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|description=Battle of the Communications Relay | |description=Battle of the Communications Relay | ||
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon | |conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]] | ||
|date=Circa [[Timeline (RDM)|Day 7]] | |date=Circa [[Timeline (RDM)|Day 7]] | ||
|place=Unspecified Cylon staging area | |place=Unspecified Cylon staging area | ||
|result=Pyrrhic Colonial victory | |result=Pyrrhic Colonial victory | ||
|combatant1=Battlestar '' | |combatant1=Battlestar ''[[Pegasus]]'' | ||
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] | |combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] | ||
|co1=Admiral [[Helena Cain]] | |co1=Admiral [[Helena Cain]] | ||
|co2=Unknown | |co2=Unknown | ||
|strength1= | |strength1=1 battlestar and assorted [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadrons | ||
|strength2=At least 15 squadrons of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s<br/>[[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] | |strength2=At least 15 squadrons of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s<br/>[[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] | ||
|shiploss1= 32 Vipers destroyed, 61 damaged | |shiploss1= 32 Vipers destroyed, 61 damaged | ||
|shiploss2=Relay station destroyed. Boarding party defeated. Likely severe ship losses. | |shiploss2=Relay station destroyed. Boarding party defeated. Likely severe ship losses. | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1=Approximately 100 crewmen <ref>Kendra Shaw reports "at least 816 dead, 121 injured". Earlier, Colonel Belzen reports the loss of over 700 people in the attack on the shipyards. Given ''Pegasus's'' crew complement of approximately 1,750 when she encounters ''Galactica'', adding both numbers would mean that almost half of the crew died. This article assumes that Shaw is relating the casualties of ''both'' battles.</ref>, [[Jurgen Belzen]] | ||
|casualties2=One [[Number Six]] and Centurion boarding party.<br/>[[Gina Inviere]] discovered to be a [[humanoid Cylon]] and taken into custody. | |casualties2=One [[Number Six]] and Centurion boarding party.<br/>[[Gina Inviere]] discovered to be a [[humanoid Cylon]] and taken into custody. | ||
|prev=[[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] | |prev=[[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] | ||
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Shortly after the destruction of the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], ''[[Pegasus]]'' attacks a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] communications relay that is believed to be lightly guarded. Intelligence points to only half a dozen [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] being in proximity to the station. | |||
When ''Pegasus'' jumps into the area, twelve enemy contacts are picked up on [[DRADIS]], and Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] orders the launch of [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 Raider squadrons jump into firing range | When ''Pegasus'' jumps into the area, twelve enemy contacts are picked up on [[DRADIS]], and Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] orders the launch of [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 full Raider squadrons jump into firing range. To their horror, the crew members realize that the installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces. | ||
Recognizing that they are outnumbered four to one, Colonels [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and [[Jurgen Belzen|Belzen]] recommend the immediate recovery of Blue Squadron, and a | Recognizing that they are outnumbered four to one, Colonels [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and [[Jurgen Belzen|Belzen]] recommend the immediate recovery of Blue Squadron, and a retreat from the area. However, in a surprise move, Cain orders the remaining Vipers to be launched to provide cover-fire for Blue Squadron while they make a run at the relay. When Belzen officially refuses to carry out this order, Cain asks him to hand over his sidearm, whereupon she shoots him in the head with it. A shocked Fisk immediately orders the launch of all reserve Vipers. | ||
In the meantime, Cylon operative [[Gina Inviere]] takes the ''Pegasus'' weapons grid off-line, permitting several Cylon [[Heavy Raider]]s to access the port landing alcove with a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] boarding party. In an attempt to hold off the enemy boarding party, Cain orders the surrounding sections of ''Pegasus'' to be vented of atmosphere, hoping that the resulting vacuum will subdue the Cylons. The tactic is unsuccessful, and the Centurions make their way into the ship. | |||
As she is investigating the sudden weapons grid collapse, Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw|Shaw]] observes a [[Number Six]] among the advancing Cylon boarding party, and deduces that Gina is an enemy agent. She pulls a rifle from the grasp of a dead marine and fires at the surprised Cylon. After shooting the Cylon, Shaw returns to [[CIC]], and reveals Gina's true nature by displaying a security feed of the dead Number Six. When Marines try to apprehend Gina on Cain's orders, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another. Gina then points the gun at Cain, but a moment of hesitation allows Shaw to knock the Cylon unconscious with the end of her rifle <ref>In "Pegasus", Lt. [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]] states that Gina killed seven people. Since only two kills are shown in "Razor", he either refers to actions before or after her arrest as well.</ref>. | |||
Further details of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed while ''Pegasus'' escapes with severe losses - 32 Vipers are destroyed and 62 badly damaged, with not enough resources to repair them all ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]"). | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*Gina | *Gina is mentioned as having been vital in discovering the communications relay. Since it later appears to be a trap by the Cylons, it is possible that she intentionally lured the battlestar to the relay. | ||
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