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{{quote|''"A clash of ideologies will cause widespread death and destruction for two races both alike and strange to the other."''|FF.net story summary}}
 
What happens when [[Battlestar Galactica|the Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] and [[Stargate Verse|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 [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]].
 
The backstory: two years ago, the ''Prometheus'' was on a shakedown run when it ran into the Colonials. Things soon fell off the deep end, and the ''Prometheus'' was forced to make a shooting retreat. Now the Colonials have returned, this time in the Solar System with 200 warships and the unmitigated desire to see the Thirteenth Tribe brought back into the fold of their government. A great battle ensues, and that's when things get interesting.
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'''This work contains examples of:'''
* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]: The big differences between the two universes are solved by Vala never showing up in [[Stargate SG -1]]'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|[[Battlestar Galactica]] 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.
** This fanfic actually has an alternate universe of '''itself,''' called [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3876464/1/Worldwar_Discovering_the_Balance "Worldwar: Discovering the Balance,"] where the big difference between '''these''' universes is that in the RAAB storyline, Ra wiped out the Race (From Turtledove's [[Worldwar (Literature)]] series), while in "Discovering the Balance," the race shows up at around the same time the Colonials do.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: The Colonials ''really'' like to use nuclear weapons, but still wet themselves at the thought of the Tau'ri using theirs.
* [[Armchair Military]]: The IOA does is this.
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{{quote| '''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.'''}}
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Flight Lieutenant Fitzgerald does this so that the French F-302 pilot can make it back to the ''Odyssey''.}}
* [[Hero Withwith Bad Publicity]]: The Earthlings, particularly America and her allied nations, have faced one media debatable after another over the course of the story, usually as a consequence of their trying to keep their advantages secret.
* [[Humans Through Alien Eyes]]: [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3546854/16/Reunions_are_a_Bitch Chapter 16] could be considered an essay on the subject, and is downright hilarious, as the Colonials are mainly basing their speculation and conclusions off of fictional material, and are incapable of distinguishing fiction from nonfiction. In particular, they believe the events of Star Trek (the original series and Next Generation, at least) as likely accurate, and Earth's present lack of colonies and ships is because they were nearly wiped out, or devastated, sometime in the past.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: This fic has kicked off a multitude of different stories involving the Colonials before the BSG miniseries being complete [[Jerkass|Jerk Asses]].
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* [[Moral Dissonance]]: The Colonials' idea of liberation [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=206 is a little bit different] from that of most people. In particular, they seem to think that a great way to liberate the population of Earth is by launching hundreds of large nukes at its surface. And when that doesn't work very well, ''do it again.''
* [[Naming Your Colony World]]: Planet Helo.
* [[Normal Fish in Aa Tiny Pond]]: Influenza. While the strain that was released into the Colonies isn't that bad on Earth, the Colonials have no immunity to it. As of chapter 23, Picon (in addition to the bombardment of the base's wreckage) and Saggitaron have both been devastated by what the colonies call "the Picon Plague."
** The Tau'ri, actually, to the Colonials. However, countering the typical effects of this trope is the fact that Earth has so little of their high tech assets, and little capability to make more of it quickly. For a little while, at least.
* [[Nuke'Em]]: Nukes are thrown around like snowballs in this fic.
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: The authors actually did quite a bit of work studying in preparation for what was being written in story...[[Did Not Do the Research|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.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: General Hammond's {{spoiler|funeral.}}
* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]]: The Colonial media and most of the population of the Twelve Colonies of Kobal absolutely adore Adar, usually as a consequence of him lying through his teeth.
* [[War Fic]]: Considering that the story kicks off with a massive space battle, this is pretty much a given.
 
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