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[[File:3x11 Fleet above Algae planet.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Fleet above the algae planet.]]
[[Image:3x11 Fleet above Algae planet.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Fleet above the Algae planet]]
[[File:Algae planet base camp.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Colonial base camp on the surface.]]
An unnamed '''algae-bearing planet''' is the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet's]] destination after its main food stores are contaminated and its population left in a starvation state.


The '''algae planet''' is an unnamed, habitable world possessing a debris ring, and oceans and seas on its surface. It orbits an unstable sun, and is located in close proximity to an intense, blinding, and highly radioactive [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]].
The planet has a debris ring, likely created from the disintegration of a small planetoid such as a moon or asteroid. The planet also appears to have seas or oceans based on its blue-green appearance. An extremely large radiation contaminated star cluster is located at least on one side of its surrounding space.


After the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet of surviving Colonial ships]] discovers its food stores are contaminated and sends out scouts to search for a new food source, {{callsign|Athena}} returns from her recon of the planet and confirms that edible, protein-rich algae grows there. The fleet makes the dangerous crossing of the star cluster, and sets up stations on the planet to harvest and process the algae {{TRS|The Passage}}.
The planet has edible, protein-rich algae on the planet, as scouted by [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]].


Two weeks later, as harvesting is wrapping up, [[Galen Tyrol]] is inexplicably drawn to a mysterious structure, the [[Temple of Five]], which was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] approximately four thousand years before. The [[Sacred Scrolls]] describe this as the location of the [[Eye of Jupiter]], an artifact that can potentially point the way to the Thirteenth Tribe's destination, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Shortly afterwards, a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] fleet appears over the planet, also seeking the Eye, leading to the [[Battle of the Algae Planet]] {{TRS|The Eye of Jupiter}}.
After the Fleet manages to bring almost all of its ships through the almost-unnavigable and deadly star cluster cloud, harvest of the algae and processing begins to resupply the Fleet ([[The Passage]]).


As predicted by [[Felix Gaeta]], the planet's unstable sun eventually goes nova. Before escaping the planet's surface, Tyrol realizes that the nova itself is the clue, leading the fleet to the [[Ionian nebula|location of a similar nova millennia earlier]]. Both fleets jump away just as the nova's shockwave consumes and obliterates the planet {{TRS|Rapture}}.
Two weeks later, as harvesting is wrapping up, [[Galen Tyrol]] mysteriously detects the presence of the [[Temple of Five]], built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe]] approximately 4,000 years before. The Temple is supposedly where the [[Eye of Jupiter]] is stored. The artifact is believed to point the way to the Thirteenth Tribe's destination, [[Earth]].


After the battle, [[Number One|John Cavil]] questions [[Ellen Tigh]] about the events on the planet. Ellen confirms that the [[Final Five]] visited the planet on the way to the Twelve Colonies but they had nothing to do with the vision [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]] had of them while in the Temple of Five {{TRS|Rapture}}.
Shortly after [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] discovers the Temple of Five, the Cylons appear over the planet, seeking the Eye.


== Notes ==
This results in the [[Battle of the Algae Planet]].
 
At the end, the planet's sun goes nova, as predicted by Lieutenant Gaeta when they arrived there. The Colonial ground forces are evacuated and both fleets jump away, just as the expanding star consumes the planet. The nova ultimately turns out to be the Eye of Jupiter, and a [[Ionian system|similar nova]], which occurred around the time of the first exodus, gives the humans their next clue towards Earth ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).
 
 
==Notes==
*[[w:Algae|Algae]] are simple aquatic organisms. Many are actually processed on the real-world Earth for use, among other things, as nutritional additives or foods.
*[[w:Algae|Algae]] are simple aquatic organisms. Many are actually processed on the real-world Earth for use, among other things, as nutritional additives or foods.
*The algae planet parallels [[New Caprica]] as an intermediate home on the journey to Earth and appears to be a much more hospitable environment for human life. Its suitability as a permanent home, though, is rendered moot by the status of its sun, coupled with the fact that, like {{RDM|Kobol}}, it offers no protection from the Cylons.
*While there is no explanation outright given for Tyrol's ability to sense the Temple of Five while on the planet, its likely he was subconsciously guided there by his buried memories as he and the [[Final Five]] had visited the planet on their way to the Colonies.


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Battle of the Algae Planet]]
[[Battle of the Algae Planet]]
*[[Temple of Five]]
 
*[[Eye of Jupiter]]
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