulders slump slightly at his words.<\/p>\n

The memory ended as Crystal could not remember much after that. She frowned at the name, Boris. It sounded familiar to her, but she could not think of it. She glanced at the doctor as the ship rocked again.<\/p>\n

\u201cCausalities coming in doc,\u201d one nurse said, she was setting up a table quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe right there, stay here, you\u2019ll be safer,\u201d the doctor said, as he walked over to the table to help out.<\/p>\n

Crystal thought it rather strange he would say that. Then another vision came to her. She was attacking the Alliance battle-cruiser and she was attacked, by one of her own!<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Mark glanced at the scanners once more knowing his fighters would be outnumbered. He wished that the planet had fighter defenses, but due to recent cuts and pressure from the press the starbase had been decommissioned a year ago.<\/p>\n

The Nevada had taken a few hits, only one had caused any damage at all. He also noticed the Cylon ship had retreated back even more to avoid any combat. Mark wondered why the Milsian commander did not go after the Cylon ship, or were the two working together. Nah, he thought to himself, the Cylon ship was a warship. They had scanned it seeing the weapon mounts and hangers for fighters.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain, unauthorized fighter launch,\u201d Kim reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d Mark said, turning his head to Kim wondering what she meant by that.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone launched Skull-seven,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

Mark blinked at the news not sure what was going on. \u201cReports from the hangar?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUm, hang on, oh, incoming message from med-lab. Doctor Weaver states the Milsian pilot has escaped,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

Mark groaned at that. \u201cGreat, just great, see if anyone on the hanger recalls seeing a small blonde near the ship, and how the hell did she manage this?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo idea sir,\u201d Kim replied. \u201cReports from the hanger, an unknown woman took the fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInform John we might have a rogue in Skull-seven,\u201d Mark said. He knew the pilots already had enough problems without dealing with an enemy pilot in one of their own fighters.<\/p>\n

Mark quickly pulled up the scanner looking for Skull-seven. He wanted to know what she was doing and where she was.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s heading into sector eight-five,\u201d Mark called out. He noticed it was a heavily contested area.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

John turned his fighter again taking out another enemy fighter when the report of the enemy pilot came in. John mirrored Mark\u2019s thoughts about the problems it could cause. John also knew this was a reason of why they needed better security on the fighters.<\/p>\n

He had no idea exactly which fighter it might be, only that it was headed into his sector of fighting. So far he had no trouble yet in taking care of any enemy fighters. The biggest problem, there were so many and the bombers were slowly approaching attack range.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook aware skull-nine,\u201d John said, destroying another enemy fighter. \u201cStill with me back there Pam?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching your six,\u201d Pam replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, you would,\u201d John bantered back at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeads up, new bogies,\u201d Pam said. John looked down seeing an additional six enter the battle zone. Even as he watched one Starcat head into the fray. He did not think much of it as he lined up another fighter. He only hoped that whoever was flying the Starcat could hold on until he could send some reinforcements to him.<\/p>\n

John finally eliminated the third enemy fighter before glancing over to see how the fight was going. He noticed that the one pilot had eliminated three fighters while he had destroyed one. He frowned slightly taking a look at the fighter ID. He noticed it was Skull-seven the same one which had been hijacked by the enemy pilot.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get the bombers,\u201d he said to Pam.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about the pilot fighting off the six Vengeance fighters?\u201d Pam asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing fine,\u201d John said. \u201cBesides, those bombers poise a greater threat to our ships than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn it,\u201d Pam replied.<\/p>\n

They headed off towards the bombers which would be starting their attack run any second now.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

\u201cReport Lucifer,\u201d Baltar said watching the IL series Cylon walk into the command room.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy your command Baltar. It appears the two groups are fighting among themselves. We have identified two groups of fighters, and a second group which appear to be bombers,\u201d Lucifer stated. \u201cTheir ships are heavily armed and perhaps have the firepower equivalent to a battlestar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baltar thought about that for a few seconds. If they had that much firepower then his one basestar would be no match for what he had seen already.<\/p>\n

\u201cShall we order an attack?\u201d Lucifer asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cHmm,\u201d Baltar said, thinking about that for a second. \u201cYes, that would be just the thing we might need. We\u2019ll help out those at the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBaltar?\u201d Lucifer asked. Baltar knew the Cylon was now confused. \u201cThis Alliance, the group here,\u201d Baltar said, pointing to one group. \u201cWe\u2019ll help them, it will make them more friendly towards us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWould it not be easier to just destroy them both?\u201d Lucifer asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, they have the advantage in firepower at the moment. If they join forces we won\u2019t stand a chance. In this case we\u2019ll divide and conquer,\u201d Baltar said, smiling. \u201cCarry out my order, and they are not to harm any Alliance ships. And send a report back to the Cylon empire of what we\u2019ve found.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy your command Baltar,\u201d Lucifer replied.<\/p>\n

Baltar smiled knowing that his name would be enhanced with the Imperious Leader. The Cylons would be glad they had spared him.<\/p>\n

End Part 3<\/p>\n

Continued in Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n

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