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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 Cain orders the launch of Blue Squadron. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 full Raider squadrons jump into firing range. The crew notices that 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 the Vipers 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 order Cain 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 Pegasus weapons grid off-line, allowing Cylon Heavy Raiders to land the port landing bay with a Centurion boarding party. While investigating this sudden collapse of the weapons grid, Major Shaw observes a Number Six among the Cylon boarding party and deduces that Gina is an enemy agent. After shooting the Six, Shaw returns to CIC and reveals Gina's true nature by displaying a security feed of the Cylon she just killed. As Marines try to apprehend Gina, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another. Ultimately Shaw knocks her unconscious with a rifle and she is dragged to the brig ^[2].

Further details of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed while 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 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 (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]''. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 full [[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.
+After jumping into the area and [[DRADIS]] picking up twelve enemy contacts, Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] orders the launch of [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 full [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] squadrons jump into firing range. The crew notices that the installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces.
-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 order Cain 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.
+Realizing that they are grossly outnumbered, Colonels [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and [[Jurgen Belzen|Belzen]] recommend the immediate recovery of the Vipers 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 order Cain 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 Raider]]s to land on the port flight pod with a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] boarding party. While investigating this sudden collapse of the weapons grid, Major [[Kendra Shaw]] observes a [[Number Six]] among the Cylon boarding party 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 Cylon she just killed. As Marines try to apprehend Gina, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another. Ultimately she is knocked unconscious by a rifle-wielding Shaw and dragged to the brig <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 ''Pegasus'' weapons grid off-line, allowing Cylon [[Heavy Raider]]s to land the port landing bay with a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] boarding party. While investigating this sudden collapse of the weapons grid, Major [[Kendra Shaw|Shaw]] observes a [[Number Six]] among the Cylon boarding party and deduces that Gina is an enemy agent. After shooting the Six, Shaw returns to [[CIC]] and reveals Gina's true nature by displaying a security feed of the Cylon she just killed. As Marines try to apprehend Gina, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another. Ultimately Shaw knocks her unconscious with a rifle and she is dragged to the brig <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>.
 Further details of the battle are unknown, but the communications station is presumably destroyed while ''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]]").