Exodus from New Caprica

The Exodus from New Caprica was a simultaneous ground, air and space-based engagement between the Colonial Fleet and New Caprica Resistance against the Cylon occupation force and the collaborationist Colonial government and its New Caprica Police.
==Background==
Almost a year after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, a refugee convoy led by Colonial Fleet battlestars Galactica and Pegasus settled on New Caprica following a proposed cessation of hostilities from the Cylons. A year later, the colony was discovered by a Cylon fleet who brought down a large occupation force. Though nominally there to develop the infrastructure, several Humanoid Cylon models pushed President Gaius Baltar into turning the colony into a police state with Jump Keys confiscated from starships to prevent escape. Playing into the wider civilian population's reluctance to fight back, the Centurion occupation troops were replaced with a human police force, which would eventually be used for attacks on enemies of the state.
For a period of four months, the 39,000 settlers were cut off from the Colonial Fleet and other civilian ships, which had jumped away. A resistance movement expanded, led by Col. Saul Tigh, which took part in increasingly violent bombing attacks. While a plan for dealing with a Cylon occupation was agreed upon months prior, the lack of jump keys as well as Galactica and Pegasus running on skeleton crews delayed efforts to return. It was only upon the confiscation of these keys that the battle could begin.
==Battle==
=== Uprising ===
=== Space combat ===
New Caprican Resistance detonates explosives that surround the colonial camp, that attracts Gaeta attention. They also rally the people to get to the evacuation points and launch a rescue mission to the detention center. In space, the Galactica looms in the clouds that surround New Caprica. The Decoy Squadron, led by Captain Louanne "Kat" Katraine, which consists of several Vipers and ten Raptors.
==Aftermath==
==Sources==
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