Ragnar Anchorage: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:05, 27 September 2005

Ragnar Anchorage is a Colonial munitions dump suspended in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant Ragnar (Mini-Series).

When the Cylons launch their surprise attack on the Twelve Colonies, Battlestar Galactica was caught without any munitions for her main and point-defense batteries, having dumped them as part of her decommissioning ceremonies prior to the battle. Colonel Tigh determines that Ragnar Anchorage offers the best opportunity for re-arming the ship, even though it is some 3 days' travel from Galactica's position at sublight speeds. His decision may well be based on the sound reasoning that the Anchorage, suspended in the atmosphere of the planet, offers Galactica the best opportunity to re-arm while reducing the risk of the Cylons finding them and renewing their attack before the ship can defend herself.

While at Ragnar Anchorage, Galactica obtains enough munitions to completely re-arm her guns, and she also collects a number of Class-D warheads. Her crew also encounter Leoben Conoy, posing as an arms trader, who eventually gives the Colonials their first discovery of Humano-Cylons.

While at Ragnar, Galactica is joined by a civilian fleet of survivors gathered by new President Laura Roslin. When they arrive, Adama is persuaded to alter his original plan to bring Galactica into the fight against the Cylons into one of flight, protecting the fleet as they make a jump from Ragnar, heading for the Promar Sector, well beyond the "Red Line" associated with long-range FTL jumps.

Notes

To minimise the time needed to get to Ragnar, Commander Adama orders Galactica's FTL drive systems prepared for use, which prompts a comment from Tigh that an FTL jump hasn't been made in some 20 years. However, given the fact that so many vessels within the fleet are FTL-capable, and the jumps are undertaken with considerable accuracy (Galactica arriving precisely in synchronous orbit above Ragnar Anchorage station, for example, suggest this cannot be the case. Rather, it may be the case that Tigh was referring to Galactica's FTL drive systems not having been used in 20 years.

Another possible explanation could be that given the strong gravity well and electromagnetic field that a gas giant such the one at Ragnar would possess, plotting a jump to emerge at close proximity to the Anchorage would be an extremely risky measure only to be undertaken in emergency situations.

The destruction of Galactica's munitions was shown in a deleted scene of the Mini-Series DVD set as part of the decommissioning ceremonies.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Image:ragnar_station.jpg|thumb|Ragnar Anchorage (credit: Zoic Studios, 2003)]]
-A Colonial munitions dump suspended in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]] ([[Mini-Series]]).
+'''Ragnar Anchorage''' is a Colonial munitions dump suspended in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]] ([[Mini-Series]]).
-When the [[Cylons]] launch their [[Cylon Attack|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies]], the [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' was caught without any munitions for her main and point-defence batteries, having dumped them as part of her decommissioning ceremonies prior to the battle. [[Tigh, Saul|Colonel Tigh]] determines that Ragnar Anchorage offers the best opportunity for re-arming the ship, even though it is some 3 days' travel from the ''Galactica's'' position at sublight speeds. His decision may well be based on the sound reasoning that the Anchorage, suspended in the atmosphere of the planet, offers the ''Galactica'' the best opportunity to re-arm while reducing the risk of the Cylons finding them and renewing their attack before the ship can defend herself.
+When the [[Cylons]] launch their [[Cylon Attack|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies]], [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' was caught without any munitions for her main and point-defense batteries, having dumped them as part of her decommissioning ceremonies prior to the battle. [[Tigh, Saul|Colonel Tigh]] determines that Ragnar Anchorage offers the best opportunity for re-arming the ship, even though it is some 3 days' travel from ''Galactica's'' position at sublight speeds. His decision may well be based on the sound reasoning that the Anchorage, suspended in the atmosphere of the planet, offers ''Galactica'' the best opportunity to re-arm while reducing the risk of the Cylons finding them and renewing their attack before the ship can defend herself.
-While at Ragnar Anchorage, the ''Galactica'' obtains enough munitions to completely re-arm her guns, and she also collects a number of [[Class-D]] warheads. Her crew also encounter [[Conoy, Leoben|Leoben Conoy]], posing as an arms trader, who eventually gives the Colonials their first real insight into [[humano-Cylon]]s.
+While at Ragnar Anchorage, ''Galactica'' obtains enough munitions to completely re-arm her guns, and she also collects a number of [[Class-D]] warheads. Her crew also encounter [[Conoy, Leoben|Leoben Conoy]], posing as an arms trader, who eventually gives the Colonials their first discovery of [[Humano-Cylon]]s.
-While at Ragnar, the ''Galactica'' is joined by the fleet of survivors gathered by [[Roslin, Laura|Laura Roslin]]. When they arrive, Adama is persuaded to alter his original plan to bring the ''Galactica'' into the fight against the Cylons into one of flight, protecting the fleet as they make a jump from Ragnar, heading for the [[Promar Sector|Promar sector]], well beyond the "[[Red Line]]" associated with long-range [[FTL]] jumps.
+While at Ragnar, ''Galactica'' is joined by a civilian fleet of survivors gathered by new President [[Laura Roslin]]. When they arrive, Adama is persuaded to alter his original plan to bring ''Galactica'' into the fight against the Cylons into one of flight, protecting the fleet as they make a jump from Ragnar, heading for the [[Promar Sector]], well beyond the "[[Red Line]]" associated with long-range [[FTL]] jumps.
 ==Notes==
-To minimise the time needed to get to Ragnar, [[Adama, William|Commander Adama]] orders the ''[[Galactica]]'s'' [[FTL]] drive systems are used, which prompts a comment from Tigh that an FTL jump hasn't been made in some 20 years. However, given the fact that so many vessels within the fleet are FTL-capable, and the jumps are undertaken with considerable accuracy (the ''Galactica'' arriving precisely in synchronous orbit above Ragnar Anchorage station, for example, suggest this cannot be the case. Rather, it may be the case that Tigh was referring to the ''Galactica's'' jump drive systems not having been used in 20 years.
+To minimise the time needed to get to Ragnar, [[Adama, William|Commander Adama]] orders ''[[Galactica]]'s'' [[FTL]] drive systems prepared for use, which prompts a comment from Tigh that an FTL jump hasn't been made in some 20 years. However, given the fact that so many vessels within the fleet are FTL-capable, and the jumps are undertaken with considerable accuracy (''Galactica'' arriving precisely in synchronous orbit above Ragnar Anchorage station, for example, suggest this cannot be the case. Rather, it may be the case that Tigh was referring to ''Galactica's'' FTL drive systems not having been used in 20 years.
 Another possible explanation could be that given the strong gravity well and electromagnetic field that a gas giant such the one at Ragnar would possess, plotting a jump to emerge at close proximity to the Anchorage would be an extremely risky measure only to be undertaken in emergency situations.
-The destruction of the ''Galactica's'' munitions was shown in a deleted scene of the [[Mini-Series]] DVD set as part of the decommissioning ceremonies.
+''The destruction of ''Galactica's'' munitions was shown in a deleted scene of the [[Mini-Series]] DVD set as part of the decommissioning ceremonies.''
 ==See Also==