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Battle of the Communications Relay
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	Battle of the Communications Relay
Summary
Conflict:	Second Cylon war
Date:	Shortly after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies
Related Episode(s):
Place:	Unspecified Cylon staging area
Result:	Pyrrhic Colonial victory
Combatants
Battlestar Pegasus	Cylons
Commanders
Admiral Helena Cain	Unknown
Strength
1 battlestar and assorted Viper squadrons	At least 15 squadrons of Raiders and Heavy Raiders; Centurions
Materiel Losses
32 Vipers destroyed, 61 damaged	Relay station destroyed. Boarding party defeated. Likely severe ship losses.
Casualties
Approximately 100 crewmen	One Number Six; Centurion boarding party
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Shortly after the destruction of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards, Pegasus attacks a Cylon communications relay that is believed to be lightly guarded.

After jumping into the area and DRADIS picking up twelve enemy contacts, Admiral Helena Cain orders the launch of Blue Squadron. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 Raider squadrons jump into firing range; the installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces.

Realizing that they are grossly outnumbered, Colonels Fisk and Belzen recommend the immediate recovery of Blue Squadron and retreat from the area. However, in a surprise move, Cain orders the remaining Vipers to be launched instead. When Belzen officially refuses to carry out the orders she asks him to hand over his sidearm, whereupon she shoots him in the head with it. Colonel Fisk immediately orders the launch of all reserve Vipers.

While this is happening, the Cylon operative Gina takes the Pegasus weapons grid off-line, allowing Cylon Heavy Raiders to land on the port flight pod with a Centurion boarding party. While investigating the sudden collapse of the weapons grid Kendra Shaw finds a Number Six among the other Cylons and deduces that Gina is an enemy agent. Upon shooting the Six, Shaw returns to CIC and reveals Gina's true nature by displaying a security feed of the dead Cylon. As Marines try to apprehend Gina, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another before being knocked unconscious by Shaw's rifle end ^[2].

The exact details of the rest of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed, and Pegasus escapes with severe losses. 32 Vipers are destroyed and 62 badly damaged, with not enough resources to repair them all ("Pegasus", "Razor").

Notes

Gina is mentioned as having been vital in discovering the communications relay. Since it later appears to be a trap by the Cylons, it is possible that she intentionally lured the battlestar into it.

References

↑ Kendra Shaw reports "at least 816 dead, 121 injured". Earlier, Colonel Belzen reports the loss of over 700 people in the attack on the shipyards. Given Pegasus's full crew complement of approximately 2,500, adding both numbers would mean that over half of the crew died. This article assumes that Shaw is relating the casualties of both battles.
↑ In "Pegasus", Lt. Thorne states that Gina killed seven people. Since only two kills are shown in "Razor", he either refers to actions before or after her arrest as well.

[1] Kendra Shaw reports "at least 816 dead, 121 injured". Earlier, Colonel Belzen reports the loss of over 700 people in the attack on the shipyards. Given Pegasus's full crew complement of approximately 2,500, adding both numbers would mean that over half of the crew died. This article assumes that Shaw is relating the casualties of both battles.

[2] In "Pegasus", Lt. Thorne states that Gina killed seven people. Since only two kills are shown in "Razor", he either refers to actions before or after her arrest as well.

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-Shortly after the destruction of the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], ''[[Pegasus]]'' attacks a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] communications relay, which is believed to be lightly guarded.
+Shortly after the destruction of the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], ''[[Pegasus]]'' attacks a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] communications relay that is believed to be lightly guarded.
-After jumping into the area and [[DRADIS]] picking up twelve enemy contacts, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] gives the order to launch [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. Immediately after that, the Cylons jump in 15 full squadrons of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], after which Cain realizes that the installation is not a simple communication station, but a staging ground for Cylon forces.
+After jumping into the area and [[DRADIS]] picking up twelve enemy contacts, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] orders the launch of [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] squadrons jump into firing range; the installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces.
-Colonels [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and [[Jurgen Belzen|Belzen]] recommend to recover the [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and retreat from the superior enemy forces. However, Cain orders to launch the remaining Vipers instead. At the same time [[Gina]] takes the weapons grid offline, which is switched to manual control. Belzen is convinced that they were lured into a trap and urges Cain to retreat, reminding her that she promised that such actions would not happen. When Belzen officially refuses to carry out her orders, she asks him to hand over his sidearm and shoots him in the head with it. She then turns to Colonel Fisk who orders the reserve Vipers to be launched.
+Realizing that they are grossly outnumbered, Colonels [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and [[Jurgen Belzen|Belzen]] recommend the immediate recovery of ''Blue Squadron'' and retreat from the area. However, in a surprise move, Cain orders the remaining Vipers to be launched instead.  When Belzen officially refuses to carry out the orders she asks him to hand over his sidearm, whereupon she shoots him in the head with it. Colonel Fisk immediately orders the launch of all reserve Vipers.
-Cylon [[Heavy Raider]]s land in the port flight pod and land a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] boarding party, which gains access to the ship with the help of Gina. [[Kendra Shaw]] goes there to investigate and finds a [[Number Six]] entering the corridor, thus realizing that Gina is a Cylon agent. After shooting her, she returns to [[CIC]] and unmasks Gina by showing everyone a security camera feed of the dead Six. When Marines try to apprehend Gina, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot one other, before Shaw knocks her unconscious with a rifle <ref>In "Pegasus", Lt. [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]] states that Gina killed seven people. Since only two kills are shown in "Razor", he either refers to actions before or after her arrest as well.</ref>.
+While this is happening, the Cylon operative [[Gina]] takes the ''Pegasus'' weapons grid off-line, allowing Cylon [[Heavy Raider]]s to land on the port flight pod with a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] boarding party. While investigating the sudden collapse of the weapons grid [[Kendra Shaw]] finds a [[Number Six]] among the other Cylons and deduces that Gina is an enemy agent. Upon shooting the Six, Shaw returns to [[CIC]] and reveals Gina's true nature by displaying a security feed of the dead Cylon. As Marines try to apprehend Gina, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another before being knocked unconscious by Shaw's rifle end <ref>In "Pegasus", Lt. [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]] states that Gina killed seven people. Since only two kills are shown in "Razor", he either refers to actions before or after her arrest as well.</ref>.
-The exact details of the rest of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed, and ''Pegasus'' escapes with severe losses. 32 Vipers are destroyed and 62 badly damaged. The acting chief believes that the crew does not possess enough resources to repair them all. While Cain seems to realize her error when she hears of the losses, Shaw thinks that they "put the enemy on notice" ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]").
+The exact details of the rest of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed, and ''Pegasus'' escapes with severe losses. 32 Vipers are destroyed and 62 badly damaged, with not enough resources to repair them all ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]").
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