Editing Basestar (TOS)

{{disline|This article is about the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].}}

{{Ship Data
| image= BasestarTOS.jpg
| title= Basestar
| race= {{TOS|Cylons|Cylon}}
| type= Military
| crew= {{TOS|Centurion|Centurion troops}}
| co= [[Imperious Leader]], {{TOS|Baltar|Lord Baltar}} or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[IL-series]] Droid.
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders
}}
A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].

Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the {{TOS|Battlestar|battlestars}}, serve as a combination of aircraft carrier and capital warship.  

Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive [[Laser|laser turrets]], and two long-range [[Pulsar|mega pulsar]] weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar {{OS|The Living Legend, Part II|The Hand of God}}. 

Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations. Four complete squadrons of Raiders comprise a typical basestar's complement, totaling 300 Raiders {{OS|The Living Legend, Part II|The Hand of God (TOS)}}.

Basestars also possess life-support equipment that supports human life with the proper heat and atmospheric tolerances {{OS|Saga of a Star World|The Hand of God (TOS)}}.

== Destruction of the Colonies ==
Basestars and their fighters are the key in the Cylons' [[Battle of Cimtar|genocidal destruction]] of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man|Twelve Colonies]] and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the {{TOS|The Twelve Colonies|Twelve Colonies}}. {{TOS|Apollo}} encounters a [[Cylon tanker|Cylon Tanker]] near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to extend [[tylium (TOS)|fuel reserves]] to enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.

Only the battlestar ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' is initially known to survive the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]] and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the lost 13th Colony, {{TOS|Earth|Earth}}.

Following the flight from [[Battle of Carillon|the death trap at Carillon]], the succeeding [[Imperious Leader]] sends a basestar under {{TOS|Baltar}}'s command to seek out the Fleet. Baltar's basestar is able to follow the Fleet, yet stay outside ''Galactica''{{'|s}} scanning range {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}, suggesting that basestar scanners have a longer range than their Colonial counterparts.

== General Layout ==
The basestars are interconnected with a main vertical passage way known as the core, the bottom to which contains the [[Command chamber|command center]]. Connecting the bottom of the core to the command center is a corridor lined with computer banks, which are tied into the basestar's scanners {{OS|The Hand of God (TOS)}}.

Aside from the command center, a [[Throne room|larger chamber]] is set aside for the [[Imperious Leader]] to establish its presence, featuring a chair atop a tall column and a large audience area, from which its subjects present various updates and persons of interest {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}. It has a single main entrance, itself connected to a corridor lined with computer banks. For a time, [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] made use of this room on his basestar for his own purposes, but later establishes himself in a command center {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|The Young Lords}}.

As Cylons administrate a considerable empire of various subjugated species, basestars feature a section to house guests, where Starbuck is remanded his capture and "made comfortable" {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II}}. Baltar himself was formerly remanded to a brig following the [[Battle of Cimtar]] to await public execution before being spared following the [[Battle of Carillon]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}.

It is further implied that basestars have some form of life sciences care facility aboard, as Baltar is tended to following his rescue from [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]] {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}}. 

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==Notes==
* This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] continuity, if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure. A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]], as well as appearing in flashbacks in [[Razor]]. However, because the new series does not use the same [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series|weapons]] as the Original Series, it is not really the same ship, as the the basestars in the Re-imagined Series rely on missiles for defensive and offensive engagements.
* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979:''
{{quote|text=The basestar is modeled after the Colonial {{TOS|Battlestar|battlestar}}, however they are not highly maneuverable and thus rely on their shields and {{TOS|Raider|Raider}}s for defense. The shields themselves are incapable of withstanding repeated strikes from [[laser torpedoes]], which can be delivered by a squadron {{TOS|Viper}}s, should they break through the Raider's defense.<ref name="p17">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=17}}</ref> Furthermore, the ship is armed with [[Weapons in the Original Series|turbo-laser]]s and [[nutron cased laser torpedoes]] for space warfare and wide-angle space-to-ground laser generators for planetary bombardment.<ref name="p19">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=19}}</ref>

The core of a baseship is said to be "specifically sealed and shielded"<ref name="p17"/>, as it is the location from which [[IL series|IL series]] Cylons, in addition to the [[Imperious Leader]], command from. The core can be jettisoned from the ship in case of severe hull damage and can travel up to ten light-[[yahren]]. 

A third of the basestars are dedicated to the repair and maintenance of {{TOS|Centurion|Centurion}}s, but are not constructed aboard ship unless circumstances require it. The section is also dedicated to recycling parts from Cylons who are irreparably damaged; such parts are melted down and forged into all new parts.

In addition to the {{TOS|Raider|Raider}}s, basestars contain a "full complement of armored landing craft used for planetary subjugation".<ref name="p19"/>
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