History FanFic / ReunionsAreABitch

What happens when [[BattlestarGalactica the Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] and [[StargateVerse the Tau'ri]] meet? Well, in the universe of this fanfic, there's only one thing that can happen: they go to war. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3546854/1/Reunions_are_a_Bitch ''Reunions are a Bitch'']] by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/52257/Bob_Regent Bob Regent]] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

# It [[TropeMaker popularized]] the idea of the Colonials of ''BattlestarGalactica'' being driven by religious fanaticism to conquer the Earth. Or them just being evil, period, despite little info on whether that's true or not.

* AlternateUniverseFic: The big differences between the two universes are solved by Vala never showing up in StargateSG1's season 9 (thus, no Ori), Gerak and his supporters attacking Earth, an expanded Daedalus-class production, the Colonials meeting the Prometheus (thus sending all the Cylons' plans out of whack), and [[spoiler:BattlestarGalactica not taking place 150,000 years in Earth's past]]. Also, The Asgard choose to not blow themselves to kingdom come, but rather upload their minds into several giant supercomputers so that they can unravel and rebuild their own genetic structure, a process that will take centuries.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: the ''StargateVerse'' and ''BattlestarGalactica''.

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* ShownTheirWork: The authors actually did quite a bit of work studying in preparation for what was being written in story...[[DidNotDoTheResearch usually.]] In particular, badly damaged nuclear missiles don't go nuclear, especially not at full yield. And the effects of the four nuclear warheads that hit Earth in the first battle have MUCH worse effects than they realistically would--20 megaton nukes (Tsar Bomba was 50 megatons) should NOT do anywhere near that kind of damage, and the resulting tsunamis should not be able to somehow ignore physics and geography.

# It is pretty decently written despite countless grammatical errors [[{{Doorstopper}} and an extremely long]] read.

** Also, only one Earth Ship, the ''Apollo,'' was destroyed, so it was more like only 16 to 17 percent. To make matters worse, part of the reason it was destroyed was because it was incomplete.

* HeroicSacrifice: Flight Lieutenant Fitzgerald does this so that the French F-302 pilot can make it back to the ''Odyssey''.

* HumansThroughAlienEyes: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3546854/16/Reunions_are_a_Bitch Chapter 16]] could be considered an essay on the subject, and is one of the most accurate examples ever seen.

* KnightTemplar: A lot of the Colonials could qualify as this, or at least the guys in charge.

* MoralDissonance: The Colonials' idea of liberation [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=206 is a little bit different]] from that of most people.

* RammingAlwaysWorks: A battlestar rams the incomplete ''Apollo'' destroying it. The ''Dionysus'' rams a Wraith cruiser and destroys it in Chapter Fourteen.

* ShownTheirWork: The authors actually did quite a bit of work studying in preparation for what was being written in story.

* CoolShip: [[spoiler: for the Colonials, the Warstar ''Zeus,'' a massive ship of incredible strength. For the Tau'ri, the newly christened DSC-304 ''General George Hammond.'']]

# It is an extremely good [[{{Doorstopper}} and extremely long]] read.
# It is one of the most realistic fics on the 'net--relatively speaking, given the existing BSG and SG canons being worked with.

# It is one of the most realistic fics on the 'net, especially in the area of politics.

* You Fail Logic Forever: Contrast the (real life) upwelling of support the America received after 9/11 (including none other then Fidel Castro - yes ''that FidelCastro'') with the calls for O'Neill to be charged with war crimes. Also, none of Earths scholars of Greek religion thought that it was rather suspicious a society that worshiped the Classical gods was starting a religious crusade, making them TooDumbToLive.
* YouFailReligiousStudiesForever: The polytheistic Colonials cover story to their own population is perhaps the worst one possible - the average Colonial citizen ''would not have cared'' that Earth was worshiping other gods and would have reacted to Aldar's announcement with incomprehension and disbelief. It also show a profound ignorance of Colonial society (then again, [[TrollFic perhaps that was the point]])- the rest of the colonies find the Sagittarons attitude towards modern medicine annoying, but they don’t bother to force their own views on them. Same with the Gemenon. There is no evidence that any other planets aside from Capricia persecuted monotheists. Not to mention the decision to allow Cult of Baltar to practice freely - and that's ''after'' the cylon genocide that killed all but 50 thousand out of twenty billion. To put it in perspective, imagine if the 9/11 attack killed all but 700 about of a popluation of 280 million, and a handful of the survivors converted to Islam. How well would said converts would be treated?
** Indeed. If anything the rabid anti-monotheism would have made far more sense in a pre-cylon war fic, given what we see in Caprica.

-->"People hate the United States on principal. You're just the most visible member of the armed forces. You knew you would get this kind of thing when you took the job. It's not like being on SG1 anymore."

* CoolShip: [[spoiler: for the Colonials, the Warstar Zeus, a massive ship of incredible strength. For the Tau'ri, the newly christened DSC-304 ''General George Hammond.'']]

* FalseReassurance: Adar mentions that the battle over Earth cost the Tau'ri 40 percent of their fleet. He conviniently left out that Earth had six ships.
** Also, only one Earth Ship, the ''Appolo,'' was destroyed, so it was more like only 16 percent. To make matters worse, part of the reason it was destroyed was because it was incomplete.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: ''StargateSG1'' and ''BattlestarGalactica''.

* Conspiracy: Adar, the religious leaders, military leaders, and industrialists all support taking Earth for various reasons that they don't wish to disclose including lying about what happened at the Katlean Base. [[spoiler:Adar and company stated that the Prometheus destroyed the base, however it actually suffered a life support failure two weeks before the Prometheus even showed up in the Cyrannus system.]]
-->'''You can't blame the will of the gods; it's our faith that's weak, not their will'. That's what they always say, and then they walk away, with their hands clean. Not this time. Livia wanted this liberation' (ha!) as much as I did.â Adar leaned back. The entire college wanted the Tau'ri brought to heel. They couldn't wait for the new converts and their money to start flowing into their coffers. I wanted to be remembered as the man to reunite all the worlds in our war. The military and industrialists wanted that so-called primitive FTL drive and the energy shield technology. And all of the resources present on that planet! Everybody had a stake in this gamble. Now look at us, eleven worlds, one destroyed and one looking to destroy everything we stand for. Damn, I frakked this one up. But if I go down, I'm taking them down with me, especially Livia.'''

* AlternateUniverseFic: The big differences between the two universes are solved by Vala never showing up in StargateSG1's season 9 (thus, no Ori), Gerak and his supporters attacking Earth, an expanded Daedalus-class production, the Colonials meeting the Prometheus (thus sending all the Cylons' plans out of whack), and [[spoiler:BattlestarGalactica not taking place 150,000 years in Earth's past]]. The Asgard not blowing themselves to kingdom come, but rather uploading their minds into several giant supercomputers so that they can unravel and rebuild their own genetic structure, a process that will take centuries.

* DeathFromAbove: The debris raining down on Picon from the destroyed orbital facilities. The nukes that impacted Earth.

* ElectroMagneticPulse: A probe's detonation causes this over Caprica in the recent chapter.
* EnergyWeapon: The Daedalus, Odyssey, Korolev, and Ajax get Asgard weapons. Felger also perfects his plasma cannon finally.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: The railguns on Earth's ships started at the 1 inch calibur and are at the 5 inch calibur. They also now fire naquadah/potassium rounds.

* MisguidedMissile: In Chapter 5, a colonial nuclear missile is headed to Virginia, however it gets damaged and detonates over Memphis

* WarFic: Considering that the story kicks off with a massive space battle this is pretty much a given.

As of June 5th 2011, it has so far reached 18 chapters, 256,342 words and 592 reviews.

* EMP: A probe's detonation causes this over Caprica in the recent chapter.

* Evolving Weapon: The railguns on Earth's ships started at the 1 inch calibur and are at the 5 inch calibur. They also now fire naquadah/potassium rounds.

* CompleteMonster: Colonial President Adar has not done anything to endear himself to the reader since he was introduced.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The battle over Earth, the raid on Picon, the battle against the Wraith, Hayes' phone call to Adar, and O'Neill chewing out the International Oversight Advisory over their constant micromanagement. Thor effortlessly destroying the remaining hive ship.

* IdiotPlot: The Colonial's "cover story" that they were invading Earth to convert the population is abysmally bad. There are far better ones, such as Colonials wanting to stop Earth's AI reaserched, or even better, the Colonials being fooling into thinking that Earth is under Cylon occupation. See YouFailReligiousStudiesForever below.

* ShownTheirWork: The authors actually did quite a bit of work studying in preparation for what was being written in story. However, the main author has gone on indefinite hiatus, so most of the work will unfortunately never get shown.

# It [[TropeMaker popularized]] the idea of the Colonials of ''BattlestarGalactica'' being driven by religious fanaticism to conquer the Earth. Or them just being evil, period, despite little info on whether that's true or n ot.

* AlternateUniverseFic: The big differences between the two universes are solved by Vala never showing up in StargateSG1's season 9 (thus, no Ori), Gerak and his supporters attacking Earth, an expanded Deadalus-class production, the Colonials meeting the Prometheus (thus sending all the Cylons' plans out of whack), and [[spoiler:BattlestarGalactica not taking place 150,000 years in Earth's past]]. The Asgard not blowing themselves to kingdom come, but rather uploading their minds into several giant supercomputers so that they can unravel and rebuild their own genetic structure, a process that will take centuries.

As of June 5th 2010, it has so far reached 18 chapters, 256,342 words and 592 reviews.

As of December 9th 2010, it has so far reached 17 chapters, 212,178 words and 480 reviews. Impressive, [[StarWars most impressive]]. Too bad [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=141481&page=75 the official discussion thread]] has died down since, with no new post after December 18th 2010.

* CharacterDerailment: ''And how.'' Cain, despite not undergone the shock of finding out that her lover was a cylon spy who helped them nuke the twelve colonies, has somehow become a GeneralRipper. The cylons themselves get one, as they consider negotiation with the newcomers almost right away, when in the series it took them until the episode “Downloaded” (sometime between days 189 and 270) for them to be willing to try an approach that did not boil down to KillAllHumans. Adar gets hit as well. In the series, the worst action he commits is sending troops to Aerilon which results in an incident where fifteen people are killed, an incident he privately regrets. In the fic, he's a manic.

As of 9th December 2010, it has so far reached 17 chapters, 212,178 words and 480 reviews. Impressive, [[StarWars most impressive]]. Too bad nothign else has come out since.

As of the creation of this article, it has so far reached 17 chapters, 212,178 words and 480 reviews. Impressive, [[StarWars most impressive]].

* AlternateUniverseFic: The big differences between the two universes are solved by Vala never showing up in StargateSG1's season 9 (thus, no Ori), Gerak and his supporters attacking Earth, an expanded Deadalus-class production, the Colonials meeting the Prometheus (thus sending all the Cylons' plans out of whack), and [[spoiler:BattlestarGalactica not taking place 150,000 years in Earth's past]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The battle over Earth, the raid on Picon, the battle against the Wraith, Hayes' phone call to Adar, and O'Neill chewing out the International Oversight Advisory over their constant micromanagement.

As of the creation of this article, it has so far reached 16 chapters, 199,857 words and 423 reviews. Impressive, [[StarWars most impressive]].