Battle of the Communications Relay

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Battle of the Communications Relay
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Battle of the Communications Relay
Summary
Conflict:	Second Cylon war
Date:	Shortly after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies
Related Episode(s):
Place:	Unspecified Cylon staging area
Result:	Pyrrhic Colonial victory
Combatants Battlestar Pegasus Cylons Commanders Admiral Helena Cain Unknown Strength 1 battlestar and assorted Viper squadrons At least 15 squadrons of Raiders and Heavy Raiders Centurions Materiel Losses 32 Vipers destroyed, 61 damaged Relay station destroyed. Boarding party defeated. Likely severe ship losses. Casualties Approximately 100 crewmen One Number Six Centurion boarding party
[[Colonial battles chronology ({{{series}}})|Battle Chronology]]
Previous Next Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards Battle of the Communications Relay Battle of Ragnar Anchorage

Shortly after the destruction of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards, Pegasus attacks a Cylon communications relay that is believed to be lightly guarded.

After jumping into the area and DRADIS picking up twelve enemy contacts, Admiral Helena Cain orders the launch of Blue Squadron. As the Vipers are deployed, 15 full Raider squadrons jump into firing range. The installation is not a communications relay at all, but a staging ground for Cylon forces.

Realizing that they are grossly outnumbered, Colonels Fisk and Belzen recommend the immediate recovery of Blue Squadron and retreat from the area. However, in a surprise move, Cain orders the remaining Vipers to be launched instead. When Belzen officially refuses to carry out the 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.

While this is happening, the Cylon operative Gina takes the Pegasus weapons grid off-line, allowing Cylon Heavy Raiders to land on the port flight pod with a Centurion boarding party. While investigating this sudden collapse of the weapons grid, Major Kendra Shaw observes a Number Six among the Cylon boarding party and deduces that Gina is an enemy agent. Upon shooting the Six, Shaw returns to CIC and reveals Gina's true nature by displaying a security feed of the Cylon she just killed. As Marines try to apprehend Gina, she breaks the neck of one and uses his sidearm to shoot another. Ultimately she is knocked unconscious by a rifle-wielding Shaw and dragged to the brig .

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

• 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.