SAR
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Acronym for Search and Rescue. Raptors are used for SAR operations because of sufficient room for medics and life-support equipment.
Galactica rarely has opportunity for SAR operations to retrieve pilots after combat with Cylon forces in the Re-imagined Series, as they must retreat when the civilian Fleet retreats, forced to leave any surviving Viper pilots to die once their oxygen runs out, or worse, to the mercy of the Cylons.
List of SARs Conducted by battlestar Galactica
- SAR for Kara Thrace (You Can't Go Home Again)
- SAR for Raptor 1 on Kobol (Fragged)
- SAR for Lee Adama during the attack on the Resurrection Ship (Resurrection Ship, Part II)
- SAR for the Caprica Resistance led by Samuel Anders (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I)