Within the planet's largest mountain rampart is a Cylon garrison, headed by a golden-hued First Centurion, Vulpa. The moon possesses a breathable atmosphere but the atmosphere contains a dangerous cold gas known as di-ethene, a gas partly generated by Cylon weapon systems. Colonel Tigh orders the probe to stay out of the moon's gravitational pull, so Starbuck orders Cadet Bo to take charge of his fellow greenhorns while Starbuck and Boomer orbit around the moon for a closer look. The scan shows the spatial body to be in effect an ice planet, its environment hostile.

Starbuck requests a scan from the Galactica and Flight Officer Rigel obliges.

Closing on a solar system, the Viper probe encounters a small moon. The recon is needed as Commander Adama is suspicious of a recent attack by Cylon raiders that disengaged too suddenly to write it off as a victory he believes that the Cylons are squeezing the ragtag Fleet into a 'safe' passage of a spatial 'pocket' between unpassable space and several solar systems suspected of being under Cylon control. Starbuck and Boomer are teamed with three cadets - Bo, Cree, and Shields Cree's rawness becomes evident when he drifts too close to Boomer and is called out to get into proper formation. The Galactica launches five Vipers, led by Starbuck and Boomer, on a deep space recon.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.

Pulsa telemetry