Rescue on Caprica

Rescue on Caprica
Galactica provides cover fire while the civilian Fleet escapes
Galactica provides cover fire while the civilian Fleet escapes
Summary
Conflict:	Second Cylon war
Date:	Day 281
Related Episode(s):
Place:	Caprica
Result:	Cylons completely abandon Caprica for unknown reasons, Caprican survivors evacuated
Combatants Caprica SAR Mission Cylons Commanders Kara Thrace Cavil Strength At least 6 Raptors, Colonial Soldiers, Sharon Agathon, Samuel Anders Cylon Centurions, Mortars Materiel Losses None Several Centurions Casualties Few injured, possibly 1 dead Several Centurions
Battle Chronology
Previous Next Battle of the Binary Star System Rescue on Caprica Battle of New Caprica

A rescue team sent by Galactica to Caprica meets with survivors in an unknown woods and is pinned down by Cylons (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I). The team retreats to an old stone fortress and then the bombardment stops. They wait 18 hours only to discover that the Cylons have left permanently; Cavil mysteriously appears and claims that the Cylons are leaving. The rescue team returns to Galactica and Caprica is completely abandoned.

Re-imagined Series definition: the act of finding missing persons in the hopes of their rescue, see: SAR ^{(TRS: "Fragged")}