Editing Battle of Ragnar Anchorage

{{Battle Data
|image=Ragnar Escape.jpg
|description=''Galactica'' provides cover fire while the civilian Fleet escapes 
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]
|date=[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Days 1-6]]
|place=[[Ragnar Anchorage]]
|result=Successful escape from Cylon-occupied Colonial space
|combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=Commander [[William Adama]]
|co2=[[Basestar command]]
|strength1=1 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]], 40 [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], [[Raptor]]s
|strength2=3 [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]]
|shiploss1=At least 8 Vipers
|shiploss2=Unknown, minimal
|casualties1=1,345 civilians
|casualties2=Unknown, dozens of Raiders
|prev=[[Battle of the Communications Relay]]
|next=[[Skirmish over the Red Moon]]
|rdm=y
}}

The '''Battle of Ragnar Anchorage''' is the successful breakthrough by [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from a Cylon blockade around [[Ragnar Anchorage]], and subsequent escape from its armada after being tracked and attacked for 5 continuous days ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]").

After getting telemetry that many battlestars, including flagship battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]''  are destroyed, Commander [[William Adama]] assumes field command of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] and orders any surviving units to rendezvous with his ship at a remote munitions depot, [[Ragnar Anchorage]], for a planned counterattack.

Orbiting within the tenuous upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]], the ammunition station holds critical ordnance needed by ''Galactica'', which had destroyed its own munitions earlier as part of its scheduled decommissioning<ref>The destruction of the battlestar's munitions occurs in a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Miniseries|deleted scene]] of the Miniseries.</ref>.

The depot's location also offers effective cover against Cylon attack, as a particular form of electromagnetic radiation generated by the planet's upper atmosphere causes interference or damage to [[Silica pathways|Cylon technology]] with sufficient exposure, and also jams any [[DRADIS]] detection, making attacking within the cloud threshold problematic at best.

''Galactica'' is joined by a convoy of faster-than-light capable civilian ships rescued from throughout the spacelanes near [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] by new President [[Laura Roslin]]. It is deduced that ''Galactica'' is the last [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] surviving capital ship able to mount a counterattack against the [[Cylons (RDM)|new Cylon menace]].

Despite the overwhelming odds, Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] intends to proceed with a counter-offensive. However, after persuasion by Roslin, Adama realizes that the ship is in a no-win situation: the Colonies are destroyed, ''Galactica'' is massively outnumbered, the human race is near extinction, and he is surrounded by nearly 50,000 of its only known survivors.

Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] discovers at least two Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and their fighters outside of the cloud during a reconnaissance mission, further decreasing the battlestar's odds in any offensive plans.

Adama decides to take the new [[The Fleet (RDM)|rag-tag fleet]] away from the home solar system of the Twelve Colonies<ref>In the [[Re-imagined Series]], the home solar system of the Twelve Colonies is not named. In the [[Original Series]], the name "[[Cyrannus]]" is used inconsistently to describe either the name of its solar system or galaxy where [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|its Twelve Colonies resided]].</ref>, towards the [[Prolmar Sector]], never to return. 

With an avoidance of attack made impossible since an [[FTL]] jump within the cloud would likely distort the FTL calculations with fatal results, ''Galactica'' leaves the Anchorage and positions itself at Ragnar's storm's threshold, orienting itself as a shield for the remainder of the Fleet to safely jump from behind the battlestar and to their new coordinates. With her weapons now fully armed, ''Galactica'' creates a defense perimeter against two basestars while her Vipers engage any [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] that attempt to move around ''Galactica'' and to her fleet.  A third basestar soon appears to pummel ''Galactica'' with successive missiles.

Once the last civilian ship is away and the last of the Vipers return to the [[flight pod]], ''Galactica'' jumps away to escape the onslaught. The Cylons enter the station shortly after the battle, and retrieve a suspected [[Cylon agent]] left there by the Colonials, a [[Number Five]] copy posing as a man named [[Aaron Doral]].

After the battle ends at Ragnar, approximately one day later, the Cylons continue tracking and pursuing the remnant of the Colonial Fleet, appearing every 33 minutes for five consecutive days and over 240 jumps.
A passenger liner, the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', fails to join the Fleet after the last jump. However, the Cylons don't appear in the next 33-minute interval.

When the ''Olympic Carrier'' reappears a short time later, a suspicious Commander Adama commands the 33-minute countdown to resume immediately. Adama's fears about the vessel are confirmed when the Cylons appear 33 minutes after its return, indicating it was used to track the Fleet throughout that time.

When ''Galactica'' detects a [[Radiological Alarm|radiological signature]] from the ''Olympic Carrier'',  suggesting it was boarded by Cylons and now carries a nuclear warhead, Vipers are dispatched to destroy the the ship.

After the Fleet jumps once more, the Cylons are no longer able to immediately track their movements ([[33]]).

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