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]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=Commander [[William Adama]]
|co2=Unknown
|strength1=1 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]], 40 [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], [[Raptor|Raptors]]
|strength2=3 [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Raider|Raiders]]
|shiploss1=Approximately 4 Vipers
|shiploss2=Unknown, minimal
|casualties1=1,345 civilians
|casualties2=Unknown, minimal
|prev=[[Fall_of_the_Scorpian_Fleet_Shipyards|Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]
|next=[[Skirmish over the Red Moon]]
|rdm=y
}}

The '''Battle of Ragnar Anchorage''' is the successful breakthrough by ''[[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]]").

Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] surviving capital ship able to mount a counterattack against the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] after the devastating attack that leads to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

After getting word that many battlestars, including flagship battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]'' and its fleet admiral, are destroyed, Commander [[William Adama]] assumes command of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] and orders them to rendezvous with his ship at a munitions depot, [[Ragnar Anchorage]], for counterattack preparation.

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 damage to Cylon technology with sufficient exposure, and also jams any [[DRADIS]] detection, making attacking within the cloud threshold problematic at best.

''Galactica'' is later 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]].

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 the only known survivors.

Lieutenant [[Kara 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 a fight.

Adama decides to take the new [[The Fleet (RDM)|rag-tag fleet]] away from the home solar system of the TwelveColonies<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 a jump within the cloud would likely distort the FTL calculations with fatal results, ''Galactica'' leaves the storm and orients 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 Raiders]] that attempt to move around ''Galactica'' and to her fleet.  A third basestar later appears and threatens to pummel ''Galactica'' with successive missiles.

Once the last civilian ship is away and the last of the Vipers returns to the flight pod, ''Galactica'' jumps away to escape the onslaught. The Cylons enter the station shortly after the battle, and retrieves 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 attack in the next 33-minute interval.
When the ''Olympic Carrier'' reappears a short time later, a suspicious 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 can no longer immediately track their movements ([[33]]).

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