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:''For information on the battle over the station itself, see [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]].'' [[Image:RagnarAnchoragePromo.jpg|thumb|Ragnar Anchorage (Zoic Studios).]] [[Image:ragnar_station.jpg|thumb|Ragnar Anchorage up close (Zoic Studios).]] '''Ragnar Anchorage''' (also known as "Ragnar Station" or "Ragnar Station Ammunition Reserve") is a remote Colonial armory suspended in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]] ([[Miniseries]]). When the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] launch their [[Cylon Attack|surprise attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' is caught without any munitions for her main and point-defense batteries, having dumped them as part of her decommissioning ceremonies prior to the battle.<ref>This event is shown in a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scene]] of the [[Miniseries]].</ref> Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] determines that Ragnar Anchorage offers the best opportunity for re-arming the ship, even though it is some 3 days' travel from ''Galactica'''s position at [[sublight]] speeds. Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] refers to docking at Ragnar Anchorage as a "super bitch," likely due to the turbulence experienced by ships traveling within the tenuous upper atmosphere of Ragnar. Adama believes that the Anchorage offers ''Galactica'' the best opportunity to re-arm while reducing the risk of the Cylons finding them and renewing their planned attack before the ship can defend herself. The [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] had created this station in this location, aware that the atmosphere's radiation adversely affects [[Silica pathways|Cylon technology]]. The EM field of the atmosphere also affected [[DRADIS]], weapons targeting and navigation, making it impossible for the Cylons to chase and attack within the Ragnar atmosphere. While at Ragnar Anchorage, ''Galactica'' obtains enough munitions to completely re-arm her guns, and she also collects a number of [[Class-D]] warheads. Her crew also encounter [[Number Two|Leoben Conoy]], posing as an arms trader, who eventually gives the Colonials their first discovery of [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylon infiltrators]]. [[Image:ragnarfleet.jpg|thumb|''Galactica'' and her [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] leaving Ragnar Anchorage]] While at Ragnar, ''Galactica'' is joined by a civilian convoy of survivors gathered by new President [[Laura Roslin]]. When they arrive, Adama is persuaded to alter his original plan to send ''Galactica'' into a suicidal fight against the Cylons into one of exodus from the Colonies to save the [[The Fleet (RDM)|last of humanity]]. ''Galactica'' protects her new Fleet as they make an [[FTL]] jump from Ragnar towards the [[Prolmar Sector]], well beyond the [[Red Line]] and into unchartered space, never to return to the solar system of the Colonies in an effort to escape the Cylons. Soon after the battle, the Cylons dock at the station to retrieve [[Aaron Doral]], who is left at the station after the Colonials believe he, too, is a Cylon inflitrator. The Cylons likely abandon the station. ==Notes== *To minimize the time needed to get to Ragnar, Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] orders ''[[Galactica]]'''s [[FTL]] drive systems prepared for use, which prompts a critical comment from Colonel Tigh that ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s FTL drive systems had not been used in over 20 years. See [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]] for more on why ''Galactica'' may not have jumped for such a long time. *The name "Ragnar" is an homage to [[Wikipedia:Ragnarök|Ragnarök]], the apocalyptic battle of the gods of North Germanic mythology. The story of Ragnarök coincidentally ties with the career of William Adama; he is a former commander of the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'', named for minor female deities and goddesses of fate who carried the most heroic fallen warriors to Valhalla to await the pre-ordained battle at the end of the world. Following the events of a [[Hero|failed secret Cylon reconnaissance mission]], Adama is given command of the to-be-decommissioned ''Galactica'', during which the Cylons attack, the Colonies fall, and Adama prepares to fight the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]], the last battle within Colonial space fought by the last remaining battlestar of the fleet (a recurring theme of "last", "final", and "ending"). *The dark, dank, extremely dirty interior of Ragnar Anchorage was filmed in the [http://www.rogerssugar.com/overview/vancouver.html Roger's Sugar Mill in Vancouver], according to the Miniseries DVD commentary. *The large ordnance room (where the Colonials abandon [[Aaron Doral]] before leaving the Anchorage) is an abandoned potash silo within the [[w:British Columbia|British Columbia]] railyards<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=34|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>. The locale is reused as the [[Temple of Five]] for the Season 3 mid-season cliffhanger, "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" <ref>{{cite rdm podcast|episode=The Eye of Jupiter|id=ragnarset}}</ref>. == References == <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div> [[Category:A to Z]] [[Category:Colonial]] [[Category:Colonial Military]] [[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]] [[Category:Places]] [[Category:RDM]] [[de:Station Ragnar]] [[es:Ancladero Ragnar]]

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