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Captains personal log
Enterprise is on its final orbit of an previously unexplored planet, it appears the planet had been rendered uninhabitable several thousand years ago, most of the reading we have taken indicate it was caused by cataclysmic volcanic eruption, our geologists have indicated this volcano is three times the size of even Olympus Mons on Mars.
Some how it seems unbelievable, but that’s the reason we explore to find the new.
Upon leaving orbit we will be rendezvousing with the U.S.S. Hermes for routine meet and exchange of personnel.
Our new assistant engineer has been expecting some new equipment for an experiment he’s been wishing to run but Chief Pelia has been adamant he will not.
Commander Una chin Riley is hoping to be able to return to her peoples home to help with there struggles and to help with the Federations acceptance of there people, I myself feel it’s taken too long to be accepted, but that’s all my own opinion there are still those that use the past as the biggest example against them.
But I’m sure change will come.

Later that day, on the bridge things were fairly quiet, Ortega was on helm, Spock was at his science station, Uhura on communications ,La‘an was at her usual station for security and of course in the captains chair was Captain Pike studying the reports of the day.
Then, in came Commander Chin Riley,“Chris, here to relieve you“
“Aren’t you a little early, thought I had an hour to go”
“I thought you’d like to have a bit of time to make a call”

“Oh, maybe I will sure you don’t mind?”
“My idea wasn’t it go on, you n…”
“CAPTAIN, picking unusual communications on a lower band width,”
“Can you make out what the communications are?”
“Not really, but if I had to guess from the language I’m hearing I think it’s a military band of someone’s”
Both Pike and Riley came up to Uhura’s station, Uhura put the signals through to the speakers.
“Blue leader, this red leader no sign of any hostile signatures, looks like we’re clear we’ll be heading home now see you back at the bar”
“This is blue leader, sure see you there we’ll be several centons but we’ll get there”
Nobody was sure what was going on but Pike’s curiosity had been tweaked.
“You get a heading on it Uhura?”
“Yes Captain, feeding it to the helm now”
“Got it Captain”, acknowledged Ortega.
Pike and Una looked at each other and she nodded, Pike smiled.
“Ortega, set a course warp 3”
Ortega plotted in the course and they were off.
Uhura continued to monitor the communication, pike and una discussed the options they could face, a possible hostile attack, is what seemed very possible if this is a military group and then what is the reason there out there.

A short time later, Uhura picked another signal from an alternate source this one was very different.
“Captain I’ve got the signal clear putting it through”
“Group three patrolling sector 4 no sign of the humans, returning to basestar to refuel” said a mechanical voice.
Then, Uhura realised that the two signals had there similarities, as if there’s a connection between the two.

Pike questioned how long till they’ll arrive at the first signal, Ortega informed them it be around thirty to forty minutes.
He then ordered constant sensor scans so they aren’t surprised by anything.
Just minutes later, the telemetry was coming in from the area of the first signal they detected around twenty to twenty five small shuttle sized vessels.
The second signal, seemingly similar numbers comprised of slightly large vessels but still an escort type of ship.
What was even more strange, both sets of ships were of the same type of materials and gave off similar power signatures.

“Captain, scans are picking up a nebula ahead the first signal is nearing its direction we can use it to cover our approach just in case”, mentioned Spock.
Pike came up to the console and studied the findings with Spock, Pike agreed with Spock and ordered Ortega to adjust course to accommodate.

Short time later, the enterprise dropped out of warp a short distance from the nebula and took cover inside.
On the bridge, Spock scanned the area looking for the ships they’ve been looking for while Uhura monitored communications, everything had gone quiet tho nothing was appearing on sensors and no communications.

Then, on the same frequency Uhura picked up more communications from the first source.
“Captain picked up the first signal again patching through”.

“Red squadron group leader this is blue leader we all have orders to head back to the ship, Commander wants to discuss our findings”
“Blue leader, Apollo we have a couple stray signals we have been picking up nothings been clear, want to check to make sure it isn’t Cylon recon team”

Then the transmissions cut out.
“Uhura”, Pike beckoned.
“Sorry sir something seems to be interfering with the communications”
“The nebula seems to be emitting some sort of interference I’ve not seen before, attempting to assess a countermeasure”

Spock systematically went through everything he could to try and clear up the interference but nothing came to avail, they had lost the transmission and now even the the sensors were being jammed.
The readings were all over the place, though at odd flickers Spock thought he noticed something as if the Enterprise was being scanned by someone.
“Captain, I believe we have been scanned origin unknown the signal is patchy but will attempt to gather more data”
“Very well Spock, Ortega take us out the nebula see if we can get a clearer picture, raise shields and prepare weapons”
With that the ship went to yellow alert readying the crew for possible action.
Enterprise moved out the nebula, but still the interference was there and more intense as if what was causing it was getting closer.
“Captain, I think I may have been able to isolate the interference it appears to some sort of subspace scattering field but of a more direct and primitive version but none the less effective”
Spock worked his Vulcan mind to break through the interference and within a couple minutes everything was restored.
And not a moment too soon, coming from the nebula were several objects of shuttle craft size and they were armed.
“Unknown vessels coming out of the nebula, twenty two shuttle sized they appear to be armed”
“Lt. Uhura open hailing ………”
Before Pike could finish the bridge shook from impacts, they were not too bad but just a surprise everyone was back on the alert and readying to do there jobs.
Pike signalled the red alert.
The bridge shon with a red glow.

Then, a multitude of small impacts shook the ship, Pike ordered evasive manoeuvres, Ortega obliged with her expert flying skills.
Uhura shouted she had picked up another transmission coming from the attacking foes.
She piped it through to the bridge, “attack group reporting the discovery of a unknown vessel scans indicate it could be another human vessel relay orders, continuing attack”
“They don’t even sound like there, well alive they cybernetic?”
“Who knows Ortega but one thing we do know they don’t like humans for some reason, continue evasive, prepare to fire phasers”
The attacked continue, then using its greater speed and agility, Enterprise got ahead of the attack force and spun round to hit them head on, firing everything phasers and torpedoes.
Though sadly torpedoes weren’t effective and missed.
They destroyed just about have of the enemy attack ships, when another wave of vessels appeared same size but the designs different.
“Captain I believe it’s the vessels from the first signal, there moving in at high speed”
“Prepare phasers, try and……..”
“Captain the new attack force is going after the first, there chasing them down”
It was true the first attack group was being wiped out systemically by the new arrivals and were finally wiped out.
“Timely arrival, what you say sir”, said Ortega.
“Uhura, hailing frequencies”
Uhura nodded.
“To the unidentified vessels who just came to our aid we thank you me and all my crew to who am I obliged”
“This is Captain Apollo strike commander of the Battlestar Galactica we have been on recon for awhile search for any tracking Cylon units looks like you found them first”
“Captain I thank you, Cylons you call what are they we didn’t want to fight we are an ship of exploration you see”
“Believe me Captain you don’t want to know they a machine race who’s creators died eons ago, they hate humans”
Pike looked to Una, both seemed intrigued and concerned.
“Why do they hate humans?”
“Yarons of war have done that there creators wanted us dead the real reason lost to time”
“Your human then?”
“Yes I am so are all of us the last”
“Captain, I don’t know where you come from but may I say your among friends”
“Thank you, if you follow us we’ll take you back to the fleet, one last thing Captain?”
“Of course ask away”
“You ever heard of a planet called earth?”
“Being human I’m surprised you ask such a question, this ship was built they’re me and most of my crew are humans”
“Wait, your….your from Earth, oh my lords”
“Is anything wrong Captain Apollo”
“No Captain we have been looking for you for a very long time”

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On Enterprise the slow progress following the small vessels was a nice change from the combat situation they just left.
Spock was solely focused on scanning the area for any following vessels.
Pike ordered a officers briefing immediately and met in the briefing room.
In the the meeting Pike, Una, Spock, Sam Kirk, La’an, Doctor M’benga dsicussed the situation they find themselves.
“Well as you all know we seem to have discovered another group of humans that seem to have come from some place other than earth, I have spoken with there captain according to him the ones who attacked us are called the Cylons, race of machines that are focused on the eradication of humanity, so a significant threat to the federation”
“It seems the technology though seemingly ancient to us there weapons can give us a problem, they seem to have gone down a route in technology that seems more focused in war where we have been focused on exploration, plus not to mention significant changes in other areas such as the power systems they’re sensor systems”

They went on to discuss all possibilities, one thing La’an was concerned about is that they were possibly being lead into a trap, which everyone did understand it was an extremely unusual situation.

“Captain Pike, Captain Apollo is hailing us sir”
“In my way”

On the bridge, Uhura put Apollo through on the audio.
“Captain Pike you should be picking up our fleet soon, I should tell you there are a lot of ships and it has been a long time coming for us to meet you, so you may have a lot of representatives to meet”
“I’m sure I and my crew can deal with it, who is it I’ll be meeting with do you have any leaders”
“Of course, first one you shall be meeting will be my father he’s the commander of the lead ship and our only combat vessel”
Apollo went on to explain that there was what they call a “Quorum”, “The Quorum of the Twelve”, the twelve being the twelve colonies of man that they came from.

The Enterprise and Apollo’s squadron continued on there way together, then on the bridge Spock began picking up a large fleet of vessels ahead, they were all travelling at sub light speed, every single ship was no bigger than a cargo vessel or the enterprise herself and all unarmed.
One though was a massive ship the biggest of the whole fleet, it was bristling with weaponry similar to that on the squadron leading them only far more powerful, the ship was covered in heavy armour, even carried missile tubes.
“Captain, I’ve picked up the fleet captain Apollo informed us about, I’ve found two hundred and eighteen vessels in all nearly every single one a civilian type vessel, how ever the lead vessel appears to be a massive warship armed with laser turrets missiles and around another fifty fighters and it’s heavily armoured”

“Sounds like everything Apollo told us is true, what else can you tell us?”
“I’ve done in-depth scans of there lead vessel it is what I would clarify as a carrier ship, much like the aircraft carriers of earth in the 20th and 21st centuries, but I have scanned many blast impacts all over the hull in different areas by the scans they have been repaired to the best of there ability also I’d say this has been happening for at least ten years if not more”
“Obviously they’ve been through a lot, Chris I think we can take there word as gospel”
“I perfectly agree Una only hope we can help in anyway”

It wasn’t long until they came into visual range, on there screen was a sight that they couldn’t compare to, all types of different vessels some barely bigger than enterprises main hull, some were rather large carrying vegetation.
They plotted a course to run parallel with the fleet, as the Enterprise came in, it passed a vessel named “the rising star”, Pike asked Apollo what is its purpose as it seemed rather luxurious.
Apollo explained its there nightclub and entertainment vessel.
All Spock was able to say was “fascinating”

Further on, they came up to a much different vessel labelled “Gemini Miner”
“Gemini they have more similarities than we realised, wonder if they have all our star signs”

“Captain Pike, my ship as you can guess is ahead might need to move out a bit further to keep a good distance”
And so they did.
Ahead of them was one of the largest vessels they had ever seen they’re propulsion section was bigger than Enterprise by itself, but ever inch was an unbelievable piece of design.
On either side of its main hull were two huge bays held on with three support pylons each side, and Apollos Squadron was landing on each of the bays.
Then the from was like a tip of a arrow with the point sawn off, the entire bridge crew were in awe of this magnificent vessel.
And on the the bays each side had a name “Galactica”.

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“Captains Log, Supplemental, it’s been over an hour since we arrived at the refugee fleet, we are continuing to run parallel to there lead ship, The Galactica, we have had no word from anyone since Captain Apollo landed back on his ship, I’m starting to feel very uneasy, the crew are performing just as they should and better I can’t blame them for feeling a bit nervous but this is a unknown for sure and could possibly be a new chapter in the history of humanity”

“Anything Uhura?”
“No, sir nothing all our hails are going unanswered, but they are receiving”
Pike was a worried man as much as he was an explorer, he also had the responsibly of new four hundred lives on his ship.

“SIR, we’re getting a message from the lead vessel”
“Put it through”
“On screen”
On the view on the bridge morphed the image of a middle aged man with white hair, he seemed like one of those wise men you would meet in a monastery, and yet you could tell he was more than that, he had an aura about him that new he was a leader.
“I’m Captain Christopher Pike of the federation starship Enterprise representing the United federation of planets, to whom am I speaking”
“I’m Commander Adama, commanding officer of the Battlestar Galactica and member of the Quorom of the Twelve, my son tells me your humans from the planet Earth is that correct?”
“Not all of us Command we are a ship of multiple races but primarily human as Earth is our home base”
“Captain I wish to invite you and your officers on the Galactica that way we can discuss everything properly, I would like to keep this quiet for now from the rest of the fleet for reasons I’ll make clear as and when we speak and for my own thoughts it’s been a long time coming this moment, inform us of when your ready and we’ll expect your shuttle”
“Commander I’d appreciate discussing everything with you believe me this is just as big for us as it is for you, we’ll inform you when we’re ready to beam over, it’s a form of teleportation we call it a transporter give us co-ordinates and we can beam directly to the location”.
“Very well we’ll have you come to my quarters that way we can discuss everything in private”
Pike smiled and gave a little bow before the screen switched to space.
Pike decided he would take only Una and Spock and M'benga.

In the transporter room, Mr Scott was waiting and preparing the transporter.
“Sir, transporters fired and ready to go, I’ve recieved the co-ordinates for the beam sight hopefully you won’t have too much of a problem”
“What kind of problem do you mean?” Asked Pike.
“Oh nothing sar, it’s just I scanned the area of the co-ordinates and it seems too be a small area probably a personal quarters of some kind, very small chance you could end up in anything substantial” “You mean materialise us in a wall” “Um, well as I said it’s a small chance” Not feeling at all nervous, the four of them walked onto the pad they all exchanged the same look. Pray. “Here we go then” Mr Scott switched on the transporter circuits, the hum sounded out then the engaging of the circuits he began the dematerialisation sequence sliding the controls up to send them on there way to the meeting, the bright lights of the transport began to shine and quickly they away team disappeared. On Galactica Commander Adama, Captain Apollo and another man of a dark complexion and a similar age to Adama waited for there guests to arrive. Within moments the bright lights of the four transporter beams erupted in front of the Galactica officers slowly materialising the figures of Pike and his officers Then, once they were fully visible the light faded leaving just the Enterprise officers and the Galactica officers together facing each other. Adama smiled with a face full of joy as if it was overwhelming him. “Welcome aboard the Galactica Captain Pike” “Thank you Commander Adama, these are my officers Cmdr Una Chin-Riley, Mr Spock, and Dr M’Benga” They all exchanged pleasantry looks. “Welcome, this is Captain Apollo the young warrior who brought you back and my son, this is Colonel Tigh my OX” “Apollo finally can thank you for that timely rescue” Both Apollo and Pike shook hands. “Your welcome sir believe me you are far bigger thanks to us” Pike looked to Adama who beckoned to them on to sit down. Adama explained that they had been waiting for this for many years and is a miracle. “How comes you come to be here Commander, something tells me that you have been escaping something?” “Well Captain that’s a very long story” He started with the story of the people, how they all started on a planet called Kobol and that humanity left the planet to find they’re new homes, twelve tribes found a star system called Cyrannus and in the system were twelve planets that would become the twelve colonies of man. There had been stories that a thirteenth tribe also left Kobol to find a home far from the rest of the colonies. For thousands of years humanity built up the colonies and became a united people and started look out into the stars , they met different races and became friends with them but soon after that they discovered a horrible truth. Not all the races were peaceful turned out that there was a race that was causing uncertainty and waves of war. It started with lightning raids that targeted key facilities at a time to try and strangle the planets economically, then ground troops began to land and occupy the planets, a reptilian like race followed by there most feared troops, the cybernetic war machines, the Cylons. Named after the race that built them, the cylons became the number one fear to all free peoples, they alien races reached out for help to the colonies. It took time but at the start, humanity tried to negotiate with the cylons trying to end it peacefully, this was ignored and then humanity found itself in the firing line. The Cylons launched attacks at the major core worlds of humanity, then with that humanity began the work of militarising themselves forming the Colonial Fleet, the first warships were relatively small and designed for planetary defence. But, the colonies had a truly extraordinary plan in play to build the ultimate weapon to fight the Cylons, this was the Battlestar. It took nearly everything in the way of economy and material to build the ships, after several months the first ship was built and it was the Galactica. In the coming years more battlestars were finished and became the front line fighting force of the fleet and were precision weapons to fight the Cylons and there fleet, and so the Cylon raged for years those who were the young warriors at the start of the war became the veterans and leaders that lead the war in its last struggles. Adama and Tigh were there leaders and veterans for two examples and they’d lived there whole adult lives through the war. So at the time of the Armistice they were very much in complete confusion and were on constant alert, they wanted to see the end of the war but they couldn’t see this as a possibility the Cylons hated humanity and to ask for peace seemed unreal. A fleet of five battlestars left colonial space to meet with the cylon peace envoy, being suspicious of the Cylons, Adama ordered recon patrols to check the local space. One of the patrols came under attack by a cylon attack force. The patrol comprised of both Adama’s sons, Apollo made it back the other son Zak however, his fighter was damaged and was just ahead of the attack force but as soon as he got to the fleet edge he was destroyed by the Cylons and so began the attack. Galactica launched everything it had and fired up its laser turrets, but the other ships were slow to get into the action which inevitably was there downfall. The first mass attack was on the Atlantia, the battlestar carrying the president of the colonies within minutes the Cylons destroyed it taking everyone onboard out, they never even launched one fighter. After this the other battlestars got into the fight, on Galactica they had detected the presence of Cylon Baseships in orbit of three planets, Virgon, Saggitera and Caprica. So they left the action and head with all speed home to help but that’s when it all was over the colonies everyone starting with the first three came under attack, it was a complete massacre. Apollo and Adama went to the surface of caprica where Galactica returned to the fight but when they returned there was no more Battlestars, they were all destroyed only several fighters from the other ships had made it. On Caprica, Adama and Apollo went home and found it burned all that was left were some photos of the family, it was apparent Adamas wife had been killed in the attack. But survivors came and with a small hope Adama put out the word for everyone across the colonies who survived the attack to find any ship or vehicle that could fly in space to set out and meet Galactica and so they did. The fleet had been formed, Adama remembered the old histories of the twelve colonies and that there was a legend of a thirteenth and that there destination was to be earth. And that’s where it had all began for them. Pike and the rest were in awe of the story they had just been told. “Fascinating” was all Spock could say. “My apologies, I find it remarkable that against the odds you have made it all this way and to do it on a mere legend” Adama smiled. “We were desperate anything we could think of at the time to survive was better than what we were facing but we have struggled extremely, food shortage, fuel shortage, medicines, not to mention the lose of many brave men and women” “Commander there is no doubt that you all have been through an unbelievable journey, we will do everything we can to help, we can provide what we can but when comes to telling your people about us do any of them know” “They are rumours going round but that’s all the bridge crew know very little as they monitored your approach” “Well then maybe we should speak to your leaders,” suggested pike. “I think, that’s the best thing to do they will have a lot of questions as do I” With that they all got up and shook hands again, Pike contacted Enterprise and they were beamed back. Next will be the meeting of Pike and the Quorum of the twelve.

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On Galactica bridge Adama sat at his command console chair, on the console screen was the Enterprise, he couldn’t help but be impressed by the design of her, sleek and beautiful and very unlike any ship he had ever seen before.
“Commander”
He looked round to see colonel Tigh standing behind him.
“Tigh, she’s quite something isn’t she”
“She is Adama, the council is arriving they’ll be ready in a few minutes some are already asking about the new arrival some saw her as they were approaching”
“Then, we better give them the answers they want”.

“There’s one thing though, there is unrest in the fleet, someone let out that this ship could be a earth vessel, it’s spreading through the whole fleet like wildfire now”
“Just like that ship we found in space carrying the family, forgotten them there names right now, when we had the eastern alliance problem”
“I remember”
Then, Omega walked up to them giving them the words the Council was now ready.
Adama took a deep breathe and got up from his chair, in his head he knew this was a massive moment for them all and it seemed to be, the moment, the one that will give them a new shot at life and peace.

In the room was a huge oval shaped table and sitting there were men and women in there white or cream regalia wearing symbols of there colony and chatting amongst themselves all asking each other why they were here.
Some were even discussing the rumours of new visitors from a planet nearby and even ones from earth.
Then, they all turned as the door opened, in stepped Adama in his blue regalia white a white trim and his colony symbol round his neck.
“Adama what is the meaning of all this, you had us summoned with barely any warning to come here at once, I demand an explanation”
Adama opened his arms to beckoned them to calm.
“Please please, now I know you all have your questions all will be made clear if you please remain silent and listen to what I have to say”
Everyone settled down waiting.
“Now first off, several hours ago one of Galactica’s patrols picked up a Cylon scouting party moved to engaged, they discovered a vessel being attack by the Cylons with help from our warriors the vessel was saved, my son Apollo contacted this ship after deliberating wanted to bring them here, it is now several hundred kilometres off Galacticas port side some may have seen it when they were arriving”.
Adama let it sink in before the main bit.
“This vessel is a science vessel with a means of protecting itself too and I have spoken with its captain, his name is Pike, he and most of his crew………. are Human”
Shock raced through the whole council, even Adama felt a little as if he was just realising again the meaning of what he was about to say.
“And he himself is from the planet Earth”
Gasps rang out from different memebers, one or two became visibly emotional and out there hands on there faces.
“Adama can we trust this, this wouldn’t be the first time we have been tricked”
“Believe me we have checked as far as we can but we can not be completely sure they just is no way, but I, I believe I’m the lords of Kobol that this is saviour what we have been looking for since the fall of the colonies”
“Adama, I believe we should be allowed to speak to this Captain of there’s and see for ourselves and question him”
“I had explained to him that you would like to talk to him, he wishes to speak to you all himself to, for him it is just as big a discovery as it is for us”
Adama walked to a console calling the bridge to inform them that the council is read to receive Captain Pike.
“I’ll just prepare you, they have a new means of coming to us doesn’t require the lengthy shuttle ride”
Then, as if set up, a metre next to Adama’s left a beam of light appeared with sparkles slowly producing the person of Captain Pike in the councils presence.
Within seconds pike was ugly materialised .
Some got up from there chairs, as if concerned.
“Quorom of the Twelve, meeting Captain Christopher Pike of the Federation starship Enterprise, Captain Pike meet the council of twelve”.
“This truly is an honour Commander, on behalf of myself and my crew, welcome”
“You are really human”
“Yes, I am”
“Captain there is a lot to discuss would you like to take a seat?”
Pike declined it he thought it be best.

For the next hour , the questions came thick and fast from what is the fundamental drive of there people to the foods they had and strangely one asked if they gamble at the table, which the answer rather let down the asker.
Adama asked one question that gave a real prospective on Earth and it’s people.
“Captain how did you all get to this development in your society and technology”
“A tragic globe near extinction event”.

Pike gave them the whole story
Around two hundred and fifty years ago, the earth was in the grip of a global crisis with governments full of distrust, millions upon millions in every country out of work, riots in the so called riches countries in the world, human augmentation programmes to create the perfect soldiers and person, some tried to conquer whole countries in the name of order, and they were forced to flea the planet itself and never heard of again, then came the inevitable.
Nuclear war killing hundreds of millions changing the the world forever only pockets of humans remained alive in a apocalyptic world.
Then, in the earth year of two thousand and sixty three a middle aged engineer worked with a group of people to develop a ship retrofitted out of a nuclear missile to travel into space and be the first human object to travel faster than light.
On the day which they now call “first contact” the engineer named Zephron Cochrane flew the ship into space and for the first time travelled at the speed of light.
Later that very same day the first extra terrestrial beings to meet humans landed on earth to meet the one who flew the ship they scanned from there very own vessel.
They were called Vulcans, then for the next hundred years with the help on the Vulcans humanity had reunited together and for the first time as a united people, cultures had changed people didn’t look too material wealth to drive them all in the world but the means to better themselves and expand there knowledge of the universe.
Starfleet was created as earths United space program, slowly ships got more advanced, bigger and specialised for scientific exploration.