Summary. Rate. Piloted by Daniel Novacek, the bird is discovered by an unknown contact, and is shot down by Adama to prevent his pilot from being potentially captured by Cylon forces. [6] When the civilian fleet made contact with Galactica, Dr. Baltar examined the body and confirmed it to have minute hallmarks being synthetic. The radiation surrounding the station has affected his silica pathways which leave him dying a slow and permanent death, however, Adama soon finishes the job after the Cylon, Leoben, is able to throw Adama to the ground. The battlestar is heavily damaged in the opening salvo and there are many casualties, however, thanks to DRADIS interference, the Cylons were not able to confirm its destruction, and continued their assault on the other battlestars and support ships docked at the yards. Commanders The battle doesn’t last long, and Atlantia is lost along with the battlestars Triton, Solaria, Columbia, and others, prompting Galactica commanding officer William Adama to take command of the Fleet, and ordering remaining forces to Ragnar Anchorage for regrouping. It dumps its munitions as part of the decommissioning ceremony[2], and has lost its primary fighter wing. This structure was built around the original ship of the Final Five (Islanded in a Stream of Stars podcast). Overall, the attack is a success and a failure at the same time; as a Cavil later remarked, the Cylons "had their foot on the throat of humanity" but "failed to step down hard enough." [6] Warned by a Messenger about a potential Cylon agent on the ship, Dr. Baltar accused a civilian PR manager, Aaron Doral of being such an agent, and accused him of planting a device in the CIC. 28.5 billion dead (including civilians) The Fall of the Twelve Colonies, also known as the Second Cylon War was a massive Cylon campaign against Colonial space which saw the indiscriminate destruction of civilian and military targets alike with the objective of total annihilation of mankind. One is destroyed during Operation Raptor Talon, and the second is … Battle for the Tylium Asteroid | "[3] Detected by Cylon raiders before it could depart, Galactica's wing of Viper Mark IIs were refuelled and rearmed. The attack force was hidden … 85 crew members are lost when damage to the fire suppression system necessitates the venting of the pod's atmosphere to prevent the fuel lines from igniting, thus preventing the destruction of the ship. Surviving humans quickly began suffering the effects of radiation exposure, which limited the viability of resistance efforts. Battlestar Pegasus is a Mercury Class Battlestar, assigned to Battlestar Group 62 of the Colonial Fleet, and commanded by Admiral Helena Cain at the time of the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. Galactica comes out relatively unscathed, with the ship's armor plating keeping out the hard radiation. Outcome The concept of “the United Colonies of Kobol” was only about 50 years old, stemming from the time between the first and second Cylon War and began with the Articles of Colonization. It is Number Six after all, who after seducing Gaius Baltar opens the 12 Colonies to invasion. Galactica suffers crucial damage to the port flight pod... ... leaving the crew no choice but to vent the pod to fight the fires, Battle of Medra | 9. With the arrival of the Final Five, humanoid Cylon refugees from Earth, the Colonial Cylons agreed to call off the war and make a deal with the Colonial Forces. Near-total destruction of the Colonial Defense ForcesNear-extinction of the human race. Consequently, it was decided that the entire refugee convoy should abandon the Cyrannus star system entirely and depart for a new home far away from the Cylons, with Galactica protecting it. After the Colonial Government shut down these lanes, these ships became trapped and were attacked as they were found by the Cylons. [4] Similar engagements took place on the other eleven colonies. [3][4], Following the opening attacks, President Adar offered an unconditional surrender to the Cylons, which was ignored entirely. Colonial Fleetc.120 Battlestars Plot. Prior to the attacks, the Cylon fleet is amassed around the Colony, the Cylons' "homeworld." The Cylons are the first to find them, and attack. Galactica is able to emerge from the cover of Ragnar's atmosphere long enough to calculate a jump, and defend the fleet as they jump away. Battlestar Galactica never quite knew what to do with the Battlestar Pegasus after the death of Admiral Cain. Yashuman and Valkyrie were in orbit over Caprica during the initial attack and were disabled within moments of the Cylon arrival. During that time, they start removing the bodies of the dead, and attempt to capture healthy females for experimentation in farms. The battlestar Pegasus, under the command of Rear Admiral Helena Cain, is docked at the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards at the onset of the attacks undergoing a system refit, which left its computer networks offline. When the command is given, the basestars jump to their targets before striking. Among the evacuated survivors were Earth Cylons Tory Foster and Ellen Tigh, with several more humanoid Cylons. None of the Final Five are killed, and are all reunited in the Fleet. [3], Soon after the initial attacks, the civilian spacelines were shut down by the Colonial Government to keep civilian ships out of the combat areas. After this news is broadcast, Admiral Nagala takes command of the battlestar Atlantia, and begins a counter attack near Virgon’s orbit, as per a system plot by Lt. Gaeta aboard the battlestar Galactica. Roslin was the only member to submit an authentication code, thereby designating her as his successor, President Roslin and the shuttle was renamed Colonial One. It takes the Cylons all but three minutes to access the defense mainframe and shut it down, leaving the Colonies and the Colonial Fleet defenseless (TRS: "The Plan"). While this took place, Baltar's agents began sabotaging colonial defence computers. Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies was a map of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol created based on notes by writer Jane Espenson for the Caprica story bible. ... Rate. I'm going to rewrite this summary later, the story should be much better. During these efforts, the shuttle received the Case Orange alert signal, signifying the deaths of President Adar and most of the cabinet. This page was last modified on 30 April 2017, at 17:50. At one point, the ship stopped at The Temple of Hopes. During Galactica's resupply efforts, a Number Two was found hiding on the station. Here, the attacking Raiders try to shut down Galactica and her Vipers, but since she has no networks, the shutdown command has no effect. Its information is regarded as official, but as story bible information it is canon unless contradicted on the series. Like Colonial weaponry, the Cylon missiles can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. While fans of Battlestar Galactica, which is getting its own sorta ... boy. Most of the crew is about to take shore leave when the Cylons strike the shipyards. Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica takes place roughly 40 years after the end of the first Cylon war, fought between the end of the Caprica prequel and the start of the re-imagined series. Aware of Baltar's CNP, the Cylons sent a Number Six, latter known as "Caprica Six", to gain his trust and made alterations to half of its algorithms to allow them to quickly penetrate the firewalls and disable ships with a computer virus.[3]. Battle of the Binary Star System | https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Twelve_Colonies&oldid=1240, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, This page (like all pages on this wiki) was. Vice Admiral Helena CainCommander William Adama. [6] Also during this visit, Dr. Baltar and Lt. Felix Gaeta confirmed that CNP had in fact been infiltrated, and orders were given to disable the networking on stranded Vipers and Raptors that arrived. Battle of the Resurrection Ship | Battle Galactica Cast of Characters: The Cylons . The civilians are thrilled to see friendly forces, however, their joy is short lived. That miniseries led to a weekly television series, which aired u… Rate. [3] Pegasus successfully escaped the shipyards by performing a blind jump, which it was able to do due to its computer networks being down ahead of a refit. Admiral Nagala †Vice Admiral Helena CainCommander William Adama The Cylon attack force was based at The Colony, which had moved just outside of the system. Rate. and John prepared for over twenty years to wipe out mankind as a final act of revenge against the Five, disgusted in their creation of him in a limited, human-like body; officially the Cylon plan was to attack as revenge for the Cylons' original enslavement, with knowledge of the Five being wiped from the other Cylons' memories. The battlestar Galactica, approximately 300 million miles from Caprica at the time[1], is largely unprepared for the attacks, having just been decommissioned and transformed into a museum. Strength Battle [edit | edit source] The Cylon attack force was split into two groups. Demo Cylon Destruction of the 12 Colonies (re-edited and scored) Battlestar Galactica TRS - Duration: 4:41. micropirate 66,519 views Rate. Laura Roslin, the Secretary of Education, assumed command of the government shuttle Colonial Heavy 798 and prepared it for rescuing stranded civilians. Rather, they seem to rely their large Raidersquadrons to provide protection from enemy batteries. Home > Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 1979) > Vehicles > Colonial: Category: Albums : Files: Agro Ship Agro Ship is the common classification for spacecraft capable of growing any edible agro foodstuffs needed in a convoy or Fleet for long periods of time. While preparing for production of Battlestar Galactica ' s first season, writer and series creator Ronald D. Moore wrote a short list of potential storylines, one of which was "the fleet jumps every 33 minutes; because the Cylons are relentlessly pursuing them, the crew gets no sleep. The Scylla and a handful of others are able to escape the attack, and survive on their own until being found by the wandering Pegasus. [3] The battle was a catastrophic failure, as the CNP hack was still not made aware and no explanation could be given for the frequently-reported computer failures. The expanded structure was "home" to the humanoid and Centurion Cylons after … The events leading up to the attacks go back at least a few years, when the Cylons (now in human form) begin infiltrating Colonial society. The stresses involved in jumping directly from the pod result in structural failure, leading to explosive decompression of the entire pod, and the destruction of any remaining museum pieces. The surviving members of the resistance are evacuated to Galactica shortly afterward (TRS: "The Plan", "Resistance", "The Farm", "Downloaded", "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II"). The expanded structure was "home" to the humanoid and Centurion Cylons after … The first shots were fired at the Armistice Station, a diplomatic space station. As these ships were not prepared for long journeys, some began to lose power. During the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, The Colony was moved close to the Cyrannus star system, and the Basestar fleet jumped from there to the colonies in the attack. Forty years before the fall, the Cylon War came to a close with a stalemate. Six years prior to the attacks, Commander William Adama, aboard the battlestar Valkyrie, is tasked by Colonial admiralty to launch a stealth plane across the Armistice Line into Cylon held space. Error: please try again. As the two seek an alternate route back to the ship, Adama's First War experiences, and the man's remarks reveal his true nature: he is a Cylon. At this point, Roslin makes the decision to abandon the sublight only ships, and orders the remaining FTL capable ships to jump to Ragnar to rendezvous with Galactica. Overjoyed at the prospect of peace, President Adar immediately ordered the Colonial Fleet to rendezvous with the Cylons so a treaty could be signed. 5. One particular Cavil comes to look upon the attacks as a mistake. At the onset of the attacks, there were many civilian transports and passenger liners in the space lanes near Caprica. The Cylons begin their attack by first jumping to the Armistice Station. A re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica aired as a two-part, three-hour miniseries developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick in 2003. Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. Whereas the Colonials prefer artillery-style guns, the Cylons favor chemically-propelled missiles. [6] Believing Dr. Baltar's claim to have run tests on Doral, he was abandoned on Ragnar Anchorage. Rate. Other models choose to replant cities and live life much as the Colonials did before the attacks. Battle of Kobol | The battlestar is heavily damaged in the opening salvo and there are many casualties, however, thanks to … The Colonials would maintain control of their space, but would recognise Cylon sovereign territory past the designated Armistice Line. Most of these missiles are fired from launchers located within the "arms" of a basestar. After losing the Fleet Headquarters, President Richard Adar offers the Cylons a complete and unconditional surrender. A group of Basestars arrived over Ragnar, having detected Doral's beacon. Over Scorpia, the Basestars focused on bombarding the planet while Raiders loaded with nuclear missiles destroyed the Scorpia Fleet Shipyards. One copy meets with the Number Six on Caprica, passing details about the Colonial computer systems from her to the Cylon fleet, while another meets Ellen Tigh at a bar on Picon minutes before the attack begins, to see if she has changed at all. A nearby basestar opens fire at that moment, destroying the station.