Six hours later
Six hours have passed since Avalon and its accompanying ships arrived at the site of the combined wreckage of a Battlestar and  Basestar from the First Cylon War. The a pair of civil engineering ship were already cutting large sections from both wrecked ships, and those sections were being loaded into awaiting freighters. While marines explored and continued to clear the wrecked ships. Other landing parties retrieved and salvaged parts, such circuit boards, and other miscellaneous items inside those wrecked ships.


Meanwhile inside the wrecked basestar, a marine triped over a deactivated Cylon centurion and smashed against a control console.


A couple of minutes later, back inside Avalon’s situation room. “Frak,” said Captain Johnston into a handset. The young officer turned toward the Admiral. “Brownlee has picked up a short burst transmission coming directly from the Basestar.”

Someone else added. “One of the power plants inside the Battlestar Colossus is powering back up. On its own!”

[open thread for characters involved in the salvage operation]