Editing Battle of Cimtar (alternate)

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS}}

{{Battle Data
| name= Battle of Cimtar
| image= Marvel - Baltar Oversees the Final Destruction.png
| description= {{alt|Baltar|TOS}} oversees the {{alt|Battle of Cimtar||final destruction}} ({{comics|marvel|2}}).
| conflict=[[Thousand-Yahren War (alternate)|Thousand-Yahren War]]
| date=During the Peace Conference
| place={{alt|Cimtar}}, {{alt|Twelve Colonies of Man}}
| result=Decisive Cylon victory, destruction of the Twelve Colonies
| combatant1={{alt|Twelve Colonies of Man}}
| combatant2={{alt|Cylons|TOS}}
| co1={{alt|Adama|TOS|Commander Adama}} <br/>{{alt|Adar|TOS|President Adar}}
| co2={{alt|Imperious Leader}}
| strength1=Colonial Fleet
| strength2=Cylon Fleet
| shiploss1=All battlestars and vessels engaged in defense.
| shiploss2=Unknown, minimal
| casualties1=All Colonies destroyed
| casualties2=Unknown, minimal
| prev=
| next=
| series=TOS
}}

{{disambiguation|Battle of Cimtar|for the battle depicted in the [[Original Series]] canon}}

The '''Battle of Cimtar''' is the defining cornerstone of various [[BW:SEPCON|separate continuity]] stories, depicted in a wide variety of tie-in media from comics, novels, and games across the panoply of materials since 1978 C.E. and into 2020 C.E.

== Marvel Comics ==

The '''Battle of Cimtar''' commences after {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} and {{alt|Zac}}, on recon patrol from ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS}}'', uncover a massive task force of {{alt|Cylons|TOS|Cylon}} {{alt|raider|TOS}}s laying in wait around {{alt|Cimtar}}, hidden by both interference and empty {{alt|Cylon tanker}}s. 

With only notification that the recon patrol is under armed attack, Commander {{alt|Adama|TOS}} brings ''Galactica'' to readiness under the guise of a battlestations drill as the fleet of {{alt|battlestar|TOS}}s approaches the rendezvous at Cimtar. Believing that a show of force would upset the peace negotiations, President {{alt|Adar|TOS}} specifically forbids Adama from launching Vipers, leading Adama to the aforesaid drill, allowing ''Galactica'' to be the only ship prepared for the Cylons' deception.

Meanwhile, Apollo leave behind Zac—whose {{alt|Viper|TOS}} is slowed due to damage to one of its three engines—to warn the approaching Fleet. Zac is destroyed "short of the fleet" and a grieving Apollo informs Tigh that no {{alt|basestar|TOS}}s were sighted, only the raiders and their now-empty fuel tankers. Adama, believing that the basestars were needed elsewhere for an attack on the {{alt|Twelve Colonies of Man}}, leaves behind the battlestar fleet and ''Galactica''{{'|s}} Viper squadrons and heads to a fretful flight to defend the Colonies.

''Galactica'' is too late, as masses of Cylons have bombarded the Colonies, inflicting destruction on a massive scale. The Colonies burned out cinders, Adama is ferried by Apollo to their home on Caprica, from which Adama proclaims to a band of survivors to assemble in any assorted ship that can carry them, as they are fleeing their unrecoverable homeworlds ({{comics|marvel|1}}). Discovered later during their journey, [[pluton poisoning]] affects much of the foodstuffs hurriedly taken aboard, forcing the Fleet to make a stop at {{alt|Carillon}} ({{comics|marvel|2}}).

{{alt|Baltar|TOS}}, the traitor that lead to the Colonies' to their demise, oversees the destruction. {{alt|Centurion|TOS}}s inform him that a handful of human are assembling a fleet, and that those who have been captured offer this information in exchange for their lives. Baltar reminds them of their {{alt|Imperious Leader}}'s standing order: extermination ({{comics|marvel|2}}).

== Richard Hatch's Novels ==

In [[Richard Hatch]]'s novels, the Battle of Cimtar results in the ascension of {{TOS-RH|Zac}}, the first casualty of that decisive attack, as a {{TOS-RH|Being of Light}}<ref name="p151">{{cite book/RH|1|151}}</ref>. Additional victims of note included {{TOS-RH|Persephone}}, {{TOS-RH|Boomer}}'s youngest sister<ref name="p204">{{cite book/RH|1|204}}</ref> {{RH|Armageddon}}.

== See also ==

* {{alt-r|Battle of Cimtar}}, as depicted in an [[alternate reality]] shown in {{comics|vol2}}

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