Battle of the Colony

Battle of the Colony
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Summary
Conflict:	Battle of The Colony
Date:	Approximately 4 years after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies
Related Episode(s):
Place:	The Colony
Result:	The Colony destroyed Cavil and Boomer killed Hera rescued Enemy Cylons destroyed End of Human-Cylon War as well as Cylon Civil War
Combatants Galactica and her crew Caprica Six Gaius Baltar Rebel Centurions Cavil and his forces Commanders Admiral William Adama Cavil Strength Galactica and the people that volunteered to crew her Rebel Centurions The Colony Raiders Cylon War era Centurions and current era Centurions Materiel Losses Heavy damage to Galactica 4 Vipers destroyed 7 Raptors destroyed The Colony destroyed total Raider losses Casualties Heavy including Racetrack and Skulls Cavil, Boomer and the rest of their forces
Battle Chronology
Previous Next Battle of the Resurrection Hub Battle of the Colony None

The Battle of The Colony is the final battle in the war between the humans and Cylons as well as the final battle of the Cylon Civil War. It is a rescue mission to rescue Hera Agathon who was kidnapped by Boomer and taken to The Colony to be experimented upon by Cavil and his forces.

Prelude

After the Battle of the Resurrection Hub, the Cylons lose the ability to resurrect forever as only the Final Five know how to rebuild resurrection. Cavil has Ellen Tigh captive ever since she downloaded into a new body after her husband killed her, but she only holds part of the secret to resurrection so he apparently comes up with a plan: he pretends he's going to have Ellen's head cut open to view her memories of how to build resurrection technology and has Boomer pretend to have a change of heart and let's Boomer help Ellen escape on a Raptor to Galactica. In truth its all part of a ploy of his to get Boomer onto Galactica so she can kidnap Hera Agathon so Cavil can disect her in order to determine how she came into being so the Cylon race can continue. Boomer manipulates Tyrol using his feelings for her so he helps her escape and she beats and ties up Athena, seduces Helo and kidnaps Hera. Boomer steals a Raptor and although she is discovered, manage to get out of the hanger bay and jump away, causing damage to Galactica due to how close she was when she jumped. Boomer makes over a dozen jumps to get to The Colony as for some reason her stolen Raptor wasn't upgraded with Cylon FTL drives like the rest of the ships in the Fleet and along the way, she bonds with Hera. She eventually reaches The Colony and turns Hera over to Cavil, but shows remorse for her actions.

On Galactica, the Rebel Cylons convince Admiral Adama to allow a mission to check out The Colony, but when it comes back empty as Cavil moved The Colony just before the civil war, Adama refuses any further attempt to rescue Hera. After seeing her picture on the memorial wall however, Adama changes his mind and gets the location from Anders who has basicaly become Galactica's Hybrid. Adama gives a speech about the rescue mission and calls for volunteers warning that the mission will likely be one way. However many people volunteer including Lee, Kara, Saul, Ellen, Tory, Tyrol, Hotdog, Racetrack, Skulls, Helo, Athena, Hoshi, Cottle (who Adama sends back), Ishay, Caprica Six and Roslin. Racetrack and Skulls are sent on a reconissance mission and find The Colony in orbit of a black hole and also find the only place that a ship can jump in and out safley: within a kilometer of The Colony, point-blank range for The Colony's weapons. The crew comes up with a plan and Admiral Adama turns over command of the Fleet to Hoshi while Romo Lampkin is made the new President. Hoshi is ordered to wait for their return for 12 hours and is told if they aren't back after that, they're not coming back. Once she's ready, Galactica jumps to The Colony.