Read this in one setting. Good start I will be going to book two now.
JAG

Looks like a good start. Now I'm off to reading book 2 and 3 of this story.

Excellent, a far better ending to the series than what we got on tv.
Too bad that i only found about it now, when it's long dead and buried.

cool

So... Earth is basically the twelve colonies but just one. Huh. Never saw that one coming.

Love this universe! Cannot wait for more

Story is great. YOu are the Money!

the whole Terranian Fleet and names and acronyms were kind of mind blowing in the beginning but i think that i;m starting to manage them. is very interesting and challenging. i have questions but they are probably addressed in Book II or III so i'll refrain from expressing them for the moment.

anyway i just wanted to let you know that i read this and enjoyed it.

So far, so good. Kara the Primadonna as usual ...

Talk about ending a story with a cliffhanger, though.

I liked the tale. On to part 2, now

This is a good story. There are some things I had pondered though as reading this.

First, let me say that I love you sense of realism with Sea carrier Nautical terms. This adds a depth of the characters without any real depth needed on the onset of chapter 1. I would like to bring some of my musings.

Second, I am not sure where your going with mimicing the 12 Colonies tightly. It kind of drew me away as I read the story, wondering if maybe these folks on the Olympus know something the audience didn’t about Colonial slang (Frak, etc). Unless there is a very good description somewhere it seems astronomically improbable that Earth would ever adapt “Frak” without being introduced to it by modern Colonial terms. Since thousands of years evolve languages, the word “Frak” probably wouldn’t have been used on Earth by original 13 tribes. In the Series, in the Tomb of Athena; it had mentioned that the modern Colonies did not use their ancient names ( i.e. Taurus was now called “Tauron”, Aries “Aerolon”, etc) That being said, it would seem odd to see thousands of years seperated from the Colonies that Earth would have developed the same slang, customs, etc. Now don’t take me wrong, your doing a great job in Chapter 1.

The other thing is that the Colonies developed Battlestars on their 12 worlds, 20 years after the exodus from Kobol. So if anything they would have found a broken up colony ship but not in Alaska. See, if you follow that the 13 tribes of Kobol; 20 years ago worshipped the ancient greek and roman pantheon as gods, then it would stand to reason that some of the 13th Tribe settled in Rome and Greece after they landed. Now I suppose it could have landed in Alaska, but why? 20 years ago it was still cold in Alaska…darn cold. Why not somewhere more hospitable in North America? I am merely pointing out that the story might later explain these speed bumps, but as of Chapter 1, they seem like it might have been overlooked?

Now as to vipers, the Mark 5 was built in 20 years? I know a little bit of military and defense contractors, but they might have reached Mark 2 because Mark 1 might have been recovered, even if it was an ancient viper type and better than a F-18 or F-22 today it would not be called a Mark 5 that quickly. I am not sure if your trying to merge the 2 cultures at the start, but it is something to think about.

I would also point out that I am not sure if the men meeting at the “Octagon” (New building or added on from the Pentagon?) in charge of world defense were of a 1 world government or not so I can’t address till I read more and see if you addressed this.

It’s a great start on this story and I see you’ve written other books so you’ve developed this more but this is a good start. I hope you’ll accept this review as it was intended. I only send long reviews on those stories that really have an opportunity to go far and have some items that need addressing to further enrich your story.

I hope it helps and if not be encouraged to continue writing.

Best Regards, SG07

Great story.

Love the verbal banter between Starbuck and Tigh.

Keep up the great work.

I'll read book 2 when I get some time.

Thank you for sharing.

Excellent story. Your characterizations are well done. Looking forward to reading the rest of your stories.

Oh. My. Gods. This story is BEYOND amaizng. Your style of writing is EPIC! Before reviewing, I read previous reviews (I don't like to repeat things others have already said), and sawy that, not only was the number few, but the remarks weren't completely positive. I just have one thin to say to those obviously unnappreciative readers: "WHAT THE FRACK IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

Anyways, on to the rest of my review~

First off, I'd like to state for the record, when I saw CCAW, I immediately thought "Seesaw, ha ha ha!" Yeah, I know, I'm a loser.

This is a very well-written beginning, and I really wish that I had some sort of constructive critizism to offer.

So Sharon told her about Sam, what else did she tell her?

Comms procedures again, if you're leaving a line open you can use "Stand by" or if you expect the break i the conversation to be fairly brief "Wait one".