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Battle of New Caprica

2006-10-21T05:29:55Z

Silsor: "reentry" into space is gibberish

{{Battle Data
| name= Battle of New Caprica
| image=
| description=
| conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
| date=
| place=Near [[New Caprica]] space
| result=Successful retrieval of [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]
| combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet]]
| combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
| co1=[[William Adama]]
| co2=(Unknown)
| strength1=Battlestars ''[[Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
| strength2=Four [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s
| shiploss1=Battlestar ''Pegasus''
| shiploss2=At least three basestars
| casualties1=[[Ellen Tigh]], [[Maya]]
| casualties2=
| prev=[[Battle of the Binary Star System]]
| next=(Unknown)
}}

[[Galactica type battlestar|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' launches a daring mission to occupy the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon force's]] attention as the majority of the Colonial citizens escape from Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]].

Outnumbered, Admiral [[William Adama]] begins an elaborate plan consisting of a squadron of [[Raptor]]s and a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] guard squadron. After the Vipers break off, the Raptors fire a series of [[swallow]]s that form up to create EM signatures that mimic the presence of the Colonial's battlestars. The Raptors retreat, taking several [[Cylon Raider]]s with them in pursuit.

The Cylons believe the ruse, temporarily.

On [[New Caprica]], [[Samuel Anders]] and the resistance team explode dozens of bombs as a feigned attack by Colonial forces. The people evacuate per their fire drill training, but in reality they escape to the various grounded ships of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] and spin up their engines and [[FTL]] drives. Many, however, are pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]] fire.

Admiral Adama performs an extremely risky move. He jumps to the planet and allows ''Galactica'' to freefall into the atmosphere, escaping the detection of the basestars. Moments before the battlestar would impact the surface, it launches all of its Vipers, which perform hit-and-run attacks on the Cylons on the ground and in observation towers.

''Galactica'' performs an intraatmosphere jump back into space. The resulting damage, however, heavily taxes the structure of the battlestar. Her FTL drives are disabled, weapons systems are offline, and four (instead of the two expected) [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] move in to dispose of ''Galactica.''

But battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' arrives, its forward batteries blazing, with several missile hits that severely damages or destroys one basestar. Commander [[Lee Adama]] orders his battlestar towards the basestars to give time for ''Galactica'' to repair its FTL drive and escape. Other civilian ships perform intraatmosphere jumps to escape.

Admiral Adama knows that ''Pegasus'' is on a one-way trip, realizing that Commander Adama has left all his Vipers to guard the last of the Fleet in deep space. Commander Adama sets the ship to automatically fire its batteries and gives the order to abandon ship to evacuation Raptors.

The damaged, umanned ''Pegasus'' collides into one basestar, destroying it as it explodes. Debris from the exploding battlestar disables or destroys the remaining basestars.

''[[Colonial One]]'' is the last ship to leave the planet, with [[Laura Roslin]] back in her old chair in place of the deposed president, [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

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Talk:Exodus, Part II/Archive 1

2006-10-21T05:24:28Z

Silsor: /* Is this a clue? */ This is not a clue.

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0610/01/index.htm
Click on this link and scroll down to see scenes from the Exodus episodes. My favorite is the last one at the bottom which shows Zarek and Roslin plsticuffed together. Hopefully they'll start to get along soon. --ltcrashdown October 3rd, 2006

== My Prediction ==

And it shouldn't be a big surprise, but I have to state it for the record:

Battlestar ''Pegasus'' makes its last appearance today. I think it will be used to ram a basestar or two to save ''Galactica'', which puts up a good fight but is getting outmatched.
My prediction doesn't come from anything but from the gut, but it should be interesting if it comes true. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:53, 20 October 2006 (CDT)
:I'm hoping that it doesnt get destroyed, seeing as that would kill Lee Adama and far too many other people - if this happened, people would switch off. I'm predicting that it'll save the day at the last second. If you think about it, Lee Adama was ordered to stay behind with the fleet and continue the search for earth. I'm betting that he does the usual thing of going against orders, jumping back anyway at the last second and launches a nuke or two at a basestar.

--[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 17:37, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

Since when does people's opinions become spoiler text? :P --[[User:Straycat0|Straycat0]] 18:05, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

:Spoiler policy is suspended on talk, but sometimes people get bummed to read them here, so it's a courtesy. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 19:58, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

YES! Nailed it! Nailed it! Hail to the king, baby! --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 21:47, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

: Hallowed are the Ori... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:06, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

== Is this a clue? ==

When Starbuck gets back to Galactica with the kid, and the supposed mother sees it, and latches on, she says either "Gods bless you" or "GOD bless you", and after watching it about 5 times on my TiVo, I'm leaning towards GOD, singular, and perhaps a clue that this lady is not who she claims. I mean, if that really is a hybrid, then it would be valuable enough to pull such a move just to get it out of Colonial hands.

Also, if it weren't for horrible interior design, I'd rather Galactica had been boned, and they all just moved into Pegasus and renamed it Galactia-A or something. If it weren't for the lame bridge, it'd be a much better ship.

: The assumption is reasonable -- however, I believe it is extremely likely that the woman is who she claims to be. Also, given the horrible success rate at Cylon farms, it is likely that Kacey was indeed a ruse to get Thrace to love Conoy. Once Conoy had Thrace's love, their love would lead to the next step. As for the "God" versus "Gods" thing.... also, it's been indicated that the Colonials have varying faiths, and some don't necessarily believe in the Sacred Scrolls, Pythia and all that jazz. Also, it wouldn't be ''Battlestar Galactica'' without ''Galactica''... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:01, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

:I thought your observation was interesting so I pulled up the episode again and watched that part. Kasey's new mother distinctly says "gods" with a hard, unmistakable "s". [[User:Silsor|Silsor]] 00:24, 21 October 2006 (CDT)