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'''Botanical Cruisers''' are ships with domes that may serve as space-borne vacation ships, or are used as greenhouses for specialty food or plant-matter production.


The '''Botanical Cruiser''' was a ship, presumably used for creating food from plants or for use as a vacation spot.  New President [[Laura Roslin]] visited the ship while gathering a fleet from surviving civilian ships surrounding the colony of [[Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]].  A young girl named [[Cami]] and her grandmother were on the Botanical Cruiser with many other survivors when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred.
At least two Botanical Cruisers escape the initial [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack on the Colonies]].


Unfortunately, the ship lacked an [[FTL]] drive, and the light-speed-enabled part of President Roslin's convoy of refugee ships were forced to leave the Botanical Cruiser and many other [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships behind when [[Cylon Raider]]s discovered the fleet of ships. All the sublight ships were presumed destroyed by Cylon forces ([[Miniseries]]).
==Sublight-capable ''Botanical Cruiser''==
Newly-inaugurated President [[Laura Roslin]] visited the sublight-capable ''Botanical Cruiser'' while gathering a caravan from surviving civilian ships surrounding the colony of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]].  A young girl named [[Cami]] and her grandmother are on this Botanical Cruiser with many other survivors. Most of the passengers aboard were from Picon or Gemenon.
 
However, the ship that Roslin visits lacks an [[FTL]] drive, and the light-speed-enabled part of President Roslin's caravan of refugee ships are forced to leave that Botanical Cruiser and many other [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series#Sublight propulsion|sublight]] ships behind when [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] discover the fleet of ships and is presumed destroyed by the Cylons ([[Miniseries]]).
 
==FTL-capable ''Botanical Cruiser''==
 
An FTL-capable ''Botanical Cruiser'' exists in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[33]]).
 
Several months following the escape from New Caprica, it is successfully escorted to the [[algae planet]] through a dangerous star cluster on the fifth and final jump, although it appears the biota did not fare so well in the presence of so much ionizing radiation ([[The Passage]]).
 
It would survive the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] and later jumped away when the [[Rebel Basestar|Rebel baseship]] jumped in ahead of the sewage recycling freighter ''[[Demetrius]]'' ([[He That Believeth In Me]], [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner]]).
 
The vessel would still remain with the fleet until the finding of Earth, where it, along with the other remaining vessels in the fleet would be sent into the sun ([[Daybreak, Part II]])


[[Image:BotanicalInFleet.jpg|right|thumb|At least one [[FTL]]-capable ''Botanical Cruiser'' (lower left) escaped the Cylon holocaust.]]
== Notes ==
== Notes ==


*The Botanical Cruiser was an homage to the [[Agro Ship|Agro Ships]] from the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)]]'', which themselves were re-used models from the botanical spacecraft from the movie ''[[IMDB:Silent Running|Silent Running]]'', a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior to the Original Series.
*The Botanical Cruiser was an homage to the [[Agro Ship]]s from the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', which themselves were re-used models from the botanical spacecraft from the movie ''[[IMDB:Silent Running|Silent Running]]'', a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior to the Original Series.


*The Botanical Cruiser has cropped up again in the series, primarily in background shots depicting all or most of the Fleet.  Reuses of stock footage from the Miniseries, primarily the infamous FTL jump scene have also put the Botanical Cruiser in the Fleet.
== Related Imagery ==


*It has also been seen jumping through the radaition field along with other civilian ships to the algae planet in the fleet's quest to find food. ([[The Passage]]).
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Image:BotanicalInFleet.jpg|An [[FTL]]-capable Botanical Cruiser in the Fleet.
Image:Botanical Cruiser HTBIM.jpg|The Botanical Cruiser during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]].
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Revision as of 05:14, 11 November 2009

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Botanical Cruisers are ships with domes that may serve as space-borne vacation ships, or are used as greenhouses for specialty food or plant-matter production.

At least two Botanical Cruisers escape the initial Cylon attack on the Colonies.

Sublight-capable Botanical Cruiser

Newly-inaugurated President Laura Roslin visited the sublight-capable Botanical Cruiser while gathering a caravan from surviving civilian ships surrounding the colony of Caprica. A young girl named Cami and her grandmother are on this Botanical Cruiser with many other survivors. Most of the passengers aboard were from Picon or Gemenon.

However, the ship that Roslin visits lacks an FTL drive, and the light-speed-enabled part of President Roslin's caravan of refugee ships are forced to leave that Botanical Cruiser and many other sublight ships behind when Cylon Raiders discover the fleet of ships and is presumed destroyed by the Cylons (Miniseries).

FTL-capable Botanical Cruiser

An FTL-capable Botanical Cruiser exists in the Fleet (33).

Several months following the escape from New Caprica, it is successfully escorted to the algae planet through a dangerous star cluster on the fifth and final jump, although it appears the biota did not fare so well in the presence of so much ionizing radiation (The Passage).

It would survive the Battle of the Ionian Nebula and later jumped away when the Rebel baseship jumped in ahead of the sewage recycling freighter Demetrius (He That Believeth In Me, Guess What's Coming to Dinner).

The vessel would still remain with the fleet until the finding of Earth, where it, along with the other remaining vessels in the fleet would be sent into the sun (Daybreak, Part II)

Notes

  • The Botanical Cruiser was an homage to the Agro Ships from the original Battlestar Galactica, which themselves were re-used models from the botanical spacecraft from the movie Silent Running, a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru John Dykstra worked on a few years prior to the Original Series.