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The Ionian Nebula is a supernova remnant located approximately 13,000 light years distant from the algae planet.

In their search for the Eye of Jupiter's purpose and symbolism, Lieutenant Gaeta discovers that a nova occurred in the Ionian system which would have been observed 4,000 years ago on ancient Kobol, around the time of the Thirteenth Tribe's exodus. The timing of the nova with the Thirteenth Tribe's journey and its resemblance to the algae planet system's nova suggests to Gaeta that the Tribe's next marker is the Ionian Nebula ^{(TRS: "Rapture")}.

When the Fleet reaches the nebula, every ship suffers an abrupt power outage. With the Fleet helplessly adrift and without DRADIS, four Cylon baseships also jump to the nebula and launch Raiders. Galactica detects the baseships after power is partially restored, but the Fleet's civilian ships are slower to recover and are unable to make an immediate FTL jump. Galactica responds by launching all its Vipers to intercept the Raiders, and Admiral Adama authorizes the use of nuclear weapons against the baseships. Sortied to defend against the incoming Cylon attack, Lee Adama picks up a mysterious intermittent DRADIS contact and breaks off to intercept it. The bogey leads him on a chase through the nebula's dust clouds and, after outmaneuvering Adama's Viper, pulls up along him portside. Much to his surprise, the unknown contact is the presumed-dead Kara Thrace piloting an unusually pristine Viper Mark II ^{(TRS: "Crossroads, Part II")}.

During the following battle, the Cylons inflict damage of the civilian ships, destroying the Pyxis and damaging several other vessels, but unexpectedly retreat, apparently after finding out that the Final Five have been activated ^{(TRS: "He That Believeth in Me")}.

Hallucinations

While the Fleet moves closer to the nebula, Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol, Samuel Anders and Tory Foster experience mutual musical hallucinations. When the Fleet arrives, they are drawn together and come to realize that they are Cylons (four of the final five models). As a group they are able to piece together the song's melody.

Moreover, Laura Roslin, Sharon "Athena" Agathon and Caprica-Six share a common dream of chasing Hera in each other's presence at the Opera House. Almost immediately after arriving and coinciding with the power loss, Roslin becomes dazed or stunned, possibly because of her use of chamalla extract to induce prescient visions as in the past ^{(TRS: "Crossroads, Part II")}.

Notes

When an imaginary camera pulls away from the nebula into deep space, it re-enters the galaxy at roughly the same point it exited and zooms to Earth, indicating that Earth and the nebula are not very far apart on a galactic scale.
Ionia was an ancient region of southwestern coastal Anatolia (in present-day Turkey, the region nearest İzmir,) on the Aegean Sea, which was said to be founded by Ion, son of Apollo.
In reality, the Ionian Nebula resembles NGC 2440, which is located 4,000 light-years away from Earth.

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-[[Image:Ionian_Nebula.png|thumb|The Ionian Nebula.]]
+{{disline|For other uses of the term "ion," see: [[Ion]].}}
-The '''Ionian nebula''' is approximately 13,000 light years distant from the [[algae planet]].  It encompasses a star system with at least two planets.
-In their search for the [[Eye of Jupiter]]'s function and symbolism, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers that a nova occurred in the Ionian system which was seen 4,000 years ago, around the time the 13th tribe [[Timeline (RDM)|left Kobol]]. The nova left behind a gas cloud, known to the Colonials as the Ionian nebula ([[Rapture]]).
-As Gaius Baltar's trial starts, the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] has almost reached the nebula and hopes to find its next clue to the location of Earth ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).
+[[Image:Ionian_Nebula.png|thumb|The Ionian Nebula.]]
+The '''Ionian Nebula''' is a [[w:supernova remnant|supernova remnant]] located approximately 13,000 light years distant from the [[algae planet]].
-When the Fleet jumps into the nebula it is stricken with an abrupt power outage, and every ship in the Fleet loses power at once.  As the ships drift dead in space and without [[DRADIS]], four Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] also jump into the nebula and begin launching [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]].  When power is finally restored to ''Galactica'' they discover the basestars. However, the Fleet, having had to completely restart all their systems, is unable to make an immediate FTL jump. ''Galatica'' launches all its [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] to intercept the Raiders and Admiral Adama authorizes the use of nuclear weapons against the baseships.
-Unknown to senior Fleet leadership, [[Final five|four individuals]] are experiencing mutual [[The Music|musical hallucinations]] as the Fleet moved closer to the nebula. When the Fleet reached the nebula, the individuals were attracted to meet each other and were able to define the entire song incorporated in the music.
+In their search for the [[Eye of Jupiter]]'s purpose and symbolism, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] discovers that a nova occurred in the Ionian system which would have been observed 4,000 years ago on ancient {{RDM|Kobol}}, around the time of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe's]] [[Timeline (RDM)|exodus]]. The timing of the nova with the Thirteenth Tribe's journey and its resemblance to the algae planet system's nova suggests to Gaeta that the Tribe's next marker is the Ionian Nebula {{TRS|Rapture}}.
-During nebula approach, [[Laura Roslin]], [[Sharon Agathon]] and [[Caprica-Six]] experiences a common dream where the fate of [[Hera Agathon]] appears to be at stake. On arrival at the nebula, Roslin is dazed or stunned for unknown reasons, although the use of [[chamalla]] may also be a factor.
+When the Fleet reaches the nebula, every ship suffers an abrupt power outage. With the Fleet helplessly adrift and without [[DRADIS]], four [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (RDM)|baseships]] also jump to the nebula and launch [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]]. ''Galactica'' detects the baseships after power is partially restored, but the Fleet's civilian ships are slower to recover and are unable to make an immediate FTL jump. ''Galactica'' responds by launching all its {{RDM|Viper}}s to intercept the Raiders, and Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] authorizes the use of nuclear weapons against the baseships. Sortied to defend against the incoming Cylon attack, [[Lee Adama]] picks up a mysterious intermittent DRADIS contact and breaks off to intercept it. The bogey leads him on a chase through the nebula's dust clouds and, after outmaneuvering Adama's Viper, pulls up along him portside. Much to his surprise, the unknown contact is the [[Maelstrom|presumed-dead]] [[Kara Thrace]] piloting an unusually pristine [[Viper Mark II]] {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}.
-Sortied for Cylon incoming, [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] picks up an "unknown" contact on DRADIS and breaks off to intercept it. The unknown bogey leads him on a chase through the dust clouds of the nebula and after outmaneuvering Adama's Viper pulls up along side him.  Much to his surprise the "Unknown" contact is actually the [[Maelstrom|supposedly-dead]] Captain [[Kara Thrace]] piloting an unusually pristine [[Viper Mark II]] ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).
+During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|following battle]], the Cylons inflict damage of the civilian ships, destroying the ''[[Pyxis]]'' and damaging several other vessels, but unexpectedly retreat, apparently after finding out that the [[Final Five]] have been activated {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}.
-== The nebula and Earth ==
+== Hallucinations ==
-Within the nebula, Starbuck claims she has been to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] and back, though the technology used for this trip is uncertain.
+While the Fleet moves closer to the nebula, [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]] experience mutual [[The Music|musical hallucinations]]. When the Fleet arrives, they are drawn together and come to realize that they are Cylons (four of the final five models). As a group they are able to piece together the song's melody.
-She also claims she can guide the Fleet to Earth from the nebula. If true, this suggest that it is a reasonable number of FTL jumps distant using either Cylon or human technology.
-When an imaginary camera pulls away from the nebula into deep space, it re-enters the galaxy at roughly the same point it exited and zooms to Earth, indicating that Earth and the nebula are not very far apart on a galactic scale.
+Moreover, [[Laura Roslin]], {{callsign|Athena}} and [[Caprica-Six]] share a common dream of chasing [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] in each other's presence at the [[Opera House]]. Almost immediately after arriving and coinciding with the power loss, Roslin becomes dazed or stunned, possibly because of her use of [[chamalla|chamalla extract]] to induce prescient visions [[The Hand of God (RDM)|as in the past]] {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}.
 == Notes ==
+* When an imaginary camera pulls away from the nebula into deep space, it re-enters the galaxy at roughly the same point it exited and zooms to Earth, indicating that Earth and the nebula are not very far apart on a galactic scale.
 * [[w:Ionia|Ionia]] was an ancient region of southwestern coastal [[w:Anatolia|Anatolia]] (in present-day [[w:Turkey|Turkey]], the region nearest [[w:İzmir|İzmir]],) on the [[w:Aegean Sea|Aegean Sea]], which was said to be founded by [[w:Ion (mythology)|Ion]], son of [[w:Apollo|Apollo]].
+* In reality, the Ionian Nebula resembles [[w:NGC 2440|NGC 2440]], which is located 4,000 light-years away from Earth.
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