Despite The Obvious Hazards Posed by the Environment of the Area, This Mission was A Success,and then some.
The Raven was Tasked to Shut Down a Working Tylium Mine,Operated by the Cylons,and, In the Process, retrieve Equipment,and Ship Colors from the Last casualties of the First Cylon War; We Also Accidentally Stumbled upon A Cylon Experiment in Development.
The Raven Sent Three MARDET Teams to the derelict Battlestars THETIS and IBLIS, All that remained of the Last Colonial Military Operation Before the Armistice was Finalized and Took Effect; The Marines were to recover the Logs,records,and Ship Colors,plus whatever Usable Equipment they Could find; The Raven was Also Standing by To Destroy the Last Operational Tylium Mine on the Planet,Known as 'Green Haze'; The Name Given Because the Planet was Enveloped in EM Radiation from the Nearby System.
In Next Sector,Three Battlestars,Plus Support Vessels,were Diverting the Cylon Task Force Away From the Recovery operation; The Raven's Air wing Took care of the Remaining Enemy Resistance While the Marines Accomplished their Task; However,The Marines Did Encounter Centurions on the Battlestar Wrecks, But Managed to Accomplish Their Mission With Light Casualties; A Enemy Base Star Did Make an Appearance,But was Quickly Dealt With; After All Aircraft had Been Recovered, The Raven Launched A Nuclear Weapon to the Mine,Then Withdrew Before the Enemy Reinforcements Returned.
The Final Count Is that At Least 35 Tons Of Equipment was Recovered; After Decontamination, It will be Put into Service in Reserve Capacity; What Could Not Be Re-Used will Be Recycled.
The Logs Of the THETIS and IBLIS have been Placed into the Colonial Military Archives for Study; Their Colors Have Been Officially Retired in Accordance with Fleet Regulation.
Now, For what We found out: According to Data Recovered with the Equipment,The Cylons were Using the THETIS as A Scientific Base; They were Researching The Uses of EM Radiation in Certain Materials,Including Tylium; Since Cylon Silica Pathways are Quite Vulnerable to That Type of Radiation, It can Be Assumed that no Human Model Cylons have spent Extended Periods there; They Obviously have the Newer Centurions Operating the Base Exclusively.
The Information is Still Being Studied;Certain Details are Classified for the Time Being; However,This Might just mean the Cylons are Looking into other Materials to Use as Weapons.
Whatever They are trying to Brew up Next, the Fleet will Be Ready! So say we All!
(signed)
Col. K.A. Ranson 'Leonidas'
Commander Air Group,BFC-002
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