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The algae planet is an unnamed, habitable world possessing a debris ring, and oceans and seas on its surface. It orbits an unstable sun, and is located in close proximity to an intense, blinding, and highly radioactive star cluster.

After the fleet of surviving Colonial ships discovers its food stores are contaminated and sends out scouts to search for a new food source, Sharon Agathon returns from her recon of the planet and confirms that edible, protein-rich algae grows there. The fleet makes the dangerous crossing of the star cluster, and sets up stations on the planet to harvest and process the algae (TRS: "The Passage).

Two weeks later, as harvesting is wrapping up, Galen Tyrol is inexplicably drawn to a mysterious structure, the Temple of Five, which was built by the Thirteenth Tribe approximately four thousand years before. The Sacred Scrolls describe this as the location of the Eye of Jupiter, an artifact that can potentially point the way to the Thirteenth Tribe's destination, Earth. Shortly afterwards, a Cylon fleet appears over the planet, also seeking the Eye, leading to the Battle of the Algae Planet (TRS: "The Eye of Jupiter").

As predicted by Felix Gaeta, the planet's unstable sun eventually goes nova. Before escaping the planet's surface, Tyrol realizes that the nova itself is the clue, leading the fleet to the location of a similar nova millennia earlier. Both fleets jump away just as the nova's shockwave consumes and obliterates the planet (TRS: "Rapture").

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Algae are simple aquatic organisms. Many are actually processed on the real-world Earth for use, among other things, as nutritional additives or foods.

The algae planet parallels New Caprica as an intermediate home on the journey to Earth and appears to be a much more hospitable environment for human life. Its suitability as a permanent home, though, is rendered moot by the status of its sun, coupled with the fact that, like Kobol, it offers no protection from the Cylons.

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 [[Image:Algae planet base camp.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Colonial base camp on the surface.]]
-The '''algae planet''' is an unnamed, habitable world possessing a debris ring, and oceans and seas on its surface. It is almost surrounded by an intense, blinding and highly-radioactive [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]].
+The '''algae planet''' is an unnamed, habitable world possessing a debris ring, and oceans and seas on its surface. It orbits an unstable sun, and is located in close proximity to an intense, blinding, and highly radioactive [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]].
-In "[[The Passage]]", the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] discovers its food stores are contaminated and sends out scouts to search star systems to find a new food source before the population starves. [[Sharon Agathon]] returns from her recon of the planet and confirms that edible, protein-rich algae grows there, but that the star cluster cannot be navigated around in time before food runs out; the Fleet must navigate through it.  Using the radiation-hardened Raptors as guide ships, all but a few of the civilian ships manage to cross the star cluster and reach the planet.  Once there, stations are set up on the planet to harvest and process the algae to resupply the Fleet.
+After the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet of surviving Colonial ships]] discovers its food stores are contaminated and sends out scouts to search for a new food source, [[Sharon Agathon]] returns from her recon of the planet and confirms that edible, protein-rich algae grows there. The fleet makes the dangerous crossing of the star cluster, and sets up stations on the planet to harvest and process the algae ([[TRS]]: "[[The Passage]]).
-After two weeks later, as harvesting is wrapping up, [[Galen Tyrol]] is inexplicably drawn to a mysterious structure, the "[[Temple of Five]]", which was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] approximately 4,000 years before. The [[Sacred Scrolls]] describe this as the location of the [[Eye of Jupiter]], an artifact that points the way to the Thirteenth Tribe's destination, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Shortly afterwards, a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] fleet appears over the planet, also seeking the Eye, resulting in the [[Battle of the Algae Planet]] ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).
+Two weeks later, as harvesting is wrapping up, [[Galen Tyrol]] is inexplicably drawn to a mysterious structure, the [[Temple of Five]], which was built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] approximately four thousand years before. The [[Sacred Scrolls]] describe this as the location of the [[Eye of Jupiter]], an artifact that can potentially point the way to the Thirteenth Tribe's destination, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Shortly afterwards, a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] fleet appears over the planet, also seeking the Eye, leading to the [[Battle of the Algae Planet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]").
-As predicted by [[Felix Gaeta|Lieutenant Gaeta]], the planet's unstable sun eventually goes nova. The Colonials evacuate the planet and both fleets jump away just as the nova's shockwave reaches and consumes the planet. The nova itself turns out to be the Eye of Jupiter, and a [[Ionian system|similar nova]], which occurred around the time of the first exodus, gives the Colonials their next clue to the way to Earth ([[Rapture]]).
+As predicted by [[Felix Gaeta]], the planet's unstable sun eventually goes nova. Before escaping the planet's surface, Tyrol realizes that the nova itself is the clue, leading the fleet to the [[Ionian nebula|location of a similar nova millennia earlier]].  Both fleets jump away just as the nova's shockwave consumes and obliterates the planet ([[TRS]]: "[[Rapture]]").
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