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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's'' Vipers | ||
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon | |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]] | ||
|place=Interstellar space, specific location unknown | |place=Interstellar space, specific location unknown | ||
|result=Decisive [[Colonial]] victory | |result=Decisive [[Colonial]] victory | ||
|combatant1=Remnants of the [[ | |combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet]] | ||
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] | |combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] | ||
|co1=Commander [[William Adama]] | |co1=Commander [[William Adama]] | ||
|co2=Unknown | |co2=Unknown † | ||
|strength1='' | |strength1=[[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''<br>34-42 [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] | ||
|strength2=Over 200 [[Raiders]]<br>Dozens of [[Heavy Raider]]s, exact number unknown<br> | |strength2=Over 200 [[Raiders]]<br>Dozens of [[Heavy Raider]]s, exact number unknown<br> | ||
|shiploss1=None | |shiploss1=None | ||
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|casualties1=None | |casualties1=None | ||
|casualties2=Complete destruction of entire Cylon force | |casualties2=Complete destruction of entire Cylon force | ||
|prev=[[ | |prev=[[Battle of Kobol]] | ||
|next=[[ | |next=[[Galactica vs. Pegasus]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Great Cylon Turkey Shoot''' was a battle in which [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' turned 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]]. | |||
For several weeks, ''Galactica'' suffered system failures and malfunctions throughout the ship. Watch Officer Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] determined 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. | |||
Lt. [[Karl Agathon]] then showed analysis of the virus to the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]], who determined that this logic bomb was a prelude to a Cylon attack. They determined 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 elected to use Caprica-Sharon to aid them. She interfaced 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 arrived to attack, and all Vipers were scrambled. As ''Galactica'' erased her hard drives, Valerii apparently copied the logic bomb code into herself and manipulated it. She released the altered code through the communication channels, transmitting it to the Cylon attackers. In an amazing turn of historic events, the entire Cylon fleet lost all power as Caprica-Sharon's version of the virus disabled 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== | ==Notes== | ||
*According to | *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 | *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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