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|date=[[Timeline (RDM)|3 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
|date=[[Timeline (RDM)|3 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
|place=Interstellar space, specific location unknown
|place=[[Sector Delta 9]]
|result= Decisive Colonial/Cylon rebel victory, destruction of [[Resurrection Hub]]
|result= Decisive Colonial/Cylon rebel victory, destruction of [[Resurrection Hub]]
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|casualties1=[[Eammon Pike]] and his [[ECO]], Sandman
|casualties2=Enormous
|casualties2=Heavy
|prev=[[Cylon Civil War#First Blood|Ambush on Cylon rebels]]
|prev=[[Cylon Civil War#First Blood|Ambush on Cylon rebels]]
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Revision as of 07:52, 10 June 2008

Battle of the Resurrection Hub
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Summary
Conflict: Cylon Civil War
Date: 3 years after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies
Related Episode(s):
Place: Sector Delta 9
Result: Decisive Colonial/Cylon rebel victory, destruction of Resurrection Hub
Combatants
Cylon rebels, a detachment of Galactica's air wing Cylon loyalists
Commanders
Number Eight, Captain Karl Agathon Cavil, Sharon Valerii
Strength
1 basestar
At least 25 Vipers, several Raptors, at least 25 Heavy Raiders
Resurrection Hub
2 basestars
Associated Raiders
Materiel Losses
1 Raptor damaged. Basestar damaged. Likely loss of several Vipers Resurrection Hub, 2 basestars
Casualties
Eammon Pike and his ECO, Sandman Heavy
Battle Chronology
Previous Next
Ambush on Cylon rebels Battle of the Resurrection Hub None


The Battle of the Resurrection Hub is a joint operation between Colonial forces and Cylon rebels to destroy the Cylon Resurrection Hub.

Background[edit]

After the Demetrius returns with the Cylon rebel leader Natalie, she proposes and alliance between the rebels and the Colonials. She offers the humans the chance to destroy the Cylon's central resurrection facility. In return she want help to unbox Number Three and learn what she knows about the Final Five. In preparation, half of Galactica's air wing is transferred to the basestar. However, before the plan can be put into action Sharon Agathon kills Natalie. Simultaneously, Laura Roslin has the rebel Hybrid reconnected, who unexpectedly jumps the ship away (Guess What's Coming to Dinner?).

Battle[edit]

The Hybrid is revealed to have panicked after sensing Natalie's shooting and death and jumped as a result. She follows the Hub with her jumps, still giving the combined force a chance to implement their plan. To prevent an early detection by the enemy, the Vipers are running with their engines and electronics cold, instead being towed by Heavy Raiders piloted by humanoid Cylons. The human pilots are initially very reluctant to fly alongside the Cylons and be so heavily dependent on them, but a Number Eight convinces them to place the same trust in her as they do in Sharon Agathon.

Once the cables are cut, the Vipers attack and a Raptor flown by Lieutenant Eammon Pike disables the Hub's FTL drive with two missiles, thus stranding it. Karl Agathon and the Eight then board the Hub in a Raptor to find Number Three, who has already been unboxed by Cavil and Boomer. They find her after she has killed Cavil and forced Boomer to run and take her to the Raptor and off the Hub. Meanwhile, the rebel basestar engages the two escort basestars, but Gaius Baltar is badly wounded when two missiles strike the ship. Once Three, Agathon and Number Eight are clear of the Hub, the Vipers launch several nuclear missiles into it, destroying it and at least one of its basestar escorts (The Hub).

Aftermath[edit]

With the Hub being vital to the functioning of all other resurrection ships and downloading facilities, the Cylons are now truly mortal, which is welcomed by the rebels, but feared by the mainstream of Cylon society. In addition, D'Anna Biers is the only Three left, since all other copies of are consciousness were destroyed on the Hub.