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Standoff Between Galactica and Pegasus
	Galactica and Pegasus forces
	Galactica and Pegasus forces
Summary
Conflict:	Internal Battles
Date:	Approximately six months after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies
Related Episode(s):	Pegasus ; Resurrection Ship, Part I
Place:	An unknown location in interstellar space
Result:	Recall of forces. Uneasy truce
Combatants
Galactica (formerly attached to BSG 75)	Pegasus (formerly attached to BSG 62)
Commanders
Commander William Adama	Admiral Helena Cain
Strength
Galactica; 34-42 Vipers;	Pegasus; approx. 80-90 Mark VII Vipers
Materiel Losses
None	None
Casualties
None	None
Battle Chronology

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The standoff between Galactica and Pegasus is a confrontation between the commanders of the two battlestars as a result of questionable command decisions by Admiral Helena Cain ^{(TRS: "Pegasus", "Resurrection Ship, Part I")}.

Colonel Tigh informs Commander Adama that Admiral Cain has ordered the summary execution of Chief Tyrol and Lieutenant Agathon over the death of Pegasus Lieutenant Thorne. On this news, feeling deceived that a genuine court martial would occur for his crewmen, Adama orders a Raptor with Viper escorts to board Pegasus to retrieve the men.

When Adama informs Cain of his intentions, Cain launches Peagsus's full Viper Mark VII forces and orders Condition One. Galactica follows suit, launching her Vipers, led by Louanne "Kat" Katraine and Hotdog ^{(TRS: "Pegasus")}.

Each side attempts to goad the other into opening fire, and Kat repeatedly requests permission for "weapons free" on the incoming Vipers. Under Colonial rules-of-engagement, any force that is fired upon can return fire.

The fracas is interrupted by Starbuck piloting the Blackbird. After Captain Lee Adama text messages Starbuck over wireless aboard a Pegasus Raptor, her ship only showing up on DRADIS due to her reply transmission being detected. Both battlestars and their respective Viper squadrons read the Blackbird as a Cylon (the Blackbird is either not equipped with a Colonial transponder or had disabled it for the unauthorized recon mission). The two opposing groups join forces to engage the "real" enemy, but Starbuck succeeds in confirming her identity before the Vipers fire upon the Blackbird.

A truce ensues after Cain receives recon photos of the Cylon Resurrection Ship. Both commanders agree to bring their ships to Condition Two and meet on Colonial One to determine a course of action ^{(TRS: "Resurrection Ship, Part II")}.

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-|+ Battle before: [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] <br>Battle after: [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]]
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+|conflict=Internal Battles
-!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Galactica vs. Pegasus
+|date=Approximately [[Timeline (RDM)|six months]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
-|-
+|epi= [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]] <br/> [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
-|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]
+|place=An unknown location in interstellar space
-|-
+|result=Recall of forces. Uneasy truce
-|Date||Approximately [[Timeline (RDM)|six months]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
+|combatant1=''[[Galactica]]'' (formerly attached to [[BSG|BSG 75]])
-|-
+|combatant2=''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (formerly attached to [[BSG|BSG 62]])
-|Place||Interstellar space, specific location unknown
+|co1=Commander [[William Adama]]
-|-
+|co2=Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
-|Result||Uneasy Colonial truce
+|strength1=''Galactica''<br>34-42 {{RDM|Viper}}s<br>
-|-
+|strength2=''Pegasus''<br>approx. 80-90 [[Viper Mark VII|Mark VII Vipers]]
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+|shiploss1=None
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+|shiploss2=None
-|-
+|casualties1=None
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+|casualties2=None
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+|prev=[[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]]
-| width=50%|''[[Galactica]]'' (formerly attached to [[BSG|BSG 75]])
+|next=[[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]]
-| width=50%|''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (formerly attached to [[BSG|BSG 62]])
+|series=RDM
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-!colspan=2|Commanders
-|-
-|Commander [[William Adama]]
-|Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
-|-
-!colspan=2|Strength
-|-
-|[[Original battlestar (RDM)|Original class battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''<br>
--42 Vipers<br>
-|[[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''<br>
-Approx. 40 [[Viper (RDM)|Mark VII Vipers]]
-|-
-!colspan=2|Casualties
-|-
-|None
-|None
-|}
-|}
-A conflict started as a result of draconian command decisions by Admiral Helena Cain and military response by Commander William Adama to determine the freedom of Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] and Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon]]. It spans the last act of "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and the beginning act of "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]".
+The '''standoff between ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus''''' is a confrontation between the commanders of the two battlestars as a result of questionable command decisions by Admiral Helena Cain {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)|Resurrection Ship, Part I}}.
-The conflict begins when Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] contacts Commander [[William Adama]], notifying Adama that Admiral [[Helena Cain]] has ordered the summary execution of Tyrol and Agathon over the death of Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]].  Upon hearing this news, and realizing that he had been lied to about a court martial regarding the incident, Adama orders a [[Raptor]] (with [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] escort) to board ''Peagsus'' to retrieve the men.
+Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] informs Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] that Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] has ordered the summary execution of Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] over the death of ''Pegasus'' Lieutenant  [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]]. On this news, feeling deceived that a genuine court martial would occur for his crewmen, Adama orders a [[Raptor]] with [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] escorts to board ''Pegasus'' to retrieve the men.
-When Adama communicates to Cain his desire to be given Tyrol and Agathon, Cain launches ''Peagsus'' full Viper force and goes to [[Condition One]].  ''Galactica'' follows suit, launching Vipers led by Lieutenant [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Brendan Constanza]] ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). As the Vipers approach, each side attempts to goad the other into opening fire first.  Katraine repeatedly attempts to obtain permission to open fire on the incoming Vipers.  During this, each side plays a deadly game of "chicken", attempting to force the other to go "weapons-free" and fire. This, under Colonial rules-of-engagement, would allow return fire. Given that ''Pegasus'' has only advanced Viper Mk. VII fighters to ''Galactica's'' Mark II fighters, an actual firefight would likely be a pitched battle, to ''Pegasus''' advantage.
+When Adama informs Cain of his intentions, Cain launches ''Peagsus'''s full [[Viper Mark VII]] forces and orders [[Action Stations|Condition One]].  ''Galactica'' follows suit, launching her Vipers, led by {{callsign|Kat}} and [[Brendan Costanza|Hotdog]] {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)}}.
-The fraças is interrupted by [[Kara Thrace]] piloting the [[Blackbird]].  After Lieutenant [[Lee Adama]] text messages Thrace over the [[wireless]] aboard a ''Pegasus'' Raptor, she begins acting in a manner consistant with a hostile [[Cylon]] [[Raider]].  The ruse succeeds as the [[DRADIS]] of both [[battlestar]]s and their respective Viper squadrons reads the Blackbird as a Cylon.  The two opposing groups join forces to engage the "real" enemy -- finding that the Blackbird isn't a Cylon, much to the relief of Thrace.
+Each side attempts to goad the other into opening fire, and Kat repeatedly requests permission for "[[weapons free]]" on the incoming Vipers. Under Colonial rules-of-engagement, any force that is fired upon can return fire.
-A truce ensues after Cain receives recon photos of the Cylon "[[Resurrection Ship|Resurrection ship]]".  Both commanders agree to bring their ships to [[Condition Two]] and meet on ''[[Colonial One]]'' to determine a course of action ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
+The fracas is interrupted by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] piloting the [[Blackbird]]. After Captain [[Lee Adama]] text messages Starbuck over  [[wireless]] aboard a ''Pegasus'' Raptor, her ship only showing up on [[DRADIS]] due to her reply transmission being detected. Both [[battlestar]]s and their respective Viper squadrons read the Blackbird as a Cylon (the Blackbird is either not equipped with a Colonial transponder or had disabled it for the unauthorized recon mission).  The two opposing groups join forces to engage the "real" enemy, but Starbuck succeeds in confirming her identity before the Vipers fire upon the Blackbird.
+A truce ensues after Cain receives recon photos of the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]].  Both commanders agree to bring their ships to [[Action Stations|Condition Two]] and meet on ''[[Colonial One]]'' to determine a course of action {{TRS|Resurrection Ship, Part II}}.
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