Battle of the Algae Planet

Battle of the Algea Planet
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Summary
Conflict:	Second Cylon War
Date:	Unknown
Related Episode(s):
Place:	The Algae planet
Result:
Galactica, multiple support Vipers, Raptors; surface: 1 Raptor approx 12 Marines Unknown number of drafted civiliansorbit: Four basestars, associated Raiders, Heavy Raiders; surface: 1 Heavy Raider, at least six Centurions" Combatants Remnants of the Colonial Fleet Cylons Commanders Admiral William Adama Basestar command, Gaius Baltar Strength orbit: Galactica, multiple support Vipers, Raptors; surface: 1 Raptor approx 12 Marines Unknown number of drafted civilians orbit: Four basestars, associated Raiders, Heavy Raiders; surface: 1 Heavy Raider, at least six Centurions Materiel Losses 1 Raptor heavily damaged/destroyed None Casualties Unknown Unknown
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A standoff over a mysterious religious artifact leads to a temporary (as of yet) standoff between Battlestar Galactica and Cylon forces.

Shortly after The Temple of Five is discovered during the Colonial Fleet's food-collection operations on the Algae planet, four Cylon basestars jump into orbit.Admiral Adama orders all civilian ships to jump to emergency jump coordinates as the Cylons discreetly deploy one Heavy Raider to the planet's surface.

After a wireless transmission from the basestars to Galactica, Gaius Baltar, a Number Three, a Cavil, and Boomer of the basestars' command group come board Galactica in order to negotiate for control of the Eye of Jupiter, reported to be in the Temple, but no agreement is reached.

The Cylons soon jam all Colonial wireless frequencies. On the surface, Major Adama develops a plan to defend the Temple and their base camp, placing Samuel Anders in command of all civilians present, and using Captain Thrace's Rapter, the only one on the surface, for reconnaissance.

Centurions from the first Heavy Raider have established a surface-to-air missile battery, and shoot down Thrace during her recon.

When six Heavy Raiders deploy from the basestars toward the planet, Admiral Adama prepares Galactica's missle launcers to fire six nuclear missiles at the surface and obliterating the Temple, as he had promised during the failed negotiations (The Eye of Jupiter).

Notes

• At an unknown point in time, Galactica has somehow acquired at least three more nuclear warheads bringing the known total to six (having a previous five and then using one to destroy a basestar and another being detonated by Gina on Cloud 9). Battlestar Pegasus may be the source as possibly having transfered her remaining (if any) warheads to Galactica prior to her destruction.

Re-imagined Series definition: used to signify a civilian transport vessel over a certain gross weight/mass, i.e. Colonial Heavy 798

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another

Re-imagined Series definition: Colonial equivalent of radio