Blogs

First of all I'd like to inform everyone here that I have been elected as the next Chairman to the Quorum of the 12 and that I just took the CDF Viper Mark II Viper Qualification test here and handed it into the CAG officer of the Battlestar Raven, Hopefully I did well enough to earn those bright and shinny viper pilot wings you Viper jocks wear proudly upon your chest.

Raven Crew Personnel and Friends,

For all pilots and pilots wannabes on the Raven, here is the link on the Raven website where you can download the Viper and Raptor Manual so you can study and take the test to earn your wings:

http://www.battlestarraven-bfc-002.com/apps/documents/

This will be done by all Raven AirWing personnel.  Once you have taken the test, kindly send your answers to Admiral Miguel Rivera at:

cag_vf84@yahoo.com

so he can grade the test.  He will then let you know whether you pass the test or not.  You will receive a certificate from him if you pass the qualitifications test.

Regards,

Raven Actual

I recently stumbled upon some other ships, but cant find them now.They were various types, but all had Norse-type names, but were not large/combat-type vessels.  Anyone have a clue??

  With This Monday being In Celebration of Dr.Martin Luther King,jr., Let us Be reminded That What he Championed was DIVERSITY. Diversity Among Genders,Diversity among Races, Diversity Among Religions, And Diversity among Choices.

  Diversity Is the one thing That Makes Our(Real) World Great; If Everything was Just a Carbon-Copy Of One particular Thing, There would Be No Room For Evolution, Which Also Makes Our world Great.

  Dr. King , No doubt, Would Applaud The Words That Edward James Olmos Spoke At The UN:

                       "There Is only ONE Race,The HUMAN Race"

                                            SO   SAY   WE   ALL   ! !

Good Morning, BFC!!

Sorry I've not been around much... Been putting in a lot of overtime @ work lately... plus adding a fence to my property (damn strays messing w/my dog again)...  Add to that the fact that I still have some residuals from the flu sticking with me, and I'm physically exhausted. Outside of all that felgercarb, I'm fine. This is really the first chance I've had to get online in weeks. Looks like I've missed a lot... Got some SERIOUS catching up to do...

Good news! BSR-05 Excalibur has been officially recommissioned within the CDF Colonial Fleet!

From: ADM Rivera, Fleet Operations, CDF

To: Commanding Officer, Battlestar Excalibur BSR-05

SUBJ: OFFICIAL LAUNCH AND RE-COMMISSIONING OF BATTLESTAR EXCALIBUR BSR-05

1. EFFECTIVE IMMEDITALY you are to get underway from Rampart Station to 11th Fleet space. Classified navigational points have been transferred to your ship computers. Once underway your first way point will take you to Ragnor Anchorage. Authentications codes have been sent via encrypted communiqué to you. Once you arrive dock with the station. Commence weapons on load to include Nuclear WMD. 96 Hours after your weapons on load report to weapons training range. There you will conduct drills and live fire exercises in order to familiarize your crew with the ship.

2. Plot a course to the 11th Fleet. As you arrive at the outer marker you will be greeted by Combat Air Patrol from the Battlestar Aries. They will provide escort until your ship is safely in its area of operations. Once you have arrived report to ADM Miguel Rivera Fleet Operations Officer. He will provide you with instructions and patrol assignment.

3. Your crew has been hand picked and are the very best in the Colonial Fleet. Your ship hull classification is Valkyrie Class. Your ship registry is BSR-05. Mission parameters include and are not limited engage Cylon enemy forces through sustained combat operations, protecting the Colonies and it best interest.

4. Congratulations to you Colonel Landry and your valiant crew. Welcome to the Colonial Fleet and Good Hunting to you and Crew! The Re-Commissioning and Launching ceremony has concluded. I will brief you one on one Sir ~Salutes~

I don't know if there is already a link for this or not but this is a site where authors of various works of fanfiction can post articles relating to their stories. There are articles for characters, ships, and whatnot. 

http://galacticafanon.wikia.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_Fanon_Wiki

'The Devil You Know' was my first attempt to go back and tell a story from the Cylon War. Once again I hoped that it would help to flesh out the Tolan family. I know it probably clashes greatly with 'Blood and Chrome' but I hope it still provides for a good read. 

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5895638/1/The-Devil-You-Know

As I was working on my 'Battlestar Victorious' story the idea came to me that it might be interesting to write a prequel to help flesh out some of my characters and explore life in Pre-Fall Colonial society. While it had perhaps an uneven start it was perhaps one of the more fun stories I had written as it had a different feel from 'Victorious'. 

Another little fun fact. I had asked Tony Wilkins, aka The Wilky Bar Kid, about borrowing his main character of Artimus Bowman from his 'Battlestar Hermes' story and the result led to our two stories becoming intertwined as well. 

Here is the link for 'Ride of the Valkyrie': 

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5441535/1/Ride-of-the-Valkyrie

13Th Colony Vancouver BSG and Caprica Fan Club event, coverage from the official web FB page of Blood and Chrome!

Facebook photo from Official Blood and Chrome page

Acting Outlaws vs. Dennys Ilic photoshoot video featuring the beautiful Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qLwpJVtILQ&feature=youtu.be

Colonials,

Just wanted to share this very cool poster here at Battlestar Galactica Fan Club that the USS Navras (Starfleet Chapter), made and it included Battlestar Raven on it.  This poster is helping promote the Fan Club Organizations that will be in attendance mentioned on the poster.  That was very nice of them.  The poster is very cool!  Check it out:

So I'm not quite the details nerd, so I'll pose a question.  Was Caprica 6 (the one that often had Baltar talking to mid air, not the phyiscal form)  an image transferred through a chip in Baltar's head, an image or obession in his subconscious, or something else? (and did the show ever specify)

Howdy,  

      As an older member my earliest memories of BSG is of the original series.  Back in the days when kids had to use their imaginations to entertain themselves, I remember nearly all the kids played BSG.  I was in 2nd or 3rd grade and during recess the kids would meet up, split into the cyclon group and the colonials, each side had a "base".  Baltar (usually an older kid) would sit on a rock on the outskirts of the play ground, while the colonials would operate out of BSG-75, or what we would also call the wood/tire fort.  The tire fort worked well as it had 3 large concrete sewer tunnels (launch tubes) that were large enough for small kids to launch out of.  The cyclons would report to Baltar, Adama would say,"launch all vipers" and we were off having "epic scale" dog fighting viper versus raider (kids running all over making sound effects and blowing each other up).  3 battles a day, 5 days a week.  Anyone else have some fond memories of BSG that were seperate from the enjoyment of viewing the series?

Chad "Tank" Cirillo

Can't wait to watch the series

Battlestar Raven's First Raptor Squadron Logo:  "The Seekers"

Logo design was upon the request of the Raven CAG:  Front of end of the raptor on a dark background with two glowing eyes behind it.

So I'm rewatching the new series again, hadn't watched it since my last deployment.  Of course I can't get enough of it.  Looks like Blood and Chrome would be a good birthday present.  So I'm getting pumped about Galacticon.  Haven't been to a convention since I was in highschool and am kind of pumped about this one.  Hopfully the army doesn't have plans for me...then I only have to decide on flying or driving, gold or silver, and costume or no costume.

Looking forward to meeting people to discuss costume designs, vendors and chit chat about sci fi.  Particularly Battlestar Galactica.

Greetings!

As a new member, I face several new chances...

1)a new year

2)a new command

3)making new friends

4)making a new start

I am a veteran, from yahrens ago.  I also have some health problems.  "What would Starbuck do"??  In the opening scenes of the nu-BSG, Starbuck is seen running, in various other episodes, even in the brig, she exercises.  We love the shows, we do charity work, raise funds , why not integrate some work-outs into our daily routines??  Starbuck/Katee could be a model of "Fit for Duty".  I dont believe in resolutions, but I do in 'new starts'!!

Hope to hear other ideas, viewpoints/suggestions!!!

In Service and Strength,

caprica77/Mark brian rouland

Well, some of Battlestar Raven's Convention items came in.  I cannot really complain. They came out pretty darn good. :-)

The first one is the Raven's 1st  ever convention banner 3 x 6 feet in size:

The second one that came in is the Raven's buttons/pins.  This is the front part of it:

This is the side of the buttons/pins and contains the following URL you see on them:

There are a couple more items that has not come in yet...When I get them, I will post pictures of those items.

In Service,

Cherry "DragonLady"

BFC Deputy Vice President

Commanding Officer-Battlestar Raven-BFC 002