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Ambush by the Super Basestar
	The remaining humans engage in a fierce defensive battle for their very survival, following their interdiction by the newest Cylon war machine, the super basestar (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #6).
	The remaining humans engage in a fierce defensive battle for their very survival, following their interdiction by the newest Cylon war machine, the super basestar (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #6).
Summary
Conflict:
Date:	7358, 3 sectons after Rescue of Apollo
Related Episode(s):
Place:	Unnamed solar system
Result:	Destruction of the only known super basestar, along with the death of Major Apollo
Combatants
The Fleet	Cylon Empire
Commanders
Major Apollo and Captain Athena	Unknown Cylon Commander
Strength
Galactica and her Vipers	One super basestar and its full force of Raiders.
Materiel Losses
Centara, Taurus Axillon, numerous Vipers	Numeorus Raiders and their super basestar
Casualties
Numerous civilians and Warriors, including Major Apollo	Entire contingent of Cylons aboard the super basestar
Battle Chronology

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Following the unsanctioned rescue of Captain Apollo three sectons prior, the Cylons' super basestar is able to track the absconding Colonials back to their Fleet, leading to a fierce and fateful conflict between the two forces after only two yahrens of respite.

Background

With the Cylons having failed to ensnare the Fleet, they recover and rehabilitate Apollo after his flight probe's encounter with the super basestar (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #1-#2).

A daring rescue lead by Captains Athena and Starbuck, along with Countess Sephoni, recover Apollo from the bowels of the basestar, bringing him home to the Fleet. However, Apollo's injuries relegate him to duty behind-the-scenes, instead of the front lines (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #5).

Action

The super basestar jumps into range of the Fleet, destroying Centara in the opening salvo before the Viper screens are deployed (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #5).

Following deployment of the Viper screens, Taurus Axillon is destroyed while Raiders push down the center of the Fleet. Hybrid missile carriers focus their attack on the Fleet's fuel ships.

In core command, Commander Adama and Colonel Tigh review the analysis of the super basestar, determining that any offensive action against the ship would be futile (despite the protests of Captains Starbuck and, later, Athena) as the craft is virtually invulnrable.

Tigh, then Adama, join the Viper defense, using two of the sixteen reserve Vipers remaining. (All active pilots are engaged.) Apollo is reminded that he is unfit for pilot duty, and is told to "win this war" by coordinating Fleet defense with Athena.

Cylons engage in communication jamming following Adama and Tigh's deployment, leaving the defense of the Fleet uncoordinated. Galactica's crew begins their fretful attempt to circumvent this.

Countess Sephoni divines a singular weakness in the super basestar: a slight overlap in the basestar's shielding would allow a skilled pilot with a fusion missile to strike a fatal weak point. Unable to communicate this to the active Vipers, Apollo makes the logical decision of taking a Viper with the proper ordnance, despite his inactive flight status. Apollo makes his way through the fray, destroying many Raiders in his push towards the basestar.

Galactica's crew are able to thwart the jamming. Athena tells the Viper screens to cover Apollo, much to the consternation of Commander Adama.

Starbuck is able to break free of the fighting to cover Apollo. Starbuck fails in his attempt to take the mission from Apollo, as Starbuck's missile racks are expended. With Apollo the only properly-armed Viper in range, Starbuck covers Apollo by taking out four Raiders, while Apollo makes a run toward the vulnerability.

Apollo fires a fusion missile, striking the death blow to the super basestar, and is able to pull away from the explosion. Apollo's Viper is damaged in the explosion, and Apollo is locked into a dive into the nearby star, with his friends and family unable to assist (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #5).

After-Action

Apollo's death leaves the Fleet without one of its leaders, and Adama with only surviving child, Athena.

The Cylons' super basestar is destroyed, leaving the question open as to the existence of others of its type, as well as any future threats-in-waiting (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #6).

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 {{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Dynamite Comics}}{{Battle Data
-| name= Rescue of Apollo
+| name= Ambush by the Super Basestar
-| image= BSG - Death of Apollo - Rescue of Apollo.png
+| image=BSG - Death of Apollo - Ambush by the Super Basestar.png
-| description= Captains {{alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}}, along with [[Sephoni]], pass the defenses of the {{alt|Cylons|TOS-DE}}' [[super basestar]] to recover Major {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} ({{comics|doa|4}}).
+| description=The remaining humans engage in a fierce defensive battle for their very survival, following their interdiction by the newest {{Alt|Cylons|TOS-DE|Cylon}} war machine, the [[super basestar]] ({{comics|doa|6}}).
 | conflict=
-| date={{alt|7358}}
+| date={{alt|7358}}, 3 sectons after [[Rescue of Apollo]]
-| place=Unknown moon-sized planetoid
+| place=Unnamed solar system
-| result=Successful recovery of Major {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}
+| result=Destruction of the only known [[super basestar]], along with the death of Major {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}
 | combatant1={{alt|The Fleet|TOS}}
 | combatant2={{alt|Cylon Empire}}
-| co1=Captains {{alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}}
+| co1=Major {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} and Captain {{alt|Athena|TOS-DE}}
 | co2=Unknown Cylon Commander
-| strength1=4 {{alt|Viper|TOS-DE}}s, 1 stolen {{alt|Cylon transport|TOS-DE}}
+| strength1=''{{alt|Galactica|TOS-DE}}'' and her {{alt|Viper|TOS-DE}}s
 | strength2=One [[super basestar]] and its full force of {{alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}s.
-| shiploss1=None
+| shiploss1=''[[Centara]]'', ''[[Taurus Axillon]]'', numerous Vipers
-| shiploss2=A handful of {{alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}s
+| shiploss2=Numeorus {{alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}s and their [[super basestar]]
-| casualties1=None
+| casualties1=Numerous civilians and Warriors, including Major {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}
-| casualties2=A low number of Cylons
+| casualties2=Entire contingent of Cylons aboard the [[super basestar]]
-| prev=[[Encounter of the Super Basestar]]
+| prev=[[Rescue of Apollo]]
-| next=[[Ambush by the Super Basestar]]
+| next=
 | series=TOS alternate
 }}
-Reeling from the apparent death of Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} and [[Encounter of the Super Basestar|the reappearance of the Cylon threat]], Commander {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}} forbids any recovery effort for either Apollo or his remains. With the awesome threat posed by the {{Alt|Cylons|TOS-DE}}' newest capital ship, dubbed the "[[super basestar]]" with its phalanxes of {{Alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}s, Adama and the Colonials of {{Alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE|the rag-tag, fugitive fleet}} must continue to press on.
+Following [[Rescue of Apollo|the unsanctioned rescue]] of Captain [[Apollo (TOS-DE alternate)|Apollo]] three [[Secton|sectons]] prior, the [[Cylons (TOS-DE alternate)|Cylons']] [[super basestar]] is able to track the absconding Colonials back to [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|their Fleet]], leading to a fierce and fateful conflict between the two forces after only [[7356 (alternate)|two yahrens]] of respite.
 == Background ==
-Cylons enact their plan to ensnare humanity by manufacturing [[psionic]] impressions of humans, which are sympathetically received by Countess [[Sephoni]] during her ten [[yahren]] separation from the {{Alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE|fugitive fleet}}. Immediately following Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}'s [[Encounter of the Super Basestar|final transmissions]], Commander {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}} arrests Sephoni and her entourage, on the belief that they are knowingly complicit in the treachery ({{comics|doa|1}}-{{comics|doa|2|short=Y}}).
+With the Cylons having failed to ensnare [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|the Fleet]], they recover and rehabilitate Apollo after his [[Encounter of the Super Basestar|flight probe's encounter with the super basestar]] ({{comics|doa|1}}-{{comics|doa|2|short=Y}}).
-A grieving and intoxicated Captain {{Alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} threatens to kill Sephoni in her brig aboard ''{{Alt|Galactica|TOS-DE}}'' before being tranquilized by security ({{comics|doa|2}}). Adama and Starbuck discuss Apollo's fate and the need to press onward, during which Adama elicits a promise from Starbuck to not mount any rescue attempt ({{comics|doa|3}}).
+A daring rescue lead by Captains [[Athena (TOS-DE alternate)|Athena]] and [[Starbuck (TOS-DE alternate)|Starbuck]], along with [[Countess]] [[Sephoni]], recover Apollo from the bowels of the basestar, bringing him home to the Fleet. However, Apollo's injuries relegate him to duty behind-the-scenes, instead of the front lines ({{comics|doa|5}}).
 == Action ==
-Captains {{Alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} and {{Alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}}, with fellow conspirators [[Breena]], {{Alt|Boomer|TOS-DE}}, {{Alt|Greenbean|TOS-DE}} and {{Alt|Sheba|TOS-DE}}, make plans to use the {{Alt|Cylon transport|TOS-DE}} flanked by four {{Alt|Viper|TOS-DE|Vipers}}. Under the guise of a recon patrol, Boomer fills out a request for said patrol and Athena authorizes it. Also in the log is the scuttling of the Cylon transport, with Starbuck allegedly planning to abandon the ship in {{Alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE}} wake, rigging it as a mine for any would-be Cylon pursuers ({{comics|doa|3}}).
+The super basestar jumps into range of the Fleet, destroying ''[[Centara]]'' in the opening salvo before the [[Viper (TOS-DE alternate)|Viper]] screens are deployed ({{comics|doa|5}}).
-Starbuck recruits Countess [[Sephoni]], herself wanting to make recompense for being deceived, for her abilities as a [[psionic]] divining rod to ensure that [[Xam]]'s message relaying {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}'s status and location is genuine. Now that Sephoni is able to discern between Cylon psionic misinformation versus the genuine article, she confidently confirms Xam's divination.
+Following deployment of the Viper screens, ''[[Taurus Axillon]]'' is destroyed while Raiders push down the center of the Fleet. [[Hybrid missile carrier|Hybrid missile carriers]] focus their attack on the Fleet's fuel ships.
-Athena, Starbuck and Sephoni board the Cylon transport and launch, escorted by Vipers piloted by the quartet of Warrior conspirators. While Sephoni is able to divine the proper access codes that allow the transport to dock, the quartet of Vipers reveal themselves from an asteroid field, engaging the Cylons so as to divert their attention ({{comics|doa|3}}).
+In [[Core command (TOS-DE alternate)|core command]], Commander [[Adama (TOS-DE alternate)|Adama]] and Colonel [[Tigh (TOS-DE alternate)|Tigh]] review the analysis of the super basestar, determining that any offensive action against the ship would be futile (despite the protests of Captains Starbuck and, later, Athena) as the craft is virtually invulnrable.
-After running-and-gunning through the hangar bay, the trio of infiltrators come across Apollo hooked into a medical apparatus. Sephoni and Starbuck accesses the ship's system, as the system is unified and can be controlled from any terminal, rigging various alarms that indicate a critical failure of the main reactor.
+Tigh, then Adama, join the Viper defense, using two of the sixteen reserve Vipers remaining. (All active pilots are engaged.) Apollo is reminded that he is unfit for pilot duty, and is told to "win this war" by coordinating Fleet defense with Athena.
-The trio extricate Apollo, exfiltrating via the cargo-hoist to reach their exfiltration transport. Without taking any losses, the recovery group return to ''Galactica'' to be dressed down by an otherwise grateful Commander Adama ({{comics|doa|4}}).
+Cylons engage in communication jamming following Adama and Tigh's deployment, leaving the defense of the Fleet uncoordinated. ''Galactica''<nowiki/>'s crew begins their fretful attempt to circumvent this.
+[[Countess]] [[Sephoni]] [[Psionic|divines]] a singular weakness in the super basestar: a slight overlap in the basestar's shielding would allow a skilled pilot with a [[fusion missile]] to strike a fatal weak point. Unable to communicate this to the active Vipers, Apollo makes the logical decision of taking a Viper with the proper ordnance, despite his inactive flight status. Apollo makes his way through the fray, destroying many Raiders in his push towards the basestar.
+''Galactica''<nowiki/>'s crew are able to thwart the jamming. Athena tells the Viper screens to cover Apollo, much to the consternation of Commander Adama.
+Starbuck is able to break free of the fighting to cover Apollo. Starbuck fails in his attempt to take the mission from Apollo, as Starbuck's missile racks are expended. With Apollo the only properly-armed Viper in range, Starbuck covers Apollo by taking out four Raiders, while Apollo makes a run toward the vulnerability.
+Apollo fires a fusion missile, striking the death blow to the super basestar, and is able to pull away from the explosion. Apollo's Viper is damaged in the explosion, and Apollo is locked into a dive into the nearby star, with his friends and family unable to assist ({{comics|doa|5}}).
 == After-Action ==
-Apollo is examined by Doctors {{Alt|Salik|TOS-DE}} and [[Madusa]] and is found to no longer be medically fit to fight in the front lines. He is relegated to duty in [[Core Command]] as a command operative ({{comics|doa|4}}—{{comics|doa|5|short=Y}}).
+Apollo's death leaves the Fleet without one of its leaders, and Adama with only surviving child, Athena.
+The Cylons' super basestar is destroyed, leaving the question open as to the existence of others of its type, as well as any future threats-in-waiting ({{comics|doa|6}}).
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