Crashdown’s notepad

After crashing on Kobol, Lieutenant Alex “Crashdown” Quartararo finds himself in charge of the survivors of Raptor 1. As he and the survivors attempt to survive their pursuers, they discover that the Cylons later abandon their pursuit in favor of setting up anti-aircraft batteries, which can be used to take down any ship attempting to rescue them.

As a result, Crashdown decides to attack these emplacements, so that any rescue attempt from Galactica can be successful. In planning it, he uses a technique taught during basic training called the “five-’graph order”, which he outlines on a notepad and presents to the survivors, who will be the ones executing his attack plan.

Despite the by-the-book planning, the attack does not end well, particularly when Crashdown has to threaten people at gunpoint so that it may be executed.