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==Notes==
==Notes==
*In this engagement, [[Raptors]] are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past ([[Miniseries]], [[The Hand of God]]), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Fragged]]), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "[[Exodus, Part I|Exodus, Part I]] & [[Exodus, Part II|II]]" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
*In this engagement, [[Raptors]] are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past ([[Miniseries]], [[The Hand of God]]), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Fragged]]), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "[[Exodus, Part I|Exodus, Part I]] & [[Exodus, Part II|II]]" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
[[Image:3x7-BattleOfNCD2539RaptorsFiring.jpg|thumb|left|200px| Raptors firing missles.]]
[[Image:3x7-BattleOfNCD2539RaptorsFiring.jpg|thumb|left|200px| Raptors firing missles.]]
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Revision as of 02:31, 28 November 2006

Battle of NCD2539
Summary
Conflict: Second Cylon War
Date: Unknown
Related Episode(s):
Place: The Region of NCD2539 Above/North
Result: Colonials fail to infect Cylon's Resurrection ship with virus
Combatants
Remnants of the Colonial Fleet Cylons
Commanders
Admiral William Adama, (Unknown)
Strength
Battlestar Galactica
multiple support Vipers, Raptors
One Resurrection Ship
Five basestars, associated Raiders, Heavy Raiders,
Materiel Losses
None Unknown
Casualties
Unknown Unknown, dozens of Raiders
[[Colonial battles chronology ({{{series}}})|Battle Chronology]]
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Battlestar Galactica jumps ahead in a location in space known as NCD2539 which is used by the Cylons as a supply route.

Having recently taken several infected Cylon agent prisoners from a sick Basestar, Admiral William Adama intentionally visits this area to hopefully lure Cylon forces, including a Resurrection Ship, into the area. The Colonials intend to kill their Cylon agent prisoners, whose consciousnesses would download and infect the Cylon populace with a human virus with a bioelectric pathogen that would effectively annihilate the Cylon race.

Before long, two Raiders jump into the vicinity ahead of the Cylon Fleet to scout. Upon noticing Galactica, they jump back to report and soon bring their fleet in tow consisting of five basestars and a Resurrection Ship.

Galactica in turn launces multiple Vipers and Raptors alike, with the latter firing an open salvo of multiple missles into the Cylon Raider swarm.

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Notes[edit]

  • In this engagement, Raptors are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past (Miniseries, The Hand of God), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II, Fragged), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "Exodus, Part I & II" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
Raptors firing missles.