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|casualties1=Approximately 100 crewmen <ref>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'' | |casualties1=Approximately 100 crewmen <ref>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'' crew complement of approximately 1,750 when she encounters ''Galactica'', adding both numbers would mean that almost half of the crew died. This article assumes that Shaw is relating the casualties of ''both'' battles.</ref> | ||
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| Battle of the Communications Relay | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conflict: | Second Cylon war | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | Shortly after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place: | Unspecified Cylon staging area | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Result: | Pyrrhic Colonial victory | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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; intelligence points to only half a dozen Raiders being in proximity to the station.
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 realizes that the installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces.
Recognizing that they are outnumbered four to one, Colonels Fisk and Belzen recommend the immediate recovery of Blue Squadron and a retreat from the area. However, in a surprise move, Cain orders the remaining Vipers to be launched and to provide cover-fire for Blue Squadron while they make a run at the relay. When Belzen officially refuses to carry out this 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.
Meanwhile, Cylon operative Gina takes the Pegasus weapons grid off-line, permitting several Cylon Heavy Raiders to access the port landing alcove with a Centurion boarding party. In an attempt to hold off the enemy boarding party, Cain orders all surrounding sections of Pegasus to be vented of atmosphere, hoping that the resulting vacuum will subdue the Cylons. The tactic is unsuccessful and the Centurions make their way into the ship.
As she is investigating the sudden weapons grid collapse, Major Shaw observes a Number Six among the advancing Cylon boarding party and deduces that Gina is an enemy agent. She pulls a rifle from the grasp of a dead marine and fires at the surprised Cylon. After shooting the Six, Shaw returns to CIC and reveals Gina's true nature by displaying a security feed of the killed enemy. When Marines try to apprehend Gina on Cain's orders, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another. Gina then points the gun at Cain, but a moment of hesitation allows Shaw to knock the Cylon unconscious with the end of her rifle [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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ↑ 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 crew complement of approximately 1,750 when she encounters Galactica, adding both numbers would mean that almost 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.