Editing Great Cylon Turkey Shoot
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|image=Stuffsgonnasplode.jpg | |image=Stuffsgonnasplode.jpg | ||
|description=Powered down Raider fleet being massacred by ''Galactica'' | |description=Powered down Raider fleet being massacred by ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Vipers | ||
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]] | |conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]] | ||
|date=Roughly two weeks after [[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Day 84]] | |date=Roughly two weeks after [[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Day 84]] | ||
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Just then, a Cylon fleet consisting of hundreds of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s, descends upon ''Galactica''. As the battlestar deploys all combat-ready Vipers, and Gaeta erases the ship's hard drives, Sharon copies the logic bomb's code onto herself, alters it, and transmits the re-programmed virus to the enemy. In a poignant turn of events, the entire Cylon fleet is disabled by the virus - much like Colonial warships were during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. | Just then, a Cylon fleet consisting of hundreds of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s, descends upon ''Galactica''. As the battlestar deploys all combat-ready Vipers, and Gaeta erases the ship's hard drives, Sharon copies the logic bomb's code onto herself, alters it, and transmits the re-programmed virus to the enemy. In a poignant turn of events, the entire Cylon fleet is disabled by the virus - much like Colonial warships were during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. | ||
Though many Raiders are wrecked by crashing into one another, Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders ''Galactica'' | Though many Raiders are wrecked by crashing into one another, Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Vipers to open fire on the crippled enemy. Apollo jubilantly relays the [[weapons free]] order to his fighter group, and the Vipers proceed to tear through the jumbled Cylon formations, destroying the disproportionately larger Cylon force in its entirety {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}. | ||
The presence of numerous [[Heavy Raider]]s within the attacking Cylon fleet, suggests that the Cylons intended to board ''Galactica''—and possibly other Colonial ships—after the virus had rendered the battlestar helpless. | The presence of numerous [[Heavy Raider]]s within the attacking Cylon fleet, suggests that the Cylons intended to board ''Galactica''—and possibly other Colonial ships—after the virus had rendered the battlestar helpless. | ||