Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: The intricacies of Ovion society are mostly my doing, as we’ve learned practically nothing about them in canon. A dodecada is a time span of twelve yahrens, as for some reason the Colonies seemed to think in sixes and twelves. The ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: In the appearance and culture of the Ovions, I chose to follow the novelization rather than the actual pilot. Again, I added my own twist to the bugs, so this shouldn’t be considered canonical, either.

Apids are hive insects; the ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: The clearing the way through the Nova of Madigan differs from the version shown in the pilot episode. I chose to follow the novelization. Also, the origin of the Cylons has my own twist, so it shouldn’t be considered canonical.

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Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: Remember, I go with the original concept, so Boxey isn't actually Serina's son. The confrontation between Apollo and Adama is based on a deleted scene from the pilot.

CHAPTER 09 - FATHERS AND SONSCommander Adama must have formed a ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: From the Councillors, Siress Aeriana and Sire Ixion are my original characters. The others appeared in the one or other canon episode, but neither colony designation, nor personal background was given, so I took some poetic freedom ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note:
Cinerea , is the official name of the butternut. In old BSG tradition, I use it here for walnuts in general, since we don’t have a canon name for them ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: Yes, I know that canonically Cassiopeia was treated right after her arrival to the Galactica. I’m taking some poetic licence here to get the story into rolling.

Coda, according to Karen, is a small, deep red flower serving as the ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: As already mentioned, I work with the original concept of Boxey not being Serina’s natural son. And remember that Patroclus is actually Dr. Paye from the pilot ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note:This part was a little tricky to write. I needed some mental acrobatics to get all characters to the places where they were canonically supposed to be ( Read more... )

Title: With the Weapons of a Woman
Author: Soledad

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Author’s note: The various ship classes mentioned in this chapter are from the BSG Technical Manual website, as before.
Leonyte-at-the-Sea and the Cathay-Six blaster were invented by Karen. So are the leporid, a small animal akin to a rabbit, and ( Read more... )