Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

[under the personal command of Count Baltar, an enormous armada of Cylon raiders attacks the Colonial fleet]

Count Baltar: [from the command seat of a Cylon raider] This time, the Galactica hasn't a chance. Concentrate our fighters on the Galactica's landing bays! Her warriors won't be able to refuel, reload or land!

[Cylon raiders converge on the Galactica's Alpha flight bay and one breaks through the bay's force field and punches into the interior wall, exploding into a raging fire]

Flight Cpl. Omega: Fire in the bay.

Cmdr. Adama: [expecting the worst] Damage report.

Flight Cpl. Omega: It's out of control. Alpha Bay is completely cut off.

[Cylon raiders blast away at the Galactica and the fleet's civilian ships as the Galactica's viper squadrons fight back]

Count Baltar: Continue leading her warriors away from the main fleet. They can't stay aloft using full battle thrusters for very long.

Cylon Centurion: A word of caution. We too are expending great amounts of fuel in a sustained attack.

[Baltar's raider joins a Cylon phalanx as it shoots down several vipers directly ahead]

Count Baltar: Yes, but we have a place to land, they do not, or *will* not before long.

[the Galactica continues to take Cylon fire as the battlestar Pegasus, undetected by Cylon forces, is maneuvering into position]

Col. Tolan: We are running parallel to the attacking Cylons on their rear flank, but the Galactica's reporting heavy damage to her landing bays.

[Commander Cain studies the main scanner]

Cmdr. Cain: Bring her around sixty degrees. We're going in.