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Having identified their doctor as a copy of [[Number Four]] after seeing the copy outside the farm, [[Samuel Anders]] dispatches [[Jean Barolay]] to get rid of the [[Cylon (TRS)|Cylon]] agent, not aware that there is also a [[Number One]] in the Resistance's midst. At the [[Caprica Resistance]] [[Delphi Union High School|base]], Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] interrogates [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] about what was done to her at the farm. Valerii explains that the Cylons are unable to have children naturally which they attribute to a lack of love and along with the experiment to impregnate her, they are using the farms to attempt to artificially impregnate human women. Valerii is unaware of exactly what was done to Thrace however. Hearing about the farms and angry about what was done to her, Thrace proposes that the Resistance use their captured [[Heavy Raider]] to destroy all of the farms. However, Anders tells her she has a mission to complete and gives her the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Anders tells Thrace to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] and the Resistance will destroy all of the farms they can. Thrace agrees and after promising [[Rescue on Caprica|to be back to rescue him]], she, Valerii and Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon]] leave in the Heavy Raider to return to [[The Fleet (TRS)|the fleet]]. The three [[FTL|jump]] the Heavy Raider to [[Kobol (TRS)|Kobol]] where they meet up with the [[Laura Roslin faction]] and eventually the rest of the fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[The Farm]]," "[[The Plan]]," "[[Home, Part I]]," "[[Home, Part II]]")
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Skirmish at the Farm
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Summary
Conflict: Second Cylon War
Date: Shortly after the Battle of Kobol
Related Episode(s):
Place: Caprica
  • Cylon Farm
Result: Colonial victory
Combatants
Remnants of the Colonial Fleet
Caprica Resistance
Cylons
Commanders
Samuel Anders
Lieutenant Kara Thrace
Number Six
Strength
Lieutenant Kara Thrace
Lieutenant Karl Agathon
Caprica-Valerii
Caprica Resistance
1 captured Heavy Raider
2 Number Fours
1 Number Six
Several Cylon Centurions
Materiel Losses
None All Centurions
Casualties
Sue-Shaun
Other women being experimented on
1 Number Six
2 Number Fours
All Centurions
Battle Chronology
Previous Next
Battle of Kobol Skirmish at the Farm Skirmish on Kobol


The Skirmish at the Farm was a skirmish between the Caprica Resistance aided by Lieutenants Kara Thrace and Karl Agathon as well as a Cylon defector later named Sharon Agathon against Cylon forces at a Cylon breeding farm.

Background[edit]

After being sent to Caprica by President Laura Roslin to get the Arrow of Apollo, Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace met up with long-missing Lieutenant Karl "Helo" Agathon and his girlfriend, a copy of Kara's friend Boomer. When Thrace repeatedly threatened to kill her, Caprica-Valerii fled in Thrace's stolen Cylon Raider, leaving Thrace and Agathon stranded on Caprica. Sometime afterwards, the two met up with the Caprica Resistance and as they were planning an assault to steal a Heavy Raider, the group was ambushed and Thrace and Sue-Shaun were captured by Cylon forces and taken to a breeding farm. While Sue-Shaun was hooked up a "baby machine" along with other women, Thrace was experimented on directly by a Number Four by the name of Simon under the guise of treating her injuries from the ambush. During this time, at least one of her ovaries were removed. However, the Number Four accidentally broke his cover to the suspicious Thrace by calling her by her call-sign of Starbuck which she hadn't told him. After seeing him discussing his plan to remove her ovaries completely with a Number Six, Thrace realized that Simon was actually a Cylon agent and she had to escape.

At the same time, the Caprica Resistance returned to the ambush point to look for clues to Thrace's location. Caprica-Valerii, who had been tracking Agathon for days, appeared and offered her help to rescue Thrace. With the help of Valerii, the Caprica Resistance stole a Heavy Raider and launched a rescue mission for Thrace (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I," "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II," "Scattered," "Resistance", "The Farm")

Skirmish[edit]

Needing to escape, Lieutenant Kara Thrace broke a bedside mirror and waited for Simon to return. When he did, she revealed her suspicions to him and then proceeded to kill the Cylon by stabbing him in the neck with the mirror shard. Sneaking her way through the facility, Thrace spots a Number Six and kills her by smashing her head in with a fire extinguisher. To Thrace's horror, she finds Caprica Resistance member Sue-Shaun and other women hooked up to "baby machines." Not wanting to live like this and unable to be unhooked without being killed, Sue-Shaun asks Thrace to destroy the machines and mercy-kill the women. Thrace reluctantly smashes the machines, ending the women's suffering. Getting outside the facility, Thrace is confronted by another Number Four who greets her. Before Thrace or the Four can do anything, the Caprica Resistance and Lieutenant Karl Agathon arrive and kill the Four. As Thrace attempts to escape to the Resistance, Centurions in higher levels of the facility open fire, pinning her and the Resistance down, but Caprica-Valerii arrives in a captured Heavy Raider and destroys the Centurions. The Cylon forces and farm destroyed, the Resistance retreats in the Heavy Raider before anymore Cylons can show up. (TRS: "The Farm")

Aftermath[edit]

Having identified their doctor as a copy of Number Four after seeing the copy outside the farm, Samuel Anders dispatches Jean Barolay to get rid of the Cylon agent, not aware that there is also a Number One in the Resistance's midst. At the Caprica Resistance base, Lieutenant Kara Thrace interrogates Caprica-Valerii about what was done to her at the farm. Valerii explains that the Cylons are unable to have children naturally which they attribute to a lack of love and along with the experiment to impregnate her, they are using the farms to attempt to artificially impregnate human women. Valerii is unaware of exactly what was done to Thrace however. Hearing about the farms and angry about what was done to her, Thrace proposes that the Resistance use their captured Heavy Raider to destroy all of the farms. However, Anders tells her she has a mission to complete and gives her the Arrow of Apollo. Anders tells Thrace to find Earth and the Resistance will destroy all of the farms they can. Thrace agrees and after promising to be back to rescue him, she, Valerii and Lieutenant Karl Agathon leave in the Heavy Raider to return to the fleet. The three jump the Heavy Raider to Kobol where they meet up with the Laura Roslin faction and eventually the rest of the fleet. (TRS: "The Farm," "The Plan," "Home, Part I," "Home, Part II")