Pre-Blood & Chrome:
Battle of Caprica |
Fall of Djerba |
Operation Clean Sweep
Blood & Chrome: Battle of Sector 12 |
Battle of Djerba |
Ghost Fleet Offensive
Final Day:
Operation Raptor Talon |
| Battle of the Algae Planet | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cylons and Colonials converge on a planet containing the Eye of Jupiter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conflict: | Second Cylon War | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place: | The Algae planet | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Galactica, 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"
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A discovery of a mysterious religious artifact leads to a temporary (as of yet) standoff between Galactica and Cylon forces.
Shortly after the Temple of Five is discovered during day 14 of the Colonial Fleet's food-collection operations on the Algae planet, four Cylon basestars jump into orbit. Admiral William 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 to Galactica in order to negotiate for control of the Eye of Jupiter, reported to be in the temple. The Cylons claim that if they gain possesion, they will leave the Fleet alone and turn over Baltar. Admiral Adama delivers an ultimatum: make any move and he'll destroy the temple with a nuclear strike. For the moment, 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 Raptor, the only one on the surface, for reconnaissance.
Meanwhile, Centurions from the first Heavy Raider have established a surface-to-air missile battery and shoot down Thrace during her recon.
Six Heavy Raiders are deployed from the basestars toward the planet as part of the Cylons' plan to both defend Baltar and D'anna who are heading to the temple and to test Adama's supposed bluff of nuking the place.
Admiral Adama prepares Galactica's missile launchers to fire six nuclear missiles at the surface, obliterating the temple, as he had promised during the failed negotiations while the Cylons debate whether Adama is really going to go through with it (The Eye of Jupiter).
Notes[edit]
- At an unknown point in time, Galactica has likely 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). Pegasus may be the source as possibly having transfered her remaining (if any) warheads to Galactica prior to her destruction.