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{{Battle Data
| name= Battle of Carillon
| image= BattleofCarillon.jpg
| description= Battle of Carillon
| conflict=[[Escape from the Cylons (TOS)|Escape from the Cylons]]
| date=Short Time after [[Battle of Cimtar|Destruction of the Colonies]]
| place=[[Carillon]]
| result=Decisive Colonial victory
| combatant1=[[The Fleet (TOS)|The Colonial Fleet]]
| combatant2=[[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]
| co1=[[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]]
| co2=[[Imperious Leader]]
| strength1=[[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']];<br />Unknown number of [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]]
| strength2=One [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]];<br />Unknown number of [[Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raiders]]
| shiploss1=Unknown, small number of Vipers lost.
| shiploss2=All ships destroyed
| casualties1=Light casualties
| casualties2=Imperious Leader killed, Carillion destroyed
| prev=[[Battle of Cimtar]]
| next=[[Battle of Otarsis Quadrant]]
| series=TOS
}}

'''The Battle of Carillon''' is yet another ambush launched by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], who find the embattled Colonials, despite having only one [[Galactica (TOS)|battlestar]], far better prepared than at the [[Battle of Cimtar]] a short time before.

The battle begins as [[Uri|Sire Uri]] gathers every [[Colonial Warrior]] to an award function on [[Carillon]], hoping to use the ceremony as an occasion to call for a vote to disarm the military. The indigneous race of Carillion, the [[Ovions]], are allied with the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]. They report to the Cylons of the presence of the Warriors, and the Cylons seize their apparent opportunity.

Fortunately, a suspicious [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] sends crewman and other personnel wearing Warrior uniforms to the planet, leaving the actual Warriors on alert aboard [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']]. When the ambush strikes, ''Galactica'' deploys her [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]] and manage to hold off the attack easily.

[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], on Carillon during the start of the attack, set fire to the [[tylium]] mines beneath the surface before they flee. Escaping in their Vipers, they decide to make an attack run against a Cylon [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] near the planet. After setting their communicators to Cylon frequencies, the two Warriors pretend to be in communication with several other attacking Viper squadrons (including squadrons that didn't exist like "Purple" and "Orange").

The Cylons are fooled; the [[Imperious Leader]] orders the basestar to retreat, moving the ship lower into the atmosphere to use the planet as a shield. By the time the Cylons recognize the deception, the tylium fires lit earlier had spread throughout the mines, detonating the planet and destroying the basestar with it ([[Saga of a Star World]]).

==Notes==
* This fictitious battle is unrelated to the real-life [[w:Battle of Carillon|Battle of Carillon]] which is noted by some historians as a "classic example of tactical military incompetence."

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Battle of Carillon - Revision history

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