Battle of the Resurrection Ship

Battle before: Great Cylon Turkey Shoot
Battle after: Unknown

Galactica and Pegasus engage a basestar
Attack on the Resurrection Ship
Conflict	Second Cylon war
Date	Likely less than 48 hours after the end of Galactica vs. Pegasus
Place	Interstellar space, specific location unknown
Result	Decisive Colonial victory
Combatants Known Colonial Fleet remnant Cylons Commanders Admiral Helena Cain, Commander William Adama Unknown† Strength Battlestar Galactica, Mercury-class Battlestar Pegasus Approx. 80-90 Vipers Two Basestars, One unarmed Resurrection Ship Casualties The Blackbird, at least one Raptor, additional unknown losses Two Cylon Basestars, one Resurrection Ship, and "tens of thousands" of Cylons

Battle to destroy the Cylon Resurrection Ship in the hopes of causing the Cylons to rethink their plans for the Fleet.

With the knowledge and reconnaissance obtained on the Resurrection Ship by Dr. Gaius Baltar (through Gina) and Captain Kara Thrace respectively, Admiral Helena Cain and Commander William Adama know that the Resurrection Ship is a safety net for the Cylon operatives that may be operating in the Fleet. With this safety net removed, the Cylons must seriously reconsider their actions that are made against the Fleet. If an Cylon agent's body were to die without another body to store their transmitted consciousness, not only would the Cylons lose vital intelligence on Fleet operations, but the agent's consciousness would be permanently lost.

Pegagus CAG Captain Thrace taps once more into her unconventional military thinking in formulating an effective attack plan, which draws the Cylons to the battlestars and a trap, rather than the other way around. In the plan, the Fleet, consisting only of Galactica and her original civilian ships, congregate near a handful of ships that appear to be managing mining operations. When the Cylons engage, the Fleet will Jump away. but a few of civilian ships will appear to have problems engaging their FTL drives and attempt to escape at sublight speeds, holding the Cylon fleet in place while their Raiders are drawn away from their basestars. Moments later, Galactica and Pegasus Jump in and begin attacking both basestars. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Lee Adama uses the Blackbird to sneak up upon the Resurrection Ship and destroy her FTL drive with a missile to prevent its escape, while the entire complement of fighters from both battlestars, led by Thrace, pommel the Resurrection Ship and destroy it (Resurrection Ship, Part I).

The attack is successfully implemented with minimal losses on the Colonial side. The Blackbird stealth fighter collides with a downed Raptor after Adama's attack, destroying the fighter. Lee Adama ejects and is successfully retrieved by Galactica's SAR Raptor. He recovers from oxygen deprivation as his flight suit was punctured during the ejection process.

The resulting Raiders that attempt to defend the Cylon fleet retreat after the basestars' destruction, concluding the battle (Resurrection Ship, Part II).