Alpha and Omega part 90 - "A New Temple"
Woo! Part 90! Look at that table, how full it is! I am so gonna do this! Here's part 90 - where we start to WRAP IT UP. Here's the table - http://rapfic.livejournal.com/8449.html#cutid1
And I do recommend that you read the stories in order and please don't be intimidated - the chapters are short. Kara/Gaeta, AU after the second season episode Epiphanies.
Title: A New Temple
Prompt: Home - 090
Word count: 987
Summary: The fleet finds something interesting and Kara realizes that it looks familiar.
“I don’t know,” Narcho said as he did another pass over the planet. “ I know it’s uninhabitable but I swear this looks manmade, not natural.”
“I’m coming in for a look,” Kara said, diving he Viper down through the atmosphere. Narcho was one of the better fliers from the Pegasus, but she wanted a look for herself before they took a report back to the fleet. They had already wasted a lot of time on a planet that was essentially uninhabitable. The atmosphere was breathable, which meant it had to be investigated, but she knew their scans would cause it to be down checked as a possible colony site. It was a hot, desert world. The air was breathable but there wasn’t enough water to allow people to survive and the temperatures weren’t survivable except at the poles. They didn’t have the resources to even consider terraforming. But if there was something man made, if people had once lived on the planet, it was a sign that they were moving in the right direction.
Still, it didn’t look that hopeful. Narcho was flying over a high plateau, that seemed covered with sand dunes. Her eyes narrowed as she saw what had drawn Narcho’s interest. Buried in the sand dunes, she could see the tops of pillars. “Could be a temple….” She looked more closely. The pillars seemed to form an avenue, a typical outdoor temple set up that usually led to a low speaking altar, but instead the avenue ended with some sort of tall structure that seemed to curve downward into the sand. It was covered with blowing sand but something about it tickled her memory. I’ve seen something like this before, she thought suddenly. This is important. “Use the gun cameras and get a lot of pictures, Narcho. Then we’ll head for home. I think we’ve found something important.”
“Starbuck, are you getting the readings I am getting?” Narcho said, the surprise in his voice obvious. “There’s something down there giving off one hell of an energy reading.”
She looked at her own instruments. He was right. Whatever the temple was, despite being almost entirely buried, it was giving off an energy reading that resembled a small city.
~*~
“It’s a good sign, “ Roslin said as she looked at the photos. “It means we’re heading in the right direction.” She looked over to Adama, who was also staring at the photos. “I think we should investigate this site further.”
“It’s too risky,” Adama said after a moment. He looked at Roslin and Billy Keikeya and then at the assembled command staff. Lee had even brought his own staff over, no doubt to join the celebration that was engulfing the fleet. A temple, even a ruined, buried temple, meant people had once lived on the planet. “The energy readings are interesting, and finding a temple is certainly a good sign, but it’s a temple that’s almost completely buried in sand on a planet that can barely support human life. We have the Delphi Scepter, we have a route to Earth… Unless this planet is Earth, and then we’re pretty well frakked.”
“It’s important,” Kara insisted, finding her voice in the momentary lull. She looked at the photos, touching the closest. “There’s something about this place.” She looked at Roslin. “We were meant to find this temple. I know it.” She hesitated. “I can feel it. We should check it out.”
Adama looked at her, and then sighed. “I need more to go on than that, Captain Thrace. If we’re going to waste time and risk lives, I need more than your gut.”
Damn it, she thought as the crowd began to get up out of their briefing chairs, this isn’t right. I know it’s important. She grabbed the picture of the pillars with the odd object that seemed to be the focal point of the temple. I know this. I’ve seen this before. She looked around, and spotted Felix getting up. She went to him, and set the photo down in front of him on the briefing table. “Felix, help me. There’s something about this… I’ve seen this before.”
“Kara…” He looked worried but also annoyed. He was in prissy bastard mode, she thought darkly. Mr. Tactical Officer, and she needed his instincts. He had some that had nothing to do with killing people.
“Do this for me. Look at the damn picture, and tell me why it’s familiar.” She looked at him intently, and after a long moment, he rolled his eyes and looked down at the picture.
“It’s just a temple covered by sand….” He said it in an annoyed tone but his voice trailed off after a moment and she knew she was right. He looked, and then closed his eyes as if struggling to place something. Then he opened them and looked her in the eye. “In the monastery, the priests who were digging the trench…. Look at the curve of whatever this is….” He traced his finger along it. “They were digging up something huge, something that must have been hidden hundreds of years before to be under the monastery.”
Kara found herself growing more and more excited. “What if the monastery was intentionally built on top of… whatever it is… to hide it? The Spiorokianopolis Monastary was known for having secret treasure, that it was protecting a secret. And they wrote ‘Lord Iblis forgive us”… What if this thing is some sort of significant artifact?”
“You’re reaching,” a new voice chimed. Laura Roslin stepped to the briefing table and looked down at the picture. “Are you certain,” she said to Felix, “that this is similar to what you saw in the monastery?”
Felix hesitated only for a second. “It’s the shape, and the arc of the curve. I know it’s the same.”
Roslin smiled slightly. “Then we have more than Captain Thrace’s instinct to warrant a mission.”
And I do recommend that you read the stories in order and please don't be intimidated - the chapters are short. Kara/Gaeta, AU after the second season episode Epiphanies.
Title: A New Temple
Prompt: Home - 090
Word count: 987
Summary: The fleet finds something interesting and Kara realizes that it looks familiar.
“I don’t know,” Narcho said as he did another pass over the planet. “ I know it’s uninhabitable but I swear this looks manmade, not natural.”
“I’m coming in for a look,” Kara said, diving he Viper down through the atmosphere. Narcho was one of the better fliers from the Pegasus, but she wanted a look for herself before they took a report back to the fleet. They had already wasted a lot of time on a planet that was essentially uninhabitable. The atmosphere was breathable, which meant it had to be investigated, but she knew their scans would cause it to be down checked as a possible colony site. It was a hot, desert world. The air was breathable but there wasn’t enough water to allow people to survive and the temperatures weren’t survivable except at the poles. They didn’t have the resources to even consider terraforming. But if there was something man made, if people had once lived on the planet, it was a sign that they were moving in the right direction.
Still, it didn’t look that hopeful. Narcho was flying over a high plateau, that seemed covered with sand dunes. Her eyes narrowed as she saw what had drawn Narcho’s interest. Buried in the sand dunes, she could see the tops of pillars. “Could be a temple….” She looked more closely. The pillars seemed to form an avenue, a typical outdoor temple set up that usually led to a low speaking altar, but instead the avenue ended with some sort of tall structure that seemed to curve downward into the sand. It was covered with blowing sand but something about it tickled her memory. I’ve seen something like this before, she thought suddenly. This is important. “Use the gun cameras and get a lot of pictures, Narcho. Then we’ll head for home. I think we’ve found something important.”
“Starbuck, are you getting the readings I am getting?” Narcho said, the surprise in his voice obvious. “There’s something down there giving off one hell of an energy reading.”
She looked at her own instruments. He was right. Whatever the temple was, despite being almost entirely buried, it was giving off an energy reading that resembled a small city.
~*~
“It’s a good sign, “ Roslin said as she looked at the photos. “It means we’re heading in the right direction.” She looked over to Adama, who was also staring at the photos. “I think we should investigate this site further.”
“It’s too risky,” Adama said after a moment. He looked at Roslin and Billy Keikeya and then at the assembled command staff. Lee had even brought his own staff over, no doubt to join the celebration that was engulfing the fleet. A temple, even a ruined, buried temple, meant people had once lived on the planet. “The energy readings are interesting, and finding a temple is certainly a good sign, but it’s a temple that’s almost completely buried in sand on a planet that can barely support human life. We have the Delphi Scepter, we have a route to Earth… Unless this planet is Earth, and then we’re pretty well frakked.”
“It’s important,” Kara insisted, finding her voice in the momentary lull. She looked at the photos, touching the closest. “There’s something about this place.” She looked at Roslin. “We were meant to find this temple. I know it.” She hesitated. “I can feel it. We should check it out.”
Adama looked at her, and then sighed. “I need more to go on than that, Captain Thrace. If we’re going to waste time and risk lives, I need more than your gut.”
Damn it, she thought as the crowd began to get up out of their briefing chairs, this isn’t right. I know it’s important. She grabbed the picture of the pillars with the odd object that seemed to be the focal point of the temple. I know this. I’ve seen this before. She looked around, and spotted Felix getting up. She went to him, and set the photo down in front of him on the briefing table. “Felix, help me. There’s something about this… I’ve seen this before.”
“Kara…” He looked worried but also annoyed. He was in prissy bastard mode, she thought darkly. Mr. Tactical Officer, and she needed his instincts. He had some that had nothing to do with killing people.
“Do this for me. Look at the damn picture, and tell me why it’s familiar.” She looked at him intently, and after a long moment, he rolled his eyes and looked down at the picture.
“It’s just a temple covered by sand….” He said it in an annoyed tone but his voice trailed off after a moment and she knew she was right. He looked, and then closed his eyes as if struggling to place something. Then he opened them and looked her in the eye. “In the monastery, the priests who were digging the trench…. Look at the curve of whatever this is….” He traced his finger along it. “They were digging up something huge, something that must have been hidden hundreds of years before to be under the monastery.”
Kara found herself growing more and more excited. “What if the monastery was intentionally built on top of… whatever it is… to hide it? The Spiorokianopolis Monastary was known for having secret treasure, that it was protecting a secret. And they wrote ‘Lord Iblis forgive us”… What if this thing is some sort of significant artifact?”
“You’re reaching,” a new voice chimed. Laura Roslin stepped to the briefing table and looked down at the picture. “Are you certain,” she said to Felix, “that this is similar to what you saw in the monastery?”
Felix hesitated only for a second. “It’s the shape, and the arc of the curve. I know it’s the same.”
Roslin smiled slightly. “Then we have more than Captain Thrace’s instinct to warrant a mission.”