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Post by Skyler on May 28, 2009 10:27:05 GMT -6
Skyler looked at Logan and smiled… He inserted his data device into the terminal and displayed schematics of Lotus Lab, along with a side bar showing the location of Ossa Moon in reference to the Colonials and the Moon Cimtar. “Lotus Laboratory or Station R.U. Sirius as it was known under Colonial Military Control was a base on the outer moon Ossa. There is a small military garrison there then, records confirm Kalten’s information. The Military turned control of several older bases over to private companies for research, but maintain the garrison and an enough stores to resupply a Battlestar or two. Optiplex was the private research company in control of the base at the time it was lost and had been since before the Battle of Umbra, the person listed in charge at that time was a Habits with the honorific of Commander, he was civilian, so its not a military rank, no records of a Habits ever serving in the Colonial Military. Lotus Lab was listed as destroyed by S.A.R. Teams after the destruction of the Colonies, a small damaged shuttle was recovered with several survivors. One of those is still living, a Tech on the Rising Star named Scapino and he was a systems tech or some kind for Optiplex. I was going to take one of my new Ensigns with me, since he has knowledge of the Rising Star from his past job duties that may prove helpful. I did however find mention to a project Sentinel in the records, but could not find any surviving Optiplex records to cross reference. I have a Tech in Computer Records doing an extensive search looking now.”
Brik leaned forward “Project Sentinel might be making reference to Project Time Sentinel. I found theoretical research on time travel and time manipulation. Like Skyler stated, no records are known to exist, in our time, but where Kalten comes from its all there. From the obscure reference I have on Project Time Sentinel it was intended to fight the Cylons but didn’t state how… or when.
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Post by Ens. Ione on Jun 1, 2009 5:10:52 GMT -6
Ione wished silently that the tour was over so she could return to the other officers and find out what was going on. She was eager to get to work and to prover herself.
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bouriplwel
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Post by bouriplwel on Jun 1, 2009 22:18:55 GMT -6
Ensign Plwel was attentive during his tour of the bridge, but it was all stations he had seen before....launch control, navigation, Duty officer's station, weapons consoles...etc. The bridge was well organized and everyone very knowledgable and competent in their duties. Bouri was anxious to rejoin Maj. Skyler to know what mission he had in store for him.
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Post by persephone on Jun 2, 2009 23:23:18 GMT -6
The sentry and the warrior stood locked in a glaring competition, it seemed, for a few microns. Triton finally responded to Lysander's claim that he was just checking the camera's operating functions.
"Oh yeah, that's ahh.. right. Space dust, wasn't it? That's what you were checking for wasn't it ...on the camera?"
"That's right. The oscillatory motor in fact", Lysander replied, keeping his jaw straight.
Triton took a step forward to unleash his true thoughts in a raised tone on the sentry's weak excuse. "Space dust, my foot! Everyone on this battlestar knows that every machine, computer, vid camera, and sensitive electronic device on this ship is maintained to perfection on a regular basis, by a crew of service techs. There wouldn't have been enough time, since the last tech cleaned and checked that surveillance camera, for any dust to accumulate! You're hiding something, and I want to know what it is, blackshirt!"
Lysander put up his hand with a finger pointed at Triton. "I don't have to tell you anything, Lieutenant! I am Council Security, and it is deemed by Council Policy that a sentry officer may handle any situation as he sees fit to do, in honor of our oath to guard, and protect!"
Triton took a deep breathe inward. "That's just what I'd like to know."
"What?", the sentry questioned.
"What you're protecting"? Triton seemed to revert to his old ways in the Tribunal Chamber from his former designation as a Protector.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Lieutenant Triton. You know, for all the twelve worlds, I'm beginning to think you're just trying to intimidate me, because you enjoy doing it. Although I don't have an idea what you've had against me all this time. From the centon I first saw you in the Officer's Club days ago, you bore holes right through me. Anyone would think, I stole a girlfriend of yours or something!".The Sentry just pulled a sly grin, making him look like he was aware of something else.
The warrior looked back down at Lysander from his brief glance upward at the camera above them. "So you admit it!"
"Admit what, for sagan's sake?!?", the sentry was ever more confounded.
"You weren't just buying an innocent ale for Persephone, in the Officer's Club that day. You've been wanting to get closer to her haven't you?".
"Persephone? Lieutenant Persephone of Gold Squadron?"Lysander's mouth was agape.
Triton just took a deep breathe inward again and shook his head slightly, "There isn't any other Persephone on this ship".
Drawing his head back, the blackshirt stated his true opinion. "Oh well, that explains EVERYTHING! From the hard metal glare you gave me that day, to the time I was assigned to your shuttle to help evacuate passengers from the Rising Star when we thought the hijacked Gold shuttle was going to ram it. You've held such a attitude toward me. I feel sorry for Persephone though. What in hades hole does she see in you?"
Triton's eyes narrowed, feeling more and more aggravated by the sentry's words.
Lysander knew he was getting to the warrior, and so he further added, failing to think his actions through to completion, and their due result , "Did she tell you I sent her flowers?" Triton's simply waited for the rest of what the blonde sentry was going to say, observing the felgercarb falling out of his mouth.
"That's right. I sent her one her most cherished remembered flowers from her native colony. Piscean Pink Lily of the Valley. Very rare to find these days on the agro ship, but I managed to find them. By the way, Persephone loved them! " Seeing how the warrior hadn't said anything, he further taunted him. "Oh...I'm sorry, didn't she tell you? She seemed so happy with how thoughtful I was. I think she likes me quite a bit...."
But before Lysander could spit out another twisted word upon what really took place between Persephone and himself, Triton had moved in closer than Lysander had time to realize, before finding Triton's fist flying in at light speed to meet with his face. The warrior didn't know what came over him, and without thinking for even a micron, he couldn't stand to hear another word from this lying bilge rat. He lifted his hand and formed a tightened fist and punched Lysander right in the nose. The sentry stumbled backward up against the wall behind him, before loosing balance altogether and falling to the floor on his backside, while trying to hold his nose which had a little blood coming from it, now flowing onto his hand.
Triton just stood stunned at himself for reacting in such a uncivilized way. This was not the way his parents raised him to be. This was not the calibre of a person from the House of Adama. What would his cousin, Apollo think of him right now? But it had to be done. Triton couldn't bare another centon listening to this blackshirt. Worse still, what would Persephone think of him? Frack! What would this mean now for him in Gold Squadron. He thought to himself. What will Major Skyler do, in light of this situation? And Sheba, what would she,his old friend and Commander see him as now?
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Post by Ens. Ione on Jun 3, 2009 4:57:29 GMT -6
Ione was fighting the urge to sneak away from the tour and head back to where the other officers were talking. Its not like she hadn't seen this stuff before as a cadet on the tour through the Academy. She was just eager to get going on her assignment.
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Post by persephone on Jun 4, 2009 22:18:35 GMT -6
Lysander had been taken to Life Station, with a busted nose. A med tech now attended him dabbing an antiseptic soaked cotton pad on his injury. "The bone is not broken Lieutenant, but there is an internal bruising causing the bleeding, evidently", said the med tech.
Lysander sat with his noise in pain and his back slightly aching from when he fell to the hard cold metal floor, upon loosing his balance, after taking a hit from Triton. "Hold this here", instructed the med tech to Lysander as she replaced the cotton pad with a clean one, holding it to the bridge of his nose, "And keep the pressure on it for a while longer, while I get some anti-inflammetry medicine for you to take for the pain and swelling".
The med tech went off to the medicine dispensary, leaving Lysander to sit quietly on the med bed thinking about the events that just passed. "How are you feeling?", came a questioning voice from a unexpected female visitor at the door. Lysander looked up and saw it was her.
Meanwhile, Triton stood nursing his sore hand after striking at the sentry to the floor, all so quickly. He'd never struck anyone before. A liaison sentry had been called to arrive at the scene by an officer from the CDR who had happened upon it just centons after the incident. The gold warrior was brought to Gold's Commanding Officer's quarters to await the Major. Triton paced the room trying to think up a way to explain his actions. But for now it was just his word against Lysander's. He thought tom himself, surely Celosia would back him up, with what they both saw the sentry doing on the inner monitor? Then again, his main reason for feeling provoked to punch Lysander was brought on by the black shirt's goading about Persephone. It was all a lie, every word of it, he knew his girl was true to him. If Lysander had sent flowers to her, she would have been polite and been gracious, as she always was in her ways, but Persephone would never lead another guy on, not when she was with another. That did not sound like her. So that left only one answer. Lysander was simply inventing the whole story about Persephone being interested in him. She had told me so herself, that she had only sat to have an ale with him that day to be polite. Turned out they had meet several yahrens ago at a Triad Game on the Rising Star. Well, they hadn't really met in person, only exchanged smiles over a clumsy melee a friend of Persephone's had caused with the rest of Lysander's company of friends.
But he let the sentry's words get to him. He knew better than that. Triton was falling in love more and more with Persephone. For the first time Triton had experienced a jealous emotion over a woman, whom he could not compare to any other girl he dated before her. She's the one, he concluded to his private reverie.
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Post by persephone on Jun 4, 2009 22:20:16 GMT -6
Persephone stood in amazement, wondering how this came to be. She felt questions arise in her wave after wave, as she gazed at the scene. It beheld such mystery and haunting beauty all at the same time. She felt like as if she were the only one standing in the landing bay, absorbing all that stood docked before her. She took steps closer to it, it was as though she could hear whispers coming from it, calling her, beckoning her.
Where had it come from, this ship? She had not chance to catch Captain Logan to ask her of it, since she was one the warriors who had been in the small patrol when they discovered the ancient space vessel. She had hoped she would meet with her wingman down in the landing bay.
Long gone vague memories of when the fleet found Kobol, impressed her mind now. She was just still a young child then. Her guardians, Siress Europa and her husband told her of what the Galactica had found when a landing party were sent down to the surface of the planet. Persephone remembered how fascinated she felt toward the discovery of their people's ancient mother world.
How grand the pyramids and cities must have looked, even if they were as old as time itself, and crumbling with the now harsh desert sands of Eden. Had this ship discovered Kobol too? Had it too passed though the void as the Fleet did more than 25 yahrens ago? Or was it much older than our Fleet? The ship's model and make indicated it as such.
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Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2009 7:15:12 GMT -6
Sheba looked around the room to see if anyone had anything else to add. She had to admit she was impressed with her Warriors' abilities to ferret out information. Especially information that added up to a man from the past in a relic of a ship appearing in space out of nowhere.
"Alright. I need to confer with Commander Apollo about this discovery. Action must be taken to get our people back safely at the very least." What she left unsaid was at the forefront of all their minds, but none of them seemed willing to actually put it into words. At least, not yet.
"Major, " Sheba turned to Skyler. "See if you can track down this last survivor. The computers are one thing, but eyewitness accounts are gold in this case."
"Understood, " was Skyler's reply.
"Captain Logan, pay our guest another visit and see if he has anything else to say that might help us. If we have to send a patrol through that rift, I want to know everything about it." Logan nodded her acceptance of the task.
"Captain Brik and Lt. Hush, I'd like you to remain here. I may need your insights while reporting to Apollo."
Skyler and Logan headed for the door. As the emerged onto the Bridge, Skyler drew Logan aside. "We have two new recruits. They're the ones Genie has huddled over there at the communications station. I'm taking Ensign Plwel with me. I'd like you to take Ensign Ione on your interview. Show her the ropes. Get her adjusted."
Logan smiled. "You trust me with a rookie?," she joked.
Skyler remained deadpan. "Not really. But Brik is busy."
Logan smiled broader as Skyler lead the way to the the station where the new Ensigns waited.
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Post by Skyler on Jun 5, 2009 9:59:14 GMT -6
Just as Skyler and Logan approached Plwel and Ione his comm. Unit beeped.
“Major, Lt. Triton is in your office waiting, he was in a fight with one of the Security Officers by the central computer core.”
“A fight, over what?” Skyler asked the reporting Security Officer…
“Unknown Sir, our Officer is in the Life Station with a bloody nose. They are checking for more damage. The Lt. is being tight lipped about the deal.”
“Understood, I will handle it, thanks Lt.” Skyler took a deep breath and looked at Logan. “Some days I feel like I am in command of the Children’s Learning Center.” Skyler turned to Plwel. “Ensign, would you please report to the Launch Bay. Pre-Flight your Viper; we are taking a little trip to talk to someone. I will go over more detail once we are enroute. I won’t be but a centon or two.” Plwel nodded and headed towards the launch bays. Skyler looked at Logan one more time and turned to leave.
He arrived at his office in record time. He found a sentry posted outside. The Security Officer snapped to attention when he approached. “As you were.” Was all Skyler said to him as he approached his door and it slid open revealing a pacing Triton. Skyler stormed in and took up the position behind his desk.
“This had fracking better be one hades of an explanation as to why you have put a member of the Security Forces in the Life Station?”
“He was messing with the security camera outside the computer core and I was trying to find out why?”
“By doing what, beating it out of him?”
“No I asked him and he gave me some felgercarb story about space dust and grinding gears.”
“So you didn’t buy his story and you punched him. How do you know he was messing with the camera?”
We saw him on the monitors. When I was in the core with Celosia, she is one of the officers there.”
“Does the cameras still work?”
“Sir?”
“You saw him, they must still work?”
“Yes Sir, they still work. Celosia asked him on the comm. And he claimed it was making a noise and he fiddled with it.”
“Was the cameras sound settings on? Did you hear this noise he heard?”
“No, I was in the core and didn’t hear anything, but Celosia saw it too and she can….”
Skyler cut him off and activated his comm.. “Skyler to Security…”
“Yes Major, Officer Dell here, what can I do for you?”
“Can you transfer all camera footage from 10 centons to before Triton’s altercation till 5 centons afterwards?”
“Yes sir, you will have it in a micron.”
Skyler just glared at Triton. He himself had been in plenty of fights with blackshirts and he was willing to cut him some slack, but not for the reason he was giving. That is something you report and have checked, you don’t go punching officers in the nose. Skyler computer beeped. He opened this message and opened the attachment. He reviewed the footage and turned to monitor to Triton. “Is this the way it happened?”
Triton watched as the scene unfolded before him and had to admit it looked bad. A guy doing his job and a Warrior just punching him in the nose for it. “Yes Sir, that’s the way the events happened, but you had to be there to hear what he was saying. He was trying to hide something. He was trying to cover something up, that’s why he changed the subject and started talking about Pers.”
“Pers, as in Lt. Persephone. What was he saying.”
“He was just trying to draw me into doing what I did. He talked about her liking him more than me and I lost my temper….”
“This is over a girl? You lost your cool and punched a Security Officer over a girl. I take it you and Persephone are seeing each other? And he claims she also likes him. Probably sent her flowers and had a drink in the O-Club at some point. You got ticked, and punched him. That fits the action I just witnessed on the monitors.”
“Yes Sir, that’s how it happened. I know now he was just baiting me to get me into trouble.”
“Well Lt. I am glad you at least didn’t let someone down today.”
“I am sorry Sir…”
“Oh, its not me, I was just thinking what Commander Apollo was going to be thinking when he reviews the Fleet Disciplinary reports and finds his cousin has been reduced in rank to a Ensign for fighting, is confined to barracks and has lost his flight status for at least four sectons.”
“Sir, my flight status, I am a Warrior…”
“THEN FRACKING ACT LIKE IT!!!! Oh and one more thing, one thing we haven’t had a problem with in a long time, but I see we have been too lax with it up until now. There will be NO romances in this squadron. In plan words, there will be no dating among Warriors. If you and Persephone have a ‘thing’ you have now lost it. I can not and will not have Warriors worried more about dating than the protection of this Fleet. If you were mature enough to handle it, which you have proven today you are not, we could talk about it, work something out.”
“That’s not fair, I don’t….”
Skyler cut him off “That’s right, you don’t, and I do. This is not up for discussion. This is not the Tribunal, there is not plea bargains here. My word is law. You can argue if you want, we have a shortage of Flight Sgt’s and Cpl’s. So count your self lucky Ensign.” Skyler held out his hand “Now, I will need those Lt. Insignia for someone else who has earned them, you can draw some Ensign insignia from the Quartermaster, if you no longer have yours.” Skyler waited for a micron “Dismissed. The Security Officer outside will escort you back to the Barracks. The CQ officer will see to it you don’t leave before I ok it. Someone will show up at meal time and escort you to the chow hall and back to the barracks. Understood?”
“Yes Sir.”
Skyler had the guard take him to the barracks. He entered the rank reduction into the system, sent the CQ Officer a note explaining the punishment and asked he find some nice duties, like cleaning the turbo flushes and anything else that was nasty and dirty and sent Sheba a quick brief on it so she would know what was going on and suggested they have a tech change the camera out with a new one all together and ran to met Plwel in the Launch Bay…..
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Post by Logan on Jun 6, 2009 12:01:12 GMT -6
Logan watched Skyler and Plwel both leave the Bridge and she almost felt sorry for Lt. Triton. She'd seen Skyler discipline officers before and it wasn't pretty. He had zero tolerance for felgercarb. And with everything else going on she knew that now was not the time to test the limits of Skyler's patience.
Getting back to the matter at hand, Logan turned her attention to Ensign Ione. She looked young. They all looked young to Logan these days. Young and ready to prove themselves. "Ensign Ione, I'm Captain Logan, " she said and shook hands with the new Ensign. She measured the girl's handshake, trying to get a feeling for the person behind it.
"Captain, " Ione inclined her head, returning the shake with a small amount of timidity, but determination.
"Come on. We have an interview to conduct. I'll fill you in on the way, " Logan turned and the Ensign fell into step beside her as they exited the Bridge.
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