OK here goes this is my first fan-fic and needles to say i own nothing but a rather clapped out car and a pet snake so please don't sue me

As the Raptor slipped past the upper port flight pod the passenger looked on the vessel below with not a little pride. The Cerberus was the newest and by far and away the biggest Battlestar built yet four double flight pods two port, two starboard and triple the number of main guns of the Mercury class ships made her a formidable ship, But it was knowing what those flight pods carried that made the bigger impact on the officer 12 squadrons of the new mark 8 Vipers and 6 of the mark 2 Raptors.

As he stepped down onto the flight deck he was greeted by the usual hustle and bustle of an operational Battlestar. The tall officer with bright blue eyes, sandy blond hair and a Colonels insignia looked on his new posting with a grate deal of interest because Colonel Lee Adama was home.

This was to be his first posting as XO and even better it was on a ship he himself helped design when working as test pilot for the mark 8. In another week once she had relinquished command of the Pegasus Admiral Cain would arrive to take command but in the mean time Lee had many things to prepare. So he ordered a marine to take his luggage to his quarters and went to CIC to start work.

Many hours later a weary Lee Adama collapsed into his bed for the night but not half an hour had passed when the alarms started to sound.

War had come to the colonies.

(re-edited 28/10/14)