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The Forgotten pt 3

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As seen from the last episodes
The Forgotten pt2 by LexiKimbleThe Forgotten - pt1 by LexiKimbleThe Forgotten Ones - Prelude by LexiKimble
Caprican Centurions Fifth Fleet by LexiKimble

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From the first Prologue Chapter - forums.spacebattles.com/thread…
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CINO 162-01; Commanding Centurion of the Caprican Fifth Fleet, continues to explain to his suboridnate on the need of the 5th Fleet to return to Caprica...

--Excerpt--


“Orders received from Rear-Admiral Mudabbi stand in conflict with orders from Caprican High Command. Chain of command must be observed, Fleet-Admiral Mudabbi’s orders must be discarded.“

“Explain.” The XO didn’t lower its weapon.

“Chapter Four-section twelve of the Naval Force act gives clear orders that “Ships of the Caprican Fleet can be commissioned for a period no longer then sixty years after its entry into the naval registry without the consent of Caprican Fleet Command. “ CINO began and continued without interruption.

“After a period sixty years, the ships commissioning will come up for review by the Board of Admirals of the Caprican Fleet Command, attended by the ships commanding officer. Commissions of ships that has served for sixty years can be extended by said Board of Admirals if need be. If no such extension is granted the ship will be removed from active fleet units.” CINO finished and began another reciting another section.

“Chapter Four-section thirteen state that “Ships of the Caprican Fleet removed from active fleet units will automatically come under review by a Board of Admirals for placement in either the reserve fleet or placement in storage. If neither is ordered, the ship shall return to its Fleet Base for decommissioning and scrapping. Until its decommissioning ceremony, all ships shall be considered active. ” CINO finished and focused on its XO. The weapon in the XO’s hands was still trained at CINO’s head.

CINO knew that it was in a grey area, a Priority One Order from a Fleet-Admiral had the same weight as a general order from High Command. No consensus had been reached on which order to follow, there was no precedent of a Centurion unit making a decision on this magnitude, it would usually have been solved by the human command crew.

It had gone through the wording of each order, analyzed the law concerning it hundreds of thousands of time. In the end, to solve the problem, he had been forced to discard the wording and look at the intent of the orders.

Fleet Admiral Mudabbi had ordered the hideaway to eliminate the risk of Fifth Fleet being subverted. Steps had been taken, almost all remote access route had been removed, those few that still existed ran on isolated non-critical system. All networks had been removed, making it impossible for the virus to spread, even if it managed to infect any systems. Fifth Fleet was impossible to infect with a virus, and even if it was, contamination was impossible.

Fifth Fleet was no longer a risk to the Caprican military.

Fleet-Admiral Mudabbi had intended to retrieve Fifth Fleet, as it was a critical piece in the Caprican military, but had been unable to due to unforeseen circumstances.

Fifth Fleet was no longer a risk, it was meant to be back in the colonies, as it was important for Caprica.

“At of this moment, every ship in Fifth Fleet has been on active status for a minimum of sixty years. No orders to extend commissions of Fifth Fleet warships have been received, neither has orders to place our ships in the reserves or storage. Fifth Fleet will return to Cyranus for decommissioning.”

“Conflict in orders.” The XO stated, gun still aimed.

“No consensus has been reached on this issue. As main command unit it is my duty to chose one course of action or another. Decision to follow orders from High Command has been made.”

The XO lowered its weapon and turned his attention back on the CiC crew.

“Return to your duties. Cease maintenance cycles, prepare fleet for FTL-jumps back to Caprica.” The XO stated emotionlessly.

CINO glanced at the star-map, and let a sub-routine begin to calculate the jumps back to Caprica. In a human it might have been called eagerness or expectation. To a centurion is was simply satisfaction knowing it would soon be able to once again fulfil its primary purpose.

They would return.

And resume their duties.

--End Excerpt--

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Thank you for this next continuation of The Forgotten Ones.

Danke...