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{{Schlacht image:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg |Bildunterschrift= |Konflikt=Erster Zylonenkrieg |Datum=4,571 Tage nach Beginn des Zylonenkrieges, vermutlich 40 Jahre vor dem Fall der Zwölf Kolonien |Ort=Ein unbenannter "Eisplanet am Arsch von irgendwo" |Ergebnis=Kolonialer Sieg, Waffenstillstand vereinbart |Kontrahent1=Die Zwölf Kolonien von Kobol |Kontrahent2=Zylonen |Befehlshaber1=Kommandierender Offizier der Galactica, kommandierender Offizier der Columbia |Befehlshaber2=Unbekannt |Truppen1=3 Kampfsterne, zahlreiche Vipers, und Raptors |Truppen2=3 Jäger Geschwader, Bodenstreitkräfte, mindestens 2 Basisschiffe |Verluste1= Columbia |Verluste2= Zahlreiche Zylonenjäger |Opfer1= Die Besatzung derColumbia (vermutich alle) |Opfer2= |vorherige= Der Erste Zylonenkrieg |nächste=Der Fall der zwölf Kolonien |rdm=y }}
Operation Raptor Talon was a military operation that took place on the 4,571th day of the First Cylon War. The battlestars Galactica and Columbia were among the Colonial vessels taking part in the mission.
The objective was to attack an unnamed "ice planet", that was rumored to house a Cylon superweapon. According to intelligence on hand, the Cylons had three Raider wings, ground forces, defensive batteries and nuclear weapons (Razor Flashbacks, Episode 1). Additionally, the Cylons had at least two basestars defending the planet from orbit (Razor Flashbacks, Episode 3).
Raptors from Raptor Squadron 2 were the first Colonial vessels to be launched in the operation, but were ambushed by Cylon forces soon after. Among the casualties of this skirmish was Jaycie McGavin, who was severely injured when a console exploded on board her Raptor (Razor Flashbacks, Episode 2).
During an orbital engagement with the enemy, Columbia was destroyed by missile salvos from a pair of basestars, presumably killing everyone on board (Razor Flashbacks, Episode 3).
Shortly after Columbia was destroyed, William Adama pursued two Raiders into the atmosphere of the ice planet. He managed to destroy one but suffered a collision with the other, sending him plummeting toward the planet's surface.
On the planet below, Adama discovers a facility where humans are imprisoned (Razor Flashbacks, Episode 4 & 5).
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| After speaking to a survivor on the planet, he discovers that the Cylons were experimenting on humans for reasons then unknown to him, but later revealed by Sharon Agathon to be part of a failed experiment in Cylons becoming biological. He attempts to free the prisoners, but is forced to leave when the facility begins to shake. Exiting this facility, he discovers that it was a ship, which leaves. Adama attempts to get Galactica to pursue the ship, only to discover that the Cylons had signed an armistice, thus ushering the end of the first Cylon War (Razor). |