Editing Great Cylon Turkey Shoot

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|+ Battle before: [[Battle of Kobol]] <br>Battle after: [[Galactica vs. Pegasus]]
|colspan=2|[[Image:Stuffsgonnasplode.jpg|center|300px|]] Powered down Raider fleet being massacred by ''Galactica's'' Vipers
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!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Great Cylon Turkey Shoot
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|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]
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|Date||Roughly two weeks after [[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Day 89]]
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|Place||Interstellar space, specific location unknown
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|Result||Decisive Colonial victory
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!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants
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| width=50%|Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet]]
| width=50%|[[Cylon]]s
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!colspan=2|Commanders
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|Commander [[William Adama]]
|Unknown †
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!colspan=2|Strength
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|[[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] [[Galactica]]<br>
34-42 Vipers<br>
|Over 200 [[Raiders]]<br>
dozens of [[Heavy Raider]]s, exact number unknown<br>
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!colspan=2|Casualties
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|None whatsoever
|Complete destruction of entire Cylon force
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Battle in which [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' turns the Cylon's own [[logic bomb]] computer [[virus]] against them to completely power down a massive fleet of hundreds of [[Raider]]s and [[Heavy Raider]]s in a reversal of the Cylon's use of it in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

''Galactica'' suffers system failures and malfunctions throughout the ship. Watch Officer Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] determine that the Cylon virus which infected the ship shortly after the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] reunited ([[Scattered]]) and downed several ship functions for a time ([[Valley of Darkness]]) had returned. Apparently the virus had a latent element that hid itself, slowly emerging throughout ship computers, testing and probing for weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Gaeta and Baltar determine that this logic bomb is a prelude to a Cylon attack. They determine a way to remove the bomb by erasing all ship computer hard drives, then reloading the computers from backups made before the war. However, this would leave the ship completely vulnerable for several minutes. If the logic bomb was "detonated", the virus would likely turn ''Galactica'' against itself and her fleet.

Commander Adama elects to use the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. She interfaces her body to the ship's [[Computers#Battlestar Computers|mainframe and communication systems]] via a fiber-optic link placed inside her left forearm. A massive Cylon force arrives to attack, and all Vipers are scrambled. As ''Galactica'' erases her hard drives, Valerii apparently copies the logic bomb code into herself and manipulates it. She releases the altered code through the communication channels, transmitting it to the Cylon attackers. In an amazing turn of historic events, the entire Cylon fleet loses all power as Valerii's version of the virus disables every Cylon ship in a very similar way to how Colonial ships were shut down by the Cylons during the Fall of the Colonies.

Many out-of-control Cylon ships are destroyed as they crash into each other. 

Commander Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] order ''Galactica's'' Vipers to destroy all of the disabled Cylon fighters.  ''Galactica's'' Vipers proceed to tear through the jumbled Cylon formations, destroying the entire disproporationately larger Cylon force while not losing a single Colonial ship in the process ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).


==Notes==
*According to Ron D. Moore's [[podcast]] for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", this battle was specifically inspired by the "[[Wikipedia:Great Marianas Turkey Shoot|Great Marianas Turkey Shoot]]" of World War II. This page is named in light of that reference.
*Number of Cylon Raiders present was given on the Scifi.com official site's episode description.
*Visually, there are at least 42 Vipers on screen, but there is a strong possibility that this is a visual effects mistake: Apollo said in "[[Act of Contrition]]" that there were only 40 Vipers left. On top of this, several Vipers have been lost since then (see [[Galactica#Vipers|Galactica]]). The current count leaves only 34 Vipers: 1 lost in "Act of Contrition", 4 lost in "The Hand of God", and 1 lost in "Final Cut". This doesn't take into account Tyrol's  retirement of unserviceable craft, worn down by wear and tear. Furthermore, ''Galactica'' is severely limited by the number of [[List of Pilots|pilots]] they have on hand - in this episode, no more than 22.
**RDM admitted in an interview (see "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]") that this was probably a visual effects gaffe.  Number of Vipers was thus more probably 34 at the most.  


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+|colspan=2|[[Image:Stuffsgonnasplode.jpg|center|300px|]] Powered down Raider fleet being massacred by ''Galactica's'' Vipers
-|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
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-|date=Roughly two weeks after [[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Day 84]]
+!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Great Cylon Turkey Shoot
-|place=Interstellar space, specific location unknown
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-|result=Decisive [[Colonial]] victory
+|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]
-|combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]]
+|-
-|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
+|Date||Roughly two weeks after [[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Day 89]]
-|co1=Commander [[William Adama]]
+|-
-|co2=Unknown (no Basestars present)
+|Place||Interstellar space, specific location unknown
-|strength1=''{{RDM|Galactica}}'',<br>34-42 {{RDM|Viper}}s
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-|strength2=Over 200 [[Raiders]]<br>Dozens of [[Heavy Raider]]s, exact number unknown<br>
+|Result||Decisive Colonial victory
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-|shiploss2=Complete destruction of entire Cylon force
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+!colspan=2|Commanders
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+|Commander [[William Adama]]
+|Unknown †
+|-
+!colspan=2|Strength
+|-
+|[[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] [[Galactica]]<br>
+-42 Vipers<br>
+|Over 200 [[Raiders]]<br>
+dozens of [[Heavy Raider]]s, exact number unknown<br>
+|-
+!colspan=2|Casualties
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+|None whatsoever
+|Complete destruction of entire Cylon force
+|}
+|}
-The '''Great Cylon Turkey Shoot''' takes place after ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' disables a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attack-fleet using the enemy's own computer [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].
-Several weeks after leaving {{RDM|Kobol}}, ''Galactica'' begins to suffer various system failures and ship-wide malfunctions. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] suspect that the Cylon virus which infected ''Galactica'' {{TRS|Scattered}}, and downed ship functions for a time {{TRS|Valley of Darkness}}, has returned. They hypothesize that the virus had a latent component that hid itself, slowly emerging throughout ship computers, then testing and probing for system vulnerabilities.
+Battle in which [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' turns the Cylon's own [[logic bomb]] computer [[virus]] against them to completely power down a massive fleet of hundreds of [[Raider]]s and [[Heavy Raider]]s in a reversal of the Cylon's use of it in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
-Lt. {{callsign|Karl Agathon}} shows a printout of the virus to the incarcerated [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]], who concludes that this [[logic bomb]] is a prelude to a Cylon attack. Gaeta determines that the virus can be removed by erasing all ship computer hard drives, then reloading the computers from backups made before the war. However, this will leave the ship completely vulnerable for several minutes, giving the Cylons a perfect opportunity to do away with ''Galactica''. Yet if they do not proceed with this course of action, the logic bomb could "detonate," likely taking control of the battlestar and turning it against the Fleet.
+''Galactica'' suffers system failures and malfunctions throughout the ship. Watch Officer Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] determine that the Cylon virus which infected the ship shortly after the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] reunited ([[Scattered]]) and downed several ship functions for a time ([[Valley of Darkness]]) had returned. Apparently the virus had a latent element that hid itself, slowly emerging throughout ship computers, testing and probing for weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
-Reluctantly, Commander Adama elects to have Sharon aid them in combating the enemy. She interfaces with the ship's [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Battlestar Computers|mainframe and communication systems]]&mdash;using a fiber-optic link placed within her left forearm&mdash;and prepares an electronic attack to ward off the Cylons.
+Gaeta and Baltar determine that this logic bomb is a prelude to a Cylon attack. They determine a way to remove the bomb by erasing all ship computer hard drives, then reloading the computers from backups made before the war. However, this would leave the ship completely vulnerable for several minutes. If the logic bomb was "detonated", the virus would likely turn ''Galactica'' against itself and her fleet.
-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]].
+Commander Adama elects to use the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. She interfaces her body to the ship's [[Computers#Battlestar Computers|mainframe and communication systems]] via a fiber-optic link placed inside her left forearm. A massive Cylon force arrives to attack, and all Vipers are scrambled. As ''Galactica'' erases her hard drives, Valerii apparently copies the logic bomb code into herself and manipulates it. She releases the altered code through the communication channels, transmitting it to the Cylon attackers. In an amazing turn of historic events, the entire Cylon fleet loses all power as Valerii's version of the virus disables every Cylon ship in a very similar way to how Colonial ships were shut down by the Cylons during the Fall of the Colonies.
-Though many Raiders are wrecked by crashing into one another, Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders ''Galactica''{{'|s}} 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}}.
+Many out-of-control Cylon ships are destroyed as they crash into each other.
+Commander Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] order ''Galactica's'' Vipers to destroy all of the disabled Cylon fighters.  ''Galactica's'' Vipers proceed to tear through the jumbled Cylon formations, destroying the entire disproporationately larger Cylon force while not losing a single Colonial ship in the process ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
-The presence of numerous [[Heavy Raider]]s within the attacking Cylon fleet, suggests that the Cylons intended to board ''Galactica''&mdash;and possibly other Colonial ships&mdash;after the virus had rendered the battlestar helpless.
 ==Notes==
-*According to Ronald Moore's [[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|podcast]] for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]," this battle was specifically inspired by the "[[Wikipedia:Great Marianas Turkey Shoot|Great Marianas Turkey Shoot]]" of World War II. This page is named in light of that reference.
+*According to Ron D. Moore's [[podcast]] for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", this battle was specifically inspired by the "[[Wikipedia:Great Marianas Turkey Shoot|Great Marianas Turkey Shoot]]" of World War II. This page is named in light of that reference.
-*The number of Cylon Raiders present was given on the Scifi.com official site's episode description.
+*Number of Cylon Raiders present was given on the Scifi.com official site's episode description.
-*Visually, there are at least 42 Vipers on screen, but there is a strong possibility that this is a visual effects mistake: Apollo states in "[[Act of Contrition]]" that there are only 40 Vipers left. On top of this, several Vipers have been lost since then. The current count leaves only 34 Vipers: 1 lost in "Act of Contrition," 4 lost in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]," and 1 lost in "[[Final Cut]]". This doesn't take into account Tyrol's retirement of un-serviceable craft, worn down by wear and tear. Furthermore, ''Galactica'' is severely limited by the number of [[List of Pilots|pilots]] they have on hand; in this episode, no more than 22.
+*Visually, there are at least 42 Vipers on screen, but there is a strong possibility that this is a visual effects mistake: Apollo said in "[[Act of Contrition]]" that there were only 40 Vipers left. On top of this, several Vipers have been lost since then (see [[Galactica#Vipers|Galactica]]). The current count leaves only 34 Vipers: 1 lost in "Act of Contrition", 4 lost in "The Hand of God", and 1 lost in "Final Cut". This doesn't take into account Tyrol's  retirement of unserviceable craft, worn down by wear and tear. Furthermore, ''Galactica'' is severely limited by the number of [[List of Pilots|pilots]] they have on hand - in this episode, no more than 22.
-**Ron D. Moore admitted in an interview ([[Flight of the Phoenix#Official Statements|Flight of the Phoenix]]) that this was probably a visual effects gaffe. The number of Vipers is likely no more than 34.
+**RDM admitted in an interview (see "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]") that this was probably a visual effects gaffe.  Number of Vipers was thus more probably 34 at the most.
-*Interestingly, the [[Blackbird]] appears in the Great Cylon Turkey Shoot, yet the Blackbird has not been finished by the time the Cylons are disabled. Producer and writer [[Bradley Thompson]] acknowledges this as a [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques|visual effects mix-up]], as the Blackbird's lack of guns or sufficient maneuverability would make it a poor fighter, nor has the ship made its maiden flight before the Cylon fight.
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