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from the Chitain was optimistic," he said. Optimistic was not a word
Apollo would have associated with Commander Cain. "Recent analyses
indicate the damage done to the Pegasus, Daedelus, and several other
fleet ships, was much more extensive. Many of our ships are operating on
half- or emergency-power reserves. Much of that power is being diverted
to keep the life support systems functioning. Without the Agro ship and
additional medical facilities, we will not be able to continue feeding and
tending to the needs of such a large number of wounded civilian and
military personnel."

Apollo stepped forward to address Cain's concerns, but it felt to him as
if he had simply opened himself to the commander's critical scrutiny. "You
will have to tend to these matters as best you can, Commander Cain," he
said. "We are hopeful that Kirasolia will fulfill many, if not all, of our
needs, but the fleet will have to return to deep space, even if the planet
turns out to be habitable."
 Cain said nothing for a long time. He was trying to unnerve Apollo with
his glowering silence, but Apollo met his unwavering gaze with one of his
own.

"The strategies you follow are deeply flawed, Apollo," Cain said at last.
Apollo noticed Cain did not do him the courtesy of addressing him as
Commander Apollo, as if the older man did not feel Apollo was worthy of
that post. Worse, Cain sometimes made Apollo feel as if he were not
worthy of that title. "You will soon have a mutiny on your hands if you do
not start listening to my counsel. If we'd had a few more centons before we
left Poseidon, we could have taken on food and fuel reserves, tended to our
wounded and repaired our ships. This would have provided the
opportunity for the fleet to travel a longer distance through space and
explore planets not on the holocube, so the Cylons would have an almost
impossible task of finding us. You have no foresight, boy.

"You ignored my advice then and insisted we leave for Kirasolia
immediately. And now look at the hell we're in because of that. Because of
you."

Gar'Tokk, his back to the great screen holding Cain's image, pulled a
sour face that only Apollo could see.

"Now who's ignoring facts, Commander?" Apollo responded. "You seem
to have conveniently forgotten the food on Poseidon was creating genetic
mutations. That is not a risk I was willing to allow my fleet to take. And
with the Cylons knowing our whereabouts, we could not afford to chance
them mounting a major attack against us while our fleet was so
vulnerable."

Apollo did not need the giant screen to magnify the contempt Cain felt
for him; it was big enough already. "I'm beginning to wonder if you're a
coward, Apollo," he said, and for the first time since this heated discussion
began, Cain actually smiled. "With the Galactica, Pegasus, Daeddus, and