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Chapter 11: The Roar of Silence Echoes in the Bone

“Then why haven’t you authorised a frakking Raptor reconnaissance, Admiral!” Laura Roslin shouted angrily.

Bill Adama’s eyes widened in surprise at the sheer, raw fury emanating from the president … like heat waves from pavement in the ( Read more... )

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Chapter 10: A Gift of Cut Flowers Eventually Withers

By the time she left the small alcove of a washroom, the doctor was already in the room, file folder in hand, watching Tory clear a spot on Laura’s desk for the tea tray.

“Sorry, Madam President, there weren’t any sandwiches left,” ( Read more... )

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Chapter 9: Balanced on Night’s Edge

That gut-wrenching nausea in the aftermath of a jump will never get better, Laura decided. After three years and thousands of jumps, she still wasn’t used to it.

Her eyes automatically went to her office porthole. Galactica appeared exactly where ( Read more... )

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Chapter 8: The House Among the Stars

“All senior officers report to the bridge.”

Janeway’s husky tones cut across Chakotay’s weary consciousness like phaser fire. Automatically, his body roused ahead of his mind and he was half-dressed before registering the room’s other occupant ( Read more... )

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Chapter 7: Offerings to the Qap’vah Qun

Chakotay wiped the sweat from his ridged brow as he looked up from the food samples he was scanning, and wished that he really were a Klingon. Even this late in day, with the sun falling rapidly towards the horizon, the air was still heat-laden and ( Read more... )

Title: Burn
Word Count: 595 words
Rating: T (PG-13)
Pairing: Roslin/Adama
Disclaimer: I own nothing but my craziness. Battlestar Galactica belongs to Glen A. Larson, Ron D. Moore, David Eick, the Sci-Fi Channel, various and sundry companies and whoever owns them.
Spoilers: Season 4 up to Episode 4.11 - Sometimes a Great Notion
Summary: Life … burns …
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Chapter 6: Swimming too Close to Scylla

“How many chances do we give a man like Gaius Baltar?” Captain Aaron Kelly asked quietly. He didn’t look up at Adama, just sat on the edge of the brig cot staring down at his hands. Hands that had set the bombs that had killed one of Baltar’s ( Read more... )

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Chapter 5: Brave New Universe

Chakotay pulled B’Elanna into a tight hug as she and Tom arrived for the senior staff briefing. It had been nine hours since their arrival at their current position.

“So how is our newest addition?” he asked gently.

“Sleeping, thank god,” B’Elanna ( Read more... )

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Chapter 4: Staring into Shadows

Gaius Baltar sat in his favourite lounge chair, staring out over the lake as the sun fell towards the horizon, its last rays painting the sky crimson.

Funny how not until this lake house was destroyed did I ever stop to consider that I might have a ( Read more... )

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Chapter 3: Comes a Bright Dawn

It was Tom Paris’ voice that brought Kathryn Janeway back to consciousness this time.

“Captain, are you all right?” he asked in concern as he helped her to rise from the deck.

The bridge was smoke-filled and bathed in dim emergency lighting. A ( Read more... )