Armageddon

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Armageddon A book of the Richard Hatch line
Book No.	1
Author(s)	Richard Hatch Christopher Golden
Adaptation of
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Published	August 1, 1997
ISBN	0671011693
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Armageddon is the first novel in Richard Hatch's continuation series, published 1997.

Twenty years after the fall of the colonies the fleet has long since left the Cylon's behind. Or have they? As Commander Adama's health fails Starbuck and Apollo encounter Cylon's on a recon patrol. Starbuck is shot down and seemingly killed.

Soon after Adama dies and Apollo is left in command of the Cleet. But a Cylon fleet is closing in and the evil of Count Iblis is rising once more. He also faces internal strife and a nagging certainty that Starbuck isn't dead...

Summary

The story picks up about eighteen years after the television series so there are some big changes.

• Commander Adama: Dies in the opening sequence of an heart attack.
• Apollo: Promoted to Lt. Commander some time ago, he becomes temporary commander in aftermath of Adama's death. Driven by developing mental powers he sets out to rescue Starbuck and defeat a Cylon armada. By the end of the book he is made full Commander, on the condition that he can keep flying Vipers.
• Starbuck: Fathered a girl child (Dalton) with Cassiopeia. Eventually lived with Athena for some years before she threw him out when he asked to marry her. Has bounced between the two ever since.
• Athena: Lt. Col and second in command of Galactica. Considers herself capable enough to become Commander.
• Cassiopia: Had a daughter with Starbuck but married another (unknown) man. Divorced some years before. Appears to have reconciled with Starbuck since. She and Athena still don't get along.
• Sheba: Active pilot as well as pilot trainer. Still believes her father Cain is alive.
• Boomer: Also teaching pilots.
• Baltar: Still in command of a basestar (presumably after being rescued after Adama dumped him on a nearby planet soon after "The Hand of God").
• Boxey: Now known by given name of Troy. Was the youngest person to graduate flight school but Dalton has since broken that record. May have feelings for Dalton. The only one who called him Boxey at this point was Adama.
• Dalton: Starbuck and Cassiopia's daughter. Has her mother's looks and her father's cardshark and piloting skills. There is a rumor, that she was rushed through flight training because she won everybody's money.
• Muffit: Status unknown.
• Battlestar Pegasus: Presumed destroyed in action. No evidence to support or deny this possiblity.
• The Fleet: Numbers have dropped slightly as ships have broken down for good or had to be canabalized to fix another. Some groups have settled habitable worlds along the way. (It is unknown whether the Cylons have found any of them). There is a movement on board to break off and colonize the nearest habitable planet rather than go on to Earth.
• The Cylons: No one has seen them in six yeara. However they are still around and they may be changing...
• Count Iblis: Has not been seen in years. But for a being as old as him that may not mean much.

Notes

• This series led to a further six books (as of 2006), these stories continue the series and do not hold Galactica 1980 as canon.

• Richard Hatch played Apollo in the Original Series and plays Tom Zarek in the new one.

• The book includes a glossary of terms on page 310, which can be located at List of terms (RH).

Original Series definition: a title of nobility (e.g. Count Iblis)