Ghost Fleet Offensive

For relating to the Battlestar Galactica Deadlock expansion released in 2020, see: Ghost Fleet Offensive (Deadlock).

Ghost Fleet Offensive
Summary
Conflict:	First Cylon War
Date:	10th Year of the Cylon War. Approximately 42 years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Related Episode(s):
Place:	Cylon/Colonial borders
Result:	Colonial victory Major damage to Cylon bases Cylons put on defensive
Combatants Twelve Colonies of Kobol Cylons Commanders Unspecified Unspecified Strength At least 5 battlestars At least 3 heavy cruisers At least 3 fleet escorts At least 3 Catamaran types At least 1 Defender type Other support ships Unknown Materiel Losses Unknown, minimal Unknown, heavy Casualties Unknown, minimal Unknown, heavy
Battle Chronology
Previous Next Battle of Djerba Ghost Fleet Offensive Eventually Operation Raptor Talon

The Ghost Fleet Offensive was an initiative by the Colonial Fleet to put Cylon forces on the defensive by using ships thought to have been destroyed but were actually hidden away.

The plan involved feeding misinformation about the Ghost Fleet's position to the Cylons, who then scrambled most of the ships defending their bases. However, once the Cylon fleet arrived at the Ghost Fleet's position, they were long gone. With the Cylon bases now undefended, the Colonials struck, inflicting major damage on "every toaster base in five sectors," in the words of Commander Silas Nash. In addition to weakening the strategic position of the Cylons, the offensive provided a much needed morale boost for the beleaguered Colonials ^{(TRS: "Blood and Chrome")}.