Editing Basestar (TRS)

:''This article is about the basestar as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] version, see [[Basestar (TOS)]].''

{{Ship Data
| image= Basestar.jpg
| title= Basestar
| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= [[Humanoid Cylon]]s, [[Cylon Centurion]]s, the [[Hybrid]]
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, Raiders, Heavy Raiders
| img= Y
}}


==Overview==
A '''basestar''' (known interchangeably as a "baseship") is the most prominent example of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] military presence.

Basestars are approximately the same size as a Colonial [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] but appear to be more technologically advanced.<ref>The official SciFi.com website indicates that basestars "dwarf" a battlestar. However, aired information in season 3, which shows ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' in close proximity to a basestar, contradict SciFi.com's information.</ref> While basestars may have a somewhat longer "footprint" due to their "Y" shape, their mass is similar to most battlestars.  They are equipped with a superior [[FTL|jump system]] and no visible means of sublight propulsion, lacking any engine pods or nacelles, but remain capable of chasing down a battlestar ([[Exodus, Part II]]).  

Basestars operate a fleet of small fighters called [[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] and are capable of deploying hundreds of these simultaneously (see Related Imagery). The enormous amount of Raiders serve as a basestar's primary point-defense system.

Basestars possess several rooms and hallways, that are sleek but generally bland; Cylons [[Projection|project different environments]] to get around the ship more easily. Data and other functions such as analyzing photographs are handled in literal streams of water that go over a lit up computer glass surface. Cylons can [[Cylon data port|interface with the data by simply placing their hands in the basins]].

==Command and Control==
[[Image:Baseshipcontrolroom.jpg|thumb|right|Baseship control room. ([[Torn]])]]
A basestar is operated by many [[Humanoid Cylon]]s. Up to [[Torn|all seven models]] of Humanoid Cylons issue commands for the basestar from a central command and control center. Consensus is typically the normal procedure, although the process of deliberating and voting on decisions may cause the basestar to react more slowly than a battlestar's command and control in a [[CIC]].

A basestar's functions are managed by a partially-humanoid Cylon incorporated into the ship, known as a [[Hybrid]]. The Hybrid, for all respects of identity and control, ''is '' the basestar.  The ship is an extension of her body and she is the ship's mind. The Hybrid, despite its humanoid appearance, is not a considered a fellow Humanoid Cylon and lacks voting power as other agents have in Cylon affairs.

A basestar has a [[datastream]], or computer network, which interfaces with the Hybrid and all aspects of the basestar's operation.

==Armaments==

A basestar is capable of launching conventional or nuclear missiles from "turrets" mounted throughout the hubs and central axis that rotate to allow the basestar to fire in any direction<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 56.</ref>. Basestar-launched nuclear strikes against Colonial ships are usually carried out only before Raider deployment. One example of a Cylon nuclear attack involved three Cylon basestars that [[The Captain's Hand|ambush]] the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. They open their attack firing several nuclear missiles before deploying Raiders and switching to a non-nuclear firing solution ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

A basestar's complement of Raiders is estimated as high as 792 fighters<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 56.</ref>, not counting fighters in repair or otherwise offline.

This tactic, along with the massive amounts of Raiders that a basestar can unleash, suggest a similarity with the ''[[Wikipedia:Arsenal ship|Arsenal ship]]'' concept to overwhelm and destroy a foe. It is probable that basestars used nuclear weapons to destroy the bulk of the [[Colonial Fleet]] (using their [[backdoor]] in the [[CNP]] to compromise their defenses first) in the opening wave of their [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]].

After the Colonial commanders draw away their Raider wings, [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|two basestars are torn apart]] by the kinetic guns of the battlestars ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' in a joint mission to destroy a Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. It would seem that that basestars rely heavily on their Raiders for close-range gun defense through sheer numbers of fighters. Since a basestar does not appear to have batteries (the primary offensive/defensive weapons on battlestars), nor any armoring<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 57.</ref>, basestars appear quite vulnerable to battlestars in close-range combat without Raider fighter support ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

== Encounters with the Colonial Fleet ==
[[Image:Basestar_above_armistice-station_-_00.04.06.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar above the [[Armistice Station]]]]
* As part of an annual offering of diplomacy, the [[Colonial Fleet]] staffs the [[Armistice Station]] in the hopes that the Cylons will attend, but it goes unfulfilled for forty years. Suddenly, without any warning or detection, a Cylon basestar arrives over the station, and dispatches a [[Humanoid Cylon]] to the station. [[Number Six#Armistice Station Copy|This agent]] accosts the [[Armistice Officer]] as the basestar launches a salvo of missiles and obliterates the station.
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[[Image:Basestarcaprica-00.56.10.jpg|thumb|right|Basestars over Caprica]]
*Days later, the Cylons begin their genocidal campaign against the Twelve Colonies. In all likelihood, several basestars and their support craft arrived at each Colonial world and deploy nuclear missiles, airbursting them to annihilate the populace. Several basestars orbit the ruined planet of [[Caprica]] as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] guides her [[Raptor]] to an emergency landing on the planet during the attack. Boomer's Raptor guides by debris of destroyed Colonial units, including the shattered hulk of a battlestar ([[Miniseries]]).
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[[Image:Basestar-ragnar-02.38.56.jpg|thumb|left|Two basestars over [[Ragnar]]]]
* A substantial Cylon force consisting of no less than two basestars and several hundred fighters and other small craft converge on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in an attempt to flush out and destroy the fugitive ships led by the battlestar [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]. After transferring as many armaments and supplies as possible from the munitions depot, ''Galactica'' departs the station's surrounding EM storm and presents itself as a shield, allowing [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] to slip out and make [[FTL|jumps]] away. The entire contingent of civilian ships escape, as does ''Galactica'' after she and her [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] endure a [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|thorough pounding]] ([[Miniseries]]).
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[[Image:Basestar-33-00.21.05.jpg|thumb|right|A basestar attacks ''Galactica''.]]
* Basestars pursue ''Galactica'' and the Colonial Fleet for five full days after the escape from Ragnar. ''Galactica'' spurs the Fleet to stay on the move, executing [[FTL|FTL jump after jump]], only to see the Cylons reappear at each location 33 minutes later ([[33]]). The Cylons had apparently infiltrated the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', a civilian starliner, and are able to track it through each successive [[FTL|jump]]. Following the 239th jump, the ''Olympic Carrier'' doesn't immediately rendevous at the jump coordinates, and it is feared the ship is lost. She reappears later, but several indications hint that she has been overtaken by Cylon forces, and the Colonials have no recourse but to destroy the liner. As soon as ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] destroy the liner, the basestars arrive on the scene, and the Colonial Fleet executes their 240th jump. The Cylons do not immediately follow, ending the pursuit.
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[[Image:Basestar_over_kobol_nuked_-_00.32.45.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar over [[Kobol]] is destroyed]]
* The Fleet eludes further contact with the Cylon forces for several weeks. The planet Kobol is discovered by a single Raptor on a probing reconnaissance mission, and a follow-up mission is planned. The reconnaissance team of three Raptors is surprised by a basestar now in orbit over Kobol, and screening Cylon Raiders obliterate one Raptor while shooting down another and forcing it to crash land on the planet below. The remaining Raptor escapes back to battlestar ''Galactica'', relaying the shocking news. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] devises a plan to eliminate the basestar, using a Raptor fitted with a [[Cylon transponder]] to deploy a nuclear warhead inside. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] is [[Arrow of Apollo|later tasked]] to the mission, accompanied by new ECO [[Margaret Edmondson|Lt. Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]. En route, the transponder works exactly as planned. Despite their anxiety, the Raptor infiltrates the basestar. The interior view of the basestar that Boomer and Racetrack are afforded is overwhelming &ndash; a vast, cavernous void of bio-mechanical components lacking a distinctive floor or ceiling. Surfaces appear organic &ndash; fleshy if they were to be touched &ndash; resembling the interiors of a Raider. During the deployment of the nuclear warhead, Boomer exits the Raptor and removes her helmet, indicating that the interior space is indeed pressurized and oxygenated, more than likely controlled by ventricle-like airlocks evident during the Raptor's entrance. The pair extricate themselves from inside the basestar, and once outside, detonate the warhead. The annihilation of this basestar represents the first aired instance in the series that Colonial forces successfully destroy a basestar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
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[[Image:Basestar_-_scattered_-_00.31.44.jpg|thumb|right|''Galactica's'' Vipers on approach to a basestar.]]
* Scant moments after this victory, another basestar ambushes ''Galactica'', causing the crew to perform yet another immediate FTL jump. This haphazard jump (due to mishandled coordinate updates) separates the battlestar from the rest of the Fleet, and a few hours are spent developing a course of action. The decision is made to jump back to her previous location to recalculate the jump coordinates, and upon doing so, the battlestar and the basestar square off in a vicious engagement. During the recalculation, a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] manages to crash-land on ''Galactica's'' starboard flight pod ([[Scattered]]). After the battlestar jumps away, the basestar too departs the area after sending a detachment of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to Kobol.
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[[Image:TheEnemysGateIsDown.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar under attack by ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'']]
* Upon the reunion of the Colonial Fleet with the assumed-lost [[Mercury-class Battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', Admiral [[Helena Cain]] reveals that a Cylon fleet, consisting of two basestars and a mysterious unknown ship, has been following ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). By way of a bold reconnaissance mission in the Colonial [[Blackbird]], the commanding officers discover the identity of the mysterious vessel to be the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]). The Colonials concoct an aggressive, intricate plan using stealth, deception, and sheer brute force to [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|eradicate]] the Resurrection Ship, as well as its escorting basestars. In a brilliant display of firepower, the two battlestars make short work of the two basestars, suffering minimal damage in return ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
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* Over a month later, and now devoid of their Resurrection Ship, the Cylons deploy basestars in a new tactical fashion. Two Raptors from ''Pegasus'' are lured away from their reconnaissance training mission near a [[Wikipedia:Binary star system|binary star cluster]], the crews killed by carefully venting their crew compartments, and the Raptors set adrift. In his zeal to retrieve the Raptors, newly-promoted [[Barry Garner|Commander Barry Garner]] disregards both [[William Adama|Admiral Adama's]] orders and [[Lee Adama|Major Lee Adama's]] advice and takes ''Pegasus'' to the last known location of the missing craft. ''Pegasus'' deploys two more Raptors to scan the located Raptors. As the rescue Raptors discover the lost Raptors' fate, three basestars pounce upon the Colonials and immediately engage by launching salvos of nuclear missiles &mdash; the first time they've done so since the destruction of the Colonies. ''Pegasus'' reels under heavy damage, and only through the heroic self-sacrifice of Commander Garner, the sound direction of Major Adama, and the unwavering support of ''Pegasus's'' Vipers (led by [[Kara Thrace|Captain "Starbuck" Thrace]]) the battlestar survives. As a means of buying time until the disabled FTL drive was repaired, Major Adama directs the battlestar's forward gun batteries to barrage the closest basestar, focusing on the core of it until it is forced to withdraw. ''Pegasus'' indeed survives [[Battle of the Binary Star System|this encounter]], albeit with a substantial amount of damage, but it heralds a less brashly aggressive, more subversively calculative approach by the Cylons ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

[[Image:Baseshipcloseup305.jpg|thumb|right|Baltar's baseship]]
* The next appearance of basestars comes at the [[Fall of New Caprica|fall of New Caprica]] to Cylon occupation. Several, approximately six or seven, basestars emerge from the planet's shrouding nebula, and in the face of overwhelming strength and numbers, an understaffed Colonial Fleet makes a reluctant jump away, and the Cylons take the planet without firing a shot. The Cylons then task at least two basestars with guarding the surrounding space of the planet.

*Four months later during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], ''Galactica'' launches its rescue operation of the humans of New Caprica, two basestars move to combat it without any fighter support as the raiders are otherwise occupied. Soon two more basestars jump and move to engage bringing the total to four. Before long, ''Galactica's'' FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters are disabled, and the port side of the ship reaches its structural limits. Battlestar ''Pegasus'' then arrives with its forward batteries blazing, scoring several hits that destroy one basestar. Commander Lee Adama orders his battlestar towards the basestars to give Galactica time to repair its FTL drive and escape. Later with ''Pegasus'' taking phenomenal damage, Commander Adama orders all hands to abandon ship, using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle. He ensures that the weapons are set to autofire and that the ship is on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing. The damaged, unmanned ''Pegasus'' collides into one basestar, destroying both. The remnants of ''Pegasus’s'' starboard flight pod collide with another of the remaining basestars, destroying it ([[Exodus, Part II]]). 

[[Image:SickBase.jpg|thumb|left|The infected basestar]]

*A basestar is disabled and presumed dead after it encounters a beacon left near a nebula that marked the way to [[Earth]]. The probe apparently contained a pathogen that infects and kills Cylons of all kinds, be it Raider, Centurion, or agent. The [[Resurrection Ship]] is ordered to jump away from the area and thus resulting in the permanent deaths of the ship's contingent of biological Cylons. It later presumably self-destructs soon after the ''Galactica'' investigation team leaves ([[Torn]]).
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==Casualties==

By the end of "[[Exodus, Part II]]," a total of five basestars are confirmed as destroyed by Colonial forces.
*"[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" - 1
*"[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" - 1
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]" - 3

One basestar was heavily damaged and possibly destroyed in "Resurrection Ship, Part II," and another in "The Captain's Hand."

A further basestar self-destructed or succumbed to [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] and is destroyed in "[[A Measure of Salvation]]".

==Notes==
[[Image:Basestarinmuseum.jpg|thumb|right|A model of a [[Cylon War]]-era Cylon [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] on display in the defunct museum.]]
*In the [[Miniseries]], ''Galactica'''s new museum displays a model of the Cylon basestar used in the [[Cylon War]]. As it happens, this design is identical to the basestars seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. However, despite the identical use of the ship design, the universe of the Re-imagined Series does not use the same weapons as that of the Original Series, so viewers are left to ponder what armed the Re-imagined incarnations of the Original Series Cylon warships. The museum also displays a deactivated [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]--again, the same design of Cylon warrior as used in the Original Series, and indicated in the episodes as the Cylons seen in the Cylon War of the Re-imagined Series continuity.
*Beginning with the episode "[[Collaborators]]", a new exterior design [http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Change.jpg] was implemented for the basestars, bearing a sharper, more mechanical look then they previously had. This was apparently an upgrade by the VFX crew to make the exterior mirror more the interior design, which we saw for the first time in that episode.
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== Related Imagery ==

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Image:Bsraidersrelease1.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &nbsp; &nbsp;
Image:Bsraidersrelease2.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &nbsp; &nbsp;
Image:Bsraidersrelease3.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &nbsp; &nbsp;
Image:Bsmissiles.jpg|''Basestar'' launching missiles &nbsp; &nbsp;
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-{{disline|This article is about the basestars as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} version, see [[Basestar (TOS)]].}}
+:''This article is about the basestar as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] version, see [[Basestar (TOS)]].''
-A '''basestar''' (known interchangeably as a "baseship") is the most prominent example of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] military presence. As the capital ship of the Cylons, the basestar appears in four forms in the [[Re-imagined Series]].
-== Cylon War-era basestars ==
-The Cylons had deployed three different variants of Basestars during the First [[Cylon War]].
-=== First Variant ===
 {{Ship Data
-| image=Tauron.png
+| image= Basestar.jpg
-| title= Basestar, 1st variant
+| title= Basestar
 | race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
 | type= Military
 | ftl= Yes
-| propol= Unknown
+| crew= [[Humanoid Cylon]]s, [[Cylon Centurion]]s, the [[Hybrid]]
-| crew= * [[Cylon War-era Centurion|Cylon Centurion]]s
+| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
-| role= * Command and control <br /> * Carrier / battleship
+| weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, Raiders, Heavy Raiders
-| arm= * Nuclear and conventional missile tubes <br />
-| def= * Raider screen
-| aircraft= * 100+ Raider compliment
-| facilities= * Central hangar deck
-| status= Presumed retired
 | img= Y
 }}
-The basestars in service during the 12-year Cylon War consisted of two flattened cones connected at the center by a thick pylon, giving them a conical saucer-like appearance.<ref group="footnotes" name="maclaren_razor_basestar_design_homage">This basestar design seen in the [[Miniseries]] and later in "[[Razor]]" is an obvious homage to the {{TOS|Basestar|basestar}} seen in the [[Original Series]]. However, its weaponry (if not also its [[Imperious Leader|command structure]]) is markedly different than its 1978 counterpart per the "realistic" goals of [[Ron Moore]]'s essay on [[Naturalistic science fiction]] in ''Battlestar''.</ref> {{TRS|Razor Flashbacks}}.
-Much like its modern counterpart, this model utilized chemically-propelled missiles (with both nuclear and conventional warheads) as the main form of offensive weaponry. Raiders were deployed from access points (totaling 8 in number) throughout a basestar's hull to provide defense. This design, as with later iterations, was capable of operating within an atmosphere {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}.
+==Overview==
+A '''basestar''' (known interchangeably as a "baseship") is the most prominent example of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] military presence.
-The origins of the initial basestars are unclear. However, as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons were a creation of man]] in the early days before the war, it is probable that man himself (through the efforts of various [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonies]]) designed the various ships and weapons used by the Cylons for the use in intra-Colonial wars prior to the [[Articles of Colonization]].
+Basestars are approximately the same size as a Colonial [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] but appear to be more technologically advanced.<ref>The official SciFi.com website indicates that basestars "dwarf" a battlestar. However, aired information in season 3, which shows ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' in close proximity to a basestar, contradict SciFi.com's information.</ref> While basestars may have a somewhat longer "footprint" due to their "Y" shape, their mass is similar to most battlestars.  They are equipped with a superior [[FTL|jump system]] and no visible means of sublight propulsion, lacking any engine pods or nacelles, but remain capable of chasing down a battlestar ([[Exodus, Part II]]).
-A model of this basestar design is displayed over 40 years later on ''Galactica'', as part of its [[Galactica Museum|planned museum]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.
+Basestars operate a fleet of small fighters called [[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] and are capable of deploying hundreds of these simultaneously (see Related Imagery). The enormous amount of Raiders serve as a basestar's primary point-defense system.
-=== Gallery ===
+Basestars possess several rooms and hallways, that are sleek but generally bland; Cylons [[Projection|project different environments]] to get around the ship more easily. Data and other functions such as analyzing photographs are handled in literal streams of water that go over a lit up computer glass surface. Cylons can [[Cylon data port|interface with the data by simply placing their hands in the basins]].
-<gallery perrow="8">
-File:Basestar 3.png|A first variant Basestar hovering over Caprica City.
-File:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|[[Operation Raptor Talon]] at the end of the first Cylon War {{TRS|Razor}}.
-</gallery>
-{{clear}}
+==Command and Control==
+[[Image:Baseshipcontrolroom.jpg|thumb|right|Baseship control room. ([[Torn]])]]
+A basestar is operated by many [[Humanoid Cylon]]s. Up to [[Torn|all seven models]] of Humanoid Cylons issue commands for the basestar from a central command and control center. Consensus is typically the normal procedure, although the process of deliberating and voting on decisions may cause the basestar to react more slowly than a battlestar's command and control in a [[CIC]].
-=== Second Variant ===
+A basestar's functions are managed by a partially-humanoid Cylon incorporated into the ship, known as a [[Hybrid]]. The Hybrid, for all respects of identity and control, ''is '' the basestar.  The ship is an extension of her body and she is the ship's mind. The Hybrid, despite its humanoid appearance, is not a considered a fellow Humanoid Cylon and lacks voting power as other agents have in Cylon affairs.
-{{Ship Data
-| image=Blood and Chrome Basestar.png
-| title= Basestar, 2nd variant
-| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
-| type= Military
-| ftl= Yes
-| propol= Unknown
-| crew= * [[Cylon War-era Centurion|Cylon Centurion]]s
-| role= * Command and control <br /> * Carrier / battleship
-| arm= * Nuclear and conventional missile tubes <br />
-| def= * Raider screen
-| aircraft= * 100+ Raider compliment
-| facilities= * Central hangar deck
-| status= Presumed retired
-| img= Y
-}}
-A second variant Basestar was deployed by Cylon forces sometime before the 10th year of the War. This class represents a small evolutionary step from the 1st variant to the Guardian Basestar, suggesting it wasn't a one-off design. This line of Basestars can then be linked to the modern design seen after the fall of the Colonies.
+A basestar has a [[datastream]], or computer network, which interfaces with the Hybrid and all aspects of the basestar's operation.
-This configuration features two y-shaped hulls in tandem alignment, with a 1st variant-like top and bottom hull. Missile launchers are located in between the arms of the ship, along the central axis ("[[Blood and Chrome]]").
+==Armaments==
-=== Gallery ===
+A basestar is capable of launching conventional or nuclear missiles from "turrets" mounted throughout the hubs and central axis that rotate to allow the basestar to fire in any direction<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 56.</ref>. Basestar-launched nuclear strikes against Colonial ships are usually carried out only before Raider deployment. One example of a Cylon nuclear attack involved three Cylon basestars that [[The Captain's Hand|ambush]] the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. They open their attack firing several nuclear missiles before deploying Raiders and switching to a non-nuclear firing solution ([[The Captain's Hand]]).
-<gallery perrow="8">
-File:Basestar 1.png|A second variant Basestar over the ice moon [[Djerba]].
-File:Basestar 2.png|A second variant Basestar launches Raiders.
-</gallery>
-{{clear}}
+A basestar's complement of Raiders is estimated as high as 792 fighters<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 56.</ref>, not counting fighters in repair or otherwise offline.
-=== Third "Guardian" Variant ===
+This tactic, along with the massive amounts of Raiders that a basestar can unleash, suggest a similarity with the ''[[Wikipedia:Arsenal ship|Arsenal ship]]'' concept to overwhelm and destroy a foe. It is probable that basestars used nuclear weapons to destroy the bulk of the [[Colonial Fleet]] (using their [[backdoor]] in the [[CNP]] to compromise their defenses first) in the opening wave of their [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]].
-{{Ship Data
-| image= guardian_basestar.jpg
-| title= Basestar, 3rd "Guardian" variant
-| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
-| type= Military
-| ftl= Yes
-| propol= Unknown
-| crew= * [[Cylon War-era Centurion|Cylon Centurion]]s <br /> * [[First Hybrid]]
-| role= * Hybrid research <br /> * Carrier / battleship
-| arm= * 36 twin nuclear and conventional missile tubes <br />
-| def= * Raider screen
-| aircraft= * 100+ Raider compliment
-| facilities= * Central hangar deck
-| status= Destroyed, [[Battle of the Guardian Basestar]], circa YR2 (2 ACH)
-}} {{mainarticle|Guardian basestar}}
-Towards the end of the first Cylon War, the Cylons built a prototype basestar that had roughly the same shape as the modern basestar. The [[First Hybrid|first hybrids]] were developed for use with this model.
-It is explained by [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] that a group of Centurions calling themselves [[Guardians]] fractured from the Cylon majority with such a basestar. The belief is that they escaped to the far reaches of space to avoid being shut-down in favor of their modernized, non-sentient [[Cylon Centurion|successors]] {{TRS|Razor}}. The only basestar of this type known to exist was destroyed by Colonial forces shortly after its discovery.
+After the Colonial commanders draw away their Raider wings, [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|two basestars are torn apart]] by the kinetic guns of the battlestars ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' in a joint mission to destroy a Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. It would seem that that basestars rely heavily on their Raiders for close-range gun defense through sheer numbers of fighters. Since a basestar does not appear to have batteries (the primary offensive/defensive weapons on battlestars), nor any armoring<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 57.</ref>, basestars appear quite vulnerable to battlestars in close-range combat without Raider fighter support ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
-=== Gallery ===
+== Encounters with the Colonial Fleet ==
-<gallery perrow="8">
+[[Image:Basestar_above_armistice-station_-_00.04.06.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar above the [[Armistice Station]]]]
-File:Gardian basestar.jpg|Escaping the [[ice planet]].
+* As part of an annual offering of diplomacy, the [[Colonial Fleet]] staffs the [[Armistice Station]] in the hopes that the Cylons will attend, but it goes unfulfilled for forty years. Suddenly, without any warning or detection, a Cylon basestar arrives over the station, and dispatches a [[Humanoid Cylon]] to the station. [[Number Six#Armistice Station Copy|This agent]] accosts the [[Armistice Officer]] as the basestar launches a salvo of missiles and obliterates the station.
-</gallery>
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-{{clear}}
+[[Image:Basestarcaprica-00.56.10.jpg|thumb|right|Basestars over Caprica]]
+*Days later, the Cylons begin their genocidal campaign against the Twelve Colonies. In all likelihood, several basestars and their support craft arrived at each Colonial world and deploy nuclear missiles, airbursting them to annihilate the populace. Several basestars orbit the ruined planet of [[Caprica]] as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] guides her [[Raptor]] to an emergency landing on the planet during the attack. Boomer's Raptor guides by debris of destroyed Colonial units, including the shattered hulk of a battlestar ([[Miniseries]]).
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-== Modern basestar ==
+[[Image:Basestar-ragnar-02.38.56.jpg|thumb|left|Two basestars over [[Ragnar]]]]
-{{Ship Data
+* A substantial Cylon force consisting of no less than two basestars and several hundred fighters and other small craft converge on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in an attempt to flush out and destroy the fugitive ships led by the battlestar [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]. After transferring as many armaments and supplies as possible from the munitions depot, ''Galactica'' departs the station's surrounding EM storm and presents itself as a shield, allowing [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] to slip out and make [[FTL|jumps]] away. The entire contingent of civilian ships escape, as does ''Galactica'' after she and her [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] endure a [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|thorough pounding]] ([[Miniseries]]).
-| image= Modern Basestar.jpg
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-| title= Modern basestar
-| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
-| type= Military
-| ftl= Yes
-| propol= Unknown
-| crew= * [[Humanoid Cylon|Humanoid Cylons]] <br /> * [[Cylon Centurion]]s <br /> * The [[Hybrid]]
-| role= * Command and control <br /> * Carrier / battleship
-| arm= * 220 nuclear, conventional, and ballistic missile tubes <br />
-| def= * Raider screen
-| aircraft= * ~434 Raiders <br /> * Heavy Raider compliment
-| facilities= * Central hangar deck <br /> * 434 Raider storage bays
-| status= Unknown
-| width={{Meters2Feet|1030.69}}<ref group="production" name="stringer_starshipbuilder_basestar_dimensions_width">The following was posted by [[Lee Stringer]] on StarshipBuilder.com forums, which are no longer available: "Width: 1030.69m Length: 856.1m (two arm side) + 1039.87m (single arm side) Height: 132.586m (Each Piece), 265.172m Total". Because of its ratio to the stated width, the overall length must have been measured on one of the three-arm pieces, meaning the full ship is slightly longer.</ref>
-| height={{Meters2Feet|265.17}}
-}}
-=== Design ===
+[[Image:Basestar-33-00.21.05.jpg|thumb|right|A basestar attacks ''Galactica''.]]
-Modern basestars, built sometime before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], are the same size as a Colonial battlestar, but are considered by the Cylons to be weaker than battleships in the Colonial Fleet. The shape of the newer basestar reflects its name, with two offset Y-shaped hulls attached at their centers by a single pylon, the warship has a distinctive "star" shape, which can rotate into a tandem-Y configuration for entry into a planetary atmosphere {{TRS|The Plan}}.<ref group="external" name="youtube_plan_atmospheric_entry_basestar">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmAEmuwZY5Q#:~:text=From%201%3A49%20to%202%3A04|title=Basestar Atmospheric Entry|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive=Y}}</ref>
+* Basestars pursue ''Galactica'' and the Colonial Fleet for five full days after the escape from Ragnar. ''Galactica'' spurs the Fleet to stay on the move, executing [[FTL|FTL jump after jump]], only to see the Cylons reappear at each location 33 minutes later ([[33]]). The Cylons had apparently infiltrated the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', a civilian starliner, and are able to track it through each successive [[FTL|jump]]. Following the 239th jump, the ''Olympic Carrier'' doesn't immediately rendevous at the jump coordinates, and it is feared the ship is lost. She reappears later, but several indications hint that she has been overtaken by Cylon forces, and the Colonials have no recourse but to destroy the liner. As soon as ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] destroy the liner, the basestars arrive on the scene, and the Colonial Fleet executes their 240th jump. The Cylons do not immediately follow, ending the pursuit.
-[[File:Basestar Plans.jpg|thumb|left|General layout of a Cylon basestar.]]
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-The most unique aspect of a modern baseship is its organic nature. Composed of [[Cylon organic resin|organic resin]], and a large flesh-like interior, the baseship could be considered an individual organism in itself, and just like any other "injured" organism, the basestar is able to heal its wounds (battle damage) over time {{TRS|Guess What's Coming to Dinner?}}. The organics are all connected the the ship's "brain," known as a [[Hybrid]], which can control the ship's functions from firing weapons, down to performing an [[FTL]] jump.
-They are equipped with a superior [[FTL|jump system]] and no visible means of [[sublight propulsion]], lacking any engine pods or nacelles, but remain capable of chasing down a battlestar {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}.
+[[Image:Basestar_over_kobol_nuked_-_00.32.45.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar over [[Kobol]] is destroyed]]
+* The Fleet eludes further contact with the Cylon forces for several weeks. The planet Kobol is discovered by a single Raptor on a probing reconnaissance mission, and a follow-up mission is planned. The reconnaissance team of three Raptors is surprised by a basestar now in orbit over Kobol, and screening Cylon Raiders obliterate one Raptor while shooting down another and forcing it to crash land on the planet below. The remaining Raptor escapes back to battlestar ''Galactica'', relaying the shocking news. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] devises a plan to eliminate the basestar, using a Raptor fitted with a [[Cylon transponder]] to deploy a nuclear warhead inside. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] is [[Arrow of Apollo|later tasked]] to the mission, accompanied by new ECO [[Margaret Edmondson|Lt. Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]. En route, the transponder works exactly as planned. Despite their anxiety, the Raptor infiltrates the basestar. The interior view of the basestar that Boomer and Racetrack are afforded is overwhelming &ndash; a vast, cavernous void of bio-mechanical components lacking a distinctive floor or ceiling. Surfaces appear organic &ndash; fleshy if they were to be touched &ndash; resembling the interiors of a Raider. During the deployment of the nuclear warhead, Boomer exits the Raptor and removes her helmet, indicating that the interior space is indeed pressurized and oxygenated, more than likely controlled by ventricle-like airlocks evident during the Raptor's entrance. The pair extricate themselves from inside the basestar, and once outside, detonate the warhead. The annihilation of this basestar represents the first aired instance in the series that Colonial forces successfully destroy a basestar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-Baseships possess several conventional rooms and hallways, which are sleek but generally bland. Lighting plays a large role in the aesthetics and some rooms are furnished with clearly human objects, such as beds and couches. Humanoid Cylons [[Projection|project different surroundings]] to navigate ship corridors more easily, and to provide them with an individually pleasing environment (such as a lush forest). Data and other functions (such as analyzing visual information) are handled within a liquid [[Data-font|computer interface]] that resembles a stream of water flowing over a luminous glass surface. Cylons can interact with the main computer by placing their hands in these basins {{TRS|Torn}}.
+[[Image:Basestar_-_scattered_-_00.31.44.jpg|thumb|right|''Galactica's'' Vipers on approach to a basestar.]]
+* Scant moments after this victory, another basestar ambushes ''Galactica'', causing the crew to perform yet another immediate FTL jump. This haphazard jump (due to mishandled coordinate updates) separates the battlestar from the rest of the Fleet, and a few hours are spent developing a course of action. The decision is made to jump back to her previous location to recalculate the jump coordinates, and upon doing so, the battlestar and the basestar square off in a vicious engagement. During the recalculation, a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] manages to crash-land on ''Galactica's'' starboard flight pod ([[Scattered]]). After the battlestar jumps away, the basestar too departs the area after sending a detachment of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to Kobol.
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-=== Hybrid Control Systems ===
+[[Image:TheEnemysGateIsDown.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar under attack by ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'']]
+* Upon the reunion of the Colonial Fleet with the assumed-lost [[Mercury-class Battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', Admiral [[Helena Cain]] reveals that a Cylon fleet, consisting of two basestars and a mysterious unknown ship, has been following ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). By way of a bold reconnaissance mission in the Colonial [[Blackbird]], the commanding officers discover the identity of the mysterious vessel to be the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]). The Colonials concoct an aggressive, intricate plan using stealth, deception, and sheer brute force to [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|eradicate]] the Resurrection Ship, as well as its escorting basestars. In a brilliant display of firepower, the two battlestars make short work of the two basestars, suffering minimal damage in return ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-The [[Hybrid]] serves as the central control system for modern Cylon basestars, functioning as the ship's biological "brain." According to [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]], the Hybrids were originally created by the Cylons as a means to evolve beyond their mechanical origins into biological forms, representing a first attempt at organic development that was later considered a failure by Cylon leadership.<ref group="commentary" name="lyndall_knight_galactica_tv_hybrid_evolutionary_failure">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=the%20Cylons%20considered%20the%20hybrids%20a%20failure|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=Galactica.TV|date=17 August 2008|accessdate=13 August 2025|archive=Y}}</ref>
+* Over a month later, and now devoid of their Resurrection Ship, the Cylons deploy basestars in a new tactical fashion. Two Raptors from ''Pegasus'' are lured away from their reconnaissance training mission near a [[Wikipedia:Binary star system|binary star cluster]], the crews killed by carefully venting their crew compartments, and the Raptors set adrift. In his zeal to retrieve the Raptors, newly-promoted [[Barry Garner|Commander Barry Garner]] disregards both [[William Adama|Admiral Adama's]] orders and [[Lee Adama|Major Lee Adama's]] advice and takes ''Pegasus'' to the last known location of the missing craft. ''Pegasus'' deploys two more Raptors to scan the located Raptors. As the rescue Raptors discover the lost Raptors' fate, three basestars pounce upon the Colonials and immediately engage by launching salvos of nuclear missiles &mdash; the first time they've done so since the destruction of the Colonies. ''Pegasus'' reels under heavy damage, and only through the heroic self-sacrifice of Commander Garner, the sound direction of Major Adama, and the unwavering support of ''Pegasus's'' Vipers (led by [[Kara Thrace|Captain "Starbuck" Thrace]]) the battlestar survives. As a means of buying time until the disabled FTL drive was repaired, Major Adama directs the battlestar's forward gun batteries to barrage the closest basestar, focusing on the core of it until it is forced to withdraw. ''Pegasus'' indeed survives [[Battle of the Binary Star System|this encounter]], albeit with a substantial amount of damage, but it heralds a less brashly aggressive, more subversively calculative approach by the Cylons ([[The Captain's Hand]]).
-Despite being deemed evolutionary dead ends, enough Hybrids were created to serve as control systems for the basestars before the project was abandoned in favor of the humanoid Cylon models. The Hybrid's immersion in a specialized tank allows it to interface directly with all basestar functions, coordinating everything from navigation to weapons systems through its continuous stream of consciousness dialogue {{TRS|Razor}}.
+[[Image:Baseshipcloseup305.jpg|thumb|right|Baltar's baseship]]
+* The next appearance of basestars comes at the [[Fall of New Caprica|fall of New Caprica]] to Cylon occupation. Several, approximately six or seven, basestars emerge from the planet's shrouding nebula, and in the face of overwhelming strength and numbers, an understaffed Colonial Fleet makes a reluctant jump away, and the Cylons take the planet without firing a shot. The Cylons then task at least two basestars with guarding the surrounding space of the planet.
-The physical environment surrounding the Hybrid consists of warm water mixed with [[w:Tempera_paint|Tempera paint]] to create the characteristic milky appearance, maintained at carefully controlled temperatures by the crew.<ref group="production" name="lyndall_knight_galactica_tv_hybrid_tank_composition">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=They%20put%20some%20Tempera%20paint%20in%20to%20make%20it%20like%20a%20milky%20opaque%20texture|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=Galactica.TV|date=17 August 2008|accessdate=13 August 2025|archive=Y}}</ref>
+*Four months later during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], ''Galactica'' launches its rescue operation of the humans of New Caprica, two basestars move to combat it without any fighter support as the raiders are otherwise occupied. Soon two more basestars jump and move to engage bringing the total to four. Before long, ''Galactica's'' FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters are disabled, and the port side of the ship reaches its structural limits. Battlestar ''Pegasus'' then arrives with its forward batteries blazing, scoring several hits that destroy one basestar. Commander Lee Adama orders his battlestar towards the basestars to give Galactica time to repair its FTL drive and escape. Later with ''Pegasus'' taking phenomenal damage, Commander Adama orders all hands to abandon ship, using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle. He ensures that the weapons are set to autofire and that the ship is on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing. The damaged, unmanned ''Pegasus'' collides into one basestar, destroying both. The remnants of ''Pegasus’s'' starboard flight pod collide with another of the remaining basestars, destroying it ([[Exodus, Part II]]).
-===Command and Control===
+[[Image:SickBase.jpg|thumb|left|The infected basestar]]
-[[File:Basestarcontol_306_720p.png|thumb|Baseship control room.]]
-A basestar is operated by many [[humanoid Cylon]]s. Up to [[Torn|all seven models]] of them issue commands for the basestar from a central command and control center. Consensus amongst models is the typical procedure, as such the process of deliberation and voting on decisions may cause the basestar to react more slowly than a battlestar's command and control in a [[CIC]].
-A basestar has a [[datastream]], or computer network, which interfaces with the Hybrid and all aspects of the basestar's operation.
+*A basestar is disabled and presumed dead after it encounters a beacon left near a nebula that marked the way to [[Earth]]. The probe apparently contained a pathogen that infects and kills Cylons of all kinds, be it Raider, Centurion, or agent. The [[Resurrection Ship]] is ordered to jump away from the area and thus resulting in the permanent deaths of the ship's contingent of biological Cylons. It later presumably self-destructs soon after the ''Galactica'' investigation team leaves ([[Torn]]).
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-=== Human Prisoners ===
+==Casualties==
-Cylon basestars are capable of holding human prisoners for extended periods. According to [[Daniel Novacek|Lieutenant Novacek]]'s account of his six-year<ref name="hero_timeline_continuity_armistice" group="footnotes">While dialogue from "Hero" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref> captivity, basestars contain detention facilities with individual cells equipped with basic life support systems.<ref group="production" name="eick_hero_script_novacek_captivity_details">{{cite script|writer=David Eick|title=Hero|series=Battlestar Galactica|season_number=3|episode_number=7|production_code=307-03007|script_date=October 25, 2006|version=Full Collated|page=PDF page 16, script page 11}}</ref><blockquote>The October 25, 2006 "Full Collated" version of Eick's screenplay reveals that the Cylons use human captives for psychological experimentation and intelligence gathering. Novacek describes being subjected to elaborate psychological torture scenarios, including being forced to interact with Cylon models he initially believed were fellow human prisoners.<ref group="production" name="eick_hero_script_psychological_torture_games">{{cite script|writer=David Eick|title=Hero|series=Battlestar Galactica|season_number=3|episode_number=7|production_code=307-03007|script_date=October 25, 2006|version=Full Collated|page=PDF page 17, script page 12}}</ref> These "games" were designed to break down the prisoners' psychological defenses and gather intelligence about Colonial military operations and personnel.</blockquote><blockquote>When asked directly by [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] about other human prisoners, a [[Number Five|Doral]] model confirms that humans "have their uses" aboard basestars, though he provides no specific details about their treatment or numbers.<ref group="production" name="eick_hero_script_doral_human_prisoners_confirmation">{{cite script|writer=David Eick|title=Hero|series=Battlestar Galactica|season_number=3|episode_number=7|production_code=307-03007|script_date=October 25, 2006|version=Full Collated|page=PDF page 41, script page 33}}</ref></blockquote>
+By the end of "[[Exodus, Part II]]," a total of five basestars are confirmed as destroyed by Colonial forces.
+*"[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" - 1
+*"[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" - 1
+*"[[Exodus, Part II]]" - 3
-=== Armaments ===
+One basestar was heavily damaged and possibly destroyed in "Resurrection Ship, Part II," and another in "The Captain's Hand."
-A typical Cylon basestar is moderately armed, and relies on unconventional means for military strength. Generally, a basestar is armed with 220<ref group="external" name="galacticabbs_collaborators_basestar_missile_count">{{cite web|url=http://www.galacticabbs.com/index.php?autocom=gallery|title=Season 3 (Collaborators) and onward|publisher=GalacticaBBS|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive=Y}}</ref><ref group="external" name="darthmojo_baseship_wallpaper_analysis">{{cite web|url=http://darthmojo.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/baseship_wallpaper.jpg|title=Baseship Wallpaper|author=DarthMojo|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive=Y}}</ref><ref group="production" name="battlestarwiki_basestar_weapon_module_structure">{{cite web|url=http://media.battlestarwiki.org/images/a/a3/Basestar_Weapon_Mod.JPG|title=Basestar Weapon Module Analysis|publisher=Battlestar Wiki|accessdate=2025-08-13|note=An image of one y structure. Two make up a basestar.}}</ref> missile launchers located on the central spire, and on the arms of the vessel, which are capable of carrying nuclear or conventional tipped ship to ship, or long-range ballistic (with Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle payloads) missiles to their targets. Ballistic missiles are able to strike planetary targets from high orbit {{TRS|The Plan}}. Ship to ship missiles are easily defended against by Colonial electronic countermeasures, which lends the Cylons to rely more on the basestar's Raider compliment for for both offensive and defensive purposes.
-A basestar can carry up to (and maybe even more<ref group="external" name="official_magazine_basestar_raider_capacity_estimates">{{cite magazine|title=Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine|date=June/July 2006|page=56|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>) 434 Raiders, launched from storage bays located on each arm of the ship.<ref group="external" name="galacticabbs_raider_bay_larger_section_count">{{cite web|url=http://www.galacticabbs.com/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=si&img=149903|title=Raider Bay Analysis - Larger Section|publisher=GalacticaBBS|accessdate=2025-08-13|note=larger section, multiply by 2: 5 rows of 17 slots, and 2 rows of 7 slots|archive=Y}}</ref><ref group="external" name="galacticabbs_raider_bay_smaller_section_count">{{cite web|url=http://www.galacticabbs.com/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=si&img=131194|title=Raider Bay Analysis - Smaller Section|publisher=GalacticaBBS|accessdate=2025-08-13|note=smaller section, multiply by 4: 59 total slots|archive=Y}}</ref> Upon launch, they set out to swarm the enemy target (almost like insects), while the basestar covers them with an opening salvo of ship to ship missiles. This tactic, suggests a reliance on overwhelming force to destroy a foe, since a basestar does not appear to have point-defense batteries, or heavy armoring.<ref group="external" name="official_magazine_basestar_tactical_doctrine_analysis">{{cite magazine|title=Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine|date=June/July 2006|page=57|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> Cylon basestars appear quite vulnerable to Colonial battlestars in close-range combat when fighter support is not prominent {{TRS|Resurrection Ship, Part II}}. From this, it can be theorized that basestars are designed primarily as carriers for the massive fleet of Raiders they carry, rather than as a front-line main battleship. Their reliance on long-distance attacks with missiles and their complement of Raiders, as well as their overall fragility seem to support this {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1|33|Razor|The Plan}}.
+A further basestar self-destructed or succumbed to [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] and is destroyed in "[[A Measure of Salvation]]".
-=== Notes ===
+==Notes==
-* Beginning with the episode "[[Collaborators]]," a [[:File:Change.jpg|new exterior design]] is used for the basestars, bearing a sharper, more mechanical look than they previously had. This was apparently an upgrade by the visual effects crew to make the exterior reflect the interior design, which is seen for the first time in that episode.
+[[Image:Basestarinmuseum.jpg|thumb|right|A model of a [[Cylon War]]-era Cylon [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] on display in the defunct museum.]]
-** This new design reduces the amount of Raider bays from 792 to 434, and also adds identifiable missile launch platforms.
+*In the [[Miniseries]], ''Galactica'''s new museum displays a model of the Cylon basestar used in the [[Cylon War]]. As it happens, this design is identical to the basestars seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. However, despite the identical use of the ship design, the universe of the Re-imagined Series does not use the same weapons as that of the Original Series, so viewers are left to ponder what armed the Re-imagined incarnations of the Original Series Cylon warships. The museum also displays a deactivated [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]--again, the same design of Cylon warrior as used in the Original Series, and indicated in the episodes as the Cylons seen in the Cylon War of the Re-imagined Series continuity.
+*Beginning with the episode "[[Collaborators]]", a new exterior design [http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Change.jpg] was implemented for the basestars, bearing a sharper, more mechanical look then they previously had. This was apparently an upgrade by the VFX crew to make the exterior mirror more the interior design, which we saw for the first time in that episode.
+<div style="clear: both;"></div>
-{{clear}}
+== Related Imagery ==
-=== Gallery  ===
+<gallery>
-<gallery perrow="8">
+Image:Bsraidersrelease1.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &nbsp; &nbsp;
-File:Baseship, hornet nest.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released {{TRS|Scattered}}.
+Image:Bsraidersrelease2.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &nbsp; &nbsp;
-File:Baseships over Caprica.jpg|Trio of basestars over Caprica ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").
+Image:Bsraidersrelease3.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &nbsp; &nbsp;
-File:Dyingbasestar_306_720p.png|A basestar infected by a deadly [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|virus]] {{TRS|Torn}}.
+Image:Bsmissiles.jpg|''Basestar'' launching missiles &nbsp; &nbsp;
-File:Basestar Interior 1.jpg|Baltar and a Three in a room on a basestar ([[TRS]]: "Torn").
-File:Basestar Interior 2.jpg|Baltar and a Three in a corridor {{TRS|The Passage}}.
-File:Basestar Interior 3.jpg|A basestar's hangar bay ([[TRS]]: "Torn").
-File:Cylon membrane hatch.jpg|A membrane covers a mechanical-looking hatch of a Cylon docking slip {{TRS|Faith}}.
-File:Basestars Atmospheric Entry Configuration.png|Tandem "Y" formation assumed for atmospheric entries as seen in "[[The Plan]]".
-File:Basestars Entering Caprica Atmosphere.png|Another view of tandem "Y".
-File:Basestar Missle Launchers The Plan.jpg|Basestar Weaponary.
-File:Closeup Basestar Missle Launcher.png|Closeup of missle launcher with MIRV mounted.
-File:Retconned Basestar Raider Bays.png|Detail of primary raider bays. There are two per ship.
-File:Cylon Basestar Secondary Raider Bay.png|Detail of the secondary raider bays. There are four per ship.
-File:Rebel Basestar Arm Closeup.png|Arm detail.
-File:New Cylon Basestar Zoic Style Shot.png|Angle shot.
 </gallery>
 ==References==
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-=== Footnotes ===
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-=== Production History ===
-<references group="production" />
-=== Commentary and Interviews ===
-<references group="commentary" />
-=== External Sources ===
-<references group="external" />
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