Battlestar Galactica: Original Series - 13 - Apollo's War by Glen A. Larson & Thurston

Author:Glen A. Larson & Thurston [Larson, Glen A. & Thurston]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Interplanetary Voyages
ISBN: 9780425094761
Google: 0TPDAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0425094766
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 1987-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Hera, who very much liked being taller than any man she was with, felt faintly uncomfortable at height differences between herself and other women. As she strolled now beside Cassiopeia, she was almost painfully aware of what a contrast they must make to the several men who walked by them and gave them a piercing but approving glance. While it was true that a more attractive pair of women could not usually be seen walking together in the corridors of the Galactica, they were an unmatched twosome. In addition to the height difference, they were unlike in the nature of their good looks, with Hera's features being strong and sharply etched, while Cassiopeia's good looks were softer. Hers was a more rounded face and her eyes hinted at subtleties that the eyes of the more direct and forceful Hera did not. Cassiopeia's light blonde hair contrasted sharply with Hera's lustrous black locks.

Hera preferred Cassiopeia's company more than that of any other Galactican woman, and they had hit it off well from their first encounter, an episode in which Hera had been deliberately browbeating Starbuck. Now Starbuck was a matter of concern to her for different reasons.

"So the old bozo's down in the dumps?" she asked Cassiopeia.

"Doctor Salik says it's a severe depression."

Salik had ordered Starbuck into Life Station, as was his right as the Galactica's Chief Medical Officer, and given the young lieutenant a battery of physical and psychological tests. With pilots, he had explained to Cassiopeia, it was necessary to use the physical tests so the subject wouldn't balk at the psychological ones.

Hera sighed and shook her head.

"Hard to imagine Starbuck depressed. He's so . . . ebullient."

"Ebullient? Yes, I guess so. But that's only one of his moods. He can be pretty lowdown, too."

"Yeah, I heard."

For a moment Cassiopeia was taken aback at Hera's sarcasm, then she saw what the tall cadet had meant.

"Not that way! I mean, lowdown in his mood. Depressed, like the doctor says."

"Strange. It's about Apollo, isn't it?"

"What else? They were always close, the both of them."

"So are a lot of us. But we get over it."

Cassiopeia smiled. Whenever Hera saw that smile, she realized why the males of the Galactica were falling all over themselves to try to catch the pretty med-tech's attention.

"Well," Cassiopeia said, "you Vaileans do seem to have a healthy and positive outlook on life. But the rest of us, well, I don't know how to say it . . ."

"Life is hard?"

"Maybe. But for Starbuck it's not even that. He's got a great outlook on life ordinarily. At least, he's always been able to talk himself out of his emotional problems."

"The way he talks himself out of all kinds of trouble. Trouble like me."

"Uh-huh. But this thing with Apollo . . . they've been through so much together. They've saved each other's lives so often, it's like they're brothers, you know? They act like brothers and, well, Starbuck's got no family, except for Chameleon and who knows where Chameleon is now?"

Hera nodded.

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