Editing Rescue of Apollo

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Dynamite Comics}}{{Battle Data
| name= Rescue of Apollo
| image= BSG - Death of Apollo - Rescue of Apollo.png
| description= Captains {{alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}}, along with [[Sephoni]], pass the defenses of the {{alt|Cylons|TOS-DE}}' [[super basestar]] to recover Major {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} ({{comics|doa|4}}).
| conflict=
| date={{alt|7358}}
| place=Unknown moon-sized planetoid
| result=Successful recovery of Major {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}
| combatant1={{alt|The Fleet|TOS}}
| combatant2={{alt|Cylon Empire}}
| co1=Captains {{alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}}
| co2=Unknown Cylon Commander
| strength1=4 {{alt|Viper|TOS-DE}}s, 1 stolen {{alt|Cylon transport|TOS-DE}}
| strength2=One [[super basestar]] and its full force of {{alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}s.
| shiploss1=None
| shiploss2=A handful of {{alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}s
| casualties1=None
| casualties2=A low number of Cylons
| prev=[[Encounter of the Super Basestar]]
| next=[[Ambush by the Super Basestar]]
| series=TOS alternate
}}

Reeling from the apparent death of Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} and [[Encounter of the Super Basestar|the reappearance of the Cylon threat]], Commander {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}} forbids any recovery effort for either Apollo or his remains. With the awesome threat posed by the {{Alt|Cylons|TOS-DE}}' newest capital ship, dubbed the "[[super basestar]]" with its phalanxes of {{Alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}s, Adama and the Colonials of {{Alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE|the rag-tag, fugitive fleet}} must continue to press on.

== Background ==
Cylons enact their plan to ensnare humanity by manufacturing [[psionic]] impressions of humans, which are sympathetically received by Countess [[Sephoni]] during her ten [[yahren]] separation from the {{Alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE|fugitive fleet}}. Immediately following Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}'s [[Encounter of the Super Basestar|final transmissions]], Commander {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}} arrests Sephoni and her entourage, on the belief that they are knowingly complicit in the treachery ({{comics|doa|1}}-{{comics|doa|2|short=Y}}). 

A grieving and intoxicated Captain {{Alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} threatens to kill Sephoni in her brig aboard ''{{Alt|Galactica|TOS-DE}}'' before being tranquilized by security ({{comics|doa|2}}). Adama and Starbuck discuss Apollo's fate and the need to press onward, during which Adama elicits a promise from Starbuck to not mount any rescue attempt ({{comics|doa|3}}).
== Action ==
Captains {{Alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} and {{Alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}}, with fellow conspirators [[Breena]], {{Alt|Boomer|TOS-DE}}, {{Alt|Greenbean|TOS-DE}} and {{Alt|Sheba|TOS-DE}}, make plans to use the {{Alt|Cylon transport|TOS-DE}} flanked by four {{Alt|Viper|TOS-DE|Vipers}}. Under the guise of a recon patrol, Boomer fills out a request for said patrol and Athena authorizes it. Also in the log is the scuttling of the Cylon transport, with Starbuck allegedly planning to abandon the ship in {{Alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE}} wake, rigging it as a mine for any would-be Cylon pursuers ({{comics|doa|3}}).

Starbuck recruits Countess [[Sephoni]], herself wanting to make recompense with using her as a [[psionic]] divining rod to ensure that [[Xam]]'s message relaying {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}'s status and location is genuine, now that Sephoni is able to discern between Cylon psionic misinformation versus the genuine article. 

Athena, Starbuck and Sephoni board the Cylon transport

== After-Action ==
Apollo is examined by Doctors {{Alt|Salik|TOS-DE}} and [[Madusa]] following his rescue, and is found to no longer be medically fit to fight in the front lines. He is relegated to duty in [[Core Command]] as a command operative ({{comics|doa|4}}—{{comics|doa|5|short=Y}}).

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