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|image= | |image=Ragnar Escape.jpg | ||
|description=''Galactica'' provides cover fire while the civilian Fleet escapes | |description=''Galactica'' provides cover fire while the civilian Fleet escapes | ||
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon | |conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]] | ||
|date=[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Days 1-6]] | |date=[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Days 1-6]] | ||
|place=[[Ragnar Anchorage]] | |place=[[Ragnar Anchorage]] | ||
|result=Successful escape from Cylon-occupied Colonial space | |result=Successful escape from Cylon-occupied Colonial space | ||
|combatant1=Remnants of the [[ | |combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet]] | ||
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] | |combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] | ||
|co1=Commander [[William Adama]] | |co1=Commander [[William Adama]] | ||
|co2= | |co2=Unknown | ||
|strength1= | |strength1=1 [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], 40 [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], [[Raptor|Raptors]] | ||
|strength2=3 [[Basestar (RDM)| | |strength2=3 [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestars]], associated [[Raider|Raiders]] | ||
|shiploss1= | |shiploss1=Approximately 4 Vipers | ||
|shiploss2=Unknown, minimal | |shiploss2=Unknown, minimal | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1=1,345 civilians | ||
|casualties2=Unknown, | |casualties2=Unknown, minimal | ||
|prev=[[Fall of the | |prev=[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] | ||
|next=[[ | |next=[[Skirmish over the Red Moon]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Battle of Ragnar Anchorage''' was the successful breakthrough by ''Galactica'' of the Cylons' blockade around [[Ragnar Anchorage]], and subsequent escape of its armada after being tracked and attacked for 5 continuous days ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]"). | |||
Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' was the only [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] surviving capital ship able to mount a counter-attack against the Cylons after the devastating attack that led to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. After getting word that many battlestars, including flagship battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]'' and its fleet admiral, were destroyed, Commander [[William Adama]] assumed command of any remaining Colonial forces in the solar system and ordered them over [[wireless]] to rendezvous with his ship at a munitions depot, Ragnar Anchorage, for counter-attack preparation. Orbiting within the tenuous upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]], the ammunition station held critical ordinance needed by ''Galactica'', which had destroyed its own munitions earlier as part of its scheduled decommissioning. The depot's location offered 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'' was joined by a convoy of faster-than-light capable civilian ships rescued from throughout the spacelanes near [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], led by new President [[Laura Roslin]]. Despite the overwhelming odds, Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] intended to proceed with a counter-offensive. However, after persuasion by Roslin, Adama realized that the ship was in a no-win battle situation: the Colonies were destroyed, ''Galactica'' was massively outnumbered, the human race was near extinction, and he was surrounded by nearly 50,000 of the only known survivors. Adama decided to take the new [[The Fleet (RDM)|rag-tag fleet]] away from the home solar system of the Colonies, never to return. | |||
Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] discovered at least two Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and their fighters outside of the cloud during a reconnaissance mission. With an avoidance of attack made impossible since a Jump within the cloud would likely distort the FTL calculations with fatal results, ''Galactica'' left the storm and oriented itself as a shield for the remainder of the Fleet to safely Jump from behind the battlestar and to its new coordinates. With her weapons now fully armed, ''Galactica'' created a defense perimeter against two basestars while her Vipers engaged any [[Cylon Raiders]] that attempted to move around ''Galactica'' and to her fleet. A third basestar later appeared and threatened to pummel ''Galactica'' with successive missiles. | |||
''Galactica'' | Once the last civilian ship was away and the last of the Vipers returned to the flight pod, ''Galactica'' Jumped away to escape the onslaught. | ||
After the battle ended at Ragnar, approximately 1 day later, the Cylons continued tracking and pursuing the remnant of the Colonial Fleet, appearing every 33 minutes for five consecutive days and over 240 Jumps ([[33]]). A passenger liner, the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', failed to Jump with the Fleet in a recent escape. The Cylons also failed to attack in the next 33-minute interval as well. When the ''Carrier'' reappeared a short time later, a suspicious Adama commanded the 33-minute countdown to resume immediately. Adama's fears about the ''Carrier'' were confirmed when the Cylons appeared 33 minutes after the ''Carrier's'' return, indicating the ''Carrier'' had been used to track the Fleet throughout that time. When ''Galactica'' detected a [[Radiological Alarm|radiological signature]] from the ''Olympic Carrier'', suggesting it was boarded by Cylons and now carried a nuclear warhead, Vipers were dispatched to destroy the ''Carrier''. After the Fleet Jumped once more, the Cylons could longer immediately track their movements. | |||
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