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Saturday Nights aboard the Battlestar Raven BFC-002 are never boring or just another saturday night. When ever our crew gets together with a fresh idea for a mission there's on stopping us from having fun and shooting up the Forum Chat Area at the BFC. Last Saturday Night was no exception. The crew of the Raven were pitted against Humanity's most feared enemies the "Cylons." 

I encourage you to read through the mission to determine if you would like to join us and have fun!!! There are many ways to get involved aboard the Battlestar Raven. There are six Viper Squadrons, One Raptor Squadron, The Few The Proud "Raven Marines," Security, Engineering, and Sick Bay. Check out this link and make your choice, you'll be glad you did!!! http://battlestarfanclub.com/groups/group/listByLocation?location=Battlestar+Raven

The Battlestar Raven is becoming a Battle Group with the addition of the Gunstar Trireme. The Trireme is looking for a few good members to join the crew. Take a look at this link to see if this is where you would like to serve:

http://battlestarfanclub.com/group/gunstar-trireme-gsr-0201

Return to the Void Mission #2 June 21, 2014

MISSION BRIEFING

ATTENTION ON DECK!     At ease!

  Okay People, Listen Up! Remember the 'Void' We Visited Last November, The One Where We Couldn't Find Anything But Darkness, Save One Strange Light Phenomena That Swallowed up Lt Jg. Bluto?

  Well, We Are Heading Back That way; According To A CDF Sensor Buoy, Some Cylon Signals, Strangely Enough, Dating Back To The FIRST CYLON WAR, Have Been detected coming From the Void; There Have been Unconfirmed Rumors About The Toasters Actually Losing Some Kind Of 'Secret Weapon' In That Dark Space; The Fact Is, This Went Missing:

Obviously, One Of their Mega Basestar’s Went looking For Something, And Never Came Out; For What Reason, We Do Not Know.

The Raven Has Orders To Investigate This Matter; However, We Are NOT Going To Take Any Chances With Our Fighter Squadrons This Time; We Will Use The Same Raptor String As We Did Before, Except, Blackbirds One And Two Will Accompany Them; All Craft Will Be Equipped With Ultra-Sensitive Recording Devices; The Blackbirds Will Also Carry Gunpods For Self Defense; The Spartans, Flying Tigers, Hammers And Minotaur’s Will Park just outside The Void Entrance; The Raven Will Be 30 Klicks Out, Standing By.

I Can't Tell You Exactly What, Or Who Will Come out To Play, However, Everybody Had Better Have their Heads On the Swivel, Because While we Are Looking In, The Real Toasters Could pop Up; In That Threshold, Anything's Possible!

  Further Updates as they Become Available.

                                                                                   Dismissed!

Mission Begins:

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

ATTENTION MARDET TEAMS: Assault Teams One and Two assemble in port side ready room now. Move to flight deck will be in fifteen mikes. SAR Teams depart armory and report to portside flight deck now. Security and Reaction Teams report to posts and advise Acting Security Chief. End of Transmission.

• Captain Blindsword, this is Team One, moving to Port flight deck, will meet you at R347. Copy?

• 9:46 PM
• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

CAG, this is Team One and Two. Awaiting Capt. Blindsword for R347 and R350 go.

• 9:54 PM
• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

Roger That, Iceworm; Stand By For Launch Command

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

Copy. Blindsword, this is Team One, do you copy?

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

CAG TO SHOOTERS: CLEAR VIPERS FOR LAUNCH AS SOON AS READY

• 9:56 PM
• Me

Tiger's lets get our pre-flight's complete and our birds ready for launch.

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

(" SPARTAN SQUADRON: YOU ARE CLEARED TO LAUNCH";)

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Copy that Capt Reamer! Performing pre-flight checklist!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

ROGER THAT; CAG LAUNCHING

• Ens. Francois “Deathstroke” Cote

Copy that Reamer. Starting my pre-flight

• Me

Flight 1 is ready Capt....

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Preflight complete and ready to launch on command Sir!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"BATMAN LAUNCHING"

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Flight 2 Ready Sir!!

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Flight 5 ready!

• Me

Launch when ready...I'll see everyone outside....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"BARONNESS LAUNCHING"

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Bunny launching!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"TWO STEP LAUNCHING"

• Ens. Francois “Deathstroke” Cote

Deathstroke Launching

• Me

Launching in 3, 2, 1......whoosh......

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

lets do this do we have n EOD jus in case

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Flight 5 form up!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

CAG TO RAVEN CLEAR STRING RAPTORS FOR LAUNCH

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

HItman Away!!

• Me

Form up everyone and look sharpe....we're expecting Toasters on this one without a doubt....over...

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"HAMMER SQUADRON: YOU ARE CLEAR TO LAUNCH"

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Flight 2 Form up and lets get with the group!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

Okay,Spartans! Diamonds On Me!

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Flight 5 is in formation sir! Ready to do some recycling!

• Me

I missed the last trip to the Void.....this is amazing......

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"RAVEN TO CAG: STRING RAPTORS AWAY;MARDET RAPTORS STANDING BY"

• Me

Roger that Bunny....

• My Dradis is clear for now.....

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

MARDET copy

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

This can be a bit harry Capt. dont get too close to it.

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

CAG TO FLIGHT: HOLD POSITION HERE: TIGERS ON LEFT< MINOTAURS ON RIGHT: HAMMERS ON SIX

• Me

Copy that Hitman.....

• I just want to scrap a few toasters, it's been a while.....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

STRING RAPTORS: ASSUME STRING FORMATION: BLACKBIRDS TAKE FLANKING POSITIONS MOVE ITO VOID

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Copy that one Reamer!

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Copy that Sir!

• Me

My missiles are all polished and waiting for some lucky chrome job to get near me!!!!!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

( String Raptors Are Into Void; Beginning Recording)

• CAG TO #!^,ANYTHING?
• "316,NOTHING YET"
• " BLACKBIRD ONE NOTHING"
• "#@) NOT A SOUND"

• Me

El Cid...you're drifting out a bit....get back in formation..

• Roger that Capt.....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

CAG TO COOL BREEZE: TIGHTEN UP

• HOW ABOUT IT 320?

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Stay Sharp Tigers this can really be trying on your concentration.

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"NOTH----WAIT-------I'M GETTING SOMETHING----VERY FAINT----STAND BY"

• "320 TO CAG,GETTING COLONIAL SIGNAL!"
• WHAT??

• Me

What could it be?

• There's nothing but darkness in there....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"BLACKBIRD TWO, I MAY HAVE SOMETHING VISUAL---STAND BY"

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Whatever's in there must be trying to aVOID us lol

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

CAG: BLINDSWORD...WHOSE OUT THERE

• Me

If I had extra ammo, I'd light up the darkness with some tracer rounds.....

• Ens. Francois “Deathstroke” Cote

lol good one bunny

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

thanks lol

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

" KRYPTER KRYPTER KRYPTER! THIS IS VIPER #55961--MY CALLSIGN IS BLUTO! AM BEING PERSUED BY CYLON SHIP----REQUESTING ASSISTANCE!!"

• BLUTO---THIS IS CAG! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

CAG WATCHIN TRAFFIC.. IT DOESNT LOOK RIGHT

• Me

Yeah, that's what I want to hear.......

• Keep your eyes open Tiger's and your trigger finger ready!!!!LOL

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"DON"T KNOW! ALL KNOW IS THIS OLD MOTHER FRACKER IS CHASING ME OUT OF AMMO,LOW ON FUEL! HELP!"

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Stay tight everyone!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

MOVE TOWRDS US,BLUTO! WE GOT HELP HERE!

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Bluto? NO way I saw him disappear in the void.

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

" HELP! HE"S GAINING ON ME! HELP! REQUESTING-----" (viper Blows Up)

• Me

My Dradis is still clear no sign of anything here....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"GOOSE TO CAG! THEY JUST KILLED BLUTO!"

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

CAG; 347, GET A VISUAL IDENT ON WUT TOOK HIM OUT

• Me

I see the flash....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

I SAW GOOSE! RAPTOR STRING PULL BACK,REPEAT PULL BACK!

• Me

Bluto was so close....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"ROGER THAT!"

• " 318 TO CAG----MY GODS! IT's AN OLD CYLON BASE STAR!"
• "DAMN STRAIGHT! LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT MUTHA!"
• POSITON ! WHERE IS IT?

• Me

Where are it's raiders.....

• All I got is the Basestar on Dradis....

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

Blindsword says MK II , no raiders

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

"316__ NOT LAUNCHING RAIDERS----IT MIGHT BE FRESH OUT!"

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

ITS READING UNIDENTIFIED BUT IT LOOKS LIKEMK1 BASE

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Same here Capt. Reamer

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

" 320, IT'S NOW APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD!"

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

Bindsword says no sign of raiders in or out

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Captain I think I got something .... a big something. but I dont think its that...

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

CAG TO FLIGHT--WEAPONS HOT;;;STRIKE RAPTORS,MOVE IN POSITION!

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

we can argue MKII or II when we get in

• Me

What do you see Hitman....over....

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

Copy moving

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

LETS JUS GET THERE GIVE COVER SO WE CAN

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

" 320---IT'S NOW IN THE DOOR!"

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

Weapons hot, stay tight flight 5!

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

347 to 350 follow to breach site

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

CAG TO HAMMERS---CLEAR TO ENGAGE----KNOCK OUT ITS POWER GRID ONLY!"

• "HAMMER LEADER---FIRING MISSILES!"

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

I reading something the size o a Base Star outside the void.

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

OK THIS COULD B A LIL HARDER THAN XPECTED

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

Need to get mid 90 degree defense cannons out please going in there

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

(SEVERE DAMAGE ON BASE STAR----BASE STAR NO LONGER FIRING----BEGINNING TO DRIFT";)

• Me

Yeah I see it Hitman......WooHoo.......

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

my Draids is hard to read i think the void has caused some interference.

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

Breaching now

• Blinds has route to heart area

• Lt.Jg Grace "Bunny" Nonemaker

We'll keep our eyes open Hitman!

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

" #!^ TO CAG----BASE STAR DRIFTING"

• Me

Mine to Hitman.....we need to go on visual only here.....

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

ROGER THAT! CAG TO MARDET TEAMS, YOU ARE CLEAR TO BOARD!

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

347 inside moving to brain comp section

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

ice on ur 6

• Col. Keith "Leonidas" Ranson

CAG TO FLIGHT EYES OUT!

• Paul "Iceworm" Oakley

347 to 350 secure breach point.

• LTJG Eric "Hitman" Morelli

Roger that lets move towards the edge to get a better look. Stay tight.

• Capt. Juan (blindsword) Lopez

remember if it moves kill it