Editing Battle of the Resurrection Hub

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{{Battle Data
|image=The Hub is blown..jpg
|description=
|conflict=[[Second Cylon War]], [[Cylon Civil War]]
|date=Approx. [[Timeline (RDM)|3 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
|place=[[Sector Delta 9]]
|result= Decisive Colonial/Rebel Cylon victory<br>Destruction of the [[Resurrection Hub]]<br>Loss of Cylon [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] capacity<br>One copy of [[Number Three]] unboxed
|combatant1=[[Rebel basestar|Rebel Cylon faction]]<br>Detachment of ''[[Galactica]]''{{'|s}} air wing
|combatant2=Cylon loyalists
|co1=[[Basestar command|Rebel basestar command]]<br>Captain {{callsign|Karl Agathon}}<br>President [[Laura Roslin]]
|co2=[[Basestar command]]
|strength1=[[Rebel basestar]], at least 40 {{RDM|Viper}}s and several [[Raptors]], at least 25 [[Heavy Raider]]s
|strength2=[[Resurrection Hub]], 2 [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s and [[Heavy Raider]]s
|shiploss1=1 Raptor damaged, basestar damaged, several Vipers damaged or destroyed.
|shiploss2=Resurrection Hub, 2 basestars destroyed.
|casualties1=8, including [[Eammon Pike]], his [[ECO]] and Sandman. <ref>The survivor count at the beginning of the episode "[[Revelations]]" suggests a total of 8 Colonial casualties, assuming no non-combat Fleet deaths.</ref>
|casualties2=Unknown, heavy 
|prev=[[Battle of the Trinary Star System]]
|next=[[Standoff Between Galactica and the Cylon Rebels]]
|series=RDM
}}

The '''Battle of the Resurrection Hub''' is a joint operation between Colonial forces and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] rebels to destroy the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]].

== Background ==

After ''[[Demetrius]]'' returns with the Cylon rebel leader [[Natalie Faust|Natalie]], she proposes an alliance between the rebels and the Colonials. She offers the humans the chance to destroy the Cylon's central [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] facility. In return she wants help to unbox [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Number Three]] and learn what she knows about the [[Final Five]]. In preparation, half of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' air wing is transferred to the [[Rebel basestar]]. However, before the plan can be put into action {{callsign|Athena}} kills Natalie, believing to prevent her from taking away her daughter [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] as she saw in the dream of the [[Opera House]]. Simultaneously, [[Laura Roslin]] has the rebel [[Hybrid]] reconnected, who unexpectedly jumps the ship away {{TRS|Guess What's Coming to Dinner?}}.

== Battle ==

The Hybrid is determined to have panicked after sensing Natalie's death and jumped as a result. She follows the Hub with her jumps, still giving the combined force a chance to implement their plan. To prevent an early detection by the enemy, the {{RDM|Viper}}s are running with their engines and electronics cold, instead being towed by [[Heavy Raider]]s piloted by [[humanoid Cylon]]s. The human pilots are initially very reluctant to fly alongside the Cylons and be so heavily dependent on them, but a [[Number Eight]] convinces them to place the same trust in her as they do in {{callsign|Athena}}.

Once the cables are cut, the Vipers attack and a [[Raptor]] flown by Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike]] disables the Hub's [[FTL]] drive with two missiles, thus stranding it. {{callsign|Karl Agathon}} and the Eight then board the Hub in a Raptor to find Number Three, who has already been unboxed by [[Cavil]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]]. They find her after she has killed Cavil and forced Boomer to run and take her to the Raptor and off the Hub. Meanwhile, the rebel basestar engages the two escort basestars, but [[Gaius Baltar]] is badly wounded when two missiles strike the ship. Once Three, Agathon and Number Eight are clear of the Hub, the Vipers launch several nuclear missiles into it, destroying it and both of its basestar escorts {{TRS|The Hub}}.

== Aftermath ==

With the Hub being vital to the functioning of all other [[Resurrection Ship|resurrection ships]] and downloading facilities, the Cylons are now truly mortal, which is welcomed by the rebels, but feared by the mainstream of Cylon society. In addition, [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]] is the only Three left, since all other copies' consciousnesses were destroyed on the Hub.  Resurrection is unable to be rebuilt as its a technology of the Final Five and only they know how to rebuild it.  Unfortunately, the loss of resurrection made Cavil (who apparently was able to resurrect before the Hub was destroyed) send Boomer to kidnap Hera to find out how she came into being so his faction could continue through reproduction.  His actions lead to the [[Battle of The Colony]] where Cavil and all of his forces finally fall to ''Galactica''.  Thanks to the destruction of the Resurrection Hub in this battle, the deaths of all of Cavil's faction are permanant.  Among those who end up having permanant deaths as a result of the destruction of the Resurrection Hub are D'Anna (who eventually dies alone on Earth of unknown causes), [[Cavil]] himself, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], [[Tory Foster]] and [[Samuel Anders]].

==Related Imagery==
<gallery mode="slideshow">File:
File: Rebel Basestar Firing.png|During the Battle of The Resurrection Hub.
File: Rebel Basestar Hit Battle of Resurrection Hub.png|Rebel Basestar hit by missle fire during The Battle of The Resurrection Hub.
File: Vipers and Heavy Raiders.png|Vipers fly alongside Heavy Raiders.
File: Hub Nuke One.png|Nuclear blast begins to disintegrate the first basestar.
File: Hub Nuke Two.png|...
File: Hub Nuke Three.png|The second basestar falls apart.
</gallery>

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