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dozens of [[Heavy Raider]]s, exact number unknown<br>
dozens of [[Heavy Raider]]s, exact number unknown<br>

Revision as of 16:34, 17 September 2005

Battle before: Battle of Kobol
Battle after: Not yet determined
Great Cylon Turkey Shoot
Conflict Second Cylon war
Date Day 89
Place Interstellar space, specific location unknown
Result decisive Colonial victory
Combatants
Remnants of the Colonial Fleet Cylons
Commanders
Commander William Adama Unknown
Strength
Battlestar Galactica

34-42 Vipers

Over 200 Raiders

dozens of Heavy Raiders, exact number unknown

Casualties
None whatsoever Complete destruction of entire Cylon force


Battle in which the Battlestar Galactica turned the Cylon's own logic bomb computer virus against them to completely power down a massive fleet of hundreds of Raiders and Heavy Raiders in a reverse of the Cylon's use of it in the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Many Cylon ships after losing control were destroyed simply by crashing into each other. Commander Adama and Col. Tigh then ordered the Galactica's Vipers (all flyable Vipers had been deployed because the attack was anticipated) to kill them all. The Galactica's Vipers proceeded to tear through the jumbled Cylon formations, destroying the entire disproporationately larger Cylon force while not losing a single Colonial ship in the process ("Flight of the Phoenix").


Notes[edit]

  • The battle doesn't actually have a real name. "Great Cylon Turkey Shoot" is a term created by Battlestar Wiki; it is so named after the famous "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" of World War II, a decisive and incredibly lopsided American victory over the Japanese carrier fleet, in which four Japanese planes were destroyed for ever one American plane.
  • Number of Cylon Raiders present was given on the Scifi.com official site's episode description.
  • Visually, there are at least 42 Vipers on screen, but there is a strong possibility that this is a visual effects mistake: Apollo said in "Act of Contrition" that there were only 40 Vipers left. On top of this, several Vipers have been lost since then (see Galactica, Vipers section). The current count leaves only 34 Vipers: 1 lost in "Act of Contrition", 4 lost in "The Hand of God", and 1 lost in "Final Cut". This doesn't take into account Tyrol's retirement of unserviceable craft, worn down by ware and tear. It's sufficient to say that the Galactica deployed all of her remaining Vipers, however many there were, because they knew the attack was comming beforehand they were able to prep and launch their entire compliment.
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