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|image=Cylon Comm relay.jpg | |image=Cylon Comm relay.jpg | ||
|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 Approx 180 [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] | ||
|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, approx half of Air wing destroyed/unrepairable | |shiploss1= 32 Vipers destroyed, 61 damaged, approx half of Air wing destroyed/unrepairable | ||
|shiploss2=Relay station destroyed. Boarding party defeated. Likely severe ship losses. | |shiploss2=Relay station destroyed. Boarding party defeated. Likely severe ship losses. | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1=816 crewmen dead, 121 injured<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. | ||
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The '''Battle of the Communications Relay''' is an attack launched by the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] '' | The '''Battle of the Communications Relay''' is an attack launched by the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus]]'' on a [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] [[communications relay]] one week after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Intelligence reports incorrectly conclude that only half a dozen [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] are in proximity to the station, and thus the relay is considered to be an easy target. | ||
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 and the crew realizes, to their horror, that the installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces. | 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 and the crew realizes, to their horror, that the installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces. | ||
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As the Vipers commence their attack, Cylon operative [[Gina Inviere]] covertly takes the ''Pegasus'' weapons grid off-line, permitting two 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 the Vipers commence their attack, Cylon operative [[Gina Inviere]] covertly takes the ''Pegasus'' weapons grid off-line, permitting two 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. | ||
While investigating the sudden collapse of the battlestar's weapons grid, Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw|Shaw]] spots a [[Number Six]] among the advancing Cylon boarding party, and deduces that Inviere must be an enemy agent. She pulls a rifle from the grasp of a dead marine and fires at the surprised Six. After shooting the Cylon, Shaw returns to [[CIC]], and reveals Inviere's true nature by displaying a security feed of the killed | While investigating the sudden collapse of the battlestar's weapons grid, Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw|Shaw]] spots a [[Number Six]] among the advancing Cylon boarding party, and deduces that Inviere must be an enemy agent. She pulls a rifle from the grasp of a dead marine and fires at the surprised Six. After shooting the Cylon, Shaw returns to [[CIC]], and reveals Inviere's true nature by displaying a security feed of the killed automaton. When Marines try to apprehend Inviere on Cain's orders, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another. When Inviere hesitates as she aims at Cain, Shaw knocks the Cylon unconscious with the end of her rifle <ref>In "Pegasus", Lt. [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]] states that Inviere killed seven people. Since only two kills are shown in "Razor", he either refers to actions before or after her arrest as well.</ref>. | ||
Additional details of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed while ''Pegasus'' escapes with severe losses - 32 Vipers are destroyed, while 61 are badly damaged with not enough resources to repair them all ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]"; "[[Razor]]"). | Additional details of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed while ''Pegasus'' escapes with severe losses - 32 Vipers are destroyed, while 61 are badly damaged with not enough resources to repair them all ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]"; "[[Razor]]"). | ||
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