(TM) 216. The Impossible Maneuver

[admiral_adama]

Impossible

"Husker ... what the hell was that?!" Major Rich "Thrasher" Crandall, Atlantia's CAG, wearily rubbed the bridge of his nose before turning his disapproving gaze on the young officer in front of him

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OOC

[altitudeandwine]

Crandall could practically smell the post-combat adrenalin rush radiating off of him.
Ni-ice way of putting it!

but this batch had been cleverer than most at hiding themselves.
Like your dive into plotting and plots!
Very promising for Novel One.

it would be up to his replacement whether one Captain William Adama stayed in or got chucked out. Crandall already had the odds figured as to which it would be.
Ah!
Yes!
Good reasoning!
I like how you create the back story to that canon fact.

Hell, given his complete lack of military background and connections, he'd be on thin ice even if he'd kept his nose squeaky-clean
Cool. Carolann was the connection.
I like how you tied into that.

Good story. well written. And it seems utterly credible. Connects to canon, and in canon in a way that it connects to any pictures I can make of young-Bill.

It does make me wonder if Bill so appreciates Kara because she is in fact a young copy of his young self.

Good story - to trigger that kind of reflection

Re: OOC

[admiral_adama]

Thank you! *^_^* I believe I mentioned in chat that I had originally planned to write two shorter vignettes for this prompt ... and then Crandall took over. GAH! Even a one-shot NPC can PWN MAH BRANE!

Oh, yes, Kara reminded Bill of Bill very early on. Most specifically she reminded him of those parts of himself that he'd had to set aside to become the Responsible Commander.

[docladyblade]

To mun: *applauds* Bravo! Excellent glimpse of young Bill.

[admiral_adama]

*hee!* *bows* Thank you! I've been taking a few interesting trip with Bill in the Wayback Machine lately ...

[ifwebefriends]

*hearts*

[admiral_adama]

*^_^* Thank you. :D

[cain_enabled]

Pity you chose to play it safe in the long run.

[admiral_adama]

I can play fast and loose with my own single life, Admiral. Not with all of the lives left in the human race.

[steeldust_01]

Yeah !
A young-bill-story !
I like it !

[admiral_adama]

Thank you! He is fascinating to write. And it was nice of Ron Moore and Co. to give us a glimpse of him in Razor and the pre-Razor minisodes. :D