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Battle of New Caprica
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Summary
Conflict:	Second Cylon War
Date:
Related Episode(s):
Place:	Near New Caprica space; on New Caprica
Result:	Successful retrieval of Fleet, Hera is captured by Cylons
Combatants
Remnants of the Colonial Fleet	Cylons
Commanders
Admiral William Adama, Commander Lee Adama	(Unknown)
Strength
Battlestars Galactica and Pegasus, Blue Squadron	Four basestars, associated Raiders, Heavy Raiders
Materiel Losses
Battlestar Pegasus	At least three basestars
Casualties
Unknown, hundreds of people including Maya	Unknown, High
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Battlestar Galactica launched a daring mission to occupy the Cylon force's attention as the majority of the Colonial citizens escaped from Cylon occupation on New Caprica.

Greatly outnumbered, Admiral William Adama enacted an elaborate plan that relied on a squadron of Raptors (with a Viper escort squadron) to fire a series of swallows that collectively mimicked the EM signatures of the Colonial battlestars. After firing the swallows, the Raptors retreated, luring several Cylon Raiders further from the fight. The Cylons were deceived temporarily by the false readings.

On New Caprica, Samuel Anders and the resistance team detonated dozens of bombs as a feigned attack by Colonial forces. The people evacuated per their fire-drill training, but escaped to the various grounded ships of the Fleet, which prepared their engines and FTL drives to depart. Many people, however, became pinned down by Cylon Centurion fire.

Admiral Adama performed an extremely risky move. He ordered Galactica to conduct an intra-atmosphere jump, escaping the detection of the basestars. While in freefall, it launched the remnants of Blue Squadron, which performed hit-and-run attacks on the Cylons on the ground, those in observation towers, and interdicting the few Raiders operating near the surface. Before the battlestar would impact the surface, Galactica performed a second jump, back into space. Stress from the vibration and heat of entry heavily taxed the structure of the battlestar. While two basestars were expected to engage the Galatica during wargames, four basestars moved in to dispose of Galactica.

With the Vipers destroying targets on the ground and in the air in vicinity of New Caprica City, those previously pinned down were able to board their ships. Simultaneously, Colonial Marines and resistance members assaulted the detention center, freeing Starbuck and the other detainees.

Before long, Galatica's FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters were disabled, and the port side of the ship was reaching its structural limits. Upon hearing that the FtL drive was disabled, Admiral Adama told his crew, "Then that's it. It's been an honor." Battlestar Pegasus then arrived with its forward batteries blazing, scoring several hits that severely damage or destroy one basestar. Commander Lee Adama ordered his battlestar towards the basestars to give Galactica time to repair its FTL drive and escape. Meanwhile, most of the the civilian ships became airborne and jumped away.

Commander Adama directed his ship to a position between the basestars targetting Galactica, in an effort to draw fire away from her. Admiral Adama inferred from the absense of Vipers from the Pegasus that its Vipers were guarding the remaining ships of the Fleet at the rendezvous point and that Pegasus was on a one-way trip. While Pegasus "was taking a hell of a pounding," the crew of Galactica was able to bring its FTL back on line. Admiral Adama then ordered his crew to land its birds and prepare to jump.

Pegasus being nearly destroyed, Commander Adama ordered all hands to abandon ship, using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle. He ensured that the weapons were set to autofire and that the ship was on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing. The damaged, unmanned Pegasus collided into one basestar, destroying both. The remnants of Pegasus's starboard flight pod collided with another of the remaining basestars, destroying it.

Colonial One was the last ship to leave the planet, with Laura Roslin back in her old chair in place of the deposed president, Gaius Baltar (Exodus, Part II).

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-[[Galactica type battlestar|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' launches a daring mission to occupy the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon force's]] attention as the majority of the Colonial citizens escape from Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]].
+[[Galactica type battlestar|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' launched a daring mission to occupy the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon force's]] attention as the majority of the Colonial citizens escaped from Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]].
-Outnumbered, Admiral [[William Adama]] begins an elaborate plan consisting of a squadron of [[Raptor]]s and a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] guard squadron. After the Vipers break off, the Raptors fire a series of [[swallow]]s that form up to create EM signatures that mimic the presence of the Colonial battlestars. The Raptors retreat, taking several [[Cylon Raider]]s with them in pursuit.
+Greatly outnumbered, Admiral [[William Adama]] enacted an elaborate plan that relied on a squadron of [[Raptor]]s (with a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] escort squadron) to fire a series of [[swallow]]s that collectively mimicked the EM signatures of the Colonial battlestars. After firing the swallows, the Raptors retreated, luring several [[Cylon Raider]]s further from the fight.  The Cylons were deceived temporarily by the false readings.
-The Cylons believe the ruse, temporarily.
+On [[New Caprica]], [[Samuel Anders]] and the resistance team detonated dozens of bombs as a feigned attack by Colonial forces. The people evacuated per their fire-drill training, but escaped to the various grounded ships of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], which prepared their engines and [[FTL]] drives to depart.  Many people, however, became pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]] fire.
-On [[New Caprica]], [[Samuel Anders]] and the resistance team explode dozens of bombs as a feigned attack by Colonial forces. The people evacuate per their fire drill training, but in reality they escape to the various grounded ships of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] and spin up their engines and [[FTL]] drives. Many, however, are pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]] fire.
+Admiral Adama performed an extremely risky move. He ordered ''Galactica'' to conduct an intra-atmosphere jump, escaping the detection of the basestars.  While in freefall, it launched the remnants of [[Blue Squadron]], which performed hit-and-run attacks on the Cylons on the ground, those in [[Guard towers|observation towers]], and interdicting the few Raiders operating near the surface. Before the battlestar would impact the surface, ''Galactica'' performed a second jump, back into space. Stress from the vibration and heat of entry heavily taxed the structure of the battlestar.  While two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] were expected to engage the ''Galatica'' during wargames, four basestars moved in to dispose of ''Galactica.''
-Admiral Adama performs an extremely risky move. He jumps to the planet and allows ''Galactica'' to freefall into the atmosphere, escaping the detection of the basestars. Before the battlestar would impact the surface, it launches the remnants of [[Blue Squadron]], which perform hit-and-run attacks on the Cylons on the ground and in [[Guard towers|observation towers]].
+With the Vipers destroying targets on the ground and in the air in vicinity of New Caprica City, those previously pinned down were able to board their ships.  Simultaneously, Colonial Marines and resistance members assaulted the detention center, freeing Starbuck and the other detainees.
-''Galactica'' performs an intra-atmosphere jump back into space. The resulting damage, however, heavily taxes the structure of the battlestar. Her FTL drives are disabled, weapons systems are offline, and four (instead of the two expected) [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] move in to dispose of ''Galactica.''
+Before long, ''Galatica's'' FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters were disabled, and the port side of the ship was reaching its structural limits.  Upon hearing that the FtL drive was disabled, Admiral Adama told his crew, "Then that's it.  It's been an honor."   Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' then arrived with its forward batteries blazing, scoring several hits that severely damage or destroy one basestar. Commander [[Lee Adama]] ordered his battlestar towards the basestars to give ''Galactica'' time to repair its FTL drive and escape. Meanwhile, most of the the civilian ships became airborne and jumped away.
-But battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' arrives, its forward batteries blazing, scoring several hits that severely damage or destroy one basestar. Commander [[Lee Adama]] orders his battlestar towards the basestars to give ''Galactica'' time to repair its FTL drive and escape. Meanwhile, the civilian ships perform intra-atmosphere jumps to escape.
+Commander Adama directed his ship to a position between the basestars targetting ''Galactica'', in an effort to draw fire away from her.  Admiral Adama inferred from the absense of Vipers from the ''Pegasus'' that its Vipers were guarding the remaining ships of the Fleet at the rendezvous point and that ''Pegasus'' was on a one-way trip.  While ''Pegasus'' "was taking a hell of a pounding," the crew of ''Galactica'' was able to bring its FTL back on line.  Admiral Adama then ordered his crew to land its birds and prepare to jump.
-Admiral Adama knows that ''Pegasus'' is on a one-way trip, realizing that Commander Adama has left all his Vipers to guard the last of the Fleet in deep space. Commander Adama sets the ship to automatically fire its batteries and gives the order to abandon ship in evacuation Raptors.
+''Pegasus'' being nearly destroyed, Commander Adama ordered all hands to abandon ship, using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle.  He ensured that the weapons were set to autofire and that the ship was on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing.  The damaged, unmanned ''Pegasus'' collided into one basestar, destroying both. The remnants of ''Pegasus's'' starboard flight pod collided with another of the remaining basestars, destroying it.
-The damaged, umanned ''Pegasus'' collides into one basestar, destroying it as it explodes. Debris from the exploding battlestar disables or destroys the remaining basestars.
+''[[Colonial One]]'' was the last ship to leave the planet, with [[Laura Roslin]] back in her old chair in place of the deposed president, [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Exodus, Part II]]).
-''[[Colonial One]]'' is the last ship to leave the planet, with [[Laura Roslin]] back in her old chair in place of the deposed president, [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Exodus, Part II]]).
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