Battle of the Colony

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What was the Battle of the Colony?

The Battle of the Colony was the final engagement of the long war between humanity and the Cylons, fought in 4 ACH when Galactica assaulted the massive Cylon space station known as the Colony to recover the captured child Hera Agathon. The battle ended with the Colony destroyed and the pursuit of the surviving human fleet brought to a close.

What was the Colony?

The Colony was a massive space station the Cylons built around the sublight vessel of the Final Five after the First Cylon War, serving as their de facto homeworld and the place where the eight Humanoid Cylon models were created. After the Cylon Civil War, it fell to the Loyalist faction led by the Number Ones and was moved into the stable orbit of a naked singularity.

Why did Galactica attack the Colony?

A Number Eight abducted Hera Agathon and brought her to the Colony to be dissected in the hope of unlocking the mystery of Cylon reproduction. To rescue the child, Galactica mounted a bold offensive against the station.

How did the assault on the Colony unfold?

Galactica rammed the station and sent boarding parties across into it, where the defenders fought back with both Modern Centurions and older Centurion Model 0005 units under heavy fire. Despite the resistance, the boarding parties reached Hera, secured her, and carried her back to Galactica.

How was the Colony destroyed?

In the chaos of the withdrawal, a damaged Raptor inadvertently launched its full complement of sixteen nuclear warheads, which struck the Colony, disabled its sublight drives, and pushed it deeper into the accretion disc of the singularity. After Galactica jumped away, the Colony was presumably crushed by the immense gravitational forces of the black hole.

Sources

• WikiThe Colony — Battlestar Wiki entry
• WikiCylon — Battlestar Wiki entry
• WikiCenturion Model 0005 — Battlestar Wiki entry

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