Ragnar Anchorage

A Colonial munitions dump suspended in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant Ragnar (Mini-Series).

When the Cylons launch their surprise attack on the Twelve Colonies, the Battlestar 'Galactica was caught without any munitions for her main and point-defence batteries. Colonel Tigh determines that Ragnar Anchorage offers the best opportunity for re-arming the ship, even though it is some 3 days' travel from the Galactica's position at sublight speeds. His decision may well be based on the sound reasoning that the Anchorage, suspended in the atmosphere of the planet, offers the Galactica the best opportunity to re-arm while reducing the risk of the Cylons finding them and renewing their attack before the ship can defend herself.

While at Ragnar Anchorage, the Galactica obtains enough munitions to completely re-arm her guns, and she also collects a number of Class-D warheads. Her crew also encounter Leoben Conoy, posing as an arms trader, who eventually gives the Colonials their first real insight into humano-Cylons.

While at Ragnar, the Galactica is joined by the fleet of survivors gathered by Laura Roslin. When they arrive, Adama is persuaded to alter his original plan to bring the Galactica into the fight against the Cylons into one of flight, protecting the fleet as they make a jump from Ragnar, heading for the Promar sector, well beyond the "red line" associated with long-range FTL jumps.

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To minimise the time needed to get to Ragnar, Commander Adama orders the Galactica's]] FTL drive systems are used, which prompts a comment from Tigh that an FTL jump hasn't been made in some 20 years. However, given the fact that so many vessels within the fleet are FTL-capable, and the jumps are undertaken with considerable accuracy (the Galactica arriving precisely in synchronous orbit above Ragnar Anchorage station, for example, suggest this cannot be the case. Rather, it may be the case that Tigh was referring to the Galactica's jump drive systems not having been used in 20 years.