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| Wes Imlay |
Author has written 20 stories for Battlestar Galactica: 2003, and Caprica. Name: Wes Imlay Age: 30 Location: Currently The Sunshine State of Florida after an extended stay in the State of Georgia. Activities: Apart from reading and the work on the updates to my 'Battlestar Victorious' series...there's a plethora of activities here in Orlando to keep me busy. Favorite Music: Depends on what I feel like listening to. Favorite TV Shows: NCIS, Battlestar Galactica, JAG, Leverage, The Mentalist, and Alias among others.
I was not flirting with her, I was simply being friendly! I'm not bad, I'm just misunderstood. One day you'll laugh about this, I'm laughing already I like to think that I'm as smart as everyone says I think I am. How many times have I ever asked you to do something that you said you absolutely could not do? I am a bomb technician, if you see me running... try to catch up. No Officer, I couldn't possibly be so stupid as to speed twice in one day… Why should I worry? Nobody here outranks me by that much. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned military leadership? Just task the first two people you see. You can get drunk enough to do most anything, but you have to realize going in that there are some things that, once you sober up and realize what you have done, will lead you to either grab a 12-gauge or stay drunk for the rest of your life. Vision without funding is hallucination. Once you are in the fight, it is way too late to wonder if this is a good idea. Gravity: It may not be fair, but it is the law. Prayer may not help . . . but it can't hurt. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself. When all else fails, simply revel in the absurdity of it all. Never attribute to malice that which can be ascribed to sheer stupidity. 'Status quo,' as you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in... The first question I ask myself when tasked to do something that's not obviously and overwhelmingly in my own best interest is, 'Exactly what happens if I don't do it?' Accuracy and attention to detail take a certain amount of time. Hey, somebody should really do that... It's not a lot of work unless you have to do it. A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed. If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. Wisdom From Avaition/Military Manuals: "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." - General MacArthur "You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." - U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt. "Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance "Five second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal "Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." "Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Marine Recruit "If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop "Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." "You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot) "The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire." "If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe." "When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash." "Even with ammunition, the USAF is just another expensive flying club." "What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, ... The pilot dies." "Never trade luck for skill." The three most common ex pressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" And "Oh S...! " "Friendly fire - isn't" "Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight." "Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!" "Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it." "The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you." - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) "There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970 "If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to." "You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal." As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives, the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks "What happened?". The pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!" - Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot) | |||||||
1. Battlestar Victorious Volume 4:When Fates Collide » reviewsThe Battle of Ostarsis is over now the remants of BSG-66 must deal with the battle's aftermath along with learning to work with the newly-discovered group of survivors. New challenges await both the military and the civillians.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 7 - Words: 59,738 - Reviews: 29 - Updated: 4-28-13 - Published: 7-1-122. The Colossus' Story » reviewsIn the aftermath of the Battle of Ostarsis the Battlestar Colossus is left alone and on the run from the Cylons. This is the story of the Colossus' fight for survival in the attempt to return to the fleet of military and civilian ships it had been a part of. (This story runs concurrent with the events of Battlestar Victorious Volume Four)Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 17,711 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 4-21-13 - Published: 10-11-123. The Ark Royal Saga » reviewsA battlestar that has been decommissioned is about to be inactivated and put into storage when the Cylons attack. In the chaos and confusion following the attack, can a battlestar with no air wing have a chance of surviving?Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 5 - Words: 34,974 - Reviews: 31 - Updated: 12-7-12 - Published: 5-6-114. Ghost Ship » reviewsThe battlestar Delphi is a veteran of the Cylon War and a ship that is rumored to be haunted. When a group board the decommissioned battlestar to determine if it should be saved as a museum or scrapped they find themselves in a fight for their lives.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Mystery - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,496 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 11-7-12 - Published: 7-16-105. Survival of the Battlestar Stryker » reviewsBattlestar Stryker is set to decommission and make its journey to the scrap yard. The Cylon attack changes those plans and now the battlestar is in a fight for its life against overwhelming odds.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 43,774 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 11-7-12 - Published: 2-9-116. Global Defense: Ghosts of Things Past reviewsIn order to solve a hostage crisis at the Global Defense Department headquarters a group of agents will have to dig into an old case that may involve the Taurons.Caprica - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,354 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-21-127. The Devil You Know » reviewsSet during the First Cylon War: In order to save the colony of Canceron from being overrun by the Cylons, the government of the Twelve Colonies will negotiate with the criminal syndicate that runs the organized crime on the colony.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 8 - Words: 43,280 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 7-31-12 - Published: 4-13-10 - Complete8. Flight of the Libran » reviewsA battlestar from the First Cylon War is brought back into service for the purpose of eliminating the remains of a pirate group, a task that may keep it from falling victim to the Cylons when they attack the Twelve Colonies.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 8 - Words: 55,039 - Reviews: 30 - Updated: 7-18-12 - Published: 7-4-109. Battlestar Victorious Volume 3: Honor and Duty » reviewsBSG-66 and other remnants of the Colonial Fleet prepare for the mission to rescue the prisoners being kept by the Cylons on Ostarsis. Meanwhile, subversive elements in both the military and civilian populations attempt to undermine the rescue mission.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 14 - Words: 107,507 - Reviews: 68 - Updated: 1-14-12 - Published: 12-10-09 - Complete10. Global Defense: Out of Town Visitors » reviewsIt has been six months since the events of 'Apotheosis' and it now appears that a criminal syndicate on Canceron has forged an alliance with the Soldiers of the One, how strong the alliance is or what their plans are remains to be seen.Caprica - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Adventure - Chapters: 6 - Words: 25,497 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 12-16-11 - Published: 1-24-11 - Complete11. Conduct Unbecoming reviewsAn officer has been murdered on the Battlestar Hermes. The inveestigation by Colonial Fleet Investigative Services could possibly ruin careers and embarrass the Colonial Fleet.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,672 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-6-1112. Once Burned » reviewsA Battlestar Hermes/Battlestar Victorious story: A tragic event happened early in the career of Artimus Bowman, now it's coming back to haunt him and it threatens to engulf both his family and friends.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 18,417 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 7-19-11 - Published: 3-1-1113. Thrill Week » reviewsA group of friends decide to have a week of fun on the colony of Canceron. However they will find themselves in the middle of a firefight between a crime syndicate and a secret government intelligence agency. A Battlestar Victorious/BS Hermes crossover.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 36,176 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 6-10-11 - Published: 6-1-10 - Complete14. Surviving Picon reviewsThis is the story of a group of cadets who survive the destruction of the Colonial Fleet Academy and their fight to stay alive until they can be rescued.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,985 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-13-1015. Ride of the Valkyrie » reviewsSix years before the Fall of the Colonies President Adar's sister and niece were kidnapped and held hostage. This is the story of the rescue mission, one that would have a huge impact on the lives and careers of Scott Tolan and Artimus Bowman.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 10 - Words: 72,132 - Reviews: 32 - Updated: 8-24-10 - Published: 10-13-09 - Complete16. Hermes vs Victorious reviewsBattlestar Group 66 squares off against Battlestar Group 58 in a Colonial Fleet war game, pitting Rear Admiral Scott Tolan of the Victorious against Commander Artimus Bowman of the Hermes. A crossover of 'Battlestar Victorious and 'Battlestar Hermes'Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,257 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-20-1017. Loss of the Achilles reviewsDuring the First Cylon War, the battlestar Achilles was boarded by the Cylons. The commander jumped the ship away before the Cylons could take over the ship and use it against the Colonials. This is the story of that day...Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,212 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 7-12-10 - Complete18. The Stryker Chronicles reviewsBattlestar Stryker is on its shakedown cruise when an officer discovers the Cylon infiltration of the CNP program. Can the information be useful to the Fleet or will it be too late to make a difference...Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,544 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 4-7-1019. Battlestar Victorious Volume 2: The Return Home » reviewsWorking alongside the Eastern Alliance,Battlestar Group 66 makes a return to the Twelve Colonies. With an uneasy truce in place and threats of Cylon attacks, the two sides must work together to rescue the prisoners being kept on the prison moon of OstarsiBattlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 18 - Words: 143,056 - Reviews: 77 - Updated: 10-13-09 - Published: 1-10-08 - Complete20. Battlestar Victorious Volume 1: Those Left Behind » reviewsBattlestar Group 66 misses the Cylon attack while taking part in a secret weapons test. Rounding up a group of civilian ships, they make their way to either the Battlestar Galactica or a new world to call their own.Battlestar Galactica: 2003 - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 14 - Words: 91,183 - Reviews: 68 - Updated: 12-22-07 - Published: 5-25-07 - Complete
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