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| Konflikt | Tausend-Yahren-Krieg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Datum | 1000 bis 0 Yahren vor der Zerstörung der Zwölf Kolonien | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ort | Bekannte Austragungsorte:
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| Ergebnis | Entscheidender zylonischer Sieg, Zerstörung der Zwölf Kolonien | ||||||||||||||||||||
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- Dieser Artikel behandelt den langen Krieg zwischen den Zylonen und der Menschheit von Kampfstern Galactica. Informationen zum ersten Krieg zwischen der Menschheit und ihren Roboterkreationen in der neu interpretierten Serie finden Sie unter Zylonenkrieg.
Der Tausend-Yahren-Krieg ist der Hauptkonflikt zwischen dem Zylonischen Reich und einer intergalaktischen Föderation, zu der auch die Zwölf Kolonien der Menschen gehören.
Dieser Konflikt begann, als die Kolonien den Hasari halfen, "ihre Nation" von den Zylonen zurückzuerobern. Die genaue Natur der Hasari und ihre Beziehung zu den Kolonien ist unbekannt (TOS: "Kampfstern Galactica").
Folgende Ereignisse waren während dieses Konflikts in chronologischer Reihenfolge bekannt:
- Schlacht von Cosmora Archipelago: Dies ist der früheste bekannte Konflikt, bei dem Commander Kronus und die Vierte Flotte gegen die Zylonen siegreich sind (TOS: "Die Meuterei")
- Schlacht von Caprica: Dies geschah zu Lebzeiten von Leda (TOS: "Das Geschütz auf dem Eisplaneten Null, Teil I")
- Angriff auf Umbra: Ein zylonischer Angriff auf Caprica, vermutlich auf die landwirtschaftlichen Ressourcen Capricas, bei dem Starbuck und mehrere hundert Kinder verwaist sind (TOS: "Der Mann mit den neun Leben")
- Schlacht von Molecay: Dies ist die letzte bekannte große Schlacht mit den Zylonen. Die Fünfte Flotte, angeführt vom "legendären Commander Cain", wird hier zerstört, außer Cains Kampfstern Pegasus (TOS: "Zu Lebzeiten Legende, Teil I")
- Schlacht bei Cimtar: Der letzte Angriff, der zum Fall der Zwölf Kolonien führte (TOS: "Kampfstern Galactica").
Effects of the War
Given the war's duration, it appears that efforts normally occuring during peacetime were curtailed. Apollo mentions to Zac that they would be able to resume deep space exploration should there be peace with the Cylons (TOS: "Saga of a Star World"). The Rising Star's maitre d' states that the festivities during the departure from their home galaxy remind him of a "time before the war" (TOS: "The Long Patrol"). This might suggest that there were lulls between major battles of reasonable length, or he might very well have been speaking of the time before the exodus from the Colonies.
In addition, the Colonials set up numerous colony worlds far outside their galaxy, which included the prison planet of Proteus (TOS: "The Long Patrol") and agricultural settlements such as Sectar (TOS: "The Magnificent Warriors"). These planets became cut-off from the Twelve Colonies, resulting in a loss of technological advancement, even regression; Proteus, for instance, uses Sixth-millennium starfighters that predates the mainstay seventh millennium Colonial Viper (TOS: "The Long Patrol"), heavily suggesting that the war took its toll on the supply and transportation lines between the main colonies and their smaller intergalactic interests to the point where whole worlds and outposts were forgotten about.
Conclusion
The Thousand-Yahren War ends at the Battle of Cimtar. Lord Baltar, a Colonial double-agent for the Cylons, tricks President Adar into believing the Cylons wished to negotiate a truce. The peace conference is a ruse, allowing a force of one thousand Raiders to destroy four of the five battlestars, including Adar's Atlantia, while a basestar fleet (and additional Raiders) destroy the Twelve Colonies (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").
With Baltar's agent, Karibdis, neutralizing the Colonial defense systems on Caprica, the Cylons are able to attack the planet without planetary resistance (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star"). Strafing runs and pluton bombs are used to devastating effect by the Cylon assault forces.
The final attack takes several centares. Reports transmitted from Sagitaria indicate that it was "in flames", which is likely the same situation echoed throughout the Colonies.
As an end result, countless[1] humans are killed and the Colonies are neutralized as a home for the Colonials.
From the ruins of the Colonies, surviving Colonials are gathered into a motley fleet of 220 civilian ships and are escorted to safety by the last surviving battlestar, Galactica (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").
In the separate continuity
In the Berkley novelizations, Adama states in his journal that the conflict began when the Cylons attacked Colonial merchant ships (destroying them by the thousands) and, later on, sent an attack fleet to the Twelve Colonies. This attack was repulsed by a prepared Colonial military, which began the thousand year[2] war.[3][4]
References
- ↑ On page 16 of Encyclopedia Galactica, a non-canonical publication issued in 1979, gives the number of 70 billion. No exact number is provided in the series.
- ↑ The novelization does not use the term "yahren".
- ↑ Thurston, Robert (September 1978). Battlestar Galactica. Berkley Books, 1-2.
- ↑ It should also be noted that there is a contradiction in this story that occurs later on in the book, as noted on the book's guide page.