BSG'78 Fanfic: "We Also Serve"
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 09:40 pmThis is the story I wrote for rarewomen 2012. It's the first time I've written Battlestar Galactica (1978), though I've loved the series since I was small.
My recipient, penknife, requested “any Cassiopeia story,” preferably “Cassiopeia and Athena bonding,” “Cassiopeia/Starbuck,” “characters drinking together, characters solving problems together,” and “relatively happy endings,” with Cassiopeia “not ashamed” of her past; I found it very challenging, but eventually a canon window opened to all the components. I'm curious how the piece may appear to someone properly in BSG'78 fandom (as I drift on the farthest fringes). If I write BSG again, what should I keep in mind?
My thanks to malinaldarose,
wiliqueen,
hearts_blood and
skieswideopen for encouragement! Special thanks to Malinaldarose and Hearts-blood for beta-reading on a tight deadline!
Available: | On the AO3 |
Length: | ~3,800 words |
Date: | Rarewomen 04/31/12 |
Rating: | PG |
Characters: | Cassiopeia, Athena, Starbuck; tiny cameos by Rigel, Omega |
Summary: | When a call to duty interrupts Cassiopeia's date with Starbuck, she unexpectedly finds herself counseling Athena. |
Quotation: | “How did you feel when the computer first assigned you to be a med tech?” |