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|image=GuardianBasestarBattle.jpg
|image=GuardianBasestarBattle.jpg
|description=Battle of the Guardian basestar
|description=Battle of the Guardian Basestar
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
|date=Roughly 9 months after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]<ref>"[[Razor]]" incorrectly infers this event to occur 10 months after. [[Tom Zarek]] talks about people being cooped up in ships for ''nine'' months at the beginning of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", which is after "Razor" in the [[Timeline - Season 3 (RDM)|timeline]].</ref>
|date=Roughly 9 months after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]<ref>"[[Razor]]" incorrectly implies this event to occur 10 months after. [[Tom Zarek]] talks about people being cooped up in ships for ''nine'' months at the beginning of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", which is after "Razor" in the [[Timeline - Season 3 (RDM)|timeline]].</ref>
|place=In [[FTL|jump]] distance of a supernova event
|place=In [[FTL|jump]] distance of a supernova event
|result=Colonial victory
|result=Colonial victory
|combatant1=Battlestar ''[[Pegasus]]''
|combatant1=[[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]
|combatant2=[[Guardians]]
|combatant2=[[Guardians|Guardian Cylons]]
|co1=Commander [[Lee Adama]]<ref>While Admiral [[William Adama]] transfers his flag to ''Pegasus'' for the operation, Lee Adama still has overall command.</ref>
|co1=Commander [[Lee Adama]] <br /> [[Kendra Shaw|Major Kendra Shaw]]<br/>[[Kara Thrace|Captain Kara Thrace]]
|co2=[[First Hybrid]]
|co2=[[First Hybrid]]<br />Golden Cylon
|strength1=1 battlestar, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadrons, Raptor, and strike team
|strength1=battlestar ''Pegasus'', approx 80 [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] , approx 30 Raptors, and strike team
|strength2=[[Guardian basestar]]<br/>Unspecified number of Cylon War-era [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s<br/>[[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
|strength2=[[Guardian basestar]]<br/>Unspecified number of Cylon War-era [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s<br/>[[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
|shiploss1= 1 Raptor
|shiploss1= 1 Raptor
|shiploss2=Various Raider losses. Guardian basestar destroyed.
|shiploss2= Various Raider losses. Guardian basestar destroyed.
|casualties1=[[Dasilva]] and [[Kendra Shaw]]
|casualties1=[[Dasilva]] and [[Kendra Shaw]]
|casualties2=Various Centurions<br/>First Hybrid
|casualties2=Various Centurions<br/>First Hybrid
|prev=[[Battle of the Binary Star System]]
|prev=[[Battle of the Binary Star System]]
|next=[[Battle of New Caprica]]
|next=[[Rescue on Caprica]]
|rdm=y
|series=RDM
}}
}}


The '''Battle of the Guardian basestar''' is an engagement between the battlestar ''[[Pegasus]]'' and the [[Guardian basestar]], in which the main goal is to rescue a captured civilian science team.
The '''Battle of the Guardian Basestar''' is an engagement between the battlestar ''{{RDM|Pegasus}}'' and the [[Guardian basestar]].


''Pegasus'' jumps into the area of the basestar's location and launches an attack that draws off its Raiders. Additionally, ''Pegasus'' shuts down its [[FTL]] drive and simulates engine damage, ensuring a concentrated attack by the Raiders that leaves the basestar's immediate perimeter unguarded. A [[Raptor]] then jumps in behind the advancing Raiders, with a rescue team and a nuclear weapon to destroy the basestar. However, two nearby Raiders spot them and the crew fakes an engine malfunction and abandons ship. The Raiders destroy the Raptor and break off believing the crew to be dead. The team continues on its way by means thruster packs. Meanwhile ''Pegasus'' successfully fights off the Raiders, albeit taking some damage.
== Events leading up to the battle ==


Upon successfully boarding the basestar, the rescue team locates the room where the captured science team is held. In the process of freeing them, the rescue party is ambushed by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]], and [[Dasilva]] is critically wounded. As Centurions drag him away, Major [[Kendra Shaw|Shaw]] shoots and kills him, thinking it will spare him inevitable suffering. Shaw is subsequently shot in the abdomen by an attacking Centurion.
When a [[Raptor]] with a civilian science team goes missing, Admiral [[William Adama]] orders a [[SAR|search and rescue]] mission - [[Lee Adama]]'s first mission as commander of ''Pegasus''. After jumping to the Raptor's last known location, a Viper patrol encounters Cylon [[Raider (RDM)#Cylon War-era Raider|fighters]] of an unknown configuration. ''Pegasus'' fights off the attack and eventually jumps out again, but not before a Raider is shot down in one of the [[landing bay]]s. The wreck is discovered to be a Cylon War-era Raider crewed by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]] from that time, its navigational records pointing to the possible location of their home base.


The basestar jams [[wireless]] communication, and not knowing if his boarding party is still alive, Commander [[Lee Adama]] orders a [[Missile tubes|nuclear missile]] to be fired at the ship. [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] countermands the order and while the two are trying to figure out what to do, communications are restored and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] reveals that the warhead's remote detonator is damaged. The only way to set it off is to do it manually. Lee Adama thinks of evacuating the team and then launching the missile, but his father points out that the Raiders will probably destroy anything they shoot at the basestar. He realizes that the someone will need to stay behind and detonate the nuke. Reluctantly, he orders Starbuck to fulfill this role and she complies.  
Remembering Cylon [[Razor Flashbacks|experimentation on humans]] during the first [[Cylon War]], Admiral Adama transfers his flag to ''Pegasus'', hoping to rescue the missing people and maybe learn what exactly he witnessed over forty years ago. Not wanting to risk both battlestars, ''Pegasus'' is dispatched alone.


''Pegasus'' launches a rescue Raptor which jumps close enough to the basestar to land in its hangar bay. The team prepares to evacuate with Starbuck staying back, but Shaw forces her to leave at gunpoint, intending to remain in her place. The Raptor heads back to ''Pegasus'' as Shaw makes her way through the ship and comes across the Hybrid's chamber. The [[First Hybrid|Hybrid]] knows she wants redemption for her past actions and tells her to come closer as he has something he needs to tell her. He tells her that Starbuck will lead mankind to doom and they must not follow her. Shaw attempts to contact ''Pegasus'' and warn them, but can't deliver the entire message due to the Cylon jamming. She detonates the nuke and the Guardian basestar is destroyed along with Shaw, the Hybrid and the entire crew of Centurions ([[Razor]]).
== Confronting the Cylons ==
 
''Pegasus'' initiates the confrontation by jumping to the basestar's location, then commencing an attack that draws off the vessel's Raiders. The battlestar shuts down its [[FTL]] drive and simulates engine damage, ensuring a concentrated attack by the Raiders that leaves the basestar's immediate perimeter unguarded. ''Pegasus'' successfully engages the fighters, taking only minor damage in the process.
 
While this is happening, a Raptor - carrying a rescue team and a nuclear weapon - jumps past the advancing Raiders and heads for the basestar. When two enemy fighters spot the Raptor, the crew fakes an engine malfunction and abandons ship with the warhead in tow. The Raiders subsequently destroy the Raptor and break off their attack, believing the crew to be dead. No longer pursued, the team continues on its way by means of thruster packs.
 
Upon successfully boarding the basestar, the rescue team locates the room where the science team is being held and works to free them. The rescue party is ambushed by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]], and [[Dasilva]] is critically wounded. As two Centurions drag him away, Major [[Kendra Shaw]] shoots and kills him, believing that he would have been used by the Cylons for experimentation. Shaw is subsequently shot in the abdomen by one of the Centurions.
 
The basestar begins jamming [[wireless]] communications, and not knowing if his boarding party is still alive, Commander Adama orders a [[Missile tubes|nuclear missile]] to be fired at the ship, but Admiral Adama countermands him. As the men attempt to determine a decisive plan of action, communications are restored, and Captain [[Kara Thrace]] reveals that the warhead's remote detonator was damaged in the firefight with the Centurions. The only way to set the warhead off is to do it manually. Commander Adama suggests evacuating the rescue team and then launching the missile, but the admiral points out that the Raiders will destroy anything they fire at the basestar - ultimately, a member of the rescue team will need to stay back and detonate the warhead. Reluctantly, the commander orders Captain Thrace to fulfill this role, and she complies.
 
''Pegasus'' immediately launches a second Raptor, getting it close enough to the basestar to land within a hangar bay and to evacuate the rescue team. Thrace is ready to stay behind when Major Shaw orders her to leave at gunpoint, intending to detonate the warhead instead. The two argue, but Thrace eventually concedes, boards the Raptor, and returns to ''Pegasus'' with the others.
 
With blood streaming from her open wound, a delirious Shaw descends deeper into the basestar, eventually coming across the [[First Hybrid|Hybrid]]'s chamber. The Hybrid knows she wants redemption for her [[Scylla|past actions]] and tells her to come closer, as he has something he needs to tell her. He explains to her that Thrace will [[The Destiny#The Warning from the First Hybrid|lead mankind to its end]], and that they must not follow her. Shaw attempts to contact ''Pegasus'' and warn them, but cannot deliver the entire message due to Cylon jamming. As Shaw prepares to destroy the ship, the Hybrid calmly addresses that "all this has happened before, and will happen again" repeating "again...again" over and over. Shaw detonates the nuke, destroying the Guardian basestar, along with herself, the Hybrid, and the entire Centurion crew {{TRS|Razor}}.


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Revision as of 20:18, 7 May 2021

Battle of the Guardian Basestar
Battle of the Guardian Basestar
Battle of the Guardian Basestar
Battle of the Guardian Basestar
Summary
Conflict: Second Cylon War
Date: Roughly 9 months after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies[1]
Related Episode(s):
Place: In jump distance of a supernova event
Result: Colonial victory
Combatants
Twelve Colonies of Kobol Guardian Cylons
Commanders
Commander Lee Adama
Major Kendra Shaw
Captain Kara Thrace
First Hybrid
Golden Cylon
Strength
battlestar Pegasus, approx 80 Viper , approx 30 Raptors, and strike team Guardian basestar
Unspecified number of Cylon War-era Raiders
Centurions
Materiel Losses
1 Raptor Various Raider losses. Guardian basestar destroyed.
Casualties
Dasilva and Kendra Shaw Various Centurions
First Hybrid
Battle Chronology
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Battle of the Binary Star System Battle of the Guardian Basestar Rescue on Caprica


The Battle of the Guardian Basestar is an engagement between the battlestar Pegasus and the Guardian basestar.

Events leading up to the battle

When a Raptor with a civilian science team goes missing, Admiral William Adama orders a search and rescue mission - Lee Adama's first mission as commander of Pegasus. After jumping to the Raptor's last known location, a Viper patrol encounters Cylon fighters of an unknown configuration. Pegasus fights off the attack and eventually jumps out again, but not before a Raider is shot down in one of the landing bays. The wreck is discovered to be a Cylon War-era Raider crewed by Centurions from that time, its navigational records pointing to the possible location of their home base.

Remembering Cylon experimentation on humans during the first Cylon War, Admiral Adama transfers his flag to Pegasus, hoping to rescue the missing people and maybe learn what exactly he witnessed over forty years ago. Not wanting to risk both battlestars, Pegasus is dispatched alone.

Confronting the Cylons

Pegasus initiates the confrontation by jumping to the basestar's location, then commencing an attack that draws off the vessel's Raiders. The battlestar shuts down its FTL drive and simulates engine damage, ensuring a concentrated attack by the Raiders that leaves the basestar's immediate perimeter unguarded. Pegasus successfully engages the fighters, taking only minor damage in the process.

While this is happening, a Raptor - carrying a rescue team and a nuclear weapon - jumps past the advancing Raiders and heads for the basestar. When two enemy fighters spot the Raptor, the crew fakes an engine malfunction and abandons ship with the warhead in tow. The Raiders subsequently destroy the Raptor and break off their attack, believing the crew to be dead. No longer pursued, the team continues on its way by means of thruster packs.

Upon successfully boarding the basestar, the rescue team locates the room where the science team is being held and works to free them. The rescue party is ambushed by Centurions, and Dasilva is critically wounded. As two Centurions drag him away, Major Kendra Shaw shoots and kills him, believing that he would have been used by the Cylons for experimentation. Shaw is subsequently shot in the abdomen by one of the Centurions.

The basestar begins jamming wireless communications, and not knowing if his boarding party is still alive, Commander Adama orders a nuclear missile to be fired at the ship, but Admiral Adama countermands him. As the men attempt to determine a decisive plan of action, communications are restored, and Captain Kara Thrace reveals that the warhead's remote detonator was damaged in the firefight with the Centurions. The only way to set the warhead off is to do it manually. Commander Adama suggests evacuating the rescue team and then launching the missile, but the admiral points out that the Raiders will destroy anything they fire at the basestar - ultimately, a member of the rescue team will need to stay back and detonate the warhead. Reluctantly, the commander orders Captain Thrace to fulfill this role, and she complies.

Pegasus immediately launches a second Raptor, getting it close enough to the basestar to land within a hangar bay and to evacuate the rescue team. Thrace is ready to stay behind when Major Shaw orders her to leave at gunpoint, intending to detonate the warhead instead. The two argue, but Thrace eventually concedes, boards the Raptor, and returns to Pegasus with the others.

With blood streaming from her open wound, a delirious Shaw descends deeper into the basestar, eventually coming across the Hybrid's chamber. The Hybrid knows she wants redemption for her past actions and tells her to come closer, as he has something he needs to tell her. He explains to her that Thrace will lead mankind to its end, and that they must not follow her. Shaw attempts to contact Pegasus and warn them, but cannot deliver the entire message due to Cylon jamming. As Shaw prepares to destroy the ship, the Hybrid calmly addresses that "all this has happened before, and will happen again" repeating "again...again" over and over. Shaw detonates the nuke, destroying the Guardian basestar, along with herself, the Hybrid, and the entire Centurion crew (TRS: "Razor").

References

  1. "Razor" incorrectly implies this event to occur 10 months after. Tom Zarek talks about people being cooped up in ships for nine months at the beginning of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I", which is after "Razor" in the timeline.