Commander Thomas Idam
Combat Information Centre
Battlestar Vendetta
Caprica Orbit, Cylon Attack
Frak
That Pretty much summed up the current situation, all of the twelve colonies had been subjected to a massive Cylon attack, quick thinking on the part of the Tactical officer on one of the Battlestars during the opening attack had allowed the rest of the Fleet to defend themselves from the Cylon hacking. This didn't mean their problems were over. With their plans to simply Nuke the colonies from orbit, courtesy of the Battlestars that were now providing an adequate defense, the Cylons had risked inter-atmosphere Jumps and had begun to land Centurions on each of the Colonies. With the Colonial Army working hard to hold the enemy in position until a Battlestar could be spared to bombard the frak out of the Chrome-plated bastards, the space battle proved even more vital.
Vendetta was the last Colonial Battlestar defending Caprica, supported only by her escorting Gunstars.
The Fleet had taken heavy losses, even with the Cylon Hacking attempt blocked. The Cylon attack was still massive; over four Hundred Basestars had been counted, out numbering the Battlestars nearly four-to-one. The various other vessels of the Colonial Fleet were making up the slack, but things were not good. Hundreds of the fleet's best officers were dead; Adama, Cain, Nagala, the list went on. Much of the Fleet Command had been killed when the Cylons invaded the Fleet Headquarters on Picon. Caprica City was overrun by Cylons, much of the Administration was dead, and so was the Quorum.
Now the Vendetta was facing down four Basestars, the last of the Cylon onslaught against Caprica, however things still didn't look good.
"Sir, the Basestars are moving into attack position, they are flanking" Lieutenant Samuel Garos reported from his station.
"Launch All Vipers!" Commander Thomas Idam ordered "Arm the Raptor's with Nuclear Warheads, we're gonna need everything that we can throw at the Cylons"
Glancing up at the DRADIS screen, Idam noted as two Hundred small contacts appeared, symbolizing the launch of the Battlestars complement of Vipers. Moving quickly they approached the Cylon Fighter screen and dove into combat. Quickly degenerating into a clusterfrak, the Battle moved away from the Capital ships. As soon as this happened, the Battlestar opened up with its NAC-10's, which slammed into the lead Cylon Basestar, tearing through the central strut, the Basestar began to collapse in upon itself, but not before it got off a salvo of Missiles.
Between anti-fighter/missile the Vendetta, and the Gunstars, the vast majority of the enemy missiles were destroyed, critically the nuclear missiles. The rest hit the Battlestar on its nose, but thankfully didn't penetrate the hull.
"One enemy ship destroyed" Garos reported "The other three are continuing their advance"
"Keep up the Salvo fire, keep targeting their central struts, compensate for any evasive they pull" Idam ordered "And spin-up Missile tubes one through twelve, the use of Nuclear weapons is authorized"
"Aye sir" Garos replied moving to the Nuclear Key Safe "Confirm order"
"I, Commander Thomas Idam, CO: Battlestar Vendetta, Authorization code: Constellation Nebula-215, authorize the use of nuclear weapons"
Garos nodded curtly and took the two key's from the safe and entered them into the Nuclear panel, Idam joined him.
"Target sir?" Garos asked, his hand hovering over the targeting screen.
"Four at each enemy vessel" Idam ordered as he held onto the station to prevent himself from being thrown to the deck.
"Nuclear Detonation ahead of section twelve, hull breach" Captain Timothy Green reported urgently from the DC station, where he was co-coordinating the damage control personnel.
"Fire" Idam ordered turning his key.
From the Missile tubes on the 'roof' of the Battlestar, twelve missiles launched, immediately going evasive to make them harder for the Cylons to intercept. Speeding across space, they were slowly picked off by enemy Raiders and PD missiles. One missile reached reached an enemy ship. Three Flashes of light filled the Vid-screens in the CIC as the Basestars were ripped asunder, firepower from the Battlestar making sure there was no chance that the enemy could attempt to continue the fight.
"All Enemy ships have been destroyed" Garos reported. A second later the CIC burst into cheers as the crew hugged their neighbors in the jubilation of their victory. Idam smiled clapped Garos on the back as he eyed the ships Chief of the Boat, who after a few moments exploded.
"STOW THAT SHIT!"
"We've still got Cylon Troops on the ground" Idam pointed out "All Vipers are to head down into the Atmosphere and assist the troops on the ground, all Marines to their Drop ships"
Commander's Cabin
Battlestar Vendetta
Caprica Orbit, 6 Hours ACA
Idam glanced up as he heard a knock on the door to his cabin. Putting aside the last piece of memorabilia that had been tossed to the deck during the battle. Sighing he sat down behind his desk, on which he replaced the ships logs and put them aside.
"Come in"
The door swung open, revealing the ships executive officer: Colonel Hoshi Sato.
"Sir, I've just got in contact with General Fitzgerald, he's reporting all clear on the surface, but he's discovered something extremely concerning" Sato told him "The Cylons look like us now"
"They what?" Idam asked in pure shock, resting his elbows on the desk.
"His soldiers must have killed the same people several times, there is only one possible explanation, it backs up what we heard from Commander Adama before the Galactica was destroyed at Ragnar" Sato replied.
"That might be a problem" Idam sighed "Any word on who's in command of the Fleet?"
"I've been in contact with the Commanders of what Battlestars we've got left, your Senior Commander" Sato replied, a slight grin showing.
"Fantastic" Idam sighed "And the Government?"
"No one survived, the Cylons were pretty damn efficient" Sato told him grimly "The President, his Cabinet, the Quorum, most minor government officials, it's gonna be anarchy on the streets once we pull our troops out"
Idam sighed and stood up and walked to the far side of the room, before pacing back, his face was grim. Sitting back into his seat he sighed again.
"Contact Fitzgerald, tell him that as ranking Fleet Officer I am authorizing the institution of Martial Law" Idam said, his heart heavy "Effective Immediately, he knows what to do"
Sato looked shocked for a few moments before nodding.
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, pass the word to the rest of the Fleet, any vessel entering our space is to be treated with due suspicion, then come back here" Idam ordered and watched as the officer in front of him headed for the door "Oh and Colonel...bring some ambrosia, I get the feeling we're gonna need it"
