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| ==Plot== | | ==Plot== |
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| === [[Baltifer's basestar]] ===
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| * {{alt|Starbuck|TOS}} is tossed into a cell by a {{alt-r|Centurion}}, who warns that any further acts of defiance will be met by lethal force.
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| * Starbuck finds that he shares a cell with a {{alt-r|Starbuck|corpulent, heavily-bearded}} [[fumarello]]-smoking man, who condescendingly states that he'd better make peace with the {{TOS|Lords of Kobol}}. The man refuses to give his name, and prevents Starbuck from introducing himself.
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| * The topic quickly changes to {{alt-r|Zee}}, and the bearded compatriot summarizes why humans are kept prisoners aboard [[Baltifer's basestar|the basestar]] and how Zee came into the employ of the {{alt-r|Cylons}}. He also reveals to Starbuck that {{alt-r|Baltar}} has been merged with {{alt-r|Lucifer}}, and has become a cybernetic amalgam called [[Baltifer]].
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| * Starbuck attracts Zee's attention, finding himself looking into the face of a rapidly decrepit man whose life-support systems are tied into a modified Centurion, upon which Zee is perched.
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| * Zee orders the Cylons to give Starbuck "special consideration" to further discover the secrets of the [[Temporal Viper|"curious ship."]]
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| * Later, Starbuck awakens in his cot, finding his cellmate hunkered behind a mattress, preparing for a blast.
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| * The blast comes before Starbuck can further pursue a line of questioning, discovering that the [[Cylon Warden]] lies in flaming shambles.
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| * The cell doors are overridden by a group of raiders, who run to the cigar-smoking rotund man, referring to him as "Captain Starbuck" much to Lieutenant Starbuck's befuddlement.
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| * Starbuck's "other self" offers to give him a lift, seeing as the Cylons believe him to be of value, but makes it clear he won't wait around.
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| * As Captain Starbuck's raiders exchange fire with incoming Centurions, Lieutenant Starbuck asks about the other prisoners. The Captain wryly notes that the Warrior is a "bleeding heart," and reiterates his abhorrence to slowing down: it's every person for themselves.
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| * The escaping raiders and prisoners make their way to a launch bay, where the raiders are loading ammo and other equipment on stolen {{alt-r|Raider}}s. Starbuck regales himself with the praise from his people for risking his life, as he allowed himself to be captured in order to feed his raiding party the basestar's security codes.
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| * Starbuck has a face-off with his alternate self, fighting for the right of the other prisoners to board the stolen Raiders. After another wave of Centurions arrives, Captain Starbuck begrudgingly agrees, and the surviving prisoners also board the Raiders.
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| * As the stolen Raiders launch, the Starbucks enter into Lieutenant Starbuck's Viper to escape, only to find it is unable to start. However, the Centurions avoid firing on the craft, ordering the humans to surrender. This gives Starbuck the time he needs to fire an engine, and he uses the Viper's lasers to clear out the Centurions in their path as they escape.
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| * To prevent pursuit, Captain Starbuck deploys the [[signal disruptor]] that affects the Cylons and gives his counterpart the coordinates to his base. That base is ''{{alt-r|Galactica}}'' itself.
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| * In the aftermath of their escape, Zee reports to a displeased Baltifer that they were able to reverse engineer temporal technology from the Viper, and that their dismantling efforts are why it had problems launching prior to its escape. Zee assures Baltifer that they will soon have [[temporal weapon]]s of their own.
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| === The Planetoid ===
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| * On the planetoid where [[Q-Cache]] [[Q-Cache 2702|#2702]] should be, {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} finds himself facing {{alt-r|Adama|a scarred man}} who looks and acts {{alt|Apollo|TOS|like his father}}.
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| * Adama reiterates that {{alt-r|Apollo|his son}} is dead, as he saw him die, and is haunted by dreams of it. He believes the Apollo before him some kind of "meat-puppet" manufactured by Zee.
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| * Apollo begins to {{comics|vol2|1|tell Adama of earlier events}}, which {{alt-r|Boomer}} believes to be "far-fetched [[felgercarb]]," but is quickly interrupted by another rebel who informs Adama of their discovery.
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| * Apollo is brought down to an underground hangar bay, where his [[Temporal Viper]] is lowered via landing pad, having been dragged from the marsh it landed in.
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| * A quartet of Warriors approach, with one of them discussing that the [[temporal warper|warper-tech]] modifications lends credibility to Apollo's story. Apollo recognizes that person, believing it to be {{alt|Serina}}—it is {{alt-r|Serina|a Serina}}, but she throws the "freak" away from her for she does not know him. When Apollo goes to explain that he was married to her, [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II|that she died]], and he raises their son {{alt|Boxey|TOS}}, she goes into a rage. Adama explains to him that {{alt-r|Boxey|her son}} died in the {{alt-r|Battle of Cimtar}} when {{alt-r|Caprica}} was destroyed.
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| * Adama questions Apollo on his continual mentions of ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS}}''. When Apollo mentions that it is a battlestar, Adama replies that not only all {{alt-r|battlestar}}s were destroyed, but there has never been one named ''Galactica''.
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| * Later, Apollo lays out his story to the resistance group, as well as posits that both himself and Starbuck—who they do not know—changed reality during the [[Nebula Ambush]]. At Apollo's request, Adama relays the [[alternate reality|history of the alternate reality]].
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| * At the end of the story, Adama tells Apollo of their dire situation, believing that humanity will soon be extinguished. It is a belief that neither Boomer nor Serina share, and Apollo reiterates that they "speak with the voices of ''my'' time" and that the Adama he knew would never give up. Adama concedes that he may not be anything like Apollo's actual father.
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| ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
