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“Left full rudder, twenty degree down, aye sir!”<br />

“X.O., open port side Titan bays and prepare to fire full spread.”<br />

“Yes sir.” Hohensee replied as he activated the controls to the port side Titan<br />

missile batteries.<br />

On the portside of the forward hull of the <strong>Prometheus</strong>, a thin slice of metal<br />

retracted to reveal ten Titan missile, the largest conventional missile that the Colonial<br />

Defense Force fielded, sitting inside. <strong>The</strong>y radiated menace towards anyone foolish<br />

enough to be on their business end which, in this case, was the Cylons.<br />

“Missile doors open, missiles one through ten ready to fire.” <strong>The</strong> X.O. reported.<br />

“Oh my Gods... “Arispe breathed suddenly as a signal came in over the wireless.<br />

Sir! Signal from Galactica! <strong>The</strong>y‟ve... been boarded.”<br />

Gastineau and Tajalle exchanged worried looks for a moment before the Admiral<br />

turned back to Hohensee with a grim expression. “Fire.”<br />

***<br />

“Red Leader, <strong>Prometheus</strong>.” <strong>The</strong> distinctive voice of Lieutenant Arispe said into<br />

Lonewolf‟s helmet speakers as he watched the <strong>Prometheus</strong> fire her missiles in a fiery<br />

wave towards the Cylons Basestar.<br />

“<strong>Prometheus</strong>, this is Lonewolf: Send it.” He replied as he juked his Viper away<br />

from a stream of incoming Cylon fire.<br />

“Lonewolf, <strong>Prometheus</strong>: Change of mission. You are to rendezvous with Blue<br />

Team at rally point alpha five and escort them to the Basestar so that they can deliver<br />

their ordnance.”<br />

Lonewolf jerked his stick back to the right causing his Viper to swing around<br />

violently as he narrowly avoided another Cylon missile. “You picked a hell of a time for<br />

this, <strong>Prometheus</strong>. We‟ve got Cylons on us like stink on shit.”<br />

“Lonewolf, this is <strong>Prometheus</strong> Actual.” Said the grave voice of Commander<br />

Tajalle, “Understand your situation, but you guys are the closest and the only team still<br />

left with an operational strength above fifty percent.”<br />

“You‟re fraking kidding right?” Lonewolf said as he did the math in his head.<br />

Each flight, or team, was made up of four fighters and the <strong>Prometheus</strong> carried six<br />

of those flights gathered into one squadron. For the other flights to all be below fifty<br />

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