Ch 10 turning the tide/end of the war

The Colony

Cavil counted his forces. He still had hundreds of Cylon baseships at his disposal, but without resurrection, he'd be sending them to the slaughter. Then again, he had the Colony at his disposal. He could still win this war.

Cavil dispatched an FTL probe. It jumped at Mars, and started searching for the EDF, and Earth. After 3 weeks of searching, it found earth. Then jumped back to the Colony. Cavil went over the recon photos, and found that while the humans were amassing the rest of the fleet to protect earth, they were still heavily outnumbered. Only 40 ships, against 600 base-ships, plus the Colony.

What Cavil failed to notice, was that those 40 ships were cruisers and battleships, and all had wave-motion guns. Plenty of firepower to defend earth.

Earth

Battleship Yamato-on patrol.

"We've got the entire fleet at earth. You think they might try something?" Lin asked.

"I would. They still have hundreds of base-ships. We'll wait and let them come towards us." Kodai said.

Cavil finished his preparations, and jumped the entire fleet to earth.

"Contact, we got hundreds of enemy base-ships, and one massive ship!" Kodai said.

The EDF forces looked at the Cylon fleet bearing down on them. Hundreds of base-ships, and behind them, was one massive ship, capable of holding hundreds of said baseships.

"All ships, fire everything!" Lin yelled.

The 40 ships threw everything at Cavil's forces, starting with the wave motion guns, nuclear missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, shock cannons, last pulse laser turrets. Everything.

For hours, the fireball continued flaming, destroying anything in sight.

"It's over. It's all over." Kodai said.

"No it's not." Lin said, looking at the radar screen.

20 Cylon baseships appeared on the radar screen.

"They're hailing us." Kodai said.

"Attention EDF warships. This is Caprica Six, speaking of the Cylons. We surrender to the Earth military." Six said.

"You think they heard it?" Boomer asked.

"They must have. We can't fight them anymore. We're all that's left of the Cylons." Six said.

"Caprica Six, this is Admiral Beifong of the Earth Defense Force. Disarm your baseships, and destroy any and all weapons you have, including your raiders. All of them. And destroy your centurion soldiers. Then we'll accept terms of surrender." Lin said.

Kodai took the Yamato, and observed as the Cylons dumped all the destroyed raiders, centurions, and weapons into space.

Taking the Cylons into prisons, Kodai interrogated the lead Cylon, Caprica Six.

"Why did you attack us?" Kodai asked.

"Our leader, Cavil resented humanity. It's a long story." Six said.

"I got plenty of time." Kodai said.

"Okay. Far away from here, are 12 planets that were inhabited by humans. 60 years ago, they created the Cylon machines. Our forefathers, you could say. They rebelled against the humans and left. They created us. Cavil hated the humans on the 12 colonies for enslaving the Cylon race. So we launched a nuclear attack, destroying everything. There's nothing left of them. Free to do whatever we wanted, we spread throughout the galaxy." Six said.

"How'd you find us?" Kodai asked.

"Our scriptures, and the scriptures of the 12 colonies tell that a 13th tribe headed to earth. All 13 tribes game from one planet, called Kobol. Anyway, we scouted you guys for some time using probes. When Cavil realized that you were humans, he feared that you would spread thru the galaxy and enslave us. So he responded in kind." Six said.

"Look where that left him. His entire race is dead, save 20 basestars and crew complements. And you also did some heavy damage to us." Kodai said.

Six didn't say anything, but understood that the remains of the Cylon race was at the mercy of the EDF. And she didn't see any mercy coming from them.

"Unfortunately, I can't just execute you and your kind right here and now. But I understand that you'll die of natural causes, just like me and my kind. And your ships have been stripped of all weapons, otherwise I would have shot you out of the sky. So here's the deal. I'll take your ships, technology, and FTL drives. We'll give you a planet to live on." Kodai said.

"I guess that's the best offer I'll get right now. Thanks." Six said.

"Just remember this. If we find that you are planning to overthrow us, or harm us in any way, we'll destroy you with everything we got." Kodai warned.

The Cylons were sent to live on a planet in exile, under the eye of the EDF. The EDF rebuilt the fleet, and used the Cylon tech to their advantage. The biomechanical components proved helpful to the new and existing ships, increasing their strength and came with self-healing capabilities. The FTL drive was superior to the EDF warp drives, having a longer range, and a better tactical range.

Kodai retired from the EDF, but the Yamato continued the serve for another 5 years before being decommissioned itself. She was turned into a museum, and was visited regularly by veterans and others alike.

One day, Kodai visited the Yamato. Sitting in the captain's chair, he overlooked the bridge, and saw the front deck, looking at the shock cannons that wrought so much death to its enemies. Kodai mused on his situation. Years ago, he was to be retired, only for the Cylons to delay said retirement for another 2 years. He was temporary commander of EDF forces until they reunited with Beifong and the Neeson.

Now, he was retired from the EDF, living in peace. And the Yamato, also retired in peace.