Demetrius

Demetrius
Race:	Colonial
Type:	Civilian/Miltary
FTL:	Yes
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Crew:	At least 11
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CO:	Kara Thrace
XO:	Karl Agathon
Role:	Sewage recycling ship Scavenger ship
Weapons:	Four Vipers One Raptor
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Additional Information

The Demetrius is a sewage processing ship in the Fleet that survives the Battle of the Ionian Nebula. When Kendra Shaw tries to tune in to a Talk Wireless interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the Adriatic to the Demetrius concerning cargo wasting in Adriatics's holds (Razor).

After Kara Thrace's return, a torn William Adama sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the Demetrius on a mission to find Earth, despite Laura Roslin's warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted (Six of One). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention.

The Demetrius is accompanied by a detachment of four Vipers and at least one Raptor magnetically secured to the ship, and is supplied with a vast array of navigational charts (The Ties That Bind).

The hand-picked crew consists of:

• Karl Agathon
• Felix Gaeta
• Sharon Agathon
• Samuel Anders
• Diana Seelix
• Eammon Pike
• the unnamed tattooed pilot
• At least three other crew members.

Design

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. The only known separate compartment is the captain's bridge.

Notes

• Its name is first shown on the voting tally board in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", but doesn't appear until the season 4 episode "The Ties That Bind".
• Ron D. Moore describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of Das Boot – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] mini series".
• Demetrius I was a Greco-Bactrian king who reigned circa 200-180 BCE as well as many other historical figures.
• Demeter is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.