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==Background==
Following the retreat of the [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] as a result of their detection of [[Samuel Anders|one member]] of the [[Final Five]] in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], two Cylon factions propose different solutions. The [[Number One|Ones]], [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] vote the lobotomize the Raiders in order to assure their obedience to orders, while the [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]] and [[Number Eight|Eights]] vote against the plan, arguing that they should attempt to learn the identities of the Final Five. When a single Eight model, [[Sharon Valerii]], unprecedentedly breaks with her model and votes for the plan to reconfigure the Raiders, the leader of the losing faction, Natalie Faust, secretly has the [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s in the [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]]s removed, giving them sentience. Enraged at the modification of the Raiders, the freed Centurions side with Natalie's faction and helps purge numerous basestars of the Ones, Fours and Fives {{TRS|Six of One}}.

Soon, the Cylon fleet becomes separated into two segregated factions controlling their own [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]]. During a meeting between the two factions, Natalie gives Cavil her conditions for reunification: the end of the Raider modifications and the [[Boxing|unboxing]] of the entire [[Number Three]] line in order to discover the identities of the Final Five. After presenting the conditions to his faction, Cavil tells Natalie that the Fours and Fives have agreed to their terms. He informs them that the Number Three line is being downloaded at the [[Resurrection Hub]] and that the nearest accessible server is six [[FTL|jumps]] away. Both factions agree to remain on their own ships during the journey {{TRS|The Ties That Bind}}.