Ghost Fleet Offensive

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Ghost Fleet Offensive
Summary
Conflict: First Cylon War
Date: 10th Year of the Cylon War. Approximately 42 years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Related Episode(s):
Place: Cylon/Colonial borders
Result: Colonial victory, Cylons put on defensive
Combatants
Twelve Colonies of Kobol Cylons
Commanders
Unspecified Unspecified
Strength
Multiple battlestars, including Valkyrie; at least 3 heavy crusiers including Loki, at least 1 Galactica type battlestar, battlestar Osiris, ; multiple support ships; Multiple Vipers; Multiple Raptors Unknown
Materiel Losses
Unknown, minimal Unknown, heavy
Casualties
Unknown, minimal Unknown, heavy
Battle Chronology
Previous Next
Battle of Djerba Ghost Fleet Offensive Eventually Operation Raptor Talon


The Ghost Fleet Offensive[1] was an initiative by the Colonial Fleet to put the Cylons on the defensive using ships thought to be destroyed, but actually hidden away. The plan is successful, and the ghost fleet is able to strike "every toaster base in five sectors", and inflicted major damage (Blood and Chrome).

The plan involved broadcasting the Ghost Fleet's position to the Cylons, who then scrambled most of their forces defending their bases. However, once the Cylon fleet arrived at the Ghost Fleet's position, they were long gone. With the Cylon bases now undefended, the Colonials were in a position to strike. And strike they did, inflicting major damage on multiple Cylon bases. This put the Cylons on the defensive, and provided a much needed morale boost for the beleaguered Colonials.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 This is a Battlestar Wiki descriptive term.