nBSG : Hand of God, battle analysis
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:39 pm
I found an interesting geekish article going through the battle of the new Battlestar Galactica's episode Hand of God in which the Colonials attacked a Cylon mining station on some huge asteroid in order to loot the thylium there (a rare fuel that is very energetic).
http://sadgeezer.com/Battlestar-Galacti ... teroid.htm
It's very interesting.
I'll comment on one thing.
Simply put, even a thylium may be sacrificed if they could trade it in favour of a chance at hitting Galactica hard. After all, Galactica spent almost her entire last years being on the run. The Cylons most likely had grown a ravenous will to hunt down the ship and her crew and put them out of their misery.
The odd but priceless appearance of the Galactica couldn't be wasted for the sake of protecting a mining station.
Although, yes, on the long term, strictly sticking to a longer term plan hinging around complete attrition would have worked better.
http://sadgeezer.com/Battlestar-Galacti ... teroid.htm
It's very interesting.
I'll comment on one thing.
It's possible that all Cylons had received the objective to engage the Galactica –and eventually her rag tag fleet– wherever they'd find her.Whatever "TOASTER"(It HAD to be a Leoben model-it sure was stupid enough to qualify.) it was, that ran the asteroid base must have had rocks for processors-given this obvious set of circumstances the Cylon High Command set up.
Simply put, even a thylium may be sacrificed if they could trade it in favour of a chance at hitting Galactica hard. After all, Galactica spent almost her entire last years being on the run. The Cylons most likely had grown a ravenous will to hunt down the ship and her crew and put them out of their misery.
The odd but priceless appearance of the Galactica couldn't be wasted for the sake of protecting a mining station.
Although, yes, on the long term, strictly sticking to a longer term plan hinging around complete attrition would have worked better.