There’s trouble brewing onboard the industrial ship Celestra.  How is it tied to Starbuck’s long-lost flame?

Ben and Eugene take (apart) the Celestra.

Episode Synopsis: 

Adama presides over a ceremony to honor Cmdr. Kronus, former Commander of the Battlestar Raikon and Adama’s former commanding officer.  Kronus is being promoted to “fleet” commander of the industry ships for his sterling service getting amazing efficiency numbers from his ship, the Celestra.  Kronus is a stickler for military decorum and order.

During the ceremony, Starbuck sees Aurora, Kronus’ pilot.  She is an old flame that Starbuck thought dead at the massacre on Caprica.  When he tries to talk to her, she’s cold, unforgiving that he didn’t bother to find out if she was alive and, as he tries to makes sense of what happened, he manages to jeopardize his relationship with Cassiopeia.  Aurora leaves Starbuck to return to the Celestra, but unbeknownst to him, she’s up to something sneaky – obtaining navigational data from the Galactica’s computers without proper authorization.

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Starbuck cannot leave well enough alone.  Apollo attempts to talk him out of heading to the Celestra to talk with her but instead gets talked into going along.

On the Celestra, Aurora, her current lover and a team of technicians sabotage the ship, take weapons and attempt to secure a shuttle.  The Celestra stops for repairs and, since they are minor, the fleet continues on.  The rebel plans fails when their element of surprise is lost and Apollo and Starbuck arrive unannounced.  They are defeated, imprisoned and Kronus orders Apollo and Starbuck to return them, and himself, to the Galactica to file formal charges.

Now, Kronus’ Executive Officer, Charka, sees his opportunity to take permanent command of the Celestra.  He and the bridge crew supply Apollo with the wrong flight coordinates.  A course which will take them far away from the fleet and out of range of return or help.  When they reach the point of no return, he orders the ship to go dark and, using the now-repaired engines, heads to rejoin the fleet.

On the shuttle, Aurora tells a tale of slave-labor aboard the Celestra.  The rebels thought that the whole fleet was like that, while Kronus was completely unaware as it had been Charka’s doing all along.  With the help of the rebel technicians, they rig up a way to find the Celestra and return to it.  Out of fuel, Apollo and Starbuck manage to land the shuttle and attempt to take the bridge.

During the battle, the ship is plunged into an uncontrolled nose-dive, which Kronus sacrifices his life to correct.  Apollo, Starbuck and the rebels are victorious and Charka and his evil band are put away for good.

The Galactica crew gathers again to honor Kronus, this time in death.

Meanwhile, Cassiopeia forgives Starbuck.

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