Battle of Cimtar

Battle before: Battle of Molecay
Battle after: Battle of Carillon

Cyloin raiders begin the ambush on the battlestars.

Battle of Cimtar

Conflict

Thousand-Yahren War

Place

Cimtar, Twelve Colonies

Result

Decisive Cylon victory, destruction of the Twelve Colonies

Combatants
The Twelve Colonies	Cylons
Commanders
President Adar Commander Adama	Imperious Leader
Strength
5 battlestars (and their complement of Vipers)	1000 Cylon Raiders, Unknown number of basestars
Casualties
Almost all battlestars except Galactica. All Colonies destroyed by basestars except for 220 civilian ships.	Unknown, minimal.

This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Re-imagined Series, see Fall of the Twelve Colonies.

The bulk of the Colonial military is lured into a trap by the promise of peace, only to be destroyed along with the homeworlds they were hoping to save (Saga of a Star World).

The Trap is Sprung

After 1000 yahrens of war, the humans of the Twelve Colonies vied for peace with Lord Baltar acting as diplomat. (see: Cimtar Peace Accord) The peace was to become official at Cimtar, a moon believed to be neutral territory. Instead of peace, the Cylons launched their largest onslaught ever against the Colonials. The Cylons used a two-pronged attack, striking at both the peace delegation (including the battlestars) as well as the Twelve Colonies.

Elimination of the battlestars at Cimtar

Battlestars destroyed include the Atlantia, Triton, Pacifica, and Acropolis.

The attack was conducted by fighter groups of Cylon Raiders (numbering a thousand total, along with support tankers) using a variety of tactics, including kamikaze methods. This left the basestars free for the destruction of the Colonies. If it weren't for the actions of the suspicious Commander Adama, battlestar Galactica herself would have been destroyed. The Cylons were thwarted from destroying the entire human presence there. Leaving the survivors and Viper pilots of that battle, Galactica headed towards the Twelve Colonies in a vain effort to protect her homeworlds.

The Attack on the Colonies

Cylon basestars sneaked by Colonial defenses, allowing an undefended attack on the Colonies. The home planets were bombed and the Cylons exterminated almost all of the human population of the Colonies.

A handful of humans are gathered by Adama, commander of the last battlestar, Galactica, and flee the Colonies to join a motley caravan. Their exodus takes the Cylons by surprise, who change their tactics to eliminate an elusive, moving target.

Casualties

Characters killed at the battle include: