Operation Exodus

1:10 Firestorm Part II

Time plus 25 minutes:

Twenty five minutes had passed since the start of the attacks at Aerelon and Caprica. The extraction of the civilian and military POWs from Aerelon and Caprica was well underway and proceeding as planned. The Battlestars Vanguard and Chimera, the two Bezerk class support ships Glacier and Tigon, seven gunstars, six battlecruisers, four heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, three destroyers, three firestars, and seven strikestars of the captured warships near the Aerelon moon had been manned with the military POWs and jumped to the designated location of the cradle docks. While they were there, they were going through a complete inspection to remove any remaining Cylon troops and traps on board, and they would be getting new programming and safeguards to replace the CNP program.

On Aerelon, time plus 30 minutes:

All 200,000 civilians had been evacuated from the planet. The 32,000 surviving Military POW's personnel were loaded aboard the recaptured warships as well. It was found that the highest ranking POW was Admiral Kelly Sounders who had survived the capture of her Battlestar and was put in one of the POW camps. Admiral Stryker gave orders for all ship to jump and join him in Caprica orbit except for the civilian ships which jumped to the rally point to join the fleet gathering there so that the Cylons could be weeded out before the trip to the Red Horse Nebula where the next stage of the trip would be planned and executed.

Picon – Cylon Command Baseship

"Jack, we lost contact with both Aerelon and Caprica over thirty minutes ago," a number four said.

"What do you mean, we lost contact?" Jack Cavil asked outraged.

"Lost it! As in it seems those two planets are being jammed. We can't get in touch with anyone there," the four said.

"Send the heavy raiders to find out what is going on. I want to know what is going on as soon as possible as this may be the colonial attack I have been expecting," Jack Cavil said.

Caprica Orbit time plus 40 minutes:

It was rushed to say the least in and around Caprica's orbit. Civilian ships had already landed on the surface of the planet and were picking up survivors. So far over 600,000 had made it to the evacuation ships and were on the way to rally point one. Two dozen new civilian ships jumped to Caprica to help with the extraction of as many civilians from there as possible. General O'Rilley continued his fight against the Cylons and with the help of the vipers and armed raptors from the fleet in orbit; the Colonial forces pushed the Cylons back into smaller and smaller pockets around the capital, and some of the other major cities. The Cylons were losing a lot of centurions in the process. The Cradle dock ship ordered to pick up the Sleipnir class Battlestar had already moved the half-finished Battlestar into its dock and jumped away to the rally point.

Battlestar Atlantis C.I.C.

"Sir, Cradle 1 and her escorts just jumped out and they have the Battlestar Sleipnir and a lot of supplies for her from the dock she was in. From what I can see of the inventory, there's more than enough to finish her and then some. If I may make a suggestion sir, I would suggest that we have the tugs grab as many of the wrecked Battlestars and Gunstars, and place them in the dock and then jump all of it to the rally point with the tugs FTL units. With a little bit of time, we may be able to convert the dock into a mobile dock, and even if the ships cannot be repaired they can be scrapped for resources," Commander Haller reported.

"That is a very good idea. Get the tugs on it ASAP. What's the status of the evacuation and the reactivation of the defensive satellites?" Admiral Stryker asked.

"Sir, we have over 600,000 evacuated so far. General O'Rilley has already started rallying his troops, and he is also bringing his tanks, a lot of Landrams, and Phoenix VTOLS with him. I would say he might like to use them on the Cylons on other colonies as well," Commander Haller said.