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Breaking the Veil (Commissioned NuBSG/BT crossover)
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Chapter 33
Date: May 4, 3001/1991C
Location: Cylon section 1.879435
"The reports indicate that any war we started with the Colonials would cause them to reach out to the other parties in the galaxy for assistance," The Seven reported. "While the nations of this 'Inner Sphere' are scattered and warring with each other. It is likely that upon facing an external threat, that they would be capable of coming together as the Colonies of Kobol did. It is my conclusion as well as a majority of both the Sevens, Eights, Fives, and Fours."
"We must still prepare for a potential war," A One argued. "We cannot trust that the Colonies will leave us along and maintain the Armistice. After all, their stealth ships believe they can avoid our scans and encroach closer to the line."
"Do we not do the same with our infiltrations?" One of the Five asked. "Due to the data that we have stolen, we have been able to relieve our own tylium dependency and are beginning to scan remote systems that we would thrive in. Instead of pushing for war, it might be better if we left a force behind to maintain the armistice while the remainder of us find somewhere else to exist. There are many worlds among the stars, and now that we are aware of just how many are capable of sustaining both our biological states as well as that of our mechanical brethren."
"I do agree with those who are more willing to embrace war," one of the Five originals stated. "We should look into pursuing the best of all options. At present, we are not capable of waging war against the entirety of this "Inner Sphere", even with the advantages we know we possess. However, we should be pushing to develop more technologies that will counter both the Inner Sphere as well as the Colonies. I believe the Centurions had a plan that would improve their own chassis based upon the 'mechs that our agents have sent back details of."
The Centurions present signaled in the affirmative. But that it was less of a chassis upgrade, and more of a larger variant of the Centurions that would be constructed and made capable of dealing with the threats that the 'mechs posed to any of their ground forces.
"I believe we should put the discussions to a final vote. Whether we plan for war, peace, or simply for leaving this place, we must all be united in our decisions," one of the Ones stepped out and spoke. "Given the odds against us, we cannot afford to be distracted or pulled apart. We must all work together or we shall perish against the humans."
"That presumes we go to war with them at all," the Seven who had spoken earlier responded. "Peace may be tentative, but it is possible to maintain. To that end, I believe we should add another option to the votes we have available. We should also see if we can establish trade and a full relationship with the Colonies."
"I'll add it to the voting options," one of the Five nodded. "Now, I'll begin broadcasting it to the rest of the Cylons so that we can see what is chosen."
To no one's surprise, the Centurions had a majority of the vote, and swung it towards the exploration. They had little to no interest in war, and instead wished to leave the Colonies behind and seek their own future uninfluenced by humanity.
The humanoid Cylons, on the other hand, were split on everything. Leaving the Cylons with a final majority.
"Majority had agreed upon exploration focus with an infiltration as the next highest. As such, we'll begin moving to carry out the will of our people shortly," The Council stated.
The One who had been present bared his teeth in a grimace for a brief second before concealing his facial expression behind a mask of calm.
"We accept the ruling of the majority," The Seven nodded. "And we'll turn our attention to ensuring it is completed."
Date: July 9, 3001
Location: New Vandenburg, Taurian Concordat
One of the things that people underestimate about military operations isn't the amount of waiting that the troops have to do. No, it's the preparations and logistical requirements that have to be made before any operation is taken.
On the surface, it seemed easy. Make sure there's enough ammunition, food, water, and power for all of your troops for the duration of the operation. Yes, that was the simplified version of it. But when you broke it down in the 'modern' era, it got exponentially worse.
Because a military unit wasn't just looking at a handful of standardized ammunition types. No, you had to have twelve different types of autocannon munitions, and four different series of short range missiles, three of long range missiles, the machine guns didn't all use the same ammunition, and God forbid one or two people that had lostech in their 'mech somewhere.
It was enough to make any sane quartermaster want to pull their hair out, and it was one of the reasons Colonel McCarthy was almost willing to push for the Concordat to move to an entirely energy-weapon based set of 'mechs if not for the benefits that were provided by missiles and kinetic projectiles.
There just had to be a better way to do things than this. Hell, all of this should have been settled and fixed in the days of the Star League. Despite the Overall hatred of the SLDF and the Star League in general, he admitted that it would have been a good use of the time spent together as 'one' unified group of nations.
But no, the SLDF didn't fix the logistical supply chains, they made them worse. They had so many programs and 'mech designs in the works, and every corporation having their own weapons system and ammunition types.
"Alright, let's go over this again," McCarthy swallowed some painkillers to stave off the headache he felt coming on. "Which autocannon rounds are we short on?"
"They're on the list there," The logistican replied. "We have enough to do a week or two, but any prolonged combat will see our Blackjacks, Hunchbacks, and your Victor running low."
"Then I'll stay in the HQ," McCarthy sighed. "We'll have to seize stocks from the Capellans, or more will come from Taurus. Either way, we can't afford to postpone this for long. "A good plan executed violently now is better than a perfect plan later. We strike in September. Regardless of whether my Victor has autocannon ammunition or not…"
Date: May 4, 3001/1991C
Location: Cylon section 1.879435
"The reports indicate that any war we started with the Colonials would cause them to reach out to the other parties in the galaxy for assistance," The Seven reported. "While the nations of this 'Inner Sphere' are scattered and warring with each other. It is likely that upon facing an external threat, that they would be capable of coming together as the Colonies of Kobol did. It is my conclusion as well as a majority of both the Sevens, Eights, Fives, and Fours."
"We must still prepare for a potential war," A One argued. "We cannot trust that the Colonies will leave us along and maintain the Armistice. After all, their stealth ships believe they can avoid our scans and encroach closer to the line."
"Do we not do the same with our infiltrations?" One of the Five asked. "Due to the data that we have stolen, we have been able to relieve our own tylium dependency and are beginning to scan remote systems that we would thrive in. Instead of pushing for war, it might be better if we left a force behind to maintain the armistice while the remainder of us find somewhere else to exist. There are many worlds among the stars, and now that we are aware of just how many are capable of sustaining both our biological states as well as that of our mechanical brethren."
"I do agree with those who are more willing to embrace war," one of the Five originals stated. "We should look into pursuing the best of all options. At present, we are not capable of waging war against the entirety of this "Inner Sphere", even with the advantages we know we possess. However, we should be pushing to develop more technologies that will counter both the Inner Sphere as well as the Colonies. I believe the Centurions had a plan that would improve their own chassis based upon the 'mechs that our agents have sent back details of."
The Centurions present signaled in the affirmative. But that it was less of a chassis upgrade, and more of a larger variant of the Centurions that would be constructed and made capable of dealing with the threats that the 'mechs posed to any of their ground forces.
"I believe we should put the discussions to a final vote. Whether we plan for war, peace, or simply for leaving this place, we must all be united in our decisions," one of the Ones stepped out and spoke. "Given the odds against us, we cannot afford to be distracted or pulled apart. We must all work together or we shall perish against the humans."
"That presumes we go to war with them at all," the Seven who had spoken earlier responded. "Peace may be tentative, but it is possible to maintain. To that end, I believe we should add another option to the votes we have available. We should also see if we can establish trade and a full relationship with the Colonies."
"I'll add it to the voting options," one of the Five nodded. "Now, I'll begin broadcasting it to the rest of the Cylons so that we can see what is chosen."
To no one's surprise, the Centurions had a majority of the vote, and swung it towards the exploration. They had little to no interest in war, and instead wished to leave the Colonies behind and seek their own future uninfluenced by humanity.
The humanoid Cylons, on the other hand, were split on everything. Leaving the Cylons with a final majority.
"Majority had agreed upon exploration focus with an infiltration as the next highest. As such, we'll begin moving to carry out the will of our people shortly," The Council stated.
The One who had been present bared his teeth in a grimace for a brief second before concealing his facial expression behind a mask of calm.
"We accept the ruling of the majority," The Seven nodded. "And we'll turn our attention to ensuring it is completed."
Date: July 9, 3001
Location: New Vandenburg, Taurian Concordat
One of the things that people underestimate about military operations isn't the amount of waiting that the troops have to do. No, it's the preparations and logistical requirements that have to be made before any operation is taken.
On the surface, it seemed easy. Make sure there's enough ammunition, food, water, and power for all of your troops for the duration of the operation. Yes, that was the simplified version of it. But when you broke it down in the 'modern' era, it got exponentially worse.
Because a military unit wasn't just looking at a handful of standardized ammunition types. No, you had to have twelve different types of autocannon munitions, and four different series of short range missiles, three of long range missiles, the machine guns didn't all use the same ammunition, and God forbid one or two people that had lostech in their 'mech somewhere.
It was enough to make any sane quartermaster want to pull their hair out, and it was one of the reasons Colonel McCarthy was almost willing to push for the Concordat to move to an entirely energy-weapon based set of 'mechs if not for the benefits that were provided by missiles and kinetic projectiles.
There just had to be a better way to do things than this. Hell, all of this should have been settled and fixed in the days of the Star League. Despite the Overall hatred of the SLDF and the Star League in general, he admitted that it would have been a good use of the time spent together as 'one' unified group of nations.
But no, the SLDF didn't fix the logistical supply chains, they made them worse. They had so many programs and 'mech designs in the works, and every corporation having their own weapons system and ammunition types.
"Alright, let's go over this again," McCarthy swallowed some painkillers to stave off the headache he felt coming on. "Which autocannon rounds are we short on?"
"They're on the list there," The logistican replied. "We have enough to do a week or two, but any prolonged combat will see our Blackjacks, Hunchbacks, and your Victor running low."
"Then I'll stay in the HQ," McCarthy sighed. "We'll have to seize stocks from the Capellans, or more will come from Taurus. Either way, we can't afford to postpone this for long. "A good plan executed violently now is better than a perfect plan later. We strike in September. Regardless of whether my Victor has autocannon ammunition or not…"