Adama decides to return to New Caprica and to also put an officer on the ground to help organize things there. He decides, against protests, to send Sharon. He also plans to send Lee as commander of the Pegasus with the civilian fleet to continue their search for Earth. As Tigh continues to enlist suicide bombers, several people within the resistence begin questioning his motives. The Cylons begin to force stronger reprisals for punishment. Several hundred humans are rounded up for execution after Baltar is forced at gunpoint to sign the orders.