The No Takebacks RPG - Episode 2 - "The Passage"

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Episode 1 - Post Unfinished Business can be found by clicking here

Today we're jumping up one episode to "The Passage"

The entire fleet is cranky and hungry from strict food rationing.  Athena has found the algae planet and in order to get there the fleet has to travel through the radiation filled gas cloud.  Tensions are high, plans need to be made, and since it's been crisis after crisis with the fleet and fighter squadron the pilots still haven't been able to figure out where they stand.  Here's a handy episode rundown courtesy of Battlestar Wiki if you need specifics.

But first to catch you up....


Previously on the NT RPG:

We started the story at the end of UB and Lee and Kara remained laying in the boxing ring after everyone had gone.  The knuckledraggers were ordered by Tigh to get the hanger deck back into shape.  Helo came along and saved the day by getting the pilots up and off the deck.

Lee went on his own to the head to shower and clear his mind of all that had transpired at the dance.  Helo had another plan and dropped Starbuck right back into his lap by delivering her over his shoulder to the head.  The crew was sure to start gossiping so Starbuck cleared the room and she and Lee got down to talking about the current state of their relationship.  Lee won’t cheat and tells Kara he wants more, Kara admits leaving him in the field and marrying Anders was a mistake and lets it slip that there is more to her abduction on New Caprica.  Lee pushes and Kara agrees to talk to him about Leoben and what happened during the occupation

Meanwhile, Roslin sits with Adama in Sickbay while he’s getting patched up from his round with the Chief.  Cottle reprimands the old man and orders him off duty for 24 hrs.  The President escorts the Admiral back to his quarters and along the way they run into Col. Tigh who lets the cat out of the bag about Starbuck and Apollo’s night on New Caprica.  Adama is, of course, dumbfounded.  Once in Bill’s quarters Laura tells him that Kara would look to the stars at night and see Pegasus passing and that now she understood that all those months on New Caprica, Kara was missing Lee.

Chief and Cally were trying to sort out the crew chatter about the Dance and find out if the deck gang was doing their jobs or gossiping.  Helo and Athena discuss their friends and hope that none of them get hurt in the mess.  Sleep eludes Karl and he makes his way to the Gym where Starbuck is already going at the punching bag, the two talk and Kara confides in Helo about her situation with Sam and Lee.  He reminds her that she deserves to be happy.

Kat’s avoiding all the drama by heading to the firing range and in walks Sam Anders.  Sam knows he’s eventually going to have to face his wife but refuses to be the one to run after her.  Kat and Sam both shoot off a few rounds and Kat feels bad for the man as she has witnessed what a Starbuck dressing down does to a nugget, she invites him for a drink.

After his conversation about New Caprica with Kara in the ready room, Lee makes a decision that no matter what happens he’s leaving Dee.  He makes his way back to his quarters and begins to pack when Dee walks in.  Kara exhausted from the dance and talking, returns to the head to grab a shower before her lunch date with Apollo.

People all over Galactica know that things have changed and everyone wonders what will happen next…

I know this has been posted 100X but people like to have it at the ready instead of going back to older posts....

The No Takebacks RPG Cast List

Character	Roleplayer
Apollo	taragel
Starbuck	rayruz
Adama	sci_fi_shipper
Roslin	kdbleu
Helo	amaliak
Athena	angelicalangie
Tigh	mserrada
Sam	ninety6tears
Dee	lotus79
Chief	ddt73
Cally	thrace_adama
Kat	jeneviverose
Racetrack	ninjamonkey73
Cottle**	thegreenkitty
Specialist 22	nazkey
Guest Star	stripes13

**I know thegreenkitty   is going to be offline for awhile so if anyone is interested in picking up Cottle let me know! Until we can get someone to play and move him around any use of Cottle has to be in Sickbay.  So if you're character ends up there you can mod him for the purpose of your scene. Baltar also comes into play shortly so anyone interested in playing the crazy mad scientist he's also open for business as well as Head!Six.


The RPG post for "The Passage" will remain active and open until 11:59PM EST Wednesday.  On Thursday's RPG post we will jump another episode to the "Eye of Jupiter" which will run through the end of the week.  Please let me know if your character will be unable to check in any of those days and if so, we'll try and work something out. 

Post, read and have fun!

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ADMIRAL'S QUARTERS

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Marines stationed at the hatch mark the entrance to Admiral Adama's quarters

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Bill poured himself a drink and sat at his desk, leaning back in the old leather chair and frowning about yet another desperate situation. Everyone was starving. It had been a week since he'd had a proper meal and he'd shared most of what he had with the command staff.

It had also been a week of missing his old friend, who was still holed up in his quarters with a bottle. Bill sighed, thinking of the futility of his earlier conversation. Saul was a tired and bitter man, looking the way he used to when he was holed up, without a job, slowly killing himself while Bill made his way up the chain of command. He took another swallow. He never thought it would come back around again.

It had also been a week since he'd had five frakking minutes to himself; the food crisis had put everything else on hold. They had a plan for an exhausting and deadly mission that his son would lead. But before he sent his Lee into that radiation soup, he needed to be clear on a few things.

With a grimace, Bill clicked open a comm channel. "Lieutenant Gaeta. Page Major Adama to my quarters." He dropped the receiver back on the unit and finished his drink.

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"Major Adama, please report to the Admiral's Quarters. Major Adama to the Admiral's Quarters."

Lee heard the page and dismissed the pilots, brushing past Starbuck without meeting her gaze, and heading out the hatch. It had already been an exceedingly long morning what with the planning session for the algae scouting mission, and Kat giving him lip about the stims.

He hadn't been sleeping well for the past week, having to catch shuteye in random racks while other pilots were on shift, due to the overcrowding of the combined Galactica and Pegasus crews. Plus hunger was making his pilots short-tempered and between sorting out their squabbles and staving off his own hunger pangs--some of the crew had even resorted to eating paper--Lee was almost at his breaking point.

Of course, it didn't help that Kara was avoiding him. Had been all week and from what the ever-accomodating Galactica grapevine was reporting, she was avoiding Anders too. Everyone on the ship seemed to know that he'd left Dee, but he hadn't heard even a whisper that Kara had even seen Sam, no less had any kind of serious talk with him.

He grimaced and shook his head. He needed to forget about that and just focus on duty. He was the CAG and they were in the middle of a crisis. That had to take precedence over his frakked up personal life.

Lee pushed open the hatch to his father's quarters, knocking as he stepped through on the heavy metal. "You called me, sir?"

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"Come in, Major," Adama said, leaning forward to appraise his son.

He looked tired and drawn, stressed out and hungry like the rest of them. They all knew that the rewards outweighed the risks, but it didn't make it any easier to put his Lee's life on the line again. He'd have thought he'd be used to it by now, but every day he saw the pictures of his two young boys and he didn't want this to be the last time he spoke to his son.

"Have a seat."

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Lee stepped further into the room, taking a chair in front of his father's desk. He flashed on a million memories from his childhood of being summoned to stand before this desk. Funny how it still had the ability to make him feel twelve years old.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and stifled a yawn, wondering what this meeting was about anyway.

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Bill felt more uncomfortable that he should be. They rarely ever spoke about personal matters and here he was trying to act like a father.

"How you holding up, son?"

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Was his father honestly asking how he was? Lee couldn't remember the last time they'd exchanged pleasant small talk.

If they ever had.

"Uh...I'm fi--" he paused, reminding himself of his promise. No more lies. To anyone. "Well, I'm hungry and tired and stressed out. But I'll hold."

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"I know you will." Bill paused, feeling stilted. Frak this. Time was short.

"What happened at the dance, Lee? Between you and Kara?"

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Lee froze. He hadn't been expecting this at all. Best to just stick to the facts.

"She called me out. We had...unfinished business. We fought."

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Bill smiled faintly and shook his head. Lee was dancing with him now.

"Yeah, well, you and Kara fighting is nothing new." He gave Lee an even stare. "I know you left Dee after the dance and I want to know what happened."

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Lee stiffened. Despite his earlier resolve, he wasn't sure he was ready to discuss this with his father.

He took a deep breath. "I made a mistake. With Dee." Lee paused, gathering his resolve. "I never should have married her."

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Bill assessed his son, realizing that he barely knew him at all. Hadn't even thought about his marriage to Dee until it was over. He'd blamed the war, but really it had just been easier. He and Lee could just never get on the same page.

Bill took the leap that would either send Lee flying out of his office or maybe it would bridge the gap. He had no idea.

"Because of Kara." He stated it as a fact, not a question.

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Lee swallowed hard, but he didn't look away from his father's eyes. He just nodded slowly.

"It's...Kara's always been...Since the first minute I met her...I just didn't realize how much," His string of tortured, half-finished phrases lamely trailed off and he saw his father's eyes widen, and Lee rushed on to clarify. "Nothing happened, I mean not before, not when she was with Zak. Not really."

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Bill sat in his chair for a long time, shuffling through papers and thinking about Lee's words. He loved Kara, and for the first time in a long time, he was happy that his son had confided in him. He was less happy, he had to admit, about Kara's apparent indecision. It bothered him that Lee had left Dee and still seemed unsure about Kara's feelings for him.

Bill needed to talk to her, but it might have to wait until the mission was over - if they all survived. With a sigh, he reviewed the plan again and again, mentally calculating the odds for survival. He hoped to gods that they all made it through alive.

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Kara strode down the corridors towards the Admiral's quarters, many thoughts warring in her head. She wasn't going to snitch on Katraine...Sasha... whoever she was. A part of her pitied the girl, she had a shit life, she needed out. On the other hand, this girl was no soldier. There was a liar in their midst. Back to the first hand, how much of that really mattered when she was doing her frakking job.

Kara paused at the entrance to the Old Man's quarters and raised her hand, knocking.

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"Come," Bill ordered. He looked up to see Kara coming towards his desk. He still wasn't used her short hair, but he had to admit she was doing better now than she had been after New Caprica. He admired her ability to get back on her feet - even if he had to kick them out from under her to get there.

Bill caught her eye and smiled, "Whaddya hear, Starbuck?"

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Kara had to admit, she hadn't expected that one. There was a time that would've been the start to any conversation, guess times changed. They were definitely changing now. Despite being caught off-guard, she couldn't help but smile. "Nothing but the rain," she said. She stood for a moment unsure of what to say, before remembering her entire reason for coming. "Sir, there's something I need to talk to you about."

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That caught his attention. He raised an eyebrow and leaned back in his chair.

"What is it?"

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Kara chose her words carefully. She didn't want to come running to the Admiral like a tattletale, it was too damned childish."I think you need to have a talk with Kat..." She paused. "There's something going on. It might be affecting her ability to do her job." Kara was pretty damned sure, the Old Man was going to tell her this was an issue to take to the CAG, but Kara wasn't quite ready to face Lee yet.

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"You need to go to the CAG with this, Starbuck.... But I'm guessing there might be a reason you're coming to me instead." He gave her a pointed stare.

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Kara's hands clenched slightly at her sides. Tigh had told her he'd spilled the beans about New Caprica to the Admiral, Kara supposed she was going to have to face up to it sometime. She decided to cover, "Just thought this was something that the top needed to know."

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Bill grunted a laugh. "Don't bullshit me, Kara."

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Kara felt a knot tighten in her stomach. This was so much not the way she'd expected this conversation to go. "So... you know about what happened?" She figured she'd let him explain first, prevent herself from digging a nice little hole.

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Bill was tired of dancing and tired of people giving him half-answers. He was the Admiral of this godsdamned fleet and he wanted answers.

"Facts? Hardly. Rumor and innuendo? I've got enough to fill a hanger bay because it seems that no one on this ship can give me a straight frakking answer. So now it's to you Captain."

He leaned forward, eyes intense and demanding.

"What in the hell happened on New Caprica and are you having an affair with my son?"

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Kara's stomach felt like lead. How the hell did she explain New Caprica. She was pretty sure I frakked your son the night before my wedding was not going to win him over. "Sir... New Caprica was... It was complicated. I made mistakes. But the answer is no. I am not having an affair with Lee." They had barely talked in the last week. The dea that they had been going at it like the rumors said was laughable. "Lee wouldn't have an affair. He left Dee. And I left Sam."