Battlestar Prometheus "The Story ...

“Understood sir.” Adama nodded. “But what about the Galactica?”
The Admiral shook his head sadly. “Until your commander regains control of the
ship, the Galactica is out of the fight.”
“Understood sir. Who will I have helping me?” Adama said without flinching.
“Our back up from the surface.” Gastineau said with a rueful smile “You,
Lieutenant, are going to be leading the cadets from the Caprica CDF Flight Academy.”
COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
IN ORBIT OF CAPRICA
here.”
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“Sir, signal from the flagship.” Lieutenant Turner reported from his Ops station.
Commander Magus nodded and picked up his handset. “Put him through down
“Galactica Actual, this is Colonial Six.” Said the voice of Fleet Admiral
Gastineau.
“Colonial Six, this is Galactica Actual.”
“What‟s your sitrep, Commander?”
“Sir,” Magus began, taking a deep breath, “The Galactica is in bad shape. We‟ve
lost our forward maneuvering thrusters and our engines can only muster half speed. Both
flight pods are down, FTL drive is inoperative and we have hull breaches in every quarter
of the ship.”
“What about your boarding party?”
“Your Marines have set up a defensive line just aft of the starboard main airlock
where they breached. We‟re expecting heavy fighting and casualties though sir. Last
reading we got before we lost internal sensors in that section put the boarding force at a
strength of at least fifty Centurions.” Magus reported.
The line was silent for a moment as the impact of the report registered with the
fleet commander. “Understood.” The admiral finally responded, “I hate to do this Colin,
but I know you have a lot of casualties over there and the Cylons have left me no choice.
You‟re going to have to sit this one out.”
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