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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HANGER DECK

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Vipers and Raptors are tucked into repair bays and deck hands race around with tools and equipment to keep the squadrons in the air. Chief can be heard bellowing out orders to his knunckledraggers to make sure his birds launch safely from the ship

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Kat walks quietly around the outside of the Raptor she's been assigned for this crazy, suicide run. Her thoughts bounce randomly from hope to regret to fear. She's just glad she's not a marine at the moment, and can get out of watching over the milling civilians. On one level, she knew that 50,000 people was more in actuality than it seemed when compared to the populations of 12 worlds and dozens more moons; that it was one hell of a coincidence that she'd happened to be on the hanger deck when he got off, and that they'd just accidentally made eye contact. On another, she never dreamed there were enough people hide them from each other for so long.

Her fingers trailed over the smooth skin of the Raptor as her mind roiled. She swallowed hard. So much of her life hung in the balance now. So frakking much.

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Cally watches as Kat circles her bird. She wishes there were time to ask, "Are you OK?" As if anyone really is, as if she'd ever get a real answer from the tough viper jock, as if Cally could do anything if the answer were "no." They all have jobs to do. So she does hers and gently prods, "How's the checklist coming, LT? Any problems?"

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"Done. No problems." Her answers are perfunctory, but she doesn't have it in her to offer anything more. They're all running on empty. She offers Cally a quick smile, but she knows it doesn't reach her eyes. Unable to deal with the concern she sees in Cally's face, she looks back at the Raptor. "Just getting the feel of the bird." She hopes that Cally understands she wants to be left alone.

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Cally takes the hint and nods, backs off. But she can't shake the feeling that something's up with the former CAG, so she resolves to drop a few hints with Starbuck the first chance she gets.

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When the next CAP was launched he had to chance to catch up with Cally.

"Hey Cally, have you heard about Apollo? Seems he's bunking with his pilots these days. Haven't had a chance to ask him about it, but word is Lee and Dee are separated."

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"I hadn't heard, but can't say I'm all that surprised. They haven't seemed happy in a long time." If ever, she thought. "I could see this being the last straw for Dee. Plus, Hot Dog told me things seemed to be getting pret-ty interesting between Starbuck and Apollo in the head after the dance. He thinks they're having an affair."

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Chief chuckled. "Didn't hear about that. I would have to say if they aren't having an affair yet, it's just a matter of time."

Chief smiles and puts his arm around Cally "In the shower huh, that gives me some ideas for later."

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"I wouldn't hold my breath there, Chief," Cally says, rolling her eyes but grinning back. "Not all of us are exhibitionists. Starbuck and Apollo, on the other hand..."

Re: HANGER DECK

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Chief laughs. "This is true...but I can dream can't I?"

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Chief looks around the deck and sees the effects of hunger are having on his crew. His crew is struggling with the lack of food there is no doubt. Work has been increasingly sloppy and taken longer to do. The Chief just a minute ago had to tighten a seal that if he didn't catch would have put a pilot in serious danger if he hadn't.

Chief felt bad for his people, They had lots of thankless labor to perform to keep these deteriorating birds in the air. If his people didn't do their jobs, pilots couldn't do their jobs and people can die.

He needed to kick his people's collective ass even if they hated him a little bit for it. If they are pissed at him, they can forget how hungry they are for alittle while.

"Come on can we at least look like we're working! We need to get the next CAP ready to launch, and Hotdog's viper still isn't ready. Let's move!" Chief starts shouting to his people. "Hey back to work!" He scowled to one specialist who seem to just be lounging "I was just taking a 5 minute break, Chief" Chief got in his face and told him "You can take a break when the CAP is off and maintenance is done on all these birds! If I catch you taking another break before then, my foot will be squarely up your ass, and you're next shift will be double!"

Chief stomped off and continued his assault on his crew, pushing them to work harder. He saw a few angry looks, but ignored them. A good kick in the ass is what they needed right now to refocus.

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The canopy pops open on Showboat's viper and she's itching to get out of her bird. Six long hours of listening to Hot Dog and Two Times trading outrageous lies from their youth. If she had to hear one more story about their stamina with the "babes" she would have flipped her bird and blown them both out of the sky. Pulling her helmet off she looks around for Sandstorm...frakking knuckledragger is never where she needs to be.

In the corner she spots Chief, Cally and Sandstorm standing around a cart. Annoyed and tired she yells across the deck "Hey Sandstorm! I don't mean to interrupt your tea party but do you plan on getting the frak over here and checking over my bird or do I have to do your job too after flying CAP?"

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"Uh sir. Yes sir. I mean, no sir. I mean, sorry sir. I was just talking to the Chief and Cally about Starbuck & Apol...."

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"Should have known, where there's gossip there's....well....you" She shook her head "So who is flapping their gums about Starbuck and Apollo? Because that person has a serious death wish". Showboat wasn't a big fan of ship wide gossip because it pays to keep your nose clean and out of range of Starbuck's right hook. The pilots were bad enough with the chatter but now the deck gang? Frak.

She grabbed the clipboard and started flipping switches to completely power down her viper. "Well...spit it out Sandstorm. You have some insider scoop the pilots don't have?"

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"Um ... nothing sir. I ... well, it's just that I saw ..." Sandstorm shuffled around as she started going over the checklist on Showboat's viper. "And ... well, I saw them Showboat!" She just couldn't contain her excitement and forgot all protocol and the fact that she was a newbie and could get in serious trouble if she kept this up. "They were right there! Feet hangin' off the top bunk and well, they were going at it ... hard Showboat! I wonder who won the pot!" She looked up with a wide stupid grin on her face waiting to see Showboat's reaction.

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"Are you kidding me?" Sandstorm is right, girl may look like a prom queen but she opens her mouth and she buries herself deeper and deeper. Showboat quickly looked around to see who was close enough to hear, took a deep breath and put on her best superior officer voice "Specialist Darling, it would do you well to remember just who you're gossiping about. The CAG and the lead pilot of this ship put their asses on the line every day to save yours. Anyways, do you have visual confirmation these two people you saw were Starbuck and Apollo? Or just two pairs of legs sticking out of a bunk curtain?"

Frustration and amusement in her voice she spoke louder. "Perhaps we should call the CAG down here and maybe he can confirm his whereabouts for you? Wouldn't want to spread incorrect information would you now...Daahhhhling

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A little scared of Showboat getting in her face like that, Sandstorm backed away a few steps and started stammering, "yes sir. I mean, no sir, of course not sir. I just know what I saw and I saw ..."

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"Ahem."

Lee cleared his throat loudly as he stepped up behind one of the deckhands with a funny name. Sand storm? Something like that. Her reputation preceded her anyway. She was known for being one of the worst gossips on Galactica, and catching Showboat's alarmed face over her shoulder, he had a pretty good idea of just what--or who rather--the specialist was claiming to have seen so adamantly.

"Am I interrupting something?"

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Sandstorm jumped and turned around coming face to face with the CAG. She blushed and tried to keep her composure. Major Adama was not just the CAG and technically her superior officer. He was also one of the hottest pilots on Galactica. Hell, who was she kidding? He was one of the hottest men in the entire Fleet and like any other single (and lonely) girl, Sandstorm lusted after him in the privacy of her bunk. She'd never really spoken to him before and coming face to face with the object of her many - many - fantasies had her tongue-tied.

"Major Adama ... I ...."

Re: HANGER DECK

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Chief is back on the deck. He thinks everyone must be looking for something to distract them from their intense hunger, cause the rumor mill is in full swing. More talk of Lee and Kara frakking in the shower, bunk room, among other places. Some say Dee left Lee, others that Lee left Dee. Another deck hand apparently saw Kara and Sam in memorial hall, and it didn't appear to be a cheerful conversation, though it's the memorial hallway why would it be? Heard yet another rumor was Sam was having an affair with Kat.

Chief sighs and rubs his face. When did the Galactica turn into high school? He allowed the gossip to go on, cause it has perked up spirits having something else to talk about instead of when they are going to have another decent meal. Work quality has actually improved, but he can't let this go on any more. They need to let Lee, Dee, Sam and Kara work out their own problems and stop treating them like the newest spectator sport.

Chief is going to have a meeting with his deck gang and tell them to knock off the gossiping. Going to have to make an example of Sandstorm and the crap she was spreading and keep her so busy that she can add sleep deprivation to her hunger. Or maybe give Starbuck five minutes alone with her after she finds out the rumor Sandstorm was spreading. Chief chuckles to himself, something tells him that Sandstorm would gladly take the extra workload instead of alone time with Starbuck.

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Sandstorm was absolutely humiliated. After Showboat & the CAG dressed her down in front of everyone, the deck crew was giving her a really hard time and now, from the looks of it, the Chief had heard about what happened and wasn't too happy with her. She really didn't understand what all the fuss was! Everyone talked about Starbuck & Apollo. Everyone! Why the hell was she being singled out? She was actually starting to get a little irritated with the whole thing. Yes, Apollo & Starbuck were her superior officers, they were heroes, they saved everyone's asses on a daily basis, blah blah blah. But that didn't mean they were exempt from gossip!

The more she thought about it, the more upset she was getting. She was going to finish her shift and find someone to talk to about this.

Re: HANGER DECK

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The chief spots Sandstorm. He decides he'll deal with her right away.

"Sandstorm, I need to talk to you." Chief says sternly.

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Sandstorm jumped and turned around, facing the Chief. Yup, he sure didn't look happy. She was getting a little tired of everyone sneaking up on her and top of the humiliation and all the teasing, she just couldn't keep the scowl off her face.

"Yes, Chief?"

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Chief gets right up to her face. He sees the look upon her face and his irritation starts to turn to anger. He wastes little time before ripping into her.

"First of all get that look off your face, Sandstorm!"

"Since yesterday I found out your little story about Starbuck and Apollo is totally untrue. I have since learned that neither of them were even in the bunk room when this whole thing supposedly happen."

"Today, everywhere I go I keep hearing all manner of rumors. It has gotten out of control and you know well as I that you are the biggest gossip on the whole frakking ship! All this has got to stop. I know the rumor mill is one of the few forms of entertainment we got left, but it has simply gone way too far."

"When you start spreading rumors about the CAG and Starbuck, you are playing a very danagerous game. You already felt the ire of Apollo. You better hope Starbuck doesn't find out what you said or even the gods won't be able to save you!"

"Not only are you dragging them through the mud, but did you even think what your story will do to Dee or Sam when they hear?"

"Tomorrow come to my office and I'll show you your new schedule. Get a good night sleep tonight, because you are going to become far too busy to notice anyone doing anything for quite a long time."

"If I hear about you spreading false rumors about ANYONE on this ship, you'll find yourself cleaning every frakking ship on this deck with a toothbrush!"

"Now get back to work!"

With that Chief turns and storms away, not giving Sandstorm a chance to respond. Chief slowly realizes his tirade has drawn an audience, he stops and yells "That goes for everyone back to work!" and continues on his way.

Re: HANGER DECK - COMPLETED THREAD

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Sandstorm was shocked. She'd actually stepped back and hit her butt against the tool cart as the Chief went on about her gossiping. As soon he left, she looked around and saw everyone smirking and shaking their heads at her. That was it. She was done. Who the hell do these people think they were? It wasn't like none of them ever started any rumors and it was just so totally unfair that she was being punished like this. She dropped her rag on the cart and stormed off the deck.